Gershom Flagg

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁴³⁵
Gershom Flagg was the oldest child of Gershom Flagg and Hannah Leapingwell. He was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, 10 Mar 1669 and died there on 24 Aug 1755. He was married by 1694 to a woman named Hannah of unknown parentage. She died at Woburn 4 Jan 1741. Gershom's will was dated 19 Oct 1754 and proved 13 Jun 1757. Gershom was a tanner by trade.

The known children of Gershom and Hannah Flagg were:

Hannah Flagg, married to Stepehn Wesson.
Elizabeth Flagg, b. Woburn, 22 May 1696, m. Woburn 26 Jan 1721, Job Brooks of Concord Mass.
Gershom Flagg, b. Woburn, 22 Nov 1698, d. Woburn 11 Jul 1700
Zachariah Flagg, b. Woburn 20 Jun 1700, m. 1st Woburn, 2 Jan 1734 to Mary Gardner of Charlestown, Mass, m. 2nd in Middleton, Mass. 12 Jul 1753, Mary Fuller
Gershom Flagg, b. Woburn 25 Jan 1701, m. 1st by 1728, Martha Johnson, who d. Woburn 5 Feb 1738, m. 2nd 24 Apr 1741, Betty Tidd of Lexington, Mass.
Eleazar Flagg, d. 14 Aug 1757 "in his 45h year," m. Medford Mass., 2 Jun 1725, Hannah Knight of Woburn.
Samuel Flagg, named after Eleazar in his fahter's will. Likely the Samuel Flagg that moved to Connecticut and founded the Flagg family of Hartford, d. 30 Apr 1757, in 53rd year, m. at Wethersfield, Conn., 24 Dec 1730, Sarah Bunce.
Benjamin Flagg, d. 7 Apr 1725 "by a shot of a gun."
Abigail Glagg, d. Charlemont, Mass., shortly before 13 Apr 1794, age 83, m. by 1733, Samuel Peirce of Woburn
Joseph Flagg, d. Woburn 19 Sep 1724

~New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 163, pp. 22-23

Gershom married Hannah By 1694 in Woburn, Massachusetts, British American Colonies.¹⁴³⁵ (Hannah died on 4 Jan 1741 in Woburn, Massachusetts, British American Colonies.)