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Jenery T Gotham

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Jenery T Gotham

Birth
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Death
28 Jan 1883 (aged 69)
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Burial
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
E-16-18R
Memorial ID
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Married in 1839 to Caroline Hutchinson. They had three children, John;Zervah; & Darwin.


Jenery T. Gotham was born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., on 10 March 1813, son of Colonel John Gotham and Nancy Penniman. Jenery`s father, John, was a native of New Hampshire. John Gotham came to Jefferson Co. and settled in Watertown when he was about 21 in 1804. At age 23 in 1805 he married Nancy Penniman of New Hampshire who was born 1781. In 1812 John Gotham enlisted as corporal under Captain Lampson to defend the state at Sackett`s Harbor. At the close of the war he engaged in the State Militia Rifle Company, and with regular promotions became Colonel. John Gotham drowned in Lake Ontario on 15 Nov 1840 at age 57. Jenery Gotham lived at home until at 26 he married Caroline Hutchinson, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Hutchinson of Saratoga Co. In 1843 Jenery moved to Lewis County and settled on a farm but after three years returned to Watertown.
Extracted by Marilyn Sapienza from The History of Jefferson County NY by Durant & Peirce, Cornell University Library, 1878
Married in 1839 to Caroline Hutchinson. They had three children, John;Zervah; & Darwin.


Jenery T. Gotham was born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., on 10 March 1813, son of Colonel John Gotham and Nancy Penniman. Jenery`s father, John, was a native of New Hampshire. John Gotham came to Jefferson Co. and settled in Watertown when he was about 21 in 1804. At age 23 in 1805 he married Nancy Penniman of New Hampshire who was born 1781. In 1812 John Gotham enlisted as corporal under Captain Lampson to defend the state at Sackett`s Harbor. At the close of the war he engaged in the State Militia Rifle Company, and with regular promotions became Colonel. John Gotham drowned in Lake Ontario on 15 Nov 1840 at age 57. Jenery Gotham lived at home until at 26 he married Caroline Hutchinson, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Hutchinson of Saratoga Co. In 1843 Jenery moved to Lewis County and settled on a farm but after three years returned to Watertown.
Extracted by Marilyn Sapienza from The History of Jefferson County NY by Durant & Peirce, Cornell University Library, 1878

Gravesite Details

Plot # 18R may be a mistake his wife plot # is 09R ???



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