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indomitable perseverance, and great thorough- ness in all his undertakings. "In every thought, fibre and movement," it is related of him, "he was an enthusiastic business man, yet the perfect system with which he arranged his affairs gave him ample leisure for reading and self-improvement." He was in person above the medium height, but of a robust na- ture and erect form that gave dignity to his presence. He was remarkably vigorous for a man of his age. At the age of seventy-four he visited England and the continent, evinc- ing all the interest, enthusiasm, etc., without any physical discomfort more than one in middle life. January 27, 1824, he married Cynthia Bassett, of equally sturdy and reso-
Residence of Amos G. Hulbert, at Lee, Mass. From photo taken about 1867.
Amos Geer Hulbert, father of Henry. C. Hulbert, inherited to the full the hardy reso- lute character of his New England ancestry. His early boyhood was spent in Suffield, Con- necticut. He served his apprenticeship as carriage maker in Salisbury and Canaan, Con- necticut. In 1820 he removed to Lee, Massa- chusetts, where he rose to prominence as a successful manufacturer and became thor- oughly identified with the growth and progress of the town. His chief characteristics were cordiality, frankness, a spirit of investigation,
lute Puritan stock. He was a member of the Congregational Church, and led an exemplary Christian life. He died at Lee, Massachu- setts, in 1884.
Henry Carlton Hulbert, only son of Amos Geer and Cynthia ( Bassatt ) Hulbert, was edu- cated in the public schools of his native town and at Lee Academy, Lee, Massachusetts. Of a strong individuality and pronounced principles, he was a leader among his associates in the various school day affairs, but with the blood of the old Plymouth Colony in his veins, he
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was restless and anxious to begin his career in life which should lead on to fortune. At the age of thirteen he entered the employ of Mr. William Taylor, with whom he remained for six months, then leaving to re-enter Lee Acad- emy. On his leaving Mr. Taylor, that gentle- man gave to him the following unsolicited and highly complimentary testimonial :
Lee, Nov. 29, 1845.
To whom it may concern: This certifies that Master Henry Hulbert has been a clerk in my store since the 11th of June last until this day, and unsolicited I take pleasure in saying voluntarily that I have uniformly found him to be industrious, thorough, correct, faithful and obliging. He is scrupulously honest. He possesses uncommon tact for a youth of his age. and is quite popular with customers. I am sorry to part with him. I shall count myself fortunate if I can again have his services. WILLIAM TAYLOR.
He had strong predilections for a mercantile life, and at the age of sixteen he bid farewell to his alma mater and returned to the employ of Mr. William Taylor. He remained but a short time when he was offered a position in the dry goods house of Plunkett & Hulbert of Pittsfield. After submitting the matter to his parents, he was informed by them that here- after "self-reliance must be his capital." He was equal to the occasion, and had faith in his own ability to succeed. Within three years he rose from the position of errand boy. through the intermediate grades, to that of cashier. The little world in which he lived soon became- too contracted and he was am- bitious for a wider field. He felt that
"No pent up Utica contracts your powers,
But the whole boundless continent is yours,"
and so he determined to try his fortune in the great metropolis. As he unfolded his plans to his father, he was reminded by the latter that not more than ten in one hundred who ventured there met with success. The am- bitious young man replied: "I propose to be one of the ten," and it was plainly evident that "that one" was a host in himself, and that his capital of "self-reliance" had largely in- creased. In February. 1851, at the age of nineteen, he started for New York City, pro- vided with suitable recommendations, among which were letters to Cyrus W. Field & Com- pany, and White & Sheffield. Mr. Field was an old acquaintance of his father, and re- ceived the young man cordially, but informed him that he had no position open at the time, but that he could use his firm's name as a city reference. He was then introduced by
Edward S. May (of the firm of E. & S. May, paper manufacturers), to White & Sheffield, importers of and extensive dealers in paper manufactures, to whom he presented his letters. The firm were favorably impressed with the young man, and especially with his direct and intelligent answers to their questions. Mr. Shef- field asked him what he proposed to do. His prompt reply was: "If you give me a position I propose to make myself so useful that you will give me an interest in your business," and he kept his word. His salary for the first year was $400. His previous training had been thorough and exacting, and he had been submitted to the severest discipline. As errand boy, salesman, bookkeeper and cashier, he was well equipped for his new position. Ever on the alert, an opportunity presented itself near the close of the year of which he was quick to avail himself. The firm was in the habit of sending out account sales at the close of each quarter to the manufacturing firms they represented, and, owing to illness of the book- keeper and cashier who attended to these duties, the firm were in a quandary as to what could be done. At this juncture young Hul- bert offered to fill the place of the absent em- ployee until he should be able to resume his duties, at the same time informing the firm that this had been a part of his education, and that he had no doubt of his ability to fill the position. After some hesitancy the offer was accepted, and they were greatly pleased with the result, every detail being performed in the most thorough manner. The increased confidence of the firm in his ability and his personality as well, gave him a strong hold in the line of advancement.
