"Joseph" was originally entered as Gershom's middle name, but this was likely an error since middle names didn't come into fashion until the end of the eighteenth century. His father and brother were named Joseph.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998) Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gershom by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree: