Born in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Elbridge Gerry
and Ann (Thompson) Gerry
Sister of
Eliza (Gerry) Townsend, Ann Gerry, Elbridge Thomas Gerry, Thomas Russell Gerry, Helen Maria Gerry, James Thompson Gerry and Emily Louisa Gerry
Wife of
James Trecothick Austin
— married
2 Oct 1806 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Ivers James Austin and Maria Cornelia Richie (Austin) Lyman
Died
at age 63
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Nov 2014
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Biography
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1787 to Elbridge Gerry and Ann Thompson. Catherine married James Trecothick Austin and had 2 children.
- Death of her father: Three sons and six daughters survived Mr. Gerry, as follows: Catharine, married to Hon. James T. Austin; Eliza, married to Major David Townsend; Ann, Elbridge, Thomas Russell, Helen Maria, Captain James Thompson, Eleanor Stanford, and Emily Louise, who died in New Haven, December 28, 1894, and was the last surviving daughter of a signer of the Declaration of Independence.[1]
James Trecothick Austin and Catharine Gerry were married on 2 October 1806, in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[2][3]
- Children:
- Ivers James Austin 1808-1889
- Maria Cornelia Richie Austin Lyman 1821-1864
Catharine, daughter of Elbridge & Ann Gerry, died (age 63) on 9 June 1850 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[4] Catherine was mentioned on a memorial in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 6 September 1850.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Wives of the Signers: The Women Behind the Declaration of Independence, by Harry Clinton Green and Mary Wolcott Green, A.B. (Aledo, TX: Wallbuilder Press, 1997) pp 84, archive.org (accessed 18 December 2022)
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWK-85T : accessed 15 January 2016), James Trecothick Austin and Catharine Gerry, 02 Oct 1806; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 496,864.
- ↑ 'Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the Families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts by Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918', 1908, Volume v.1, pp 48, archive.org (accessed 18 December 2022)
- ↑
Death:
"Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915"
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2101 #6799658 (accessed 18 December 2022)
Catharine Austin death 9 Jun 1850 (age 63), daughter of Elbridge & Ann Gerry Austin, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. - ↑
Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #97123137 (accessed 18 December 2022)
Memorial page for Catherine Gerry Austin (1 Mar 1787-6 Sep 1850), citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (plot: Lot 1695 Columbine Path); Maintained by Member#47194125 (contributor 47194125).
- FamilySearch Person: K2M4-SPS
- Chapter Sketches, Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, Patriots' Daughters (Connecticut Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution, New Haven, 1904) Page 10.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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