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1479. Mary "Polly" Osgood Bradley (Joseph Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3 on 13 Nov 1786 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 4, 5 on 20 Feb 1829 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA, after hanging herself with a skein of yarn.
A sampler made by polly in 1796 was sold in auction at Portsmouth, NH in 2004. It was described as follows:
"A 1796 New England sampler by Mary O. Bradley, age 9 years. The wide meander floral vine on three sides above hillocks with birds and flowers centering a sawtooth edged square with alphabetic sequences and stylized strawberries over a verse and the maker's inscription. In polychrome threads. In an old frame, the reverse label of A. Crosby of Osterville, Massachusetts."
Mary married 1 John Poor son of John Poor and Chloe Lovejoy on 28 Dec 1804 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. John was born on 3 Aug 1777 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 24 Oct 1844 in Medford, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
1480. John Osgood Bradley (Joseph Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3 on 10 Feb 1789 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4 on 27 Nov 1830.
John married 1, 2 Fanny Swan daughter of Caleb Swan and Dorcas Ingalls on 31 Dec 1811 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. Fanny was born on 8 Jul 1792 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
2977 M i John Osgood Bradley was born 1 on 3 Dec 1812 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. + 2978 F ii Mary Bradley 2979 M iii William Bradley was born 1, 2 on 24 Aug 1818 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. He died 3, 4 on 28 Sep 1819 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. 2980 M iv William Bradley was born 1, 2 on 22 Jan 1821 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA. + 2981 F v Fanny Swan Bradley
1483. Thomas Osgood Bradley , dry goods merchant [image] (Joseph Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3 on 12 Aug 1798 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4 on 26 Apr 1859 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of "compression of the brain," Æ 63. He was buried 5 in 2do. Cementerio de Disidentes. Gravestone removed to British Cemetery on 12 May 1893.
Residence:
1798-1802, North Andover, Massachusetts
1814-1818, Haverhill, Massachusetts
1820-1827, Portland, Maine
1829-1959, Buenos Aires, Argentina1814, Graduated from Bradford Academy, Bradford, Massachusetts
1816, Haverhill Light Infantry, Haverhill, Massachusetts1823, Bradley (Thomas O.) & Dow (John) English Goods, Nº 6, Mussey's Row, Middle St.
[Portland City Directory, 1823]1827, Bradley, T. O. (and Dow) Dry Goods, Nº 6 Mussey's Row, Middle at Patten's Hotel
[Portland City Directory, 1827]Oct 1829, Arrives in Buenos Aires on the "Jon"
1829-1859, merchant, innkeeper
[Almanaque Comercial y Guía de Forasteros para el Estado de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires), 1855, Inns and Hotels. Thomas Bradley, Calle Tucumán 26 (bet. 25 de Mayo and Reconquista)]1853 - Member, Methodist Church, Buenos Aires
[Cementerio Británico, Libro 4 de Defunciones, Fo. 43]His father died in 1802 and, though at one time a prosperous farmer, the difficult times since the Revolution had left the estate insolvent. His mother was then left in a precarious situation: orphaned and widowed in the space of four years with seven children under the age of 10. There is no doubt that she received ample support from her late husband’s twin brother Jonathan and her mother-in-law Mehitable (Emerson) Bradley; for, in spite of the doubtless pressing economic circumstances, Thomas graduated from Bradford Academy in 1814 and went on to join the Haverhill Light Infantry from 1816 to 1818. By 1821 he had established a business in Portland, ME, where, in association with John Dow run the merchant firm of Bradley & Dow, located at Murphy’s Row, 6 India Street, dedicated to the trade in “English Goods” and, later, in “Dry Goods.” The selection of Portland was no doubt related to the presence there of his first cousin Charles, the son of Jonathan and Sally (Ayer) Bradley, also a noted merchant in dry goods. It is here that he probably met Lucy Ann Sutton, the eldest daughter of Captain Richard and Lucy (Lord) Sutton, whom he would marry on 26 June 1827 in Portsmouth, NH. This is also the last year that “Bradley & Dow” is mentioned on the Portland City Directories. Soon after their marriage, Thomas and Lucy joined Captain Sutton and his family and removed to Buenos Aires, Argentina were they were to remain the rest of their lives. Richard Sutton and Thomas Osgood Bradley are listed as passengers on the “Jon,” arriving in Buenos Aires in October of 1829. By 1846, Thomas had established an Inn on Tucumán Street, near the Port of Buenos Aires, and a wool brokerage business that would eventually be managed by his son Richard.
