Colonel Henry Gesner

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Colonel Henry Hendrick Gesner

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Tappan, Rockland County, New York, United States
Death: October 13, 1850 (93)
Chipmans Corner, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Place of Burial: Port Willams, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of John Henry Gesner, Sr.; John Henry Gesner, 842; Femmetje Adolphus Gesner and Famiche Brouer, 843
Husband of Sarah Gesner
Father of Rebekah Terry; John Henry Gesner; Elizabeth Chipman; David Henry Gesner, Sr.; Famicha Cossitt and 9 others
Brother of Elizabeth Gesner, 421; Isaac Gesner; Abraham Gesner; John Henry Gesner; Jacob Gesner and 7 others

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About Colonel Henry Gesner

Served with Kings Orange Rangers with twin brother Abraham. Disbanded after American Revolution at Saint John, N.B. Purchased land in Cornwallis Twp., Kings County.

See: "Loyalists in Nova Scotia", edited by Donald Wetmore and Lester B. Selleck, 1983

Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume V
Gesner Family page 246

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Colonel Henry Gesner's Timeline

1756
November 10, 1756
Tappan, Rockland County, New York, United States
1787
May 27, 1787
Cornwallis Township, Kings County, NS, Canada
1789
March 20, 1789
Nova, Ashland, Ohio, United States
1791
March 11, 1791
Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
1793
March 7, 1793
Cornwallis, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
1794
March 29, 1794
1795
March 27, 1795
Conwallis County, Nova Scotia
1797
May 2, 1797
Cornwallis Township, Cornwallis, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
1799
July 1, 1799
Cornwallis, Kings County, NS, Canada