Stephen Gerrish (1712 - 1788)

Born 22 Jan 1712 in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Chase) Gerrish — married 21 Jul 1738 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

Husband of Joanna (Hale) Gerrish — married 15 Jun 1741 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1788 at about age 75 in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Captain Stephen Gerrish performed Patriotic Service in New Hampshire in the American Revolution.

Stephen Gerrish is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A044379.

Stephen Gerrish was born 22 January 1711/12 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph Gerrish and his wife Mary Little.^[1]

He married twice; first, in Newbury, 21 July, 1738 by the Reverend Mr. William Johnson, Martha Chase,^[2][3] daughter of Thomas and Sarah Stevens Chase of Newbury, Massachusetts; and second, again in Newbury, 15 July, 1741, Joanna Hale,^[4][3] the daughter of Samuel and Apphia Hale.

Stephen Gerrish was an original proprietor of the settlement of Boscawen (formerly Contoocook), New Hampshire. He secured land on the east side of the Merrimack river; in 1737, the proprietors voted "... that Stephen Gerrish shall have six pounds paid him by the proprietors for his building a ferry boat and keeping said boat in good repair, and giving due and constant attendance to ye proprietors to ferry themselves and their creatures over Merrimack ...”^[5][6]

Stephen Garish died in 1788 at the age of 74 in Boscawen, New Hampshire.^[6]

Known children of Stephen and [[Hale-1964|Joanna (Hale) Gerrish born Boscawen, New Hampshire:^[7]

1. Henry^[8]
2. Jane^[9]
3. Samuel^[10]
4. Enoch
5. Joseph
6. Stephen

Sources

1. ↑ Newbury (Mass.). Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1911, Vol. 1:181.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (22 October 2020), Essex > Newbury > Marriages 1718-1819 vol 25 > image 193 of 248; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} VRs of Newbury, Vol. 2:191
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (22 October 2020), Essex > Newbury > Marriages 1718-1819 vol 25 > image 199 of 248; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
5. ↑ Brown, David Arthur. The History of Penacook, N.H., from Its First Settlement in 1734 up to 1900. Concord, N.H. : The Rumford press, 1902, pages 6 and 11.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Price, Ebenezer. A Chronological Register of Boscawen, in the County of Merrimack, and State of New-Hampshire, from the First Settlement of the Town to 1820. In Three Parts: Descriptive, Historical & Miscellaneous. Concord, Printed by J.B. Moore, 1823, page 109.
7. ↑ Little, George. The Descendants of George Little, Who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640 (The Author, Auburn, Maine, 1882) Page 18.
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (22 May 2019), 004243756 > image 3043 of 5091; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
9. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (22 May 2019), 004243756 > image 3046 of 5091; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
10. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (22 May 2019), 004243756 > image 3044 of 5091; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.

See also:

• Coffin, Charles. The History of Boscawen and Webster, from 1733 to 1878 (Republican Press Assoc., Concord, N.H., 1878) Page 309.
• “DAR Genealogical Research Databases.” Accessed December 9, 2021.
• Schmal, Richard C., "Pioneer History," Lowell Tribune, 27 January 1982, page 12.