Thomas married 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Lucy Ann Sutton [image] daughter of Capt. Richard Sutton , shipmaster and Lucy Lord on 26 Jul 1827 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. They were married on 3 Aug 1827 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Lucy was born in 1804 in Portland, Maine, USA. She died 7, 8 on 4 Dec 1888 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of "an organic failure of the heart," Æ 84. She was buried on 6 Dec 1888 in 2do. Cementerio de Disidentes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her remains were removed to the British Cemetery on 12 May 1893.
Residence:
1804-1823, Portland, Maine
1823-1827, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1828-1888, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBradley, Mrs., Lodging-house, Mayo 136 (or 168)
[M.G. & E.T. Mulhall, The River Plate Handbook for 1863]Oct 1887, Article published on "The New York Observer", signed "Vieja"
[Hawthorne, Manning, "A Glimpse of Hawthorne's Boyhood," The Essex Institute, Historical Collections, Vol. LXXXIII, Salem, Mass., 1947, 178-184]A year before her death, in October 1887, she published an article in The New York Observer with reminiscences of her childhood days with Nathaniel Hawthorne, using the pseudonym “Vieja.” In 1892 the 2nd Cemetery of Dissidents was closed, and is now a plaza in downtown Buenos Aires; most remains and gravestones were then transferred to the American sector of the British Cemetery in Chacarita, Buenos Aires. Thomas and Lucy’s gravestone was placed as a memorial on the cemetery’s wall on 13 May 1893. There is no record of the remains of either Thomas or Lucy being transferred
They had the following children:
2982 F i Mancilla B. Bradley [image] was born in 1829 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died in (prob.) San Francisco, California, but certainly in the US.
There is a medal given to Mansilla B. Bradley by Mrs. Hynes, who then run a school for girls two blocks away from the Bradley home. The medal reads: "1829. Mancilla B. Bradley. 6 years. Presented by Mrs. Hynes."2983 M ii unknown son was born 1 on 17 Dec 1832 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2984 M iii Walter Scott Bradley , photographer was born in 1834 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was christened 1 on 26 Nov 1859 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died after 1868.
13 Apr 1859, attends a meeting of the lodge Fraternidad & Beneficencia, Nº10, San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in company of the Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi.
By 10 Jun 1868, he was in Río Grande, RGS, Brazil (See baptismal record of Julio Walter Peyredieu. Æ 33).2985 F iv Louisa Elizabeth Bradley was born in Jan 1835 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died 1 on 15 Mar 1836 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Æ 15 months. She was buried in Victoria Cem., Buenos Aires, Argentina. + 2986 M v Ricardo S. Bradley , wool broker 2987 F vi Catalina A. Bradley [image] was born 1 in 1838 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died on 23 Aug 1911 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was buried in British Cemetery, Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Argentina..
14 February 1866, Catalina and Emily Bradley, together with Nat Funston and Stephen Ryder, witness the marriage of Arthur Woodforde Lockyer of Cambridge and and Ada Playfair of London in St. John's Church (Anglican) in Buenos Aires. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. Chubb Ford.+ 2988 F vii Elizabeth Livingston Bradley 2989 F viii Emily Bradley [image] was born on 18 Jun 1842 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died 1, 2 on 29 Nov 1883 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of "consumption," unmarried, Æ 41. She was buried 3 on 30 Nov 1883 in British Cemetery, Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Argentina.. + 2990 M ix Lt. Col. Tomás Bradley , photographer
1484. George Bradley (Joseph Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3 on 4 Dec 1800 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4 on 8 Jan 1872 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA. George was employed 5 as in Trader.
George married 1, 2 (1) Louisa Adams daughter of John Adams , Jr. and Susanna Cutler on 20 Jun 1825 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA. Louisa was born 3, 4 on 30 Dec 1804 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She died 5, 6, 7, 8 on 3 Mar 1839 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA, Æ 34y. 2m..
They had the following children:
2991 M i John Adams Bradley was born 1, 2 on 1 May 1826 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died 3, 4 on 4 May 1826 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. 2992 F ii Caroline L. Bradley was born 1, 2 on 13 Apr 1828 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3, 4, 5, 6 on 17 Oct 1842 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA, consumption, Æ 14. 2993 M iii George Lewis Bradley was born 1, 2 on 7 May 1830 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died 3 before 1898 in (prob.) San Francisco, California, USA. 2994 M iv William Osgood Bradley was born 1, 2, 3 on 9 Aug 1838 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4, 5, 6 on 10 Jul 1842 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA, of convulsions.
