William Gerrish

- 1687

• Name	William Gerrish
  Birth	of Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Aug 1687	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I40852	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of XYZ
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Joanna Lowell   d. 14 Jun 1677, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
  Marriage	17 Apr 1645	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [2]
  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	28 Apr 2024

  
  

• 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

  [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.