Thomas Russell Gerry Explained

Thomas Russell Gerry
Birth Date:December 8, 1794
Birth Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Parents:Elbridge Gerry
Ann Thompson
Children:2, including Elbridge Thomas Gerry
Relations:Robert Livingston Gerry (grandson)
Peter Goelet Gerry (grandson)

Thomas Russell Gerry (December 8, 1794 – October 8, 1848) was an American sailor who was active in the Sons of the American Revolution and was a son of the fifth U.S. Vice President Elbridge Gerry.[1]

Early life

Gerry was born on December 8, 1794, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was one of ten children born to Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), a Founding Father, Massachusetts Governor and U.S. Vice President, and Ann (née Thompson) Gerry (1763–1849), who was near twenty years his father's junior.[2] At his parents' wedding, his father's best man was his good friend James Monroe.[3]

His maternal grandparents were James Thompson, a wealthy Irish-born New York merchant, and Catharine (née Walton) Thompson.[3] His paternal grandparents were Thomas Gerry (1702–1774), a merchant who operated ships out of Marblehead,[4] and Elizabeth (née Greenleaf) Gerry (1716–1771), the daughter of a successful Boston merchant.[5]

Career

On December 6, 1814, Gerry was appointed and served as a midshipman[6] in the United States Navy.[7] His brother, James Thompson Gerry (1797–1854), was commander of the USS Albany, a United States Navy war sloop, when it was sunk on September 28, 1854.[8] In November 1818,[9] his mother Ann wrote to Smith Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, soliciting his promotion and expressing thanks for the promotion of his elder brother, Elbridge Gerry Jr. (1793–1867)[10] In February 1822, his brother Elbridge also wrote to the Secretary of the Navy recommending his Thomas' promotion to Lieutenant.[9]

On January 13, 1825, Gerry was promoted to lieutenant.[11] Gerry resigned from the Navy as a lieutenant on August 27, 1833,[12] a few years after his marriage.[13]

Personal life

On June 30, 1830,[13] Gerry was married to Hannah Green Goelet (1804–1845), the daughter of merchant Peter P. Goelet and Almy (née Buchanan) Goelet. She was the aunt of Robert Goelet, a businessman and yachtsman,[14] and the granddaughter of Peter Goelet, a merchant and real estate developer. Her brother, Peter Goelet, left part of his vast estate to their son Elbridge upon his death in 1879.[15] Together, they were the parents of:[16]

Gerry died on October 8, 1848, in New Rochelle, New York. At the time of his death, his children were very young and had to be raised by their mother.[26]

Descendants

Through his son Elbridge, he was the grandfather of Angelica Livingston Gerry (1871–1960), who died unmarried;[27] Mabel Gerry (1872–1930),[28] who married Francis Saxham Elwes Drury (1859–1937);[29] Robert Livingston Gerry, Sr. (1877–1957), who married Cornelia Averell Harriman (1884–1966), the second daughter of railroad executive E. H. Harriman and his wife Mary Williamson Averell;[30] and Peter Goelet Gerry (1879–1957), U.S. Representative and Senator from Rhode Island, who was married to Mathilde Townsend and, later, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958), the widow of George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914).[31]

