Gershom Wynkoop of Tioga Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Gershom Wynkoop of Tioga Township,
Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

TIOGA TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH.

By Henry H. Goodrich.

Sketches of the Pioneers

    GERSHOM WYNKOOP was here in 1812 and resided here until about 1835. He was employed considerably about the various saw-mills--those of Dr. William Willard, Uriah Spencer, Elijah De Pui and Jacob Prutsman--and resided at different periods near by each of them. He was a very honest, industrious and useful citizen. He had children Peter, Betsey, and two younger daughters. Betsey was for several years a domestic in the house of the writer's family and was regarded as one of the most patient, kind-hearted and even-tempered of girls. The writer, then a mere lad, who had reason to appreciate her many kind acts, is gratified to make the acknowledgment here. The family moved to Rochester, N.Y., about 1835.


Source:

Sexton, John L., Jr., [General Historian], History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, With Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals, New York, Munsell, 1883: p. 268


    Gershom passed away in Tioga County in 1831 according to Richard Wynkoop's 1904 edition of Wynkoop Genealogy in the United States of America, pages 110-111:

    446. Gershom Wynkoop, (Benjamin 178, Benjamin 53, Benjamin 8, Cornelius 1:) died in 1831, in Tioga County, Penn.: married Martha McFarlin, called "Patty," born in Newtown, now Elmira, N. Y., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Robb) McFarlin.
    His widow removed to the neighborhood of Rochester, Monroe County, N. Y. She married, 2d, Cornelius Conant, who died in 1856. He had lived on land at Therington, N. Y.
    Children of Gershom and Martha Wynkoop:
791. Elizabeth: b. May 3, 1814: m. Gardner William Spencer.
792. William: who died aged 9 months.
793. Peter: b. Oct. 9, 1816: d. July 25, 1843, unmarried.
794. Alice Preston: b. Aug. 27, 1818: m. Cyrus Gates.
795. Delia: b. Feb. 10, 1821: m. Patrick McCormack.
796. Grissel Anne: b. Aug. 3, 1823. She lived at Webster, Monroe Co., N. Y., unmarried.
797. Julia Miranda: b. Apl. 27, 1825: m. William Robert Gray.
798. Hannah Jerusha: b. May 14, 1827: d. Apl. 13, 1853: m., Jan. 1, 1846, Ebenezer Pierce, son of Seth and Abigail (Scribner) Pierce.
    Her husband and her only child were buried on the same day, about 1850.
799. Encie Jane: b. Apl. 7, 1829: m. Cullen Townsend Gillett.

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