{"id":102316,"date":"2025-03-26T10:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T14:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=102316"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:18:01","slug":"mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-42-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-42-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 42 (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction:<\/em><\/strong><em> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on the Sherman and Little families, especially Sarah \u2013 who lived to be 107! Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, <a href=\"http:\/\/americana-archives.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">americana-archives.com<\/a>, and a Facebook group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/HistoryGenNEFamilies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today I continue with my series \u201cMayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who,\u201d covering the families of Marshfield, Massachusetts, settlers who married into <em>Mayflower<\/em> lines.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102318\" style=\"width: 756px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-marshfield-monument.jpg\" alt=\"Photos: the monument dedicated to the early settlers of Green Harbor, Marshfield, Massachusetts, at the Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield. Credit: Parker Moulton.\" width=\"756\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-marshfield-monument.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-marshfield-monument-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos: the monument dedicated to the early settlers of Green Harbor, Marshfield, Massachusetts, at the Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield. Credit: Parker Moulton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To recap: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4kWe8Iv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part one<\/a> covered the marriage of Lydia Whitney O\u2019Brien (1804-1888) to Aaron Simmons Sherman (1798-1881), son of Aaron and Lydia (Mitchel) Sherman, a descendant of <em>Mayflower<\/em> passengers Myles Standish, John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, and Edward Doty. His forebears also include William Sherman, Thomas Bourn, and Thomas Chillingsworth.<\/p>\n<p>Another son born to Aaron and Lydia (Mitchel) Sherman was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/62754248\/elisha_james-sherman\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elisha James Sherman<\/a> (1813-1849), who married Sarah Gifford Little (1819-1925), daughter of Edward Preble and Edy (Rogers) Little of Marshfield. After Mr. Sherman\u2019s death Sarah married <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/147328467\/howard-yarnall\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Howard Yarnall<\/a>, son of Enoch and Hannah (Howard) Yarnall, on 14 July 1853.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102320\" style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0326-2025-sarah-yarnall.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Sarah Gifford (Little) (Sherman) Yarnall. Credit: scrapbook of Lee Snyder.\" width=\"695\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0326-2025-sarah-yarnall.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0326-2025-sarah-yarnall-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Sarah Gifford (Little) (Sherman) Yarnall. Credit: scrapbook of Lee Snyder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sarah descends from <em>Mayflower<\/em> passengers Richard Warren, Elizabeth Walker, John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, and Edward Doty. She also descends from Marshfield settler Thomas Little.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lineage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Richard Warren and Mary Walker<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Little and Ann\/Anna Warren<\/li>\n<li>Ephraim Little and Mary Sturtevant<\/li>\n<li>John Little and Constant Fobes, daughter of William and Martha (Pabodie) Fobes, granddaughter of William and Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, great granddaughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden<\/li>\n<li>Lemuel Little and Penelope Eames, daughter of Jedediah and Mary (Oakman) Eames; granddaughter of Tobias and Elizabeth (Doty) Oakman; great granddaughter of Edward and Sarah (Faunc) Doty; gr. great granddaughter of Edward and Faith (Clarke) Doty<\/li>\n<li>George Little and Rachel Rogers<\/li>\n<li>Edward Preble Little and Edy Rogers<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Gifford (Little) (Sherman) Yarnall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below is a photo collage of Sarah with her four sisters. All were members of the Quaker community in the Philadelphia area. From left to right: Sarah Gifford (Little) (Sherman) Yarnall; Elizabeth Rogers Little (1816-1884), married David James Gould; Rachel Wales Little (1812-1899), married Joseph Healy; Almira Little (1822-1905), married Richard Peterson; Mary James Little (1827-1912), married Stephen R. Rogers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102321\" style=\"width: 1531px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-little-sisters.jpg\" alt=\"Photos: the five Little sisters, c. 1883. Credit: scrapbook of Lee Snyder.\" width=\"1531\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-little-sisters.jpg 1531w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-little-sisters-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-little-sisters-1024x428.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-little-sisters-768x321.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1531px) 100vw, 1531px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos: the five Little sisters, c. 1883. Credit: scrapbook of Lee Snyder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elisha James and Sarah Gifford (Little) Sherman had one daughter, Edith \u201cEdy\u201d Rogers Sherman (1842-1886), who married Theodore Ashmead Mehl (1833-1875), son of Jacob and Hariett (McCalla) Mehle of Germantown, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>I found a newspaper clip of their wedding announcement. The couple married on 3 October 1866.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102322\" style=\"width: 839px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A113431CC81F7E800%40GB3NEWS-1627748685E3CC18%402402880-162480F648228CD0%404-162480F648228CD0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/press-newspaper-1005-1866-mehl-sherman-wedding.jpg\" alt=\"The Mehl-Sherman wedding notice, Press newspaper 5 October 1866\" width=\"839\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/press-newspaper-1005-1866-mehl-sherman-wedding.jpg 839w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/press-newspaper-1005-1866-mehl-sherman-wedding-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/press-newspaper-1005-1866-mehl-sherman-wedding-768x183.