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JAR VIS FAMILY;
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The Descendants
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THE FirST SETTLEKS OP THE NAME IN MASSACHUSETTS
AND LON(} ISLAND.
AND
THOSK WHO HAVK MOltE KEOENTLY SETTLED IN OTHER I'AJtTS OF
THE UNITED STATES AND BKITI8H AMERICA.
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OOLLECTKD AND COMl'IhKI) BY
GEORGE A. .IARV18, ok New York;
GEORGE MURRAY JAR VIS, of Ottawa, Canada;
WILLIAM JARVIS WETMORK, of New York;
ASHISTED nV
ALFRED HARDING, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Auoi T livo y<'Hrs liavo now olapsod since! vvd (ivHt coTiceived the
project of tj'tu'ing the genealogy of the Jarvis Family in this
country. Letters were writtt^n to prominent men of the name in
different parts of the United States and Mritisii America, from
many of wiiom favorable responses were received. Stn'eral in
Ciiniida, Nova Scotia, and Ncnv IJruiiswick wen! highly intere.sted,
olfering their valuable collections to aid tin; ent«'rprise. Many,
also, in the United States were equally interested, and oflFered their
collections .irid any aid within their power. Tlie addresses of
different ni<>mbers of families w(M'e sought out and solicited, and
hundreds of letter; written for any records, sk(>tclu!s, steel and
lithograph engravings, or any items of history connected with the
name, worthy of being transmitted to posterity. Many responded
promptly; some, ))y indifference, delayed the work; while others
neglected altogether to notice our applications. From these causes
then! will be found some* fragmentary and skeleton records, which
nuLst cause n'gret to those whust; remissness has made it impossible
for tlie C'ompilers to give more perfect accoiuit of their families.
We have adopted a tabular form of exhibiting the records,
believing that it will l)e more (>asily understood than the plan
usually followed in works of the kind. We have, also, aimed to
present, not only the dates of births, but also, wlum they could be
procured, the marriages and deaths, something which is often
neglected in gtniealogies. Many of our friends who have favored
us with sketches, have granted us the privilege of revising them.
We have assumed this prerogatives in regard to all, but hav(>
endeavored not to change the nu>aning, or leav<> out any import-
ant item. For this act we ask the indulgence of our friends.
In a work like this, receiving records from various sources,
many of them written in an obscure hand, th(> chirography not
[)lain, and sometimes almost illegible, and figures and dates being
very numerous, it would not be strange if, with all our vigilance,
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HoiiU! errors cn^pt. in. It. wuiiM wioiii almost a iniiiiclc it' tlit'V tlitl
not.
'IMic (niforoiit s[)»>llings, too, of some ruiiiu^s has given us nmcli
trouble, Imt we liav(^ taken tlie utmost care tt) get the proper sp«!ll-
ing, and make tlic work in tliat n^sptutt as tiorrect as possil)le.
In tlie Appcndi.x will Ik- found many int<M-esting liistorical and
other documents in eoinuiction with the name, and espirially in
relation to those members of the Kamily who MvcmI during the
jioriod of the Revolution. TIk; lists of births, marriages, and
deatlis, it has been deemed important to preserve as aids to those
families wliose ro(^ords an; imperfect, and as h(*lj)s to subsequent
researches.
All genealogies that we have mot with liave been more or less
fragmentary in their beginning. Ours is peculiarly so. We have
found many important branches, but have been unable to trace
them to one root, lumce we liave biunt obliged to take the evidences
of the desc(>ndants of each branch for the oi'igin of their forefathers,
and leave it to some more successful aspirant to (inish what we
have been unable to accomplish.
Our book commences with a chart entitled the "Genealogy of
Gothic Nations," taken from a work called "The Norman Peo-
ple ; " not that we claim that the Jarvis Family dates back to the
period from which this (ihart traces the origin of tlies(> luitions,
but insert it as a document which may be of interest and informa-
tion to onr readers.
At the end of our volume will be found a Family Register for
the records of births, nuirriages, deaths, or any facts or incidents
that may be worthy of note. This, if made wav. of, will bo a
convenience to every family, and a great desideratum in case another
genealogy should be determined on hereafter.
In collecting the materials for this genealogy 'rom so wide a
field of inquiry, much labor and expense has been incurred, and,
as we have already said, some errors will undoubtedly be found,
for which the indulgent (tonsi deration of those for whom it has
been prepared is respectfully solicited.
In conclusion, the hearty thanks of the Authors are most grate-
fully given to the many friends and relatives who have tendered
their valuable contributions and services in aid of this enterprise,
without which its progress would have been greatly retarded, if
not wholly abandoned. Among the many, permit us to name the
following: Dr. Edward Jarvis, Dorchester, Mass.; the late Hon.
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Kent .liirviH, MasKillori, Oiiio; ("upl,. V.C. JurviH, HiiiiMiiKtoii, L. f.;
Mr. CharloH F. Oshorn, Norwalk, Conn.; Mrs. Mary 1'. S. Outts,
Hrattleboro, Vt.; Hon. .loliii |{. .lorvw, [{onxi, N. Y.; Dr. Milton
li .JarviH, (^mastota, N. V.; Mr. John FT<wl .larvis, Hanj^'or, Me.;
li((V. Ilorlxn-f. M. .larviw. Nova Scot.ia.
Nkw Youk, .laniinry i;{, 1879.
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OONTEISMV.
I'UKKACIO, . . • •
(lENEAIAXJY OF GOTHIC NATIONS
INTKODUtTlON,
J'ARIIAMKNTAHY VVIMTH.
EXTKACTS KKOM liHUKK'S I.ANDKD OKNTUY. ...
DKSCKNDANTB OF STBIMIKN JAUVIH OF IIUNTINOTON, L 1..
\VII,I,IAM -lAUVIS "
THOMAS J ARMS
.JONATHAN .IAKVI8
NATHANIKI- .IAHVI8
.. MOSKS JAUVIS
NATHANIKI, .lAKVIS uF UOSTON, MASS.. .
JOHN .TAUVIS " " • •
FBAOMKNTAKY KKOOUDS
APPENDIX:
A. TOWN OUDKU
H. I,A\V SUITS, ASSAULT AND HATTKUV. ANO THl-; WED KAK
KISSING, . • • •
C. NAMKSAND INCIDENTS, FUUNISHED W DK. KDW AHI) JAUVIS
OF MASSAClirsKTTS,
D. EXTKACTS FROM THE RKCORDS OP THE TOWN OF HUN-
TINGTON, T,. I
K TAX LIST l-'ROM STATK D«»CUMKNTS, UUNTINlil'ON, I-. I.. \m.
V CONTRACT BETWKEN .lOSKPIl WOOD AND WIUUIAM JAUVIS,
G. LIST OP lURl'HS Alijl) MARRIA(;KS, FURNISHED HV DR.
EDWARD JARVIS OF MASSACHUSI-.TTS
H DEED OF .lOSKl'll WOOD TO WM.LIAM .lARVIS. .
1. LIST OF MARUIAGKS AND HAl'TISMS. 1>RKSHVTERL\N CHURCH,
HUNTINGTON, L. I
J. LISTS OF MKMHERS OF I'RESBYTERIAN CHUliCII, HUNM'INCi
TON, L. I.,
K. CONTRACT OF SAMUEL STRATTON AND WILLIAM JARVIS,
L. EXTRACT FROM LETTER OF REV. DR. REARDSLEY, .
M FROM "NEW YORK ROOK OF MARRIAGES,"
N. EXTRACTS FROM "OLD TIMES IN HUNTINGTON," BY HON.
HENRY C. PLATT,
O. LIST OF PERSONS WHO TOOK THE OATH OF LOYALTY AND
PEACEABLE BEHAVIOR
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UoltK.KT DKIIIV. UKAK ADMIKAI, OK 'lilK UKh,
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T. Till-: LOYALISTS. KXTI<A<!T KUOM " LOSSINU'S KIKLI) llOOK
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COAT OF AKMS (Modbhn),
COAT OF AKMS (Ancient), .
POKTUAIT RT. REV. ABLAIIAM JARVIS
IIEZEKIAH .) \UV1S,
"JAKVIS HOUSE," NOKWALK, cr.,
HYMN AND MUSIC BY JOHN JAKVIS AM) DK. W ILMAM .lAKVlS
WETMt)RE, ....
PORTRAIT REV. SAMUEL F. JARVIS, S.T.D., LL.D.,
NOAH JARVIS,
REV. WM. JARVIS,
GEO. A. JARVIS,
COL. SAMUE)i COLT, .
GEO. C. JARVIS, M.D., .
THOS. NEWTON JARVIS,
MILTON B. JARVIS, M.D.,
" NELSON J. WATERBUKY,
HON. KENT JARVIS, .
HON. JOHN B. JERVIS, LL.D.,
HON. WILLIAM JARVIS (Consul),
•' RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL G. JARVIS, M.D.," CLAREMONT, N. II
"JAKVIS HOUSE" (CoL. RUSSELL JARVIS), CLAKEMONT, N. H.,
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INTRODUCTION.
"J(!rvis, Jcrvics, .TcrvoyH, Jcryoise, Jarvcis, Gervuis*!, Gervnys, (Jcrvt'is,
Garv(!ys, (}arvi(!S, Jarvis, Jcrvics, Jarvic, Jarvicc, Gcrvtisc, Gcrvais, Gcr
vasiiis, Gcrvys, arc supposed to be oueaiul llic same name." — Patroiiyiiiifa
BritannieM.
Until witliiii II bi'ief poiiod, the people of this country have
manifested but little interest in their genealogies. This has, in a
great nieasui'e, resulted from tlu^ character of our institutions,
under which every citizen is mainly the architect of his own for-
tune, and is too much occupied with his own pursuits to devote
much time to the character and history of his ancestors.
Having no law of primogeniture or hereditary titles of honor,
the children in this country, of the same family, all start iii the
race of life upon the same plane, and are severally intent upon
the acquisition of wealth and influence, social and political, for
themselves and their families.
Of late, however, more attention has been paid to this subject,
and as the country increases in population, wealth, and refinement,
a still deeper interest will be manifested in genealogical reseai'ches,
as there are few families amoHg us who do not number within
their circles some members, who, by their unaided efforts, have
attained honorable distinction in private or public life.
Such examples have a silent but potent influence in the forma-
tion of character. Even the delineation of th'^ foibles, as well as
of the virtues of our immediate ancestors, may be turned to good
account, by exciting an emulation of their good qualities and a
desire to avoid the dangers which proved disastrous to them.
Besides the gratification wiiich every intelligent man has in a
knowledge of his ancestry, this subject assumes a growing import-
ance to those who are to come after us, as furnishing reliable
materials for the future historian.
Though our country is still in its infancy, the descendants of tlie
founders of our government, who were mainly of English origin,
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and who have but just passed from the first stage of their iioble
achievements, find it extremely difficult, in many cases, to trace
with certainty their doscent from those; who first emigrated from
Great liritain to the Colonies. Those difficulties are due, in a
great measure, to the upheaval of society, to llie disruption of
families, whose members took different sides in the fierce struggles
of the Revolution, and to the destruction of public records which
occurred during that eventful period.
Within the last half century, the general spirit of enterprise of
the people of the Eastern and Middle States, and their disjjosition
to better their condition by emigi'ating to the great West, have
had the effect, for the time being, to sunder family ties, and, by
forming new relationships, to weaken and, in a measure, obliterate
their early associations of home.
These causes, while they increase the difficulties of obtaining
proper materials necessary for the conipilatiou of full and correct
genealogies, make it more important to collect and preserve such
as remain from further obliteration, and, perhaps, entire loss.
These general remarks apply with peculiar force to the widely
extended and influential Jarvis families and their descendants,
who are found in almost every State of the Union, and, by the
unfortunate division of the family during the Revolution, in the
British Provinces of North America. In every branch of these
families are found men of talent and exalted worth.
That a full and comprehensive genealogy has not already been
prepared is much to be regretted, and it is hoped the present
attempt, if it have no other effect, will induce others to carry for-
ward this object to a successful completion.
It is generally conceded that the Jarvis families of the United
States and of British America are of English extraction, though
originally from Normandy, whence they emigrated into England.
The name of Jakvis, according to the " Dictionaire de la Noblesse
de France," par De la Cherraye, Desbois et Badier, Troisieme
Edition, is French, the original name being GERVAIS. Their
seat was at Bretagne, and the first name found is Jean Gervais,
who lived about the year 1400. In a work entitled "The Norman
People, and their existing Descendants in the British Dominions
and the United States of America," appears the name Richard
Gervasius of Normandy, who lived as early as the year 1180.
The arms of the Gervais family of Bretagne was a shield "D' or, a
une pomme de pin, placee au canton dextre du chef; et un chouette
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placoA au canton senestre accompagneo en pointe d'un crapaud, le
tout de sable."
Wo have had an engraving made of this old coat of arms, the
most ancient we have found to have been used by the Jarvis
family, and present it tt) our renders as of interest on that account.
We have, also, had an engraving made of one of the coats of arms
used by the Jai'vises in this country, and publish it as the frontis-
piece to this work. The motto, "Adveksih Major, Par Secunpis"
(Strong in I'rosperity, Stronger in Adversity), has been nobly
liv(!d up to by many of those whose records are contained in the
follov/ing pages.
The clianges of the name from Gekvasius to Gervais, Jervis,
Jarvio, and so on to Jarvis, have by no means clouded or in any
way obscured the original patronymic. The name is strikingly
the same through all its variations, as well as the features and the
peculiar characteristics of the people. Through the long lapse of
years, indeed centuries, amid confusion and strife, political wran-
gling, oppressive wars, and unholy crusades, their escutcheon has
never been tarnished.
By the kindness of a member of the family who has taken an
active interest in this woi'k, we are enabled to publish the follow-
ing summary of Parliamentary Writs, and some extracts from
'• Burke's Ijanded Gentry," in which the name of Jarvis, in some
of its various spellings, occurs. This will serve to show the hon-
orable records that some of the Jarvises have made, and, also, the
antiquity of the family in England, since most of these writs are
dated in the early part of the 14th century.
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1315.
1318.
1319.
1820.
Parliamentary Writs, etc., Vol. II, Part 3.
Gervam, John (Johauups Gcrvays), Manucaptor of Thomas Croiil,
Burgess, returned for Portsniouth. — 8 Edward II.
Oervam, John (J(jh!iuues Gereves, Gerves, Oervc3's).
Qereves, Johauues, Burgess, returned for He'ston-Parlianient
at York, in tln-ce weeks of St. Michael, 30th October.— 12
Edward II.
Germs, Johannes, Burgess, returned for Helston-Parliaineiit at
York, in one month from Easier, 6th May.— 12 Edward II.
Oerveys, Johauncs, Burgess, returned for Ilelston-Parlianient at
Westminster, in eight days of St. Michael, Gth Ocitober. — 14
Edward II.
INTRODIK'TION.
AD.
1333.
1310.
1311).
1330.
1320.
1319.
1330.
1311.
1315.
Genm, .TohanticH, Riiri^cMH, returned for llclston Piirliainent at
York, ill tlii(M' weeks of Knsler, 3(1 .May, — 15 KdwartI II.
Otn'PtiH, Joiiamies, Maiuieaptor of Joliamio.s dn 'I'leluu, Hurjje.ts,
returned for Ilelslon. — 17 Kdward II.
Oerntim', Peter (PetruH (tcrveis, (Jerveyse).
Oeroei/m, Potrii.H, Citizen, returned for Worcester, olilain.s liis
writ de cxpeiisin for iittendunco at Parliiinicnt at Lineoln. in
fifteen dayw of St. Hilary, 3Tlli January, unlil Friday iie.vt
after tlie feast (^f St. Valentine, 3()tli l^Vbruary; tested at Lin-
coln, 30(li Feliniary.— () Kdward II.
GerreiK. Petnis, Maiiiieai)tor of .Joliannes liaeon, (Mlizen, re-
turned for Worcester.— 13 Edward II.
Germke, Itkhurd (Rieardus (1crv(!S, (tcrvttys).
Genu's, Hicardiis, Munueaptor of Johannes Gcrves, Unrge.sH,
returned for llelston. — 13 Edward II.
Gerrei/s, Uieardu.s, Maimeiii)lor of Joliannos Gerveys, Hurgess,
returned for Ilelslon. — 14 Edward II.
Gerrdine, liobert (Uolierlus (Jerveys), of the Townsliip of Franiliiiir-
liani, attend the .array and muster of (he 100 of looxe in the
County of Siitt'olk on Thursday next after the feast of St.
George, 34tli April.— 10 Edward II.
Gervaise, Hirhurd {\i\v\vM-i\ (Jervays), oik- of the inquest impanelled
for the County of Bucks in execution of the commission of
array; tested at York, 31st Oeloher. — 10 Edward II.
Germue, ifoier^ (Uobortiis (lerves, Gorvey.s).
Gevve», Robiirtns, Maimcaptor of Johannes Gcrvoa, Burgess,
returned for llelston.— 13 Edward II.
Gerrei/s, Hoberlus, iMaiiucaptor of Joliaiines Gerveys, Hurgess, re-
turiuid for llelston. — 14 Edwiird II.
Gervdlxc, Roijer (Rogerus Gervcy.'^), Hurgess, returned for Ilertl'ord-
Parliament at Westminster, in eight days of St. iMichael, Otli
October.— 14 Edward II.
Gcrimse Thomas (Th()nia.s Gorvcis, Gerveys).
Gerreis, Thomas, ("iti/en, returned for Exeter, obtains his writ
de expeiisis for attendance at the Parliament al Westminster.
from the moiiow of St. Martin, 13th November, to Saturday
next after tiie feast of St. Lucia the Virgin, 18th December;
tested at Westminster, IHth December.— 5 Edward II.
Gerveys, Thomas, Citizen, returned for Exeter-Parliament al
Westminster, on Sunday next after the feast of St. Matthew
the Apostle, 33d September. — 7 Edward II.
Gerciiis, Thomas (Thomas Gervcsj's), Manuciiptor of Thomas de
Burgh, Knight of \\w Shire, returned for Cambridge. — 5
Edward II.
Gereaise, William (Willielnuis Gervays), Burgess, returned for Hert-
ford-Parliament at Westminster, in eight days of St. Hilary,
30th Junuarv. — 8 Edward 11.
INT»()|)II(!TI()N,
A.I).
iaa5. OermiHf, William (Williclnuis QcrvoyH), Miinii(:ii|>t()r of Simon do
Diiiytonc, Kiiijjlil of tlic Sliirc. rcliimcd for Nor(liiiiii|iloii.
— li> Kdwanl II.
i
Paiim.vmknt.miy Wkith. V<»i.. I, Kdw.xkd I.
OcrvaHiiiH, Arcliidiacomis t'yfi'str.
GcrviLsius, tilliis Onvy.
Ocrviius, Alil)!is (Ic.
Gcrvcys. .loliiiiincs.
(Jcrvi'ys, Tlion\tis.
Gcrvcy.s, Williclnuis.
GcrvyH, 'riioitiiis.
Huukk'w L.vnoro Gentuy.
JarriH—Vxvin-'^i' KnolliHof Doddiii-rton Hull, b. 22 Sept., 1803, son of Colo-
nel (k'oigi! Hulpli Payne Jarvis, J. P., 1). L., who was born 13th May,
1774.
Armx — Sa. on a clievron enurailed between three martlets arg. ; as many
cincpie foils, pierced, of the first on a chief, of the second a Jieur-de-
lis between two escallops of the field.
Crent — An nnicorn's head. Ari^. gorged with a collar, charged with
three cinque foils.
JervoiM of ''erriard — Ellis.Tervoise. Francis .Tervoise, Esq., ,T.P. and D.L.,
b. 18 Mardi, IHO!), Iligli Siierill' of Hants, IH'ri. Descended from Rich-
ard Jerveyx, Esq., of Northfield and Wioly Parlv, who died 23d Dec,
lUiyl, — was succeeded l)y Ids son. Tiiomas Jeriri/s, Esq., h. 28th Dec.
1532, wlio left a .son, Sir Thomas Jcrmsc, Knt.. 1). litli June, 1587,
who also left a son, Thomas .Tervoise, Escf., b. l(5th iMarch, 1016, who
left as(m and lieir, Thomas Jervoise, Esq., of Herriard, borntith Sept.,
10()7, wiio left a son, Ricliard Jervoise, Esc)., b. 5th January. 1703-4.
.who left two sons, died 1794, viz. : Thomas Hiedlcstone Jervoise, Esq.,
b. 1st June, 173(5, Hev. (ieorge Iliedlestone Jervoise Purefoy Jervoise.
Arms — Quarterly 1 and 4, Sa. ache\ron Ix'twecn three eaglets, close. Arg.
for Jervoise. 2 and 3. Threi' eels. Sa. for Ellis.
Crent — An heraldic tiger's head Sa., for Gervoise, a plume tA' Jiee ostrich
feathers. Arg. for Ellis.
Motto — Virtutis premium laus.
Oeoi-ge Jarcis, Esq., of Islington.
Sir Ilinnphrey Jcrris, Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1681-3.
John Jercis, Esc]., of Ollerton Co.. Saloi), who, descendant through a jimior
branch, Admiral Sir John Jervis, was created Earl St. Vincent in
IKOI.
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INTRODUCTION.
Amu — Qimrtcrly. 1 mid 4, Sii. a oliovron liotweon threo cii/ijhttfl cIomp, ar.
for .TiTvis. 2 and 3, n\i., a fhnvron, valr, hctwiu'U thrcn Uohh rampant,
or for Wliil(!.
Crest— U\, an ca^'lt't, clows m"- 8»l, tlii't'f urrowH, ono in pale, and two In
saltis cnwreallu'd.
Motto — Venali! Net; Auro,
,/t rroim'— ThouuiH, Km(|., of Ili-rriard Hants, Hon of Tlioma.s JcrvoiHe, Kh(1.,
M. P. for Soiillminpton.
AnnH — Quarterly, 1 iiiid 4, Ha. a chcv. bclwccn tlircio oafflets, cIohc, ar. fen*
.Icrvoisc. 3 and !J, thrci! cscalopH in pale, or ln'lwcen two tianclics,
erm, each charged with a cro»M, palti'is Htcihee, {ju. for Clarke.
Orfnfi> — .Tervoisc. An licraldic lifr<'r'.'* head Sa. Cliirkc witliin a fj;old rin^
set with a diamond, ppr. a roundlc, per pale, j;u. or charged with a
pheon, ar.
Jerria — John (Earl St. Vincent).
Armt — Sa. a chev. between three nnirtletH, ar.
Cirxf — Out of a naval crown or, •■iiwnii»i)ed by a wreath of laurel, vert, a
denii pe^asus, ar., nianed and hoofed, of the first, winded ar. charged
on the winii witii a lleur-de-liH, jiold. Suiiportcrs; dexter, an eaicle.
winiiM elevated, and endorsed, holding in the sinister claw a thunder-
bolt, all i>pr. ; sinister, a pegaaus ar.
Roth in tliis country and Eixrope, tho namo of Jarvis has btuMi
onroUod in almost all the learned profes.sions and pursuits in life.
It has given dignity to the bench and bar; it has graced the pi-o-
fc^ssions of medicine and surgery; it has adorned the pulpit and
the stage; it has entwined its garlands of poetry with music and
painting, and it has thundered its deeds of daring over the ocean
wave, and among the distant islands of the sea.
And here wc may be permitted to speak briefly of some of those
wlio, in the various walks of life, have made the name illustrious.
Eakl St. Vincknt, Sir John Jervis, the renowned British admiral,
was a noble type of the hero and English sailor. In judgment pro-
found, with a stem will and inflexible integrity, he was the favorite
of his government. His battles were models of naval tactics, and
when won were complete. His good name, fame, and unspotted
character gave him a place in Westminster Abbey. The following
anecdote in regard to the United States and Commodore Bainbridge
is quite interesting. It is from "Allison's History of Europe."
"A New York gentleman being in London at the time when the
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news of till! rupluri! i)f the Jiiva arriv«'(l, liappcnod on tlm next day
to be ill company with Admiral iIorviH. Tho vctoraii niiiiarkod
tliat lio had pansod a Hl«!Oplc88 ?iij;ht. It was not ocoasionod by tho
loss of tho frigatt! Java, but by tht! dignidcd maiuuM' in which tho
American coniniiindiT liad treated hiH vaiupiished enemy, lie
observed that tli(^ dc^portment of Uaiid)ridgt,' mon* rosombled th«)
proud bearing of a Spaidnli grandtu) to liin prisoners, during tho
dayH of ancient diivalry, tlian uf a young num of a young mition,
yot in tlio gristh; of manhood. lie added that this trait of national
character, whicli indicated bo niu<!h of future greatness, had given
to liim, as an Kngiisliman, much uneasiness and api)rehension."
During the Kevolutionary struggle betvviten the mother country
and the colonies, a Rritish brig lay olT the harbor of Norwalk,
blockading the port. A resident, desirous of " turning a honest
penny," took a boat-load of fresh vegetables, with other provisions,
to the vessel, where he was (uost cordially receive<l by both ollicers
and men. (^n incpiiry, he found the vessid was command(Ml by a
young ollicer, whose name was Jervis. lie was very atTablo, and
made many inquiries about Norwalk and its inhabitants, lie
inquired, particularly, about the Jarvises in Norwalk and vicinity,
and as his guest was about leaving, he said: " Give my compliments
to them, and tell them their cousin, John Jervis, would be happy
to see them and make their acquaintance.
This young officer afterwards became John, the Earl St. Vincent.
The late Bishop Jarvis and his son, the Rev. Samuel F^armar
Jarvis, DD., LL.D., were among the most prominent divines of the
Episcopal pulpit, and wherever tho doctrines of tlie church are
preached and taught, tluar names will be (!V(!r held sacred and
dear; nor will it bo forgotten how the healing art and the science
and practice of surgery have been ennobled by the skill, experience,
and judgment of such members of the profession as the late Dr.
Charles, Dr. Leonard, and Dr. Gc'orge Ogilvie Jarvis.
In the province of painting, under the brush of a Jarvis, the can-
vas has almost glowed with life, as the pictures of Perry, Decatur,
and Bainbridge will attest. John Wesley Jarvis ' was one of the
1 " John Wcsloy Jarvis, portrait-painter, wa.s l)orn at South Shields on
Tyne, England, 1780, and died January 13, 1840. He was a neplicw of John
Wesley, came to Philiidelphiii in 1785; at tlic age of ten was an iipprentiee
to Savage, the engraver; ut tweuty-one began that business for liimself, in
New York city, and soon commenced portrait-painting, with great .success.
He was a man of genius, but of irregular habits, and excelled as a humor-
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INTRODUCTION.
most accomplislH^d artists of his time. He was the teacher of the
late John Inman, who was no unworthy pupil of such u master.
The account of his painting the port rait of Commodore Bain-
bridge is an amusing incident of this favorite old painter:
When Bainbridge sat to him, the old weather-beaten seaman
invariably fell asleep. This annoyed Jarvis, and, for the first time
in his life, he found his wit and humor were of no avail in rousing
his sitter to proper wakefulness; wherenj)on, when Jarvis reached
that point in the exemition of his [)ainting that tlie expression was
to te caught, he commenced a tirade against th3 !Uivy, qixestioned
the heroism of its offi(!ers and men, and kept \i\) his banter until
Bainbridge's eyes liashed as they were wont on the quarter-deck.
Jarvis talked on. and rapidly painted, until the old Connnodore
started from his chair, and, approaching Jarvis, shook liis list in
his face, and thundered out he would not " allow a face-
maker to speak against his profession " Another instant, and a
personal assault might have ensued, when Jarvis sprung aside,
burst into a hearty laugh, and told the Commodore he had to wake
him up somehow, else the picture would have no more expression
than a gunner's swab. His liead of Bainbridge is one of the best
pictures Jarvis ever painted.
As an "Antiquarian," the name of Andrew Jervise stands pre-
eminent. He was born in the town of Brechin, in Forfar, Scot-
land, and was one of the most prominent members of the Anti-
quarian Society of the British Kingdom. Among his contributions
to Antiquarian lore are "Land of the Lindsays," and "Epitaphs
and Inscriptions from Burial Grounds in the North-east of Scot-
land." Mr. Jervise willed a large portion of his property to his
native town, to be spent in the development of educational pursuits.
It is a pleasing task, thus to look back over the flight of years,
and be able to record the varied excellences, the intelligence and
virtues of an honored ancestry. In short, wherever we turn, wo
find the name of Jarvis associated with men of letters, with the
learned professions, and the nobler efforts that go to make up an
advanced civilization.
ist. During one of his trips to New Orleans he earned, in six months, six
thousand dollars, but his profuse and convivial hablis kept him couslautly
poor.
He painted heads of Bishop Moore, Jolm Ran(U)iph, DeWitt CHiilon,
Halltck, O. H. Perry, Stephen Van Renselaer, Baluhridge, Decatur, Gen.
John Armstrong (now in jiossession of his daughter, Mrs. Wni. B. Astor),
and many other national celebrities." — Droh-'s American Bioyvaphy, p. 482.
INTRODUCTION.
9
It may be impossible to determine, with certainty, when and
where the first Jarviacs settled in this coiintry. The earliest men-
tion of the name, we have found, is in " Hutton's Early Emigrants
to America," which speaks of John Jarvice as living in Virginia,
Feb. 16, 1623. And we find the name of Francis Jarvice among
138 names, to be transported to Virginia, in th( Primrose, Capt.
Douglass, per Certificate July 27, 1625, which reads as follows: —
''Under ye Minister's hand of Gravesend, being examined by
him touching their conformitie to the Church Discipline ol Eng-
land. The men have taken their oatties of Alegiance e Su-
premacie."
Boston was settled in 1630, by a portion of the company v.'hich
came from England with John Winthrop. The only person resid-
ing there at that time was William Blackstone or Blaxton, supposed
to have been an Episcopal clergyman, and to have arrived about
1623. See '-Appleton's Cyclopedia."
In the records of Boston, the earliest mention found of the
name, is that of John Jabvis, who was one of a Coroner's Jury,
Sept. 28, 1630.
John Jarvis is also mentioned as being a merchant of Bi; .ston,
who died Sept. 29, 1(148. Of this John Jarvis, Savage, in his
"Genealogical Dictionary," remarks that "perhaps he may have
been only a transient visitor."
John Jarvis is again on record in 1651, as connected with the
estate of John Mills.
We have found no evidence inconsistent with Savage's remark
that tlie second John Jarvis was a transient visitor, and then; is
nothing to controvert the idea that the two John Jarvises first
above named were one and the same person.
He died in 1648, and, eighteen years before (when the coroner's
jury was held), might have been a man of middle age, and accom-
panied the Rev. Wm. Blaxton from England in 1623.
In reference to the third John above mentioned, we quote from
a letter of Dr. Edward Jarvis, now Hving in Dorchester, Mass.
He says: "On the 18th Sept., 1661, we find the marriage of John
Jarvis to Rebecca Parkman, by Richard Belingham, Deputy Gov-
ernor. He may have been the son of the other John, who died
in 1648.
The family have been in Boston from that time until now, and
in some families their lines are traceable."
The Town of Huntington, which was one of the earliest settle-
2
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INTKOUUCTIDN.
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meiits of the Jarvia family in this country, was first settled by
Englishmen in 1053 — 226 years ago.
The pioneers, who formed the settlement, consisted originally of
eleven families, who either may have found their way thither from
Massachusetts through the Connecticut Valley, or may have come
directly from the Connecticut Colony, which was founded in
Hartford in 1639.
Some of these settlers made purchases of land of the Indians,
and the following is an account of two of these transactions,
showing the unique currency which they used in bartering with
them, and which, in those primitive times, was found to be the
most serviceable in dealing with the " untutored " wild man.
The first purchase of land within the territory of Huntington
was made of the Matinnecock tribe of Indians, in 1653, compris-
ing nearly six miles sauare. " The consideration paid to the
Indians was six coats, six bottles, six hatchets, six shovels, ten
knives, six fathoms of wampum, thirty muxes (brad awls), and
thirty needles."
The first purchase of East Hampton embraced 30,720 acres,
and the articles giv^n in payment consisted of "twenty coats,
twenty-four looking-glasses, twenty-four hoes, twenty-four hatch-
ets, twenty-four knives, and one hundred muxes,"
These and other purchases were made of the Indians and held
by trustees for the public benefit, and were afterward, from time
to time, granted, for a valuable consideration, by the authorities of
the town to individual purchasers. The "Old Purchase" of "six
miles square " is often mentioned in the real estate transactions of
Huntington, and the most prominent and enterprising citizens are
on record as grantees of portions of it, among whom the names of
Stephen Jarvis, and his son Stephen, William Jarvis, Thomas
Jarvis, Jonathan Jarvis, and others, frequent! v occur. (See Ap-
pendix D.)
The following extract from an Historical Address delivered at
the Centennial Celebration at Huntington, by Hon. Henry C.
Piatt, is inserted here, as it gi.ves, in a few words, a graphic de-
scription of the pioneers of the town,
"The first settlers of Huntington were a body of men equally
distinguished for the soundness of their morals and the purity of
their lives. They w^re characterized by peculiar sternness of
principle, and singular exactness in the discharge of every duty.
They regarded every species of vice with a kind of instinctive
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II
abhorrence. Prodigality and licentiousness they branded with
infamy, and often punished with severity."
The spirit with which the people of Huntington entered the
great conflict for American liberty, is shown by a series of reso-
lutions passed at a general town meeting, held June 21, 1774.
These resolutions breathe the spirit of independence, and do' honor
to the intelligence and patriotism of the people of Huntington,
and rank that ancient town among the first assertors of American
liberty. (See Appendix N.)
We now proceed to give, in tabular form, the records of Stephen
Jarvis and his sons, and, after these, the records of the descend-
ants of William, Thomas, and Jonathan, who, we liave seen, were
among the earliest settlers of the name in Huntington.
Following these, are inserted the records of the descendants of
Nathaniel and Moses Jarvis, both of whom were Huntington men,
but whose connection with the other fainilies of that town we have
not been able to ascertain.
Then we take up the Massachusetts branch of the family, giving
the records of the descendants of Nathaniel and John Jarvis. At
the close of the Genealogy, will be found a few fragmentary records
which wo have not been al)le to connect with any of the other
families.
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GENEALOGY.
DESCENDANTS OF STEPHEN.
1st Genp:hation.
No. Name.
1 Stephen Jarvis,
Child.
2 Stephen, Jr.,
Bom.
Died.
Stephen Jarvis, Jr. ,
2 Children.
3 Stephen, June 2, 1683
4 Abraham, Apr. 26, 1685
2d Generation.
Married or Remarks.
See Api)endices A, B,
D, and F.
See Appendices D, F.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM.
1st Geneuation.
^^^w.,,.^"™^; . ^™- ^'«'l- Married or Remarks.
5 William Jarvis, About 1740
6 Esther,
5 children.
7 William, 1696
8 Samuel, Oct. 5,169b Sept. 27, 1779 Lived and died in Nor-
walk,» Conn.
^ ^^^P''^"' 1700 Lived and ,lied iu
Huntington, L. I,
' Norwalk was purchased of the Indians in 1640. by Roger Ludlow
As described iu the ancient, records, the purchase was " from Norwalk
river to Sawhatuck (Saugatuck) river, from Sea, Indian om- day's walk
in the country,— that is, one day's luyrth walk into the country hence the
name Norwalk. The articles given to the Indians for tlie tract were ' 'eight
fathoms wampum, six coats, ten liatchets, ten hoes, ten knives fen seiz-
ors, ten jusharps, ten fathom tobaco, three kettles of si.v hands about
and ten looking-glasses." '
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r)E8CENDANT8 OP WILLIAM — FIRST GENERATION.
No. Namo.
10 AbmUiim,
11 Mary,
Born. Died. Married or UcmarkB.
1702 Lived and died in
Iluntiujjiou, L. 1.
1704 ' Marriod a Mr. Sey-
mour.
AViLL OK William Jarvis of Huntington, L. I., Nov. 13, 1737.
In thk name of God Amen, the twelfth daj of November one
thousand Seven liundred and thirty seven. 1 William Jarvis of
Huntington in the County of Suffolke, on the Island of Nassau in
the province! of New York, Farmer, Being under the Decays &
labouring under the Infirmities of Old age, But of Perfect mind
and memory, Thanks be Given unto God. Therefore Calling
unto mind the mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is
appointed for all men once to dye, do make, and Ordain, this my
Last Will and Testament. Tliat is to say Principally and first of
all 1 give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that
Gave it, and my Body I Recommend to the Earth, to be buried in
Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor, nothing
Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall Receive the
same again by the Mighty I'ower of God. And as touching such
Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this
life T give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following man-
ner and form —
Imprimis. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife
Esther Jarvis the use and benefit of all my Lands and Moveable
Estate My Debts and Legacies hereafter nentioned being first
paid, Excepting my Tools, Utensills, and Tackling for Husbandry,
during her widdowhood, and also my Negro-girl Jenny, during her
natural Life.
Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Son William Jarvis of
Norwalk in Connecticut Twenty pounds Current Money of New
York, to be paid by my Son Abraham out of his Dividend of my
Estate as is hereafter mentioned, and also my wearing apparell
and Great Bible.
Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Son Samuel Jarvis of
Norwalk in Connecticut Ten Pounds cur' money of New York, to
be paid by my Son Stephen out of his Dividend of my Estate here
after mentioned.
Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Son Stephen Jarvis now of
Huntington, to him and to his Heirs and Assigns forever, all my
Lauds on the South side of the Long Hollow in the East Neck, and
DKSOENDANTa OF WILLIAM KIU8T GKNKRATION.
15
also my liold commonly called the Orchard field, and Likewise my
Negro boy called George, He being oblidged liereby to pay to my
Son Samuel Jarvis of Norwalk &c Ten Pounds Chir' Money of
New York, Before mentioned as the Condition of this Bequest.
Item. I give and Bocjueatli unto my Son Abraham Jarvis now
of Huntington all the Kiiinaining part of my Land that I bouglit
of Fjl)(Mie/er Blachly and of Benjamin Boyls with the buildings
thereon erected &c And also all the Lands I had a Riglit to before
those purchases on the North Side of the Long Hollow afores'' As
Likewise my Negro Boy named Dick These and every of these
Particulars I Give and Bequeath to my Son Abraham and to his
Heirs and assigns for ever, He being obliged to pay to my Son
William Jarvis of Norwalk &c twenty Pounds Cur' Money of New
York before mentioned as the Condition of this Bequest And also
upon the same Condition 1 give and Bequeath unto my Son Abra-
ham my Team, Tooles, Utensills and Tackling for Hnsljandry.
Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Sons StepluMi and Abra-
ham Before Mentioned to them and to their heirs and assigns for-
ever all my Meadow and right of Meadow at South and all my
Right in y undivided Tjands in y'' Townsliip of Himtington to be
equally divided between them, And to my Son Stei)hen to his
heirs and assigns for ever five and twenty acres of Land Laid out
in the New I'urchase.
Item. I give and Bequeath to my daughter Mary Seymour of
Norwalk in Connecticut Ten Pounds Current Money of New York
to be made and paid out of my Moveable Estate, And also my
Negro Girl Jenny, Only it is my Will and Pleasure that my
Beloved Wife should have her so Long as my Wifc^ Lives. And
if my Daughter Mliry should Dye before my Wife, Then and in
such case 1 give and Bequeath s'' Negro Girl Jenny to my Son
William afores' to him and his heirs and assigns for ever. And
that this my Last Will and Testament might be duly Executed
and Performed 1 hereby Constitute make and ordain my Beloved
Esther Jarvis and my Son Abraham Jarvis Execut.ois of this my
Last Will and Testament And I do hereby utterly Disallowe,
Revoke and Disanul all and every other Former Testaments, Wills,
Legacies bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named,
Willed and bequeathed, Ratifying and confirming this and no
other to be my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I
have hereunto sett my hand and Seal the day and year first above
written. William Jarvis (SS)
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM SECOND OENKKATTON.
Signed, Sealed, Published, pronounced and Declared by the
S"" William .larvis as liis Last Will and Testament in presence of
the Subscrib rs;
Daniel Kolley.
Hezekiah Smith.
E. Fume.
2d Generation.
8.
No. Name.
1
Born.
Died.
Married or Ueinarltiii.
Ciii)t.Siini.Jiirvis, Oc^t.
5, l(i!»8
Sept. 27, 1779
From lIuntington,L.I.
12 Naomi Bru.sli,
Mch
1!), 1701
May 3, 1750
Of Cold Spring, L. I.
11 children.
13 Samuel,'
D(H'.
27. 1720
Feb. 35, 1783
Dec. 18, 1741. Buried
inTrin.ch.-yd.,N.Y.
14 Elizabeth,
Dec.
37, 1722
1730
15 John,
Jan.
23, 1725
Aug. 17, 1778
16 Esther,
Aug.
18, 1727
Nathan WillHon.
17 Stephen,
Dec.
25, 1721)
July 30, 1830
Feb. 6, 1756.
18 Isaac,
Feb.
10, 1733
19 Naomi,
Mch.
15, 1730
N. Willson, Norwalk.
30 Naliian,
Feb.
2, 1737
April 15, 1820
Jan. 2, 1757.
21 Abraham,
May
5, 1739
May 3, 1813
May 25, 1766.
22 Polly,
May
3, 1742
April 4, 1740
23 Hezekiah,
July
17, 1740
April 4, 1838
Oct. 9, 1767.
f
o.
Stephen Jarvis,
24 Susannah.
11 children.
35 Deborah,
36 Isaac,
27 Esther,
28 Louisa,
1700
Mch. 27, 1726
Sept. 34, 1727
Feb. 6, 1731
April 29, 1733
Feb. 4, 1755, Hezekiah
Weeks.
> Samuel Jarvis bought homestead, barn, and shed, Jan. 11, 1744-5, of
Nathan Finch. He and three sons (Munson, William, and John) were
Loyalists, and were seized at the commencement of the Revolutionary
War by British soldiers, in the month of August, on a clear night, and
taken to Long Island in an open boat, to a family named Coles, where
they were treated kindly.
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM— THIRD (JENEHATrON.
17
No. Nnme.
39 Surah,
30 at('i)Iien.
ai Thomas.
32 Austin,
«;{ John,
U Ruth,
35 f 'ary.
Born.
Feb. 34. 1784
Oct. 10, 1735
.Iiuu; 4, 1730
Sept. 35, 1737
1741
Aug. 14, 1748
Feb. 27, 1757
Died.
Married or Remark!).
IHOV
lO.
Abraham .larvis,
30 Laviiiia Holers,
«;hil(hcn.
37 Lavinia,
38 MilLson,
39 Elizrbotli,
40 Samuel,
41 Al)raham,
43 Ichabod,
3(1 wife.
43 Hannah Conklin,
1703
May 9, 1730
1738
1740
1748
1740
1748 July 30, 1801
Feb. 30, 1734.
July 81, 1760.
3d Geneuation.
,
No. Name.
Samuel Jarvi,s, i Dec.
44 Martha Seymour,
11 children.
45 Munson,- Oct.
46 Samuel, 3 jyiy
47 Polly, Feb.
48 Martha, Dec.
Bom.
37, 1730
1736
11, 1743
4, 1745
21, 1747
37, 1748
13.
Died,
Feb. 35, 1783
Dec. 1, 1803
Oct.
Oct.
May,
7, 1835
9, 1838
1826
1784
49 Saiah,
50 John,*
51 Seymour,
53 William,
Nov. 38. 1750 Au.i>-. 14, 1807
Oct. 11, 1753 Feb. U, 1845
Sept. 8, 1754 May 36, 1761
Sept. 11, 1756 Aug. 13, 1817
Married or Keinarkc.
Dec. 18, 1741.
Of Norwalk.
Oct. 81, 1771.
June 18, 1763.
Mr. King died in Hali
fa.x.
Mr. Munday.
Died in York, U. C;.
^Town Clerk of Stamfor.1. Co,,,,., f,-om7r60 f.^ 1775
Went to St. John. New Hrun.swiek, 1783, and died the,-e Was
John. N. B., Nov., 1874.
3
Had one child, Hariiet, who died in St.
i
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DKSCKNDANTS OK WII.MAM — TIIIKI) (IKNERATION.
No Name.
C}',] lliiiiiiali,
54 Liiviiiiii,
CJ Seymour,
Horn.
I>l(>(l.
Marrli'il or HciimrkH.
8(M)t. 27 1758 April 'Hi, 182U Dr. Jolui liiKcrHoll.
' I)i«'(l in Now Yorit,
Oct. 5. 17«1 Oct. 20, 1841
Dih: 22, 17«r) Oct. 4, 184U
"Tho Jarvis family, for sovoral y<!arH, wa.s quito nuiiu^rous. and
has always and in all rcspecrfs been liighly roHj)octal)le; but as thoir
affections were with their king, rather than with his r(>belliou8 sub-
jects, it seemed necessary tliat they should bo sent over tlie lines.
Capt. Samuel fjockwood of Greenwi(^h, was appointed to execute
tlie ord(^r, which he did with tlu* ready zeal of a n^volutionary
patriot, and of course his ofFiciousness alienated the two families,
as no loyal Jarvis could endure thenceforth one of the notoriously
rel>ellious Lockwood tribe." — IlHntiii;ftov\i History of Stamford.
IS.
.Tolin Jarvis, Jan. 2iJ, 1725 Aujj;.
50 ("atii. Itayinond, Apr. 1!J, 1737 Jan.
11 cliildrrn.
57 Jolin,
June
18, 175;{
July
58 Samuel,
Dee.
28, 1754
Dec.
5!» SlcpluMi,
Apr.
4, 1758
Ai)r.
00 Esther.
Sept
4, 175»
01 Catharine,*
Oct.
15, 1700
Jan.
02 Heiny,
Ai)r.
10, 1703
0^ James,
Jan.
8, 1704
Nov.
04 William.
May
IS., 1700
Meh
05 Hunnah,
Feb.
28, 170H
00 Sands.
Pel).
31, 1770
Apr.
07 .Tesse,
. Nov.
8, 1772
Jan.
17, 1778 Oct. 10, 1751.
2:J, 1811 Died in I'ounilridtre
N. Y.
24, 1824
11, 1705 Se|)t,. 4, 1774. 1785.
31, 1822 May 23, 1704.
Stei)h. Whitney.
2:5. 1811
178;{ iiOStatsea. Com.
British Army.
10, 175(0 Com. Brit. Aniiy
Dr. Selli Miller.
1, 1844
(J, 1833
Stephen Jarvis, Dee. 25, 173!) July 30. 1830 Y\h. 0, 1750.
08 Rachel Starr,
8 (Children,
00 Stei)hen,
70 Samuel,
71 Mary,
72 Rachel,
7!J Abigail,
74 Betsey.
75 Eli,
70 Hannah,
173;j
1824
Nov. 0, 1750 Apr. 13, 1840 May 33, 178:{.
lit. Cavalry So. Car.
Oct, 20, 1758 May 23, 1839 Dec. 7. 1780. Died
in Toronto, U. C.
Nov. 30, 1700 Sept. 30, 1845
Oct. 13, 1703 Feb. 37, 1840
Aug. 10, 1704 Jan. 33, 1810 Jan. 7. 1783.
Aug. 11, 1700 May 30, 1813 1791.
May 23, 1708 May 14, 1854
Jime 14, 1774 Died in inf'cy
^ Married Jo.s. Fayerweather. 3 sons, Philander, Stephen, and Henry.
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DKSrKNPANTS OF WILLIAM— THIRD aKNERATIOl,
19
«o.
No
77 Ann Kelloitt?,
Died.
Married or Itcmiirks.
1757.
Name. »<"''• , ^^ ,
Nathan Jarvis.' F.l.. 2.1787 Aprilir,, 830 .an.
17;{H .Inly 31, 1H03 Hnncd in M. Pauls
clinrchyard, N. Y.
8 Chihircn,
78 Ann,
79 Betsey,
80 Mary,
81 Samuel.
H3 William,
815 Nathan,
84 Esther.
8.") Hannah.
Oct. 5, 1758
Sept. 10, 17<!1
.fan. U, 17(i5
Sei)t. Ki. 17(58
.Ian. Vi, 1771
,lan. 19, 177;^
Au,i--.27, 1775
Feb. 25, 1780
Oct.
1827
.Tesse Bctls.
.Tune
10.
1852
1798.
Apr.
2,
1847
Aug.
10,
1862
1802.
Samuel WhiK
«1.
AlmihamJarvis, May .^17;^ May 3,1813 May 25, 17«.>.
86 Ann Farmar," Nov. 4, 1801
,,,,.,, See Appeudi.x h.
2 Children. _^ ' '
87 Sanuiel Farmnr, Sept. M, 1779 1779
88Sam'lFarmar2<l,.Jan. 20, 1786 Mar, 26. 18..1
2d wife. ^ .
, . ., .lulv 4, 1806
laicy Ii(^wis,'
Abraham ,)arvi8.
[The loUowini.- sk<"t,eh of the life ..f Uislmp .larvis was written for this
work l.y 1h;" Ht.' Hev. .lohn Williams, D.l).. Bishoi» of (Jonneetient.]
Abraham .larvis was born at Norwalk, Conn., May 5 (O.S.), 1739.
His father, wlio conforniea to the C;hurch of Knghmd, had removed
thither from Huntington, L. L, some two years before the future
bishop's birth. He was, therefore, from the beginning, tramod
under the influences of that Churcli to the highest office in whicli
he was, in time, to be cal!(>d.
His early studies were pursued at Stamford, under the charge
of the Rev. Noah Welles, the Congregational minister of tbe town,
who was a noted instructor in his day. B^rom Stamford he passed
to Yale College, where he was graduated in 1761.
TTTj^l April. A committee of four, appointed under an Act of
General Assembly, and the Seh.tn.en of Norwalk, found twenty-four men
inimical to the country; amon- them, Thomas llauford, Nathan Jarvis,
^^U./'—IIairx Ifixfori/ of Norwalk. _
» Ann. b.nie<l in B. Peck's vault in Trinity Ch.Yd., N. \.
» Lucy, buried in Burlington, New .lersey.
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM THIRD r.ENKHATlON.
Just at this time the parish at Middletowii was vacant by the
removal of the Rev. Ichabod Camp, and Mr. Jarvis was invited to
officiate as a lay reader. He is spoken of liy Dr. Jolmson, in a
letter to the Venerable Society, as " a promising candidate." Li
those days the small-pox was regarded with a terror which it is
diff.cult for us, to-day, to comprehend, and it strikers us strangely
to learn that Mr. Jarvis went to BlizalK^thtown, N. J., to be inocu-
lated. The step led, however, to his residing for some time in the
family of the distinguished Dr. rhandltM". Dr. (Chandler's home
could hardly fail to be a marked center of (-hnrch life and move-
ment, and the advantages to the young candidate of his sojourn
there must have been very great.
In the autumn of 176.S, in company with Bela HuV)bard, who
had studied under Dr. Johnson, he sailed for England, to obtain
Holy Orders. This companionship laid the foundation of an
intimacy which ended only when Dr. Hubbard was called to his
recst in 1812, whither, in about five months, his life-long friend
followed him. "Together," says Dr. Heardsley, "they went forth
on the voyage to England for Holy Ordei's; together they had
walked in the House of God as brothers, and in death they were
scarcely divided." Mr. Jarvis' reached London in January, 17(i4;
but "the Bishop of London being very infirm, he received Deacon'o
Orders from Dr. Keppel, Bishop of Exeter, February 5, 17<U,
and Priest's Orders from Dr. Lyttleton, Bishop of Cai'lisle, in
St. James's, Westminster, on the lOth of the same month. He
left England on the '20th of April, arrived at Boston in June, and
on the 1st of August following was settled as rector of Chi'Lst
Church, Middletown, on a salary of seventy pounds sterling per
annum.'''' No ad lition was made to this stipend liy the \'enerablt
Society for many years; not, indeed, until, in ITTii, the Rev. Dr.
Tjeaming, in behalf of the Conventi<m in Connecticut, wrote to the
authorities desiring them " to (jrder one-half of the salary foi-nunly
given the late Mr. Lamson, at Fairfield, to Mr. Jarvis, at Middle-
town." The outbreak of the Revohition must have soon interfered
with the payment of this well-earned stipend, and made his other
means of subsistence fearfully precarious.
Meantime, cm the 25th of May, 1700, the young prie.st had
married Ann, the eldest daughter of Samuel Farmai", a merchant
of New York. Two childi'en were the issue of this mari'iage.
One died in infancy. The other was the Rev. Samuel P^armar
Jarvis, who was truly "a doctor of the Church."
nESrKNDANTS OK \V1I,I,IAM THIRD OENKRATION.
21
f.
How long, or in what precise form, Mr. Jarvis continued to
officiate pul)licly in his clmrch after the war broke out, it is difficult
to say. After July 4, 1776, the clergy could not use the ordered
service without incurring the extremest danger. Accordingly, on
the 23d of that month, in a Convention at New Haven, where
Mr. Jarvis presided, it "was resolved to suspend the puljlic e.xer-
cise of ministerial functions." Aft^" this, no churches were kept
open in Connecticut for some time, except those within the cure of
the Rev. John Boach of Newtown. It is certain, however, that
before April, 17Si, Mr. Jarvis had begun public services at Middle-
town, and that the prayers for tlie King and Royal Family were
not read by him. For, in April of that year, St, James's pai'ish
in New Londf ii (which several y<'ars before had ejected its min-
ister fur refusing to pray for Congress and the States of America),
voted to authorize the wardens " to call on some Rev. gentleman
to officiate in the Church of St. James, as Rev. Mr. Jarvis or
Mr. Hubbai'd does." In 1780, Mr. Jarvis was invited to the
charge of St. John's, Providence, R. T., but he preferred to remain
with his people, and declined the offer.
At the meeting of the clergy of Connecticut held in Woodbury,
in the last week in March, 1 7S;}, when U^n clergymen undertook
the ''venture of faith" involved in the attempt to secure the
Episcopate for this western wf>rld, Mr. Jarvis acted as Secretary;
and to him was entrusted the charge of preparing the 'various
documents which the occasion required. Many of those still
remain to attest the ability of their writer; and they, with others
of a like character, confirm the testimony of the venerable pres-
byter who lived to be the last link tliat connected the clergy of
Connecticut with its first Bislioj) — the Rev. Dr. Hurh.ans — that
"he had an uncrmmon tact at pulilic business, and in a talent at
drafting petitions, memorials, etc., had few, it' any, superiors."
With Mr. Jarvis, also, Bishop Seabury put himself in communica-
tion as soon as he had reached this counti'v in 1785; and the
admirable addn'ss with which the clergy of the diocese welcouKnl
their Bishop at Middlctown, in August of that year, was mainly,
if not entirely, the work of their secretary.
In 1787 it seemed so doubtful to the clergy of Connecticut
whether a separation between the Clnurh in New England and in
the other States could be averted, that steps were taken to secure
for New England a "canonical number of Bishops of the Scottish
line " At a Convention held in WalUngford on the 27th of Feb-
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nKSCENDANTR OF WILLIAM THIRD fiKNKRATION.
ruary in that yoar, Mr. , I arvis wa.s appointed to procoecl to Scotliind
for consecration. Ilap[>ily, the necessity was averted, and the
proposed measure never passed beyond its incipient stajro.
In 1796 Bishop Seabury died, and at the Convention of the
Diocese in May, Mr. Jarvis was elected his successor. This elec-
tion he declined. When, liowever, at the adjourned .Annual
Convention in 17J>7, the election was renewed, with a unanimous
vote of both clergy and laity, it was accepted, and Dr. Jarvis (the
Doctorate having been conferred on him by Yale College, at the
previous Commencement) was consecrated in Trinity Church, New
Haven, October 18, 17!»7, by Bi.^liop White, assisted ])y Bishops
Provost and Bass. A special convention ha,d been summoned foi
the occasion, at which, immeiliately after the act of consecration
was completed, the new Bishop received and replied to an address
of recognition, and afterwards delivered his first charge.
The Bishop remained in Middletown till the autumn of 1 71)0,
when he removed to (,'heshire (where he had already placed his
son in the academy), and built himself a hou -e. Here the shadow
of death fell upon his home in the loss of his excellent and amial)lo
wife, who died November 4, 1801. So that when his son was
ready to begin his collegiate course in 1803, he removed to New
Hav( n, where his home continued to be for the remainder of liis
life. "On the 4th of July, 1800, he was married in Trinity
Chuix'h, New York, to Mi's. Lucy Lewis, widow of Nathaniel
Lewis of Bhiladelphia, a lady of great excellence, who contributed
much to the comfort of his declining years."
Bishop Jarvis's Episcopate covered a period of a little less than
sixt(^en years, and extende<l through the time when the Church
was experiencing the trials of her deepest tlepression. Her extreme
depression did not immediately follow the war of the Revolution,
but is to be looked for in the earlier years of the present century,
when the generation which had clung to her in and after the revo-
lutionary troubles were passing away, and few came to take their
places. To administer the Episcopate amid such discouragements
must have been no small trial. Mon^over, the disturbances
fomented Ijy an unworthy and unscrupulous clergyman embar-
rassed Bishop Jarvis's administration, alienated some of his clergy,
and embittered his life. His address to his Convention, in 1807,
emphasizes his just sense of wrong, and shows how deeply " tlu^
iron had entered into his soul.'' Physical inlirmity, also, rendered
the labor of visitation a burden, and sometimes entirely shut him
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM THIRD GENERATION.
23
out from undertaking it. Under God, liowever, he carried his
Diocese safely through the period of discouragement and trial,
though he lived only to see the first beams of that brighter day
which, after 1811, began to dawn upon the Church. The accurate
historian of the Diocese of Connecticut says of him, "Thoroughly
versed in the history of the Cliurch, her constitution and govern-
ment, her doctrines and liturgy, he was so far forth fitted to lie a
wise counselor and guide; and his few published writings bear
marks not only of Jiis opposition to all needless innovations, but of
his undeviating advocacy of apostt)lic ord(!r and primitive usage."
Though this is not the place for a history of the Episcopate of
Bishop Jarvis, it may not be improper to say that he ordained
tliirty-tlinje deacons and twenty-eight priests; consecrated eleven
churches; and confirmed, at least, three thousand and sixty-eight
persons.
At the Convention in June, 1812, the Bishop spoke of his death
as an event that could not be "far distant," and of "the increasing
uncertainty of meeting" them again, as he met them then. His
woj'ds were prophetic, and he nevei- presided in Convention again.
On the 3d of May, 1813, at his residence in New Haven, after a
shoi't but severe illness, he rested from his labors, having nearly
completed his seventy-fourth year. "The day previous to his
death, he received the Lord's Supper with great apparent devotion,
and his departure was marked by the utmost tranquility, like
gently falling asleep."
"He was buried," says Dr. Beardsley, ■• in tli(> public cemetery,
then lecently opened; but upon the erection of the present Trinity
Church in that city, his remains were disinteri'ed. and deposited
beneath the chancel of this edifice which he had hoped t(» see
erected. His son, and only surviving child — the Kev. Sanniel
Farmar Jarvis — whom iu; had advanced to the priesthood about
two years before his death, was permitted to honor his memory
by placing over his dust a mural monument of chaste <h'sign and
exquisite workmanship, with a Latin inscription recitmg his in-cle-
siastical dignity and position, ;nid his own filial and aft'ectionate
sorrow."
This inscription may properly conclude this brief biographical
sketch.
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24
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM-
-THfRD GENEKATION.
SVB. ALTARI. 8ITAE. SVNT
,T.„ MORTALES. EXVVIAE
ADMODVM. IN. DEO. REVEREND! PATRIS
ABRAIIAMI. lARVIS STD
ECCLESIAE. CONNECTICVTENSTH
EPISCOPI. SECVNDI
QVI. NATVS.
III. NON. MAIL EX. KAL IVL
ANN. OIOIOCC. XXXIX
ANNOS. LXXriI. PROPE
VIXIT.
QVOR. XV. MENS. VI. DIEB. Xinl
EX. CATHEDRA. EPISCOPALI
GREGEM. CIIRISTI. PAVIT
OBIIT.
V NON. MAIL EX. KAL. UREG
ANN. SALVTIS. ClOlOCCC. kuI
PARIETI. FIVIVaCE. TEMPLI
EHEV. NON. OCVLIS. MORTALIBVS
MAGNOPERE. SPERABAT
IN. MEMORIAM
PRAESVLIS. VENERATISSIMI
I^ATRISQVE. OPTIML ET. B D s M ■
HOC. MARMOR. ADPIGEND. CVRAV
FILIVS. LVGENS.=^
'[BENE. DE. SE. MERITI]
' The inscription may be freely tran^luted thus:
Under the altar are placed
the mortal reniain.s of the
Right Reverentl Father in God
Abraham Jarvis, Doctor of Divinity
Second Bisho,, of the Clmrch in Connectuut
who being born th(; 5th of May, 17;^9
lived nearly seventy-four years •
ot which, fifteen years, seven months and
htteen days, he fed the (lock of Christ
from the Episcopal chair.
He died the IM of May, 1818.
On the wall of this church
which he earnestly hoped to see erected
alas not with mortal eyes,
a mourning son
has cau.sed this marble to be atll.xed
in memory
of the most revered prelate, and of the
iimst excellent father who merits his gratitude.
)N.
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<^i^'^<;^.i^
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nKSCENr)ANTS (IK WIl.MAM THIKIl (IKNKKATION.
25
XSH.
No. NiniK'.
Bom
Died
Mnrri
t(! or RnmnrkH
Hc/,«^kialiJiirvif
•.'July 17.
17l(»
Apr.
4,
18:18
Oct.
». n«7.
81» Mary Nasli,
.luiic,
1718
Mdi.
2(1.
1778
5 Cliildrrn.
»(> Nonh,
.Inly 23,
17«8
A UK.
11.
1842
Mch.
17. 171M.
iM Aliniliani.
Mcii. 20.
1770
Dec.
I.'{,
177«
m Klijah.
Mcli. IH.
1772
Oct.
.'),
1801
();{ Hlephen,
Nov. 13.
1774
Oct.
2(5,
1825
Oct.
20, 1803.
1)4 Jaincs,
Sopl. 10,
177«
Nov.
2;i,
1777
2(1 wife.
*Xi Sarali Nasli ««/
Whiliicy.
8 (niildrtMi.
m\ Samunl,
Oct. !».
1771»
Oct.
2»,
1857
Sept
2, 1804.
1>7 A brain,
Aug-. 2;j.
17H1
Oct.
15,
1801
JIH Sarali,
Apr. 18.
178;$
•Inly
-i,
1858
iM» ("liarlcs.
Mill. 28,
1 78",
Nov
5,
1840
.\pr.
12. 1808,
too fjavinia,
()(!l. ;ii.
17H8
Apr.
11
1870
101 Amelia,
Nov. 27,
17i)0
Oct.
12.
1874
103 Mary,
May l;{.
17!i:i
lOa Wiliiaui,
Feb. 2i).
17i)0
Oct.
3,
1871
Dec.
22, 1825.
Hezekiah Jauvis.
Was a firotlior of Bishop Abraham Jarvis, and possossed, in an
eminent (icgree, the traits of this distinguish*^! man. In (^very
relation of life, he was the sincere and devoted (Christian gentle-
man. He liad a fine and discriminating mind and an excellent
memory; a man of much reading, he was a ready reasoner, a
pleasant and cheerful companion. He lived to a patriarchal age,
seeing the children of the third, and even the fourth, generation.
One of his great-grandchildren thus describes her first visit to
him. She was in her fourteenth year, and she expected to see
the old gentleman feeble and decrepit, sitting in the corner in a
comfortable easy chair, when, on passing into the house, she saw.
instead, an elderly man descending a ladder from a peach tre(} in
the front yard, with basket in hand, coming to greet her, which
he did with the greatest coriliality.
Her next visit to him was when she was a mother, taking her
own child with her. This was his great-great-grandson, and she
1 Hezekiah Jarvis bought from John Betts, Samuel Gibbs, and Wm.
St. John, on the 10th Dec. 1794, for t250, two acres of land, dwelling-
house and barn, situate in Norwalk, on the east side of the road, near the
Episcopal Church. Hounded westerly and northerly by highway; easterly
by Hezekiah Jarvis's land, and southerly by John lietts's land.
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DKSCKNDANTS oK WILMAM — THIRD OENKKATION
found tlu^ samci Hiinplc-iniiuhMl, (Iiu;iulic(l old gciitloiimii jih on lior
lii'Ht vmt.
Tho following incident is (|uitfi intnrasting. Tlin next rncjrninjj;,
as the venerable man entered the parlor, he saw, Heated in his own
chair, the little child, with his own spoctacloH on his nose, with
newspaper in hand, niaintaining a gravity that seemed to appre-
ciate the allecteil dignity of his position. The godil old inaii
approached tho little one, and putting his hands upon his head,
invoked a blessing whic' its fervor and l)oauty, touched all
present. It was a beneo .)n that has ever se»>med tf) remain
with the child as a sainted cliiirni, as on leaving, the old geiitleirian
gave the child a l'ray(M' Mook in wliich he wrote; his naiiut, lieing,
at the time, in his ninety-second year. This was tlieir final meeting.
Another incident, relatt I by a grandson, shows tlie influence of
the piety and simple dignity of this venerable man upon his youth-
ful mind. On a visit to his grandfiitluT, in his early ("hildhood,
he knelt for tli<! (irst time at evening prayer with his aged kinsman,
and was deeply imi)ressed with the fervor and solemnity of thai
family devotion; and again, at the breakfast table, when the Divine
blessing was invoked upon the nioiiiing repa.st, so vivid was the
impression upon the mind of the grandson that both the family
prayer and tlu! very word -f the nioiiiing grace liave been the
models of his own (Uivot Urougli his lattir life.
Of his life and inlluenci^ ... the Church, Dr. Mead, hi.s personal
friend and pastor, thus speaks: "He was a devoted and Ixmored
member of the Church, having been elected to office in the same,
April 6, 1781, and continued to be so elected for a period of fifty-
four years, thirty of whicli he was elected and served as warden.
At Piaster, 183.'5, lie declined a re-election, on accov .it of liis
advanced age, and thus ended his long term of usefulness as an
officer of the Church."
"Mr. Jarvis was well-informed in history, the doctrines and
usages of the Holy Catholic (-luirch, and brought up his family
tlio roughly instructed in, and devoutly attached to it. One of his
sons, the Rev. William Jarvis, a graduate of ITnion College, entered
the ministry of the Church, and was a useful and exemplary clergy-
man, Mr. Jarvis was genial in manners, hospitable in practice,
and inflexible in principle. He was a man wlio supported, through
a long life, a high reputation for humility, integrity, and that
Christian amiability which is the noblest ornament of redeemed
humanity."
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Miss Mary Jarvis,
The only surviving daughter of the late Hezekiah Jarvis of Nor-
walk, Oonnecticut, is now in the eighty-fifth year of her age. She is
petHe in stature, gracefully formed, with an expressive and beauti-
ful face, and is, in short, a sort of diamond edition of a volume
containing all the virtues of the better class of her sex. Unfortu-
nately, she has been blind for the last nine or ten years, but not-
withstanding all that, she has never been idle. Busily employed
with her needle, she has, during those years of optical eclipse, pieced,
fashioned, and finished over 150 bedquilts for the poor and needy,
and still, at this advanced age, her hands are constantly employed
in well doing. She is pleasant, cheeerful, and interesting m con-
versation, and her heart ever turns to the sunny side of human
nature, and she is never so happy as when she feels that she has done
something to alleviate human suffering. It may be well and truly
said of her : " She stretcheth out her hand to the poor, yea, she
reacheth forth her hands to the needy."
3a.
No. Name. Born.
Austin Jiirvis, Sept. 25, 1737
5 Cliildrt'n.
Died.
104 Mary,
105 Danid,
100 Isiiuc,
107 Nostrand,
108 Deborah,
May 28, 1758
Mch. 29, 1760
May aO, 1702
July 2, 1765
Oct. 9. 1768
Married or Remarks.
John Jarvis,
109 Naomi Hunce,
H C'liildren.
110 John,
lU Stephen,
112 Hannah,
Abraliani Jarvis,
Ist wife.
113 Jer'a Chicbester,
2d wife.
114 Margaret,
8 Children.
33.
1741
1781
1783
41.
1746
1807
May 21, 1772.
1875 Get. 22, 1803. Kelurali
Oaks of CowiIarl)()r.
1818
June 10, 1768.
Meli. 6, 1770.
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DESCENDANTS OF WfLMAM — FOURTH GENERATION.
No. Name.
115 Laviniii,
110 Jacob,
117EIi/!i))(.|h.
118 JCHHO,
119 El)"iiezer,
180 Koziah,
131 Sarah,
123 Mar^^arot.
Ichaliod Jarvis,
133 Plu'bi" Bunoc,
10 Cliildren.
1S4 Israel,
125 Bcnjaiiiiii,
126 Abigail,
127 Charlotti',
128 Ketiirah,
129 Ilaimali,
130 Mcliilabcl.
131 Sarali,
132 Levinah.
133 Kuth.
Born.
Doc. 23, 1772
Sept. 18, 1774
Apr. 2, 1777
Mch. 17, 1779
May. l(i, 1782
Died.
Married or Reinarke.
Elkanab Bmicc.
1830
1858
1859
1S33
4.2.
1748 Julv
;«), 1801
Dec. 33, 1810.
belt Fleet.
(Jil-
Died ill Connecticut.
May 1. 1813, to
Enoch Smith.
Jan. 15, 1792. to
Elkanah Bunce.
Feb. 10, 1814 to
Jarvis Dennis.
4th rtRNRJlATTON.
^"■^^'"""•r . ^°'""- "'«'1- Married or Ho„mrl<s.
Munson Jarvis, Oct. 11, 1742 Oct. 7. 1835 See Appendix T
134 Mary Arnold, "
4 Children.
135 Ralph Munson, Dec. 27. 1776 Nov. 3, 1853
136 Mary.
137 William, 1787 Apr. 30. 1856
138 Edward. 17H8 May 9, 1852
Munson Jakvis
Was born in Stamford, ( 'onncjotiout, and died at St. John, N. B.;
he was an influential citizen, and was a Member of the Provincial
Assembly. He removed to New Brunswick in 1783, the' same
year that his fathei-, Samuel Jarvis, died in New York. He was
persecuted for his loyalty, and was one of the three sons, who, with
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their father, were sent ovei the lines by tlie patriots of Stamford.
It is difficult at this distance of time, to realize the sufferings and
hardships of our ancestoi-s, who, with conscientious zeal, espoused
different sides in the fearful struggles of the Revolution. He was
a grantee of real estate of the city of St. John in 179*2, and was a
vestryman of the Episcopal C'hurch of that city.
Tiie following is an extract from a letter of Munson Jarvis, dated
at St. John, N. }i., July 3, 1788, to Dr. Samuel Peters, London
... I made one i>rcat ini.stake in iiolitics. for wliioli reason, I never
intend to make so great a blunder again. . . . Altliougli we i)oor tories
(as they were pleased to call us), moiuu our sad fate, and undoul'.edly
sliall during this generation, and look upon it, tlie latc^ rehcHjon, as one (>f
the blackest scenes of initjuily that ever was transacted. We inive fought
a good fight (temporal), if we have not overcome the thirteen United States,
yet we overcome one of tlie great (1 won't say good) allies, the devil and all
his works. Henceforth there is laid up a crown of righteousness for us
which will not fade, and our last end shall be j)eace for ev(U'iuore.
I am. Reverend Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant.
40.
No. Name. Born. Dii'd. Married or ReinarkH.
SamuelJarvis, July 4,1745 Oct. 9, 1H;J8 Oct. 21,1771.
l;5!» Kliza'th Marvin, Juiie 13, 1843
3 Children.
140 Polly Martha
Marvin, Dee. 29, 1772 May 7, 1790.
Hirdsey PettTS.
141 Sally llnrrill, Nov. 4,1774 Sept. Hi,' 179'?,
Albert Kikerman.
142 Ileur'taDobson, A|)r. 28, 1785
PJxtract from a letter of Harriet Dohson Jarvis, to the Rev. Dr.
Samuel Peters of London, England, dated Stamford, Conn., Feb.
28, 1802.
. . . ■■ Sister Patty (Polly), has had the good fortune of drawing two tluiu
sand dollars in the Kpi.scopal Academy Lottery, of this State. I do not
know whether she has yet heard the pleasing intelligence."
Polly Jarvis,' Feb. 21, 1747 May
143 Tyler Dibble,
4 Children.
182() June IS, 17(53,
' Polly Jarvis died in New Brunswick. Her husband, ('ai)t. Dibble, was
anattoruey-at-law in Stamford, when the war opened, and he espoused the
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DKSCENDANTfl OF WIM-IAM — POUIITH OENERATION.
No Name.
144 Walter D.,
145 William.
140 Pt'gfjy,
147 Hali)ii,
Born.
Feb. 7, 17«4
Jan. 14, 17(i(!
Nov. 38, 17(i7
Oct. 23, 1705)
Died.
Married or RomarliH.
r5*^.
148
149
150
151
153
153
154
155
WUliain Jarvis.'Hci)!. 11, 175r. Aui?. V.i. 1817 Dec. 13, 1785, at Hi.
(4eoi\!;e's. llannver
Square, LoikIum.
Sept. 30. 1845
Ilunnnh Owen
Petcr.s,«
7('liildren.
Samuel Peters. Jan.
Maria Lavinia. Dee.
Augusta, Oet.
Samuel Peters, Nov,
Wm. Munson, Aug.
Ilainnli Owen. Sept
Ann Eli/.alteth, Aug.
24. 1787 when yoimg.
;U, 1788 May VS, lH2(i Aug. 2, 1811.
11, 1790 Mar. 21. 1848 JVFay 5. 1812.
15, 1792 Sept. (t, 1857 Oct. 1, 1818.
12,179;} June 25. 18(17 Nov. 2, 182(i.
25, 1797
Jan. 25, 1816.
;. 1801 Feb. 20, 18(15 lion. W. li. Robinson.
Lavinia Jarvis, Oct.
150 ]{ev. Ambrose Todd,
2 Children.
5, 1761 Oct. 20, 1841
Koyal cause. He was Captain of the tst Militia Comi)auy of Stamford,
in 1775. He went to Long Island, and entered the service of the TJritisli.
He Avas made a captain in 1778. His prt)perty in Stamford v.as confls-
cuted. In 1788 he was a deputy agent in transporting loyalist.s from New
Yin-k to Nova Scotia. In April. 178;!, he went with his wife, children, and
two servants, to St. John, when;, in 1784, he was granted two city lots,
and where, some years afterwards, he put an end to his own life. His
father, Rev. Ebenezer Dibble, was rector of St. John's Church, Stamfoid.
for over 51 years. See Appendix N.
' William Jarvis, whose commission bears date 1782, was ii Cornet intlie
Ist American Regiment, or Queen's Rangers, commanded l)y Lt. Col. John
Graves Simc^oe. and was engaged during the Revolutionary war. In 1789,
he was <'ominissioned as a Lieutenant in the West(!rn Regiment of militia
of the county of Middlesex, Nicholas Bayley, Colonel, and on 1st January,
1791, he was commissioned to be (Captain in the .same regiment, andon9lh
July, 1793, he was appointed Secretary and Registi'ar of therecoi-ds of the
Province of Upper Canada.
- Hannah Peters, daughter of Samuel Peters, D.D., an Episcopal cler-
gyman. She was born at Hi'bron, Conn.
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM FOUUTH (JKNERATION.
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No. Name. Born. Died. Married or Remark*..
157 Anib'c S. Todd. 'Dec 0, 17!»H .Miiic 22, l8(il
158 CharleH.I.Todd, 185!) Miss Can non.
Died ill I'olo, 111.
as.
Sfymoinjiuvi,'*, Dec. '22, 1705 Oct. 4, 1H4;5 Wiis Town Clerk In. m
IHli) lo lM4;j,
151) IsalH'llii Odcll. Dec. 7, 1778 .Ian. 2, 1871
7 Children.
KiO Samuel Odell, ,Ian. 2(1,1806
161 Martha Miiru't, May 21, 1807
162 Mary Ilaiinah, Jan. 6, 180!>
16;{ Hart Elizabeth, May 16, 1810
164 Lavinia Todd, Nov. 27, 1811
165 AlherliniaS., Feb. 11, 1814
166 Sarah Peters M., Apr. !), 1817
.lohn Jarvis, June 18, 1T5;J July 24, 1824
167 Sally Slawson, Sept. lT5;i
2"children.
168 Anna,- July 25, 1774
169 Polly, Dec. 24, 1778
2d wife.
170 Elizabeth Boulte, May 5, 1753 Apr.
5 Children.
171 John, '
172 Elizabeth,
17:5 Charlotte,
174 Charles James
Anson,
175 Geo. Oglevic,
3d wife.
176 Sally Ells.
Jacob Houton.
Steph. Houtoii. 2 Ch.,
Anna and Jarvis.
7, 17!)!) Aug. 23, 1779.
Mch. 30, 178(» Aui;-. 14, 1834
Oct. 25. 1785 May 7, 1844 Dec. 25. 1804.
July 30, 1787 Feb. 20, 1861 Dec. 12, 1810.
Apr. 5, 17!»2 Dec. 28. 1836
July 14. 1795 Feb. 3, 1875 Nov. 1!), 1819.
1 Rev. Ambrose S. Todd. D.D., was born in Huntiniyton, Conn.,
ordained deacon. July 15, 1820, and priest, June 30, 1823. by Bishop
Mrownell, iuid in.stituted rector of St. John's Parish, Stamford, Conn.,
which otiice he held nearly fo .y yenrs. He married Elizabeth Hull,
daui^hter of Gen. Hull of (!he,shi , Conn.
- Anna and Polly married cousins. Anna died, having two sons. Sanuiel
and Waters. Samuel married a Mi-ss Muiison of New Haven. Conn., and
Waters a Miss Raymond of New Canaan.
•' John Jarvis married Laura Thompson. They had three children,
John, Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Ableman, and Geo. Oglevie.
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DESCKNUANTH OK WILLIAM KiHTHth (iENKKATION.
.)OHN .IaKVIS
Was l)orn June 18, 175;{. Ho was the son of Jolin .Tarvis. wlio
WHS horn January 2'A, 1725, and who died Aug. 17, 1778.
Both fatlipr and Hon were horn under the Hritisli flag, iind
retained thcdr love and allogif-nce for the mother country while
they lived. The son held the position of ('onnnissary-General in
the British army during tlie Revolution, and was, for a long period,
stationed on OoverrK r's Island, in the Bay of New York. In stat-
ure he was largt! and portlv, his manners courteous, and his nature
kindly and genial. He was a fine scholar, his language fluent and
easy, and his compositions in proseand verse interesting. His pen-
manship was the round old English hand, and almost equal to cop-
per-plate engi'aviiig.
In the year 1777, when the Royalists were sorely pressed by the
Insurgents, being insulted daily, and reviled by both neighbors
and friends, Mr. Jarvis resorted to verse to calm his disturbed
heart and feelings. An original hymn of his composition, which
has been set to music by his grandson. Dr. William Jarvis Wet-
more, will be found on the following page.
After the Revolution, he was sent to Nova Scotia, where he
remained three years, and was then, by an edict from the first
President, returned to the United Cl^ates, and to his home in Nor-
walk, Conn., where he died.
He was twice married, his second wife being Klizabeth Boulte.
She wiis a shrewd woman, full of energy and mother wit, as the
following anecdote will show. Mr. Jarvis was granted a short fur-
lough to visit his wife at Norwalk, and he liad carefully and cau-
tiously made his way from his boat to the door of his dwelling,
when he was seen by some straggling soldiers, and made prisoner.
He was so near his house, he begged to be permitted to see his
wife, and get a changes of linen before being taken into the Amer-
ican lines. It was granted, and the wife, apparently overcome with
grief, requested them to let her see him privately for a few mo-
ments before his departure. Tluiy entered a room, and she no
sooner closed the door, than she fell to berating him with all
sorts of abuse for his allegiance to the King, which was music to the
ears of his captors. After a time, and feeling that the husband had
been lashed long enough by the wife, they rapped at the door,
asking for their prisoner. They only found a quiet woman and
an open window, through which the bird had flown, and. by that
time, was well out of harm's way. In speaking of his two wives,
Iffy Soul
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Be Calm, My Soul!
[Wnrda by
[John Jarvis. firrs)
AiKlaiite cantabile.
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Be rnim, my sntil, »io nutre la-mint At fttr • tune's nd • ft rsi-
When Hinv'nthis nifiHuitf inrtli rit-forniH, And tloiids oh- srinf the-
v4\i ^t WfvJf M^
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gate; Van sighs »>r tint's ri-stnrt conttntr Cangfitfo'tf ills pfe- tail?
f sleiis: The fi.v'd ftnindaliitn btytieslhestorm,Ilsboist't'<ms fnyt de-fits.
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3.
y ffiilh, s(t fi.vtd the virttinus mind
Ofsarrtd stnris possissfd;
fqf«»ffiin^.s hurt not talm, fisigntd,
Jtopi' chtirs Ihf patiint hnast.
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5.
», hhall I in alfliftifin's srhoni
'ilh rat'i- larli Itsstni gain:
Xruvttd, liarn larli painful full',
piarh pruipt sound ft lain.
A.
By hitpe inspit'td, still tnay I viiw
F.arh Joyltss day rttite:
Iflay fortune's frowns my pridt subdue.
And damp each u<firm desire.
6.
Then slutll no guilty, impious deed,
31 y innocence destroy;
But wisdom teach, and virtue lead
To happiness and joy.
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he Hiiid i\wy wore both j^ood piiou^li for uny man, but. liiB Jioulte
wifti was tlH) most ingonioiiH tactician and strategist, as by her wit
he had boon saved from iiiiprisoninent, and, ihtIuijjs, death.
Chaulks .Iamks Anson Jahvis
Was the 8((i;ond son of John Jurvis, and a Holdier in the war of
ISl'i. y\s Lieutenant .larvis, lie (igured prominently in tho battU?8
of Mridgewater, fjundy's Lane, and Chippewa. He was a thorough
sohb'er, and, as he used to say, enjoyed a battle as he did a ball-
room.
When the war wuh ovej", and the soldiers were returning to
their homes, Lieut. .larvi.s took up his line of mareh with the rest.
On his way, and almost in a direct line towards his father's home,
lived Dr. T. S. Wetmore, who had married his sister Elizabeth.
He therefore decid(!d to make her tlu^ first visit. Tn the town of
WinchcHter, ( 'onnecticut, where she dwelt, were a great number
of the old Revolutionary heroes. No soonc^r had he arriv(!d than
the old fellows got wind of it, and th(iy were desirous of gathering
together on a certain evening and fighting their old battles over
again.
Th(! doctor gave out a general invitation, and the old fellows
answerecl to the call us if a trumpet had summoned them to arms.
There was old Unch; Mo.ses Hatch, tough as a maple knot and
hardy as an oak; old tlnde Richard Coit, as brave as he was
blas])hemous; old Mr. Cone, one of the heroes of Bunker Hill,
with many others of aV)Out the same stripe. Among them was a
g(>ntlenuin by the name of Coe, one of the very few surviving
nuanbers of St. Clair's defeat, during the French war. He was a
grave, solemn-looking man, but with an iron will and constitution.
He looked like an old Roman in his stern dignity.
Th(! hours flew by as the olil soldiers told over their battles and
hairbreadth escapes, when Coe suddenly asked Jarvis if he had
ever been engaged with the Indians — if he had ever seen tluun in
war-paint and feathers, or had ever heard the terrible- war whoo[)
on the (l(^ld of battle. Jarvis, knowing of the cruelty of the
Indian, and having been an eye-witness of his barbarism, endeav-
ored to avoid talking of the red devils, as he called them, until
C'oe, feelmg somewhat annoyed at his silence, rallied him by tell-
ing him " he didn't believe he had overseen a,n Indian." Jarvis
seemed to take it good-naturedly, when, after a time, he rose
iiiiobservedly, and walking quietly around behind Coe, sounded,
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PESCEXD.WTS ()!<' W'l.MAM FOl'UTII OKNKKATIOX.
with iill his force, the terrible war-whoop in his ear, when Coe
sprang from his cliair, and, but for Jarvis catcliing him in his
arms, would have fainted and fallen to the floor. Coe soon recov-
ered, gave Jarvis his hand, and said: "Ah, Jarvis, you /mve been
among the Indians!"
Lieut. Jarvis subsequently went to the South, and on the visit
of La Fayette to this country, was leader of a military band. He
composed a Quick Step in honor of the general, and it was exten-
sively and universally popular throughout the Southern St:;tes.
He wa.-i a splendid figure of a man, tall, largi, and portly, wiih a
militarv bearing and manner; one of the most genial of men, and
prince of good fellows.
No. Name. Born. Diftl- Married or Rcmnrks.
Samufl Jarvis, Doc. 28, il'A Dec. 11. 17U5 Sept. 4. 1774.
177 FJi/iibeth Swift, Oct. 19,17(50 May 10.1825
2 cliiklrcn.
l^H Launcclot, Fob. IS), 1775 Dec. 2«, 1853 June 23, 1803.
179 Rebocca.
2d wife.
180 Liuly FraiKca
Sophia Ligoii-
ier Sprattin,
3 children.
181 Sir Sariucl Uav-
luoiKl, Feb. 26. 178G
182 Wm. Paxton, June 2(). 1788
Dec. 17, 1790 Doc. 13. 1785.
Dec. 7, 1868
Samuel Jakvis
Was born December 28, 1754. At the time of the R(>volutionary
War, he was a thorough Loyalist, and was evidently a man of
inlluence and imjiortance. His power must have been felt through-
out the town and county where he resided, or he would not have
been so hunted and persecuted. He was arrested and thrown into
jail in Foughkeepsie, Dutchess County, where he suffered all sorts
of indignities and privations. While in prison, he wrote a poem
which describes his experience during these troublesome times.
He (inally broke jail, but although out of his confinement, he
was hunted" bk. a outlaw, and obliged co hide in a cave to avoid
his pursuers au'i persecutors.
Mr. Jarvis was twice married, his lirst wife being Aliss Elizabeth
Swift.
DKSOKXnANTS ,.F WII.I, AM-FOtTRTH OKNKRAT.ON. 35
with his brother, they were both shot at by parties opposed to
rmv It ''.'"'^ '''' '°^ "^'^^ ^"^•^' ^"^ -*--^ «- British
tZ;/;;" T- '""'"""'^^•^- '-^ '^--'^' "ndor Sir Patterson.
Dr von f,om hus ho,„o and family, ho naturally drifted with the
Hntish artny. At the close of the war, lie went to England as
On his arrival in England, his interests being identified with the
-other country, h. looked upon it as his future hon.e. uZZ
marned Lady Frances Sophia l.ig.„,er Sprattin. The eeren ony
ook place in St. Luke's Parish, Chelsea, December I,, "/
1 homas R,pl,>y, Curate, officiating. '
Mr .rarvis died in Lond,>n, December II, 1795, and was buried
m All Saints Church, Fulham, by the side of the Duke of York-
No. Nn.no. Born. n;,,,, „ . ,
^^ophen Jarvis. Apr. 4.1758 Apr. ^ 1H2» ^y't^^Z''''''-
m^rZ ""''■'''''' ^^"^ ^•lS^^.^an.2,1820.
woathcr, ().,. 4,17!iy M.-h. :i, 1826 Aug. ^o, ,so;j.
«1S
Henry .larvis. Aj)!-. 10, 1703
186 Ann. larvis, (),.(. 5 l;^,J^
8 cliikhrii.
187 i'hilo,
188 Sally,
189 r-ucntiu,
15)0 Alfred.
191 ilcnrictta,
193 II((tty,
193 ,j..incs,
194 U,Muv,
1H40 Of I{i(lo-,.(i,.|,|.
1850
1851
F«'b. 2, 1784 May 34, 1870
00.
1807.
195s!;;!l'p"'■'^^ Feb. 31,1770 Apr. 1, 1H44
8 children.
1»« Deiaiurey,
1»H Scloc(„. ^i^.l J.' .': ^"■'•- 2.,, 18;i0.
^^'"•^''^''*' Sept. 25, 1814.
36
DKBCKNDANTS OF WILLIAM FOI'KTH GKNKKATION.
No. Name.
E
orn
Died.
Married or RcnmrliB
li)!) JjiliU'.s Oniill,
Dee.
4,
1799
Jan. 22, 1821.
200 C'atliiiiine,
Newiiian.
201 William,
Milan, Ohio.
202 Seth,
Oct.
11.
1805
Sept.
23,
1859
Dee. 4, 1828.
20;{ Steplien,
Pittshurirh, Pa.
er.
Jesse Jiirvis,
Nov.
8,
1772
.Tan.
6,
1822
Merchant.
204 Mara;i!rct P.
JUissf'lI,
May
1,
1770
Meh.
9.
1849
5 cliiklron.
205 Julia,
June
80,
1799
306 Jay.
Sept.
2.
1801
June
23,
1860
207 Jane,
Feb.
6,
180-1
Apr.
8,
1875
•
208 Jeaiu'lte,
June
13.
1807
Sept.
30,
1875
209 Catharine,
Jan.
26,
1813
tl
Stephen Jarvis. Nov. (i, 17.56 Apr. 12, 1810
210 Amelia ({lover, Aug. 28, 1756 Dec. 2, 1819
(i children.
211 Eli/.ab'h Han'h, May 9.1784
212 Freder'k Starr, Aug. 4, 1786
213 P'ranc's Amelia, Mar. 22, 1787
214 Rachel Isabella. Oct. 27. 1794
215 George Stephen
Benjamin, Apr. 21, 1797
Appendices L ami T.
1874 Itev. Dr. Phillips.
1852
.Tan. 23, 1867 July 16, 1809.
Apr. 15, 1878 Dec. 6, 1821.
216 Will, lioisford, May 4. 1799 July 26, 1864
Colonel STEriiEN Jarvih.
The subject of this memoir was born November 6, 1750, in Dan-
bury, Conn. His father, Stei^hen Jarvis, was a faiTaer whose fam-
ily was among the first in town. Young .'^tejjhen, in his early
youth, was ambitious to obtain a classical education, but was opposed
in this by his father, who limited him to tlu; rudinumts of an
English education, acquired in a common school. At twelve years
of age, he was taken from school and put to work on the farm.
He continued thus employed until the Revolution. His fatlier and
family were loyalists, and subject to great annoyance from the
patriots. About this time, young Stephen became much attached
to a young lady whose name was Glover, and whom he afterwards
married. This engagement was violently opposed by his father,
and led to an open rupture between the father and son. Immedi-
ately after the battle of Bunker Hill, 1775, a draft of militia was
1
d
.s
i-
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DKWCKNDANTS OF WILLIAM FOVHTTl OKXKHATIOX.
37
made to garrison New York. Young Jarvis was drafted, and
though a true h)yalist, he determined to join the company to avoid
the harsh treatment of liis father. The resolve caused liis father
to relent somewhat, and he tried in vain to induce his son to allow
a substitute, but finding him indexible, he gave hini some money
and a hoi-se upon his leaving for New York.
The company was detained in New York but a short time, and
Stephen returned home, when a partial reconciliation ^wk place
between him and his father involving a breaking oIT his engagement
with Miss Olover.
The condition was soon violated, and the attachment between hira
and the object of his affections was only strengthened by parental
oppression.
Soon after the capture of New York, another draft was made,
and young Jai'vis, though drafted, refused to join the company,
and to avoid the ill treatment of his fatluu-, iind tlie persecutions
which resulted from his loyalty, he made his esca{)e from Dan bury,
and fled across the Sound in a canoe, to Long Island, and went on
board a British sloop lying at Huntington. Before heaving home
on this occasion, he had signalized his loyalty in company with
another tory, by conveying a band of tr(K)ps under command of
Gov. Tryon, to destroy a large quantity of the supplies in Danbury,
valued at $80,000.' He soon found his way to New York, and
joined the British army as a Sergeant, with the promise of a com-
mission. In this subordinate position he distinguished himself,
and took an active part in many skirmishes, perilous e.Ki'ursions
and battles in and around New York, New Ji>rsey, and Pennsylva-
nia. He was and)itiou8 to deserve by his gallant conduct, the prom-
ised commission, which was delayed, for a long time, to his great
vexation. His company was quartered at Richmond, S. I., during
the winter of 1780. and he was one of the expedition fitted out to
capture CJeneral Washington at his head(|uarters on the Hudson.
Failing in this, the party returned to Bull's Head, and thence to
Stateu Island. Soon afterwards the regiment embarked for
Charleston, S. C, and, after the surnmiliM- of Charleston, in May,
1780, the regiment returmnl to New York, and again took up quar-
ters at Richmond, Staten Island.
Soon afterwards, an expedition was fitted ou*^ for Virginia, under
the command of General Leslie, and Jarvis was detailed as Quarter-
master in a troop of the 1 7th Light Dragoons, Th(>y put in at Nor-
1 See Sketch 355.
38
DESCENDANTS OF Wll.I.lAAI FdlHTII OKNKRATKiN.
folk, but soon sailed to Charleston. While at Charleston, he was
made a Lieutenant of a company of Dragoons, und(M- the cojnmand
of Colonel Campbell. During this campaign, ho was in many
perilous adventures and battles, and always deported himself with
signal gallantry and bravery. Towards the (uul of 1782, t\w r(>gi-
ment was ordered to St. Augustine, Florida, to gaiTison that place,
and remained there till peace was declared in 178;^. In April, of
that year, he obtained leave of absence to visit New York, where
he anived in May. Obtaining permission from Lord Howe, he
went to Danbury, where he arrived on 20th May, and was heartily
received by his friends and I'elatives. His father now became rec-
onciled to his marriage with the lady of his clioice, and arrange-
ments were soon made for the wedding, but the prejudice against
him as a loyalist ran so high that he was again subjected to great
annoyance, and threatened with personal violence, in ct)nsequence
of which, his marriage was cele])rated in private, in the presence
of a few friends. He was compelled to leave for New York, where
his wife shortly after joined him. His pre-eminence sis a loyalist ren-
dered his stay in New York uncomfortable, and he soon resolved
to join his regiment. His father came to N(nv York and returned
home with his wife, and he soon set sail for St. Augustine, wh((re
his stay was short, for the British troops, under the treaty of peace,
soon evacuated that place, and in October. 1783, sailecl foi- Halifax.
His regiment was soon disbanded, and he returned to New Y'ork,
where he arrived on the day the Britisli army left that city. Tjicu-
tenant Jarvis made up his mind to return to Halifax to reside, and
immediately applied to General Washington for a permit to go into
the coimtry to visit his friends. General Washington received
him kindly, but could not give him the permit, as he had n^signed
his commission; he however gave the young officer directions how
to accomplish his object. After a few days delay in New Yoi'k, ht;
supplied himself with a stock of tea and sugar for the winter, and
left for Reading, Conn., where he met his wife in the family of his
brother, and with her proceeded to Danbury, whei*e they spent the
winter in quiet. Early in the spring of 1 7 84, he was again sub-
jected to personal annoyance, and threatened with violence. He
remained in Danhuiy, however, till liis wife recoverc^l from her
confnifment. Leaving his wife and infant daughter with his father,
he sailed for St. John, and thence to Fredericton, when^ he pur-
chased some land, and made arrangements for building a house
for his future residence in the coming spring. He soon returned
I
DKSCENDANT8 OP WILLIAM FOURTH GKNERATION.
39
1
to St. John, and spent some time with his uncle (Munson Jarvis),
who was engajyed in business as a hardware merchant. He not
long afterwards .«^ailed for Connecticut in a vessel belonging to his
uncle, and liuuling at Stamfoi'd, immediately hired ahorse, and the
same day set olf to join his wife; and child, whom he found at
Newtown. iVfter a short visit with his relatives and friends at
Danbury, he went with his family to Reading and took up his win-
ter quarters witli his brother.
Early in the spring of 178."), he loft Reading, and on 1.5th June,
with liis family, landed at Fredericton with only one-half guinea in
liis pui-se, and one year's half pay to draw for his current expenses.
At St. John, he purchased a sir.all stock of goods from his uncle,
which lu; took to Fi-edericton. His house was not yet built, and
himself, wife, and child suffered great privations till October, when
he got into his new house. He resided in this place from 178") to
1800, and during this long residence he held successively the com-
mission of Captain, Major of Brigade, Deputy Adjutant-Genei-al,
and Lieutenant Colonel, besides the office of Post-master. He was
prosperous in his business, and acquired considerable real estate,
Init met with some heavy losses. In 1807 an engagement took place
betw(H'n a British vessel and theXInit(Hl States ship "Chesapeake."
which threatened a rupture between the two governments. Colo-
nel Jarvis immediately tendered his services in case of necessity,
which were thankfully received and accepted, but when the militia
was (tailed out, another officer was placed in com nand. This slight
so exasp(>rated (\jl()nel Jarvis, that he determined to leave the
Province and move to [ -pper Canada. For this purpose he visited
that Province, and decided to .settle at York. He at once returned
to New Brunswick, and commenced arranging his business prepar-
atory to removal. His friends at first were opposed to this step,
but, finally, consinitiul, and, leaving Fredericton on .TOth June, 1809.
after a long and weary journey, stopping at Quebec and Montreal,
arrived at York on the 28th August. On his way, he left his
youngest daughter at Quebec, where she married Major Maule, of
the 104th regiment. At Montreal he purchased supplies for house-
keeping. A t York he engaged in a public office at £ 1 00 per annum,
utitil he could got a location of 1,200 acres of Government lands
for himself, and four hundred acres for his oldest son. The pur-
chase of his house and furniture, and fees for locating his lands
exhausted all his ready money, and his half pay and small salary
of £100 were all the means of support until the war of 1812, when
40
DK8CENDANT8 OF WII-UAM FOUHTIl OKNKIUTION.
the AiiuM'icans invaded Canada. During the war he supported his
family upon these sources of income, and some commissioi's which
he rec(nved for the management of estates of non-residents.
