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EDMUND b. 16 Dec. 1814: m. Mary Ann Hoyt and lived in Rochester, N. H.
SARAH SMITH b. 8 May 1816; m. James Benney.
SAMUEL SMITH b. 8 Dec. 1819; m. Sarah J. Somerby and lived in Portsmouth.
ROBERT SMITH b. 18 April 1822; m. Louisa Webster and lived in Ken- nebunk, Me.
WASHINGTON b. 22 Sept. 1824; d. at age of 34. Unm.
GEORGE HENRY b. 4 June 1827. Unm.
EDWARD FRANKLIN D. 25 Jan. 1830; m. Jane Varney of Lebanon; d. in Lynn, Mass.
JOSHUA HUNTRESS b. 17 Nov. 1832: m. Mary E. Brooks.
12. James P. Frye married. 2 May 1822, Abigail F. Varney, who was born 17 Aug. 1802. Children were:
MARTHA ANN b. 27 March 1823: m. Wm. Sargent.
A.MRITTA T. b. 27 July 1825: m. John Leighton.
ASAHEL WM. b. 10 Oct. 1829.
HORATIO B. b. 28 Feb. 1830; m. Cecil Holbrook.
ALPHONSO G. b. 18 May 1833; m. Sarah Harvey.
LEONIDAS B. b. 25 March 1837: m. Mary Batchlar.
Joux R. b. 27 July 1840: m. Kitty Bryant.
GEORGIANA b. 24 Sept. 1844: died young.
SIXTH GENERATION.
Children of Joshua H. and Mary E. ( Brooks ) Frye.
CARRIE LUELLA b. 3 June 1863. EDGAR CLINTON b. 25 Dec. 1865. MARIETTA b. 14 Jan 1871. EMMA A. b. 6 Sept. 1873.
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UNCLASSIFIED MARRIAGES.
12 Aug. 1766, in Portsmouth, John Fry and Mary Flagg.
5 Nov. 1766 in Newington, N. H., Jonathan Woodman and Catharine Fry of K'y.
28 Nov. 1813 George Pierce of Portsmouth and Susan Frye.
I Jan. 1815 John B. Haley of Portsmouth and Sally Frye.
20 Oct. 1826, in Portsmouth, John B. Haley and Eliza Frye of K'y.
22 Sept. 1822, in Kittery, William Frye and Sarah Hayden of Eliot.
19 Sept. 1813 William Hayden and Sarah Frye.
14 Nov. 1830 Wm. H. Peters of Dover and Lydia Frye.
30 Nov. 1840 Joseph Crosby of Portsmouth and Nancy Frye.
FRINK.
John Frink of Ipswich, Mass., died in 1676, leaving two sons, John and George, who may have been the following.
John Frink married, 10 April 1700, Hannah, dau. of John Morgrage. Two children are recorded :
GEORGE b. 19 May 1701.
JOHN b. 12 March 1702-3: m. Jane Jackson, 25 May 1718. His widow Jane is named in a deed. 1725. Left sons, Samuel of Newbury with wife Hannah in 1733. and Andrew of Haverhill in 1740. Deeds prove the rela- tionship.
George Frink married Rebecca, dau. of John Skillin. Lived on east side of Spruce Creek. Children :
ELIZABETH b. 14 Jan. 1704: m. George Berry, Jr., II Jan. 1726-7.
MARY b. 17 Jan. 1706; m. John Snow 30 Sept. 1725.
REBECCA b. 4 Aug. 1709: m. Ephraim Crockett of Stratham, N. H., 13 March 1728-9.
SARAH b. 2 April 1711 : 1. Robert More 24 Dec. 1730.
Pub. 2 Sept. 1728 Samuel Frink and Anna Pugsley.
FURBISH.1
This name is spelled in more than a score of ways. William Furbish was granted land in Dover, N. 11., 18 March 1648, and was a tax-payer there in 1659. He owned land in Kittery in 1664 and had a grant of ten acres in 1668. Lived near Thompson's
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Point in Eliot. Name of wife unknown. Died in the early part of 1701. Children :
DANIEL m. Dorothy Pray.
JOHN, died in 1701.
HOPEWELL m. 12 May 1693 Enoch Hutchins, Jr. (2) 25 April 1711 Wm. Wilson.
KATHARINE m. Andrew Neal about 1694.
SARAH m. Thomas Thompson about 1698.
BETHIAH m. Joseph Goold in 1705.
WILLIAM, went to South Carolina.
