Thomas Russell Gerry
BornDecember 8, 1794
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedOctober 8, 1848(1848-10-08) (aged 53)
New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Spouse
Hannah Green Goelet
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(m. 1830; died 1845)​
Children2, including Elbridge Thomas Gerry
Parent(s)Elbridge Gerry
Ann Thompson
RelativesRobert Livingston Gerry (grandson)
Peter Goelet Gerry (grandson)

Thomas Russell Gerry (December 8, 1794 – October 8, 1848) was an American sailor who was active in the Sons of the American Revolution and was a son of the fifth U.S. Vice President Elbridge Gerry.[1]

Early life

Gerry was born on December 8, 1794, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was one of ten children born to Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), a Founding Father, Massachusetts Governor and U.S. Vice President, and Ann (née Thompson) Gerry (1763–1849), who was near twenty years his father's junior.[2] At his parents' wedding, his father's best man was his good friend James Monroe.[3]

His maternal grandparents were James Thompson, a wealthy Irish-born New York merchant, and Catharine (née Walton) Thompson.[4][3] His paternal grandparents were Thomas Gerry (1702–1774), a merchant who operated ships out of Marblehead,[5] and Elizabeth (née Greenleaf) Gerry (1716–1771), the daughter of a successful Boston merchant.[6]

Career

On December 6, 1814, Gerry was appointed and served as a midshipman[7] in the United States Navy.[8] His brother, James Thompson Gerry (1797–1854), was commander of the USS Albany, a United States Navy war sloop, when it was sunk on September 28, 1854.[9] In November 1818,[10] his mother Ann wrote to Smith Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, soliciting his promotion and expressing thanks for the promotion of his elder brother, Elbridge Gerry Jr. (1793–1867)[11] In February 1822, his brother Elbridge also wrote to the Secretary of the Navy recommending his Thomas' promotion to Lieutenant.[10]

On January 13, 1825, Gerry was promoted to lieutenant.[12] Gerry resigned from the Navy as a lieutenant on August 27, 1833,[13] a few years after his marriage.[4]

Personal life

Ancestry of son-in-law Federic Gallatin, compiled from Life of Albert Gallatin, by Henry Adams, 1879, History of Nicholson family, by Byam Kerby Stevens, 1911, and other sources, revised by Colonel William Plumb Bacon. Published 1916 by Press of T.A. Wright in New York, N.Y.

On June 30, 1830,[4] Gerry was married to Hannah Green Goelet (1804–1845), the daughter of merchant Peter P. Goelet and Almy (née Buchanan) Goelet. She was the aunt of Robert Goelet, a businessman and yachtsman,[14] and the granddaughter of Peter Goelet, a merchant and real estate developer.[15] Her brother, Peter Goelet, left part of his vast estate to their son Elbridge upon his death in 1879.[16] Together, they were the parents of:[17]

Gerry died on October 8, 1848, in New Rochelle, New York. At the time of his death, his children were very young and had to be raised by their mother.[27]

Descendants

Through his son Elbridge, he was the grandfather of Angelica Livingston Gerry (1871–1960),[28] who died unmarried;[29] Mabel Gerry (1872–1930),[28] who married Francis Saxham Elwes Drury (1859–1937);[30] Robert Livingston Gerry, Sr. (1877–1957), who married Cornelia Averell Harriman (1884–1966), the second daughter of railroad executive E. H. Harriman and his wife Mary Williamson Averell;[31] and Peter Goelet Gerry (1879–1957), U.S. Representative and Senator from Rhode Island, who was married to Mathilde Townsend and, later, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958), the widow of George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914).[15]

