William Herbert Gesner
1790 - 1866 (76 years)-
Name William Herbert Gesner Born 1790 Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County, New York 
Gender Male Died 1866 Person ID I7424 Multer Last Modified 16 Mar 2006
Father Nicholas Gesner, b. 10 Dec 1765, Tappan, Rockland County, New York , d. 20 May 1858, Palisades, New York (Age 92 years) Mother Gracey Post, b. Oct 1764, Tappan, Rockland County, New York , d. 1 Feb 1848, Palisades, New York (Age 83 years) Married 14 Apr 1789 Family ID F0799 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann (Marian) Mann, b. 1 Dec 1798, Tappan, Rockland County, New York , d. 22 Nov 1883 (Age 84 years) Married 30 May 1814 Children + 1. Amelia Helen Gesner, b. Apr 1815, Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County, New York , d. 12 Apr 1901 (Age 86 years)+ 2. William Nicholas Gesner, b. 19 Feb 1817, d. Abt 1910 (Age 92 years) + 3. George Mann Gesner, b. 25 Feb 1819, Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County, New York 4. Charles Alvord Gesner, b. 5 Dec 1820, Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County, New York 5. David Sidney Gesner, b. 21 Aug 1825, Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County, New York 6. Margaret Ann Gesner, b. 28 May 1827, Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County, New York 7. John Edwin Gesner, b. 26 Nov 1828, Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County, New York + 8. Eugene Gesner, b. 9 Oct 1830, Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County, New York 9. Matilda Gesner, b. 26 Oct 1831 10. Herbert Gesner, b. 13 Dec 1832, Closter Road, Palisades, Rockland County, New York Family ID F1087 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - William was a shoemaker. In 1812, listed as a Lieutenant in the 83rd New York Regiment.
1832. William Herbert bought the house of George Mann on the southwest corner of Oak Tree and Closter Roads, Palisades, New York, where they lived, and where he operated a cobbler shop.
Earlier in 1832 W. Herbert had suffered an accident that resulted in the loss of his leg. It was at that time his father wrote: "Wome years ago by a bank and large rock falling on him near Snedens Landing, and mortification, first the loss of his foot. Then the ankle off, and perhaps a year after by reason of not healing and intolerable misery increasing again, he was obliged to go down to New York in the first of the winter and had his leg taken off just below the knee. I Nichs Gesr, his father, was present. Dr. (Valentine) Mott, surgeon with 8 or 9 students present. "Nicholas Gesner Diary, June 19, 1832."
He came into a tract of former John Henry Gesner lands on both sides of Carterette (Piermont) Road between the properties of John Gesner Conklin on the north and Joseph Dubois to the south.
1850 Federal Census, Palisades, Rockland County, New York, p 403. William H. Gesner age 60, Pedler, Mary Ann, age 41, David S., age 23, Matilda, age 18, Herbert, age 17.
1860. Federal Census, Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, p 125. Herbert Gesner, age 69, shoemaker, ary Ann, age 61, at home, David, age 30, carpenter.
"Laid Out", Reginald McMahon: Carterette Road. from "Two Haring Houses of Rockleigh, New Jersey." mms. Bergen County Historical Society, 1973.
- William was a shoemaker. In 1812, listed as a Lieutenant in the 83rd New York Regiment.