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Colonel William Bayard was a prominent
and opulent merchant of New York City,
where he was born on June 1, 1729, and
died at Southampton, England, in 1804.
He resided at Castle Pointe, Hoboken,
New Jersey, and, although he joined the
sons of Liberty, his estate was confiscated
because his principles would not permit
him to aid the movement for independence.
He was a direct descendent of Nicholas
Bayard, born in Alphen, Holland, about
1644, who came to America with the Dutch
governor, Pieter Stuyvesant, landing at
New Amsterdam on May 11, 1647, and died
in New York in 1707. He was mayor of New
York in 1685, secretary of the province
of New York in 1673, and receiver-general
in 1663. Colonel William Bayard's wife,
Catherine McEvers, was born in 1732 and
died in 1814. Mrs. Stephen Van Rensselaer
was woman of superior education and culture,
given to the most cordial hospitality,
and her life was consecrated to kind acts.
Following her death in 1875 there was
a division of the property among the heirs,
and the Manor House was closed forever
as a family habitation. In October, 1893,
the building was razed, and the land thereabouts
placed on the market. Twenty-five years
later it was the scene of a number of
manufacturing plants, and what were once
handsome grounds, and a forest park were
bisected by spurs of railroad tracks.
The children of General Stephen Van Rensselaer
and Harriett Elizabeth Bayard were as
follows:
1. Elizabeth Bayard, born
at Albany, October 4, 1817; died July
7, 1819.
2. Margaret Schuyler, born at Albany,
May 12, 1819, died there September 15,
1897; married (first) at Albany, April
12, 1837, John DePeyster Douw; married
(second) April 24, 1851, Wilmot Johnson.
3. Harriett Elizabeth, May 30, 1821; died
September 19, 1821.
4. Cornelia Paterson, January 24, 1823;
died at Boston, Massachusetts, March 4,
1897; married at Albany, June 10, 1846,
Nathaniel Thayer, of Boston.
5. Stephen, June 12, 1824; died April
9, 1861, married Annie Wild, no issue.
6. Catherine, June 24, 1827; died at Washington,
D. C., November 1, 1909; married, in the
Manor House, Albany, 1856, Nathaniel Berry.
7. Justine, September 18, 1828; died in
New York City, April 6, 1912; married,
in the Manor House at Albany, February
2, 1858, Howard Townsend, M. D., (see
Townsend).
8. William Bayard, 1830; died young.
9. Bayard, of whom further.
10. Harriet, Albany, July 3, 1838; died
at Manchester (Mass.) December 17, 1911,
married in the Manor House, Albany, June
20, 1863, Colonel John Schuyler Crosby,
of New York (see Crosby).
11. Eugene, of whom further.
(VIII). Bayard, son of General Stephen
Van Rensselaer and Harriet Elizabeth
Bayard, was born at Albany, New York,
September 8, 1833, and died at Pau, France,
January 12, 1859. He was the third son
and ninth child, but his eldest brother
died without issue, and his next elder
brother died in infancy before he was
born, hence the family name of William
Bayard, bestowed upon the infant, was
carried down by baptizing him Bayard.
By birth, culture and associations he
was one of the leaders in the most brilliant
social set in Albany, and belonged to
a number of clubs and organizations, among
them the Burgesses' Corps, then composed
of the most prominent young men in the
city. His health being far from robust,
he south to improve it by a sea voyage
in 1858 and a sojourn in the most invigorating
climate of France. Unfortunately, the
results were not as beneficial as expected
fro he died in France. He married, at
the bride's residence, No. 25 Pearl Street,
Albany, Bishop Horatio Potter, of St.
Peter's Episcopal Church, officiating
February 1, 1854, Laura Reynolds. She
was born in Albany, November 22, 1830,
and died in her home there, No. 98 Columbia
Street, January 26, 1912. Her father was
Marcus Tullius Rey-
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nolds, born at Minaville, Montgomery
County, New York, December 29, 1788, died
at No. 25 Pearl Street, Albany, July 11,
1864, who married, May 6, 1823, at Albany,
Elizabeth Ann Dexter, born at Albany,
march 24, 1797, died at No. 7 Park Place,
Albany; August 30, 1840. Children, both
mention below: 1. William Bayard. 2. Howard.