He was again appointed Adjutant-General of the militia, and
served until York was captured by the United States troops and
he V. as tak(Mi prisoner. After the capture of York, he retired from
his military duty, and engaged in business as a commission broker,
and was successful in his new avocaticm. Having acquired a
capital of iiaOO, he purchased goods in Montreal and commenced
business in Toronto as a merchant; but the peace of 1815 found
him in possession of a large stock, upon which the depreciation
was so great that he was bligc^d to sell all his real estate to pay
off his debts, and he wa.s again reduced to his half-pay for the
support of his family.- Upon the I'etirement of Governor Gore,
Colonel Smith succeeded him as Administrator of the Government,
who gave his old friend, Colonel Jarvis, the Registry Office of the
Home District, with C150 per annum; which, with the salary of
his youngest son (£150) made his annual incimie £300, and
enabled him to ])rovide a (comfortable house and lot, and he and
his son lived together till 181!5, when, at the age of 69, his health
failed him, and it became necessary that he should change his
mode of life. He thei'efore offered to resign his office in favor of
his son. This was objected to, but with the consent of the govern-
ment, his son (effected an exchange of offices with the High Sheriff,
to whom Colonel Jarvis resigned his office as Registrar, and his
son, William Botsford Jarvis, became High Sheriff. At the
advanced age of 70, Colonel Jarvis retired from active life, and, in
the enjoynuMit of good health, lived among his children till his
death at Toronto in 1840, aged 84 years.
Colonel Jarvis was possessed of a noble nature, genial disposi-
tion, and elegant manners. True to his convictions, he was firm
and decided in his intercourse among men. As a soldier he was
generous and brave, and in all the thi'illing incidents of his long
and eventful life, h(> never stooped to evasive or dishonoi'able con-
duct. Thougli sometimes impulsive, his religious convictions were
firmly settled, and exerted a controlling influence over all his
actions.— [See Sketch 90.]
TO.
No. Name. Born. Died. Married or RemarlvS.
SaniuolJarvis, Oct.^20, 1758 May 23, 1839 Dec. 7. 1780.
217 Al)if?iiil Saiiford. "
8 children.
■m
RIHHM
DKS0KNDANT8 OP WILLIAM— FOUHTH GENERATION.
41
No. Name.
818 Saimiol
:f
Born. Died.
July 28, 1783 June 22, IS.")!
219 Abisiiil, ) July 28, 1782 Mch. 12, 1808
220 Beiij. Sturi,'c.s, April 13, 1784 Dec. 24, 1840
221 p]li Starr, Jan. 23, 1780
223 Henry, April 30, 1788 Mch. 19, 1842
223 Sarah, Aug. 24, 1791
224 Win. Augustus, Dec. 19, 1793
22.') Amelia, Mch. 3. 1790
Married or Remarkp.
Twias.
Mch. 11, 1811.
Nov. 6, 1871
Mary Jarvia,
230 John Uidcr,
9 children.
227 John,
228 Mary (Polly),
239 Stephen,
830 Haehel,
331 Ralph,
232 George,
233 Wni. JFarvey,
834 Hannah,
235 Cliarlcs,
Nov. 20, 1700 Sept. 20, 1843
Mch. 38, 1701 Jan. 15, 1833
Dec. 2, 1784
Sept. 31, 1780
Nov. 1, 1788
Sept. 11, 1790
July 11, 1793
June 9, 1790
i Aug. 4, 1798
> Aug. 4, 1798
Jan. 24, 1801
Sept. 20, 1849
Feb. 5, 1801
Sept. 1804
June 14, 1865
Aug. 37, 1841
Oct. 1843
Oct. 11, 1854 Twins.
June 1868
Nov. 1870
•y^.
Rachel Jarvis, Oct. 12, 1703 Feb. 37 1840
830 Sol. Hitchcock,! Sept. 14, 1877 Buried Sharon, Ct.
0.7 f "^"!' ?■''''' ^"- ^^' ^^^^ J*^"- -3' 1810 January, 1783.
-37 Francis Knapp, 1765 Jan. 11, 1834
10 children.
238 William Jarvis. Oct. 5, 1783 Dec. 10, 1831 Lydia Davey, Gt. Bar-
239 Fanny, Sept. 7, 1785 Oc't. 37 1807 ""^''''"' ^^^"''•
240 Comfort Starr, Oct. 18,1787 July 37. 1805 Dec. 25, 1810; Oct. 23.
1810.
Oct. 20. 1789 Feb. 19, 1814 Cook Taylor
April 0, 1793 isi2.
Aug. 11, 1794 Jan. 30. 1819 Pynchon of Great Bar-
rington, Mass.t
June 11,1797 July 25, 1829 Quigley of Clevland,
Aug. 30, 1800 ^'^'"•
241 Emma,
342 Amelia,
243 Rebecca,
244 Evelina,
345 AbigallJ.,*!
' Hadastep daughter (Sarah), who married Rev. Geo. B. Andrews, D.D.
an Episcopal clergyman. He died at AVappinger Falls
fnlit'T'^ "^"^r'f ^'''- "'''*^' ""^ ^°'"» ^'"^'""^' d«P«t "ff«"t at Housa-
tonic, Mass. Had two children, Stephen Starr and Sarah Maria
6
Il !
42
UKHOKNDANTS OF WILMAM — KOUKTy OKNKltATION.
•/ i
■ 8"'
No. Name. Born. Died.
240 Goorgc F., Jan. 34, 1003 Jan. 14, 1875
247 Harriet Lowndes, Aug. 27, 1805
Betsey .lurvis,'' Aug. 11, 1700 May 80,1813
248 Jc(l.Welluiau,.Tr.,='l)ee.ll,1702 Feb. 3. 1858
5 chiklniu.
249 Wm. Watson, Aug. 5, 1703 July 23, 1870
350 Caroline, 1795 1835
351 Betsey Ann, 1799
253 Twin brother, ) 1804 In infancy.
353 Frederieli, ) 1804 1835
'S.
Married or Kumarks.
AprillO, 1834, toA.A.
C!urtis. »
(Mias. Lewis of No. Ca-
naan. Mociiildrcn.
1791
Born Danvers, Mass.
April 13, 1817.
Nov. 3, 1833.
Drowned inCJidf Mex-
iii), otr Bio Grande.
May 33. 1708 May 14, 1854
Hept. 13, 1771 Dee. 15, 1838
Eli Jarvis,
354 Polly Bull,
9 (children.
355 Adaline Ursula, 'Feb. 9,1800
350 Mary Amelia, June 30, 1801 May 4, 1843
357 William Bull, Oet. 13, 1803 Oct. 31, 1871
358 Julia Ann, Mch. 30, 1803 Sept. 8, 1804
359 Jidia Ann 3d, April 13, 1800
Sarah Lawson of Po'-
kcepsie. One dau.
John Barlow. Had 3
sons, William Henry
and Geo. Jarvis.
1 Had two sons, T. S. and Geo. Fraiuus.
'■^ Betsey died in New York, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard
near the northwest corner of the church.
* He married for his S(!cond wif<^ the widovvof Wooster Camiiof Ib'ook-
field, Conn. She died in 1839. He died at his dauiiliter's (Mrs. Camp) at
Marietta, Jackson Co., Michigan, Feb. 3, 1858, aged 95 years, 1 month, and
30 days.
■• Adaline niarri>'d Zachariaii Da}' Ftdler of l\ent. Her second iiushand
was Frederick Mesick. Has one daughter, .Mary Ingraham Fuller.
We extract the following interesting anecdote of Revolutionary times,
from a letter written by Mrs. Mesick, who says that she has often heaid
her Jather relate it: "On the day before tiie British came into Danl)ury,
my father, who was then but ten years old, yoked the oxen before the
carl and look the family and all Vidual)les to a place called the Boggs,
Ave miles out on a small farm belonging to nij- grandfather, and thereby
escaped the horrors which tho.^e who renuxined witnessed. There were a
numlier of houses binned, but they did not disturb my grandfallier, except
to steal his saddle and break a looking-gla.ss. They called him a Tory.
The Ei)iscopul church was tilled with pork and provisions, and set on fire,
and the grease ran in the street like water." [See sketch 69.]
If!|
DKPOKNDANTH OF WII.I,IAM — POIRTII OKNKHATION. 43
>»"• Niimc. norii. Dlp.i. M.nii.Ml or Honmilo..
2(iO f'liirrWoliinson.'Ocf. ;il, 1808
SOI Sl<|)licii iSlarr. Dec, 2r,, 1811 Nov. 24, 18a/5.
363 Hamh IFifclioook, Jan. H, 181 J}
203 InfanI, Dpc. 17, 1810
Betsey Jarvis,
364 Jacdl) f)Hl)oni,
8 cliildreii.
205 Lewis,
300 Frederick,
20T .Maria,
268 William,
300 Cliarles,
370 Geo. Oglevie,
371 ({eoriTc,
272 Kli/.a Ann,
Hept. 10, 1701 Oet. 1837
Sept. 30, 1757 Oct. IH. 1814
■Ian. 30, 1788
Sept,. 13, 1785 Aufi;. 80, 180,'}
May 20, 1788 Mcli. 28. 1807 Meli.24.1811.t,) Eseek
Kelioo-n;.
•f'""' 'M7!)0 1807 April8. 18l4,to.Iemi-
Ina I\('l]o!::<^,
Aug. 17, ]71»2 Meh. 18, 180!) Mav, 1810; Apr 1H2»
Feb. 28, 1795 Meh. 8, 17i)0
Nov. 21. 1707 Jan. 10, 1708
April 20, 1802 Jarol) Daueliy.
SI
278
374
375
376
278
270
280
381
Samuel Jarvis, Sept. 10, 1704
Pereey IJauny,
8 children.
Julia Ann,
lliiiuiah,
Ann Eliza,
Mary,
Aniieliiia,
Auirusta,
VVillet,
Harriet Amelia,
June 10, 1852 1708.
Dec. 8, 1800 •
1800 In infancy.
1803 Meh. 27, 1855 1887. Dr. Wriijlit.
l*^""^ Meh. 2!». 1850,?o Dud-
ley ("hapinan.
1800 I),.,.. 12^ jrt88.
1808 Meh. 18, 1800 1844.
1^11 1888.
18l:i Anna Miles.
1818 Auu. 37, 180!) 1841, to Dr. S. Han
iiahs.
282
288
284
285
380
287
William Jarvis, Jan. 12, 1771 April 2, 1«47
Mara-. HI Mot Amos, Apr. 2, 1708 June 20, 1808
7 children.
Jiine Mercer, Feb. 25.1818 Feb. 10,1840
Geo. William, July 17. 1810
Charles Mercer, June 14, 1821 Sept. 20. 1822
Mary Elizabeth, Dec. 32, 1834
Walter Scott, Meh. 14, 1837
' Married Maria B-
Had OIK! son, Homer Sturtcvant. His .second
Wife was Kbza Crosley. Had one datighler, Maria Eliza
44
DK«CKN'I)ANT« OF WIM.IAM — FOt7|ITTI OKNKHATION.
Died. Married or UumnrkM.
No. Name. Born.
2H8 Miirgiiret Kmmn.Fol). 7, 1831»
28i> Annii. Dec. 0, 18;»2 Mfli. 14. iHSii
Niithnn Jiirvi.s, Jim. 11), 1778 Aiig, 10. 18«2 1802.
2fl0 nclsySiindford, Nov. 25, 1782 Sept 18«4
1 1 cliildrcn.
2fll Fml'kSaiuUord.Nov. 25, 180;j
21)2 Mary Ann,
21)3 Elizabeth,
Oet. «, 1805
Sept. 11. 1807
Sept., 1885, to Nancy
llubltard.
Nov. 2. 18U0. toSani'l
(!lnir('h.
Apr. 20. 18:}2. to Sol.
C. Taylor.
204 Jane Maria, Nov. 28. 1808 Oct. 10, 1807
205 William Henry, June 0. 1810 Aug. 12, 181!?
200 E.sther liUn-etia, Feb. 4, 18i:j Deo. 30, 1838, to Wm.
St. John.
21)7 Rachel, Jan. 20,1815 Junc2!),1840.to Hrad-
ley (). Hanks.
208 William Oliver. Nov. 28, 1810 April25, 1847 April. 1840, to Sarah
Mitehell.
200 Catharine, Sept. 12. 1818
300 John Henry, -Mch. 18, 1821
301 Charles, Aug. 10, 1820 To Margaret Baker.
n
•III! ■:
88.
Samuel Farmar
Jarvis,' Jan. 20,1780 Meh. 20, 1851 July 3, 1810.
302 Sarah McCurdy
Hart,' " 1787 Dec. 28, 1803
children.
303 John Abram. Mch. 5. 1814 June 2, 1834 Midship. U, S. N.
d. in Marseilles.
304 Jeanette Hart, Aug. 10. 1810
305 Ann Christina
Farmar. Meh. 18, 1810
300 Samuel Farmar, Aug. 0, 1823 Dec. 1823
307 Samuel Farmar,
2d, Aug. 3, 1825
808 Sarah Elizabeth
Marie Antoi-
nette, June 2, 1827
m. O. H. I.,oomis.
Dec. 1845.
Aug. 25, ia58.
June 5, 1840.
' Interred in vault in Trinity church-yard, New York.
•Interred in Hart plat, Saybrook, Conn.
! I
fAJEMLfe..
! !i
\ 1
ft ( f ^^
--ni
i\ ii
C^^:
DKSCENDANTR OF WILLIAM — FOUKTIl GENERATION.
45
Samuel Farmar Jarvis.
[Tlic following skefcL of llic life of tbc Rev. Dr. Ssimuel Parmer Jarvis,
was written for his work '>y tiic Ut. itov. .Tolni Williams, D.I)., IJishopof
(/'onncclicut, who was the pn])il in lhook"/v of Dr. Jarvis, afterwards iiis
assistant in the church at Midd'etown, anil his most intimate, loved, and
trusted friend.]
Samuel Farmar Jarvis was horn at Middlctown, Connecticut,
Jan. 20, 1786. He was the second and only surviving son — the
youngest child — of the Rt. Rev. AVjraharn Jsirvis, the second Bishop
of Connecticut. At .he time of his birth his father was rector of
Christ Church, Miildlctowr a position which he held from 1764 to
179<).
The early studies of Mr. Jarvis wen^ under his fatlujc's roof and
instruction. But in 1798 he was put under tlu; care of that distin-
guished scholar and instructor, Dr. John Bowden, at Cheshire Acad-
emy. He entered Yale College in 1802, becoming a member of
the sophomore class, and was graduated with honors in 1805.
The late Professor nilliman says of him: "I was alisent in Kng-
land during most of the year (hat he graduat(!d, but I have a dis-
tinct recollection of him as .\ superior scholar, especial!}' in classical
literature." And a classmate, Dr. J. M. Whiton, bears similar testi-
mony. " In all tin departments of learning he was highly respect-
able, but excelled most in belles-lettres. Tn strength of intellect
he was p<)8sibly cx-'eeded by sonu; in the c'''ss; in deliciacyof taste,
in incessant diligence, and patience, of investigation, i»y none."
Most truly and entirely was " the boy the father of the man."
He was oi'dained to 'he diaconate l)y his father, in Trinity
Church, New Haven, Mtv'ch «, 1810, and advanced to the priest-
hood in the same chu.ch, April f), 181 1. His earliest pai'ochial
charge was St. Michael's, Bloomingdale, in tlu; diocese of New
York; this chai'ge was assumed by iiin in the same year in which
he was ordained to the priesthood, s^nd he held if in conjunction
with the rectorshii) of St. James's Church — which ho took in 1813
till May 1810. He resigned this double cure in ordtM- to accept a
professorship in theCeneral TlHM)logical Seminary, then established
in the city of New V'ork. Of his occupancy (.1 this professorship
one has well said, " This jvost he occupied but a short time, but
those who sat under his instructions at that day, still bear lively
witness to his ripe scholarship, his entire devotion to the duties of
his profession, ^ ' • warm sympathies with his ptipils. the dignity
nn»l gracefulius. of manners which marked his intercourse with
I A't-i' *
46
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM FOURTH GENERATION.
!|ii{
all, and which, we may add, he never laid aside, but carried with
him to the close of his life."
In 1820 he was called to be the first rector of St. Paul's Church,
Boston, and here he remained till 1826. Up to the time of his
going to Boston, the most important of his pvi})li('ations were, a
sermon on the unity of the church, 1816; a letter to the chiefs of
the Onondaga Indians, 1817; and a di'^course on the religion of the
Indian tril)es of North America, 1819. During his residence in
Boston, he was one of the editors of the Gospel Advocate, established
in 1821. Among liis many valuable contributions to this periodi-
cal, liis review of Mi". Wel)ster's oration at I'lymouth deserves
especial notice. It was one of the earliest attempts to confront tlie
ruritan romance with the facts of i -.ory. He also published, in
1822, a sermon on regeneration, which is worthy to rank with
Waterland's Treatise on that subject.
In 1826 he resigned his rectorship, and went, witli his fimily, to
Europe, where he remaincMl nine years, till 1835. It was during
these years that he collected that noble library which so markedly
exhibited his exter.sive learning, and thorough knowledge of books,
'i'lie writer of this sketch well remembers the eager delight with
which the late (chancellor Kent, (m one occasion, lookel over its
stores, and the pleasure he oxiiressed on taking into his hands the
copy of the Theodosian (?ode, used by (iibbou in writing his great
history.
Dr. Jarvis — f(jr that title had been deservedly ct)nl'erred on him
bv the University of Pennsylvania in 1819 — gave most of his time
in Europe to' study "with a view of qualifying himself more per-
fectly for works which he had projected for the beiu'dt of the
C^hurch."
This did noc, however, withdraw him from ministerial duty when
the opportunity for it came. He officiated in public services an- 1
pastoral work in dilTenmt [)laces. And from one congregation,
esiK>cially, he receivcni as a testimony to his faithful care, a beauti-
fully wrought paten and chalice, which are now in the possession
of his son.
Six years of his stay abroad were sjjent in Italy; and from his
habits of careful and systematic observation, and the opportunities
of acquaintance and intercourse with scholars and ecclesiastics, they
led to a thoiougli and intelligent comprehension of the social and
religious condition of the continent of Europe. No man of his own
time was, few men of any time have been, better informed than
DESCENDANTS OF WlLl.IAM — FOUKTH GENERATION.
47
he was in all matters relating to the practical working of the Eiomon
Church.
Returning to his native country in 1 835, he at once assunried the
position of professor of Oriental Ijiterature in Trinity College; padd-
ing to tlie duties of his professorship the care of two or three stu-
dents in theology. A sermon on Christian Unity, preached before
the Board of Missions in 183('), and an address to tlie citizens of
Hartford on Birthday of Linnieus, in the same year, were liis prin-
cipal pul)lications during his tenure of office in 'I'rinity t'oUege.
He was, however, especially in the r(«earchos connected with the
elaborate and valuable notes Vi the sermon abovc^ numtioned, con-
tinuing his careful and thorough preparation for his pi'oposcd his-
torical work.
In 1837, he resigned his professorshij/, and beiiaine rector of
Christ Church in his nativ(j town, and in tlie same year received
from Trinity College the degree of LTi.!). In 1838, iie was
appointed by the GeniMjd ( 'onvention, liist<iriogra|.,her of the Church,
and began to bring his previous and |)rcparaiory labors into actual
shape. lie was, however, so thoroughly conscic^itioas, and enter-
tained so high a sense of what an author owes to his readers, that
he could not work rapidly. One who knew him intimately says:
" I once ventured to e.vpostulate with him on the iinmense hd)or he
went tiirough with in revei'ifying refen nces. But his reply was,
that a writer was l)ound, at whatever expense of time and exertion,
not only to avoid second-hand references, but also to insure abso-
lute correctness. It was a ccmscience with him ' Sucli pains-
taking honesty, which spai'es no labor ami shrinks from no burden,
is not, perhaps, populai'ly esteemed in our day, but it will always
receive the rev(U'ent honor of the " fit audience though few."'
"Dr. Jarvis felt that in writing T.k* history of the Church, two
points demanded his first attention: one, to trace the development
of the Plan of Redemption previous to the Nativity of Christ- and
then to ascertain the e.xact dates of His Birth and J)eath." He
turned his attention first to the second of these topics, and his labors
resulted in A Chronological Introduction to the History of the
Church, publishefl in 1845. Wh(>ther the conclusions of this work
are or are not accepted, no one can fail to rtn-ognisce the amount of
laborious research and the exten<hMl learning which it exhibits.
It has been said that when, on its reception in the mother country,
the question was asked, at O.'iford, " Who shall review it? " one
who had been examining it replied, '■ There are but two men in
England who are capable of reviewing it."
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM FOUHTir GENERATION.
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Several years before the publication of this volume — in 1842 —
Dr. Jarvis had resigned the rectorship of the parish in Middletown.
He spoke of "domestic calamities"' as the chief cause of his
resignation. Of these no more nee' here be said — though so
much could be said — than that in the investigation which grew
out of them, the truly high-minded and honorable chairman of the
investigating committee declared that ''lie had never known a
public man pass through such an onh^al so perfectly unscathed."
His release from pniochial charge did not, however, leave
Dr. Jarvis free to proseiiute his liistori(;al lal'ors without interrup-
tion. There were calls made upon him in various directions, and
. tliose calls involved loss of time in answering them.
He was a trustee of Trinity College, and of the General Theo-
logical Seminary; secretary and treasurer of the Christian Knowl-
edge Society; a member and seci'etary of the Standing Com-
mittee of Conuecticiu; and a deputy from ^hai. Diocese to the
General Conventions of 1844, 1847, and 1850.
Then, his easiness of access, and tlui leadiness with which he
responded to all calls upon his time and pen, led to man}- other
interruptions of his labors. '' Now he was called ofF to write a
book or a pamphlet on the Roman controversy; now to prepare a
sermon on some specially important topic; and con', inually to reply
to letters asking advice or information, in doing which he was
obliged to enter on laborious researches, and to ^am up results in
an elaborate way." During the }i(U'iod now und(>r review, besides
sermons printed in this country and in l^higland, . he published
Discoui'ses on Prophecy, with an Appendix, being a refutation of
Millerism, 1843; No Union with Rome, 1843; an edition of
Dr. Hartwell Home's Mariolatry, 1844; A Synoptical Table of
Egyptian and Sacred History^ 1846; The Colonies of Heaven, a
Convention Sermon, 1846; A Reply to Miluer's End of Contro-
versy, 1847; and A Voice from Connecticut, occasioned by the
late Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of North Carolina, 1849. And
all this while his great work was going on, so that Vol. 1 of Ids
proposed History — The Church of the Redeemed — was published
in 1850.
Nor was this all. Scarcely " had he resigned his charge m
Middletown when he began to do missionary duty at a small sta-
tion which he himself established in the neighborhood. This he
continued to serve, with only interruptions occasioned by his neces-
sary absences, till withiu a few months of his death. For some
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years, he usually walked the distance between his liome and this
station — several miles — undeterred by weather or any other cause."
This life of untiring industry and conscientious labor went on,
with no continuous interruption but that of a visit to England in
1844, until 1850. In the autumn of that year, symptoms of dis-
ease began to manifest themselves. No treatment succeeded in
removing them, and he died at Middletown, March 26, 18.^)1.
One who was his pupil, and who was honored with his friend-
ship, has written words whi(;h shall close this brief sketcli of a
useful, faitliful, and lionored life.
"As a preacher, Dr. Jarvis was remarkable for tlie clear and
elegant style in which he set forth weighty truths. Few men ever
wrote purer English. None ever put more matter into their ser-
mons. Ilis manner in the pulpit was grave and dignificHl. He
used but little gesture, though tlie tones of his voice were earnest
and solemn.
"Any one meeting Di-. Jarvis, in any comj)any, would mark him
at once as an ecclesiastic and a scholar, and would be attractiKl l)y
his courteous and even courtly bearing. Intercourse and famil-
iarity 2>resen((!d hiiu as one of tlu* most transparent and guileless
of men. And notwithstanding the bitter trials through wluch he
passed, and the harsh lessons which he learned of the danger of
relying on anything human, he retained these characteristics to the
last. ' I would rather,' he once said in a letter to me, 'be deceived
cv(!ry hou)- of every day, than to live in such a state of suspicion
and distrust of everybody as does.' It was honest sincerity of
I'eart and purpose, anticipating that in othei's of which it was con-
scious in itself, and this was accompanied with a most complete
submission to and faith in tlio will and wisdom of God. T had
once written to him to the effect that he seemed to have attained
entire trust in God's overruHng care. ' Not entire,' was his reply,
' for then I should not only be submissive, but should not even feel
anxious: this I have ni')t reached.'
"It wa? I'ly privilege to l)e with him almost constantly during
the clovsing scenes of his life, and they have left with me a memory
wh.ich can never [lass an'ay. Sucli details are too sacred to be
lightly touched for tver)' e}e, or s))oken in every (^ar. The last
Communion, when his children and his pupils knelt around liis
bed, and when every word uf prayer and praise came full from
his wasted lips, was a service froin which it seemed hard to come
back to the ordinary things of life. And it. was easy here, as at
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all other times, to see his hopes and comforts were found only in
the Merits and the Blood of Him whose servan. and minister he
was.
Dr. Jarvis was married, July 3, 1810, to Sarah McCurdy,
daughter of Elisha Hart, Esq., of Saybrook. Six children were
the issue of this marriage.
OO.
No. Name.
Born.
Died.
Married or ReranrkB
Noiih Jurvis, '
July
32, 1708
Auf?. 11, 1843
Mch. 17, 1791.
310 Elizabeth White, Dec.
13, 1770
July 15, 1840
9 chihlron.
311 Kli/.ab(!i,h.
Mch.
8, 17C3
Mch. 28. 1811.
313 lluklah,
Apr.
9, 1794
Sept. 18, 1837
May 18, 181(i.
313 James,
Apr.
31, 1796
Feb. 3, 1844
314 Le(}nui(l,
June
17, 1797
Apr. 9, 1835
315 Julia Ann,
Dee.
14, 1799
Mch. 19, 1878
•
Mcli. " 1869.
Thomas B(!sant
316 Mary Estlier,
Sei)t.
3, 1803
Jan. 34, 1861
317 Elijah AHuirt,
Oct.
6, 1804
Juno 5, 18(i4
318 Gcorjfc,
8ept.
n, 1808
Jan. 7, 1835
319 Chas. Ahrahani
.Oct.
36. 1810
Nov. 33, 1866
NoAii Jarvis
Was born in Norwalk, Conn., July 22, 1768.
His noble qualities of mind and heart, conspicuous in his domes-
tic relations, could only be realized by an inmate of his family.
In that charmed circle ho was ever the kind and tlevoted husband,
the alfectionate father, the guide and protector of his children,
beloved and venerated by them all. Of a cheerful and genial dis-
position, the youngest child could approach him, as.sured of his
parental kindness and sympathy, wliile his pure example and
unaffcjcted dignity of dt^portment su{)i)ressed all undue familiarity.
Gifted with line; conversational powers, he had a keen accuse of
wit and humor, and was the very soul of that inno(!ent conviviality
that sheds such a cheerful influence and lustre over the endear-
ments of home. Although dignilied in his manner, affable and
courteous to an eminent degree, he enjoyed a joke immensely.
He was a true-hearted American, and loved the land of his birtli,
the glorious land of Washington. His cousin. Colonel Stephc^i
Jarvis, was a staunch Royalist, and after seven years' service in the
King's army, had taken up his x'esidence in Canada. They f re-
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quontly mot, but novor without an interchango of Htmtimont in
regard to country and political pniforcnce. Thoir criminationH and
recriininatioim wore aH good-natured as they wore oarneat, and the
laug]i around the doinostic circle was loud and hearty at the
rattling roniarks and jokes made at the oxponso of oacli other.
About tli(i year 1H2(), the Colonel visited his "rebel" cousin,
Noali, iind Miey had a very inten;ating time; but notwithstanding
all this happiness at again meeting i^ach other, the old 8u])ject was
revived and the wordy feud went on with the same earnestness
and good nature as ever.
It was in the <!ai'ly morning, the old topic in the ascf^ndant, when
Noah, anticipating the I'iiig <>( the breakfast-bell, askcMl the Cohjiiel
if he ever took a morning bitter. Tim (-olonel replied that he did
occasionally, but not as a regular thing, lie would, however, on
this particular occasi(jii be gratified to join his cousin in a friendly
lilmtion. Noah led him into his parlor, where he had, hanging
between the. windows, (ilcgantly framed and in large, bold type,
"The Dkci.ahation ok Indki-kndkncik,." lie pcnnti.'d it out to the
Colonel, saying as he ilid so, "Then*, my royal (tousiii, I think, is
a dram bitter enough for you.'" The Coloiiel looked at it, retorting
good-naturedly, ''llii! ha! that's it, is it, you rebel?" The dram
was, indeed, hi/In- enough for the palate of his royal cousin.
Again, in the summer of IS24. the ("olonel, still alive to his old
and darling subject, wrote to his " n^bel " cousin a letter, in which
he said in a bold hand, "'i'his is the birthday of my royal master.
King (reoi'ge the Third," giving tin* date, also, of the reign of his
rcigal majesty, and adding some very laudatory remarks of the
ruling monarch. Noah waitcid to reply until the following 25th of
November, when he wrote to his rovalist cousin as follows: "This
is the return of that glorious day when the infernal lobster-backs
left this city and country, thank (iod, never to return!" And
thus went on this pleasant warfan* until 1840, when the good old
Colonel "was gathered to his fathers."
It is indeed pleasant to review the character of ^uv\\ a man as
the subject of our present memoir, a man so universally beloved
and respected, one who, through the changing scenes of a busy
life, and fluctuations of trade and commercial interests, never
varied from the strictest ruU^s of honesty and integrity. He was
a man of fine literary attainments and cultivated taste, and enjoyed
the society of men of culture and refinement. He was a sincere
and faithful friend, over ready to help the deserving.
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Soon after he became a resident of New York, he was the
trustee, friend, and adviser of the Patroon of Albany, General
Stephen Van Rensselaer, and managed his large estate, scattered
throughout the different wards of the city. He also took charge
of other estates, among which were those of Gov. Morgan Lewis,
and the Hon. Robert Kennedy of England.
About the year 1811 he received the appointment of Collector
of Assessments, and held the office 1 7 years. He collected milhons
of money with such fidelity that, on the resignation of his office
and final adjustment of his accounts, the Board of Aldermen,
through an appointed committee, resolved to cancel the bonds that
had been given from time to time by Mr. Jarvis, stating "that
having been debited with the whole amount of every assessment
placed in his hands, he has jjO'id over and accounted for every cent of
the samej'^ They did this to show their perfect satisfaction with his
management of public affairs and as an indorsement of his unwav-
ering integrity.
The following extract from a letter of a relative of Mr. Jarvis
is a graceful tribute of respect to his uncle: "1 well remember
uncle Noah, whom I have always considered as my second father,
the best friend I ever had, and how gratified he was with the act
of the corporation regarding his bonds. 1 cherish a grateful
remembrance of his partial adoption of me, his starting me in
business, his judicious advice and his continued assistance until I
was able to take care of myself."
In this connection, it is pleasant to recall the sterling honesty
and integrity of his son, Charles A. Jarvis, who, in his business
relations, strongly resembled his father. Left sole executor through
the death of the two seniors, he carried out the spirit of his father's
will to the letter, never deviating through all the fluctuations of
his own business, nor touching a dollar through all the commercial
crises that were so often trying the merchant and the trader.
Indeed, by his careful management investments were more than
doubled in amount and value.
Mr. Noah Jarvis died in 1842, bequeathing to his relatives the
richest of all legacies, a good name and an unsullied reputation.
Ai
No. Name. Born.
Elijah Jarvis, Mch. 18, 1772
320 Betsy Chapman, Mch. 24, 1772
2 children.
OS.
Died. Married or Keraurka.
Oct. 5, 1801 ^ Buried in Poplar
Oct. 12, 1801 ( Plains, Westport, Ct.
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No. Name. Born. Bied. Married or Remarks.
321 Elizabeth, 1798
332 Nelson Jarvis, Aug. 15, 1800 Jan. 8, 1863 Sept. 8, 1823.
Nov. 25, 1835.
03.
Stephen Jarvis, Nov. 13, 1774 Oct. 26, 1825 Oct. 20, 1803
323 Mary Ann
Atwater, July 14, 1779 Aug. 29, 1858
11 children.
324 George Atwater, Oct. 20, 1804 Oct. 10, 1805
325 Geo. Atwater,2d,Mch. 9, 1806
326 Mary Ann, Sept. 4, 1809
327 Hezekiali Nasli, Mch. 9, 1811 Oct. 19, 1814
328 Benj. Atwater, Feb. 11,1813 ' Dec. 7,1847
329 Caroline Eliz'h, Dec. 28, 1814 Jan. 19, 1840
330 Sarah Maria, Feb. 3, 1817 .Jan. 14 1841
331 Eunice Amelia, Jan. 24, 1819
333 Harriet Augusta, Jan. 21,1821
333 Hez. Nash, 2d, Mch. 24, 1833 Nov. 16, 1852
• Dec. 28, 1872.
334 Stephen, Jan. 18, 182(5 Aug. 18, 1836
Stephen Jarvis,
Son of Hezekiah Jarvis. was born in Norwalk, Connecticut
November 13, J 774.
Early in life he removed to Cheshire, where he worked at his
trade, which was that of a carpenter and cabinet-maker.
On the 20th October, 1803, he married Mary Ann Atwater, with
whom he lived most liappily daring the remainder of his life and
who bore him a numerous family of children. He was a worthy
and prominent man in the town, and was often chosen to places of
trust, which he filled successfully, and with unwavering fidelity.
In 1813, he purchased of the Rev. Samuel Fannar Jarvis, D D
LL.D., the dwelling of the late Bishop Jarvis. In this house were
passed many pleasant years a.nong his children, cheerful relatives
and friends, and in this venerable dwelling the good man sank to
rest, believing and trusting in a higher and a better life. To those
who survive, there is not only a sad, but pleasing satisfaction in
recalhng the memories that cluster around this cherished old 1 ome-
.3tead.
Mr. Jarvis was devoted to the doctrines and services of the Epis-
copal Church, in which he was educated.
He was often a delegate to the Diocesan Convention, and was
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for many years, Warden and Treasurer of St. Peter's Church,.
Cheshire. A kind and affectionate husband and father, a firm and
steadfast friend, a wise counselor, and an honorable man, he
trul} exemplified the saying, "An honest man's the noblest work
of God."
oo.
No. Name.
Samuel Jarvi.s,
835 Huldah White,
8 children.
336 Sarah Ann,
337 Mary,
Born.
Oct. 9, 1779
July 6, 1785
June 21, 1805
Sept. 14, 1808
Oct.
Feb.
Died. Married or Remarks.
29, 1857 Sept. 2, 1804.
338 Elizabeth, Nov. 15, 1811
339 Catharine Amel.Apr. 1813
340 James White, 1817
341 Frances Iluldah.Sept. 27, 1819
342 Harriet Rebec'a, Dec. 1. 1823
343 Maria, Apr. 14, 1826
Jan. 23, 1854
July 28, 1834
July, 1819
May, 1832
Dec. 15,'l835
June 21, 1826
May 17, 1825.
Apr. 5, 1831, to Henry
J, Sanford.
Nov. 29, 1838.
Sept. 1, 1833.
Samuel Jarvis,
Son of the late Hezekiah Jarvis, was born Oct. 9, 1779, and died
Oct. 29, IS.'iY. He was a man of quiet and retiring habits, but
with excellent business capacity. He was a merchant tailor, and
his store was, for many years, on the ground on which the Custom
House now stands, in Wall street, New York.
Ml'. Jarvis was most exemplary in his domestic duties, a good
husband, a kind father, and a pleasant neighbor. He was a thor-
ough Episcopalian, and, for many years, a member, communicant,
and vestryman oi Zion Church, New York.
Charles Jarvis, Mcli. 28, 1785 Nov. 5, 1846 Apr. 12, 1808.
344 Sarah Ann Whit-
lock,
6 children.
345 Abraham,
846 Henry W.,
847 Henriettas.,
348 William,
349 Sarah A,
350 Samuel,
May 30, 1790 July 1, 1859
Jan. 28, 1809
I Dec. 9, 1811 Twins.
) Dec. 9, 1811 Feb. 22, 1877 Apr. 18, 1830.
Jan. 30, 1813 May 26, 1846.
Nov. 1, 1814 Nov. 14, 1814
June 12, 1818 May 2, 1833
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351 Elizabeth Miller "'^''**'P Brownell.
Hart, j„„e 22, 1798
9 children.
352 Elizabeth Hart, Oet. 5 1826
353 Hetty Hart, Feb. as', 1838
354 Richard Win.
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3ooFramcH Amelia, July 30, 1831 Mch. 1,1843
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358 John Samuel. May «. 1837 July 37, 1866
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J'Jne 5, 1850.
Dec. 5, 1807.
Sept. 30, 1855.
Rkv. William Jakvis
Was b„,-„ at Ncrwalk, C'onnectict, on 0,e 2iltl, of February 1796
Hb birMulay be,„« on tl,o 2!)tl, of February, and it being lean Sc
Mr.Jarv,, was eight years old before he h*l one of ftcse faWi
ays, and had bnt seventeen in all. He died on the 3d of olbt
18V1, aged >5 yoai-s and seven months -"-looc,
".'"wStrf'lf""" "7T """" «^l'""<'y. "d-ghter of
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the energetic old lady would declare her intention to walk,
saying whore duty dictated, the Lord would provide a way. And
so it often {)roved, for slie would hardly get started before some
neighbor or friendly traveler would a-ssist her to the place in which
her soul delighted.
Bishop Jarvis and Mr. Hezekiah Jarvis were brothers, and tlie
Bishop's son, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Farinar Jarvis, offered to fit his
young cousin, "William, for college, who was, for some time, an
inmate of the Doctor's family, and who had decided to devote him-
self, as soon as his studies were completed, to the ministry of the
Church.
The friendship between these two cousins was deep, true, and
lasting, and when sorrow and embarrassment overtook the Doctor
in tiie latter part of his liffi, the love of his cousin William proved
a precious boon to his wounded spirit.
Mr. Jarvis was graduated at Union Collcsge, and afterwards pur-
sued his theological studies at New Haven, Conn. In August,
1822, he was ordained deacon at Norwalk, by the late Bishop
Brownell, and, (m the .')th of November of the following year, was
ordained priest, also by him, at East Haddam, at which place, and
Hebron, he ministered for some time.
While at Hebnm'he won the affection and friendship of Dr.
Peters, who was also Governor of the State, and this friendship
continued uiuibated until death sei)arated them.
During Mr. Jarvis's ministry at Hebron, a church was erected,
which was then considered one of the handsomest rural churches in
the diocese. This church was altered and repaired only a few
months before his death, and it was a great pleasure to him to
prove to his old parishioners that he still remembered them with
affection, by presenting to the i^arish a font of Ohio stone, com-
memorative of his rectorship from 1821 to 1826.
Mr. Jarvis was married by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Brownell, in
December, J 825, to Miss Elizabeth Miller Hart, eldest daughter of
Major Richard William and Mrs. Elizabeth Hart of Saybrook,
Connecticut, a marriage which resulted in great and lifelong happi-
ness.
From Hebron, Mr. Jarvis removed to Chatham, now Portland,
Conn., where he continued rector of Trinity Church until disabled
by a severe bronchitis, induced by undue exercise of his voice wliile
suffering from whooping cough. For months he couhl only speak
in a whisper, and for years suffered great pain and discomfort. He
DKHCKNDANTS OK WILMAM — FOUUTII (»KNEKATION.
i7
was at last reluctantly coinpolUid to give up all hope of doing ofTicial
work again, and resigned lii.s parish.
IIo was succeeded by the Elev. Samuel Emory, who was, for some
time, a memljor of his family.
Mr. Jarvis retin^d from tlio ministry, soro as was the trial, and
devot(Hl hiniHclf to his home and family. Ho was surrounded l)y
fritiuds, and tliose, with an iuUiresting domestic circle, made his life
cheerful and hajjjiy. 'I'hcro were (ivo daughters and four sons, and
as in every picture there uuist bo shadows, so in this beautiful and
sunny group the dark shadow of death entered, and cast a gloom
around tlio happv fin'side. Four of these cliildren were swept
away almost siinulttiiieously by that terrible scourge, scarhit fever.
Mr. Jarvis continued to reside in Portland until ISfj'i, when he
removed to Middhitown, where he remained until after the marriage
of his eldest daughter to ('ol. Samuel Colt of Hartford, Connecti-
cut, when he made; that city his homo.
" As a preacher, Mr. .larvis was ftu-vent and impn^ssive, both liis
voice and dc^livery being good; as a pastor, he was distinguished
for (idelity ami devotion; as a friend, ho was faithful and generous,
and as a husband, kind, wise, and affectionate."
In July, 18G(5, the family of Mr. Jarvis were again alTlictcid by the
death of his youngest son, John Sanuml, named after his tried
friend, (Jov. Peters. He had just completed his '2!)th year, leaving
a widow and two young daugliters.
But Mr. Jarvis's life was drawing to a chise. Afflicted with a
painful disease, he often suffered intensely, but, with a trusting
faith, lie resigned himself to the will of his Heavenly B'ather, await-
ing the hour when he should be with his loved ones who had gone
before. Conscious that his (md was approaching, he bade farewell
to his beloved wife, his children and grandchildren, aiid to his
cherished friends, whom he had loved so long and well, And tlum
his spirit passed away to a bright and glorious immortality.
"So He giveth His beloved sleep." E. II. C.
io*->.
No. Name. Bom.
Daniel Jarvis, Mch. 29, 1760
301 Deborah Rogers.
7 children.
3C2 Zophar.
363 Henrietta,
364 Piatt.
8
Died.
Married or R(«iuark».
Jan. 31. 1781.
Daniel Secard.
: t
S8
No.
nm
307
Name.
Htcphcn.
IUkhIii,
Mftry.
nEBORNDANTH OK WIM.IAM — KIKTII (IKNKUATION.
Morn. Diud. Marriod or KumarkH.
17»()
308 llunniili,
Hteplien JiirviH,
5 children.
800 Mobitiibcl.
370 Henry.
871 Etlinnml,
872 Iliuniiih.
373 Abiithii.
1 1 1
1783
1800
1 11>.
874
375
370
377
878
379
Ebeucz'r .Iiirvis, May 10, 1782
c'hiUlrcn.
Mos(«8, Oct. 1(), 1800
Sarah, Aug. 18, 1810
Ebcnezer, Dec. 12, 1813
lantha,
Marietta,
Jerusha,
1815
Feb. 14, 1819
Oct. 14, 1832
IK3(I iHaiah Hcutlder.
Dfc. 31. 1817. .lanit'H
Smith.
Doc. 80, 1819, Tred
well Oarl.
18i:i
1870
1833
Frances Hannah A.
Kehsey. lch.,Kuth.
Israel Jarvis,
380 Bethsheba Rogers,
Children.
381 Benjanun.
382 Mary.
883 Ichabod.
384 Israel.
385 Cynthia.
380 Jane.
l«-4.
Oet. 11, 1800.
;
(
5th Generation.
13S.
No. Name. Born. Died.
Ralph Munson
Jarvis, Dec. 27, 1770 Nov. 3, 1853
Married or Remarks.
DR8CENDANTS OF WTLMAM FIFTH OENKRATION.
69
No. Name.
887 CaroHiio Leon-
ard, '
18 children.
Ooo. Soyniour, Juno
R(\\v. Lutwich, Aug.
Froderick, Apr.
(■Imrlcs Hiilph, Dec.
Iloniy .Ijinios,
Caroline,
Mary,
(JiiHt. Hat<liford,Sopt
Surali Maria, Mch.
Amelia Jane, Jan.
Matilda, Dec.
Anno, Sept.
Elizal). Arnold, Oct.
888
880
800
801
802
808
804
•.m
imi
807
808
800
4m
^"- I»od. Married or Rumarke.
Oct. 24, 1782 Oct. 8, 1854
Sept. IS, 1820.
Aug.
May
Oct.
2, tHOO
10, 1H07
8, 1810
27, 1811
7, 1812
18, 1818
4, 1815
.12, 181(1
14, 1818
1, 1820
7, 1821
27, 182;j
20, 1824
Sept. 8, 1878
July 28. I8ia
Cecilia Martin.
Aug. 80, 180;{
Oct. 2, 1H55 Sei)t. 1830
Oct. 4, 1815
Feb. 22, 1807
Sept. 10, 1H88
Sept. 27, 1828
June 28, 1840.
Mary Jarvis,
401 Robert llazeh,
1 child.
130.
403 Robert Fraser, Apr. 10, 1803 Apr. 25, 1874
Ool. commanding II.
M. GOth Rifle Reg't.
.no ?"'"!'"" •'"'■''''' ^ ''^^ ^P""- =59, 1856
403 Carolme Boyd.
1 child.
404 Wm. Munson, Oct. 0, \8m
SnsSx Vale w'^n ^^"^ '^''^ '^-^''^--f the Uon. G^org^L;;;;^ of
Sussex \ ale. New Rrunsvvick. <;,.prge Leonar.l was a direct descendant
of IIon,T Leonard, eldest son of Riel.anl Leonard, Lord D . • e H^ "
Leonard ,.,une to An.erica in 1020. Not returning befor 1 is f", "s
cath, the t.tle desoen.led to his brother Franeis. Thtn.as, son of F a • L
^ ho succeeded to the titl.-. was afterwards created Earl of Surrey A^.
d ^nd w.'" T T- 'r''' ^"'"^•' ^^'"'^'^^ '•" New nrun.swK,k •
178.3, and was nnu'l, employed in public affairs. The year of his arrivn
he ...s ...pointed one of the Agents of the Governnn.n t l^^C^
gnmtcd to Loyalists, and was, soon after. n.a,lc a Men.ber of the Co, ud
1826 at an old age. ILs consort, Sarah. ,n-eceded him one year asred 81
H M lufh. •!■ \ "'' ^""' ^'"'""'^l R^^l'cn Leonard of
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DESCENDANTS OF WILt.IAM — FIFTH GENERATION.
13«.
Born.
1788
No. Name.
Edward Jarvis.i
405 Anua Maria
Boyd,
8 children.
406 Edward, Mcli. 15, 1819
407 Edw. W. Boyd, Apr. 25, 1880
408 Mary Jane, Sopt. 8, 1831
409 Munson, May 15, 183:3
410 H. Fitz Gerald, May 20, 1825
411 W.G.Townscnd.May 20, 1837
413 Anna Maria, Aug. 30, 1829
4U Caro. Amelia, Feb. 22, 1831
2d wife.
414 Elizabeth Gray,
3 children.
415 Edw'd Worrell, Jan. 20, 1840
416 Eliz. Harriett, Sept. 6, 1847
Died.
May 9, 1853
Married or Rcmiirk?.
Aug. 28, 1841 Apr. 20, 1817.
Apr. 20, 1819
July SO, 1821
Meh. 34, 1848
Nov. 2, 1808
Aug. 21, 1830
Sept. 6, 1847
Sept. 5, 1843.
Sept. 80, 1858,
Sept. 10, 1853.
140.
i
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Polly M. M. Jar-
vis,
417 John B. P.ters
9 children.
418 Mary Elizabeth,
419 Harriet Emma
Albert ina,
420 Samu(!l Jarvis,
421 Mary Elizabeth,
422 Sally Hannah,
423 Wm. Birdsy,
424 Albert Jarvis,
425 Harr't Augusta,
426 Hugh Albert,
Dec. 29, 1772
June 26, 1791
May 7, 1796.
1801 Died York, U. C.
Feb. 11, 1799
Born in U. C.
.July 3i. 1801
Aug. 22, 1803
1805
June 22. 1807
Died in New Orleans
Dec. 1, 180i.
1811 In U. Canada.
Aug. 35, 1810
1813
ir;o.
Ma.ia Lavinia
Jarvis, Dec. 31, 1788 May 13, 1826 Aug. 3, 1811.
437 Geo. Hamilton.
8 children.
428 Robert Tarvis, May 18, 1813 Nov. 19, 1838.
Apr. 15, 1851.
* Edward Jarvis was formerly a member of the Council of New Bruns-
wick; was Chief Justice of Prince p]dward's Island; he died ut Spring
Park in tliat Province, in 1853, aged sixty five years, universally respected
for his upright character as a jurist, and for the urbanity of his manners.
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM — FIFTH GENERATION.
?«; ., ';^T^\ ■^°™' ^'«^- Married or ReinarkB.
429 Oath ine Han'h, May 23, 1814 Sept. 25, 1815
430 Samuel Askin, Aug. 17, 1817
431 Maria Lavinia, Sept. 15, 1818 May 21, 1840.
432 George, Feb. 9, 1822 1841
433 Augusta Han'h, July 17, 1824 Sept. 28, 1827
434 Catharine, Mch. 15, 1826 1842.
435 Augusta Caro.. junc 17, 1857.
Augusta Jarvis, Oct. 11, 1790 Mc;h. 21, 1848 May 5 1812
436 Thomas JlcCor-
mick. , .
9 (children.
437 Thomas David, Feb. 14, 1813 1855 Mary Read.
438 Chas. William, Dec. 30, 1814
439 Marg. Augusta, Nov. 10, 1816 Feb. 21, 1872
440 Hannah, Nov. 28, 1818
441 Mary Elizab'th, Oct. 19, 1821 Jan. 14, 1848.
442 William, May 24, 1823 Nov. 25, 1835
443 T. Frances, Aug. G, 1825 1875 Sept. 17, 1855,
William Griffln.
444 Samuel Peters, Apr. 15, 1828
445 George Diehl, Oct. 4, 1836
61
Samuel Pet(a's
Jarvis, Nov. 15, 1792 Sept. 6, 1857 Oct. ], 1818
446 Mary Boyles
Powell.
9 children.
447 Samuel Peters, Aug. 23, 1820 Feb. 18, 1850. Rene6
448 William Dum- Wilson.
mer Powell, Dec. 17, 1821 Jan. 15, 1859
449 George Murray, Apr. 13, 1824 Ju,u, 23, I84(j, Eliza-
.^^ . l»(;tli Arnold Jarvis.
4o0 Ann E:ien, Oct. 30. 1«35 Oct. 12, 1802 Aug. 25, 1846
451 Emily Elizab'h, Apr. 13, 1837 June 24, 1854, Sidney
B. Fan\;i, R. Eng.
452 Charles EdwM, Oct. 25, 1838 Sept. 32, 1839
453 Charlotte Aug., Apr. 1,1830 May 3,1841
454 Mary Caroline, Mch. 27, 1833
455 Charles Fred'k, June 11, 1834 Mch. 17, 1871 Mary Ann Graham.
Samuel Peteks Jabvis
Was educated at Cornwall, Upper Canada, by the late Dr. Stra-
chari, afterwards Bishop of Toronto. H(! .studied law and practiced
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DESCENDANTS OB" WILLIAM — FIFTH GENERATION.
his profession for many years; he afterwards performed the duties
of his father's office as Secretary of the Province; was Clerk of
the Crown in Chancery, and Chief Superintendent of Indian
Affairs (an Imperial appointment). Ho served during the war of
1812-13-14; was present at the battles of Queenstown Heights,
Lundy's Lane, Stony Creek, and Detroit, for which latter he
received a medal and clasp; was present at the death of General
Brock, and commanded the guard who escorted the late General
Winfield Scott as a prisoner of war from Queenstown to Fort
Niagara. During the rebellion of 1837-8 he raised and com-
manded the regiment known as the Queen's Rangers; was present
at the cutting out of the steamer Caroline at Schlosser; was Com-
mandant of the garrison at Toronto, and Judge-Advocate of the
court-martial assembled to try the American prisoner. General
Sutherland, who attempted to commit suicide while confined in the
old fort at Toronto.
Mrs. Samuel Peters Jarvis was the daughter of the late Hon.
William Dunimer Powell, Chief Justice of Upper Canada, and
Speaker of the Legislative Council.
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S*MUEL Peters Jarvis, Jr.,
Was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto. He studied
law in 1845, and entered the army as an Ensign in the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, soon after which he exchanged into the
8'2d Regiment, then stationed at Halifax, N. S. I le served in the
82d during the Indian Mutiny, 1857-9; was in temporary com-
mand of three companies of his regiment during the relief of Lu(;k-
now by Lord Clyde; was present at the defeat of the Gwalior
Contingent at Cawnpore on 6th December, action of "Khoda-
gurge," and occupation of " Fultihghur," capture of "Bareiliy,"
relief of •'Shahjehanpoor" Jail, and action of " Khankeor." For
this service, he received brevet rank of Major, medal and clasps.
He was, for several years after his return to England, Adjutant of the
Staff College at Sandhurst. He retired fi'om the service as Major
of the 82d regiment to accept tl:e appointment as Assistant Adju-
tant-General of Militia in Canada, with the rank of Lieut.-Coionc^l
in the British Army. When the troubles broke out in the new
province of Manitol)a, he was a])pointed to the v^omma'id of the
Ontario Battalion, which, with the Quebec Battalion and a portion
of the Rifle Brigade, proceeded to Fort Garry, the whole force
DE8CKNDANT8 OF \VI 1,1,1 AM — FIFTH OENKJIATION.
63
under tlie command of Colonel (now Gencsral) Sir Garnet Wolseley.
Soon after the return of the rcguhii" troops, Lieut.-Colonel Jarvis
was made Commandant of the garrison at Fort Garry, where
he remained until the withdrawal by the Canadian Government of
the troops from that province. ?'or this service, ho was created, by
Her Majesty the Queon, a Companion of the Order of St. Michael
and St. George. On 4th June, 187."), he was gazetted to the rank
of Colonel in the British Army, and at present (1878) is on special
service in South Africa connected with the Kaffir war.
1^53.
Married or Hemarks.
No. Na^l(^ Born. Died.
William Muuson
Jarvis, 1 Aii,u;. 13, 17}»;{ June 25, 18«7 Nov. 3, 1836.
45(J Anne Itacy.
4(liildren.
457 Jan.! Hannah, Au■,^ 10, 1837
458 Henry William, Aug. 3, 182!)
459 Chas. Ilorborl, Auj;-. 25, 1831 Sept. 7,1859 Dec, 1856.
400 John Hacy, July . 1834 lu infancy.
Hannah Owen
Jarvis, , Sept. 25, 1797
461 Alex. Ilanilltou.
11 children.
463 Cath. Maria, Mch. 33, 1817
463 Han'h neiidersou, Nov. 3, 1818
464 Jcf^se Augusta, Mch. 18. 1831
465 JIary ^ ue, June 1, 1824 Aug. 15, 1825
466 Elizabeth, Aug. 6, 1826
467 Helen, July 12, 1838
468 Jos. Alexander, July 18, 1830
409 William Jarvis, April 35, 1833
470 Caroline Emily, Jan. 4, 1835
471 Emma Harriett, June 18, 1837
473 Aug. Owen nerb't,Oet.21,1839
Jan. 25, 1816.
Jan. 13, 1847.
Nov. 24, 1842.
March 15, 1855.
Sept. 5, 1869.
Jan. 8, 1807.
S(!ptemher, 1877, Kate
C. McCallum.
* William Munson Jarvis served through the American war, 1812-14;
was present at Uio, l)altles of Queenstown Heights and Stony Creek; was,
for many years, Sherill of the Gore District, and resided and died in
Hamilton.
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irs.
Died. Married or Remarks.
May 7, 1844 Dec. 35. 1804.
All.!;:. 10. 1874
Au.ir. 80. IHW
No. Name. Horn.
Elizabeth Jarvis, 001.25, 1785
473 Tniinaii 8. Wtftinore.
5 cliiUlicn.
474 Sylvia Elizab'li, Oct. 20, 1805
475 Darwin W()(){lw'(l,Sopt.2,1807
470 William Jarvis, June BO, 1809
477 Geo. Whitfield, Oct. 11, 1813
478 Charles Kitch, Aiiff. 21, 1815
Elizahktii Jakvis Wktmoue
Was the eldest dauglitor of John Jarvis, of Norwalk, Conn.,
her mother, whose maiden name Wfis Elizabeth Boulte, being his
second wife. Mrs. Wetmore was a very beautiful woman, and lier
loveliness of character wa.s the charm of the family circle, and the
esteem and admiration of her neighbors and friends. She was
devoted to the care and duties of her household, and her home
was the ne phis ultra of neatness and good order. She gave to the
poor and needy with a willing and lavish hand, and, in her noble
deeds of charity, she was aided by her no less willing husband, who
was ever known and recognized as tlur poor man's doctor and
friend. Mrs. Wetmore was an Episcopalian, and was baptized and
confirmed in the church by her uncle, the late Rt. Rev. Abraham
Jarvis, the second Bishop of Connecticut. She died at the age of
58, and an obituary notice written by her pastor was published
at the time in the columns of the ChurcJiman.
As a reminiscence of her home, the following may not prove
uninteresting: The house owned by her husband, and occupied
by the family for many years, stood back from the street, sur-
rounded by a spacious lawn, with an ample courtyard in front,
and a walk leading from the door, through a gateway, to the
street . The courtyard was overshadowed by elmg and maples, and
ornamented with abundant flowers of rare beauty. On each side
of the large door that opened into the hall were two large and
very beautiful lilac trees, whose tops reached to the eaves of the
house, and, in their blooming season, these trees were covered with
purple flowers which exhaled a pleasant perfume, even to the
senses of the travellers who passed that way. The robins built
their nests and reared their young among the branches, and they
were so frequently fed by the mistress of the house that they
would, as she was sitting alone, fly into the room, hop about,
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM— FIFTH GENEKATION.
65
pick up the crumbs on the floor, and then return again to their
nests. In the midst of all tliis pleasure and domestic peace. Mrs.
Wetmore sickened and died, and, as though in sympathy with her
decease, the robins deserted the lilacs, and they too began to decay,
until in a year or two they were utterly withered and dead.
It was at this particular time that her son, William Jarvis Wet-
more, visited his old home, the home of his youth and love, and
saw how thQ spirit of desolation had swept over the once happy
spot. It was, indeed, a melancholy sight. He retired to the room
he once used to occupy when the family were all together, and
coinposed the following lines, writing original music for the words
which he subsequently publisJied, dedicating it to his father.
THE LILAC AT THE DOOR.
Sweet home of youfli, I fondly turn
My wandering .steps to thee;
I know no .spot on earth so dear.
No hearts so frank and free.
The ehn, the niaplo, anil the birch,
The sumach on the moor,
r see with joy, hiU dearer far
Tlu! h'lae at tlic door.
I've roamed o'er many a pleasant land,
I've sailed o'er many a sea;
I've roamed o'er mountain, hill, and plain.
But Home! thou'rt all to me!
I've heard the wild birds in the grove.
Their songs on many a shore ;
But sweeter was the robin's note
Id the lilac at the door.
Here friends have met beneath the shade,
III life's enchanted Spring;
And, whilt; they told their pleasures o'er,
Love plumed his airy wing.
The friends liave gone, and nusic now,
Alas! is heard no more!
The robin's tlown, and withered, dead,
The lilac at the door! •
No. Name. Born. Died, Manie.l or UomarU..
UiarlotteJarvi.s,July30, 1787 Feb. 2.0, 1861 Dec. 12, 1810
479 John Seymour, Nov. 20, 1786 Dec. 11, 1859
5 children.
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DKSCKNDANTS OF WILLIAM FIFTH OKNKKATION.
Died.
No. Name. Born. Died. Marrlud or KemarkB.
480 Sarah Elizabeth, May 1:5, 1812 Aug. 13, 1837.
481 Charles Jarvis, Feb. 25, 1815 Mch. 13, 1840 May 10, 1837.
482 Alvah, May 5, 1817 July 22, 1848 April 13. 1848, Mary
A. Partridge.
483 Charlotte Fitch, Aug. 4,1819 May 25, 1863 May 11, 1847.
484 Samuel John, Mch. 9, 1822
IT'S.
George Oglevie
Jarvis, July 14, 1795 Feb. 3, 1875
485 Philamela Marshall, May 12, 1875
6 children.
486 Phil. Elizab'h, Feb. 19, 1822 Mch. 18, 1835
487 Charl.Miiria l8t,July 30, 1824 Dec. 15, 1824
488 Charlotte Maria. May 6,1826 April 28, 1853
489 Chas. Alpheus, F(tb. 2, 1828
490 Louisa Sophia, Meh. 14, 1831
491 Geo.Cyp'n.M.IX, Ai)r.34,1834
Feb. 17. 1850.
Nov. 19, 1819.
Died, Portland, Conn.
D. Colebrook, Conn.
D. Colebrook, Conn.
Oct. 8, 1851, to Gi^o.
G ilium, Jr.
Jan. 17, 1854.
Feb. 8, 1S66, to Mar-
thii Gillum.
Dr. (ieokoe Oglevie Jakvis
Son of the late John Jarvis, was born in New Canaan, C'onnecticut,
July 14, 1795.
Dr. Jarvis was a thorough English scholar, and an educator of
youth during his earlier manliood and scholastic life. He studied
his profession vyith Ids hrother-in-law, Dr. Truman Spencer Wet-
more of Winchester, Connecticut, and was a painstaking and
persevering student. lie was licensed to practice medicine and
surgery in 1817, and first settled in Torrington. After the expira-
tion of two years, he removed to Colebrook, where lie remained
until 1840, when he left for Portland, ♦a beautiful village on the
Connecticut river opposite Middletown. There he practiced his
profession with increasing jjatronago and success until he died at
tlie age of eighty, a victim to erysipelas and diphtheria. He
received the degree of M.D. from Yale College in 1816.
Dr. Jarvis was of an inventive turn of mind, and his genius and
skill were largely exercised in that direction. His "Ad.iustek,"
an instrument for the more ready and easy manner of reducing
and replacing fractures and dislocations, pi-oved a success, and
gave him an enviable notoriety. At one time, he visited Europe,
where he remained several months. In London they recognized
DKBCENDANTS OF WILIJAM — FIFTH GKNKrJATION.
67
of
and
his genius and ability, and, by special invitation, he delivered a
course of lectures on " Fractures and Dislocations," l)pfore the
learned magnates of that ancient and intellectual city. These
were published at the time in the " London Lancet." As a mark of
respec^t for the man, and as an acknowledgment of his genius,
learning, and skill, the "Society for the Promotion of Arts and
Commerce " presented him the largest gold medal ever received
by an American. Prince Albert was president of th(^ society, and
the doctor had th(^ distinguished honor of receiving it at tlie hand
of the prince himself.
During the last days of the doctor's life, he prepareil a work on
Electricity and Ozone. It was carefully written, and showed that
the author was not only an accom])lished scholar, but a profound
thinker and scientist.
Dr. Jarvis was a model husband and father, and a genial friend
and companion. He was the soul of hospitality and honor, and
was never more happy than when surrounded by a rhvAe of his
neighboi's and friends. Like all of the name, he had a love for
th(! humorous, and was ever ready at Itdn mot and repartee. With
a keen and ai)preciative musical ear, his whole life seemed rounded
as with pleasant harmonies.
Dr. Jarvis married a very estimable lady, a Miss Mar«hall,
in the town where he hrst settled. They had an interesting
family of childiHui, who were devoted to their parents, and who
loved to meet with them around the domestic hearth. Firm in
the doctrines of the Episcopal Church, their Christmas and other
holidays were the occasions of the most happy and interesting
annual re-unions, and of the renewal of delightful associations.
These two, who lived such a consistent Christian life, and were so
much endeared to each other and their children, have passed
away, and now sleep side by side in the little church yard across
the way from their once happy home, awaiting the glorious morn-
ing of the Re8urre(!tion Day.
ITS.
No. Name. Born. Died. Married or Remarks.
Launc't Jarvis, Feb. 19, 1775 Dec. 26, 185;^ June 2'A, 1803.
493 Lydia Barlow, Apr. 10, 1789 May 17, 1866
7 children.
498 Thos. Newton, June 22, 1805 June 14, 1834.
494 Milton Barlow,
M.D.. Aug. 5, 1807 Feb. 26, 1836.
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I No. Name. Bom. Died.
Married or HcinnrkH.
41)5 Clmrles, Sept. 8. 1801) Nov. li}, 1811
Drowned.
490 Elizabeth. Dec. 31, 1811 May, 184U
Wm. II. Kinney.
1 child, Charles.
497 Clarissa, Juno 5, 1814 Aug. 1, 1840
Lucian P. Robe. 2 ch. ,
Emily and llarr'tC.
408 Harriet, Dec. 25, 1817 Dec. 20. 1h:{0
400 Samuel, Apr. 11, 18J0 Apr. 20, l8r)0
Jan. 0. 1853.
1W4.
Nancy Jarvis, Mch. ;}, 1705 Aug. 1, 1877
Jan. 33, 1830.
500 James ir. Weed, Mch. 7,1705 May 0,1822
2 children.
501 JanicH Jarvis, Jan. 13, 1821
Dead.
502 Wm. Harvey, Jan. 13, 1821
Dead.
1
18S.
1 1
Fau'y F. Jarvis, Oct. 4, 1790 Mch. 3, 1820
Aug. 20. 1823.
• 1
503 Alvah Weed, F<!b. 8, 1800 Atig. 15. 1833
■'
1
2 children.
*
504 Robert, Nov. 17, 1824 Aug. 10. 1825
505 Frances Marion, July 14,. 1820
Thomas A. Brown.
1
1 03.
,
James Jarvis, Feb. 2, 1784 May 24, 1870
1807.
500 Lucy Piatt, Feb. 23, 1785 May 24, 1800
'l
6 children.
1
i
507 David Haiulf rd, Feb. 1808
1883.
508 Levis., Feb. 1810 Sept. 1820
509 Mariettc, Dec. 4, 1814
Feb. 22. 1835.
510 Jane. Jan. 14. 1818
Nov. 17. 1840.
'! 511 Charles. Mch. 4. 1821
Jan. 20, 1845.
. If
512 John Jay, Dec. 4, 1828
1850.
Rodney Jarvis, J\dy 1, 170G
Feb. 35, 1830.
i
513 Mary Bower-
!
man, Apr. 18, 1803
2 children.
1 514 Brice W., Apr. 18, 1831
515 Benjamin L., June 0, 1835
108.
Selecta Jarvis, Mch. 17, 1797
Sept. 25, 1814,
516 Jothan Crawford, June 7. 1792 July 23. 1873
12 children.
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OKPOENDANTS OF WIM.TAM FIFTH OKNKUATrON.
69
^^iy T„.,^fT; , ^°"" "'o*- Married or Romarks.
517 Lhjuh Hudson, June 20, 1815 May 4,1870 0(!t. 31. 1888. P^liza
both R. Hweet.
618 Chauncpy HofT-
uiiiu, Jan. 10, 1817 Aug. 5, 1819
519 .lolui Bomus, Nov. 11, 1818 July 20, 1858
520 Catharine Ray-
mond, Oct. 18, 1820
521 James Rodman , Sept. ;J0, 1822
522 Wm. Norman, ' June 18, 1824 Nov. 19, 1874
523 Margaret Ann, Nov. 22, 1820
624 Daniel, Sept. 14, 1828
. 525 Car'lin(! Loui.sc, Feb. 7, 1830
520 Alv. (^irpenter, Apr. 30, 1833 Mch. 24, 1834
527 Warren Smith, Feb. 9, 1835
Apr. 20, 1848.
Henrietta Ladd.
528 Martlia Jeau'te, May 14, 1837
Mch., 1871, Eunice
Tanner.
James Grant
Jarvi.s, Dee. 4, 1799
529 Tempe Frisbie.
4 children.
530 Wm. Oscar, July 1, 1822
531 Laura Ann,
lOO.
532 Lueinda Frisbie,
533 Maria Frisbie,
Seth Jarvis,
534 Nancy Qreer,
3 children,
535 Wellington,
536 Sarah Jane,
537 Stephen,
SOS.
.Ian. 32, 1821.
Antony E. Hurt.
Ich., Mary Prances.
Ed. Smith.
Wm. 8. Murray.
()(a. 11, 1805 Sept. 23, 1859 lOec. 4, 1828.
Jan. 6, 1805
Aug. 20 1829
Mch. 19 1834 May 14, 18G3
June 5, 1837 1865. No issue.
Jay Jarvis,
538 Sarah Ridgeway
2 children.
539 Jay.
540 Judson.
«oe.
Sept. 2, 1801 June 23, 1860
Jay Jakvis
Was born Sept. 2, 1801, and died June 23, I860. He was for
many years a merchant, and, by persistent effort and strict business
' Married Samantha Andrews, Sept. 22, 1853. 1 child, Frances S.
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70 DKHCENDANTH OK WILLIAM — FIFTH OKNKRATION.
management, amassed a very respectable amount of wealtli. He
was a man of honest purposes, and strict integrity, and was, for
several years, the President of the Citizens' Bank, wliich was situa-
ted on the corner of the Bowery and Canal street, N. Y.
Mr. Jarvis married the "beautiful" Mi*s. Sarali Ri<lgoway, n^e
Leycraft, by whom he had three children.
Mr. Jarvis was an Episcopalian, and a regular attendant at
church. Ilia sickiiess was not of long duration, i»ut knowing that
his days were numbered, he quietly resigned himself to the will of
his Maker, awaiting the hour when death should call him hence.
His widow still survives him, and is cheerful and companionable,
making life happy with her cliildfim and friends around her.
%£W.
Died.
Apr. 8. 1875
May 17, 1H58
1803
Married or KeniurkH.
E. T. Hariiioii.
1 child, Iliiny.
Ch. II. Watorhury.
1 child, Blaiiciic.
Miss Abcndioth.
4 children.
J. Fnirbank. 1 child,
Jessie.
No. Name. Bom.
Jam' Jiirvis, Fol). (t, 1804
541 Jouiilhan White.
4 childri'u.
542 Harriet,
543 Su.san Jarvis,
544 Charles Jay,
545 Maigar(4 Jarvis, '
2d luisband.
546 Abram Voorhees.
1 child.
547 WillurdP. Voorhees.
Jane Jakvih Whitk,
Daughter of Jesse Jarvis, was horn at South Salem, village of Cross
River, Westchester Co., N. Y., February 6, 1804. After -her fath-
er's death, she met Jonathan White, who afterward became her
husband, in the village of Rye, N. Y., where she had been living
since 1817.
He was born in Ireland, Oct. 28, 1799, and was the son of par-
ents, both of whom had lived romantic lives. His father, Joseph
White, was an Englishman, and an officer in the Royal Navy, and
his mother was Mary, daughter of an Irish Baronet, Sir Darby
O'Kennedy. Joseph White commenced life by eloping with this
lady, who is said to have been both beautiful and accomplished.
Afterwards, for challenging a brother officer to mortal combat, he
I)K80KNDANT8 OF WIM-IAM — FIFTH GKNKRATION.
71
was (JismiHsed the sorvico, a circumstance! wliich aeoum to have
embittered him against the British Government, and, finally,
espousing the cause of Ireland, he joined with Emmet and McNevon
in the Uehelli(m of 1T!)H. The result was that he, with his wife and
family, eventually fled to this country, where he settled in the iieigh-
borhood of Shrewsbury, N. J. He namcfd the place Harnsville, as a
barn was the only building visible, and it still retains that name.
His oldest sons had been edu(!at(d in Dublin University, but
Jonathan, the youngest, had to take sucli chances as New Jersey
offered in those times.
He however proved more American and enterprising, and kept
the business which his father left him, of the manufacture of carveil
tortoise-shell and ivory combs.
Jonathan Whit(! was, as his father had been, a man of high
honor and int(!grity, hating all shams and hollow j)retences, always
aiming ti> he rather than li> scon. His manner was reserved, keen,
ami sarcastic, an<l commanded respect rather than love. Ho
provided generously for his family, and was very hospitabh; to his
numerous friends.
He died in New Brunswick, N. .J., in 18.3r», at .T6 years of age,
and was buried in Christ Church graveyard. In 1810, his wifci's
motluM-, Marganit I'armah^ .larvis, widow of Jesse Jarvis, was
buried by his side.
Seven years after the death of Jonathan White, on Sept. 19,
1842, liis widow married .'Xbrahani Voorhees, a man fourteen years
young<n' than h<>rself. Ho was infatuated with lier Ixiauty, which
she retained to the last of her life. She was intelligent, with spark-
ling wit, (juick at I'epartee, of dignificid denKsanor, and, yet, seemiMl
uttei'ly uncons(!ious of her personal advantages. Thirty-four years
after her second marriage, she died very suddenly, while her maid
was combing her hair, now changed from its glo.ssy black to iron-
gray. She fell with scarcely a warning to the Moor, and, in a few
moments, expired without any apparent suffering. She was buried,
not beside her mother and Hrst husband, in Christ churchyard, but
in the Presbyterian cemetery at New Brunswick.
Of her four children by her first husband. Harriet White, a girl
of beauty and refinement of manners, was married at Christ
Church, New Brunswick, Dec. 4, 18,56, to Kzekiol Fargo Harmon,
of Buffalo, N. Y. She died May 11, 18.58, and was buried ui For-
est Lawn cemetery, leaving one son, who, at his mother's request,
was baptized with her name, dir-ectly after her funeral.
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DKHOKNDANTH OP WIM-IAM — Fimi OKNKUATIoN.
i !!
'Ill
Susan Jarvis Whito WRH marriod April 22, 1850, in St. Hartholo-
niow's Ohurch, N. Y., toChas. Ih^nry Watorbury, son of John Water-
bury and Sarali W»H>d, of Darinii, Conn. Tho Watorl»ury8 aro
(jf Knj.(li.sli do8C(Uit, and tho Woods of I'uritan ancestry, lion-
jam in, fathor of Sarah Wood, was an oHicor in the Revolutionary
war of 177(5. Blanche Watorbury is the only survivinj^ child of
this marriage.
('harles Jay White is a wholesale merchant of N. Y., and was mar-
ried at rortchester, N. Y., Oct. 10, ISS.'i, to Mary A. Ahendroth,
a beautiful young lady of German [janaitage, but born in tliis
country. Her parents were ironmongors, in Darmstailt, (iermany,
and came to the United States to avoid the conscription of their
thr(!0 sons into the German army, thus sacrificing tluur interest in
tho fatherland for the sake of their S(ms.
Margaret Jarvis White, who possessed the same propossijssing
qualities as her sister Harriet, was married Nov. 19, IH57, to Jere-
miah R.' Fairbank, of Klizabeth, N. J. After about six years of
hHp|)y weddtjd life, she died of hasty consumption at Oakham,
Mass., on June 22, 18G4. She left one daughter, Jessie Fairbank.
Willard 1*. Voorhoes is a lawyer of good standing in New
Brunswick. He was married on the l.')th March, 1877, to Sarah
Rutgers Noilson.
soo.
Died. Married or Remarks.
N<». Nmno. Born.
Catliar'c Jiirvis, Jan. 20, 1813
rAH .Imls'n llariMoii, Mcli. 33, 1811 Jan. 38, 1857
3 (children.
549 Jeamstle, Juliette, Murgaretta.
Livinj^ in Elizabeth-
port, N. J.
'
SIS.
F"'rcdorick Htarr
Jarvis,' Aui^. 4, 1786
550 Susan Mcrrigold.
12 children.
551 Fr(!dcri(;k Wni.. Feb. 7, 1818
553 Amelia, May 24, 1819
553 (George Thomas, Nov. 30, 1830
554 Stephen jVIaule, Nov. 32, 1833
555 Peter Ilobinson,2Aug. lO, 1834
1853
Oct. 5, 1857.
1830.
Jan. 4, ia')3.
Sept. 10, 1850.
Feb. 12, 1849.
iFreilerick Starr Jarvis was on service with the militia in the war of 1812-
14, and during the Rebellion in Upper Canada, in 1837, was (Tcntleman
Usher of the Black Rod.
■* Resides at Stratford, Ont. Was, formerly. Mayor of that town.
DHXJKNKANTH (>K Wll, 1,1AM — KIKTII UKNKIIATION. 7.S
S'«/u ^"T . ., "'"" "'"" Marrl«l or Hm,„rk..
.>n«(;hiiM. Hovorlcy, Nov. 10, |83(i
557 Miiry, Doc. 3, 1838 Kcl.. 87. |8«1 (),tt. JIO, 1851.
.W8 Arthur Murmy. (hit. 37.18:10 .<<><'• 3«», 1R58.
55» II..nryAugU8lH.T)(T. 1M8;J3 Junr 7. WMI ' '''"'*' "*' '^'"^
500 Kdgiir. Jim. 38,18)15 (),.t. n, 180;(
501 Julia, Nov. 37. I8;I0
503 HcsKiiIOliziibUi, 1H!I8 Jan. 11, ia.5H
%i 1 S3.
FrniK'OH Ainrlia
Jurvi.s, Mc'li.
50;j John Miiiilr,
14 children.
504 KliziilKith, .luiio
505 Williiiru, May
500 (Jcorgc,
507 KriiMccs Aniolia, ()(!t.
508 Klizalicth. July
500 Carol ino, July
570 lOlhui, Juno
571 (Jcorgc! Fri'd'k, Fob.
573 Isaholla, July
57y Charlotto, Junes
33. 1787
Jan.
2li,
1807
July 10, IHO».
31), 1810
July
14.
1818
JIO. 1811
Apr.
1.
I8:t8
Diod in India.
18i;i
1). in infancy.
38, 1811
Doc.
;i.
1848
Aug. 18;{5.
3, 1810
I), in infancy.
38, iHir
('apt. Ilunihly, K. N
87, 1811)
30, 1831
31, 1833
30. 1834
July
30,
1804
Juni! ;{(». 1H03
1880
574 Arthur Dillon, Sept.
575 Mary (.'ntharine,
570 Robert, Aug. 80, 1831
577 Henry Hudgon, July 1), 18;{4
D. in India.
Jim. 8, I80;j.
1860 Killed in battle ia
China.
a IS.
Apr. 31, 1797 Aju-. 15, 1878 Dec. fl, 1881.
Mch. 3, 1843
George Stejihon
Bonj. Jarvis,
578 JidiaHlusrwood,
10 children.
570 Julia Eliza, a
580 Francos Amelia,
581 Mary Sophia,
583 Mary Sophia,
58;^ Isabel Maria,
584 Caroline,
585 (loo. Sherwood,
580 Ellon Maria,
' Drowned in river Avon, trying to save a friend; both drowned.
- Married, Ist, Aug. 5, 1840, Geo. Ilauiilton. 3d, Dec. 3, 1801 llonrv
McKay. , ' •
10
Aug.
4, 1833
Jan.
Apr.
30, 1830
33, 1838
Mch. 7, 183!)
May
5. 1843.
Nov.
Aug.
Aug.
13, 183!)
4, 1831
15, 18:53
Aug. 80, 1837
June
19, 1850.
Nov.
Nov.
8, 18:54
10, 18:55
Doc. 5. 18:55
Sept.
1!), 1805.
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM — FIFTH GENEHATION.
l-i
i^^
No. Name. Born. Died.
587 Adiel, Ai)r. 13, 1830 Feb. 7, 1847
588 Anne Decima, Feb. 17, 1843
3tl wife.
58& Anne Maria Mountain.
8 children.
590 Salter Mountain, Dec. 5, 1844
591 John Lindsay, Au,;,^ 29, 1840 Aug. 10, 1847
593 Arthur, M.y 38, 1849
Married or Remiirkp.
Rev. W. H. Vool.
In Holy Orders.
George Stephkn B. Jarvis.
[The followinc: sketch is al)bn:viated from an arficle wliich appeared in
the Montrml Qazette of 16th April, 1878.]
"Probably the old(>.st Judge in the Douiinion, and perhaps the
widest Icnowu, died yesterduy at C«^rn\vall, Ontario, (leo. Stepiien
Benjamin Jarvis, Judge of tiie united counties of Storniont, Dundas,
and < jlengarry, for many y( ars a familiar figure at Diocesan and Pro-
vincial Synods of the .\nglican Church, one of the oldest remain-
ing of the York Pioneers, and conspicuous throughout Ontario for
the interest taken by him during over half a centuiy in the devel-
opment of a Canadian military spirit, was born at Fredericton,
New Brunswick, on the 21st April, \1S)1 . His father, Stephen
Jarvis, served as a Lieutenant of Cavalry in the South Carolina
Royalists during the Revolutionary War."
For an extended account of his eventful life we refer our read-
ers to our sketch of Tiim which appears in its proper place in
anotlK'r part of this work.
" The late Judge's military education commenced at a very early
age. When the war of 1812 broke out and his father's regiment
was ordered to the Upper Province, we find he had passed through
all the non-commissioned grades and had become a volunteer
attached to the 49th King's Regiment. With this corps he first
smelt powder at Queenstown Heights, and in his later days never
tired of recounting his experiences on that occasion.
"At Queenstown yoting Jarvis, then 15 years old, was taken
prisoner, and for some days he was retained in the camp of Gen-
eral Van Rensselaer. He soon, however, gained his release and
rejoined the 49th, in wldch ha henceforth seems to have occupied
the position of a gentleman cadet, passing all his time with the
officers, and admitted to the privileges of their mess. Soon after,
the regiment retired into Fort George for the winter. Early in
the spring of 181.3, young Jarvis was sent to Hamilton with a
brigade of boats, and thence to York, with orders to bring back a
DKSCKNDANTS OF WIl.MAM — FIFTH OKNEKATION.
75
party of grenadiers belonging to the 8th regiment. He failed in
his mission for the excellent reason that he found York invested
by the Americans, and, on the 27th April, he took pfut in the battle
which, as all know, ended by the ictreat of fhe British and
Canadian forces to Kingston. En route, he was appointed an
Assistant ("Commissary, and on arrival at Kingston was selected to
fill an appointment on the sialT of Sir K. Sheaffe. In this position
he remained imtil, York being evacuated by the enemy, he was
ordered to rejoin his regiment on the Niagara frontier, when, to
his utter disgust, he found Fort George in the hai'ds of the enemy,
and the British in full retreat upon Hamilton. Thouce young
Jarvis was speedily dispatched oh a rcconnoitcring expedition in the
direction of Stony Creek. Four da} s afterwards, he fell in with
the enemy's advanced guard, and after a coanci] of war, the 49th,
seven hundred strong, marched out to encounter the Americans —
the Light Company, to which Mr. Jarvis was attached, leading the
advance. The Americans were defeated by a force less than one-
fifth of their iiumber, and, through the intervention of the fleet,
were shut up until the winter in Fort (Jeorge. On the 28th June,
Jarvis was engaged at the. capture of the Beaver dam, and subse-
quently in the affairs of Fort Schlosser and Black Rock.
"On the 30th, he was present at the capture of Fort Niagara,
which was retained during the remainder of the war. "While ,
stationed here, he was notified of his appointment to aTi ensigncy
in the Hth (King's) Regiment, which he immediately joined, and
with it he was present at the capture of Fort Erie, and the subse-
quent disa.strous battle of ('hippewa, where tJie 8th covered the
retreat of tlu; British forces. Next came Lundy's Lane, the most
terrible action of the war, when Jarvis, who had then attained the
age of 17 years and 3 months, commanded a company of his
battalion, and acted throughout with singular intrepidity. The
storming of Fort Erie, perhaps the bloodiest strife of the war,
again found Jarvis at the front, and here, again, on the 17th of
September, he was taken jirisoiier, escaping after a .'series of singu-
lar adventurers. Tlur evacuation of the fort by the Anu^ricans
shortly afterwards brought to a close the war on the Niagara
frontier, and the 8th received orders to march to Montreal, from
which they embarked for England. The deceased's military career
was thus cut short. In tht' spring of 1815 Mr. Jarvis was stationed
at Windsor Castle, but shortly afterwards he was i)laced on half-
pay or reduction. Through the intercession of Sir R. Sheaffe he
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DKSCKNnANTS OP WILMAM — PrFTH ORNKRATION.
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was, however, reappointed — this time to the 1 04th regiment, sta-
tioned in Canada, but hardly had he arrived ont, when the 1 04th
was disbanded, and he was again placed on the retired list."
"In 1817, Mr. Jarvis commenced the study of the law, and in the
succeeding year he was attached to the firu) of the late Hon. Jonas
Jones of Brockville, in which he became a partner in 1820. In
January, 1823, he was called to the Bar, being then sixty-ninth on
the roll. Of all his contemporaries, Mr. Norton Buell of Toronto,
is now the only survivor, in 1834, Mr. Jarvis was named a
Bencher of the Law Socdety of Upper Canada; in I8,'i5, County
Judge of Prescott and Russell; iji 1837. of Leeds and (xrenville;
ana iv 1842, of Stormont, Duudas, and Glengarry. The latter
appointment he held to the day of his death, though for the past
year his duties have been performed by the Junior Judg<\ The
Judge's career on the Bench, extending over 51 years, has through-
out been marked by tlie same zeal and unswerving devotion to
duty which signalized his brief but active service as a soldiei'.
During his judicial career, notwithstanding the immense amount
of work he performed, it is on record that only four cases of those
decided by him were appealed, and two of these were upheld by
the Supreme Courts."
"In 1836, the deceased Judge was elected to represent the
town of Cornwall in the Provincial Parlianujut, and, in 1850,
was appointed Lieut. -Colonel of the 1st Stormont Militia. 'I'lie
last time he displaced an active interest in inilitaiy matters was
during tlu Trent affair, when ho, was instrunuuital in raising a
company /or Captain ( )liver. a service r(!cognized by the presenta-
tion to him of an address and a sword of honor by the officers
and men he had called into activity.
"Throughout his long life Judge Jarvis was an uncompromising
churchnum. As he was a contempoi-ary, so he was a steadfast
friend and adniirer of the late Bishop Strachan, long the header of
the ('hurch militant in Upper (Canada, and the moving spirit of that
much-abused family compact which at one time ruled the politics of
the Province. Of late years the Judge has taken a very active inter-
est in the building of the Strachan Memorial Church at Cornwall,
and on several occasions has lectured on the War of 1812 in order to
help in providing funds for that ol)ject. As illustrative of the late
Judge's devotion to the church, it nmy be sfid that he invariably
set apart one-tcuith of his income for church puii)Oses, and at
Synod and Vestry he lost no opportunity of proclaiming this to be
the first duty of every churchman."
DRSCKNDANTS OP WILTJAM — FIFTH OKNKRATroN.
77
a 1 «.
No. Name. Born. Died.
Wm. Botsforil
Jarvis," May 4, 17))!) July ^fi. lH(i4
rm Mary Boyles Powell. =-'
5 children.
594 Ann Frances, May 4, tSIJO
mry Louisa, Deo. 10, 18^]
nOd Wni. Duninier, Au!,^ 4, 1834
r)97 Sarah, May 4, 1880
rm Robert Kdward
Col borne,'' Mch. 4, 1842
SIS.
Samuel Jarvis, July 28, 1783 Jiuie 22, IHrA
599 Sarah Gould.
4 <hildreu.
600 Mary Ann, Henry Starr, Cornelia, Minerva.
Married or Rmnnrke.
•
Benj. S. Jarvis, April l;), 17:54 Dec. 24. 1840
. E. W. Carr.
2 children.
001 Autoinelle Augusta and Renjaiuin.
EliStarr Jarvis, Jan. 21), 178(;
603 Louise CiiapniMn, Sejil. 13, 1820
2 children.
60a Eli/,.i,
604 lliuriette.
2d wife.
005 Prudence White.
Mr. Gidiui--. Reside in
Miehinau.
' William Botsford Jarvis, for many years Sheriff of the Home District,
comman(h'<l a re.uiment during the Itebellion, 18!{7-8.
-Mrs. William B. Jarvis was a granddaughter, of the bile Hon. William
Dunuuer Powell, Ciiii^f Justice of Tpper Canada, and Spe,il«-r of the
Legislative Council.
•'Robert Colborne Jiirvis entered If. M. service in the 100th regiment.
1857; be afterwards exchanged into the 07th regiment, in which regiment
be now is n (!upliiin, and attached to the Stall College iit Sandhurst.
The French Society ])re.sented him with a lironze cross for his services
during the Franco-Prussian War.
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DE8CENDANTH (>F WILLIAM — FIFTlf OKNKRATION.
Bom. Died. Married or Remarks.
No. Name.
Henry Jarvis, Apr. 36, 1788 Mch. 19, 1843 Oct. liJ, 1817.
600 Marietta Sanford, July 14, 1843
5 dilldren.
607 Henry Sanford, Aug. 8, 1818 Dec. 2, 1849.
608 Mari'ta Bradley, July 1,1820 Aug. 20, 1839.
609 Sarah Maria, \ Apr. 7, 1836 Mch. 15, 1853.
[• Twins.
610 Francis C, ) Apr. 7,1826 Dec. 37, 1854.
611 Eliza Ann, Apr. 22, 1828 Feb. 15, 1856.
Sarah Jarvis,
613 J. P. Reynolds,
'S children.
613 Jane Eliza,
614 Abhy Amelia,
615 Harriet P.,
Wm. A. JarvLs,
616 Julia Parsons,
4 children.
617 Enieline ('. ,
618 Charles A.,
619 Joseph W.,
630 Sarah J.,
Aug. 24, 1791
Nov. 1, 1786 Feb. 3, 1870
Dec. 25, 1812
Oct. 7, 1813
May 28, 1837 Feb. 5, 1863
Dec. 19, 1793
Feb. 30, 1804 Nov. 13, 1878
Dec. 30, 1827 Jan. 3, 1S.53
Oct. 13, 1830
July 17, 1832
Mch. 3, 1834
S40.
Comfort S.Knapp, Oct. 18, 1787 Julv 27, 1805
621 Mary Peck,
1 child.
638 Francis.
2d wife.
623 Harriet Warner,
1 child.
634 William Starr,
Mch. 11, 1811.
Oct. 13, 1830, to W. S.
Bartlctt.
June 6, 1833, to War-
ren Case.
8ept.l4, 1853, to David
Randall.
Oct. 4, 1835.
Nov. 16, 1848, to
DwightA. NviVTton.
Dec. 34, 1863, to Mary
A. Barber.
June 24, 1858, to Han-
nah L. Finch.
June 24, 1855, to John
Severson.
Dec. 25, 1810.
Oct. 23, 1810.
Died aged 40
leaving 1 son.
DESCENDANTS OK WILLIAM — FIFTH (JENEKATION.
79
S4S.
No. Name.
Born.
Died
]
Vlarried or Hemarkf
Amelia Jar vis
Knapp,
Apr. 6,
1703
1812.
«35 Jolin Barnett, '
Feb. 4,
1787
Dec. 25,
1874
8 children.
(52fi Tryphena,
Jnne 2(»,
1814
637 Fran's Knai)p,
Sept. 13,
1816
Sept. 33,
1837
028 Frederick,
Sept. 13,
1816
June 2,
1849
- Twin.'^.
029 George,
Oct. 20,
1820
Twins.
630 Jeannette,
Oct. 20,
1830
631 James,
Dec. 16.
1837
Dec. 3.
1860
632 Jane Evelina,
Dec. 16,
1827
- Twins.
633 John,
Mch. 17,
1834
Mb8. Amelia Jakvis Barnktt
Was born in the year 1792, and now (1879) resides in Lakeville.
Connecticut. Slio was married in ISl'.J, and had lived witli her
husband 62 years until his decease. Mrs. Barnett's mother was
the daughter of Stephen Jarvis of Danbury, Conn., And her father
was Francis Knapp.
Mrs. Barnett, at the present writing, is nearly 87 years old, and
from her chirography she shows that age has dealt very leniently
with her. Her sentences are clear, and her knowledge and state-
ment of facts and incidents in relation to her family, show that her
mind is still unimpaired and reliable.
She lives with one of her sons, and her life is evidently one of
tranquillity and peace, as her mind seems so cheerful under her
weight of yeai's. She says the world still looks beautif\il to her,
and that she enjoys the varying seasons in their endless variety of
sunshine and shade, out that with the unalteral)lp truth before her
that her life is nearing its end, she looks forward with unfaltering
trust to a glorious future, awaiting with Christian resignation that
great and certain change that must sooner or later conie to all.
W-
«40.
William W.
Wellman, Aug. 5, 1793 July 32, 1870 Apr. 13, 1817. .
634 Sally Maria Hub-
boll,
5 children.
' The father of John Barnett was Chaplain in the l^evohitionarv army.
His mother's name was Trypheua Spencer, sister of the late .ludge Ambrose
Spencer of Albany.
80
DESOENIMNTO OF WII.I.IAM-
II!
m
%
No. Name. Horn,
(inr) (}po. Fmlorick. Apr. l:i, 1818
(i;{6 Win. A If ml, July 11, 1830
037 Menilt ITul)l.cll..Tiin. 15, 183:5
«;{8 llemy HoiiKM-, \ Sept. ;}(), 1836
[ Twins.
0:59 Homer Hciiiy, ) Sept,. ;5(>, 1836
-FIFTH OFNEIJATION.
Died.
Married or KiMiiarkf .
Junr 33, 1846.
Apr. 37. 1871, to Mrs.
Hally II. Brewster.
Oct. 17, 1854.
July 3:3, 1856.
1836
Oct..
7, 1851.
asi.
1799
Nov.
a, 1833.
Betsey Ann
Wellnian,
640 SiliLs Camp,
9 children.
641 P'refVk Worst er, Nov. 3, 183:5 Apr. 17, 1853
643 Carolines., July ;3, 1835 Se|>t. 35, 1845.
64:5 (diaries Edwin, Feb. 35, 1837 Feb. 8, 1839
644 Elizabeth A., Oct. 1:5,1838 Jan., 1854.
645{!harlesn., July 7,18:50 Nov. 1,1834
(i4(i Geo. William, Apr. 10, 18:58 Apr. 34; 1874 Jan. 16, 1856.
647 Helen Maria, June 8, 18:54 June 7, 1853
648 Frances Isadora, Jime 3, 1836 Apr. 10, 1839
649 Theodre Edson, July 30, 1839
Dec. 15, 1869.
Stephen Starr
Jarvis,
Dec.
35,
1811
Nov. 34, 1835.
650 Ami Jjouisa
Lyon,
Mar.
84,
1813
3 children.
651 Josephine,
Oct.
18,
1838
,
June 5, 18()0, to C. Bald-
win, one son, died.
653 Wm. Henry.
Stuart,!
June
1,
1846
653 Belle,
Nov.
18,
1840
arr.
Mary Jarvis,
1806
Dec. 13, 1833.
654 G. M. Foster,
5 children.
655 Sarah C,
18:^4
1871, Dr. S. Hannahs
656 Gl'ori^e,
1836
1859.
657 Mary Jarvis,
1838
1848.
658 Charley,
1840
1846.
659 Henry,
1848
In infancy.
1 Married Feb. 15, 1871, to Tryphena Ferris of Norwalk. One daugh-
ter, Susan, b., June 10, 1875.
; 1 ■
m
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DESCENDANTS OP WILLIAM — FIFTH OENERATION. 81
No. Name. Bom. Died. Married or Remarks.
Angelina Jarvis, 1808 Mch. 13, 1866 1844.
660 Reuben Knapp,
4 children.
661 Mary, Aug. 17, 1845 Mch. 5, 1859
662 Marg. Augusta, July 28, 1847
663 Alice Miller, Dec, 23, 1848 Apr. 19, 1874 1871.
664 Delia Anne, July 9, 1850 1874.
Augusta Jarvis, 1811
665 Harrison Miller,
3 children.
666 Samuel Jarvis, Sept. 1, 1830 Dec. 26, 1863
667 Henry Harrison, Apr. 12, 1841 Sept. 21, 1843
1838.
Willett Ranny
Jarvis, 1813
668 Anna Hiles. of Wisconsin.
5 children.
669 Nellie, Charles, Prank, William, and Harriet Augusta.
30S.
Ann Christina
FarmarJarvis.Mch. 18, 1819 Dec, 1845
670 Theodore Mau-
noiAM.D., 1806 Apr. 26, 1869 of Geneva, Switzerl'd.
3 children.
671 Leon David
Albert, M.D., Oct. 26, 1848 Nov. 3. 1878 Died at Southampton,
England.
672 Louise Ann
Winton, Nov. 28, 1852
673 Christine Eliz'h,
(called) Albertine, Nov. 5, 1856
3or.
Rev. Samuel
Fermor Jarvis, Aug. 3, 1825
674 Lucy Gushing, Dec. 15, 1830
3 children.
675 Lucy Gushing, Dec. 23, 1864
676 Samuel Fermor, Nov. 19, 1866
677 Ellen Anderson, Feb. 26, 1873
11
Aug. 25, 1858.
dau. Silas llolman,
M.D., of Gardiner, Me.
82
DK80KNDANTS OF WILMAM FIFTH GENERATION.
30S.
Born.
Died.
Married or RemnrkB.
June 5, 1849.
Born in Paris.
No. Name.
Sarah E. M. A.
Jarvis, June 2, 1837,
678 Edward S. Hall. 1816
6 children.
679 Edward Farmar, June 8, 1850
680 Theodore Mau-
noir, Jan. 24, 1854
681 Fr'k DePeyster, Aug. 10, 1855
68a Christina, Nov. 4, 1858
683 Mary. Mch. 15. 1861 Mch. 15, 1861
684 Arthur Cleve-
land, Oct. 1865
31 1.
Elizabeth Jarvis.Meh. 8, 1793 Mch. 28, 1811.
685 John II. Mc-
Alpine, Feb. 1. 1783 Apr. 15, 1865
8 children.
686 William Jarvis, Apr. 30, 1813 Feb. 84, 1841.
087 Amelia Anna, Oct. 6,1816 Nov. 9,1833.
688 Eliz'h Gertrude, Apr. 5, 1819 May 19, 1820
689 Charles Osboni, Mch. 4, 1821 Oct. 10, 1821
690 Elizabeth Mary, ' Aug. 31, 1 823 Aug. 16, 1847.
691 George, Feb. 7, 1836 Feb. 38, 1830
693Cha.s.Le Grand, Feb. 10, 1838 Dec. 7,1871. Stella
Avery Farrington.
693 George, Feb. 3, 1833 Sept. 37, 1844
31«.
Huldah Jarvis, Apr. 9, 1794 Sept. 18, 1837 May 18, 1816. '
^5^ l-Chas. Osborn,«Aug. 17, 1793 Mch. 18. 1869
694 )
6 children.
696 Elizabeth,'' Mch. 7,1817 Nov. 15,1868 June, 1838.
697 Charles F., Sept. 38, 1818 Mch. 33, 1841.
Apr. 19, 1865.
698 Maria F., Mch. 18, 1820 Aug. 8,1822
699 Julia Esther, Oct. 28, 1831 May 9, 1833
700 Frances ]\[iu-ia, Apr. 36, 1823 May, 1843, to Chas, FI.
Jennings.
1 Married James L. McGregor. Had Mary Stuart and John Alpine.
* Born and died in Norwalk. He was the son of Jacob and Betsey
Osborn.
» Married Aaron Hardman. He died Dec. 12, 1878.
DESCENDANTS OK WIT.MAM — FIFTH GENERATION.
83
No. Namn, Horn. DIod. Married or ltuiniirk».
701 Upor.ne L., Feb. 1«, 1825 Oct. 13, 187«{ Mcli. 2(1 1853, Snnili
E. Todd.
2d wife.
703 MiiiyAiinWhite.Det'. 14, 180«
<1 children.
703 Stephen W., Aug. 14, 1830 Fel). 17, 1872
704 William .r., Mch. <, 1833 Apr. 24. 1835
705 William J., 2d, Mch. 27, 1886
706 Lewis, Mch 5, 1842 Mch. 7, 1843
707 Henry, May 16, 1844 May 9, 1840
708 Mary E., Aug, 6,1846
April. 1829.
Louisa John.s.
Chark'H Brown.
Charles Osborn.
The subject of this brief .sketch was a native of Connecticut, hav-
ing been born in the town of Norwalk, August 17, 1792. He was
r<^lated by birth, and also by marriage, to the .larvis family, (.apt.
Samuel Jarvis l)eing his great grandfather.
In early life, about the year 1807, he went to New York, in
which city, a few years later, he established himself as a watch-
maker and jeweler, on the corner of Broadway and V^esey street,
and continued in this business until 1820. From that year until
1841, he devoted his attention to the care and management of real
e.state, enjoying the confidence of, and l>eing employed by, such
men as Gen. S. V^an Rensselaer, Gen. Morgan Lewis, John J. Astor.
and other well-known, eminent citizens of New York.
Mr. Osborn was twice married. At the age of 23 years he
married Miss Huldah Jarvis, daughter of Noah Jarvis; they had
six children. After her decease, in 18^7, ho married Miss Mary
A. White of New York. By this second marriage they had six
children. In the year 1841, he retired from active business and
removed to Norwalk, his native town, where he resided until his
death, in 1869. He lived to a good old age, and died in his 77th
year, respected and lamented by all who knew him.
Mr. Osborn was an affectionate husband and father, and a kind
and steadfast friend.
3S1.
Elizabeth Jarvis,
1798
709 Jonathan Water-
bury.
3 children.
710 Nelson Jarvis.
711 Chas. Augustus,
Mch. f
8, 1877 Mary J. Voley, who died
July 80, 1877.
84
DKBOKN'DANTH OK Wfl.t.lAM — KIKTII OKNKRATION.
No. Nnmo.
718 Klizuhctli (Icr-
tnido.
iiurn.
Died.
Mnrrli'd (ir Huninrku
Nelson Jurvis, Aug. 15, 1H0() .Inn. H, IHOIJ Hcpt. H, IH'i'i.
7i:j F<:i().si!i(}niy, Soj)!. 18, 1K()2 .lunc 31. 1833
I cliild.
714 Klosia L..' Juhp 17. 1883
8(1 wife.
.715 Mary Hayiiioiid, Feb. 1. 1H(>;{ July 13,18(57
4 children.
7i(i Francis. Au.u. 33. 188(i Ft-h. H, 183(i
717 Kilza Rowland, Mcii. !>, 1838
718,lulia Htiyniond, Oct. 15. 1830
710 Mar'a Chapujan.July 16. 1831
Nklson Jauvih
Nov. 35. 1835.
Nov. 38, 1840.
Feb. 0, 1870,
Was born on Friday ,tAiig. 15, 1800, in tho old homestt^ad of his
grandfather, Doctor Joseph Chapman, at Poplar riains, late Nor-
walk, now Westport, C;onn.
His father and mother died of yellow fever during the preva-
lence of that disease in New York in 1801. He and his sister
?]lizal)(!t]i were, consequently, for several years, in the care of their
grandfatlier Chapman's family. When Nelson was a))out five
years old, he was placed in cliarge of his grandfather, Hezekiah Jar-
vis, who resided in the old homestead of the Jarvis family in Nor-
walk, Coryi., and this he was accustomed to call his home. He
attended school at the academy in Norwalk, afterwards at the acad-
emy in Greenfield, and at (Cheshire, ("!onn. Like David, he loved to
throw stones. The weathercock of St. Paul's church, Norwalk, fell
by his hands. The boarding-house at (Ireenfield Academy was
incidentally supplied from their own barnyard by his unerring
aim, when the scholars sought a/oiol diet.
Mr. Jarvis was apprenticed to a Mr. Bull of Danbury, Conn., to
be taught the trade of draper and tailor, and remained with him
until he was nearly twenty-one years of age. Not being in vigor-
ous health, he went South to recu{)erate, and, on his return, renewed
his early attachment for Elosia, only daughter of Capt. John Gray
of Poplar Plains. The young man, flush with the style, dress, and
gentility of city life, was forbidden the privilege by the stern old
farmer. Nevertheless, he inarried Elosia on Sunday, September
» Married Oct. 29, 1840, toE. 8. Landers; April. 1865, Geo. B. Bates.
DKHCKNOANTS (>K WIM.IAM — FIFTH aKNKKATlt)N.
85
8, 1822. AtU'.Y inoro intiinato acquaintaiico with his son-in-law,
Captain (Iray amply apoloj^i/od for having a(ito(l upon iniprcHsions,
which a fine form, ologant dress, and city manners had wrongly
led him to suppose covered evils of fact, but which lie afterwards
learned (existed only in his own imaginRtion. ?ilosia died Satur-
day, June 21, i82;{, leaving a daughter four days old. In the
following autumn, Mr. .Tarvis visited the South again in the interests
of his brother-in-law, Mr. Jonathan Waterbury, with whont he
continued in business connection for several years.
On the 2r)th November, 1825, h(wnarried Mary, (>ld(^st dauglitor
of Lewis Raymond, a prominent citizen of Saugatu<;k, now West-
port, Conn. Of this marriages tluM'e were born one .son, who died
when about ton years of agc^ and three daughters, still living.
About 1829, he entered into partnership with his uncle, Samuel
Jarvis, under the style of S. & N. Jarvis, and so continued until
1837, when Samuel retired, and Nelson assumed the debts of the
firm, and, by untiring industry, paid them in full. The burden ho
assiuned, and so nol)ly carried, prevented the ac'quirement of the
wealth that otherwise would have resulted from his industry and
perseverance.
About 1817, Mr. Jarvis, having a large aciiuaiiitanco a.iiong the
clergy of the Episcopal ('hurch in the United States and Canada —
at the request of his friends among the clergy, prominent among
them the late Rev. J)r. Muhlenb(n-g — was induced to special efi'orts
to obtain uniformity in the " cut of the cloth" for the clei'gy, more in
character with the habit and di*ess of the ministers of the English
('hurch, and with regard to clerietal comfort and convenience.
Soon the notoriety of a lai-g(!ly increased business in this special
branch led him to adopt the title (first of the name) of " Clerical
Tailor," whi(;h has now become common to those who serve the
clergy in that business.
A Christian and Churchman of firm though uiodest character,
early led by a working faith to loving duties in the church, he was
prominent in the parish, where he worshiped, not only as a con-
stant observer, but as a doer of church work. For many years he
was Superintendent of St. Paul's Sunday-school in Trinity Parish,
New York. His children, hand in hand with him, wiMided their
way thither, ami were known and observed of all. In the front
pew of old St. Paul's, in his latter days, his gray head was seen as
he stood, and kneeled, and prayed in the parish where he wor-
shiped in his youth.
86
nEHf'KNDANTS OF WII.IJAM — FIFTH nENFRATtON.
In .Inly, 1M")0, h«^ wa» olorterl to fill a vacancy in flic vcHtry of
Trinity pariHli, and by rcvclection, continuofi to be a voHtrynian in
that corporation until removed by death.
In hifi family, with hiw wife and children, Mr. .Inrvi« waH kind,
indulgent, and loving, always attentive to those dntiew, which the
church had taught him were the strength of the houHchold and
the Huh of God.
Karly in tl»e summer of I8fi2, because of his'declining health, he
was induced to visit his native town, at the residence of his daugh-
ter, Klosia. Durijig the sfimmor he gradually failed in strength;
at the H(!tting in of wijiter was unabh; to leave his room, and tm
the Hth Janiiary, 186.'?, (juietly breathed his last.
The funeral service was read in the Memorial Church of the
Holy 'J'rinity, Westport, by the Rev. Doctors Morgan Dix, Benj. 1.
Jlaight, and Win. ('oopi^r Mead. An address was given in the
coui-se of the services, y)y the Rev. Dr. Dix. who said " .Although
the custom of delivering addresses on occasions such as that which
brings us here to-day is comparatively unknown in th(! church,
yet are there moments when siu'h an addition to the solemn ser-
vice of hurial appears not to be ill-timed. I knew him, and may
with propriety speak thus at his burial. Our departed brother
.seemed to fill tlie 'dea of a good man; when thinking of him, tho.se
words of the Psalmist come to the mind as though (!8pe(;ially appro-
priate, Psalm XV. — Let him who willeth read."
Mr. Jarvis was buried on Saturday, the lOtli of January, ISfi.'},
in the consecrated g' 'und of Christ Church, VVestport, ('onn.,
committed by the Rev. Benjamin 1. Haight, D.D., and awaits the
coming of the Lord, W. T. M.
3«."5.
No. Name. Born.
Geo. A. Jarvis 2d,Mch. 9, 1800
Died. Married or Remarks.
Sept. 1, 1833, by Rev.
Dr. Antbon.
720 Cath. Amelia
Jarvis, April, 1813 July 28, 1834
2d wife.
721 Mary McLean, Jan. 16, 1813 Nov. 27, 1854 Feb. 8, 1836, by Rev.
Mr. Btrobel.
5 children.
722 Chas, Augustus, Jan. 5,1837 Sept. 28, 1838
723 Mary Caroline, Nov. 15, 1838 Oct. 20, 1839
724 MaryCaroline2d,Sept.l9.1840 June 20, 1871.
725 Chas. Aug, 2d, Sept. 23, 1842 May 13, 1862
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pCaniPXTrv t %TrT*r< ^r»
'7 'tiUjc summer of 1802, -.ecftus^i oi: ia/ ■
. .Ji ■■..,1 f,. . ;. ', 1,:,. Tiafivo town, at Hionr
'■ f^tajimer h<i gradui.'llv
•:• !■<•- string )n o*" wfnt^ir was nurhli f,, ■:,■.;;,',
the «U.! Jam;
V The {rr
'1 of (loUvpring
( .iiifmifteii
J«?^;»,
■N'.'- >;ttJUt;.
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Geo.A.Jarvis2<l,M(-h. y, imi
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1
DKSCKNDA'NTS OF WILLIAM — FIFTH GENERATION.
87
'
No. Name. Born. Died. Married or Reniarlis.
726 George, Dec. 7. 1844 June 11, 1864
3d wife.
727 Miu-ia P. Jenkins, > Aug.23, 1829 July 10, 1857.
GEORaE A. Jarvis
Was born in Cheshire, Conn., on the 9th of March, 18GC. His
father held civil and ecclesiastical offices of trast and influence
for many years, while his mother watched tenderly for the welfare
of the children, and impressed upon them the necessity of honesty
and industry, a high respect for religion, and a regular attendance
upon the services of the church.
The subject of this sketch received a fair education at the
Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, then under the care of the Rev.
Dr. Tillotson Bronson; but, at the age of eighteen, preferring a
mercantile to a professional life, he went to New York, and by the
aid of his uncle, Noah Jarvis, obtained a clerkship for one year,
without salary. His home, during this time, was with his uncle,
and his clerkship, though an agreeable one, was useful only, as it
proved, in the way of education, for his employers failed at the
end of the second year, and he was left without a situation.
The general depression in all circles of business after 1826, made
it exceedingly difficult to obtain another place suited to his ntind.
His uncle, therefore, having confidence in his ability and persever-
ance, kindly assisted him to open a grocery store, and, after ten
years' hard labor and assiduous attention to the business, he had
accumulated enough to enter upon the wholesale trade. In 1854,
he withdrew from the firm of Stanton & Jarvis with a ci'edit and
character untarnished by failure or compromise, and that, too, after
an active business life of 26 years — many of tliem y»mrs of disaster
and ruin to old and establislunl houses. This stop was in accord-
ance with a resolution early formed that he would retire when it
should be convenient after he had accumulated a moderate com-
petency.
In 1860, he was unanimously elected President of the Jjcnox
Fire Insurance Company, New York, an offici' which he still holds
(1879), and under whose oversight it has attained a good .standuig
among the reliable institutions of the city.
In 1840, he moved to Brooklyn, and, in 1844, built the house
which he now occupies, having identified himself in many ways
' Married in Buffalo, by Rev. Ed. Ingersoll, D.D.
88
DESCENDANTS OP WILLIAM FIFTJI GENERATION.
witli the city of his adoption. He was among the Corporators of
the Brooklyn Atlieneum, tlie South Brooklyn Savings Bank (of
which for twenty-iive years he has been Vice-President), the Atlan-
tic Fire Insurance (>)., the Home Life Insui'ance Co., a Director of
the Atlantic Dock Co., and he is connected with several educational
and benevolent institutions. He served his time in the New York
Seventh Regiment, and is now a member of the Veteran Corps.
While working actively in New York and Brooklyn, he has never
lost his interest in his native village. He visits it annually, and
thus shows that his heart fondly turns to the home and scenes of his
youth.
In 1865, he suggesteti a soldiers' inunument in Cheshire, and was
the chief contributor towards its erection — a monument Ijelieved
to have been the first of the kind in the country, and commemorat-
ing, among otluu-s, the name of his friend and .schoolmate, Admiral
Andrew H. Foote. He gave libei-ally towards the enlargement of
the church in that place, and towards the erection of Bronson Hall,
one <jf the buildings of the Episcopal Academy. H(^ aided Bishop
Randall in the building of Jarvis Hall at Golden, Colorado, and
als(^ to rebuild it after its destruction by a tornado in 1869. He
has estalilished scholarships in the Bei-keley Divinity School at
Middletown, Conn., and assisted several young men in their collegi-
ate and theological education.
Mr. Jarvis has been three times married. His first wife was
Catharine, daughter of Samuc^l Jarvis, New York, a lady endowed
with many charms of person and character, wlio died suddenly
within a year after their marriage.
His second wife was Mary, the only daughter of Cornelius
McLean, New York, a (christian woman and a })erfect exemplifica-
tion of that charity which is "kind in thought, word, and deed,"
— qualities that rendered her an affectionate mother and a stead-
fast friend.
The third wife of Mr. Jarvis is a daughter of the late Lewis
Jenkins of Buffalo, who, like himself and his former companions,
is a communicant of the Episcopal Church, and being of a cheer-
ful and happy disposition, makes his home ever welcome to his
friends.
Of his five children (all by his second wife), two died in infancy,
two arrived to manhood, and one daughter only survives — Mary,
the wife of P. J. Bancroft, M.D., Denver, Colorado.
Charles Augustus, tlu; eldest of his sons, possessed a good mind
i
DKSCKNDANTH OF WII.MAM FIFTH OKNKUATKtN.
89
lis
y
y.
lid
and high intolligcnco. Ho had rare wit and keen peiroptinns.
His resolution and courage never left him, as the following inci-
dent will sh' ••• I.. iooO, he wont to Texas for the recovery of his
health, and spent the winter near San Antonio, fn the ensuing
spring, his father, becoming fearful from the signs of the times
that Galveston and New Orleans would bo blot^kaded and com-
munication cut off, wrote to his friend, the Hon. (Tideon Welles,
then Secretary of the Navy, stating his son's condition, and asking
whether he would advise him to return immediately or to remain
until the warm weather. Mr. Welles In'ieHy replied, " In view of
existing difficulties, 1 should, were my son like yours, take measures
for his immediate return." Mr. Jarvis wrote to his son at once,
and on receipt of the letter he started by coach, in company with a
gentleman, his wife, and child. Night overtook them before the
journey of 75 miles had been completed, and the driver, for some
reason, lay down on the coach and refused to go farther. Young
Jarvis knew that l)y dehty they might lose the steamer, and he
therefore mounted the bo.x himself and drove the horses the long
night over a strang«> road. He could not ask the gentleman within
to relieve him, as his attention was given to " the comfort of wife
and baby." They reached Columbus in tim<; for the train, a?id
upon arriving in Galveston, Jarvis went directly to the steanun*,
which sailed at midnight; but his companions, by seeking rest at a
hotel, missed their passage, and as the l)lockade was declareil
immediately after this, they were forced to return to San Antonio.
The weary invalid travelled without rest until he reached Buffalo.
The fatigue and excitement of the long journey quite overbalanced
any benefit which his sojourn in Texas might have gained for lujn,
and he died after lingering on through another year and shedding
brightness upon all who came within his influence.
George, the other son, was a young man of promise, with a mind
active and well-developed by study and general reading, but his
strength and health failed him, and two years after the decease of
his brother he was laid beside him in the beautiful cemetery of
Greenwood. Both became communii^auts of the 'Episcopal Church
in their boyhood, and to the end were consistent in their char-
acters and faithful in their religious duties. The inscription on
the chancel window which parental affection has erected in the
Parish Church at Cheshire, fitly expresses the well-groimded hope
of their eternal life, " Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall
see God," •
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90
DEHCKNUANT8 OF WILMAM KIFTII OKNKKATION.
3SO.
Died.
No. Name. Born. Died. Married or Remarks.
Mary Aim Jarvis, Sept. 4, 1809 May 6, 1829.
728 David Basset t, Oct. 8, 1805 June 30, 1861
a ehiUlren.
729 John E., Mch. 31, 1830 June 11, 18(i0.
730 Elizah'li Caroline, Apr.24,1833 Feb. 20,1839
731 Harriet Aug'ta, July 7, 1842 June 1, 1844
^S-*^^CJ»
Dc( . 7. 1847.
Benj.A.Jarvis.iFeb. 11, 1813
732 Frances A.Taylor, Dec.3, 1815
2 children.
733 Ann Augusta, Feb. 14, 1849 April 12, 1877 July 8, 1873.
734 Car'lineAmelia.Dec. 9, 1850
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330.
Sarah Maria
Jarvis, Feb. 3,1817
735 Orchard Warner, May 5, 1812
5 children.
730 Dudley Jarvis, Mch. 13, 1842
737 Elani, Sept. 5, 1843 April 4, 1845
738 Frank Eugene, Oct. 4, 1845
739 Elani 2d,» May 17, 1850
740 (^eo. Holland, Oct. 1, 1855 Mch. 6, 1801
Jan. 14, 1841. by Hev.
E.E.Beard,^ley,D.D.
Farmer, Haniden, Ct.
Engineer, N. Y.
Stock grower. Col.
Oct. 17, 1877.
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ii
333.
Hez'h N. J arvis, Mch. 24, 1823 Nov. 16, 1852. Farmer,
near Denver, (!ol.
741 Mary S.Winther,Dec. 15, 1827 May 1,1853
2d wife.
742 Jane Pomeroy
Emery, =» Sept. 24, 1839 Dec. 28, 1872.
1 child.
743 (^has. Edward, July 29, 1873
1 Benjamin A. Jarvis, farmer, was married Dec; 7, 1847, by Hev. E. E.
Beardsley, D.D., of Cheshire, Conn, lie has been Vestryman of St.
Peter's Church in Cheshire, Conn., from 1837; many times Selectman, and
served m the Legislature seven terms; is now Treasurer of the Episcopal
Academy and Judge of Probate (1879).
2 Farmer, Ilamden, Conn.; married by Hov. John Haugh, to Antoinette
Dor man, b. Feb. 7, 1853.
• 3 Jtlarried by Bishop Handall, in Denver, Col.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM — FIFTH GENERATION.
91
Sarah Anil
Jiirvis, June 31, 1H05
744 Jas. W. Piiickncy,
10 childirn.
745 Emily AuguHta.Mrh. 11, 1820 Aiiy. «i, 1827
746 Louisa Jarvis, Nov. 15, 1827
747 Sannu'I Jarvis, Oct. 0, 1829
748 Micajali, Oct.. 0, 1831
749 FmnccsM.. .Inly (i, 1834
750 IIo;)arl,
751 JaincH W.,
752 Jennie A.,
753 Ei,.;iy,
754 Edward A.,
Aug. 28, 183(5
June 8, 1837
Dec. 10, 1838
Nov. 15, 1843
Nov. C, 1845
May 17. 1825.
Late merchant in N. Y.
Oct. 17, 1849, to Capt.
Henry A. Welmore.
April 24, 185G.
Mary R. Nichol,'^.
Dec. 27, 1855, to Jos.
C. Itandle.
Oct. 24. 18C0, to Sic
phen II. Ilolme.'^.
33 S.
Nov. 29, 1836.
Eiizab'h JarvLs. Nov. 15. 1811
755 Jno. A. McLean,
M.D., June 34, 1798
1 child.
756 John Wilson
McLean. M.D., Oct. 4, 1837
34 r.
Henrietta S.
Jarvis, Dec. 9, 1811 Feb. 32, 1877 Apr. 18, 1830.
757 Jahez B. Peck, Dec. 10, 1804
7 children.
758 Charles A., Mch. 3,1831
759 Nelson A., July 22, 1832 Mch. 1833
760 Nelson .Tarvis, Feb. 5, 1834 Ai)r. 1835
761 Albert William, Feb. 7, 1838
762 Eiizab'h Jarvis, Apr. 24, 183(i
763 NelsnJarvis,2d,'Mch.24,1839 June 6, 1863
764 Cornel. Frances, July, 1841 Jan. 4, 1843
34S.
Win. Jarvis, 3 Jan. 30, 1813
765 Lucy A. Rogers. May 8, 1832
2 children.
766 William Hart, Dec. 1, 1850 Mch. ^6, 1853
767 Lucy, Oct. 1, 1854
May 26, 1846.
» Drowned at Bayou Bceuf, La., Company C, 23d Conn. Volunteers
« Married by Bp. M(-Ilvain, at St. Peter's, Rome. Ohio.
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM — KIFTII OENEHATION.
William Jarvis
Moved from Connecticut to Hart's Grove, Ohio, in the spring of
1836, where he became the owner of one Imndred acres of land,
and the agent of the heirs of the late Major Richard W. Hart of
Saybrook, Conn.,- who were the owners of large tracts of land in
several of the snrroixnding townships.
Mr. Jarvis was post-master of the town for about twenty-three
years, and served as an officer in the State militia some fifteen
years, retiring with the rank of Colonel. He was elected and
served as one of the direc^tors of the Ashtabula A qjricultiiral
Society about fifteen .years, during the last two as president. He
has also been director of the P"'irst National Bank at Geneva, 0.,
and, at various times, has held other minor offices of the town.
Mr. Jarvis is a worthy, exemplary, and high-minded citizen, and
an estimable gentleman.
Married or Remarks.
Juno 5, lSr.fi, l)y Bp.
Biowiu'll.
3«S.
No. Name. Born. Died.
Elizabeth Hart
Jarvis, Oct. 5, 1830
7«8 Col. SamM Colt, July 19, 1814 .hm. 10, 1862
4 cliildrcn.
769 Saiimel Jarvi.><, Feb. 24. 1857 Dm: 24, 1858
770 Caldwell Hart, Nov. 24, 1858
771 Elizab'h .Inrvis, Feb. 23, 1860 Oct. 15, 1861
772 HenrttaSoldeu.May 23, 1801 Jan. 20, 1803
Samuel C^olt
Was born at Hartford, Connecticut, July 19, 1814, and was the
third son of Christopher and Sarah Colt. His mother was a
daughter of Major John Caldwell, who was one of the prominent
citizens of Hartford at that period.
From his mother and maternal grandfather he inherited some
of his most marked chaiacteristics, and if we may judge from the
miniatui'e of his mother, he inherited, in a great measure, her
beautiful features. His mother, around whom circled so many
gentle and tender memories, and whom he loved so fondly, died
before he had completed his seventh year. It was but a little
while, however, after his mother's death, that the young man's
life-work began.
Before her death, his father's business affairs became enibar-
a
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DKSOENPANTS OF WILLIAM — FIFTH OENKKATION.
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93
rassod, and ovontually ho lost tho hulk of his fortuiu". At ton
yours of a^o, Samuel was sent to Iuh fnthor'H fa<:tory, at Ware,
Mass., whero, with intervals at srhool and on a farm, he remained
until he was sent to Amherst to extend his education. With little
taste for study, he yet learned rapidly all practical brandies of
knowledf^e within liis reach, and was, oven in those days, a leader
anion^ the hoys, eitlier in work or i)lay.
Among tlu* traditions of his boyhood, one is given by a neighl)or
on the Hill, showing at how early an age his attention was directed
to tho A KM .with which his name was to be so intimately coniieeted,
and so well known the world over. When about seveti years of
ago, lie was one day missing for some time, and when at last he
was discovered, he was seated undcu- a tree, with a pistol taken
entirely to pieces, and tlie different parts carefully arranged around
him, and which ho was beginning to reconstruct — a feat whicth, to
his great delight, he soon accomplished.
A relative remembers, one morning, when crossing on the
bridge to East Hartford, being startled by the sharp n^port of a
pistol ringing out on the clear air. Looking onward, he discov-
ered young Colt, who had stopped, on his way back to the farm
where he was then working, after enjoying a lioliday in Hartford,
to indulge in th(! delight of filing his pistol into the river. These
trifling incidents serve to show the bent of his youthful mind, and
how early in life he evinced a taste for lire-arms.
While at school at Amherst, his father had arrangcnl for sending
him to sea, but, before the ship was ready to sail, he concluded he
would not wait to be stMit for, and left school without leave from
any one, after some patriotic demonstrations on tlie 4tli of July,
which did not meet the appi'oval of the school authorities. Arriv-
ing at home unexpectedly, he told his father he thought it must
be time for the ship to sail, and had come to see about it. " Have
you brought all your things ?" asked his father. "All but my
bills," he promptly answered.
He sailed from Moston, before the mast, on the 2d of August,
1830, for India, iiis outiit having been attended to by Mr. Samuel
Laurence of Boston. His hard life on shipboard most thoroughly
cured the young man of being a sailor, yet lie loved the sea, and
his frequent voyages to Europe, which, in after years, his business
compelled him to mak(!, were almost the only intervals of relaxa-
tion, with the ex(!eption of a few liours, during his short and l)usy
life.
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94
DESCENDANTS OF WltUAM FIFTH GENERATION.
On this voyage to Calcutta, lie first conceived the idea of the
now well-known "Colt's Revolver," and he made, on shipboard,
a little wooden model of the pistol, which is still pi'eserved as a
precious relic in the cabinet at Armsniear. On his return from
sea, he was for a time again in his father's factory at Ware, where
he learned much valuable and practical chemical information frotr
Mr. William Smith, who was in charge of the dyeing aw] bleach-
ing department. W^ith the knowledge thus gained as his chief
capital, he began, in 1832; to give (diemical lectures, and admin-
*
istered laughing or nitrous oxide gas, going into eveiy town of
two thousand iiduibitants in the United States, Canada, and Nova
Scotia. E.\ce{)tmg in his own State, he went uiu'er the as.-^umed
name of Dr. Coult. Ilis lectiu'es met with vaiying pecuniary
success, but as a general thing were popular. From the proceeds,
he not only managed to support himself, but to begin his cherished
scheme of liaving the fabrication of his arms commenced at Balti-
more. In 1835, he went to England, and there secured his first
patents, returning in January, 1836. He was, at this time, .six
feet in height, slender, with a soldierly presence and beai'ing.
His face was of uncommon beauty, with very perfect features,
clear, honest eyes of light ha/el, with a wealth of the finest hair,
covering his head in clear, cri,sp curls. As he grew older, his
figure developed into more massive proportions, seeming to keep
pace with the ever-expanding, active brain. As the years went
on, he began to feel the responsibilities of the position to which
he had raised himself. His opinion was asked by the wise and
great, and even monarclis sought the benefit of his wide experience
and inventive genius in their own national works. The endearing
ties of homo and children had brought out into strong lire all the
gentlent'ss and tenderness of his nature, when a soul-beauty grew
upon the noble face which made it more charming than it was in
all the glory of youth, even though threads of silver were stealing
in among the )irown and clustering locks.
Soon ahcr his return from Europe, he took out his American
patents, and before the close of 1836, a company was organized'
for the manufacture of his arms at Paterson, New Jersey.
He was in Florida in the winter of 1837, during the Indian war,
and made some life-long friends among the officers of the army
there. He had hoped to get the Government to adopt his arm,
but failed to accomplish iiis object, an(i was obliged, to meet his
liabilities, ;o sell his p. itent to the Paterson Company.
DKSCKNDANTS OB" WILLFAM FIFTH GENEHATION.
95
In 1840, a board of oflScers reported unanimously in favor of
the pistols.
In 1842 tlie Paterson Company failed, and all manufacture of
the arms was suspended.
The Submarine Battery was another of his inventions, and he
made with it some most successful experiments, both in New York
Harbor, and on the Potomac, at Washington. At the same time,
he was engaged in the offmg telegraph, and he laid successfully,
and used, the first submarine telograi)h from tlie city to Coney
Island and Fire Island Liglit. He used asphaltum and wax as
in. alators, the whole being inclosed in a leaden pipe. As a pecun-
iary speculation, the offing telegraph, both at New York and
Boston, failed.
At the commencement of the Mexican war, he received from
the (jrovernmeut, at the instance of Gen. Taylor, an order fur one
thousand pistols, and althougli large numbers had been manufac-
tured at Paterson, it was not, at this time, possible to procure a
single arm in the market.
In 1847, he commenced manufacturing his arm; at Wliitney-
ville, near New Haven, ha'.'ing bought back his patent rights, and
the so-called "Texan Model,'' the " Rangers" soon were a terror
to the Mexicans and to all enemies, and were of world-wide renown.
For years he had bravely worked on, in spite of obstacles and
disappointments, and now his labor and perseverance were to meet
their full fruition, and a success achieved by few was his, from
this time onward. Fortune brought him wealth and honor, but
he never relaxed his labors, and when, at length, he could retui'n
to his native town to reside, it was his pride to build there the
largest private armory in the world.
In 1854, he began to build a dyke along the bank of tlu; (\)n-
necticut, thus reclaiming a portion of beautiful mi^adow land which
w;«s overflowed by the river freshets. Within this embankment
he built the armory, and a village of brick houses for the workmen
and their families. The armory was completed in the fall of 1855.
in June, 1856, he was married, at Middletown, to Elizabeth
Hart Jarvis, daught(U' of the lic^v. William and Mrs. Elizal)eth M.
Jarvis, the venerable Bishop Browuell performing the marriage
ceremony.
They sailed for Liverpool on the 7th of June, and spent the
sunnner and autumn in Europe, being present at the coronation of
the Emperor Alexander II. of Russia, and also at the frteii and
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM FIFTH OENERATION.
balls given upon the occasion of that brilliant ceremony. Return-
ing homc! just before the winter, in February, 1857, lie moved into
the home which he had built and where he delighted to gather
everything to make home attractive and pleasant.
The first sorrow that came to that ha2:)py household was in the
loss of their first chihl, an infant son of just ten months old. This
seemed to be the beginning of the loss of the strong man's hold
on life. His darling had been taken away. Another son was
born in November, 1858, the only child who outlived infancy.
Two daughters lived just long enough to make all love them, when
they followed their little brother to Paradise.
Frequent attacks of gout and rheumatism were telling visil)ly
upon Col. Colt's strengtli, but while the body was suli'ering so
inexpressibly, the mind and will were strong as ever. On his
sick-bed, he managed and directed the affairs of the armory with
almost the minuteness and all the clearness of health, and the
business steadily increased and prt)spered.
In Februar}-, 18fil, he went to Cuba, hoping, in tlie more genial
climate of the tropics, to throw off the blighting disease, but while
this hope was partially realized, firm health had gone for ever, and
on the 10th of January, 1862, the summons came, and the home
he had made so lovely, and where he had known so great hai)pi-
ness and sorrow, was desolate indeed. His funeral was attended
on the 14th, at his late residence. P'ifteen hundred men, who
were in his employ at the time of his death, came to look upon his
face for the last time, and then forming in two lines between the
house and the grave, the body was carried to its last resting place,
amid the men for whom, in life, he had done so much, and in
whose well-being he had taken so deep an interest. The flags of
the city were at half-mast on the day he died, and in many a home
made happy by his prosperity there were mourning hearts. Thus
passed away in his prime a man who combined, in an unusual
degree, strength, the power to control men, executive and invent-
ive ability and genius, with great gentleness. Ho was universally
just, his tastes refined and elegant, his judgment correct and critical.
With hypocrisy he had no patience, no dealing; and his scorn of
it, and love of truth, were very prominent traits of his character.
His wit was quick and ready, and rarely failed him. For the aged
and little children, he had always a kind word, and the first fruits
of his green-houses and orchards were for the sick and afflicted.
Though he was thus early called to rest from his laboi-s, he yet
•DESCKM^ANTS OF WrLUAM-F.PTn OENKRAT.ON. <,7
lives in the great work, the monument whidi his own f«itT, ,
energy built, and in the true hearts that mtrrsoTdJv or th
breakmg of the strong staff of the beautiful rod "^
"A sense of loss on all around,
A sijrh of j^rrief and pain ;
The like of liim we lose lo-day,
We nuiy not see again. "
No. Name.
Hetty Hart
Jarvis,
3S3.
Born.
Feb. 28, 1828
Died.
773 Cyprian Nicho-
las Beach.
1 child.
774 Elizabeth H.
Jarvis, Nov. 3, 186&
E. H. C.
Married or Remarks.
Dec. 5, 18(57, by Up.
Williams.
357".
Maria Louisa
Jarvis,! Jan q loorr
775 Fred.Fitz Gerald ' ' i«t . ,, , S^^t- 30, 1855.
r> children. ^"^' ^^' ^^'^^ ««'•" ^»"'^on, Eng.
776 Elizii))'h Jarvis, Julv 5, 185()
777 Mary Collins, July 7' 1858
778 John, May 14, 1861 Ja„. 24, i«63
<79 Anna Greeno'h, July 21. 1803
780 Frederick, Dec. 7, 1866
3SS.
John Samuel
781 Eltboliunr. *" "•''"' ^"'y ^7, ■««« .*1«. 3,, ,859.
vis Hall.
3 children.
782 Elizabeth Colt, July oj^ jygQ
783 HcttieFred'rica.July l, 1864
^ Married by Bp. Williams andDrTG^i^id^
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM SIXTH GENEHATION.
♦iTIl CtHNKUATION.
ass.
^larricd or Hoinarks.
Sept. 15, 1829.
No. Name. Horn. Died.
Gi'orgc Sc^nunir
.larvis, June 2, 180fi
784 Marlliii Sliricvt', i 1870
5 children.
785 Goorjcc Hoirers, June 18, 18i$2 Feb. 10,1854 A divinity .student.
786 Ceciliii Sopliia, Au.uj. 12, 18;{;5
787 lleib't Muuson, Dec. 10, 18;54 Enieline Thmft.
In Holy Orders.
788 Mary Shrieve, July 24, 18R0
789 Amelia Sarah. April 12, 1849 Mch. 7, 1856
^MS"
Rev. Geokge vSeymoi^b Jauvis, D.D.,
Is at present (1878) Rector of Shediac and Coverdale, and part of
the secular parishes of Dorchester, N. B., and Rural Dean of the
Coitnties of Westmoreland, Albert, and part of Kent. He matricu-
lated at Windsor, N. S., May 15, 1822; admitted to the degree of
B.A. in 182(5, to M.A. in 1829. lie received many clerical appoint-
ments and honors, and was unremitting in his duties in promoting
the welfare of the Church in different places. In January, 1840,
he received the degree of D.D. at Windsor, and at the same time,
ad eundem at Fredericton, N. B. In 184.">, he was elected to the
first of the seven Deaneries into whicli the Bishop of Fred-
ericton divided his Diocese, where he has been unanimously re-
elected every three years for the tenth time. In 1874, the Diocese
of Fredericton consented to join the Provincial Synod of Montreal,
and Dr. Jarvis was elected by tlie Diocesan Synod as one of the
Clerical Delegates. Dr. Jarvis was elected Li]»rarian of the Uni-
vei'sity of Windsor, an honor usually conferred on a prof(;ssor.
The Doctor, when he came to Shediac, found 30 comimuiicants,
which under his charge have increased to 420. The baptisms
during his ministry have been 1,840; communicants, 580, besides
those registered; burials, 920; candidates for confirmation, 1,410;
marriages, 3G8; miles travelled on missionary duty, 147,000.
1 Mr.s. Martha JarvLs's father was a son of Wi^h Sheriff Shriiive of New
York, whose widow married Paul Day, Capt. of the 52d re,>j;iineiit. Capt.
Day's father, the Earl of Temple, and Ivui of Clmthani, niarricd three
sisters, the Misses Granville. The maiden name of Sheriil Shrieve'a
wife was Seymour.
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DESCENDANTS OF WILIJAM — SIXTH fiKNERATION.
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No. Name. lioru .
Edward Liitwich
Jarvis, Aug. 10, 1807
790 Ellen Leonard.
4 children.
7!»1 Isabel McLean, Anj,-. ;{, IHHO
7!t2 ('has. Edward
lieonard, July 17, 1840
7!);j Ellen Caroline, Mcli. 12, 1843
704 Mary Nutting, Sept. 30. 1844
Died.
Married or HeinarkH,
Sept. 8, 1878
\V. II. Howring.
Edward Lutwicii Jarvis
Died at St. John, Ncwfoiuulland, Sept. 8, 1878, at the advanced
age of seventy-one years. Tlie decoasi'd gentleinan was for a long
time well-known in that city, not alone in connection with the high
positions he occupied, but also for his remarkable urbanity and
gentlemanly deportment, no matter with what classes of society he
came in contact. Mr. Jarvis was, for several years, Aide-de-camp
to the Governor of Newfoundland, and in his commercial capacity
as Ag(>nt of the Marine Insurance Company of North America and
other companies, has won golden opinions tor tact, promptitude,
and general efiiciency. — Newfoundland Chronicle.
1h
31>3.
CarolinoJarvis, May 13. 181;{ Oct. 3,1855 September, 1839.
795 Geo. Wheeler, August, 1855
1 child.
796 Georgina Caro-
line, Nov. 3, 1840
3«M5.
Sarah Maria
Jarvis, Mch. 14, 1818
797 Alexander Stewart. '
7 children.
798 Alex. John,'' Mch. 32, 1843
799 Marg't Maria, Sept. 13, 1844
1 The Rev. Alexander Stewart, M.A., was Assistant Minister of Triiuly
Church, St. John, N. B., for some years; afterwards Assistant Minister of
St. George's Church, Kingston, and St. James's Cathedral, Toronto; at
present (1878) is liecttor and Rural Dean at Orillia, Ont.
* Alexander John Stewart took his degree as 31. D. at the Queen's Uni-
versitj", Kingston.
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DESCENDANTS OP WILLIAM — SIXTH GENERATION.
No. Name. Bom. Died. Married or Reinark«i
800 Ali(;e Elizabeth, April 38, 1847
801 Wra. Tliatcher, July 17, 1849 June 18, 1860 Drowned at Kingston.
803 Mary Lon-r, June 31, 1853 Nov. 34, 1853
803 Chas. Edward, July 30, 1854 Mcb. 9. 1858
804 Frederick, April 3, 1859 July 30, 1859
805 Car'line Matilda, Dec. 17, 1856
3or.
Amelia Jane
Jarvi.s,
Jan. 1
. 1830
Feb.
33. 1867
806 Rev. Tbo.s. McGhee.
8 children.
807 Agnes,
June,
1845
808 Murray,
Marcli,
1847
Feb..
1873
809 Annie Ellen
Leonard,
July.
1848
810 William,
Dec,
1850
Nov.
1873
811 Mary,
July,
1853
Sept.
1808
813 (Caroline,
Nov.,
1853
813 Malcolm,
May,
1855
814 Leonard,
Oct..
1857
William Harrison.
Chas. Leonard Jarvis.
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400.
Elizab'b Arnold
Jarvis, Oct. 30. 1834
449 I Geo. Murray
815 \ . Jarvis. April 13, 1834
10 children.
816 Herb't Murray, May 18, 1848
817 Annie Elizabeth
Stewart, July • 4, 1849
818 Arthur Leonard •
Fitzgerald, June 17, 1853
819 Geo. Wm. Hope, Sept. 17. 1853 Nov. 14. 1854
830 Sidney Berdoe, Nov. 6, 1854 Feb. 8, 1868
831 Mary Royles, Aug. 31, 1857
833 Emily Caroline, Dec. 37,1858
833 Laura IMatilda, Oct. 8, 1800
834 Edmund Owen
Meredith. Nov. 35, 1803 Nov. 3. 1864
835 Fred'k Arnold, July 36, 1807
June 33, 1840.
Finance department,
Ottawa.
Dec. 33, 1875.
40S.
Robt. F. Hazen, April 19, 1803 Ai)ril 35, 1874
836 Joanna Robinson, June 16, 1853
children.
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DRROKNDANTS OP WILLTAM-grXTTI OKNKRATrON.
101
No. Name. Uorn.
8«7 Robert Morris, > Sept. 37 1829
838 William. «
839 Susan.
880 Eli/.abctl'.
831 Miirg't Ann,
838 Joanna,
July 4, 1831
Aug. 11, 1830
McJj. 18, 184S
May
Diiid.
0, 1803
404.
Married or Remarke.
April, 1854.
Marcli 9, 1865.
Oct. 8, 1801.
Oct. 35, 1800.
William Ritchie, who
died. «
William Mnn.son
Jarvi.s, * Oct. 9, 1838
833 Jane Hope Beer.
3 children.
834 Edvv'd William, Sept. 11, 1803
835 Lucy Caroline, Jan. 2(1, 1804 '
830 Frank Hope, Feb. 8, 1808
3d wife.
837 Mary Lucrelia
Scovel.
3 children.
838 Mary Elizabeth, Mcli. 20, 1809
839 Helen Mary, Apr. 37, 1871
40S.
Mary Jane
mFXlwn. ''''■ "■"'' "^•"•H'S^S So,,,. .,,„«.
Starr.
1 child.
841 Maria Gore, Aug. 13, 1844
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Henry Fitz Ger-
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^ Robert Morris Hazen, a Captain in H \T~^u^^^ ^- 7~~~
Corps, fonnerly ,.o,„,„,„„,, ,^b ', .'^f^, '^.l'" iT ''"'"' ''''"
136). He died at H,„.,„ah in Tmb-a "'■"""■'""'• ^"'•""'' '^">^"' («oo No.
ChiJ^^Lo t;Z:X"' T ''7. ^'"""'" '^^^'•'■'•■.■^-nerlv
supreme Onrt ^2j^Z::::;7cZ:^l''''' '^"^ ^' ^'"' •'""^- <"' '"'■
■* Wdham Munson Jarvis is a lawve.- i»r ,...^f •
in the New Brunswick Militia n^ ^ T fr'"' "/^'r^^-'-'^Colon..!
1863. Is Vice-President of /; j!.''"'*^" '^^V^^^- J"''": admitted („ the Bar
?f r
102
DK80KNDANTH OP WILI-IAM — SIXTH OKNKUATION.
No. Namo. Born. Died. Marrlod or Runiarks.
843 Friincos Slcwart
Walker. Sept. 38, 1850
1 child.
843 Anna Mary, .Tnly 0, 1850 Aug. ;50, 1850
2(1 wilV.
• 844 Lucy D.I larding, Sept. 80, 1858.
5 cliildrcn.
845 Edward Clifton, July 11, 1859
84« Ar. Ilen'yBoyd, Oct. 39, 1860
847 ErncHt FrcdU, S('i)t. 1«, 18(53
848 lIcl.Ani.Margt, Apr. .'50, 1804
849 Charles William, Mch. 18, 1860
41.1.
Geo. Wni. Town-
send .larvis. May 30, 1837 Nov. 3, 18(58
850 Sarah Smith.
5 children. all of whom are dead.
8d wife.
851 Christina Jane Ilill.
1 child.
858 Mary, May, 1860 in infancy.
413.
Caroline Amelia
Jarvis, Feb. 33, 1831
853 Charles Palmer, i
7 children.
854 Mary Anna, ]VIch. 31, 1856
855 Ada Millicent, Feb. 9, 1858
850 Louise Caroline, Mch. 9, 1859
857 Ethel Maria, May 30, 1860
858 Helen Amelia
Boyd, Oct. 36, 1861
859 Robert Edward, Dec. 16, 1805
860 Charles William
Jarvis, Mch. 31, 1808
Sept. 10, 1853.
4S8.
Robert Jarvis
Hamilton, May 18, 1818
801 Catharine Rob-
ertson.
5 children.
Nov. 19, 1836.
1 Hon. Charles Palmer is Chief- Justice of Prince Edward's Island.
'
nKSOENDANTH OF WIM,,AM-8IXTH (.KXKHATION.
I o;i
^"- Name. Born. .
863 VVilliiim, May 38, 1849
86!{ Calh'iu! I.avinia.Sepf,. 2,
804 Agnes riannaJi, Nov. 30,
Died.
Sept. 3,
Aug. 2,
H(ir) Roltfrt Henry,
8«(i Je.s8ie,
3tl wife.
867 Mary Jano
Wriglit,
7 cliildren.
868 George Edward, July 13, 1853
861) Maria Isabel, (let. 10, 1865
870 Caroline Mal)((l, Dec. 3, 1857
871 John Harvey, Apr. 26, 1859
873 Jane Chalmer,< June 15, 1862
873 Aiigu.sta Mary, Mch. 3. 1804
874 Mary, jjay 15, 1860
Apr., 1867
Married or RemarkH,
Sept., 1873, MaryMlle-s.
Ai)r. 30, 1871, Dr.
Cluw. Donnelly.
Dec. 31, 1874, Chas.
Lemon.
I. W. Aiway.
Apr. 15, 1851.
Jan. 3, 1860
Maria Lavinia
o.. ,^/''™"t'>". Sept. 15. 1818
8<5 VVilliani Harvey
Fitz Gerald,
3 children.
876 Duncan. May 31, 1843
877 Harvey, Mch. 25, 1844
431.
May 21, 1840.
H. M. 73d liegt.
1.
Catharine Ham-
ilton, Mch,
878 8iinuiel B. Free-
man.
9 children.
879 Geo. Orniaud, i Sept,
8H0 Clarence, May
881 Ida, Maria, Feb.
883 Arth'r Hamilt'n.Jan.
883 Alice Maud, Mch.
884 Chai-les Edgar, Dec.
885 Frank. Mch.
886 Manfred, July
887 Christahelle, Nov,
434.
15, 1836
19. 1844
30, 1846
13, 1849
30, 1853
15, 1855
SI, 1850
16, I860
15, 1864
25, 1866
1843.
Nov. 9, 18()8.
Dec. 35, 1871.
' ^^I'»-"ed Margaret Douglas Hamilton McLean.
ill
14 H 1
104
PKHflKNOANTH OK WIl, 1,1AM StXTII OKNKHATrON.
Dlod.
Miirrl(!«l or RumiirkH.
June 17, 1H57.
M. v.
No. Naiiui. Born.
Auj^ii.staCuroliiio
Iluiniltoii,
888 Allied Hoiillbt'c.
') (liildnm.
mi) l{cj,Miial(l, July ({, 1858
8!K) Frank, Dov. ;J0, 18<il
8!»1 AlI'mlErnest, Mcli. 2(i, 18(;4
8i>2 Horatio (Mar'w, .luiie 2-1, 18(K>
89;} Constance Mary, Aug. 13, 1868
'I'hoHuis D. Mc-
cormick, Feb. 14, 1813 1865
894 Mary Itcad.
T) children.
895 JanctleAugusta,June. 18:15 Dec. 35,1835
8!)G Emma Augusta, Jan. «, 1838 Sept. 17, 1856.
897 William Jarvis, Sei)t. 13, 1839
898 Esther Mary, Sept. 34. 1841 June 31, 1870.
899 Harriet Frances
Louise, Feb. 17, 1844
430.
Miirgaret A. Mc-
Cormick, Nov. 16, 1816 Feb. 31, 1873 June 8, 1887.
900 James Eraser, June 8, 1804
5 (!hi!dren. .
901 Augusta, May 17, 1839
903 William B.
903 (diaries T.,
904 Maria,
905 Frederick,
June 11, 1843
Aug. 37, 1843
Jan. 4, 1849
Aug. 13, 1853
Sept., 1868, Miles
O'Keilly.
440.
Hannah McCor-
mick, Nov. 38, 1818
906 Archibald Gil-
kinson, 1812
7 children.
907 Grant, June 5, 1837
908 Isabella Grant, Apr. 38, 1839
909 Thomas G. B.
Grant, Aug. 14, 1841
1875
Feb. 4, 1864, James C.
Geddes.
niCSOKNDAJfTS op WiM.rAM— ,
Born
»'•» ^'-Ko Grunt. Way 33. 1854 July „. is,^
+''XTI| OKNKUATION. [
Manieil or RomarlcB.
'>'fti-V Klizuhptli
Mt(?on«ick. Oot. to. 1831
"14 Jus/XT T. (Jii-
kinMOM.
4 cliildrcn •
Of. rury W. J.„„. ,•> lHr,0
»!' ^^Ilcn Piiillis. Fcl, II iH-\
Oc. 4.185a Oct. 7,1854
Jan. 14. 184H.
Roborl C. Smitli.
■444.
•^l.> Grace (.'amitJiers.
2 f'Jiildron.
930 Napier ami George.
George Diehl
921 Barbara \Va<IdJe.
<-JiiJdren
933 TJiomas,
923 Charles.
924 William,
925 Jasper,
930 A daugliter.
4415.
4, 18,'«)
Aug. ,
18G0
Fel). ,
1863
Nov.,
18G;{
Sej)t. ,
186G
Aug.,
18C8
I
449
Willijini D. P.
Jarvis, n-.,, i-- 10a, ,
927 Diana rrvi„.r "'• 1'' 1«2I Jau. 15, 18.^9 (),t..
4 cliildren.
928 Mary yEn.eiia, Sept. 17, I85i
929 Willia,,, Irving, Au.r of. .0,^3
fOAug-taLavini^ j..u;l''^;^'
1850.
14
I>«'c. 27, 1877,toAr.
thur Piers.
t f
_ J,.
106
DKHOKNDANTH OF WIM.IAM — SIXTH UKNKUATION.
II
No. Name. ' Born. Dlod. Married or I<Kmark8.
AnnElU-n.Tiiivis.Ocl. aO. IH'jr. Oct. 13, 1S(K Auj?. 2r», 1840.
mi Ii\ik(! Fit/, (Jcr-
II. M. 83d Kcgl.
1870.
Nov. n, 1875.
iiUI HcTiiiinl,
(t children.
»;W Miiry KiiiiiU'cu. May 0, 1849
»;14 (Icriild Luko
FitzOcnild, Sept. 8(J, 1850
9!{5 KlltMi Miiudo.' Nov. 88. 185«
030 AixiU's Ciiroliiio
(Jmcc. Jiin. 23, 1857
mi llcncc lliiriict
Hiinl)iiry, .Tunc 10, IHC.O
OaS Edward Henry, Oct. 5. 1803
inn,
Chiis. Fredcriclt
.Jiirvis, .!iinc 11. 18;M Mcli. 17, 1871
039 Mary Ann (Ira-
liani.
5 children.
040 Isabel (! race. Sei)t. 8,18(14
041 Emily Miiiide, Mch. 8, 1800
943 C'has. i,.eonard, Sept. 0, h^<^l
04;! Siiniuel Fet<'rs, Feh. 0, IHOi)
044 William (}eor'-c,.lan. 37, 1871
Charles Herbert
■larvis, Ang'. 25, 18:51 Sept. 7, 18.W Dee., 18.50.
045 Emma O'Ueilly.
1 child.
»*(} Mdes O'Uei-lly, Sept.. 1857
•'^C'-
JO«.
>
Ciilharine Maria
llamillon,
Mch
'
Jan.
13, 1847.
947 Fre<lk Tench,
4
3 children.
1
048 Mary,
(
, 181.^
940 Frederica,
■..
1, 1851
*
> Married to liirdmoi Doig, at Kiurachee, India.
I»KHCKNI)ANTS OK WIIIUM uiv^„ „,.
Hii.i.iAM — wrXTir OKNKIJATION.
'KM.
M/irrlud or Uoinntk*.
Nov. 24, \H\'i.
107
Horn.
N". NiiiiKv
Il.unil.on, M.I,. 18, 1881
OAO Ak',\aii(I.T Diiir
DIrd.
~ fliiMrcii.
yfllAuKUsia. H..,,.. II. i8,;j
IWa Win. Ah'.vHn.lcr '
ll.iriiiKnn, Apr. 17, |H|((
^I'ly 11, 1810
-10<l.
lili/iihotli lliimil-
'**"' Any. (t iM'Vt
»'^>.l .1. Thos. T„w„-
send.
•i fliildrt'ii.
"•"•-l Nxinl H.nnilt,,,,. H..p(. » ih*,,;
|'-MCI..-irl,.s.J,.,rvi.s. Nov. -'(I, |h5h
itnit /'Ml...-
Mch. (i, iHfl.j
il
I'.'idiJiilK.ii
Mi'ii. ir), i8r)rj.
.Jmi(",'8, KMOr)
Wmiiiin .JjirviH
ll.imilioi,, A|)r. 25, 18.*}:!
O-W .Sanili Clnrk,
•> <liil(iicii.
'•>'>S Caroline,
!»•'">!* VyvuH Jurvis,
»«<)TI,onuis Clark, An^. -j] iisiw
:3<I wiiv.
»<il iMaiM't llonslon
'^^^"I'H', Oct,. 2,187a
.'W Minn<.t(a, Fob. 7. 1875
.hinc 2.S, |8(ji
1873
Oarolino Emily
ilamillon, Jan. 1, is.'JS
9()5 (ioorgi'Diuaiui.
5 children.
9(i« Car. Aug. Owcu,Mcl,. 10 1808
1>«7 llannah Scpt. 17,' 1800 Fob. 10, 1870
008 Mary (.^athariue, June 37, 1871
900 Josse, Feb. 6, 1873
070 Eliza Beatrice, Oct. 23, 1874
•'iin. 8, 1807.
fil 1 L
« B'
* « 4-
mm
108
DESCKNUANTS OK WIl-MAM — SIXTH GKNKKATIOK.
■4='y4=.
liorn.
Died.
Married ur UemarkH.
No. Name.
Sylviii Kli/.abeth
AVelinoii-, Oct. 20, 1805 Aug. 10, 1874 Oct. 32. 1834.
»71 Lcoii.n.Hurllmt.
2 cliildrcn.
97'^ Sylviii Kli/nl>'li, 8cpt. 20, 1840
073 Cli'lnttf Jiirvis, IScpt. 13, 1845
Darwin W. Wet
more, Sei)t. 2, 1807 Aug. 20, 1853 .Ian. 10, 1830.
974 Ellen Dyer.
1 chiltl.
975 Eli/.'thAdaline, Oct. 4,1831 Mch. 20, 1853
William J. Wet-
more, M.D., June .'{O, 1809 Jan. 4, 1844.
976 Elizal)eth Jane
Campbell, Aug. 24, 1815 June 1», 1870
I child.
977 Emma Jarvis. Aug. 7, 1840
Dh. W II. mam Jakvis Wktmoke
Is a native of Winchester, in the State A Connecticut. His mother
was Elizaljeth Jarvis, daiightvT of tlio late John Jarvis of N()r\valk,
in the same State. His father was Dr. Tnuiian Spencer Wt^tmore,
whose anci stor left Kngland in ltV25 ard settled in Middletc.wn,
piirclmsing a ver^ large tract of land along the pleasant banks of
die Connecticut river, \vher<^ many of the name are now located.
William Jarvis commenced the study of the classics under the
tuition of the la,e Rev. Frederick Marsh, m his native; town, and
after ilie conclusion of his acadcinic course, i)ros(!cuted the study
of medicine and sui'gery under the instruction of his father, and
also his uncle, the late Dr. (leorge U. Jarvis. He was afterward
graduated as a Doctor of Medicine aud Surgery at Yele College,
liis Alma Mater. During his studies he was a poetical contributor
to the New I'hnjIdiKl Weekly Reviev), which was for some time; under
the editorial charge of the late Geo. D I'rentice,
On his return from college to hi.: ^/aternal home, he passed the
first three or four years in teaching music, after which he removed
to New York city, and engaged in the sale of drugs and chemicals
in connection with h's profession, at the same time teaching the
I
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM SIXTH (iENKUATION.
piano-forto and conipoi^ing and pul)li8hing songs aiul liallads. He
wrote and puMished many songs of which ho was the author of
both the words and music.
In addition to his knowledge of the Latin and Greek poets, he
was acquainted with tlio French, (jornian, Spanish, and Itahan lan-
guages, and being a smooth versifier, he was frefpiently employed to
translate into English text the songs of foreign authors, lie was,
in the first instance, engaged by the celebrated hnffu canfante,
Signer De Hegnis, to translate the early songs of Donizetti, which
were written by him for the accomplished vocalist, Ronzi, the wife
of De Begnis, and introduced by her in the operas of "Agiiese,"
" 11 Uarbiei'e di Siviglia," and " 11 Turco in Italia." lie also wrote
several lyrics for De Hegnis, who coniposeil the music, all of which
were subsequently published with English and Italian text.
In the same year (1842), he was associated with the late John
Graham, the blind Scottish bard, in arranging and publishing in
book form, with music, the songs which tlu^ poet had written for
the St. .Vntlrew's Society, which, in connection with his fugitive
pieces, made a vt'iime of 1 10 pages royal octavo.
In 1840, the Doctor issued a musical annual (entitled " L'isola
Incantata,' or '-The Fairy Isle." It was founded on an Eastern
superstition, and for this pleasant snuvimir he wrote both the
poetry and music. He was, dufing the same y(>ar, the author
of various sketches entitled "Sketches of the Past," or " I'ictures
from Life," which were published in the various magazines through-
out the country. He has also translated into English verse the
songs of the various operas as they appeared successively! fi-om
Gounod, Donizetti, Mc^yerheer, Offeidmch, Lecocq, and others, until
his original songs and ballad translations are very numerous.
For Antliony Philip Ileinrich, more familiarly known as " Father
Heinrich," he wrote the libretto for an oratorio, which Ileinrich
dedicated to the Emperor of Austria. This was translated into
(Jerman V(M'se, ar'"ang \ with nuisic for the oichestia and piano-
forte, and perfornuHl in I'l-ague before the Emj)eror and royal
family, the orchestra being conducted by Ileinrich himself. He
also furnished him with several original songs, for which Heinrich
wrote the music. They were also translated into German verse,
atid very beautifully gotten up with pictun; titles in Vienna.
In 1800, he published a satire in verse entitled "(lotliam .\m-
brotypes." In 1865 he translated from the French, Pauseron's
A, R, C of Music, and the following year edited Hamilton's Musical
Dictionary.
110
DESCENDANTS OF WIIXIAM SIXTH (JKNKKATION
In 18(5!), lie was tlu^ Editor of a Musical Magazino, in which
he furnished raany of tlie stories and miscellaneous articles that
filled its pages, as well as the music in that department of the
paper.
In 1871, he wrote a hundred original lyrics for the Poly
technic and ,\thona3uin, two musical publications, and, in the same
year, he dt'livcrod a ])oem at the celebration of tlu? cenw/.nial
of his native villages which has been since published in the
"Annals" of the town ))y the Hon. John Hoyd. He also fur
nished an original ode, words and music, for the same occasion,
entitled " Beautiful Pays of the Past."
In LS'?-*, he [)ublished a volume of music entiiled "The Ori-
ental," a collection of traditional and ancient Jewish melodies,
adapting them to ('hristian service, the dates of many of them
running back to the days of Moses and the Proi)hets. Many of
the hynms are original. He is now engiiged on a S(!cond series
of these ancient mi'lodies, most of which, if not secured within
the next few yc^irs, nnist be lost to the musical world for.evi*r.
Dr. Wetmore's love for his mother, and his many eulogistic
lines to her memory, tlie hajjpy fireside, and the pleasant scenes
of his childhood and youth, make pleasing episodes of his early
life. The following original poem, written but a few years ago,
shows how fondly he recalls those golden days:
A DREAM.
I dreamed last night of my early days,
When life had not a care;
The friends now sleeiiiui;- in the tomb,
I fancied all were there.
We talked of scenes long past and gone,
Scenes liial were once so dear;
It seemed there had bi'i'u lio decay,
'Twas chililhood's happy j^ear.
The merry laugliler of the young,
Each joyous sport and game,
The lively joke, the sweet old song,
And each familiar name;
The grand old tree before the door,
With broad and ample shade,
Waved its strong branches to the breeze,
The same, still uudecayed.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM SIXTH GKNKBATION.
Ill
And down upon the placid lake,
Rocked lightly Pleasure's boat;
Around it many a ripple played,
And hark! the rohin's note!
The souii; birds whistled in the trees,
I heard the cooing dove;
The breezes kissed my boyish brow, —
'Twas YOUTU, and home, and love.
M}' father's voice was still as kind.
As earnest as of yore ;
My mother sang the same sweet songs
I'd heard so oft before;
And sister, brothers, all were there;
Our hearts beat high with mirth;
And there we sat and talked, as when
'Round boyhood's happy hearth.
Dr. Wetmore married, in tlie year 1844, a Miss Elizabeth Jane
Campbell. Her parents wore from Scotlaml, her mother being
born in the city of Edinburgli. The daugliter was intellectual,
refined, and cultivated. In addition to a sound English education,
she was an excellent Erench scholai-; and she not only play(;d tlie
piano very acceptably, but sang tlu^ songs of liurns and Moore
with fine taste and feeling. As friend, companion, wife, and
mother, she was unexceptional )le. We give below a little poem
wliich her husband wrote and sent to her on her birthday, while
he was making a brief visit to his daughtei', who resides, with her
husband, on the banks of the Delaware, 'i'hc lines are as follows:
%
m.
TO MY WTFE.
WlilTTKN ON niOU mUTlIU.VY.
O, beautiful river! how tnuKjuil it glides,
To mingle its waters with old Ocean's tides;
While the l)r<'(/.es thai i>lay round my temples so free.
Seem to bring, my dear wite, some fond message from thee.
The flowers on its banks blossom lirighlly and fair,
And evhale a perfume both deligiitful and rare;
While my young love ' and 1 tloat in glaiUies.s along,
To the dip of the oar and the magic of song.
My daughter, Mrs. Euuna Jarvis Wilson.
112
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM — SIXTH GENERATION.
O, beautiful river! beloved Delaware!
Can tempest e'er ruffle your bosoui ao fair?
^[ay it lloat on in beauty to blend with the 8oa,
While my heart travels back, dear companion, to thee.
Like the beautiful river that bears me alonjj
On its bosom, so sacred to beauty and song.
Is another that winds to a beautiful home,
Where love never dies, and where cares never coiue.
May we tloat down that river so peaceful and brii^^ht,
Undisturbed by a (tare, to the City of JjKUIT,
Where life's voyage shall end, and our souls shall find rest.
In a H AVKN of Pi'.ACK, in the Home of the Blest! '
Married or Remarks.
Nov. 28, 1848.
No. Name. Bom. Died.
Geo. W. Wet-
more, M.D., Oct. 11, 1813
978 Sarah Ann Thompson. Dec. 37, 1871
3 children.
979 Geo. Thompson, Feb. 9, 1845
980 Eli/.th .larvi.^ April 6, 184(5
981 Mary Fitch, .A])ril 10, 1855
George Whitfield Wetmore
Was born October 11, 1812, and received the same early and
careful educational training as tliJit of his brothers. He began
teaching when quit(> young, and for sonic years taught, during the
winter season, several select .schools in many parts of Connecticut.
This he continued to do until he determined to study the profes-
sion of medicine. His studies were prosecuted under the tuition
of his father, and also of his uncle, Dr. George (). Jarvis. After
the requisite preparation, lie attended, during the winters of 18.'^
and 1838, the niedicitl h^ctures at Williams College, Mass., graduat-
ing an M.I), (in Dccemlter, 1S.'?8,) from that institution.
He settled at Amenia, City, Dutchess Co., New York, February
19, 18.39, where he practiced his profession with acknowledged
skill and ability. He; subsequently became acquainted with, and
afterwards married. MLss Sarah Ann Thomjison, a very lovely and
amiabli -ijirl of the village, ])y whom he has three children.
The (ijctor still enjoys fair health, but since the death of his
wife, has given up practice, and returned to the home of his
youth.
> Mrs. Wetmore died June 9, 1876.
DKSCENOANTa OF WIMJAM SIXTH GENERATION.
113
47' 8.
Married or Koiimrkp.
April 11, 1850.
No. Name. Dom. Died.
Charles F. Wet-
iiiorc. Auir. 31, 1815
982 Sarah Asl or IJrydcii, June 7,1855
I child.
083 Marj' .Tarvis, Sept. 14, 1853
Charles Fitch Wetmork
Was boin on tho 'J 1st of August, 1815, and was tlie youngest son
of Dr. Truuian S. and Eiizahetli .Farvis Wetmoro.
His rudimental education was obtained in the schools of his
native village, which were excellent, and after careful training in
tliese, ho was placed under the privati; instruction of the llev. Mr.
Jones, an Kpisco[)al clergyman, located in Hitchcocksville, now
Riverton. Her(>, thougli liis advancement was entirely satisfactory,
still, as it was preparatory to a collegiate education, he was sent to
Clieshin^, Conn., under the care and instruction of the Rev. Dr.
Morgan.
He entered Trinity (,'ollege, Hartford, in the year 1837, and was
graduated fi-om that institution in 1841. In 1844, he received
the degree of }i\.A. from the same institution. He studied law
with tlie late Hon. liiv. Livingston of New York, and was
admitted as an attorney, solicitor, and counsellor to the courts of
that State in 184.").
He was an excellent (ire(>k and Latin .scholar, and while In
college occasionally cociuetted with the muses. He was the authoi'
of several pieces of fugitive poetry of considerable merit. He
delivered, by ap])ointment, a poem entitled " Venice," before the
Athenipum Literary Society, in 1840, and accepted, also, a .second
appointment to deliver th(; annual poem before that Society the
following y<>ar. This poem was entitled "Scro." The first was
published in a hel/cs leltrcs paper edited by his brother William.
At commencement, the year of his graduation, he delivered an
essay on Saracen Literature, which was subsequently published in
his brother's [)aper.
A SO.
oarah E. Sey-
mour, May 1:3, 1813 Auj?. 1:5, 1837.
984 Dr. Anuuon ('.
Tabcr, Dec. 30, 1807
8 cliiklren.
15
114
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM SIXTH GENERATION.
No. Name. Born. Died.
985 CliJirl'to Loiiisa, May 10, 1838 Feb. 1), 1845
98(5 Ciuoliiie Moore, July 3, 1840
987 Clmrles Jiirvis, Aug. 14, 1843 Aug. 17, I85a
988 Alviili Seymour, Nov. 24, 1844
989 Eugene Dewitl, .Tun. 9, 1848 Aug. 29, 1849
990 Miiry Hradley, Feb. 14, 1850
991 Edw'd Maurice, .June 15, 185;i
992 Helen lleuri'la, May 18, I85(i Nov. ;{, 1857
Marrliid or Romurks.
Sept. 20, 1866.
F(!b. 28, 1872.
Charles J. Sey-
mour, J'eb.
993 Nancy Woods, .July
1 child.
994 Wm. Woods, May
Charlotte Fitch
Seymour, Aug.
995 Thco. C. King, Aug.
3 children.
996 Eugenia Seym'r,Sept.
997 Eugenia nask'll.Fcb.
998 Eva Scn'mour, . Sept.
35, 1815 Mch. 13, 1840
14, 1819 ,Iune, 1867 May 10, 1837.
29, 18:'.9 Jan. 9, 1840
483.
4, 1819 May 35, 1863 May 11, 1847.
30, 1809 Apr. 1, 1858
23, 1849 Sept. 24, 1849
15, 1853 Apr. 13, 1873
34, 1854 Apr. 38, 1863
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10 children.
Charl'tte Jarvis, Oct.
M'tha Patridge, Oct.,
Charl'tte Jarvis, Oct.
Kate Rowland.
Mary Ann, Mch.
Carrit! Taber.
Samuel John, Jr.
Jennie Wilson.
George Lee.
Wm. Patiidge.
9,
1833
18,
1837
38,
1850
1853
15,
1854
3, 1858
Chas. A. Jarvis, Feb.
1010 Statira Gilder-
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Feb. 17, 1850.
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No. Name. Hdi-ii. Died. Miirrli'il or RoniarkH.
1011 Com Kliziilictli, Oct. l;l, iS.Vt
1012 (;ii!is.riiiviill»'Uf,Muy 17, IH.-)?
2(1 wife.
l()i;j Ellen J. Smith. June II, ls;r. Ort. 7, IH(IH.
:i children.
1014 .Janet McNiiry, Felt. 1,1872 Aug. 15, 1873
lOir, (U'o. ();j:l(!vie, Jiin. 15,187;$
lUlO Eihv. Wlnslow, Nov. 20. 1877
Geo. Cypriiin
Jarvis. Apr. 21, IKII Feb. 8, I8«(i.
1017 Martha <iilliim.
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1018 Martha Louisa, Feb. 20. 1808
Gkok(je C. Jakvih, M.D.,
Is the son of Dr. George (). Jarvis and Philoniola Marshall Jarvis,
and was born in the town of Colebrook, C/onn., April 24, IS.'U.
Tlic early cdncation of Doctor Jarvis was received at the district
school, which he attended until he was (ifteeii years of age, after
which he spent a year at the Military Academy at Norwich, \'t.,
and a year with tlie Hev. S. M. Kniery of Portland, Conn.
He entered Trinity ('oUege in 1851, and remained through the
junior year, leaving in 1S5,'}. lie spent the next three years as
cleik in a drug store in Middletown, thereby accjuiring a j)ractical
acquaintance with the materia medica.
Doctor Jarvis coniinenced the study of medicine with his father,
whose extensive surgical practice gave unusual facilities for illustra-
tions in this branch of the profi^ssion. He studied also a])out a
year with the distinguished gynecologist, Dr. J. Marion Sims.
He attended lectures at the Medical Department of the New ^'ork
University, from which he received the degr-ee of Doctor of Medi-
cine, March, 1861. He connnenced the practice of his profession
in Stamford, but remained only a few months, entering the army
as Assistant Surgeon, 1st Battalion Connecticut Cavalry, receiving
his commission December, 18G1. He was promoted as Surgeon of
7th Connecticut Volunteers, October, 18()2, and served honorably
and with distinction through the war, being mustered out July 20,
18G."). His armj^ record was noted for bravery and gallantry, as
well as that of a skillful and reliable surgeon, as is shown in many
places of trust and responsibility.
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All nriiiy life oxtomling over so loii^ ft period of time, and
tlirougli HO many portions of the country, with such (liv(!r8i(ied
Horvic*' in tlif field during and aft<T hattlc, in tlie honpitnl, in camp,
on sea and land, al)()unds luiturully with intonwting incidents and
advontnroH, which would justly fiiul place in u more (extended
biography. ( )ne incidetit, however, deserves espcicial nmntion.
When the midnight boat attack was planncid on Kort (Jregg, the
regidar detail shrank from the exposure of taking surgical charge
of what was regarded and justly, as almost a forlorn hope. Dr.
.larvis volunteered foi- this nervice, and was placeil in charge,
receiving an oflicial indors(>ment of his action from th<< (Jeneial in
command. The following is also u characteristic incident: After
the battle of Olnstee, when a retreat was ordorcMl, and the wounded
had t(j be hastily removed, the Doctor sun (Midered his horse to a'
wounded soldier, who would otherwise have been left on tln^ held,
and after a hard service as optwating surgeon, nnirched on foot for
thirty nules.
Doctor Jarvis was appointed jus operating surgeon for the brigade
after the first battle, and contiimed as such of each division with
which lie was connected during his field .><ei'vice. At Fort Fisher
he was <.)n (.Jen. Terry's stall in the Himw (;a])acity. lie had charge
of the post hospitals at Fernandiiui, Florida, from February to
April, 18G.'!, and at St. Augustine from April to July, 18G.-5, after
which he went to Morris Island, lie superintended the reception
and feeding of the returned Union prisoners under (!en. Ilawley
at North-Kast, near Wibningtoii, North Carolina; and was, after-
ward, in charge of the general hospital at Wibningion, \vher(> n<'arly
8,000 were congregated from Andersonville an(i other prison pens
of the South.
Tt was found necessar)' to surround the cook-tents with a strong
guard, and even then it was iniprs8il)le to prevent the eager rush
for food, to which a bayonet was but a slight, obstruction. Scores
perished with the food convulsively grasped in tludr clenched
hands. A fearful epidemic- of ty[)hus and typhoid fevers followed,
with over a hundrenl cases of gangrene of different parts of tlie
body, all resulting from the want and exposure to which the
prisoners liad been subjected. Out of thirteen surgeons and assist-
ant surgeons, nine were sick and seven died, while the mortality
in the hospitals was necessarily veiy great.
The following is an epitome of his field service as operating
surgeon: He served throughout Fremont's campaign in West
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Virginia, during which the following engagements occurred:
McDowell, Franklin, Strasbnrg, Harrisonburg, Cross Keys. Fort
Republic Bridge; through the fifteen days retreat under Pope from
the Rapidan, ending with the second battle of Bull Run; in the
Department of the South, at Morris Island, P^ort "Wagner, and
Olustee; in Virginia, with the Army of the James in the siege
around Petersburg and Richmond, during wliich the following
engagements occurred: Chester Station, Bermuda Humired, Deep
Bottom, Deep Run, Chapin's Farm, New Richmond, New Market
Road, Darby Town Road, Charles City Road, and at Fort Fisher.
On the return of Dr. Jarvis from the war, he settled in Hartford,
Conn., and soon won a position as one of the leading surgeons in
the State, thereby rec»Mving a large general and consultation
])ractice.
In 1869, he was appointed examining surgeon for pensions, and
on the organization of the Board in Hartford, was appointed its
President, which position he still holds. F\)r six years Jie was a
member of the examining committee lor conferring degrees at the
Medical Institution of Yale College, and relinquished the position
through ill healtii.
In 1871, he was appointed attending surgeon to the Hartford
Hospital, a position which he still occupies.
403.
Married or Remarks.
June 14, 1834.
No. Name. Born. Died.
Thos. Ni'Wton
Jarvis, June 33, 1805
1015) Cordelia IT()l>art,Fi'b. 4. 1818 Sept. 2;?, 1845
4 children.
1030 CJliarles, Dec. 13, 1835 Jiuie 17, 1860
1021 IIowiiiiidR, M:iy 27, 1837 Ulay, 1801
1033 IIciHT Clay. Oct. lit, 1841 July 8, LSd!)
1033 Clarissji, " Sept. 31, 1843 Dec. 1». 1875 W. Uuilfoid.
3(1 wife.
1034 Emily Wilitiu. Doc. 13, 1835 Aiij,'. 5. 184'J
3 cliihh'cii.
1035 llan-ict E., July 33, 1850 Jan. 32,1874
103(5 Florence, July 30, 1854
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Miltou Barlow
.larvis, M.D., Aug. 5, 1807
Born in New Hart f(M(l,
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No. Name. Born. Died. Marriod or RcmarkB.
1027 Jeiin'teJ.Butler.Oct. 0,1813 April 24, 1838 Feb. 2(5,1830.
1 child.
1028 Lou. Jcanctte, Jan. 10, 1837
2(1 wife.
1029 Helen M. Ray-
mond, Aug. 1, 1810
children.
1030 Geor!i:("Mil!',)n,.Tune2fl, 1849
1031 Tames Lorenzo, Oct. 24. 1850
1032 Frank, Sept. 23, 1852
1033 Lizzie Ida. Dee. 29. 1855
1034 Nellie .May, May 13, 1800
1035 Josi(! Kinyon, Sept. 30, 1857
Dec. 13, 1857
Meh.
Oct. 29, 1800.
1874 Adoi)ted.
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Milton Barlow Jarvis, M.D.,
Was born August .'>, 1807, in tlio town of Ainenia, Dutchess county,
N. Y., in a small village, then called Jarvis Corners.
In the spring of 1820, his father sold the old homestead, and
after a temporary rjssidence in the village, removed, with his
family, in 1821, to Canastoke, town of Lenox, in Madison county.
The farm on which he located was part of the tract known as the
Indian Reservation, and is situated on tlie Erie Canal, about mid-
way between the city of Utica and Syracuse.
Until the year 1825, Dr. Jarvis worked on the farm during the
pleasant months of summer, and in the winter attended the district
school. He then went to an adjoining town, engaging with a
Mr. James Beebe to learn the trade of a tanner and currier. In
the year 1828, from the depression of business, hi? left Mr. Beebe
and his tannery, to seek a more profitable calling.
In the winter of 1S30, he visited his uncle, Dr. Hammond of
Dover, Dutchess Co., who proposed that he should study medicine.
The proposition was accepted, and, in the spring of 1832, he
entered his uncle's office, whei'c^ he applied ]iims(>lf closely to his
books. .After the necessary lapse of time, and after lie had gained
the prescribtid amount of knowledge, he was graduated, with all
due honors, in the winter of 1834 and 1835, from the old Univer-
sity in Barclay street, New York, under Professors Mott, lihine-
lander, and others of like celebrity. He then returned to Dover,
and entered into partnership with his uncle.
The following winter, 1^'ebrnary 20, 1836, he married Miss Jean-
nette J. Butler, daughter of Mr. William Butler of New Hartford,
Connecticut. Miss Butler was j)rinoipal of a young ladies' seni'-
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iiary. a talented and very lovely woman. The fniit of this happy
union was the birth of a daugliter, Louise Jeannette, now Mrs. L.
P. Kay, who was born January 10, 18;{7.
In the autumn of the same year, Mrs. Jarvis took a 8;^vore cold,
whicii settled on her lungs, finally developing into phthisis, wliieti
resulted in her d(>ath, April 24, \H',]H. From a broken and now
desolate household, the daughter was sent to the hoint> and ean; of
the doctor's mother, where, after a brief period, \w followed her.
In the year 1840, ho began, as it were, anew the business of
life. Among the Tiiompsoiuaus, Eclectics, and the innumerable
medical pretenders that swarm over the country like noisy and
hungry locusts, he set up his practice, and notwithstanding his
surroundings, jirosecuted his profession with succes.s and pfolit.
It was only after ten years anil much deliberation, that hv again
conclu<led to enter the matrimonial ])aradise, and enjoy the feli-
cities t)f a home ami domestic peace ani' happiness. This decided
upon, it was not long before he had wooed and won the accom-
plished Miss Helen M. Raymond, daughtcM- of A. Raymond, Esij.
The marriage of the happy pair took place September 7, I HIS.
With a new home, new hopes, and rencMved ambition, the future
now looked bright and prosperous. With his eldest daughter
mairied (the second (lying at two years of age), and with three
sons (th(^ two eldest at Cornell ITniversity), the doctor is cheerful
and happy in his family surroundings.
In the year \^.TA, the doctor and his lady visited Europe, where
they spent five months in most delightful travel and sight-seeing.
Although reared and educated as an Episcopalian, he has left the
Church for the Unitarian faith.
The doctor is, at the present writing, seventy yi>ars of age, and
still his eye is as l)right, his step as firm and elastic, as when at
forty. Like his nonagenarian grandfather, he may live on, growing
in grace, and reserving his strength, until, in the fulness of time,
he may be numbered with his centenarian progenitors.
No. Name. Born. Died.
Ellzali'h Jarvis, Dec. 31, 1811 May, 1840
103(J Wni. H. Kinney,
1 child.
1037 Charles, 1837 1862
Married or Kciiiarkt>.
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Ni>. Nniiic. Horn. Died. Mnrrlod or KtMnarki*.
Clfirissa .larvis, .Iiiiio T), IHlt \u^. 1, IHIO
1();{8 Liiciim P. l{ohc.
10:{i» Kmily. July 14, WM Sept., tH48
1010 lliiirict. May 4, lH;m iMdi. 5, tH(ir)
Suniurl .larviH. Apr. II.IHI!) Apr. 39, 18.59 Jan. 9,185;}.
1041 Klsic Per hro, Dec. 2(\. \H'i{i
2 children.
1043 Per Lee, Oct. 0, 1855 July IT, 185!)
1()4;{ Alice, Jwuc 13, 1859 Apr. 15, 1804
r>or.
David S. Jarvin
Vi'h..
1808
1044 Eli/a Browor,
Nov..
1814
4 childicn.
Abraiii.
1045 (Jliarlus,
A pr. .
1840
I04(i Howard,
184.'!
1047 Florence,
Dec.
184!»
1833.
Sept., 1863.
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It is a pleasing task to he able to record the virtues and e.Ki-el-
len(!es of the brave men ajid loyal women who have borne the
name of Jarvis, and to find the .same strong and striking charao
teristics in the present as in past generations, therel)y giving to the
family the same distinctive qualities through all its history, of
integrity, honor, and love of country. In no member of it have
these featnres shoni^ brighter than in the subject who heads our
brief sket(di. We make the t'oUowing extract from a letter recently
received from Mr. Jarvi.s, which explains itself:
"On the breaking out of the Hebeliion, I was on a visit to my
parents, whom I never failed to visit once a year. I told them it
was a critical time for our country (this was in 1862), when both
of them became much excited; they hoped T c(mld give them
some good news, but 1 could not. My motlusr exclaimed, 'David,
you have three good boys, Abram, Charles, and Howard. Go
yourself, with them, to the war, and T will go, as 1 can take care
of the sick, or make lint for the wounded; this Government must
be preserved. Your forefather was of Revolutionary stock, and
the country must live.' My father also added that he hoped to
live long enough to see tlie Rebellion crushed, when he would be
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121
willinj? to die. Ho wanted to feol that h« had loft a country
imtorii by civil war, and as it was designed by the fouiulers of
the republic. A brain went into the war as private secretary to
Gen. Gilmore, and died in Cliarleston, of yellow fever. Charley
wa ■ in both battles of Tiull Run, and Howard sent a substitute."
This is a wortliy record of a patriotic, family, and shows the true
spirit that animated the herotw of Seventy-six.
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No. Name. Born.
MarycttciJarvia, Dec. 4, 1814
1048 Edwin Soars, Jan. 10, 1808
;{ childnm.
1041) Clara M., Feb. 4. l8;i«
1050 James E., Apr. 29, ISiJS
1051 Mary A., Jan. 85,1841
Died.
June,
1808
Marrhul or RoiniirkH.
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Feb., 1888.
Sept. 19, 1858.
r»io.
Jaiio JarvLs,
Jan.
14,
1818
Nov.
17, 1840.
1052 John Calvhi
Jackson,
June
3,
1813
Live
in Sharon, Conn.
7 children.
1053 Helen,
Doc.
31,
1841
Mch.
28, 1808.
1054 Julia,
Nov.
27,
1843
Dec.
8, 1804.
1055 Jolin Calvin,
Sept.
30,
1846
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Jan.
24,
1849
1057 Florence,
Mch.
11.
1851
1058 Ann Eliza,
Jan.
26,
1853
Mch.
T, 1857
1059 Charles,
Feb.
2,
1859
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Charles Jarvis,
Mch.
4,
1821
Jan.
26, 184.-).
lOfiO Betsey A. Hoyt, Apr.
3.
1826
;{ children.
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1061 C. Willis,
Oct.
29,
1845
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14, 1800.
1062 Mellville, . July 11, 1849
1063 Jenny, Apr. 28, 1808
SIS.
John Jay Jarvis.Dec.
4, 1828
1064 Susan Forbes,
2 children.
1065 Foster,
1852
1006 Ella,
1857
1850.
1 Married Levy Blydenburg. Had Martha, b. December 17, 1871, and
Jane, b. April 17, 1874. Live in ^ew Haven, Conu.
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No. Name. Born. ,
BriceW. Jarvis,Apr. 18,1831
1067 Adah L. Wood, Sept. 4, 1835
3 children.
1068 Alice B., Jan. 4,1856
1069 John W., Jan. 23, 1862
1070 Mary E., Oct. 22, 1869
Died.
SIS.
Benj. L. Jarvis, June 6, 1835
1071 Mary Over-
baugh,
1 child.
1072 Ella P.,
Feb. 3, 1835
Oct. 15, 1860
s«o.
Oct. 18, 1820
Married or Remarks.
Sept. 5, 1854.
Jan. 4, 1859.
Apr. 20, 1848.
i- Twins.
Jan. 1, 1862.
Catherine R.
Crawford,
1073 Jos. B. Brown.
3 children.
1074 Alice Crawford, Jan. 26, 1852
1075 Margar't Louise, Jan. 26, 1852
1076 "W arren Crawf d.Apr. 4, 1854
Martha Jeanette
Crawford, May 14, 1837
1077 Tunis Quackenbush.
2 children.
1078 Jeanette, 1863
1079 Wm. N., Dec. 25, 1864
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Rev. Wm. Oscar
Jarvis. 1 July 1. 1822
1080 Mary Frances Burt,« June 23, 1851 April 25, 1850.
2d wife.
1081 Ellen Douglass," June, 1871 Jan. 5. 1854.
4 children.
1082 Douglass, July 8. 1855
1083 Hen'y Douglass, Mch. 9, 1858
1 Ordained Deacon Sept. 19, 1849; Priest Nov. 34, 1850— by Bishop
Brownell.
- Daughter of Rev. Mo.ses Burt.
i* Daughter Major D. B. Do\iglass, LL.D.
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No. Name. Born.
1084 Ann Eliza, May 2, 1860
1085 Wm. Oscar, Aug. 9, 1865
Died.
Married o.- Remarks.
S3S.
W(;llington Jar-
vis, Aug. 20. 1829
1085i Isabella L. Stone.
6 clilldren.
1086 Henry Stone, April 18, 1856 Oct. 31,1871
1087 Addie Stone, PY'h. 7, 1860
1088 Louise Heath, July 22, 1863
1089 Julia Conklin, July 13, 1861
1090 Clara, July 31, 1873 Aug. 7. 1876
1091 Jennie, May 22, 1875 June 19. 1875
June 20, 1855.
SSI.
Fred'Ic Wm.
Jarvis,' Feb. 7, 1818
1092 Caroline Sl<ynner.
5 children.
1093 Fred'k Aug., Aug. 30, 1858 Sept. 8,1859
1094 Geo.Hauiilton,Mch. 14, 1859
1095 Flor. Caroline, Jan. 5, 1860
1096 Fred.Clarenco,Aug. 10, 1862
1097 Edm. Meredith, Jan. 27, 1867
Oct. 5, 1857.
£5SS
Amelia Jarvis, May 24, 1819
1098 Alex. Proudfoot.
7 children.
1099 Wm. Stephen,
1100 Frederick,
1101 Mary,
1102 Elizabeth,
1103 Amelia,
1104 Alexander, M.D.,
1105 Thomas,
1836.
1837
1839
1841 Sept. 8, 1862
1843 1874
1845 March, 1868
1847
1849 Oct. 5, 1867
Lives in Montreal.
SS3.
Geo. Thomas
Jarvis, Nov. 30, 1820
1106 Eliza Hovenden.
5 children.
Jan. 4, 1852.
' Frederick William Jarvis succeeded his luicle as High Sheriff of Tor-
onto, which position he at present (1878) holds.
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM — SIXTH GENERATION.
No. .Name. Born. Died.
1107 Sarah Isabel, Pec. 23, 1855
1108 Julia Eliza, Sept. 17, 1857
1109 Wm. Maule, Juno 6, 1859
1110 Goo. Robinson, Oct. 7, 1863
1111 Charlotte Mary.May 15, 1867
Stephen Maulc
Jarvis, Nov. 2, 1822
1112 Mary Stinson.
5 children.
1113 Marg. Is. Maule, Jan. 28, 1851
1114 Thos. Stinson,' May 31, 1854
1115 Steph. Jervis
White, May 3, 1861
1116 Mary Catharine, Feb., 1863 July 31, 1863
1117 Edward, Feb. 28, 1873
Married or Remarks.
Sept. 10, 1850.
Dec. 3, 1871, Benjamin
Read Clarkson.
Peter Robinson
Jarvis," Aug. 16, 1824 Feb. 12, 1849.
1118 Marion Neilson,
11 children.
1119 Fred'k Starr.s Sept. 27, 1850 Sept. 20, 1877.
1120 Marg. Annabella, Aug. 1, 1852 .
1121 Thos. Neilson, May 22, 1854
1122 Marion Zeta,* Oct. 23, 1856 Oct. 22, 1878.
* Thomas Stinson Jarvis is a law student at Toronto. In 1873-4, made a
tour through P^gj'pt and the Holy Land, and afterwards wrote a book of
travels, entitled "Letters from East Longitudes," dedicated by special
permission to the Earl of Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada. This Is
a most interesting work, and reflects great cndit on the young author. It
will compare favorably with the best works of travel in the Holy Land.
The style is neat and graphic, and the numerous scene?' and incidents are
portrayed so vividly that we catch the inspiration of his pen, and seem
transported to the spot, and share with him the interest felt at the moment
of writing. As was said of the works of Oliver Goldsmith, " This excellent
book is only open to one criticism — of being too brief."
•Peter R. Jarvis sailed for Canton, China, in 1845, in ship "Achbar,"
thence to Singapore and Calcutta. Remaining here a few months, he took
passage in the ship "Grotius," bound for Boston mA Isle of France and
St. Helena. On his return he settled at Stratford, Ontario, and was for
several years Mayor of that town. He still resides there.
'Married Miss Brooks; one child born Dec. 6, 1878.
* Married Peter Woods, at Brunswick Lodge, Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
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No. Name. Born.
1123 Juliii, Sept. 20, 1858
1124 Edmund Head, Mch. 6, 1860
1125 Mary Beatrice, Nov. 20, 18G1
1126 PeterRobinson, Nov.37, 1864
1127 Ada. Dagma, Dec. 3, 1866
1128 Chas. Brydger,Feb. 1, 1869
1139 Edgar Ralph, Feb. 14, 1872
Died.
Married or Remarks.
Chas. Beverley
Jarvis, Nov. 16, 1836
1130 Elizabeth Mead.
1 child.
1131 Fauny, June 19, 1854
2, 1828 Feb. 27, 1861 Oct. 30, 1851.
Mary Jarvis, Dec.
1133 Henry Skynner.
5 children.
1133 Francis Louis, Sept. 28, 1853
1134 Eleanor Isabella, Aug. 4, 1854
1135 Emily Mary, Oct. 8, 1856
1136 Henry John, Feb. 21, 1858
1137 Wm. Jarvis, Feb. 31, 1861
Arthur Murray
Jarvis, Oct. 37, 1830
1138 Martha Matilfia Ratclifle, Nov. 15, 1858
1 child.
1139 Steph. Murray, Mch. 4, 1854
2d wife.
1140 Annie Stein Maclear,
7 children.
1141 Harry Aug., Dec. 31, 1860
1142 Arthur Murray, Apr. 6, 1862
1143 Thos. Henry, March, 1864
1144 Isabella Maule, Oct. 32, 1865 1873
1145 Fred'k Starr, June 15, 1867
1146 Wm. Morley, Aug. 39, 1870 •
1147 Constance Kings-
mill, Mch. 38, 1872
Oct. 26, 1853.
Feb. 8. 1860.
soo.
Edgar John
Jarvis,
Jan. 28, 1835
Oct. 17, 1863.
126
DKSCKNDANTS OF WILLIAM — SIXTH OKNEUATION.
Born.
Died.
■^^^^^^^K' No. Name.
;^^HHp 1148 Charlotte Beau-
J^^^K^ mont.
^^^H| 10 children.
^^^B 1149 Edgar Beaum't,. July 7, 1804
1150 Paul, Sept. 27. 1865
1151 Ernest. Oct. 12, 1806
1152 Harold, Oct. 4. 1867
1158 Francis Proud-
foot. Oct. 27. 1861)
1154 Herbert Cherri-
man, Oct. 17, 1871
1155 LouisRaymond.May 19. 1874
1156 Percy and Eva. Jan. 16. 1877
Q^ti**^ fHiufJt^o^ Bern, Jan. 17, 1879 ^
Frances Amelia
Maule, Oct. 28, 1814 Dec. 3, 1848
1157 Major-General
Budgen.
8 children.
1158 John, July 6, 1836
1159 William Thos., June 11, 1838
1160 Fanny Lydia, Oct. 2. 1840
1161 Caroline Maria,! June 30, 1343
1162 Ellen Isabel, Mch. 12, 1845
1163 Alice Charlotte,Mch. 12, 1846
1164 George, Mch. 23, 1848 1
Twins. \
1165 Mary, Mch. 23, 1848 J Dec. 10, 1848
Married or Remarks.
■
Twins
Mot yBt.biii>tiwiTljL*.^tA^,^^<'
Capt. H. M. 96th Regt.
Maj. Royal Artillery.
Capt. Cary, R. A.
Aug. 21, 1867, Dr.
Morert.
A Lieut, in H. M.
98th Regt.
Charl'te Maule. June 26, 1824 July 26, 1864 Jime 30, 1862.
1166 Capt. M. Gillies. 8 H. M. 55th Regt.
1 child.
1167 Fanny, Mch., 1864
1
Mary Catharine
Maule.
1168 Jonathan Hard-
ing.
1169 A daughter, Oct. 12, 1853
1 Married Edwin Frederick Temple, Capt. H. M. 55th Regt.
* Capt. Gillies served on the Bhootan expeditir>"., in 1865.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM— SIXTH GENERATION.
127
"
vy;f
'^''" P u^TxT , , . ""T ^""' Married or Remarks.
Robert Maule.i Aug. 26. 1831 Jau 8 1863
1170 Henrietta Lou-
isa Luke.
4 children.
1171 Edith Blogden, July 25, 1865
1172 Lilian Beatrice, Dec. 11, 1867
1173 Percy Sidney, Aug. 7, 1870
1174 Fr. Jarvis Fox, Fob. 12. 1873 July 28, 1873
Julia Eliza Jar-
117o Geo. Hamilton, May 21, 1858
5 children.
1176 Geo. Wellesley, June 22, 1847 Miss Sicotte.
1177 Robert Craigie, July 1,1848 July 18,1848
1178 Julia, Nov. 26, 1849 Dead
1179 Chas. Chetwood. Jan. 9. 1851 i873. Kate Parker.
1180 Robert Craigie, 8 July 6,1852 Apr. 28, 1875.
Frances Amelia
Jarvis, Jan. 26, 1826
1181 John Robert
Taylor. *
4 children.
1182 Frances Amelia.Feb. 22, 1843
1183 Seatou Frank, July 24, 1844
1184 Cyrel, Sept. 2, 1846
1185 Mowbray, Aug. 5. 1862
Mary Sophia
Jarvis, Nov. 12, 1829
1186 J. Briggs Miller,
Lewis,
1 child.
1187 John (George
Stephen, Oct. 3, 1^57
June 19, 1856.
Surgeon-Major, R. A.
> Robert Maule was a Captain in PI. M. 82d Rogt. ; retired fronuhe ser-
vice after having served during the Indian Mutiny, and is now (1878)
residing in Toronto. ^ '
« Married second husband, Henry McKay, Dec. 3, 1861.
« Married Charlotte Lewis, eldest daughter of the Rt. Rev J Travers
Lewis. D.D., LL.D., Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Ontario
^Surgeon 11 M. 29th Regt. Served in Affghan war, 1843; Crimean
war, 1854; and Indian Mutiny,
y^r
128
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM— SIXTH GENERATION.
Married or Remark*.
Sept. 19, 1805.
Died in infancy.
18f>2
1863
No. Name. Bom. Died.
Geo. Sherwood
Jarvls, Nov. 8, 1834
1188 Annie Mclntyre.
1 cliild.
Ann Frances .
Jarvis, May 4, 1830
1189 Edmund A.Mer-
editli, 1817
8 cliildren.
1190 Mary Elizabetli.Oct. 20, 1856
1191 Alice Louisa, Jan. 10, 1859
1193 Harriet Maule, Sept. 3, 1860
1193 Edm. Ar. Jarvis, 1864
1194 Clarence Graves, Jan. 8, 1867
1195 Ethel Colborne, Apr. 26, 1868
1196 Morna Irvine, July 13, 1871
1197 ColbornePo well, Sept. 13, 1874
Edmund Allen Meredith, LL.D., sch. T.C.D.,
Was graduated at the University of Dublin, 1837. Received hon-
orary degree of M.A. from Bishop's College, Lennox ville, and that
of LL.D. from McGill University; was called to the Irish Bar 1844,
to the Bar of U. C. the same year, and to the Bar of L. C. 1845.