George married 1 (2) Susan Shattuck daughter of Peter Shattuck and Susannah Clark on 29 Oct 1839 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. Susan was born on 1 Oct 1803 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 18 Sep 1884 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
2995 M v William Osgood Bradley was born 1, 2 on 30 Dec 1843 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA.
1485. Thomas Osgood Bradley (Jonathan B. Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 on 28 Sep 1774 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 3, 4 on 12 Oct 1821 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA.
Thomas married 1, 2 Mehitable Carleton on 2 Jun 1796 in Bradford, Massachusetts, USA. Mehitable was born in (of) Bradford, Massachusetts, USA. She died 4 on 5 Sep 1849.
They had the following children:
2996 M i Frederic Bradley was born 1, 2, 3 on 18 Oct 1796 in Bradford, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA. + 2997 M ii Osgood Bradley 2998 M iii John Bradley was born 1, 2, 3 on 10 Jan 1801 in Bradford, Massachusetts, USA. He died in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. John married 1 Nancy Webb on 25 Sep 1831 in Exeter, New Hampshire, by Rev. Isaac Hurd. Nancy was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA. 2999 F iv Sarah M. Bradley was born about 1803 in Bradford, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah married 1, 2, 3 Leonard Runnels , shoemaker son of Theodore Runnels and Mehitable Phillips on 13 Nov 1843 in Bradford, Massachusetts, USA. Leonard was born in 1817 in Bradford, Massachusetts, USA.
1487. Mary Bradley (Jonathan B. Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 on 3 May 1779 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3 on 20 May 1859 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA.
Mary married 1, 2 Joseph Poor son of Abraham Poor and Elizabeth Barker on 16 Apr 1801 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. Joseph was born 3 on 19 Sep 1776 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4 on 22 Nov 1842 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 3000 M i James Poor
1490. Jonathan Bradley , Jr. (Jonathan B. Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 on 19 Oct 1786 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 28 Apr 1867 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA.
Jonathan married 1, 2 Sally Webster daughter of Joshua Webster and Susannah Bayley on 25 Jan 1814 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Sally was born 4 on 14 Jul 1791 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 5 on 6 Aug 1861 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
3001 F i Sarah Smith Bradley was born 1, 2 on 1 Jan 1815 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3 on 19 Feb 1888. Sarah married 1 Benjamin A. Dane , hatter son of Benjamin A. Dane , Jr. and Lydia on 19 Jun 1845 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. Benjamin was born 3 on 21 Dec 1815 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. 3002 M ii Granville Bradley was born 1, 2 on 29 Aug 1816 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died 3 on 8 Oct 1878. Granville married 1 Annie M. Fuller on 1 Jan 1873. + 3003 M iii Joshua Webster Bradley + 3004 M iv Jonathan Bradley , shoemaker 3005 F v Susan Jane Bradley was born 1, 2 on 1 Nov 1824 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3 in May 1888. Susan married 1, 2 Thomas Newton Jones Rev. son of Amasa Jones and Mary on 30 Nov 1848 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. Thomas was born in 1821 in Canaan or in Louden, New Hampshire, USA. He died 3 on 29 Sep 1869. 3006 M vi Harrison Bradley was born 1, 2 on 3 Jun 1827 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died 3 on 16 Jan 1897 in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA. 3007 F vii Catherine Bradley was born 1, 2 on 21 Dec 1830 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3 after 1905. 3008 F viii Ann Whittier Bradley was born 1, 2 on 11 Aug 1833 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3 on 28 Apr 1885. Ann married 1 Dudley B. Palmer on 15 Oct 1858. Dudley was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA.
1492. Charles Bradley (Jonathan B. Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 on 17 Dec 1792 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died 3 on 14 Oct 1874 in Portland, Maine, USA.