I. Daniel Furbish lived on the homestead. Married Doro- thy, dau. of John and Susanna (Dowman) Pray, who was born in Braintree. Mass. She was made administratrix of his estate II Feb. 1745. Children :
2. DANIEL b. 9 March 1690: m. Anna Lord.
REBECCA b. 19 April 1694: m. Benjamin Goold 9 Feb. 1715-6.
3. JOHN b. 19 April 1699; m. Hannah Littlefield.
JOANNA b. 14 July 1701 : m. Samuel Fernald 20 Feb. 1731-2.
4. WILLIAM b. 19 March 1703-4: m. Sarah Preble.
DOROTHY b. 1704: m. Joseph Hartford.
SARAH b. about 1706; m. Hatevil Hall 13 April 1733. Moved to Fal- mouth. Me.
5. JOSEPH b. about 1710: m. Elizabeth Meads.
BENJAMIN b. about 1712: m. 1740, Hannah Hussey of Dover. Settled in Lebanon, Me. Ch., Richard, Benjamin, and perhaps Hannah, Abigail and Charles.
KATHARINE b. about 1708: m. 1730, Robert Allen of Kittery.
MARY b. about 1715: m. 1743 Benjamin Roberts.
THIRD GENERATION.
2. Daniel Furbish married. 18 Dec. 1718, Anna, dau. of Nathan and Martha ( Tozier) Lord. Both were received into the church at South Berwick 24 April 1720. He probably died 9 Feb. 1771. Children :
ELIZABETH bapt. 24 April 1720: m. 8 May 1754. John or Joseph Thomp- son of Rochester, N. H.
JOANNA bapt. 7 June 1722: m. 23 Nov. 1755 Jonathan Moore.
DANIEL m. Elizabeth Hodsdon.
NATHAN ? m. Mary
ABRAHAM ? m. 4 Dec. 1766 Anne Chick of Wells.
WILLIAM? bapt. 6 May 1731.
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3. John Furbish married Hannah, dau. of Dependence Lit- tlefield of Wells. He was bapt. and received into the church at South Berwick 9 Sept. 1716. Lieutenant in military service in 1722. Widow Hannah was made administratrix of his estate 5 January 1756. She was on the tax list of 1760. Lived south of Third Hill, near York line. Children :
SAMUEL bapt. 2 Sept. 1726.
JOHN bapt. 2 Aug. 1734; m. 27 July 1751 Katharine Tobey. (2) 9 Sept. 1779 Ruth Moore.
JAMES bapt. July 1735 : m. 21 Jan. 1768 Sarah Emery of Wells.
HANNAH bapt. July 1735: m. John Emery. Pub. 22 Sept. 1753.
JOSIICA m. 27 Dec. 1770 Katharine Davis of Wells.
HEPZIBAHI? in. William Merryfield 6 Dec. 1771.
ELIZABETH ? m. John Lewis 4 Jan. 1773.
MIRIAM ? in. Enoch Hale I July 1785.
DOROTHY bapt. June 1730: m. John Dennet.
PHERE bapt. April 1738: m. 25 Feb. 1755 Elisha Littlefield of Wells.
4. William Furbish married. 7 Oct. 1731. Sarah Preble of York. He was captured by Indians in 1757 at Fort William Henry and probably killed. Estate administered in 1761. Widow married. 11 Dec. 1760, Samuel Holmes of Berwick. Children :
OLIVE bapt. 6 May 1733: m. Charles Lord 8 Aug. 1750.
WILLIAM bapt. 30 June 1736: prob. killed at Fort William Henry in 1757.
SARAH bapt. 30 June 1736: m. 29 Jan. 1756 Johnson Neal of Kittery.
SAMUEL In. 5 June 1764. Sarah Guptill of Berwick : d. Oct. 1794.
ISAAC bapt. 27 March 175f : m. 18 March 1771, Keziah Abbot.
JACOB bapt. 10 Nov. 1755: m. 8 Jan. 1778. Elizabeth Hooper.
5. Joseph Furbish married. 20 May 1734. Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin and Judith ( Lord) Meads. Lived at Berwick. Died 5 .April 1795. Children :
6. JOSEPH b. 17 July 1735 : m. Hannah Stacy. (2) Sarah Ferguson. MEADS bapt. 12 June 1737: d. 8 July 1758. Prob. killed in battle.