(IX) William Bayard, oldest son of Bayard
Van Rensselaer and Laura Reynolds, was
born in Albany, New York, October 4, 1856,
and died in Albany, September 25, 1909.
He was a direct descendent of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, of Amsterdam, Holland,
and had not the laws of new York prohibited
the entailing of property, he would have
been the eleventh Patroon, and owner of
the Rensselaerwyck property.
In early boyhood, after returning from
Europe, where he had been taken by his
parents, he went for a while to the Albany
Boys' Academy. A little later he was sent
to a private boarding school at Catskill,
where he spent two years, or until 1869,
when, a boy of thirteen, he went to St.
Paul's School at concord, new Hampshire,
where he remained for six years, entering
Harvard as a freshman in 1875. He was
a graduate of the class of 1879, and then
attended the Harvard Law School. At school,
college, and the law school he was prominently
identified with all the leading societies
and clubs. After leaving the law school
he entered the office of M. T. & L.
G. Hun, in Albany, and was admitted to
the bar in the fall of 1882, opening an
office at No. 25 Pearl Street. Active
duties of a general counselor were to
some extent set aside in 1881 by Mr. Van
Rensselaer's appointment as the one most
suitable person to have full charge of
the Van Rensselaer estate. His knowledge
of the laws governing real estate and
his conservative judgment were a guarantee
of most capable management. In the fall
of 1885, following his suggestion, the
many heirs of the late General Van Rensselaer
conveyed their interest in the Albany
property to the Van Rensselaer Land Company,
and he was made treasurer, which office
he continued to hold until his death.
Mr. Van Rensselaer became a director the
New York State National Bank in 1885,
and was made its vice-president in 1900.
He was elected a trustee of the Albany
Savings Bank in 1883, vice-president in
1897. His grandfather, General Stephen
Can Rensselaer, had been the first president
of this bank, when chartered March 25,
1820. As chairman of the building committee
he devoted untiring energy to the erection
of the handsome new edifice which was
opened April 25, 1899. On august 15, 1900,
about a month after the death of J. Howard
King, he was elected the bank's president,
and was its chief executive through a
term of years the most successful in its
long and remarkable history. In 1901 he
was chosen chairman of the executive committee
of the Savings Banks Association of the
State of New York, and on May 12, 1904,
was elected president of that body because
of his widely recognized ability and conservatism.
In 1893, he organized the Albany Terminal
Warehouse company, and a large building
was erected on the Van Rensselaer property
in the north part of the city, part of
which was used as a bonded warehouse.
He was a director of the Cohoes company,
incorporated in 1823, by this grandfather,
which supplies al the factories of Cohoes,
New York, with their water power. On organization
of the Union Trust Company, he was made
its vice-president, and he was also a
trustee for numerous estates, giving close
attention to their careful management.
Among various appointments in rendering
public service was his appointment by
Governor Morton on the Albany Bi-Centennial
Celebration Committee, and he was named
by governor Hughes one of the State's
representatives on the Hudson-Fulton commission
in 1909. He was one of the organizers
and charter members of the Fort Orange
Club of Albany, a member of the Albany
Country Club, and of the Albany Institute
and Historical and Art Society; also a
member of the Holland Society, Reform
Club, and University Club of New York
City. he was on the board of trustees
of the New York State Normal College and
of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
also one of the officers of the Albany
Chamber of Commerce. In politics Mr. Van
Rensselaer was a Republican, but at time
asserted his independence. Though repeatedly
urged to accept, yet he never sought or
held political office. As a thoughtful
man, he was, however, much interested
in
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governmental affairs. To the advancement
of the Cathedral of All Saints, as one
of the chapter, he gave his best endeavor,
promoting the work of securing the new
and handsome edifice. He traveled extensively,
going abroad a number of summers. And
in the winter season entertained with
great frequency at his home, No. 385 state
Street, all distinguished visitors coming
to Albany, being met at this table. His
house was furnished with many of the articles
once belonging to his ancestors.
