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Moses Gerrish

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: February 12, 1763 (69-70)
Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Lt. Col. Moses Greenleafe Gerrish; Jane Gerrish and Jane Gerrish
Husband of Mary Gerrish; Mary Gerrish and Elizabeth Gerrish
Father of Sarah Davenport
Brother of Jane Swett; Joanna Pierce; Col. Joseph Gerrish, Esq.; Sarah Woodbridge; Elizabeth Noyes and 3 others

Managed by: Emily Kent Marget
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About Moses Gerrish

Moses Gerrish was born on 17 February 1691/92 in Newbury, Massachusetts. Moses Gerrish died on 12 February 1763 in Newbury, Massachusetts, at the age of 70.2

He was the son of Col. Moses Gerrish and Jane Sewall.1

Moses Gerrish married

  1. Mary Noyes, daughter of Colonel Thomas Noyes and Elizabeth Greenleaf, on 12 November 1714 in Newbury.1
  2. Elisabeth Peirce on 27 September 1726 in Newbury.1 Child of Moses Gerrish and Mary Noyes
  3. Sarah Gerrish+ b. 14 Jan 1716

http://www.sewellgenealogy.com/p217.htm#i2629

Citations

  1. [S25] Samuel Sewall, Diary of Samuel Sewall (1973 ed.), p. 1082.
  2. [S89] Family Search, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001.

Additional source for birth date - History of Newburyport, Mass. 1764 - 1905, volume 1, page 386

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesG.shtml "(GERRISH (Gerish)) Moses, and Mary Noyes, Nov. 12, 1714.*"

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesG.shtml "(GERRISH (Gerish)) Moses, and Elisabeth Peirce, Sept. 27, 1726.*"

http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aDeathsG.shtml "(GERRISH (Garish, Gerish)) Moses, Capt., s. Capt. William and Jane, Feb. 12, 1763, a. 70 y."

http://www.saundersfamilyhistory.com/images/Chapter%2014%20-%20The%... (page 19) has his year of birth, his two marriages and the date of his death.

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Moses Gerrish's Timeline

1693
1693
Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
1716
January 14, 1716
Newbury, Essex County, MA, United States
1763
February 12, 1763
Age 70
Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America