Nehemiah Hand, ^

1814 - 1894  (80 years)

• Name	Nehemiah Hand  [1]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	19 Jan 1814	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Nov 1894	Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I9593	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Nehemiah Hand, ^,   b. 26 Sep 1772, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 5 Nov 1813, Bellport, in Atlantic Ocean (off of Fire Island) (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Mary Hubbard,   b. 1 Feb 1784, Fireplace, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 15 May 1871, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1800  [3, 4]
  Family ID	F2794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Marsh,   b. 1832, ,, New York, USA d. 17 May 1916, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1861	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA
  Children	1. Kate H. Hand, <,   b. Abt 1863, NY d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Ida Hand, <,   b. Feb 1869, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. Katherine Hand,   b. 1862, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA
  Family ID	F4399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Phebe E Tyler,   b. 18 Apr 1835, New York, United States d. 19 Jul 1866, New York, United States (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1860	Queens, New York, United States
  Family ID	F4400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Brewster Bennett,   b. 15 Jan 1816   d. 24 Jan 1859 (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	11 Jan 1838  [1, 5]
  Children	1. Robert Nelson Hand, <,   b. 23 Jun 1839, NY d. Yes, date unknown   2. George Elbert Hand, <,   b. 23 May 1841, NY d. 16 Nov 1922, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 81 years)   3. Mary Ella Hand, <,   b. 23 Sep 1843, NY d. Yes, date unknown   4. Cornelia Jane Hand, <,   b. 23 Apr 1845, NY d. Yes, date unknown   5. Sarah Brewster Hand, <,   b. 4 Apr 1850, NY d. 17 Feb 1851 (Age 0 years)   6. Sarah Elizabeth Hand, <,   b. 10 Oct 1854, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 11 Jan 1856, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F4440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  [Several contemporary and near contemporary accounts gave him a name prefix of "Boss." I have also noticed that in several census and early newspaper records for unrelated individuals the term "boss ship carpenter" and "boss shipwright" was used, perhaps having the connotation of foreman or leadman. In Nehemiah's case, there is little doubt that he was the principal in the ship building industry at Setauket.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] Munsell's History of Suffolk County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals (W. W. Munsell & Co., New York. 1882.), p. 84. [S257] International Genealogical Index [IGI] (Salt Lake City: Family History Library). [S35] Munsell's History of Suffolk County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals (W. W. Munsell & Co., New York. 1882.), p. 84. Son Nehemiah testified that at the death of his father, "My mother being left with five small children to care for." [S38] Cemetery: South Haven Presbyterian Church (1925 & 1938), Stone 6. Mary Mape's gravestone listed all her husbands -- Nehemiah Hand, T. W. Rowland, and David DeForest [S17] Mary Gould Woodhull and Francis Bowes Stevens, compiler, Woodhull Genealogy: The Woodhull Family in England and America (Phildelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates and Company, 1904). Available Google Books and Ancestry.com, p. 128, Genealogy.com.