Mr. Van Rensselaer married, at Cambridge,
Massachusetts, November 4, 1880, Louisa
Greenough Lane. She was born at Cambridge,
November 21, 1860, and still lives, residing
in Albany. Her father was professor George
martin Lane, of Harvard University, born
in Charleston, December 24, 1826, died
in Cambridge, June 30, 1897, son of Martin
Lane and Lucretia Swan. Her mother was
Frances Eliza Gardiner, born at Shelter
Island, new York, July 31, 1828; died
in Cambridge, August 31, 1876, daughter
of Samuel G. Gardiner and Mary Catherine
L'Hommedieu
(IX) Howard Van Rensselaer, M. D., son
of Bayard Van Rensselaer and Laura Reynolds,
was born at No. 98 Columbia Street, Albany,
New York, June 26, 1858. Before he was
a year old he was taken abroad by his
parents, returning in 1859, on the death
of his father, when he was but nine months
old. He was placed in the State Normal
School at Albany to learn the elementary
branches, and later changed to the Albany
Boys' Academy. Remaining there a short
time, he was sent to Miss Gaylord' s private
boarding-school at Catskill, New York,
noted for its excellent moral training.
When twelve years old he entered St. Paul's
School at Concord, New Hampshire, where
he pursued his literary studies with especial
diligence and was made an editor of The
Horae. While there he was an enthusiastic
athlete. He established the one and three
mile walking records, which still remain
unbeaten. He was stroke oar on the successful
crew, and was president of the Athletic
Association. At the age of eighteen he
entered Yale, taking the Sheffield Scientific
course preparatory to the study of medicine,
and graduating in 1881 with the degree
of Ph. B. He was also a student of the
Yale Art School, took a literary prize,
and was a member of the Berzelius Society,
the oldest science society in this country.
After his graduation from Yale he immediately
entered the College of Physicians and
Surgeons in New York City, then under
Drs. Clark, Sands, and Dalton, graduating
in 1884. During this period of three years
he attended all the courses of lectures
and read with avidity in every spare moment.
He was made an interne at the Chambers
Street Hospital, where he gained practical
knowledge of medical science. After that
he passed the severe competitive examination
which entitled him to the position so
much to be desired by the aspiring students,
of medicine, of house physician at the
New York Hospital, for a service of eighteen
months. While still studying in New York
he entertained the idea of visiting Europe
with a view of studying disease in its
various forms and symptoms and the modes
of treatment adopted by the celebrated
physicians. He crossed to Germany in January,
1887, and visited all the great hospitals
of Europe excepting those of Spain, studying
in the large ones in Berlin, Paris, Vienna,
Munich, London and Edinburgh. Two years
were thus spent, and at intervals he made
side trips as opportunity opened, seeing
sights in the Old World from the North
Cape to Constantinople and Greece. He
returned from abroad in February, 1889,
and opened an office in his native city.
He was at once appointed visiting physician
to St. Peter's Hospital, and the dispensary
of the Child's Hospital. In the fall of
1889, he was appointed instructor of nervous
diseases and diseases of the chest at
the Albany Medical college of Union University.
In December, 1889, he was given the position
of attending physician to the Hospital
for Incurables, and in January, 1890,
was elected physician to the Home of the
Friendless. In June of the same year he
was called to the position of lecturer
on materia medica at the Albany Medical
College. In 1892 he was advanced to the
position of associate professor of materia
medica. In 1894 he was elected full professor
of materia medica and therapeutics, and
associated professor of the practice of
medicine, positions which he still holds.