7. DAVID bapt. 16 Sept. 1744: m. 16 Dec. 1773. Lydia Stacy. DORCAS bapt. 20 March 1746-7; unm. in 1795.
EUNICE bapt. 14 May 1749: m. 24 April 1770, Simon Frost.
DANIEL. bapt. 6 .Aug. 1749: m. 27 Dec. 1770 Dorcas Libby. AmGAIL. b. 12 April 1751? unm. in 1705.
TOBIAS bapt. 30 Sept. 1755.
HANNAH bapt. 5 Aug. 1773; um. in 1795.
8. MEADS b. about 1758: 111. 15 March 1788. Mary Goold.
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6. Joseph Furbish married, 7 Dec. 1769, Hannah, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah ( Tidy) Stacy, who died 12 May 1773. He died in 1808. Will probated 13 Feb. 1809. He married, (2) 28 Sept. 1775. Sarah, dau. of James Ferguson. Children by first marriage :
9. STEPHEN b. 12 April 1770: m. Catharine Hill.
SARAH b. abopt 1772: m. 7 March 1795 John Furbish of Lebanon, son of Richard and Jane ( MeCrillis) Furbish. b. 4 April 1771 and d. 1822. She d. in 1840. 8 ch.
JOHN b. about 1773: m. Polly White of N. H. Died about 1843. s. p.
7. David Furbish married. 16 Dec. 1773. Lydia, dau. of Ben- jamin and Sarah ( Tidy ) Stacy. Children :
BETSEY m. Jotham Lord. 9 Nov. 1800.
Lors m. Nathaniel Stacy. 13 Feb. 1803.
HANNAH m. Eliakim Staples 26 Dec. 1807.
8. Meads Furbish married. 15 March 1788. Mary Goold. He died 17 April 1819. Children :
MARY m. David Goodwin of South Berwick.
IO. DANIEL b. 15 April 1793: m. Lucy Smith. (2) Eliza J. Raitt. PHEBE m. Hiram Welch of York.
ELIZA b. 5 March 1800: d. 9 July 1884. Unm.
JANE m. George Wilkinson of Berwick.
NABBY b. 20 Sept. 1805. Unm.
JOSEPH m. Nancy Young of York. Ch .. Timothy. William. Samuel. Henry, Catherine, Susan, and Daniel.
FIFTH GENERATION.
9. Stephen Furbish married, 23 April 1797, Catherine, dau. of John and Martha ( Rogers ) Hill. He died 5 Oct. 1826. Wife died about 1844. Children :
WILLIAM CUTTER b. 22 Jan. 1798: m. 1821. Mary A. Phillips ; d. in W. I. about 1824. One son. William Calvin. m. Joanna Williams and had ch., Samuel W. m. Annie R. Sweetman : William d. at age of 21 ; Mary Joanna.
MARTHA b. 17 May 1700: m. Wm. Tilton of Sandwich, N. H.
HANNAH b. 17 Aprlil 1801 : m. Nathaniel Frost of Eliot.
SARAHI b. 18 April 1803: m. 23 March 1826 Hall Ham of Dover. N. H. 11. JOSEPH b. 26 Feb. 1805: m. Hannah Wadleigh. (2) Caroline G. Baker.
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12. SAMUEL b. 8 Feb. 1807 ; m. Lydia A. Leavitt.
ELIZABETHI b. I Dec. 1809: d. after 1827. Unm.
Lois b. 11 Jan. 1812; m. Wm. Hutchins of S. Berwick ; 4. 31 Mav 1847.
10. Daniel Furbish married ( 1) Lucy Smith, who was born 6 Jan. 1792 and died Jan. 1852, (2) 3 Oct. 1852, Eliza Jan. dau. of John and Anna ( Marsh ) Raitt. He died 10 Feb. 18744. Children :
DANIEL WEBSTER b. 17 Aug. 1853: m. (1) Harriet G. Wiggin. (2) 10 March 1898 Elizabeth Stockton. Ch., Eva May b. March 1882, Hattie Cecilia b. 15 Oct. 1884.
Lucy Axx b. 26 March 1858: m. Wm. H. Hanscom 15 Oct. 1883.
SIXTH GENERATION.
11. Joseph Furbish married ( 1) 12 Jan. 1834. Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer and Lovey ( Hart ) Wadleigh. She died 9 Jan. 1845. He married (2) 22 Dec. 1845. Caroline Greenleaf Baker of Port- land, dau. of Thomas and Nancy ( Lord) Baker. She was born 20 May 1819 and died 4 Jan. 1896. Joseph Furbish died 6Aug. 1886.
Children by first marriage :
ELIZABETH b. 26 April 1835: m. 4 June 1861. Charles W. Jenkins.
HANNAH JANE b. 4 April 1837: m. (1) Harrison Whitehouse: (2) Albert Shapleigh.
MARTHA ANN b. 9 March 1839: m. Isaac C. Pingree of Haverhill, Mass. No ch.
CHARLOTTE HAM b. 1 July 1842: m. 6 May 1873. Wiley F. Johnson of Haverhill, Mass. A dau. Bertha Grace Johnson, was born 12 Feb. 1874.
CHARLES WM. b. I Jan. 1845: d. 20 Sept. 1845.
Children by second marriage :
JOSEPH HALL b. 17 March 1847; m. 1 Sept. 1870 Emma M. Grant. Two ch. born in Cambridge, Mass. Royal Grant b. 18 Dec. 1874: Joseph E. b. 15 April 1877. d. 2 June 1879.
13. FREDERICK BAKER b. 21 Jan. 1849: in. 29 Sept. 1872, Sarah Lucretia Grant.
FRANCES EMILY b. 24 March 1851 : m. 12 Oct. 1876. Calvin W Brickett. 14. HOWARD BARTLETT b. 18 July 1853: m. (1) 8 Dec. 1873 Minnie C. Grant : (2) 24 Oct. 1883 Mabel C. Grant.
15. CHARLES FREMONT b. 27 Nov. 1855: m. 27 Nov. 1876. Lizzie R. Butler.
CARRIE AUGUSTA b. 5 April 1858: m. 12 Sept. 1880, Charles Smith Johns.
EFFIE LOUISE b. 8 Oct. 1860: m. 11 Nov. 1891. Stephen R. Bartlett. 16. GEORGE HARTLY b. 18 Feb. 1863: m. 27 Sept. 1884. Ruth Edna Young.
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12. Samuel Furbish married, 2 Dec. 1830, Lydia Ann Leavitt. He died at Portsmouth, N. H., 3 Oct. 1850. Children :
LoIs m. 14 Aug. 1856, Capt. Wm. Thompson of Portland, Me. No ch. SARAH m. 2 July 1859 Capt. Wm. Thompson; d. 15 March 1869. Two daus.
JOSEPH.
SAMUEL S. b. 25 Aug. 1840. Lives at Milan, N. H.
ADDIE A. m. 22 April 1867 Wm. L. Lincoln of Portland, Me.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
13. Frederick B. Furbish married, 29 Sept. 1872, Sarah Lucretia, dau. of Sedley and Lucretia ( Merchant) Grant, born 13 Feb. 1853. She died 3 Dec. 1897. He lives in Cambridge, Mass. Children :
RENA CECILIA b. 14 July 1873.
CYRUS b. 26 May 1875 ; d. 1 April 1888.
MABEL ETHEL b. 9 June 1878; d. 3 June 1879.
Louis b. 27 June 1882.
FREDERICK BAKER b. 4 July :887.
14. Howard B. Furbish married (1) 8 Dec. 1873, Minnie Clifford Grant, born at South Berwick II Oct. 185-, and died 28 April 1879. He married (2) 24 ()ct. 1883 Mabel Cecelia Grant, born 15 Sept. 1862. Children by first marriage :
WILBUR CLIFFORD b. 21 June 1874; m. 12 Sept. 1897 Ethel L. Neal. A child. Ulie Zelma, was born 31 March 1899.
WALTER HOWARD b. 23 Dec. 1876; d. 25 Dec. 1892.
Children by second marriage :
PHILIP GREENLEAF b. 30 May 1885.
JOSEPH b. 19 April 1887.
ADA MABEL b. HI Feb. 1891.
CYRUS LESTER b. 18 Nov. 1892.
11AROLD VALENTINE b. 14 Feb. 1806.
MARION LOUISE b. 10 June 1897.
DOROTHY CECILIA b. 18 April 1899.
15. Charles Fremont Furbish, married, 27 Nov. 1876, Eliza- beth R. Butler of Dover, N. H. Children :
EDNA CAROLINE b. 18 July 1877: m. 1 Nov. 1898 George Austin. EDITHI MI. b. 3 Feb. 1879.
MINNIE A. b. 26 April 1880.
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HERBERT A. b. 14 Aug. 1882.
CHARLES BAKER b. 20 April 1886.
LIZZIE C. b. 5 Nov. 1887. RALPHI b. 14 July 1889. CLIFTON b. 26 March 1893.
