Person:Daniel Henchman (2)

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Daniel Henchman
d.25 Feb 1761
m. Bef 1688
  1. Daniel Henchman1689 - 1761
m. 14 Jan 1713
  1. Lydia Henchman1714 -
Facts and Events
Name Daniel Henchman
Gender Male
Birth[1] 21 Jan 1689 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 14 Jan 1713 to Elizabeth Gerrish
Military[1] Lieutenant-Colonel of the militia and Captain of the Artillery Company
Occupation[1] Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesBookseller
Death[1] 25 Feb 1761
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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."