He is
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a member of the Medical Society of Albany
County, the New York State Medical Society,
and is vice president of the American
Therapeutic Society; also, of the Fort
Orange, Albany County and Albany Camera
Clubs, the Chamber of Commerce, the Albany
Institute and Historical and Art Society,
and likewise of the Calumet Club of New
York City. He was a prime mover in establishing
the Country Club, and has been for many
yeas its president. Dr. Van Rensselaer
has written a number of notable scientific
papers, which have been published and
widely read. He was editor of the Albany
Medical Annals for six years. he is a
medical examiner for several prominent
life insurance companies, and gives his
services as the attending physician of
four Albany hospitals, and two charitable
institutions. He had been for several
years president of the Albany Boys' Club.
Besides his visits to Europe, he has traveled
extensively on the American continent,
touring the Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone
regions, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Mexico.
In 1909 he labored assiduously to establish
a Red Cross Hospital for consumptives,
and raised single-handed the fund which
covered the erection of the original buildings,
the large area of land for the site of
which he contributed. It has grown to
be one of the most appreciated institutions
in the city, and as a department of the
Albany Hospital, which it became, will
endure as a valued testimonial to his
efforts for his fellow-citizens. He holds
the position of medical director for this
institution.
(VIII). Eugene, youngest child of General
Stephen (4) and Harriet E. (Bayard) Van
Rensselaer, was born October 12, 1840,
at Albany, New York, and now resides at
Berkeley Spring, West Virginia. He married,
at Baltimore, Maryland, April 26, 1865,
Sarah, daughter of Elisha Boyd and Marie
Lucinda (Tutt) Pendleton, born December
11, 1846, at Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Children: 1. Elizabeth Kennedy, born May
31, 1866, in the Manor House, Albany;
married, at Washington D. C., February
23, 1909, James Carroll Frazer. 2. Stephen,
mentioned below.
(IX). Rev. Stephen Van Rensselaer, only
son of Eugene and Sarah (Pendleton), Van
Rensselaer, was born January 7, 1869,
in Albany, and received a liberal education,
studying at Dresden, Germany, Paris, France,
Eton College, England, and Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts. He pursued his
theological course at the Episcopal Theological
School of Cambridge, and became assistant
rector of Grace Church, New York City.
He was subsequently vicar of St. Helena's
Chapel, New Lenox, Massachusetts; rector
of St. John's Church, Monticello, New
York; rector of St. Eustace Church, of
Lake Placid, New York; minister of Calvary
Church, Burnt Hills, New York; rector
of St. Paul's Church, Sidney, New York;
and is now (1913) temporarily assisting
at Bethesda Church, Saratoga, New York.
he received the degree of Bachelor of
Arts from Harvard in 1891, and that of
Bachelor of Divinity from the Episcopal
Theological School in 1897. He is chaplain
of the St. Nicholas Society of New York;
a member of the Harvard Club of New York;
and the College Fraternity. Taking the
interest of a good citizen in the progress
of his country, he acts political with
the Republican party.
He married, at Lenox, Massachusetts,
October 10, 1900, Mary Thorn Carpenter,
born March 18, 1871, at Poughkeepsie,
New York, daughter of Jacob Boekee and
Sarah E. (Thorn) Carpenter, died October
1902, in New York.
TUCKERMAN. The
American Tuckermans are descended from
the English family of that name long settled
in Devonshire, where the name may be traced
in the hundreds of Coleridge and Stanborough
to the reign of Henry VI. In the seventeenth
century they were considerable land owners,
and intermarried with the families of
Giles of Snowden, of Sir Edward Harris
and the Fortescues.
Two brothers, Otho and John, emigrated
to Massachusetts Bay in 1649, and from
them all the American Tuckermans are descended.
Otho, the elder brother, was one of the
early settlers of Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
He was a sea captain, and was lost with
his vessel, May 24, 1664. He was the ancestor
of four generations of shipmasters who
sailed out of Portsmouth and
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also of Nathaniel, born in 17886, who
removed to South Carolina and built a
house in Charleston, which still stands
at the corner of south Battery and Legare
street. the last owner of this house was
a Miss Tuckerman, who married (first)
an Osborne, and (second) a Lowndes. Tuckerman
Wharf, Tuckerman Island and Tuckerman
Hill make the presence of Otho's descendants
in New Hampshire, Tuckerman's Ravine in
the White Mountains was named after Professor
Edward Tuckerman, a distinguished descendent
of Otho's brother John.
(1) John Tuckerman, the younger of the
two brothers, who came to America from
England in 1649 and landed in Massachusetts
Bay, was born in Devonshire in 1624, died
December 27, 1674 he was the ancestor
of the Tuckerman family associated with
Boston and New York City. It is known
that he was a man of education and of
studious habit of mind, bringing with
him to this country a collection of books
quite exceptional in the colony, some
of which have been preserved in the family.
Before his emigration he had been a member
of the Church of England, and during his
life in Massachusetts Bay he retained
his Anglican sympathies. The circumstances
placed him at odds with the Puritan theocracy
then forming, but he handed down his sentiments
to his descendants, and his grandson became
a founder of an Episcopal Church as soon
as that form of worship was permitted
in the province. He had a son bearing
the same name as himself.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Tuckerman
who was the first of the family in America,
was born in Boston, Massachusetts, October
8, 1655. He served throughout King Philip's
War, 1675-1676, being severely wounded
at the fight at Sudbury, in Captain Wadsworth's
company, and was present at the Great
Swamp fight in Rhode Island. The Narragansett
townships, situated near the boundary
of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, were
granted by the general court of Massachusetts
Bay to the soldiers who had served in
King Philip's war. The lands allotted
to John Tuckerman now form part of the
townships of Redford and Merrimac, and
also part of the town of Manchester, New
Hampshire. These grants were then a wilderness,
but afterwards became valuable to his
descendants.
By his first marriage, in 1680, John Tuckerman
had a son, John, the third of the name
in this country, who married Hannah Gent,
in 1708, and left his "mansion house,"
his silver watch and silver-hilted sword
to his own son, John, fourth of that name.
The last-named John was born in 1716,
and has the distinction of being mentioned
in the celebrated "Diary of Chief
Justice Sewall," in a passage often
cited as illustrating the hardihood and
religious strictness of the New England
people:
"Lord's Day Jan'y
15. An extraordinary storm of wind and
snow. Blows much worse as coming home
at noon and so holds on. Bread was frozen
at the Lord's Table; Mr. Pemberton administered.
Came not out to the afternoon exercise
. Though 'twas so cold, yet John Tuckerman
was baptized. At six o'clock my ink freezes
so that I can hardly write by a good fire
in my wife's chamber. Yet was comfortable
at meeting.--Laus Dea."
The second marriage of John Tuckerman
occurred November 14, 1693, at the First
Church, Boston, to Susannah, daughter
of Edmund Chamberline, whose family had
been settled at Roxbury and Woburn before
1650. By this second marriage he had two
sons, Abraham and Edward. The first of
these married a daughter of the Rev. Welstede,
and he had a son named Abraham, who served
as an officer in the American Revolution,
being present as captain at the battle
of Saratoga, and was with General Washington's
army for several years including the winter
at Valley Forge, retiring with the rank
of adjutant. Regarding the second son,
Edward, see forward.
(III) Edward, second son of second son
of John (2) and Susannah (Chamberline)
Tuckerman, was born in Boston, Massachusetts,
in 1699, died in 1751. He became a successful
merchant. The Suffolk registry showed
him to have possessed nine pieces of real
estate in Boston, and he had also his
share of the Narragansett townships granted
to his father. The Anglican sympathies
inherited from his grandfather, gave him
an active interest in the foundation of
Trinity church, of which hew was an original
proprietor in 1734. Edward Tuckerman married,
June 21, 1738, Dorothy, daughter of Joseph
Kidder, and great-granddaughter of James
Kidder
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who settled at Billerica in 1640. Her
mother's maiden name was Dorothy Dows.
Both the Kidder and Dows family became
Church of England people; Dorothy Kidder's
first cousin Joseph Dows, being a warden
of Trinity from its foundation to his
death in 1764. When Edward Tuckerman died,
he left a son named Edward, see forward.