CLARENCE b. Aug. 1896.
16. George Hartley Furbish married, 27 Sept. 1884, Edna Young of Barrington, N. H. Children born in Cambridge, Mass.
ALICE M. b. 14 Oct. 1885.
MARTHA GERTRUDE b. 25 Sept. 1887. CAROLINE GREENLEAF b. 22 Nov. 1891.
GERRISH.
Capt. William Gerrish was born in Bristol, England, 17 Aug. 1620. He came to America as early as 1639 and settled in New- bury, Mass. He married ( 1) 17 April 1645. Joanna, widow of John Oliver, who died 18 June 1677. He moved to Boston and there married Ann, widow of John Manning. He died in Salem, 9 Aug. 1687.
His oldest son, John, born 12 Feb. 1646, married, 19 Aug. 1667. Elizabeth, dau. of Maj. Richard Waldren of Dover, N. H., where he settled and became a prominent citizen. He died 19 Dec. 1714. His wife died 7 Dec. 1724. Their children were :
Joux b. 2 Aug. 1668; m. ( 1) Lydia Watts, (2) Sarah Noyes. Lived in Boston.
RICHARD b. 17 April 1670: m. Jane Jose of Portsmouth and had one child. Richard. Died in 1717. in Portsmouth, N. H.
ANNA b. 30 Jan. 1671.
ELIZABETHI b. 28 May 1674; m. 3 Sept. 1796 Rev. John Wade. (2) Joshua Pierce. Ch. John Wade b. 16 July 1699: Sarah Wade b. 20 Sept. 1701, 111. - Winkley.
WILLIAM b. 8 March 1675-6.
SAMUEL b. 15 March 1678: d. 6 Dec. 1678.
I. NATHANIEL b. 19 Oct. 1670: m. Bridget Vaughan.
SARAHI b. 31 July 1681 : d. 29 July 1607.
2. TIMOTHY b. 21 April 1684: m. Sarah Eliot.
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BENJAMIN b. 6 Sept. 1686; d. 28 June 1750.
PAUL b. 13 Jan. 1688; m. 2 Oct. 1712 Mary, dau. of John and Oner (Langdon) Leighton.
T. Capt. Nathaniel Gerrish lived in what is now South Ber- wick. He married Bridget, dau. of Hon. Wm. and Margery ( Cutt ) Vaughan, of Portsmouth. Died 10 April 1729. She was born 2 July 1676 and died 15 Sept. 1743. Both were buried at the old cemetery near the first church in the Parish of Unity.
3. NATHANIEL m. 24 July 1730 Lydia Pierce of Portsmouth : d. 1752. Widow m. Joseph Russell.
4. WILLIAM bapt. 16 July 1710: m. 19 Feb. 1736 Mary Preble, (2) Mary Morrell.
CHARLES bapt. 21 April 1717: m. Mary, dau. of James and Margaret (Goodwin) Frost. Major in the Revolutionary Army. First settler of Durham, Me. For many descendants see Hist. of Durham.
GEORGE m. 3 July 1735 Mary Sherburne. Lived in Boston.
BRIDGET m. John Lord, Jr.
RICHARD bapt. 12 March 1720-1. Living in 1742.
ELIZABETH m. John Hill.
2. Col. Timothy Gerrish, born at Dover, N. H., 21 April 1684, married. 14 Nov. 1706, Sarah, dau. of Hon. Robert and Margery ( Batson-Young) Eliot. He received the eastern end of Chan- pernowne's Island as a marriage dowry. He died 19 Nov. 1755. His wife, born 1 Oct. 1687, died 27 Oct. 1770. Children :
ROBERT ELIOT b. 18 Sept. 1708: graduated at Harvard in 1730; m. 15 Nov. 1749. Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner : d. in 1791. aged 83. Two daus., Abigail, who m. Roger Mitchell, and Sarah who m. Roger Deering. 9. JOHN b. 6 Feb. 1710: m. 21 Nov. 1734 Margery Jackson.
5. TIMOTHY b. 17 Jan. 1712-3: m. 12 April 1739. Joanna Cutts.
SARAH D. 25 March 1714-5: 1. 30 Oct. 1734, John Frost.
ANNE b. 4 July 1717: m. 29 March 1738-9. Eliot Vaughan of Ports- month.
