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Lemuel. b 28 Oct., 1730; d. S Ang., 1736.
Samuel. b. 13 Oct., 1732;
S d. 22 Feb., 1733.
Abigail, S d. 12 Aug., 1736.
Samuel, b. 13 Sept., 1734.
Lemuel. b. 4 Sept., 1736.
Anna, b. 2 March, 1739; m. Samuel Jackman.
Lucy, m. Ephraim Woodbury.
LEMUEL2 (Samuel1), b. 4 Sept., 1736; m. Mary -; lived near Beaver Dam brook.
Samuel, b. 9 Feb., 1758. Anna, b. 20 Nov., 1759.
Molty, b. 24 Nov., 1761.
Royal, b. 9 July, 1763.
Nathaniel, b. 23 July, 1765.
Elizabeth, b. 11 Jan., 1768.
Abigail, b. 22 Dec., 1771.
Olice, b. 21 Sept., 1773.
Lemuel, b. 18 Oct., 1776.
Samuel, b. 24 Oct., 1780; m. Eunice, dau. of Eliphalet Kilburn, of B.
SAMUEL,3 (Lemuel,2 Samuel1), b. 21 Sept., 1780; m. Eunice Kil- burn, of B. ; lived on Corser hill.
Cephas, b. 7 Feb., 1702. Rufus, b. 20 Feb., 1804.
Mary, m. Jedediah Danforth.
Eunice, b. 27 Aug., 1808; m. Wm. T. Pillsbury, of B.
Stanton P., b. 30 April, 1811; m. JJane Hallock.
Sarah K., b. 20 June, 1814; m. James Howe.
Harriet, b. 10 Feb., 1817; m. Aaron Brown.
Nathaniel, b. 12 March, 1819.
Elizabeth, b. 2 Aug., 1824; m. Nicholas Sheik.
LEMUEL3 (Lemuel,2 Samuel1), b. 18 Oct., 1796.
Royal, b. 23 June, 1798. Samuel, b. 20 May, 1801. Benjamin, b. 16 July, 1805. Milbury, b. 15 Oct., 1807. Olly, b. 13 Oct., 1809. Lemuel, b. 24 June, 1815.
STANTON PRENTICE4 (Samuel3), b. 30 April, 1811; m. Jane N. Hallock.
Stanton P., b. 20 Aug., 1850; d. Jan., 1859. Charles Augustus, b. 16 Feb., 1848. Cephus, lives in Fisherville.
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GENEALOGICAL-FRENCH.
JOHN, b. 2 Dec., 1772; an early settler in B., cousin probably of Lemuel. He built a house on Queen st. His sec- ond wife was Mrs. Anna (Ellison) Bamford.
SAMUEL came from Newbury, probably the first lawyer and tav- ern-keeper in B. His second wife was Mrs. Carter, widow of Dr. Ezra Carter, of Concord, whose two daughters married Nathaniel Green, Esg., and Dr. Daniel Peterson. He was a prominent and influen- tial citizen.
FRENCH. Compiled by Alfred Little.
JOEL,1 b. at Tewksbury, Mass., 24 May, 1779; d. 27 Sept., 1826; was merchant in B., 1801 to 1811, and town-clerk, 1807 to 1809. He, in connection with William G. Emerson, and Col. Joseph and N. Peabody Atkinson, set out the elm trees now standing on west side of the street, between his house (now owned by Mrs. Daniel Y. Bickford) and the Ambrose hotel. He m. Susan- nah, dau. of Col. Henry and Martha (Clough) Ger- rish, of B., 29 March, 1804. She d. at Nashua, 2 Jan., 1867.
John S. A., b. 15 Feb., 1805; d. 26 July, 1871, in Nashua. Henry S. G., b. 27 April, 1807; d. 14 Feb., 1812, in Bangkok, Siam.
Enoch C. G., b. 25 June, 1809. Followed the sea. First voyage was on a whaling vessel cruising in the Southern ocean. He d. 20 May, 1827, on a return voyage from Rotterdam, while sailing through the English channel, and was buried at sea off Portsmouth, England.
Isaac S. P., b. 27 Sept., 1811.
Martha G., b. 12 Dec., 1814; d. 30 Dec., 1877, in Nashua.
Samuel W. L., b. 28 July, 1817.
Stephen L. G., b. 11 Nov., 1821; deacon of 1st Congregational church, Nashua.
