Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. IV, Part 131

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 878


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(IV) Rev. Samuel Wallace Clark, second child and eldest son of John and Rebecca (Wallace) Clark, was born in Hancock, December 15, 1795, and died in Greenland, August 17, 1847, aged fifty- two. He fitted for college at the academies at Han- cock and New Ipswich, graduating from Dart- mouth College in 1823 and from Andover Theologi- cal Seminary in 1827. He was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Greenland, to fill that office until his death, after a useful and happy pastorate of eighteen years. He married (first), October 13, 1829, his cousin, Frances (Moor) Clark, who was born in Hancock, 1832, daughter of Dea- con Robert and Annie (Wallace) Clark, and grand- daughter of William and Ann (Wallace) Clark, of this sketch. He married (second), Rebecca Eliza- beth Howe, of Templeton, Massachusetts, a de- scendant in the sixth generation from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. One child, Frances M. W., was born of the first marriage, and three of the second ; John Howe, Lucy Barron, and William Wallace, the latter dying at the age of twenty months. Lucy Barron resided with her mother in Amherst.


(V) John Howe Clark, eldest child and only son of Rev. Samuel W. and Rebecca E. (Howe) Clark, was born in Greenland. April 16, 1837. After preparing at Kimball Academy, Plainfield. he entered Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in 1857 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Immediately afterward he entered the med- ical department of Harvard College, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1862. October 19, 1861, he was appointed assistant sur-


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geon in the United States navy. and joined the United States gunboat "Scioto," of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, under Admiral Farragut, in May, 1862. He served on this' vessel on the Mis- sissippi river and off the Texas coast until she was sunk in a collision with the United States steam- ship "Antona," below Forts Jackson and St. Philip, in May. 1863. While on the "Scioto" he ascended the Mississippi as far as Milliken's Bend, where General Grant cut his famous canal in the siege of Vicksburg. He accompanied Farragut's fleet in its run past Vicksburg, and was in several minor engagements on the lower Mississippi and off Gal- veston, Texas. After the sinking of the "Scioto" he was assistant surgeon in the temporary naval hospital at New Orleans, which was located in a hotel which had been appropriated for that pur- pose. While there sixty cases of yellow fever were admitted. Among them twenty deaths occurred, in most of which cases necropsy was performed, which afforded valuable experience to the doctor who has since had occasion to treat the disease. In June, 1864, he left New Orleans and reported at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he remained until the following May and then joined the United States ship "Mohongo," which soon after reported on the Pacific station, touching on the voyage thither at St. Thomas, Barbadoes, Natal, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and passing through the Straits of Magellan. While at Valparaiso he wit- nessed the bombardment of that city by the Spanish fleet. In 1866, during the attempt of Maximilian. supported by the French, to make himself emperor of Mexico. the "Mohongo" visited the Bay of Aca- pulco, the bay and city of that name being held by the French land and naval forces. A forced loan was about to be exacted of all foreigners in Acapulco, but the presence of the "Mohongo" pre- vented it. After almost three years' service on the waters of the Pacific, the cruise terminated at Mare Island Navy Yard, in May, 1867, and Dr. Clark was assigned to duty on board the receiving ship "Vandalia." at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, where he was stationed until 1870.


May 14, 1867, he received his commission as surgeon. In 1870 and the two following years he served on the United States steamer "Alaska," on the Asiatic station. going and returning by way of Cape of Good Hope, touching at Cape Town, South Africa, the Comoro Islands and Singapore, on the Straits of Malacca. While in China he vis- ited Hong Kong, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, Chinkiang, Kinkiang, Hankow. Cheafoo, and New- chang. In Japan he visit Yokohama. Tokio, or Yesso, Nagasaki. Kobe. Osaka and Yokaska. At Osaka he witnessed the opening of the mint for coining the first Japanese gold and silver currency, and at Yokaska he saw the opening of the first dry dock of Japan, a basin cut in the solid rock. In 1871 the "Alaska" and three other United States war vessels paid a visit to Korea, the "hermit na- tion," where a fruitless attempt was made to open that country to the commerce of white nations.