Colonel Charles Bradley, a former resident of this city, died here Wednesday afternoon while on a visit from Lewiston. He was taken ill here, and Dr. Garcelon was telegraphed to attend him. Col. Bradley was born in Andover, Mass., in 1792. He went to Newburyport in 1812 and entered into business there. In 1819 he removed to this city, and for two years was a retail dealer in dry goods, which branch of the trade he then abandoned for the dry goods jobbing trade. In 1825 or 26 he removed to Boston and became senior partner in the firm of Bradley, Savary & Bradley. in 1850 he was appointed US appraiser for the Pacific coast, which position he retained for some time, when he resigned, and going to Lewiston established a flour mill, in which business he continued until his death. He was a gentleman of fine presence and of the strictest integrity. Col. Bradley's first wife was Miss Smith, daughter of Jonathan K. Smith, by whom he had three children, Chief Justice Bradley of Rhode Island, Mrs. Nathaniel Saltonstall Howe, formerly of Haverhill, now of Little Rock, Ark., and Susan Bradley, who died in Jonesville, Michigan. For his second wife he married the only daughter of Dr. Stephen H. Cummings, of this city, a sister of our esteemed fellow citizen Nathan Cummings Esq.* - Argus
Thus has fallen one of the best known and most highly esteemed business men of our city. Col. Bradley has departed at a ripe age, being 82 years old. His noble form upon our streets will be greatly missed, and his genial countenance will be seen no more by his numerous friends in this city, and in Portland, where his family has resided since he has been located here in business. He was in every sense of the word a gentleman of the old school. His conversation was high-toned, courteous, agreeable and always instructive. No man knew better than he the requirements of good society and no one was more punctilious in according to every one, no matter how high or how low, every right to them belonging. His friendship was something to be proud of, and fortunate was the man, young or old, who could have the privilege of social intercourse with our departed friend. He had seen much of the world, and had a ready flow of conversation, which to every man of intelligence with whom he conversed was a source of entertainment and instruction. He was universally esteemed in business circles in this city as a large hearted and liberal-minded man, and those who knew him best will most fully appreciate the loss of the noble Bradley, whom everybody respected and loved almost as a father.- Gazette, Lewiston
*His children by his present wife were Ellen, Mrs. Emily Peters and Fanny. Mrs. Peters only survives him.
Mr. Bradley was well known in Haverhill. His residence for several years has been in Portland. He was a very cordial, sincere man, who made friends and retained them. In all his relations with his fellow men he governed himself, and one man who did business with him for 50 years said "he never knew him to lose his temper," and he never forgot that he was a gentleman. He was a genial companion, and to young people he was peculiarly attractive. They admired him for his good nature, his gentlemanly deportment and his bright and cheerful conversation. Having had much experience in business and acquaintance with men, he could and did entertain his friends in the most agreeable and instructive manner. His memory will be cherished with great respect and consideration.
His father, Jonathan Bradley, had two wives. His first wife was Sarah Osgood, by whom he had seven children - Thomas Osgood, Sarah, Mary, *William, Elizabeth, Jonathan and William. His first wife died Sept. 14, 1790 (*Died when a child) and he married Sally Ayer in 1791, by whom he had six children - Charles, Harrison, James, George, Ann and Susanna. Susanna married Abijah Thayer of Portland, but he moved to Haverhill and established the Haverhill Gazette, of which he was editor and proprietor for several years. Susanna, Mrs. Thayer is the only survivor. William Thayer, who was connected with the New York Post for several years, and who was Consul in Egypt, and died there, was her son, and James Thayer, who has been appointed Law Professor at Harvard College is also her son.
[Essex Gazette, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 23 October 1874]
Charles married 1 (1) Sarah Smith daughter of Jonathan Kimball Smith and Judith Thurlow on 16 Dec 1817 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born 5 on 11 Jul 1798 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 6, 7 on 15 Jun 1824 in Portland, Maine, USA, Æ 26. She was buried in Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 3009 M i Charles Smith Bradley + 3010 F ii Sarah Ann Bradley 3011 F iii Susan Mary Bradley was born 1 on 5 Apr 1823 in Portland, Maine, USA. She died 2, 3 on 18 Sep 1846 in Jonesville, Michigan, USA. She was buried 4 in Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
Charles married 1, 2 (2) Sarah Ellen Cummings daughter of Dr. Stephen Cummings and Eleanor Heald on 26 Dec 1826 in Portland, Maine, USA. Sarah was born 3 on 15 Jun 1798 in Waterford, Maine, USA. She died 4 on 11 Feb 1875 in Portland, Maine, USA.
They had the following children:
3012 F iv Ellen Cummings Bradley was born 1 on 24 Oct 1828 in Fort Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She died 2 on 11 Aug 1870 in Augusta, Maine, USA. + 3013 F v Emily Cummings Bradley 3014 F vi Frances Sumner Bradley was born 1 on 28 Aug 1833 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She died 2 on 8 Jun 1868 in Portland, Maine, USA.
