Samuel Sherrill (1633-1719) immigrated from England to East Hampton, Long Island, New York, and married a Miss Parsons (daughter of Samuel Parsons). Descendant and relatives lived in New York, New England, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and elsewhere. Includes some family history and some genealogical records regarding Sherrill individuals and families in England.

John Templeton was born before 1755. He married Martha and they moved to Iredell County, North Carolina. Their children included Obadiah, Elizabeth, John, James, Martha or Patsy and Polly or Mary. Ancestral surnames include Handly, Marks, Folk, Pilcher, Colyar, Bate, Beall, Winston, De Puy and Trabue.

"Only lines which seem to be fairly well supported by Death Certificates, 1820-1880, 1900, 1920 U.S. censuses, or prior research of the author, are shown here. Some are very short -- no further connections were found. A few are long, being supported by much research."--Page 75.