Having returned to the United States in 1873. Dr. Clark spent the years 1874 and 1875 chiefly as senior assistant medical officer in the naval lios- pital at Chelsea, Massachusetts, and the three sub- sequent years on the United States ship "New Hampshire," at Port Royal, South Carolina, where that vessel went to prepare the way for the estab- lishment of a naval station which has since been begun there .. From 1878 to 1883 he was attached to the receiving ship "Wabash," at the Boston Navy Yard. Twice during that time he was temporarily


detached to serve as a member of the naval exam- ining board sitting at Philadelphia for the examina- tion of candidates for the position of assistant and past assistant surgeons in the navy.


In 1884 and 1885 he was fleet surgeon of the Pacific Squadron, attached to the flagship "Hart- ford." cruising between Valparaiso, Chile. and San Francisco, making one visit during that time to Honolulu, in the island of Hawaii. June 8, 1887, he was made medical inspector. In 1886 and 1887 he was on special duty in Portsmouth. New


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amining board. In 1890 he went in the United States steamer "Baltimore" to Stockholm, Sweden, with the remains of the Swedish inventor, John Ericsson, the designer and builder of the "Moni- itor." which vanquished the rebel ironclad "Merri- mac" and revolutionized modern naval warfare. Marked civilities were extended to the ship's officers by the Swedish King, and his court, and medals commemorative of the occasion were presented to the officers and crew. After accomplishing the pri- mary object of her cruise the "Baltimore" visited Copenhagen, Gibraltar, Spezia, Nice and Toulon. While at Toulon the "Baltimore" was ordered to Valparaiso, Chile, to watch the progress of a rev- olution and protect


American interests there. While in Valparaiso the capture of the city by rev- olutionists was witnessed by the people of the "Bal- timore." In 1892 Dr. Clark returned to the United States with the "Baltimore," and from May, 1892, to May, 1895, he was president of the naval board of medical examiners; and from the later date to May, 1898, he was in charge of the naval hospital at Chelsea, Massachusetts. During the service there aseptic operating. chemical, bacteriological and microscopic rooms were installed and steam disinfector introduced. From the date last men- tioned to April, 1899. he was a member of the nava retiring board at Washington, District of Columbia. April 16, 1899, having attained the age limit of the United States navy, Dr. Clark was placed on the retired list, and since that time has resided at Am- herst, New Hampshire.


After a period of thirty-seven years of service in the United States navy, Dr. Clark is still in the enjoyment of the mental and physical vigor that usually characterize men who number fewer years than he does. His life has been spent in the ser- vice of a great free country whose institutions it is a satisfaction to him to have assisted in main- taining when the integrity of the nation was threat- ened, and in perpetuating since it entered upon the unparalelled period of prosperity it has enjoyed since the suppression of the Rebellion.


This family, which is numerous in FERNALD New England and represented by individuals in all the states of the Union, enjoys the peculiar distinction of being de- scended from one of the earliest pioneers. who was the first physician to settle in New Hampshire. This name has been locally known in Merrimac county for more than one hundred fifty years, and today stands among the most trusted in this regior The family has produced many members who have filled positions of trust and bore reputations for in- tegrity and fidelity in all matters committed to them.


(I) Dr. Reginald (or Renald) Fernald came from England in Captain John Mason's company. and settled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about 1630, and was the first physician to settle in the


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state. He held the offices of register of deeds and probate, town clerk at Portsmouth, and was a law- yer and commissioner. He died in 1856. His chil- dren were: Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, John, Samuel, and William. (Mention of John and Wil- liam and descendants follows in this article).