Was principal of McGill College, 1846-7 ; appointed Assistant Secre-
tary U. C, 20th May, 1847 ; Inspector of Prisons and Asylums, 1859 ;
Chairman of Board of Inspectors of Prisons and Asylums, 1864;
Under Secretary of State for Provinces, 1st July, 1807; Chairman
of Civil Service Board, 1869. Is an Hon. Member of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement of Social Science, and a Cor-
responding Member of the New York Prison Association.
S&S.
Louisa Jarvis, Dec. 16, 1831
1198 Augustus Nan-
ton.
7 children.
1199 Harry William, Mcb
1200 Mary Rosalee, May
1201 John George, Jan.
1202 Augustus Mere-
. dith. May
8. 1856
6, 1857
6. 1859
7, 1860
June, 1859
DESCENDANTS OF WIM.IAM—SIXTH OKNERATION.
129
No Name. Born,
laoailorl). Colborne, July 31, 18«;J
1304 Lilian Caroline, Dec. !{1, 18«5
1805 Edward, July 80, 1867
Died.
Married or Reinarkn.
•Inly ;!1, lHfi7
Wm. D. Jarvis.'Aug
1206 Marg't Uaniiey.
5 cliililreu.
1207 Mary Louisa. Apr.
1208 Wm. HefTJiiald, Au;^-.
120!) ColborneDennis.Fel).
1210 Harry St. John, Api
4, 18^4
14.
1861
1H62
19, 1864
14. 1H66
Jan. 23, 1864
i^n Maria Mabel, Nov. m, 1807 Aug. 15, 1860
I
1212
12 IS
1214
1215
1216
1217
1218
1210
1220
Sarah Jarvi.s, May 4,
Lewis W. Ord. »
8 (;hildren.
Arthur B., Apr. 6,
Lewis Kednian, Oct. 17,
Craven R. Ord, June 2;^
Violet Isabel, Oct. 21,'
William Hots-
ford Jarvis, May
FIorenceAu^'ta.July
Edni'dTlieod'c, Aug>
Louisa,
18;{6
1855
1856
1858
I860
25,
9,
30,
Henry Sanford
Jarvis, Aui
8,
1865
1867
1874
eor.
1818
Died in iiifan(-y.
December 2, 1849, at
Deposit, N. Y.
1221 Rachel Peters.
3 children.
1222 Harrie, Nov. 14, 1853
1223 Charles Maples, Apr. 1(!, 1856
1224 Frederick, Nov. 6. 1860
» William Dummer Jarvis was LieuiTiini^r 1'^thlZZ~^ 7.
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130 DESOKNDANTS OK WILLIAM— SIXTH OENKUATION
.
No. Name. Born. Died.
MiiriiM 111 Bradley
Jarvis. Jul.V 1, 1830
1225 Win. Kly. Feb. 0.1873
.') chiltlrcn.
122« Henry Oliver, Nov. i;J, 1841
1227 Lo'isaarlswold.Mune 19, 1850
122H Marietta IMatt, July 3, 1857
122i)(}eo. Mather, Mch. 4,18(10
1230 Cbus. Piatt. Aug. 14, 1803
ooi>.
Married or RomarkB.
Au};. 30, 18:«).
November 10, 1870, to
Kate White.
Nov. 2, 1871.
Sarah M. Jarvis, Apr. 7, 182G
12;{1 Solomon F. Gary.
;? children.
13:53 Wm. Ely, Dec. 17, 1853
13;}3 Mariette Jarvis, Apr. 30,1855
1334 Sarah Flagler, Nov, 3, 18(5«
OlO.
Francis V. Jar
vis, Apr. 7, 1826
1235 John P. Dean.
3 children.
1336 Fannie, Sept. 13, 1858 •;""• 2^' ^f^
1337 Minnie, Feb. 10,1863 Apr. 18,1863
1338 Ida Sanford, Dec. 15, 1863
Mch. 15, 1853.
Dec. 37, 1854.
Eliza Ann Jar-
vis,
1339 Jos(!pb B. Mc-
Kean,
5 children.
1340 Franklin B.,
1341 Anna B. ,
1343 Henry J.,
1343 Katbarine,
1244 Marietta B.,
<51 1.
Apr. 33, 1838 Feb. 15. 1856.
Oct. 8, 1871
May 14, 1857 July 4. 1858
July 38, 1859
Mch. 1, 1861
Mch. 36, 1864
Aug. 0, 1866
03S.
(Jeorge F. Well-
man, Apr. 13, 1818
June 33, 1846.
I Married to Robert M. Hagerman. 1 child.
DK80KNDANTH OF VVIIJ.IAM— SIXTH OKNKKATION. 1 .{ |
?9Arr "T^M """'■ »'""• M,.rrl...l.,rR.,„«rkH.
1245 Carol I III' M.
ProHcotl.
8 childnMi.
l240Geo. iroiiHT. Apr. 4, 1H47 May 28 1H70
IMS UuiH. llcrhert, May 5, 1853 Mch. 4, 1855
«3r.
Merritt H. W , il-
"»»". Jan. 15, 1823
1249 Cath. Ann Coles.
4 children.
1250 Edward .lunicH. Aug. 11, 1855 Ool,. 35, 1856
1351 Theodore Coles, Aug. ;}0, 185(1 Meh. 13,' 1859
1353 Maria Watson, Mdi. 3, 18,5})
1353 Tliomas Coles, Oct. 5, 18(11
Oct. 17. 1854.
«3>st.
Henry II. Well-
man, Sept. 30, 1826
1254 Mary Elizabeth
Northrojx
4 childn^n.
1255 Julia H('becca, Ai)r. 28, 1858 May Hi, 1858
125(5 Charles ITeniy, July 1,1800
1257 Annie Amelia, Meli. 8, 18(53
1358 Mary Northroi), Feb. 15, 186!)
July 23, 1856.
030.
Homer H. Well-
man, Sept. 30, 1826
1259 Marian J. Harri-
son.
2 children.
1260 Edwin Homer, Aug. 25, 1857
1261 Herbert James, Feb. 9, 1865
Oct. 7, 1851. Living in
New York.
Graduate of Theolog-
ical Seminary, Va.
Caroline S.
Camp,
1262 Pethuel Mills-
paugh.
4 children.
July 3, 1825
Sept. 25, 1845.
» Married to Chaa. J. Sewall. 2 (-hildren-Henry Foster b Dec 15
1875, Edith Prescott, b. Feb. 15, 1878. " ' '
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\:vi
DKHnKNpANTH, OK Wll.M AM—MIXTII (IKNKHATION.
""'■" '"'••l. Marilod or HomarkH.
No. Naino.
12(i:{ Fniiic(!s lOIi/.u
'"'•li. Nov. 24. 1840
12(14 Siliis Ciiinp, Nov. 28, 1848 Nov. 22. 18.')1
12(15 Kird'k Woisl<.r,.Imu! 8, 1851 Dec. lo" imr,
Vim William W.. Mch. 14. 1858
2(1 Imshiind.
12(t7 Win. W. Jones,
Elizalx'Mi A.
Ciinii), Oct. i;{. 1828
1208 Hcv. Win. F.
Hrviinl,. •
1 ("hild.
1200 Mary E.. |),,o. ;J0, 1855
July 5. 1862.
Jan.. 1854.
1868
Gco.Wui.Can.p.Apr. 10, 18;J2 Apr. 24. 1874 Jan. 10 1850
1270 Sarah J. Uey-
nolds.
3 cliildrcn.
1271 Elsie E., Mch. 5, 1801
1272 Frank B.. May, 1803 Au^r..
1273 Geo. K., Juno 10, 1807
1809
« lO.
Theodore Edson
Camp, July 20^ iggj)
1274 Sarah J. E. Jones.
2 children.
1275 Silas William, Oct. 15, 1870
1270 Elizabeth Aiin,Nov. 8, 1871
Dec. 15, 1809.
Geo. Foster,
1277 Mary Fanoher.
2 children.
1278 Mary l.ouise,
1279 Charley,
1830
1801
1803
1859.
o<ir*.
AliceM.Knapp,Dec.23. 1848 April 10, 1874 1871
1280 Robt. Mclvni-ht.
2 children.
1281 Harry, igcG Feb. 22, 1871
1282 Walter Miller, 1372
' Rev. M,-. Bryant was an Epi.scopal clergyman, and died'^iidd^nly at
«4f, "'"' T.f. ""''' '" *I»^'''^^""' 1«58 or 9. Mrs. Bryant is now
(18(0) hvuig m Chicago.
DUHCKNDANTH OK Wtl.UAM HIXTil (IKNKRATION.
133
No. Naino. Bora. |)u„|.
Dtliii Anil
Kiiiipp, .iiiiy ".», inno
liKi Kzra Hiclmnlson.
1 cliild.
1284 Au/,'nstii. Jk-c. 'i'.i, 1874
Wm. J. Mc-
Alpino. April :{{), 1813
1285 Sarah K. Lariied.
7 cliildrcM.
1380 Klizaln'th.Iuiie, Dec. 38, 1841
1287 Miiry Amelia, Mcli. 1.1, 1844
1288 Julia Jarvis, Nov. la, 184(5
138« Wni. Donald
McCJregor, Feb. 3«, 184» Dee. 30, 1858
1390 Sarah .loso-
phine, June 18, 1858
1801 Catharine L.. 185({
1893 Anna Gertrude, June 39, 1855)
Mnrrled or Rtimiirkti.
1874.
FeJj. 34, 1841.
Charles F. Jolnmon.
One Hon.
Euir. I.eut/e, IT. S. N.
(^ne daughter.
Amelia Anna
McAlpine, Oet. 0, 181(5
1898 Chas. Tyng-, Au--. 34, 1801
5 children.
1394 Chas. Dudley, May 3, l8;Mi
1395 Anita Eli/ahetli, Feb. 4, 1888
1390 .Iulia(Jertrude, Oct. 8,1840 Jan. 0,1848
1397 George, May 13, 1842 July i.^, i8«9
1398 Julia Gertrude,May, 1844 May. 1840
j Nov. 9, 1838. Living
( in Providence, li. I.
Living in Arizona.
Miris Anita ELtzABETii Tyno
Is the second cliikl of Charles Tyng and Anita A. McAlpine, and
was born Feb. 4, 1838. 8he was named for her grandmother and
great-grandmother, both being descended from the family of
Jarvis.
From childhood Miss Tyng has been an earnest, energetic
fa.'ident. Fond of scientific reading and research, she turned her
attention to the study of medicine and surgery. She entered the
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, from which she gradu-
ated in 1864. After her graduation, she went to New York, where
she was introduced into Bellevue Hospital by Dr. James R. Wood.
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134
DESCENDANTS OF VnILLIAM — SIXTH OENEHATION.
She afterwards became Assistant Surgeon to Dr. H. R. Storor
of Boston, who was Surgeon to the New Enghind Hospital for
Women and ('liihiren.
In the year 18G8, she removed to Providence, where she is highly
esteemed as a woman and physician.
In 1872, she was elected member of the fihode Island Medical
Socaety, and subsequently a member of tlu; Providence Medical
Association.
Soon after thesQ honors had been bestowed upon Jier, she read
'">efore the State Society a paper on ' Eclampsia I'uerporalis," a
disease which slu; liad treated sixccessfully. This paper, whose
merits were respectfully discussed at tha^, time by J)rs. C'lapp,
Capron, Stanley, and others, has since been published.
Miss Tyng has lately received the appointment of Delegate to the
American Medical Association, which meets in Chicago. She has
also received other and later honors at the hands of the profession,
and it is very evident that Miss Tyng will, eventually, take her
place among the representative women of this progressive age.
<M)0.
No. Name. Bom.
Elizabeth Mary
McAlpine, Aug. 31, 1833
1399 Jas. I.. MrrGrcgor.
3 children.
1300 Mary Stuart, Mch. 39, 1849
1301 John Alpine. June 33, 1853
Chas.F.Osborn, Scpt.38, '818
1303 Caroline Kellogg,
3d wife.
1303 Harriet Smith.'
Child.
1304 Clarence P., June 13. 1860
Piad. Miirrieil or Remarks.
Aug. IC, 1847.
Mch. 33, 1841.
Ap.-ii 1, 1864 Dan. Eweck Kellogg.
April 19, 1805.
Nelson Jarvi.s
Wat(irl)Ui.) .
1305 Nancy D. M. Gibson.
4 children.
1300 Lucy Sutford.
1307 Eliz. Jarvis.
1308 Maria (Jibsoii.
1309 Nelson Jarvis, Jr.
Tlf>.
See Appendix U.
'Daughter of Stephen Smith, Norwalk.
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DKS0ENDANT8 OF WILLIAM— SIXTH GENERATION.
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136
DE8CKNDANT8 OF WILLIAM — SIXTH GENEKATION.
to take medical direction of the forces at Pinckney Island, Sea-
brook's, and Elliott's IMantatioiis, S. C^.
In Septemb(ir, 1862, the yellow fever which destroyed General
Ormsby Mitchell and other prominent officers in the Department
of the South, laifl low also many of the 7th New Hampshire Vol-
unteers, and he was sent to New York city in chai'jjje of a detach-
ment of this re}i;imeiit, on the steamer " Delaware." Tie then pro-
ceeded to Phihulclphia, where he remained as Examining Surgeon
of recruits until the early spring of 18G.'{, when he was ordered to
fit up a hospital for the accommodation of Confederate prisoners
at Fort Delaware, Delaware Ray; after which he rejoined his regi-
ment, the Hd Pennsylvania Artillery, at Camp Hamilton, Va.,
May, 1863.
In June, he was assigned to duty as Post Surgeon of Fortress
Monroe, where he reni.ined until December, 1865, when, the war
having closed, he left the U. S. military service. In the autumn,
before leaving the army, lie, with two other commissioned officers,
was detailed by the Secretary of War, to investigate the manage-
ment of all hospitals, past and present, near Fortress Monroe.
After returning to Philadelphia, lie attended lectures at the
University of Pennsylvania in 1865-66, and June 1, 1866, he
settled in Denver, Col. His practice is general, though a large
portion is surgical. Among his notable cases is that of a girl ten
years of age, run over by a locomotive engine; in which case he
removed the left arm two inches below the elbow, tht right arm
three inches below the shoulder-Joint, and the left lower leg at the
junction of the middle and upper third of the tibia, with the
result of a rapid recovery.
He is a member of the Denver Medical Society, of which he
was President in 18G8; also a member of the Colorado Medical
Society; and President of the State Board of Health for 1876-7-8.
Since 1868, he has held the office of Examining Surgeon for
Pensions; was City Physician of Denver from 1872 to 1876, and
again in 1876-9; from 187-4 to 1876 was President of the Board
of Education of Denver.
He has been Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of "Wolfe
Hall," Denver, since 1875; member of the Standing Committee of
Colorado for 1878.
From 1870 to 1876, he was Surgeon of the Kansas Pacific and
Denver Pacific Railroads, and again, since 1877, of the Donver
Pacific; he has been Surgeon of the Denver & Rio Grande Rail-
road since its construction in 1870.
DKSCENDANTS OF WILLIAM SIXTH GKNKUATION.
137
He is Medical Referee for the " Mutixal Benefit Life Ins. Co." of
New Jersey, and for the " New York Life Ins. Co."'; also Medical
Examiner for the "New York Mutual Life Ins. Co."; the "Con-
necticut Mutual Life Ins. Co."; the '-New York Home Life Ins.
Co.," and others.
He lias been President of the Agricultural Ditch Co. since 1875.
His medical writings relate chiefly to the climate of Colorado,
and to matters of hygiere.
•rsio.
No. Name. Born. Died.
Married or Reinarks
Jno.E.liiissftt.' Mch. 81, 1830
June 11, 1860.
1333 Sarah B. Pratt.
4 chrulren.
1333 Mary Lindcr-
grc'on, May 27, 1805
1334 Geo. Jarvis, Nov. 23. 1860
1335 Annie Louise, June 14, 1873
1336 Sarah Isabelle, Oct. 16, 1875
Ann Augusta
Jarvis, Pel). 14, 1849 Apr. 13, 1877 July 8, 1873, by Rev.
S. J. Horfon, D.D.
1337 E.D.Woo(llmry,-^May 30, 1837
3 children.
1328 Roger Atwater, Jan. 10, 1875 Born at Denver.
1329 Sanford Jarvis, Aug. 30, 1870 Born at Denver.
E. D. Woodbury
Was the son-in-law of Benjamin A. Jarvis of Cheshire, Conn.
His wife's name was Ann Augusta Jarvis; and tlie following is an
abbreviated statement of the services of this diistinguished soldier
in the Union army during the Rebellion.
On the 14th of Decemlier, 1863, while principal of the academy
at Derby, Vermont, he enlisted for three years, as a })rivate, in
Company E, First Vermont Cavalry.
On January 21, 1SG4, lie joined his regiment in camp at Stevens-
burg, Virginia, where he found, among tlio officers, scn'cral of his
old college friends and classmates, but as lie had a disabled liaud,
from a felon, he was prevented from joining (Jeneral Kilpatrick
in his famous raid around Richmond.
' Hardware merchant. New Haven, Conn.
* Was graduated, 1863, from Dartmouth College.
18
138
DK8CENDANTS OF WILLIAM — SIXTH OKNKRATION.
On the niglit of the 3d of May, at 12 midnight, the regiment
broke camp and started upon what proved to be the longest and
most obstinately contested campaign of the war. General Grant
had recently joined the armv of the Potomac, though General
Meade remained in immediate command. At sunrise, on the 4th
of May, 18G4, the army forded tlie Bapidan, and at 2 p.m. were
fired upon by the scouts and pickets of the enemy, who were soon
driven back to " Mine Run." 'Jliis ended the first day of this
campaign.
On the following day, at 3 a.m., the terrible "Battle of the
Wilderness " began, and during the carnages of that fierce conflict,
he was in the hottest of the fight, while his comrades were falling
around him. The cavalry were often dismounted, and obliged to
fight on foot, like the infantry. Near " Mine Run " the enemy
cliarged suddenly and in foi'ce upon the Union army, which some-
what disordered and scattered the Union troops, but quickly rally-
ing, the cavalry were dismounted, and went into the fight on foot.
During this engagement, and as Private Woodbury was kneeling
behind a fence, a riflivball struck the rail, piercing it so far as to
be partly seen, and throwing dust and small splinters into his face.
He partially moved to oiu; side to give a comrade i)la(!e, who, in a
moment, was shot in the left temple, and fell dead at liis side. On
another occasion, standing behind a small tree about six inches in
diameter, a rifle-ball struck it breast high, when he hastily sought
a safer shelter. About 2 p.m. th(! cavalry nMuounted, charging
upon the enemy, when th(!y fell back. Woodbury's horse was
shot under him, and in falling, plimged ht^adlong, throwing his
rider over his neck into the bushes. He immediately (extricated
himself from his perilous condition, and made his way to one of
the Union batteries. On his way, he stooped t(j drink from a small
]»r()()k, when a shell, falling within eight feet of him, quickened
his flight, without quencliing his thirst. On reaching the battery,
which was just moving oif, he fortunately mounted another hoi'se,
whose rider had been killed, and, as he expressed it, " Richard
was himself again." In this day's fight, the division to which he
belonged was worsted. At 9 p.m. he lay down upon the ground,
behind his horse, thankful that he was spai-ed from the perils of
the battle.
In the morning of the 9th of May, 1864, his regiment cut loose
from the main army, and went on a raid, under the lead of Gen-
eral Sheridan. They passed Fredericksburg about 10 a.m., and
DESCENDANta OF WILLIAM — SIXTH GENEUATION.
130
'7.
Il'll-
aiul
without halting for diTiner or supper, camped about midnight, and
were ofT again at lialf-past .'5 a.m. On the 10th, th(\y crossed
the Nortli Anna, and cainpetl near tlio Soutli Anna. Their rations
being exhausted, fioin tliat time till the 14th they subsisted on
bacon and corn, either raw or roasted.
At noon on the 11th, they reached A^shland Station, and spent
the day mostly in destroying the Uichmond & Potomac raili'oad,
and, towai'ds evening, they encount<red the Rebel cavalry undcsr
General ,1. E. H.Stuart. General Gustev's " Michigan Hrigade"
was fornnng for a charge, when the General shouted to ( .olonel
Chapman, commanding the Second Brigade, that he wanted the
First Vermont Regiment to lead the charge. The enemy's bat-
tery was partly hidden from sight by a narrow strip of pine woods.
As the colunm swept around the wood, the Rebels, not relishing
a charge led by Guster, their battery was discovered dashing cn'cr
the crest of a hill, leaving a few of their guns behind. The result
of the battle was the complete rout of the Rebels, General Stuart
being among the killed. Soon another Rebel battery opened up(m
the Union troops. They were at once answered by rifled guns,
but their cavalry came sweeping down upon the l^nion raiMers,
not having yet fully recovered from the confusion of their former
charge.
To add to the horrors of this bloody fight, the southwestern
horizon assumed a leaden hue, and soon the dark clouds came
rolling one upon another, imtil the whoh> heavens were shrouded
in darkness. The dull, murky atmosphere hung like a funereal
pall overhead, when suddenly the vivid lightnings flashed inces-
santly, and the earth seemed to tremble beneath the terrific peals
of thunder. From cloud to cloud the forked lightning flashed
and leaped, and the reverberating thunder echoed from height to
height, and from mountain to mountain, until the storm died away
in the distant hills. The rain fell in torrents, while in the thick
darkness of the tempest the flashes of the rifles were dim,ly seen
but for a moment, and the booming of the cannon was scarcely
audible amid the louder roar of the dread artillery of heaven.
The storm was of short duration, as in half an hour not a cloud
obscured the glories of the setting sun, as he sank from beholding
the carnage of the battle-field.
At 4 A.M., June 1st, the Union tiroops left camp on the Pamua-
key, and a battalion of four companies rode eight miles, to the
South Anna, and burned the bridges of the Richmond & Potomac
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railroad, and also thowe of the \ irginiu Central. lieturning,
(hey found tlu> l)rif/;ado was gcttinu; batily used up by a strong
fort'A! of infantry ut Asliland Station. Coloju^l (^Iiapinan at onco
sout his men out, disnioiintcd. Tlicy wore getting worsted, when
a body of troops were seen approaching on their right and rear.
Supposing theni to lu' Hcbels, the men were for leaving the field,
but Colonel Chapnuui ordered them baek, deelaring the coming
troops were friends. The eniMiiy in front charged, l)iit were checked
by the Union troops, who were "about iiuiking u counter clinrge,
when the balls from the advancing troops, on their right and rear,
came vvhi/zing among them. Colonel Cliapman now h(;aded the
retreat, anti the men, remounting their horses in haste, fled from
the scene. Lieutenant Stone, ( /ompany F, with a large part of his
company, were taken prisoiKTs.
At 8 A.M., Jun(( 2d, the raiilers left llimover, and at half:past
three the following morning, the 3d, camped about five miles
from Riclimond. At 11 a.m., the battle opened with the Rebel
cavalry and infantry, and the struggle was fierce and long.
Captain Cushman, Company E, and C'olonel Preston were killed,
and their deaths cast a gloom over the whole regiment. 'I'his
action was known as the battle of '• 11a we's Shop." Worn with
fatigue, Private Woodbury slept well through the night on a board,
with a Poncho ovier him, with his head in a " hard-tack " box, to
keep off the rain.
On the 'Jlst of June, 1864, he wen! upon another raid, under
(iiMieral Wilson, known as " Wilson's Raid," to ilestroy the I'eters-
burg & Lynchburg railroad, also tlie Richmond & Danville road,
with its iron bridge across the river Staunton. The object was
partly accomplished, but proved well-nigh fatal to the troops
engaged.
At noon on the 2'2d of June, they met the enemy, and from
that time till they were again within the Cnion picket lines, oi. the
1st of July, they were completely surrounded by the Rebel troops.
At Nottoway, they fought the enemy in strong force for the
possession of the Petersburg & Lynchburg railroad, and drove
them three-fourths of a mile, into the woods, when they came in
sight of the Rebel battery that had been shelling them. Their
ammunition giving out, they retreated, with the Rebels at their
heels.
They remained in possession of the road until morning, destroy-
ing it, effectually, for miles. During that night, Private Wood-
DKSCKNDANTS OV WII.MAM SIXTH (IKNKUATION.
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in
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.eir
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od-
hury, sitting on the ground, slept an hour or two, Imlding tlio n^ins
ol' his horse's Itridlc, and loaning against his fore legs. In this
fight ('otn))any H] again lost its (Captain, Hiram H. Hall.
Karly in tlu- altfrnoon of tlie 2Uh ol' June, tlicy cainc upon the
Richmond & Danville road, which they followed tlnrty six hours,
destroying it to the iron bridge at the junction of the Little Roa-
noke and the Htuunton rivers. Tlie hridgt' was only partially
destroyed, with the loss of LMK) men. The attempt was almndoned,
and at midnight, the raiders began their homeward march.
Having driven the TTnion tnjops from the briilge, the K(!bel8
were more courageous and determined in their assaults, while the
raiders were cmnberful with numy negroes who followed iti their
train, consisting of old men, women, and childi'eii. (Jen. Fitzhugh
Lee, with a body of cavalry, hmsely estimated at 1 2,000, endeav-
ored to cut oil' their retreat, and from 3 v. M. on the IHith, till!> i' M.
on the 27th of June, they were harassed by the Rebels, constantly
fighting on the defensive, so that their progress was sh)W. Just
before noon, on the '28th June, the LTnion raiders cro.ssed the Not-
toway, and at night they were attacked by the Keliels. The 1st
Vt. ('avalry, and other troops:, were out on the line. Dismounting,
they drove the enemy back half a mile, the evening being so dark
that the enemy could not be seen. Privates Woodbury and Mc-
Neil, his messmate, made a breast-work of two rails, and lying on
their faces, directed their fire by the flash of the Rebel gnns. It
was a terrible storm of iron and lead, and NcNeil was badly
wounded, and soon after died.
About 3 A. M., tlie Union troops wei'e ordered back to their
horses, but were almost immediately ordered back again. Scarcely
had they reached the line of battle when there was a lull in the
firing, but it soon broke out again with redoubled fury all along
the line, while a body of cavalry from another quarter charged
upon the horses which had been left in the charge of a few soldiers,
each of whom rode one, holding three others by the bridles, as was
usual when the cavalry dismounted and fought on foot. The road
was crowded with wagons, amlnilances, led horses, loose horses,
and contrabands, and the Rebels pressed on, confident of completely
destroying them. In this pell-mell, private Woodbury saw his
comrades shot down on all sides of him. Of all the men of Co.
"E," who were dismounted, only four or five came in; the rest
were captured, and among them, C'apt. Chandler, who soon made his
escape, and in a few days came into camp. As soon as the com-
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iiiHiul coiilil Ih> (U)llfct('(l, they I'dl liack to tlic pliicc I'roni whence
theystartod tho previous oveiiiiig.
At noon they again moved to the scene of the morning's disas-
ter upon Stony (^reek, near tlio Weldon Hailroad, and were com-
pletely hemmed in by the Rebels, who were drawing tluur lines
closer alK)Ut them, in this dilemma, they burned their wagons,
pitch(!d the artillery into tht! creek, and lol't tlu' and)ulances with
the wounded in charge of surgeons, all of whom that day became
prisoners. The command marched and fought, cutting their way
out at midnight, when they rested two hours, and then pushed on
again. The ne.xt day, tlie 1st of July, fortunately not being mo-
lested, they halted at Cabin I'oiiit, just within Ueneral (irant's
lines.
At evening roll, on July 4th, private Woodbury was promoted
fifth Sergeant of ('o. "E," 1st Vermont Cavalry, and acting
Orderly Sei'geant. While lying at City Point, S(M'gennt Woodbury
narrowly escaped death from being thrown down a stee]) l)ank,
heels over liead, with his horse tumbhng after him. He was l)adly
bruised in his head and hands, and landed in the mud of a small
creek. No serious injury, however, resulted from this mishap, and
early in August, he, with the army, went into the valley of the
Shenandoah with Cc^neral Slieridan.
The army crossed the Blue Ridge at Snicker's Cap, and forded
the Shenandoah on the Kith of August. At 1 a. m., Sept. 10th, the
command broke camp for Winchester. During the day the 1st
Vermont was in the hottest of the fight. This was the first gen-
eral engagement since Sheridan's arrival in the valley, and both he
and Early pushed forward every available man. The tide of bat-
tle swayed to and fro till night, wlien the Union forces succeeded
in driving the enemy through and beyond the town, capturing sev-
eral tliousand prisoners, and a few guns. This has been officially
known as the " Battle of the Opequan," to distinguish it from a
fighter engagement at Winchester on the 17th of August.
Two days after entering Winchester, Sept. '20th, the cavalry were
off scouting, and the infantry fought and won tlie battle of " Fisli-
er's Hill." On the 22d of September, 1864. the third division,
under Gen. Wilson, in which the Ist Vt. belonged, marched from
Winchester towards the Shenandoah at 1 a. m. Before night they
were in fine on the bank of the river, and as the head of the col-
umn advanced to the ford, they were suddenly attacked by the
Rebels, whose bullets flew thick and fast among them. Early in
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DE80KNDANTR OF WILLIAM SIXTH aKNKRATtON.
43
the morninjf tfio division charged across the river, and advanced to
Front Royal.
On the 'J7th, tho division marclied from Staunton to Waynos-
boro, whon^ thoy took a few [)risoner8. At sundown, thoncxt day,
they were driven out pell-mell, and spent the whole night retreat-
ing under Gen. Wilson's guidance, and at 7 a. m. on tlie morning
of the '29th, tliey went on picket at liridgewater, about forty miles
from the scene of the evening's rout.
On the 30th G(!n. Wilson was relieved of his command, and
Gen. Custer appointed in his place.
Having driven Early across the mountains, the army fell back
down tlie valley, driving horses, mules, cattle, sheep, and hogs, aiul
destroying everything which could supply the enemy.
Oct. (Jth, Co. '> E " was sent t>n th(f left flank, and was engaged
in destroying the property of the Rebels, during wliich raid many
exciting incidents occurred. On tlie 7th, at noon, they crossed a
small stream with 2,000 cattle and sheep, when they were attacked
by the enemy, under General Rosser. After some skirmishing,
the heef and mutton were lost, and a few men. On the following
day, C'o. " E " was again simt out to burn and destroy the propeity
of tlie Rebels. On the 9th, the enemy occupied Mount Olive, and
one of their shells burst near Sergeant Woodbury, covering him
with dirt.
Gen. Sheridan had been called to Washington, and returned to,
and spent the night of the 18th of October at, Winchester, nearly
twenty miles from his army. Meantime, Gen. Early having
returned into the valley, favored by heavy fogs, surprised the army
on the morning of the 19th, at 3 o'clock. He captured the Union
pickets, and sweeping down into their camps, took some twenty-
five guns, and turned them upon the Union troops, driving them
down the valley. At this critical moment, Shm-idaii arrived, and
checking and re-forming the retreating army, charged back upon
the Rebels, and sent them Hying up the valley in a perfect rout
toward Strasburg. During this hot pursuit of the Rebel army
under Gen. Early, Sergejuit Woodbury captured the battle-flag
of the 12th N. C. Infantry.
Two days afterward, he, with fifteen others of the 3d division,
who hr.d captured flags from the enemy, reported at (ren. Custer's
headquarters, and thence at Gen. Sheridan's. The next day they
took the cars for Washington to present their trophies to the war
department. Secretary Stanton received them cordially, and gave
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to each twenty (luyn' I'lirlough, transportntiuu lu uiid i'ruiii their
homes, ami a bronzo iiuulal.
Upon ri'tuniing to the n'giinont, Nov. 18, 1804, Sorgoant Wood-
bury recoi veil his coniniiHsion as '2d Lioutonant of Co. "E,"aiid
on the Dtli February, 18(>r), that of 1st LioiitcMiant of Co. " H."
On the nioriiinfi; of tlu; Ist of April, 18()H, the battle opcaied
early. In iho, middle of the afternoon. Gen. ('lUster formed liis
division under the constant shelling of the enemy. He had his
band in full view, playing patriotic airs. The charge sounded, and
they emerged from tlu; wood, under a heavy fire. A lifh^ ball
struck and disabled Lieutenant Woodbury's horse, l)ut mounting
another, h(^, with some lU'ty otlnus, cliargc^d on what they took to
be a small squad of infantry, when th(*y found themselves sur
rounded by a greatly superior force of tlio enemy. In this nirlee,
Lieut. Woodbury was captured, but, aft(M" riding a few rods, he
suddenly put spurs to his horse, and dashed forward, hotly pursued
by his captors. His hor.se was shot through the hea<l, and fell
npon Woodbury's leg, holding him fust. The Rebels, doubtless
thinking both horse and rider were dead, passed on. He extri-
cated himself, made for the real", mounted another horse, and rejoined
his command. Late at night, the Union troops eiiciunped, and the
battle of the K'ive Forks hud been fought and wim.
At 5 p. M. on the 8th of April, tlu; enemy were met at Appoma-
tox Station. While halting a few minutes, a ball, two inches in
diameter, from a charge of canister, struck a tree a few feet above
his head and fell at his feet.
The 'Ad Division was massed in a field to charge upon about 40
pieces of artillery a short distance away, covennl ])y a piece; of
woods. The loth N. Y., Col. Coppinger commiuidiug, had the
advance, but the movement not being made m the si)irited manner
that Gen. Custer wished, he, out of all patience, cried out, " Let
the 1st Vermont follow me!" and himself led the charge. The
whole of the Rebel artillery ojiened fire u|»on the advancing column,
and it seemed impossible that a man could survive. It soon
became dark, when Lieut. Woodbury was struck by a fragment of
shell, which tore off a part-of his right hand, crossed his breast,
tore open his jacket and shirt, and went through his left arm near
the shoulder. He was thi-own from his horse into the bushes. He
ran ])a('k to an old shanty, and from thence was taken to "^he hos-
pital, about a mile distant, where his wounus were dressed. The
whole of the Rebel guns were captured, and the last fight of the
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nEBrr.NDANTS OF WII.MAM — SIXTH (JK.NF.RATION.
145
rebellion ended, except a few minutes' skirnishinj? the next morn-
inff.
At about 10 A. M. the next day, April !tth, (i<mi. I itu' surrendered,
and on the 2 1 st June, 1865, Lieut. W«)()dhury, with his regiment,
WHS nnistered out of the service at BiirliiiKtoii, Vt., having;; received
his " cnrnniission as Captain Ity Brevet for ^'■allant and moritorioiis
services in the Held."
During his stTvice in the army, Iroiii Dec. I J, ISfJ.'t, till the sur-
render of lifie, April !•, IHfi.'i, he was in 'M) skirmishes and battles,
many of which were among the most bloody and terrible of the
war.
His excellent charac'ter, noble conduct, and cool courage in tti(>
midst of danger won for him the esteem of his superior oflicers
and comrades, and justly entitle him to the lasting gratitude of his
country.
Since his retirement from the army he has been the Head Master
of the Episcopal Academy of Cheshire, (^onn.
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Ithe
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of
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No. Nftino.
Hamud J.
I'inckncy,
mm hii/. .1. Peck.
4 cliildrcn.
i;};U .Icnnie E.,
1333 Henry W.,
Born.
Ui(!(l.
Oct. H, 1829
April 24, 183»)
Mch. 8, 1857
Dec. 14, 1859
Marrioil or l{nmarki»
\ April 24, 1H.*)(!.
/ Live in Br'klyn, N. Y.
1333 liiliim M.. July 6, 1868 Feb. 8. 1870
1334 Elizalu-thT., April 6, 1871
•yse.
John WilHon
McLean,M.D.,Oct. 4, 1837
1335 H arietta Lavinia
Gounian, Mch. 34, 1844
6 children.
1330 John Sterling, Feb. 19, 18(i4
1337 Charles Jarvis, July 26, 1865
1338 Annie Langdoii, Aug. 11,1 8»i6
1339 Langtlon Rice, Nov. 5, 1867
1340 Lillie Uicc, Mch. 23, 1870
1341 Fred. Ohappei, May 16, 1873
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Resides Norwalk, Ot.
Sept. 3, 1866
Dec. 11, 1867
Dec. 11. 1873
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146 descendants of william — seventh generation.
7th Generation.
No. Name. Born.
Mary Shrievp
Jarvia, July 24, 1836
1343 Wm. J. Gilbert.
3 children.
1343 Sarah Hatch, April 9, 1864
1344 Robt. .larvis, May 10, 1866
1345 Wm. Jarvis, Mch. 30, 1868
Died.
Married or Remiarlts.
C. E. Leonard
Jarvis,^ July 1
7, 1840
1346 Annie McOhee.
5 children.
1347 Ernest Leonard,
1868
In infancy
1348 Isabel Helen,
1869
1349 Florence Annie,
1873
1350 Ethel Hazen,
1874
1351 A son.
1876
Ellen Ciiroline
Jarvis, McU. 12, 1842
1352 Chas. Mesham.^
2 children.
1353 Chas. Edward.
1354 Marg't Barrett.
sor.
Agnes McGhee, June,
1845
1355 Wm. Harrison.
5 children.
1356 Murray,
1866
1867
1357 Herbert Gray, Nov. 7,
1867
1358 Agnes Eliza
liiirns, Dec. 5,
1869
1359 L<H)n'd Jarvis, Sept. 12,
1871
1360 Frank McGhee, Aug. 15,
1874
1876
' C. E. Leonard Jarvis resides in St. John, "New Brunswick, and is
Agent of the Queen's Fire Insurance Company.
• Charles Mesham served in Canada with his regimenl, II. M. 62d Fool.
DESORNDANTS OF WILLIAM— -HEVENTH GENERATION. 147
8ie.
No, Name. Bom.
K(u-b't Murray
Jarvls, Miiv 18, 1848
1361 Allie Yielding.
3 children.
1868 Elma Muriel
Mun-ay, Dto. 1, 1876
laea Mildred Blen-
nerhassett, Nov. 11, 1878
Diea.
Married or Remarks.
Dec. 22, 1875.
Hept. 27, 1829
Koh't Morris
Hazen, '
1364 Mary V*'oodhou.sc' Grant
5 children.
1365 Rob'l Morris
Robinson,- Feb. 19, 1855
1366 Sophia Frances.Dec. 12, land
1367 Maria Arburthnot, 1859
1368 Lilian, Aug. 30, 1861
1369 Ethel."
May 6. 1863 April 0, 1854.
1858
Born at Walmor, Kent .
Born at Wiiichesltr.
Born in India.
4^
SSS.
Wm. Hazen,'' July 4, 1831
1370 Annette Swyninitn-,
2 children.
1371 William, May 24, 1857
1372 Cecilia Eliz'th, Oct. 24, 1858
2d wife.
1373 Eliz'th Bartlett,
4 children.
1374 Robert Parker, Dec. . 1865
1375 Harriett Su.san, May, 1867
1376 Arth. Prissick.Sept. 26, 1868
1377 An infant, I870
Mch. 23, 1860
1857
March 9, 1865.
'Robert Morris Ilazen was a Captain in H. M. 60th or King's Royal
R.He Corps, formerly conunanded by his grandfather. Col. Hazen He
died at Burniah, in India.
■ Born at St. John, N. B. ; died at Winchester, England
■^ Born at sea on board the "Golden Fleece," off St. Vincent
' William Hazen is a Civil Engineer, and resides in St John N B
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146 DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM — SEVENTH GENERATION.
7th Generation.
No
Bom.
Died.
Name.
Mary Shrieve
Jarvis, July 24, 1836
1343 Wm. J. Gilbert.
3 children.
1343 Sarah Hatch, April 9, 18«4
1344 Robt. Jarvis, May 10, 1866
1345 Wm. Jarvis, Mch. 30, 1868
C. E. Leonard
Jarvis,! July 17, 1840
1346 Annie McGhee.
5 children.
1347 Ernest Leonard, 1868 in infancy.
1348 Isabel Helen, 1869
1349 Florence Annie, 1872
1350 Ethel Hazen, 1874
1351 A son. 1876
T03.
Ellen Caroline
Jarvis, McU- 12, 1842
1352 Chas. Mesham.'^
2 children.
1353 Chas. Edward.
1354 Marg't Barrett.
sor.
Agnes McGhee, June, 1845
1355 Wm. Harrison.
5 children.
1356 Murray,
1357 Herbert Gray, Nov. 7, 1867
1358 Agnes Eliza
Burns, Dec. 5,
1359 Leon'd Jarvis, Sept. 12, 1871
1360 Frank McGhee.Aug. 15, 1874
Married or Remarks.
1866
1869
1867
1875
< C. E. Leonard Jarvis resides in St. John, New Brunswick, and is
Agent of the Queen's Fire Insurance Company.
'' Charles Mesham served in Canada with his regiment, H. M. 62d Foot.
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DESORNDANTS OP WrUJAM— SEVENTH GENERATION. 147
sie.
No. Name. Bom.
Herb't MuiTay
JarvLs, May 18, 1848
1361 Allie Yielding.
2 children.
1362 Elma Muriel
Murray, Dee. 1, 1876
1363 Mildred Blen-
nerbassett, Nov. 11, 1878
Died. Married or Remarks.
Dec. 22, 1875.
Rob't Morris
Hazeu.i Sept. 27, 1829
1364 Mary Woodliou.sc Grant.
5 children,
1365 Roh't Morri.s
Robinson,-' Feb. 19, 1855
1366 Sophia Franees.Dec. 12, 1856
1367 Maria Arburthnot, 1859
1368 Lilian, Aug. 30, 1861
1369 Ethel. 3
May 6, 1863 April (i, 1854.
1858
Born at Walmer, Kent .
Born at Winchester.
Born in India.
Wm.Hazen,'' July 4, 1831
1370 Annette Swymmer,
2 children.
1371 William, May 24, 1857
1372 Cecilia Eliz'th, Oct. 24, 1858
2d wife.
1373 Eliz'th Bartlett,
4 children.
1374 Robert Parker, Dec. , 1 865
1375 Harriett Susan, May, 1867
1376 Arth. Prissick.Sept. 26, 1868
1377 An infant, I870
Mch. 23, 1860
1857
March 9, 186.1
• Robert Morris Ifnzen was a Captain in H. M. 60th or King's Royal
R.«e Corps, formerly couunanded by his grandfather, Ccl Haxen ll
died at Burmah, in India.
■Born at St. John, N. B. : died at Winchester, England
Born at sea on board the "Golden Fleece," oflf St Vincent
* Wdham Hazeu is a Civil Engineer, and resides in St. John N B
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DE8UKNDANT8 OF WIIJJAM SEVENTH GENERATION.
Died.
No. Name. Born.
Bu.siin llazoii, Aug. 11. 1830
1378 TI10.S. Butterwortli Prissirk.'
5 chlldroii.
1379 Chas. Duulop, Aug. 28, 1803
1380 Francos IIiizon.ApriilS. ISm
1381 Marg.Joluuina, Feb. 13, 1807
1382 Tlios. lla/.cn, Sept. 25, 1808
1383 Robert Morris
ilazeii, Nov. 5. 1809
Marg't Ilazon, Mc-b. 18. 1843
1384 Artli. C. Haii.sanl.-
3 (tbildreii.
1385 Ri( li'd Ma.ssoy.Sept. 10, 1807
1380 Jobn St.Leger.Sf'iit. 29, 1868
1387 Hugh Hazoi), Oct. 0. 1809
Morrled or T innrkf>.
Oct. 8, 1861.
B. at Pembroke Dock,
Soutb Wales.
B. at Pembroke Dock,
South Wales.
Born at Montreal.
Born at Quebec.
Born at Quebec.
Oct. 25, 1860.
B. at ( 'olombo,Ce3'lon.
B. atColonibo.Ceylou.
B. at Colombo, Ceylon.
I
CJlarence Free-
man, May 20, 1846
1388 Harriett Ellen Carter.
2 children.
1389 George, Sept.,
1390 Lottie Maude.
1872
S&tl.
E.A.McCorniick, Jan.O, 1838
1391 Martin Dunsford.
2 children.
1392 William.
1393 Augusta.
so-y.
William Jarvis
McCormick, Sept. 12, 1839
1394 Marg't F. Mc
Lellan, July 13, 1843
2 children.
1395 Mary Sterns, Jan. 31, 1869
1396 Paul Jarvis, April 12, 1871
Dec. 25, 1871.
Sept. 17, 1850.
Dec. 26, 1867.
In California.
' Thomas Butterworth Prissick is a Commissary (with the rank of
Major) in the Commissariat and Transport Department of tlie British
Army.
' Arthur Clifton Hansard is a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.
nKSOKNDANTS OF WIIJJAM— SKVENTH GENERATION. l49
SOS.
No. Name. Born. Died.
Esther Mary
McCorinick, Sci)t. 24, 1841
1397 Geo. Denni.son.
2 children.
1398 Wm. Claud, June 1, 1871
1399 Ada Maria, Aug. 21. 1874
Married or Remarks.
June 21, 1870.
SO».
M. F. L. Mccor-
mick, Feb. 17, 1844
1400 Geo. Alex. Stewart.
3 children.
1401 Frances Mary
Alexandria, April 19, 1868
140? Fred. William, Jan. 3, 1870
1403 Grace Croft, Oct. 18, 1875
M. K. Bernard.
1404 Capt. C. McMurdoc.
3 children.
1405 Aston Edward, June 15, 1873
1406 Kathleen, Mcli. 16, 1876
1407 A. Keith, Fel). 17, 1878
W. A. H. Duff, April 17, 1846
1408 Barbara Alu.ira Brown.
4 children.
1409 Almira Helen, July 28, 1872
1410 Jesse Owen, J.-in. 21, 1874
1411 Cath. Hamilton, .Fan. 8, 1876
1412 William Alex., April 20, 1877
June 25, 1867.
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ose.
Caroline M.
Taber, July s, 1840
1413 Walter G.
Duckett, Sept. 20, 1841
3 children.
1414 Willard Sey-
mour, July 20, 1868
1415 Fred'k Walter, Dec. 7, 1872 Aug. 10, 1874
1416 Alva Jarvis, Dec. 29, 1874
Sept. 20, 1866.
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No. Name. Born.
Mary B.Taber, Feb. 14, 1850
1417 Wm.H.Hayard.Dec. m. 1841
1 diild.
1418 E\igeiie Jaivis, Df^c. 2, 1872
Died.
Married or Remarks.
Feb. 28, 1872.
lOSSO.
ChavlesJarvis.Dec. 12, 1835
1419 Julia E.Sayles, Dec. 8, 1833
2 children.
1420 (}raceLatbrop,Feb. 24, 18«2
1421 Blanche K., Feb. 20.1873
1 <>«5 1 .
Howlaud B.
Jurvis. May 27, 1837
1422 Laura Frances
Hughey, June 11, 1839 May 31. 187r.
2 children.
1423 Walter Bourn, Aug. 10. 1803
1424 Rob rt Jones, July 8, 1807
1 o««.
Henry (^ay
Jarvis, Oct. 19, 1841
1425 SameldaF.
Haldemau, Sept. 25, 1845
4 children.
1426 L. H. Jarvis, April 30, 1870 July 18, 1870
1427 Maud Marin, Aug. 3, 1871 Oct. 15, 1871
1428 Harry Newton, Nov. 10, 1875 Jan. 15, 1876
1429 Arthur Clay, Jau. 7, 1877
Louise Jeannette
Jarvis, Jan. 10, 1837
1430 Louis P. Fay.
2 children.
1481 Louie Jarvis, May 31, 1865
1432 Estelle Louise. Sept. 16. 1874 ,
June 17, 18H0.
Mav, 1861.
July 8. 1869.
Oct. 29, 1860.
Howard Jarvis,
1433 Ida Shannon.
3 children.
1040.
1843
Sept., 1862.
No Name
1484 John,
1435 Rachel,
1486 David,
DESCENI>ANTB OF WILLIAM— SEVENTH GENERATION. 1.51
Died, Married or Remarks.
Born.
June, 1863
1864
1870
1 040.
Clara M. Sears, Feb. 4, 1836
1487 John Canfleld.
5 children.
1438 Edwin, Mch., 1854
1439 Charles, 1357
1440 Carrie, ig^i
1441 Wilfred, 1864
1442 Canfield, i87i
lOSl.
Mary A. Sears, Jan. 35, 1841
1443 Hiram Black-
man.
2 children.
1444 Jennie, iggg
1445 Charles, i869
1 OS3.
Helen Jackson, Dec. 31, 1841
1446 Harra:i.n Pair-
child.
4 (hill Iron.
1447 John, July 8, 1869
1448 Henry, Peb. 13, 1871
1449 Marsh, Aug. 17, 1872
1450 Albert, Sept. 17, 1874
1451 Julia.
I OS4.
Julia Jackson, Nov. 27, 1843
1452 Martin L ilun-
gcrford.
3 children.
1453 Robert,
1454 Edwin,
1455 Arthur,
John Calvin
Jackson,
4 children,
Nov. 7, 1866
Feb. 22, 1869
June 20, 1872
Sept. 30, 1846
1853.
Sept. 19. 1858.
Mch. 28, 1868.
Dec. 8, 1864
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No. Name. Born. Died. Married or Romarke.
1456 Nelson, Aug. 3. 1871
1457 Raymond, Oct. 20.1872
1458 Mary Landou. 1875
1459 Jane Jarvis, 1877
10«1.
C. Willis Jarvis, Oct. 29, 1845 July 14, 1866.
1460 Harriet A. Wil-
bur, Jan. 4, 1846
3 children.
1461 Annie, June 15, 1867
1462 Lucy Josephine.Nov. 4,1870
1463 Lucretia, Apr. 5, 1874
1 ISO.
Robert Craigie
Hamilton, 1 July 6.1852 April 28, 1875.
1464 Charlotte Lewis.
2 children.
1470 Ethel Maud. Apr. 7, 1876
1471 Eva May. Sept. 7, 1877
Geo. Tyng, May 12, 1842
1472 Elena Anita Car-
illo Thompson, 1844 . /
3 children.
1473 Charles, May 18, 1870
1474 George, Jan. 13, 1872
1475 Dudley Atkins, Dec. 16, 1875 May 26, 1876
1476 Dudley Atkins 2d, May, 1878 Aug. 1878
1»1 1. .
Marv Placettc
Ma'rvin, xVug. 27, 1850 Apr. 27, 1871.
1477 JamesMontgom-
ery Coburn,Jr. Jan. 30, 1877
2 children.
1478 Robert Hewitt, Feb. 11,1872
1479 Lamont Din-
woodie, Sept. 1, 1874
July 15, 1869. Living
in Arizona.
1 Married at St. Alban's Church, Ottawa. The wedding was attended
by their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of Dufferin. Charlotte Lewis
is eldest daughter of the Rt. Rev. J. Travers Lewis, Bishop of Ontario.
DKSCKNDANTS OF WFIXtAM— 8KVKNTH QKNKKATIOM. IT,;}
No. Name.
131 «.
Bom. Died.
Julia J. Miirvin,.Jiily 30, la'iS
1480 Edward Jouner
Swords.
2 cliildron.
1481 Edward Jouuer, Oct. 18, 1873
1482 Win. V'oorhcfH, [)ct'. 20, 1P74
Married or Ri'iimrks.
Sept. 11, 1872.
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DKSCKNDANT8 OF THOMAS.
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DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS JARVIS.
At the commoiicotnent of tlio present enterprise, we met with
the fact that several faniihes kiuiW but little about their early
ancestors. Very many expressed a desire to know more, and
to offer their aid to furnish such information as was in their power.
Tlie late Hon. Kent Jarvis had succeeded in collecting quite a
full r(!('ord of his family, but had not l>een able to trace it back
beyond William Jarvis, who was born in 1727, and who died at
Brainard's Bridge, Rensselaer CJounty, New York, in 177'2.
This William Jarvis was an officer in the French war. He had
a son Kent, who was a major in the Revolution, and who was
killed by t*ie Indians, near Saratoga. Great efforts have been
made, but in vain, to learn more of the active lives of these j)romi-
nent and patriotic men.
As we said before, neither Mr. Kent Jarvis nor any of his family
have been able to trace their branch back any further than we have
mentioned, but many of them tell us they have heard "old people,"
their "grandparents" and "ancestors," say that they came from
different towns in Connecticut, nairnng Stamford, Norwalk, Dan-
bury, Poundridge, etc. Some of them went farther, claiming that
they were related to the late Bishop Jarvis of Connecticut.
Another tradition that Mr. Kent Jarvis, and many others referred
to, is, that William Jarvis, the officer in the French war, had a
brother Benjamin, who was a loyalist, and in consequence, was
obliged to leave the country, and go to Nova Scotia. Mr. Kent
Jarvis, under date of January 18, 1875, writes: "I well remember
a tradition in our family from my earliest childhood (I am nearly
74 years old), that my grandfather was a cousin of Bishop Jarvis
of Connecticut, also, that a great uncle, Benjamin Jarvis, a brother
of my grandfather, at the time of the Revolution, espoused the
cause of the King, and removed from New England to Nova
Scotia, where, it was said, he died several years after, leaving a
large estate, and never married."
Again, on the 17th of December, 1876, he writes: "In looking
over an old English prayer-book, which was my grandfather's, on
one of the blank leaves I find in my father's handwriting, that he
was born in Poundridge, Feb. 15, 1768, and that he began to work
DKHCKN!)ANTM OK THOMAS.
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was
mit
bor
arly
I'vis
other
the
Sova
nga
)kitig
•'s, on
lat he
work
with Mr. Eli Hristol, Jan. 13, 1775, in thti 17th year of hJH ago."
roiuulridge is near the Connoctic.nt hne, in Westchester Co., ten
or fifteen miles north of Norwalk.
The late Rev. Asahel H. Jervis wrote to Hon. Kent Jarvis, his
eonsin, under date of March 23, 1876 (he died Dec. 16, 1877,
aged 84 years): " T think you are correct in regard to the commis-
sion of uncle Kent, and his being killed by the Indians. The
commission of my grandfather Wi'lliom was among my papers,
and was highly prized by me on accoimt of its being a parchment.
I well remember the strong remarks vvliich were ma(h> by gentle-
men of distinction, when they examined it. It was among papers
which my sister, Polly Williams, took, after she was mariied to
Capt. Hilly "Williams. I doubt not but it is still in existence, but is
loO miles from hero. One thing more 1 will mention before T close.
Uncle Benjamin, the old Tory, is the man, with others, to whom
General Washington said in his sympathy: ' Gcnthmen, I wish you
all well. 1 wish you may all go to f leaven, hut you must all go there
hy the way of Nova Scotia.^ i Now, he is dead, and I have written
to inquire as to his property, said to be ' worth aguii.iia an hour.'
He was never married. We are his legal heirs."
Some of the family have written us that they liave seen letters
from this Benjamin, the " rich old bachelor," as he was called, in
which he desired some of his young relatives to come and Hve with
him in Nova 8cotia, so as to inherit his property. The reply in
on«! instance was, " My father used to say he did not want the
money, as uncle Ben was a Tory."
We make the following extract from a letter written by Mrs.
Electa Jarvis Scarrett (now in her ninety-first year), dated Decem-
ber 10, 1878:
" M^ grandfather's brother, Benjamin Jai'vis, in the early part
of the revolutionary struggle, took advantage of the offer of the
English Government to give a large tract of land to any one who
would adhere to the crown, and emigrated to Nova Scotia, where
he amassed a large fortune. He lived to be very aged, and, I
* After the evacuation of the British troops, under the command of Sir
Guj' Carleton, on the 25th Nov., 1783, great numbers of loyalists were
waiting for trausports to convey them to Nova Scotia. It is supposed that
a number of them called upon Gen. Washington after his entrance into
New York, and solicited his iufluence to let them remain, when they
received the above characteristic answer. — See Lossing, p. 633, Vol. 2,
"Loyalists."
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DIMBNDANTH of TIIOMAH.
think, adopted a distant coiiiK'ction of thr .larviH family, wiio
luHianic liiH heir. He had none of liin own.
"My fatln^r, Doctor JoHoph .Jarviw, was, I think, a nativo of
Panbury, (Jonnecticut. Ho studied inodicint' in liancshoroujjfh.
Horkwliin^ Co., Mass. He ?ervod as Hur^eon in tho American
Revohitionary War over threo years, after which he retiirne<l to
Laiiesb')rough, and practiced iiis profession there until November.
1805, when ho removed to New Haltimoro, on th(^ banks of the
Hudson river, wliere lie closed his useful and honorable life, aged
fifty-four. I have only to say of my father, he was a man I wos
proud to call father. My dear parents had fourteen children. Of
that large family, I am the only one left in this world of tears.
"1 have written this poor letter with my own hand, without
glasses."
On the records of the Court of Probate of Fairfield, October 3.
1707, we find that nenjnmin Jarvis of Norwalk, was administrator
(»f the estate of William .larvis, late of Norwalk. .Mso on th(^
records of the same court, July 'H), llU'y, that Jonathan Knight
was appointed administrator on tlu; estate of William Jarvis, late
of Norwalk,
Of Benjamin Jarvis we find that, on November It, 17*iO, he was
witness to a deed; also deeds of land to him, dated y\[)ril 21, 1764,
February 10, 177.'); and niortgage from him, April Hi, 1776; and
October 30, 1783, a deed which st{;,tes that tin; said Benjamin Jar-
vis had joined tho enemies of the United States, and that by order
of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut all his prop-
erty was confiscated and sold. (See Appendix P.)
On the records at Norwalk, we find a deed to William Jarvis of
Huntington, Island of Nassau, County of Sulfolk, dated October 18,
1714, and others in 1743 and 174C>. In 1751, he is described as
of Norwalk. In April 2, 1750, we find on a deed to John Sanders
the names of William Jarvis and William Jarvis, Jr., as witnesses,
and on other deeds down to and including the year 1760, but not
afterwards.
Leaving the above traditions, we now turn back to some of the
first settlers of Huntington, L. I. H(!i'e we find, in 1679, many
real estate records in the names of William Jarvis, Thomas Jarvis,
and Jonathan Jarvis, supposed to have been brothers, and who may
have been brothers of the Jarvises among the early settlers of Mas-
sachusetts, but we have found none but traditional evidence of it.
Of the above three brothers, William is established by his will
KKKCKNDANTS OK TIIOMAM — TIIIUli (IKNKKATION.
ir>i
a8 tho proffonitor of n portion of fho (^onin'ctK ut hranrli. .lotin-
tliaii huH Ix't'ii claiiiKMl hy Captain I'. ('. .Farvirt, and otlicns of
lliinliii|L;ton, L. I., as thu anceHtor uf tho tiuinorouH faniilica now
livinj^ in tliat. town.
Tliis U'av(^s TlionuiH without any diHcovorod (h'sc(>ndantHon Long
Inland, and it iw ht>liev»'(i that lie rcniovod from th(>ro to Connecti-
cut, wlierc he sctth'd, and lu'canic lh«' progenitor of that l»ranch
of the family whose traditions ahuve mentioned point to Norwalk
and vicinity as their placo of origin.
Wo have colK^cted all the information we could o))tain about tliis
ThoinaH Jarvis, and those believed to b(> Iuh immediati! deHcendaiitH,
and j)resent it to our readers, in tabular form, as th(> best r(>sult
at which we have been able to arrive.
No. Name.
148;{ Thomas .larvis,
Child.
1484 Thomas. .Ir..
DESCKNOANTH OF THOMAS
IhT (tKNRUATION.
Horn. Died.
1(1(10
17«3
Mnrrluil or K<'«Hrk».
Sc(! Apjicntti >D, N.
2n Gknkh.^tion.
1 4JS»^I .
No, Name. Born.
Thos. Jarvis,.Ir.. 10(t!t
1485 Holda.
2d wife.
148« Abigail Smilii,
Child.
1487 William, Mch. 30, 1737 June 15, 1772
Piod. Mnrriofl or UcmHrks.
17153 Dates ou lojnb sloni'.
June 14, 173G.
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3d Geneuation.
No. Name. Born. Died. Married or Ucmiirlvt*.
William Jarvis.iMt^i. 39. 1727 June 15, 1772
1488 Mary Wriglit, Mch. 11. 17;{0 Dec. 23, 1804 I). atFlyCreek, N. Y.
11 children.
1 Died at Brainard's Bridge, Columbia Co., New York; was an offlcer
in the French War ; by trade a weaver.
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No. Name.
148'J Joseph,
Um Bill,
1401 Elijah,
141)2 Kent. 1
141)3 Elizabeth,
1494 IMary,
1495 Chloe,
1490 Asahel,
1497 Asahel 2d,
1498 Chloe 2d,
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS FOt RTH OKNKHATION.
Born. Died. Married or Ucnrnrkc.
May 14, IT^S Oct. 17, 180(i Jan. 12, 178:5.
Dec. 30, 1753 Feb. 14, 1830 Aug. 30, 1780.
Died at the age of 18.
Nov. 10, 1760
May 12, 1702 Feb.,
1499 Sally,
Jan. 29, 1783.
1835 June 15, 1780.
Died young.
Died young.
Feb. 15, 1708 Sept. 10, 1823 Mar. 18, 1790.
Aug. 15, 1770 About 1840 Feb. 19, 1790,
Miles.
Aug. 19. 1772 Dec. 10, 1831 Feb. 14, 1793.
John
4th CJknekation.
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14 SO.
No. Name.
IJorn
Died
Married or Remarl<H.
Joseph Jarvis,
M.I)., a
May
14,
1752
Oct. 17,
1800
Jan. 12, 1783.
1500 Abigail Church, Jan.
25,
1703
14 children.
1501 Tully Church
Oct.
1783
Physician and Surgn.
1502 Horace,
Mch.
8,
1785
Mch. 14,
1808
Julianna Belts. I), at
Albany, N. Y.
1503 Electa,
Oct.
3,
178(i
May 7,
1787
D.al Lanesboro, JIass.
1504 Electa 2d,
Feb.
2,
1788
Sept. 19, 1813.
1505 Owen,
Sept.
13,
1789
June 23.
1808
I), at Lanesboro, Mass.
1500 Alvah,
Dec.
22,
1790
Feb. 22,
1H72
Sept. 22, 1813.
1507 Harriet,
Sept.
33,
1792
Nov. 15,
1853
Oct. 9, 1817.
1508 Ilaller,
May
30,
1794
June 24,
1794
1509 Adolphus,
Apr.
18,
1795
Aug. 5,
1874
Feb. 27, 1822.
1510 I'anthea,
Jan.
30,
1797
Sept. 7,
1801
D.at Lauesboro,Mass.
1511 Cxui^tavus,
Dec.
30,
1798
Jan.. 37,
1804
1
1512 Sophia,
I Aug.
4,
1801
M(^h. 24,
1872
June 3, 1823.
< Twins.
1513 Sophronia,
( Aug.
4,
1801
1875
1514 Gustavua 2d,
Apr.
13,
1804
Apr. 13,
1804
' An otticer in the Continental army; was massacred, near Saratoga, l)y
Indians, in the War of the Kcvolution. '
-Joseph Jarvis was a physician and surgeon; marrieil at Danbury,
Conn. ; died in New Baltimore, N. Y.
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS — ForRTH GENERATION.
159
No. Name.
Bill .Iiu'vis, 1
1515 Mary White,
7 children.
1516 Alfred,
1517 Polly,
1518 Willinm Cooiicr
1519 James White,
1520 Griethene,
1521 Asahel Hatch,
1522 Polly 2d,
Born. Died. Married or BTjarltB.
Dec. 30, 1753 Feb. 14, 1830 Aug. 30, 1780.
Dec. 25, 1701 July 0, 1820
Sept. 15, 1781 Aug. 20, 1798 •
Mch. 17, 1784 June 12, 1792 Daphany Taylor.
,Aug. 25, 1787 Feb. 25, 1813.
Jan. 35, 1790 July 30, 1853 Sept. 13, 1812.
Nov. 27. 1792
May 30, 1793 Dec. 16, 1877 Dec. 25, 1821.
May 28, 1797 March 23, 1817.
1403.
Elizab'h Jarvis, Nov. 10, 1760 Jan. 29. 1783.
1523 Malatiah Hatch, Juue 22, 1764 July 28, 1812
8 children.
1524 John,
Dec. 25, 1784
May
30,
1843
Jan. 8, 1807, I
McElvain.
1525 Polly,
Aug. 24, 1786
Jan.
33,
1804
1526 Solomon,
Feb. 6, 1789
S. McElvain.
1527 Ira.
July 25, 1791
C. Smith.
1528 William,
Oct. 17, 1793
Aug.
31,
1869
1529 Amelia,
Jidy 7, 1795
E. Taylor.
1530 Maleuda,
-
July 3, 1797
Twins.
A. Brown.
1531 Matilda,
July 3. 1797
F. Bingham.
1404
Mary Jarvis,
May 12, 1762
Feb.
1835
June 15, 1780.
1532 Thomas Edson
Jan. 3, 1753
1836
9 children.
•
1533 Polly,
Mch. 29, 1781
I. Ma'vin.
1534 Willy,
July 13, 1783
Mch.
33.
1785
1535 William Jarvis
, Feb. 23, 1786
Polly Fairchild
1536 Asahel.
Aug. 7, 1788
F. Stetson.
1537 A (hiUKliter,
Feb. 13. 1791
Veh.
13,
1791
1538 Orciicll,
Sepl. ;.. 1792
Lydia Wells.
1539 Sally.
Jan. 4, 1795
Jan.
4,
1803
1540 Theodoras,
July 7, 1798
Lawyer.
1541 Kli/.abefh,
Sept. 15, 1801
J. Price.
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Asahel Jarvis, Feb. 15, 1768 Sept. 10, 1823 Mch. 18, 1790.
Merchant.
1 Dr. Bill Jarvis came into Otsego Co. with Judge W^illiam Cooper, iu
the year 1790. Was physician, surgeon, and land surveyor.
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160 DK8CKNDANTS OB' THOMAS — FIFTH GKNKRATION.
No. Name. Born. Died. Married or Remarks.
1542 Abig'l GriHWokl, June 2, 1770 Hept. 20, 1802
13 cliildren.
1543 Chester. Dec. 9, 1792 Aug. 10, 1870 OtI. 15. 1818.
1544 Dwight, May 27, 1797 Jan. 28, 180;} Jan. 27, 1887.
1545 Alma, Apr. 3, 1799 June 20, 1803
1540 Kent,
June 13, 1801 Jan. 15, 1877-
\ May 17, 1821.
/ April 4, 180(i.
1547 Edwin, May 4, 1803 Sept. 10, 1872 Feb. 19, 1829.
1548 ^[ary Ann. May 11. 1805 Feb. 14. 1832 April 5, 1829.
1549 Jcrta Maria, May 30, 1800
lo'-iO Joseph Sidney, Oct. 23, 1H07 Sept. 15, 1855 Feb. 27, 1839.
1551 Iloraco iJenj., Sept. 11, 1809
1552 Harriet, Mch. 8, 1812 Sept. 30, 1878 Sept. 20, 1831. I), at
Massillon, O.
One son and two dauglitors died in infancy.
1 400.
Sally Jarvis. Aug. 19. 1772 Dec. 10, 1831 Feb. 14, 1793.
1553 Eln'th'nOsborn.June 12, 1709
7 children.
Dec. 31, 1793 W. Wilson.
Aug. 10, 1790 C. E. Barnard.
Feb. 13, 1799 Apr. 10, 1818
Nov. 13, 1800 Mch. 30. 1835 J. S. Avery.
1554 Aurelia,
1555 Lucinda,
1550 Julia Ann,
1557 Caroline E.,
1558 Prosp'rHosmer, Oct. 24. 1803
1559 IIosnierBeadell.Aug. 0. 1806
1560 Wni. Wright, Mcli. 18, 1808
S. Johnston.
C. Robertson.
No. Name.
Tidly C. Jarvis,
M.D., Oct.
1561 Margaret Scher-
nierhorn. Dec.
children.
1562 Jacob S..
1503 Abigail (\.
1564 lljichel 11..
1565 Joseph A.,
1566 Anne E.,
1567 Eliza E.,
5th Generation.
ISOl.
Boru. Died.
2, 1783
8, 1787
Married or Remarl(8.
Feb. 9, 1806.
Jan. 22. 1809
Aug. 13. 1813 May 5, 1831
April 18. 1815 July 17. 1838 May 6,1830.
Sept. 21, 1817 Nov. 14, 1844. Liv-
ing in Ithaca, N. Y.
Feb. 10, 1831
Oct. 10, 1828 June 0, 1854
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DESCKNDANTS OP THOMAS FIFTH OENEKATION. IGl
1S04.
No. Name. born.
Died.
Married or Beinarks.
Electa Jarvis, Feb. 2, 1788
Sept. 19, 1813.
1568 Ricb'd Srarritt,Dec. 15, 1787
April 27, 1854
9 cbildri'ii.
1569 Nancy Aurelia.July 12, 1814
April 27, 1815
1570 Nancy Aur. 2d, June 30, 1815
1
1571 Gust. Adolpb.,. July 20, 1816
May 12, 1839
1572 Electa Eu^renia,Nov. 14, 1817
Nov. 14, 1839
1573 Sarali Abi-,rail, Nov. 21, 1818
Feb. 5, 1819
1574 Sarab Ab. 2d., Mcb. 18, 1820
1575 James Jarvis, Feb. 5, 1822
Mary M. Turner.
1576 George Hall. April 18, 1825
Eliza Blodget.
1577 Edgar Alon/.o. May 20, 1826
July 12, 1826
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50€f.
Alvab Jarvis,' Dec. 22, 1790
Feb. 22, 1872
Sept. 22, 1813.
1578 Racb.lJradley, Nov. 25, 1793
Aug. 15, 1828
6 cbildren.
1579 Horace 15., Aug. 15, 1814
Sept. 25, 1815
1580 Horace A., Jan. 14, 1818
Sept., 1837.
1581 Mary M., Aug. 27, 1820
Mcb. 4, 1837
1582 JaredT?., Jan. 1,1823
Feb. 2, 1825
1583 Jared H. 2d, April 11, 1825
Mcb. 21, 1868
Mary Jane Hallet.
1584 Harriet E., Sept. 13, 1827
Aug. 4, 1828
2d wife.
1585 Louisa Gillet, July 31, 1788
Feb. 22, 1829.
ISOT.
Harriet Jarvis, Sept. 23, 1792
Nov. 15, 1853
Oct. 9, 1817.
1586 Joel Hradley. Mcb. 22, 1793
Nov. 3, 1853
Farmer.
B 6 cbildren.
1 1587 Henry, Oct. 5, 1818
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I 1588 Josepb Jarvis, Mcb. 20, 1820
April 3, 1821
I 1589 Josi-pb W.,-' Mcb. IS, 1821
I 1590 Maria Cburcb, April 18, 1822
Cbarles V. Heatb.
■ 1591 Harv.Slieppard, Sep. 4, 1825
■ 1592 Cyrus Yale, Nov. 7, 1827
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Adol. Jarvis, April 18, 1795 Aug. 5,1874 Feb. 27, 1822. Car|)en-
ter and joiner.
1593 Amelia Fuller, June 14, 1800 May 13, 1869
3 cbildren.
' Justice of Peace; dealer in real estate; postmaster.
* Married Anna Maria Scbermerhoru ; 2 cbildren, Alexander A. and
Auuu Josepbine Jarvis.
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DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS — FIFTH GENERATION.
No. Name. Born. Died. Married or RemnrkK.
ir)})4 JosepliChurfh.Jaii. 10, 1S33 July 0,1873 Scpl. (t. lH,-.().
irm Fninces E., Aii^^. 24, 1834
1596 HeniyA.,' Doc. 16, 1830 Dec. 4, 1872 .Tun. 20, \nr,-A.
1 .'5 1 S.
Sophia Jarvis, Auj?. 4. 1801 Mch. 34, 1878
1597 Nathan Ishdl, Jan. 33, 1801
7 children.
15G8 Betsey Jane, May 21, 1824 July 27, 1845
1599 Horace Smith. May 18, 1825
1600 Oliver Church, Nov. 12, 1837
1601 Celia Abigail,- Sept. 13, 1830 Sept. 30, 1833
1003 Sophr. Elvina, Nov. 16, 1834
1603 Fi'licia Minerva, May 29, 1836
1604 Geo. Thompson, Oct'. 18, 1839 .
June 3, 1823.
Fanner.
Olive Jane Fisher.
IS 13.
Sophi'. Jarvis, Auj;;. 4, 1801 1875
1605 Elishalhadley.May 26, 1798 Mch. 11, 1854 Farmer
9 children.
1000 Khoda Jane, Dec. 23, 1820
1607 Julia W., June 26, 1823
1608 Lyd. Cordelia, Xug. 4, 1824
1009 Abigail Cook, Mch. 27, 1837
1010 Harriet Curtiss, Oct 28, 1829
1011 George Henry. Oct. 33,1831
1013 Wm. Smith, Mch. 11, 1834
1013 Maria Louisa, Sept. 12, 1830
1614 Aug'ta Sophia, April 14, 1840
Sep.. 14, 1835
Dec. 13, 1848
June 27. 1846
Jan. 8, 1854
June 27, 1842
A. G. Isbell.
Joseph Hubbard.
D. Hubbard.
William Cooper
Jarvis, Aug. 25, 1787 Feb. 25, 1813.
1615 Daphany Taylor.
2 children.
1016 Lorcn. Taylor, Mch. 22, 1815 Oct. 3, 1841.
1617 Erastus, " Sept. 4, 1820 Feb. 14, 1827
1 S 1 f>.
James White
Jarvis, Jan. 38, 1790 July 30, 1853 Sept. 13, 1813.
1618 Clarissa Clark, Dec. 15, 1794
11 children.
'Married Lydia Boyingtou; 1 ch., Charles.
* Married Joseph Story; 3 cli.. Abner Grove and Gleu Adolphus.
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No. Name.
1619 Em"M-
Born.
April 16, 1810
1620 Hester A.. June 18, 1818
1621 Susan,
1622 Asuhel.
1623 Joel S.,
1624 James,
1625 Mary,
1626 Philander,
1627 Julia,
1628 Charles W.
1629 AureliaB..
Died. Married or Remarket.
Oct. 7, 1830, Solomon
Budd.
Dec. 27, 183.5, AVni. 11.
Criddle.
May 30, 1820 Nov. 20, 1826
Sept. 17, 1822 Nov. 23, 1826
Aug. 17, 1824 / .
Aug. 17, 1824 May 18, 1828 f "''"'"•
Aug. 30, 1826
June 4, 1828 Sept. 1,5, 1829
Nov. 30, 1830
Feb. 21, 1833 July 30, 1853
Mch. 1, 1836
Rev. Asahel II.
Jervis, May 30, 1793 Dec. 16. 1877 Dec. 25, 1821
1630 Mary Cooley, Oct. 16.1852 D. inOvid; inter'dMt.
, , .. , Hope, Koch'r, N.Y.
4 children.
]^^' "'^J^". D. in infancy.
1632 Mary M., D. in infancy.
1633 KasinniR. Jan. 9,1825 Jan. 25, 1852.
1634 Myron A., Jan. !), 1829
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1 SSS.
Polly Jarvis, May 28, 1797
1635 Capt. William
Williams, June 13, 1793
5 children.
1630 Nancy, Jan. 13, 1818
1037 Daniel, July 14, 1820
1638 Mary Maria, June 27, 1822 Aug. 21, 1848
1639. Silas R, Aug. 3, 1829
1640 And'w Jackson, Aug. 20, 1832 Julia A. Taylor
Jannette Keeley.
' '*
1^-43.
Chester JarvLs, Dec. 9, 1792 Aug. 10, 1870 Oct. 15, 1818. Merch't
1641 Content Morris, July 3, 1797 May 27, 1830
4 children.
1642 Fran. Griswold, June 19, 1819 Sept.. 19, 1828
1643 Fred. Tiffany, Sept. 22, 1822 Nov. 10, 1843.
1644 Henry Kent, Sept. 7, 1824 .p\,h. i;}, 1846.
1645 Aurel. Content, July 7,1827 , ' Mch. 27, 1845.
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DESCENDANTS OK THOMAS FIFTH OENF.KATION.
Born. Died. Married or Hcmnrks.
Name.
2d wife.
1«4() Miirin Bownc, -Inly 1, 1700 Dec. 17, 1848 Doc. 0. 18:^0.
1 child.
1047 Asiihcl Amos, Mcli. 20, 1834 Nov.. 1802.
lid wife.
1648 Ann Brown, April HO, 1801 Nov. 80, 1853.
DwightJarvis.'May 27,1797 Jan. 28,1803 Jan. 27, 1837.
1049 FrancesUpliain,Dec., 1812 July 7, 1806
1 ^4e.
Kent Jarvis, June 13, 1801 Jan. \r>, 1877 May 17, 1821.
1650 Eurotta M. Wil-
liams, Apr. 9, 1802 Feb. 8, 1804
1 child.
1051 Anna Spraguc. Dec. 19, 1825 Mch. 29, 1855 Adopted.
2d wife.
1652 Mr«. Julia M.
Dunn. June 23, 1833 Apr. 4, 1800.
5 children.
1653 Cora Eager
Dunn, May 19, 1854
1654 James Randall
Dunn. Nov. 21, 1857
1655 Mary Alida
Dimn, Feb. 25, 1860
1056 JuliaKateDunu, Dec. 24, 1801
1657 Kent .larvis, Jr., Dec. 21,1869
Hon. Kent Jarvis.
[The following sketch is from the pen of the Rev. Dr. E. E. neardsicy,
of New Haven, author of tiie "History of the F^piscopal Church in Con-
necticut. "]
Kent Jarvis was born at Fly Creek, Otsego County, N. Y.,
about three miles west of the village of (/ooperstown, on the 13th
day of June, 1801. His father, William Jarvis, removed thither
early in life from his native place, Lanesboro, Ma^s., and was one
of the pioneer settlers in Otsego County — at that time regarded by
New England people as "The West." His uncle, Kent Jarvis, was
a Major in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war,
and was massacred by the Indians near Saratoga, N. Y. He
* Mr. Jarvis was by profession a lawyer. He was also Major-Geueral.
He was a very prominent man in public oftices, both Fe leral and State.
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receivod the Cliristian namoof his uiu'l«\ which wan of Kiijj;h8h
origin, ami (iuc to the fact of his grandmother liaviiig an intiinatti
lady friend, a native of Kent County, Knghmd, who had t-allod her
young son Kent, in honor of her birthplace. This lady persuadcHl
the grandmother to name one of her Hons after her own child, and
thus Major Jarvis was christened, and the name introduced into
the family.
The subject of this sketch received a limited education, such as
the straitened circumstances of his parents would permit, and it
was not beyond the elementary branches taught in the common
schools of those days. The few thousand dollars which his fathei-
had accumulated was lost in the general crash that ruined so
many business men after the close of the war with England, in
1815, and young Kent was therefore thrown upon his own resources,
and forced to seek some employment that would prepare him for
usefulness in life, and, at the samt? time, yield a competent support.
At the age of fourteen, with an outfit which was " tied uj) in a
small handkerchief," and with his father's good advict;, he started
on foot to begin a seven years' apprenticeship in a woolen factory
at Burlington, in the same county. He became an inmate of the
household of his employer, who was an old-fashioned I'reshyterian,
beginning the Lord's day on Saturday at stinset, and ending it at
the same hour on Sunday. He soon learned to manage a carding-
machine, and was earning a little money by extra work, besides
extending his knowledge of the trade to which he had become very
much attached, when the company owning the factory succumbed
to financial embarrassments, and the business was closed.
lie returned to his father's house, and continued to i)ursue with
different employers in the vicinity the occupation upon which he
had entered, imtil 1821. In that year, considering himself master
of the business of wool-carding and dyeing, and cloth-dressing, he
rented the establishment formerly occupied by one of his employers
in Fly Creek, then belonging to the estate of P^liplialet Williams,
and set up for himself. Though he had not attained his majority,
yet on the 17th day of May, 1821, he married Miss Euretta M.
Williams, daughter of Eliphalet Williams, above-named, and to
use his own words— " Depending solely upon our own efforts for sue
cess, we adopted as our motto, — ' Industry, Frugality, and Honesty,'
and we were contented and happy." His health became seriously
impaired through exposure to the wet and cold incident to his
business, and under medical advice he relinquished it at the end
of two years, and retired with a few hundred dollars of profits.
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Kirrit (IKNKKATION.
In the autimiM of IH'22, his olilc^r bn)thor, Dwij^lit, wlio had b(«m
in partnerflhip with his father and anoth«»r brother numod (')i('Htor.
in manufacturing cotton and woolen factory nuichinery at Kly
Creek, chose for himself a iww jiath in life, and reMulvecl to corn-
inonce th<» Htu<iy of law. K<^nt was pcrHuatlcMl to tiike liis place in
the (irm, and was admitted a partner in tlie spriiij; of IH'.'.'i, being
entrusted with the out-door dutiew — such as purchaHing tlu* mate-
rial for the business, contractinf machinery, inakiHg .sal<!s, and
collecting bills. The getu^ral .ession of all business in that
part of tlie country led him to dispose of his interest in the spring
of 1H28, and on the 2(1 of July lu^ n^moved to Lowvillo, Lewis
County, N. Y., and undertook to gratify a wish, wliicrh he had
cherishetl from boyhood, to i)e a merchant. Kor twenty years,
with alternate success and misfortune, he engaged in mercaiitile
pursuits at Lowvillo, and Massillon, ( )lii(). At th(^ end of this period,
he said: " My inercantile career of tw(^nty years' hard struggling
with a singleness of purpose that should havt^ won success, left me
almost penniless. 1 had the consolation of knowing tliau whatever 1
had acdiieved was always the result of my own judgment and efforts,
and that my manifold misfortunes were clearly chargeal)le to the bad
faith and dishonesty of those as,' '"ated with nu^ in business."
His settlement in Massilki >ms to have been accidental.
After lie had failed in efforts . trieve his fortune at Lowville
and at oth(>r ])laces, Ik; determined upon a bold venture; and,
borrowing fifty ilollars, he started on the last day of February,
1844, for Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he lioped to engage in
the hardware business, with which he had Ixu-ome somewhat
familiar. On bis way he made a visit to his brother Dw' ,'ht,
whom he had not seen for several years, and who was then living
in the meridian of his influence and usefulness at Massillon. His
brother advised him to abandon the Grand Rapids scheme, and to
try his luck in that place.
Here again he was unsuccessful until 1848, wiu-n an entirely
new field of enterprise was opened out to him in the purchase and
sale, with two other gentlemen, of certain real estate consisting of
farming lands and village property in and around Massillon. His
share of the profits from this purchase at tlu; end of live years
amounted to over $50,000; and sub.^equently by various agencies,
trusteeships, and executorships (which were all faithfully per-
formed), and by judicious investments in railroads and other cor-
porations, he amassed a fortune which, according to his own state-
DIOSrKNDANTH OK THOMAS SIXTH OKNKHATION.
167
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ate-
m«nt, amounted on tho 1st day of .Januiiry, IH7'2, to nearly $'250,-
000, exclusive of his donations to relatives and friends and to
benevolent and cliiiritiiMe olijects. which were on ii munificent
Boale nnd measured i)y his Hcciimulations.
For two years from April 1, 18(57, h»> was Collector of Internal
Revomie for tlu^ Seventi'«>ntli District of Ohio, and gave his ImhiiI,
with other sureties, to the United States for the sum of $100,000
that he wouki faithfully fulfil the duties of the office. P^xactness
in this as in other res|)onsil»le situations, iiiark(>d hia course and
add(>d stj'enjrtli to his odicial character.
His jjulilic lif(( was lu'gun in tlu" military organization. From
boyhood it had charnis for him, and at the age of eighteen he was
enrolled in a military company, and henceforward up to the out*
bre"k of the civil war, he advanced in the regular ord(T of promo-
tion, and o(;cupied every successive rank except that of Colonel.
He was made a Rrigadier-OencM-al by the (Jovernor of Ohio when
the war commeiK^ed, and thus olitaiwovl 'he military title by which
he WHS known and addressed in the latter years of liis life.
Following th(> example of Ins father, he connected himself with
the Masonic order, and became a member of a Lodge in Coopers-
town on reaching his majority. Tie was a conspicuous ornament
of tin Fraternity, attained to its highest honors, and pa-ssed also
tlirougli all the grades of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Eite.
Six years before his death a writer of the Order said of him:
"His coimection with Freemasonry has not been a merely nominal
matter, nor for the purpost^ of private gain or personal jjopularity;
he has been an artive, worklnij, faithful Mason. For more than a
quarter of a century, we have been accustomed to meet him at the
annual meetings of the Grand Bodies; and he was therft for work,
not a mere idler."
He was a warm friend of the benevolent institutions of the
State, being for many years a Trustee of the Dijaf and Dumb
Asylum at Cohnnbus, and a zealous advocate for an improved
system of publico education, wliich he lived to see adopted in Ohio,
and recognized as the bulwark of true liberty and independence.
But his noblest record is in the .tmnals of the Church. Blessed
with godly parents, he was baptized by Father Nash, the early
and well-known Episcopal missioiiarv in Otsego and adjoining
counties, and confirmed in his youth. While at Lowville he was
one of those who joined in organizing an Episjiopal parish there,
and was chosen its first Junior Warden. He represented that
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DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS — FIFTH OENERATION.
parish in the Diocesan Convention held in the city of New York
in 1838, when measures were adopted for the original division of
the Dioces(>; and Western New York was erected into a see, and
elected at its Primary Convention in November of that year for
Bishop, the Eev. Dr. DeLancey of Philadelphia. On lixing his
residence in Massillon, Mr. Jarvis was made a Warden of St.
Timotl'.y's Church in that place, a,nd continued so to the day of his
death. He evinced a large and lively interest in all that concerned
the welfare of the Church, especially in Ohio. He was a Trustee
of Kenyon College and the Theological Seminary at Gambler, and
"ever guided and sustained the policy which he believed honestly
proposed and wisely calculated to secure success." For many
years he was a member of the Ohio Convention, and took a promi-
nent part in the revision and codification of the ecclesiastical law
of the Diocese. He was three times chosen a Ijay Deputy from
Ohio to the General Convention of the I'rotestant Episcopal Church
in the United States, first in ISaO and again in 18(12 and 180').
His marriage with Miss Williams has been already mentioned.
After a hapi)y union of almost forty-three years, she died on the
8th of February, ISfil, and in a memorandum of her death and
virtues he said: "Though never blessed with children of our own,
we were never without from one to three orphan children in our
family." They were not only supported by him, but educated at
his expense.
On the 4th day of April, 1866, he married Mrs. Julia M. Dunn,
a widow lady of Elniira, N. Y., with four children, all of whom
were taken to his spacious mansion at Edgewater, in Massillon.
That mansion, we are told, was "one of taste, beauty, and even
magnificence. In external appearance it was surpassed by few,
and within was hardly equalled anywhere for genial, generous
hospitality."
The birth of a son on the '21st day of December, 1869, — bap-
tized Kknt, — was an event which added new j(-)y to the happy
househt)ld. It was the father's earnest prayer that he might be
" spared to a hfe of usefulness, be an honoi-ed rejjresentative of his
name and family, a patriotic citizen, and a sincere Christian."
Mr. Jarvis obtained possession of the old homestead in Fly
Creek, and had a gatln!ring of relatives and friends to the number
of about seventy to celebrate in the very house where he was
born the sixty-third anniversary of his birth. Nine years after-
wards a similar but larger a'seniblage met in the same hallowed
DESCKNDANT8 OP THOMAS FIFTH OKNKRATION.
169
spot to celebi'ate the seventy-second anniversary of his birth, and
on this, as on the previous occasion, he read a poem written for
him by a friend in Washinjjton City, and beginning, —
I come witli years upon my bead,
My cbildhc'^'i's home to see;
T come o'er youthful scenes to trend,
Ouce joyous scen*;s to me.
The last public act of Mr. Jarvis was to plead the cause of
Mi nons. At a Convoca,tion in Canton, on Wednesday evening,
January 11, 1877, he stood by his Hishop and rehearsed some of
his early niissioiiary e.xperiences in the hearing of a large co.igre-
gation with such earnestness and eloquence as to be particularly
noticeable. The disease (paralysis of the heart) of which he
appears to have had a great dread, and of which his brothers
Dwight and Edwin had died, struck him without premonition on
the Monday following his ufldress in Canton. The circumstances
are briefly related by his pastor in a letter to Bishop Bedell: " He
attended divine service twice on Sunday, and was unusually hearty
in the responses and singing. At home throughout tlie day he
was cheorfid ahnost to gayety, and, after returning from church in
the evening, sang with the family until quite late." Monday morn-
ing he arose in a[)parent health, and with characteristic precision
he detailed his pkas and work for the day, consulting Mrs. Jarvis
with regard to the preparations for an anticipated trip to which he
was looking forward with great pleasure, l^ut very soon he com-
plained of some distress about the heart, whicii, though it neither
alarmed liis family nor tlu^ physician, who was quickly called, yet
impressed him strongly with the belief that the end had come.
With perfect composure and resignation he met the final summons.
"Thy will be done," he said witli euiphasis; and bidding farewell
to tlie loved ones about him, he quietly passed to the rest that
remaineth for the people of God.
it was an evidence of the high esteem in which he was held in
the city of Massillon that during the funeral services on Thursday
afternoon 8ubse(pient to his decease, places of business, storrs,
shops, banks, and schools were closed out of respect to bis memory.
Bishop Bedell, in his address to the Annual Convention of the
Diocese of Ohio, June, 1877, thus spoke of his decease and summed
up his character: " We have mourned the death of some devoted
lavm_cn during the past year: among them, Kent Jarvis, Esq., of
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Massillon, who has been prominent in the councils of our Church.
He has been one of the main-stays of our Diocese, and of our
Diocesan institutions; a man who was remarked for keen judg-
ment, grave discretion, patient attention to details, and a prevailing
devotion to the Church. He was always prompt and active in dis-
charge of duty; and could always be depended on to fulfil, to tlie
extent of his ability, responsibilities committed to him. He has
represented the Diocese in the General Convention. He was a
member of the Committee on Canons. He was a member of the
Legal Committee. He has been a Trustee of our institutions, and
an efficient member of the Executive Committee since its inaugura-
tion. We regret the loss of so faithful a counsellor and so true a
friend. He passed away in the comfort of a reasonable hope in
Christ, and with remarkable tranquility! Scarcely fifteen minutes'
notice was given him; but all his affairs were in order, and he
'addressed himself to the crossing' (as Bunyan would say), and
passed out of mortal into immortal life, with confident com-
posure."
1S4T'.
No
Niiiuo. Born.
Edwiu Jarvis, ' May 4, 1803
1658 Lydia E. Gross, May 5, 1807
5 children.
1659 Celina North,
1660 Mary Jane,
1661 Dwight,
1663 Anna Maria,
Died.
Sept. 10, 1873
Nov. 38, 1871
June 17, 1830
Hept. 9, 1833
()(!t. 8, 1835
Feb. 10, 1841
Married or Remarks.
Feb. 19, 1839.
April 14, 1869.
Mch. 1, lH(»(i.
Mcli. 31, 1864.
1663 Charles Edwin, Oct. 33, 1843
1S48.
Mary Ann Jar-
vis, Mch. 11, 1805 Feb. 14, 1833 Apr. 5, 1839.
1664 Leon'd Harding, June 5, 1800
1 child.
1665 Frances LouIsa.June 6, 1831
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Josephs. Jarvis, Oct. 33.1807 Sept. 15, 1855 Feb. 37, 1839. Copper
Tin & Iron Works
1666 CcyHnda Nea-
ving, Mch. 34, 1817
3 children.
* Had tin and copper works; sash and blind factory. Was justice of
the peace.
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No. Name. Bon:. Died. Married or Remarks.
1667 Julia Maria, May 8, 1840 Dec. 5, 1870 1864, David N. Rus-
sell.
1668 Chester, Oct. 24, 1843 Dec. 10. 1850
1669 Mary Abigail, June 26, 1846
Harriet Jarvis, Mch. 8, 1812 Sept. 30, 1878 Sept. 20, 1831.
1C70 Wm. A. Chase, July 20, 1806 Juue 26, 1862 Druggist and Grocer.
3 children.
1671 Mary Aun, Jan. 30, 1833
1672 Kent Jarvis, Aug. 29, 1837
1673 Edward A., Mar. 9, 1845
6th Generation.
No. Name. Bom. Died.
Jacob S. Jarvis, Jan. 22, 1809
1674 Jane M. Curtiss, Dec. 25, 1814
7 children.
1675 Francis H., July 15, 1836 Oct. 8,1846
1676 Albert F., Oct. 25, 1838
1677 Jane Josephine, Oct. 20, 1842 Nov. 30, 1842
1678 Helen liOuisa, Nov. 17, 1843 Oct. 20, 1846
1079 Francis H. 2d, Apr. 28, 1846 Apr. 9, 1853
1680 Helen A., Dec. 19, 1848
1681 Flor'uce Isidore, Aug. 30, 1853
Married or Kemarlts.
Dec. 25. 1833.
15503.
Abig'l C. Jarvis.Aug. 13, 181b
1682 Asa Borden.
4 childi'cn.
1683 George F.,
1684Cliarle8M.,
1685 Abigail M.,
1686 Joseph A.,
Jan. 21. 1834
Feb. 16, 1836
Aug. 31, 1838
Oct. 29, 1844
May 5. 1831.
July 9, 1854, Angelina
N. Hiininiond.
May 11, 1854. Harriot
B. Clark.
ise4.
RochelH.Jarvis.Apr. 18. 1815 July 17. 1838 May 6. 1836.
1687 Robert Hilaon.
1 child.
1688 Eliza Jane. Jan. 30, 1838
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1 ^OS.
No. Name. Born. Died.
Jos. A. Jarvis, Sept. 21, 1817
1689 Mary O. Daniel, Apr. 21, 1821 Feb. 27, 1852
2 children.
1690 Charles J., Jan. 23,1846 Jan. 31.1847
1691 Edward W., July 17, 1848
1S80.
Horace A. Jarvis, Jan. 14, 1818
1692 Lucy Jane El-
dridge, Nov. 11, 1818
4 children.
1693 Mary Minerva.
1694 Joseph Albert, 1841 Jan. 9, 1879.
1695 Julia F.,
1696 Grace Gillet.
Married or Remarli?.
Nov. 14, 1844.
Sept., 1837. Merch't.
W. H. Twiss.
1 S04.
Joseph Church
Jarvis, Jan. 19, 1823 July 6, 1872 Sept. 6, 1850. Died,
Sycamore, 111.
1697 Maria Seaver, May 10, 1830
1 child.
1698 Frank Adolph's, May 8,1851
loie.
Lorenzo Taylor
Jarvis, Mch. 22, 1815
1699 Abigail Preston, Nov. 28, 1815
3 children.
nOORufusR, Nov. 6,1842
1701 Emma. Nov. 22, 1845
11)2 MaryW., Oct. 22, 1848
1033.
Rev. Kasinni P.
Jervis, i Jan. 9, 1825
1703 Martha H. Long.
4 children.
1704MaryTheodora,«May 30, 1854
1705 Sarah Jessica, July 9, 1858
1706 Charles Myron
Samuel, May 22, 1860
1707 Arthur Harold
Kivsinni, Feb. 19, 1863
Oct. 3, 1841. Parmer.
Jan. 25. 1852.
Oct. 11. 1877
» Graduate of Union College. Minister M. E. Church.
* Married James G. Lindsay. Living in Columbia, S. C.
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS— SIXTH GENERATION.
173
No. Name. Born.
Fred'kT.Jarvi8,Sept. 22, 1822
1708 MonisaT.Steeve, Oct. 7,1826
2 children.
1709 Fran's Griswold, July 14, 1845
1710 Charles H., Sept. 21, 1848
ie43.
Died.
Married or Remarks.
Nov. 16, 1843.
1044.
Henry K.Jarvis. Sept. 7,1824
1711 Harriet J. BlLss, Feb. 13, 1826
2 children.
Feb. 13, 1846.
1712 Kent,
1713 Willard,
Jan. 2. 1847 Apr. 12. 187G Oct., 1872, Emma
Clark. Druggist.
May 2, 1853
1 04S.
Aurelia C.
Jarvis, July 7, 1827
1714 David C. Breaee.Sept. 30, 1820
8 children.
1715 Geo. L. Bowne, Mch. 20, 1847 May 5 1847
1716 Ella C, Aug. 7,1849
1717 Emma, Sept. 8, 1851
1718 William Jarvis, May 7, 1855
1719 Chester Jarvis, Mch. 27, 1857
1720 Asahel Amos, Apr. 7, 1860
1721 Chas. Harmon, Mch. 2, 1866
1732 Carl Adelbert, Sept. 2, 1869 Oct. 21. 1869
Asahel A. Jarvis.Mch. 29, 1834
1723 Ella H. Hanna.
3 children.
1724 Emma Bowne.
1725 George L. Bowne.
1726 William Hamilton.
1 ooo.
Mary J. Jarvis, Sept. 9, 1833
1727 Gilbert O. Fay. »
2 children.
1728 Elizabeth. May 21, 1870
1729 Charles Jarvis, Aug. 26, 1871
Mch. 27. 1845.
Adelbert Dye.
Willis T. Thorpe.
1 ch., Jarvis Loomis.
Nov., 1862.
Apr. 14, 1869.
» Professor of Theology. Graduated from Yale College, and is now
Supermtendeut of the Institute of D. aud D. of the State of Ohio.
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No. Name. Born.
Dwight .Iiirvia, i Oct. 8, 1835
1730 Miiry L. Kodgers.
2 children.
1731 Edwiu Rodgcrs, June 19, 1868
1733 Anna Louisa, Aug. 26, 1871
leoi.
Died.
Marritul or Remarks.
Mch. 1, 1866.
ioo«.
Ann M. Jarvis, Feb. 10, 1841
1733 Thos.B. George, »Feb. 21. 1836
Mch. 31, 1864.
1 Civil Engineer, and Colonel 13th Regiment O. V. T., in the War of
the Rebellion, and is now Brigadier-General of Volunteer.s.
