FEBRUARY 1988 VOL 4 NO 1

By Sydenham H. Hervey The following is reproduced in part from Sydenham H. Hervey's Dictionary of Herveys of all Classes, published at Ipswich, 1924-1929, Vol. I p. 1-2; Library of Congress Microfilm 87/5473 MicRR

No. 1 Hervicus. Scotland, Gaul, Ireland, c. 400

"My title ... forbids me to open earlier than A.D. 1050. In spite of that order I am opening at A.D. 400 or thereabouts. So I am rather in the position of a publican, who serves a customer at 10 a.m. though he is forbidden to open his house before 12. My excuse is that one of the objects of this Dictionary is to throw light on the origin and history of a name. And I think that this customer whom I am letting in before the time may throw a little light upon it. But he is rather an indistinct figure. His name is Hervicus or Hervicius in the Latin dress in which it comes down to us. And he is a follower of St. Patrick, the dimly-seen follower of a dimly-seen hero. To see him we must look at St. Patrick.

"No. 89 of the Rolls Series of Chronicles contains the three Irish homilies on Patrick son of Calpurn, which are commonly called the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick ... No. 89 also contains some other ancient documents which seemed likely to throw light on St. Patrick. One of these is the Book of Armagh, which contains, inter alia, the Collections of bishop Tirechan. "Of St. Patrick it is impossible to say anything without a perhaps or possibly or probably. I shall not put that word into every sentence, but it must be understood to be always there.

"Patrick was born c. 373 near the west coast of Scotland. In his sixteenth year, c. 390, he was captured and carried off to N.E. Ireland. He was sold to a chief and spent six years feeding swine. Then he escaped, and crossed the sea again, and found his way back to his father's farm in Scotland. Then he went to Gaul and Italy, and studied and was ordained. Then c. 397 he went to Ireland as a missionary. There he laboured, and there he died c. 463 aged 90. He may have paid a second visit to Gaul in the course of his long life, and in the course of one visit or the other he gathered around him some Frankish followers. It is with one of these Frankish followers that I am now concerned for a short moment after this long preface.

"That Frankish follower is mentioned in the volume three times. The first quotation that follows is from the Tripartite Life ... In describing Patrick's missionary labours in Ireland it says: --

"That does not mean that his Franks deserted him, but that they spread about in order to spread the Gospel. Hibernicus looks like a bungle.

"The same statement about the fifteen Franks and one sister going from him occurs in the Collections of bishop Tirechan. There the writer in Latin says that he will only give the names of the two chiefs (principes), Bernicius and Hernicius, and the sister Nitria. P. 318. No Hibernicus comes in.

"In another account, also in the Collections of bishop Tirechan, is a heading, De nominibus Francorum Patricii, under which all fifteen names are given. Episcopi tres come first, viz. Inaepius, Bernicius, Hernicius subdiaconus. Then follow the rest. I don't know how epicopus Hernicius contrives to be only subdiaconus. It will be seen that the name is printed Hernicius and Hernicus, and so it may have been written in the manuscript from which the book was printed. But I do not scruple here, as elsewhere with good reason, to take it as Hervicus.

"The whole matter, then, of this article is that Hervey was the name of a young missionary, who about A.D. 400 followed St. Patrick from Gaul to Ireland. If he was really a Frank by race, it was not very long before that his ancestors had trooped out of Asia into Europe. But possibly he was a Breton, only a Frank in the sense that he came from the Frankish side of the channel, only a Frank as Normans were called Franks seven hundred years later, when really they were nothing of the kind. But as far as he goes, he is evidence for the Frankish origin of the name."

DR. JAMES WALTER HERVEY
1882 - 1966
By Ruth Jasper McGuckin

Dr. James Walter Hervey, my grandfather, was born December 22, 1882 to Albert Gallatin Hervey and Mary Jane Hooton Hervey on the farm of his grandparents, Oney Scyprett Hervey and Mary Elizabeth Murphy Hervey, near Daingerfield, Texas. Walter, as he was known to his family, was the eldest of eight children who were as follows: Maryanna, b. 1885; Florrie Elizabeth, b. 1887; Oney Scyprett, b. 1889; Beulah Laney, b. 1892; William Lester, b. 1894; John Morrison, b. 1898; and Albert Eugene, b. 1908. The family was active in the Harris Chapel Methodist Church in Cass County. By about 1895 they had moved from their farm to Hughes Springs, Texas.

After completing high school Walter obtained his Teacher's Certificate. He attended Peniel College in Greenville, Texas, and in May of 1902 was appointed Assistant Pastor of the Shelbyville Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Gulf Conference. When he arrived at the train station in Shelby County, he traded a typewriter to the Depot Agent for a new saddle and bridle. He was furnished with two horses, but only one was saddle broken. So he broke the other to saddle and rode them 1,350 miles in 1902. He needed all his skills and energy in this charge and in subsequent charges. In addition to preaching and ministering to his church members, he had to be the carpenter, plumber, painter, gardener, student and teacher. He always did his own property maintenance and gardened until he was 75 years old. It was during this busy time in 1902 that he met his future bride.

He met Mary Gay Caldwell in Shelbyville and it must have been love at first sight, as they were married on January 24, 1903. Mary Gay's parents were Dr. John R. Caldwell and Martha Ann Crawford Caldwell. Both families were workers in the Methodist Church. Mary Gay heard Walter when he preached his first sermon, which was at the McClelland M. E. Church. She was an exemplary wife and mother and fulfilled the many duties of a pastor's wife in a faithful manner. Walter and Mary Gay had six children, one of whom died at age three, and they are as follows: Anita, my Mother, b. 1904; Corina, b. 1906; Ralph, b. 1909, d. 1912; Oney Scyprett, b. 1912; Christine, b. 1914; and Evelyn, b. 1917.

During these years, Papa (as his children and grandchildren knew him) continued his education, and he also served as a school teacher most of the time. Papa earned ten college degrees, among them a B.A., B.S., L.L.D., PH.D., and D.D. He attended Boston University School of Theology from 1918 to 1921 and earned his PH.D. in Church History. At this time they lived in Exeter, New Hampshire, where he was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he commuted to Boston University. He had been known previously as Reverend Hervey, but after he received his doctorate, he was generally called Dr. Hervey.

He was an active minister for 22 years and was a Superintendent for another 22 years. When he was appointed Superintendent of the East Texas District in 1908, he was the youngest superintendent up to that time - twenty-six years old. He served as President of the Evangeline Preparatory School in Basile, Louisiana, for three years. During his last year, the school burned, and he almost lost his life in saving books from the library.

Books were a great love of Papa's and he had seven or eight thousand volumes. Before he moved south to escape the severe winters of Missouri (at age 75 he said he was getting too old to shovel those several tons of coal each winter) he gave many books to colleges and libraries, but still took about 4,000 books to Groves, Texas. He was noted as a widely read person. My father, who had read thousands of books himself, said that Dr. Hervey had read more books than anyone he had ever known, that it was almost impossible to mention a title which he hadn't read. He read the classics, philosophy, psychology, history, church history, historical novels, and the Bible. He also wrote several books and had them published. His favorite reading was the Bible. He read several chapters every day and planned so that he read the entire Bible each year. He did this all of his adult life, but read special passages at times of great sorrow or happiness, trouble or thanksgiving. He had many Bibles and luckily for his descendants, he wrote notes, underlined passages, saved newspaper clippings in them, made notations about sermons and when and where he used a particular Bible.

I have the Bible which he used in Marionville, Missouri, where he was Superintendent of a Methodist Old Folks Home. In this Bible he listed his Hervey and Hooton forbears. It is interesting and comforting to read these notes which he wrote so long ago. It makes me value him from an adult's point of view.

