Samuel Gerrish Explained

Samuel Gerrish
Birth Date:	1680s
Death Date:	1741
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	bookseller and publisher

Samuel Gerrish (–) was an American bookseller and publisher based in Boston during the 18th century.^[1] He kept a shop "near the brick meeting house in Cornhill,"^[2] and published works by Thomas Prince and others. Employees included Thomas Hancock.^[3]

Family

He married Mary Sewall (daughter of Samuel Sewall) in 1709; children included Samuel Gerrish (d.1751).^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of booksellers in Boston

Further reading

Published by Gerrish

• Thomas Prince. Annals of the New England Colonies.
• Cotton Mather. A vindication of the ministers of Boston: from the abuses & scandals, lately cast upon them, in diverse printed papers. (1722)

About Gerrish

• Book: George Emery Littlefield . Early Boston Booksellers, 1642-1711 . 210–14 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b670540?urlappend=%3Bseq=263 . . Samuel Gerrish . . 1900. 2027/uc1.$b670540?urlappend=%3Bseq=263 .
• J. Terry Gates . Samuel Gerrish, Publisher to the 'Regular Singing' Movement in 1720s New England . . Second Series, Vol. 45, No. 1 . 941389 . 1988. 1 . 15–22 . 10.2307/941389 .

Notes and References

1. WorldCat. Gerrish, Samuel d. 1741
2. Boston News-Letter; November 27, 1721
3. Web site: Hancock family papers, 1664–1854: Finding Aid . Harvard Business School . 27 April 2014 .
4. John Tyler Hassam. Samuel Gerrish, 1735-1741. Early recorders and registers of deeds for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts, 1639-1735. J. Wilson and Son, 1900.
5. Boston Evening Post.; 10-21-1751