Through his daughter Almy,[25] he was the grandfather of Almy Goelet "Amy" Gallatin (1868–1935), who married Howland Pell (1856–1937);[32][33][34] Rolaz Horace Gallatin (1871–1948),[35] who married Emily Lorillard Morris (b. 1873);[36][37] Jean Buchanan Gallatin (b. 1873), who married George Philip Cammann (1861–1920);[38] Goelet Gallatin (1877–1962),[39] who married Edith Church Post (b. 1882), a step-sister of Regis Henri Post; Albert Gallatin (b. 1880); and Mary "May" Gallatin (1882–1944), who married William Warner Hoppin Jr. (1878–1948),[40] a grandson of Gov. William Warner Hoppin, in 1902.[41]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Billias, George Athan (1976). Elbridge Gerry: Founding Father and Republican Statesman. McGraw-Hill. p. 404. ISBN 9780070052697. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. ^ Hatfield, Mark. "Vice Presidents of the United States: Elbridge Gerry (1813–1814)" (PDF). Senate Historical Office. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  3. ^ a b Ammon, p. 61
  4. ^ a b c American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, In The Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence A. D. 1776. Vol. IV. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. 1889. p. 223. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. ^ Greenleaf, p. 77
  6. ^ Purcell, p. 46
  7. ^ Waldo, Samuel Putnam (1821). The Life and Character of Stephen Decatur: Late Commodore and Post-captain in the Navy of the United States, and Navy-commissioner: Interspersed with Brief Notices of the Origin, Progress, and Achievements of the American Navy ... P. B. Goodsell. p. 373. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  8. ^ Cutter, William Richard (1908). Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Lewis historical Publishing Company. pp. 49–50. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  9. ^ Family, Adams (1963). Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 12: March 1797 - April 1798. Harvard University Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780674504660. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  10. ^ a b Preston, Daniel (2001). A Comprehensive Catalogue of the Correspondence and Papers of James Monroe. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 740. ISBN 9780313318320. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  11. ^ "DIED". The New York Times. May 21, 1867. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  12. ^ United States Congress (1861). American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States ... Gales and Seaton. p. 146. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  13. ^ Homans, Benjamin (1834). The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States ... Thompson and Homans. p. 125. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  14. ^ "MISS BEATRICE GOELET DEAD.; Only Daughter of the Late Robert Goelet Succumbs to Attack of Pneumonia". The New York Times. 12 February 1902. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  15. ^ a b Hendrick, Burton J. (June 1912). "PERMANENT OWNERS OF NEW YORK". McClure's Magazine. S.S. McClure. 39 (2): 121–138. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  16. ^ "PETER GOELET'S WILL.; DIVIDING AN ESTATE THAT MAY BE WORTH TWENTY MILLIONS". The New York Times. December 6, 1879. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  17. ^ Genealogical Record of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. 1905. p. 65. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  18. ^ "ELBRIDGE T. GERRY, 89, BREAKS HIP IN A FALL; Banker and Philanthropist Slips on a Polished Floor in His Home". The New York Times. 1 February 1927. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  19. ^ "ELBRIDGE T. GERRY DIES IN 90TH YEAR; Chief Founder of Children's Society Succumbs to Injury Caused by a Fall. TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY Called Emancipator of Helpless Childhood -- Lawyer, Banker and Yachtsman". The New York Times. 19 February 1927. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  20. ^ New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
  21. ^ "COMMODORE ELBRIDGE T. GERRY | A SKETCH". The Tammany Times. Tammany Publishing Company. 1 January 1896. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  22. ^ "Mrs. Amy Goelet Gallatin". The New York Times. 28 March 1917. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  23. ^ "ESTATE OF MRS. GALLATIN; It Exceeds $1,000,000 and Husband Gets $30,000 a Year for Life". The New York Times. 4 April 1917. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  24. ^ "INHERIT GALLATIN ESTATE.; Six Children Named in Will to Share Fortune Equally". The New York Times. 8 October 1927. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  25. ^ a b New York University Alumni Association (1894). Biographical Catalogue of the Chancellors: Professors and Graduates of the Department of Arts and Science of the University of the City of New York ... Alumni Association. p. 96. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  26. ^ "FREDERIC GALLATIN DIES AT AGE OF 86; Grandson of a Former Secretary of the Treasury -- Admitted to Bar Here in the '60's". The New York Times. 9 September 1927. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  27. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. J. T. White Company. 1898. p. 242. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  28. ^ a b "$6,998,284 ESTATE LEFT BY MRS. DURY Husband Has Life Interest in Residue, Under Will of Sister of Former Senator Gerry. CHARITY TO GET $90,000 Family Shares Starrett Fortune — Jersey Man Leaves $1,700 to Repay Hostess at Dinners". The New York Times. April 9, 1932. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  29. ^ "ANGELICA L. GERRY DIES | 2 Ancestors Were Signers of Declaration of Independence". The New York Times. November 5, 1960. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  30. ^ Robinson, Grace (November 1, 1925). "NEWS OF NEW YORK SOCIETY | Social Register at Gerry Wedding". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  31. ^ "MISS HARRIMAN BRIDE OF ROBERT L. GERRY; Grace Church So Crowded by Friends of the Pair That Many Had to Stand in Aisles. GREAT CRUSH IN BROADWAY Wedding Held at Noon and Followed by Reception at Home in Fifth Avenue". The New York Times. 4 March 1908. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  32. ^ "MRS. HOWLAND PELL.; Was Great-Granddaughter of Former Treasury Secretary". The New York Times. 24 February 1935. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  33. ^ "MRS. PELL'S ESTATE LEFT TO HER FAMILY; Husband Receives Life Interest, Daughter Then Gets Income -- Kin Previously Provided For". The New York Times. 3 March 1935. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  34. ^ "HOWLAND PELL, 81, INSURANCE BROKER; Retired Business Man, Member of a Distinguished Early American Family, Dies". The New York Times. 10 June 1937. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  35. ^ "R. HORACE GALLATIN". The New York Times. 2 November 1948. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  36. ^ John Conrad Weiser Family Association (1960). The Weiser family: a genealogy of the family of John Conrad Weiser, the elder (d. 1746); prepared on the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of his arrival in America, 1710-1760. John Conrad Weiser Family Assoc. p. 210. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  37. ^ "A DAY'S WEDDINGS. | Gallatin--Morris". The New York Times. 29 April 1896. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  38. ^ Report of the Harvard Class of 1918. Harvard University. 1943. p. 129. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  39. ^ "Goelet Gallatin". The New York Times. 30 April 1962. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  40. ^ "WILLIAM W. HOPPIN, MAGISTRATE, DIES; Served on Bench Since 1940 -Former Lawyer Once Counsel on Customs Litigations". The New York Times. 29 May 1948. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  41. ^ Aitken, William Benford (1912). Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke. Knickerbocker Press. p. 124. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

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