JOHN S. A.2 (Joel1) removed from B. to Nashua; m. Mary K. Everdean, of Gloucester, Mass, 18 Feb., 1836.
IIelen IV., b. at B. 2 Feb., 1838; m. John C. Cochran, New Bos- ton, 18 May, 1861; resided at St. Louis, Mo. She d. at Nashua.
John A., b. at B., 28 March, 1840; m. Emily W. Leavitt, of Flush- ing, N. Y., 14 Sept., 1870. He grad. at Williams college, 1862 ; licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Brooklyn, N. Y., 1866; settled in Morristown, N. J., 1868 ; settled over the 4th Presbyterian church in Chicago, April, 1877. Joseph H., b. at B., 19 Oct., 1842.
Mary F., b. at Nashua, 2 March, 1849.
Frederic S., b. at Nashua, 8 July, 1854.
I. e. French.
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GENEALOGICAL-FRENCH.
HENRY S. G.,2 Rev. (Joel1), was ordained at Concord for the for- eign missionary service, 19 Sept., 1838; m. Sarah C. Allison, of Concord, 9 April, 1839. They sailed as mis- sionaries for Siam, 8 July following ; arrived at Singa- pore in Oct., where he remained six months. During this time he was engaged in the study of the Siamese language, and in type-cutting. He reached Bangkok in May, 1840, and became superintendent of the Mis- sion printing department. [See Biog. ]
Henry A., b. Bangkok, Siam, 10 May, 1811; learned the printers' trade at Concord; now editor and proprietor of the Colo- rado Sun, published at Greeley, Col.
ISAAC S. P.2 (Joel1) resides in Lynn, Mass. ; m. Lucinda Brazer, of Charlestown, Mass., 28 Nov., 1838.
Martha J., b. at Charlestown, 16 Jan., 1812.
Henry W., b. at Charlestown, 21 Dec., 1843.
HENRY W.3 (Isaac S. P.,2 Joel1) resides in Lynn, Mass. ; m. Mary E. Richardson, of Lynn, 20 Sept., 1871.
Mary P., b. 14 July, 1872.
Grace P., b. 25 Nov., 1876.
FRENCH.
Compiled by John Kimball.
JAMESI moved from Rindge to B. in 1809; settled on Fish st. ; m., 1st, Cassell, of Rindge ; 2d, Olive Sawyer, of Canterbury ; d. 1 Sept., 1822.
Children of Olive :
Francis S., b. 31 May, 1810; m. Asenath Sawyer; d. 4 April, 1870. Olive, b. 1 Feb .. 1812; m. Stewart Noyes, Canterbury.
Asa M., b. 3 Oct., 1814; d. 8 Feb., 1819.
FRANCIS S.2 (James1), b. 31 May, 1870. A citizen prominent in public affairs. [See Biog.]
Anna M., b. 2 May, 1839; grad. at Meriden academy, 1857; m. D. M. Tenney, of Groton, 1872.
Emma, b. 6 May, 1844: d. 19 Aug., 1845. James F., b. 14 Jan., 1818; m. Sarah E. Wiggin, 1875.
Asa M., b. 14 March, 1850; grad. Dart. College, 1872 ; a civil en- gineer, Texas.
Willie A., b. 6 Dec., 1834; drowned in Merrimack river, 17 July, 1870.
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GENEALOGICAL-GAGE.
GAGE. Compiled by Isaac K. Gage.
The Boscawen branch of the Gage family is descended from THADDEUS,1 whose two sons, Richard and William, settled in B. RICHARD2 (Thaddeus1), b. in Methuen, Mass., 11 Dec., 1776; m. Susannah, dau. of Capt. John Chandler, 6 Feb., 1805. He moved into B. previous to 1804; settled near the lower falls on the Contoocook, and subsequently in company with his brother acquired a large landed es- tate, including water privileges and mills, and carried on the lumbering business, which has been continued by his sons. He represented the town in the legisla- ture in 1838, '39. Died 18 May, 1855.
Hiram, b. 1 Dec., 1807: d. 18 May, 1815.
Luther, b. 19 Aug., 1809; d. 27 Nov., 1813.
Calvin, b. 17 Nov., 1811.
John Chandler, b. 11 April, 1814.
Hiram, b. 25 July, 1816.