When I was a child, I valued him because he was the ideal grandfather. They always lived in other states, so when they visited us in Dallas, it was very special. Papa would take us on walks, read to us, tell us stories, slip us cookies and candy before dinner, and let us have sips of his coffee. He had the facility for relating to anyone of any age. He asked us about school, our hobbies, games, toys and friends; and he really listened to our answers. He valued education and Christian principles so very much and encouraged us in both. He influenced many lives and left a powerful legacy for his descendants to emulate.

HERVEYS OF HOUSTON, TEXAS
1894-1945

The City of Houston dates its founding to August 1836, when the Allen Brothers purchased land at the junction of White Oak and Buffalo Bayous on which to establish a town to be named in honor of General Sam Houston. Located about 50 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, Houston enjoyed rapid growth due to its prime location for receiving cotton from Texas planters, and sending it by steamboat down Buffalo Bayou to be loaded onto ocean going vessels destined for domestic or foreign ports.

In it's early days, Houston was not a comfortable place to live. There were yellow fever and cholera epidemics, muddy and sometimes impassable roads, swarms of insects and mosquitoes, and stifling heat during the long summers.

In spite of the poor conditions for living, the discovery of oil at Spindletop in 1901 and at Humble in 1904, and the development of the Port of Houston into a major international port brought a boom to Houston which made it the largest city in Texas by 1930.

A record of the city of Houston and it's inhabitants is preserved in a set of books published from 1866 through 1963, the Houston City Directories. These books show that Hervey families resided in Houston continuously from 1894 through 1963.

The earliest Hervey residents of Houston worked for the railroads. In 1894, Buck Hervey worked as a painter for the Texas and New Orleans shops and Clarence O. Hervey worked for the Southern Pacific shops. By 1897 Frank Hervey Sr. brought his large family to Houston from Montgomery, Alabama to manage the Capitol Hotel. In 1899 and 1900, Samuel Hervey, a colored driver, worked for J. W. Sampson. Several more Herveys passed in and out of Houston after 1900:

• Edwin V. Hervey, 1913, mil hand, E. S. Dixon Co.; 1917, bartender Glacomo De George; 1918, meat cutter, B. E. Hendricks; 1919 clerk, Van Noy - Interstate Co.
• Jessie Hervey (colored), 1922, domestic
• Lucian R. Hervey, 1925, clerk Insto Service Sta
• Florence Harris Hervey, Miss, 1926- 28, steno Neuhaus Inv. Co.; 1929-30, sten Paraffine Oil Co.; 1930-31, steno Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
• Charles Hervey (Opal), 1928
• Charles H. Hervey (Frances), 1928
• Aline C. Hervey, Miss, 1929-30 (resided at same address as Miss Florence Harris Hervey)
• Margaret Hervey, 1930-31
• Stewart D. Hervey (Dorothea), 1930- 34, Capt. unit, instr 360th infantry, U. S. Army Organized Reserves, resided League City, Texas.
• John Hervey, 1934
• James M. Hervey, 1935, mechanic Elite Garage
• William H. Hervey, 1945, clerk, Chev Motor Div GMC

More information on the early Houston Herveys will be published in the next issue of the Bulletin.

The majority of subscribers to Hervey Families of America Bulletin are descendents of Col. Thomas Hervey of Halifax Co., NC; so a continuing feature in the bulletin is the publication of original court documents from Halifax Co. Each document is accompanied by commentary regarding the significance of or interesting information contained in the documents.

The Will of Col. Thomas Hervey of Halifax Co., NC (See Vol. 2 No. 4, p. 79) left his entire estate to his children by Betty Pritchett, with the proviso that the plantation on which he was living at the time of his death and certain slaves would be lent to his wife Sarahann for as long as she lived, then would go to his children by Betty Pritchett. (He left to his children by his wife Sarahann all the property, land and slaves he had already provided them with, so apparently they had already received their share of his property.)

An indemnifying bond between the widow, Sarahann, and the children of Betty Pritchett (see Vol. 2 No. 4, p. 81) indicates that Sarahann induced (perhaps paid) the Pritchett-Hervey legatees to sign a quit claim agreement, giving up all their rights to the plantation lent to her. However, the remainder of the land holdings did pass into the hands of the children of Betty Pritchett, as is shown by the record published herein.

In the first sentence of the following record of the estate division, Christopher Pritchett is named as the guardian of the children of Betty Pritchett, deceased. Why these "children" needed a guardian is open to speculation as they were already adults and some of them were married. The significance of this guardianship is that it establishes some grounds for assuming a relationship existed between Christopher Pritchett and Col. Thomas Hervey's children by Betty Pritchett. Christopher Pritchett was indeed a close neighbor of Col. Hervey and a large land-holder himself. He wrote his will on Oct. 21, 1807, after he became ill, and died sometime before Nov. 1808, at which time the will was proven in court. This will made no mention, however, of a Betty Pritchett or of her children.

REAL ESTATE BOOK 21 PAGE 62
Division of Thos. Harvey estate by his Hervey/Pritchett children - Nov. 1806

State of North Carolina
Halifax County November term 1806.

The petition of Gideon Harvey Prichett Paton H Prichett & Elizabeth Prichett Judeth H. Pritchett, by their guardian Christopher Prichett. John Williams natural guardian to his children Stephen Harvey & his wife Nancy & Neville Gee one of the Executors of Thos Harvey decd humbly complaining sheweth unto your worships that sometime in the month of Feb 1806 departed this life after having duly made his last will & testament which was duly proved in this court at February sessions 1806 your petitioners. Further shew that the said Thomas Harvey died seized & possessed of a considerable real & personal estate lying in the county aforesaid consisting of lands & negroes that your petitioners are the devisees & legatees of the sd Thos Harvey as will more fully appear by reference to the said will which your petitioners pray may be taken as part of this said petition. Your petitioners further shew that by the said will the lands & negroes are to be equally divided between your petitioners. Now they pray this worshipful court to appoint five commissioners to divide the said estate agreeable to the said will & make report to next court & they as in duty bound will ever pray to.

Halifax County J. J. Daniel
November Sessions 1806|
Agreeable to the petition of Gideon H. Prichett & others by their guardian &c the following persons viz Lewis Daniel William Alston   David Crawley    Zack Sullivant    &   Benjamin Crawley are hereby appointed to divide the lands & negroes belonging to the estate of Thos Harvey deceacd agreeably to his last will & testament and make report to the next session. ( A Copy )
Witness L. Long CCT
Commissioners names
Lewis Daniel
William Alston       
David Crawley

Zackariah Sullivant  
Benjamin Crawley

The above three tracts of land containing all the land that Thos Harvey Senr left by will to be divided between the five children of Bettie Prichett decd & the children of Polly P. Williams wife of John Williams daughter of the said Bettie Pritchett which under the directions of the commissioners and agreeable to the will of Thomas Harvey I have divided in six lots - which the commissioners in order to make the lots as equal in value as possible annexed the following lots of negroes to each lot of land - Lot no 1 drawn by Elizabeth Harvey Pritchett containing 86 acres more or less being the south lot on bear swamp beginning on a red oak on the run of sd swamp from Alston's corner then by his line S 52 E 214 Pole to a hickory his corner then by sd Alston's line So 73 E 164 Pole to the center of three W. oaks Lewis Boon corner then with his line No 35 E 19 Pole to the center of a hickory & red oak in his line then by a new chopt line N 61 W 370 Pole to a water oak on the rim of bear swamp then down the run to the beginning 31/o V money per acre ammounting to L_ 135 - " Virg.a money and one negro man Jacob at / & is to pay lot no 3 two pounds eight eight (sic) shillings & three pence Virginia money   Lot no 2 Drawn by Nancy P. Harvey wife of Stephen Harvey containing 86 acres more or less adjoining the above on bear swamp      Beginning on a water oak on the run of bear swamp  a corner of not[e] then along that line So 611 E 370 Pole to the center of a white oak & hickory in Lewis Boon's line then by his line No 35 E 36 Pole to a black jack   a new corner then No 61 W 402 Pole to an ash on the run of Bear Swamp then down the run of the swamp to the beginning. Also another tract of forty acres being a part of the Pace tract Beginning on a hickory Dempsy F. Ellen corner then by his line S 54 E 80 Pole to a dog wood then So 88 E 60 Pole to a hickory his corner then No 16 W 90 Pole to a stake in the back line then So 75 No 100 Pole to the Beginning. The eighty-six acres of land in Bear Swamp is valued at 20/ per acre amounting to £ 86-0-0 Virginia money the forty acres at 20/ pr acres amounting to 40-0-0 Virginia money & one negro man 100-0-0 for total amount £223-0-9 & this lot will pay to Lot No. 3 £1-4-9 Virginia money.

