Hezekiah (Harriman) Herriman (1792 - 1843)

Born 23 Dec 1792 in Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Ann (Bassick) Herriman — married 1812 in Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1843 at age 50 in Stockton, Waldo, Maine, United States

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Biography

Made the choice to change the spelling of the name Harriman to the German version of Herriman

Hezekiah was captured by a British warship in 1812 and was taken to Halifax and then on to Dartmore Prison in England where he was held captive for six months. Upon his release he returned to the state of Maine.

He was a ship captain and started a passenger line between Bangor Maine and Boston Massachusetts with two schooners called "Freetrade" and "Madawaska". This passenger line would first become the "Sanford S.S. Line" and then the "Bangor S.S. Company".

Hezekiah was a very well to do man.

Burial Mt. Prospect Cemetery Stockton Springs Maine

Sources

• Familysearch: "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP5-T62 : 22 May 2019), Benjamin Buck Harriman in entry for Hezekiah Harriman, 23 Dec 1792; citing Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,004.

• Find a grave Mt. Prospect Cemetery Stockton Springs Maine Find A Grave: Memorial #69834975