Capt. William Gerrish

• BIRTH 20 Aug 1617 Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
• DEATH 9 Aug 1687 (aged 69) Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Latitude: 42.5211583, Longitude: -70.8921775
• MEMORIAL ID 65487770 photo added by Nanny & V. Nareen Lake

Biography

Capt. William Gerrish was born in Bristol, Somerset, England 20 Aug 1617 and christened 9 Dec 1617 at Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, England as the son of John Gerish and Anne (?). He came on the ship, "Jonathan", from England to America arriving in 1639, and removing to Newbury in 1640. He 1st married Joanna Lowell 17 Apr 1645 in Newbury, Essex, MA and 2nd married Ann Parker about 1678 in Boston. William and Joanna had 10 children, and William and Ann had 1 son. William also had a step child, Mary Oliver, the daughter of Joanna Lowell and John Oliver.

Chronology

1635 ca Educated in the mercantile house of Percival Lowle & Co., England
1639 Settled in Newbury, MA see Coffin's history of Newbury, MA)
1645 ca First Captain of the Military Troop in Newbury
1650-54 Representative to the Gen Court
1663-1664 Rep for Hampton
1678 Moved to Boston
1678-86 Owner No. 3 Long Wharf Boston
3/14/1686 Semi-centennial anniversary meeting of the town of Boston he said the opening and closing prayers
8/9/1687 Died at son Benjamin's house in Salem
Now 7th Great Grandfather of G. Thurber

Spouse
Joanna Lowell Gerrish 1619–1677

Children
Capt. John Gerrish 1645–1714
Rev. Joseph Gerrish 1650–1720
Benjamin Gerrish 1651–1713
Elizabeth Gerrish Greenleaf 1654–1712
Col. Moses Gerrish 1656–1694
Henry Gerrish 1676–1678

THERE IS A INCONSISTANCY IN THIS INFORMATION, JOAN IS LISTED AS PERCIVAL'S DAU., MARRYING JOHN OLIVER & WILLIAM GERRISH, BUT IN ONE BIT IT STATES THAT "William Gerrish, who came over with the Lowles and subsequently m. Percival's sister, Mrs. Joanna Oliver, widow of John Oliver."

