8/19/1617 – Appx 12/5/1687

William Gerrish of Newbury Massachusetts and some of his Descendants

Generation No. 1

1. Capt. William1 Gerrish was born 19 August 1617 in Bristol, Somersetshire England1, and died 09 August 1687 in Newbury, Massachusetts2. He married (1) Ann Parker3. She died Bef. 1645. He married (2) Joanna Goodale 17 April 1645 in Newbury Massachusetts4, daughter of John Goodale and Elizabeth —. She died 14 June 1677 in Newbury Massachusetts5.

Bristol, England
Newbury, Massachusetts

Notes for Capt. William Gerrish:

William Gerrish immigrated to Newbury Masachusetts in 1640. His will, dated 16 July 1687, was proven on 5 December 1687 in Essex County Massachusetts.

More About Capt. William Gerrish:

Date born 2: 19 August 1620, Salem Massachusetts6

Children of William Gerrish and Joanna Goodale are:

2 i.  John2 Gerrish, born 15 May 1646 in Wenham Massachusetts9.

3 ii.  Abigail Gerrish, born 10 May 1647 in Newbury Massachusetts10.

4 iii. William Gerrish, born 06 June 1648 in Newbury Massachusetts11.

5 iv. Rev. Joseph Gerrish, born 23 March 1649/50 in Newbury Massachusetts; died 06 January 1719/20 in Wenham, Massachusetts.

6 v. Benjamin Gerrish, born 13 January 1651/52 in Newbury Massachusetts12; died 24 April 1713 in Salem Massachusetts13. He married (1) Hannah Ruck 24 October 1676 in Salem Massachusetts14; died 25 June 1685 in Salem Massachusetts15. He married (2) Anna Paine 12 November 1685 in Salem Massachusetts16. He married (3) Elizabeth Turner 24 September 1696 in Salem Massachusetts16.

7 vi. Elizabeth Gerrish, born 20 September 1654 in Newbury Massachusetts17; died 05 August 1712 in Newbury Massachusetts18. She married Lieut. Stephen Greenleaf 23 October 1676 in Newbury Massachusetts19.

8 vii. Moses Gerrish, born 09 May 1656 in Newbury Massachusetts; died 04 December 1694 in Newbury Massachusetts.

9 viii. Mary Gerrish, born 01 April 1658 in Newbury Massachusetts20. She married John Dole 23 October 1676 in Newbury Massachusetts21.

10 ix. Anna Gerrish, born 18 October 1660 in Newbury Massachusetts22.

11 x. Judith Gerrish, born 10 September 1662 in Newbury Massachusetts22.

Gerrish Family Endnotes

1. Pope, C.H., Pioneers of Massachusetts, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Reprint 1991), p185.

2. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V5, p278.

3. Pope, C.H., Pioneers of Massachusetts, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Reprint 1991), p185.

4. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V2, p191.

5. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V2, p596.

6. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V1, p350.

7. Pope, C.H., Pioneers of Massachusetts, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Reprint 1991), p185.

8. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V2, p191.

9. Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V1, p179.

10. Pope, C.H., Pioneers of Massachusetts, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Reprint 1991), p185.

11. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V1, p181.

12. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V1, p178.

13. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V5, p277.

14. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V3, p411.

15. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V5, p277.

16. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V3, p411.

17. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V1, p178.

18. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V3, p603.

19. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V2, p190.

20. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V1, p178.

21. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V1, p191.

22. Pope, C.H., Pioneers of Massachusetts, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Reprint 1991), p185.

23. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V1, p179.

24. Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), p200.

25. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V3, p411.

26. Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), p200.

27. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V3, p411.

28. Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), p40.

29. Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), p200.

30. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V1, p180.

31. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V3, p597.

32. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V2, p191.

33. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V2, p596.

34. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V2, p191.

35. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V1, p179.

36. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V2, p597.

37. Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), p39.

38. Samuel H. Green, Percival and Ellen Green, (Privately Published in 1897), p2.

39. Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), p126.

40. Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1915), V1, p305.

41. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), V5, p299.

42. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), p386.

43. Essex Institute Historical Collections, Biographical Sketches of Rev. Joseph Green, Rev. Peter Clark, and Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth,, pp59-60.

44. Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1924), p126.

Copyright 2000: Charles E Wainwright

Last Updated: 05 August 2001