Gerould, Samuel A. (1793-1887)

Name:

Gerould, Samuel A. (1793-1887)

Title:

Director, Keene Forensic Society and Lyceum, 1830

Other Names:

Gerould, Samuel Allen

Born:

07/27/1793

Birthplace:

Wrentham, MA

Died:

09/21/1887

Death Location:

Keene, NH (probably)

Residence:

Wrentham, MA
Keene, NH 1819-1887

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Merchant
Goldsmith
Silversmith
Jeweler
Watchmaker 1819-1844, 1867, 1872.
Merchant 1827, 1850
Retired 1866

Father:

Gerould, Theodore (1761-1848)

Mother:

Bowditch, Ruth (1767-1861)

Relations:

Business:
Samuel Gerould succeeded Ridgway & Rockwood in business in Keene, 1819. James Ridgway (-1840) continued working in Gerould's shop after 1819.
Partnership, S. & H. Gerould, Keene, 1827-1844
(Samuel A. Gerould and James H. Gerould)
Partnership, S. A. Gerould & Son, 1844-1863
(Samuel A. Gerould, Sr. and Samuel A. Gerould, Jr.)
Partnership, Gerould, Son & Co., 1863-1866
(Samuel A. Gerould, Sr., Samuel A. Gerould, Jr., and Josiah C. Richardson)
Partnership, Gerould, Richardson & Skinner, 1866
Samuel A. Gerould, Jr., J. C. Richardson, and Azro B. Skinner)
Richardson, Skinner, & Day -- by 1872
Siblings:
Gerould, Rebecca (Rebakah) (1788-; b. Wrentham, MA)
Gerould, Mary (1791-1874; b. Wrentham, MA)
Gerould, Susannah (1795-1819; b. Wrentham, MA)
Gerould, James Harvey (1798-1871; b. Wrentham, MA; jeweler; m. Elizabeth Dean; res. Worcester, MA, and Keene, NH)
Gerould, Joseph Byram (1801-; b. Wrentham, MA)
Gerould, Jerusha Mann (1803-; b. Wrentham, MA)
Gerould, Elizabeth Rowe (1806-; b. Wrentham, MA)
Grandparents: Rebecca Byrum (1732-1817) and Samuel Bowditch (1729-1803); Jerusha Mann (1724-1762) and Gamaliel Gerould (1719-1795) of Wrentham, MA, married 1751.

Spouse:

Dean, Deborah (1791-1865), May 3, 1820, Dedham

Children:

Samuel Allen, born February 1, 1821, Keene; died -1899; b., res., d. Keene, NH; jeweler; m. Susan Fales Fiske; children)
Deborah Dean, born April 5, 1824, Keene; died -1896; b., d. Keene, NH; m. __ Ranney)

Notes:

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1958), 225.

The Genealogy of the Family of Gamaliel Gerould, Son of Dr. Jacques (or James) Jerauld, of the Province of Languedoc, France. (Bristol, New Hampshire: Enterprise Power Press, 1885), 10-11, 20-21.

Simon G. Griffin, A History of the Town of Keene, From 1732, When the Township was Granted by Massachusetts, to 1784, When it Became a City. (Keene, New Hampshire: Sentinel Printing Company, 1904), 602.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 101.

Marriage Notice, New-Hampshire Sentinel, Keene, NH, May 13, 1820, 3.

"Watch & Clock Repairing, S & H. Gerould," Advertisement, New-Hampshire Sentinel, Keene, NH, October 12, 1827, 3.

"Silver Spoons, S. & H. Gerould," Advertisement, New-Hampshire Sentinel, Keene, NH, May 21, 1830, 3.

Keene Forensic Society and Lyceum Organizational Notice, New-Hampshire Sentinel, Keene, NH, September 24,1830, 3.

"Clocks & Watches, S. & H. Gerould," Advertisement, New-Hampshire Sentinel, Keene, NH, August 1, 1833, 3.

Dissolution of Copartnership, Copartnership Notices, New-Hampshire Sentinel, Keene, NH, September 4, 1844, 3.

"Partnership Notice, Gerould, Son & Co.," New-Hampshire Sentinel, Keene, NH, April 1, 1863, 3.

"Change in Business," New-Hampshire Sentinel, Keene, NH, October 18, 1866, 2.

Woodland Cemetery, Keene, NH