Family:Hezekiah Henchman and Unknown (1)

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Marriage[1][2] Bef 1688 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Children
BirthDeath
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25 Feb 1761
References
  1. 1. Capt. John3 Gerrish, in Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The Gerrish Family: Family of Capt. John Gerrish. (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1913)
    p. 5.

    ...m. 14 Jan. 1713 Daniel Henchman, b. in Boston 21 Jan. 1689, d. 25 Feb. 1761, merchant (bookseller) of Boston, lieut.-col. of the militia, capt. of the Artillery Company, and deacon for many years of the South Church. Daniel Henchman, "the most eminent and enterprising bookseller that had appeared in Boston, or indeed in all British America, before the year 1775," was son of Hezekiah and grandson of Capt. Daniel Henchman. In 1728 he established at Milton the first paper-mill in Massachusetts, and in 1749 he caused the first edition in America of the English Bible to be printed, but "with a false title page, to evade the right of the King's printer."

  2. Genealogical Gleanings in England, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    47:123.

    link Will of John Towsey 10 Mar 1698-9 named Mrs. Abigail Henchman, widow, dwelling at this present in Boston in New England. Abigail Henchman named in this will was the widow of Hezekiah Henchman of Boston, who died May 1694