Joseph Gerrish

Joseph Gerrish (September 29, 1709 – June 3, 1774) was a soldier, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of John Gerrish and Sarah Hobbes.

He served with the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745) and then wounded at the Battle of Grand Pré.

He served as justice of the peace and judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas.

With his brother Benjamin, he helped organize a boycott of the provincial assembly after lieutenant governor Jonathan Belcher did not renew the debtor's act in 1761.

Judge Joseph Gerrish by John Singleton Copley , Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joseph Gerrish, Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)