Luther. b. 5 June, 1820.
Mary Magoon, b. 11 Aug., 1822; m. Nehemiah Butler, 15 Nov., 1849.
Infant. b. and d. July, 1824.
B. Franklin. b. 7 Nov., 1827.
Richard, b. 13 Sept., 1831.
CALVIN3 (Richard,2 Thaddeus1) m., 1st, Rebecca, dan. of Isaac Pearson, 21 Sept., 1835. She was b. 12 Nov., 1815; d. 22 July, 1835. Two children. Married, 2d, Eliza- beth R., dau. of Isaac Ryan, of Plymouth, 29 April, 1846. She was b. 4 July, 1818. Ten children. He has held nearly all of the offices of trust in town; member of the legislature in 1849, '50. In company with his brother, John C., he carried on an extensive business in the manufacture and sale of lumber, near the waterfalls of the Contoocook, a business estab- lished by their father and uncle.
IIannah Pearson, b. 13 June, 1836 ; d. 5 July, 1852.
Martha A., b. 10 May, 1840; d. 19 July, 1846.
George W., b. 30 Jan., 1847; d. 8 April, 1854.
Rebecca P., b. 2 May, 1848; m. George D. B. Prescott, of Con- cord, 12 Oct., 1871. One child, Duna G., b. 27 Oct., 1874. Annie B., b. 18 Feb., 1850. Harley C., b. 24 Oct., 1851.
Hannah P., b. 5 Sept., 1853. Mary H., b. 8 May, 1856. Nettie A., b. 21 April, 1858. John F., b. 3 May, 1860. George M., b. 23 Dec., 1863. Spicer R., b. 21 Oct., 1866.
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GENEALOGICAL-GAGE.
JOHN CHANDLER3 (Richard,2 Thaddeus1) m., 1st, Elizabeth S., dau. of Samuel Sargent, of Canterbury, 29 Nov., 1843. She was b. 21 March, 1821, d. 26 Feb., 1853. Three children. Married, 2d, Hannah C., dau. of Andrew Stevens, of Loudon, 27 Dec., 1853. Four children. He has frequently been called to fill places of trust in town, and represented it in the legislatures of 1853 and '54.
Martha A., b. 18 July. 1846 ; m. Geo. Gleason.
Dan W., b. 20 Sept., 1850 ; d. 24 May, 1857.
Fred V .. b. 14 Feb., 1853 ; d. 11 Oct., 1860.
Lizzie M., b. 29 Nov., 1855.
Mabel C., b. 28 July, 1858.
Arthur A., b. 27 July, 1862.
Kate L., b. 10 Sept., 1865; d. 16 July, 1868.
HIRAM3 (Richard,2 Thaddeus1) m. Miriam, dau. of Moses Fellows, 26 Jan., 1843. Ilis wife was b. 16 March, 1819, d. 11 Oct, 1875. They reside in Clinton, Iowa.
Susan M., b. 14 April, 1844; m. 1st, John Wayne, of Kansas, 1869; 2d, M. E. S. Storer, of Kansas, Oct., 1873.
William H. HI., b. 27 June, 1845; served in army.
Charles F., b. 3 Nov., 1846 ; d. 20 Oct., 1848.
Caroline A., b. 7 Sept., 1848; m. G. R. Cole, of Kansas.
Lucia E., b. 21 Sept., 1850; d. 11 Nov., 1860.
Charles F., b. 21 March, 1855; d. 21 Oct., 1860.
Jesse B., b. 6 Feb., 1857.
Hiram, b. 3 June, 1860; d. 19 Oct., 1865.
LUTHER3 (Richard,2 Thaddeus1) m., 1st, Sarah J., dau. of Philip Cross, of Northfield. She was b. 1 May, 1824, d. 18 Sept., 1857. Four children. Married, 2d, Priscilla, dau. of Ephraim Plummer, 2 March, 1859. One child. He was at one time engaged in trade at the south part of the town, where he now resides. He has held the office of selectman and town treasurer, and was member of the legislature in 1861, '62.
Edwin M., b. 18 Oct., 1817 ; d. 12 Nov., 1848.
Sarah P., b. 11 Oct., 1849.
Nathan S. M., b. 2 Oct., 1852.
Luther C., b. 4 Aug., 1856.
Maurice P., b. 2 May, 1863 ; d. 27 Sept., 1863.