(II) Thomas, eldest child of Reginald Fernald, was born about 1633, in Portsmouth. In 1645 he leased from the agent of Sir Fernando Gorges, Puddington's Islands, and it seems that he subse- quently purchased at least one of them, for he deeded this to his brother William in 1671, "for the fulfilling of the last Will of our Dere father Renald Firnald." The inventory of his property was returned August 25, 1697, from which it would appear that he was then deceased. The larger of his two islands, afterwards known as Seavey's Island, was divided by his widow, November 20, 1702, among the surviving children. Only her Christian name is preserved, viz: Temperance. Their children were : John, Ann, Patience, Thomas. Mary, Samuel, Joanna, Sarah, Hercules, and Elizabeth.


(III) Hercules, fourth son and ninth child of Thomas and Temperance Fernald, was born about 1680, and was a shipwright, residing in or near Portsmouth. He married Sarah, daughter of Hon. John and Elizabeth (Fryer) Hincks, of Newcastle. He died before 1731. and his widow was still living in 1746. Their children were: John, Jane, and Sa- rahı.


(IV) Jane, elder daughter and second child of Hercules and Sarah (Hincks) Fernald, was born about 1720, and became the first wife of Samuel Gunnison, of Kittery. (See Gunnison, IV).


(II) John. second son of Dr. Reginald Fern- ald, married Mary Spinney. Their children were: John, James, Thomas, and others.


(III) Thomas, son of John Fernald, married Mary Thompson, November 28, 1700. Their chil- dren were: William, Lydia, Hannah, Mary, Mar- gery, Thomas and Abram.


(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) and Mary (Thompson) Fernald. born March 3, 1717, married (first), Mary Scroggins, December 30, 1738. They had one child, Benjamin. Thomas Fernald married (second), Sarah Fernald, prior to May, 1747. She was the daughter of Hercules Fernald, who was a son of Thomas Fernald and wife Temperance, the latter Thomas being a son of Dr. Reginald Fernald. The children of Thomas and Sarah Fernald were: Mary, Archelaus, Dimond, Renald, and Robert. Thomas Fernald married Grace Remich and their children were: Hannah, Nancy, and Sarah.


(V) Dimond, son of Thomas and Sarah Fer- nald, born April 2, 1750, in Loudon, New Hamp- shire, married Margery (or Margaret) Fernald, born in Kittery, Maine, June 20, 1758. He was a farmer and his life was passed in his native town. Their children were: Sarah, Polly, Nabby. Thomas, David. Robert, Josiah, Comfort, Rachel, Eunice, Susan, John, Dimond, Chase and Charlotte. (Men- tion of Josiah and descendants forms part of this article ).


(VI) Thomas, eldest son and fourth child of Dimond and Margaret Fernald, was born May 27, 1783, in Loudon, and died July 19, 1862, in Loudon, where he was a farmer. He married Polly Blanch- ard, who was born October 28, 1786, and died Sep- tember 26, 1870, in Loudon. Their children were: Seth, John, Nancy, Ruth Y., Harriet N. and Adelia C.


(VII) Adelia C., youngest child of Thomas and


Polly (Blanchard) Fernald, was born March 21, 1828, in Loudon, and died October 2, 1906, in Can- terbury. She became the wife of Thompson Beck, of Canterbury. (See Beck, VI).


(VI) Josiah, seventh child of Dimond and Mar- garet (Fernald) Fernald, was born December 20, 1788, in the town of Loudon. He married, July 9, 1816, Sophia Eastman, daughter of Jacob and Abi- gail (Kimball) Eastman, born July 7, 1799. Her father was a soldier in the Revolution (see East- man). Mr. Fernald died in Exeter, Maine, May 27, 1863. and his wife died in the same town April 21, 1885. Their children were thirteen in number, as follows: Josiah, Sophia E., Robert, John, Mary Jane, Emily E., Lucy E., Jacob E., Persis C., Lu- cretia E., Charlotte M., Amanda F. and Benjamin F. Josiah Fernald learned the trade of morocco dresser, and followed it for some time, but later was a farmer. He lived first in East Concord, but in 1636-7 moved to Exeter, Maine, and spent the remainder of his days there. Several of the younger children were born in that town. Robert Fernald, one of the sons, was the father of Mer- rick C. Fernald, Ph. D., Professor Emeritus, Uni- versity of Maine, at Orono, a scholar and a gentle- man of the old school. Josiah was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his wife drew a pension on that account after his death. His service was rendered at Portsmouth, where he spent some months on guard duty. He was a Whig, and later a Republi- can, and a member of the Masonic fraternity.