« First Lieutenant and Adjutant 13th Regiment O. V. T. Also Captain
and Adjutant-General iu the War of the Rebellion.
DKHCENDANTH OF JONATHAN.
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DESCENDANTS OF JONATHAN JARVIS.
P'or over five years, we, in connection with Captain P. C.
Jarvis and others of the name in Huntington, on Long Island,
have been laboring assiduously to discover, if possible, the
origin of the Jarvis family in that region. We have searched
thi'ough the records of the town, examined old wills, deeds, family
bibles, and the lists of births, marriages, and deaths, preserved by
the different churches, noting down traditions, and exploring all
sources of information that might lead to satisfactory results.
(See Appendices A, B, D, G, and N.)
We have found, by these researches, that about the year 16G1
occurs the name of Stephen Jarvis, and in the year 1(579, the
names of William Jarvis, Thomas Jarvis, and Jonathan Jarvis, all
prominent men in their several callings, and all evidently of mature
age, as their names frequently appear in the early records of real
estate transactions.
One tradition is that the three last-mentioned were brother's,
and they nuiy all have been brothers or near relatives of John
Jarvis, who is mentioned as being one of a coroner's jury in Bos-
ton, on the 28th of September, 1 630.
We have discovered a tradition among the descendants of the
early settlers of Jarvises in Massachusetts, that one or more of
the name went to Hartford, Conn., and was the ancestor of the
Huntington and Connecticut branch. This tradition may be true,
as from history we learn that the Connecticut Colony originated
in Hartford about the year 1639, and that Huntington, L. I., was
peopled from the Connecticut Colony about 1653. Thus, in the
absence of any stronger evidence, we are led to think that our
ancestors in Huntington may have come from Boston by the way
of Hartford, Conn.
As we have already stated in another place, we have found that
Stephen Jarvis had a son Stephen, and that that son, Stephen, Jr.,
had two sons: Stephen, Jr., born June 2, 1683, Abraham, born
April 26, 1685; but after diligent search we have found no further
descendants of them.
By the will of William Jarvis, the testator, we learn that he was
the father of Captain Samuel Jarvis of Norwalk, Conn. ; by tradi-
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tionary and other evidence, that Thomas was the ancostor of the
IlonorabUi Kent Jarvis branch; and lastly, that it is believed by
Captain P. C. Jarvis and others in Huntington, taat Jonathan
Jarvis had a son William, who was the father of se' eral children,
the eldest of whom was Isaiah. This Isaiah married Hannah
Whitman, July 4, 1721), and, as it appears, died about 1737, as he
is spoken of as deceased in land grants of that ilate. He had a
son Robert, born 1735, who was the father of Simon Jarvis, the
father of Captain P. C. Jarvis. Robert's mother, Hannah Jarvis,
married a second husband, Elnathan Smith, in 1739. She had a
son, Joel Smith, and one of his granddaughters states that Joel
and Robert were step- brothers, thus corroborating the record as
above given. This record agrees with other traditions of the
numerous families in and around Huntington, and is further con-
firmed by the recurrence of cei'tain Christian names, as Jonathan,
etc., which are not found in the other branches.
In this way we venture to establish the following record:
No. Name.
1734 Jonatlian Jarvis,
1 child.
1735 William.
DESCENDANTS OF JONATHAN
IsT Geneuation.
Born. Died.
Married or Remarks.
See Appendices D. N.
No. Name.
William Jarvis,
7 children.
1736 Isaiah,
1737 Benajah,
1738 William,
1739 Henry,
1740 Jonathan,
1741 Augustine,
1743 Eliphalet.
2d Generation.
1 T'S^.
Bom Died.
1705 1737
1710 1766
1713 Jan. 16, 1743
1714 1774
1718 July 25, 1705
1737 1756
Married or RemarliB.
Gives land to his son
Jonathan, in 1760.
July 4, 1739.
May 5, 1731.
Zervlah Rogers.
Jan. 20, 1746.
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177
No. Name.
Isaiah Jarvis,
174a Hannah Whit-
man,'
1 child.
1744I{<)b(Ml.
Benajah Jarvis,
1745 Jciininia Smith,
1 child.
1748 Hannah,
8d wife.
1747 Annio Sammis,
2 cliildrcn.
1748 Milerson,
3d Genehation.
1 ^30.
,'*°'''- Died. Married or Remarks.
1705 1737 July 4, 1729.
1735
1T'3T'.
1710
1704
1710
1749 Mary,
3d wifo.
1750 Zerviah Jarvi.s, widow of William.
3 children.
1751 Milerson,
1752 Mary,
Henry Jarvis,
3 children.
1753 William,*
1754 Samuel D.,
1755 Elkanah.
IT30.
1714
May 20, 1739.
1833 1760.
1766 May 5, 1731.
1742
Went to Nova Scotia
after Revolution.
1754 Jan. 27, 1747.
May 2, 1764, Abra-
ham Camp.
1777, toZach. Rogers.
May 7, 1755.
May2, 1764, A.Camp.
May 18. 1777. Z. Rog-
ers.'
1774
Nov. 11, 1769 Jan. 17, 1838 Nov. 23, 1789
Dec. 28, 1746 ngo. Mary Ruscoe,
1 child, Phebc.
1^40.
1718 July 25, 1795. Jan. 20, 1746.
Jonathan Jarvis,
1756 Annie Brewster,
1 child.
1757 Isaiah Jarvis, May 30, 1760
2d wife.
1758 Charity White, 1725 Mch. 17, 1800 Dec. 1, 1765
1 child.
1759 Timothy Jarvis, Oct. 22, 1766 Feb. 3, 1843 Mch. 14, 1795.
» Married 2d husband, Elnathan Smith; had a .son, Joel Smith
"Married Anna Smith, b. 1767. died Jan. 10; 1834; no children
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4tii Gknkkation.
17^44.
Died.
Mnrriert or Hi'iiinikH.
1888 17(i().
No. Name. Born.
HoluTt Jarvia.' 1735
1700 Siirtili Ireliinil, Ist wife.
17«1 M!ir-,mrt't Hnisli, 2(1 wife.
!) children.
1702 Joseph Iroliind. Oct. 28, 1704
1703 Isiiiuh, Feb. (i, 17<i3 July 31. 1833 Dec. 31, 1780. ChriH-
tinna (Soiild.
1704 Simon Lossee, Feb. 17, 1707
17(ir) Jonatlian, Aug. 83, 1772
1854 171)1.
Feb. 1(1, 1793.
1700 I.'^aac.
1707 Thomas,
Sept.
28.
1781
1828
Nov. (t, 1H02.
1708 Hannah,
1777
Oliver Smith.
1709 PlK'be,
1789
Platf Rollers.
1770 Sally,
1794
iTr>o.
J. Duryea.
Timothy Jarvis.^Oct. 22, 1700 Feb. 3, 1843 Mch. 14, 1795.
1771 Phebc Bloom-
fleld, Oct. 23, 1774 Mch. 14. 1850 Woodbridj^e, N. J.
7 children.
1772 Jno.Bloomficld, Dec. 14, 1795 June 3. 1834.
1773 Ann Eliza, Dec. 11, 1797 Sept. 12. 1843, Kobt.
C. Vail of Hahway.
1774 Susannah Maria, July 18, IHOO May 21.1828 Jime 24, 1817.
1775 Elizabeth. Feb. 22. 1804 Sept. 25, 1845. to Rev.
Wm. Bryant Barton.
1770 Timothy Brew-
ster, Feb. 20, 1809 May 30, 1837.
1777 William, Nov. 24, 1811 June 8, 1841.
1778 Benj. Franklin, July 2,1816 Oct. 19, 1840.
5Tn (Iknkuation.
Born. Died.
No. Name.
Joseph Ireland
Jarvis, Oct. 28, 1704
1779 Phebc Carll, 1st wife,
1 child.
Married or Keinarks.
1 Robert Jarvis was badly injured and cut on the head to make him tell
where his money was bid. The wound left a scar for life.
- Timotliy Jarvis sold his place in the village of Huntinjiton, L. I., to
Dr. Benjamin Kissam, in 1797. — From RtBerhead Records.
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Horn.
Died.
Vo, Nnini).
1780 Joel.
2(1 wife.
({ oliildroii.
1781 Rol)(.r(.
1782 William.
1783 ilendrickson.
1784 Keturiih.
1785 Eliza.
1786Muritt,
1 r«^.
Simon Lossec
Jarvis, Feb. 17, 1767 1854
1787Keturah(V)nkIi.i. 1775 Aug. 16, 1850
13 cliiklreu.
1788 Robert, Dec. 10, 1792
1789 David Coiiklin, Feb. ;i, 1795
1790 Thos. IIi<rbv ) . .
1791 Elizabeth: ^' \ '^"'y ^0, 1797
1792 Esther. Feb. 15, 1800 July 13, 1878
1<9,^ Jonathan, Apr. 1, 1802
1794 Phebe, June 22. 1804
1795PhiletusConklin,Dee. 1, 1806
179* Almira, Nov. 20, 1812
1798 Emulus, Sept. 20, 1815
1799 Wm. llaviland. Sept. 25, 1818
1800 John Bunce, June 16, 1821 Apr. 16 1864
Marrlod or KcnmiUH.
Nov. 30, 1816, Stephen
Riche.
1791.
No children.
Mary Wright. 3 ohil-
dren.
Abigail Scndder.
Capt. Dean.
May 28, 1829.
1845.
iros.
Jonathan Jarvis, Aug. 23, 1772
1801 Deborah Whlt-
Feb. 16, 1793.
man,
8 children.
1803 David,
1804 Sarah,
1805 Mary Ann,
1800 Whitman,
1807 Aaron,
1808 John,
1H09 William,
1810 Charles,
1776
Dec. 8, 1794 Nov. 22, 1867 1815
1797
1799 1875
1804
]^^^ Peunsall, 2 children.
1810
1813 ' 3 children.
• 1819 Died young.
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No. Nnmo. Born. Died.
'nutmas .rarviH, Hcpt. 28, 1781
1811 IMiclic Itrmp.
4 cliildn'ii.
1813 C iuiton, Mch. 17, 1805 .Fiily 7, 1878
1813 Anim, 1808
181 1 Woodlmll, Apr. 25, 1811
MarrlMl or ItciiiHrkii.
1838 Nov. «. 1802.
1815 Kli/,iil)cth,
irr«.
I). Woodlmll Conklin.
June 8, 1884.
John B. Jervis, Di'c. 14, 1705
1816 Cynthia Brny-
toii, 1808 May 14, 1839
1 child.
1817 infant daughtcr.May 9,1839 May 9, 18!{9
3d wife.
1818 Eliza H.Coatt's, Sept. 14, 1810 Jime 18, 1840.
John B. Jkrvis.
From an able and interesting memoir of American Kngineers,
prepared for the Society of American Civil Engineers by John B.
Jervis, we are permitted to make, for this work, an abstract, show-
ing the b(!ginning, progress, and results of his eminent services in
his profession.
The first exp(n-ience of Mr. Jervis was upon the Erie Canal,
which was conunenced in Novemljer, 1817, in Rome, where his
father, Timothy Jervis, resided. A party of engineers came there
to locate the line. As it led thiou^h a cedar swaniji, Judge
Wright, the Chief Engineer, called uu the father of young Jervis,
who was then only twenty-two years of age, for two axemen.
Young Jervis was one of them. He was under the charge of
N. S. Roberts, and the zeal he manife^i'M; and his duty so promptly
and readily performed, at once g«i>i d the approval of his principal.
In this employment his ••'• ition was drawn to the study of the
oppoitunity to learn their use
he could handle them under-
■me an engineer. Aware that
i iication, this, at first, ' :, feared
his mastering the mysteries of engineer-
ni
instruments, and
and operation
standingly, a 't-
he had bn' iiimon
might stand ii; he way
ing, but he soon d^tei lined to underi^^^ake it, feeling that ''what
others had done, he 'ould do."
At the end of his service as axeman, 'i. lired of the principal
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what he would give him for his services the next year. The
prompt reply, "Twelve dollars per month," surprised him, but
with some trepidation the olTer was accepted, when his evenings
and leisure time were devoted to the stiidy of surveying, this being
considered, at that time, the basis of civil engineering. On the
18th of April, 1818, he left Rome, on foot, in company with a
locating party of about twelve p(>rsons, with a conveyance for their
baggage and tents', all under the direction of Mr. Roberts. After
a muddy journey, they pitched their tents at Geddysburgh, near
Syracuse. Early in July, the location was completed to the Seneca
river, at Montezuma. In three months, he had risen from an axe-
man to the position of a regular rod man. They returned home
and disbanded in July.
From Utica to Montezuma, the work of the middle division had
been mostly put under contract, and resident engineers were
appointed to direct the work. Mr. Jcrvis was assigned to take
charge of a section of seventeen miles in Madison and Onondaga
counties, under the supervision of David S. Bates, who was only
a good land surveyor, but who soon allowed him to run the levels.
At the close of the woi'king season that year, he was sent to the
quarries to weigh lock-stones for the canal.
The following year he was made resident engineer of Mr. Bates's
division, at a salary of $1.25 per day, and $50 expenses. This
was considered as (|uite satisfactory, as the employment was but
about nine months in the year.
The population of New York, at that time, was hut 1,250,000,
and a large part of the State was a wilderness. The inhabitants
were mainly occupicnl in clearing the forests, draining the lands,
and constructing mills, houses, etc , for their own u«e. To them,
the financial difliiculties of the canal appeared insurmountable, and
by men of intelligence, fears were entertained that it would sink
the State in irretrievable ruin.
The aid of the Federal Government was sought, but without
81 • .ess. Mr. Jefferson replied to Mr. Joshua Fourmau, who was
the commissioner to ^\^ishington, " We an; trying in vain to get
Congress to help build a canal in this city but three miles long,
and now you ask us to aid you in building a canal three hundred
miles long through a wild(;rness. Preposterous! " Undaunted,
however, by this repulse, the State of New York entered, single-
handed, upon the construction of the ICrie and Champlain canals,
and under a financial system, carried out the work with such
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iiitepjrity tbat thoir five per cent, bonds were at a premium of fif-
teen per cent.
At the Rome summit, there was a level of sixty miles, which,
from its length, was regarded by eiigiiuiers as too difiicult to con-
struct, but this long level was tested by Mr. Canvass White, the
principal assistant engineer, and found to be correct, much to the
credit of the young engiiuHM-s. Trior to this period, a few small
canals had been made to pass falls and rapids, as at Middlesex,
Mass., Little Falls, N. Y., with a few others for bateau boats of ten
or fifteen tons.
When the preliminary surveys were made, in 1816, by the Hon-
orable iienjamin Wright, James (>eddes, and John Brodhead for
the Erie, and Lewis (iai'vin for the Cluunplain canal, the State
entered upon the construction of these works. Mr. Wright was
Chief Engineer of the Erie, and Mr. Geddes of the Ohamplain
canal. Mr. Canvass White was the assistant of Mr. Wright, and
to him WPS committed the preparation of plans and methods of
construction, -"hich he did with consummate skill, and they were
received with great satisfaction by his chief.
The middle section was essentially completed at the close of 1819,
but nearly all of the year 1820 was spent to fit it for use, and this
trust was committed to Mr. Jervis. This was his third year's
experience, and without an advance of salary.
in the spring of 1821, a section of seventeen miles from the Nose
to Arasterdain was assigned to him, involving greater difficulties
than the middle section. This division and the greater part of
the section between Utica and Schenectady was substantially com-
pleted at the close of 1822. Still, as on the middle section, much
remained to be done, and this labor was assigned to Mr. Jervis,
and navigation was opened successfully in September, 1823. The
work was chiefly done, and the amounts settled, during the winter
of 1823.
In the spring of 1823, Mr. Jervis was assigned to the superin-
tendence of fifty miles fi-om the Minden Dam to the Upper
Anueduct across the Mohawk. This service was one of valuable
ex;> rience. Hitherto, the construction of the work had engrossed
his attention, but now he had the opportunity to see the canal in
operation. The first year, he had not the entire control of the
canal, as some of his brother residents had not completed their
share of the work; but the second year found him in full control
of about one-seventh of the entire canal, with more expense than
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183
the general average devolving upon him. Weak points were
developed and repaired, and great diligence and activity wore
required to keep up tlw navigation at an expense of $()()() per mile,
or $30,000 per annum. Unlimited authority was given to him by
the Commissioner, Mr. Seymour, who made occasional visits for
consulting freely on the requirements of the works. No political
considerations interfered. He selected his foremen, and visited
them all twice a week. All were under his personal supervision, and
no other part of the work exhibited equal economy. In view of
his expenses in the management of this part of the canal, it appears
a strange waste to see subsequent expenditures of three to ten
times the amount for like services.
In 182") the (lanal was completed, and opened for navigation by
a magnificent celebration; and in March, 182."), Mr. Jervis's connec-
tion with it ceased, with the unqualified approval and compliments
of the Commissioner. Tha success of this grand work caused
others of the same kind to be projected, some of which have
proved useless as commercial enterprises.
Ml-. Jervis being iimbitious to engage in new works, on the 25th
of March, 182.'>, he entered upon the Dclawar and Hudson canal,
intending to facilitate the transportation of coals from the Lacka-
wana valley to New York and the valley of the Hudson. Prelim-
inary surveys and estimates had been made, and tlie mode of
construction, partly by canal and partly by improvements of the
river, determined on at a cost of .§1,208,000, but about one-half of
its actual cost. Mi'. Wright was Chief Engineer, and Mr. Jervis
his principal assistant, to conduct, under the advicii of Mr. Wright,
all the details of the work.
On examination of the entire line, Mr. J(>rvis reported against
most of the slack-water plans, and he was sustained l)y Mr. Wright;
the canal was 20 feet at bottom and 28 feet at top. The locks
were 76 feet long and 9 feet wide in the chamber, with a capacity
for boats of 30 tons. It was 106 miles long, and had 110 locks,
and was mostly completed in the fall of 1828. It was not
()])ened for )>usiness, however, until the fall of 1829. The railroad
from Carbondale was carried to the summit of the mountiun,
about three miles, by five inclined planes, worked by stationary
engines. Passing the summit, a descent of nearly 500 feet was
made in about one mile. Mr. Jervis made important improve
ments in the expense and hazard of working these steep inclines,
especially in utilizing atmospheric pressure to control "he prepon-
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deratiiifT gravity of loaded trains, and by an ingenious method,
wliit^h is fully described in his memoir, tlu? complete success of
his improvements was fully established.
Near the close of the year 1827, Mr. Wright resigned his posi-
tion, Mr. Jervis succeeded him as Chief Engineer, and Mr. R. F.
Lord became his assistant. lender Mr. Lord's administration,
the capacity of the canal was increased and its business greatly
extended.
In- May, 1830, Mr. Jervis left the Delaware & Hudson Canal
Company, except making occasional visits during the ensuing year.
He then took the ai)pointment of Chief Engineer of the Mohawk
& Hudson Railway, from Al])any to Schenectady. The table-land
of this road was reached by a sudden rise rom the Hudson of 200
feet, and from the Mohawk of over 100 feet, over which were
inclined planes, woi'ked by stationary engines, which were, a few
years after, rejected.
Mr. Jervis was a member of a commission who finally suboti-
tnted a grade of 80 feet from Albany, and of 45 feet from Schen-
ectady. Upon this road he made important improvements in the
construction of locomotives, which were of great utility. He also
invented a new plan for an engine for the Schenectady & Saratoga
Railroad, of which he was (yliief Engineer. It was sent to Eng-
land and constructed by R. Stevenson. This improvement has
been adopted un the railway to the Pacific, and is now the general
plan of American jo(!omotives.
I'he Mohawk & Hudson, also the Schenectady & Saratoga R. R.,
were completed in April, 18.33. Mr. Jervis then engaged with the
Canal Commissioners as Chief Engineer of the Chenango Canal,
which is 08 miles long, with 100 locks. Upon this canal, for the
fiist time in this country, resort was had to artificial reservoirs for
the supply of its summit with water. For this purpose, Mr. Jervis
(;onstructed rain-gauges, and ascertained, by a careful series of
experiments, that 40 per cent, of the rain-fall could be utilized for
the canal.
During his engagement on this work, the enlargement of the
Erie C/anal was contemplated, and he was called upon to make
surveys and estimates for this object on the Eastern Section, which
was made, in 1835, by Mr. William J, Mc Alpine, one of the Resi-
dent Engineers on the Chenango Canal, under the supervision of
Mr. Jervis. Though still Chief Engineer of the Chenango, he
devoted much attention to the proposed enlargement. He pro-
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posed many corrections of errors in its original construction, wliich
were generally adopted by the Canal Commissioners. At "Little
Falls" he wholly re-arranged the flight of "locks."
In September, 1836, he was offered the position of Cliief Engi-
neer of the Croton Aqueduct, and in October following, he accepted
that trust. Between Mr. William C. Bouck and Mr. Jervis, the
most cordial relations existed, and it was with reluctance that Mr.
Bouck consented to his leaving the Erie Canal.
The appointment of Mr. J(!rvis upon the ('roton Aqueduct was
without the least solicitation on his part, and he at first declined it
from motives of honoral)le regard to the feelings of Mr. Douglas,
who was then acting as Chief Engineer. Upon the full assurance,
however, that Mr. Douglas was out of the question, he, at the
earnest solicitation of the committee, accepted the appointment,
which he regarded as professionally desirable. He therefore re-
signed his position upon the Erie Canal enlargement, and Mr.
Douglas was appointed Chief Engineer in 1835, and instructed to
proceed in its construction. His location of the line and his estab-
lishment of the grade of the aqueduct were, in the main, well
done, but none of his plans for bridges and culverts were adopted.
He had been occupied about 1 8 months on the work. All subse-
quent plans and specifications were the work of Mr. Jervis. For
a description of this magnificent work, see printed memoir.
In the spring of 1845, the Bostonians appointed a Commission
of one person from Philadelphia and one from New York to
investigate the projects which had been presented for a supply of
water for that city.
Mr. "Walter Johnson of Philadelphia, and Mi*. Jervis, were
selected as the Commission; and after making general examina-
tions, it became apparent that the duty was essentially one of
engineering, and as Mr. Johnson was not a pi'ofessional engineer,
Mr. Jervis decided not to enter ui)on the service, unless the engin-
eering was placed entirely under his control. This decision was
received unfavorably by the Committee and Mr. Johnson; but Mr.
Jervis tlioixght "one poor general was better in command than two
good ones." He consented, howevei-, at the request of the Com-
mittee, who regarded it as impoi'tant to secure the moral force of
two commissioners, and that Mr. Johnson should sign the report
with him, and be charged with certain details that would not con-
flict with the general engineering. Under this compromise the
investigation progressed and the result determined.
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In the prosocution of this investigation, great efforts were made
to obtain his opinions as the work progressed, but he persistently
declined, from prudential motives, to givo any indication of his
views until they were expressed in his report, and he here makes
an important suggestion to young engineers to follow his example,
thereby avoiding partial discussions and preventing embarrass-
ments. Although the Committee failed in g»'ttiiig an insight into
his views, and felt somewhat displeased, they wci'e, at last, satis-
fied fully with the course he had pursued as being very judicious.
The report was satisfactory, and he was appointed Consulting
EiUgineer of the work, which he held until its completion in 1848.
The next great work in whicli he was engaged was the construc-
tion of the Hudson River Railway, which, from tlie expense of its
building and completion, with steam navigation, was generally
regarded as an enterprise extremely hazardous in a commercial
and financial point of view.
In the spring of 1847, he was appointed Chief Engineer of this
railway, and, in 1849, the road was opened for transportation as far
as Poughkeepsie. In August, he resigned his position as Chief
Engineer, but was I'etained as Consulting Engineer; but finding
his views did n(^t harmonize with some of the Board, he resigned
his place in 1850, having no connection with the work since.
Notwithstanding the general opposition to this grand work, Mr.
Jervis, in 184(3, published an able article in /[nut's Merchants^ J\/nr/a-
ziyie. in which he showed most conclusively that not only on the
Hudson, but on other steamboat routes, the railroad would be a
successful competitor. He quoted the Westminster Review, wliich
says; " The system is viewed as one which mocks the age. Its
progress has startled the most cautious. Its developments are
revolutionizing the social and commercial affairs of mankhid."
Subsequent events have fully sustained his wisdom in the above
quotation.
In the spring of 1850, after closing his connection with this
great work, he went to Europe. While there, he witnessed the
launch of one of the large tubes of the bridge over the Menai
Straits, under the charge of Mr. Stevenson, and on that occasion
he received from the English engineers the cordial and respectful
attentions wliich his reputation as an y\merican civil engiiieer
deserved. While on this tour, ho was mainly occupied with in-
specting engineering works.
After an absence of four months, he returned with improved
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health, and immediately engaged in the construction of the Michi-
gan Southern, and Northern Indiana Railways, practically one
work, of about '24() miles in extent. Tlie route was favorable, and
in about ones y(>ar, the line was open(>d to Chicago.
During tiie summer of 1851, he engaged as President of tho
Chicago & Rock Island Railway, extending from (yhicago to the
Mississipjii at Davenport, a route of 180 miles.
He next engaged in the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & (^hicago
Railway, 486 miles long, which was in a ruinous ccjndition from
imperfect construction and financial mismanagement. Under his
superintendence, the whole character of the road was soon changed,
and became successful. lie resigned in 1863 or 1864, but con-
tinued to act as Engineer until 1866. This was the last great
work in which he was actively engaged.
From th(! rich and varied experience of Mr. Jervis in the con-
struction and management of so many important works of internal
improvements for more than half a century, his instructive memoir
closes with sagacious counsel to his professional brethren touching
the imj)ortance of their honorable profession, and the principles
which should 'control them in the discharge of its responsil)le
duties, and especially ui'ges tlu! importance of engaging the best
engineering talent and skill in the superintendence as well as in
the construction of public works.
No wiser counsel could be given, and coming from this eminent
engineer of four score years, they will not be unheeded by the
members of his profession. Important and enduiing as may be
the many great works in which he has been engaged, his fame as
one of the greatest of American engineers will outlive them all,
and the example of his indomitalile perseverence and energy, by
which he overcame all obstacles and raised himself to eminence in
his profession, will stand as a beacon-light to direct and encourage
the young men of America to emulate his example. " Per sever entia
vincit omniay
Mr. Jervis is the author of two books, viz., " Railway Property,"
and "The Question of Labor and Capital." The honorary degree
of LL.D., was conferred upon the Hon. John B. Jervis of Rome,
N. Y., by Hamilton College, on the 27th of June, 1878.
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Born.
Died.
Married or Remarl<B.
No. Nnmo.
SuHiiiiimli M.
JerviH, Jul\ IH, 18()(» May 21, 1828 June 24, 1817.
1811) Samuel Bcacli, M.D.
;i cliildicn.
1820 Mloonif'd JerviH, Jan. 27, 1820 1 son, Jolm Bloom-
fleld, 1.. May 5, 1866.
1821 Henry Hyde, 1823 Phy.sician.
1822 Sanuiel, 1824 Deceased.
Bloomkii<;i,i) Jkhvis Bkach
Was born January 27, 1820. He is the son of Dr. Samuel Beach
and Susannah Maria, daughter of Timothy Jotvis.
He was graduated at Princeton College in the class of 1842; was
admitted to the Bar in 1S43, and was a member of the New York
Assembly in 1848. He has continued the practice of law at Rome,
N. Y., to this time.
On the organization of the Rome Savings Bank, in 1851, he was
placed in the execmtive (;liarge of the institution, and has continued
to manage it to the present time. It was small in the beginning,
but under his able and faithful management, it has grown, and
now has over a million dollars in deposits, with a surplus of nearly
10 per cent. Its securities are regarded of the most reliable kind.
For about fifteen years it has paid depositors 6 per cent. No Sav-
ings Rank in the State has a higher character.
In his profession as a lawyer, Mr. Beach has few superiors in
the section of the State in which he resides.
<J.
Timothy B. Jer-
vis, Feb. 20, 1809
182;i Helena Maria
Bogart.
1 child.
1824 Emily Jervis, Dec. JJO, 1839
2d wife.
1825 Mary Ann Har-
vey,
Presbyterian minis-
ter. May 30, 1837.
Oct. 28, 18G9.
Sept. 26. 1867.
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No, Name. Born,
Died.
Mnrrlod or KoinarkH, l|
William Joivis, Nov. 24. 1813
June 8, 1841. Civil '«'
Engineer.
182« Christiana
Abranis,
children.
1827 Wm. Henry, Mch. 21, 1842
Apr. 10. 1848
1828 Kdwanl. Oft. 29, 1843
Apr. 12, 1808
1829 Susanna M., Apr. 19, 1847
1830 Anna, May 24, 1851
1831 Elizabeth U., .Iniw 9, 1854
1832 Carrie D., May 23. 1858
Mch. 2. 1801
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IJenj'n Franklin
Jervis, .July 2. 1810
Prest. of Bank. H
1833 Louisa M.
Chandler,
Aug. 19, 1840. H
1 child.
1834 John Bloomfield
Jervis, Dec. 28, 1850
Mch. 9. 1809
0th Generation.
irt>3.
No. Name. Born.
Died.
Married or Reniarkg.
Jonathan Jarvis, Apr. 1, 1802
May 28, 1829.
1835 Ann West,
of N. J.
2 children.
1830 Sarah W., Mch. 2.1832
1837 Emulus, Aug. 10, 1835
Mch. 8, 1858, Louisa
Casine of Brooklyn.
1 ro.^.
Philetus C.
Jarvis, Dec. 1, 1800
May 17, 1H30. |
1838AlmedaB. Scud-
der, June 18, 1800
8 children.
1839 Marg't Scuddcr.Mch. 13, 1832
Jan. 2, 1835
1840 Cornelia E., P\'b. 3,1834
Jan. 13. 1835
1841 Marg't Cornelia. June 13, 1830
June 10. 1844
1842 SelucasLeaudcr,()ct. 24, 1838
1843 Joseph rcay, Nov. 5,1843
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1844 Mervale Philet'isMch. 24, 1840
July 18, 1850
1845 WilmerE., Nov. 2,1847
Jiuie 25, 1850
1 1840 Fred M., Aug. 2, 1852
Dee. 19, 1852
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I'llll-ETUH C. JaKVIS,
Tho subject of this Hkotch in a native oftho town of Huntington,
having been born tluu'o on Doct'inbor I, 18(M5. lie is u sclf-nuuie
man, and has worked hi.s way in life up from th.i liun)blest bugin-
ning. At tli" age of ten years, lie connrK^necnl to w<h'1< on a farm,
and continued for six years, in the 8umeoccu|)ation, receiving only
his board and clothing in payment for his labor. In 1822, he first
commenced to go upon coasting vessels at wages of four dollars per
month. After a service of seven years, in various capacities, upon
vessels, he took charge of one, as Captain and part ovviKsr, and
since that time (1829) he has been engaged in the coasting and
carrying trade.
Mr. Jarvis has been known to tho community as a business man
of uitegrity, ever since he began the coasting trade, and has a large
acquaintance with the merchants and farmers of the town of Hunt-
ington, for whom he has transacted a large busint'ss. He was
married May 1 8, 18;{(), to Almeda 15. Scudder, daughter of Thomas
Scudder. He, with his two sons, S. Lee, and Joseph R. Jarvis,
still conducts a freight business between Huntington and New
York City, employing two vessels. Mr. Jarvis is highly esteemed
among the people of his native town, as a good citizen and an up-
right mail.
No. Name. Born. Died. Married or Remarkti.
Emulus Jarvis, Sept. 80, 1815
1847 Ur.silla Maria
Brown.
2 children.
1849 ITattic L. Jarvis.Sept. 28, 1857
1850 LillicF. JurvLs, Sept. 5, 18«1
OO.
Wm. II. Jarvi.s, Sept. 25, 1818
Nov. 12, 1845.
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1851 MarthaP.Hunce, Apr. 16, 1820 Feb. 7,1868
5 children.
Mch. 24, 1847
Aug. 24. 1855
Juno 29, 1858
\ug. 21, 1861
June 13, 1805
1852 Emma M. ,
1853 Mary E.,
1854 Annie E.,
1855 Susan R.,
1856 Martha P.,
ItKSfKNDANTS (IK .KiNATIIAN — HIXTII (iKNKUATIDN,
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I tsoo.
Nc
NniiK"
Knl'li.
DIimI.
Miirrlud or RomorkH.
.loliii l{. Jiiivis, .luiif 1((. \H2\ Apr. Ml, ISdl 1S41.
1H57 Kli/iilM'tli 'rowiiHcnd.
4 cliildrcii.
iHnH Will. il. .Iiiivis, \nfr, ;tt, 1H|;{ Mdi. 1, 1,S(U Dic.l in miny iil Dii-
vid'.s l.sliiiid.
iwr.l) Almini, ()(;t. 7, 184r»
iHdO .Mary Aim, Nov. 11», 1850
l«(Jl Hariili Adelaide, May K, 1857
1 MOM.
David .larvls, Dec. H, 171»t Ndv. 2'2, 18«7
18«3 Charity Wliil-
iiian, Ist, wife, Aiij?. 11, 171)4 Feb. ii, ISiW .Meli. 4, 1815.
1H0;J SophiiiOdell.Sdwife, Sept. 8i>, 1874 .'\Icli. 5, 18.14.
(S cliildreii.
1804 Experience, May 8, 1817
1805 Ainandu, Jan. IH, 181»
18(10 WilletU, Apr. IK, 1831
INOT I'lutlie, Aug. Ill, 1825 1H(U
1808 Kniily, July 31, 1880
180i» Charity, Nov. 20, 1831 .huw 111, 1873
Carlton JarvLs, Mch. 17, 1805 July 7, 1878
1870 Su.saiiiiii lOveritt, 1800 Feb. 10, 1870
5 ehildreu.
1871 Henry, Nov. 31, 1834
1872 Phebe A., July 10. 18:50
1873 David U., Apr. 38, 1828
1874 G(!or<,'c E., Dec. 14, 1834
1875 Phebe A., Dec. 10, 1837
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vis, xVpr. 35, 1811
1870 Su.sanuah Hew-
lett, June 7, 1812
children.
1877 Eliza Ann, Dec. 0, 1833
1878 Mary Franee.s, Apr. 37,1835 Nov.,
187!) Johii Hewlett, Dec. 35, 1830
1880Tlio.VVoo(lliull, Fob. 6, 1840
1881 Eb. N().strand, Aug. 9, 1843
1883 MaryAnnSusau,Oct. 11, 1847
D(!c. 4, 1833.
1835
1835
Dec. 4, 1850.
1803 Nov. 4, 1803, Sarah
iioger.s.
Dec. 8, 1805, John H.
Colyer.
192 nKSC'KNDANTS OK JONATHAN SKVKNTll (IKNKUATION.
18S4.
No. Name.
Born. Died.
Married or Ut nmrliR.
Emily Jervis,
Dec. ;]0, 1830
Oct. 38, 1869.
1883 Robert B. Vail.
1 child.
1884 K. C. Vail,
July 12. 1873
7tu ({kneuation.
1S4«.
No. Name.
Born. Died.
Married or Reniarlte
Selucas L. Jar-
vis,
Oct. 34, 1838
Apr. 10, 1869.
1885 Jeiimc U. Brant.
4 children.
1886 Jennie Lee, Aug. 8, 1869
1887 Percy, Mch. 14, 1870
1888 Gracie, Jan. 3, 1873
1889 Frederick, Aug. 11, 1875
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Josephlt.Jarvis.Nov. 5, 1843
1890 Emily A. Hor-
ton, Dec. 10, 1844
2 children.
1891 Philet's Horton.Sopt. 11, 1870
^892Luella, Nov. 11, 1875
Sept. U, 186V.
isro.
John II. Jarvis, Dec. 35, 1836
1893 Elizii Pluce.
5 chililren,
1894 Edgar Hewlett, Dec. 38. 1857
1895 Philo Piice, July 18, 1864
1896 Anna Aus;iHta, Sept. 34, 1H66
1897 Woodhu'.l. July 14, 1869
1898 John Colyer. May 30, 1873
Dec. 4, 1856.
1874
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tnind Jarvis, Aug. 9, 1843
1899 Elizabeth Rogers.
3 children.
1900 Su.mn Mary Ann, Sept. 1, 1869
• iVil Thos. Woodhull.Seiil. 3, 1872
A, >)2 Hannah, Oct. 14, 1874
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DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL JARVTH
IsT Genekation.
Die-
No. Nami!. Born.
1903 Nalh'u'l Jarvis, • Sept. i), 1 *3 1778
lt>04 Phebe Allen, Jane 39, 1753 Nov. 13, 1795
4 children.
1905 Sarah,''
1900 Ph(Bbe,
Married or Remarkv.
176-.
1907 Nathaniel,
1908 Mary,
Fel). 30, 1770 Aug. 19, 1857
Apr. 13,1772 Jan. 30, .851 Benj. Holmes. 2 sons
ard 1 dauj^hter.
Sept. 9,1775 Jan. 1,1840 No 11,1798.
Aug. 4, 1787 Mch. 29, 1853
3d Genekation.
No. Name.
Born.
Died.
Married or Rcniarlvs
Nathau'l Jarvis
Sept. 9,
1775
Jan.
1.
1840
Nov. 11, 1798.
10 children.
1909 Ednumd Allen,
Oct. 8,
1799
Oct.
29,
1837
1910 Nathan St urges
,Mch. 25,
1801
May
13,
1803
1854.
19J1 Pierre] lumphv
,Fel). 13,
1803
May
10,
1S74
Jane 30. 1828.
1913 Nathaniel,
Sept. 20,
1805
1913 Mary Ogden,
Sept. 29,
1807
F.O).
11,
18:4
1914 William,
Dec. 23,
1809
A p. ., 1838.
1915 Ph(el)e Francis
Mch. 4,
1813
July 7, 1843.
191G Jeannette,
Feb. 27,
1815
Feb.
20,
i8i.:
Feb. 19, 1834.
1917 RenjamiM 11.,
Jan. 10,
1818
Apr.
29,
in
Dec. 24, 1840.
1918 Samuel M.,
Oct. 9,
1833
4 or 5 children.
Laredo, Te.\as.
Re^
Cai'T. Nathaniel Jahvis
Was born at Huntin<fton, L. i., September 9, 1775. Soon after
his birtli, hi,-; father entered the Hevohitionary army, and became a
Lieutenant in the Second N. Y. liejijimeiit. He served in most of
the contests on Long Island and New Jersey, and linally died, in
' Married, at Huntingion, L. 1. . eldest daughter Dr. Samuel Allen.
Died at Valley Forge, Penn. ; was Lieutenant 3d N. Y. Regiment of the
Continental army; had been two years in .service.
'■^ Married Rev. J. R. Matthias, Metho'^■ clergyman. Large family.
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the winter of 1777, at V^ alley Forge, where General Washington
had taken up winter quarters.
His widow, with her little ones, after enduring great liardships
and privations at Huntington, which was then in the possession of
a party of British troops, moved to New York, where the subject
of our sketch grew up to manhood with the growing city, and
became identified with its interests.
For upwards of thirty years, he sailed as master of a vessel on
the Hudson rivei-, and, consequently, becanu^ well known to trav-
ellers on that much frequented route.
Captain Jarvis's life furnishes us an example of what may be
done by patient industry and frugality, in connection with Christian
principles. When he commenced business he was poor, but in the
lapse of years he acquired, if not an independence vt ease and
competence. He was a director in several New Yu..:. banks and
insui'ance companies, and, in 1831, was sent to the State legislature
as a representative from that city.
For a number of years, he was associated with many of its
benevolent institutions, and was, for a long time, connected with
the Missionary Society of the M. E. Church, of wliich denomina-
tion he was an active and influential member.
A kind husband, an afl'ectionate parent, a consistent Christian
gentleman, ho lived to see most of his children grown up around
him, and some of them filling offices of trust and respc -'.sibility
among their fellow citizens. And when, in the fullness of time,
the final summons came, he sank peacefully to rest, full of years
and honor.
3d Generation.
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No. Name.
E(hninul Allen
Jarvis,
1919 Eliza Crissey.
;5 childrcu.
W20 Nathiuiiel.
1921 Mary Frances.
1923 Emma Jiinc.
Bom.
Died.
Married or Remarks.
Oct. 8, 1799 Oct. 29, 18;{7
DESCHfNDANTS OF NATltANlEL — THIRD GENEHATION.
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No. Name.
Niitlian Sturges
Jarvis,
Mrs. Jaue B.
Miimfoitl.'
3 children.
1923 Wm. C,
1924Edmuud A.,
1935 Nathan S.,
Born.
Dioa.
Married or Remai'is.
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Mch. 25, 1801 May 12, 1S62 1854.
May 13, 1855
Jan. 22, 1858
June 30, 1860
Surgeon Nathan S. Jabvis,
Son of Natlianiel Jarvis, was born in the city of New York, in 1801.
At an early age he entered upon the study of medicine in the ofiBce
of Dr. Valentine Mott, the celebrated surgeon. Having received
his degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, he was,
for a short time, on duty at the College Hospital. He commenced
the practice of medicine in Ithaca. N. Y. In 183;^, he received
his appointment to the position of assistant surgeon in the army,
and was stationed, for a number of years, at l<'ort Snelliug, on the
Upper Mississ^'ijpi. He here first interested himself in the Indian ;
studied their habits and customs, and sent several valuable com-
munications in regard to them to the iV. )". Spirit of the Times.
In the Mexican War. lie was on General Zachary Taylor's staff,
and actively participated in several battles, among others, those of
Palo Alto, Eesaca, and Monterey; and was afterwards stationed
on the Mexican frontier. He also served in the Florida and Black
Hawk wai"s.
D'.'. Jarvis was a constant contributor to several literary and
scientific journals. Among his papers we find letters from Pro-
fessor Agassiz, Spencer F. Baird, and others, in regard to scientific
subjects. His collections of Mexican and Indian curiosities were
deposited with the N. Y. Historical Society, of which he was a
member. We subjoin an extract from tlie resolutions adopted by
the Society after his death.
" Resolved, That in the death of Dr. N. S. Jarvis, for many years
an eminent surgeon in the U. S. Army, the Historical Society of
New York deplore the loss of a distinguished associate and corre-
sponding member, to whom it has been largely indebted for
numerous and valuable contributions.'"
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At the commencomont of the late wai, Dr. Jarvis, having received
the appointment of Medical Director of the Department of Marj
land, was ordered from San Antonio, Texas, to Baltimore, and.
shortly afterward, in ISG2, died of a disease contracted while on
duty in the South.
Following are some of the remarks made by Dr. Josiah Simpson,
at a meeting of the Medical Department of Maryland, convened in
consequence of the death of Dr. Jarvis:
"In social intercourse, he was sprightly and entertaining; in his
attachment, generous and constant; in his daily transactions with
the world, punctilious and lionorable. As a sui'geon, his ability
was unquestioned, and he ever acquitted himself, both in the execu-
tive and professional relations of his position, with marked urbanity
of manner, a keen sense of honor, and a conscientious regard to
truth and Justice.
" C^uis (lesiderio sit pudor m:\ modus
Tiim cari capitis? "
In 18G3, the following circular was issued from the War Depart-
ment:
"Baltimore, March lilst.
" Whereas it is inconsistent and inappropriate that a military
institution established by the National Government, and devoted
to the care of its sick and vs^ounded, should be called by a name
that is now, and must hereafter be, preeminent in its association
with rebels and rebellion. It is hereby announced that, from this
date, the United States General Hospital known as Stewart's Man-
sion, shall be designated as the "Jarvis General Hospital," in
tribute to the late Surgeon N. S. Jarvis, U. S. Army, Medical
Director of this Department, the memory of whose virtues as a
man, and excellence as an oflBcer, has not died with him."
(Signed) "Josiah Simpson."
As a tribute of respect to this eminent physician, on the day of
his funeral, General Dix ordered out four companies of the Third
New York Infantry, who escorted the remains to the railway
dc'pot, preparatory to their removal to their last resting-place.
Born.
1 i> 1 1 .
Died.
Married or ReniarkB.
No. Name.
Pierre lluinpli-
rey Jarvis, Feh. t:^, lH(Ki May 10,1874 June 30, 1838.
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No. Name.
1926 Phebe.
1937 Francos.
1938 Mary Louise.
Bom.
Died.
Married or ReinnrkB.
lOlJi.
Nathan'l Jarvis, Sept. 3«, 1805
1 child.
1929 .Tosepliine,
1014.
A. llolahan. N. Y.
Apr. 4, 18:58.
William Jarvis, Dec. 33, 1809
* Eunice B. INIorgan.
13 children.
* Sarah Eloisa, Jan. 18, 1839 May 9, 1848
19:K) Jean'ttc White, Feb., 1844
1931 James Moigan, Sept., 184(i Nov. 7, 1878, to Ann
F. Carpenter,
1982 Eunice Morgan, Mch. , 1848 Dec. 20, 18(56, to S. R.
Sherwood.
1933 Nathan Sturgcs, Dec. , 1849
1934Eloiaa, Feb., 1853
1935 E'.i/abeth,
Mch.
1936 Mary Frances, Nov. ,
* Edmund Allen, Feb.,
* Rebecca, Mch. ,
19;i7 Alice Maud, Jan.,
1854 Nov. 37, 1878, to John
Albiirtis.
1856
1858 Apr. 32, 1858
1859 Dead.
1863
*Susann'hPcnn, Nov., 1867 Jan. 37, 1868
10 1 -r.
Benj. IT. Jarvis, Jan. 10, 1818 Apr. 39, 1858 Dec. 24, 1846.
'5 childreu.
1.938 Benja.iim.
19^9 Cordelia.
1940 Mary.
*The above names were received after all tlii' records had been num-
bered. «
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t >
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198
DKftCKNDANTH OF MOSES — HKCOND OENKHATION.
I
I
t
DESCENDANTS OF MOSES JARVIS.
IsT Generation.
No. Name. Bom. Died. Married or Roinarks.
1941 Moses Jiirvis,' Nov. 37, 1749 Feb. 11, 1823 Mch. 29, 1773.
1943 Phd'lH' Wicks, Oct. 11,1751 J.iri. 14,1814
11 cliikircn.
1943 Mat ilcla Jane, Dec. 25, 1773 June 38, 1801 Nov., 1799, to John
lloss.
April 4, 1774 June 33, 1852 Sept. 20, 1796; Jan. 39,
1808; April 17, 1817.
Feb. 11, 1775 Feb. 14, 1776
May 18, 1777 April 30, 1844 Apr. 33, 1803; Auff.l8,
181o.
Nov. 18, 1779 Aug. 29, 1857 July 5, 1807.
Jan. 27, 1783 Aug. 35, 1849 Oct. ;31, 1799, to Mat-
thias Lull.
Feb. 4, 1784 Sept. 2, 1839 May 17, 1808, to Moses
Roff.
1950 Joseph Wicks, Mch. 13, 1786 Oct. 4,1810
1951 Elizabeth 2(1, Aug. 5, 1788 Aug. 31, 1789
1952 Ilervey, Nov. 1, 1790 Sept. 3, 1792
1953 Eli/abeth 3(1, April 5, 1792 Jan. 21,1848 Joseph Falconer.
2d wife.
1954 Mary Bears, Nov. 20, 1815; widow,
sister of first wife.
1944 James,
1945 Elizabeth,
1946 Moses, Jr.,
1947 Richard,^
1948 Mary,
1949 Phoebe,
2d Genkhation.
1044.
No. Name. Born. Died. Married or Remarks.
Fames Jarvis, April 4, 1774 June 32, 1852 Sept. 26, 1796.
1955 iJetsey Mott, April 25, 1770 May 29, 1803
1 child.
1956 Phd'be, Sept. 3, 1799
3d wife.
1957 Elizabeth Smith, July 37. 1815 Jan. 39, 1803.
10 children.
1958 Caroline, Nov. 12, 1803 Mch. 33, 1805
1959 Caroline Eliza, May 7,1805 Aug. 14, 1873
19(i0 Amelia Ann, May 33, 1806
1961 James, Dec. 13, 1807 Oct. 23, 1846
' 1778, Moses Jarvis .shot a Ilessian from his window.
^Ist wife, Sally i{ose; 3d wife. Widow Koll.
i
I)E8CKNl)ANTrt OK M()HK8 — TJIIHD OKNKKATION.
1!)!)
No. Name. Born. Died. Miirrlod or Romarks.
1!)63 Win. Alfred, Mcb. 39, 1801) July 35, 181 1
1903 Ali^'non Syd'y, July 4, 1810
1904 Anirdiim, July ;50, 1811
l»(i5 (ieoige Wni.. Oct. 4,1813 July 17,1853
1906 Ellzuboth, April 30. 1814 May 3, 1840
1967 Jos. Ethvard, May 1, 1815 April 11, 1800
3d wife.
1968 Anna Cook, Feb. 8,1853 Apr. 17, 1817; widow.
3 (bildreu.
l!)(i!) Kob'l .Milucr, Sept. 14, 1818 Oct. 33, 1839
1970 lAIoscs Ricb'd, Jan. 33, 1834 Feb. 7, 1830
1 04<*.
Moses Jurvis,
Jr., May 18, 1777 April 31, 1844 April 33, 1803.
1971 Maiy Brown, June 17, 1783 Oct. 15, 1811
4 cbildrcn.
1973 Matil.Mebit'bel,Sept. 9, 1803 July 11, 1850 Mcb. 17, 1831, to Piatt
L. Wicks.
1973 Jlary Wicks, Oct. 5, 1805 1803 Nov. 1, 1830, to Major
Cook.
i Nov. 10, 1831.
"/ Oct. 33, 1844.
1975 Jos. Wicks, Oct. 17, 1810 Sept. 18, 1843
3d wile.
1970 Ilan'b Fowler, June 31, 1785 Jan. 11, 1830 Aug. 18, 1813.
3 cbildren.
1977 Ilan'b Fowler, Jan. 13,1810 Dec. 13, 1844 June 39, 1841, to Wm.
W. Clark.
1978 Elizabetb, June 38, 1817 June 30, 1801
3d wife.
1979 Mary Fowler, Sept. 11, 1780 Dec. 8, 1800 Mcb. 34, 1831.
1 cbild.
1980 Pbujbe Deborah, Apr.25, 1833 July 13, 1833
1974 Moses West,' Oct. 10,1807
No. Name.
Algernon S.
Jarvis, July 4, 1810
1981 Natbalia Pearce,*
1 cbild.
1983 Helen Pearce, Feb. 7, 1875
3n Genekation.
ioe3.
Born. Died.
Married or Remarlis.
Feb. 10, 1870.
' 1st wife, Susan Ann Crispin; 2d Avife, Frances F. Waters.
•' Miss Pearce was tbe daugbter of Nutbaniel Pearce, of ^larylaud.
200
DKSOKNDANTB OK NATIIANIKI,
KOONI) OKNKKATION.
DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL JARVIS.
In the interesting and admirabio "History of the Life and 'I'imes
of William Jarvis, better known as Consul Jarvis, of Vermont,"
written by his daughter, Mrs. Mary Popperrell Si)arhawk Ciitts,
we learn that the first settlers of their branch by the name of
Jarvis in tliis country was Capt. Nathaniel Jarvis, who was born
in "Wales, and had commanded a ship, for several years, between
Bristol, England, and the Lsland of Jamaica.
In the latter place he married the widow of a rich planter, gave
up his seafaring life, came to Huston in IGOS (some traditions say
in 1654) with his wife, settled there, and became a prosp(;rous mer-
chant and inducntial citizen. Not long after this, two of his
brothers came from England, and tradition .says that one of them
went to Hartford, Conn.,' and the other to Concord, Mas;
It is believed that John Jarvis, who married Rebecca Parkman,
was his son. and we now ))rocccd to give their record, and those of
the families descended frcnn them, in as complete form as we have
been able to obtain them.
No. Name.
1988 Nathiinicl Jarvis
1 child.
1984 John Jarvis.
DESCENDANTS OF NATHA^^IEL.
IsT Generation.
Born, Died. Married or Rcmarli!".
Sept. 18, 1001.
No. Name.
John Jiirvi.s,-'
1985 Rebecca Parkman,
11 cliiUlrcn.
1980 John,
3d Generation.
Born. Died.
1062
Mnrriod or Ucniark»
Sept. 18. 1001.
1 This may have been Stephen, who appeared in IIunU)igton, L. I.,
in 1001.
'^ Will dated Jan. 19, 1688; admitted to Probate March 4, 1089.
No. Name.
1987 Elias.
HWH Niclioliis.
li»8)) James.
liHtO William,
1»!»1 Natliaiiii'l,
1!)!I2 licbccca,
l!»i»:! Saimicl,
l!»y4 Mary,
WW, l{<'lK'((a,
li)!)r; Ahi-rail,
DK8CENDANT8 OF NATHANIKI, — TiriKI) OKNKUATION. 201
Dluil, Married or Honinrki*.
younf?. Baptized ICOO.
Bom.
Jan. i!i, \mn
Aug. 10, 106(1
May 25, 1070 Doc. l.'J, 17.'W Sept. 28. 1601.
April 17, 1072
1074
April 17, 1077 Jan. 20, 1000. Richard
Collitr.
Jan. 27, 1670
Sept. 2. 1684 Dec. 4, 1718, Jno. Biss.
3d Grnekation.
No. Name. Born. Died.
JobnJarvis,' 1662
1997 Mary Waters, Aug. 28, 1667
Married or Remarks.
1738 Dau. Sampson and Re-
becca.
6 children.
1998 John,
1990 Sanii)son,'-
2000 John,
2001 Hcbecca,
2002 W'illiani,
2003 Mary,
May 16, 1087
Jan. 0, 1689
Feb. 14, 1692
Aug. 23, 1695
Sept. 14, 1678
Oct. 17, 1704
Mr. Gooding.
Mary .
Sept. 30, 1731, Thos.
Brown.
Elias .Iarvis,8 .Tan. 13, 1063
2004 Margaict.
2 children.
2005 Margaret, Mch. 24, 1691
2006 Elias. Jan. 13, 1693
1757
i
1 . , '-i
Aug. 23, 1715.
1 1>1>0.
William. lai-vis, Aug. 10, 1666
2007 Mary.
2 cbildreu.
2008 Mary, July 5, 168()
2009 Sarah, Mch. 30, 1689
2d wife.
1 Will dated March 10, 173§; admitted to Probate Dec. 20, 1736.
-Married Mary Atwood; 2 sons — John, born Nov. 8, 1715; William,
born 1728.
* Property adinin'stered May 23, 1695; inventory, Aug. 22, 1695.
•26
202 DKSCKN HANTS iiK XATIfAMKl. FdlUTII OKNKIIATION.
Bom. Died. Murrlod or Rcinnrki*.
No. Nniui'.
SOtO Kli/.al)('lli.
I cliild.
2011 RelM-ccii.
Miiv 32, 1«04
I i*U 1 .
Niiliri .Iiirvis. iMiiy 2'>. ItlTO Dec. i;i, 17:!K
2012 Kli/.th Suiter. Oct. ((, 1071 Auj?. VA, 1700 Sept. 28, 1091.
4 cliililrcn.
Nov. 0, KIO:; May 2;{, 1723.
.July 21, 1(100 EbiiiK'Zcr Allen.
Dec. 11,1701 Alexander Parkmim.
2014 Natlianiel,
201.5 Klizulielli.
201(( Kehee
2017 William,'
2(1 wife.
2018 Eliz. Trevet,'
1 ehild.
2010 I.eoiiiinl, May 7, 1710 Sept. :50, I7(i0
1078 Fel). V.]. 1700 .luly HI, 1713.
No. Name. Born.
EliasJarvis, Jr.,.Tan. 13, 1G93
4tII (tKNKUATION.
Died.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
202.')
Mary Sunderland,
.5 eliildren.
Mary, May 10, 1722
p:iia"s,3 .Tidy 23, 1724
John, May 25, 1726
Marfiaret,' ()<t. 18, 1729
Ed\vard,(C'apt.,)'',Jan. 22, 1731 Feb
Sept. 20, 1748
1793
Married or Remarks.
An.!?. 23, 1715, Will,
,Iulv 8,17.5.5.
?iO 1 t.
} *'
NatlmnielJarvis.Nov. 0, Kii):)
2020 Abi.u^ail Atkins,
5 eliildren.
2027 Abipiil, Mcb. 23. 1724
2028 Eli/.abetb, Nov. 1.5, 1730
Shipwright.
May 23, 1723.
1742
' Died before his father. Left William and Mary, and one son, who died
three days after bis mother, Auir. Kt, 1700.
-Maiden name sujiposed to have been Peabody.
^Ship-ehandler. Married, 1st, Mary Avis, 2d, Deliverance Atkins.
■• Married Daniel Parker; bad son. Chief Jusliee Isaac Parker.
^Married Katharine Ilammet: son, Edward, Administrator.
DKf«(!KNDANTH OK NATII.WIKI, — KIKTII GKN
No.
Name.
Biti'ii.
DilMl.
2()'2Jl Miurv,
2();t(l Niilliiuiii'l.
'JOai Til' iniLs.
Apr. lit. nait Scpl. l.s(K) Sii
Dcr. Jj.'i. 17ai Nov. IHl'J
May H, 17;{4 ITU'i
Leonard. Iiirvis, May 7, 171(5 S.-pl. W, 1770 M(
a083 Susan ("ornly.
I cliild.
20iY>) Susan,
'.M wile.
3034 Haiah Cliurrli.
!) cliildivn.
20;t() Lfonard,
20;57 Hlizaltelli,
20;58 Sam'KJardincr,
- ■■■■- 1
1
KKATION. 'JO.'l
lurli'il or Ki'MiiirkR.
iiKlf, loll ills iii'irs
)|i;{.700.r)0.
iptizcd liy Kcv.Hain
uel Maliicr.
1
(M'clianI in Hoston.
i.r. 1'.'. 17;tit.
i
LtMinanl Bradford.
1721 Dec. 2;{, 178i) Int. of M., Xw^. 5,
IMl.
May 2il, 1743 Nov. 38, 18l;{ Nov. a, 1770.
1748 May «, 1700
1745 Auk.
tslH Au!-. 0. 1773.1786.
20;UM'harl(s, M.U., Oct. 30,1748 Nov. l.'), 1M07
3040 Nathaniel.
3041 Sarah,
3043 Mary Church,
204U Benjamin,
Sept.
IHOl
im.
Mch. 18;!8 Joseph Hussell.
, 1830
1810 Eli/a Hall of DorchcH-
tcr. Merchant.
3044 Phil
'P.
Nov. i;{, 1703 Dec. 3. 1831 Nov. 17, 1780.
5tII Gl-'.NKKATTON.
No. Name. " Born. Died.
JSfathan'l.Iarvi.s.iDcc. 35, 1731 Nov. 9,1813
2045 Eliz'th Taintor, 1749 June 7, 1794
7 children.
3040 Elizabeth, Feb. 15, 1708
3047 Mary,
AuL^ 35, 1709
3048 Reb. Parkman, Dec. 13, 1771
3049 Nathaniel, Feb. 30, 1774 Mch. 20, 1779
3050 Susanna,' May 13, 1770
2051 Leonard, Jan. 7, 1779 Nov. 16, 1845
3052 Abigail Atkins, Oct. 17, 1783
Marriucl or Keiniirks.
Dec. 18, 1700.
Jacob Wyeth of
Fre.shpond.
Phincas Stone, 1
daughter, Eliza.
jMary Cogswell.
June 38, 1804. Sol.
K. Livonnore.
' Moved from Boston to Can'.bridge, I7.">5.
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DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL — FIFTH GENERATION.
Leonard Jarvis, •
Of Baltimore, was born in Cambridge, January 7, 1779, and
entered college at a very early age, having been graduated in 1797.
For ten years he followed maritime pursuits, and was master
of a vessel in the India trade, making successful voyages. He
afterwards quit his nautical life, became a merchant, and went into
partnership with Mr. Asaph Hone. Their place of business was
at the corner of Court and Washington streets, Boston. This firm
continued in business for six years.
During the war of 1812, Mr. Jarvis disposed of his interest in the
business, residing in Cambridge till the close of the war, when he
removed to Baltimore for the benefit of a milder climate. Here
he was highly successful in business, and became wealthy, sustain-
ing a fair and honorable name in all the relations of life.
He died from paralysis, at his residence in Baltimore. Nov. 16,
1845, after a sickness of three years. He lingered eight days after
the last shock, which rendered him speechless.
Mr. Jarvis left a large estate, giving one-half, by will, of '* The
Melange Edifice," to Harvard College, after the death of hib widow.
The other half of the same edifice he gave to several charitable socie-
ties in Baitimoi'e. The remainder of his wealth, excepting some
bequests, he left, after the death of his widow, to his and her rela-
tives, each having twelve nephews and nieces.
Mr. Jarvis married in 1806 or 7 Miss Mary Coggswell of Little-
ton. They had no children.
The house in which Mr. Jarvis was born is still standing on the
right-hand of the road to West Cambridge, between the Common and
Porter's. It has been in the possession of the family for a hundred
years, and is occupied by two of his sisters, who still retain the wide
lands around it, being part of the estate purchased by their father,
Nathaniel Jarvis, who removed, when quite young, from Boston to
Cambridge, and made this house his residence.
?i03l
No. Name. Born.
Thomas Jarvis, May 8, 1734
2053 Lydia Coolidge.
2 children.
2054 Elizabeth, Aug. 30, 1757
2055 Thomas,' Sept. 16, 1759
Died.
Married or Remarke.
1792
1 Had a son Benjamin, who married Mary Porter of Roxbury. They
had one son, Wm. Porter Jarvis, and one daughter, who married Dr. C.
M. Weld.
DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL FIFTH OENERATION.
205
No. Name. Born. Died.
LeonardJarvis.'May 29, 1742 Nov. 28, 1813
2056 Sarah Scott, May 31, 1753 1836
12 children.
Oct. 19, 1781
Nov. 3, 1782
Oct. 12, 1783
2057 Leonard, «
2058 Betsey Stelle, 3
2059 Charles.
Oct. 18, 1854
Apr. 12, 1870
1803
2060 Edward,
2061 Sarah Russell, Mch. 2, 1786
2062 Charles, Feb. 16, 1788
2063 Edward Scott, / Sept. 8, 1790
2064 Susan Gibbs, f Sept. 8,1790
2065 Francis Roach, Mar. 9, 1792
2066 Andr'wSpooner,Dec. 4, 1793
2067 Com. Jos. Rus-
sell, May 3, 1795
2068 Benjamin, Dec. 9, 1796
Mch. 1860
Apr. 4, 1865
Dec. 23, 1868
Feb. 8, 1869
Nov. 18, 1799
Aug. 18, 1869
Married or Remarks.
Nov. 3, 1776.
Of Newport.
Dec. 25, 1804.
Eliza. Two sons in
Castine.
Saml. K. Whiting,Ill.
Dec. 15, 1820.
Sept. 20, 1818.
1828. June 17. 1834.
Samuel Gardner
Jarvis,
2069 Susan'h Pierce.
5 children.
2070 Joseph,
2071 Charles.
2072 Leonard. M.D., Jan.
2073 Chas. Church,
2074 Susan Pierce,*
2d wife.
2075 Prudence Davis.
3 children.
2076 Mary Sparhawk,
2077 Russell,
2078 Helen,
S03S.
1745 Aug. 1818 Merchant in Boston.
1782 Aug. 6, 1872.
i, 1774 Feb. 9, 1848
1777 1792
1778 T>ec. I860
Died young.
Died young.
1799 1786.
1827
1790 July 1853
1834 Guy Hunter.
1 Merchant, in Boston; Treasurer of Commonwealth. Lived in Cam-
bridge. 1790-1798.
» MiirriedMary Green, Boston. Graduate Harvard. Twice M. C. from
Maine. Navy Agt., Mass.
" Married James Carr, Geneva, 111. 2 daughters.
* John Jeffrey of Scotland. Editor Ediiiburgh Review.
206
DB^SCKNDANTS OF NATHANIEL FIFTH GENERATION.
S030.
No. Name. Bom. Died. Married or Reraarkf .
Charles Jarvis.i Oct. 36, 1748 Nov. 15, 1807
2079 Mary Clapham.
1 child.
2080 William, Feb. 4, 1770 Oct. 21, 1859 Mch. 1808.
2d wife.
2081 Mary Pepperrell
Sparhawk.
Doctor Charles Jarvis
Was a distinguished physician and surgeon, a profound and
sagacious statesman, and a brilliant orator. The friend and asso-
ciate of Hancock, Adams, and Jefferson, he was alike illustrious in
both his private and public character. He was devoted to the wel-
fare and honor of his country, and took an active part in the coun-
cils of those distinguished men, whose wisdom and patriotism,
under the guidance of an over-ruling Providence, shaped the desti-
nies of the Colonies during the Revolutionary struggle for Amer-
ican independence.
Dr. Jarvis was born in 1748, and died at the age of 59. His
grandfather emigrated from Wales, and became a merchant in
Boston. He was the son of Leonard Jarvis and Sarah Church,
who was the daughter of Sheriff Church, and granddaughter of
Colonel Benjamin Church of Bristol.
At an early age, the Doctor developed those rare qualities of
mind and heart which endeared him to all who knew him. Mag-
nanimity, sincerity, and discretion marked his youthful character.
His understanding was strong, his imagination ardent and refined.
Liberally educated, his inborn habits of thinking were thus
strengthened, and his influence and usefulness more thoroughly
felt in the community. On his return from England, where he
passed considerable time in completing his education in medical
science, he began to discover a more than ordinary concern for the
welfare and happiness of his fellow men.
An enemy to tyranny and superstition, he studied the principles
of civil liberty, and it was the wish of his heart to see them firmly
established in his native land, and his country free from those
calamities which had so often afflicted humanity. This induced
him to abandon the most flattering prospects, at the commencement
^ Del. Constitutional Convention, 1788, and one of the State Legislature
until 1796.
DESCENDANTS OP NATHAVtut or™.
JNATHAMEL— FIFTH GENERATION. 207
hs influence fltifl fai^^f • ^^'^'^'"^''^"-ourt. The recollection of
than his powers of e Ln.nnJ j I°y»"6n- His integrity, more
estimatio' of his nouZ ' '" '"'" ■•''»P''="'»le, even in the
and wrong in everv t™ "'^"T' J""'"™*", tatolerance,
disposition. BeneTo:„ee'ard1 '""' '° *^ ^™*"''^ °' ^^
of his heart. ''"""'°''"'" ""-^ '■■•"""""y ™re the reigning virtues
thoi"™;r„r'nr:h'''r:^^'' »!'^--'"">-'- ">« recanof
As a physician, he was enlightened skilfni i,-i. i
In his domp«f,-r. i,^- I, , w^^^nea, siaitul, liberal, and humane.
smmsm
order, and he was ^esirrrame'lLam:^.:;::^ .^f f
snouid equally secure the rio-hts of all if u^ ,
his demands were moderatf A thn; J. .' ''""'°^' "^ ^^"^^'
for other, for himsel iflooked ^^^^^^^^^ thV" . T' ''''''''' '
lived and died an honest man ' ' "^^''''^" "' ^^^^'^"^
208
DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL FIiiTH GENERATION.
S040.
No. Name.
Born.
Died.
Married or Remarks.
Nathaniel Jarvia,
Sept.,
1801 Capt. Revol. Army
3 children.
2083 Hon. Wm. C.
1836 Lawyer.
3084 Susan. >
The Hon. William C. Jakvis
Was born in or near Boston, and was admitted to the bar in Suf-
folk Co., in 1811. He moved to Pittsfield, Mass., in 1815, and
represented that town in the Legislatures of 1821 '22, '23, and '24.
Soon afterwards, he removed to Woburn, and was made director
of the State prison. He was also one of the custom-house officers,
but, on the election of General Jackson to the presidency, was
removed. He was subsequently elected senator from Essex Co.,
and representative of the town. He was Speaker of the House of
Representatives, twice while a representative from Pittsfield, and
once from Woburn.
In 1827, he was elected State Treasurer, but declined the honor.
He was twice a candidate for Congress.
lu 1821, he published a very creditable volume on political econ-
omy, entitled " The Republic," copies of which are in the Berkshire
AthsBueum.
Mr. Jarvis was a man of line talents, in form and stature noble
and commanding, with a genial and social nature. His manners
were elegant, and his conversation rich and polished, abounding
in humor and anecdote, which made him a favorite in society,
beloved and cherished by his friends. He died suddenly in
Weathersfield, Vt., leaving an afflicted wife to mourn his loss.
Philip .Jarvis,
3085 Ann Head,
7 children.
3086 John Head,
3087 Mary Ann,
3088 Jeanette,
3089 Henry,
2090 Pliilip,
2091 Nancy Head,
3092 Frederick,
1 Married M. D
Nov. 13, 1763 Dec. 3,
Aug. 17, 1764 Dec. 30,
1831 Nov. 17, 1786.
1848
Dec. 3, 1787 Jan. 18,
May 13, 1789 Aug. 33,
Mch. 30, 1793 May 8,
June 8, 1794 Feb. 3,
May 10, 1796 Nov. 37,
1850
1816 Sept. 36, 1806, Bnid-
shaw Hall.
May 14, 1790 Mch. 22, 1873 Jan. 29, 1805, Benj.
Hooke.
1839 Mch. 10, 1814.
1807
1837 Jas. Milliken, b. 1793,
d. June 22, 1849.
1872 Feb. 11, 1849.
Sept. 28, 1798 Oct. 11,
Gushing of Providence; 4 sons and 1 daughter.
DKSCENDANT8 OF NATHavii-,
"*- NATHANIKL—siXTH GENKRATION. 209
6th Genekation.
No. Name. ^^^^
Charles Jarvis, ' Feb 16 17Hu a ^'^!'" Carried or Remarks
2096 Elizabeth Black.Peb I' ml
2097 Edward, Mch 13 829
2098 Ann Frances ' ^^'^
^''^'■'■' Oct 15 1831
2099Cha.s jurvi... j^jy 7' jgg^ Everard F. Greeley.
2 0^ToT«f^' •^""- 2«'1836
2 03 To 'w''' ^"•'''- "' 1839
210J AndVSpooner/Doc. 3.1844
Sept. 17, 1870.
Edward Scott
2104 Elirsparhawk ^'^'' ^' ^^^'^ ^'"- ^^' ^^^^ Sept. 20, 1818.
Spooner,- Nov. 25, 1799
9 children.
2105 /.eonard Fitz *
2107 And-wSpoone'r.Ma'- 18'' S '""^ ^' ^^^^
.OJ Mary Church, Nov. 25, 1830
jllO barah Leonard. Oct. 12, 1832
2111 Howard Sand-
nv^wlTlr. Mch. 28. 1834
Hubbard, Nov., I839
* Married Martha Eaton 1 Pl.iW ni
B,o«.,u,i for ,.„,„,;. e™ j'J,'"""' ""«» V"" Cru. and Ci.j- of MexS
27
210
DESCENDANTS OP NATHANIEI- — SIXTH GENERATION.
Bora. Died.
Marriod or Kemarks.
No. Name.
(Jom. .Toscph
Russell Jarvis, May 3, 1795 Aug. 12, 1809 1838.
8114 Sarah Leonard
Bradford, 1804 Oct. 11, 1833
3 children.
2115 Leonard Brad-
ford, 0(1. 13. 1330 Nov., 1835
3116 Francis Carr, Sept. 11, 1833 Dec. 25, 1873.
3d wife.
3117 Mary Filsbury
Otis, June 17, 1834. D. of
Jos. Otis, Boston.
6 children.
3118 Susan Gibbs, Aug. 31, 1835 Aug. 15, 1861
3119 Jos. Russell, > Nov. 9, 1837 April 0, 1869.
3130Mary Hubbard, Apr. 31, 2 840 Oct. 14,1841
3121 Josephine, Oct. 14, 1841
3133 James Otis, Sept. 39, 1843 Apr., 1851
3133 Wm. Mosher, Oct. 7,1847 Oct., 1876
Commodore Joseph R. Jarvis
"Was born in Massachusetts, May 3, 179.5, and entered the Navy
in 1812, when he was sent to the Lakes, and served under Mac-
Donough.
He was commissioned as Lieutenant, March 2S, 1820; on the
Frigate Constellation, West India Squadron, 1827; Mediterranean
Squadron, 1829; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1837; commis-
sioned as Commandant, September 8, 1841; commanding Brig
Lawrence, 1845; commanding Sloop Falmouth, Home Squadron,
1846; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1851; commissioned as Cap-
tain, May 24, 1855; commanding Sloop Savannah, Home Squad-
ron, 1858-1860; commissioned as Commodore, July 16, 1862.
When in command of the Savannah, he captui'ed two Mexican
steamers, and lodged, for a month, at his own expense, two Amer-
ican families who sought shelter on board his vessel. A letter is
in existence, written to him by one of the Mexican generals,
requesting that his sons, two young boys, who were on board one
of the steamers, might be sent to their mother. To this the Com-
modore replied that, though deeply sympathizing with the father's
feelings, he felt compelled to follow the course which his duty as
an officer of the United States required.
» Fruit farmer, Cobden, 111. Married Jennie C. Holcomb of Galesburgh.
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Bom.
No. Name.
Dr. Leonard
Jarvis. j„„
3124 Clarissa Draper.
6 children.
2135 Susan Pierce, iqqq
2136 Dr. Sam'l Gardner, 1816
3187 Leonard, jgjg
2138 Leonard 2d, Jan. 15, 1820
2129 Russell. Jan. 8,1824
2130 William. Oct.. 1827
Died.
Married or Remarks
22, 1774 Feb. 9. 1848
Oct. 30, 1848.
1818
1848
1828
Leonard Jarvis, M D
Boston, aLd on be " ad^'I, ' jf ™'' "" ™'°<'"' P''>'»'«»» of
farmer. H wasX 1/ T' ff "^ ""^'i"" and pracfcal
principles o,rJstr/t:ai:?nut:' '"d *"T°"°"' '° «'^ "■"
wa^ w!^ "not TrX^Nett '" "i"- '"'''"« "' "^ -°' ^^
extensive and succ«ri 1 , ^ampslnre and Vermont, for his
ware well knowTamon ' Z , "' " """'■g'™-- His flocks
quality, and UswrL rr", . """ "■'"^' ""^ »!-*■■
i..g maLnfactuilr '' '"«" ''"P"""'™ """g ""> lead-
Doctor Jarvis was distinguished for onerKV enterori- .„^
»evera„ce. and his talents wonld have earnS' foThtrt^rn
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in any profession. He was particularly successful in surgery, as
he was not only a thonnigli anatomist, but was aided by great
mechanical ingenuity and force of will. Although of a highly-
wrought temperament, ho exhibited, in performing difficult opera-
tions, a degree of coolness, self-possession, and resolution -equal to
any emergency.
His literary acquirements were highly respectable. He was a
good classical scholar, an extensive reader of English and French
literature, speaking French with great fluency and purity of idiom
and accent. He encouraged talent in the young, especially in the
professions. He was hospitable, liberal, and generous, and his
attachments were strong and enduring. In religious belief he was
a Unitarian, but entirely free from prejudice.
In person, he was of middle height, thin, muscular, and active.
His complexion, fair; eyes, blue; and hair, fine, straight, and
chestnut color. He was very temperate, and, through most of his
life, rather abstemious. He was a lineal descendant of Nathaniel
Javvis of Boston, who married Elizabeth Peabody of Maine.
He possessed a handsome ancient seal, with the family coat-of-
arms engraved on it, and a valuable sword presented to him by
Mrs. Dr. Charles Jarvis, who was granddaughter to Sir William
Pepperell. This sword was presented by George the 'J'hird to Sir
William for his gallant services in the siege of Louisburgh, which
he took from the Frencli.
Mr. Jarvis died at Claremont, N. H.,' February 9, 1848, in the
seventy-fourth year of his age.
No. Name.
Russel Jarvis,
2131 Caroline Dana,
1 child.
2132 Caroline.
2d wife.
2133 Eliza Cordi.s.'
SO'7"7'.
Born. Died. Married or Rr .narks.
1790 July, 1853
1822
'Burned, with two daughters, on hoard steamer "Lexington," Long
Island Sound.
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S080.
No. Name. Born.
Consul William
Jiirvis, Fob. 4, 1770
31 !M Mary Poppcrrcll
Spaiiiawk,'
2 children.
2135 Mary Peppcrrell
Sparhawk, May 21, 1809
2136 Eliz. Bartlett, Feb.
2d wife.
2137 Anne Bailey Bartlett.
10 children.
2138 Ann Eliza,-' .luue 30, 1818
2139 Harriet Bartlett, Feb. 8, 1830
3140 Major Charles
.larvis.s Aug. 21, 1821
2141 William, Mc^i. 9, 1823
2142 Thos.JelTersou, Sept. 4, 1824
3143 Margaret, fJuly 20, 1826
3144 Sarah, ( July 20, 182(i
2145 Katharine, Mcii. 16, 1830
2146 Kath. Leonard, Dec. 25, 1833
2147 Louise Bailey. May 29, 1835
Died.
Oct. 21, 1859
Married or Remarks.
1811 July, 1848
March, 1808.
Sept. 9. 1829.
Feb. 14, 1833.
July
17, 1849
September, 1844.
August, 1843.
Dec.
1, 1803
Aug.
1825
Jan.
1, 1842
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July
7. 1847
Twin.s.
July
3, 1857
Oct. 30, 1848.
April
, 1830
July, I860.
Hon. William Jakvi*?,
Son of Dr. Charles Jarvis of Boston, was born in 1770. He was
educated for a mercantile life, and became an active and success-
ful merchant in Boston in the year 1791.
The failure of a friend, for whom he had endorsed, compelled
him to relinquish his position in Boston, and spend the following
five years as sujiercargo, captain, and i)art owner of his ship. At
the end of this period his active industry and mercantile skill had
been crowne 1 with such success as to free him from pecuniary
embarrassment. The e.xperience thus "oquired in mercantile and
maritime affairs led to his appointment by President Jefferson as
Consul and Chanjr to Lisbon. Here, by his characteristic energy,
his remonstrances, and diplomatic sagacity, he succeeded in stop-
' Married by Mr. Ilackley, American Consul at Cadiz ; again in Lisbon,
by a Roman Catholic priest, as was the law in that country; again by a
Protestant (tlergyman.— 3 rings. (Mrs. Cutts' "Biography.")
•Married Hon. Sanmel Dinsmore of Keene; 2 children — William Jar-
vis, Samuel.
* Shot b)' a rebel from behind a tree, near Newport barracks.
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DESCRNPANTS OF NATHANIEL SIXTH OENKRATION.
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ping the impressment of American seamen by English authority;
in securing the admission of flour with small duties, and in chang-
ing the quarantine regulation for American ships from six weeks'
detention to three days.
The effect of these exertions on our commerce at the commence-
ment of the Peninsular War, was of incalculable benefit. It gave
us the immense neutral trade of the contending armies, and the
expense of the war made the sale of the celebrated Spanish flocks
of sheep necessary, which were the most renowned in the world.
Spain had been improving and perfecting the value of their flocks
for a thousand years. Mr. Jarvis, at different times, sent to this
country 3,500 of these sheep, which was a larger number than
came to America from all other sources, and has been the means
of adding untold millions to the agricultural wealth of the United
States, and to its manufacturing industry.
While in Lisbon, Mr. Jarvis met Lord St \'incent, who claimed
relationsh p with him. as the following incident will show: '-Lord
St. Vincent, hearing of Mr. Jarvis, sent to him and requested an
interview, thinking there must be a connection between them.
Accompanied by Commodore Campbell, he called upon the English
Admiral, and was much pleased with his noble, gentlemanly bear-
ing, and was struck by the resemblance between him and some of
the Jarvis family, especially to his Uncle Leonard. The Admiral
treated the Consul in the most friendly, pleasant manner, and said
that when he entered the navy as a midshipman he had spelled his
name Jarvis, but had been rallied by some of the officers for so
doing, saying it was a corruption of tlie old Norman name Jervois,
and they had induced him to change it; but he had no doubt they
sprang from the same ancestors, in which opinion Mr. Jarvis fully
coincided. The Admiral afterwards invited Commodore Campbell
and Mr. Jarvis to dine with him. The Commodore accepted, but
the Consul declined. He admired Lord St. Vincent, but he had
maintained the most cordial intercourse with the French officers,'
and as France and England were at variance, he disliked the
appearance of dining in amity on board of one of His Majesty's
ships of war. Tn addition to which, the impressment of American
seamen had caused unceasing collision between him and the British
navy, ever since he came to Lisbon.
* Among these he was most intimate with Mr. Legoy, Junot's Private
Secretary; Magendie, Commander-in-Cliief of the Navy; Count de Bour-
mont, the sou of the Baron; Viomenil, etc., and they frequently dined
with him.
DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL — SIXTH QENEKATION.
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The following very handsome note from Sir John Jervis, ex-
presses his regret:
"Lord St. Vincent presents his compliments to Mr. Jarvis, and regrets
exceedingly the cause which has deprived him of the honor of a visit,
begging, at the same time, to assure Mr. Jarvis that, it will afford him the
highest satisfaction to show every attention in his power to the representa-
tive of the United States of America.
" HiBEHNiA, 10th September, 1808."
After remaining about tv/o months, Lord St. V'incent and his
squadron left Lisbon.
After a residence of nine years in Lisbon, Mr. Jarvis returned
to this country, and in 1810 settled in Wethersfield Bow, on a
large and beautiful tract of land. Here he attended to the instruc-
tion of his children, securing for them the best teachers, and also
devising the best plans for developing the agricultural and manu-
facturing industries of the country.
He wrote for the journals of the day, and corresponded with
eminent statesmen from 1816 to 1836 on the subject of the tariff
and other matters affecting the industrial interests of the country,
and his opinions and suggestions were received with the greatest
consideration. His information on all such topics was accurate
and comprehensive, it was that of a statesman in a useful and
practical form. His love of reading was great, his memory reten-
tive, which made him a most instructive and cheerful companion.
Plis reading was varied and extensive, embracing history, philoso-
phy, politics, and belles-lettres. Few men so fully understood and
accurately remembered the facts connected with the formation of
our political parties, or who could give so intelligent and instruc-
tive an account of them. To hear him was like sitting at the feet
of some ancient chronicler. In his early life, he was of the Jeflfer-
sonian school of politics, but, in later life, he was a bwliever in Mr.
Clay and his policy. He never sought but declined office, however
flattering, whenever solicited, but rather chose the enjoyments and
attachments of home and the society of friends.
The most remarkable trait in his character, and around which
others seemed to cluster, or which gave prominence to them, was
the force of his will, and, when once resolved, his inflexible deter-
mination. In practical life this is a characteristic of all great men,
and of all representative men in the leading professions. The
force and power of a determined will is the great feature in all
men of celebrity.
Of his religious views and feelings he was never publicly com-
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DE8«5ENDANT8 OF NATHANIEL HIXTH GENERATION.
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municative. Ho loved justice tempered with mercy, and felt a
strong sympathy for the poor and oppressed. He expressed his
strong convictions as to the necessity of religious ordinances for
the well-being of society and the perpetuity of the institution of
the Sabbath. However men may differ in political and religious
sentiments, still, in the death of such a man as Mr. Jarvis, it is like
the removal of a strong supporting column from the great temple
that upholds the welfare of society. Vhe structure, to us, seems
weakened, and we are the more called upon to double our diligence
to see that no good be lost, and that no evil may spring '' into life
when such depart from us."'
Mrs. Mary F. Jarvis.
This lady was the wife of the late Consul Jarvis, and was a most
estimabl woman. She died in Havei'hill, at the age of 30 years,
and the following tribute to her memory, by Joseph E. Sprague,
Esq., who married her cousin. Miss P^liza Bartlett, and who was
intimately acquainted with her, shows the loveliness and excellence
of her character:
••Perfectly unaffected and unassuming, she possessed an equa-
nimity of mind which prosperity could not elate nor adversity
depress. Benevolent in her nature, she was without a personal
enemy. Regardless of herself, she ever sought to ameliorate the
cares, sorrows, and misfortunes of her friends, and her sympathy
and affection were devoted to their ease and comfort. She was
fond of painting, belles-lettres, and the study of the languages, and
her leisure hours were spent in thus improving and liberalizing
her mind. Though greatly attached to reading, she never suffered
it to interfere with her domestic avocations, but, without reluct-
ance, cheerfully fulfilled every duty in whatever station she was
placed. She was thoi'oughly read in the best English authors,
which was a great source of delight and interest to the friends
who surrounded her, but the study which most engrossed her
attention was the religion of the Saviour. His precepts she dili-
gently studied and obeyed, and His religion she early professed.
She returned to her native country to put in practice the benevolent
purposes of lier heart, but that Being whose ways are inscrutable
to human eyes, removed her to a higher sphere — to a brighter and
a better world. She awaited the hour of her approaching death
with calmness and resignation, and as her life had been conspicuous
for every Christian virtue, her last end was tranquil, peaceful, and
serene."
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DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL SIXTH GENERATION.
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Mrs. Ann Eliza Dinsmoke
Was the daughter of the late Consul Jarvis, and was a woman of
rare virtues and womanly graces. She was the sunshine of both
her parental and husband's home, and the idol of her children.
She was surrounded by a large circle of admiring friends, and her
domestic enjoyments were unalloyed by worldly cares.
During this happy season, and just after her husband's election
as Governor, amid the festivities of that occasion, she was attacked
with brain-fever. She immediately returned to Keene, where her
parents, sisters, and friends hastened to her relief; but all their
efforts were unavailing. She lived but two weeks after, when she
died, leaving her husband and two sons in inconsolable grief.
M. P. S. C.
Major Charles Jarvis
Was the eldest son of Consul William Jarvis, and was placed
under the tuition of Solomon Foote, at nine years of age, at Cas-
tleton, Vermont. Mr. Foote, in speaking of him, says, " He mani-
fested early in life, those noble and manly qualities which distin
guished him in maturer years."
From Castleton, he went to Exeter Academy, N. H., where he
applied himself so assiduously, that, at the age of fourteen he
entered the Vt. University, then under the presidency of Rev. John
Wheeler. He was the youngest member of his class, but by his
manly character, and excellent scholarship, he won golden opinions
from his teachers and classmates. Hon. Charles P. Marsh, his
intimate friend, and college associate, says of him: "His college
duties were ever seasonably and fully performed, and his acts and
influence were ever on the side of order and rightful authority.
He scorned a mean act, and was firm and decided in his religious
sentiments."
He was graduated in 1839, and immediately commenced the
study of law in the office of Hon. Leverett Saltonstall and Judge
Ward in Salem, and soon ingratiated himself into their esteem.
He entered the Law School in Cambridge in 1840, and was a
favorite and admirer of Judge Story, then a professor in that insti-
tution, but he was suddenly called from Cambridge by the death
of his only brother, William. This affliction added to his religious
sensibilities, awakening his sympathies to an almost womanly ten-
derness.
Although fond of his profession, like a dutiful son, he gave
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DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIKL SIXTH GENEKATION.
up all to devote himself to his parents, taking the place of his
deceised brother, to relieve his aged father from the weiglit of
busmess and its cares, as well as ministering to his wants, at the
same time improving every spare hour in the pursuit of his studies.
His father died in 1859, when he devoted himself to his mother,
and the settlement of his father's estate.
In March, 1862, he felt it his duty to devote himself to the ser-
vice of his country, in that time of its greatest need, and, although
his resolve was a great trial to his mother and sisters, he declared
"he would rather be a martyr for his country than remain at home
in ease." He raised a company for the 9th Regiment, Vt. Volun-
teers, and was chosen Captain.
As it proved, his whole term of service was one of suflfering and
self-sacrifice. By the treachery of Col. Miles, at Harper's Ferry,
twelve regiments, including the Vermont 9th, were made prisoners,
ar.d paroled in the strictest manner. They were ordered to Chicago,
where they endured great suffering and privation, for want of good
food and comfortable quarters, until they were removed to Fort
Douglas.
Captain Jarvis exerted himself to mitigate the sufferings and
wants of his company. The Colonel was absent, in order to
effect an exchange, and the Lieutenant-Colonel being sick, placed
the command of the camp under Mr. Jarvis, who was untir-
ing in his efforts to relieve the sick, clieer and encourage the de-
spondent, and maintain the necessary discipline. Six New York
regiments were exchanged early in the winter, but the 9th Vt. was
not exchanged until March. They were detained till June, when
they were ordered to Yurktown, Va. In July, Capt. Jarvis, now
Major, was sent North, when he visited his mother and sisters, but
his stay was brief, as he was soon ordered to Boston Harbor to
take charge of Vermont conscripts. His mother and sisters accom-
panied him.
The following extracts from a letter to his sister, Mrs. Mary P. S.
Cutts, on the death of a favorite son, show the Christian character
and tender sympathy of this noble soldier.
"My Deak Sister:
" My heart aches when I try to realize that so manly, so ingenuous and
promising a youth, just ripening into manhood, and winning such favor
from all who knew him, is no more on earth. If so trying to me, then iiow
must it be to you, my dear sister, and his father, and to you all.
"The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and still, though with
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broken hearts, let us join with His ancient servant, iuownin<rthatthe name
of the Lord is blessed.
" When all mortal consolations seem so inadeq\iate, there is One who
has wept over such afflictions, and is touched with the feeling of our
infirmities.
" My duties prevent my being with you.
" 1 must close witli my deepest sympathy for you all.
Yours affeftionately, Charles Jabvis."
In less than three months, Major Jarvis was called to follow his
nephew and namesake, and " was no more on earth."
Early in October, he rejoined his regiment in Yorktown, and
found it had suffered greatly from sickness. With his usual
promptitude, he made vigorous efforts to have the sick sent to
hospitals in the North, and the remainder removed to Newbern.
N. C.
The regiment was removed to Newbern, and stationed at New-
port Barracks, thirty miles distant. Ever mindful of his men and
their happiness, he provided a generous Thanksgiving dinner for
the regiment, and he hoped and intended that the giver should be
unknown, but the generosity of their comi.aander was too well
known to remain undiscovered.
On the 1st of December, 1863, he was sent by Col. Ripley, with
a cavalry escort, on a private expedition, when he was shot by a
Confederate from behind a tree, and was mortally wounded. He
was removed to a private house.
The chaplain of the regiment gave this account of him: '-He
has been my counsellor amid all my trials as chaplain, and I shall
never find another that can fill his place." " He was accustomed
to visit the hospital with me, when I went to read and pray with
the sick and dying soldiers." " When the tidings reached the
camp, that the Major was badly wounded, I rode directly out to
him with the Colonel and other officers. He lay in an elegantly
furnished room. I read one of the Psalms, and bowed in prayer
by his bed-side. I then informed him that his situation was one
of danger, to which he assented with great calmness. He suffered
great pain. At half past three he peacefully expired, and a Chris-
tian hero was crowned with glory. The world lost in him a Chris
tian man, the regiment a father,"
The Vt. 9th Regiment passed a series of resolutions, expressive
of his noble qualities as an officer, a man, and a Christian, and of
condolence with his afflicted relatives and friends.
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His remains wore placed in a metallic coffin, and sent, under an
escort of officers and privates, home to his afflicted mother. A
largo concourse of relatives and friends followed them to their final
resting-place in the family cemetery, where he was laid by the side
of his father. A beautiful white marble sarcophagus has been
erected by his mother to his memory.
No.
2148
2149
2150
2151
2152
2153
2154
Born.
Name.
John Head .Tiir-
vis, Dec. 3. 1787
Rebecca Hall, May 15, 1791
11 children.
William, Apr. 25. 1811
Elizab'h Smith, Dec. 27, 1812
Jolm Head, Mch. 27, 1814
Frod'k August '.s.July 20, 1810
Francis Honrj', Feb. .S, 1819
Rebecca Hall, May 10, 1821
Died.
Jan.
Nov.
Jan.
May
12, 1850
5, 1858
30, 1863
31, 1813
2155 Susan,
Dec. 27. 1823
2156 Mary Elizabeth, Dec. 5, 1826
2157 Chas. Edward, Feb. 1, 1828
2158 Audr'wJacks'n,Mch. 6,1830
2159 Geo. Washing'n, July 12. 1832
Dec. 17, 1862
Oct. 19, 1869
Married or ReniarlcH
Jan. 6, 1810.
Dec. 9, 1834.
Sept. 14, 18:i«. •
Sept. 9, 1841.
Dec. 24, 1846.
May 1. 1860, Isaiah
Westcott.
May 18, 1845, Henry
Whiting.
Mch. 12, 1854.
Aug. 7, 1862.
John Head Jarvis
Was the son of Philip and Ann Jarvis, and his school and early
business education were obtained in Boston, Mass. In 1807, he
accompanied Miss Mary P. Sparhawk to Lisbon, as she was engaged
to be married to William Jarvis, then United States Consul, and a
resident there. They were married on her arrival at that pla( (\
In 1810, Mr. Jarvis formed a copartnership under the firm name
of Witherle & Jarvis, in Castine, Maine, which continued until
1844. He was a man of sound judgment and supen'or business
talents, and was frequently resorted to for counsel and advice.
He was quite largely interested in navigation, owning a share in
seventy-one vessels, during the thirty-four years of his active business
life. He was also interested in fisheries, and in the importation of
salt, coal, iron, crockery, etc. Politically, he was of the demo-
cratic school, and quite prominent. He was in the Governor's
Council, and also represented his town in the Legislature. In his
religious belief, he was a Methodist, uniting with that Clmrch in
1843.
DK8CENDANTS OF NATUANIKL-RRVRNTH OKNKRATIOK. 221
During tlio last seven years of his life, his charitios were very
largely and hberally bestowed upon the needy an.l deserving
He died January 12th, 1850.
N". Name Born. nied.
iiciiry Jarvis, Mcli. 30. 1703 May 8 183!)
2100 Sarah Mllliken, 1794 Dec. ao,' 1331
3 children.
3101 Mary Jane. Oct. 30. 1817 Jan. 31, 1874
3103 Nancy Jarvis, Dec. 20, 1819
8d wife.
2103 Margaret Parker,
Married or Remark*.
Mch. 10, 1814.
Apr. 11. 1843, Chas.
Joy.
Aug. 18, 1840. Wm.
G. Triworgy.
Fred'k Jarvi.s,
2104 Mary Park(!r,
10 children.
8105 Henry Angus's,
2100 Fred. William,
3107 Charles,
3108 James ()..
2109 Mary Ann.
3170 Margaret.
2171 Philip,
2173 John flead,
2173 Francis Head,
2174 Cai Louisa.
3(i wife
317.-5 Mrs. Paulina
Barrch,
1 child.
2170 Geo. A. Jarvis,
1803 July 33. 1832
soos.
Sept. 88, 1798 Oct. 11, 1878
1801 July 33, 1843
Oct. 33, 1833
Jan. 19, 1884
Dec. 31, 1835
Jan. 81. 1837
Apr. 3, 1839
Jan. 18, 1831
May 8, 1838 Oct. 3, 1835
May 30, 1834
June 8, 1838
June 8, 1838
Oct. 10, 1808
June 14, 1849
Apr. 0, 1845.
Feb. 8. 1849.
Oct. 1. 1849.
Dec. 13, 1846.
Jared Flagg.
Ed. Hinckley.
Dec. 10, 1802.
1800.
Ruins Osgood.
Feb. 11, 1849.
Lizzie Wakefield.
No. Name.
Leonard Fitz-
Edvv. Jarvis. Aug. 33, 1819
7th Generation.
Born. Died.
2177 Mary A. Robison.
1 child.
2178 Chas. Edward, May 4, 1858 Aug. 18, 1878
Married or Remarks.
Graduate of Bowdoin
College; lawyer.
222 DRHOKNnANTS OF NATHANIRL — SKVKNTH OKNRHATION.
* CuARLFS Edward Jahvis,
Tho only son of L. F, Jarvis of Vine Springs, Columbia, Cal., was
a young man of the greatest promise. Born on May 4, J 858, he
entered, at an early age, Washington College, Washington, (-al.
There ho soon distinguished himscdf by his remarkable intellectual
vigor, untiring industry, and unswerving loyalty to the interests
and government of the college. When he reached his senior year
he was offered the Valedictory and Centennial orations, but was
obliged, on account of ill health, to decline these coveted honors
and leave college. Shortly after, he fell a victim to the ravages of
consumption.
His manly, dignified deportment, his conscientious truthfulness,
kind and genial disposition, noble aspirations, and calm trust in
the goodness and mercy of God, endeared him to all who knew
him intimately. Even now he continues to live in their memory
as one whose shining brightness is not extinguished, but ever
serves as a beacon light to lead others to imitate his example.
Married or Remarks.
Dec. 25, 1873.
811 1 .
No. Name. Bom. Died.
Howard Sanford
Jarvis, Mch. 28, 1834
2179 Maria Reeder.
3 children.
2180 Wm. Pepperrell, Oct. , 1874
2181 Charles Fitz, Oct., 1875
2182 Neva Todd, June 9, 187«
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Francis Can*
Jarvis,' Sept. 11, 1832
2183 Emma Wiley.
3 children.
2184 Joseph Russell, Oct. 4,1874
2185 Leonard Bradford.
2186 Eugene Le Baron.
Susan Pierce Jarvis, 1809
2187 Jos. Thornton Adams.
4 children.
2188 Jeffrey, 1831 1862
2189 Leonard, 1863
2190 Susan, 1868
2191 Ellen Derby.
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Died.
Married or KcinarkB.
Oct. 30, 1848.
No. Name. Born.
Samuel 6. Jar-
vis. M.D.. 1816
2192 Sarah Jarvis. July 20, 1826 July 3, 1857
2 children.
2193 William, Sept. 16, 1849
2194 Leonard. July 29, 1852
S 1 SO.
Russell Jarvis, Jan. 8, 1824 June 19. 1862.
2195 Lucretia Everett Rice. ^
3 children.
2197 Annie Ladd, June 22, 1864 April 14. 1867
2198 Russell, Dec. 19, 1867
2199 Wm. Rice, Oct. 10, 1871
Jarvis Rouse, Clartsmont, N. H.