B. FRANKLIN3 (Richard2) m. Amanda, dau. of Bickford Lang, of Pembroke, 8 Oct., 1854. She d. 8 Oct., 1867.
Lizzie Eudora, b. 20 July, 1855. Madella J., b. 20 April, 1859.
RICHARD3 (Richard2), m. Nancy, dau. of Daniel Mansfield ; d. 6 Oct., 1876. His wife, b. 13 May, 1831 ; d. 17 July, 1866.
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GENEALOGICAL-GAGE.
Edward Everett, b. 28 June, 1852.
Julia WV., b. 16 July, 1854; m. Oscar F. Smith.
George II., b. 7 Nov., 1856.
Thaddeus O., b. 1 Aug., 1858.
Addison F., b. May, 1860.
Herbert C., b. 25 Aug., 1862.
WILLIAM HASELTINE2 (Thaddeus?), b. in Sanbornton, 21 March, 1791; moved to B., 1804; m., 1st, Polly, dau. of Bradbury Morrison, of Sanbornton ; 2d, Sarah, dan. of Samuel Sargent, of Canterbury. [See Biog.]
Children of Polly :
Sophronia S., b. 21 Jan., 1815; m. John O. Russ, Nov., 1835; d. 23 May, 1844.
Elcander Wood, b. 11 July, 1816; drowned in canal near Contoo- cook river, 25 May, 1817. The body was recovered nine days later in the Merrimack, seven miles distant.
Isaac Kimball, b. 27 Oct., 1818; m. Susan G., dan. of Reuben Johnson. [See Biog.]
Asa Morrison, b. 8 Aug., 1820; m. Sophia W., dau. of John Cald- well, of B.
Phebe Prescott, b. 23 Sept., 1822; m. Andrew J. Russ, d. 9 Aug., 1853. Three children.
Rosilla Morrison, b. 8 Aug., 1824; d. 28 Oct., 1827.
Child of Sarah :
Polly Rosilla, b. 1 Aug., 1838; m. Samuel R. Mann. One child,- T'illiam H. Gage.
ISAAC K.3 (William H ,2 Thaddeus1) m. Susan G. Johnson. [See Biog. ]
Frederick Johnson, b. 42 Sept., 1843; m. Hattie A. Morse.
Georgianna Judith, b. 16 Sept., 1848; m. Abial W. Rolfe.
Two
children,-Harry Gage, b. 5 July, 1872; Herbert Wilson, b. 14 May, 1875.
Mary Morrison, b. 28 Dec, 1849 ; m. Milton W. Wilson ; one child, -Florence Lee, b. 9 Jan., 1877.
Charlotte IIubbel, b. 13 March, 1852; d. 26 June, 1866. Lucy Kimball, b. 11 June, 1858.
Isaac William, b. 1 Sept., 1861.
ASA M.3 (William H.,2 Thaddeus1) m. Sophia W. Caldwell.
Frank Henry, b. 20 April, 1804 ; m. Lucy Ann Smith, of Warsaw, Ky. ; lives in Troy, N. Y .; two children,-Edwin Asa, b. 8 Feb., 1872; Fanny Atkinson, b. 27 Feb., 1874.
Helen Sophia, b. 13 Oct., 1817; m. Horace II. Danforth; one child, -Muud Evelyn, b. 21 Oct., 1870.
Edwin Asa, b. 5 Ang., 1848; d. 21 Sept., 1871. Ida May, b. 8 Nov., 1851.
FREDERICK JOHNSON4 (Isaac K.3) m. Hattie A. Morse ; resides in Boston. Blanche, b. 24 Nov., 1869. Lottie II., b. 22 Feb., 1873. Fred Healey, b. 20 Oct., 1874.
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GENEALOGICAL-GERRISH.
GERRISH.
Compiled by Alfred Little.
WILLIAM,1 Capt., was b. in Bristol, Somersetshire, England, 20 Ang., 1617, where he is said to have been educated in the mercantile house of Percival Lowle & Co. ; came to New England as early as 1639, and settled that year in Newbury, Mass. [see Coffin's History of New- bury]; was the first captain of the military band in that town, and representative 1650-'54; m., 1st, Jo- anna, widow of John Oliver, of Newbury, 17 April, 1645, who d. 14 June, 1677, aged 58; removed to Boston, 1678, and there m., 2d, Ann, widow of John Manning ; was the owner of No. 3, Long wharf, where he carried on business. At the semi-centennial anni- versary meeting of the town of Boston, 14 March, 1686, Capt. Gerrish opened and closed the exercises with prayer. He d. at his son Benjamin's house, Sa- lem, Mass., 9 Aug., 1687.