1493. Harrison Bradley (Jonathan B. Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1 on 4 Dec 1793 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 21 Mar 1872 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
Harrison married 1, 2 Elisheba Harris Huguely on 23 Apr 1816 in Washington, DC, USA. Elisheba was born 3 on 5 Aug 1798 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. She died 4 on 28 Apr 1867 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
They had the following children:
3015 M i Christopher Columbus Bradley was born 1 on 30 Mar 1817 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He died 2 on 26 Apr 1900. Christopher married 1, 2 Ann Eliza Ball on 20 Sep 1837 in Washington, DC, USA. 3016 F ii Sarah Ann Bradley was born 1 on 26 Sep 1819 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. She died 2 on 30 Aug 1877. Sarah married (1) Joshua Shepley. Sarah married 1 (2) John B. McGlue on 28 Dec 1837 in Washington, DC, USA. 3017 F iii Elvira Bradley was born 1 on 6 Jan 1822 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. She died 2 on 4 Aug 1822 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. 3018 F iv Elvira Frances Bradley was born 1 on 2 Jul 1823 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. She died 2 on 20 Nov 1906. Elvira married 1 John G. Adams on 9 Sep 1840 in Washington, DC, USA. 3019 F v Susan Amanda Bradley was born 1 on 3 Dec 1825 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. She died 2 on 17 Dec 1826 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. 3020 F vi Susan Amanda Bradley was born 1 on 27 Sep 1827 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. She died 2 in Dec 1902. Susan married 1 T. G. Morsell on 4 Jun 1849. 3021 M vii Charles Harrison Bradley was born 1 on 9 Jul 1830 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He died 2 on 12 Sep 1831 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. 3022 M viii Charles Wilson Bradley was born 1 on 14 Jan 1832 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He died 2 on 26 Mar 1835 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. 3023 F ix Matilda Catherine Bradley was born 1 on 21 Oct 1834 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. She died 2 on 31 Jan 1880. Matilda married William M. Brown. 3024 M x Charles Osgood Bradley was born 1 on 18 Apr 1837 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He died 2 on 21 Aug 1840 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. 3025 M xi Henry Harrison Bradley was born 1 on 23 Jan 1841 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Henry married 1 Laura A. Reed on 15 Feb 1881.
1496. Anna Bradley (Jonathan B. Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 on 1 Nov 1798 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3 on 4 May 1850 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
Anna married 1, 2, 3 (1) Leonard Dalton White son of Leonard White and Mary Dalton on 3 Aug 1819 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Leonard was born 4 on 9 Dec 1796 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 5 on 17 Jul 1824 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
3026 F i Ann Leonard White was born 1 on 7 May 1824 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Ann married 1 Albert Benson son of Stephen Benson and Rebecca on 21 Mar 1847 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Albert was born in 1818.
Anna married 1, 2 (2) Warner Whittier , Esq. son of Thomas Whittier and Mary Duston on 3 Jun 1828 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Warner was born 3 on 6 Oct 1780 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4 on 24 Jun 1846 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, Æ 66.
They had the following children:
3027 M ii Charles Warner Whittier was born 1 on 24 Apr 1832 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 2 on 2 Jan 1834 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. 3028 F iii Mary Frances Whittier was born 1 on 24 Apr 1832 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
1497. Susanna Bradley [image] (Jonathan B. Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 on 17 Feb 1801 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3 on 24 Jul 1885 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
Memorial and Reminiscent
Mrs. S. B. Thayer - Leaf from the Life of Her Husband.
Among the recent incidents of recorded mortality is the death of Mrs. Susan. B. Thayer at her home in Northampton, on Friday last, at the ripe age of 84 years, 5 months. Mrs. Thayer was in early womanhood a resident here, and by her prominent social position will now be well remembered by many of the older residents in this city. She was also connected here by ties of relationship, Mrs. Moses D. George, Mrs. N. S. Howe and Miss Mary F. Whittier being her nieces, and Judge Bradley at Crane Neck, West Newbury, is her nephew. She was born in North Andover, and became the wife of Mr. Abijah W. Thayer in 1824, who was then a resident of Portland, Me., and editor and proprietor of the Independent Statesman. In 1826 the family removed here where they resided until 1885, during which time she was prominently identified in the social, religious and reformatory relations of that time, occupying a leading position in the circle to which by convictions, interest and sympathy, she was drawn. Mrs. Thayer was a woman of strong character and intellect, which rendered her a fitting companion for her husband whose convictions and activity of character led in the line of participation in the prominent political and reformatory movements of that day, and her genial qualities, joined with agreeable social tendencies, placed her in an active position while a resident here. On her removal to Northampton there was no check in the natural flow of spirit, which expressed itself in a lively interest in all the relations which give healthful and agreeable tone to the best interests of a community. Surrounded by a young family, her circle of association widened, and the foundation was laid for the agreeable relations of after life, in the midst of which she became the cherished and esteemed social companion alike of young and old, the practical force of which remained with her until the closing days of life. Her husband died in 1861; a son, who was in early life connected with journalism in New York, subsequently became consul to Egypt, where he died. She leaves a son, Porf. J.B. Thayer of the Harvard law school and, with two members of the immediate family. Her mortal illness was an outcome of a paralytic shock sustained a year ago.