Not long after this an incident occurred which raised the young man still higher in the estimation of his employers. There was an unfortunate rupture between the firms of White & Sheffield and Cyrus W. Field & Com- pany, in which their relations became very strained, so much so that the letters of the former firm were returned unanswered. The matter was placed in the hands of Mr. Hul- bert. with discretionary powers, in which he proved himself a skillful diplomat, and thorough his efforts the matter was amicably adjusted, to the entire satisfaction of his em- ployers.
In the great panic of '57 Mr. Hulbert was sent on a Western trip for the purpose of effecting a settlement of old, and to use his own judgment about opening new, accounts. His office experience had familiarized him
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with the financial conditions of the trade, and not a dollar was lost through the sales he made at this time. He had fulfilled his promise made to the firm at the time he entered their employ, and in less than four years he was given an interest in the profits in lieu of salary. One year later, at the age of twenty- four, he was admitted to full partnership and the firm name changed to J. B. Sheffield & Company. On the expiration of this partner- ship, January 1, 1858, Mr. Hulbert was offered fifty per cent. advance on his interest to re- main, but declined. Forming an association with his cousin, Milan Hulbert, of Boston, under the firm name of H. C. & M. Hulbert (with Otis Daniell, of Boston, as special part- ner for $30,000), he at once engaged in busi- ness for himself, on a capital of $40,000, as importer and dealer in paper makers' supplies. After completing the organization Mr. Hul- bert sailed for Europe, and secured a number of valuable exclusive agencies, some of which are still retained by Mr. Hulbert's successors. Returning in 1858, the firm opened business in New York City, at 83 John street, and entered at once upon a successful career, which has continued uninterruptedly ever since. In the development of the business but two removals of its location have occurred, one in 1861 to 13 Beekman street, the other in 1881 to 53 Beek- man street. Up to the present time the firm has been but once reorganized, although there have been several changes in the personnel. In 1862, special partner Otis Daniell sold his interest to the general partners, without secur- ity, giving them three years in which to make payment. In 1872, general partner Milan Hulbert withdrew, when the firm was re- organized as H. C. Hulbert & Company, Mr. Hulbert admitting as partners Joseph H. Sut- phin and George P. Hulbert, both of whom had served a thorough apprenticeship in the business as clerks in the establishment. Mr. George P. Hulbert died in the autumn of the same year. In 1890, Charles F. Bassett, who had grown up in the business from a boy, under the training of Mr. Hulbert, was ad- mitted as a partner, and the business was con- tinued under the same firm name until May I, 1900, when H. C. Hulbert retired and Bas- sett & Sutphin became his successors. In 1893 Mr. Bassett married Carolyn, youngest daugh- ter of Mr. Hulbert. As Mr. Bassett's line of descent was from the same Puritan stock of the Bassets, Dymokes, Winslows, and Hinck- leys, the ancestral line merged into those of
his father-in-law, thus making the offspring doubly related.