(VII) Josiah (2), eldest son of Josiah (I) and Sophia (Eastman) Fernald, was born at Concord, January 17, 1817. He married, August 31, 1843, at Concord, Mary Esther Austin, daughter of Abel and Sally (Morse) Austin, born at Canterbury. New Hampshire, October 13, 1815, died at East Concord, January 24. 1901. Their children were : Sophia, Frank Eugene, George A., Ella M. and Josiah E. Josiah Fernald attended school as op- portunity offered until he was seventeen years old. He worked at farming until he was twenty, and then thoroughly learned the business of tanning and currying. For fifteen years he was in the em- ploy of Robinson & Upsham and their successors, at Concord. He afterward moved to Loudon, where he was in the employ of Joseph Wiggins, tanner. for about seventeen years. For two years he had a farm at Loudon. He moved to Pittsfield in 1872 to educate his younger children, and remained there five years. In 1877 he moved to East Concord and bought property on Penacook street, near the sum- mit of the hill, and next to the old Eastman prop- erty. Mr. Fernald was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party, when he joined it. He never missed voting at a presidential election after he cast his first vote in 1840, and thus cast seven- teen ballots. He passed away at his home in East Concord, March 29, 1906. Prior to his death he was the only living charter member of the Old Fort Engine Company, which was organized in 1841.


(VIII) Sophia and Ella Fernald are unmarried, and were the housekeepers for their aged father, whose life and home were made happy by them.


(VIII) Frank E. Fernald married Emma L. Tucker, November 26, 1870. He is connected with the wholesale tea house of Carter. Macy & Com- pany, for which he is the buyer, and makes annual trips to Japan to oversee the curing and packing of the tea for his firm. He resides in Chicago, Illi- nois.


(VIII) George A. Fernald, born in East Con- cord. February 13, 1850, is engaged in a very suc- cessful banking business in Boston.


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(VIII) Josiah Eastman, son of Josiah and Mary Esther (Austin) Fernald, was born at Lou- don, June 16, 1856. He married, December 8, 1880, Anna White, daughter of Curtis and Hannah (Buntin) White, of Bow, descendants of an early family of that town (see White, IV). Their chil- dren are: Edith, Mary, Ruth and Josiah White. Mr. Fernald was educated in the public schools at London, and at Pittsfield Academy, spending four years in the last named institution. While at Lou- don he was employed part of the time as clerk in a store. At Pittsfield he was engaged in surveying, and also in mercantile employment. as he had time from his studies. Just before graduating he was offered a position in the National State Capital Bank in Concord, which he accepted, and at once entered upon the duties of clerk and messenger (1875). In 1882 he became cashier of that institu- tion and filled that position until he was elected president in 1905. He has been vice-president of the Loan and Savings Bank of Concord since the death of Mr. Lewis Downing, Jr., in 1901; treas- urer of the Capital Fire Insurance Company of Concord since its organization, and is also president of the Concord Axle Company of Penacook. Mr. Fernald is comparatively a young man, yet his nat- ural ability and fidelity to the trusts confided to him have placed him in positions the mere mention or whose names do not convey a full idea of their responsbility. fuller understanding is gained from knowing that the assets of the National State Capital Bank are over a million and a quarter dol- lars, and the assets of the Loan and Trust Sav- ings Bank are nearly three and a quarter million of dollars, the combined capital of the two institu- tions being nearly four and a half millions of dol- lars. Mr. Fernald has been treasurer of the Com- mercial Club of Concord since its organization in 1889. In politics he is a Republican. He is an Odd Fellow, and a niember of White Mountain Lodge. In religious faith he is a Baptist, and has been a member of the First Baptist Church of Con- cord since 1878. In his summer vacations Mr. Fer- nald ranges from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains, where he recuperates his energies for the next year's labors. In 1900 he visited Agonquit, Maine, and while there rescued three women from drowning, for which he was presented with a silver medal by the Humane Society of Massachusetts.


