Gershom FLAGG ^{1 2}

   General Notes:

FAMILY RECORDS of the Descendants of GERSHOM FLAGG [Born 1730] of Lancaster Massahusettes (sic) with Other Genealogical Records of THE FLAGG FAMILY Descended from THOMAS FLEGG OF WATERTOWN MASS and Including THE FLEGG LINEAGE IN ENGLAND Compiled and Published by Norman Gersom Flagg and Lucius C S Flagg 1907
Chapter III The Flagg Lineage from Thomas Flegg of Watertown Mass to Gershom Flagg (Born 1730) of Lancaster Mass 1637-1758
pg 21: The Third Generation in America
John Flagg
Of Lieut Gershom Flagg's ten children, the third child and third son was John, who was born 25 May 1673, probably in Woburn MA; he moved to Boston about 1700, and died there about 1732, his will being proved 19 Dec that year. He married previous to 1700 Abiah Kornic, a native of England. He and his wife sold land in Woburn in 1699, and in 1717 he purchased estate on Hanover Street in Boston, of Samuel Vickers, where the American House now stands (1906). According to Dr Bond, Watertown, John Flagg was a tanner.
'By his will he gave his negro boy Pompey to his son Ebenezer forever, and his house and land on Hanover Street to his son Gershom, upon his paying the other heirs their respective portion of its appraised value. His wife died 3 Sep 1715 and was buried in the Granary burying ground, Tremont Street, Boston, where a stone with an inscription marks her grave. Four of her children were buried by the side of her grave.' (North's Augusta).
Lucius CS Flagg visited the grave of Abiah Flagg in 1904 and found it situated about midway between the tomb of John Hancock and that of Benjamin Franklin's parents, in what is now called the 'Old Granary Burying-ground.' On her tombstone is inscribed: 'Here lyes ye body of Abiah Flagg, wife of John Flagg, d Sept. 3, 1715'. And on the headstones of four of the children appear the following: 'Mr Gershom Flagg, died March 23, 1771, aged 66'. 'Hannah Flagg, died Dec. 12, 1702, aged 1 yrs 8 mos'. 'Ebenezer Flagg, died Aug. 27, 1708, aged 4 yrs'. 'Thomas Flagg, died Sept. 1713, aged 1 yr'.
Regarding the bequests in John Flagg's will, Benjamin AG Fuller, himself a Flagg by descent (see Chapter VII), made the following comments before the New England Genealogical Society in 1872: 'This (the negro) was Ebenezer's sole inheritance, yet with Pompey alone, he seems to have made some headway in the world, as he afterwards married Mary, the daughter of Gov. Samuel Ward, of RI, and his oldest sone (Henry Collins) married the widow of Washington Allston's father. Whether his father's bequest of the boy Pompey 'forever' still holds good, I am unable to state. Gershom was the executor of his father's will and came into possession and ownership of the homestead, which was situate upon the spot now occupied by the American House on Hanover St...'
pg 26: As there has been some discussion among the Flagg descendants as to which of the Flaggs owned this 'slate-rocks' Mr Clark has examined all records very carefully. While Gershom Flagg of Lancaster, with whom this record especially deals never was owner of the property, his father certainly was, of which the foregoing deeds are sufficient evidence. At the death of Eleazer Flagg in 1749, to avoid a forced sale of the Lancaster property, the Court settled this 'slate rocks' together with other real estate upon Eleazer's daughter Mary, wife of Garven (Gawen) Brown. Upon Mary's death soon after, Eleazer's brother Gershom Flagg (b1705) purchased the Lancaster real estate from G Brown, and he in turn bequeathed it to his son Gershom (b 1743) who moved from Lancaster to Clinton ME in 1789 selling the quarry to Joseph Wales.

INTERNET
Ancestry.com, Ancestry World Chart, Ancestors of Earl Randolph GERTZ c1925, File Name 147139, Seanandnikki@email.msn.com

Ancestry.com, Ancestry World Chart, Ancestors of Eugene Worth GRAVES c1903, File Name 117205, Ayres@prodigy.net

Http://www.ooten.com/famtree/wga8.html#l828: Buried in Granary Burial Ground Tremont Street Boston with mother and three siblings. Grave situated half way beteen the tomb of John Hancock and Ben Franklin's parents.

   Marriage Information:

Gershom married Lydia CALLENDER on 16 Mar 1729/30 ¹. (Lydia CALLENDER was born between 1692 and 1714 ¹ and died between 1735 and 1803 ¹.)

   Marriage Information:

Gershom also married Hannah PITSON on 4 Jul 1736 ¹. (Hannah PITSON was born between 1699 and 1724 ¹ and died between 1755 and 1813 ¹.)