Through his daughter Almy,[24] he was the grandfather of Almy Goelet "Amy" Gallatin (1868–1935), who married Howland Pell (1856–1937);[32] [33] [34] Rolaz Horace Gallatin (1871–1948),[35] who married Emily Lorillard Morris (b. 1873);[36] [37] Jean Buchanan Gallatin (b. 1873), who married George Philip Cammann (1861–1920);[38] Goelet Gallatin (1877–1962),[39] who married Edith Church Post (b. 1882), a step-sister of Regis Henri Post; Albert Gallatin (b. 1880); and Mary "May" Gallatin (1882–1944), who married William Warner Hoppin Jr. (1878–1948),[40] a grandson of Gov. William Warner Hoppin, in 1902.[41]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Billias. George Athan. Elbridge Gerry: Founding Father and Republican Statesman. 1976. McGraw-Hill. 9780070052697. 404. registration. 28 February 2018. en.
  2. Web site: Vice Presidents of the United States: Elbridge Gerry (1813–1814). Hatfield. Mark. Senate Historical Office. 2012-10-24.
  3. Ammon, p. 61
  4. Greenleaf, p. 77
  5. Purcell, p. 46
  6. Book: Waldo. Samuel Putnam. The Life and Character of Stephen Decatur: Late Commodore and Post-captain in the Navy of the United States, and Navy-commissioner: Interspersed with Brief Notices of the Origin, Progress, and Achievements of the American Navy .... 1821. P. B. Goodsell. 373. 28 February 2018. en.
  7. Book: Cutter. William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. 1908. Lewis historical Publishing Company. 49–50. 28 February 2018. en.
  8. Book: Family. Adams. Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 12: March 1797 - April 1798. 1963. Harvard University Press. 9780674504660. 20. 28 February 2018. en.
  9. Book: Preston. Daniel. A Comprehensive Catalogue of the Correspondence and Papers of James Monroe. 2001. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780313318320. 740. 28 February 2018. en.
  10. News: DIED.. The New York Times . 24 April 2017. May 21, 1867. en.
  11. Book: United States Congress. American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States .... 1861. Gales and Seaton. 146. 28 February 2018. en. United States Congress.
  12. Book: Homans. Benjamin. The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States .... 1834. Thompson and Homans. 125. 28 February 2018. en.
  13. Book: American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, In The Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence A. D. 1776. Vol. IV. 1889. Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. Albany, NY. 223. 28 February 2018. en.
  14. News: MISS BEATRICE GOELET DEAD.; Only Daughter of the Late Robert Goelet Succumbs to Attack of Pneumonia.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 12 February 1902.
  15. News: PETER GOELET'S WILL.; DIVIDING AN ESTATE THAT MAY BE WORTH TWENTY MILLIONS.. 29 November 2016. The New York Times. December 6, 1879.
  16. Book: Genealogical Record of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. 1905. Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. 65. 28 February 2018. en.
  17. News: ELBRIDGE T. GERRY, 89, BREAKS HIP IN A FALL; Banker and Philanthropist Slips on a Polished Floor in His Home.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 1 February 1927.
  18. News: ELBRIDGE T. GERRY DIES IN 90TH YEAR; Chief Founder of Children's Society Succumbs to Injury Caused by a Fall. TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY Called Emancipator of Helpless Childhood -- Lawyer, Banker and Yachtsman.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 19 February 1927.
  19. New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
  20. News: COMMODORE ELBRIDGE T. GERRY A SKETCH. 11 September 2016. The Tammany Times. Tammany Publishing Company. 1 January 1896. en.
  21. News: Mrs. Amy Goelet Gallatin. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 28 March 1917.
  22. News: ESTATE OF MRS. GALLATIN; It Exceeds $1,000,000 and Husband Gets $30,000 a Year for Life.. 27 September 2017. The New York Times. 4 April 1917.
  23. News: INHERIT GALLATIN ESTATE.; Six Children Named in Will to Share Fortune Equally.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 8 October 1927.
  24. Book: New York University Alumni Association. Biographical Catalogue of the Chancellors: Professors and Graduates of the Department of Arts and Science of the University of the City of New York .... 1894. Alumni Association. 96. 28 February 2018. en.
  25. News: FREDERIC GALLATIN DIES AT AGE OF 86; Grandson of a Former Secretary of the Treasury -- Admitted to Bar Here in the '60's.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 9 September 1927.
  26. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. 1898. J. T. White Company. 242. 28 February 2018. en.
  27. News: ANGELICA L. GERRY DIES 2 Ancestors Were Signers of Declaration of Independence . 11 September 2016 . The New York Times. November 5, 1960.
  28. News: $6,998,284 ESTATE LEFT BY MRS. DURY Husband Has Life Interest in Residue, Under Will of Sister of Former Senator Gerry. CHARITY TO GET $90,000 Family Shares Starrett Fortune — Jersey Man Leaves $1,700 to Repay Hostess at Dinners.. 11 September 2016. The New York Times. April 9, 1932.
  29. News: Robinson. Grace. NEWS OF NEW YORK SOCIETY Social Register at Gerry Wedding. 11 September 2016. The Chicago Tribune. November 1, 1925.
  30. News: MISS HARRIMAN BRIDE OF ROBERT L. GERRY; Grace Church So Crowded by Friends of the Pair That Many Had to Stand in Aisles. GREAT CRUSH IN BROADWAY Wedding Held at Noon and Followed by Reception at Home in Fifth Avenue.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 4 March 1908.
  31. Hendrick. Burton J.. PERMANENT OWNERS OF NEW YORK. McClure's Magazine . 39 . 2. June 1912. 121–138. 9 March 2017. S.S. McClure. en.
  32. News: MRS. HOWLAND PELL.; Was Great-Granddaughter of Former Treasury Secretary. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 24 February 1935.
  33. News: MRS. PELL'S ESTATE LEFT TO HER FAMILY; Husband Receives Life Interest, Daughter Then Gets Income -- Kin Previously Provided For.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 3 March 1935.
  34. News: HOWLAND PELL, 81, INSURANCE BROKER; Retired Business Man, Member of a Distinguished Early American Family, Dies. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 10 June 1937.
  35. News: R. HORACE GALLATIN. 27 September 2017. The New York Times. 2 November 1948.
  36. Book: John Conrad Weiser Family Association. The Weiser family: a genealogy of the family of John Conrad Weiser, the elder (d. 1746); prepared on the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of his arrival in America, 1710-1760. 1960. John Conrad Weiser Family Assoc.. 210. 27 September 2017. en.
  37. News: A DAY'S WEDDINGS. Gallatin--Morris. 27 September 2017. The New York Times. 29 April 1896.
  38. Book: Report of the Harvard Class of 1918. 1943. Harvard University. 129. 28 February 2018. en.
  39. News: Goelet Gallatin. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 30 April 1962.
  40. News: WILLIAM W. HOPPIN, MAGISTRATE, DIES; Served on Bench Since 1940 -Former Lawyer Once Counsel on Customs Litigations. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 29 May 1948.
  41. Book: Aitken. William Benford. Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke. 1912. Knickerbocker Press. 124. 28 February 2018. en.

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