Roger Sherman Home Site - New Milford

Roger Sherman's home site is located on Main Street in New Milford, Connecticut.  The future politician moved here with his family in 1743, following the death of his father.  It was in New Milford that Sherman married his first wife, Elizabeth Hartwell and opened a retail store.  He was appointed surveyor of New Haven County and began taking an interest in local affairs, which prompted him to study the law.  He passed the bar in 1754 and was elected to Connecticut's General Assembly while also serving as justice of the peace for Litchfield County.  After his wife died in 1760 Sherman gave up his political post and moved his family to New Haven.  In the ensuing years he would regain his political positions and eventually become the only founding father to sign all four of the early documents which helped shape the country: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.  The red brick New Milford Town Hall, which dates to 1875, now stands on the site of Sherman's former home.  

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