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Roger Sherman was born April 30, 1721 in Newton, Massachusetts. He and his family moved to Stoughton, when Sherman was only two years old. His father was a farmer, so Sherman did not receive a formal education. Instead, he constantly read and taught himself numerous things. At the age of thirteen, Sherman attended a grammar school where he met Minister Samuel Dunbar. Dunbar received an education at Harvard and he took Sh