Lot No 3 Drawn by Juddeth Harvey Prichett on Bear Swamp containing 86 acres more or less beginning on an ash on the run of sd swamp then along the line of No 2 So 61 E 402 Pole to a black jack in sd Boon's line then along his line So 35 E 35 pole pole (sic) to a red oak a corner of lot No 4 then along that line No 61     (sic) 395 Pole to a mulberry on the run of Bear swamp then down the run to the beginning. Valued at £23 per acre amounting to £218-18-0 Virginia money. Lot No 3 is to receive £2-8-3 from Lot No 1 and from Lot No 2 £1-14-6. The ample of a share is £223-0-9 Virginia money

Lot No 4 adjoining the above on Bear Swamp Drawn by Peyton Harvey Prichett containing 86 acres more or less bounded as follows beginning on a mulberry on the run of Bear Swamp then So 51 E 395 Pole along the line of Judith H. Pritchetts lot to red oak in Lewis Boon's line then by his line N 35 E 36 pole to W & Spanish oak Peyton & Gid Harvey's corner then by their line N 61 W 383 Pole to an ash on the run of Bear Swamp then down the run to the beginning. Valued at 26/ 3 per acre amounting to £225-7-6 less £2-6-9 for a total of £223-0-9 VM.

Lot No 5 Drawn by Gideon H. Pritchett containing 120 acres more or less being a part of the land purchased of William Pace Beginning on a pine Dabney Cawthorn's corner then by Hardy Pace's line S 8 W 165 Pole to two large red oaks then So 10 W 82 Pole to a W oak on the bank of Fishing Creek then down it 4 pole to a hickory on sd creek Demcey F. Ellin corner then along his line N 25 E 54 pole No 40 E 46 Pole to a hickory his & Stephen Harvey corner then by Harvey's line N 75 E 110 Pole to a stake in the East line then along that line No 16 W 146 Pole to a pine Dabney Cawthorn's corner then with his line S 73 W 84 pole to the first station valued at 20 /" per acre amting to £ 120 - 0 - 0 V.M also negro Riddick £112-10, total of £232-10-0 and pay to No 6 £9-9-3 for total of £223-0-9

Lot No 6 Drawn by Polly H Williams children containing 150 acres of land more or less known by the tract purchased of Isaac Wright Beginning at a red oak James Wright's corner then by Henry Butts line N 2 W 152 Pole to the center of two black jacks & a red oak in Thos Harvey Senrs line then So 87 1/2 W 202 Pole to a red oak in Josiah Brinkley's line then along his line So 2 E 101 Pole to a white oak & pine on the road then down the road to the beginning valued at 12/  per acre amting to £90-0-0, also negro Carrie valued to £120-0-0, for total of £210-9-0, and receives from Lot No 2 £1-4-9, and from Lot No. £4 2-6-9, and from Lot No 5 £9-9-3, for total of £223-0-9

December 23rd 1806
Joseph Gee County Survr.

North Carolina|
Halifax County|
Agreeable to an order of court to us directed we have promised to divide the lands & negroes belonging to the estate of the late Thos Hervey Senr & and have made the valuation & division as herein stated. Given under our hands & seals this day & date above written
Jos Daniel    
Wm Alston
David Crawley
Zackariah Sullivant
Benj Crawley
Halifax County Set May sessions 1807
then this division was returned in open court approved of and on motion ordered to be registered
R. CX A Marshall P. R.

Witness L. Long CCT

April 2, 1987
My aunt (Mrs. Olive Hervey Miller of Butler, PA) had the Ulster Historical Society do a search on the James Hervey from Co. Down previously written up in your paper. (See Vol. 1 No. 2 p. 10) She didn't have enough information (in 1979) for them to get an accurate location of him at that time. Later they sent this information (enclosed) on a James A. Harvey. I don't know if we connect or not, but I thought you might like to put it in the paper as some one else might be able to link up with it.

I have several more articles on this group, birth & death records, copies of citizenship, marriage records, and news articles if any one is interested in this line.

Note that the name was originally Hervey but later changed to Harvey.

Marianne Hervey

24 Oct. 1979

Dear Mrs. Miller

The husband of a cousin of my own husband has recently passed some of his family papers to me, to see if there is any possibility of the Foundation undertaking research into his ancestry, and as soon as I examined them I realised that they would be of great interest to you. This relative's name is James Harvey and one of his ancestors was a James Hervey who was married to Jane Elizabeth McKee at Ballydown, by Reverend Robert Anderson of Scarva Street Presbyterian Church, Banbridge, on 6 Nov. 1867. James Hervey was born on 28 Oct. 1841 at Aughnavallogh, Rathfriland, Co. Down, and he and Jane Elizabeth had 11 children.

No research has yet been done on this line but family legend states that James was the son of Samuel Hervey who was married first to Esther McCready [Stewart] and second to Margaret Boyd, (no indication is clear as to which was James's mother): Samuel was the son of Hugh Hervey who married Sally Hervey near Banbridge, Co. Down (no date given, and no indication as to whether Hervey was Sally's maiden name, as well as her married name).

I realise that the papers given to me are much later than you are directly interested in, but I feel sure that you will find them entertaining, and that you will especially notice the changes in Hervey and Harvey.

Family legend states that the family originally came from Aughnavallog townland, Rathfriland, Co. Down, where James Harvey (son of Samuel) was born, in 1841. However there had been links between this family and Banbridge for several generations. Aughnavallog is part of Drumballyroney parish and, unfortunately, the earliest church registers for that parish do not commence until 1819 for the Presbyterian church, and 1838 for the church of Ireland, so there does not seem to be much hope of extending the search in that direction; the gravestone inscriptions for the Presbyterian church graveyard there have been copied but there are no Hervey, or indeed Harvey, stones contained in it.

... There has been a tradition of emigration in the Hervey-Harvey family for several generations, and although I cannot yet prove it, I feel sure that you are inter-related.
Mrs. K. Neill, Secy.

FEBRUARY 1988 VOL 4 NO 2

FRENCH HERVEY CONNECTION
JACQUES HERVE' OF BRITTANY
by Col. George W. Hervey *

I have often heard both in England and France that most of the Herveys whom you have been tracing arrived in England originally at the time William the Conqueror crossed over the Channel in 1066; they came from Brittany and Normandy. In France the name is spelled Herve', with the second 'e' accented when spoken. Apparently in due course the 'y' was added to simplify the English rendition.

In the spring of 1919 I lived in Paris while the Treaty of Versailles was under discussion and noticed that the editor of the leading daily newspaper was Gustave (or Gustav) Hervey, so I wrote to him about the name. He replied very courteously, advising that in Bretagne (Brittany) the name was quite as common as Smith or Jones is in our own country. Not until 1962 did I find that information verified. In that year my wife and I did considerable searching while wandering over the entire area in a little Renault car. In town after town one sees the name Herve' appearing on prominently displayed lists of war veterans.

