Nicholas Gesner

1765 - 1858  (92 years)

• Name	Nicholas Gesner
  Born	10 Dec 1765	Tappan, Rockland County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 May 1858	Palisades, New York
  Person ID	I2985	Multer
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	John Henry Gesner,   b. 1724, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey ,   d. 6 Jul 1811, Tappan, Rockland County, New York  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Femmetje Brouwer,   b. 1723, Tappan, Rockland County, New York ,   d. 10 Feb 1788, Tappan, Rockland County, New York  (Age 65 years)
  Married	1744	Luthern Church, New York
  Family ID	F0292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gracey Post,   b. Oct 1764, Tappan, Rockland County, New York ,   d. 1 Feb 1848, Palisades, New York  (Age 83 years)
  Married	14 Apr 1789
  Children	+ 1. William Herbert Gesner,   b. 1790, Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County, New York ,   d. 1866  (Age 76 years)   2. Nicholas Gesner, Jr.,   b. 6 Feb 1794, Closter Road, Palisades, New York ,   d. 14 Jul 1829  (Age 35 years) + 3. Sarah (Sally) Gesner,   b. 27 Jun 1796, Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County,New York ,   d. 12 Jan 1854  (Age 57 years) + 4. Jacob Gesner,   b. 17 Apr 1806, Rockland County, New York ,   d. Aug 1884, Rockland County, New York  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F0799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1790. On the list of the Rockland County, Militia as an ensign. 1811. Rockland County Regiment under Lieut. Col. Blauvelt. 1816. Appointed colonel of the 160th New York Regiment. In 1793 Nicholas built a farmhouse at 95 Closter Road, Palisades, New York, almost on the state line between New Jersey and New York. "Nicholas was an avid diarist who chronicaled life in Palisades and Rockland between 1829 and 1850. Nicholas was described primarily being a farmer. He devoted parts of his life efforts to subsistence production. In addition to his farming, Gesner served as surveyor, schoolteacher, a sometime lawyer for his neighbors and diarist of the events of the neighborhood. Nicholas was also a mechanic inventing an innovative loom for weaving double-faced Dutch blankes. In addition, Nicholas was also instrumental in constructing a Reformed Methodist Church (Gesner Hall) in Palisades at the south east corner of Closter and Oak Tree Roads, known as Gesner Corners. After his death, the Gesner Hall became first a parsonage for the ME Church, and later became a private home bfore burning down in 1885. In his youth Nicholas had been a boatbuilder." "Frontier Elements in a Hudson River Village," Carl Nordstrom. "Historic Houses of Palisades, New York", michel Rebic and Alice Gerard, 2001. Refer to land deeds executed by his father, John Gesner. "The Gesner Family of New York and Nova Scotia", Anthon Temple Gesner, 1912. "Palisades and Snedens Landing" Alice Munro haagensen.