Person:Gershom Heald (4)

Name	Gershom Heald
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	4 Sep 1727	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	31 Oct 1750	Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Blood
Death^[2]	Bef 21 Nov 1796	Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914)
p. 79.

HEILD, Gershom, s. Gershom [sic, should be Thomas] and Sarah, [born] Sept. 4, 1727.
[Note: there is no other record of a Gershom and Sarah found in Chelmsford for this time period, while there is a son named Gershom born to Thomas and Sarah as shown by the will of Thomas, and the date of this record fits nicely in the middle of a four-year gap between the marriage of Thomas and Sarah, and the first child recorded specifically to them. Thus, this seems to be a very imaginable error of the town clerk repeating the child's name as the father's name.]
↑ Film 386013 Files 1208-1268, in Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
File 11048: Gershom Heald 1796.

21 Nov 1796: Bond of Ephraim Heald yeoman of Westford to administrate the Estate of Gershom Heald late of said Westford yeoman, Intestate deceased
14 Dec 1796: Inventory of Estate of Gershom Heald Late of Westford Deceast plus $22.34
Accounting adds $10 for "one old cow", claims credit for "Cash advanced in my father's life time to pay debts due".