While controlling the principal interests of his own firm, Mr. Hulbert's business ability and influence have been sought in other direc- tions. He was from 1882 to January, 1900, when the Pullman Company purchased the assets of the Wagner Company, and when J. P. Morgan, W. K. Vanderbilt and other Wag- ner directors were added to the Pullman Com- pany Board, the only New York director of the Pullman Palace Car Company of Chicago, Illinois, and at Mr. Pullman's death, Robert Lincoln, Marshall Field and Mr. Hulbert con- stituted the executive committee of the com- pany. Mr. Hulbert is also trustee and one of the finance committee of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, and also of the Celluloid Company ; one of the trustees and first vice-president of the South Brooklyn Savings Institution ; and is now and for forty years has been a director of the Importers' and Traders' National Bank of New York, and at present first vice-president ; he is also a director of the United States Life Insurance Company, and one of the trustees of the Franklin Trust Company of Brooklyn. He is a member of the New York Chamber of Com- merce, life member of both the New York and Brooklyn New England Societies, mem- ber of the Society of Colonial Wars and one of the vice-presidents of the Brooklyn So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren. He was for many years a member of the South Congregational Church of Brook- lyn, a trustee of the society, and superintend- ent of the Sabbath school. Upon the call of his cousin, Rev. Edward P. Ingersoll, to the pastorate of the Middle Reformed Church of Brooklyn, he changed his membership to that church, and later became superintendent of the Sabbath school. With the call of Dr. Inger- soll to the Puritan Church in 1882, Mr. Hul- bert united with Christ Church, Clinton street, of which he is still one of the vestry.
Mr. Hulbert has been twice married. In September, 1854, he was married to Susan R. Cooley, descended from Robert Chapman, one of Lion Gardiner's three brave men, step- daughter of William Porter, a prominent law- yer of Lee, Massachusetts. She soon became a confirmed invalid, but at the expiration of about seven years regained her health. She was active in benevolent work, and for many years was treasurer of the Brooklyn Indus- trial School and Home for Destitute Children.
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She died August 22, 1882. His two daughters, the offspring of this union, are the wives of Mr. Sutphin and Mr. Bassett, his business partners who, on Mr. Hulbert retiring from active business in 1900, continued under the firm name of Bassett & Sutphin. Mr. Hulbert married ( second), October 16, 1884, Fannie Dwight Bigelow, daughter of the late Asa Bigelow Jr., of Brooklyn.
(Bassett Line).
(1) William Bassett arrived in the ship "Fortune," in 1621, and married Elizabeth Til- den, or Selden. Children: William, see for- ward; Elizabeth, born in 1626, died 1670; Na- thaniel, born 1628, died 1709; Joseph ; Sarah, married, 1648, Peregrine White, the first Eng- lish child born in Cape Cod; Jane.
(II) William (2), eldest child of William (I) and Elizabeth (Tilden or Selden) Bassett, was born in 1624, and died in 1670, leaving a large estate. He removed to Sandwich, and was called "Mr." He married Mary, daugh- ter of Hugh Burt, of Lynn, and had children : Mary, born 1654, and William.
(III) William (3), son of William (2) and Mary ( Burt) Bassett, was born in 1656, and died in 1721. He was known as Colonel Will- iam Bassett, and married Rachel Willison, of Taunton. Children: Mary, born 1676; Na- than, 1677; Rachel, 1679, died 1744; William, see forward; Jonathan, born 1683: Thankful, born 1687, died 1777.
(IV) William (4), second son and fourth child of William (3) and Rachel ( Willison ) Bassett, married Abigail, born about 1684. died in February, 1764, daughter of Elisha Bourne, and granddaughter of Richard Bourne. Children : Mary, born 1709 ; William, IZII ; Captain Elisha, 1713; John, 1716; Dea- con Thomas, 1717, died 1809: Nathaniel, see forward; Jonathan, born 1721 ; Abigail, 1722 : Elizabeth. 1724: Nathan, 1727, died 1728; Hannah, born 1730.