Children of Joanna :
John, b. 15 May, 1646; d. 1714; settled at Dover; m. there Eliz- abeth, dau. of Maj. R. Waldron ; was a captain, sheriff, representative, counsellor, and judge of the supreme court of N. H.
William, b. 6 June, 1648; was a physician at Charlestown, Mass .; d. there 10 May, 1683.
Joseph, b. 23 March, 1649; d. 6 Jan., 1720 ; m. Ann, dau. of Maj. R. Waldron, Dover; grad. at Harvard college, 1669 ; was minister at Wenham, Mass.
Benjamin, b. 31 Jan., 1651 ; was collector of his majesty's customs at Salem: d. 2 April, 1713.
Elizabeth, b. 20 Sept., 1654; d. 19 Nov., 1678; m. Capt. Stephen Greenleaf, of Newbury, Mass., 23 Oct., 1676.
Moses, b. 9 May, 1656: d. 4 Dec., 1694.
Mary, b. 1 April, 1658; m. Dr. John Dole, of Newbury, Mass., 23 Oct., 1676.
Child of Ann :
Henry, b. in Boston, 21. March, 1679; d. without issue.
MOSES,2 Col. (William,1 Capt.), lived in Newbury, Mass .; m. 24 Sept., 1677, Jane, dau. of Rev. Henry Sewall, and sis- ter of Chief Justice Sewall, of Mass. She was b. at Badesly, England, 25 Oct., 1659, and d. 29 Jan., 1717. Joanna, b. 3 Oct., 1678.
Joseph, b. 20 March, 1682 ; d. Jan., 1765, aged 82 years, 9 months, and 20 days.
Sarah, b. 25 Dec., 1683.
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Elizabeth, b. 27 Dec., 1685. Mary, b. 28 Oct., 1687. John, b. 2 April, 1695; m. Judith Coker.
JOSEPH,3 Col. (Moses,2 Col., William,1 Capt.), lived in Newbury, Mass .; was member of the colonial legislature 20 years, and often elected by that body to his majesty's council, and as often rejected by the English governor " because he was not supple ;" was elected to a seat in a provincial congress. Says Rev. Jacob Little,- "Col. Joseph Gerrish had such muscular power, that he swam the Merrimack river, near its mouth, every year till he was past 70. The weight of four of his children was 1,200 pounds." He m. Mary, dau. of Moses and Lydia (Coffin) Little, of Newbury ; pub- lished 26 Feb., 1703, '4. She was b. 13 Jan., 1686.
Moses, b. 15 April, 1706; m. Mary Moody, 18 April, 1728; lived in Newbury (Byfield), Mass.
Joseph, b. 19 Sept., 1708; d. 26 May. 1776; was a colonel; m. Catherine Brown, of Reading, Mass. ; settled in Newbury (Byfield.)
Stephen, b. 22 Jan., 1711 ; d. 1788, in B.
Mary, b. 10 Sept., 1714; m. - Griggs, of Roxbury, Mass.
Jane, b. 12 Oct., 1717 ; m. Rev. Phineas Stevens, first minister at B., 24 Nov., 1741.
Elizabeth, b. 5 March, 1720 ; m. Stephen March, of Portsmouth, 14 June, 1753.
Sarah, b. 18 July, 1722; was adopted by Judge Samuel Sewall ; m. Moses Newell.
Judith, b. 7 Jan., 1724; m. Col. Thurston, of Bradford, Mass. Samuel, b. 3 April, 1728 [?]; m. Sarah Johnson; lived at West Newbury.
Rebecca, b. 29 Oct., 1732 [?]; m. Joshua March, 1 Jan., 1752 ; lived in West Newbury.
Three others d. young.
