Reverend Gerrish Barrett^[1]

1797 - 1857  (60 years)

• Name	Gerrish Barrett
  Prefix	Reverend
  Birth	4 Jul 1797	Royalston, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Aug 1857	Springfield, Otsego, New York
  Burial	Springfield, Otsego, New York
  Person ID	I4267	Scudder
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2013

  
  

  Family	Catherine Cooley,   b. 6 Aug 1813, Cherry Valley, Otsego, New York d. 9 Sep 1855, Springfield, Otsego, New York (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	14 Oct 1847
  Children	1. Dr. William Cooley Barrett,   b. 12 Jul 1848, Springfield, Otsego, New York d. Aft 1930 (Age > 83 years)   2. Reverend Charles Scudder Barrett,   b. 29 Jun 1850, Springfield, Otsego, New York d. 24 May 1925, Atlantic City, New Jersey (Age 74 years)   3. Sarah Lucinda Barrett,   b. 13 May 1853, Springfield, Otsego, New York d. 16 May 1859, Springfield, Otsego, New York (Age 6 years)
  Family ID	F1539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The Barrett family came to Otsego county, New York, soon after 1810 from New Hampshire and were respected religious leaders as well as farmers and business owners in Springfield, New York. As a teenager Gerrish studied under Presbyterian Rev. Levi Cooley of Cherry valley and at the Cherry Valley Academy for preparation to enter the Ministry. He attended Phillips Academy in Massachusetts for two years and graduated from Union Colege in Schenectady in 1824. He immediately entered Princeton Theological Seminary and graduated in 1827. Gerrish began as minister at the State Prison in Sing Sing, New York, and stayed in the prison system as minister and avid reformer until 1847 when he retired to Springfield at the family farm.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 48.