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Margaret Hersey 1746–1819 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Nov 1746

Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

Death Date: 28 Jul 1819

Death Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

Father: *isaiah Hersey

Mother: *margaret Sprague

Spouse(s): Abijah Hersey

Children(s): William Hersey, Isaiah Hersey, Abigail Hersey, Abigail Hersey, Peggy Hersey, Abijah Hersey, Elizabeth Hersey, William Hersey, Joseph Hersey

Margaret Hersey was born in 1746 in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, the child of Isaiah Hersey And Margaret Sprague. Margaret Hersey married Abijah Hersey, and had children including Abigail Hersey, Abijah Hersey, Elizabeth Hersey, Isaiah Hersey, Joseph Hersey, Peggy Hersey, William Hersey. Margaret Hersey passed away in 1819 in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Biography

  • Margaret Hersey was born in 1746 in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, the child of Isaiah Hersey And Margaret Sprague.
  • Margaret Hersey married Abijah Hersey, and had children including Abigail Hersey, Abijah Hersey, Elizabeth Hersey, Isaiah Hersey, Joseph Hersey, Peggy Hersey, William Hersey.
  • Margaret Hersey passed away in 1819 in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

Immediate Family

Parents

*isaiah Hersey
1721–1803
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
*H
*margaret Sprague
1722–1809
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
*S

Spouses(s)

Abijah Hersey
1739–1825
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
AH

Children(s)

William Hersey
1774–
Birth Location: –
WH
Isaiah Hersey
1788–1788
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
IH
Abigail Hersey
1779–1865
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
AH
Abigail Hersey
1772–1775
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
AH
Peggy Hersey
1788–1788
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
PH
Abijah Hersey
1769–1841
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
AH
Elizabeth Hersey
1766–1842
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
EH
William Hersey
1776–1867
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
WH
Joseph Hersey
1781–1863
Birth Location: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
JH

Margaret Hersey's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Hersey
1746–1819
Birth Place: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Parents
*isaiah Hersey
1721–1803
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
*margaret Sprague
1722–1809
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Grandparents
*daniel Hersey
1682–1766
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
*mary May
1687–1760
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
*matthew Sprague
1689–1783
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
*sarah Fearing
1689–1763
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Great-Grandparents
*john Hersey
1640–1726
*sarah Richards
1651–1732
*jonathan May
1663–1690
*sarah Langley
1668–1697
*anthony Sprague
1636–1719
Elizabeth Bartlett
1643–1713
*israel Fearing
1644–1693
*elizabeth Wilder
1652–1731
2nd-Great-Grandparents
*william Hersey
1596–1657
*elizabeth Croade
1589–1671
Edward Richards
1610–1684
Susan Hunting
1600–1684
*samuel May
1632–1697
*abigail Stansfield
1638–1674
*john Langley
1635–1703
*sarah Gill
1644–1682
*william Sprague
1610–1675
*millicent Eames
1616–1696
Robert Bartlett
1603–1676
Mary Warren
1610–1683
*john Fearing
1610–1665
*margaret Hawks
1599–1690
*edward Wilder
1623–1690
*elizabeth Eames
1624–1692

