Career
His descendant Samuel Sherburne built the 1766 (and later) house which bears Henry"s name today in Portsmouth. Henry was the older brother of John Sherburne, another New Hampshire pioneer. After Henry"s great grandfather quit Stonyhurst for Oxford, England, where he dwelled in Beam Hall, Henry"s father Joseph moved to Odiham, where Henry was born.
While it"s unknown where he was educated, in the New World Sherburne"s classical education and fine court hand quickly proved useful.
In 1644 he was appointed judge at Portsmouth. Later the General Court of Massachusetts appointed him associate judge.
He was a large landowner in Portsmouth.