The gathering of a memorial record of this estimable lady leads to a glance at the reminiscent page, upon which are recorded events with which her husband was intimately and prominently associated. Mr. Abijah W. Thayer was a native of Peterborough, N.H., and served his apprenticeship to the printing business in Boston. ln 1817 he was a printer in Andover, at which time he made the ! acquaintance of her, who at e later date became his wedded companion; he also then made the acquaintance of Mr. Caleb Hersey of Haverhill, a fellow journeyman. In January, 1821, Messrs. Nathan Burrill end Caleb Hersey became the proprietors of the Haverhill Gazette, and engaged Mr. Thayer as superintendent of its publication. In 1822 Mr. Thayer located in Portland, Me., becoming the editor and proprietor of the Independent Statesman. In 18216 he returned to Haverhill, becoming the editor and proprietor of the Gazette in 1826, and resided here until 1835; during which time the historic record is, that he was "One of our must active, useful and respected citizens." He was one of the first to enlist in the temperance movements of that day; was the secretary of the first temperance meeting and the first secretary of the first society formed here, in which office he remained until his removal from town. His GAZETTE was the first political paper that ever advocated total abstinence from intoxicating liquors, and the second of any kind adapting that principle, either in America or in the world. His advocacy of the cause in his paper encountered so fierce opposition that in a short time he lost 400 subscribers, but the effect of the agitation was immediately manifest; there were then 29 places in town where liquors were sold, out in five years from that time there was not a single place where it was openly sold, and but out where it was supposed to be sold clandestinely. It is recorded that, "as a political paper, the GAZETTE was at that time classed among the very first in the county and state." In 1832 Mr. Thayer issued a prospectus for publishing a semi-weekly paper, but it was never issued from lack of encouragement. In 1835 he sold the Gazette to Erastus Brooks, and in 1836 John G. Whittier became its editor. ln 1834 Mr. Thayer was the recording secretary of the first anti-slavery Society in this town, of which Hon, Guman Parker was the president and John G. Whittier, the Recording Secretary. In religious associations Mr. Thayer was identified with the Episcopal society, in connection with which, from 1833 to 1835, services were held "mainly through his personal exertions." Upon his removal from here he was temporarily connected with the press in Philadelphia and Worcester but became permanently located in Northampton.
[Haverhill Gazette, 7-31-85]
Susanna married 1, 2 Abijah Wyman Thayer , publisher son of William Thayer and Abigail on 9 Nov 1824 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Abijah was born 3 on 6 Jan 1796 in Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA. He died 4, 5 on 24 Apr 1864 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
Editor and publisher of the Essex Gazette (Haverhill), where he published first poems of John Greenleaf Whittier.
[The Thayer Family History, 621]
They had the following children:
3029 F i Sarah Bradley Thayer was born 1 on 11 Sep 1825 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 2 on 3 Jul 1830 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. 3030 F ii Sarah Smith Thayer was born 1, 2 on 6 Oct 1827 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3 on 30 Sep 1903 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Miss Sarah S. Thayer
A Northampton correspondent (C.S.L.) sends to the Springfield Republican this beautiful tribute to a lady well known in Northampton. Miss Thayer was a daughter of Abijah W. Thayer, for many years an editor here and the editor of the first abolition paper published in Western Massachusetts.