• 'The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899 (1899)
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• PERCIVAL LOWLE.
• . . . . We next know of him at Bristol, a seaport city in the west of England, engaged in merchandising, at wholesale, chiefly of imported wares, carrying the firm name of Percival Lowle & Co. In the year 1639 he cut asunder from all connections with England, and with his family, consisting of his wife, Rebecca, his two sons, John and Richard, his daughter 'Joane', and their respective families, and came to the Massachusetts colony and in June of 1639 settled at Newbury. .....
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• 1. PERCIVAL LOWELL1 (Lowle), b. in England 1571, "Percefall dyed Jan. 8, 1664 at Newbury, Mass. M. in England Rebecca ___ , d. in Newbury, Mass. Dec. 28, 1645. He was therefore 68 years of age when he came to New England, and 93 when he d. In England he res. at Kingston-Seymour, Clevedon, Portbury, Weston-in-Gardano, all of Somersetshire, also Bristol of Gloucestershire. He came to Newbury, Mass., New England, from Bristol, England 1639 in the ship "Jonathan." They had in Bristol. England, a large mercantile establishment under the firm name of "Percival Lowle and Co." This firm was composed of the father Percival, the son John, and perhaps the son Richard, and possible 'William Gerrish, who came over with the Lowles and subsequently m. Percival's sister, Mrs. Joanna Oliver, widow of John Oliver.'
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  • SECOND GENERATION.
• Children of Percival1 [1] and Rebecca ___ Lowell:
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    • ' 4. III. JOAN or Joanna2, b. in England 1609. d. in Newbury, Mass. June 14, 1677, age 58 years ; m. 1st in England 1639, John Oliver, b. in Bristol, England 1613, d. in Newbury. Mass. before June 1642, age 29 years. He and wife, Joan, must have been married just before emigrating to New England, as they were m. in 1639 and came over the same year with Percival Lowle and settled in Newbury, Mass. He was an importer of English goods, and left at d. an estate inventoried at £420. They had :
      • 1. Mary Oliver, b. in Newbury. Mass. June 7, 1640, d. in Ipswich, Mass. Feb. 15, 1698, and is there buried: m. Dec. 8, 1656. as his second wife. Samuel2 (Samuel1) Appleton of Ipswich, Mass, b. in England 1624, d. in Ipswich, Mass May 15, 1696, second son of Samuel1 Appleton and Mary Everard. Samuel2 Jr., was b. in Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England, was bapt. there in 1624, and came to New England with his parents 1635, and settled in Ipswich, Mass. Samuel2 Jr. , was a man of great local prominence in civil and military affairs. He and his wife Mary Oliver were, through Isaac and Oliver Appleton, the progenetors of the well known publishers, D. Appleton & Co. , of Boston and New York.
    • ' Joan m 2nd in Newbury, Mass. April 17, 1644, Captain William Gerrish, b. in Bristol, England Aug. 20, 1617, d. in Salem, Mass. Aug. 9, 1687. It is said that Captain Gerrish, while in England, belonged to the mercantile firm of Percival Lowle & Co.. of Bristol, and that he came to Newbury. Mass., in 1639, with Percival Lowle and family.
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    • ' The captain was a man of great energy and much prominence, and filled many civic offices. He was a captain in the early Indian wars and one of his granddaughters was long a captive among the Indians. Captain Gerrish and Joan were the ancestors of the large and eminent Gerrish family of New England. The next year after the d. of his wife, Joan, Captain Gerrish removed to Boston, Mass. , where he m. widow Ann Manning, by whom he had one son, Henry Gerrish. Joan had by Captain Gerrish :
      • 1. Captain John Gerrish, b. May 15, 1646, d. 1714 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Major Richard Waldron of Dover, N. H. He was a lawyer, captain, sheriff; was made freeman 1689 ; was representative from Bellamy 1684 : member of the Convention 1689, and a judge. They had : .....
      • 2. Abigail Gerrish, b. May 10, 1647.
      • 3. Dr. William Gerrish, b. June 6, 1648, d at Charleston May 10, 1683 ; m. Ann ___ .
      • 4. Rev. Joseph Gerrish, b. March 23, 1650, d. June 6, 1720:
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      • m. Anna, dau. of Major Richard Waldron of Dover, N. H. He was settled as minister at Wendham 1673. They had : .....
      • 5. Hon. Benjamin Gerrish, b. Jan. 13, 1652, d. April 2, 1713; m. Oct. 24, 1676. Hannah Buck, d. at Salem July 2, 1713. He was made freeman 1681, and was collector of His Majesty's customs.
      • 6. Elizabeth Gerrish, b. Sept. 20, 1654, d. Nov. 19, 1678.
      • 7. Colonel Moses Gerrish, b. May 9, 1656, d. Dec. 4, 1694; m. Sept. 24, 1677, Jane, dau. of Henry Sewell.
      • 8. Mary Gerrish, b. May 9, 1658; m. Oct. 23, 1676, Dr. John Dole, b. Aug. 10, 1648, son of the first Richard of Newbury. They had : ....

References

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65487770/william_gerrish

Sources

History of Newburyport, Mass.: 1764 - 1905, volume 1, page 386.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230204033300/https://ma-vitalrecords.... "(Gerrish) William, Capt., Aug. 9, 1687. CTR"

https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofnew02newb/page/190/mode/2... "(GERRISH (Gerish)) William, and Joannah Olliver, wid. John, Apr. 17, 16[45. TC]"

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/551159/?offset=28...
The Descendants of Captain William Gerrish and Joanna Lowell, Book 1, compiled by Douglass G. Adams, et al, Gateway Press, Inc, 2008 Available online and hard copy.

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