STEPHEN,4 Capt. (Joseph,8 Col., Moses,2 Col.), b. 22 Jan., 1711, in Newbury, Mass. ; d. 1788, in B. [see Biog.]; was a resident of Canterbury at date of his first marriage, in 1738, and of "Contoocook" (B.) when m., 2d, in 1741. [See Newbury Records.] Married, 1st, Mar- tha Chase, of Newbury, Mass., 21 July, 1738; 2d, Jo- anna Hale, 15 July, 1741, who was b. June, 1715, and d. about 1792 [see Biog. ]. She was dau. of Samuel Hale, of Newbury, and sister of Richard Hale, the father of Capt. Nathan Hale, the martyr spy, in the war of American independence.
NOTE. The names and birth-dates of the children of Capt. William,1 Col. Moses,2 and of the first eight children of Col. Joseph3 Gerrish, have been copied for the compiler from the early records of Newbury, Mass., by William Little, Esq., town- clerk.
C.A. WALKER
Enoch Gerrish Iseren Gerrish
THE HOME OF
Enoch Gush Frank L Gerrish
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GENEALOGICAL-GERRISH.
Henry, b. 3 May, 1742; d. 16 May, 1806.
Jane, b. 20 April, 1745; d. 30 March, 1814; m. Lieut. Samuel Ames, of B., who d. 1 Sept., 1825.
Samue , b. 20 April, 1748; d. 16 Nov., 1825. Enoch, b. 16 Jan., 1750; d. 1 May, 1821.
Joseph, b. 17 Sept., 1753; d. 21 Nov., 1817.
Stephen, b. 1756; d. 24 Aug., 1777.
HENRY,5* Col. (Stephen,4 Capt, Joseph,3 Col.), m. Martha, dau. of Jeremiah Clough, of Canterbury, 10 Nov., 1763. She was b. 10 Nov., 1742; d. 15 Oct., 1826. [See Biog.] Jeremiah, b. 8 Aug., 1764; d. 23 April, 1836; m., 1st, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Gerrish, of West B., 6 March, 1788; m., 2d, Mary, dan. of Nehemiah Cogswell. of B., 20 Nov., 1817 [?], who was b. 29 Feb., 1784. He was a gunsmith and re- pairer of clocks and watches, and made cut-nails (prior to 1804, it is said) while living in the house now owned by Charles D. Glitten, at Webster, cutting them out of hoop- iron with large shears driven by horse-power ; built the first saw-mill at the outlet of Long pond, in Webster; willed his homestead to the Congregational society at B. for the support of a minister.
Sarah, b. 3 April. 1766 : d. 21 Ang. 1839; m. Capt. Joseph Wood, of Lebanon, 15 Jan., 1784. He was b. in Mansfield, Ct., 8 Nov., 1759, and d. 17 Dec., 1859-a centenarian, aged 100 years and 39 days; was one of the last surviving sol- diers of the Revolution.
Moses, b. 17 Feb., 1768; d. 24 Nov., 1854.
Stephen, b. 16 April, 1770; d. 11 Nov., 1815.
Henry, b. 29 May, 1772; d. 11 Sept., 1862.
Hannah, b. 14 Ang., 1774; d. 25 June, 1855; m., 1st, Jeremiah Carter, of B., 27 May, 1795; 2d, Jacob March, of Sanborn- ton, 4 April, 1802.
Martha, b. 14 May, 1777; d. 28 Aug., 1855, at New Buffalo, Mich .; m. Jesse Little, of B.
Jacob, b. 10 Nov., 1779; d. 22 May, 1861.
Susannah, b. 28 Feb., 1782; d. 2 Jan., 1867, at Nashua; m. Joel French, of B., 29 March, 1804.
Joseph, b. 25 March, 1784; d. 25 May, 1851.
Thomas, b. 12 Sept., 1786; d. 19 Feb., 1875.
NOTE. The "Gerrish meeting" originated in the family of Col. Henry Gerrish, but included others of the name. Ifis eleven children (with their families), living at differ- ent points between Nashua and Lebanon, were accustomed for many years to meet an- nually at their various homes for a family reunion, the last one occurring in 1849.
*A part of the inscription on his gravestone at B. is incorrect, viz., "Josepli Ger- rish, captain of the life-guard of G. R., 1st." It should read thus: "William Gerrish, first captain of the Military Band at Newbury, Mass."
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GENEALOGICAL-GERRISH.
SAMUEL5 (Stephen,4 Capt., Joseph,8 Col.) settled first on High street, B .; removed in 1776 to Canterbury, his farm lying on the Merrimack river; m. Lucy Noves, of He- bron, Jan., 1773, who d. 1818. aged 66.