Seldom has the grave opened to receive a more blessed saint than was carried on Friday to the old cemetery in Northampton. A life like that of Miss Sarah Smith Thayer will live on and on forever in the hearts of all who knew her. Talented and accomplished by nature, as well as heritage, with a wonderful poise of character, she ever made her mark in the social an intellectual life of Northampton. Deeply interested in the Unitarian church, her voice and hands united to sustain it. When the Smith college came, she lived almost under its shadow and she was one of the first in gifts. Her contribution is a real prize now. It was Harper’s illustrated Bible, whose plates were destroyed by fire in New York, which lies upon the desk in the chapel were Rev. Dr. L. Clark Seelye presides. In the art gallery of the college hangs the portrait of her brother, William Sidney Thayer, painted by William Hunt. Mr. Thayer was our consul to Egypt; a man of rare gifts, but his life suddenly ended in the midst of great usefulness. The last brother, James Bradley Thayer, received the honor of LL. D. from Harvard college, with which he had so long been connected. Thus Miss Thayer ever had the companionship of highly intellectual men. They are all now dead to sight, but they will live on in our hearts and memory and are carrying on in another world the work that they begun here. Miss Thayer had expressed long ago the wish that when she died some friend would bring the flowers she loved - nasturtiums - to her grave, for they always bloomed for her summer and winter alike. A faithful friend of her youth remembered this wish, and in her hand in the coffin she held some flowers she had planted from her much-loved home. The simple committal service was rendered satisfactorily to the family by Rev. Mr. Kent, and a band of faithful friends with President Seelye saw the earth close over the remains of one of God’s well-beloved saints:--
Thank God the Shepherd is so sweet
Thank God the country is so fair,
We may not draw them from his feet,
We can but rise and meet them there.
[Springfield Republican]
“News of the death was recorded this month of Sarah Smith Thayer, who was well known by many of the older residents. [She lived] quietly, until within a few years, at the home of Mrs. Anna L. George, on Summer street, and she was a cousin of Mrs. Thomas Sanders. The father of Miss Thayer, Mr. Abijah W. Thayer, was one of the editors of the Gazette in the early part of the last century. When John Greenleaf Whittier came to the Haverhill academy in 1827 he was offered a home in the family of Mr. Thayer, and to the time of his death the poet retained his friendship for the surviving members of the family.
Miss Thayer presented a complete file of the Gazette, some of which contained earlier poems of Whittier, to the Public library. She was one of the original members of the Whittier club and often gave interesting reminiscences of Whittier’s connection with her family. Miss Thayer was also interested in the Unitarian church…”
[Haverhill Gazette]
Thayer, At Cambridge, Sept. 30, Sarah Smith Thayer, in her 76th year, Northampton.3031 M iii William Sydney Thayer was born 1, 2 on 15 Apr 1829 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 3 on 10 Apr 1864 in Alexandria, Egypt.
"Death of William Sydney Thayer ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, April 12.
We have had to lament the loss, after a long illness, of Mr. Thayer, the American Consul-General, who by his integrity and highmindedness had gained the respect of all nationalities, and by the high qualities of his mind and the affability of his manners had won the esteem and affection of those who enjoyed his intimacy. He died on the morning of the 10th, and his funeral took place yesterday."
Ill news travels fast. We cut the above from the Egyptian letter in the London Times of April 21st, received in our files per Scotia last evening.
It is but a few days since we recorded the death at Northampton, after a long and varied life, of Mr. Thayer's father. It now seems that the son preceded him to the other world by a brief number of days.
William Sydney Thayer was born in Haverhill in this State, April 15, 1829. He was prepared for college in Northampton, (which had become his father's residence in 1842) and entered as a sophomore in Harvard College in 1847. He very soon not only became a favorite with his associates but earned the respect and esteem of many gentlemen of education and culture living in this vicinity who observed with interest his progress and the promise of his life. He had always a peculiar faculty of securing the warm sympathy of those with whom he came in contact. At the close of his college term, in 1850, he delivered the class poem on class-day, and received for commencement the unusual honor of an appointment to deliver an English poem.
As these appointments indicate, he had tastes and talents which fitted him for a particular kind of literary life; his poetical compositions were indeed of a high order of merit, and were warmly cherished by his friends; but he steadily resisted the temptation to write poetry. In the brief memoranda which he inscribed in the class-book on graduating he wrote "The course of my future life "is not yet fully determined, but I am strongly inclined to the business of a merchant." He was conscious that he had to hew his own path through the world and would not loiter by the way. He did not however precisely carry out the inclination thus expressed to enter a mercantile life. After a few years spent in this vicinity, partly in giving instruction to private pupils and partly in true study of law, Mr. Thayer was drawn into the vortex of journalism, a profession for which he had remarkable qualifications and in which it is not too much to say that he achieved within a brief period of years an unparalleled success. It was in the year 1853 that he went to the city of New York and entered the office of the "Evening Post" there, as local reporter. He was already well acquainted with Messrs. William C. Bryant and John Bigelow, the accomplished editors of that able journal; and he soon gained their confidence and showed his ability to a degree which caused him frequently to be entrusted in their absence with the principal charge of the paper. His industry and versatility as a journalist were remarkable; he enriched the columns of the paper with valuable contributions in almost every department.