6. WILLIAM b. 24 July 1719: m. 29 July 1742, Joanna Raynes, (2) Sarah Mitchell.
ABIGAIL. b. 6 June 1721 ; m. 27 May 1742, Rishworth Jordan of Biddeford. NATHANIEL b. 20 May 1723: drowned. s. p.
ANDREW b. 4 Aug. 1724: m. llannah Lived in Portsmouth. 7 ch.
ELIZABETH b. 28 May 1727: m. 14 Nov. 1758, Edward Cutts.
7. BENIAMIN b. 6 June 1728; m. 1 May 1753. Elizabeth Hill of Berwick. JANE b. 22 May 1729; in. 12 Jan. 1764. Dea. Benj. Fernald.
8. JOSEPH b. 13 Sept. 1732: m. Anna Thompson, (2) Mary Allen.
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3. Nathaniel Gerrish married, 24 July 1730, Lydia Pierce of Portsmouth. He died in 1752, and his widow married Joseph Russell. Children bapt. at South Berwick.
NATHANIEL bapt. 22 Oct. 1732.
Joux bapt. 17 March 1734-5.
MEINITABLE bapt. 7 Oct. 1735.
BENJAMIN bapt. 6 Nov. 1739.
NATHANIEL bapt. 15 July 1739.
THOMAS bapt. 20 March 1743. Lived in Boston.
4. William Gerrish married, (1) 19 Feb. 1736, Mary Preble of York. She died 22 Feb. 1737, and he married (2) Mary, dau. of John and Hannah ( Dixon) Morrell. A Capt. Wm. Gerrish died in Berwick 8 Aug. 1794 or 1795. in the gist year of his age. Child by first marriage :
JOSEPH b. 19 Feb. 1737. bapt. 5 March 1737-8, d. 29 March 1738.
Children by second marriage :
BRIDGET bapt. 14 Oct. 1739: m. Thomas Butler 10 March 1757.
HANNAH bapt. 14 March 1742: died young.
JEDEDIAH bapt. 13 Jan. 1745 : died young.
HANNAH bapt. 9 June 1746: m. John Griffin 18 May 1767. He was born at Cape Cod 25 July 1740. See records of Durham, N. H. for family.
MARGARET bapt. 9 July 1750: m. Phineas Frost.
NATHANIEL bapt. 1 July 1753 : died young.
JOHN bapt. 29 Aug. 1756; m. Mary Hardison 14 Feb. 1778.
MARY born 2 Aug. 1758: m. John Witherell 29 March 1778. See Cochrane's Hist. of Monmouth, Me., p. 213.
MARTHA bapt. 14 Sept 1760: m. Benj. Witherell 17 April 1781. (2) James Mitchell.
ELIZABETH bapt. 24 April 1763: m. Stephen Fall 21 March 1785.
5. Timothy Gerrish married Joanna, dau. of Richard and Joanna ( Wills ) Cutts, 12 April 1739. Children bapt. at Kittery Point.
JOANNA bapt. 16 March 1739-40: m. Charles Chauncy I July 1760; d. 30 Aug. 1800.
SARAHI bapt. 31 May 1741 : m. Daniel Hart. d. 3 March 1789.
IO. SAMUEL bapt. 14 Nov. 1742: m. Margaret Cullom.
ELIZABETH bapt. 9 Sept. 1744: died young.
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MARY bapt. March 1756.
ELIZABETH bapt. I Nov. 1747; m. Capt. Hopley Yeaton.
TIMOTHY bapt. 10 July 1749; m. Mary Patterson ; d. 30 Dec. 1815.
JANE bapt. 17 Dec. 1742; m. Daniel Raynes 21 May 1784.
RICHARD bapt. 14 July 1753. Unm.
ROBERT bapt. 19 May 1756; drowned in 1820.
6. William Gerrish married. ( 1) 29 July 1742, Joanna, dau. of Nathaniel Raynes of York: (2) 5 Sept. 1753, Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Isabella ( Bragdon) Mitchell.
Children by first marriage :
MARY bapt. 28 Aug. 1743. TIMOTHY bapt. 13 Oct. 1745. EUNICE bapt. 23 Sept. 1750.
Children by second marriage :
SARAH bapt. 27 Oct. 1754.
MARGERY bapt. 10 April 1763: m. Thomas Appleby of Durham, N. H., II Oct. 1787.
BETTEY bapt. 14 June 1756.
ELLIOT bapt. I March 1767: m. 16 Nov. 1772, Elizabeth Deering. A dau. Hannah Ball Gerrish m. John Fernald 4th, 10 Nov. 1791; (2) Sam- uel Mitchell 15 Nov. 1795.