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Press (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 5 October 1866, page5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This wedding notice reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>MEHL-SHERMAN. \u2013 On the 3d inst., by Friends\u2019 ceremony, in the presence of the Mayor, Theodore A[shmead] Mehl to Edy R. Sherman, both of this city.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They had three sons, and their lineage continued. Here is a photo of their son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/91396226\/theodore_ashmead-mehl\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Theodore Ashmead Mehl Jr.<\/a> (1871-1950), who married twice and had five children. He was president of Mehl and Latta, Inc. and director of Bryn Mawr Trust Co.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102323\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0326-2025-theodore-mehl-jr.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Theodore Ashmead Mehl Jr. Credit: Diana Wind.\" width=\"558\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0326-2025-theodore-mehl-jr.jpg 558w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0326-2025-theodore-mehl-jr-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Theodore Ashmead Mehl Jr. Credit: Diana Wind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some history on Sarah Gifford (Little) (Sherman) Yarnall can be found in the scrapbook family album of Lee Snyder, a descendant through the marriage of Theodore A. Mehl Jr.\u2019s daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/239563861\/blanche_claire-snyder\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blanche Claire Mehl<\/a> (1925-2022) to William Monroe Snyder (1925-1998), son of John Amos and Frances J. (Morrow) Snyder.<\/p>\n<p>A page in the scrapbook features a photo card of Sarah taken on her 104th birthday, accompanied by her obituary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102324\" style=\"width: 671px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-sarah-yarnall.jpg\" alt=\"Photos: Sarah Gifford (Little) (Sherman) Yarnall, 104 years old in 1923, and a copy of her obituary from 1925. Credit: scrapbook of Lee Snyder.\" width=\"671\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-sarah-yarnall.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/collage-0326-2025-sarah-yarnall-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos: Sarah Gifford (Little) (Sherman) Yarnall, 104 years old in 1923, and a copy of her obituary from 1925. Credit: scrapbook of Lee Snyder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The obituary in the scrapbook is a little faded, so I fetched my own via GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/newspapers\/all?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102325\" style=\"width: 326px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A145DB54559039B08%40GB3NEWS-18CEDD1B6EE17890%402424396-18CD350C9E5E6AB5%404-18CD350C9E5E6AB5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new-york-american-newspaper-0902-1925-sarah-yarnall.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Sarah Yarnall, New York American newspaper 2 September 1925\" width=\"326\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new-york-american-newspaper-0902-1925-sarah-yarnall.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new-york-american-newspaper-0902-1925-sarah-yarnall-154x300.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York American (New York, New York), 2 September 1925, page 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This article reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mrs. Sarah Gifford Yarnall, 107, of Philadelphia, is dead here. She was passing the summer with her son, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/whoswhoinphilade00unse\/page\/n241\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David G. Yarnall<\/a>, of Wallingford, [PA].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102326\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0326-2025-david-yarnall.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: David Gould Yarnall. Credit: \u201cWho\u2019s Who in Philadelphia at the Time of the Sesquicentennial, 1776-1926: An Historic Record of an Historic Town,\u201d page 118.\" width=\"500\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0326-2025-david-yarnall.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo-0326-2025-david-yarnall-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: David Gould Yarnall. Credit: \u201cWho\u2019s Who in Philadelphia at the Time of the Sesquicentennial, 1776-1926: An Historic Record of an Historic Town,\u201d page 118.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>Mrs. Yarnall was born in Marshfield, Mass., April 23, 1819. High points in her long life were her contact with the \u201cAbolitionist against Anti\u201d contest early in the nineteenth century; her interest in the one-time \u201cunderground railroad\u201d for escaping slaves, and her presence in Pennsylvania Hall, Philadelphia, when it was attacked and burned by Anti-Abolitionists.<\/p>\n<p>Eight great grandchildren survive Mrs. Yarnall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sarah\u2019s ancestors also include some prominent Quaker families including Stephen Wing, son of the Reverend John and Deborah (Bachelor) Wing, and his wife Sarah Briggs.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned! Much more on Sarah and her ancestors coming!<\/p>\n<p>Explore over 330 years of newspapers and historical records in GenealogyBank. Discover your family story! <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/sign-up\">Start a 7-Day Free Trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note on the header image:<\/em><\/strong> \u201cMayflower in Plymouth Harbor,\u201d by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related Articles:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/lancaster-county-quaker-abolitionist-the-underground-railroad-part-1.html\">Lancaster County Quaker Abolitionists &amp; the Underground Railroad (part 1)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/lancaster-county-quaker-abolitionists-the-underground-railroad-part-2.html\">Lancaster County Quaker Abolitionists &amp; the Underground Railroad (part 2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/for-st-patricks-day-honoring-capt-jeremiah-obrien.html\">For St. Patrick\u2019s Day: Honoring Capt. 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