{"id":102277,"date":"2025-03-20T11:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=102277"},"modified":"2025-03-25T17:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:10:05","slug":"mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-42-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-42-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 42 (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on the Doty and O\u2019Brien family lines. Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, americana-archives.com<\/a>, and a Facebook group, New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently I posted a story on Revolutionary hero Captain Jeremiah O\u2019Brien<\/a> (1739-1818), famed for carrying out the first naval victory of the American Revolutionary War when he captured a British ship off the coast of Machias, Maine, on 12 June 1775.<\/p>\n

In 1937 sculptor John Paramino created a plaque for the Massachusetts State House commemorating O\u2019Brien\u2019s distinguished services. It is located on the staircase next to the Hall of Flags. Below are photos of this plaque (courtesy of Shawn Moran<\/a> of Boston), and a pendant depicting Captain O\u2019Brien (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).<\/p>\n

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Photos: Jeremiah O\u2019Brien pendant and plaque. Credit: Wikimedia Commons and Shawn Moran.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Captain O\u2019Brien had one daughter born out of wedlock with his housekeeper Thankful Whitney (1780-1864), daughter of Nathan and Patience (Bernard) Whitney. That daughter was Lydia Whitney O\u2019Brien (1804-1888), born in Machias, Maine.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Lydia Whitney (O\u2019Brien) Sherman. Credit: Jonesport Historical Society, Jonesport, Maine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lydia married Aaron Simmons Sherman (1798-1881) of Marshfield, Massachusetts, a direct descendant of Mayflower<\/em> passengers Edward Doty, Myles Standish, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Aaron Simmons Sherman. Credit: Jonesport Historical Society, Jonesport, Maine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The couple were wed in Machias, Maine, on 10 March 1823, and subsequently had descendants. More on their offshoots coming soon.<\/p>\n

Another photo card image of Aaron Simmons Sherman is found in the research papers of Leonard F. Tibbetts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sherman was a drummer at age 15 in the War of 1812. Later, his career as a designer and master carpenter earned him great renown.<\/p>\n

He is best known for his Ruggles House in Columbia Falls, Maine. Source: Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Photos: historical marker and Ruggles House, Columbia Falls, Maine. Credit: Historic Database (marker) and William Fischer Jr. (house).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Below is genealogy from \u201cMayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620,\u201d published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015, which documents the descendants of the Pilgrims. Also known as the \u201cSilver Books,\u201d this series provides separate volumes for each of these founding families.<\/p>\n

Lineage<\/strong><\/p>\n