Hester Ann GEROW

Female 1838 - 1926  (87 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hester Ann GEROW was born on 30 Jul 1838 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John GEROW and Esther WIGGINS); died on 18 Jan 1926 in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

    Hester married William H FERGUSON on 14 Mar 1858 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. William was born on 24 Jun 1836 in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died after 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John GEROW was born on 26 Sep 1796 in Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (son of Isaac GEROW, Jr and Sarah LAWSON); died on 31 Oct 1875 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Buried in Stinson Cemetery - east of Wellington on Hwy 33

    John married Esther WIGGINS on 14 Oct 1817 in Grand Lake, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. Esther (daughter of Jacob Fowler WIGGINS and Elizaberh Ruth SLOCUM) was born on 23 Mar 1799 in Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick; died on 23 Feb 1886 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Esther WIGGINS was born on 23 Mar 1799 in Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick (daughter of Jacob Fowler WIGGINS and Elizaberh Ruth SLOCUM); died on 23 Feb 1886 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Buried in Stinson Cemetery - east of Wellington on Hwy 33

    Children:
    1. Gideon Corey GEROW was born in 1833 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Mar 1917.
    2. Oliver Arnold GEROW was born on 8 Jan 1823 in Gerow Gore, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario; died in 1867 in Port Perry, Reach Twp, Durham County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Isaac GEROW was born on 20 Dec 1820 in Hallowell Township; died on 24 Jan 1893 in Murray Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. William GEROW was born on 14 Mar 1819 in Gerow Gore, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario; died on 5 Apr 1912 in Happy Valley, Contra Costa, California, United States.
    5. Edward Searles GEROW was born in 1829 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Apr 1921 in Lafayette, Contra Costa County, California, USA.
    6. 1. Hester Ann GEROW was born on 30 Jul 1838 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Jan 1926 in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Albert GEROW was born on 8 Jul 1839 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Sep 1902 in Trenton, Sidney Twp, Hastings County,Ontario,Canada.
    8. Charlotte Matilda GEROW was born in 1844 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Oct 1887 in Gerow Gore, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario.
    9. Adelaide Victoria GEROW was born on 11 Jun 1841 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 May 1896 in Lafayette, Contra Costa County, California, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isaac GEROW, Jr was born on 2 Jul 1762 in New Castle, Westchester County, New York, USA (son of Captain Isaac GEROW and Charity WIGGINS); died on 5 Apr 1864 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Buried in Stinson Cemetery - east of Wellington on Hwy 33

    Isaac married Sarah LAWSON on 13 Jan 1788 in Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Laurens Isaac LASSING and Catharine MANDEL) was born on 18 Jan 1754 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA; died in 1848 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah LAWSON was born on 18 Jan 1754 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA (daughter of Laurens Isaac LASSING and Catharine MANDEL); died in 1848 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Benjamin Isaac GEROW was born on 16 Feb 1794 in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 18 Feb 1852 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. John GEROW was born on 26 Sep 1796 in Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 31 Oct 1875 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Stephen GEROW was born in 1797 in Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada; died in 1848 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Jacob Fowler WIGGINS was born on 4 Apr 1762 in Newburgh, Orange, New York, USA; died on 2 Feb 1815 in Grand Lake, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.

    Jacob married Elizaberh Ruth SLOCUM on 15 Nov 1784 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizaberh was born on 5 Nov 1769 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 12 May 1852 in Grand Lake, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizaberh Ruth SLOCUM was born on 5 Nov 1769 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 12 May 1852 in Grand Lake, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Martha WIGGINS was born on 27 Apr 1795 in Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick; died on 22 Jan 1878 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Esther WIGGINS was born on 23 Mar 1799 in Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick; died on 23 Feb 1886 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Hannah WIGGINS was born on 7 Nov 1791 in Grand Lake, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada; died in 1861 in New Brunswick, Canada.
    4. Mary B WIGGINS was born on 20 Jan 1789 in Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick; died in 1849 in Corn Hill, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Captain Isaac GEROW was born on 11 Sep 1742 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA (son of Daniel (Giraud) GEROW and Catherine SICARD); died on 25 Jul 1778 in New York City, New York, USA.

    Notes:

    PER KENT GEROW

    Isaac was Captain of the Queen's Rangers who died July 1778 in New York City, most likely of fever. He is buried in the Trinity Church Yard.
    The widow Charity and her children came to New Brunswick with the Loyalists.

    Captain married Charity WIGGINS about 1754 in Westchester County, New York, USA. Charity (daughter of Benjamin WIGGINS and Rachael STAUFFER) was born in 1746 in Westchester County, New York, USA; died on 20 Oct 1840 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Charity WIGGINS was born in 1746 in Westchester County, New York, USA (daughter of Benjamin WIGGINS and Rachael STAUFFER); died on 20 Oct 1840 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

    Notes:

    Charity Gerow....from Mildred Smith's records - June 1973

    Charity's land petitions reveal what kind of a woman she was and, to some extent, what her life was like in New Brunswick.

    Even after Captain Isaac's death she must have had a certain amount of comfort and security in New York City, the British capital in North America from 1776 to 1783. However, she had a difficult time getting sufficient rations for herself and her family and appealed to Sir Guy Carelton for help.

    When the peace was signed to end the American Revolution it was impossible for Charity and her little children to return home. Even before hostilities had broken out they had been forced away from their North Castle farm. Rioting rebel mobs had, from 1770 on, persecuted families with known Loyalist sympathies and especially families with husbands in the British army.

    In 1780 the New York Legislature passed a law that Loyalist wives and their children under 10 had 20 days to get out of the state.
    When peace was signed in 1783 the families that had fled to New York City had to be taken to land still under the British flag before the British surrendered New York City. Otherwise they would suffer at the hands of mobs.
    Even if kin took them into their homes, mobs might drag them out, tar and feather them, cut off their ears etc.....

    In 1783 Charity Gerow and her family and a large number of other Loyalists were transported from New York City to New Brunswick. A book called "Early Loyalist St. John" by D.H. Bell, 1983 states "widow Charity Gerow from Westchester County, N.Y. and 4 sons went July 1783 to N.B. on the refugee ship "Montague". Her 2 daughters and their husbands, and her 2 nephews were on the same ship". There she petitioned the Govenrment for land and received a large tract of land alongside Washademoak Lake. She only owned the land until 1805 when she sold the land to James Henry and went to live with her daughter, Phoebe Sherwood.

    There is also a record that Charity remarried after 1803 to John Pickett but that this marriage did not last long. There is also a record in New Brunswick of the burial of Charity Rickets buried Oct. 20, 1840 but it is believed to be Charity Pickett. Charity Ricket ( Pickett ) was buried by Rector Harrison of St. Luke's Anglican in Loyalist Cemetery, King's Square, Saint John, New Brunswick. This information provided by records of Mildred M. Smith - 1980.

    Children:
    1. 4. Isaac GEROW, Jr was born on 2 Jul 1762 in New Castle, Westchester County, New York, USA; died on 5 Apr 1864 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Benjamin GEROW was born on 16 Mar 1768 in North Castle, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 3 Feb 1835 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Henry GEROW was born in 1763 in Courtland Manor, Westchester County, New York, USA; died on 5 Apr 1864 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Laurens Isaac LASSING was born in 1727.

    Laurens married Catharine MANDEL on 11 Nov 1754. Catharine was born in 1728. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Catharine MANDEL was born in 1728.
    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah LAWSON was born on 18 Jan 1754 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA; died in 1848 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.