Refer to a standard map at the point where the English Channel is at its narrowist point. Directly opposite in Brittany you will see the little city of Paimpol. For many generations that has been the base for a fishing fleet that has gone into northern waters annually. About 2 1/2 miles back of Paimpol lies the little village of Plounez. That is the locale of my line.

My wife and I found the usual parish church with the cemetery to the rear. Believe it or not, there were no gravestones dated prior to around 1860. I queried the sexton about that and he replied "disparu", the French equivalent of "gone with the wind." Apparently the old graves are cleared out every hundred years or so in that part of Europe. So, I conferred with a genial old rector in his stone manse. We went over together the baptisms for the appropriate years and found no mention of my grandfather. That demonstrated that he had not been Catholic, and similarly his family. I left frustrated. (I did know he had been Methodist in this country.)

A couple of years later, then living in Virginia, I was suddenly inspired to write to the mayor of Plounez. Within two weeks I received an official certificate of my grandfather's birth. My great-grandparents: Jacques Herve', Laborer, age 30 years at the time of my grandfather's birth. Marie Guillou, similarly - 31 years, housewife.

My grandfather and grandmother: Gabriel Herve', born at Plounez on May 20, 1825. (Adopted the name of John G. Hervey in the United States after not returning to France on a voyage to America at age 14.) Died at Norfolk, VA July 27, 1895. My grandmother, John G. Hervey's wife; Mary Ann Reed; born at Meriden, CT, January 19, 1828; died at New Haven, CT, at age 33 years; unable to find exact date.

William C. Hervey, my father, born at New Haven, CT, February 25, 1850. Occupation: U. S. Customs Inspector, New York City. Married June 6, 1872 in New York City. William C. Hervey died at Corona, NY February 14, 1915. Hannah Jane Hervey died at Corona, NY November 7, 1910.

Their offspring:

• William C. Hervey, Jr., born Corona, NY December 26, 1876; died Flushing, NY January 14, 1934; married Emma Jean Bennett, Corona, NY Feb. 28, 1900. She died in Flushing, NY ca. 1949. Three living offspring, (1) Mrs. Donald P. Gordon, Amagansett, NY; (2) Mrs. E. R. Harrington, Allenhurst, NJ; (3) John C. Hervey, Umatilla, FL. Of the above, the name Hervey perpetuates only through John C. Hervey. He has one son, with offspring.
• George W. Hervey, born at Corona, NY Dec. 27, 1892; md. Helen Merrill Roy (born Mar. 18, 1899 at Akron, OH) of Washington DC, on Oct. 23, 1926. Offspring: (1) Mrs. James B. Hobson, Orangeville, CA; (2) George M. Hervey, Fairport, NY; his wife, Diane Gulick, two daughters, son Brian. Line will perpetuate through Brian.

My grandfather, John G. Hervey, ultimately settled in the Fair Haven section of New Haven, CT. He became a member of a very active sea-faring community there. For many years he owned various sailing ships in succession that were engaged in coastwise trade.

John G. Hervey, his wife, and my parents and brother William C. Hervey are interred in the Fair Haven Cemetery on Grand Avenue in New Haven.

I have tried to give you some idea of a French connection. To pursue ancestries is difficult owing to destruction of graves. On the other hand, the vital statistics in the civil offices are today much better than in America as the result of the Napoleonic Code. In this country the situation is in many respects deplorable. Only in recent years have physicians recorded births with reasonable proficiency. Many people so realize when they apply for passports; there is no record of their births, so they have to get the acceptable information through a branch of the U. S. Census Bureau, I think in Kansas.

* Col. George W. Hervey (Ret.), of Fairport, NY, sent the above information to Donald G. Hervey on 18 Nov. 1980.

"MARRIED At the residence of the bride's father near Chatfield on the evening of the 13th inst, by Rev. S. G. Mullen, Mr. R[obert] H[enry "Harry"] HERVEY and Miss MAGGIE GRAHAM, all of this county.

"Thus one by one our young friends drop into the arms of matrimony, and become more interested in the affairs of life. The happy couple were sustained during the trying ordeal by the presence of Mr. M. Ransom with Miss Julia Harris, and Mr. Jesse Padgitt with Miss Sarah Graham, as waiters. We wish the happy couple a long and prosperous life. Thanks for the cake forwarded."

[Reprinted from Corsicana Observer, issue dated Nov. 19, 1873; sent in by Liz Gillispie. The above marriage was between the grandparents of HFoA subscriber Claude Hervey, Jr. of Corsicana, TX.]

HERVEYS OF HOUSTON, TEXAS - Part II
By Joyce Parker Hervey

In the last issue of the bulletin was a listing of Herveys whose names appeared in the Houston City Directories from 1894 - 1945. A search of other records has yielded more information on many of these Hervey residents:

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BUCK HERVEY, born December 1856 in Indiana, lived at 1301 Liberty in Houston.1 He apparently had no Hervey family members living with him during the six years (1894-1900) he was in Houston. In 1900, he had a lodger, James Curtis, residing with him. A search of the 1880 Soundex of Indiana did not turn up any further information about him.

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CLARENCE OLROYD HERVEY, born Oct. 1866 in Louisiana, was actually of Galveston, residing at 1723 37th Street in 19001. He maintained a room in Houston during the two years he worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad.

A summary of the accomplishments of Clarence O. Hervey was published in 1926 in the New Encyclopedia of Texas:

[Editor: the following article contains some incorrect information; please see below under "Letters". Col. Stewart D. Hervey, son of Clarence Olroyd Hervey, corrected this information. {Go to Letters}]

"CLARENCE O. HERVEY, well known realtor, with offices at 2120 Avenue C, has been a resident of Galveston nearly all his life, and has witnessed its growth from a small village with a harbor that could accommodate a few small fishing vessels and tramp steamers, to its present commanding position among the ports of the world.

"Mr. Hervey has spent his entire business career in the real estate and retail business, and in point of continuous service is perhaps one of the oldest realtors in South Texas. His business now is largely confined to rentals and he handles the residence and business properties of many of the leading citizens of Galveston, and the larger estates that have holdings in the city. He maintains a sales department and renders an important service to his clients in this branch of the business. The insurance and loan departments are also important adjuncts of the real estate business proper.

"Established in 1898, the Hervey real estate office is one of the best known in all Galveston.

"Mr. Hervey is a native of Louisiana, and was born in New Orleans on October 6th, 1867, but can well nigh claim Texas as his native state, as he removed with his parents to Galveston in 1868, and has resided here continuously since. He received his education in the public schools of Galveston.

"In 1903 Mr. Hervey was married in Galveston to Miss Ruby Weinberg. To this union was born three children, Captain Stewart Darden Hervey, U.S.A., military instructor of the Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; Elisca, wife of George K. Marshall, Dodge Brothers dealer; Beryl, wife of E. T. Elmendorf, Buick dealer. After the death of his first wife, Miss Ruby Weinberg, Mr. Hervey was married to Miss Cora Ellen Moseley of Dallas. Two daughters, Alpha C. and Elizabeth, were born to this union. The family home is at 3002 R Street.

"Mr. Hervey has been connected with many important development projects in Galveston and has always been an enthusiastic booster and supporter of harbor improvement work. He has seen the port gradually improved until today no finer is to be found in all the world.

