Born in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America
Ancestors 
Daughter of Eliphalet Jewett
and Sarah (Richards) Jewett
Sister of
Ednah (Jewett) Kinsman, Harriet (Jewett) Morgan, Sarah Richards (Jewett) Prentiss, Jane (Jewett) Payson, Mary Bishop (Jewett) Read, Ruth Ann (Jewett) Tilton, Humphrey Paul Jewett and Eleanor Punchard (Jewett) Leach
Wife of
Samuel Lancaster Gerry
— married
27 Oct 1836 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America
Mother of
Edna J. Gerry, Kate L. (Gerry) Bucklin, Alston Gerry, Martha Caroline Gerry and Sarah L. Gerry
Died about
at about age 86
in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jul 2013
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Biography
She is buried in the Forrest Hills Cemetary, Jamaica, Plain, MA with her husband Samuel L. Gerry. Lot 1212 on Honeysuckle Path.
In Lot 1212 are the following graves with the date of internment: Mary E. Gerry: 5/20/1858. Sarah R. Jewett: 1/25/1867. Henry J. Prentiss: 4/25/1869. Eliphalet J. Prentiss: 11/9/1891. Samuel L. Gerry (husband): 4/29/1891. Eliphalet Jewett: 11/9/1858. Martha D. Prentiss: 5/7/1884. Sarah R. Prentiss: 11/9/1858. Ruth T. Gerry: 9/18/1860. Martha C. Gerry: 5/6/1903. Edna J. Gerry: 6/16/1915. Martha G. Gerry: 5/7/1926.
Sources
- Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 198-9.
- Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (15 January 2020), Martha Caroline Jewett, 1816.
- Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924, database, FamilySearch (28 July 2021), Martha Caroline Jewett in entry for Samuel Lancaster Gerry, 1836.
- Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932, database, FamilySearch, Martha Caroline Gerry, 1903.
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