(IV) Edward (2), son of Edward (1), and
Dorothy (Kidder) Tuckerman, was born December
29, 1740, died July 22, 1818. He was a
grain merchant and was regarded as the
chief authority on the production and
prices of that commodity in New England.
Chosen at the town meeting held in Boston
in 1782 to the office of surveyor of wheat,
he was re-elected almost continuously
until his death, a period of thirty-seven
years. In 1771 he received from Governor
Hutchinson a commission as lieutenant
in the Boston Artillery Company, which
he resigned at the outbreak of the revolution.
He served with Washington's army in the
campaign about Boston, and afterwards
acted as disbursing officer for the state
of Massachusetts in the grants of money
made for the Continental army. In 1798
he was one of the founders of the firs
fire insurance company in New England,
if not in America, the Massachusetts Mutual,
and later was one of the founders of the
Massachusetts General Hospital. He was
three times elected a member of the general
court of Massachusetts. His portrait,
executed by Sharpless in pastel, is preserved
in the family. Edward Tuckerman married,
February 20, 1766, Elizabeth, daughter
of Stephen Harris. The house on Orange
Street, which he built in 1770, was of
the Colonial type, of the most substantial
construction, and was standing, as good
as new, a hundred years later. In the
siege of Boston a cannon-ball struck it,
and was embedded in an exterior beam,
where for many years it was an object
of curious observation. Children:
1. Elizabeth, born 1768, died 1829. She
married Stephen Salisbury, of Worcester,
Massachusetts, the grandfather of the
Stephen Salisbury who died in 1905, leaving
to his native town a fortune of six million
dollars. In the Art Gallery of Worcester
hang two fine portraits of Elizabeth Tuckerman,
one by Gilbert Stuart, and the other by
Harding.
2. Edward (the Third of that name in
direct descent), born February 13, 1775,
died May 29, 1843. He was one of the leading
merchants of Boston and a partner of Robert
Gould Shaw. He founded the Provident Institution
for Savings in 1816, the first savings
bank in the United States except the Philadelphia
Savings Fund Association, which claims
to have begun business one month earlier.
Associated with him in organizing this
institution were William Phillips, Samuel
Parkman, John Lowell, Russell Sturgis,
Jonathan Russell, Josiah Quincy, Dr. William
E. Channing, Charles Lowell, Elisha Ticknor,
Jonathan Amory Jr., Joseph Coolidge, Jr.,
Thomas Motley, Lewis Tappan and James
Savage. He was also a director of the
Massachusetts Bank from 1810 to 1841;
a trustee of the Massachusetts General
Hospital, and for several years was president
of that cooperation; chairman of the board
of managers of the Boston Dispensary;
trustee of the Massachusetts Bible Society;
and in 1841 a delegate to the meeting
of the British and Foreign Bible Society
in London; an original subscriber and
proprietor of the Boston Athenaeum, in
1807; a justice of the pace and an overseer
of the poor. At the town meeting held
in Faneuil Hall, January 22, 1821, the
thanks of the town were voted to him for
his services rendered in that office.
He was a proprietor of St. Paul's Church,
and a vestryman thereof from 1827 until
his death in 1843. Edward Tuckerman married
(first) December 19, 1798, Hannah, daughter
of Sarah Shaw and Samuel Parkman. He married
(second) January 28, 1817, Sophia, daughter
of colonel John May, one of the patriots
who threw tea overboard in Boston Harbor,
in 1773, and a major in the army of the
Comte de Rochambeau. He resided at No.
33 Beacon Street, Boston, on land purchased
from the heirs of John Hancock. His portrait
and that of his first wife and two of
his second wife were painted by Gilbert
Stuart. There is also a bust of him by
a French sculptor and two miniatures,
one by Grimaldi, and one by Rogers. Sons:
i. Edward (fourth of that name indirect
descent), born in Boston, Massachusetts,
December 7, 1817, died in Amherst, Massachusetts,
March 15, 1886. He was a distinguished
botanist, specializing in lichenology.
