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Henry Burr Sherwood (2 February 1829 – 27 October 1906) was an inventor, miller, and farmer in Westport, Connecticut. He played a notable role in the 19th-century economy of the Westport Connecticut (Fairfield County) area, including owning and operating the Compo Tide Mill (see Mill Cove Historic District in the National Historic Register ()). He invented a farming implement important for the local onion-growing economy of the Westport/Fairfield area (see US Patent 237,057 ()), and established in 1857 a onion farm on the west side of Sherwood Mill Pond at 180 Hillspoint Rd, Westport CT. (()). ==The Sherwood Family of Westport, CT== Henry Burr Sherwood was born in 1829 into the Sherwood family of Connecticut's Sherwood Island State Park fame (). He was an 8th generation Sherwood and a nephew of the Sherwood ship captain triplets, Francis, Franklin, and Frederick, famous for their roles running clipper ships in the China trade. The Sherwood family originally settled in Fairfield County from Ipswich England in 1634. A descendant, Daniel (b. 1761), built a homestead on Sherwood Island, east of today's Sherwood Mill Pond, and married Catherine Burr. Their son, Daniel (b. 1794), was the father of Henry Burr Sherwood (b. 1829), and built the house currently standing at 160 Hillspoint Rd., Westport, CT. Henry married Julie Guyer of Westport, the daughter of a neighboring farmer. They had two children, Etta M. (b. 1862) and Rollin G. (b. 1869). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Burr Sherwood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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