Family:Daniel Henchman and Sarah Woodward (1)

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  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)
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    ...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."