"In civic affairs Mr. Hervey has taken an active part for many years. He is a member of the Young Men's Progressive League, the Realtors Association, the Galveston Commercial Association, and Insurance Men's Association. Any movement that has for its object the development and betterment of the city of Galveston as a whole, has always found in Mr. Hervey a staunch and enthusiastic supporter."(3) {See Corrections by S. D. Hervey}

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FRANK A. HERVEY, SR., born January 1842 in Georgia(2) moved with his family to Houston about 1897/1898 from Montgomery, Alabama, where he had worked as an auctioneer at one time (1880).(4) Frank managed the Capitol Hotel, located at 518, 520 Main, corner of Texas Avenue. The Capitol Hotel, formerly the home of the Houston Light Guard, was built in 1894, remodeled several years later, and contained 100 rooms.(5)

From the 1880 census of Alabama, which spelled his name Harvey, the names of his family were found. His mother was Rachel V. Harvey, born 1820 in North Carolina or New York. (Poor handwriting on the census made it difficult to read the state abbreviation.) His wife was Anna B. Hervey, born Feb. 1852 in Alabama.1 By combining Refs. 1, 2, and 4, a listing of the children of Frank and Anna Hervey can be assembled:

• Minnie A. Harvey, born 1871, AL
• Ralphie V. Harvey (dau.), born 1872, AL
• Charles B. Hervey, born April 1874, AL; wife Carrie M., born May 1878, MS; listed in Houston City Directory in 1897/98 - 1901/02, 1913, and 1915. He was chief clerk and later manager of the Capitol Hotel, and in 1913/15 was secy. treas. of the Bristol Hotel Co. and maintained a residence in Mobile, AL.
• Frank A. Hervey, Jr., born March 1875, AL; wife, Lucy Bryan Hervey. Frank and Lucy probably had no issue, since, by the 1910 Census, they were age 34 and 32 and had no children living with them. When the Bristol Hotel was built in 1907 at 702-708 Travis, between Capitol and Rusk, Frank Hervey, Jr., along with Henry H. Franks, became the proprietors. An ad for the Hotel, which appeared in the 1908-09 City Directory, is reproduced herein (in the original Bulletin). Frank became president of the Bristol Hotel Co. by 1910-11. His name last appeared in the 1929-30 directory; however, his wife Lucy's name, which first appeared in the 1911-12 directory, appeared again in 1925 and 1945-1948. In 1925 she worked as a salesperson at Gibralter Savings & Bldg Assn. From 1945-1948 she was listed as Mrs. Lucy B. Hervey or Lucy B., widow of F. A. Hervey. Lucy (Bryan) Hervey was a descendent of Moses Austin. She joined the Daughters of the Republic of Texas on March 9, 1940, No. 2583 and gave her lineage as follows:

1. Lucy Bryan, b. Bryan, TX, md. Frank A. Hervey.
2. Guy M. Bryan, Jr., b. 1-25-1843, d. 9-3-1921, md. 6-28-1877.
3. William Joel Bryan, b. 12-14- 1815, d. 3-13-1903, md. 4-6-1840.
4. James Bryan, b. 1776, d. 7-16- 1822, md. 8-31-1815. Emily Margaret Austin, b. 6-22-1795, d. 8-25-1851.
5. MOSES AUSTIN, b. Durham, CT, 10- 4-1761, d. 6-10-1821, md. 9-29- 1785. Maria Brown, b. 1-1-1768, d. 1-8-1824. MOSES AUSTIN, Empressario, received in January 1821, the original grant from Mexico to settle the first Anglo- American colonists in Texas.

• Harry C. Hervey, born July 1877, AL; wife, Jennie L., born May 1879, TX; listed in Houston City Directory 1897/98 - 1900/01, in 1911/12 and in 1919. He initially worked as a steward at the Capitol Hotel and later, in 1919, his position was clerk for U. S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. In 1919 the residence of Mrs. Jennie Hervey was 1504 Lamar and Harry boarded at 3317 Fannin.
• George H. Hervey, born June 1879, AL; lived in Houston 1897/98 - 1902/03; worked as a clerk at the Capitol Hotel

SAMUEL HERVEY, colored driver and laborer for J. W. Sampson was only listed in the City Directory for the years 1899 and 1900-1901, with his place of residence shown to be the rear of 1413 Conti. Conti Street, still on the map of Houston, is located north of downtown in an old industrial area, and is flanked on three sides by railroad yards. A Samuel Harvey was shown on the 1900 Census Soundex of Harris Co. Texas, who was black, born Feb. 1850 in Louisiana, and resided at 910 Valentine Street. This Samuel Harvey had living with him his wife Sarah, born Oct. 1857 in Texas and a step- daughter Bertha Minigo, born Sept. 1887 in Arkansas.

1. U.S. Census Soundex, 1900, Texas.

2. City Directories of Houston, 1866- 1945

3. Davis, Ellis A. & Edwin H. Grobe, New Encyclopedia of Texas, Vol. 2; Dallas: Texas Development Bureau, 1926, p 1823.

4. U.S. Census 1880, Alabama

5. "Hotels of Houston Could Care For 10,000 Visitors," Houston Daily Post, Sept. 1, 1913

6. U.S. Census Soundex, 1910, Texas.

7. Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas, Lineage of Members of the DRT.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA RECORDS MARRIAGE & DEATH NOTICES FROM NEWSPAPERS: 1818-1865

Descendants of Irish Herveys who emigrated from County Down in 1770, lived in the Wheeling, WV, Western PA and Eastern Ohio area. (See HFA Bulletins Vol. 1 No. 1 p. 3 {Go There}; Vol. 2 No. 3 p. 62 {Go There}; Vol. 2 No. 2 p. 53 {Go There}; Vol. 3 No. 3 p. 105. {Go There})

Vital statistics on several descendants of the Irish Hervey immigrants have been found in two recently published books by Carol A. Scott of Apollo, PA: Marriage & Death Notices of Wheeling Western Virginia and the Tri-State Area, Vol. I, 1818-1857 and Vol. 2, 1858-1865. From these books came the following, pertaining to Hervey (and some Faris and Yates relatives from Vol. I only) descendants of the above mentioned Irish emigrants:

MARRIAGES: Vol. I, p. 11:  HERVEY, David E., of Wheeling, VA, son of Rev. D. Hervey of Wellsburg, VA, to Lizzie J. Glenn, eldest daughter of Gen. Alex. E. Glenn of Columbus, OH, by Rev. Dr. Hoge at Columbus, on Nov. 4, 1854 (Wheeling Intelligencer, Nov. 5, 1857)

Vol I, p. 12:  HERVEY, James C., to Mary Jane Gosborn, both of Wheeling, at West Alexander, PA, on Dec. 25, 1854 (Wheeling Intelligencer, Dec. 27, 1854)

Vol. I, p. 22:  PURDY, Simeon B., Esq. of Marshall Co., VA, to Margaret HERVEY, dau. of Rev. James Hervey of Ohio Co., VA by Rev. M'Kennon on Aug. 6, 1845 (Aug. 14, 1845, newspaper not listed)

Vol. I, p. 8:  FARIS, Samuel, of Wheeling, to Maria L. Cooke, dau. of Rev. C. Cooke, D.D., by Rev. J. Knox at Pittsburgh on Jan. 2, 1849 (Daily Wheeling Times, Jan. 5, 1849)

Vol. I, p. 8:  FARRIS, John, of Ohio Co., VA, to Rebecca Cunningham of Belmont Co., Ohio, by Rev. Benjamin Mitchell on Nov. 29, 1838 (Wheeling Tri-Weekly Times and Advertiser, Dec. 1, 1838.) Vol. I, p. 32:  YATES, Thomas, Esq., of Ohio Co., VA, aged 75 years, to Mrs. ___ Cowan of Washington Co., PA, aged 77 years, by Rev. J. M'Cluskey, in the presence of their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, on Nov. 21, 1839 (Wheeling Tri-Weekly Nov. 26, 1839)