Enoch, b. 1775; m., 1st, JJudith, dan. of Nathan Chandler, of Con- cord, who d. at St. Armand, L. C., 1825; 2d, Martha Fos- ter, of Canterbury, who d. at Montreal, 1833. He was a merchant in B .; removed soon after 1820 to St. Armand, where he d. 1856. Joseph, b. 19 March, 1777; d. 31 July, 1839. Stephen, b. 1789; d. 1811.
ENOCH,5 Dea. (Stephen,4 Capt., Joseph,3 Col.), m., 1st, Mary E., dau. of Dea. Isaac Pearson, of B., Feb, 1772; she was b. 3 Oct , 1753; d. May, 1784 ;- m .. 2d. Hannah Kilburn, of B., 8 Dec., 1784, who d. 14 Jan., 1792; 3d, Mary, dau. of Joseph Gerrish, of B., 2 July, 1792, who d. 3 May, 1829.
Children of Mary E. :
Samuel, b. 7 July, 1773; was a physician at Sanbornton ; d. there 31 Oct., 1809.
Enoch, b. 30 April, 1775; d. 24 Aug., 1834.
Stephen, b. 5 March, 1778; d. 1781.
Sally, b. 4 March, 1780; d. 10 March, 1811; m. Rev. Lemuel Bliss, of Bradford, 17 Jan., 1806.
Isaac, 1 b. 27 Nov., 1782; S d. 22 Ang., 1842. Anna, S d. 22 Sept., 1815; m. Joseph B. Smith, of Eaton, L. C., 21 Jan., 1812.
Children of Hannah :
Mary, b. Oct., 1785; d. 26 March, 1871 ; m. Capt. Ephraim Wood, of Lebanon, 29 Feb., 1816, who was b. 24 Aug., 1787, and d. 23 April, 1874.
Hannah, b. 4 Jan., 1792; d. Jan., 1821; m. Dea. Isaac Pearson, of B., 1 June, 1814.
JOSEPH,5 Col. (Stephen,4 Capt., Joseph,3 Col.), was a prominent man, and held various offices in town for many years ; was also delegate to convention for adoption of the Federal constitution; m. Mary Bartlett, of Newbury, Mass., Oct., 1779, who was b. May, 1762, and d. 18 Jan., 1827.
Judith, b. 12 July, 1780; d. 19 Dec., 1859 ; m. Dea. John Clough, of Canterbury, 31 March, 1802.
Samuel Bartlett, b. 12 Dec., 1782 ; d. 7 Dec., 1866, at Lebanon. Mary, b. 17 Oct., 1784; d. Oct., 1825 ; m. Rev. Win. Patrick, of Canterbury, 15 Aug., 1805.
Sally, b. 19 Aug., 1786 ; d. 17 Jan., 1851; m. Rev. Enoch Corser, of B., 29 May, 1817.
Betsey, b. 31 Dec., 1787; d. 11 Oct., 1821; m. Dea. Thomas Ger- rish, of B., 19 Sept., 1805.
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GENEALOGICAL-GERRISH.
MOSES6 (Henry,5 Col., Stephen.+ Capt.) settled in the south-western part of B., at " Bashan," named thus by Dea. Enoch Little, Sen., from the many oaks which grew there. His house has ever been the abode of hospitality. He in. Sarah Isley, dan. of Enoch Little.
Sally, b. 26 Oct., 1790; d. 1 Sept., 1864; m. Col. John Farmer, of B., 11 Feb., 1819.
Jeremiah, b. 1 Jan., 1794; d. 30 Oct., 1843.
STEPHEN,6 Lieut. (Henry,5 Col., Stephen,+ Capt.), lived on High street ; was a man of great inventive talent. The at- tachment of the screw to the pod-anger, and also the first practical auger for boring logs and wooden pumps, are said to have been his inventions. With his father, he made mill-saws and cranks on a common forge. He was one of the first in this state to make cut-nails, his nail-mill on High street being on the south fork of Stirrup-iron brook; he also built the Gulf bridge, but d. before its completion. He m. Hannah, dau. of Lieut. Samuel Ames, of B. She d. 18 Nov., 1834.
Sally, b. 20 July, 1796; d. 11 Jan., 1849; m. Edmund Dearborn, of Northfield, 19 June, 1821.
