Our Story

Lineage of the Hersey Family

• (1635 – 1657-58)

  William Hersey
• (1640 – 1726)

  John Hersey
• (1682 – 1766)

  Daniel Hersey
• (1720 – 1803)

  Isiah Hersey Sr.

  Born: January 29, 1720-21

  Parents: Daniel Hersey and Mary (May)

  Marriage: Margaret Sprague in 1743

  Service: Patriot Isaiah Hersey, Sr. saw service in Massachusetts as a Private. He served under Captain James Loncoln and Colonel Benjamin Lincoln.

  Occupation: Cooper, Constable 1768, 1769 and 1770

  Residence: Resided on Hersey Street

  Died: March 20,1803 at 82 years

• (1757 – 1845)

  Reuben Hersey

  Born: August 7, 1757
  
  Parents: Isaiah Hersey, Sr. and Margaret (Sprague)
  
  Marriage:

  • 1st wife Mary French 1779
  • 2nd wife Celia Lincoln 1824

  Occupation: Set Work Cooper
  
  Service: Patriot Reuben Hersey saw service in Massachusetts as both a Fifer and Private. He served under three captains, James Lincoln, Peter Cushing, and Joseph Baxter, and under three colonels, Benjamin Lincoln, Solomon Lincoln, and McIntosh.

  Residence: Resided on Hersey Street

  Died: November 28,1845 at 88 years

  NOTE: FOUNDER OF HERSEY FARM AND FIFER IN REVOLUTION

• (1803 – 1868)

  Isiah Hersey
• (1837 – 1914)

  Reuben Hersey

  Toymaker

• (1885 – 1938)

  Reuben Leavitt Hersey

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• (1915 – 1995)

  Reuben Woodrow Hersey

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• (1948 - )

  Peter Woodrow Hersey

  Current Owner of Farm