(V) Nathaniel, fifth son and sixth child of William (4) and Abigail ( Bourne) Bassett, was born October 15, 1719, and died in Fal- mouth, 1814. He resided in Sandwich. Mass- achusetts ; married, July 4. 1745, Hannah Hall, of Yarmouth, born about 1723, died at Sand- wich, June 22, 1790, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca ( Scars) Hall, and granddaughter of Deacon John Hall. Rebecca (Sears) Hall was daughter of Paul and Mercy ( Freeman) Sears, granddaughter of Paul Sears, born in 1637, and great-granddaughter of Richard and Dorothy ( Thatcher) Sears, the emigrant an-
cestors. Children of Nathaniel and Hannah ( Hall) Bassett: I. Rebecca, born 1747. 2. Joseph, born September 3, 1749, died 1817; was a member of the famous "Boston Tea Party." 3. Abigail, born September, 1751, 4. Edmund, born July, 1753. 5. Hannah, born May, 1755. 6. Nathaniel, born January 26, 1758, died 1846, at Lee, Massachusetts; mar- ried Bethia Smith. 7. Elisha, born 1761. 8. Stephen, born 1763. 9. Jonathan, born 1765. IO. Anselm, or Ansel, born July 20, 1768, died July 14. 1837. II. Isaac, born October 28, 1770, died 1779.
(Brewster Line).
(1) Elder William Brewster came over in the "Mayflower" in 1620. He married Mary Children : Love, Wrasling, Patience. (II) Patience, daughter of Elder William and Mary Brewster, married, 1637, Governor Thomas Prince.
(III) Mercy, daughter of Governor Thomas and Patience (Brewster) Prince, married Major John, son of Edward and Elizabeth Freeman.
(IV) Thomas, son of Major John and Mercy ( Prince ) Freeman, married Rebecca, daughter of Captain Jonathan and Rebecca ( Bangs) Sparrow.
(V) Mercy, daughter of Thomas and Re- becca (Sparrow) Freeman, married Paul, sec- ond son of Paul and Deborah (Willard) Sears.
(VI) Rebecca, daughter of Paul and Mercy ( Freeman ) Sears, married Joseph, son of Deacon John Hall.
(\'Il) Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Re- becca ( Sears) Hall, married, July 14. 1845. Nathaniel Bassett, of Sandwich. (See Bas- sett. V.)
(Sayres or Sears Line).
(1) Adam Sayres, or Scars, possessed Lord of the Manor of Hougham, near Rochester, county of Kent, died in 1346.
(1\') John Sayer, great-grandson of the preceding, was one of the Barons returned to serve in parliament for the town of Sand- wich during the reign of Henry VI. He was alderman towards the close of the fifteenth century, died in 1509, and a mural brass in St. Peter's church records his name and hon- ors. One of his sons crossed the Thames into Essex and founded a family at Colches- ter. Another, the youngest, Thomas, was cre- ated a baronet by Henry VII. after the battle of Stoke.
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(\) John, son of John Sayer, was of Col- chester, and owner of a large estate.
(VI) Richard, son of John Sayer, of Col- chester, had early imbibed strong religious sentiments, and, denying the spiritual suprem- acy of Henry VIII., he and his wife were exiled to Holland in 1537, where he died in 1540. He had married Ann Bouchier Knyvet. (See Knyvet Line.)
(VII) John Bouchier, only son of Rich- ard and Ann Bouchier ( Knyvet) Sayer, mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Hawkins, the famous admiral. Children : John, Henry, William and Richard.
(VIII) John, son of John and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Sayer, was born in 1561, and died in December, 1629. He married, 1585, Marie L., daughter of Philip Lamoral Van Egmond, of Amsterdam, who became the victim of the enmity of the Duke of Alva. Children: Marie L., born 1587: Richard, see forward ; John, born 1592; Jane Knyvet, born 1596.
(IX) Richard Sears, second child and eld- est son of John and Marie L. (Van Egmond) Sayer, and immigrant ancestor of the Sears in America, was born in 1590, and died in 1676. Upon the death of his father he came into his inheritance, joined the company at Leyden, and in 1630 accompanied the last ex- pedition which carried out from Leyden the remnant of the Scrooby congregation. They landed at Plymouth. Massachusetts, May 8, 1630. He married, 1632, Dorothy, sister of Anthony Thatcher, of Plymouth, and she died in 1680. Children : Knyvet, Paul, Silas and Deborah.