(II) William, youngest child of Reginald Fer- nald, was born March 5, 1646, in Portsmouth, and resided for many years in what is now Kittery, on the site of the United States Navy Yard. This was known at the time of his purchase in 1671, as "Lay Claim" island. This he purchased from his brother Thomas, and while residing there he is said to have built a vessel of one hundred and forty-eight tons for Isaac Boyd. He was select- man in 1674, 1692 and 1696. On the Ioth of Feb- ruary in the last named year he was commissioned lieutenant of militia by Sir Edmund Andross, and in the town records of 169; he was called Captain, probably a local title in colonial militia. During his last years he lived on his farm near Spruce Creek, where he died July 5, 1728. He was mar- ried. November 16, 1671, to Elizabeth, daughter of Tobias and Elizabeth (Sherburne) Langdon, of Portsmouth. She survived him nearly twelve years, dying May 1I, 1740. Their children were : Elizabeth, William, Tobias (died young), Margaret, Temperance, William, Joseph, Sarah, Lydia, Ben- jamin, Nathaniel, Ebenezer. and Tobias. (The last


named and descendants receive further mention in this article).


(III) Ebenezer, seventh son and twelfth child of William and Elizabeth (Langdon) Fernald, was born October 7, 1699, in Kittery and passed his life in his native town, where he died January 29, 1787. He was married, December 22, 1724, to Pa- tience, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Downing) Mendum. She was born in Kittery about 1700, and died January 5, 1775. aged seventy-four years. Their children were: Alice, Sarah, Joanna, Eb- enezer, Jonathan, Olive, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Si- meon, Miriam, Patience, and Joshua Downing.


(IV) Alice, eldest child of Ebenezer and Pa- tience (Mendum) Fernald, was born January 21. 1726, in Kittery, and died July 5, 1804, in her na- tive town. She was married, May 3, 1752, to Sam- uel Gunnison, being his second wife. (See Gun- nison, IV).


(III) Tobias, youngest child of William and Elizabeth (Langdon) Fernald, was born December 3, 1702, probably in Portsmouth. and died May II, 1761. He was probably a mariner, and is recorded with the title of captain. He was married, Decem- ber 22, 1724, to Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Downing) Mendum. She died October 16, 1767. Their children were: Dennis, Mary, Miriam, Robert (died young), Robert, Tobias and Eleazer.


(IV) Eleazer, youngest child of Captain To- bias and Mary (Mendum) Fernald, was born Sep- tember 23, 1746, locality not certainly known, and was a farmer. He passed his last days at Ossi- pee, New Hampshire, where he died in 1823. He was married, January 31, 1771, to Margery, eldest daughter of Nathaniel and Margery (Frost) Sta- ples, of Cape Elizabeth. She was born November 18, 1747, baptized May 10, 1751, and died in 1826, at Ossipee. Their children were: Tobias, Nathan- iel, Mary, Elliott. Margery and Joanna.


(V) Tobias (2), eldest child of Eleazer and Margery (Staples) Fernald, was born November 8, 1771, in Kittery, and lived for a time in North Berwick, Maine. He removed to Ossipee, New Hampshire, about 1795, making the journey on horseback from Kittery by means of a trail through the forest, marked by blazed trees. He died July 3. 1849. He was married, August 2, 1792, to Sally Pray, of Lebanon, Maine, and their children were: Joanna, Dorothy, Joseph, Mark. Charles, Nathaniel, John Yeaton, Abigail and Samuel Pray.


