Gershom Flagg, Il

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Gershom Flagg II
10 March 1669–24 August 1755 (Age {age})

When Gershom Flagg II was born on 10 March 1669, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Lieut. Gershom Flagg, was 27 and his mother, Hannah Leppingwell, was 24. He married Hannah Keyes about 1695, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1669. He died on 24 August 1755, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 86.

Spouse.

Gershom Flagg II
Male
1669–1755

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Male

Hannah Keyes
Female
1670–1740

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Female
Marriage
about 1695
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Children (7)

Hannah Flagg
Female
1692–1776

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Female

Elizabeth Flagg
Female
1696–1786

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Female

Gershom Flagg
Male
1698–1700

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Male

Zachariah Flagg
Male
1700–1782

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Male

Gershom Flagg III
Male
1702–Deceased

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Male

Joseph Flagg
Male
1704–1724

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Male

Benjamin Flagg
Male
1706–1725

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Male

Spouse

Gershom Flagg II
Male
1669–1755

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Male

Hannah Keyes
Female
1706–1794

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Female

Parents

Lieut. Gershom Flagg
Male
1641–1690

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Male

Hannah Leppingwell
Female
1645–1724

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Female

Siblings (10)

Gershom Flagg II
Male
1669–1755

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Male

Col. Eleazer Flagg Sr.
Male
1670–1726

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Male

John Flagg
Male
1673–1732

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Male

Hannah Flagg
Female
1675–1740

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Female

Thomas Flagg
Male
1677–1677

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Male

Ebenezer Flagg
Male
1678–1746

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Male

Abigail Flagg
Female
1680–1768

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Female

Mary Flagg
Female
1683–1786

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Female

Thomas Flagg
Male
1685–1736

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Male

Benoni Flagg
Male
1687–1687

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Male

Gershom Flagg

• Born 10 Mar 1669 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Died 24 Aug 1755 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Flagg-571

Gershom Flagg (son of Gershom Flagg & Hannah Leppingwell) married Hannah Unknown by 1694; her maiden name is not known. She died at Woburn on January 4, 1741[4].

Their children were:[3]

1. Hannah, born ca. 1694 at Woburn; married Stephen Wesson of Reading, Massachusetts
2. Elizabeth, born 22 May 1696, at Woburn; married Job Brooks.
3. Gershom, born at Woburn 1698, died at Woburn 11 July 1700.
4. Zachariah, born 20 June 1700 at Woburn; married (1) Mary Gardner and (2) Mary Fuller.
5. Gershom, born 25 January 1701/2; married (1) Martha Johnson and (2) Betty Tidd.
6. Eleazar, born ca. 1704 at Woburn, married Hannah Knight of Woburn; died 14 August 1757
7. Samuel, named after Eleazar in his father's will.
8. Benjamin, died at Woburn 7 April 1725 "by the shot of a gun."
9. Abigail, born about 1711, probably at Woburn; married Samuel Peirce of Woburn.
10. Joseph, died at Woburn 19 September 1724

Gershom Flagg died in Woburn on August 25, 1755[4][3].

In his will, written on October 19, 1754, he names the following: [5]

• son Eleazer
• son Samuel
• daughter Hannah Wesson
• daughter Elizabeth Brooks
• daughter Abigail Pearce
• grandsons Gershom and Josiah Flegg, son's of my son Gershom, deceased
• granddaughters Martha Lane, Hannah Belknap and Abigail Flegg, daughter's of my son Gershom, deceased
• grandson Benjamin Flegg, sons of my son Gershom, deceased, sole executor [5]

Sources

• Wardlow, Jon, “Revisiting the Family of Gershom2 Flagg of Woburn, Massachusetts”, New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Volume 163 (January 2009 Whole Number 649) p. 21
• Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part I - Births (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 92
• 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wardlow, Jon. "Revisiting the Family of Gershom Flagg of Woburn, Massachusetts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 163 (2009), pages 19-26.
• 4.0 4.1 Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part II - Deaths (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 69
• 5.0 5.1 Case 7756: p. 1-6 : Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 30 1876

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GEDCOM Source

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea Birth date: 1668 Birth place: Massachusetts 1,3599::2772120

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