ELIZABETH bapt. 6 Jan. 1771; m. Wormwood of Durham, N. H. WILLIAM.
7. Benjamin Gerrish married, ( 1) I May 1753, his cousin, Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. John and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Hill. She died 2 Jan. 1763 and he married (2) Margaret - He died 24 Jan. 1804. Children :
NATHANIEL bapt. 14 July 1754.
ELIZABETH bapt. 24 June 1756: m. Capt. John Furness (2) Nathaniel Raynes. She died I May 1847.
BENJAMIN bapt. 23 July 1758; m. Miriam (Raitt) Ferguson 23 Dec. 1788. He died in Savannah, 9 Jan. 1792. She died 7 Jan. 1832, aged 70. MARY bapt. 2 Jan. 1761 ; m. Richard Lord.
TIMOTHY born 27 June 1764; m. Elizabeth Staples, I June 1786. OBADIAHI bapt. 13 July 1766; d. s. p. at Hiram, Me.
RICHARD bapt. 24 July 1768; m. Eunice Donnell. HANNAH bapt. 2 Sept. 1770.
8. Col. Joseph Gerrish married, 28 Feb. 1764, Anna, dau. of Rev. William and Anna ( Hubbard ) Thompson, who died HI Aug. 1772. aged 34. He m. (2) 6 Oct. 1773 Mary Allen of Biddeford,
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who died 13 Jan. 1815. He graduated at Harvard College in 1754 and died in Kittery 17 Dec. 1812. Children by first marriage :
12. W.M. THOMPSON b. IF Feb. 1765; m. Mary Follet, 25 Dec. 1814. JOSEPHE b. 8 Jan. 1767 : d. 28 Sept. 1844. Unm.
ANNA b. 6 May 1769; m. Samuel Goodwin 13 Nov. 1791.
SARAHI ELIOT b. 27 Jan. 1771 ; d. 4 March 1863. JANE bapt. 30 Aug. 1772. Unm.
Children by second marriage :
MARY b. 7 Dec. 1774; died young.
OLIVE JORDAN b. 7 Dec. 1776. Unm.
BETSEY b. 29 June 1778 .Unm. DOLLY b. 19 Sept. 1779. Cnm.
LUCY b. 26 March 1781. Unm.
TIMOTHY b. 18 April 1783; m. 16 April 1818, Hannah Cutts Brown ; d. 3 Feb. 1826. She was born 24 Dec. 1797 and died 24 Feb. 1889. Ch, Mary A., b. 8 Dec. 1820: d. 7 Jan. 1892: Sarah; Charles b. 1810. sea captain, m. Lucy, dau. of Capt. Samuel Pray of Portsmouth, d. in New Orleans I Sept. 1854. leaving one dau., Edith Eliot Gerrish; Edwin Augustus m. Ellen Pray, sister of Lucy and had dau. Brownie Gerrish.
9. John Gerrish married, 21 Nov. 1734, Margery, dau. of Dr. George and Joanna ( Pepperrell) Jackson. Their children were born in Dover.
II. JouN b. 5 Sept. 1735: m. Abigail ( Phillips) Grace.
GEORGE b. 9 April 1737; m. Mary James. Lived in Dover. N. H .. and Lebanon. Me.
SARNHI b. II April 1740: d. 1827 in Greenland, N. H. Unm. A pre- ceptress.
MARGERY b. 30 March 1742; a preceptress. Died in Eliot. Unm.
TIMOTHY bapt. 15 April 1744; died young.
DOROTHY bapt. 21 Dec. 1756; d. 1808 in Kittery. Unm.
FIFTH GENERATION.
10. Capt. Samuel Gerrish married Margaret ( Foss ) Cullom, widow of Capt. David Cullom and dau. of Zechariah and Saralı Foss. He was committed to Old Mill prison, Eng., 1 July 1780, as prisoner of war. Their children were:
WOODBURY. Unm.
SAMUEL m. 1807 Mary G. Fernald. Drowned 27 Dec. 1853.
GEORGE b. 1700: m. Dorothy Gotham.
DANIEL b. 1792: 11. Sarah Smith.
HENRY C. b. 1794: m. (1) Mary B. Mitchell, (2) Judith White : d. 25 Aug. 1878.
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II. John Gerrish married Abigail, widow of Nicholas Grace and dau. of Andrew and Miriam ( Mitchell) Phillps. She was born 19 June 1736, and died 17 Nov. 1812. He died in 1834, aged 99.
JOHN b. 10 Nov. 1769; died at sea.
DOROTHY b. 27 Sept. 1771 : m. Capt. Darius Frisbee 25 Nov. 1790.
13. ANDREW b. 12 Oct. 1774: m. Ruth Ellis, (2) Rosanna Coombs.
SARAH b. 26 Jan. 1776; m. James Witham, Jr .. 21 July 1816. GEORGE b. 20 Nov. 1778; died at sea.
ABIGAIL b. I May 1781 : m. Joseph Call 22 March 1806; d. 12 Sept. 1814 12. William Thompson, son of Col. Joseph and Anna ( Thompson) Gerrish, married Mary, dau. of Robert and Mary (Mitchell) Follet. He died in Kittery 21 March 1845. His wife was born I April 1773. and died 17 Aug. 1839. They had one son. Robert Follet Gerrish, born 5 June 1815, who m. 27 Aug. 1840, Sarah Caroline, dau. of Thomas S. and Harriet ( Hender- son) Lewis of Portsmouth, N. H. He died 16 April 1882. She died 15 Nov. 1901. Their children were Mary Follet, Hannah Sheafe, who m. Charles G. Hinsman : Carrie Lewis ; and Follet, who m. Maria F. Blaisdell of Franklin, Me., where he lives and has five children.
SIXTH GENERATION.
13. Capt. Andrew, son of John and Abigail ( Phillips) Ger- rish, married ( 1) Ruth Ellis, who was born 22 Nov. 1779 and died at the age of 36. He m. (2) Rosanna Coombs of Goldsborough, Me., whither he removed from Kittery in 1820. He died May, 1834.
Children by first marriage :
ANDREW b. 3 July 1797 : d. 1846 in Boston : m. 7 Feb. 1822 Hannah. dau. of Capt. Constant Norton of New Bedford, Mass.
ALICE b. 7 Sept. 1799: m. Daniel Miles of Boston.
CAROLINE b. 22 Nov. 1801 : d. in Sutton, Mass. Unm.
FREDERICK P. b. 10 Sept. 1804; m. Susan .A. Hammond. GEORGE JACKSON b. 14 Jan. 1806; m. Mary Ann Pierce : d. 6 June 1899. JOSEPH b. 20 July 1808: died young.
IRA b. 5 Jan. 1810: m. Evelyn Eldredge. (2) Mrs. Abby Tripp. ALMIRA b. 10 April 1813: m. Nathaniel Harmon of Machias, Me. JOSEPH b. HI Oct. 1815: d. 1866 in Kentucky.
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Children by second marriage :
ROSANNA b. 25 May 1828; m. Capt. Warren Brown of Vineyard Haven, Mass.
BENJAMIN F. b. 25 Dec. 1829; m. Mary Browne. Lives in Vinal Haven, Me.
CHARLOTTE b. Dec. 1832; m. Mr. Merchant ; d. Aug. 1876.
.A James Gerrish appeared in Berwick near the beginning of the eighteenth century, married Mary Wentworth, 17 Feb. 1714 (?) and had three children, Timothy, Mary, and James bap- tized there in 1724. He may have been son of a James Gerrish who lived in Portsmouth about 1685, and was then about 37 years of age. Much study has failed to connect him with the descend- ants of the emigrant, William Gerrish. His will, 1770, names dlaus. Sarah Pulsifer, Olive Pearce, grandson James son of Tim- othy, and children of son James, deceased.
Timothy, son of James Gerrish of Berwick, married Lydia, clau. of Alexander and Elizabeth Gray, and had children, John, Alexander and Molly, all bapt. 26 July 1748, and James bapt. I May 174444, who m. Mary Abbot 14 April 1773. Of these Alexan- der marriel Sarah Clark. 12 April 1757, and had the following children :
CLARK b. 8 Jan. 1758: m. Betty Scales 27 Feb. 1780; d. 24 Jan. 1812 in Warren. Me.
Jonx b. 2 Dec. 1760; d. 24 June 1775.
RACHEL b. 5 Nov. 1762: d. 30 Nov. 1776.
LYDIA b. 20 Feb. 1765.
ISAAC b. 22 May 1767; m. Molly Butler 8 May 1788.
JAMES b. 18 May 1769: d. Sept. 1802 in Warren, Me.
ALEXANDER b. 17 Jan. 1771.
NATHAN b. 9 Sept. 1773.
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