Gerrish, Lydia (1793-1868)

Name:

Gerrish, Lydia (1793-1868)

Other Names:

Dodge, Lydia

Born:

08/20/1793

Birthplace:

Portsmouth, NH

Died:

11/05/1868

Death Location:

Exeter, NH

Residence:

Portsmouth, NH 1793-1816
Exeter, NH 1816-1868

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Housewife

Father:

Gerrish, Timothy (1756-1815)

Mother:

Patterson, Dorothy (1756-1845)

Relations:

Siblings, all b. Portsmouth, NH:
Gerrish, Abigail (1780-1803)
Gerrish, Sarah (Sally) (1782-1871)
Brother, Andrew Gerrish (1784-1835) of Portsmouth, was a silvermsith goldsmith; jailkeeper after his father's death.
Sister, Dorothy (Dolly) Gerrish (1791-1867), married (1) William Senter, cabinetmaker, 1808; married (2) Thomas Currier, 1829; res. Portsmouth NH; 9 children, including William Senter the silversmith/clockmaker, who was apprenticed to his uncle Oliver in Portland, ME.
Brother, Oliver Gerrish (1796-1888), silversmith; moved to Portland, ME, c.1819; married Sarah Little.

Spouse:

Dodge, John (1791-1865), September 1, 1816

Children:

Caroline G., born July 11, 1817; died July 24, 1842
Frances M., born September 22, 1819
Lydia, born January 4, 1822
Harriet, born May 10, 1824-; m. _ Ryder
Sarah E., born June 5, 1827-; m. _ Palmer
Alexander, born February 16, 1830; died October 27, 1830
Elizabeth Hurd, born Dcember 18, 1834; April 8, 1836
John E., resident of Boston, MA

Notes:

Charles H. Bell, History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire. Genealogical. (Boston, Massachusetts: J. E. Farwell Co. for the Quarter-Millennial Year, 1888), 10.

George Thomas Little, et. al., Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. Volume III. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909), 1265.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, New Hampshire