During the last two or three years of his connexion with the "Evening Post," Mr. Thayer acted as the Washington correspondent of that journal; and we have the very best authority for speaking in the highest terms of his success in that difficult vocation. Not only were his letters fresh and interesting; his advices correct, his opinions sound; but he secured the respect of all the leading men at Washington, who gave him their confidence in a degree of unreservedness to which newspaper correspondents are rarely admitted; nobody could make him a tool; everybody about the seat of government desired his acquaintance.
When the present administration came into power, the name of Mr. Thayer was early suggested for appointment to the post of consul-general at Alexandria in Egypt. For this apointment he was most warmly recommended by the highest and most influential names; and his nomination was sent to the Senate among the first that were made, together with those of Mr. Adams as minister to London, and three or four others regarded by the President as conclusively settled on strong grounds of fitness. He was at once confirmed, and proceeded to his post in the course of the summer of 1861. [appointed by Sec. Seward, under Pres. Lincoln]
We have omitted to mention an excursion which Mr. Thayer made at an earlier date, to Central America, in company with Colonel Kinney, [Expedition to Nicaragua] who had conceived a strong admiration of his character and desired his company as historiographer of his "expedition." Mr. Thayer's motive in joining the the party was simply the desire to vary his life by a brief adventure; the vessel was wrecked on the Caicos reef; and afterwards, daring his stay in the pestiferous climate of Central America he contracted disease which impaired his constitution, and deprived him ever afterwards of the enjoyment of sound health.
The winter climate of Egypt was very favorable to his health. Mr. Thayer quickly gained the confidence and esteem of the Viceroy, of his colleagues in the consular corps (most of them gentlemen of more years and of long experience in the diplomatic service) and of the community, as is well expressed in the letter of the London Times above quoted. He very early achieved a remarkable diplomatic success in obtaining an indemnity for injuries inflicted by a Mahometan mob on an agent of the American missionaries, and in other respects his official services were of great value and were cordially approved by his government. His friends hoped that his health was entirely restored, and that a long life of honor and usefulness to the diplomatic service of his country bad opened to him.
An excursion to Cairo, undertaken upon official business in the heat of last summer, however, brought on a severe illness, threatening a sudden and fatal termination. He with difficulty gained sufficient strength to enable him to go to Paris, where in the space of some months his health was sufficiently restored to allow his return to his post of duty in Egypt. This was in December. His letters had given no occasion to apprehend a recurrence of illness, much less the fatal termination of which thus abruptly we have this morning the tidings.
We have left ourselves no space to speak of the character and the talents of the friend whose untimeIy loss we mourn. Nor is it necessary. All who knew him and who loved him can supply what we might say. Few men so perfectly as he, win the confidence and sympathy of all whom they meet; those whom he honored with his friendship have suffered a bitter bereavement of which it would be unseemly to make a public display. What we have said is due to his position as a journalist and a devoted servant of the public.
Mr. Thayer was not married. His mother, a brother and two sisters survive. His life lacked five days of completing thirty-five years.+ 3032 M iv Prof. James Bradley Thayer , attorney at law 3033 F v Susan Bradley Thayer was born 1, 2 on 7 Oct 1833 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3 on 12 May 1838 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. 3034 F vi Susan Bradley Thayer was born 1 on 25 Jan 1839 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 2 on 27 May 1899 in New York, New York, USA. Susan married 1 John C. Alexander on 8 Jan 1867.
1498. Paine Wingate (Mehetable Bradley , William Bradley , Joseph Bradley , Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1 on 10 Dec 1767 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 2 on 20 Feb 1833 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
Paine married 1 Mary Pecker in Aug 1792. Mary was born in 1767. She died 2 on 12 Oct 1836 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
3035 M i James Wingate was born 1 on 11 Jun 1793 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, s.p.. James married Ann Hersey. Ann was born 1 in (of) Hingham, Massachusetts, USA. 3036 M ii Paine Wingate was born 1 on 24 Mar 1795 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Paine resided 2 in New York and Pennsylvania, USA. 3037 F iii Mary Wingate was born 1 on 22 Feb 1797 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 2 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, unmarried. 3038 F iv Priscilla Wingate was born 1 on 25 Aug 1799 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 2 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, unmarried. 3039 F v Mehitable Bradbury Wingate was born 1 on 22 Feb 1802 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 2, 3 on 7 Feb 1840 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, unmarried.
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