Jane, b. 20 July, 1798; d. at Elkhorn, Brown Co., Ill., 22 April, 1844; m. Jonathan Dearborn, M. D., Northfield, 14 Oct., 1823; removed to Elkhorn, Ill., March, 1837, where he d. 15 March, 1875.
Martha, b. 14 Sept., 1800; d. at Elkhorn, Ill., 10 Feb., 1868; m. Stephen Kendrick, Lebanon, 21 Sept., 1826.
Sam, b. 2 Nov., 1803; d. 4 Nov., 1845, at Elkhorn, Ill.
Hannah, b. 20 April, 1806; m. Baxter Clough, of Canterbury, 19 July, 1832; removed to Solon, O., 1831, and thence to North Amherst, 1853, where he d. 30 Nov., 1872. Sewall, b. 18 March, 1809.
Harriet, b. 21 March, 1812; d. at Elkhorn, Ill., 2 Sept., 1874 ; m. Absalom Gerrish, Northfield, 5 June, 1839.
Henry, b. 31 July, and d. 2 Ang, 1814.
HENRY6 (Henry,5 Col., Stephen, + Capt.) first settled on High st., and afterwards on the homestead at Fish st., B. ; m. Mary, dau. of Hon. Abiel Foster, Canterbury, 6 June, 1796. She was b. 1 Oct., 1774; d. 23 Sept., 1869, aged about 95.
Susanna, b. 15 June, 1797; m. Dr. Thomas Peach, of B., 2 Feb., 1815; residence in West Creek, Ind.
Infant dau., b. 9 and d. 21 Dec., 1799.
Jacob, b. 29 Dec., 1801 ; d. 28 Oct., 1858; m. Maria Ames, Can- terbury, 25 Sept., 1821; removed to New Buffalo, Mich., Sept., 1835.
Lucy, b. 30 Sept., 1803 ; m. Ephraim Plumer, of B., 11 Jan., 1821.
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Abiel, b. 7 March, 1806.
Mary, b. 9 Feb., 1808; d. 14 March, 1836 ; m. James Little, of B., 15 Dec., 1829; removed to New Buffalo, Mich., 1835. Elizabeth, b. 24 July, 1813; d. 7 Nov., 1842; m. Joseph G. Ames, Berrien Co., Mich., 4 Sept., 1839.
JACOB6 (Henry,5 Col., Stephen,4 Capt.) m. Sarah, dau. of David Ames, Canterbury, 15 April, 1803; lived on Fish st., B. [See Biog.]
Apphia, b. 27 April, 1804; m. Rev. Phannel W. Warrener, Canan- daigua. N. Y., 28 Sept., 1829.
Martha, b. 26 Nov., 1805; d. 17 April, 1867; m., 1st, Samuel Cham- berlain, Loudon, 24 Oct., 1824, who d. 3 Nov., 1838; 2d, Ruel Walker, London, 20 Nov., 1840, who d. 6 July, 1872, aged 80.
Joseph, b. 22 June, 1807 ; d. 17 Dec., 1850, at Fisherville; m. Me- hitable Plmner, of B., 11 Nov., 1830.
Calvin, b. 31 May, 1809.
Luther, b. 30 Aug., 1812; d. 1 May, 1821.
Darid A., b. 6 Feb., 1816.
Stephen, b. 17 Dec., 1817; d 17 April. 1818.
Sarah, b. 1 Feb., 1819; m. George W. Choate, Enfield, 13 Jan., 1841.
Emily, b. 6 April, 1821; m. Dea. Enoch Coffin, of B., 20 Oct., 1842; resides in Beloit, Wis.
JOSEPH6 (Henry,5 Col., Stephen, 4 Capt.) settled in Northfield about 1804, his land (now a part of Franklin) lying on Mer- rimack river, and opposite Daniel Webster's residence ; was an extensive farmer and dealer in real estate; m. Susan Hancock, of Northfield, who was b. 13 July, 1791; d. 26 Nov., 1849.
Absalom, b. 22 June, 1809.
Milton, b. 29 Nov., 1811.
Cynthia A., b. 8 Feb., 1813 ; m. Jacob K. Moore, of Canterbury, Aug., 1835; removed to Griggsville, Ill., 1819.
Almira S., b. 13 March, 1815; d. 23 Feb., 1854; m. Charles H. Avers, Canterbury, 4 Oct., 1838.
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