(X) Paul, son of Richard and Dorothy ( Thatcher ) Sears, was born in 1637, and died in 1707. He married Deborah Willard.
(XI) Paul (2), son of Paul (1) and Deb- orah (Willard) Sears, married Mercy, daugh- ter of Thomas and Rebecca (Sparrow) Free- man.
(XII) Rebecca, daughter of Paul and Mercy (Freeman) Sears, married Joseph, son of Deacon John Hall.
(XIII) Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca ( Sears) Hall, married Nathaniel Bas- sett. of Sandwich. (See Bassett, V.)
(Knyvet Line).
(I) William the Conqueror, King of Eng- land, married, 1053, Matilda, daughter of Baldwin, Earl of Flanders, and a descendant of Alfred. Children: Robert, Duke of Nor- mandy; Richard: William II., surnamed Rufus : Henry.
( II) Henry 1 .. King of England, married Matilda, daughter of Malcolm and Margaret of Flanders, and great-granddaughter of Ed- mund Ironside.
( III) Matilda, daughter of Henry I., mar- ried (first) Henry V., of Germany, (second) Geoffrey, Count of Anjou.
(IV) Henry II., of England, son of Geof- frey. Count of Anjou, and Matilda, daugh- ter of Henry I., married Eleanor of Aquitaine.
(V) King John, son of Henry II. and Elea- nor of Aquitaine, married Isabella, heiress of the Count of Angouleme.
(VI) Henry III., son of King John and Isabella of Angouleme, married Eleanor, daughter of the Count of Provence.
(VII) Edward 1., son of Henry III. and Eleanor of Provence, married Eleanor, daugh- ter of Alphonso X. of Castile.
(VIII) Edward II., son of Edward I. and Eleanor of Castile, married Isabella, daugh- ter of Philip II.
(IX) Edward III., son of Edward II. and Isabella, married Philippa, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
(X) Prince Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III. and Philippa of Hainault, married Alianore, daughter of Humphrey De Bohun, last Earl of Hereford.
(XI) Lady Ann Plantagenet, daughter of Prince Thomas and Alianore De Bohun, mar- ried (third) William de Bouchier, Earl of Eu.
(XII) Sir John, son of William and Lady Ann Plantagenet de Bouchier, married Mar- gery, daughter of Sir Richard Berneers, of West Horsley.
(XIII) Sir Humphrey, Kt., son of Sir John and Margery ( Berneers ) de Bouchier, married Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Frederick Tilney, of Ashwelthorp, and widow of Sir Thomas Howard.
(XIV) Sir John, son of Sir Humphrey and Lady Elizabeth de Bouchier was the second Lord Berneers, and chancellor to Henry VIII. for life. He married Lady Catherine, daugh- ter of Sir John Howard, K. G., Duke of Nor- folk.
(XV) Lady Joan, daughter of Sir John and Lady Catherine de Bouchier, married Edmund Knyvet, of Ashwelworth, sergeant porter to Henry VIII.
(XVI) Ann Knyvet, daughter of Edmund and Lady Joan (de Bouchier) Knyvet, mar- ried Richard Sayer. (See Sayres or Sears, III. )
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(Dymoke Line).
There are several authenticated records which show that this branch of the family can be traced back to Sir Robert Dymoke, Champion of Richard III., Henry VII. and Henry VIII., but as the names of Edward. Thomas and John abound in all the branches, it is not possible at this time to state the ex- act line with certainty.
(I) Elder Thomas Dymoke was selectman of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1635; in 1639 the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, was set off to him and others ; August 26, 1644, was one of the witnesses with the Serunk Indian chief, which was called the First Purchase; in 1647 was one of the signers of the Second Purchase with Chief Nepoystym; removed to Hingham, 1638; to Barnstable, 1639-40. ("Freeman's History of Cape Cod," May 25, 1636). He was probably born at Pinchbeck, England, bap- tized, October 7, 1604, and died at Barnstable, 1657-8. He married Ann Hammond, grand- daughter of Admiral Sir William Penn. Chil- dren: I. Timothy, born 1639, died 1640. 2. Mehitable, baptized April 17, 1642, died Au- gust 18, 1676; married, March 30, 1662, Rich - ard Child, of Watertown. 3. Shubail, see for- ward.