DEATHS: Vol. II, p. 59: Hersey, Eliza Jane, 26 Aug 1861, consort of Charles L. Hersey and daughter of the late William Baltzell Esq., funeral from residence of J. V. K. Ebbert, Main St., Centre Wheeling (Wheeling Intelligencer 27 Aug. 1861)

Vol. II, p. 59: Hervey, Fannie, 4 Dec. 1863, about 3y, youngest daughter of Jas. C. and Mary J. Hervey, funeral from residence of her grandfather, W. S. Goshorn, corner of Main & Adams (DR 8 Dec. 1863)

Vol. II, p. 59: Hervey, Joseph P., 24 June 1864, 22y 7 m, member of Carlin's Battery D, funeral at the residence of his mother, Morrow St. (Wheeling Intelligencer & DR 25 June 1864)

Vol. I, p. 51: FARIS, Adam (Capt.) of Ohio Co. died July 6, 1841, 78th year, at the residence of Rev. D. Hervy of Brook Co., VA (Western VA Times, July 13, 1841)

Vol. I, p. 51: FARIS, David, of Ohio Co., died July 1, 1845, 52nd year, many years a member and officer of Presbyterian Church (Wheeling Times and Advertiser)

Vol. I, p. 51: FARIS, Samuel D., died at his residence in Ohio Co., of Typhoid Fever, Sept. 11, 1853, 56th year (Wheeling Intelligencer Sept. 15, 1853)

Vol. I, p. 80: YATES, Laura A. (Mrs.), wife of John C. Yates, died at Peoria Co., IL, of consumption, 27th year, July 22, 1855 (Wheeling Intelligencer Aug. 8, 1855)

[The following letter was written to your editor by Lady Phyllis (Hervey) MacRae, daughter of the 4th Marquess of Bristol, of the Hervey family of Ickworth, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, England, following a visit with her in 1978]

1 April 1981

Dear Mr. Hervey,

Although I received your wonderful book over a week ago, I purposely did not write until I had read some of it.

Thank you very much for sending it. I am enjoying it thoroughly.

Having been born in 1899 with the "proverbial silver spoon" in my mouth, into a family who could trace their ancestry back to 1150, and who had lived on the same plot of land since 1460, it was thrilling to read of Herveys who had worked their way, educated themselves by sheer hard work, and moved around and always up.

World circumstances, and the Age in which we live has told a different story about the Herveys to whose branch I belong. Estate Duty, heavy taxes and Labour governments have robbed the family of most of the land and wealth they had accumulated over the years - Luckily I saw much of this coming and brought up my son and two daughters to face a New World, and work hard and not sit back and moan about the old days.

After I was widowed, I have worked up a Farm which I have handed over to my unmarried daughter who is a "Tiger for Work."

I was a Founder member of the British Charolais Soc. and was instrumental in bringing in Charolais to this country, and ran an export market to Texas and New Zealand. I have now sold the herd, as prices had dropped due to the recession, but I had made a fortune out of it. I have now planted a vineyard, which has just started to thrive. The farm is 1200 acres, 25 acres under vines. My son farms in Inverness, Scotland and also has buildings interest in Holiday Houses in Argyll. My youngest daughter, married, lives in the Isle of Man, both she and her husband have a farm there.

In my young days I wrote stories and poetry like Lois and Loraine. My sister and I were educated at home, which was usual at that date, so we read a great deal, painted, were fluent in French, but had no "grades"! Fun to compare the lives of your father, mother and aunts even though they were born a little later. Interesting also to compare how little they were affected by World War I compared to us, which was the start of the break-up of the English aristocracy and that way of life. By the end of the war my sister and I were both nursing in hospitals.

Second World War was the complete end. I was in the A.T.S. (Army) my daughter also in the Services, my son a Parachutist in the Army, my younger daughter still at school and working in a Canteen during the holidays.

Britain has been through two bloodless revolutions and is going through a third.

Herveys (and Gables) in Texas are rising. We in Britain will rise too, in much the same way, but never as it was - not with "silver spoons" to start our lives. I'm glad I've seen both ways of life.

So thank you for a book full of family affection, and successes.

I enjoyed meeting you and your wife and mother and children. Very warm memory of your little son and always regret I did not take him to the top of Ickworth!

Yours sincerely,

Phyllis MacRae.

MAY 1988 VOL 4 NO 3

[The following Hervey names were copied in 1982 from a card file: Index to Obituaries, located at the New Orleans, LA Public Library.]

HERVEY, BERTIE, age 27, died 2-15-1928. For further data, see FF420 - Board of health Registers.

HERVEY, MRS. ESTHER, died 7-16- 1863, age 92, D. Pic. 9-10-1863, p. 2 c. 6.

HERVEY, FREDERIC, age 11, died 10- 4-1860. D. Cres. 10-4-1860, p. 4 c. 5.

HERVEY, MRS. J. P., age 80, died 10-19-1915, D. Pic. 10-22-1915, p. 18 c. 3.

HERVEY, MRS. WILLIAM, age 35, nee SUSAN C. OLROYD, died April 14, 1875 (in Galveston, TX). D. Pic. Apr. 18, 1875, p. 6 c. 3.

By 1834, a young family headed by Obed Hervey and his wife Polly Caroline (Cory) Hervey were settled at Risdon, in Wood County, Ohio. They had moved to Ohio from New York. Families of the couple remained in Greene County, New York. A family of Cory cousins of Obed and Polly, had lived in Ohio near the Herveys and had moved further west to Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois, leaving the Herveys and other of their relatives in Ohio. The Herveys and the Corys were close, but the distance that separated them was great and they could keep in touch only through correspondence. Fortunately for their descendants, some of the letters written by the Hervey family to their Cory cousins have survived and are reproduced here.

Copies of the following letters came from Judith A. Hempel, of Kingwood, Tx, a descendant of the Cory family, who is a cousin of Joyce McClatchey, descendant of Alanson W. Cory and owner of the letters.

The first letter bears no date; however, Judith was able to figure a date by other records: "This letter was written after 10 Jan. 1837. O.J. was b. 15 Feb 1836. Apparently A.W. Cory mentioned the baby being ill in his August letter which was received by the Herveys in December after the baby had died thus the (?) concerning O.J. at the end of their letter telling of grandmother's death. O.J. died 30 Sept. 1836." Signed: Judith Hempe.l

The first two of the following three letters were written by more than one author: Obed and Polly Caroline (Cory) Hervey, and by Polly's mother, Julia Cory. The letters were addressed to their cousins, Alanson W. Cory and his sisters Phebe Rigg and Mary "Polly" Wier. The letters were largely unpunctuated; for convenience of the reader, punctuation and other clarifying data were added in []'s.

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First Letter:
DATE: ca. 1837

Dear Cousin[:] we received your letter in December which was dated August[.] our grandmother's health was so poor that I defered writing until now[.] she had the dropsy[.] she suffered incesantly until the tenth of January when she left this trouble some world we hope for a better[.] her sufferings ware so great that no one could wish her back a gain to suffer any more[.] her whole system was so completely filled with water that her limbs shone like a bottle and her complaint was so cold she could not be warmed by fire nor clothing[.] she died at Uncle Denisons[.] she was seventy-two the first day of last April[.] I Dreamed Night before last that you was ded and the same night of seeing you[.] we know [not] how soon we may be called to leave this world and the word [is] be ye also ready[.] our friends are all well here and I believe they are in Eden[.] we heard from there a few days since[.] Aunt Polly was Married the sixteenth of this Month to a gentleman by the name of Lyman Roberson[.] we have never seen the gentleman but we expect by account she has done verry well considering she has waited so long[.] he owns a farm eight or ten milds from Uncle Denisons[.] We have had a verry great quantity of snow for this country[.] we have had a bout a months good sleighing at a time this winter[.] our little Evelina is a runing about and chating so that it is almost imposible to write in the room[.] we think she is a pourty fine girl[.] she is a Hervey for looks and a Cory for size[.] Provisions are verry dear here this winter and Inhabitants are verry thick around us[.] our healths are verry good at present[.] we should be pleased to have you come out here but you must write and let us know how you get along[.] I should be pleased to see Cousin Eliza and Children but do not expect to verry soon[.] please to give my love to your sisters when you see them[.] Ober[?] thinks he will not write as I can write all that there is to write and you do not write to him in particular[.] I do not think of anything more to write at present that will be interesting to you and I must leave room for Mother to write a little[.] I should be pleased if Cousin Eliza would write some with you so good Evening for it is late bedtime and Ober has gone to bed.