Margaret Hersey's Descendants

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Margaret Hersey (25 Nov 1746–28 Jul 1819) m. Abijah Hersey (20 Mar 1739–29 Jul 1825)
  1. 1. William Hersey 1774–
  2. 2. Isaiah Hersey 1788–1788
  3. 3. Abigail Hersey 1779–1865
  4. 4. Abigail Hersey 1772–1775
  5. 5. Peggy Hersey 1788–1788
  6. 6. Abijah Hersey 1769–1841 m. Lydia Stowell 1771–1854
    1. 1. William Hersey 1805–
    2. 2. William Hersey 1805–
    3. 3. Eveline Hersey 1805–1887 m. John (Phillips) Dawes 1807–
    4. 4. Clarissa Hersey 1796–1868
    5. 5. Lydia (Stowell) Hersey 1792– m. Isaac Bird 1772–
    6. 6. Peggy Hersey 1798–1864 m. Whittemore 1778–
    7. 7. Warren (Adam) Hersey 1809– m. Sabra Bassett 1819– m. Sarah (Ann) Wilson 1813–1849
      1. 1. Benjamin (Franklin) Hersey 1848–1851
      2. 2. Sarah (Ann) Hersey 1846–1848
      3. 3. William (Harrison) Hersey 1840– m. Sarah (Luella) Goold 1848– m. Effie (Amelia) Whiton 1858–
        1. 1. Harrie (Wilson) Hersey 1882–
        2. 2. Mabel (Whiton) Hersey 1888–
      4. 4. Hosea (Ballou) Hersey 1833– m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Burtenshaw 1830–1876
    8. 8. Eleanor Hersey 1794–
    9. 9. Hosea Hersey 1800–1826 m. Hannah Lincoln 1801–
      1. 1. Hollis Hersey 1825–1825
      2. 2. Caroline (Guild) Hersey 1827– m. Bates 1807– m. Abraham Thayer 1807–
  7. 7. Elizabeth Hersey 1766–1842 m. Robert Corthell 1756–1833
    1. 1. Mehitable Corthell 1802–1871
    2. 2. John Corthell 1809–1811
    3. 3. Isaiah Corthell 1792–
    4. 4. Elizabeth Corthell 1794– m. Ebenezer Lincoln 1775–
    5. 5. Mary Corthell 1799– m. Aram Caryl 1798–
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Caryl 1827–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Caryl 1827–
    6. 6. Margaret (Jane) Corthell 1807–1875 m. Perez (Lincoln) Fearing 1811–
      1. 1. Martha (Washington) Fearing 1844–1846
      2. 2. Perez (Francis) Fearing 1842–1864
      3. 3. Ellen (Elizabeth) Fearing 1840–
      4. 4. Lydia (Ann) Fearing 1835–
      5. 5. George (William) Fearing 1837– m. Elizabeth (A.) Cleverly 1844–
        1. 1. Herbert (Francis) Fearing 1870–
      6. 6. Margaret (Jane) Fearing 1839– m. Andrew Bartlett 1819– m. A. (R.) Tuck 1819–
      7. 7. Edwin (Wallace) Fearing 1851– m. Eliza (Ann) Cain 1854–
        1. 1. Edith (Frances) Fearing 1879–
        2. 2. Margaret (Chrystabel) Fearing 1887–
        3. 3. Florence (Kendall) Fearing 1880–
        4. 4. Ethel (Willis) Fearing 1877–1878
        5. 5. Elwin (Lincoln) Fearing 1882–1883
      8. 8. Washington (Irving) Fearing 1846– m. Ruth (Eliza) Ayers 1844–
        1. 1. Jennie (Washington) Fearing 1878–
        2. 2. Alice (May) Fearing 1876–1878
        3. 3. Nettie (Foster) Fearing 1880–
        4. 4. Freddie (Atwood) Fearing 1874–
        5. 5. Eugene (Foster) Fearing 1873–1873
        6. 6. Sarah (Cady) Fearing 1871–
        7. 7. Harry (Winthrop) Fearing 1882–1883
    7. 7. Tamar Corthell 1796–1836 m. Levi Corthell 1793–1874
    8. 8. Robert Corthell 1790–1862 m. Charlotte Hersey 1793–
      1. 1. Robert Corthell 1824–
      2. 2. Robert Corthell 1824–
      3. 3. John Corthell 1812–
      4. 4. Rachel (Stowell) Corthell 1818– m. Nahum Robinson 1812–
        1. 1. Deborah (Foster) Robinson 1849–1851
        2. 2. Alice (Ann) Robinson 1842–1851
        3. 3. Ella (Watson) Robinson 1856–1858
        4. 4. Robert (Corthell) Robinson 1844–1846
