William Gerrish

- 1687

• Name	William Gerrish  [1]
  Birth	of Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Aug 1687	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I40852	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	Joanna Lowell   d. 14 Jun 1677, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
  Marriage	17 Apr 1645	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Gerrish,   b. 20 Sep 1654, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 5 Aug 1712 (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F23919	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  "William Gerrish, Joanna's second husband, is said to have been a Bristol man. Possibly he came over with the Lowles as he is first noticed in Newbury in 1640. He had a distinguished civil and military career, representing Newbury in the General Court from 1650 to 1653 and Hampton in 1663 and 1664, and eventually commanding the Newbury train-band as its captain. After his wife's death he moved to Boston where he lived until his death on Aug. 9, 1687, in Salem where he was making a visit. His immediate descendants were men of much distinction in Massachusetts and New Hampshire." [Walter Goodwin Davis, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society. [S7582] Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family by James Edward Greenleaf. Boston: Frank Wood, 1896. [S1427] The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, Wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Massachuetts by Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1947. [S1409] Stone-Gregg Genealogy: The Ancestors and Descendants of Galen Luther Stone and His Wife Carrie Morton Gregg by Alicia Crane Williams. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1987.