Benjamin Gerrish

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Benjamin Gerrish

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: April 02, 1713 (61)
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. William Gerrish and Joanna Gerrish
Husband of Elizabeth Gerrish; Anna Gerrish and Hannah Gerrish
Father of Benjamin Gerrish, Died Young; Hannah Higginson Batter; Elizabeth Pierce and Benjamin Gerrish
Brother of Capt. John Gerrish; Abigail Gerrish; William Gerrish, I; Rev. Joseph Lowell Gerrish; Elizabeth Greenleaf and 4 others
Half brother of Henry Gerrish, No children and Mary Appleton

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About Benjamin Gerrish

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aBirthsG.shtml "(GERISH (Gerrish)) Benjamin, s. William, Jan. 13, 1651."

(1st) https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aMarriagesG.shtml "(Gerrish) Benjamin, and Hannah Ruck, Oct. 24, 1676."

(2nd) https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aMarriagesG.shtml "(Gerrish) Benjamin, 2d m., and Anna Paine, Nov. 12, 1685."

(3rd) https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aMarriagesG.shtml "(Gerrish) Benjamin, 3d m., and Elizabeth Turner, Sept. 24, 1696."

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aDeathsG.shtml "(Gerrish) Benjamin, Apr. 24, 1713, a. abt. 61 y. GR1"

Per Mass. VR for Salem, he had the following children: - by Hannah Ruck:

  • Benjamin b. Aug. 25, 1677 d. before Jan. 1683
  • Hannah b. Jan. 24, 1678 (should be 1679) married twice
  • Elizabeth b. Jan. 6, 1681
  • Benjamin b. Jan. 17, 1683 married twice - by Anna Paine:
  • Anna b. June 14, 1689 d. Mar. 1, 1689-90
  • John b. Dec. 12, 1691 d. Dec. 14, 1691
  • Unknown daughter, stillborn Mar. 6, 1692-3
  • John b. Mar. 7, 1694-5 - by Elizabeth Turner:
  • John b. June 23, 1698
  • Eunice b. Nov. 12, 1699 d. Aug. 28, 1700
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Benjamin Gerrish's Timeline

1652
January 13, 1652
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1677
August 25, 1677
1678
January 24, 1678
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1682
January 8, 1682
1683
January 17, 1683
1713
April 2, 1713
Age 61
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony