John Sherard 1st Baronet 1662-1724
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Dewe -1668
On 28th July 1658 [his father] Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe [aged 41] and [his mother] Margaret Dewe were married at St Margaret Pattens.
On or before 8th June 1662 John Sherard 1st Baronet was born to Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe [aged 45] and Margaret Dewe. He was baptised on 8th June 1662 at St Mary's Church, North Witham.
After 1668 [his mother] Margaret Dewe died.
On 12th September 1668 [his father] Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe [aged 51] died at Lobthorpe. He was buried at St Mary's Church, North Witham. His memorial reads: "Near this Place lies the Body of Richard Sherard Of the Hamlet of Lopthorp in the County of Lincoln, Esq;, the only Son of John Sherard, Esq;, who was the eldest Son of Sir William Sherard; the which Richard married Margaret, Daughter of Lumley Dewe of Bishop-Upton [aged 68] in the County of Hereford, Esq;, and had by her six Children, namely, three Sons, (viz.) John [aged 6], Richard [aged 2], and [his brother] Brownlow; and Three Daughters, (viz.) [his sister] Alice [aged 9], Mary, and Elizabeth. He died the twelfth Day of September in the Year of our Lord 1668."
Before 1691. John Riley [aged 44]. Portrait of John Sherard 1st Baronet [aged 28].
On 9th January 1724 John Sherard 1st Baronet [deceased] was buried at St Mary's Church, North Witham where his memorial reads "Here lieth the Body of Sir John Sherard Of Lopthorp in the County of Lincoln, Bart., Son of Richard Sherard, Esq;, and [his mother] Margaret Dewe his Wife, Who departed this Life the first of Jany. 1724, In the 63rd Year of his Age. He was a Gentleman of Great Sense, Honour, and Merit, But preferred a private and single Life to the Cares of Publick Employments. He was High Sheriff of the County of Lincoln In the Year 1711. This Monument was erected by his Executors, As a small Token of Gratitude, in Honour To his Memory."