[From:] Poly C. Hervey

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Dear Nephew[:] I feel it is my Duty to write you a few lines but have a few minutes for Obed is a [?] for it, I cannot express my anxiety for you and your Sisters. I often wish I could see you and your families. I think it is not so far off but you might come sometime, but if we never meet in time O let us strive to be prepared for the great change which awaits us. the young die as well as the aged. your dear Grandmother often appeared anxious about you but I trust she has got beyond all anxious feelings now, and is singing praise to Redeeming Grace and dying love. I am glad to hear you are doing so well[.] do not work too hard, I must quit scrabbling for I shall not say much[.] I scrabble all day. give my respects to your Sisters and their families and take the remainder yourself and kiss your and their Children for me.

[To:] Phebe Rigg & Polly Wier &

[From:] Julia Hervey [sic, Cory]

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Second Letter Date: February 2, 1840

Most worthy cousins & familys[:] for some considerable time past there has been no corispondence between us which ought not so to be but since we have heard from you by the by I will venture to brake silence & give you a few lines of our healths & prosperity[.] our healths at present are good with a few exceptions[.] I have had a bad burn on the top of my foot and have been un able to step on it for better than a week past[.] I hapened to pour boiling water on the top of it with my stocking on & it burned in quite deep but it is a geting better[.] Mother is troubled with a turne back[.] it has been verry sickly this last fall all through these regions & a number have died[.] the greatest complaint was ague[.] thare was scarce a family escapet excepting uncle Uzah & sons, it is possible uncle Elain has writen to you of the death of cousin Stephen[,] Denisons son[.] he died the twenty first of Dec[.] the cause of his death was he strained his back[.] the spinal marrow of his back became affected he had the dispepsia & the piles, his age was twenty four past[.] uncle uzal has another son they are well, likewise uncle Samuels family excepting rhumatizm[.] they are frequently troubled with them[.] concerning Larken I can tell you a little perhaps that will be interesting if uncle Erein has not informed you, Hannah Eliza was crazy & said she had struck her father & the wrath of God was out against her for it. Mr Smith has sold out & moved to Towly? Pennsylvania the girls were marryed & Emeline had left here & is married? & gone holme? to live[.] Elijah and Austin Newcomb lived on the cook Farm a keeping dairy[.] Asahel Jones was married to Nancy Jones[.] Herman hervey was married, & Polly Richards & a good manny mo..? I do not think of any thing more about Denison that would be interesting[.] I wish you all lived nearer to us, that we migh visit each other. We should be verry glad to see you all, but if we are not permited to meet in this life lets us strive to live so as to meet in the world to come[.] let us realize that we shal have to give an account how we bring up or families[.] while they are young their minds are easy bent[.] I feel my self un worthy of instruction but I have an anxiety to know the state of your mind, you mentioned to me of your sisters entertaining a hope in Christ[.] I hope if you do not you will strive to before it should be to late[.] I should be much gratified if cousin Phebe or Polly would write to me as they never have[.] I hope they will not forget it, if it should ever be in your power to come over and see us, you must not fail of comeing any of you, you must kiss my little name sake for me[.] Evelina Julia & Sylvanus Obed are verry big of their age, and as seeds as if they were born in the woods[.] Evelina can reed in four letters and Sylvanus knows his letters[.] They have never been to school a day but I must quit for Mother & Obed have concluded to write some if I do not take up to much room[.]

I remain your ___ cousin

[From:] Polly Caroline Hervey

[To:] A & E Cory L & P Reig

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Fteb 23 1840

Dear Cosins

I improve this opportunity to write you a few lines & accordind to your wish but I have not mutch to write that will be interesting to you. Wheat is worth only 70 cts in cash[.] corn and oats are verry low. the weather is warm and rainy and has been for nearly two weaks[.] blew birds and robbins are about. summer is at hand for the singing of birds is come. it is quite wet here now the water is over the ground[.]

I was out to Uncle Dennison and Uncle Omeir? in January[.] they was all well as commond? Uncle Omir? [Osis?, Oris? Ovis?] give me your letter and I fetcht it holm[.] I see you brags about your boy but if you should see our boy you would stop braging[.] if he keeps on groing he will soon be big enough to help me chop down the big Poplars[.] you must try to come and see us as soon as you can and not hamer hot iron all your life and never spend time to come and see your relation and friends[.] I must bring my letter to a close for fear you cannot read what I have written[.] I finish by subscribing my self in your love

[To:] AW.Cory

[From:] Obed Hervey

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Feb 29th 1840

Dear Nephew and Nieces[:] According to your request I will attempt to write a few lines in my weak way hoping it will induce you all to answer it or come and see us if you can make it convenient. I have thought much of your situation so far from all our relatives[.] When you moved away[,] Phebe seeing it grieved me said she would come back and see aunt Julia[.] I have often wished to hear something more from you, but time at the longest will be but short with us all especially with me. it is no matter how short if our hearts are renewed by god and we are prepared for the ..lcomm change, O Alanson take the advise of one who feels anxious for your eternal welfare and seek an interest in the Savior before it is too late, when on earth He rejected none and He is still the same kind intercessor, do not let the world decieve you, must close my scrall by subscribing my self your loving Aunt till death, you must kiss all of your children for me,

[From:] Julia Cory.

[To:] Phebe Reigg Polly Wier

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The last letter, from D. B. Hervey of South Durham, Greene Co., New York to Alanson W. Cory, links the Corys and Herveys of Ohio and Illinois to the Hervey family of Greene Co., NY. Alanson W. Cory's mother, whose estate is apparently being disbursed by the executors, was Sarah (Knapp) Cory, wife of Thomas C. Cory.

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Third Letter: July 23, 1842

Dear Sir:

enclosed I send you individually a certificate of deposit as you will preceive for two hundred Dollars for which you will receive the amount when presented by your sol at the T_nn_rs Bank in Catskill or if you send it in by any one other than your self you will endorse on the Certificate pay to the bearer (nameing the person you send it by) and sign your own individual name to your order. I thought it would be attended with less trouble and inconvenience to have it pass in your own name than to have all that are interested in it sign it. Two hundred Dollars and the Interest from the 17th? day of May last is the sum that the four heirs are entitled to by the will. I have retained the interest for to pay me for my trouble which is $2.50 which is as little as I think I can do it for. I could not send it sooner, for the money was not paid into the executors hands and we have a verry hard time in our State or County to raise money this Season. I wish you to write me on the receipt of this acknowledgeing the receipt of the Certificate. The Executor Esq. Anson Strong wishes me to request you to write either to himself or me what he is to do with the money when collected that is going to the other heirs of your mother as it will be proper for him to invest it if not to be soon called for. I wish you would write answering his inquiry leting him know what there wishes are in the matter. You can give the desired information in the answer to this directed either to myself or Mr. Strong.

We have a fine season here since the fore part of June.

We have a general time of health with us[.] your relatives are generally in good health, your Aunt Hannah is much out of health both of body and mind, her mind the most.