(II) Ensign Shubail, youngest child of Elder Thomas and Ann ( Hammond) Dymoke, was baptized September 15, 1644, and died at Mansfield, Connecticut, October 29, 1732, at the age of ninety-one years. He married, April, 1663, Joanna, daughter of John Bursley. She died at Mansfield, May 8, 1727, aged eighty- three years. Children: Thomas, born April, 1664, died 1697; John, see forward; Timothy, born March, 1668; Shubail, born February, 1673, died 1728: Joseph, born September, 1675; Mehitable, born September, 1677, died 1775; Benjamin, born March, 1680; Joanna, born March, 1682; Thankful, born November, 1684.
(III) John, second son and child of Ensign Shubail and Joanna ( Bursley) Dymoke was born January, 1666, and married, November 16, 1689. Elizabeth Lumbert. Children : Sarah, born December, 1690; Annah or Han- nah, born July, 1692, married, Jabez Davis, published March 5, 1719: Mary Jane, born 1695, married, 1726, Benjamin Davis; Theo- philus, see forward ; Timothy, born July, 1698; Ebenezer, born February, 1700, died April 13, 1775; Thankful, born April, 1702; Eliz- abeth, born April 20, 1704; David, baptized May, 1706; Shubail, baptized June 22, 1707 ;
Temperance, born January 10, 1710; Benja- min, born 1712-3.
(IV) Theophilus, eldest son and fourth child of John and Elizabeth (Lumbert) Dy- moke, was born September, 1696, and died in 1760. He married, October 1, 1722, Sarah Hinkley. Children : 1. John, born about 1723. 2. David, born about 1725; married, about 1753, Thankful, widow of James Hatch, and had a daughter Thankful, who married her cousin Sylvanus Dymoke. (See below.) 3. Theophilus Jr., see forward. 4. Thomas, born 1729. 5. Ebenezer, born 1731. 6. Joseph, born 1733, died September 21, 1822; held the rank of general ; married, April 17, 1759, Mary Meigs. 7. Lot, born about 1737, died 1816; held the rank of captain. 8. Sarah, born about 1740. 9. Temperance, born about 1742. (V) Theophilus Jr., third son and child of Theophilus and Sarah ( Hinkley) Dymoke, was born in 1727, and died May 31, 1765. He married, November 7, 1751, his cousin, Zer- viah, daughter of Jabez and Annah or Han- nah (Dymoke) Davis. Zerviah (Davis) Dy- moke was born July 18, 1730, and died March 19, 1824. Children: John, born about 1752; Sylvanus, see forward ; Anna, born 1756, mar- ried Elnathan Nye; Jabez, born 1759, died May 22, 1825; Ephraim, born about 1761 ; Theophilus, born about 1763.
(VI) Sylvanus, second son and child of Theophilus and Zerviah (Davis) Dymoke, was born in 1754, and died at Lee, Massachusetts, March 16, 1837. Tradition says that his father died when Sylvanus was very young. and that he was brought up by his uncle, Gen- eral Joseph Dymoke. He removed from Fal- mouth between 1775 and 1780. Married, banns published March 14, 1775, Thankful, born 1754, daughter of David and Thankful ( Hatch) Dymoke, of Falmouth.
(VII) Hannah, only child of Sylvanus and Thankful (Dymoke) Dymoke, was born Jan- uary 5. 1778, and died at Lee, Massachusetts, July 26, 1853. She married, April 11, 1793, Anselm, child of Nathaniel and Hannah ( Hall) Bassett, who was born July 20, 1768. and died at Lee, July 14, 1837. (See Bas- sett, V.)
(Winslow Line).
Governor Edward Winslow, the emigrant. was born in Droitwich, Worcestershire county, England, October 19, 1595, and died May 8, 1665, at sea, while on an expedition against the Spaniards in the West Indies, under a commission from Oliver Cromwell. He was
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