Jedediah Herrick
Jedediah Herrick | |
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| Born | January 9, 1780 |
| Died | October 10, 1849 (aged 69) Hampden, Maine, U.S. |
| Occupation | Military officer |
Jedediah Herrick (January 9, 1780 – October 10, 1849) was a general of the Massachusetts militia from 1816 to 1828, after distinguishing himself during the War of 1812. He had earlier served as high sheriff of Maine in 1806, before that territory had yet gained state status.
Herrick rose to the rank of major during the War of 1812. He was appointed to a committee to build a jail in Bangor in the 1817.[1][2] He published a history of the Herrick family in 1846, which was republished and expanded by another Herrick descendant in 1885.[3] He died in 1849, in Hampden, Maine, at the age of 69. The Farnsworth Art Museum in Maine holds a portrait of Herrick, painted by Amasa Hewins.[4]
References
- ^ "New Gaol". Penobscot Journal. 1817-04-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jail Considered as Necessary With Court House". Commercial. 1939-01-16. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Herrick, Jedediah (1846). Genealogical register of the name and family of Herrick, from the settlement of Henerie Herricke in Salem Massachusetts, 1629-1846; with a concise notice of their English ancestry. University of California Libraries. Bangor, Smith, pr.
- ^ "Portrait of Jedediah Herrick". Farnsworth Art Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 2025-11-26.