Ann Gerry
BIRTH
Aug 12, 1763
New York City, New York
DEATH
March 17, 1849
New Haven, Connecticut
FAMILY
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Gerry, Ann
(1763-1849)
Ann Gerry (1763-1849) was a member of a prominent Revolutionary-era family and the spouse of Elbridge Gerry. Elbridge Gerry was a public official whose career or family position supplies an important part of this entry’s Revolutionary context. The marriage connected Ann Gerry to the political, military, commercial, or social developments surrounding the Revolution. This life overlapped the Revolutionary era, when war, political upheaval, disrupted trade, military service, and changing governments placed unusual demands on households and extended families. Born in New York City, New York and later dying in New Haven, Connecticut, the course of this life reflects the movement of Revolutionary-era families across colonial, national, and sometimes Atlantic settings. Including Ann Gerry in HistoryGPS recognizes that households, marriages, property, correspondence, hospitality, and kinship networks were essential parts of the world in which Revolutionary leaders acted.
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HUSBAND
Elbridge Gerry
(1714-1814)
Catherine Gerry Austin
(1787-1850)
Thomas Russell Gerry
(1794-1848)
James Thompson Gerry
(1797-1854)
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DIED:
New Haven, Connecticut
Mar 17, 1849
Ann Gerry was born on Aug 12, 1763 in New York City, New York. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Ann Gerry is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Ann Gerry died on Mar 17, 1849 in New Haven, Connecticut. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.