Gershom Terry1,2,3
M, b. 7 November 1652, d. 14 March 1725
| Father | Richard Terry b. 17 Aug 1618, d. 16 Jul 1675 |
| Mother | Abigail Lines b. c 1629, d. a 1686/87 |
Gershom was born on Thursday, 7 November 1652 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He married Deborah Wells circa 1686 at the Town of Southold. Gersham and Deborah had children: Gershom Jr., Deborah Jr., Abigail, Richard, Barsheba, Mehitable, Mary [born after 1707], David & possibly others. 1698, Gershom and Deborah and his wife, [ROF:Southold Town] werelisted on the Southold Town Census. Enumerated in this household were Gershom Terry, Deborah, Gershom Jr., Deborah Jr., Abigail, Richard, Barsheba, Mehitobel. Gershom made his will on 21 February 1725 at the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He mentions his second son David, daughter Mary under 18 years, eldest son Gershom, Richard Terry executor. [New York Wills: Liber 10, page 162] Gershom departed this life on Wednesday, 14 March 1725 in Cutchogue in the Town of Southold at age 72 years, 4 months and 7 days. He was buried there in the old burying ground. His will was probated on 26 November 1726.
Family | Deborah Wells b. c 1662, d. 21 Oct 1729 |
Citations
- [S187] Indexed by Rosanne Conway Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York: Excerpted from the Documentary History of the State of New York, page 50 - Southold Town Census.
- [S185] Edward Doubleday Harris, Ancient Long Island Epitaphs from the Towns of Southold, Shelter Island & Easthampton, New York, page 39.
- [S343] Josephine C. Frost, Ancestors of James Wilson Yates and his wife Nancy Davis Terry: showing Mayflower descen t from John Alden, Myles Standish, William Mullines, Alice Mullines, Priscilla Mullines, from Rev. Nathaniel Brewster and through the Drakes, from nearly all the royal families of Europe, page 6 - Gerhom Terry, son of Richard and Abigail Terry was born in Southold, L.I., Nove 7,1652 and died at "Corchaug" L.I., March 14, 1725. He married Deborah, born 1662, died Oct. 21, 1729 at Cutchogue, daughter of William and Mary Wells.