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James H. Hersey 1804–1836 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 08 Oct 1804

Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

Death Date: 05 Dec 1836

Death Location: At sea, on board U.S. Ship "Potomac"

Father: Jeremiah Hersey

Mother: Deborah Fearing

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James H. Hersey was born in 1804 in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, the child of Jeremiah Hersey And Deborah Fearing. James H. Hersey passed away in 1836 in At sea, on board U.S. Ship "Potomac".

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Biography

  • James H. Hersey was born in 1804 in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, the child of Jeremiah Hersey And Deborah Fearing.
  • James H. Hersey passed away in 1836 in At sea, on board U.S. Ship "Potomac".

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James Hersey's Ancestors

Self
James Hersey
1804–1836
Birth Place: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Parents
Jeremiah Hersey
1775–1846
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Deborah Fearing
1777–1829
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Grandparents
Jeremiah Hersey
1741–1796
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Mary Hersey
1755–1819
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Nathaniel Fearing
1751–1783
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Deborah Hobart
1754–1818
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Great-Grandparents
*jeremiah Hersey
1697–1790
*elizabeth Gilbert
1702–1765
*isaiah Hersey
1721–1803
*margaret Sprague
1722–1809
Elijah Fearing
1715–1776
Deborah Leavitt
1722–1786
James Hobart
1727–1794
Deborah Sprague
1726–1805
2nd-Great-Grandparents
*john Hersey
1640–1726
*sarah Richards
1651–1732
*nathaniel Gilbert
1678–1720
*elizabeth Endicott
1675–1709
*daniel Hersey
1682–1766
*mary May
1687–1760
*matthew Sprague
1689–1783
*sarah Fearing
1689–1763
Nathaniel Fearing
1680–1751
Mary Lincoln
1694–1715
Abraham Leavitt
1686–1767
Rebecca Lincoln
1697–
Jeremiah Sprague
1682–1759
Priscilla Knight
1685–1775

James Hersey's Timeline

2 Records

1804
08 Oct 1804
Birth of James H. Hersey in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
1836
05 Dec 1836
Age 32
Death of James H. Hersey in At sea, on board U.S. Ship "Potomac"
At sea, on board U.S. Ship "Potomac"

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 08 Oct 1804
    Event Place: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 Dec 1836
    Event Place: At sea, on board U.S. Ship "Potomac

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