Nelson Bell Gerard, ^

1820 - 1897  (76 years)

• Name	Nelson Bell Gerard  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	30 Jul 1820	{Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Neilson Gerard  [8]
  Death	24 May 1897	{Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [9]
  Burial	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [9]
  Person ID	I714	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Richard Skidmore Gerard, Sr,   b. 21 Dec 1796, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 30 Sep 1845, Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Nancy Carter, ^,   b. 14 Dec 1797, Manorville, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 19 Dec 1884, Suffolk Co., NY (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1816	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Family ID	F359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Keziah Ann Leek, ^,   b. 13 Nov 1818, Suffolk,New York d. 8 Dec 1891, {Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	9 Feb 1842	Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Children	1. Abitha Bell (Abitha, Blyth) Gerard, ^,   b. 10 Jun 1842, Bellport, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 12 May 1922 (Age 79 years)   2. Walter Edward Gerard, ^,   b. Abt 1845, NY d. 1919, Brooklyn, Kings, NY (Age 74 years)   3. George Hawkins Gerard, ^,   b. Abt 1846, NY d. Yes, date unknown   4. Daniel Davis Gerard,   b. 5 Mar 1849, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 8 Jul 1876, New York, United States (Age 27 years)   5. Charles Nelson Gerard,   b. 16 Mar 1851, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 15 Aug 1903, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States (Age 52 years)   6. Richard A. Gerard, ^,   b. Abt 1852, NY d. Yes, date unknown   7. William S. Gerard, ^,   b. 17 Aug 1854   d. 21 Oct 1856 (Age 2 years)   8. William F. (or P.) Gerard, ^,   b. Abt 1859, NY d. Yes, date unknown   9. Ednny Gerard, ^,   b. Abt 1865, NY d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  [There is an International Genealogical Index (IGI) record which indicates a marriage between an Ann Leek and what appears to be this Nelson Gerard. I believe it likely that the IGI record IS IN ERROR. When I was transcribing the 1850 census records for Fire Place, I thought it possible that Kezia was a first wife to Nelson, who died shortly after 1850. And that he then married Ann Leek. However, now that I have transcribed the 1860 census, I find that Kezia is still living in the household, and that there have been additional children. Some of the children of Nelson and Kezia have similar names to the IGI record for Nelson and Ann, others do not. And their birthdates do not well match. There is no mention of an Ann in the 1860 census. I have therefore deleted Ann Leek and the children ascribed to her from the Hamlet People database.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., p. 118. [S89] International Genealogical Index: Individual Record (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). [S2] Ralph Clymer Hawkins, 1897- ., A Hawkins genealogy, 1635-1939 : record of the descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Baltimore : Published for the Hawkins Association by Gateway Press, 1987), p. 156. [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., p. 118. Age 30, making his birth year <1820>. [S89] International Genealogical Index: Individual Record (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), Provided birth date of 30 Jul 1820. [S15] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai, Indicates age 61, making his birth year <1819>. [S3] Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National, p. 206. Age 40, making his birth year <1820>. [S10] Oaklawn Cemetery, Hamlet of Brookhaven, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY (includes gravestones and cemetery association records). [S11] gravestone, Oaklawn Cemetery, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (); May, 2005.