John
Hersey
Born in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Hersey
and Anna (Cushing) Hersey
Brother of
Anna (Hersey) Tower, Seth Stowers Hersey, Mary Lincoln (Hersey) Sylvester, Elizabeth (Hersey) Lane, Caleb Hersey, Jane (Hersey) Loring, Harriet (Hersey) Gardner, Martha (Hersey) Cushing and Angelina Hersey
Husband of
Sarah (Gardner) Hersey
— married
22 Apr 1818 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Wellington Hersey, William Bambridge Hersey, Sarah Jane (Hersey) Whiton, George Canning Hersey and Caroline Frances (Hersey) Cushing
Died
at age 77
in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jan 2014
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Biography
John Hersey was born on December 16, 1786 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. His parents were John Hersey and Anna Cushing. [1]
He married Sarah Gardner on April 22, 1818.[1] Together they had 5 children:[1]
"Blacksmith."[1]
He lived on Main Street in Sout Hingham.[1]
He died on December 22, 1863 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol II, p.316
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
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