        5. 5. Alice (Ann) Robinson 1854– m. Joseph (Cushing) Haskell 1854–
        6. 6. Rachel (Elizabeth) Robinson 1846– m. George (Franklin) Howes 1855–
        7. 7. Joseph (Watson) Robinson 1858– m. Ellen (F.) Bates 1858–
        8. 8. Lydia (Pierce) Robinson 1840–1878 m. Benjamin (F.) Pratt 1820–
        9. 9. Margaret (Roberts) Robinson 1838–1861 m. Thomas (P.) Ryder 1818–
        10. 10. Robert (Foster) Robinson 1851– m. Sarah (A.) Ryder 1851–
      5. 5. Ann (Maria) Corthell 1826– m. John Cleverly 1806–
      6. 6. Nelson Corthell 1815– m. Margaret (Powers) Overton 1821–1842 m. Hannah (K.) Tower 1819–
        1. 1. Nelson (Francis) Corthell 1838–1862
        2. 2. Sarah (Ann) Corthell 1852– m. Frank (Willard) Flint 1851–
        3. 3. Gustavus (Perry) Corthell 1845– m. Annie Whalon 1845–
        4. 4. Margaret (Powers) Corthell 1841–1864 m. Stephen Newcomb 1837–
      7. 7. Deborah (M.) Corthell 1832– m. Joshua Remington 1826–
      8. 8. Charlotte Corthell 1828– m. James Pratt 1808–
      9. 9. Elizabeth Corthell 1822– m. Wilmot Cleverly 1802–
    9. 9. Daniel Corthell 1804–1859 m. Polly Barnes 1794–1852 m. Sally Cole 1804–1832 m. Sally Cole 1804–1832
      1. 1. Sarah (Lincoln) Corthell 1829– m. Peter (Nichols) Sprague 1826–
        1. 1. Martha (Lincoln) Sprague 1849– m. William Clegg 1829–
  8. 8. William Hersey 1776–1867 m. Rebecca Fearing 1775–1809
    1. 1. Infant Hersey 1808–1808
    2. 2. Lydia (Allen) Hersey 1806– m. Cushing Hersey 1808–1870
      1. 1. Lydia Hersey 1830–
      2. 2. Cushing Hersey 1832–1851
      3. 3. Watson (Cushing) Hersey 1851– m. Abbie (Weston) Loring 1850–
      4. 4. Horace Hersey 1846– m. Lydia (J.) Cook 1848–
        1. 1. Warren (Cushing) Hersey 1870–
        2. 2. Mabel (Allen) Hersey 1877–
        3. 3. Mabel (Wade) Hersey 1876–1876
        4. 4. Horace Hersey 1872–1872
      5. 5. William (Hollis) Hersey 1840– m. Bethia (C.) Curtis –1866
        1. 1. Elmer (G.) Hersey 1865–1865
      6. 6. Abigail (Ann) Hersey 1834–1859
        1. 1. Willard (E.) Haskell 1856–
        2. 2. Charles (H.) Haskell 1856–
        3. 3. Walter (A.) Haskell 1855– m. Martha (W.) Loring 1855–
        4. 4. Joseph (Cushing) Haskell 1854– m. Alice (Ann) Robinson 1854–
        5. 5. Walter (A.) Haskell 1855– m. Martha (W.) Loring 1855–
  9. 9. Joseph Hersey 1781–1863 m. Polly Hersey 1786–1842 m. Sally Hersey 1780–
    1. 1. William Hersey 1826–1850
    2. 2. Joseph Hersey 1806–1865
    3. 3. Hollis Hersey 1814–1817
    4. 4. Hollis Hersey 1812–1812
    5. 5. Edward (Lewis) Hersey 1822– m. Sarah (Ann) Barnes 1821–1852
      1. 1. Annietta Hersey 1846–
    6. 6. Franklin Hersey 1820– m. Caroline Hobart 1825–
      1. 1. Edward (Augustus) Hersey 1861–
      2. 2. Ella (Caroline) Hersey 1848–
      3. 3. Mary (French) Hersey 1844–1844
      4. 4. Franklin (Hobart) Hersey 1845– m. Esther (Willard) Osborn 1843–
        1. 1. Fred (Willard) Hersey 1873–
        2. 2. Lillian (Frances) Hersey 1867–
    7. 7. Otis Hersey 1816–1883 m. Mary (J.) Middleton –1852

Margaret Hersey's Timeline

2 Records

1746
25 Nov 1746
Birth of Margaret Hersey in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
1819
28 Jul 1819
Age 73
Death of Margaret Hersey in HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Nov 1746
    Event Place: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Jul 1819
    Event Place: HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
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