(VI) John Yeaton, fifth son and seventh child of Tobias (2) and Sally ( Pray) Fernald, was born December 2, 1803, in Kittery, Maine. He married Sally Trickey, daughter of Jabez or Joseph and Mary (Wentworth) Ricker. She was born at Waterboro, Maine, September 12, 1806. In 1794 Jabez or Joseph Ricker purchased the Poland Springs property in Maine. The estate is still in the hands of the Ricker family who have made the waters of the springs known throughout the world, and incidentally have built the finest hotel and summer resort on the New England coast. Jabez or Joseph Ricker's wife, Mary Wentworth, was a great-granddaughter of William Wentworth, the immigrant ancestor of all the Wentworths. John Y. and Sally Trickey (Ricker) Fernald had chil- dren, among them Harriet N., mentioned below. John Y. Fernald died at Ossipee, New Hampshire. August 7, 1877, and his wife died there October, I868.


(VII) Harriet N., daughter of John Y. and Sally Trickey (Ricker) Fernald, was born at Ossipee, New Hampshire, May 19, 1841. On April 15, 1858,


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she was married to Jacob Abbott, of Ossipee. (See Abbott, III).


The name of Hevey is one which has HEVEY been identified with the history and progress of France in various direc- tions for a number of generations. One of the an- cestors of the subject of this sketch, whose bap- tism took place in 1696, was the first child to be baptized in the city of Quebec.


Ignace Hevey was a very young child when he lost his father by death, and he was the youngest of a large family. He followed agricultural pur- suits throughout his life, and died at the age of fifty-five years. He married Josephte Guilbert. who survived her husband and died at the advanced age of ninety-one years. She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste and Guilbert. both natives of Canada. The Guilbert family is one of the very old ones of France, one of its representatives hav- ing been a general in the French army as early as the fourteenth century. Mr. and Mrs. Hevey had twelve sons and three daughters, of whom seven lived to attain maturity. Of these there at present (1907) three living: Rev. Pierre Hevey, see for- ward; one daughter living in Canada at the age of eighty-nine years, and another, at the age of eighty- seven years.


Right Reverend Pierre Hevey, youngest child of Ignace and Josephte (Guilbert) Hevey, was born at St. Barnabé, Province of Quebec, October 31, 1831. This parish adjoins that of St. . Hya- cinthe. He was the only one of his generation in the family to adopt a professional career. His pre- paratory education was acquired in the parochial schools of his native town, and he then became a student at St. Jude's Academy, from there passing on to Chambly College and St. Hyacinthe College. In the latter institution he made a special study of theology, and was ordained priest in the seminary chapel, July 12, 1857, by Archbishop Tache, one of the most eminent prelates of his time. After his ordination, Rev. Pierre Hevey remained at the residence of the bishop for about two and one-half years : from 1859 until 1866 was stationed at St. Jean Baptiste. Province of Quebec ; and five years at Gre- goire, Iberville, till 1871; and went to Lewiston, Maine, in October, 1871. His successors in this lat- ter charge were the Dominican Fathers. After leav- ing Lewiston he rested for a time, and then as- sumned charge of St. Mary's Parish, West Man- chester, New Hampshire. He soon found that the majority of his communicants, consisting of eigh- teen hundred souls, resided in Manchester proper. St. Mary's parish was organized in 1880. Bishop Healy having commissioned Rev. D. J. Halde to take this matter in hand. The latter secured land and erected a church, and in 1882 was succeeded by Rev. Pierre Hevey. At that time the church building was a frame structure near the present fine edifice, and in 1883 Rev. Father Hevey purchased a large tract of land on Wayne street, and later con- verted the dwelling bought by Father Halde into a rectory. The original chapel. together with the addi- tions which had been made by Rev. Father Hevey, was destroyed by fire, October 16, 1890. After that event the services were conducted in St. Mary's Hall until a new church building should have been erected. This was commenced in 1898, and it was ready for occupancy in December, Rev. Father Hevey erected a building in 1885 which served the double purpose of convent and school for girls, and placed it in charge of a branch of the Order of Grey Nuns, whose home institution is in




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