[The following description of this venerable old mansion is abbreviated
from an article which appeared in the Northern Advocate, of July 18, 1876:]
" Here and there in the nooks and corners of old New England,
colonial mansions yet remain, which carry us back in thought a
century or more. While all else has changed, these old houses
remain the same. They seem to speak and tell us what sort of
men our forefathers were. Many may be found in the Connecti-
cut Valley, and, possibly, the conservative influence of the staid
old river, moving slowly onward in its course, may have been the
cause of their preservation.
" Claremont can boast of one of these, which is more than ordi-
narily quaint and beautiful, namely, the residence of Col. Russell
Jarvis, who was born within its walls, and has lived in it ever
since.
" The great timbers of its frame show that houses built a century
ago were built to stay. The immense piazza, with its giant colon-
nade, extending around three sides of the house, is nearly large
enough to contain as many modern dwellmgs. The large elms in
front, which spread their protecting arms above, are as sound and
vigorous as they were a hundred years ago, but are bolted and
ironed through and through that their great weight may not cause
their own destruction. The cool plashing of the fountains beneath,
the whispering of the winds through the branches, provide an
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unceasing natural melody. Within are to be found an endless
variety of ancient furniture and bric-a-brac, which would cause the
insanity of one possessed by the nr v fashionable mania. Dark
carved secretaries, chairs, and sideboard; a fjiano, which certainly
is one of the oldest of its species, and looks the personification of
modesty beside its more showy modern sister; china and tiles of
the most quaint and curious pattern ; pictures upon the walls which
unmistakably show the touch of the master-hand — one, the posses-
sion of which the most lavish of modern collectors well might
envy. It represents Thomyris, the Queen of the Scythians, caus-
ing the head of Cyrus to be plunged into a vase filled with blood.
This painting has a curious history, having been the property of a
French nobleman living in San Domingo. During the massacre
of 1791, his house was burned, and in that night of horrors he
escaped, saving this, his most valuable piece of property, and little
else He fled with it to Boston, where it was bought by Colonel
Jarvis's grandfather. This painting attracted much attention at
the art exhibition in Boston in 1S32, at which very many of the
finest works of art in America were exhibited, Mr. Jarvis having
loaned it to the association. In the room devoted to masterpieces
in the Louvre, Paris, is to be seen a picture by Rubens, exactly
similar to this in all respects, except that it is somewhat larger.
From the known habit of the old masters of painting duplicates,
from the masterly coloring, the great pains taken to select and save
this from the conflagration, and the judgment of those whose
opinions are valuable, there is every reason to suppose that this is
an original, the work of the great master himself.
" It would lead one to too great a length to attempt to describe
all the objects of interest in this rare old mansion. From the
grounds there are views which are admired by all who know them,
and that of Ascutney and the valley was pronounced by Bierstadt
to be one of the finest he Had ever painted.
"The house is situated on a farm of over 1,000 acres, on which
are many heads of fine cattle, and about 500 merino sheep. Col.
Jarvis has raised over 200 tons of hay from this farm in one
season.
" In the carriage-house are to be found vehicles which were used
in the olden time. The fainily coach, a quaint-looking structure of
enormous size, was built in Boston about one hundred and fifty
years ago, and was wont to roll through the streets of that city when
it was but a provincial town. The size and strength of the running
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descb:ndants of Nathaniel — sevknth generation.
225
gear is simply immense. Its axles were forged by hand before
the use of the lathe was known. A curious box in front is the
driver's lofty perch; on a platform behind, the footman stands.
Inside it is broad and roomy. The windows slide up and down in
a curious sort of a way. Upon the sides are capacious pockets.
In short, this is just such a family coach as one finds described in
the English literature of a hundred years ago. Another carriage
is still more interesting in some respects. The body, made of
bamboo, was brought from England some ninety years since, and
in form and construction is still a model of beauty. One of the
ploasantest assoc'iations con.iected with this is that Marquis Lafay-
ette, on his visit to America in 1825, was conveyed in it from
Claremont to Windsor by the invitation of CJolonel Jarvis's father.
"These old carriages had not been disturbed for twenty-five
years, and when, on Centennial Independence Day, it was proposed
to bring them forth as worthy relics of the past, it was found
necessary to enlarge the doors, which had been constructed with
reference to the less stately equipages of the present day."
Died.
Married or Reinarlis.
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Col.
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used
fe of
fifty
hen
ling
No. Name. Born.
Ca inline Jarvis.
2200 Johu H. Uhl.
2 children.
3201 Rus.sell Jarvis.
2202 Margaretta Christina.
IS 1 3S.
Mary P. Spar-
hawk Jarvis, May 21, 180» Sept. 9. 1829.
3203 Hon. Hampden
Cutis, Aug. 3, 1803 April 28, 1875
9 children.
8304 Edw.Holyoke, May, 1831 Jan. 10, 1855.
3205 Eliz. Bartlett
Jarvis, Nov., 18H3 April 1, 1834
2206 Anna Holyoke, June 17, 1835 Aug. 24, 1861.
2207 Eliz. Bartlett, Aprill 2, 1837 Feb., 1864 Apr. 27, 1861, Alf. R.
Bullard, M.D.
2208 Wm. Jarvis, June 30, April, 1853
3209 Mary Pepper-
rell Carter, May 2, 1843 Aug. 18, 1848
8310 Hampden, Aug. 19, 1845 August, 1848
3211 Charles Jarvis, March. 1848 Sept. 13, 1863
3812 Harriet Louisa, Feb. 1,1851
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226 DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIKL — HEVKNTH GENERATION.
MB8. MaKY PePPEBRELL SpaRHAWK (^ITTTS
Was born in Lisbon, May 21, 1809. She was the eldest child of
William Jarvis, then American Consul and Charge d^ Affaires, and
Mary Pepperrell Sparhawk.
In 1829, she married the Hon. Hampden Cutts of Portsmouth,
N.H., a graduate of Harvard College, and a lawyer of much ability,
who was distinguished for his eloquence, scholarly attainments, and
polished manners.
Later in life, he was appointed Judge, and was four years a
member of the Legislature, three years Senator, and until his
death, Vice-President of the New England Historical and (renea-
logical Society.
Mrs. Cutts inherits her father's good practical sense, his taste for
litorature, energy, uprightness of character, and warm and benevo-
lent heart, together with her mother's piety and love of reading.
At the time of the purchase of "Mount Vernon" by the ladies
of the Union, she was Vice-Regent for Vermont, and labored for
this patriotic cause with her characteristic energy and enthusiasm.
She has been an occasional contributor to the press, and, after the
death of her father, wrote a valuable work entitled " The Life and
Times of William Jarvis," Riverside Press. This biography is inter-
esting, and contains much valuable historical information. It is a
work of much merit, entitling her to a high rank as an authoress,
displaying the amiable qualities of her heart in the sacred relations
of daughter, wife, and mother. She is d.^ tinguished for her piety,
her hospitality, and love of children; and her house is the resort
of both young and old, and the charm of her relatives and friends.
SI 30.
No. Name. Born. Died.
Eliz. B. Jarvis, Feb. 22, 1811 July, 1848
2213 David Everett Wheeler.
3 children.
2214 Mary Eliza'th, May 7, 1837 Nov. 7, 1838
2215 Everett Pepper-
rell, Mcb. 10, 1840
2216 Mary Hannah, Feb. 23, 1842
David E. Wheeler
Married or Kemarki>.
Feb. 14, 1833.
Nov. 22, 181)6.
May 24, 1865.
Was the son-in-law of Consul Jarvis, marrying his daughter. Miss
Elizabeth Bartlett Jarvis, Feb. 14, 1833. He was the second son
of John B. Wheeler, who was a wealthy merchant of Orford,
N. H. His father died Aug. 26, 1842.
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227
Mr. Wheeler prosecuted his preparatory studies for college at
Kimball Union Academy in Plainfield, N. H. He was graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1827, and spent one year at the Law
School in Cambridge, Mass. He then went to New York, where
he studied law two years with Hon. Jonas Piatt, and was admitted
to the Bar in September, 1830. He resided in New York until
the time of his death.
In 1844, he was a member of the Assembly of New York, and
a member of the Board of Education of the city.
For four years, he was the Editor of two periodicals printed in
New York, and while a member of the Legislature, he published
a Report on the Quarantine Laws, and, in 1851, a discourse before
the Order of United Americans.
He married, for his second wife, Mrs. Myra Ann Haxtou of
New York, daughter oi John M. Raymond of Kent, Conn.,
Feb. 6, 1854.
He was a gqod lawyer, an honored member of the Bar, and
in all the relations of life, was highly esteemed as a man of elegant
manners, a kind and affectionate husband, and Christian gentle-
man.
%<il3&.
No
Name. Born.
Harr'tB. Jarvis, Feb. 8,1820
3217 Rev. J. DeForest
Richards,
children.
2318 Wm. Jarvis,
2219 DeForest,
3220 Anna Bartlett,
3321 Jarvis,
3332 Sarah Margaret, Oct.
3333 Bartlett, Jan.
June 11, 1844
Aug. 5, 1846
Apr. 18, 1849
Sept. 15, 1852
21, 1867
6, 1861
Died.
Dec. 3, 1873
Oct. 21, 1849
Mch. 13, 1858
Married or Remarlce.
Aug., 1843.
Mrs. Harriet Bartlett Richards
Was a daughter of the late Consul Jarvis, and inherited much of
her father's character. She was noble, generous, and warm-
hearted, and, like her sister, Mrs. Dinsmore, was suxTounded by a
large circle of friends.
Since the death of h- r husband, December 2, 1872, she has
devoted herself to the ( Jucation of her children, and her whole
life abounds with kindness, charity, and benevolence.
M. P. S. C.
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228
DKSCKNDANTS OF NATIIANIKI, — SEVKNTH OKNKKATION.
8140.
No. "Name.
Burn
n
Katlmrine L.
Jarvis,
r)(!0. 25,
1832
2224 Col. LeiivittHunt,'
6 children.
2225 ClydeDuVernct.May 30,
1H«1
2226 Jurvls,
Aug. 5,
1H»3
2227 Maud Dacre,
July,
1804
2228 Nina.
Mch.,
1866
2229LeavlttB.,
1868
2230 Morris B.,
Mcb.,
1871
Died. Married or Remarks.
July. 1860.
1871
William Jarvis, Apr. 25, ISII Jan. 30, 1S63 Dec. 9, 1884.
2231 Phcbe Perkins, Oct. 5. 1813 May 12, 1838
2 children.
2232 Wm. Henry, Sept. 30, 1835 Sept. 18, 1837
2233 Phebe Perkins, May 15, 1838 Feb. 1, 1803 Albert Treat.
2d wife.
3234 Lydia D, Brida:-
ham, July, 1823
3 children.
2235 Henrietta A., July 20, 1842
2236 Charles W., June 5,1845
2237 Edward B., Apr., 1852
John Head
Jarvis, Mch. 27. 1814 Sept. 14. 1836.
2238 Sarah Elizabeth
Hovey, Jidy 11, 1819
1 child.
2239 Delia Farley, « Nov. 4,1839 Sept. 13. 1866.
John Head Jarvis, Jr.,
The subject of the present sketch, was the son of John H. and
Rebecca Jarvis, and commenced his business education with the
house of Witherle & Jarvis, about the year 1830. In ISSf), he
commenced business for himself in Ellsworth, Maine. In 1843,
he returned to Castine, and formed a copartnership with his
brothers, under the firm name of WiUiam & John H. Jarvis & Co.,
1 Son of the Hon. Jonathan Hunt of Brattleboro, Vt.
"Married John C. Chamberlain, who died August 11, 1867; December
13, 1871, Thomas D. Chamberlain.
DRSCKNDANTS OP NATHANIKI. — SKVENTH OENKRATION. '229
doing an extensive trade, one branch of which was furnishing
supplies to more than sixty sail of fishermen, annually.
They were also largely interested in navigation, and in the
importation of salt, iron, coal, etc.
Mr. Jarvis witlulrew from the firm in 1857. He has frequently
been impoiluned to accept offices of honor and trust, which he
has almost invariably declined. Among the offices olferod were
Governor's Council, Bank Commissioner, Treasurer of Howdoin
College, Representative to the State Ijegislature, with many others.
No. Name. Born.
Frederick Au-
gustus Jarvis, July 26, 1810
2240 Fran cesM.Flagg.
6 children.
2241 Josephine Head, Sept. 22. 1842
2242 Francis Plllsb'y, Aug. 26, 1844
2243 Sarah Jane, July 3, 1847
2244 Maria Sanford, June 25, 1850
2245 Ann Olney, Mch. 21, 1852
2246 Fred. Wm., Mch. 17. 1857
Died.
Married or Remarkfl.
Sept. 9, 1841.
(teo. Comb Folsom.
SI S3.
Francis Henry
Jarvis, F'eb. 3, 1819
2247 Caroline Head
Hovcy. June 80, 1821
4 children.
2248 Frank Seymour, Jan. 21, 1848
2249 Emma lioblns, June 21, 1849
2250 Mary Elizabeth, June 20, 1854
2251 Wni. Hovey. Aug. 15, 1856
Dec. 24, 1840.
Ohas.Ed. Jarvls,Fcb. 1,1828 Dec, 17, 1862 Mch. 12, 1854.
2252 (/'aroiiue M. Jordan.
1 cliihi.
2254 Julia Alice, Aug. 27. 1855
S 1 SO.
Geo. ^\ asliiug-
ton Jarvis, July 12, 1832 Oct. 19,1869 Aug. 7. 1862.
2255 Lucy A. Verrill.
3 chi'dren.
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230
DRSCENDANTB OF NATHANIEL — SKVENTII OENRRATTON.
No. Name. Born. Died. Married or Remarkv.
3256 Gtio. Howard, Aug. 4, 1864 Oct. 9. 1869
2357 Annie G., Dec. 27, 1800
3258 Henry W.. Aug. 15, 1809
Henry A.Jarvis.Oct. 22,1823 Apr. 6, 1845.
2259 Nancy A. Joy, Apr. 28, 1820
12 children.
3860 Anna Head
Jarvis, .Ian. 8, 1840 Auj^. 18, 1848
3361 Fred. Augustus, Feb. 36, 1847 Aug. 10, 1848
2202 Henry Herbert, Jan. 17, 1840
2263 Mary Parker, May 20, 1851 Byrou G. Mor^e.
3364 Harriet Head, July 34, 1853
2365 Arthur Edward,Feb. 30, 1855
3266 Anna Lee, Nov. 19, 1856
2267 Everard Angus., July 10, 1857 May 6,1858
3?'!8 Irving Austin, Dec. 85, 1859
3369 Hollis Joy, Feb. 89, 1801
2270 Fred. William, Oct. 2, 1863
2371 Mabel Sadie, Aug. 88, 1866 Jan. 13, 1875
Fred. Wm. Jarvis, Jan. 19, 1834 Feb. 8, 1849.
3373EmilineP.Milli-
ken. May 17, 1834
Child.
3373 Annie Flagg Jarvis, 1857 Jan. 30, 1863
Charles Jarvis, Dec. 31,1825 x Oct. 1, 1849.
3374 Julia A. Barrch.Oct. 33, 1833 Aug. 88, 1868
4 children.
2375 Chas. P. , July 30, 1850
3876 Fred. A. , Jan. 39, 1853
3377 Ellen B., Aug. 14, 1856
8378 Caroliiu' A., Dec. 35, 1858 Mch. 18, 1874
Rosabella Lord.
5S 1 OS.
James O. Jarvis, Jan. 81, 1837
8379 Augusta Barrch, July 6, 1830
3 children.
3380 James Edmund, Feb. 13, 1849
3381 Lizzie Maud, Mch. 88, 1854 Mch. 31, 1867
8388 Howard Barrch. Mch. 30, 1858
Dec. 13, 1840.
Elizabeth C. Brown.
DESCENDANTS Of NATIIANIKI, — KtOIITH OKNKHATION.
231
No. Name. Born
Jolin H. Jiiivi.s, May ;«», 18i{4
2288 Emmilim- Harr(;li,.InMc7.1Ht4 Si-pl. :J, 18(0)
1 child.
3284 Ida May .larviH, Sopl. 7, im,l
wirjus.
Diod.
Miinicd iir Uemfirkit.
^i{4
\h'V. 10, |H(i2.
« 1 r:i.
Fr'ncisH.JarviH.Juuc 8, 18;J8
2285 Lucy Orindle.
1 child.
2386 0(!orgc, 1868
3d wife.
2387 Lama Fruthy.
3 children.
2288 Bainbridgc, Apr. 2«, 1873
2380 Julia B,, Oct., 1874
iH(ii).
8th Genehation.
No. Name. Born. Died.
Ed. H. Cutts, May 1831
3290 Annie Sherwood.
9 children.
2291 Wm. Hampden, Oct. 26, 1856 Oct. 35, 1883
3202 Mary Sherwood, May 1,1858 Aug. 31, 1877
3393 Eliz. Bartlett, Nov. 35, t8(i0
2294 Edw'd Duncan, Jan. 15, 1863 Mar. 13, 1863
3395 Katie Anna, Oct. 6, 1866
2296 Lillian Ursula, Sept. 16. 1808
2297 Hampden. July 26, 1870
2298 Winnifrcd, June 9, 1874
2299 Margaret Anna, May 23, 1876
Married or Remarks
Jan. 10, 1855.
Captain Edward Holyoke Outts
Was the eldest grandson of Consul Jarvis, and was educated at
Thetford Academy, and at the Military College at Norwich, Ver-
mont. He afterward prosecuted his mathematical studies with a
civil engineer, and was fitted for that profession, but concluding to
try his fortune in the far "West, he joined an acquaintance at Red
Wing, Wisconsin. Not liking that region, he went to Minnesota,
then almost an unknown territory, in company with two other
232
nKBCKNDANTH OF NATHAMKL — KIOIITII OKNKRATION.
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youtifj men. On foot, each with a kiiapHack, ap()(rk«it coinpaHH, and
a liatchot, thoy travellml for throo dayw, when tliny found li()H))ifa-
l»l(> f|uart('rs with a Krcncli f^nnthnnan, wlio had niarriod thtMJHUf^h-
t<>r of an Indian chitif. Tho nanio of th(( Frrmdinian waw Kari-
luudt, and undor hin advico, Mr. (JuttH Holoctcul a trtu'l of (Jovcrn-
nient hind on the Strait Kivor, about four tnikw diHtant, cond)in-
ing praino, woodland, and bhilTH. lloro l»o "Hot up stakes," wh«'n
ho Hoon returned to Ked Wing for oxen, a stove, provisions, (it(!.
He was one of the cldcwt pioneers of Minnesota, an<l (h'voted liiniself
to agiicuhim! for many yj^ars, witnessing the; growth of Karihault,
from a small settlement of one house, and a few s(]uatters and
Indian huts, till it beeame a flourishing city, with churches, banks,
(lour milla, etc. lie saw, under the missioiuiry influence of Mishop
Whipple, and Kev. Dr. Buck, a cathedral, a grammar-school tV)r boys,
a college, a beautiful chapel, and a ynung ladies' seminary (wtab-
lished.
With energy, fortitude, and firmness, Mr. ("utts endured the pri-
vations and hardships of pioneer life, and his integrity and honor-
able conduct won the esteem and rispect of all who knew him.
At the commencement of the war, he left his wife and children,
to serve his country as a [trivate soldier, and was first ordered out
against the Indians, who had made a raid upon the settlement.
In October, 1H61, he was attacked with a malignant typhoid
fever, and, but for the devoted care of his wife, who went to the
camp to nurse him, and the interposition of Dr. Ibuik, from whom
he received much attention, and many sanitary privileges, he must
have fallen a victim to the disease.
After his recovery, he was permitted to go to Philadelphia to
pursue his military studies, where he received commendation and
promotion, and was ordered to Arlington Heights. About this
time, his two little sons died, and in this great trial, Dr. Buck
looked kindly and tenderly after the alllicted wife. After the war,
Mr. Cuttsand his wife joined the '' Church of the Good Shepherd."
Just before the close of the war, Capt. Cutts was attacked with
malarial fever at Petersburgh, Va., and was consequently disabled
from marching to Richmond with the victorious army, greatly to
his disappointment. As soon as he was able, he visited his par-
ents in Brattleboro, and then returned to his home in Minnesota.
He has recently sold his farm, and built himself a home in Fari-
bault, on account of the superior privileges afforded by it, of attend-
ing public worship, and of educating his children.
©MCENDADTH or NATIIANIEI KIOMTII OKNKHATION.
2;{3
No. Name. h,,,,,.
Anriii U. (!llft^., Jim.' 17, IWW
2aO() A. 'rniml.iill
Ilowaid, Nov. I. IHItO
7 cliildifti.
C«'(il Miiiiipdoii.Hcpl. r». 1803
Miiry (JiillH, Fcl). 22, 1«(W
Kdilli EliziilM'tli,.Iiiii. 24, 1H(IH
Uo.s(i .JiiiviH, Auk. -7, 1H0I»
Maud .larviH, .Tidy H», 1H71
Clias. 'rruiuhull.Ocl. 18, 1H7!J
I'Mward Klliol,, Jidy 2, 1H7«
DlciJ.
Marriod or itcnmrk*.
Aug. 34, IHdl.
2801
2«oa
2m\
2im
2'im
2.m
Hepl. 1», IH(W
A 111!:. 17. IH70
July 23. 187a
V5t^ I rj.
Kvorctf I*.
WhwU'T, Mill. 1((, 1810
3JJ08 Lydia lioriaim,-
Hodges.
5 childniri.
2iHm Annie Lorraiii(;,()ol. !J0, 1808
8810 Ethel .Iiirvis, Apr. 18,1871
3311 David Everett, Nov. 23, 1872
3313 Winifred Fay. Aug. 30, 1875
2313 Beutiice.
Mary 11.
Wheeler, Feb. 23, 1842
3314 Rev. Corneliu.s
B. Smith.
3 ehildren.
3315 Mabel Wheeler, Sept. 8, 1807
3316 Everett. Pep-
pcrrell, Sept. 31, 1801)
3317 Clar'ce Bishop, Oct. 17, 1873
Nov. 83, 1800.
May 34, 1865,
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DKSCKNDANTS OF JOHN JARV18.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN JAR VIS.
In introducing the branch of our genoalogy, to whicli the emi-
nent statistician and physiologist, Dr. Edward Jarvis, belongs, we
cannot do better than give a synopsis of one of his letters to Dr.
Milton B. Jarvis of Oanastota, N. Y., dated Mch. 16, 1870.
In this letter, he gives an account of his exttmsive laljors in endeav
oring to obtain reliable information of his ancestors, and, also, the
results at which he has arrived regarding them. He says:
" For thirty years, I have examined the Boston, Cambridge, and
Dorchester town and church records, grave-stones, probate rec-
ords, wills, administrations for 250 years, Brewster's transcripts,
deeds, mortgages, household bills, genealogical registers, directo-
ries, and newspapers; have had much correspondence, and collected
the records in families, obituaries, etc.
" Including these, I have a great quantity of fragments of fainily
history. Out of these I have endeavored to form a complete
account from the first of the name to the many now living, but
although I have so much material, I yet want more to complete the
connection of the generations, and have many Melchizedeks, with-
out father or mother, and some of these stand alone, without either
parents or children. (For many of these records, see Appendices
C. and G.)
"The first notice I find of the name is John Jarvis, merchant,
who died July 24th, l(i48. Another notice of John Jarvis is in the
mention of an estate October, 1651. In another administration of
an estate the name of Mr. Jarvis is again introduced. Nothing is
known of any of this name.
" On the 18th of September, 1661, we find the marriage of John
Jarvis to Rebecca Parkman, by Richard Belingham, Deputy Oov-
ernor, yet he may have been the son of the other John, who died
in 1648. Th(! family has been in Boston from that time until now,
and in some families these lines are traceable.
'» From 1749, for a period of a hundred years, the records Wfre
neglected, and it is impossible to trace families through that century,
except from family records and other casual agencies,
"The tradition that seems to me the most reliable is, that John
Jarvis, our first ancestor, in Boston, came from Yorkshire, Eng-
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but
land. The name of Jarvis, Jervise, Jarvise, and Jervis, is very
common in Yorkshire, and especially in the city of York, but,
probably, not very common in the South ^r England. I did not
find it in the London Directory, nor see a sign with the name
in London, Liverpool, Birmingham, or elsewhere in England or
Scotland. When I dined with the Society of Veterans in London,
I was made to speak. The Newmarket Secretary of the London
Statistical Society, in a speech, afterwards, pointing to me, said:
" Our guest and friend is one of us. You see he is Yorkshire.
We recognize it in his voice and his manner of speech. He has
been gone only seven yenerations, and coJiies back. We recognize
him," meaning that I reseml)led the family in Yorkshire.
" There are Jarvises in Scotland, also in Ireland. In France, the
name is Gervaise.
" I have put these facts or names into a genealogical chart, that is,
those that seem to have a home in my line, yet I have many names
for which 1 can find no connection.
" Unfortunately, my grandfather, John Jarvis, finds no recorded
father. Traditionally, he was born in Boston, married in 1765, to
my grandmother. Miss Bowmon, then twenty-three years of age.
"In 1785, with the spirit of adventure, he w^ent to the interior
of New York, leaving his family in Massachusetts. He was not
heard from again alive, but a returning traveller brought intelli-
gence that soon after reaching the new region, he, or rather a Mr.
Jarvis from Massachusetts, was taken ill and died suddenly, but
could not designate the place."
We also extract the following notes from Dr. Edward Jarvis's
collections :
"Nathaniel Jai'vis was born IfiSl, in Boston, moved from Bos-
ton in 1755, to Cambridge, where he purchased an estate a few rods
northwest of the common, on the northeast side of the road from
Cambridge to West Cambridge (Ai'lington), which estate was in
the hands of the family as late as 185.3, and occupied by his two
daughters, Mary, widow of Phinehas Stone, then 89 years old, and
Rebecca Parkham Jarvis, then 82 years of age.
" The estate is still (July \i\ J 868), called the Jarvis estate and
was lately bought by the College.''
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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN.
1st Generation.
No.
2319
2320
2321
2322
2323
2324
2325
2326
2327
2328
Name. Born.
John Jarvis,
Elizabeth Bowmen,
9 children.
John, Oct. 3, 17G7
Francis. Aug. 28, 1708
Sam'lBowmon,Aiig. 11, 1770
Died. Married or Remark?.
j Oct. 30, 1765. Bothres-
Nov. 16, 1819 ( idents of Camb'dge.
Mry
Oft.
25, 1802
1, 1840
Stephen,
Caleb,
Sarah,
Elizabeth,
Susan,
Ann,
-Tan. 9, 1772
Aug. 25, 1773
1776
1778
1780
1784
April 25, 1835
April 7, 1793.
Margaret Wool.
May 10, 1798.
Elihu Janes.
Abel Prescott.
2d Generation.
S3SO.
No. Name. Bom. Died.
John Jarvis, Oct. 3, 1767 May 25, 1802
2329 Sally Cunning-
Married or Remarks.
April 7, 1793.
ham,
5 children.
2331 John,
2332 Sally,
2333 John, Jr.,
2334 James,
2385 Asa,
May 11, 1816
June 23, 1794 May 23, 1796
Dec. 10, 1795
Aug. 19, 1797 Jan. 2, 1855
April 28, 1799 June 1, 1822
May 27, 1802 Feb. 27, 1803
Jan. 6, 1822.
S3tJ I .
FrancisJarvis.Aug. 28, 1768 Oct. 1,1840 Deacon.
2336 Milicent Hosmer, 1768 April 23. 1826
7 children.
2337 Francis,
2338 Mira,
2339 Louisa,
2340 Charles,
2341 Edward,
2342 Stephen,
2343 Nathan,
Nov. 5, 1794 April 5. 1875 Phcbe ITubbard ; 1 son.
May 30, 1790 Nov. 1, IHOO
Nov. 7, 1798 May 7, 1815
Nov. 27, 1800 Feb. 24, 1826
Jan. 9, 1803 Almira Hunt of Dor
Chester.
April 27, 1806 June 13, 1855 Lydia G. Prescott.
Aug. 8, 1808 Jan. 16, 1851 Ellen Chinn,
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[The following sketch of Dr. Edward Jarvis was written by the Rev.
George W. Hosmer of Newton, Mass., who was his townsman, lifelong
friend, and college classmate.]
Dr. Edward Jarvis
Was born in Concord. Mass., Jan. 9, 1803. His father, Francis
Jarvis, came to Concord, a young man, in 1789. He married
Milicent Hosmer, a daughter of one of the oldest families in town.
They had seven children, five sons and two daughters. One of
the daughters died very young, while the other passed away in
the beauty of young maidenhood. This family was among the
most respectable in t'. wn.
Mr, Jarvis, for forty years, was an active and leading citizen.
He was, originally, a baker, and began his business life in Concord,
in ] 790, at the end of his twenty-second year. His home and
place of business were in the centre of the village, next to the
meeting-house. In his day, a baker's establishment was a large
and respectable business, and only the larger towns had bakeries.
To distribute and sell the bread in all that vicinity was as laborious
as to make it. From the beginning Mr. Jan'is was successful.
He seldom made mistakes, and whatever he touched seemed to
prosper in a quiet, slow way, but surely.
Aside from his bakery, he had a natural taste for gardening and
agriculture, and, in 179."^, began the purchase of land. To his
original purchase, he added, from time to time, other fields, until
his farm was sufficient for his occupation; and ultimately he gave
his exclusive attention to its cultivation.
While yet a young man, his leisure hours were spent in useful
and thoughtful reading, and he longed to turn from the farm, the
bread and its distribution, to a student's life. He would have
prepared for college, when his name might have been known as
that of a profound lawyer, but he could not dispose of his bu.siness
and property satisfactorily. He, consequently, kept on in the even
tenor of his way, and, by wise economy and enterprise, conducted
a useful business, acquired a competency, and for long years was
loved and honored as one of the most intelligent and virtuous
citizens. Possessing an active mind, he was well-informed in
history, philosophy, political economy, and especially in works of
divinity and morals. He made it a practice to read his Bible
through each year.
His was an extended horizon. His opinions had weight, his
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judgment was trustworthy, and his approbation for a young man
or woman was, to them, a fortune. Calm and self-posressed, he
shrank from cheap notoriety. He never cared much for office,
but was always ready for duty, burdens, and sacrifice. He repre-
sented the town in the Legislature, and for many years was one in
an honored line of deacons in the Unitarian Church. As the
writer looks back through sixty years to Concord as it was in his
boyhood, the grave, saintly face of Deacon Jarvis in the seat of
honor in front of the pulpit, is one of the prominent figures in the
old meeting house.
The home of Deacon Jarvis was a model. Mrs. Jarvis was a
gentle, loving woman, and her heart was bound up in her family.
She was greatly respected and beloved, and her children " rose up
and called her blessed."
The eldest son, Francis, remained with his father, and took his
business. In his later years he became a farmer, and was a highly
respectable citizen of Concord. He died in 1875, at the age of
eighty.
Charles, the second son, was educated at Harvard University,
graduated in 1821, took his medical degree in 1824, and settled as
a physician in Bridgewater, Mass. He was a most worthy, promis-
ing young man, "one who did not need the smart of folly to make
him wise, nor the sting of guilt to make him virtuous." Greatly
beloved by those who knew his worth, and with his excellent and
thorough medical preparatio)), he would have been a useful and
honored member of his profession, but a fatal disease fell upon his
young life, and with beautiful and manly resignation he turned
back from his prospects of success, and died in 1826, in the twenty-
sixth year of his age.
Stephen, the fourth son, was born in 1806. He was an energetic
and enterprising youth, went to sea, rose early to be master of a
ship, and was successful, but lameness, from a fall on his vessel,
compelled him to leave the sea, when he joined his brother Nathan
in the wholesale drug business in New Orleans.
Nathan, the fifth son, was born in Concord in 1808. He learned
his business in Boston, and, for many years, was an extensive and
successful merchant in New Orleans. He was distinguished for
integrity and enterprise. Both brothers, within four years, were
lost — Nathan, in 1851, by the explosion of a steamer on the Missis-
sippi, and Stephen, suddenly, in 1855. He left one, and Nathan
two, daughters.
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Doctor Edward Jarvis, the third son, now a resident of Boston,
in the Dorchester district, is in his seventy-sixth year. In the
"oiici sketches the writer has given of his parents, family, and early
home, he has prepared the background for a picture of his school-
fellow, college classmate, and lifelong friend. It is a labor of love
to make the delineation. It is a privilege to portray a fine person,
to describe a noble character.
Doctor Jarvis had his earliest education in that good home, so
full of love and wisdom, and then he went to the public schools
of (yoncord. which have always been excellent. I think he read
more books than most boys, and that he saw better life about him
than many boys ever know or experience.
Seventy years ago, enterprise in this country was greatly quick-
ened in the direction of woolen manufactures. Merino sheep were
imported, and superior cloths began to be made. Many young
men turned their attention to the manufacture of woolens, and
young Jarvis among the rest. He became an apprentice in a
famous establishment. Rock Bottom in Stow, and, for a year or
two, was looking forward to that kind of service as his life-work;
but a change of purpose came over him, and he preferred to culti-
vate his mental rather than his physical organization. He was,
therefore, prepared for college at Westford Academy, and entered
Harvard in 1822. In college he was known as a genial friend, as
a young man of ability and of decided principles. He was a good
general scholar, but not ambitious of college rank, and he studied
and read much more widely than the prescribed course. An inci-
dent occurred to reveal his high moral sense. 'I'here were funds
then, though small compared with the large and numerous founda-
tions now at Harvard, for students in need of pecuniary aid.
Applications were made for help, and there were more iipplicants
than funds. Young Jarvis had no thought of applying, but, by
some mistake, he was put upon the list of beneficiaries, and money
was sent to him. Many a father, as well off as Deacon Jarvis,
sought for the privilege of these funds ond received it, but young
Jarvis at once referred to his father^ and the money was returned.
In all college incidental expenses, the father counselled economy,
but was careful to say to his son: " Never fail to do your honest
part."
In 1825, when young Jarvis was in his senior year, his room-
mate, who was of a wealthy family, desired to have a carpet on
the floor of their room, and offered to pay the whole cost. This
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was a rare college luxury in those days, as there were not a half
dozen in all the rooms of the class. Jarvis wrote to his father,
stating the generous proposition of his associate. His father at
once wrote back: " 1 ought not to afford to give you a carpet, but
I would not have you tread on a carpet that you did not pay for,
nor would I prevent your room-mate from having this comfort.
You must, therefore, have the carpet, and you pay one-half the
cost." And thus the wise father trained his sons to honorable
independence and manliness. Jarvis was greatly respected in the
class, and at the end of college life was made Class Secretary.
He was graduated in 1826, and still holds the office in 1878.
He taught the Centre Grammar School in Concord for one year,
showing thereby that a "prophet may have honor, even in his own
country." He was faithful, and he and his school had a profitable
and happy year.
Then came the study of medicine, although at one time he had
serious thoughts of entering the ministry, but this was given up
from an impediment in his speech. He now turned to the study
of medicine, with an enthusiasm and determination to be useful.
He applied himself to his books, studied very hard, and enjoyed
the best medical opportunities in this country. He became an
adept in botany and chemistry, and, in 1830, he took his degree,
at Harvard, of Doctor of Medicine. He settled, as a physician, in
Northfield, Mass. However busy in his profession, he always
found time for study. No plant or flower on the mountain or in
the meadow escaped his eye. He also made himself familiar with
physiology, lectured upon it, and afterwards published a text book
for schools and academies.
After about two years in Northfield, Dr. Jarvis removed to
Concord, Mass., for a better and more useful field, and there,
besides attending to his practice, he earnestly pursued his studies,
pushing his inquiries toward every kind of vital statistics, freely
giving, at the same time, a helpful service to the town in all its
social and educational interests; but still a larger field was wanted,
and after four and a half years in Concord, Dr. Jarvis removed to
Louisville, Ky. In 1834, he had marrieil Miss Almira Hunt of
Concord, and in 1837, they set their faces toward what was then
the Far West, and never did a young husband and wife go West
with a purer purpose to do good. Five years were spent in Louis-
ville, with indifferent financial success, but with much study and
earnest devotion to all humane interests. When the new Medical
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN — 8KCOND QENEKATION.
241
College was established, in 1842, in Louisville, Dr. Jarvis was
appointed Professor of Materia Medica; but Kentucky was not
congenial, and the husband and wife returned to their New Eng-
land home.
In 1843, Dr. Jarvis settled in Dorchester, Mass. And here it
was but a repetition of his life in Louisville, but it was here and at
this time that Dr. Jarvis gave his attention to Insanity and Vital
Statistics. He wrote elaborate articles, worked with the eminent
physicians of Boston, and with the Legislature of the State, for
en'arged provisions for the insane, and for the establishment of
State Boards of Health and of Charities. For many years, he
iriade his house a home for insane persons, bestowing upon them
benevolent watchfulness and skillful care, which neither in their
homes nor in a public hospital they could enjoy. Distinguished
men and women were inmates of his House of Mercy.
All this varied work made Dr. Jarvis known in Massachusetts
and throughout New England. Then, in 1865, a call came to him
from our Government at Washington, to work up the vital sta-
tistics of the census of I860 into tabular form, in order to a greater
usefulness among the people.
He was strongly ixrged by the Secretary of the Interior to go to
Washington, take the entire charge of the remaining work of the
census, and write the final report of the mortality, ])ut he had no
desire for offict . and was unwilling to leave his home and live in
Washington. He was then requested to do the work in Dorchester,
with the aid of as many female clerks as he might find necessary.
For this purpose, he organized a band of educated young women,
taken from the high schools in Dorchester and Boston. Under
his supervision, a large and diflBcult work, involving abstruse
mathematics, was done at a very little expense to the government,
and which was of signal benefit to the country.
In I860, Dr. Jarvis visited Europe. He was a delegate from
the American Statistical Association, to the fourth International
Statistical Congress in London, and there he cooperated with that
great assemblage of statisticians and political economists from all
civilized nations. He was surprised to find that his name had
gone before him, and that the most flattering attentions awaited
him in public meetings for Vital Statistics and Social Science, and
in the homes of many distinguished men in England and on the
Continent. Indeed, to-day. Dr. Jarvis is better known in Europe
than in this country, as there vital statistics are a science, while
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here they are just beginning to claim attention. For years, Dr. Jar-
vis lias done a large service by sending reports of our cities, slates,
and counti-y to state officers of Europe, receiving from them, in
return, their Statistical Histories. These elaborate documents he
has used in his writingp, and has them preserved for future use in
public libraries, in which he will leave them. His correspondence
with the savans of Europe is quite large, and boxes of books are
passing to and fro by means of the international exchange system
of the Smithsonian Institute at Washington.
"When the Arch-Duke Alexis of Russia was in this country, a
few years ago, (>ount Shouvaloff, son of the Russian Minister to
London, was one of the Prince's attendants. While here, he
received an injury of the knee which confined liim to his room in
Boston. A ]ihysician was called, and the count being eager to
learn from him everything about New England, the physician
was often puzzled with his questions, when he begged the count
to allow him to bring his friend. Dr. Jarvis, who could give him
all the information he so anxiously desired. The count and the
doctor had many interviews, which both greatly enjoyed.
From all these outward activities, professional, statistical, and
philanthropic, showing the ability and extended information of
Dr. Jarvis, it is a pleasing task to turn to his inner life, a man so
eminently conscientious, perhaps scrupulous. Like his father, he
laid down a line of duty, and followed it to the letter. Tn giving
in his property to the assessors, he. would count the change in his
pocket. So great is the confidence in his integrity, that an eminent
judge, obliged by ill health to leave the country for two years,
asked the doctor, as a great favor, to hold his money and securities
during his absence. Quite unwillingly he consented, for he was
jealous of business, lest it should trench iipon his intellectual pur-
suits; still, for many of the poor and inexperienced, he took charge
of their little all, with a sharp watch for their interests. Truthful,
careful, and strictly honest, his word was as good as his bond.
The doctor was sometimes a keen censor, but " faithful are the
wounds of a friend." If he exposed weakness or guilt, a real
friendliness was the spring of what he did; indeed, there was an
unusually large beneficence in his life, in public relations as well
as in private friendships. He has lived to do good. There is a
loving kindness in his writings on intemperance, idleness, poverty,
and insanity. His heart bleeds while he lays bare the consequences
of wrong-doing. Sometimes there is a beautiful tenderness, very
DE8CRNDANT8 OF JOHN — 8KC0ND OKNKRATION.
243
close to his sharp discrimination. He was associated in an oflRce
with a lady whom he could not like, although he thought her well-
disposed. One morning li<' was to attend a meeting where he
would be obliged to meet the lady in the business of their common
office, and his wife saw him in the garden making up a bouquet,
and she said, "Edward, what are you doing?" He replied, "I
am making a bouquet for Mrs. . She is a good woman, but
I do not like her; she means well, but is unpleasant to me, and I
will carry her these flowers as a peace-offering." One day he stood
in a long line of men and women, in the Boston Custom -House,
awaiting his turn to receive his interest on United States Bonds.
There was a long line, and the day was very hot; the waiting was
long and tedious, and an Irish woman, with a baby in her arms,
stood next to the doctor. Seeing the weary mother, he turned
and took the baby, taking it to a window-seat near Ity. and gently
laying it down, said to her, " Yoi; stay here, and f will see that
you have your turn at the paying-counter." And lie did.
The religious opinions of Dr. Jarvis are clear and strong. He
believes in one God, and in Jesu.s Clunst whom He hath sent to be
the Light of the World; that we are children of God, heirs of
immortality, and subi<H;ts of righteous retribution here and here-
after, for ever. And Ids faith is in his heart, and out of it are the
issues of his life.
Though the doctor and his wife have no children, still their
hearts possess the freshness of youth. They love and are beloved,
and their simple, pleasant, and cheerful home is the resort of troops
of friends. Their ■A'ork of life is nearly done, and they make
ready and wait, amidst the evening shadows, for the morning of
another day.
Besides the important works above mentioned, and others which
space will not permit to enumerate, the doctor has written over
eighty articles fur the various medical reviews and magazines in
this country.
The subjects upon which the doctor felt so great an interest
were those upon which he treated and wrote, and in publisliing
his Essays, he sought the channels through which he could best
reach those whom he wanted to interest and persuade.
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»3«4.
No. Namo. Bom.
Died.
Married or Remarks.
Caleb Jarvis, Aug. 25. 1773
April 25, 1835
May 10, 1798.
2344 Nancy Hyde, Oet. 21, 1770
Sept. 11, 1876
4 children.
2345 Mary Ann,' June 15, 1800
Dec. 22, 1874
Sept. 7, 1823.
2346 Caroline. Feb. 4, 1802
July 25, 1827, John B,
Howard.
2847 Amelia Hyde,. Sept. 15, 1810
Sept. 3, 1856
2348 Eliz. Bowmon, Jan. 12, 1812
Henry R. Healey.
3d Generation.
5^333.
No. Name. Born.
Died.
Married or Remarks.
John Jarvis, Aug. ll>, 1797
Jan. 2, 1855
Jan. 6, 1822.
2349 Adeline Rust, July 24, 1799
June 18, 1842
6 children.
aS.'iO J as. Lawrence, Feb. 4.1823
Ainii 27, 1846.
2351 Eliza Lane, June 30, 1824
2352 John Q. A., Oct. 21, 1820
May 16, 1827
|l 2353 Helen Marion, Oct. 6,1828
t' 2354 Adeline Matil., Jan. 11,1833
.fune 28, 1842
2355 Sarah Ann, Nov. 9,1835
Nov. 25. 1858
2d wife.
2356 Hepzibah Locke,
May 7, 1845.
SSST'.
t Francis Jarvis, Nov. 5,1794
April 5. 1875
2357 Phebe Hubbard, July 14, 1799
Fel). 28, 1836
7 children.
2358 Louisa, July 23, 1820
April 19, 1853
May 16, 1850, .h>Hc]^\l
Dfby.
2359 Lucy Hubbard, July 22, 1822
Oct. 30, 1855, Joseph
Derby.
2360 Cyrus Hubb'd,'Mch. 18, 1825
Oct. 20, 1864.
2361 Harriet, May 5, 1827
Nov. 12, 1828
2362 Fr'cesHubb'd, June 23, 1829
Sept. 27, 1856
Oct. 14, 1852, Silas B.
Wilde.
2363 Sus'l Hubb'd, Aug. 4, 1830
Mch. 4, 1836
2364 Margaret, Dec. 28, 1831
April 19, 1836
i . 'Married Nathaniel Hill; 1 child
, Mary J. Hill, Mch. 27. 1824. 1
^v " Married Mary Hosmer, who died Aug. 33, 1865
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4th Gkneration.
No. Name. Bom.
Jas. Lawrence
Jarvis, Feb. 4, 1823
2365 Lue'tiaOooper.Nov. 24, 1828
5 children.
23G0 Fred. H..
2367 Mary A.,
2368 John A..'
2361) Maria G..
2370 Annie G.,
Died.
Mch. 9, 1847
April 26, 1851 Dec.
.Inn. 10, 1854
Jan. 20, 1857 •
July 28, 1866
9, 1861
Married or Remarka.
April 27, 1846.
April 12, 1876.
' Married Anna M(;Glensiug; 2 children— Caroline L., born June 7, 1877
James Lawrence, born Jan. 1, 1879.
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Name.
Junies Jarvis,
3372 Penelope Waters.
2 children.
2873 Johns.. M^... 3, 109B
2374 Mary, Mch. 25. 1097
FRAGMENTARY (JENKAUXJIEH.
Born, Died.
Married or RtMiiarkH.
.TillV IH. l«i»*t
«3r«.
Wm. Jervis,
2376 Hannah Forward,
4 children.
2377 Joseph.
2378 Joan nab,
2379 Hannah,
2380 Sarah,
Of Norwalk.
Mch. 27, 1723.
Feb. 17, 1724
Sept. 27, 1725
Nov. 23, 1727
Dec. 27, 1730
June 0, 1732
l8T Generation.
S381.
No. Name.
Stephen Jarvis,
2382 Ann Wheeler,
6 children.
2383 Susanna,
2384 Mary,
2385 Sarah,
2386 Esther,
2387 Thomas,
2388 William.
Bom.
Died.
Married or Remark*.
May 15, 1728.
Of Smithtown.
4, 1734
12, 1730
4, 1744
May 20, 1750
1701
Feb.
Dec.
Feb.
1794
July 31, 1791.
D. in Norwiilli
No. Name.
Thomas Jarvis,
2389 Rebecca Piatt.
7 children.
2d Generation.
Born.
Died.
1761
Married or Remarks.
July 31, 1791.
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No. Name.
mm Platl,
2i«»l Jiuob.
a31>2 Josopli,
2803 ilcuhcn,
2iiH Dorms,
2im f;imrity,
3aU6 Sally,
Horn.
Died.
1808
Married or Hnmarkt,
Mch. 3, 1814. E. Jiir-
YiB.
lUiHidinj; wchI cikI of
fiou^' Ittltmd.
JamcH I)uiil)iir.
Siiiuiicl Hishop.
CliiiH. lluwcat.
No. Name.
.lacob .IiirviH.
5 children.
3897 Susan,
3398 Alonzo.
3399 (fcor^re.
3400 Ira.
2401 Mary.
3u (Jenkkation.
«30 1 .
Horn. Died.
Married or Rutuarlts.
Bovvers.
.Joseph Jarvis,
2403 Esther.
4 children.
3403 Mary Esther,
2404 Phebe Elizabeth,
2405 Joseph lleury,
3406 Keturah Ann,
1803
.John N. Tliomp8(}n.
.John KiniHcn'.
Sarah White.
Townseud H. Gardner.
Melaucthon
Bryant Jervis, 1775
3408 Polly Smith.
3 children.
3409 Hannah, , Oct. 9, 1798
3410 Sally, Feb. 35, 1800
2d wife.
3411 Clarissa Jennings,
2 children.
3413 Eliza, 1805
3413 George, 1809
1856 Sept. 34, 1797.
Knapp of Norwulk.
. Ellas Foote.
1831 1803.
A. S. Ames.
Cath. "Williams.
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FRAGMENTAKY QENEALOGIKP.
No. Name. Born.
Giiorge .Tarvis, 1800
2414 Catharine Williams,
1 child.
2415 Geo. M. Jarvis, 1847
Natliaiiicl Jarvis,
4 childrou.
2417 'riu'CHlorus.
2418 Susan.
2419 Selah.
2420 Brewster.
Philip .larvi.s.
2422 Elizabeth AVeeks,
4 chihlren.
242b Augustiii.
2424 Moses.
2 daughters.
Died. Married or Reniarks.
1886
Dora Vail; 1 child.
%£-L 1 €».
Of Islip.
«4« 1 .
1814.
APPENDIX.
A.
Town Order.
From "TJiompson^s History of Long Tsland."
"At a town Meeting held April 4, 1661, it was agreed that a
firkin of Butter should be paid in at Stephen Jarvis' house, by the
middle of June for the satisfaction of a debt due from y* to ffn to
Ensign Brian t."
B.
Law Suits.
' From '■'■Thomjysori's History of Long Island^
"October 23*, 1662. Stephen Jervice, an Attorney, in behalfe
of James Chichester plf. vs. Tho' Scudder deft., acsion of the case
and of batery. Deft, says that he did his indevor to st^'e y"
pigg from y" wolff, but knows no hurt his dog did it: and as for
y* sow, he donys thecharg: touching the batery, striking the boye,
says he did strike the boye but it was for liis abusing his daughter.
"The verdict of the Juiy is, that def" dog is not fitt to be cept,
but the acsion fails for want of testimony: but touching the batery,
the Jury's verdict pass for pl'lf, that def pay him 10 shillings for
striking *-he boy, and the pl'il to pay dcf' 5 shillings fdr the boye's
insovility."
" October 23", 1662. Rachell Turner sayth that being husking
at Tho' Powells, Jamos Chichester found a rod ear, and then said
he must kiss Bette Scudder: Bette say'd she would whip his brick,
and they two scufeling foil by her side: that this diponcnt and
Tho' Scudder being tracing, and having ended his trace, rose up
and took howld of James Cliichcster, and gave him a box on the
ear. Robard Crumfield says, that being huskitig at Tho' Powells,
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James Chichester found a red eare and then said he must kiss
Bette Scudder, and they too scufling, Goody Scudder bid him be
quite, and puld him from her, and gave him a slap oti the side of
the heade: the vardict of the Jury is, that James shall paye pi' 12
shillings and y" cost of y* cort."
1632.
1637.
1641.
1645.
1658.
1660.
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1667.
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Names and Incidents,
Furnished by Dr. Edward Jarvis of Massacliusetts.
John, son of Thomas Jarvis and Elizabeth, his wife, of
Charlestown, was bom Nov. 18, 1632.
Homer Jarvis and wife Ann, and d. Ann and Mary, had
James, born 1637; John, 1639; Mary, June 10, 1641, who
died August 18, 1642. Another or second wife, Alice,
had Stephen, born Nov. 24, 1642; Howard or Hannah,
b. 1644; Mary, 1646. Third wife, Mary, who in another
place is called Ellen, died Nov. 6, 1665. James was free-
man. May 17, 1637; died February, 1685; married Sarah
White, Oct. 13, 1658.
John, son of Thomas and Margaret Jarvis of Dedham. born
March 16, 1641.
Stephen Jarvis, born about 1645; Howard, born Sept. 3,
1662.
John Jarvis, Ex. of will of Geo. Manning, July 21, 1658.
James Jarvis and Sarah White, had Jpines, b. Oct. 23,
1660, d. 1676; Mary, b. April 26, 1664.
James, Oct. 23, 1660; Mary, April 26, 1664. ^
Stephen, son of Homer, m. Abigail Wood, Mch. 29, 1667,
d. 1749. The family of Jervis were in • Staffordshire
at .Medford and Chathill, in the time of Henry VIIT.
Thomas, brother of first James, removed early to Hart-
ford.
Rebecca Jarvis, d. of William and Elizabeth, b. May 1,
1691. Amofig the early settlers of Essex and Old Nor-
folk was Andrew Jarvis, 1603 or 1694.
Will of Elias Jarvis, 1695, Rebecca, wife, Ex.'
Will of Elias Jarvis, 1697, Margaret, wife, Ex.
Isaac and Abigail \^oden (?), m. Jan. 19, 1698; son of John,
born 1692, Eunice Jarvis, married.
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1700-1710. Nathaniel m. Elizabeth Aug. 13, 1709. This Nathan-
iel, according to Dr. Miner, came from Wales,
Benjamin, son of Leonard Jarvis and Sarah, his wife, b.
Dec. 23, 1706, Cambridge.
Will of James, 1705, Penelope, his wife, Ex.
William, son of John and Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1707.
Hon. Edward Jarvis, Surv'y M. M. C, married Elizabeth
Sparhawk. Elizabeth Jarvis m. Edmund Quincy, son of
Henry, who was born 1703.
1710-1720. Nathaniel Jarvis and Elizabeth Trevit m, July 16,
1713.
Susan Jarvis m. Daniel Bradford, 1720; grandson of John,
1715; William, 1728.— Gen. Reg.
Meeting at house of Nathaniel Jarvis, 1717, to see about a
meeting house. — Drake's History of Boston.
1720-1730. Susan Jarvis m. Daniel Bradford, 1720; John 1st,
Aug. 18, 1729; Margaret, Jan. 22, 1731.
Robert Jarvis and Mary Cross m. Jan. 29, 1723.
1730-1740 James Jarvis lived in Roxbury, Oct. 22, 1736.
Will of Mary, 1732.
Will of Nathaniel (w.), 1737.
Leonard Jarvis and Susannah Condy m. April 12, 1739.
James Jarvis and Abigail m. Aug. 14, 1732; daughter,
Penelope, b. June 24, 1835.
1740-1750. Will of Abigail, 1742, Leonard Jarvis and John
Salter, Ex. ; widow of Nathaniel.
Will of Robert, 1749, Mary (wife), Administratrix.
Will of James, 1750, Abigail (wife), Ex.
Elias Jawis and Mary Avis m. Nov. 11, 1747.
Elias Jarvis, Jr., and Deliverance Atkins m. June 7, 1750.
John Jarvis, born 1746, died 1823.
Thomas, son of Nathaniel, d. 1742.
William, son of Nathaniel, d. 1801-1805.
Ann, d. Elias and Pleasant.
Charles, 1796-1797.
EHzabeth, 1820, died 1826, Dorchester.
1750-1760. Penelope Jarvis m. Dr. Thorp Rogers of Norwich,
Conn., 1754.
Will of Elias, 1757. ^
Will of Elias, 1760, wife Administratrix; ship chandler.
Edward and Catharine Hammett m. Nov. 5, 1754.
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1750-1760. Robert Jarvis and Lydia Audebert m. Sept. 30, 1753.
Elizabeth, d. of Thomas and Lydia, b. Aug. 30, 1757.
Thomas, son of Thomas and Lydia, b. Sept. 16, 1759.
Hannah Jarvis, b. 1757, d. 1811; Boston gravestone.
1760-1770. Jarvis, b. 1761, d. 1811.
Sarah Jarvis, b. 1764, d. 1816.
Abigail Jarvis, b. 1767, d. 1818.
Betsey Jarvis, b. 1797, d. 1820.
Edward Jarvis, b. 1757, d. 1821.
William Jarvis, b. 1820, d. 1820.
John Jarvis, b. 1815,
John Jarvis, b. August, 1748, d. 1823.
John Jarvis, b. 1844.
Timothy Jarvis and Rebecca Collins m. Aug. 30, 1764.
John Jarvise and Mary Munsell m. Oct. 9, 1768.
Capt. Robert Jarvis, buried in Quaker Lane, Mch. 20, 1760.
Brig Hannah, Capt. Robert Jarvis, arr. from London, 1766.
Capt. Robert Jarvis died in London, 1773; left widow,
Lydia, and sons, Philip and John.
1770-1780. Nathaniel and Samuel Jarvis (residence unknown)
were grantees of St. John, N. B., 1783. John settled
'ohere about 1783, died at Portland, N. B., 1845, aged 93.
Robert Mariner of Boston, an assessor of Hutchinson in
1774, went to Halifax, 1776, was prosecuted and ban-
ished, 1778, was in London, 1779; a LoyaHst.
John Jarvis of Boston, was Protector.
Enoch Jarvis and Sarah Dunovan m. April 14, 1774.
Timothy Jarvis moved out of Boston to Newburyport, 1775.
He followed the sea; was captain. Married Rebecca Col-
lins. His daughter Phoebe was b. in Newburyport, Dec.
20, 1777.
D.
Extracts from the Records of the Town of Huntington, L. I.
1668, Jan. 1. "It was ordered and agreed at a Town meeting,
the same day, that John Finch is to have six acres of land on the
bottom of East Neck, and Stephen Jarvis, six acres."
1668, July 1. "Land granted to Stephen Jarvis."
1676, June 5. Land grants to Steven Jarvis, Jr.
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1679. Stephen, Jr., Land granted by Town.
1679. Aaron Jarvis, Land given by his father.
1C79. Thomas Jarvis, Piece of Swamp in East Neck.
1679, Aug. 20. Stephen Jarvis to Samuel Griffin.
Daniel Wicks to Aaron Jarvis.
Daniel Wicks to Thomas Jarvis.
Stephen Jarvis to Samuel Wilson.
Land grants to Thomas Powell, Thomas Wicks,
Land grants to John Wicks, Timothy Conklin,
1679, Dec. 22.
1679, Dec. 22.
1679, Aug. 20.
1681, Oct. 31.
Steven Jarvis, Jr.
1682, April 1.
Steven Jarvis, Sr.
1682, Jan. 2. The Town Court ordered the estate of an intem-
perate person to be attached, that it might be "secured, preserved,
and improved, for his livelihood and maintenance, and that the
town might not be damnified."
1082, July 29. They order a person to pay a fine of 20 shillings
or make such acknowledgment as the court would accept, for hav-
ing brought a bag of meal from Oyster Bay on the Sabbath.
1683, June 3. They required a written confession of shame and
repentance from three men who had travelled on Sunday from the
town of Hempstead.
1684, Stephen Jarvis, Sr., Deed of land at the Cove, East
Neck.
1684. Jonathan Jarvis, Deed of land from Kellam.
1684, Nov. 27. Daniel Wicks to Stephen Jarvis.
1684, Dec. 22. Robert KeHum to Jonathan Jarvis.
1686. Stephen, Deed from Thomas Highbee.
1686. Stephen, Lot of Meadow south side of L. L
1686, Oct. 16. Land grants to Jonathan Jarvis.
1686, May 23. David Scudder to Stephen Jarvis.
1687, Sept. 20. "At a Town meeting Sep. y" 20'" 1687, granted
to Steven Jarvis, Sr. one hundred acres of land, Eastward of y°
path going into y"" East Neck, opposite to Jas. Chichester, Sen."
1687, Sept. 20. Land grants to Steven Jarvis, Jr. Privilege
of Well on the Commons granted Jonathan Jarvis.
1688, Sept. 10. Joseph Wood to Wm. Jarvis.
1688. Wm. Jarvis, Deed for property at Cove, East Neck.
1688. Stephen Jarvis, Sr., witness.
1688. Stephen Jarvis, Jr., Private highway from Benjamin
Scudder.
1690, April 1. Land grants to Thos. Higbee, Mr. Wood, James
Chichester, Jonathan Jarvis, Steven Jarvis, Jr., Steven Jarvis, Sr.
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1692, Jan. 2.
Vote.d that Jonathan Jarvis have 16 acres of
laud.
1692. Stephen Jarvis, Jr., Grant for highway.
1693. Stephen Jarvis, Jr., Bought land of his father at Great
East Neck.
1693. Thomas Jarvis, Land bought hy Stephen from his father
Thomas.
1693, Dec. 14. Thomas Jarvis to Stephen Jarvis.
1694. "An account of y* hundreds in y' Town of Huntington,
and by whom paid for in y* purchase of y* New Patten in y* year
1694."
"First — Y" purchased hundred made or purchased from the
settlement of y* Town, having right to all divisions from the first
settlement of y" Town.
1 Hundred,' belonging to y* lott of Widow Cain, paid for by
Tho. Fleet.
2 H. belonging to Lott of Tho. Jarvis — paid 1 qr. of a hundred
by Jonathan Jarvis and 1 qr. by William Jarvis."
" 1 H. paid for by Widow Jarvis, belonging to y" lott of Steven
Jarvis, Jr.
' 1 H. paid by Jonathan Jarvis.
1 H. belonging to y* lott of William Jarvis paid for by him.
1696. William Jarvis for witness.
1697. "Land grants To y" Survaiors of y^ Town of Hunting-
ton, April y« 30'" 1697.
" These are to order you to lay out y" hundreds, hold on by Jona-
than Jarvis, a piece of land in East Neck, on y' South side of y"
highway joyning to y' point, between y'' land of Jonathan
Jarvis, and Joseph Wood, and y° Harbor bank. John Wood, Jr.
'' The same daie it was voted and granted by y" trustees of the
freeholde and Comrionalty of y" town of Huntington that Jona-
than Jarvis's hous lot he lives on shall joynd to Jonas Piatt's house
&c.
1698. Jonathan oarvis, Land on south side of Island. Deed
for meadow from Thomas Fleet.
1698. Thomas Jarvis, Land on south side the Island.
1698. William Jarvis, Deed for land at Cow Harbor.
1698. Among the purchasers of Baiting Place and Squam Pitt
of the Indians, we find the names of Thomas Jarvis, William Jar-
vis, Jonathan Jarvis, Stephen Jarvis. — 7 M' 8 day, 1698.
1698, Oct. John Ketcham to Thomas Jarvis.
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1690, May 2. Boggy Swamp, lying by Jonathan Rogers', was
sold at Vendue to William Jarvis for four pounds, two shillings in
current silver money an acre.
1699. "Huntington, May y" 2'"* 1699. Chosen for trustees,
Justis Wicks, Justis Wood, Captain Wicks, Piatt, Jonas
Wood, John Ketcham; the same day, the boggy swamps lying by
Jonathan Rogers, was sold or granted to William Jarvis for Four
pounds, two shillings, in Curant silver money."
1699. "Toy" Survaiors of the Town of Huntington, January
ye jjih i699_ Thos are to order you to laie out eighteen acres of
land to y hundreds holden by Thomas Jarvis joyning to Johnathan
Chichester's land on y" North side, in lieu of eighteen aicres for-
merly granted to y* s** Jarvis which lay near Capt. Higbee's land
in y° hollow in y" East Neck."
"To y° survaiors of y* Town of Huntington, &c. — Jonathan Jar-
vis, Stephen Jarvis."
1700. William Jarvis, Deed of Meadow land south side of
Island.
1700, April 5. Benjamin Bender to William Jarvis.
1701, Sept. 3. John Green to William Jarvis.
1702, "To y' Survaiors of y* Town of Huntington, March y"
5"" 1702. Thos are to order lay out the right formerly held by
Eliphalet Jarvis, ten acres of land, part joyning to the land for-
merly s'' Jarvise's in the East Neck, and the remainder joining to
the East side of the land of William Jarvis Junior at the Long
Swamps."
1702, Nov. 26. Joseph Wood to Wm. Jarvis.
1702. Wm. Jarvis, Agreement with Joseph Wood for land.
1703. Wm. Jarvis, Deed to S. Ketcham.
1703, May 21. Thomas Jarvis, Deed to Wm. Johnson.
1703, Nov. 26. Joseph Wood, Deed to Wm. Jarvis.
1703, Aug. 21. Thomas Jarvis, Deed to Wm. Johnson.
1703, Oct. 9. Thomas Jarvis, Deed to Thomas Ketcham.
1704. "To y* Survaiors of y" Town of Huntington, January
y" 10, 1704. — Thomas Jarvis."
1708, March 3. Thomas Ketcham, Deed to Thomas Jarvis.
1708, March 8. Thomas Ketcham, Deed to Wm. Jarvis.
1708. "To ye Survaiors of v" Town of Huntington, April y"
29, 1708.— Thomas Jarvis &c."
1708. Wm. Jarvis, Deed for land at Cove. East Neck.
1710, Dec. 15. Ebenezer Blackley, Deed to Wm. Jarvis.
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1710. Wm. Jarvis, Deed of land to F.. Blackley.
1711. May 1. Thomas Jarvis to Cnleb Powell, Meadow on
South Side.
1712. "Huntington, February the ?5"' 17jJ. To the Surveyors
of the Town of Huntington. Thos are to Order you to lay to I'he
hundred holden by Elislia Jarvis, ten acres of land in the East
Neck, joining to his land, at che Vinoyard, the place will afford it,
joining the same on the South East side."
1712, March 6. Eliphalet Jarvis to Thomas Whitehead.
1712, Nov. 7. To the Surveyors of the Town of Huntington.
Those are to order you to lay out the hundred and quarter, holden
by Eliphalott Jarvis, fifteen acres."
1713, Sept. 5. Eliphalet Jarvis to Obediah Rogers.
1715, June 14. Memorial in relation to the site for the erec-
tion of a church. Signed by William and Thomas Jarvis in con-
nection with the inhabitants generally.
1716, Sept. 19. Daniel Lewis to Thomas Jarvis.
• 1717, " Apl. 15'". Eliphalett Jarvis, 12 acres of land."
1719. Thomas Jarvis, Land in Half Hollows from Daniel
Lewis.
1720, Jan. 8. Eliphalet Jarvis, Deed lO John Carman.
1720, Eliphalet Jarvis, Deed for land of John Carman. Witness,
Jonathan Jarvis.
Grants for land from Cove, East Neck, 1713, 1717, 1718, 1724,
1725, 1729, 1734, 1737.
1722, June 27. Joseph Wood, Deed to William Jarvis.
1722, "Apl. 4"'. To the Surveyors of Huntington. Those are
to order you to lay out to the right hold by Eliphalett Jarvis, 9
acres of land in the East Neck part joining to his own land, and
part joining to the land of William Johnson."
1723. L. Grants. April 11, 1723, Wm. Jarvis— Thos. Jarvis.
1723, Feb. 20. Thomas Jarvis — 25 acres.
1723, April 19. Thomas Jarvis and others to Timothy Wood.
1724, April the 21"'. To the Surveyors of Huntington. Those
are to order you to lay out to the right formerly holden by Jona-
than Jarvis, 12 acres and a half of land.
1724, May 5. William Jarvis received two votes for Trustee of
town. ^
1725. William Jarvis elected Trustee.
1725. William Jarvis, Jr., Deeds land to Epenatus Piatt.
1725, April 7. "To the Surveyors of Huntington, those are to
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order you to lay out the right formerly held by Eliplialet Jarvis,
ten acres of land, part joining to the land formerly s'' Jarvise's in
the East Neck, and the remainder joining to the East side of the
land of William Jarvis Junior at the Long Swamps."
1726-1731. Wm. Jarvis re-elected Trustee.
1729, March 5. Isaiah Jarvis to Jacob Conklin.
1729. Isaiah Jarvis and Wm. Jarvis, Deed land to Jacob
Conklin in Half Hollows.
1730, "April 6'^ To the Surveyors of Huntington. Those are
to order you to lay out to the right hold by Thomas Jarvis, five
acres of land, part joyning to the South side of his other land, on
the South side of the Cow path &c."
1733. Stephen Jarvis, Deed for land from Jeremiah Smith.
1733-1744. Wm. Jarvis, Jr., elected Trustee.
1736, May. Thomas Jarvis elected Constable.
1743. Benajah Jarvis, Deed of land in or near Clay pitts.
1744, March 19. Epenetus Piatt, Deed to Epenetus Jarvis.
1744. Jonathan Jarvis, Deed to P. Jarvis.
1747. Henry Jarvis, Deed for land between Huntington and
Cow Harbor.
1748, May. Wm. Jarvis elected Trustee.
1750, April 1. From records of Session of Church: Abraham
Chichester or Benajah Jarvis were chosen by the C'liurch, either
the one or the other, as best shall suit their conveniency, to sit
with the Presbytery as the Churches delegate at Brookliaven next
Wednesday.
1752, March 12. Ebenezer Titus, Deed to Augustine Jarvis.
1752, Dec. 4. Wm. Jarvis, Deed to Henry Jarvis.
1752. Henry Jarvis, Land given by his father William.
1752. Augustin Jarvis, Deed for land in Clay pitts.
1753. Benajali Jarvis sells land in Clay pitts to Samuel Smith.
Witness, Stephen Jarvis, Jr., and Thomas Jarvis, signed by Bena-
jah Jarvis and Joseph his son. Moses Scudder, Justice of Peace
for Suffolk Co.
Land grants to Benajah Jarvis in 1739.
1754, "April 25. To y" Surveyors of Huntington. Those are
to order you to lay out to y° right held by Thomas Jarvis, a small
piece of land, Southside of his house, one rod wide from y" high-
way, down to y* Bank. — Joseph Lewis."
1755, "February y" 27"'. Toy"' Surveyors of Huntington, these
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are to order you to lay out to )'" right held by William .Tarvis, one
acre and a half of land, joyiiing to his other land, or elsewhere."
17r)5, Aug. 6. Benjamin Jarvis and others to Wm. Jarvis.
1755. Wm. Jarvis, Jr., Deceased. Benajah and Henry acquit
claim to his widow.
1757. Henry Jarvis, "Deed for land on road to Cow Harbor.
1760. Jonathan Jarvis, Land given by his father, William Jar-
vis, north and south side of the Island.
17G0, March 4. Wm. Jarvis, Deed to Jonathan Jarvis.
1760. Wm. Jarvis; Jr., Spoken of his land in Cow Plarbor.
Land grant 1699. Land laid out 1704, 1718, 1723, in East Neck.
Wm. Jarvis, Sr. Land grants 1723, 1728, 1737, Kast Neck.
1762. Deed for land in Clay pitts, from Daniel Rogers.
Grants of land to Henry and Jonathan, which belonged to
father William.
1763. Thos. Jarvis, Justice Peace Suffolk Co.
Benajah Jarvis and Suriah Jarvis (who was the widow of Wil-
liam Jarvis) released for £24 to William and Henry Jarvis, Ex. of
William Jarvis.
William, for love and good will and affection, gives to his son
Henry Jarvis certain lands. Vol. 3, p. 236.
William Jarvis, for love and good will, gives to his son Jonathan
Jarvis certain lands. Vol. 4, p. 302.
1764. Stephen Jarvis, Sr., Gives land in Old Fields in Centre-
port to Stephen Jarvis, Jr., and Austin, his sons.
1765. Philip Jarvis, Abraham Jarvis, William Jarvis, Henry
Jarvis, were appointed overseers of Highways, and Capt. Jarvis
Commisioner of Highways.
1767-1768. Robert Jarvis, Overseer Highways.
1769-1770. Nathaniel and Henry Jarvis, Overseers Highways.
1771. John Jarvis, Henry Jarvis, Overseers of Highways.
1771. Eliphalet Jarvis appointed to collect and drive in the
sheep.
1772. Austin Jarvis elected Overseer Highways.
1773. Jonathan and Henry Jarvis, Overseers Highways.
1775. Abraham Jarvis, Jr., \
Robert Jarvis and Henry Jarvis, j h j •
1776. Eliphalet Jarvis, Claim for hording two men one week
and letting them have two coverlids. £4 0.
Nov. 10'^ 1776.
1776. "^iintington, September 4'", 1776.
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" By John Dunbar, who took horses, at the time for the use of
General (Heaven's artillery, took from Jonathan Jarvis two horses,
and a driver, gone 1*2 days. Received no pay; one horse never
returned, nor no pay — for value 20 pounds &c. To Carting wood
for the 43 Rogiinent, By order of General Leland, twenty days
with an Ox team &c. Jonathan Jarvis."
1776. To 4 days' carting wood for General Dclancey's 2 &
S"' Batt" at 12 per day. John Jarvis.
1777. Claim of Philip Jarvis for Carting wood. January- the
29"', To carting one day, wood for the 2"" Battalion of Gen. De-
lancee's B.
1777, "February 4'". To Carting one day for the 3"" Batt" of
Gen. Delancee's Brigade. Robert Jarvis."
1778. "To Carting Gen' Tryon's baggage from Huntington to
Jamaica with an Ox team ; gone 4 days at 1 6 per day.
, John Jarvis."
1777. Abraham Jarvis, Robert Jarvis, Henry Jarvis, Overseers
Higliways.
1777. " What has been taken by his Majesty's troops, June
29"*, 1777, a mare taken by Colonel Fannon.
"November, 1776, To carrying Captain Wooley's men Eastward.
Philip Jarvis."
1778. Eliphalet Jarvis, Abraham Jarvis, Robert Jarvis, Henry
Jarvis, Overseers.
1778. May 17. Taken from Moses Jai'vis for his Majesty's ser-
vis 3 spoons.
1779. Taken away by Dicks Conductor March the 17"' 5 hun-
di'eds of fresh Hay by Col. Simcoe's orders. Robert Jarvis.
1780. Robert Jarvis, Henry Jarvis, Overseers,
1780, August. "Government Dr. to Abraham Jarvis; To span
of horses, and waggon in Government service, commanded by Col.
Simcoe's on a tower. East end of Long Island 11 days at 3/_ for
each horse and at 3/_ for wagon pr day, and at 3/_ per day for
driver. £6 12 00."
"Huntington, 10"' June 1783, then personally appeared y" above
Abraham Jarvis, and made oath .to the above account, against
Government for service."
178 1-1 7. S2. Eliphalet Jarvis, Abraham Jarvis, Henry Jarvis,
Overseers Highways.
1782. Received into his Majesties Magazine at Hempstead nine
Hundred of salt Hay. John Jarvis N. C. L,
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1782. Recoivod of Robert Jarvia lot of corn, hay, &c. for the
General Comrnauding. Long Swamp, Oct. 28, 1782.
John Hewlett, 8up' Forage.
1782. On the 24"* of October the dwelling owned })y John
Hurti.s at tlm head of Cow Hay was attacked about midnight by a
gang of niaruiiders, having first assaulted the store of James Burr
a few rods off, and killed the owner, whoso position they ascer-
tained by hit) voice, having by their devices called him from his
bed. David Jarvis an apprentice to Mr. Burtis saw the robbers by
the light of their own fire, and shot at them from the windows of
the house. M" Jarvis with admirable courage employed hcsrself
in loading the guns (of which tluiy had several) while Jarvis tired
upon the gang as often as opportunity offered. They succeeded
in beating off the robbers with the loss of their leader Captain
Martin, and the wounding of several others, indicated by the traces
of blood found next day in their paths to the boats.
1782. " Received from M' George Norton, forty hundred
weight of salt hay into his Majesty's Magazine at Hempstead,
IP" Feby 1782. John Jarvis, A. C. F."
To George Brinby, Esq., Com. of Forage.
1782. " Received from M'' Israel Kerle, six hundred weight of
salt hay into his Majesty's Magazine at Hempstead, IH Feby 1782.
J. Jarvis, A. C. Q."
To Geo. Brinby Esq., Com. of forage.
1782. ReC* of Robert Jarvis lot of Corn, Hay, &c for the Gen-
eral Commanding.
Long Swamp 28'" Oct. 1782.
Jn" Hewlett
Sup. of forage.
1782. Receipt for forage from Robert Jarvis.
Feb. 19'" 1782. Jno. Hewlett
Sup. forage.
1783. Eliphalet Jarvip aiai Ichabod Jarvis, Overseers High-
ways.
1784.
Htn-
>n Jnny 12"' 1784
£20 0.
22 0.
50 0.
17b4.
, and little Q) 40'
loard fence
Tho' Jarvis."
Thf'uas Jarvis, Jr., D»!ed May 26, To James Townsend
Jr., land cm ii-ast side of 'I anting* )n Harbor, inherited from bis
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father TlioinaH Esq. These Tliomases had land granted by Town,
by father's rights, 16G9, 1704, 1721, 1731, 1732, 1737.
1785. Isaiali Jarvis, son of Jonathan and Charity Jarvis, Deeds
of land in East end of Village, Witness William Jarvis and John
Ketcham. Land grants William Jr. and Isaiah, 1729 and 1732.
Isaiah named in records deceased 1737.
1788. Jonathan Jarvis, Gives land in east end of Village to his
son Isaiah. Land granted 1697, 1722, 1723, and 1724, rightE of
Jonathan Jarvis deceased.
1788, April 7. Jonathan Jarvis and Charity his wife to his son
Isaiah 50^ acres of Little Neck.
E.
Tax List.
IVom State Documents, Iluntingtov , L. I., 1683.
1683. Stephen Jarvis, £123 00. 00
Stephen Jarvis Jr., 31 00. 00
1755. Thomas Jarvis, 1 female slave.
Benajah Jarvis, 1 female and 1 male.
Tax list, 1776.
1775. Stephen Jarvis, 13 head of Cattle.
5 " " Swine.
5 Vessels.
16 Acres.
F.
Contract Between Jos. Wood and Wm. Jarvis, Dated
Sept. 4, 1688.
This indenture made the fourth day of September in y" fourth
year of y*" reign of our Sovereign Lord James y" second over Eng-
land, Scotland France and Ireland, King and in y° year of Christ
1688 between Joseph Wood of Morice in y° town.ship of Hemp-
stead upon Long Island })eing in the Queens County yooman and
Joanna his wife of the one party and William Jarvis of Hunting-
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ton In y" county of Suffolk in y" said island — both in jurisdiction
of York. In service of husbandmiiu of the oiher party witness-
eth that the said Joseph Wood for and in consideration of those
several sums of money have y' saved to be payed by y" said Wil-
liam Jarvis, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns to y" said
Joseph Wood, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns at
times and places hereafter expressed. Y" is to save y° just and
whole sums of seven poundos, thirteen shillings and four pence —
at or before the first of May next Insuing if y' s"* William have a
good voyage in whaling y* year before if not then to pay the fore-
said sums of good and lawful money without fraud or further
delays — at or before the first of December next Insuing and
shall be in year of our Lord 1689 — at y" now dwelling house of
Ebenetus Piatt, sqe in Huntington aforesaid and also y* like sums
of seven pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence of like lawful
money to pay at or before y" first day of May which shall be in
y" year 1()90, if he has a good voyage in whaling — y" year before
— If not then to pay y" aforesaid sums at y'' place aforesaid — with-
out fraud or fu'ther delays — at or before y* first of December next
after y* also y" like sums of sev n pounds, thirteen shillings and
four pence — to pay at or before y" first of May which shall be in
y" year of our Lord 1()91 — if y° said William have a good voyage
in whaling- y* year before, if not then to pay y"" aforesaid sums at
or before y° firsu of December next after at y" place aforesaid,
without fraud or any further delays — for and in consideration of
those foresaid sums thus saved to be payed y° said Joseph Wood,
and Joanna his wife doth hereby barcjain and solo allonoato
Enfoof, confirm and make over our right, title and interest, claims
and demands — unto j" said William Jarvis l.us heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns of all that house and building to go
and havo with that lot of land upon which it standoth being by esti-
mation two acres be y° same more or less — abutting upon y" north
aide of lot where Captain Baylis now liveth and unon y« north-
east side upon y* way that leadeth to y" harbor with all y* fences,
liberti')S, Easomonts-wator, woods underwoods and Emulhimotis
whatsoever being part or parcel of my hundred pound right which
I lastly purchased or had granted from and by free houndors of
Huntington y" re-^ords of y" court will approve with all our right,
and title there ^ .ito pertaining whether it be in land layed out or to
be layod out with all our right of Comanage thereto belonging or
appertaining to liave and to nold to hirn and his hoyors, executors,
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administrators or assigns forever at y° v vogdinisd [organized]
premises with all its appurtenances from y" said Joseph Wood and
Joanna his wife or their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns
he y said William Jarvis paying & discharging all debtors &
demandors and doings & performing all just services as pertains to
y° premises and he y'' said Joseph Wood doth hereby own and
ackno'.vledge to be the lawful owner and possessor of y° premises
and doth hereby covenant and promise and grants for himself his
hoyoi's, exectutors, or administrators to warrant and defend y° same
to him s"* William Jarvis his hoyors, executors, administrators
and assigns from all former bargains, giftors, grantors, morgages,
foyutors [founders] Dowry or title of Powry from all persons
whatsoever lawfully claiming of, for, by, or under those in witness
have of y* parties above named to those indentors interchanging
have set their hand and seals this day and year before expressed —
sealed signed and delivered in the presence of us —
Jonas Smith, Joseph Wood
Stephen Jarvis Sen. y"
John Lumis. his 7nark
Joanna Wood.
The day and year above mentioned appeared before me the sub-
scribors and acknowledged this indenture to be their acts and
deeds. Epanetus Piatt,
by me John Ketcham voce.
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List of Births and Mauriaqes. •
Furnished hy Dr. Edivard Jarvis of Massachusetts.
Rebecca, daugh. of Wm. and Elizabeth,
John, .:on of James and Penelope,
Mary, daugh. of James and Penelope,
William, son of John and Mary,
Elizabeth, daugh. of Thomas and Lydia,
Thomas, son of Thomas and Lydia,
Melicent, daugh. of Stephen and Lydia G.
of New Orleans,
born May
1,
1694
" Mch.
%
1695
" Mch.
22,
1697
" Oct.
17,
1707
" Aug.
20,
1757
" Sept.
16,
1759
Feb. 1, 1844
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Records of Marhiages in Boston.
Edward Jarvis (Boston) and Nabby Porter,
Isaac and Abigail Boden,
Nathaniel and Elizabeth Trevet,
Robert and Mary Cross,
Leonard and Susannah Condy,
Elias and Mary Avis,
Elias, Jr., and Deliverance Atkins,
Timothy and Rebecca Collins,
Enock and Sarah Dunnevan,
Edward and Sarah Storer,
John and Hannah Seabury,
Daniel and Sukey Candredge,
Edward and Catharine Hammett,
Robert and Lydia Audebert,
John Jervise and Mary Ingersoll,
Boston and Mary Ann Malcolm,
Denning and Ann Smith Statson,
Leonard and Mary Hubbard Gruin,
Benjamin and Mary Porter,
John Jarves and Ann Wilson,
Charles and Nancy Thayer,
Stephen and Lydia Grafton Prescott,
Marshfield,
Feb. 8,
1793
Jan. 19,
1698
July 16,
1713
Jan. 29,
1723
April 12,
1739
Nov. 11,
1747
June 7,
1750
Aug. 30,
1764
April U,
1774
July 19,
1781
April 10,
1788
Dec. 12,
1797
Nov. 5,
1754
Sept. 30,
1753
Oct. 9,
1768
Jan. 5,
1783
May 24,
1815
Aug. 15,
1816
Nov. 30,
1809
April 28,
1812
Sept. 12,
1824
Aug. 21,
1838
H.
Deed of Joseph Wood to William Jarvis, 1702.
This Indenter made the twenty sixth day of Novembar In the
first yeare of the raign of our Soveraign Lady Ana by the grace
of God, queen of England, Scotland, Franc, and Irelands defendar
of the faith and in yeare of our I^ord Christ, one thousand seven
Hundared and two. Between Jose})h Wood of Huntington in the
County of Suffolk upon the Island of Nasaw in the Collanay of
Newyork In Amaraca ycman, of the one part and William Jarvis
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the
jrace
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n the
ay of
arvis
of the same town, County and Oollany. Aforesaid yoman of the
other part witneseth that the aforesaid Joseph Wood for and in
consideration of a sartain sum of good and lawfull money of New-
york to him the said Joseph Wood in liand paid by the said Wil-
liam Jarvis at or before the ensealling and delivary hereof of him
the said Joseph Wood doth acknowledge himself heare with to be
fully satisfied, contented and paid, and there of, and there from
and of, and from every part and being in the town of Huntington
aforesaid, and is Bounded as followith, on the West by the hiway,
on the North by John Piatt horn lot, on the est by the Woods In
Comans on the South, by Thomas Smith hom lot togathjr with all
housings, barns fences gardins orchards with all the Right, title,
interest posesion proparty, Claime, and demand, whatsoever the
said Joseph Wood made unto the said land to have and to hold
The said land with the apertanances unto tlie said William Jarvis
his haires Excutors and administrators unto the sole and only
propar use and behauf of him the said William Jarvis, his heires
and assignes for ever apd the said Joseph Wood doth for him selfe
his heires and assigns that he the said Joseph Wood now at the
insealling and delivary heare of standeth and is soly Rightfully
sesed of the said premisis of a good and perfict Estate in fee
simpoU to Him his heires and asignes for ever and that the premi-
ses now are and forever hereafter, shall be, and remain to the said
William Jarvis, his heires and asignes, full and clerely acquited
releced and discharged of, and from all, and all manar of other,
and formar bargins, sales alanations morgages Judgments, Exe-
cutions, and all other charges and Incumberences whatsoever, and
the above said Joseph Wood, his heires Executors and Adminis-
trators and asignes, doth Covinant, promis, and grant, to, and with
the said William Jarvis, his heires, Executors, Administrators or
asignes, that at any time or times, heareafter, upon Requests made
shall give any further security as he the said W illiam Jarvis or
his larned councel in the law thinks fit and. further the said Joseph
Wood doth ingago him self, his h aires, Executors, Administrators,
and asignes, that from time to time, and for ever shall and will
save harmles and Indemnifi, the said William Jarvis his heires,
and asignes, from any person, or persons, whatsoever that may, or
shall lay any just clame to him, or the said William Jarvis or his
successors in his or there quiet possession in witness whereof the
said Joseph Wood hath hereunto set to his hand and fixed his seal
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the day and year first above written. Sealed and delivered In the
presence of
Jonathan Jams, ^ '- — -•— ^
Nathaniel Wickes. -j Seal, t
Joseph Wood.
1702.
] Seal. [
Memorandom that on the fifteenth day of October 1703 aperaed
before John Wicks one of her Majestis Justises of the peace, for
the County of Suffolk the within named Joseph Wood, and doth
acknowledge the within writen conveiance to bee his free and vol-
lantary act and deed. ''*" John "Wickes.
Memorandom that on the 25 day of October 1703.apeared
before John Wickes one of her Majestis Justises of the peace for
the County of Suffolk Ennis Wood the wife of the with in named
Joseph Wood and doth acknowledge the within writen convaiance
to bee her free and vollantary act and deed with her dear husband.
'•'"' I John Wickes.
This deed of sale is recorded in page 63 by Mr John Ketcham,
Clark.
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List of Marriages and Baptisms, Presbyterian Church,
Huntington, L. I.
Marriages by Rev. E. Prime.
1724, June 1, Daniel Kellogg of Norwalk, to Eunice Jarvis of
Huntington.
1725, May 3, Samuel Stratton and Esther Jarvis, dau. William,
Testator.
1726, Jan. 14, Thomas Jarvis and Abigail Smith, 2d wife, Hunt-
ington.
1728, May 15, Stephen Jarvis and Ann Wheeler, Smith Town,
Huntington.
1729, July 4, Isaiah Jarvis and Hannah Whitman, Huntington.
1731, May 5, Benajah Jarvis (son of William, suj^posed to be son
of Jonathan) and Jemima Smith, Ist wife.
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1<J4, Feb. 26, Abraham Jarvis (son of William, Testator,) and
Lavinia Rogers, Huntington.
1736, Sept. 2, John Wood and Phebe Jarvis, Huntington.
1739, May 20, Elnathan Smith and Hannah Jarvis (widow), Hunt-
ington,
1743, June 26, Sylvanus Sammis and Deborah Jarvis, Hunting-
ton.
1745, Dec. 30, William Jarvis, Jr. (son of William), and Zerviah
Rogers, Huntington.
1746, Jan. 20. Jonathan Jarvis (son of Wm.) and Annie Brewster,
Ist wife, Huntington.
1747, Jan. 27, Benajah Jarvis (widower) and Annie Sammis, 2d
wife, Huntington.
1749, Nov. 12, Philip Jarvis and Elizabeth Sammis, Huntington.
1750, Mch. 6, Stephen Higbie and Esther Jarvis, Huntington.
1751, Nov. 21, Jonas Rogers and Mary Jarvis, Huntington.
1751, Nov. 26, Zebulon Whitman and Phebe Jarvis, Huntington.
1752, April 30, Richard Piatt and Elizabeth Jarvis, Huntington.
1752, May 26, Henry Jarvis and Sarah Rogers, Huntington.
1754, Sept. 22, Augustin Jarvis and Sarah Bunce, Huntington.
1755, Feb. 4, Hezekiali Weeks (son of Thomas) and Louisa Jar-
vis, d. of Stephen, Huntington.
1756, July 13, Stephen Jarvis, Jr., and Sarah Mott, Huntington.
1758, Feb. 23, Losee Ireland and Elizabeth Jarvis, Huntington.
1758, Nov. 2, Joseph Jarvis and Phebe Burtiss, Huntington.
1760, Mch. 16, Austin Jarvis (son of Stephen, Sr.,) I'ld Jemima
Whitehead, Huntington.
1760, July 31, Abram Jarvis (widower) and Hannah Conklin (wid-
ow), Hvmtington.
1760, Dec. 1, Robert Jarvis (son of Isaiah) and Sarah Ireland,
Huntington.
1762, June 20, Seth Jarvis and Charity Gates, Huntington.
1762, July 29, Eliphalet Jarvis and iiuth Whitman, Huntington.
1763, Feb. 15, Isaac Dennis and Sarah Jarvis, Huntington.
1763, Aug. 24, Benjamin Conklin and Keziah Jarvis. Huntington.
1763, Sept. 12, Joseph Jarvis (widower) and Elizabeth Rogers,
Huntington.
1763, Sept. 29, Thomas Jarvis, Jr., and Hannah Bryant, Hunting-
ton.
1764, April 12, Robert Deane and Elizabeth Jarvis, Norwalk and
Huntington.
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1Y64, May
1765, Dec.
1767, Mcli.
1767, Dec.
1768, June
1769, Mch.
1770, Dec.
1772, May
1772, Feb.
1777, May
1779, June
1779,
1780,
1780,
1781,
1782,
1782,
1782,
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1783,
1781,
1784,
1785,
1786,
1787,
1788,
April
Jan,
April
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.
Dec.
Dec.
Sept.
Dec.
Jan.
July
1789, Feb.
APPENDIX 1.
2, Abram Camp and Milerson Jarvis, d. of Benajah,
Huntington.
1, Jonathan Jarvis (widower, son of William) and
Charity White, 2d wife, Huntington.
24, Michael Bedell and Esther Jarvis, Huntington.
30, Joshua Rogers and Savinah Jarvis, Huntington.
10, Abram Jarvis, Jr. (son 6f Abram), and Jerusha
Chichester, Huntington.
1 1, Nathaniel Jarvis and Phebe Allen, d. of Dr. Sam'l
Allen, Huntington.
19, Ichabod Jarvis (son of Abram) and Phebe Bunco,
Huntington.
21, John .' rvis (son of Stephen) and Naomi Bunce,
Huntington.
8, Benjamin Dennis and Ruth Jarvis, d. of Stephen,
Huntington.
28, Zachariah Rogers and Mary Jarvis.
26, Nehemiah Brush, Jr., and Mary Jarvis.
Marriages by the Rev. Joshua Ilart.
5, Nathaniel Jarvis and Elizabeth Wires.
31, Samuel Jarvis (son of Henry) and Mary Ruscoe.
19, Ephraim Oakes and Mary Jarvis, dau. of Stephen,
son of Thomas.
31, Daniel Jarvis (son oi Austin) and Deborah Rogers.
6, Ebenezer Blachley and Sarah Jarvis.
6, Zophar Nickols and Drusilla Jarvis.
15, Isaiah Jarvis (son of William) and Phebe Whit-
man.
15, Samuel Nickols and Elizabeth Jarvis.
20, Thomas Jarvis and Keziah Conklin.
19, Joel Rogers and Elizabeth Jarvis.
26, Eliphalet Jarvis and Siisanna Weeks, Huntington.
31, Isaiah Jarvis (son of Robert) and Christian Gould,
Huntington.
11, Philip Jarvis and Julianna Smith, Huntington.
6, Daniel Jarvis (son of Austin) and Patty Smith,
Huntington.
17, Augustin Jarvis (son of Philip) and Martha Den.
ton, Huntington.
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1789
1789
1789
1789
1791
1791
1792
1792
1793
1793
1794
1794
1798
1799
1802
1802
1803,
1803
1800
1807
1807
1807
1810
1813, May 1
, April
7,
, May
1,
, Nov.
9,
, Nov.
23,
, Mch.
5,
, July
31,
, Jan.
15,
, June
10,
, Feb.
16,
, June
16,
, May
25,
, July
3,
, May
7,
, April
1.5,
, Feb.
4,
, Nov.
6,
, Oct.
22,
, Nov.
5,
, Oct.
11,
, Feb.
7,
, Mch.
20,
, April
H,
, Dec.
22,
Piatt Rogers and Phebe Jarvis, dau. of Robert,
Huntington.
Joseph J. Jarvis (son of Robert) and Phebe Carll,
Huntington.
Natlianiel Jarvis and Jemima (rildersloflve, TTnnt-
ington.
William Jarvis (son of Henry) and Nanpy Smith,
dau. of Jacob, Huntington.
Samuel Jarvis and Wiser, Huntington.
Thomas Jarvis (son of Stepheii).and Rebecca Piatt,
Huntington.
Elkanah Bunce and Lavinah Jarvis, d. of Abram,
Huntington.
Eliphalet Sammis and Mary Jarvis, Huntington.
Jonathan Jarvis (son of Robert) and Deborah
Whitson, Huntington.
Augustin Jarvis (son of Austin) and Charity Piatt,
Huntington.
Joshua Duryea and Sarah Jarvis, dau. of Robert,
East Woods,
Silas Smitli and Jarvis, Cow Harbor.
Jacob Jarvis (s. of Abram) and Experience Rogers,
Huntington.
Eliphalet Bunce and Hannah Jarvis, Huntington.
Jacob Jarvis (s. of Abram) and Experience Rogers,
Huntington.
Thomas Jarvis (son of Rohert) and Phebe Remp,
Huntington.
John Jarvis, Jr. (son of John), and Keturah Oakes,
dau. of Ephraim, Cow Harbor.
Ebenezer Smith and Frcelovo Jarvis (wid.), Hunt-
ington.
Israel Jarvis (s. of Ichabod) and Bethshoba Rogers,
Huntington.
Jacob Jarvis and Nancy Udall, Cow Harbor.
Enoch Smith and Hannah Jarvis, d. of Ichabod,
Old Fields and Cow Harbor.
Piatt Sammis and Keturah Jarvis, Htintington.
Gilbert Fleet (son of Thomas) and Keziah Jarvis,
dau. of Abram, Huntington.
, Enoch Smith and Sarah Jarvis, dau. of Ichabod,
Huntington. '
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1813, June 24, Augustin Jarvis and Fhebe Oakes, Huntington.
1814, Feb. 16, Jarvis Dennis and Ruth Jarvis, dau. of William,
Huntington.
1814, Mch. 2, Philip Jarvis, Jr., and Ehzabeth "Weeks.
1815, Mch. 4, David Jarvis (son of Jonathan) and Charity Whit-
man, West Hills.
181G, Nov. 30, Stephen Ritchie and Maria Jarvis, dau. of Joseph
Jarvis, Huntington.
1817, Nov. 22, Rufus Jarvis (son of Daniel) and Annie Gilder-
sleeve. Huntington.
1817, Dec. 31, James Smith and Mary Jarvis, d. of Daniel, Hunt-
ington.
1817, Jan. 31, Augustin Jarvis (son of Philip) and Phebe Piatt,
Huntington.
1819, Dec. 30, Treadwell Carll (son of Oliver) and Hannah Jarvis,
d. of Daniel.
List of
Baptisms,
By Rev.
E. Prime.
1724,
Aug.
16,
Henry Jarvis,
1738,
Nov.
12
Jemima Jarvis,
1726,
Mch.
27,
Deborah Jarvis,
1739,
Nov.
4
Elizab'h Jarvis,
1727,
Sept.
'■^4,
Isaac Jarvis,
1742,
Jan.
10,
Nath'l Jarvis,
1729,
April
7,
S. P. B. Jarvis,
1744,
Feb.
4,
Sarah Jarvis,
1729,
Aug.
3,
August. Jarvis,
1744.
June
3,
Keziah Jarvis,
1730,
July
26,
Ann Jarvis,
1746,
June
29,
Abra'm Jarvis,
1730,
Aug.
2,
Isaiah Jarvis,
1746,
June
29,
Levina Jarvis,
1731,
Dec,
26,
Elizab'h Jarvis,
1746,
Oct.
31,
Millers'n Jarvis,
1732,
Feb.
6,
Esther Jarvis,
1746,
Dec.
7,
Elizab'h Jarvis,
1732,
June
4,
Joseph Jarvis,
1746,
Dec.
28,
Samuel Jarvis,
1733,
April
29,
Louise Jarvis,
1748,
June
^h
Ichabod Jarvis,
1734,
Jan.
4,
Susanna Jarvis,
1748,
Aug.
14,
Ruth Jarvis,
1734,
Feb.
24,
Sarah Jarvis,
1749,
May
7,
Isaac Jarvis,
1735,
Oct.
10,
Stephen Jarvis,
1750,
May
20,
Esther Jarvis,
1736,
Jan.
4,
Thomas Jarvis,
1750,
Nov.
11,'
William Jarvis,
1736,
Feb.
8,
Eliphal't Jarvis,
1752,
M(;h.
8,
David Jarvis,
1736,
May
16,
Robert Jarvis,
1752,
Oct.
4,
Jacob Jarvis,
1736,
July
18,
Sarah Jarvis,
1755,
May
16,
P. P. B. Jarvis,
1736,
Doc.
12,
Mary Jarvis,
1756,
May
2
Jemima Jarvis,
1737,
Sept.
25,
Austin Jarvis,
1757,
Feb.
27,
Maiy Jarvis,
1738,
Aug.
