Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, 
Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, 
Concord, N.H. 


LANDMARKS:	Gerrish's Bridge

NAMES: GERRISH Paul;  GERRISH, Benjamin;	

	Gerrish's Bridge.  This is a well known bridge across Bellamy river
in Madbury, below the Hook.  A petition for a bridge across Bellamy Bank
freshet, "a little above Capt. Paul Gerrish's sawmill," was made Oct. 12,
1756.  This bridge is spoken of in 1787 as standing by "Benjamin Gerrish's
corn-mill."  Being long and high and difficult to keep in repair,Gerrish's
bridge is repeatedly mentioned in the town records of Madbury.
									
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