Lt. Gershom Flagg

Lt. Gershom Flagg

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When Lieutenant Gershom Flagg was born on 16 April 1641, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America, his father, Thomas Flagg, was 19 and his mother, Mrs. Mary Flagg, was 23. He married Hannah Leffingwell on 15 April 1668 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1690. He died on 6 July 1690, in Lee, Strafford, New Hampshire, Colonial America, at the age of 49.

Gershom was killed in a Battle with Indians.

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Biography

Gershom Flagg<ref name=“wardlow”> Wardlow, Jon, “Revisiting the Family of Gershom2 Flagg of Woburn, Massachusetts”, <i>New England Historical and Genealogical Register</i>. Volume 163 (January 2009 Whole Number 649) p. 20</ref> was born April 16, 1641, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts<ref name="wat1"><i>Watertown Records Comprising the First and SecondBooks of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possessions also the Proprietors' Book also the First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriage</i> (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1894)(Free e-book)(Recordsare also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 8</ref>. He was the son of Thomas and Mary (Unknown) Flegg.

About 1668 Gershom went to Woburn as a tanner and lived in the centre of the village,<ref name="Wardlow"/> On April 15, 1668 he married Hannah Leppingwell in Woburn. <ref>Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.</ref> In 1671 he was found in a Census (earliest mention) in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, On May 27, 1674 "He was admitted Freeman by the General Court at Boston..."<ref name="Wardlow"/><ref name="North"/>"

Lieut. Gershom Flegg<ref name="Descendants"/><ref name="North"/>was killed July 6, 1690 with Wiswall, his Captain, and others bythe Indians in a battle at Wheelright Pond (now Lee), Strafford County, New Hampshire. <ref name="North"/><ref name="Wardlow"/> His probate was 26 JAN 1690/91 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts<ref name="Wardlow"/> Gershom and Hannah had 8 children who lived beyond birth [5 sons +2 died at birth) and 3 daughters]::1 Gershom Flagg, Jr. (b. 10 Mar 1668/9; d.1755 per Torrey, Clarence Almon, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, p270). His children were: Elizabeth, Gershom, Zechariah, Gershom (again), Joseph, Benjamin.:2 Eleazer Flagg b. Aug 1, 1670; was a Colonel and Magistrate; m. 17 Jan 1694/5 to Esther Green. He died July 12, 1726; widow Esther d. 18 Sept 1744, aged 70 yrs. They had one child: Esther b. Oct 17, 1695. :3 John Flagg b. May 25, 1673. :4 Hannah Flagg b. Mar 12, 1675.:5 Thomas Flagg b. 22nd, d. 23rd, June 1677. In 1685 another sonborn named Thomas.:6 Ebenezer Flagg b. 21 Dec 1678; d. July 10, 1746; m. Dec. 25, 1700, Elizabeth Carter. :7 Abigail Flagg b. 1681 :8 Mary Flagg b. 1683 :9 Benoni Flagg b.&d. in 1687<ref>http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Woburn/BirthsF.shtml</ref> <ref name="Flagg"/>

Sources

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<ref name="Flagg">Flagg, Ernest, Genealogical Notes On The Founding OfNew England, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1926, pp166 (person f1), p444.</ref> <ref name="Descendants">The Descendants of Eleazer Flagg and His Wife Huldah Chandler of Grafton, Mass. Including Genealogies of the Flagg, Waters, Goddard and Hayden Families, by Flagg, Charles Alcott , DavidClapp & Son, Boston, Mass., 1903, p 175-176</ref> <ref name="North">The History of Augusta from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: With Notices of the Plymouth Company, and Settlements on the Kennebec; Together with Biographical Sketches and Genealogical Register, 2 vols. by North, James W., Clapp and North, Augusta, Maine, 1870, p 852-869</ref> <ref name="Wrights">The Wrights: A Genealogical Study of the First Settlers in Canada's National Capital Region, rev. ed.: 1st Settlers in Hull, by Evans, Patrick M. O. , National Capital Commission, Ottawa, Ontario, 1978, p10-25</ref> <ref name="Wardlow">New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Revisiting the Family of Gershom2 Flagg of Woburn, Massachusetts, Volume: 163, Pages: 19-26 Author: Wardlow, Jon, 2009 </ref>

See Also:*[https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/69855536/person/42...] England, Extracted Parish and Court Records "11 Apr 1637. The examinaction of Richard Carucar: of Skratby in the County of Norff husbandman ageed 60 yeares and Grace: his wife aged 40 yeares with 2 Children Elizabeth: aged 18 yeares and Susanna aged 18 yeares being twynes mor 3 Sarvants Isacke Hartt: ageed 22 yeares and Thomas Flege: aged 21 yeares and one Marable Underwood: a mayd sarvantageed 20 yeares goes all for New England to Inhabitt and Remaine."*The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 30 1876* Bond, Henry, M.D., Genealogies of the Families and Descendantsof the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston, (Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1855) (Free e-book. Available at Google Play) * James Abram Garfield in Ancestors of American Presidents, comp by Boyer, Carl; Roberts, Gary Boyd, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.,1995, pp45-48

Acknowledgments ==*This person was created through the import of Weaver.ged on 03 January 2011.*This person was created through the import of Bishop Family Tree.ged on 18 February 2011. *WikiTree profile Flegg-48 created through the import of wikitree1.gedon Oct 17, 2012 by Kimball G. Everingham.