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Facts and Events
| Name[1][4] |
Captain John Gerrish |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][4][6] |
12 Feb 1645/46 |
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Alt Birth[2][5] |
15 May 1646 |
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Residence[4] |
1666 |
Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States |
| Marriage |
19 Aug 1667 |
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Waldron |
| Occupation? |
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Capt, Sherriff, Representative, Counsellor |
| Occupation? |
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Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of NH |
| Death[3][6] |
19 Dec 1714 |
Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Old Boston Families, Number Two: The Family of Capt. John Gerrish", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Vol. 67, page 105.
John Gerrish, eldest child of William Gerrish and Joanna Lowle, b. 12 Feb 1645/6 (Bible record), m. 19 Aug 1677 Elizabeth Waldron, d/o Maj. Richard of Dover, NH.
- ↑ Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
257.
- ↑ Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn. Old Kittery and her families. (Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States: Press of Lewiston journal company, 1903)
pg. 443.
His [Capt. William Gerrish] oldest son, John, born 12 Feb 1646, married, 19 Aug 1667, Elizabeth, dau. of Maj. Richard Waldren of Dover, N.H., where he settled and became a prominent citizen. He died 19 Dec. 1714.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Captain John Gerrish, in Burrage, Henry Sweetser; Albert Roscoe Stubbs; and George Thomas Little. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, c1909)
Vol III; pp. 1260-1261.
(II) Captain John, eldest son and child of Captain William and Joanna (Lowell) Gerrish, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, February 12, 1645, and died in 1714, aged sixty-nine years. In 1666 he settled in Dover, and was a merchant and farmer. In 1670 he was quartermaster of troops; captain of militia in 1672; high constable in 1683; member of the special assembly convened by Governor Canfield in 1684; representative from Dover to the general assembly under the administration of Governor Andros in 1689-90. In 1692 he became a royal councillor of New Hampshire, and April 27, 1697, he was appointed by the assembly assistant justice of the superior court of pleas of New Hampshire, and this office he held until the time of his death. He married August 19, 1667, Elizabeth, daughter of Major Richard Waldron, of Dover. Children: Richard, John, Paul, Nathaniel, Timothy, Joseph and Benjamin, and three daughters.
- ↑ Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911)
Vol. 1, p. 179.
GERRISH, John, s. William, [born] May 15, 1646.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Greenlaw, Lucy Hall. "Gerrish Family Bible Record", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Vol. 51, p. 67.
[John] Gerrish Was Borne ye 12 February 1645.
My father G Deyed in 69 year of his age in Desem'r 19th 1714
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