Jerusha (Hazen) Herrick (1772 - 1845)

Born 6 Nov 1772 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Herrick — married 1790 in , , Vermont, USA

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1845 at age 72 in Martinsburg, Lewis, New York, USA

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Biography

Jerusha Hazen was born Nov. 6, 1772 in Norwich, CT to Nehemiah and Jerusha Pitcher Hazen. ^[1] She married John Herrick about 1790. The 1790 U.S. Census shows the family in North Hero, VT. ^[2] They moved to Middletown and Poultney, Vt., then to Martinsburg, N.Y. about 1803. ^[3] Their first child, Lydia, was born in Grand Isle in 1790. Jerusha died in Martinsburg, N.Y. March 30, 1845.

Sources

1. ↑ Norwich Vital Records 1659-1848. Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1913. p. 461
2. ↑ Heads of families at the First Census of the United States, 1790. North Hero, VT p. 163
3. ↑ Lydia Herrick Pitcher, A Pioneer's Version of Life in Early Lewis County. North Country Life, Winter 1950, pp 25-29.