13,
Isaiah Jarvis,
1757,
Mch.
6,
Phebe Jarvis,
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271
1758, May
17r)8, July
1759, July
1760, May
1761, Moll.
1761, Aug.
1761, Aug.
1762, Mch.
1762, May
1762, Aiig.
1762, May
1763, Fob.
1767, Feb.
1767, April
1768, Aug.
1768, Dec.
1769, Mch.
1769, July
1709, Dec.
1770, Oct.
1770, Dec.
1771, Mch.
1771, June
1772, Jan.
28, Mary Jarvis, 1763, May
23, Z. R. Jarvis, 1763, Oct.
15, Philip Jarvis, 1764, Sept.
30, Isaiah Jarvis, 1764, Sept.
29, Daniel Jarvis, 1764, Sept.
13, David Jarvis, 1764, Oct.
30, Sarah Jarvis, 1764, Oct.
23, Timothy Jarvis, 1765, Jan.
30, Isaac Jarvis, 1765, Mch.
8, August. Jarvis, 1765, June
15, Sarah Jarvis, 1760, Aug.
0, Tsaiah Jarvis,
8, Alex. Jarvis,
9, Deborah Jarvis,
2, Hannah Jarvis,
2, May Jarvis,
2, Sarah Jarvis,
28, Josepli I. Jarvis,
29, Timothy Jarvis,
29, Lemuel Jarvis,
31, Elizab'h Jarvis,
9, Esther Jarvis,
3, Timothy Jarvis.
1772,
1772,
1773,
1773,
1774,
1774,
1774,
1774,
1775,
Aug.
Oct.
April
May
Mch.
June
June
Nov.
April
7, Simon Lessee Jarvis, son of Robert, by Rev. Wm.
Schenck.
26, Phebe Jarvis, by Rev. B. Prime.
1 4, Charity, wife of Jonathan Jarvis, by Rev. William
Schenck.
28, Hannah, dau. of Henry Jarvis, by Rev. William
Schenck.
9, , son of Robert Jarvis, b}/ Rev. William
Schenck.
2, Augustin, son of Austin Jarvis, by Rev. William
Schenck.
15, Thomas, son of Stephen Jarvis, Jr., by Rev. Wm.
Schenck.
7, Phebe Jarvis, by Rev. E. Prime.
15, Margaret, dau. Abraham Jarvis, Jr., by Rev. Wra.
Schenck.
25, Stephen Jarvis, by Rev. E. Prime.
15, Jesse, son of Henry Jarvis, by Rev. Wm. Schenck.
19, Lavina, dau. of Abraham Jarvis, by Rev. William
Schenck.
23, Isaac, son of Robert Jarvis, by Rev. Wm. Schenck.
1 0, Jane Jarvis, by Rev. E. Primo.
18, Abbie, d. of Jacob Jarvis, by Rev. Wm. Schenck.
16, Mary Jarvis, by Rev. E. Prime.
13, Rebecca Jarvis, " "
10, Sarah Jarvis,
10, Keturah Jarvis,
5, Phebe Jarvis,
19, Hannah Jarvis,
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1775,
Jan.
1775,
Oct.
1776,
Feb.
1776,
June
1777,
Nov.
1777,
Mch.
1786,
May
1786,
May
1787,
Mch.
1787,
Mch.
17S7,
Mch.
1787,
Sept.
1789,
Feb.
1789,
June
1789,
June
1796,
April
1790,
April
1797,
July
1800,
Sept.
1800,
Sept.
1800,
Sept.
1800,
Sept.
1800,
Sept.
1801,
Jan.
1802,
Jan.
1804, Aug.
13, Nicholas Jarvis, by Rev. E. Prime.
1, Joanna Jarvis, " '•
13, Elizabeth Jarvis, " "
9, Zebediah Jarvis, " ««
7, Hannah Jarvis, " "
31, Susanna Jarvis, " "
7, Phebe, wife of Isaiah Jarvis, by Rev. Wm. Schonck.
7, 3 children, not named, *'
7, Stephen, s. John Jarvis, "
7, John, s. of " "
7, Hannah, d. " "
16, Elkanah, s. Isaiali Jarvis, "
25, Mary RloonifioM, g. d. Henry Jarvis, by Rev. Wm.
Schenck.
15, Hannah, d. Isaiah Jarvis, by Rev. "Wm. Schenck.
15, Child of Philip Jarvis, " "
10, John Bloomfield, s. Timothy Jarvis,* by Rev. Wm.
Schenck.
24, Elkanah, s. Isaiah Jarvis, by Rev. Wm. Schenck.
9, William, s. " " "
28, Robert, s. Simon Lessee Jarvis, by Rev. William
Schonck.
28, David Conklin, s. Simon Lessee Jarvis, by Rev.
Wm. Schenck.
28, Thomas Highbee, s. Simon Lossee Jarvis, by Rev.
Wm. Schenck.
28, Elizabeth, d. Simon Lossee Jarvis, by Rev. Wm.
Schenck.
28, Esther, d. Simon Lossee Jarvis, by Rev. William
Schenck.
3, Moses, s. Philip Jarvis, by Rev. Wm. Schenck.
25, Jonathan, a. Simon L. Jarvis, by Rev. William
Schenck.
5, Phebe, d. Simon L. Jarvis, by Rev. Wm. Schenck.
*"John Bloomfield, son of Timothy Jarvis and Phebe, his wife, who
at the same time made a profession of their faitli uud renewed their cove-
nants."
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List of Members of Pkesbytehian Ciiubcii, IIuntinoton, L. I.
Jiev. E. Prime.
1724, July 15, William Jarvis, Sr.,
" " Esther, his wife,
1725, Dec. 2, Mehitabol Jarvis.
" " Wm. .Jarvis, Jr.
1726, Dec. 1, Millerson Jarvis.
1738, April 2, Bonajah Jarvis,
" " Jeniinia, his wife,
" «' Hannah, his child.
1740, Jan. 30, Thomas Jarvis,
" •' Abigail, his wife.
1748, Mch. 30, Zerviah Jarvis.
1750, Oct. .5, Phebe Jarvis.
1764, Oct. 28, Annie, wife of Stephen Jarvis, Jr.
1765, Mch. 31, Levina Jarvis.
1786,
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1796,
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1800,
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Rev. W. Schenck.
Dec. 3, Isaiah Jarvis.
" Charity Jarvis.
" Phobe Jarvis.
Sept. 1 6, Annie Jarvis, wife of WiUiam.
" Martlia Jarvis, wife of Augustin.
Nov. 7, Simon L. Jarvis.
" Keturah, his wife. "
Deaths of Members on Records of Rev. W. Schenck.
1771, Mch. 30, Stephen Jarvis, Jr.
" July 25, Sarah Jarvis, wife of Stephen, Jr.
1772, Mch. rs, Stephen Jarvis, Sr.
" Sept. 23, Jonathan Jarvis, wife.
1773, April 7, Wife of Samuel Jarvis.
1786, Sept. 27, Philip Jarvis.
1787, May 12, Widow Jarvis, Cow Harbor.
1795, July 25, Jonathan Jarvis, aged 77.
1800, Mch. 17, Charity Jarvis, wife c^f Jonathan, aged 74.
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CoNTHAOT OK Samiikl Stkatton OF IIuNTivoTON, L. I., May 8, 1727.
Know ftU mon by tlioao prcHonts, tlmt T, Sanni<!ll Rtratton of
huntiiigton, am licld, ami (irmly bound unto William .larvis, my
fathor-in-Law, of tho wimo placo, in tho full and justHumof nineteen
pounds, P^levon Shillings, of good Current Money of New York, to
be paid nnto the Sd. William Jarvis, his Attorney, heirs, Ex.,
Ads. or assigns, the which payment well and truely to Ixnnade and
done, I do bind inyscjlf, my heirs, Exs. and Adms., jointly and
severally, and (irmly, by these I'resents, S((aled with my S(!al, and
dated this eighth of May, in the thirteenth year of the Reigne
of our Sovereign Lord George, King over great brittain and Ire-
land. Annodomini 1727.
The Condition of the above-written obligati(m is such that the
above boundeu Samuell Stratton, his hturs, Ex. or A dm., or either
of them, shall, when his daughter, Easter Stratton, now living with
her Grand Father, William Jarvis, Shall Marry, or come to the Age
of Eighteen years, which shall first happen, give and alow to his
S'd daughter Eastor, a good bed and furniture to the Value of nine
pounds, fifteen shillings and six pence, which he hath now in his
hand, which was given to his wife at their marriage, or nine
pounds, fifteen shillings and six pence, of good Current Money, as
her own Estate, without fraud or further delay than the above- writ-
ten obligation to be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in
full force and virtue, and if tlu; S'd Eastor die before she attains
to the Age of eighteen years, or marryeth, the obligation is void.
Signed, Sealed, and delivered
in the presents of us.
Jehiel Smith, ,^i^<..^
Eponetus Platt. SAMUEL STRATTON. | seal I
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Extract from a TiETTER of Rev. T)r. Ukardslky.
" Thd oarlioHt (widonco which I have discovemd of any of your
name Ix'iiig aftuclied to tlic Kpiscopal Church, readios hack to
Norwalk, in 1738. Tho Rov. Henry Canor liad tlien been ofliciating
in that place about ten years a., a missionary of the 'Society
for the Propagation of tho Gospel in Foreign Parts,' and in
1738, an earnest memorial was addressed to the General Assem-
bly, signed by nearly six hundred persons, ail over sixteen years
of age, and embracing all the mah) ' members and professors
of the Church of England, living in his Majesty's Colony of Con-
necticut.'
"Among the forty-two signers fi'om Norwalk, were Samuel
Jarvis,* and directly under him, Samuel Jarvis Junior, and a little
further on, William Jarvis.
" As none of this name are to be found at that time under the
pastoral care of the other six missionaries in tho colony, I infer
that these men are the first of the Jarvis line who broke away
from the standing order, and helped to extend the Church, finally
giving us the second Bishop of Connecticut."
M.
From " New York Hook of Mahriages."
1738, Nov. 22, Hannah 'Jervis and Jonathan Pierson.
1753, Sept. 15, Jain(!s Jarvis and Mary Bell.
1764, April 30, Millisent Jarvis and Abram Camp.
1755, Dec. 10, Mary Jarvis and Joseph French.
17G0, June 26, Sarah Jervias and Reuben Arthur.
1760, July 29, Abraham Jarvis and Hannah Conklin.
1762, July 14. Eliphalet Jarvis and Ruth Whitman.
1763, Sept. 9, Tlionias Jarvis and Hannah Bryan.
1763, Oct. 20, John Jervis, Jr., and Susannah Thomas.
1769, Mch. 6. Nathaniel Jarvis and Phebe Allen.
1772, Jan. 28, Ruth Jervais and Benjamin Dennis.
* Father of Bishop Jarvis.
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1772, May 8, John Jervais and Neamy Bunts.
1777, Sept. 29, Abigail Jarvis and John Sayer.
1778, Feb. 21, Elozabeth Jervas and Loose Ireland.
1782, Jan. 2, Druselle Jarvis and Zophar Nichols.
1782, Jan. 2, Sarah Jarvis and Ebinezer Blackley.
1782, Nov. 29, Isaiah Jarvis and Phebe Whitman.
1783, Feb. 20, Grace Jarvis and Joseph Smith.
Extracts from " Olden Times in Huntington."
The following extracts are from " Olden Times in Huntington,"
an historical address b}' Hon. Henry C. Piatt, delivered at the
Centennial Celebration at Huntington, Suffolk County, New York,
on the 4th day of July, 1876.
" The people of Huntington, at the beginning of hostilities with
Great Britain, called a general town meeting on the 21st day of
June, 1774. The resolutions passed at that meeting maybe termed
Huntington's.
" '1st. That every freeman's property is absolutely his own, and
no man has a right to take it from him without his consent, ex-
pressed either by himself or his representative.
" ' 2d. That therefore, all taxes and duties imposed on his Majes-
tie's subjects in the American Colonies, by the authority of Parlia-
ment, are wholly unconstitutional, and a plain violation of the most
essential rights of British sabjects.
" ' 3d. That the act of Parliament, lat^ely passed, for shutting
up the Port of Boston, or any other means or device, under color
of law, to compel them or any other of his Majestic 's American
subjects to submit to Parliamentary taxations, are subversive of their
just aud constitutional liberty.
" ' 4th. That we are of the opinion that our brethren of Boston,
are now suffering in the common cause of British America.
"'5th. That therefore, it is the indispensable duty of all the
Colonies to unite in some effectual measure for tho repeal of said
Act, and e'":!ry other Act of Parliament whereby they are taxed
for raising a revenue.
" ' 6th. That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the mos.-
effectual means for obtaining a speedy repeal of said Acts, will be
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to break off all commercial intercourse with Great Britain, Ireland,
and the English West India Colonies.
" ' 7th. And we hereby declare ourselves ready to enter into these, or
sucli other measures as shall be fxyreed upon by a General Congress of
the Colonies, to take such measures as '^\dX\ be most effectual to pro-
vent such goods as are at present in America from being raised to
an extravagant price.'
• " A commi.coe was appointed to act in conjunction with the com-
mittees of other towns in the county to correspond with the com-
mittee of New York.
"May 2, 1775. A* a general tov/n meeting in Huntington, it
was voted that there .should \ eiglii/y men chosen to exercise and
be ready to march.
" The Committees of Correspondence for the County of Suifolk,
met at the County Hall, on Nov. 15th, 1774, and it was then and
there recommended to the several towns to set forward a subscrip-
tion for the employnient and relief of the distressed poor in Boston,
and to procure a vessel to receive and carry donations to Boston. The
proceedings of the Continental Congress, which had met at Phila-
delphia, Sept. 4, 1774. were fully approved.
" Under the I'ecommendati ins and suggestions of the Provincial
Congre.ss of May 22, 1775, county and tuwn c imittees were
appointed to aid the rause. Huntington set to work in earnest to
prepare for the coming struggle. Two regiments of militia were
to be organized, one in the eastern, and the other in the western
part of the county, to join the Cont'uental Army.
"On the 22d day ot July, 177 6, the news of the Independence
of the thirteen United Colo'-'is readied Huntington (no railroads
or telegraphs in those days' A grand parade of all of the militia
and artillery, a salute of thirteen guns, a reading of the Declaration
of Independence, called forth tlie animated shouts of the assembled
people from all parts of the to vn. I'he jJritish flag was hauled
down, and the ligure of Geoi'ge III was rijiped off. A liberty pole
was then raised.
" But gloomy days were at hand. The British fleet soon
appeared in sight of our shores. British troops landed to the east
of Huntington, and carried off cattle and provisions, On the 27th
of August, 1776, the disastrous battle of Long Island, at tlie west
end, was fought. Tins defeat placed the whohi of Long Island
within the British lines, a.id left its conquered inhabitants entirely
in their power.
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" The conquest of Long Island by the British was now com-
plete. The county and town committeed of patriots were by force
and fear compelled to revoke, annul, and diravow their previou"
proceedings, to repudiate the authority of the Continental Congress,
and the inhabitants were compelled to take the oath of allerjiance
and of good hehavtor to the crown of Great Britain. Those who
had taken an active part in favor of the Rebellion, fled to Con-
necticut, or within the American lines, left theii' < amilies • unpro-
tected, and their property here to be occupied and seized by Brit-
ish officers, or native loyalists. The Tories wore red rags on their
hats, to distinguish them from the Rebels, and also as a badge of
safety and protection.
" Huntington was permanently selected and occupied for the
British foraging parties of cavalry t " '' nze and ship provisions for
the British army and navy.
" Thousands of troops were in Huntington in camp and fort, and
houses during the war. The 17th Liglit Dragoons, 71st Infantry,
Tarleton's Legion, Queen's Rang"rs, Hewlett's Provincials, Loyal
Refugees, Jersey Loyal Volunteers, Hessian Yagers, and Prince of
Wales American Regiment, were, at various times, quartered on
the inhabitants and encamped in their orchards and fields. Among
the prominent British officers were Gen. Sir William Erskine,Gen.
Tryon, Brig.-Gen Leland, Brig.-Gen. DeLancey, Col. Tarleton, Col.
Simcoe, Col. Heedlett, Col. Abercrombie, CjI. Bruinton, Col. Cro-
ger. Col. DeWormb, Col. Ludlow, and some twenty or thirty
others.
"The first British regiment that arrived in Huntington after the
battle of Long Island, was the 1 7tli Light Dragoons. They found
no American troops to oppose them. The officers stopped at the
house of Mrs. Stephen Ketcham, who had a large family, and a num-
ber of slaves. The officers turned their horses into a house lot,
part of which was a peach orchard. Mrs. Ketcham had Just iin-
ished baking in her oven fifteen leaves of bread. She requested
an officer to turn the horses into another lot, as they might destroy
the peach-trees, which request was politely granted, but the officer,
seeing the bread, without comment or apology seized and carried
off every loaf, leaving the old lady as mad as a hornet. Later in
the day slie missed her cooking pot, a very necessary article in
those days, and suspecting the British had took it, put on her bon-
net, and waiideriug about the encampment, at last discovered it
over a fire made of some of her fence-rails, containing some savory
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mess in process of cooking. Watching, when no soldier was near,
she turned it upside down, ' dumped ' the contents into the fire.,
retreated in good order, havihg recovered her property. This was
the first raid of the British on women and children in Huntington,
and victory perched upon the banner of the brave old lady.
"From this timi; until the close of the Revolutionary War, con-
sider the condition of the people oi Huntington. They were
reduced to poverty and want. A powerfyil British force was
quartered in their midst, living upon them by forced levies; the
British vessels and transports were in the bays and harbors,
shutting off every escape to the Connecticut shore; the fathers and
brothers of many families had fled, and a numDer had joined the
patriot army, leaving old men, women, and children to live as best
they could; their crops, farms, fences, and buildings .seized, burned,
and destroyed at the whim of petty British officers, who lorded it
over the conquered people and ate up t.^eir substance like an army
of locusts. They were the "hewers of wood and dra^^ers of
water" ior the King's military service. Capt.-Gen. Jemes Robin-
son, a British officer, issued an order to the inhabitants of Hunt-
ington, Islip, Smithtown, and Brookhaven to cut and cart 3,000
cords of wood to the nearest landings before the 15th of August,
1780.
"In 1781 the people of Huntington were forced to raise £176 by
tax, for digging a well in the fort on Lloyd's Neck.
"Robert Jarvi , grandfather of Capt. Philetus C. Jarvis, who
lived at the east eid of the village, and afterwards at Sweet Hol-
low, was gashed and cut in his head to force him to tell where his
money was. He did not tell, but he carried the marks of his
injuries to the grave.
"A party of armed men, with bayonets, robbed Gilbert and Simon
Fleet, Moses Jarvis, merchant, of Huntington, and numerous
others, of all the money and plate they could find, and nearly
strangled one of them to death by hanging him to a beam in his
kitchen.
"The Britisli officers took the farmers' horses, cattle, poultry, and
occupied their houses, t irning their families adrift. It is stated
that British loyalist soldiers stole the bedding and clothing of
their ancestors, even to the blankets of infants in their cradles.
"The crowning outrage committed by the British in Huntington
was the desecration of the cemetery. The graves were levelled,
and a fort erected in the centre of the grounds, under orders of
Col. Thompson, called "Fort (Jolgotha." Over one hundred tomb-
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stones were destroyed. Barracks for the troops were built over
the bones of Huntington's early inhabitants. Tombstones were
used for tables, aiid for building fireplaces and ovens. Loaves of
bread were drav/n from the ovens with the reversed inscriptions
of the tombstones imprinted on the lower crust.
" Before closing, I want to vindicate the Town of Huntington
from the charge I have heard made by those who have never
investigated the matter, that the people were not in sympathy with
the patriot cause. It is true that there were some tories in Hunt-
ington, as there were in almost every town in the land, but their
numbers were few.
"The town at the early jtages of tlie Revolution put itselt on
record by its firm and patriotic resolutions. It is true that a forh:
of recantation was drawn up and sent to each town in the county
to be signed. It was genercUy but not voluntarily signed, and
only under compulsion. As far as this town is concern"d, but one
man signed it. A large majority of the membeis of our town
committee fled to Connecticut, joined the rebels there, and never
signed any revocation or disapproved of their proceedings.
"Sir Guy Carleton in 1783 instituted a Board of ComUiissionero
for the object of adjusting such demands and claims against the
British army as had not been paid.
" Over three hundred accounts were rendered of losses, consist-
ing of horses, cattle, and stock, seized and stolen; houses, barns,
fences, and wood burned and destroyed; furniture, clothing,
blankets, silver and other ware, stolen ; teams of horses and oxen
impressed into service, and other similar charges. The amount
of property stolen and destroyed in the town during the war must
have been about §150,000.
"The bills were sworn to before a magistrate, but the commis-
sioners sailed for England without giving them any attention, and
the people of Huntington never obtained any compensation for
their losses.
"To sum up the losses by the war, it was pretty evidently a losing
game for George III, as he not only lost the brightest jewel in his
crown when he lost the thirteen Colonie, but he had lost an army
of soldiers, and luitold wealth. His bar^s'S'in with the Landgrave
of Hesse is certainly worthy of record. The Landgrave let his
troops on hire during our Revolutionary War for ,'ti2,355,000,
which was at the rate of $150 a head for each Hessian killed.
This must have been a killing bargain for both, as it worked no
good for either." ,
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281
o.
TjIsts ok IjOYALISTS.
I77H. A list ol' t;{() luuiK^s ol' moil in the township of Uuntinjj;-
ton wlio took th(? oath of loyalty and peaceable! behaviour to the
British Government before (Jovornor Tryon in 1778. Anioiig
them are found — Austin .larvis, lehabod Jarvis, Henry Jarvis,
Philip Jarvis, John Jarvis, Eliplmlet Jarvis, Daniel Jarvis, Abra-
ham Jarvis, Ro})ert Jarvis, Nathaniel .Jarvis, Jonathan Jarvis,
Jos(!pli Jarvis.
Certified by Wm. Tryon, M. CI. and (Jov.
Province of New York.
To be recorded in the office of the County (\)urt Clerk for
Suffolk County,
Wni. Tryon, (Jov.
To Messrs Ireland and ^'oung•s,
Huntington township.
1778. Tn an additional list who took the oath of allegiance and
peaceable behaviour before John Hewh^tt Kscp- Justice of tlu^
Peace, as certilieil by him to his K.xcellency Gov. Tryon, a list of
! 19 names. Among which are found Philip Jarvis aged 57,
B\'irmer, Huntington. Samuel Jarvis aged 51, Cordwainer, Hunt-
ington. Moses Jarvis, aged 28, Cordwainer, Huntington.
I hereby certify the I H) persons named in the foregoing list took
the oath of allegiance and peaceable behaviour to the British Gov-
or-..iient before me Justice, John Hewlett as certified l)y him to me,
Wm. Tryon, Governor &c.
This additional list of names in Huntington Townshi]» to bt;
recorded in the office of the County CJourt.
;;!erk for Suffolk County— 1778.
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CoNt'lSt'ATION 1)KI-:I» ok PkoI'EUTV ok i>KN.(AMlN JaKVIS, NoK-
WALK, Or-v. ;>, 1781}.
Know all men by these presents, that whereas the Estate both
real and [xM'sonal of H(>njamin Jarvis fornu'rly of Norwalk, in the
County of Fairfield ana State ol Connecticut, who has gone over
to, and joined himself with thci enemies of the United States of
America, luitli by law been adjudged and declared forfeit to this
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State 1111(1 Ix'cii procccdcil with iU'Cdnliii^' to tlic laws ot tlii.s Stutc
in such (^ascs niado and provided and whereas the Debts and
Charges allowed against the Kstate of the said Henjaniin Jarvis
surmount the Movabhi Kstato the sum of .K15 10 lawful money,
the Court of Pi'obate for th(* district of I'^airfield, authorized
directed and impowered Sanuiel Cruman of said Norwalk 7\(lm''
of said Estate to sell and dispose of so much of the r(>al estate as
shall be sufficient to pay and disc^luirge the said sum of £7') 10
and the incident (charges arising on said sale. Now know ye that
1 th»^ said Samuel fJniman Adm"" as aforesaid by force and virtue
of th(* power and authority given by said ('ourt of Probate, and
for and in consideration of the sum of eighteen pounds lawful
money received of Nathanic;! Benedict .lun' of Norwalk aforesaid
for the purpose of paying said Debts &c. Do give, grant, bargain,
sell and confiini unto him the said Nathaniel BejuMlir-t .Fmi' his
heirs and nssigns forever, the one half part of a certam piece of
land lying in said Norwalk, situate on th(! West side of the river,
it being his former homestead land, the whole containing al)Out two
acres and bound East by the County road, North and West by
highway. South by the said Nathaniel Henedits home lot and Jolni
S(>ymore's land, together with the appurtenances thereof. To have
and to hold the nbove gniiited an<l bargained premises with the
appurtenances thereof unto him the said Nathaniel Hcne(lict Juii'
his heirs and assigns forever to his and their own propei- use and
behoof without any reserve oi' condition and as amply and fully
as the Gov"" and Comj)atiy of said State held the sanu\ In witness
wh(Meof I have henMinto set my hand and seal this ;?Otli day of
October Anno Domini 1 7S;].
Samuel (Jruniaii ^^'^ —
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
In presence of
Fsrael Judson
Sarah (irunian
Seal.
< )n the above date person-
al ly appeared Samuel Cruman, the
sigiHM' and sealer of the foregoing
Instrument and acknowledged the
same to be iiis free act and deed.
Before me,
Elii)halet Lockwood,
Justice of the I'eace.
A true copy of the original deed rec"' to Record Dec. 4, 1783.
• per me Sam' (auman Reg''.
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Petition of tiik Inhabitants of Huntinoton, \i. I., 17s;{.
'J'o liis p]xcelleiicy Robert Digby, Hoar Admiral of tlio Red and
Conimandor in Chief &,c &c.
The Memorial of tlui iidiabitaiits of Iluntiiigton on Long Island,
llnml)ly slioweth, That your Mc'moralists an? still losers, in sup-
plying his Majesty's armed vessels in this Bay, with fresh Beef,
and that your Kxcelhuiey may remeniluir a former memorial that
we were th(5 greatest losers at tliis season last year, and we woidd
observe! to your Excellency that we have always supplied the
shipping with fn^sli lieef at your own price witliout a contract.
Also that th(U'e is not a sufliciency conuiS from the other shore; to
supply the Tnjops in Town, and that Beef is \ and J per lb.
Therefore TJeg your Excellency woidd take the matter into con-
sideration, and tliat he would \h'. pleased to (!ontract or allow us
a price, accordingly. And as in Uuty bound will ever Pray.
Signed ~l)y the I'n^sident, Thomas J ax' vis.
Huntington March Hi, 178:{.
Sent by Natlianitil Williams
To His Excellency
Robert Digby Esqr.,
Rear Admii'al of the Red,
And Commander in Chiijf &c &c kc.
R.
■pon-
tile
.i:ig
he
"Cd.
183.
Pktition to (iov. (jIeo. Clinton, 1783.
To His Excdleiicfi *
Gj:o. Clinton, Ksyu., (Iui\, (fv., of
the State nf New York.
We, the Subscribers, being desired by as large a number of the
princi[tal inhabitants, as the time will admit of. of Huntington,
Sniithtowii, and Brookhaveii, to congratulate your Excelleiuiy on
a return of peace and the Independence of the United State.^ of
America, and to express tlu; dangerous situation this ('ountry is in
for want of regulation and Law, as we have been, and still are,
Hi
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;i1i
'
till* moat exposed to Dej^i't'datiou iuid plunder ot luiy ( bounty in
the State under your KxcelliMu^v s ( iov(!rnnient, l)y reason of our
insidar situation, and Inive now two Robbers in irons, which w(^
know not wliat to do with; to prevent wiiicii we would Inunhly
\h'^ your Kx(!ell(!ncy's interposition. And that we niij^ht he
indulged, it' it cnn \m conveniently done, in the inestinuibhi privi-
h%(i ol' a vote in th(* approaching' election.
We would likewise b(^g your Kxcellencry's atiiMition to a safe
restoration ui)oii a surrendering of the Archives and Records of
the County. We could heartily wish for, and do not in the hnist
doubt of the cheerful concurrence of every Town in the County,
would time axhnit of taking tlie sense and wishes of this extinisive
County. We with pleasure* subscribe your Excellency's Devoted
Friends,
.lOlTX WICKS.
THOMAS JAPtN'lS,
\ NATHAN I Eli VVOODlITILh,
I AUSTi:: ROE,
PIIILETUS SMITH,
CALER SMITH.
I" or Huntington,
For Rrookhaven,
For Sniitlitown,
s.
Lettek FROM Rev. Ahuamam .Iai{V!s to Rev. Sam'l rKTF^us.
MiDui-KTowN, April Ith, 17'.)(!.
Rev. & dear Sir —
Your last favor of Oct. 1st, 179.'), 1 have had by me for a con-
siderable time. T could without loss of timi* have given you my
sentiments of the Canon referred to in your hotter, as it may
respect ycm. I thought it might I'ondcr what I should .say the
more satisfactory, if 1 took the opinion of others. 1 accordingly
wrote to Bishop Seabury, and wished his sentiments, that my
answer to you might contain his, and what you might understand
to be the general sentiment of the Clergy in Connecticut. Rut
alas! on the sanu* wecsk I wrote, he ended all his mortal cares and
2)ainful labors. On Thursday evening, Febiniary 'i5th, he suddenly
expired ; to all apptjirancH! perfectly well, he walked with his
daughter Ivlaria to Mr. Saltoiistall's; when there, complained of an
extreme pain in his stomach & bi-east, and expired forty minutes
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after. he entered tlio house. IJy his th-atli, we liave sulTered ii Idss
to the Churcli, perhaps irreparabh). He was justly coiisichM'ed as
a iiuui of siiififuiar al)ilities, universally admired in the pulpil, his
method of il(*liv(!rv ever ^ravt^ and eommaiidin<;, his discourses, hy
the best judfi;es, were estecMued unconuiionly solid, (dear & int(M'-
esting. As a l»ishop, lu^ eoutluctt'd with m;reat prudence, liUed his
office with dif.';tiity, and lived in perfect harmony wi*,h the Clergy.
Such t|ualities &, beluiviour failed not closely to attach the Clergy
to him, and to secure the reverence anil alfectiiJii of tlu^ Churirh at
large, Ihroiighout the dioces(\ What (HTect his ih'ath will have
ii|)oii tile (;huri;h, what will l)e done, time must rc^veal. Bishop
Seabury was a man who thought and spok(!! for himself. What
he spoke, he thought. N'ou may l)e sure when Ik^ said lie knew
of MO obstn.cl(! to your being coiisecrated in America, he fully
lK!li(!ved then; was none. My being personally known, I couc(Mve
the Canon means such full information of the chai-acter and repu.
tution of the person as to enable those who subscrilie to the testi-
monial to (h) it with integrity and conticlence that he is qualitied
and lit for the office! for which he is recommended, liesidence is
not mentioned, tliorefore not required as a condition. Your con-
tinued communication and corresjiondence with your friend and
Brethren in these parts will not admit the words ''for three years
last past" to be made use of against you. To a number of tliA
Clergy and mon^ of the Laity, still living, you are personally known
in the most comprehensive sense* the word is oi'iginally used. As
a native and a citizen, you hold property in tlie State, and may,
whenever you |)l(!ase, return and occupy it. You cannot tluMvlore
be considereul as a foreigner. Mr. Jay must have formed ids
opinion of the Canon and general convention from some Reporttn*,
not from his own reading. Tiuiii 1 think any one may see, who
will r(,!ad what 1 thought is absurdly called the Constitution of the
I'l'ot.estaiit Episco])al Churedi. In that Instrument the Church is
considennl by .states. No State can be represented, nor liave any
voice in the (Jeneral Convention, without having acceded to and
subscribed that Instrument. Actual subscription, then, limits the
Convention, and detertiiines how far it is general; it also deter-
mines what churches are bound by the Cano'i. 1 know not that
the Bishops are laid under any disti'aint in respect to their Conse-
crating a Bishop for a State not in the Union. Tlu!y being at
liberty to act discretionary in that case, all that they couUl be
obliged to, or could properly require would l)e that the testimonials
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!■
pi
V")
r ill
shoultl ho iu iminncr ami ft»riii jih prcHcribod by tho ('anon. VVIiut.
you relate of Hishop Provost and Dr. Hcac^li, I hoard sonictliinf^ of
last June, at New York, Irniii hr. licaniin^'. I nuMitioiiod it to
Dr. Beach; h<! said hi! know ol" no such Canon (none, I Hiipptwo,
that would admit of sucli a sons(\ or ov(Ui ho wordod); ho tlicn
aHsun'(i nic tiiat ho liad novcr wiitton a8yUal)lo to tlio Arch-hiHhop
of Catitorhury upon any hucIi businoas and did not beliovo Hishop
Provost had; and further, tliat lic^ hnd never convcsrsod wilh the
Bishop about you. I only replied thai something' of Ihut t(>noi'
must have appeared tluMi from somebody, or you would not have
written in that numner, mid e.\pres.sed my surpri.se. At that time
i inquired of your son Hirdsciye, wlio told nu- he did not think a
letter would tin<l you in London, as he suppo.sod, if you won* not
on your passaj^o (o America then, that y<Mi soon would Ik*. What
you speak of as havin^j; passed at Ijandieth, 1 am to sup[)oso was
not lunirsay. Hut I oliscu-ve you name Dr. Jewel* for your author-
ity as to nuuiy thinf;vs you say of Dr. iJc^acli. 'I'hat fj;entleman left
America with a mind very unfriendly to Dr. Beach. I low far
j»or8onal resiMitment may have carried him. and what allowances
are to l)o made in respi'ct of what is said und(U' the; circumstances,
f leave with you to jud^'o. I \iikv leave to observe that in th(> lat-
ter part of youi' letter tlmro an; some expressions foi' \\\t\ nuuining
iff which, con.sidered as y<jurs, I am at a loss — say " Epi.scopac}- in
Now Kngland, against the hieran-hy in tho South." By tho former,
do you m(?an the nonsense of Presbyterian Kpiscopacy in opposi-
tion to the true Episc(»pal hierarchy? if not, why thti distinction
between Epis(V)pa(!y and hierarchy? I)o you not know that the
(Jonvontion at i'hiladolphia, iu 1789, deidared uneiiuivocally their
l)oliof in the validity of the Connoctitnit Episcopacy, and formed
the union of Eastern antl Southern Ohurclies upon one Episco[)ato ?
Episcopacy is an hi-'rarchy. Vou mention Dr. Styles; has he.
sincf he madc^ his (!xit from Ikmico, made you a visit, and convei-t.od
you to the faith of Episcopa y without a hierarchy? Even Styles,
if he is sulfered to converse with tlu; renowned lathers of the
Church, I trust even then, knows better. As little to my under-
standing do you speak in saying, when you ad(jpt a hierarchy —
farewell Episcopacy, and woIcouk; to ituinarchy and popery, twin
sisters, &c. What could Dr. Styh^s have said more ! Whither are
you got ? into what are you transformed ? a sour re])ublican and
Presbyterian ? Monarchy and Popery are not twin sisters, nor yet
*Or Sinitii.
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l.roll
MM's, fur the (inc is ('crtaiiilv iiiiicli olucr lliuii the o
llicr.
;)si-
loll
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lie ?
lu',
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tilt'
,1.T-
ly —
will
i- arr
and
I- yet
Let l'o|M'rv Im' 11 liiiiitliiifz; of I'aiidoni'H liox. Ynt I cannot think
tho King of Sal»Mii iiiid I'riost of tlic most liij^li (^lod «w»'r run in
swell ii l)o.\. while I rcnioinbci' so anci(Mit a inonunumt of monarchy
and pri(!S^hood, and consider thiit his Antitype, tlie Captain of our
Salvation, is also a Monarch and Ili^h Priest, and that h(^ acknowl-
e<lfred the authority of both I'ilate and Cesar to 1k> from Heaven.
I cannot feel myself disposed to think so hatefully or apeak so
reproaclifully of eidier ol these diji;nilaries, lest I should rail
against Cod. If you court no a<'(|U!iiiilatice with an hierarchy,
why have you ever thought of being a Mishop ? There are thos(5
among us who think you liav(^ not had llie geiu'rous treatment
they wish you to luive met with,— but you will allow me to say I
am sorry to (iiid that disappointiiieiit, and your ideas of iiialtreat-
lueiit, should cloud your iiiiinl with so dark and violent a resent-
ment as to causes a language to fall from your pen whicli may bo
grateful to tlie dissenters and iiilidels, but to the real friends of
Kpiscopacy and the Ciiurch, can give no pleasure. I thank
r)r. Mosely for liis friendly remembrance* of me. and beg you to
Mr. J
arvis
give him my coiiipliiiieiits ami liearly good wishes
r(!(|uests your ac<-e|)laii<'e of his most friendly compliiiKnit*? and
wislies to see you once more at our own, littl<* parsonage in Mid-
dletowu. Whether we shall enjoy that pleasure, diod knoweth.
However you may determine, and (!od may order, the same
friendly .sentiments and benevolent wishes 1 have ever entertained
towards you shall al)ide with 'ue. In confidence that you will not
doubt this, 1 trust- you will continue to l»eli(*ve me, though unavail-
ing, your real friend and lirother,
ABRAHAM JAH\1S.
Rkv. Sami'kl I'ktkhs.
TlIK iiOVAMSTS.
h'.i/r<icf frmii "L<issiiif/'s /<)'</i/-/ii)o/i- o/' llic iliTulrtlinn," \ttl. ,.\ /i. <!67.
"The Loyalists of the Revolution were of two kinds, active and
l^assive, and these were again divided into two classes each, the
mercenary and the honest. We have elsewhere ob.served that
when the Declaration of Independence was promulgated, many
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influential men who were fully alive to the importance of demand-
ing from Great Britain a redress of existing and increasing griev-
RKCEPTION OF THE AMEUICAN LOYALISTS IN ENGLAND.
[From Lossiiig's "Field-Book of the Revohitioii."*|
* This is from an nllegorical picture hy Benjamin West. Religion and
Justice are seen extending the mantle of Britauni.i. while she herscdf is
holding out her arm and shield to receive the Loyalists. Under the shield
Is the crown of Great Britain, siuToinidi'd by Loyalists. The group has
representatives of the Law, the Church, and Government, with other peo-
ple. An In<lian ("Mef extends ime hand tow mis Britannia, and with tlie
other points lo widows and orphans, rendered so hy the war. In a eloutl
near lleligion and Justice, are seen the Genii of Great Britain and America,
in an opening glory, l)inding up the broken. />?.•*('<','« of the two countries, as
emblematic of the treaty of peace. At the head of the Loyalists, with a
large wig, is seen Sir William Pepperrell, one of their most ctHcient
friends iii JCngland, and iinnu'diately behind him, with a scroll in his
hand, is (Jovcrnor ^Vllliam Franklin of New Jersey, son oi Dr. Franklin,
who remained loyal unti' the last. The two ligures on tiu; right are Mr.
West and his wife, both natives of Pennsylvania.
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and-
riev-
on and
rt<i'lf is
shield
nip hiiH
icr peo-
vith the;
a cloud
iiu'rica.
trii's, as
with a
crticicnt
in his
nmklin,
an; Mr.
ances, were not prepared to renounce all allegiance, and they
adhered to the interests of the crown. These formed a lai'ge class
in every rank in society, and, being actuated by conscientious
motives, command our thoi'ough respect. Many of these took up
arms for the King, remained loyal throughout the contest, and
suffered severely in exile when the contest was ended. Others,
for purposes of gain, and some to indulge in plunder and rapine
under legal sanction, were active against the patriots, and theii*
crimes were charged upon the whole body of the Loyalists. The
fiercest animosities were engendered, and common justice was
dethroned. The Whigs, who suffered dreadfully at the hands of
the marauding Tories, hated the very name of Tioyalist, and,
through the instrumentality of confiscation acts and other meas-
ures, the innocent were often punished for the crimes of the
guilty. Hut when peace came, and animosities subsided, justice
boi-e sway, and much property was restored."
u.
Nelson .Tarvis Waterbury.
By Hon. John L. O' Sullivan, Late Minister of the United States to
Portugal.
The writer of the present sketch has accepted with cordial
pleasure the invitation to prepare it, addressed to him by the
compiler of this volume. No member of the widely extended
and honorable family to which, on the mother's side, Mr. Water-
bury belongs, can fill a fairer page in the record of its annals. 1
have known him intimately from his early youth upward, alike in
his private, political, and professional life, and, though not always
concurring witli him in his political action, know him to be one
of the most pure and conscientious, of the. most generous and high-
minded, of the most patriotic and devoted, as well as one of thc^
ablest, of the limited number of men who constitute now the
front rank of the legal profession of New York. If friendship
should seem to warm any of the colors of this slight porti*ait
sketch, its lines are traced with the pen of truth and justice alone.
Distrustful of my competence to judge him properly in the special
aspect in which "he is to be viewed, as a lawyer, from having been
absent from the country during the greater part of that period
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290
APPKNDIX L*.
which has witnessed liis rise to his present distinction at the Bar,
I have addressed myself to several of its most eminent members
who have had the best opportunity of observing him, both from
the bench and on the level ground of association in practice,
whether on the same or on opposite sides of the intellectual con-
tests of that noble profession, for thek experience and judgment
of Mr. Waterbury; and it is their portraiture of him which in
these lines T only reflect and report. And I confess to have been
strongly impressed, most agreeablv, at the warmth and force of
language witli which, with substantial unanimity, so many men by
whom to be praised is praise indeed, exprcissed themselves in
regard to Mr. Waterbury as a lawyer.
"Mr. Waterbury is one of the ablest men at the Bar," was the
language of one, himself second to none; "and there is probably
not one in ten who wins as large a proportion of the cases he
undertakes. If he had devoted himself solely to the profession
and left politics alone, which only cost him money instead of
gaining it, and if he had been somewhat less generous, he would
by this time have made a large fortune "
"Mr. Waterbury is a great man," said another; "though it is
not everybody who knows it." "And among those wlio do not
know it," r replied, "is himself." He continued, "Waterbury
has remarkable promptness, activity, imagination, resource, and
boldness. He has unflinching nerve and is fearless as a lion. For
the j)]anning and direction of a campaign he has no superior.
And while lie takes tlie broadest views, he neglects no detail. He
has often been the inspiring soul of movements of which others
have had the chief credit."
"The important legal office of District Attorney of New York,"
said another, " has never been filled more ably, uprightly, houtir-
ably, and satisfactorily than it was by Mr. Wfiterbury. Nor is
there any position to which he is not equal."
There was a genern- concurrence in recognizing that among the
elements of his success there shone conspicuously his perfect fair-
ness, his evident conscientiousness. Judges and juries alike felt
this. Before he pleaded his case, it had undergone trial in the
forum of his own conscience. He pi'obably would not sur^ceed
well in a case of whose honest merits he should himself have mis-
givings, though 1 doubt whether Mr. Waterbury 3ould ever be
found the advocate of any such cause. .
Thoroughly satisfied of its justice, of its rightfulness, he becomes
APPENDIX IT.
291
'or
I or.
lie
UTS
;iir-
folt
tlie
ceed
mis-
be
then filled with a devoted zeal for its success. His special faculty
and power of organization enable him to coordinate all the ele-
ments and means of success in the most logical sequence and
method. In such preparation he spares no labor. He has an
int(?nse love of justice. As a public prosecutor, recognizing its
enforcement to be indispensable to the peace and order of such a
comnmnity as that of New York, he was inflexible and indefati-
gable in the discharge of what he felt to be a high moral duty,
from which not all his real tenderness of heart would make him
swerve, while at the same time he never strained justice into
cruelty, nor the power of the law into oppression. Every syllable
was true in the following solenm pasfjage from a speech of his on
a trial in which he had to prosecute the author of two atrocious
mxirders mentioned further on, which, if they had passed unpun-
ished, would have placed in constant jeopardy the life of every
peaceful citizen walking the brown-stone-fronted avenues of New
York:
" If I know my own self, I would do no wrong to any njan. I
never kjiew any motive of benefit, nor any impulse of feeling,
which could induce me deliberately to injure a single being in all
the world; and T certainly could not wilfully oppress a person
accused of criirie, in regard to whom 1 am liound by a solemn
oath, the obligations of which not only rocpxire me to conduct the
prosecutions of the State, but also to make sure that, by my action,
no injustice is done to any man. Standing in the position in which
r do, if by any act of mine, any intentional act of mine, a man
was convicted who was really innocent of an offense which involved
his life, 1 would be, gentlemen, in the sight of God and man as
l)lack and as depraved in heart as he who took the lives of those
two men in reference to whose death we are now examining. I
trust that I have not, in all this prosecution, exceeded what justice
would pcM'mit, and I believe 1 have done nothing more than duty
absolutely required."
On one occasion, after Janies T. Brady, the greatest advocate in
criminal cases of the New York Bar, had made an addres" which
seemed to carry away all the feelings of the jury on a wave of sym-
pathy for the family of his cliont, the accused defendant, and after
the District Attorney had followed in reply, Brady said that Mr.
Water bury's speech was the best he had ever heard in court, and
that though he had at first thought he had captured the hearts of
the jury, Waterbury had taken them all away from him by his
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I
counter presentation of the wrongs and sufferings of other innocent
families, caused by such acts as his client was Ijeing tried for. I
mention this circumstance to illustrate what was the truth, that
the zeal for jmlice, which was the mainspring of Mr. Waterlniry's
action, was not a mere stern and cold logical appreciation of an
abstraction, but had its source in a deep and genuine feeling of
synipathy for the human sufferings of those who are the innocent
victims of crime and wrong-doing.
While a very modest, not to say diffident man, Mr. Water})ury
had a properly high sense of the dignity, as well as of the moral
duties of the office of District Attorney, to which he had been
elected by the confidence of the people, ratifying the judgment of
the more intimate friends who had proposed him for it. On one
occasion he had sent a suhpama to (yommodore Vanderbilt, that great
power in the State, who recently died, leaving an estate of a hund-
red millions of dollars, who was then the owner of the I'acilic Mail
Steamship line, requiring the attendance of a witness to prove an
indispensable point in a case he was prosecuting, with a memoran-
dum of the point to be proved, for which the testimony of one of
his employees would suffice. The great money potentate took no
notice of it, nor sent any witness. When the case was called Mr.
WatQrbury quietly proceeded with the trial, but he took out an
attachment, and sent down an officer to arrest the person who had
dared to disobey a subpoena. In half an hour the Commodore
sailed majestically into the court-room, attended by a retiiiue of
about a dozen lawyers and friends. The effect was highly sensa
tional. The required testimony was furnished, and the accused
person was convicted. The i^omniodore was not a little astonished
to find himself arrested for the first and only time in his life. But
he afterwards had no ill-will for it, while he understood better than
before the duty of every citizen to obey the lawful process of
the courts. On another occasion, a bank functionary had to be
l)i-osecuted in a case deemed very ii' nortant, and a committee of
l)ank presidents had, by way of securing the very highest legal
talent for the prosecution, requested Mr. Waterbury, who was a
young man, to allow the prosecution to be conducted by Charles
O'Conor, and other counsel employed by the bank. Mr. Water-
bury said that he made no pretensions to rank professionally with
Mr. O'Conor, and should be glad and grateful for his powerful
aid in the management of the case, the argumentation on the admis-
sion of evidence, etc., but that he could not abdicate his duties
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APPKNDIX U.
293
and responsibilities; while he thought also that the piiblic officer,
acting and speaking from the point of view of the public interests,
might have a certain weight with the jury difTerent from that of
any private counsel, even thougli so able and eminent as Mr.
()'(!onor. He accepted the cooperation proposed, but said the linal
submission to the jury by the people would be by himself. It
hap[)ene(l that at the time of the trial Mr. Waterbury was quite ill,
and did not attcmd any day until an hour or two after the opening
of the court. He sat leaning against the wood-work of tli(^ raised
platform where presided the court, a nw.rc. listener to the evidence,
until the testimony was closed on both sides. The court-room was
crowded to its utmost canacity, with spectators attracted by the
forensic duel between two such advocates as Charles ( )'Conor and
James T. Brady. When the latt"r had (inished his address for the
prisoner, Mr. Waterbury, feeling strongly the pressure of duty,
notwithstanding his feeble physical condition at .such a trying mo-
ment, but having his own clear views of the aspects in which the
case should be presented on behalf of the people, walked round to
his accustomed seat, took off the wrappings which his illness had
caus<!(l him to wear, and, without a note of any kind to refresh his
memory, commenced his addi-ess to the jury, which lasted a couple
of liours. He then, with g* "eful recognition of his great eminence,
offered to yield to Mr. O'Conor, if he had omitted or inadequately
presented any points which ought to be further argued. Mr.
(TConor replied that there was nothing more to be said, nor could
the ai'gument have been better presented. He suggested oidy a
single minor point which had been omitted, and which he begged
Mr. Waterbury to state, as he had set forth all the rest. This was
done, and the case was won, and with it Mr. Waterbury won also
the liighest respect and esteem of the whole crowded court-room,
l>ench, bar, and sp(>ctators.
In thus speaking of the legal ability and high moral elevation o^
character exhibited by Mr. Waterbury in his discharge of the im-
portant office of the public prosecutor of the City of New York, I
have been led to anticipate dates, since it was not until 1858 that
he was elected to that position, as will ap{)ear below in the proper
chronological order.
Mr. Waterbury 's capacity and character were early appreciated
by observant men. His law studies had beim pursued in the office
of Messrs. Wells & Van Wagenen, a firm now pass(^d away without
succession, but then held in high esteem by the substantial men of
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:
the city. He was aomitted to the Bar m attornoy, bytho Supreme
Court, tlicn consisting of three judges. Samuel Ncslson beiri'!; (/liief
Justice. Wliile in Albany, where tlu! court sat in IH4.^), to obtain
his license as counsellor, his name was erroneously, and witliout his
knowledge, included for Justice of the Marine Court, in a |)ub-
lished list of candidates for the various oflices, a large number,
then to be filled by the Governor, Sila^ Wright. On his return
home, just admitted as (lounsellor, he was constantly nsked if he
was going to be appointed. His reply that lu; was not a can-
didate did not stop the course of •events, for several gentlemen vol-
untarily wrote to the Governor, recommending the appointment,
and Governor Wright, having had personal opportunity of observ-
ing the capacity and usefulness of this young lawyei", gav(* to the
suggestion his cordial approval.
Mr. Waterbury was thus suddenly elevated immediately after
his admission as counsellor to the Bench of a court which had Ix^en
graced by many distinguished lawyers (among the number, .lohn
Wells and Samuel Jones), while still so youthful as to appear a
mere boy. The title of judge seemed oddly fitted to that long and
slender youth, with small, beardless, and colorless (acv, blue; eyes,
very light hair, and no breadth of chest and shoulders to speak of,
always suggestive of the idea of feeble health, yet he made one of
the best, most respected, and useful judges that had ever presided
in that popular court, which was one of real importance, though of
minor jurisdiction.
The truth is, that the judicial character of his »nind, his analyt-
ical lo!j;iral power, his quickness of apprehension, and conscientious
good judgment, singularly qualified him for the position. But he
did not hold it more than four years.
In 1848, one of the most remarkable politictal contests ever
known in the Str-.te of New York was fought to the bitter end.
Silas Wright (who had refused to accept the Presidential nomina-
tion tendered to him at Baltimore in 1844, but who had consented
to accept that of Governor in order to strengthen the D(*mocratic-
party in the Polk and Clay campaign of that year) had been defeated
for re-election in 1846, through the hostility of the wing of the
party called the "Hunkers," by a small majority, though the Dem-
ocratic candidate for Lieutenant-Governor was elected. The sud-
den death of Silas Wright a few months afterwards aroused the
most intense hosiility on the part of his friends against those whom
they regarded as "the murderers of Silas Wright." At the Balti-
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niore Convention of 1844, Mr. Van Huron's renomination had been
defoatod by the opposition of the same faction, wlio aimed at the
nomination of (Jenoral (^ass, thouf?li after they saw the vehemence
of resentment tlicy hail awakened, fearing the hjss of th(! Presi-
dential election, they offered the nomination to Mr. Wright, which
he refused, and the compromise result was the nomination of the
comparativtily second-rate man, Polk of Tennessee.
Nevertln;less, Mr. Wriglit consented to accept tlu? (irovernorship
of New York, as the iiKuins of saving the State and the election to
the Democratic party, with Polk for its ['residential candidate.
The old enemies of Van Buren still strove for the nomination of
Cass in 1848, and it was for the purj)ose of killing off Gov. Wright
for 1848, that they defeated his re-election for (Jovernor in 184(i,
which was soon followed by his death, as aliove mentioned. Siias
Wright was rcganled by the young men as the ('ato of the Democ-
racy, or, lik(^ Brutus, as the "noblest Roman of them all." They
would tolerate no association with those at whose door they laid
"the deep damnation of Ins taking off." Cass was again and still
tlie candidate of thes(^ latter, and the; unforgiving, friends of Silas
Wright in his grave, preferred any and all consequences rather
than the triiuiiph of Cass and the Hunkers. The fascinating influ-
ence and brilliant eloquence of John V^an Buren fed the flame of
this superheated pai'ty feeling. To defeat at all hazards them
and ('ass, for whom personally they entertained a profound con-
tempt, was their aim and i)assi()nate resolve. The result was the
strange nnd unnatural coalition which was represented by the
nomination of Van Buren and Adams on the " Buffalo platfoi'm."
SubseqiiLMit history has proven (in my opinion) that this was a
grievous mistake, though it had its origin in natural and generous
emotions. The result was that Cass was utterly defeated, Taylor
being, in the State of Nmv Vork, first. Van Buren second, and Cass
third. The Whigs swept the State and the country. Mr. Watei'-
bury was second to none in his participation in the general feeling
and action of the young Democrats of New York, nicknamed the
" Harnburnert'.."' Th»^ election of Taylor for a single term was. to
them, a minor evil in comparison with what they would have
regarded as the abomination of Cass under those circumstances.
Silas Wright was at least avenged.
To Mr. Waterbury, ont^ immediate consequence was the loss of
his position on the bench. The Whigs, in full possession of the
State, and eager to posse.ss all the offices, vacated his seat by
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reducing the term of the incumbent judges, and Mr. Watorbury
contentedly returned to th(! private practice of liis profewsidu.
This Now York " HarnburnerH " revolt in tin* Dtunocratic party,
in 18'I8, was a purely local and temporary (ipisode. Tim two
divisions of the party in New York soon came togetlu^r again l)y
natural gmvitation, and the result was seen in 185*2, in the ovor-
wluOining majority by which Tierce, a mere brigadi(M'-general in
the Mexican war, was elected ov(U' (Jenc'ral Scott, its brilliant and
pojiular comniander-in-chief. Mr. Wat('rl)ury approved tlKvClay
compromise nu^asures of 1850, and has never since* separated from
the National party.
After his retirement, in 1840, from his four years of service on
the bench of the Marine Court, Judge Waterbury pursued the
modest carec^r of a young lawyer with a practice* yet to makct, and
with (jualifications for success, and the achievenmnt of distinction
more solid than showy. And if he was thus legitimately wedded
to Themis, she was far from possessing his whole heart. Anothei-
passion divided it and led him often into truancy from his law
office — that of politics. A full-blooded American, an earne.'it
patriot, an ingrained Democrat full of sincere faith in the people,
thoroughly ind)ued with the spirit of what may be termed the
Jacksonian era, imbibcKl by him from association with that pure
and noble set of men of whom, in New York, Van Buren, Wright,
Young, Flagg, Michael HolTnian, and others were the chiefs (his
intimate friend, Tilden, being anotlier high pupil of the same sj)l('n
did school), a born organizer, and of that temper of character whicli
made disinteret>'-ed zeal and indefatigable work for the promotion
of what was to him right and duty a very law of his nature, a
necessity of his very conscience, the pale and slender young num
who, though nearly six feet, weiglied less than l.'H) i)()unds {\\e, ciin
now boast his 180), soon came to occupy quite an unique* position
among the leading men of his party. His politics were a sort of
religion to him, and a i-eligion of work as well as of words. lie
had the confidence of their inmost circle, and was always found of
excellent counsel. He was of most useful private benefit to the
Democratic press. Possessing a remarkable; niemoiy, attentive to
details as well as to generalities, and fond of statistics, he was
familiar with the figures of the past votes, not merely of .States
and cities, but of counties and wat'ds, and not alone of his own
State, but of the principal States of the Union; so that in electiem
times, when returns would come in much more slowly and scat-
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tcriiijily tliHii in thcao niodcrii days of »iUH!tririty, Im wuh iiivHliiablo
ill holpiiig to th(! earli<!8t judffriienis of tlio rHsults. TIk^ taMcs of
compurativc returns wliicli, at such jM'rioils, \v(^r(^ tho nioist imporl-
ant and inton'stin>ij reading in tlio cohmins of the Icadiiijj; Dcnio-
(•rali<- papers, were always sun* to have pniC(H'(h'd from his accuriitc
iiiid indofatij^ahl(> pencil, t() which they were a lalior of lovo. And
in the city of his own rosidenro, N(!W N'ork, lui always took an
active and always most s(«rviceable part, orf^aiiizat ion lieiii^ at oiu-e
his Jhrte and d<'li^ht. At the; same tiiM(^ he wiis seldom one of
the sp«uikers at public, meetings; not or.ly did he not possess the
nvpiisite power of Iwiif^s and voi(!e, hut his style, though easy and
(excellent in the ])rose(;ution of a logical line of arj^ument to carry
conviction to the reason of a judge, anci the mingled reason and
heart of a jury, was not of the kind most effective with popular
assend)lages. Moreover, at such linns he was always too busy
otherwise — and after the victory often too much exhausted — for
that kind of political work. Hut many a time, when the hrilliant
popular t)rat()r would seem to carry oif si> laige a share of the
credit f o ■ tlu; victory achieved, Mr. Waleihury had really con-
trihuted ten times more of elTectivti though silent influence to tlie
result.
A sworn enemy to corruption and every form of dishonesty in
politics or in nuirals, and ever unrelenting to the old enenues of
Silas Wright (to this day tears have hevn seen to come to his (^yes
at that name), while ho ])ossessed tht* uidinuted conliilence and
esteem of all the leading men of his own wing of the Democratic
party, lie lu^came, of course, the object of a si)ecial animosity ami
dread to those of the other.
In 18r),'i, th<^ members of the Common Council of the city had
already becouM' po])ularly known as "the forty thieves ;" and the
jjegislatiire, upon the appliciitioii of a committee consisting of
Peter Cooper, llt^nry Cirinnell, James Hdorman, and otln'r leading
citizens of that high category, which had been organized for the
sole purpose of securing municipal reform, passed a series of
amendments to the city charter, to Ije siil)mitted to a popular vote
before taking effect. The election for this object was a special
one, and none of the politicalorgani/atioiis took any part in it.
The danger was, however, imminent that it would be controlled
>)y the members of the Common Council, the most influential poli-
ticians of their respective wards, and all interested in defeating
the proposed amendments. Only two weeks remained before the
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oloction, iind the Iric'iidH of reform found tlicMuselvoH in dan>^or of
d»'f<>at. .fud^c VVat<'rbiiry's ubility as an orj^ani/rr was well
known, Itiit. lie was not a mcndn'r of tlic roiiiniitfcd. Duncan ('.
I'cll, afUu'wiird liiciitonant < Jovcruor ol Kliodc Island, and (Ico. H.
Butler, a conlideiitial businoss associato of t.lm late A. T. Stewart,
wore sent to rofpiest him to prepare a plan for orj;!;ani/-in^; the briiif
cam])aign, and to direct it. Ho pr ptiy prepared a ])aper settini;'
forth a perfect plan tofirouse tluMlu.. and liiii;!,iiid ]iui)lic attention,
so as to siicure sncc<'ss at tiu^ election. 'Plie coniniittce unaniniousiy
and gratefully apj)rove(l Ins plan of organization and action, and
urged liim to assume the task of its execution. JTe linally con-
sented, on tlie condition tliat he should have the soUi management,
and sliould not liavci to (ronsult with any committee or other
autlunity whatever; to whi<*h the committee had tlu« good sense
to agree. When tlie caucus of the C'onimon Council l(!arne(l that
the cam[)aign was to be condu(!ted by him, they realized that any
attempt to defeat the anuMidmenta would be useless, and all opposi-
tion was abandoned. The reform mov(!ment was, however, organ-
ized with the most perfect and com])lete system, every detail being
arranged with the greatest care, and with such success that tlu;
anKUidnunits wei'e adopted by a majority of .'JO, 009 in a vot(! of
about ;U),000; quite a full vote for a cpiarter of a century ago.
About two years before this, in 18;")], the part of the city in
which Judge Watorbury n^sided was set ofT as a new ward, and
the Democrats selected him to re})resent it in the l?oard of Educa-
tion of the city ; a position always (^steennnl one of high honor.
He declined the nomination, but was nevertheless elected. He
could not be insensible to such an (expression of confidence, and
sucli an appeal to his philanthropy; and for nearly eleven consecu-
tive years scM'ved as a school o(li(;er, taking at once a leading part
in educational matters. ll(( brought to these lunv duties the same
spirit of zeal and thoroughgoingness which characterized his action
in all matters in which he saw duty to be performed and public
good to be accomplished. The service was wholly giatuitous, and
involved much labor, sacrifice of time, and ev(m some (expense.
At that period, and for years before, vehement controversy existed
between the Roman (yatholics, under the lead of th(Mr pri(!sthood,
and the powerful Public School Society, over the question of the
religious intluenco exerted upon the minds of the children by the
spirit and tone of school education. On the one side a Protestant-
izing influence was produced, or claimed to be produced, through
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the ruudiii^ of tlm liiblo in tho hcIiooIh and tho uso of books con-
taining or Hiig^(!Htiiig aiiti-('at}iolic idtuis. Tho Catholics (chiclly
Irish and Democratic in their party assocnations) not only nuide
snch complaints, Imt clainicd that an aflirnnitivc religions inllncncc
ougiit lo \)v. cxcitt'd in the conrsc' ul! early ctlncation; and tliey
wanted the existing public scliool system broken up, and specially
Catholic schools estal>lislied to work sido by side with the Vrotest-
ant ones, acicording to the prefer(Mic(;s of the parentc. There was
a great deal to lui r<>asonably urged on both sides of such a contro-
versy. Personally Mr. Waterbury was a. I'rotcHtant (Kpiscopaliari,
and strong for the "Apostolic succession "), and shari-il thegeiu'i'al
unwillingness of the community to seeing a sectarian disruption of
the groat common school system of New York. Hut he was at the
same time a i-(msonal)lo, just, and, above all, a i)ra(rtical man. In
the first year of his service he W)»s appointinl by the President of
the Hoard, the Hon. K. C. Pent^ilict, ui)on a conunittec^ to confer
with tlu! Publico Sirhool Soci(ity for the transfer of its .schools (ubout
equal in nundxT with those under tlus (jontrol of the Board of
Kducation) to the control of the latter body; and to his tact and
ability the accomplishment of that union was largcily due. As
chairmaji of the linance committee or of tlie committee on bydaws,
and as a mendier of other important committees, his labors were
constant and of great valuta The statutes of the State isolating to
the Board, and the by-laws of th(! Board, were constantly under
amendment by him, until linally nc^arly the whole of both bore the
impress of his :'(>vision. One signal triumph may bt; here specified
whicli mark(Hl his service! in the Hoard. Some of the schools, in
wanls with population almost entirely Roman Catholic, were not
opened with the reading of the Bible. Wlien the bitterly anti-
Irish and anti-Catholic party, which strangely gloried in the name
of "the Know-Nothings," ol)tained for one year coatrol of the
Board, a majority of the committee on by-laws reported a by-law
to comi)el such reading of the Hibh^ ; under such penalties that, if
the local officers failed to obey, the schools should be closed. 'IMie
proposed by-law had not been considered at any meeting of the
committee, so that no remonstrating nunority report could be heard
against it, but was embodied in a report signed by a nuxjority of
its members. Judge Waterbury, in the Board, asked that its con-
sideration should be postponed to enable him to subnut the views
of the minority. I'his fair and rightful request was refused,
and the by-law was passed by simple for(!c of nund)ers. At the
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next meeting (July, 185!)^ he submitted a minority report, which
also here the signature ol' the Hon. Wilham E. C'urtis, now chief
judge of the Superior Court of tlie city of New York, but the
Board refused to receive or print it. Judge Waterbury had it
printed at liis own expense as a pamplilet, and distributed to the
members, the newspapevs, and the pTibHc, and the result was that
the by-law at once became as dead as tliough a blank paper. Tt
was uttei'ly disregarded, and no attempt was ever made to enforce
it. Indeed, the subject was so completely dispose d of tliat in the
twenty years wliich have (ilapsed, {.Ithough the agitation of the same
question has disturl)ed other co.uiiiunitie.s, tlie city of New York
has remained entirely free from it. Some years afterwards, at the
last meeting of the Board attended by Judge Waterbury, and on
his proposition, a motion repealing the dead by-law was unani-
mously ado])ted. S])ace permits me to quote only the following,
which was the conclusion of the report ref(!rred to:
'•The undersigned, while tliey are thus decided in their op| -;i-
tion to th(^ polic}^ of compulsion, are also earnestly in favor of the
daily reading of the Bible in oiii' scliools. Tliey realize fully the
inestimable value of that sacred l>ook, in its influence upon the
formation of character, in its guidance of our daily lilt' and con-
duct, and in the ])r{>pai"ation which it affords to all who accept it
for the eternity Iteyond the grave. In their own Wnrds, where
their advocacy of the policy of the daily reading of the Hible is
proper and available, they have uniformly expressed these senti-
ments, and it is gratifying to them tliat the Bible is, and lias lieen,
read daily in every school in tJieir r(>sp('ctiv<' Wards, from the
organization of ( ach school to the present time. Yet they do not
deem it necessary or proper to seek o(!CHsion for the reiteration of
these sentiments, mi eh less (hi they believe that that sacred book
should be us(?(l as a sliibbol'-i^'v by a political or any other seculai'
interest. When I'cligioxis niatters are degraded from their high
and holy sphere to the uses of partisanship of any kind, it i> too
often found that those who are loudest in their professed advocacy
are not always, eitlier in their language or conduct, tlu* most con-
sistent with religious purity or principle. Without inqjuting any
such deficiency to their coih'agues in the Board who have supported
these by-laws, the undersigned have failed to observe anything in
*he ])r(went agitation denoting a iiigher pui'pose than they hav»^
above indicated; on the contrary, it set^ns to them to be clearly
imbued with the unworthy spirit of pcsrsonal and i)o]itical ends,
rather than with tlit^ peaceful and beiuivolent spirit of the (iospel
of (..iirist.
" While the un(l(>i-signed have ai'gU(,'d that the lioard possesses
no power to ado|)t the conq)uls;»ry By-[;aws, it is due to themselves
to declare that they would be averse to the policy of conqnUsKMi,
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even if the power to adopt it were undoubted. They are entirely
convinced of the wisdom and expediency of tlie rule which leaves
this matter to the action of each locality. There is no subject
whatever, notwithstandinfij the gentleness and nioileration of its
own principles, and tlu; brotherly love and charity which it incul-
cates, upon which numkiiid feel so keenly, or often manifest so
much asperity, as u[)on that of religion. It woi'ks its way onward,
not l)y reason of the occasional intoh^-ance and violence of its
advocates, but by its inherent beauty, wisdom, and power. They
do not beli(3ve that a sincere convert has evei- lieiui made to any
religious doctrine by outward compulsion, whether ecclesiastical,
niilitary, or political. It is not jjrobablc that any gr<>atcr success
will attend an attempt to force the daily reading of .tlie Hihle upon
the people of any locality, whatevtu- may be the motives that
prompt their opposition to its use; but, on the contrary, the
attempt is likely to arouse a more determined ri'sistance.
"In conclusion, because the Hoard has no authority whatever to
pass these By-Laws, because they uproot tlu' wis(; and beneficent
policy consistently pursued during the whole continuau'^e of the
existing school system; becausi; tlun'e is no nect'ssity for- tht;ir
adoption; because they are harsh, unjust, and oppressive in their
provisions; b(>cause they proceed u])on a basis of violenc(> and
force, hostile to the very spirit of the llible itself; and lu^cause
there is inmiiiu'nt danger that they will substitute for a state of
prosperity and peac^e, the issues of strife and dc^struction, the
ui ;lersigned wen^ and are opposed to tiieir ado|)tion, juid thev
believe that such opf)osition will (!ommend itself, not only to every
friend of the pi'inciples ujion whi<'li our civil institutions are based,
but also to all who [)ri/e and venerate tlie precious and immut-
■.Mo principles of the (Christian faith."
In tlie summer of 1853, the newly-appointed postmaster of New
York earne.stly solittited Judge Waterbury to accept the position
of assistant postmaster, for the special purpose of securing his
recognized al>ility as an organizer, for the establishment of an
improved system for the delivery of letters through(jiit th(> city:
offering to niak(> to the salary such addition, out of his own, as
would make it [troperly remunerative. With great reluctance
Judge Waterl)ury finally consented. Huch diversion of liis iitten-
tion and time from his profession wns invtsssarily dain;)ging to his
practice of the latter ; for the law is a jealous and exacting mistress.
I'robabiy the laboricms work to be done, for a good pul)lic service,
and in tlie element in which he took a certain intellectual delight,
exerted a fascination upon Judge Waterbury, which tempted him
into an unwise deviation from his proper \hw of professional life.
At that time the (hilivery was inadc^ by carriers who colh'cted a,
fee of two cents on each letter for their compensation. Some
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routes were worth over $2,()()() a y^nr, otliers under $500. Every
carrier liad to attcmd at the genei'al i)08t-otIice to receive his lettei"8,
tliough some routes were nearly five miles distant from it. Some
made three or four deliveries a day, to others oidy one was possible.
And tluM-e were a number of private establishments scattered
throughout the city, styling themselves "post-offices," and making
rival deliveries. Instead of such system as ought to work the postal
service of a great meti'opolis, there was chaos, and a chaos (!(|ually
absurd and injurious to the public acconimodiition. He first brok(*
up tlu' undue advantages of carriers on the dense business routes
by requiring half of the carriers' fees to be paid into a common
fund, and distributed on a plan by which the carri(!rs on routes
covering large areas received a larger sum per letter than those on
routes embraced within a circuit of a few huiulred feet. Having
thus secured the means of equalizing the delivery over the whole*
city, he also establislicd hundnuis of locked boxes at suitable places
throughout the city, from which letters wen; taken at stated hours
each day, by re^'ulai- collectors, fle next assailed the private post-
offices, as they were called, and at last, after a desperate resistance,
comp<>lle(l tln"in to discontinue tluMr illegitimate business. Thus,
step by step, he gradmdly, and with great tlifliculty — becaussj every
movement, strenuously resisted by those whose intenwts were nec-
essarily damaged by reform, had to receive the approval of the
department at Washington — prejjared the way for an entirc^ly new
sysicm. At the end of about two years Ik; had th<; satisfac^tion of
bfiing abUi to nuike his reform comprehensive and ('ompU^tc'. The
city was divided uito seven districts, in each of which (other than
the one containing the general post-office) a station was established,
designated as stations A, U, etc., each one of which was practically
a post-office for the district; so that, while lettei-s contiiuied to Iw
dirccU'd to the New York post-office, they were there distributed
and sent in bulk to the proper districts, from which they riiceived
their local deliv(U-y with the utmost possible promptitude and
regularity. Conversely the collectors from tlus boxes dcilivered at
the stations of their nispective districts, from which transmission
was made to the gtjueral office. The constant and rapid commu-
nications between the central otilce and the stations, to and fro,
was effected by circulating wagons, making the circuit of the city
at stated intervals each day. Not merely the general system, but
every detail, including the mapping out of the districts, the hiring
and (itting up the stations, the selectin.g and drilling of the men,
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etc., was personally attended to by Judjjje Waterbury; and so
thoroughly, that the new S3'8tein was a <ronipl<'t(i 8U(X'ess from the
very day of its opening ; working like clock-work, in the whole and
in all of its parts. VVitli the growth of the city, the districts have
been increased to nearly twenty, l>ut the system remains unchangi'd,
except only that the delivery of letters is now free fj-om any cai"-
rier's charge*. Once or twice minor changes have* been imuh?, but
they did not work well, and Judge Waterbury 's system, pure and
simple, was soon restoi'ed. Tims a very model for city delivery
of mailable matter was established in New York, which has led to
an impn)v<>ni(>nt of the carriers' delivery (n'lM-ywhere, and to a very
large yearly increase* in the* revenues of tlio r()st-( )nice Dt^partment.
Yet few reflect or remember to whose orgaidzing and creative
genius all this is dut^
The reaction from liis excessive labor brought upon Judge
Waterbury a seven* sickness, a condition of fevered nervous
exhaustion. H(* had all along fc'lt an undue confidence that his
elastic, while delicate constitution could (!ntlure the strain of any
amount of work that should not exceed twenty-four hours in the
day. With a pulse at 120, and unable to leave* the house, he had
a cl(>rk from the pv)st-office to attend him every day with the papers
re(|uiring his action. The grat(>ful postmaster, learning from his
physician that his recovery was hopeless unless he should abstain
from work, directed that no more papers should be taken to his
house. Without the employment which had sustained while it was
killing liini, he broke down, as the thorough-bred who can, or at
least will, go while between the shafts, sinks to the ground the
nionuMit thev are withdrawn. .Judge Wat(*r])ury was th(*n pros-
trated in bed with a fever wliich continu(*(i nnbi-oken for two
months. As he began to rally a little in the* spring of 1850, he
proceede'd to Cuba, and thence travele*el home through the so ^th-
em state's, re*aching Ne*w Ye)rk at the end of May, with health
completely revstal)lish(^d. Sue-h is the history, not before written,
of the establishment of the pre*sent pe)stal system of the (Jity of
New York.
While yet in the post-office*, it bee'ame> nee-essary in Novend)er,
IS5S, to elect a new District Atte)rne>3' for the city. That func-
tie)nary is the public prose*cutor, anei ocenipie's a relatie^n so e-lose* to
tli(> administration of the general polie*ei system, that, while the two
branches are e)Hicially distinct, he* is in some sense its inte'lle'ctual
head. The leading men in the Democratic party appeared to turn,
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willi iilinostonc iiiiiid, to Jiulgc Wiiterbiii'V- 1J«' suggested that
iis ]m iia(i bsen out of the practice of th(i Uiw for over five years,
it was a (hmg(>rous experiment to ])ut liim in that position; but
tli(\v liad full conlitlciice in his ahility to (ill any oflice with < redit
to hiniseir and those who had selected him for it, and he was nom-
inated with great xinanimity, and triumphantly elected. Their
sagacity was soon vindicated from all doubts wh(!th(T of himself
oi- of otliers. He had not b(>en four montht, in the olTicc; before lu^
had won the entir<i confidences of the ])ublic. The wif(! of ti man
named St(s[)hens had di(!d one year pri'viously, and thv.n^ were such
strong grounds of suspicion that she had been poisoned, that.ludg*^
Waterbury directed the disinterment of the body, and an exam-
ination to be made by Prof. R. Ogden Doremus, the (eminent
chemist. It was found to be permeated in every [)art with arsenic,
wliicli had preserved it from decay, and Stephens wa:s indicted for
murder, lie was one of the false professors of an ostentatious
l)iety, and his fellow-worshippers in his church rallied indignantly
to ids defense, and supplied the means for it to be made with
ability and vigor. The trial lasted three weeks, and ended in the
conviction of the nnirderer, who, aft<>r the case had been taken to
tlu! C!ourt of .\i)p(sals, and tin* conviction aflirmed, sulTm-ed the
penalty of t\w law. The work so elliciently begun was vigorously
followed up. Every case of the wilful use of deadly weapons,
whethej" fatal or not in the result, was prosecuted, and the guilty
were punished. 'JMiere was a large, powerful, and dangerous
class in New Vork, against whom this bold and firm course was a
personally hazardous, and very hazardous, declaration of war.
William Mulligan, a gand)ler. one of its most noted members (who.
when «'xcited with drink, was a i-(>ckl(»ss ruHian, and who was after-
wards shot to death ijy the police of San Francisco), foun<l himself
compelled to exchange the fashionable broa<lcloth and diamond
studs with which he promenaded Broadway for the sim[)ler uni-
form of Sing Sing, for the crime of aiming a loaded pistol at a
police o(1ic(!r. And while the assaults endangering tlu; lives of
public officers were inflexibly and severely punished, these latter
were made to know that they too would be held to strict account-
ability for any luniecessary degree of severity towards (!ven the
criminal class, .ludge Waterbury held that thei'e should not be
an outcast class in any ('hristian or civilized community, and that
care should be taken to siiow the offenders that while the law
exacted obedience it did not withhold just protection. 'I'he r >8ult
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was not long in manitosting itHelf. Even the more depraved, when
they found that justice was not a one-sided word, and that, while
one hand held the sword of public* duty, the otlier held the shield
for the defense of all entitled to it, felt the good and wise molli-
fying iiiHuenec ; and New York, reversing its bad rc^pute, bticanic
known for a time as unsurpassfl for onhu- and (|ui(!t by any city
of its size in the world. 80 in ifgard to the frauds known* as
ticket-switidling, which made New York a place of terror to the
multitudes attracted by its business fa(riliti(^s, who daily (unbarkt-d
at its wharves. Judge Wat«!ibury took uj) the task of correcti* n
in his (characteristic, thorough-going way, and nuide short and
sharp work of the principal ollendcirs, and so paralyz(Hl and deter-
red the rest that the system became, and has remained a tiling of
the past.
The great case of Charles Jefferds for the murd(M' of John
Walton and John W. Mathews, was th(! most important one of
Mr. Waterbury's term of the District Attoriu^ysliii). 'J'he prisomn-
had the powerful aid of James T. Brady as liis leading counscd.
It was a horrid case; an intricately tangled, and every way a mcist
extraordinary one. Jefferds was a step-son of Mr. Walton, luMug
son of Mrs. Walton by the first of the several marriages of
which that with Mr. Walton had been the last. Walton was shot
down at the corner of Third Avenue and 18th street, at 20 min-
utes past 11, of a bright moonsliiny night, when there was no lack
of people in the streets. The assassin, who had been lying in wait
for him behind a tree, stepped up close to him, after he had passeii,
killed him on the spot by a large bullet through his brain; fhnl,
was pursu(!d, turncni upon his foremost pursuer, Mathews, and by a
shot in the l)reast, laid him also dead on the spot, himself escaping
The pistol was found the next r.iorning in a neighboring yai'd,
where it had been flung, with two barrels out of the live dis-
charged in their work of twofold murder. As there W( re two
distinct crimes, separated by an interval of time, and i)rompted
by different motiv(!s, though the one grew out of the otluu-, there
were two indictments. On the first, that for the deliberate lying-
in- wait assassination of his stei)-fathor, Walton, the evidence was
insufficient for a conviction. His face had been seen too rapidly
by moonlight, and at too great a distance, for conclusive id(;nti(i-
cation. After a few minutes of hiding under a stoop, \u'. had got
off on a streetcar, and had crossed the ferry to South Brooklyn,
where he reached his lodgings so promptly that, in view of some
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it
(liiTeroncos of time, as ostimatcid by tho various wituossos wlio
hoard tlio sliots, it was a point strenuously disputed foi- the defense^
wlietlicr he could have accomplished the distance in his llif^ht.
And that which was the real motive to the crime, was at onci; as
diflicult tfi prove as it was horrid and revolting, nainely. a prompting
1)V his mother to rid her of her husband; prompting in which hin^
wafe cond)ined with hate. She had a strong interest in Mr. Wal-
ton's death at that time, so that she could receive ]wj widow's
dower in his considerable estate; for he had recently ])ut \un- away
for ju.st cause, and she kiu)W him to l)e on the track of the evi-
dence which would show her to be either the undivorced wife
of a husband still living, or to have at least passed for the wife of
that other man without the sanction of marriage. On the indict-
ment for the murder of Mr. Walton, .lefferds had escaped con
viction, but the District Attorney remained thoroughly convinc(ul
of his guilt, and held the other indictment still over him, for the
niurd(M' of Mathews, his pursuer in his flight; a conviction \nM
also by the brother of the murdered Walton, now guardian of his
orphaniMl children, and as such resisting the suit of Jeflerds's
mother for her dower. Judge Waterl)ury did not, however,
choose to proceed at once to the trial of the second indictment,
but, on tlui contrary, surprised thc^ [)ubli(t by releasing JelTerds
from prison on his own recognizance. More evidence to bring the
crime home was necessary, and he trusted to that providential law
which always tends to make the murderer himself l)etray his
ever-toi turing secret, aiul was not unwilling that his apparent
triumph over public justice, and consequent sense of security,
should, together with his habits of dissipation and intemperanco,
favor the operation of that law. The able Chief of I'olice, Mi-,
.lohn A. Kennedy, who had been surprised to see Jeffords thus
released from custody without a second trial for the second crime,
proposed to the J)istrict Attorney to have him "shadowed" by a
skillful detective, who should fall into acquaintance and intimacy
with him, and so obtain the needed clues to other circumstances
of a character to complete the evidence.
Nfi-. "Watei-bury felt th(! strongest obligations of a civic as well
as of official duty which called for a conviction in such a case. If
such a crime, pei'petrated with an audacity so defiant of the public
justice, should be crowned with impunity and triumph, no peace-
able citizen's life would be safe on the best streets of New York
against the hand of murder, whether prompted by greed or by
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revenge. The profligate hal)its of the criminal thus allowed to go
at largo rendered the task of the detective no very difficiilt one,
notwithHtanding that JefTerds was informed by his mother that
she was told that liis new associate was a policeman, lie let out
wheie he had bought the pistol, and (iven ('onf(!SS(!d the first
murder, for which Ik; knew that lie coulti not now be tried again ;
ind(!e(|, in his cups, he had rather a tendency to boast of it. He
was arrested and tried for tlie second murder, that of Mathews.
The ('as(^ was still a difJicidt one, b(ung almost wholly one of cir-
cumstantial evidence, sinc(^ a detectiv<^'s testimony to confi'ssions
was V(!iy «|U('Stionablcv, It also invoivtid the curious point, that the
Walton murder, for which the criminal was now safe, had virtually
to be tried over again; not to convict him lor it, but to fasten it
upon liiin as a vital element in the proof of the other '.iiurdcr
which had growJi out of it ; the two being insc^parable, mid it
being conced(!d that \w (.ould not Ix; convicted of the second
muider unless he liad committed the first, there being otherwise
no pi'oof of motive.
The trial lasted a week. Judge Waterbury's management of
the witnesses was very masterly, and liis address to tlie jury was a
model of dear exposition, lucid amdysis, effective groui)ing of a
large variety of details, all coiivcjrgiiig to the fiK^al point of demoii-
.stration and ccmviction, and of that calm and dignified strength,
conscientiously directed to a righteous objeiit, which became a
public prosecutor who felt his high but painfid function to be that
of a priesthood in tlui tempU; of justice. It was in the course of
this address that he repelled in llu^ language above cpioted an
attempt that was made by the defense* to prejudice tlu* jury by tint
imputation of a vindictive excess of zeal in the prosecution, giv-
ing it a character of persecutioJi. When he sat down all felt the
doom of the criminal to be sealed, and the jury were so completely
satisficMl that upon n'tiring they inunediately voted by ballot, with
out di.S(ru.ssion, that he was guilty.
This trial won high praise* for Judge Waterbury for the forensic
power displaye(l by the District Attorney, and b(>tter si ill, the
respect of ail who had followed it, for the man. The wnitched
murderer eventually, howev«ir, escaped the doom of the scaffold.
He wiis killed in prison by a fellow-convict, in an affray provoked
by the reckless violetice of character which had thus conducted
him to its foot. A lawyer present at this trial (since a distin-
guished judge), Inferring to Waterbury's success as public prose,'-
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I f-
cutor, said that "Speakinf^ witliout notes, ho had a habit, when ho
had finislind a point, of hitting liis eyelids close for a few si^conds,
while he selected the next that he would ])resent. It thus hecamo
an axiom among the frequenters of th(! court, that when the dis-
trict attorney shut his eyes the prisoner's last chance was gone."
'^riie signal success of Judg*^ Waterbury as a prosecuting officer
was du(* to an unusual (H)mbination of qualities — those qualities,
mental and moral, which have been a])ove indicated. His quick-
iK^ss of perception, rennirkable memory of facts and faculty of coor-
dinating them, firmness of purpose, (conscientiousness, and intense
earnestness, would carry his juries along witli liim almost uncon-
sciously. His firmness was as manifest as was his fearlessness. If
he felt any doubt of a person's guilt, he would frankly say .so.
[le would luiver pn^hs a jui'or into the box to whom an objection
could be made with the smallest show of reason. No testimony
offered by a prisoner was excluded unless it was so clearly incom-
petent as to be a merti waste of time; and no prisoner failed to
have a material witness because he could not himself procure him,
if the public jnoiu^y could bring him. 13ut while lie thus gave
every fair and proper chance, even to the most guilty, and no word
nor act ever nianifested the least spirit of injustice to tin i)risoner,
even in the mind of the District Attorney, this very conduct of the
prosecution gave additional force against him, so that it became
almost a settled axiom, that for Waterbury to try was to convict,
unless he himself declared to the jury that the case involved some
reasonable doubt.
If I have dwelt a litth; on this feature of Judge Waterbury's
professional life, it is not alone because I regard it as signally hon-
orable to him, but with a view to present it as a model, alike in its
nol)leness of method an(i in its practical success, to all to whom is
assigned the delicata function of the public prosecutor, — a function
which in Krance is called and tlieoretically regarded as a mmjis-
fraci/, though we so rarely see it exercised in the semi-judicial spirit
befitting that title. In the present instancie, I really think it was
performed in a spirit not less sincerely judicial than if the District
Attori\ey had been sitting on the bench instead of pleading be-
fore it.
It may .seem strange that such a model District Attorney was
not re-elected on the expiration of his term in 1861, but the reason
for that was an additional honor to Judge Waterbury's name,
l^efoi'e the close of his term he had felt it his duty to bring before
the Grand Jury and investigate certain action of the Common
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be-
Council, for which it was reported that large sums of money had
been paid. The members of that body, the inlhiential local poli-
ticians of the wards, to whom such a propjcution by such a prose-
cutor opened up a vista in which, through the stages of exposure
and disgorgenuMit, the cells of Sing-Sing closed the perspective
before thcnn, saw in Judge VVaterbury (though himself u zealous
and active Democratic politician) at once their foe and their fate.
The (candidate of the Republicans was indorsed by the Moz-art
branch of the Democratic party controlled by the then Mayor of
the city, and though Judge Waterbury ran 7,000 ahead of his
ticket, he was defeated hy only ahout 900. Had he been nvelected
to continue the campaign of investigation and prosecution theu
opened by him, it seems probable that the noxious plant of muni-
cipal corruption, already vigorously started in a rank soil, could
never have flowered out into the sphuidid and gorgeous prop(»r
tions it attaiuinl just ten years aftctrwards, when tlu* (ixposui'c; of
its enornu)Us growth alarmed the whole country, and added to the
American language a word which, as the name of a man now
gone to his last account, has become the name of a thing which
unhappily is not yet equally defunct.
The (ixtraordiiiary vigilance and efficiency of Judge VVaterbury's
dischiirge of the duties of this ollice were curiously brought out to
public light soon afterwards. The Board of Supervisors had
voted to raise the salary of his succes.sor from $.'),000 to $7,000.
Tlw- Mayor, Mr. Opdyke, a Republican, vetoed the measiire, in a
message in which he contrasted the work of Judge Waterbury in
th(> last year of liis term (lM(il), with those of the proposed bene-
liciary of the increase of the salary in the oidy year of his tiuK?
(18(12) which had ('lapsed. The Mayor's figures were as follows,
to which are appended the results of the contrast. Dealing with a
question reftu'ring to Judge VVaterbury, he seejn<Ml to ha,ve caught
a little of his genius for figures tabulated in statistical foi-ni to
pi'ove important facts.
No. of indiotnients found l»y the
Gr^nd Jury, . . .
" of convictions,
" " acquittals,
" sent to City Prison, . . .
" Penitentiiuy,
" " State I'risou,
Aggregate of .sentences to State Prison
other than for life, . .
1861.
ISOi.
Decrease.
F'ercentnge of
Decrease I'roiu
18(11.
1,239
949
290
.23
('.no
:599
391
.42
154
97
57
.37
7<J
59
20
.25
245
1.37
108
.44
279
114
165
.59
977iy.338jy. 638|years. .(i5
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Tlio strutlloHt. docroaso wjus in tho number of indictments found
l)y tlio (} rand Jury. In th(! pr()H{icutiun of tho iiidictiiuMits, the
decniiiso wuh nut as gn-at in the uwiuittais as in tho convictions.
In the punisliments, tlio decrease waH hirger, as thi^y increased in
severity, until in the iiggntgate of sentences to the State Prison,
whicli incrludes both the number sent and tlie iengtii of Uunr t(;rmH,
the decreas(^ was nearly two-thirds of the total for IMOI. As the
samrt judges presided each year, the comparison illustrates the i.i-
lluence (ixerted by an ellicient prosccMitor over the entire adminis-
tration ol' the criminal hiw. It Is no wttnd<M" that the Mayor (H)id(i
see no good reason lor an increase of pay to remunerate so great
a falling f)!!' in iHuformanc-e. It would be still higher crtMlit to
.luilge VValerbury, nnd praise to his administration, if we slwnild,
without any compiirative disparagement to that of his successor,
ac(rept the BUpi)osition that the dcitcirrent induentie of the certainty of
punishment, wliich had grown up under the fornuM", combined with
those wholesome! moral inlluences of a dilfiM'ent character of which
mention has becm made above, had so acted on the vicious habits
of the criminal classes of the city as really to have wrought tlu?
elTect of producing so great a rculuction in the fi'etjuency and grav-
ity of tluiir ofl'ens(!S against the* law and the public justice.
When the news reached New Ynvk of the lire opened on Fort
Sumter, in tin; harbor of t.'harhiston, in April, Lstll, .ludge Water-
bury was selected by the Democratic (Jemn-al Committee of the
city of New York to draft an (expression of its scoitiments
(the duty of drafting impoi'ta.nt resolutions was one frequently
deferred to liim), and his cit^ar, strong, aiid patriotic resolutions
wene ado])ted with (Mithusiasm, and wei'e greatly elTective in giv-
ing hop(! and (tourag*^ to tlu; ui)holders of the Union evcu-ywhtire,
as an authcuitiir declaration of thee opinion of the mass of the Dem-
ocratic pyrty in theii- gn.'at stronghold. 'rh(;y are a]ipeiided in
a note,* as the best [tossibh; presentation of the ideas of a " War
* irA'/vv/N, 'I'liis (Jeiifnil (JoinniiMco, and liiose llicy represent,, iiiivts. lo
t.lic present time, Ix'cii Ilit- consistent iKlvticalcs of Uw. risj^lits of every sec-
tion of our country, and the linn defenders of Mie (.'onsthntional rij^iits of
t\w Soulliern jieoiile, to i)rotccli(!n from every spcjeicsol' ussault uim)ii their
jjccuiinr donirslic institutions, nnd liavc always maintained tiieir riijlit to
share, upon <'(£uital)Ie terms, in tJicsctticiiient of tlu! National domain, and
have made resolute and strenuous (ilTorts to secure an adjustment of the
whole matter in controversy, upon a basis at once just and liberal toward
liie South, and li(moral)le to our wliole country; and
Wliereux, Several of the Southern States have assumed the position of
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to
SCI'
of
icir
to
iiiul
1 1 ho
or
DcMiiocnit." Kv(Mi vvliilo r«M'liii^ Im»iiii<I to iiadw I.Ii;iI, not. It«ss con
8ci(witi()iiHly, nor less pjitrioticiilly, (Imii .hidjic VVjilcrlmty Fniniod
them, the vvritiM- of fchoso pHj^os would liuv(» Ikhmi coniitollcd to
viohMil rc'sislan(!C to the Niitioiiiil iiutliority, wliicli rcHisliiiicc lias Itccin nr-
ricd to tlu) (!,\toMt of actiiid war, niaiiifcMtntl l»y oulniijos on tlic lla;; ol llic
United Slates; the forciljlc scizuro of llicir fortillcalioiis and jiropcrly; tlic
prc|)aralioM of extensive arnianientsaiid liatteiies for assault upon the forces
of the nation; llu! hoiniiarduKMU ol' Fori Sumter; and, linally, hy an invi
tation to tlie frucliootcrs of the \vorhl,to proy upon the; conuiHsrce of our
peopI(!; and
\\7ii r(tis. The rulor.s of the Seceded Slat(!s, hy tlic nieasincs aloreijaid,
iiave coninu'iiced a civil war upon tlu- United Stales, tlM'ealenin,y: liieir
existence as;i. National power; and
W/Hiritti, The ineniliers of the Democratic party— a I)arty whose history
is the record of an eminent and succtessful part in the forinalioH of onr
institutions, the adnnnisliation of our (loveiiiment, ;iiid the piosperity of
our country, are especially .called uju)!! Iiy all the memories of I he past, and
all the hopes of th(^ future, to rally with promptness and vij^or to the di
fenae of their country a<?ainst all foes, whether at home! or ahroad; there
fore,
ItiSidrcil, That the Democracy of this city are he.irtily uniled, with all
of its citizens, :is OIK! man, to uphold the Conslitution, enforce the laws,
maintain the Union, dei'end the Ulau, and prolecl the Capital of Ihese Unile(|
States, ill the I'lill and liriii lielief thai this preseivalioii of oiir national
unity is the only security for llu; riyhls, liiierlies, and power of our own
peo|ile. and the ureatesl hope of op))resse(( humanity Ihroiii^houl the world.
Jicsii/nd, That tliis rally for the coiuilry is nohly and wisely ma<le hy
our whole people, irrespe(;tive of party oruanizations, and without reijard
to past dilferences of oj)inion or action, for the piiipose of snstaiiiiiiii,' the
(iovernment in tin; exercise of its powtM's :ind duties as the constitiiled
authority of the nation; and that in the same spirit, and for the same piir
pose, all questions as to what has iKseii done or omitted in the way of con-
cession and concilialion, and all (juestions respectinn- the course and jxilicy
of the Administration, should lie forgotten until the national honor has
lieen vindicated, and the national power lirnily eslaltlisiied.
Ri'Kctriil. That the unanimity and spirit with which the people of the North
have responded to the call of the President for iii.iterial aid in the present
crisis, should not It<' taken as an indication of Hie least desire, or even vvil
lin.i^iu'ss on their part, to wai' upon the jieopleof the South; liiil only asjiii
evidence of their determiiialiou to preserve the Union, as a hiessin.i;' of in-
estimahle value, and to defend the sacred Fla.ijof our e(uintry, which com-
mands the honia,u;e of all our hearts; and of their intlexiiile resolve that
Bunker Hill and Mount Vernon, New York and New Orleans shall never
be dissevered.
liesolced. That we cannot disrcirard the evidimces which have lieen pre-
sented, that in many parts of the Soutli, the resistance to the National
power has been ai etunplished by the terrorism of mob rule, and against
■m:
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oppoM^ fliciii, tiiiil to siippt<i1 riitlici' tlic policy «^\pl•(>ss<'(l by Ojmi-
oml Scott uihI Mr. (in-dcy. in tlu* t^xprcMsioii, " Kiriiij; SiHt*^!^,
go ill pcwo," in tiit> (inn coiivictioii tlint \vhh rliati liv<> yciirH
vvdiiM liiivc witiicHstHJ a sum return, :iii(l a Ix'ttrr Hniinnit. Mut
victory crowned the policy ol' the wur, which wuh not less a coiillict
of idcns, iiikI princMplcs, mid coiiHcii'iiccs, lliaii of iirniH. Kv<*ry nijiirs
duly in 8U<'h linics and cvciitu, wiis what wan dictated t(» hini by
his own soul. I f iiiiii;^led good and evil hav(* iieeii its residts. so
would lh(\v liiiv(^ been (d' a. dilTen'tit is-tiie. Happily, till can now
meet fraternally on the ground of iiiiitual respect :iiid self-iespect,
oblivion of the old uniinositi((H, and all be at oiuf in recrogiiiziiig
that
" 'I'lirre's II f)iviiiilv tliiit sliiipt's oiu' cads,
Uniiyli hew llicia how we will. "
'I'he truth is, tliat th<' " nanduirners " of IHIS, the friends of
\'an IJureii, ami the avengers of Silas Wright, did not beli(!ve in tluj
reality of tho long threatened "danger to the I'nion" from the
anti-slavery agittition. History soon taiiglit them better, when the
Whig party, after 1H,')'2, assuming the lunv name of the " Uepubli-
can " party, made! with tht^ Abolitionists, on the large national .scale,
tliat same alliance which the >' TJariiburiun's " in N('w York had
virtually entered into for a momentary occasion, as thoy deemed, on
the " HulTalo platform." Tho result was, that FreiiKJiit was all but
elected in isr)(5, Lincoln elected in ISflO ; and tho dread history of
tlie interests and wishes of the conservative classes, cnihraciiijuf a large por-
tion of the (ixtensive owners of slaves; and wo yet look to Tennesse(! and
I\<'iitU(ky, eontainini;; tlie tombs of An(h('W Jackson and Henry Clay, and
the homes of James Guthrie, Joim J. Ch'ittcnden, and Andrew Johnson, in
the hope that their fld(^lity to the Union and th(! National Flag will bo
maintained amid all the difhculties of their position; and wc pliMlgc our-
selves to those Slates, and to all the loyal men of the South, to defend tiie
Constitutional rights and interests of every section of the Union, at all
times and under all cireumstancos, with the .same Zealand tidelity with
which we will uphold tlie National power, and aid in the piomi)t and
proper puui.shinent of all traitors.
liesolwd. That we have witnessed with pride and adnnration the calm
and fovb(!aring |)08scssion and huroi(! defciusc of Fort Hiuntcr, by Miijor
Robert Anderson, a gallant and noble son of Kentucky, and for his patri-
otic efforts for peace, his brilliant defense of his Flag, and his inanlj' refusal
to surrender to the enemy, we render to hiiu our heartfelt thanks; and that
all who may distinguish themselves in the service of this glo"ious Union
in its present peril, will be honored throughout the country, and enshrined
in every patriotic heart throughout all time.
