Gershom Terry

1652 - 1724  (71 years)

• Name	Gershom Terry  [1]
  Birth	11 Jul 1652	Southold, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	7 Nov 1652	Southold, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Birth	7 Nov 1652	Southold, Suffolk, Colony of New York, British Colonial America
  Burial	1724	Old Burying Ground, Cutchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Death	12 Mar 1724	Cutchogue, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America
  Death	14 Mar 1723/4	Cutchogue, Southold, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  	[Joana Loops recorded th place of death as Corchauge. Corchaug (Cochaug) was the name for the indian peoples in the area, and from which the modern name Cutchogue derives.]
  Death	14 Mar 1724/5	Southold, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Person ID	I3802	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Richard Terry, >,   b. Abt 1618, England d. 16 May 1675, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Abigail Lines,   b. 1614, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 1686, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1649	Southold, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  Family ID	F1740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah Wells,   b. 1662   d. 20 Oct 1729, Cutchogue, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1680	Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Children	1. Richard Terry,   b. 1682, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 1 Dec 1767, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 85 years)   2. Gershom Terry, Jr.,   b. 25 Sep 1684, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 27 Feb 1725, Mattituck, Suffolk, Colony of New York, British Colonial America (Age 40 years)   3. Mehitable Terry,   b. Abt 1692, of Southold, Long Island, New York   4. Deborah Terry,   b. Abt 1686, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States   5. Martha Terry,   b. 1682, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States   6. Bathsheba Terry,   b. 1690, Southold, Suffolk Co., New York   7. Abigail Terry,   b. 1680, Southold, Suffolk Co., New York d. 1761 (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F1808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I0834 3. [S561] Joanna Loops , RootsWeb World Connect Project (Updated: 26 Oct 2003. See also http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jloops/), http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jloops&id=I 9415. [S561] Joanna Loops , RootsWeb World Connect Project (Updated: 26 Oct 2003. See also http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jloops/). http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jloops&id=I 9415. She cites: 2. GERSHOM TERRY, son of Richard and Abigail Terry was born in Southold, L.I. Nov. 7, 1652 and died at 'Corchaug,' L.I. March 14, 1724/5. He married Deborah, born 1662, died Oct. 21, 1729 at 'Cutchogue,' daughter of William and Mary Wells. In 1882 his farm was still partly occupied by his descendants, Constant B. Terry and his sister Elizabeth, wife of Aldred Smith." Frost, Josephine C. "Yates-Terry Genealogy", Film #1020788, pg. 6. [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I0834 0.