He graduated
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at Union college in 1837, and afterwards
at Harvard, and the Harvard Law and Divinity
schools. In 1841 he studied in Europe
with the botanist, Elias Fries, and in
1842 explored the White Moutons with the
celebrated Asa Gray, making the discovery
of the ravine which bears his name. In
1854 he became connected with Amherst
as lecturer on history; in 1858 he became
professor of botany, which chair he held
until his death. His botanical papers
number about fifty and describe the lichens
not only of New England, but of other
parts of North America. Specimens collected
by the United States exploring expeditions,
the Pacific railroad surveys, and by the
United States geological surveys were
referred to him for examination and classification.
Thomas Nuttall dedicated to him the genus
Tuckermania, one of the finest of California
Compositae, and several species have been
named in his honor. He was a member of
many scientific societies, and received
the degree of LL.D. from Amherst. Memoirs
of him were written by William C. Farlow
and Asa Gray. ii. Samuel Parkman, born
in Boston, Massachusetts, February 11,
1819, died at Newport, Rhode Island, June
30, 1890. He was a composer of church
music, and the only American composer
whose compositions are used in the English
cathedrals. In 1849 he went to England
and for several years studied and performed
in the cathedrals of Canterbury, York,
Durham and Salisbury. In 1851 he received
from the archbishop of Canterbury the
Lambeth degree of Doctor of Music, being
the first American to receive it. In the
next year he was elected a fellow of the
Pontifical congregation and the Academy
of Saint Cecilia at Rome. He published
"Cathedral Chants," and the
"Trinity collection," of church
music. A list of his compositions is to
be found in Novello's catalogues. iii.
Frederick Goddard, born in Boston, Massachusetts,
February 4, 1821. He published a volume
of "Poems," in 1860; was a friend
of Tennyson, and when a guest of the latter
at the Isle of Wight was given the original
manuscript of "Locksley Hall."
He left a son, Dr. Frederick Tuckerman,
anatomist, of Amherst, Massachusetts.
3. Joseph, see forward.
Henry Harris, born in 1783, died at Newport,
Rhode Island, in 1860. He was a merchant
of Boston. He married Ruth Keating, who
died in 1823. Sons: a. Henry Theodore,
born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 20,
1813, died in New York City, December
17, 1871. He was a prolific and popular
author in the fields of travel, biography,
and criticism. Harvard bestowed on him
the honorary degree of Master of Arts,
in 1850, and in recognition of his labors
on behalf of Italian exiles in the United
States he was decorated by King Victor
Emmanuel. He was corresponding member
of the Massachusetts Historical Society,
and actively interest in the New York
Society. His portrait was painted by Daniel
Huntington, and he appears in the engraving
called "Washington Irving and his
Literary Friends at Sunnyside," which
gathers together so many honored figures
in our literary history. Although much
younger than Irving, he was for many years
an intimate friend. He never married,
and the place domestic life was taken
by friendship of social connections in
New York and Newport of an unusually wide
and interesting character. His early visits
to Italy resulted in "The Italian
Sketch Book," 1835, and "Sicily,
a Pilgrimage," 1839; later followed
"Rambles and Reveries," 1841;
"Thoughts on the Poets," 1846;
"Artist Life, or Sketches of American
Painters," 1847; "Characteristics
of Literature," 1851; "Poems,"
1851; "A Month in England,"
1853; "Memorial of Greenough,"
1853; "Leaves from the Diary of a
Dreamer," 1853; "Essays Biographical
and Critical," 1857; "Essay
On Washington, and the Portraits of Washington,"
1859; "American and her Commentators,"
1864; "A Sheaf of Verse," 1864;
"The Criterion," 1866; "Magna
Papers about Paris," 1867; "Life
of John P. Kennedy," 1871. The work
upon which his reputation now chiefly
rests is "The book of Artists,"
published in 1867. This is a permanent
contribution to our literature, containing
very much information concerning the history
of American art which must have been lost
without the research and study given by
him, and he was especially qualified for
the task. Always sympathetic with the
work and life of artists, a constant and
welcome visitor at their studios, ready
to lend a hand in any difficulty, he had
many intimates among them
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