Samuel Gerrish

Samuel Gerrish (1680s-1741) was a bookseller and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century.[1] He kept a shop "near the brick meeting house in Cornhill,"[2] and published works by Thomas Prince and others. Employees included Thomas Hancock.[3] He married Mary Sewall (daughter of Samuel Sewall) in 1709; children included Samuel Gerrish (d.1751).[4][5]

Advertisement for Samuel Gerrish, bookseller, Boston, 1727

References

  1. WorldCat. Gerrish, Samuel d. 1741
  2. Boston News-Letter; November 27, 1721
  3. "Hancock family papers, 1664–1854: Finding Aid". Harvard Business School. Retrieved April 2014.
  4. John Tyler Hassam. Samuel Gerrish, 1735-1741. Early recorders and registers of deeds for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts, 1639-1735. J. Wilson and Son, 1900.
  5. Boston Evening Post.; 10-21-1751

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