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tlic four yoara tlmt, su('(!(««1«mI wc all know, hh rIho i\w Hccoiidary
('()iiM»'(|ut!nriis to the whole coiiiitry, inorul, political, and iiKliistriiil,
lit lialci'iil
I f
fh'u'h have traiUul through
4ky, like the tail of
liave
coinot, from then even till now. Like Seymour and Tilden. Mr.
Waterhury and the bulk of the party known as " War DeinocratH "
HUp|)()rted the government with steady lirinness and zeal in vho
sustainnient and enforcement of the llnioii, (hough neither he nor
they ever gave any approval to many ariiitrary acts of tlur party in
power, in(;idental to the prosecution of the war, which were deemed
to IxMiot less unnecessary than they were in violation of estal)lish(>(|
priiK^iples of law and the; croiihtitution.
In the full of iHd'i, Judge Waterlmry was noniinat»>d for iiiemlier
of Congress liy all of tlu( thr((' organizalions into which his party
was at that time (livided. His «'lection was certain, the Demociatic
majority in the city and in his district being overwlmlming. Miit
there was a close contest for the governorship iietweeii Horatio
Seymour and (Jeneral Wadswortli, in which the I'oniKM- had to a
considc^rable exUmt the support of the "Old Liiic^ Wings," an
induential iuxly of men in all the large counties of the State. < )ne
of their number, Janu^s Brooks, Editor of the h'.ipress, desired
strongly to go to Congress from Judge Waterbury's di8tri(;t, which
he had formerly represented as a Whig of the Clay and Web-
ster times, it was a siil)ject of coinplaint on the part of that
inttirest throughout tlu* Stati; that, while they \v^n•^' /.(piously
supporting the Democratic party, they wen' not even allowed a
single member of Congress. They pressed their claim for a seat
from the city, and Mr. Hrooks was their most promincMit representa-
tive man. It was deemed important towards securing the election
of tiov. Seymour that their IU!W Democratic synipathies should not
be chilled by refusing them this satisfaction. Judge Wuterbiuy
consented that the question of his withdrawal in favor of Mr.
Brooks should be referred to CJharles O'Conor, John Kcilly, and a
third person whom Mr. Brooks should select. The result was that
it was deemed judicious that Mr. Hrooks and his party slioiild be
gratified, and Mr. Waterbury at once withdrew, unwilling that in
the event of Gov. Seymour's defeat ho should appear to have con-
tributed to that result by not having appeased that dis.satisfaction
on the part of the "Old Line. Whigs." The local disappointment
was very great. Indeed, the Hon. Elliott C. Cowdin, who was the
Republican candidate, stated that he would have withdrawn in Judge
Waterbury's favor rather than that the latter should retire. Though
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Judge Waterbury did not believe that the result iii the State would
be controlled by his action, he preferred, if the n^presentative men
of his party would take the responsibility, to avoid any possibility
of the imputations which might attend an adverse result. He has
several times since been urged to be a candidate for Congress,
with a certainty of election, but' he felt constrained to adhere to
the practice of his profession. This is to be regretted, for it is
certain he would have; made one of the most useful and influential
members of that body, and have done good service to ou!' country.
Gov. Seymour tendered to Judge VVatei'bury the position of
Judge-Advocate-General of the State, and, fearing tliat he would
not accept it, requested the late William Cassidy, then the Editor
of the Albany Argus, to visit New York and urge Mr. Waterbury to
take the office as a matter both of personal frieudshi[) and of public
duty. He finally consented, l)ecau.se, though nominally a mihtary
position, it was really a law oHice, and the dark days were come
which gave it an importance not attaching to it in the ordin-
ary "piping times of peace." it carried the lawful rank and title
of Brigadier-General, but Judge Wateibury had so little taste for
military display by mere civilians, that he never wore his uniform
in public but on a single occasion, and habitually refused to answer
to the salutation of " General." Among the great number of our
"generals," he therefore enjoys the distinction of being perhaps
the only man who refused to be styled by that title, so that we
have to adhere to the old customary designation of -'Judge."
In the first year of his service occui-red the ttjrrible New Vork
riots of July, 18G3. They b(^gan on a Sunday, and Judge Water-
bury reached the city on the evening of Monday, and after that
was constantly on duty. Gov. Seymour, who arrived in the city on
Tuesday morning, had great confidence in his ability and tact, and
found in him a most efficient aid. On Wednesday noon he sug-
gested to the (lovernor that the chief cause of trouble was less a
riotous dispv)sition on the part of the people, than their enforced
idleness, business having been ellectually stopped by the fact that
neither omnibuses nor railroad cars were running. The Governor
authorized him in his name to take measures to remedy this state
of things. Proceeding alone in a cannage to the various depots
and stables, he saw before midnight tlie representatives of over
twenty of some twenty-six railroad and stage lines, generally situ-
ated in the midst of the riotous district (a service of no small
danger and daring) ; and using words of mingled entreaty and
APPENDIX V.
315
authority arcording to circumstances, and working with his charac-
teristic earnestness and tact, he induced them all to listen to his
proposals and enter into his views. They were very- apprehen-
sive of the consequences by reason of the threats which had heim
made by the leaders of the rioters that their buildings should be
burned if they should recommence business, but Judge Waterbury
arranged with them that military forces shoiild be stationed at
various convenient points for the protection of their property.
Keacliing the police headquarters at one o'clock in the >"orning, he
wrote an order by the Governor to Ma,jor-(ieneral Sandford to
detail a military force to each of the several places designated, and
to have them at their posts by five a. m.. and handed it to the
clerk of the commissioners to be imnu'diately delivered. All was
thoroughly combined and executed, and worked like magic, and at
an early hour the people were delighted l)y the customary sight
and sound of the public vehicles, not less cheering to them than
was the simultaneous sunlight, for it was the best assurance that
order was restored. If Judge Waterbury had chosen to accept his
lawful title of "(jrcneral" (by which (Idv. Heymour always persists
in addressing him), he certainly hud on this critical occasion fairly
earned it; and by better means, and the display of better qualities
of good sense and good feeling combined with courage, than those
required for the winning of the crimsoned honors of the battle-
field.
'{'he provoking cnuse of these riots had been the dis[)roportion-
ate and imfair allotment for th(^ draft made against the city; an
injustice the more irritating because, in its exeaution, it was made
to bear with a peculiar degree of oppression upon a particular
nationality. It looked very much like a political discrimination
against a Democratic population; at the same time it admitted
])erhaps the palliation that those who arranged the allotments may
have supposed tliat our Irish fellow-citizens have such a natural
love and genius iov fiijhting that they might rather like than other-
wise the being conscripted for the war, in however excessive a
disproportion, (rovernor Seymour directed the Judge-Advocate-
(Jeneral to investigate the facts in relation to the imrolment in the
metropolitan cities of New York and Brooklyn as a basis for tli(^
draft of soldiers. After an examination made with his usual
thoroughness, accuracy, and exhaustiveness. Judge Waterbury
made a report which proved to demonstration that the enrolment
in the metropolitan districts was twice as large in proportion to
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APPENDIX V.
population as in the interior counties of the State. He proved
the political character of the enrolment V)y showing that while the
total votes in 186() had been, for the Lincoln and Anti-Lincoln
Congressional districts, respectively, 457,257 and L5 1,253, the
conscripts required from them were, respectively, 31>,f)2(i and .'53, -
729; and that while in 1862 the total votes in the Wadsworth and
Seymour Congressional districts had been, respectively, 353,621
and 186 255, the conscripts required from them were, respectively,
33,068 and 40,287. Such figures, viz., 40,000 conscripts required
in the Seymour districts (chiefly New York and Brooklyn) from
186,000 voters, against only 33,000 required from 353,000 voters!
The calm and persuasive demonstration of Judge Waterbury's
report was irresistible. Nor in the President (Lincoln) did he
encounter any other than a fair and honest spirit. There had also
been great unfairness in the drawing. " In the drawing in the })th
district, which is in the city of New York," says Judge Waterbury
in his masterly report, "so far as the list was published, there was
a great disproportion in the names of i)eople of a particular line-
age, althouf;h only one-fourth of the inhabitants of the district
were born in Ireland. I called the attention of the President to
this fact, and suggested to him that such a result could not be con-
tinued throughout the city without being followed by a belief in
the public mind that the draft had been unjustly made. He
answered, 'Of course not'; and added with an earnestness I was
glad to observe, ' I will not permit either a real or an apparent
fraud.' " The effect of Judge "Waterbury's report was that a
commission was appointed by the Secretary of "War to examine
the matter, and upon its report the quota required from the city
was reduced by 20,000 men.
In May 1862, Judge Waterbury was elected Grand Sac' nm (or
presiding officer) of the Tammany Society, and served one year.
At the close of 1 8615, he retired from the Tammany General (com-
mittee, and has ever sincte been an unyielding adversary of the
virtual domination of " Tammany Hall " ov(U" the Democracy of
New York. A time serving politician, (mc; less disinterested in
patriotism and democracy, less stern and uncompromising in his
passion for political purity inseparable from public economy — in a
word, one less thoi'oughly imbued v.ith the spirit of the idol of his
youth, and the exemplar of his manhood, Silas Wright, would rather
have tended to keep on good terms with the leaders controlling the
majority of his party in the great city of his own residence. But such
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317
(or
Ve&r.
[om-
the
|y f^^
ll in
his
(in a
his
Ither
the
liuch
is not, and never has been the temper of Judge Waterbmy. Such
a man must necessarily inake many formidable political enemies,
but they respect as W(dl a.s dread him, even on the field of irrecon-
cilable conflict between them. Jliiuself fears nothing and nobody,
and rather exults in the " stern joy " of the fight, than shrinks from
its blows, or takes account of his own interests or his own labors
in its conduct. At the same time, while in local politics for muni-
cipal reform, and honestly economical good government, he is thus
uncompromising, in naticmal politics he is one of the most thorough,
sound, and devoted members of the great Democratic party of the
Union, and as such is one of the most sagacious, prudent, and prac-
tical. He is a truly valuable citizen of the Union, the State, and
the City, to all of which he has nmdered — and will to the end, con-
tinue to render — truly valuable patriotic service. si .sic omnes !
Many passages in the life of Judge Waterbury have been neces-
sarily omitted from this honest and sincere, wiiile friendly sketch
of him, which does not pretend to the character of a biography.
One other only will be numtioned. In 1871, an Act was passed by
the Legislature for the appointment of three ( 'ommissioners to revise
the Statutes of th(; State. Francis Kernan, the present eminent
Senator in Congress, who was appoin'^ed as one of them, declined
to serve, and Governor Hoffman appointed Judge WaterV)ury in
his place; one of the highest tributes of compliment that could be
paid to a lawyer and public man. Cov. Hoffman made the spon-
taneous selection, because convinced that he could nt)t find abetter
man at the Bar to do justic to the work involved. When the
Commissioners proceeded to their work, a radical difference was
found to exist in their views. The majority insisted on extensive
amendments of the statutes.* Judge Waterbury, with his ever
j^ractical mind, urged that such a course would inevitably array,
against whatever report the Couunissioners sliould make, a combin-
ation of interests affected by, or differing in opinion from, the
sweeping chang(!s proposed, resulting in the proV)able eventual
defeat of the work. He claimed that only such amendments should
be made upon the statutes, already not very long before revised,
as were clearly necessary, nnint'ly, such as were merely verbal.
Each side i)resented a repoit to the Legislature, setting forth its
views, but no action was taken by that body. With wide differ-
ences of opinion among the Commissioners, which continued in
spite of all attempts to harmonize them, the work proceeded but
slowly. Both sides again submitted conflicting reports to the
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APPKNDTX r.
Jjegislaturc, und as that body, after the lapse of two weeks, ftill
took no action, Judge Waterlmry, unwilling to Ak'aste his time in
what ho considered useless work, resigned the uiiice. Time has
justified the wisdom of his views. After the lapse of nearly eight
years from tlie creation of tlie commission, and a cost to the State
of a quart(M' of a million of dollars, the commission has ceased to
exist, having only partially accomplished its work, of which only
a part has been enacted by the Legislature; the profession is pro-
foundly divided over the subject, and the present question appears
to be, not whether any more shall be adopted, but wliether what
has been (macted shall be allowed to stand.
Judge Waterbury is a son of Col. Jonathan Water bury, a highly
esteemed citizen of New York, who died in 1821), at the early age
of thirty-one. His mother was Elizabeth Jarvis, daughter of
Elijah Jarvis (iiei)lKnv of Bishop Jarvis), and of Betsey Chapman,
daught(T of Dr. Chapman, a distinguished {)hysi('ian of that day,
of Norwalk, Connecticut. Both of his mother's jjarents were car-
ried off by yellow fever, in New York, in her infancy, in the year
i S(» 1 . It is said that at the great ball given by the city to Tjafayette,
at Castle tJarden, in 1824, (\)l(mel and Mrs. Waterbury were the
handsom(!st couple in the room. It is related that on the occasion
of that ball, the streets and approaches to Castle Garden wen^ so
blocked by the crowds of carriages, and people on foot, that Colonel
and Mrs. Waterbury had to take a small boat at the foot of Court-
landt Street, to reach the scene of the festivity.
Judge Waterbury married eai'ly in life. Miss Gibson, a lady
whose parents, resident in Boston, Mass., had died in her infancy;
her mother was of the Cooledge family. Sh(^ has betm ever the
blessing and solace of her husband'i? life. They have three lovely
daughters, and one son, now a student in Colunil)ia College,
destined, like his father, to the profession of the law. Judge Water-
V)ury is one of the most amiable and unselfish of men, and a true and
constant fricmd, too often, perhaps, too generous a one. Among
the million of its })opulation, New York contains no more affection-
ate and nnostentatiously pious a home, one in which the parents are
the friends and companions of the children; nor has its portal
ever yet been darkened by the shadow of death. Long may it
continue to enjoy that favored exemption.
^
VALEDICTORY.
I
ady
ncy;
the
vely
ege,
iter-
and
Ollg
ion-
are
rtal
y it
"Aye, thus it is! One _u;eii('nilion coiues,
Another ,t!,<)es, and iniiigles with tiie dnst.
And thus we come mid i^o, ai.d come and i^o, —
Eacli for a moincMil tiliinn' up
Some little space. And tlius we disapi)eiir
In (|uick succession. And it shall l)e so
Till time in one vast perpetuity
JJe swallowed up."
By the guidance and support of Divine Providence we liave now-
reached tlie end of our labors, liaving completed, to the extent
of our ability, tlit; history and genealogy of the " Jarvis Family."
We send the volume forth among the generations of the Jarvises
throughout the land, in the hope that they will 1)e as hajipy and
proud as we oui'selves are in rejoicing in the fact that there are
and have l)een many very eminent and jnous members of the
Family, and that the coimtry has been much benelited by the
good they have done. It is the hope of the Authors that this
little volume may outlive them for the edification and instruction
in our genealogy of the many gent^ations yet to come who shall
arise and call their progenitors blessed.
One family circle is but the reflex and epitome of the great
numbers scattered ov(^r the country. We hope that the book will
bind all the families closer in the bonds, not only of kinship, but
o( friendship, and that on tlie great day when all will be called
together, they may be found with their hands clasped and their
hearts in unis(m.
That the importance and value of these family histories are daily
becoming mon; manifest, is illustrated by the fact that they are
increasing in numbers year by year. Few persons, comparatively,
however, duly appreciate their importance, or are aware that to the
same feeling among the Hebrews, which promjtted their produc-
tion, we owe, under Uod, the historical portions of the Bible. Th(>
history, too, of the most ancient kingdoms of the earth, as (yhina,
320
VALEDICTOUY.
Egypt, Chaldea, Babylonia, etc., would have remained unknown to
other nations, but that their people were inspired to make a gene-
alogy of their soverelijiis, which necessarilv embodied a history of
their country.
P^roni the earliest ages genealogy has occupied much of the
attention of mankind, and whether we consiilt sacred or profane
history, we shall find the extraction or derivation of the individual
always considered as making an important part of his history.
Although the actions of a man himself are the truest proof of
his merit, yet it is im])ossible for the mind net to connect with
these the opinion we have of his extraction. And so, whoever
pays due attention to the natural sentiments of mankind, while he
keeps clear of the absurd prejudice which gives honor and respect
to extraction alone, will acknowledge that the actions of men are
not the only ground of respectability or estimation in the world.
The reader will observe that our genealogy is more minute in
some families than in others. Our original plan was to have given
only so much of the genealogy as was necessary to connect the
biography of the successive heads of the Family, and'pi'event any
doubt about the descent, but we found a pretty general inclination
tc have the line traced minutely, and have thought it right to yield
to the wish, as well as to respect the opinion of such a number of
persons. Respectfully,
TH^. AUTHORS.
INDEX IN TWO PARTS.
i
PART 1.— CHRISTIAN NAMES OF PERSONS HEARING THE
SURNAME OF .lARVIS.
PART II.— NAMES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE MAlHilEI) INTO
THE .lARVIS FAMILY. AN!) NAMES OF DESCENDANTS RKAR-
IN(} OTHER SURNAMES.
N. B. The references arc to the numliers opposite the names on the
left-hand side of each page, except in a few cases where the number of
the page is referred to, marked (j)).
The number in large type at the head of each family record is the num-
ber of the 'ather or mother, as the case may be, brought forward from the
margin of v.iepage on wliichthe name occurs in the preceding generation.
The number given in the Index will, therefore, give the place where ii
person's name occurs in his or her father's fanuly, and, by looking for the
same number in the large type, his or her own family record, if there be
one, can be found.
PART 1.
DESCENDANTS NAMED JARVIS.
Name.
No.
Name.
No.
Aaron,
1807
Adiel,
587
Abatha,
373
Adoljihus,
1509
Abigail,
73
Albert F.,
1676
Abigail,
126
Albertina 8. ,
165
Abigail,
319
Alfred,
190
Abigail,
1996
Alfred,
1516
Abigail,
2027
Algernon Sydney,
1963
Abigail Atkins,
2053
Alice.
1043
Abigail C,
1563
Alice B. .
1068
Abraham,
4
Alice Maud,
1937
Abraham,
10
Alma,
1545
Abraham,
21
Almira,
1797
Abraham,
41
Almira,
ia59
Abraham,
91
Alonzo,
2398
Abraham,
345
Alvah,
1506
Abram,
97
Amanda,
1865
Abram,
(p.) 120
Amelia,
101
Adalinc l'rs\da,
355
A melia,
• 225
Atla Dagma,
1127
Amelia,
552
Addie Stone,
1087
Amelia Ann,
1960
Adeline Matilda,
2354
Amelia Hyde,
2347
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322
INPKX. —
PART I.
Naiuo.
No.
Name.
No.
Amelia Jane,
897
Arthur H. K. (Jervis),
1707
Amelia Harali,
789
Artliur Leonard Fitz Gerald,
818
Andrew Jackson,
3158
Arthur Murray,
558
Andrew Spoonrr,
2066
Arthur Murray,
1142
Andrew Spooner,
2103
Asa,
2885
Andrew Spooner,
2107
Asahel,
1496
Angelina,
278
Asahel,
1497
Angelina,
1964
Asahel,
1623
Ann,
78, 188
Asahel Amos,
1647
Ann,
2328
Asahel Hatch (Jervis),
1621
Ann Augusta,
733
Augusta,
151
Ann Christina Farmar,
305
Augusta,
279
Ann Eliza,
276
Augusta Lavinia,
930
Ann Eliza,
1084
A 1 1 <:u8tin,
2433
Ann Eliza,
1773
Augustine, •
1741
Ann Eliza,
2138
Aurelia B.,
1629
Ann Elizabeth,
155
Aurelia Content,
1645
Ann Ellen,
450
Austin,
33
Ann Frances,
594
Ann Frances Carr,
2098
Bainbridge,
2288
Ann Olney,
2245
Belle,
653
Anna,
168
Benajah,
1737
Anna,
289
Benjamin,
135
Anna,
1813
Benjamin,
381
Anna (Jervis),
1830
Benjamin,
601
Anna Augusta,
1896
Benjamin,
1938
Anna Head,
2260
Benjamin,
2043
Anna Lee,
2206
Benjamin,
3068
Anna Louisa,
1732
Benjamin Atwater,
328
Anna Maria,
412
Benjamin Franklin,
1778
Anna Maria,
1662
Benjamin H. ,
1917
Anna Mary,
843
Benjamin L.,
515
Artna Sprague,
1651
Benjamin Sturges, •
330
Anne,
399
Betsey,
74
Anne Decima,
588
Betsey,
79
Anne E. ,
1566
Betsey Stelle,
2058
Annie,
1461
Bill,
1490
Annie E.,
1854
Blanche E.,
1431
Annie Elizabeth Stewart,
817
Brewster,
3420
Annie Flagg,
2373
Brice W..
514
Annie G.,
3357
Annie G.,
2370
Caleb,
3334
Annie Ladd,
2197
Carlton,
1813
Antoinette Augusta,
601
Caroline,
393
Arthur,
592
Caroline,
584
Arthur Clay,
1429
Caroline,
1958
Arthur Edward,
2265
Caroline,
3133
Arthur Henry Boyd,
846
Caroline,
2346
DKSCKNDANT8 NAMKD JARVTM.
3 2 a
328
1778
11)17
515
320
74
79
12058
1490
1431
1 2420
514
2324
|1812
393
584
|1958
3346
Namo.
No.
Name.
No.
Caroline A.,
8378
Charles Fitz,
2181
Cnrolino Ameliii.
418
Charles Frederick,
455
Caroline Amelia,
734
Charles IT. ,
1710
Caroline Eliza,
1959
Charles Flerbert,
459
Caroline Elizabeth, •
829
Charles J. ,
1090
Caroline Louisa,
2174
Charles James Anson,
174
Caroline W.,
2100
Charles Lavallctte,
1012
Carrie D. (Jervls),
1832
Charles Leonard,
942
Catharine,
61
Charles Maples.
1223
Catharine,
200
Charles Mercer,
285
Catharine,
209
CJharles M. 8. (Jervis),
1706
Catharine,
.299
Charles P.,
2275
Catharine Amelia,
339, 720
Charles Ralph,
891
Cecilia Sophia,
786
Charles W.,
1628
Celina North,
1659
Charles W. ,
2286
Charity.
1869
Charles William,
849
Charity,
2395
Charlotte,
127
Charles,
99
Charlotte,
173
Charles,
301
Charlotte Augusta,
453
Charles,
495
Charlotte Maria,
487
Charles,
511
Charlotte Maria,
488
Charles,
669
Charlotte Mary,
1111
Charles,
1020
C. Willis.
1061
Charles,
1045
Che8t(*r,
1543
Charles,
1810
Chester,
1668
Charles,
2039
Chloe,
1495
Charles,
2059
Chloe,
1498
Charles,
2062
Clara,
1090
Charles,
2071
Clarissa,
497
Charles,
2099
Clarissa,
1023
Charles,
2140
Colborne Dennis,
1209
Charles,
2167
Constance Kingsmlll,
1147
Charles,
2340
Cora Elizabeth,
1011
Charles A.,
618
Cordelia,
1939
Charles Abraham,
819
Cornelia,
600
Charles Alpheus,
489
Cornelia E.,
1840
Charles Augustus,
722
Charles Augustus,
725
Daniel,
105
Charles Beverley,
556
David,
1430
Charles Brydger,
1128
David,
1803
Charles Church,
2073
David Conklin,
1789
Charles Edward,
45'2
David R. ,
1873
Charles Edward,
743
David Sandford,
507
Charles Edward,
2106
Deborah,
35
Charles Edward,
2157
Deborah,
108
Charles Edward,
2178
Delancey,
196
Charles Edward L.,
792
Delia Farley,
2239
Charles Edwin,
1663
Douglass,
1082
324
INDRX. — fAHT I.
■ ; ?l I
Name.
No.
Name.
Vo.
Dorcas,
2804
Elijah Albert.
817
Dwight,
1S44
Eliphalet.
1742
Dwight,
16«1
Eli/.a.
603
Eli /.a.
1785
Ebenezer,
119
Eliza (.FcrvisH
2412
Ebenezer,
376
Eliza Ann,
Oil
Ebi'iie/cr Nostrand,
1881
Eliza Ann,
1877
Edgar,
560
Eliza E..
1567
Edgar K(3auiiioiit,
1149
Eliza Lane,
2351
Edgar Hewlett,
1894
Eliza Rowland,
717
Edgar Ralph,
1129
Elizabclli,
14
Edniuiid,
371
Elizabeth,
39
Edmund A. ,
1924
Elizabeth,
117
Kdmund Allen,
1909
Elizabeth,
172
EdniuDd Allen,
(p.) 137
Klizabeth,
393
Edmund Head,
1134
Elizabeth,
811
Edmund Meredith,
1097
Elizabeth,
321
Ednuind Owen Mereditii,
824
Elizabeth,
338
Edward.
138
Elizabeth,
496
Edward,
406
Elizabeth,
1493
Edward,
1117
Elizabeth,
1775
Edward (Jervis),
1828
Elizabeth,
1791
Edward,
2025
Elizabeth,
1816
Edward,
2060
Elizabeth,
1946
Edward,
2097
Elizabeth.
1961
Edward,
2341
Elizabeth,
1968
Edward ^Emilius,
931
Elizabeth,
1966
Edward B.,
2237
Elizabeth,
1978
Edward liuckinghani,
360
Elizabeth,
2010
Edward Clifton,
845
Elizabeth,
2016
Edward Lutwich,
389
Elizabeth,
2028
Edward Scott,
2063
Elizabeth,
2087
Edward W.,
1091
Elizabeth,
2046
Edward W. Boyd,
407
Elizabeth,
2064
Edward William,
834
Elizabeth,
2826
Edward Winslow,
1016
Elizabeth Arnold,
400
Edward Worrell,
415
Elizabeth Bartlett,
2186
Edwin,
1547
Elizabeth Black,
2096
Edwin Rogers,
1731
Elizabeth Bowmon,
2848
Electa,
1503 1
Elizabeth Colt,
782
Electa,
1504
Elizabeth Hannah.
211
Eli,
75 i
Elizabeth Harriett,
416
Eli Starr,
221
Elizabeth Hart,
852
Elias,
1987 1
Elizabeth R. (Jervis),
1881
Elias,
2006
Elizabeth Smitli,
2160
Elias,
2022
Elkanah,
1765
Elijah,
92
Ella,
1066
Elijah,
1491
Ella P.,
1073
|)K8CKNDANT8 NAMKD JARVI8.
325
3037
348
782
311
416
352
■1831
[066
.072
Name.
No.
Naint).
No.
Ellen Aiidoi-Noii,
677
Florence Isidore,
1681
Klloii B..
3327
Foster,
1065
Ellen Ciiroliiio,
798
Frances,
1927
Ellen Miuiii,
586
Frances Amelia,
213
Elma Muriel Murray,
1362
Frances Amelia,
8M
Eloisa,
1934
Frances Amelia,
580
Eloisu L.,
714
Frances E. ,
1595
Kmeline,
1619
Frances Hubbard,
2862
Enioline C,
617
Frances Huldah,
341
Knilly,
1868
Francis,
716
Enuly (Jervis),
1824
FraiK'ls,
2321
Emily Caroliue,
793
Francis,
2337
Kmily Elizabeth,
461
Francis C,
610
Emily Maude,
941
Francis Carr,
2116
Emma,
1701
Francis H.,
1675
Emma Bowne,
1724
Francis H.,
1679
Emma Jane,
1922
Francis Head,
2178
Emma M.,
1852
Fran(;is Henry,
2153
Emma Robins,
2249
Francis Qriswold,
1643
EmuluH,
1798
Francis Qriswold,
1709
Enuilus,
1837
Fraiuis Pillsbury,
3348
ErHHtus,
1617
Francis Proudfooi,
1153
Ernest,
• 1151
Francis lioach.
2065
Ernest Frederick.
847
Frank.
669
Ernest Leonard,
1347
Frank,
1033
Esther,
6
Frank Adolphus,
1698
Esther,
10
Frank noi)e,
836
Esther,
27
Frank Pepperrell,
3113
Esther,
60
Frank Seymour,
3348
Esther,
84
Frederick,
390
Esther,
1793
Frederick,
1334
Esther,
3386
Frederick,
1889
Esther,
2403
Frederick, .
3093
EsthiT Lucretia,
296
Frederick A.,
3276
Ethel Hazen,
1350
Frederick Arnold,
825
Eugene LeBaron,
2186
Frederick Augustus,
1093
Eunice Amelia,
331
Frederick Augustus,
2152
Eunice Morgan,
1932
Frederick Augustus,
2261
Eva.
t!56
Frederick ('larence.
1096
Everard Augustus,
2267
Frederick II. ,
2366
Experience,
1864
Frederick M.,
1846
Frederick Sandford,
291
Fanny,
1131
Frederick Starr,
212
Fanny Fayerweather,
185
Frederick Starr,
1119
Florence,
1026
Frederick Starr,
1145
Florence,
1047
Frederick Tiffany,
1643
Florence Annie,
1349
Frederick William,
551
Florence Caroline,
1095
Frederick William,
2166
;;jf|
d2d
INDliyt. — I'AItT I.
Namo.
No.
Name.
No.
Fmlcrick William,
2340
Ilannali,
M8
Fr.'.lcrick Wiliiiun,
3370
Hannah,
87S
Krcdcricii AiigiiHta,
«««
Ilannali,
1746
Hannah,
1708
(l«'orge,
818
Hannah,
1902
George,
780
Hannah (Jervis),
2879
George,
22S«
Hannah (Jervis),
2409
George,
2:ilH)
lliinnah Fowler,
1977
George,
34ia
Hannah Owen,
164
George A. ,
2170
Harold.
1153
George A.twiiter,
.424
Harrie,
1323
(}eorg«' AtwiiUT,
H25
Harriet,
498
(Jeorge Cypriiui,
41)1
Harriet,
1507
George K..
1874
Harriet,
1558
(Jeorge lliiinilton,
1094
Harriet,
3801
George Howard,
2250
Harriette,
604
George Ij. Bowiie,
1725
Harriet Amelia,
881
0(H)rge M. ,
2415
Harriet Augusta,
882
George Milton,
1080
Harriet AuguHtii,
669
Get)rge Murray,
449, 815
Harriet Hartlett,
2189
G<!orge Oglevie,
175
Harriet E.,
1025
George Oglevie,
1015
Harriet E.,
1S84
Georf' Robinson,
1110
Harriet Elizabeth,
168
Gciorge Rogers,
785
Harriet Head,
8S64
George Seymour,
388
Harriet Rebecca,
84S
George Sherwood,
585
Harry Augustus,
1141
George St( ulien Benjamin,
215
Harry N(!Wton,
1428
George Tiinmas,
553
Harry St. John,
1310
George Waaliington,
2159
Hattic! L. ,
1849
George William,
284
Helen (Jervis),
1031
G(!orge William,
1905
Helen,
2078
George William Hope,
819
Helen A.,
168Q
Graee Gillet,
1090
Helen Amtilia Margaret,
Grace Lnthrop,
14g0
Helen Loui.sa,
1678
Oracle,
1888
Helen Marion,
8353
Griethene,
1520
Helen Mary, .
889
Guslavus,
1511
Helen Pearce,
1982
Gustavus.
1514
Henrietta,
191
Guatavus Roelifort,
395
Henrietta,
868
Henrietta A.,
3385
Haller,
1508
Henrietta Doh.son,
143
Hannah,
53
Henriettas.,
847
Hannah,
05
Henry,
63
Hannah,
70
Henry,
194
Hannah,
85
Henry,
333
Hannah,
112
Henry, •
870
Hannah,
129
Henry,
1789
Hannah,
275
Henry,
1871
Name.
Henry.
Henry A.,
Henry Au^niN(„H^
Henry AukumIuh,
H(!nry Clay,
Ifenry DohkIhhh,
H. FitzOenild,
Henry Herbert,
i.N'nrv Jiunes,
Henry Kent,
Heniy Sunford,
Henry Htiirr,
Henry Stone,
Henry W.,
Henry W.,
Henry William,
Herlx'rt Cherriniau,
HerlM'rt MiuiHon,
• Herliert Murray,
Hervey,
Hester A.,
HeHt(!r Klizaheth,
Hetti(! Frederica,
Hetty,
Hetly Hart,.
Uezekiah,
Hczekiah JSIasli,
Hezekiah Nash,
Holda,
!I()llis Joy,
I lorace,
Horace A.,
Horace B.,
ITorace Benjamin,
i^Iowanl,
Howard Barrcli.
Howard Sandford,
How land B.,
Huldah,
lantba,
Ichabod,
Ichabod,
Ida May,
Ira,
Ira,
Irving Austin,
Isaac,
DKHCKNDANTS NAMKP .fAHVtH.
Nam*.
Isaac,
lH»ac,
rsaac,
Fsahel Grace,
Isabel Helen,
Isal)el Maria,
Isabel Mary Hubbard,
Isabella Maule,
Isabel McLean,
Isaiah,
Isaiah,
Isaiah,
Israel,
Israel,
Jacob,
Jacob,
I Jacob S.,
James,
James,
James,
James,
James,
James,
James,
James,
James,
James,
James Edmund,
James Grant,
James Lawrence,
James Lorenzo,
James Morgan,
James O. ,
James Otis,
James White,
James White,
Jane,
I Jane,
Jane,
Jane Hannah,
Jane Josepliine,
Jane Maria,
Janet McNary,
Jane Mercer,
Jared B. ,
Jared B. ,
Jay,
3283
.327
No.
26
UW
nm
vm
nm
2n;t
ii-ii
7»1
i7;ui
\7r>7
i7o;j
VM
»84
116
3891
1563
68
94
198
818
1634
1»44
11)01
1989
3884
8371
8380
199
3350
1031
1931
3168
3133
340
ir)19
307
386
510
457
1(577
394
1014
383
1588
1583
306
■
328
INDEX. PART I.
I
i
Name.
No.
Name.
No.
Jay,
539
John S. ,
2373
Jeanette,
308
John Samuel,
358
Jeanette,
3088
John W..
1069
Jeannette,
1916
Jonathan,
1734
Jeanette Hart,
304
Jonathan,
1740
Jeanette White,
1930
Jonathan,
1765
Jennie,
1091
Jonathan,
1793
Jennie Lee,
1886
Joseph,
1489
Jenny,
1063
Joseph,
2079
Jerta Marin,
Hid
Joseph (Jervis),
2377
Jerusha,
379
Joseph,
3398
Jesse,
67
Joseph A.,
. 1565
Jesse,
118
Joseph Albert,
.1694
Joannah (Jervis),
2378
Joseph Church,
1594
Joel,
1780
Joseph Edward,
1967
Joel 8.,
1633
Joseph Henry,
2405
John,
15
Joseph Ireland,
1762
John,
33
Joseph Ray,
1843
John,
50
Joseph Russell,
3067
John,
57
Joseph Russell,
3108
John,
110
Joseph Russell,
3119
John,
171
Joseph Russell,
2184
John,
1434
Joseph Sidney,
1550
John,
1808
Joseph W.,
619
John,
1984
Joseph Wicks,
1950
John,
1986
Joseph Wicks,
1975
John,
1998
Joseph Wood,
3103
John,
2000
Josephine,
651
John,
3033
Josephine,
1939
John,
2330
Josephine,
3131
John,
3331
Josephine Head,
3241
John, Jr.,
2333
Josie Kinyon,
1035
John A..
2368
Judson,
540
John Abram,
303
Julia,
205
John Black,
3101
Julia,
561
John Bloomfiekl (Jervis),
1773
Julia,
1123
John Bloomlield (Jervis),
1834
Julia,
1627
John Buuce,
1800
Julia Alice,
3354
John Colyer,
1898
Julia Ann,
358
John Head,
2086
Julia Ann,
259
John Head,
2151
Julia Ann,
274
John Head,
3173
Julia Ann,
315
John Henry,
300
Julia B.,
3289
John Hewlett,
1879
Julia Conkliu,
1089
John Jay,
513
Julia Eliza.
579
John Lindsay,
591
Julia Eli/a,
1108
John Q. A. ,
3So3
Julia F.,
1695
John Racy,
460
Julia Maria,
1667
nESCENDANTS NAMED JAKViS.
Name.
Julia Ravmond,
Kasinni P. (Jervis),
Kathiirine,
Katharine Leonard,
KenI,
Kent,
Kent, Jr.,
Kent,
Kclunili,
Ketiirab,
Keturak Ann.
Keziali,
Launcelot,
Laura Ann,
Laura Matikla,
Lavinia,
Lavinia,
Lavinia,
Lavinia,
Lavinia Todd,
Le(}rand,
L. H.,
Leonard,
Leonard,
Leonard,
Leonard,
Leonard,
Leonard,
Leonard,
Leonard,
Leonarfl Bradford,
Leonard Bradford,
Leonard Fitz Edward,
Levi S.,
Levinah,
Liliie F.,
Lizzie Ida,
Lizzi(! Maud,
Lorenzo TayJor,
Louis Raymond,
Louisa, f
Louisa,
Louisa,
Louisa,
Louisa Sophia,
Loinse Bailey,
4'i
No.
718
1633
:il45
3146
14l>3
1546
1657
1713
138
1784
3406
130
Name.
Louise Heath,
Louise Jcanette,
Luciiida Fri.sbie,
Lueretia,
Lucretia,
Lucy,
Lucy Caroline,
Lucy Cushing,
Lucy riubbard,
Lucry Josephine,
Luella,
178
m\
833
37
54
100
115
164
314
1436
3019
3036
3051
3057
2073
3137
2138
3104
3115
3185
3105
508
133
1850
1033
3281
1616
1155
38
595
3339
3358
490
3147
Mabel 8adie,
Marcy,
Margaret,
Margaret,
Margaret,
Mai-garet,
Margaret,
Margai-et,
Margaret,
I Margartit,
' Margaret Aiuiabella,
Margaret Ci.-nelia,
Margan^l Emma,
Margaret Isabella Mauie,
Margaret Wcudder,
Maria,
Maria,
Maria CJliajtman,
Maria Frisbic,
Mariii G. ,
Maria Lavinia,
Maria Mabel,
Maria Sauford,
Marietta,
Marietta Bradley,
Mariett*!,
Marion Zeta,
Martha,
Martha Louisa,
Martha Margaret,
Martha P.,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
329
No.
1088
1038
*583
189
1468
767
875
3359
1463
1893
3371
3039
114
133
3004
3005
3034
3143
3170
3364
1120
1841
388
1113
1839
343
1786
719
533
2369
150
1311
3244
378
608
509
1133
48
1018
161
1856
11
35
71
80
102
mum
I It
I I
t
I
lis
330
Name.
Mary,
Maiy,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary.
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary,
Mary A. ,
Mary Abigail,
Mary Emilia,
Mary Amelia,
Mary Ann,
Mary Ann,
Mary Ann,
Mary Ann,
Mary Ann,
Mary Ann,
Mary Ann,
Mary Ann,
Mary Ann,
Mary Ann Susan,
Mary Beatrice,
Mary Boyles,
Mary Calharine,
Mary Caroline,
Mary Caroline,
Mary Caroline,
Mary Church,
Mary Church,
)EX.—
-PART 1.
No.
Name.
No.
104
Mary E. ,
1070
136
Mary E.,
1853
277
Mary Elizabeth,
286
337
Mary Elizabeth,
838
367
Mary Elizabeth,
2156
383
Mary Elizabeth,
2250
394
Mary Esther,
316
557
Mary Esther,
2403
852
Mary Frances,
1878
1494
Mary Frances,
1921
1625
Mary Frances,
1936
1749
Mary Hannah,
162
1752
Mary Hubbard,
2120
1908
3Iary Jane,
408
1940
Mary Jane,
1660
1948
Mary Jane,
2161
1994
Mary fjouisa.
357
2003
Mary Louisa,
1207
2007
Mary Louise,
1928
2008
Mary M. ,
1581
2021
Mary M. (Jervis),
1632
2047
Mary Minerva,
1693
2094
Mary Nutting,
794
2374
Mary Ogden,
1913
2401
Mary Parker,
2263
2384
Mary Pepperrell Sparhawk,
2135
2367
Mary Shrieve,
788
1669
Mary Sophia,
581
928
Mary Sophia,
582
256
Mary Sparhawk,
2076
292
Mary Theodora (Jervis),
1704
326
Mary W.,
1703
600
Mary Wicks,
1973
1548
Matilda,
398
1805
Matilda Jane, '
1943
1860
Matilda M.,
1973
20H7
Maud jVFaria,
1427
2i«9
Mehilal)el,
130
'^345
Mehitabel,
369
1882
Mtlancthon Bryant (Jervis),
2407
1125
Mellville,
1063
821
Mervale Philetus,
'844
1116
Mildred Bleiuierhassett,
1363
4.54
Miles O'Ueilly,
94U
723
Milerson,
1748
724
Milerson,
1751
2042
Milison,
38
2109
Minerva,
600
No.
1070
1853
286
838
3156
3350
316
3403
1878
1921
1936
163
2120
408
1660
2161
357
1307
1938
1581
1633
1693
794
1913
3363
3135
788
581
583
3076
1704
1703
1973
398
1943
I
Name.
Mira,
Moses,
Moses,
Moses, Jr.,
Moses,
Moses Richards,
Moses West,
Munsou,
Miinson,
Myron A. (Jervis;,
Nanoy,
^ancy,
Nancy Head,
Naomi,
Nathan,
Nathan,
Nathan,
Nathan 8. ,
Nathan Sturges,
Nathan Sturges,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel,
Nathaniel,
Nellie,
Nellie May,
Neva Todd,
Nelson,
Nicholas,
Noah.
Nostrand,
Owen,
Paul,
Panthea,
Percy,
Percy,
Per Lee,
Peter Robinson,
DESOENDANTS NAMED .lARVlS.
Name.
Peter Robinson,
Phebe,
Phehe,
Phebe,
Phebe,
Phebe A.,
Phebe A.,
Phebe Elizabeth,
Phebe Perkins,
Philumela Elizabeth,
Philander,
Philander Robinson,
Philetus Conklin,
Philetus Horton,
Philip,
Philip,
Philip,
Philip, .
Philo,
PlKBbe,
Phoebe,
Pha'be,
Phoebe Deborah,
PhfEbe Francis,
Philo Place,
Pierre Humphrey,
Piatt,
PlatI,
Polly.
Polly,
Polly,
Polly,
Polly,
Polly Martha Marvin,
liachel,
liachel,
Rachel.
Rachel H.,
Ra(!hel Isabella,
1505 Ralph Muuson.
Rebe(;ca,
Rebecca,
Rebec<;a,
Rebecca,
Rebecca,
Rebecca,
Rebecca,
331
No.
1126
1760
1794
1867
1926
1872
1875
3404
3233
486
1626
360
1795
1891
3044
2090
3171
2421
187
1906
1949
1956
1980
1915
1895
1911
364
2390
23
47
169
1517
1522
140
72
297
1435
1564
314
185
179
(p.) 197
1993
1995
2001
2011
2016
H32
INDKX. — PART I.
i
Name.
No.
Name.
No.
Rebecca Hall,
2154
Samuel Gardiner,
2038
Rebecva Parkman,
2048
Samuel Gi>vdner,
2126
Reuben,
23!)3
Samuel M. ,
■ 1918
Rhoda,
;J66
Sanmel Odell.
160
Richard,
1047
Sanmel Peters,
149
Richard Win.,
354
Sanmel Peters,
152
Robert,
1744
Samuel Peters,
447
Robert,
1781
Sanmel Peters,
943
Robert,
1788
Sanmel Raymond (Sir),
181
Robert E. Colborne,
598
Sands,
66
Robert Jones,
1424
Sarah,
29
Robert Milner,
19(J9
Sarah,
49
Rodney,
197
Saraii,
98
Rufus P. ,
1700
Sarah,
121
Ruasell,
2077
Siirah,
181
Russell,
2129
Sarali,
223
Russell,
2198
Sarah,
375
Ruth,
34
Sarali,
597
Ruth, ■
133
Sarah,
1804
Sarah,
1905
Sally,
188
Sarah,
2009
Sally,
1499
Sarah,
2041
Sally,
1770
Sarah,
2095
Sally,
2332
Sarah,
2144
Sally,
2390
Sarali,
2192
Sally (Jervis),
2410
Sarah,
2325
Sally Burrill.
141
Sarah (Jervis),
2380
Salter Mountain,
590
Sarah,
2385
Sampson,
1999
Saraii A.,
349
Samuel,
8
Sarah Adelaide,
1861
Samuel,
13
Sarah Ann,
336
Samuel,
40
Sarah Ann,
2355
Samuel,
46
Sarah Fliz. Marie Anto
nette, 308
Sanmel,
58
Saraii Eloisa,
(p.) 197
Samuel,
70
Saraii Hitchcock,
262
Samuel,
•81
Sarah Isabel,
1107
Samuel,
96
Sarah J.,
620
Samuel,
218
Sarah Jane,
53(5
Samuel,
350
Saraii Jane,
2243
Samuel,
499
Saraii Jessica (Jervis),
1705
Sanuiel,
1993
Sarah Leonard,
2110
Samuel Rowmon,
2322
Saraii Maria,
330*
Sanuiel I).,
1754
Saraii Maria,
396
Sanmel Farmar,
87
Saraii Maria,
(i09
8am>iel Farmar,
88
Saraii Peters M.,
166
Samuel Farmar,
306
Sarah Russell,
2061
Sanmel Fermor,
307
Sarah W.,
1836
Sanmel Fermor,
076
Selah,
2419
No.
2038
3126
1918
IfiO
14!)
152
447
943
181
66
29
49
98
121
131
223
375
597
1804
1905
3009
2041
2095
2144
2192
2325
2380
2385
349
1861
336
2355
308
.)197
262
1107
620
536
2243
1705
2110
330'
396
ri09
1()6
2061
1836
2419
■niuer.
Name.
Seleptu.
Se)"" ;
Set]).
Seymour,
Seymour,
Sidney IJerdoe,
Simon Lessee,
Soi)hiu,
Soplironia,
Stephen,
Stephen, Jr.,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen,
StejHien,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen,
Stephen Jervis W.,
Steplien Maule,
Stei)]ien Murray,
Stephen Starr,
Susan,
Susan,
Su.san,
Susan,
Susan,
Susan,
Susan,
Susan B.,
Su.san (jfibl)s,
Susan Gibbs,
Susan Mary Ann,
Susan Pierce,
Susan Pieree,
Susanna,
Su.sanna,
Susanna M. (Jervi.s),
Su.sannali,
Susannah Ilubbnrd,
DKSOENDANTS NAMED .TARVfS.
Name.
Susannah M.,
Su.saiHiah Penn,
Theodorus,
Thomas,
Thomas,
Thomas, Jr.,
TJiomas,
Thomas,
Thomas,
Tliomas,
Thomas Henry,
Thomas Iliuby,
TJiomas Jefferson,
Thomas Neilson,
Thomas Newton,
Thomas Stin.s(;u,
Thomas Woodhull,
Thomas Woodhull,
Timotliy,
Timothy B.,
Tully Church,
Walter Beam.
Walter Scott,
Wellington,
Whitman,
Willard,
Willet,
Willetts,
William,
William,
William,
William,
William,
William,
William,
Willianj,
William,
William,
William,
William,
William,
William.
William,
William,
William,
William,
333
No.
1774
(p.) 197
2417
31
1483
1484
1767
2031
2055
2387
1143
1790
2143
1131
493
1114
1880
1901
1759
1776
1501
1433
287
536
1806
1713
280
1866
5
7
62
64
83
103
137
201
348
669
1487
1735
1738
1753
1777
1782
1809
1914
fl
3a4
INDKX. — PART t.
Name.
No.
Name.
Williiim,
IflflO
William Henry,
Williiim,
20(13
William Henry (Jovvis),
Williiim.
2017
William Henry,
Williiim,
2080
William Henry Stuart,
William,
2130
Willi im llovey,
William,
2141
William Irving,
William,
2149
William Kemper,
William,
211»:{
William Manle.
William (Jcrvis),
2375
William Morley,
William,
2388
William Moslier,
William AU'ml.
1962
William Mini.son.
William Aui^ustus,
224
William Mun^on,
William MolsFonl,
216
William Oliver,
William Hull,
2r.7
William O.scar,
William C,
1923
William Oscar,
William V.,
2083
William l^vxton.
William Cooper,
1518
William ]V'pi)errell,
William Duminer,
596
William Keginaltl,
William Dummor Powell,
448
William Uice,
W. (t. Townsciid,
411
Wilmer E.,
William George,
944
Woodlnill,
William H.,
1858
Woodhull.
William Hamilton,
1726
William riait.
766
Zophar,
William Uavilaiid,
1799
Zerviah (Mrs.),
No.
395
1837
3283
6S3
33ftl
920
859
1109
1146
2138
158
404
580
1085
183
2180
•1208
2199
1845
1814
1897
362
1750
^
■4
DKSrKNnANTW NAMKD .IAI{VI,«<.
3:i5
PART II.
NAMKS OK l»ERSONK WHO IIAVK MAIilUEl) INTO TIJi
JAUVIS FAMILY. AND NAMKS OF DESCENDANTS
li EARING OTHER SURNAMES.
Name.
Abnuris, i;iuistiiuia,
AdaniH, Ellon Derby,
Adiuns, JofTicy,
Adiinis, ,I<),so,)h Thornton,
Adams, Leonard,
AilainH, Snsan,
iMlen, Phehe,
\nios, Mari^aret Elliot,
Arnold, Mary,
Atkins, Abigail,
Atwater, Mary Auu,
Riineroft, Anna (!.,
Haiuroft, F. J.,
IJanerol't, Georg(^ .1.,
Hancroft, Mary MeLean,
Barlow, Lydia,
Barnt^tt, Francis K.,
Barnett, Frederick,
Barnett, ({eorge,
Barnett, Jamei,
Barnett, June. E.,
Barnett, .T(!annette,
Barnett, John,
Barnett, John,
Barnett, Try])hena,
liarrch. Augusta,
Barrch, Eniiiiiline,
Barreh, Julia A.,
Barrel), Mrs. I'nuliiia,
Bartlett, Aiine Bailey,
Barthat, Elizabeth,
Bassett, Annie L.,
Bassett, David,
Bassett, Elizabetli V.,
Bassi.'tl, George J.,
Bassett, Harriet A.,
Bassett, John E. ,
Bassett, Mary L. ,
Bassett, Sarah J..
Beach, Bloomfleld J. ,
No.
Name.
No.
1826
Beach, Cyprian N.,
773
2191
Bea(;h, Elizab.-th H. J.,
774
2188
Beach, Henry Hyde,
1821
2187
Beach, Samuel,
1819
218!)
Beach Sanuiel,
1822
2190
Bears, Mary,
1954
1904
Beer, Jane Hope,
833
282
Beaumont, (!harlotte.
1148
134
Bernard, Agnes C. G.,
936
202(i
Bernard, Ed. Henry,
938
323
Bernard, Ellen M.,
935
Bernard, Gerald Luke F.,
934
1321
Bernard, l-uke Fitz Gerald,
932
1318
Bernard, Mary K.,
933
1320
Bernard, Renee H. B.,
937
1319
Bla(;k, Miiry Ann,
2093
492
Blackman, Cliarles,
1445
027
Blacknian, Hiram,
1443
628
Blackman, Jennie,
1444
029
Bliss, Harriet J.,
1711
631
Bloomlicld, Phebe,
1771
632
Bogart, Helen Maria,
1823
630
Borden, Abigail M.,
1685
625
Borden, Asa,
1082
633
Borden, Charles M. ,
1684
620
Borden, George P.,
1683
2279
Borden, Joseph A. ,
1680
2283
Boultbee, Alfred,
888
3274
Boultbee, Alfred E.,
891
2175
Boultbee, Constance M.,
893
21.37
Boidtbee, Frank.
890
1373
Boultbee, Horatio C,
892
1325
Boultbee, Reginald,
889
728
Boulte, Eli/abet li,
170
730
Bowcrman, Mary,
513
1324
BownioM, Elizab(!th,
2319
731
Bowne, Maria,
1040
729
Boyd, Anna Maria,
405
1323
Boyd, ('aroliiie.
403
1320
Bradford, Sarah L.,
2114
1820
Bradley, Abigail C,
1609
■^wi
I
336
Nam*.
Hni(lk\y , Augusta Sophia,
Uradlcy, (lymw Y.,
IJradlcy, Elislia,
Hradley, (Jcor^c II.,
Uradloy, Harriet C,
Jiradley, Jlarv. Shcpparil,
liradley, Henry,
Bradley, Joel,
llradley, Joseph J.,
Hradley, Joseph W. ,
Bradley, Julia W.,
Bradley, Lydia C,
Bradley, Maria C. ,
Bradley, Maria L.,
Bradley, Rachel,
Bradley, Rhoda J. ,
Bradley, Williams.,
Brant, Jennie R. ,
Brayton, Cynthia,
Bresce, Asahel A. ,
Bresee, Carl A.,
Bresee, Charles H.,
Bresee, Chester J.,
Bresee, David C,
Bresee, Ella C. ,
Bresee, Emma,
Bresee, George L. B.,
Bresee, William J.,
Brewster, Annie,
Bridgham, Lydia D.,
Brower, Eliza,
Brown, Alice C,
Brown, Ann,
Brown, Barbara A.,
Brown, Joseph B,,
Brown, Margaret L.,
Brown, Mary,
Brown, Ursilla M.,
Ikown, Warren C,
Brush, Naomi,
Bryant, Mary E.,
Bryant, William F.,
Bryden, Sarah A.,
Budgen, Alice C,
Budgen, Caroline M.,
Budgeu, Ellen I.,
Budgen, Fanny Lydia,
Budgeu, George,
INDKX. PAMT II.
No.
1(514
151)2
1(105
1611 !
1010 i
151(1 I
1587
158(5 !
1588
158!)
1(507
1(508
1500
16i;{
1578
1000
1013
1885
1810
1730
1783
1731
1719
1714
1716
1717
1715
1718
1756
3334
1044
1074
1648
1408
1073
1075
1971
1847
1076
12
1369
1368
983
11(53
1161
1163
1160
1164
Name. No.
Budgen, John, 11S8
Budgen (Major (Jen.), 1157
Budgen, Mary, 1165
Budgen, William Thomas, 1159
Bull, Polly, 254
Himce, Martha P., 1851
Bunce, Naomi, • 109
Bunee, Pheltc!, 128
Bjirt, Mary Frances, 1080
Butler, Jean(!tt»! J., 1027
Camp, Caroline S. , 642
(;amp, Charles Edwin, 648
(.'amp, Charles IL, 646
Camp, Elizabeth A., 644
Camp, Elizabeth Ann. 1276
Camp, Elsie E., 1271
Camp, Frances I., 648
Camp, Frank B., 1272
(?amp, FnMlerick W. , 641
Camp, George II. , 1273
Camp, (Jeorge William, 646
Camp, Helen Maria, 647
Camp, Silas, 640
Camp, Silas W., 1275
Camp, 'IMieodore E., 649
Campbell, Elizabeth J., 976
CanHcld, Cantield, 1442
Canticad, Carrie, 1440
Canflc^ld, Charles, 1489
Canfiekl, Edwin, 1488
Canfield, John. . 1487
Canfield. Wilfred, 1441
Carll, Phebe, 1779
Carr, E. W., (p.)~7
Carruthers, (Jrace, 919
Charter, Harriet E., 1388
Cary, Mariotte J., 1283
Cary, Sarah F., 1234
Cary, Solomon F., 1281
Cary, Wiilinm Ely, 1232
Chandler, Louisa M., 1833
Chapman, Betsy, 320
(!hapman, Louise, 602
Chase, Edward A., 1673
Chase, Kent Jarvis, 1672
Chase, Mary A., 1671
Chase, William A., 1670
DKSCENKANTS, KTC, HKAKINO OTHKII SIHNAMKS.
a 3 7
(i4t)
!)76
443
1440
I4:ut
1438
1437
1441
1779
.)77
!)1'.)
[1388
Il233
ll234
11331
Il333
ll833
330
tU)3
l()73
1(173
1 071
1(170
Niimo.
No.
Naino.
No.
('hiircli, AliiKiiil,
1500
Cutts, Hampden,
2203
Church, Samli,
3082
Cutis. Hampden,
2210
(*hi('h()Hl<'r, Jcnishii,
113
Cutts, IIampd(^n,
2307
(/lapliatn, Mary,
2079
(Jutts, Harriet L.,
2212
Chirk, ('larissa.
1018
Cults, Ki\\'u' Anna,
2205
Clark, Harah,
957
Cutis, Liliiui Ursula,
3206
Coalcs, F<:ii/a R.
1818
Cutts, .Margaret A.,
3399
Coliurn, .lames IM., Jr.,
1477
Cults. Mary V C.,
3309
Coburn, Lamont I).,
1479
Cutts, Mary S.,
3303
Coliurn, Holicrl II.,
1478
Cults, William H.,
3391
Colos, (!aMi(!rin<' A.,
1349
Cutis, William J.,
3308
Coll, Caldwell H.,
770
(Uifts, Winnifred,
3398
Colt, Elizabeth J.,
771
Colt, Henrietta 8.,
772
Dana, Caroline,
3131
(!olt, Samuel,
768
Daniel, Mary ().,
1689
Colt, Samuel J.,
769
Davis, Prudence,
3075
Condy, Susan,
3033
Dean. Fannie,
1336
Conklin, Hannah.
43
Dean, Ida S.,
1338
Conklin, Keturah,
1787
Dean, John P.,
1335
Cook, Anna,
19(18
Dean, Minnie,
1337
(!ooley, Mary,
ib;;o
Dennison, A<la M.,
1399
(*ooli(lf!:e, [jydia,
3053
Diiiinison, Ceorgc,
1397
Coojier, JiUcretia.
3365
T.N'imison, William ('.,
1398
Cordi.s, Kliza,
3133
Dibble, IVggy,
146
Crawford, Alvali Carpentor,
536
Dibble. Ralph,
147
Craw lord, Ciiroline L.,
535
Dibble, Tyler,
143
Crawford, (Catharine U. ,
530
Dibble. Waller I).,
144
Crawford, ('hauncey II.,
518
Dibble, William.
145
Crawford, Daniel,
534
Douglass, Pillen,
1081
Crawford, F^lijah II.,
517
Draper, Claris,sa,
3134
Crawford, James Kodnian,
531
Duckett, Alva J.,
1416
Crawford, Joliii Bemtis,
519
Duckelt, Frederick W.,
1415
(■rawford, Jothan,
516
Duekett, Walter (}.,
1413
Crawford, Margaret Ann,
533
Duckelt, Willard S.,
1414
Crawford, Martha J. ,
538
Duff, Ale.xander,
950
(h'awford, Warren S. ,
537
Duir, .Mmira Helen,
1409
Crawford, William Non.ian,
533
Duir, Augusta,
951
Crissey, Eliza,
1919
Duff, (Jalharine H..
1411
Cunningham, Sally,
3339
Duff, Je.sseO.,
1410
Curllss, Jane M.,
1674
Duff, William A.,
1412
Cushing, Lucy,
674
Duff, William A. H.,
953
Cutts, Anna JI.,
3306
Dunn, (!ora K. ,
1653
Cutis, Charles J.,
3311
Dunn, James K.,
1654
Cutt.s, Kdward D.,
3394
Dunn, Julia K.,
1656
Cutts, Edward II. ,
3204
Dunn, Julia M. (Mrs.),
1653
Cutis, Elizabeth H.,
2205
Dunn, Mary A.,
1655
Cutis, Elizabeth B..
3307
Dunsford, Augusta,
1303
Cutts, Elizabeth M.,
2203
Dunsford, Marlhi,
1391
43
r
388
INI>KX. — I'AKT II.
'
Ninnu.
Diiiisfonl, Willifiin,
Diiniiul, ('aroliiKi Aug. ().,
Dtimiid, KU/Ai G. ,
Duniiid, (tfor^'o,
Diiraiul. llanuiili,
Duniiul, .TcsMo,
Duraiitl, Mary C,
Dyer, lillcu,
EdMon, A.Halu'l.
EdHon, Itilly.
Edsoii, Kli/alx'lli,
Edsoii, Orcucll,
Edsoii, Polly,
Edaoii, Sally,
Edson, TheodoriLs,
Edson, Thomas,
Ed.soii, William J.,
Eldridgc, Lucy J. ,
Ells, Sally,
Ely, Charles P. ,
F^ly, Gcorgc! M.,
Ely, Henry O.,
Ely, Tiouisa G.,
Ely, Marietta P.,
Ely, William,
Emery, Jane Pomeroy,
Everitt, Susauua,
Fairchild, Alhcrl.
Fairchild, Jlarmaii,
Fairehild, Iliiiiry,
Fairchild, .lolm,
Fairchild, .lidia,
Fairchild, Marsh,
Fanchcr, Sarah,
Fancher, Mary,
Farmar, Ann,
Fay, Charles ,1 . ,
Fay, Elizabeth,
Fay, Estelle L.,
Fay, Gilbert O.,
Fay, Louie J. ,
Fay, Louis P.,
Fitz Gerald, Anna G.,
Fitz Gerald, Duncan,
Fitz Gerald, Elizabeth J.,
Fitz Gerald, Frederick,
No.
v.m
IHKI
»70
l)(ir»
0«7
\)m
»74
vm
\rM
1541
irdw
1 ■);!;!
\rm
irAO
\r,:\2
um
170
1230
133!)
133(i
1337
1338
1335
743
1870
1450
144(5
1448
1447
1451
1449
1!)5
1377
8(i
1739
1738
1483
1737
14;J1
1430
779
876
77(5
775
Name.
No.
Fitz Gerald. Frederick,
780
Fitz (ierahl, Harvey,
877
Fitz (Jerald. John,
778
FitziJerald. Mary C,
777
Fitz (ierahl, William 11..
875
Flagg, Frances M.,
3340
Forbes, Susan,
1064
Forward, llaiuiah
2876
Fo.ster, Charley,
608
Foster, Charley,
1379
Foster, CJeorjif,
656
Ko,sler, (}, M.,
654
Foster, Henry,
650
Foster, Mary J.,
657
Foster, Mary L.,
1878
Foster, Sarali C. ,
655
Fowler, Hannah,
1976
Fo\vl(!r, Mary,
1979
Fra.ser. A ugust a.
901
Eraser, (JliarlesT.,
903
Fraser, Frederick,
905
Fniser, James,
000
Fraser, ]\Iaria,
904
Fraser, William B.,
903
Freeman, Alice M.,
888
Freeman, Arthur H.,
883
Freeman, Charles E.,
884
Freeman, Christabelle,
887
Freeman, Clarence,
880
Freeman, Frank,
886
Freeman, George,
1389
Freeman, (}(!org(! O.,
879
Freeman, Ida Maria,
881
P^rceman, Lottie M.,
1390
Freeman, Manfred,
886
Freeman, Samuel B.,
878
Fri.sbie, Tempe,
529
Fruthy, Laura,
3287
Fuller, Amelia,
1598
George, Thomas li. ,
1733
Gibson, Nancy D. M.,
1305
Gilbert, Kobert J.,
1344
Gilbert, Sarah H.,
1343
Gilbert, William J.,
1343
Gilbert, William J.,
1345
Gildersleeve, Statira,
1010
Gllkinsou, Agnes,
918
DKSCKNOANTH, KT("., HKAHINO dTIIKl! SIKNAMKS,
:\-M)
mi
887
880
885
i:{8!»
87!)
881
|:iS>0
88«
878
52})
!3H7
i5i);5
i7;i;j
i;i05
i:]44
134S
1843
i;vi5
1010
918
Niiinc.
No.
Oilkiiisori, AlcxandtT 0.,
1)10
(filkiiiHoii, An-liil)al(l,
1)0(1
QilkiiiHon, AiijfUNtuN I. <>.,
1)15
Oilkinson, ('. U. (}..
913
nilkiiiHon, Kllcii ]>.,
1)17
GilkiiiHou, George ().,
i)ia
Gilkiiisoii, Grant,
1)07
(Jilkiiison, Isalicllii («.,
1)08
(lilkinson, .Tiispcr G.,
1)11
Gilkin.soii, Jfisptr 'P.,
1)14
<}ilkiiis()ii, Marv .1.,
))!((
(iilkiiiHon, Tlioiims.i;. H. C.
000
Gillcl, i.ouisu.
1585
(Jillics, Fanny.
1107
•Gillies, iM..
1100
Gilliim, Manila.
1017
Glover, Amelia,
210
Gould. Sarali,
50!)
(TOiiinan, Marietta \j..
1!W5
(Jraliani, Marv Ann,
))!«)
Grant, Mar;, \V.,
];i(i4
Gray, Kli/.abetli.
414
Gray, Elosia.
7i:J
Greer, Nancy.
5:54
<}rin(ile, Lucy,
2385
Qriswold, Abiuail,
1542
Gross, Lydia K.,
1058
llaldenian, Sanielda P.,
1425
Hall, Arlluir C,
684
Hall, Christina,
(582
Hall, Edward F.,
679
Hall, Edward S.,
(578
Hall, Eli/.ai)elh J.,
781
Hall, Frank de Peysler,
681
Hall, Mary,
68;$
Hall, lieheeea.
2148
Hall, Theodore M.,
680
Hamilton, A^nes H. ,
864
Hamilton, Alexander,
461
Hamilton, Augusta C,
4:55
Hamilton, Augusta H.,
48;J
Hamilton, Auiiusta M.,
87«
Hamilton, Augusta Owen H.,
472
Hamilton, Caroline,
958
Hamilton, Caroline M,
470
Hamilton, Caroline M.,
870
Hamilton, Catharine,
434
Nninu. No.
Hauulton, Catharine H., 421)
Hamilton, Catharine li., 86:t
Hamilton, Catharine M., 462
Hamilton, Charles ('.. H7H
Hamilton, Cyrus J., 9rt9
Hanulton, Elizabeth, 466
Hamilton, Kmma H., 471
Hamilton, Kthel Maud, 1470
Hamilton, Eva May. 1471
Hamilton. (Jeorge, 437
Hamilton, (Jeorge, 4J52
Handlton, (Jeorge, 1175
H:imillon, George E., 868
Hamilton, George W., 1176
H.imilton, (hace. 1)63
Hamilton, Grace. 963
Hamilton, Hannah H., 463
Hamilton, llehn, 467
Hamilton, .TaiH! C., 872
Hac'ilton, .lesse Augusta, 464
Hamilton, Jessie, 80(!
Hamilton, John H., 871
Hamilton, Joseph .\lexander, 468
Hamilton. Julia. 1178
Hamilton, Maria J., 869
Hamilton, Maria Laviina, 431
Handlton, Mary, 874
Hamilton, Mary Jane, 465
Handlton, Minetta, 904
Hamilton, Robert C., 1177
Handlton, Robert C, 1180
Hamilton, Robert H., 805
Hamilton, Robert Jarvis, 428
Hamilton, Samuel Askin. 430
Hanulton. Thomas C, !)(!(»
Hamilton. William, 802
H.unilton, William .larvis, 469
llanna, KllaH., 1723
Hansard, Arthur C., 1384
Hansard, Hugh 11.. 1387
Hansard, John St. L., 1386
Hansard, Richard M., 1385
Harding, Frances fi., I(i65
Harding, Jonathan, 1168
Harding, Leonard, I(!(i4
Harding, Lucy 1)., 844
Harmon, Jeanette, 54!)
Harmon, .hidsou, 548
I
«) iw m* wnmumwHinpi
340
INDKX. — PAHT II.
I I
n
t i
^--Bt
Niinio.
No.
lltiniion, .lulictto.
049
Iliirnioii, Mar^nirctta,
B4«
HarriHoii, A^'iics K. 11.,
i:{r)8
IIiirriHon, Frank MrOlicc,
i:ui(>
IlarriHoii, IIitIktI (}.,
i:tr.7
HarriHoii, l.cdiiard .1.,
i:<r)i)
HurriHon, Marion .1.,
12B9
IlarriNon, Murray,
liWfl
Ilttrrison, William,
Hart, Eli/.abfth Miller,
ji
Hart, Sarah McCurdy,
:Wi
Harvoy, Mary Ann,
IHW
Hatch, Amelia,
1520
Hatcli, Ira.
ir.27
Hatch, .John,
1524
Hatch, Malatiah,
152:{
Hatch, Malcnda,
l.^);io
Hatch, Matilda,
15: 11
Hatch, Polly,
1525
Hatch, Solomon,
152(i
Hatch, William,
152H
Huyard, Ku^cnc .1.,
14 1«
Hayard. Willi.im H.,
1417
Ha/en, Arthur V..
■•<70
Haxen, Cecilia K.,
'2
Hazen, Eli/al)cth,
\
Ha/eu, Ethel,
i.»»j)
Hazen, Harriett S,,
1375
Hazen, Joanna,
832
Hazen, Lilian,
IHfiS
Hazen, Margaret Ann,
831
Hazen, Maria A.,
13(17
Hazen, Robert,
401
Hazen, Itobert Eraser,
402
Hazeu, Robert M.,
827
Hazcu, liobert M. R. ,
1305
Hazen, Robert P.,
1374
Hazen, Sophia F.,
1366
Hazen, Susan,
82tt
Hazen, William,
828
Hazen, William,
1371
Head, Ann,
2085
Hewlett, Susannah,
1876
Hiles, Anna,
<(68
Hill, Christina Jane,
851
Hilson, Eliza Jane,
1688
Hilson, Robert,
1687
Hitchcock, Solomon,
236
Name.
No.
Hobart, Cordelia,
1019
Hodp-H, Lydia L. ,
8808
Horlon, Endly A.,
1890
HosuKtr, Milicent,
8886
Houston, Marjraret,
901
Huvcnden, Kli/.a,
1106
Hovey, (!aroline 11.,
8247
Hovey, Sarah E.,
8888
Howard, A. Trumbull,
8800
Howard, (Veil H.,
8801
Howard, Charles T.,
8800
Howard, Kdith K.,
3808
Howard, Edward K. ,
8807
Howard, Mary C.,
8808
Howard, Mau<l J.,
8806
Howard, Hose J.,
8304
Hoyt, Betsey A.,
1060
Ilidtbanl, Phebe,
8367
llubbell, Sally M..
684
HuKhcy, Laura F
1488
Huiii^erlord, Arthur,
1465
Hunii:erford, Edwin,
1464
Hun^i-erford, Martin L.,
1468
Hun,u;(!rford, Robert,
1468
Hunt, Clyde Du V.,
8886
Hunt, Jarvis,
8886
Hunt, lioavitt.
8224
Hunt, Leavitt B.,
8889
Hiuit, Maud 1).,
8827
Hunt, Morris B.,
8880
Hunt. Nina,
8888
Htirlbut, Charh)tte J.,
978
Htirlbut, Leon B,,
971
Hurlbut, Sylvia E.,
972
Hyde, Nancy.
8344
Ireland, Sarah,
1760
Irving, Diana,
987
Isbell, Betsey .lane,
1598
Isbell, Cecilia Abi<iail,
1601
Isbell, Felic'ia M..
1608
Isbell. George T.,
1604
Isbdl, Horaces.,
1599
Isbell, Nathan.
1597
Isbell, Oliver C,
1600
Isbell, Sophroiua E,,
1602
Jackson, Ann Eliza,
1058
Jackson, Charles,
1059
DKSCKNKANTH, KTC, RKAIUNO OTMKU NUUNAMKH.
341
1760
927
1598
1601
l()0:i
1604
ir)99
ir)97
1600
1602
1058
1059
Nnmo.
Jiu'kMon, Florence,
.Iiicksoii, FranecH,
.luekHOii, Helen,
il.ickwdM, Jane .Inrvis,
.Ttickson, .loliii ('iilvin,
Jaeksnn, Johu Ciilvin,
.Tiiekson, Julia,
JacJxHoii, ,Miin l-andon,
JackHon, Nelnon,
Jaeksoii, Mayniond,
.lenkiiis, Maria I*.,
Jeiuihiirs, (Harissa.
Jones, Manili J. K.,
Jones, William W.,
Jordan, Carolina M.,
Joy, Nancy A.,
Kello<ffr_ Ann,
Kello^Tf;-, Caroline,
Kin^, Eu^reina I!.,
King, Engenia S. ,
King, Eva B. ,
King. Theodore C,
Kinney, ('liarles,
Kinney, William II.,
Knnpp, Abigail J.,
Kiiapp, Alice M.,
Ki, ipj), Amelia,
Knapp, (Comfort Starr,
Knapp. Delia Anne,
Knapp. Knnna,
Knapp, Evilina,
Kna})p, Fanny,
Knapp, Franci.s,
Knapp, Franci.s,
Knapp, George F. ,
Knapp, Harriet Lowndes.
Knapi>, Marganit Augusta.
Knap)). Mary.
Knapp, Rebe(!ca,
Knapp, Heuben,
Knapp, William Jarvis,
Knapp. William Starr.
Larned, Sarah E. ,
Leonard, Caroline,
Leonard, Pjllen,
Lewis, Charlotte,
No.
Nniiic.
No
10«7
Lewis, J. M. M..
tlN6
1056
Lewis. John (}. S,,
1187
105:<
liowis, Lucy,
(p.) 19
1459
fioekc, Hep/il)ah.
3350
1053
liong, Martha IL,
IT03
1055
L»ike, Henrietta L..
1170
1054
Lyon, Ann Fiouisa,
. 650
1458
1456
Maelear, Annie S. ,
1140
1457
Marshall, I'hilamela,
485
737
Marvin, David .M ,
1316
3411
Marvin, Elizabeth,
lilO
1374
Marvin, John F. ,
1314
1307
Marvin, Julia J.,
1312
3358
Marvin, Mary I*.,
1311
3350
Marvin, Nelson J.,
1315
Marvin, Walter T.,
1310
77
Marvin. Walter T..
1317
i;}02
Marvin, William J. K,,
1313
997
Maule, Arthur Dillon,
574
990
Maule, Caroline.
S69
998
Mauh-, Charlotte,
578
995
Maule, Edith H..
1171
io;{7
Maule, Klizabeth,
568
10M6
Maule, Elizabeth,
S64
345
Maule. Ellen.
570
008
Maule, Frances Amelia,
567
342
Maule. Fr. J. F..
1174
240
Maule, (leoi'ge.
566
004
Maule, CJeorge Fr»'derick,
571
341
Maule, Henry Hudgen,
577
344
Maule, Isabella,
673
3H9
Maule, John.
563
2;i7
Maule, Lilian B.,
1172
023
Maule, Mary C'. ,
575
246
Maule. Percy S.,
1173
247
Maule. Itobert,
576
060
Maule, William,
565
001
Maunoir. ('hristine E.,
673
243
Maunoir, Leon D. A.,
671
600
Miiunoir. Louise A. W.,
673
238
Maunoir, Theodore,
670
024
Mc Alpine, Amelia A.,
• 687
McAlpine, Anna (}.,
1292
1285
Me Alpine, Catharine L.,
1291
387
McAlpine, ('liarles Le(4rand,
692
790
MciVlpine, Charles ().,
689
1464
McAlpine, Elizabeth O,,
688
342
INDKX. PART 1'.
•J
■I ri
i . -1
B '
(^
Nftine.
McAliiine. Eliziiliclli .1.,
McAlpinc, Kli/.iiliftli M.,
McAlpiiK^ (iciirt^'c,
MfAIpinc, George,
McAlpiiic, .loliii IT.,
McAlpinc, Julia J..
McAlpiuc, Miuy A.,
McAlpinc, Sarah J.,
McAlpinc, William I). McG..
McAlpinc, William J.,
McConnick, (Hiarlcs.
McGonnick, Cluulcs William
MciConnick, Emma A.,
McCormick, EslliRr M.,
McC'ormick, (Jcorgc,
McCormick, (TCoru,i! Dichl,
McCormick, Ilannali,
McCormick, Harriet F. F^.,
M(!Cormick, Janctte A,,
McCormick, Jasper,
M(;Cormick, Marsvarct A.,
McCormick, Mary PI,
McCormi<!k, Mary S.,
Mc(^)rmlck, Napier,
McCormick, Paul J.,
McCormick, Samiiei Peters,
McCormick, Thomas,
Mc(^)rmick, 'honnis.
McCormick, Thomas I).,
McCormick, T. Friinces,
McCormick, William,
McC'ormick, William,
McCormick, William .1.,
McChee, Annie,
McGiiee, A,i>nes,
McGliee, Annie E. L.,
McGliec, Caroline,
McGhee, [iConanl,
McGl , Malcolm,
McGhee, Mary,
Mc(}hec, Mnrray,
McGhee, Thomas,
Mc(.ihee, William,
Mc(}rc,n()r, James L.,
McCJreji'or, John Alpine,
McGreii'or, INIary S. .
Mclntyre, Annie,
McKean, Anna B.,
No.
Niimc.
No.
1386
McKean, Franklin B.,
1340
«{)()
McKean, ITcnry J.,
1343
(IIH
McKean, Josejth B.,
13:50
()!t:i
McKetui, Katharine,
134:^
685
IMcKean. Marietta li.,
1344
1388
McKnight, Harry,
1281
1287
McKnight, Uoltert,
1280
t3i)(>
IVIcKnight, Walter M.,
1282
138!)
Mc]j(Nin, Annie L.,
1338
(186
McLean, Charles J.,
1337
!»3;{
McLean, Frederick V.,
i:541
4:58
McLean, John A.,
755
8!)6
McfiCii.:, John S.,
18:^6
8s)8
McLeiin, John Wilson,
756
930
McLean, fjangdon H.,
i8;;o
445
McLean, Lill'e H.,
i:54(;
440
Mclican, Maiy,
721
8i)S)
McLellan, Margaret F.,
i;^94
8i)5
McMiirdoe, Aston E.,
1405
025
McMurdoc, A. Keith,
1407
4:50
McMnrdoe, V.,
1404
441
MciArnrdoe, Kathleen,
1400
1895
Mead, Elizaheth,
1130
030
Meredith, Alice L.,
1191
1:596
Meredith, Clarenci' G..
1104
444
Meredith, (\)ll)orne P.,
1197
4:56
Meredith, Ednnind A,,
1189
033
Meredith, Ednnmd A.,
1108
487
Meredith. Ethel C,
1195
443
Meredith, Harriet M.,
1193
443
Meredith, Mary E.,
1100
034
Meredith, .Morna 1.,
1196
807
Merr'gold, Susan,
550
i;m6
Mesbuin. Charles,
i:i53
807
Mesham, Charles E.,
1:558
800
Mesham, Margaret B.,
1:554
812
Miller, Harrison,
665
814
Miller. Tfenry H.,
667
818
Miller, Samuel .1.,
(166
811
Milliken. Ennline P.,
3272
808
Milliken, Sarah,
2160
806
Millspaugh, Frances E.,
1368
810
Millspaugh, Frederick W.,
1365
1309
Mills|^lugh, Pethuel.
1363
1:501
Millspaugh, Silas C,
1364
1:500
JLllspaugh, William W.,
1366
1188
Morgiui. EuiMce B.,
(p.)iir
^341
Morris, Content,
1641
DKSrKNDANTS, KTr., MKAIUNO OTHKK H.HXAMKS.
Name.
Mott, Botsoy,
Moiintiiin. Aiiiic M.,
Mil 111 Con I, .Til 11,. 15. (M,..s.
Naiitou, Au^'ii.stus,
Niintoii, Augustus AI.,
Niuiloii, Edward,
Nun ton, I [any W.,
Naiitoii, ircrhcrt ('.,
NiiiKou, John (}.,
fianton, Lilian (.'.,
Nan ton, Mary K.,
Nash, Mary,"
Nasli, Sarah,
N caving, Coylii„hi.
Ncilson, Marion,
Northrop. Mary E.,
Odoll, Isabella,
Odell, Sophia,
Ord, Arthur H.,
<^i-<l. Oraveii !{.,
Old, Edmund T.,
Ord, Plorcnco A.'
Old, Lewis U.,
Old, Lewis W.,
Old, Louisa,
Old, Violet L,
Old, William n.,
O'Kcilly. JOmma,'
Osborn, Aurelia,
Osbon,, Caroline K.,
OMb.irn, Charles,
Osliorn, Charles p.,
Osborn, Ciiireiiee F.,
Osborn, Eliza Ann,
Osborn, lOli/abeth,
Osborn, Plnathan,
Osboru, Fran(>es M.,
Osborn, Proderiek, '
Osborn, George,
Osborn, George L.,
Osborn, George Oglevle,
Osborn, Jlenry,
Osliorn, Ilosnier H.,
Osborn, Jaeob,
Osborn, Julia Ann,
Osborn, Julia Esther,
N'«>. j Niiiii.'.
1055 I Osborn, Lewis,
58!) ; Osborn, Lewis,
(!>.) 11)5 I Osborn, Liieinda,
I Osborn, Maria,
111*8 j Osborn, Maria F.,
1303 Osborn, Afary E.,'
1205 I Os])orn. Prosper H.,
Osborn, Ste|)hen W..
Osborn, William,
Osborn, William J.,
Osborn. William J. [
Osborn, William Wright,
Otis, Mary Pilsbufy, "
Overbangh. Mary,
Palmer, AdaM.,
Palmer, Ch.irles,
I'alnier, diaries Wm.,
J'a liner, Ethel M. ,
I'almer, Helen A..
Palmer, Louise C.,
Palmer, Mary Anna,
Palmer, Robert E.,
Parker, iMargaret
Parker, Mary,
Paikman, Itebeeea,
Parsons, Julia,
j Patridge, Mary A.,
j Peabody, Elizabeth,
j Pfarc, Nalhalia,
I Peek, Albert \V.,
I Peck, Charles A.',
P<'ck, Cornelia P.,
Peck, Elizabeth .1.,
Peck. Elizabeth J.,
Peck, Jabciz U.,
Peck, Mary,
Peek, Nelson A..
Peck, Nelson J.,
Peck. Xelsoii J.,
Perkins. Phebe,
Per Lee, Elsie,
Peters, Albert Jarv.s,
P'-'ters, Hannah Owen,
Peters, Harriet Emma' A.,
Peters. Harriet Augusta,
P<'»«'rs, Hugh Albert,
Peters, John IJ.,
No.
365
706
1555
267
698
708
1558
7();{
268
704
705
1560
2117
1071
855
853
860
857
858
856
854
861)
216;{
2164
1!»85
616
!)!)!)
2018
1981
761
758
764
762
1 ;!;{()
757
621
75!)
760
76;i
22:il
10-11
424
M8
419
425
426
417
11
I
i
1
344
[XOKX.—
-PAI{T II.
•
H
Name.
No.
Name.
No.
^H
PcUm-s, Mary,
621
Quackenbush. AVilliam N.,
1079
■H
1 Peters, Miiry ElizahcMi,
418
JPI
' IVters, Miiry Elizabeth,
421
Racy, Anne,
456
r
f 1
J^'ters, Raeliel,
1221
Hanney, Margaret,
1206
' 1
Pelers, Sally llaunah,
422
Hamiy, Percey.
273
f
1
Peters, Sainiul Jarvls,
420
UatelilTe, Martha M.,
1138
\
Peters, William Birdsy,
42;{
Raymond, (-atharine, '
56
]-■
Pierce, Siisauiiali,
2()(5i)
Raymond, Helen M.,
1029
' ■ ■
Pinekney, Echvard A.,
<r)4
Raymond, Mary,
715
; 1
Pinckney, Elizabeth T.,
1334
Rea<l, Mary,
894
1
i ';
Pinekney, Family,
753
Reeder, Maria.
2179
jm^j^
I'iiH'kney, Emily A.,
745
Remp. Phcbe,
1811
'"^H
i Pinekney, Frances II.,
745)
Reynolds, Abby A..
614
^^^1
I'inckney, Henry W.,
1332
Reynolds, Harriet P..
615
^^H
Pinekney, Ilobart,
750
ReyiM)lds, Jane Eliza,
613
mm
Pinckney, James W.,
744
Reynolds, J. P.,
612
\
Pinckney, James W.,
751
Reynolds, Sarah J.,
1270
f . ;
Pinckney, Jennie A.,
752
Rice. Ij\icretia Everett,
2195
IMnekney, Jennie E.,
1331
Richards, Anna B. ,
2220
r ■ ^
Pinckney, Lillian M.,
1333
Ri<-hards. Bartlett.
2223
Pinckney, Louisa J.,
746
Richards. I)e Forest.
2219
' j ■
Pinckney. ilicajah,
748
Richards, Jarvis,
2221
*
Pinckney, Sanmel J.,
747
Richards, J. Ue Forest.
2217
Place, Eliza.
1893
Richards, Sarah M..
2222
]
j
f ; I
Plait. Lucy.
506
Richards, William J., "
2218
Phitt, Rebecca,
2389
Richardson, Augusta,
1284
Powell, Mary Boyles,
446
Richardson, Ezra,
1283
Powell. Mary Boyles.
593
Rider, Charles.
235
, 1
I'ratt. Sarah B.,
1322
Rider, (}eorge.
232
Prescott, Caroline M. ,
1345
Rider, Hannah.
234
'■
Preston, Abigail.
1699
Rider. .lolin.
226
>
Prissiek, Charles I).,
1379
Rider, John,
227
Prissick. Frances H.,
1380
Rider, Mary (Polly),
228
Pri.ssick, Marunret J.,
1381
Ride,-. Hachv'l.
230
Prissick. UoI»ert M.,
1383
Rider, Ralph.
231
i
Prissick, Thomas B.,
1378
Rider, Stephen.
229
Prissick, Thomas II.,
1382
Rider. William Harvey,
233
I'roudfoot, Alexander,
1098
Ridgevvay, Sarah,
538
Proudt'oot. Alexander,
1104
Robe, Emily,
1039
Proudfoot, Amelia,
1103
Robe, Harriet,
1040
Proudfoot, Elizabeth.
1102
l{obe, Lucian P.,
H)38
Proudfoot , Frederick,
1100
Robertson, (Catharine,
861
Proudfoot, Mary,
1101
Robison, Mary A.,
2177
, ''
I'roudfoot. Thomas,
1105
Robinson, Joanna,
826
— '
Proudfoot, William S.,
1099
Rodgers, Mary L.,
1730
Rogers, Bethsheba,
380
- r
Quuckeubush, Jeanette,
1078
Rogers, Deborah,
361
•■1 i'
Quackenbush, Tunis,
1077
Rogers, Elizabeth,
1H99
DKSOKNDANTS,
Name.
Hogois, Laviiiia,
Roircrs. Lucy A.,
liijssell. Miii-Hiiret P.,
Rust, Adeliue,
Salter, Elizabeth,
Sanimis, Annie,
Sandford, Betsey.
SanfonI, Abigai!,
Sanfoni, Marietta,
Siiyles, Julia E.,
Sfurritt, Edgar Alonzo,
Scarritt, Eleota E.,
Scarritt, George Hall,
Searritt, f4iistavus A.',
Searritl, James J.,
Scarritt^ Nancy Aiirelia.
Scarritt, Nancy Aurelia,
Scarritt, Richard,
Scarritt, Sarah A.,
Scarritt, Sarah A.,
Schernierhorn, .Ararearct,
Scott, Sarah,
Scovel. Mary L.,
Scudder, Alnieda B.,
Sears, Clara M.,
Sears, Edwin,
Sears, James E.,
Sears, .Mary A. ,
Seaver, Maria,
Seymour, Alvah,
Seymour, Carrie Taber,
Seymour, Charles J.,
Seymour, Charlotte F.,
Seymour, Charlofi,. J.,'
Seymour, Charlotte J.,'
Seymour, (ieorge L.,
Seymour, Jemiie W.,
Seymour, John,
Seymour, Kate R.,
Seymour, .Afartha.
Seymour, Martha B.,
Seymour. .^lary A.,
Seymour, Mi\ry Ami,
Seymour, Sanuiel J..
Seymour, Samuel John, Jr.,
Seymom-. Sarah E.,
Seymour. William P.
44
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17^7
290
217
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. 15741
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837
1838 {
1040 I
1048 I
1050
1051
1697
482
1005
481 j
483 j
1000 I
1002 !
1008
1007
479
1003
44
1001
999
100!
4S4'
1006 1
480 I
1009 !
Nnnip.
Seymour, \Villiam Woods,
Shalinon, Ida,
Sherwood, Antiie,
Sherwood, Julia,
Slirievc, MartJia,
Skynner, Caroline,
Skyniier, Eleanor I.,
Skynner, Emily M.,
Skynner. Francis l!.
Skynner, Henry,
Skymier. Heiiry J.,
Skynner, William J.,
Slawson. Sally.
Smitli, Abigail,
SmitJi, Clarence B.,
Smitli, Cornelius B.,
Smith. Eli/ab<-th,
Smith, Ellen J., '
Smith. Everett P..
Smith, Harriet.
Smith. Jemima.
Smith. .Mabel W.,
Smith, Polly,
Smith. Sarah.
Sparhawk, M;u-v P..
Sparliawk, MarV Pepperrell
^ Spooner. Kli/abeth Sparhawk
Sprattin. Frances S. L. (Lady)
Starr. Frederick William. ' '
Starr, Maria Gore,
Starr. Rachel.
Stebbins. Hannah,
Steeve. .Mouisa T..
Stewart. Alexander,
Stewart. Alexander J.,
I Stewart. Alice E..
j Stewart, Caroline M..
•Stewart. Charles Edward,
j Stewart. Frances M. A.,
j Stewart. Frederick,
Stewai-t. Fre<ierick W.,
Stewart. George A.,
Stewart. Grace C, '
Stewart. .Afargaret 31. ,
Stewart, 3Iary Long. '
Stewart. AViliiani Thatcher.
Stinson. .Mary.
Stone. Isabella L..
No.
994
1433
2290
578
784
1002
1134
1186
1188
1133
1136
1137
167
1486
2317
2314
1957
1013
2316
1303
1745
2315
2408
850
2081
2134
2104
180
840
841
68
183
1708
797
798
800
805
803
1401
804
1402
1400
1403
799
802
801
1112
I085i
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^
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INDKX. — PAKT II.
Name.
Sunderland. Mary.
Swlt't, Elizalietli.
Swords. Edward Jcnncr.
Swords, Edward Jenner,
Swords, William Yorhcos.
Swyninu'r. Anni'tte.
TiiLcr, Alvah S.,
Talu'r, Amnion C.
Tuber, Caroline M.,
Tiiber. Charles J..
Taber, Charlotte L..
Taber, Edward M, ,
Taber, Eugene D, ,
Taber, Helen M,,
Taber, Mary B.,
Taintor, Elizabeth.
Taylor. Cyrel,
T"ylor. I)ai)liany,
Taylor. Frances A..
Taylor, Frances A..
Taylor, John K, .
Taylor, Mowbray,
Taylor. Seaton F.,
Tench, Frederick.
Teiu'h. Frederica.
Tench, .Mary.
Thompson, Sarah Ann.
Thompson, Elena Anita C.,
Todd, Ambrose,
Todd, Ambrose S.,
Todd, Charles J.,.
Townsend, Charles J. .
Townsend. Elizabeth.
Townsend, Gill)ert,
Townsend, J. Thomas,
Townsend. Samuel H..
Trevet. Elizabeth (Jlrs.),
Tyug. Anita E..
Tyng, Charles.
Tyng, Charles.
Tyng. Charles D.,
Tyng. Dudley A..
Tyng. Dudley A..
No.
2020
17T
1480
1481
1482
1370
988
!I84
986
987
985
091
989
992
990
2045
1184
1615
732
1182
1181
1185
1183
947
949
948
978
1472
156
157
158
955
1857
950
953
954
2018
1295
1293
1473
1294
1475
1476
Name.
Uhl, John II..
I'hl, Margaretta C.,
Uhl, Uu.ssel' J..
Upham. Frances.
Vail, Robert H.,
Vail, Robert C.
Verrill. I,,ucy A..
Voorheos, Abrain.
Voorhees, Willard P.,
Waddle. Barbara.
Walker. Frances S..
Warner. Dudley J.,
Wa ner, Elam.
Warner. Elam,
Warner, Frank E..
Warner, (Jeorge Rolland,
W^arner, Harriet,
Warner, Orchard,
Walerbury, Charles A.,
Walerbury, Elizabeth (4..
Waterliury. Elizabeth J.,
Walerbury, Jonathan,
Vraterbury, Lucy S.,
Waterbury. ^laria G..
Walerbury. Nelson Jarvis,
Waterbury. Nelson J. ,
Waters, Mary.
Waters. Penelope,
Weed, Alvah.
Weed. Frances M..
Weed, James II..
Vreed. James Jarvis.
Weed. Robert.
Weed, William Harvey.
Wellman, Annie A.,
Wellnian, Annie H. ,
Wellman, Betsey Ann,
Wellman, Caroline,
Wellman, Charles II..
Wellman, Charles II..
Wellman, Edward J..
Wellman, Edwin II.,
Wellman, Frederick.
No.
2200
2202
2201
1649
1383
1884
2255
546
547
921
842
786
737
730
738
740
628
735
711
712
1307
709
1300
1308
710
1309
1997
2372
503
505
500
501
504
503
1257
1247
251
250
1248
1256
1250
1260
253
Tyng. (icorge.
1297
NVellman. George Frederick,
635
Tyng, George.
1474
Wellman, George H.,
1246
Tyng. Julia G..
1296
Wellman. Henry Honu'r,
(i:iH
Tyng, Julia G..
1298
Wellman. Herbert J.,
1201
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DESCKNDANTS. ETC., BKAKIXG OTi.KK SI li.NAMKS.
Wc'liiioiX',
VYetinoro,
Wetmore.
Nami'.
Wcllniiin. Homer Henry.
Wcllman. Jcdcdiah, Jr ,
Wellmaii, Julia 11,
Wellnuin. Maria W..
WcIIiiian, >rary X..
Wcllman, McrritI H.,
^^^'llman, Tiieodore C,
AVcllman, Thomas C.
Wcllman, AVilliam Alfred,
Wcllman. William Walson,
West, Ann,
Wctmorc, Tliarlos F.,
Wctmorc, Darwin W..
Wetmore. Elizal)etli A.,
Elizabctli J..
Emma J..
(Jeor<j:e Thompson.
Wetmore. (icorcic W..
Wetmoi-c. .Mary F. .
Wetmore, Mary J..
Wetmore, Sylvia E.,
Wetmore. Truman S>. .
W\-tmore, William Jarvi.s.
Wheeler. Ann.
A^'heeler, Annie L..
Wliecler, JJcatrice.
Wheeler, David E. ,
Wheeler, David E.
Wheeler. Ethel,
Wheeler, Everett P.,
Wheeler, (ieor<>-c,
AVlieeler, Ueoriiina (■.,
Wheeler. Mary Iv,
AVheeler. >Fary II..
Wheeler. WiniCrcd P.,
White. Charily,
White. C'harle'^.Iav.
No. I Xnnif.
63!) j White. Elizabeth.
248] While. Harriet
1255 j White, Jluldah.
1252 I White, Jonatlian,
Wliiie, Marsiaret Jarvi.s,
White, Mary,
White, Mary Ann,
White, Prudence,
White, Susan Jarvi.s,
j Wliitlock, Sarah Ann,
I Whitman, Charity.
Whitman, Deboiali,
Whitman. Hannah,
Whitney, Sarah,
AVick.s, Elizabeth,
Wicks. I'lKvbe,.
WiH>ur, Emily.
Wilbur, Harriet A..
Wiley. Emma.
WilliauLs. Andnjw J.,
Williams. Catharine.
William.s. Daniel,
Williams, Euretla M.,
Williams. Mary M..
Williams. Nancv.
Williams. Silas ]{..
Williams. William,
Winther, Maiy S, .
Wood. Adah L..
Woodbury, E. D..
Woodbury, Koger A.,
AVoodbury. Saiiford J..
Woods. Xancy.
Wright, Mary.
Wright. Mary Jane.
Vieldini., Allie,
1258
637
1251
1253
6;i6
24i)
1835
478
475
075
980
077
!»70
477
981
983
474
473
476
2383
230!)
2:!13
2213
2311
2310
2215
795
796
2214
2216
2312
1758
544
;U7
No.
310
542
385
541
545
1515
702
005
543
344
1862
1801
1743
95
2423
1943
1024
1400
2183
1640
2414
1037
1650
1638
1636
1639
1635
741
1067
1327
1328
1329
993
1488
867
1301
Ai
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Piige 2, last line. F'/r iiii, read une.
" 35,4th " Fw Sir Patterson, rf«^? General Pattison.
" 45, 1st " For Farmer, read Fiivmnr.
" 59, No. 395. For Gustavus Ratchfonl, 7'ead Gustavus Rochfort;
and again, on same imge, 3(1 line from bottom, for ('apt. R, H.
M. Racliford, rmd Capt. R. II. M. Rociifort.
" 99, Record 390. For 7 cliildrcn, read 8.
" 118, Sketch of Milton Barlow .liirvis, .5th line. For Canastoke, read
Cana.slota.
" 151, Record 1053. For i chMren, read 5.
" 184, Running Title, i'b?' Descendants of Thomas, /•««? Descendants
of Jonatliaii.
" 204, Sicetch of Leonard Jarvis, Oth line. For Asaph Hone, read
Asaph Stone.
" 232, 14th, 25th, and 31st lines. For Rev. Dr. Buck, read Rev. Dr.
Breck.
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