Yours Truly D. B. Hervey

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The following short history, sent to the editors by Liz Gillispie, was handwritten by Mrs. M. E. McMullan, of Tupelo, Texas, daughter of Albert G. Hervey. A note with the history says: "a short history of Papa's life left by him just before his death." [i.e. ca 1904]

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A. G. Hervey, son of Oney S. and Annie Hervey was born eight miles west of Boliver, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, Feb. 25, 1828.

Married Martha G. Joyner April 19th, 1848, came to Navarro Co., Texas arrived at Chatfield Dec. 11th, 1852.

Merchandised at this place with Capt. R. Hodge untill 1857. Was an active member of the I.O.O.F. Became a member of the Whitville Lodge No. 37 of Tennessee. Was charter member of Holman Lodge No. 37 1852, name afterward changed to Ezel Lodge no. 37. Afterwards merged into Corsicana Lodge I.O.O.F. no. 67.

Was a member of Quitman Lodge & in later years was made a life member of the same.

Volunteered in Capt. McKies Co. Joined Col. Bass Regt. under general order till commands were organized.

Co. A. Bass' regt, he was elected 2nd Lieut. of Capt. McKies company it by special order was severed from Bass reg't. Two years later McKies with other old attached troops were consolidated into a battalion known as Morgans Battalion.

Col. Morgan elected as Lieut. Col.

Capt. McKie elected major.

His wife M. G. Hervey died Jan. 22 1872 having three sons & two daughters. Harry, Calvin, Anna, Charles, & Lizzie the two last being the only ones living.

Dec. 28, 1876 was married to Miss Griselda E. Kerby at Waco to whom was born 7 sons, Ernest, Edgar, Horace, Herbert, Fred, Walton, & Wilbur all of whom have about reached the age of manhood.

He was a member of M. E. Church for a number of years. Afterwards by letter was affiliated with the C. P. Church as a member of which has lived a consistant life.

A. G. Hervey died May 13, 1904

By order of E. K. Smith Lieut. A. G. Hervey was promoted Capt. of Co. F Morgans Batt. in which capacity he served until the end of the [Civil] war.

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The following Bible records were transcribed by Joyce Hervey from a copy of the original leaves from the family Bible of A. G. Hervey. Copies of the Bible record were distributed by Liz Gillispie at the 1985 Hervey Family reunion at Chatfield.

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FAMILY RECORD - BIRTHS:

Albert G. Hervey was born February the 22nd A.D. 1828
Martha G. Hervey was born June 14th A.D. 1830
Robert Henry Hervey was born Apr. 22nd A.D. 1842
Horace Hervey was born Oct. 11th A.D. 1850
Mary Elizabeth Hervey was born Oct. 16th A.D. 1853.
Charles Albert Hervey was born March 3rd A.D. 1856
Anna Joyner Hervey was born March 19th 1858
Calvin Clayton Hervey was born Sept 14th 1870
Ernest Hervey was born May 1st 1877
Edgar Hervey was born Oct. 7th 1878
Horace Hervey born 4 o'clock a.m. May 8th 1881
Herbert Hervey was born 4 o'clock 5 mins. A.M. May 8th 1881
Fred Hervey was born Dec. 17th 1882
John Walton Hervey was born Sept 3rd 1885
Wilber Eugene Hervey was born Feby 19th 1887

Negroes:
Sampson was born A.D. 1788
Sabry was born AD 1804
Wiley was born A.D. 1831
Eaton was born A.D. 1835
Allen was born A.D. 1836
Amanda was born A.D. 1839
Nathan was born A.D. 1841
Judge was born A.D. 1844 Syrena was born A.D. 1845
Willis was born 1817
Louinsa was born A.D. 1822
Joseph was born A.D. 1843
Ellen was born A.D. 1847
Mila was born A.D. 1848
Davy was born Feb 18th A.D. 1851?

MARRIAGES:
A. G. Hervey was married to Martha G. Joyner May 16th 1848 in Tennessee
Mary Elizabeth Hervey married to D. T. McMullen Oct. 16 1872 in Texas
Robt Henry Hervey married to Maggie Graham Nov 13 1873 in Texas
Anna Joyner Hervey was married to W. A. Kendrick Decr 1876
Second marriage - Griselda E. Kirby wif of A. G. Hervey was born Sept 30th 1843 in
Jackson Co Alabama
A. G. Hervey was married to Griselda Elizabeth Kirby at Waco Texas Decr 29th
1875
Chas. A. Hervey married Lillie M. Mitchell Decbr 12th 1889 Navarro Co.

DEATHS:
Horace Hervey died Jany 8, 1851
Martha G. Hervey died Jany 22nd A.D. 1872
Calvin Clayton Hervey died March 29th 1874
A. G. Hervey died May 13, 1904
Griselda E. Hervey died Dec 15, 1914 at Chatfield Texas

Negroes:
Willis died March 30th, 1852
Louinsa died Decr 1854
Judge died Dec 29th 1863
Dory? died Feb 17, 1878?

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Cert. No. 44334, Navarro Co., Texas
REPORT OF DEATH:
Full name of deceased:
Albert Gallatin Hervy
Race: White Sex: Male
Age: 76 yrs. 2 mos. 21 days
Nativity: U.S.A. Citizen
Died: 13 May 1904, at about 7:25 p.m.
Place of death: Hester, Navarro, Texas
Residence: Hester, Navarro Co., Texas
CAUSE OF DEATH:
Immediate cause: Uraemia
Contributory Cause: Chronic Interstitial nephritis
Duration: 2 mos. 7 days

Dated: 14 May 1904
Signed: B. S. Brown, physician, Roane, Texas

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The following information was taken from a Widow's Application for Pension, Form B, For Use of Widows of Soldiers Who are in Indigent Circumstances, on file at the Texas State Archives in Austin. The application was approved Dec. 1, 1913, and pension was granted to Mrs. Griselda E. (Kirby) Hervey for her husband's service during the Civil War. [Underlined words are the blanks filled in on Form B. The rest is printed on the form.]

I, Mrs. G. E. Hervey, ... make application ... for a pension, ... of the State of Texas, ... on the following grounds

I am the widow of A. G. Hervey, deceased, who departed this life on the 19th day of May, A.D. 1905, in the County of Navarro, in the State of Texas.

I have not remarried since the death of my said husband, and I do solemnly swear that I was never divorced from my said husband, ... I was married to him on the 29th day of December, A.D. 1875, in the county of McLennan, in the State of Texas.

My husband, the said A. G. Hervey, enlisted and served in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States of the United States, and that he did not desert the Confederate Service. I have been a resident of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A.D. 1900, and have been continuously since a citizen of the State of Texas. ...

1. What is your age? 70 years

2. Where were you born? Alabama 3. How long have you resided in the State of Texas? 49 years

4. How long have you resided in the county of your present residence? What is your post office address? 38 years Corsicana, Texas, 645 W. 4 Ave.

5. Did husband draw a pension? ... No

6. What was your husband's full name? Albert Galiten Hervey

7. What was the date of his death? May 19, 1905

8. In what State was your husband's command originally organized? Texas

9. How long did your husband serve? ... 4 years

10. What was the name or letter of the company ... baltalion, regiment or battery ...? My husband was Captain of a Company in Morgan's Battallion, in Parson's Brigade

11. Name branch of service ... Cavalry Captain

12. Have you transferred to others any property of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? No

Signed Mrs. G. E. Hervey

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 12th day of March A.D. 1914.

R. R. Owen, County Judge, Navarro Co., Texas

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In order to prove her eligibility for a pension, creditable witnesses were required to appear in court in her behalf and to make oath and sign affidavits.

The first affidavit, to prove that the applicant was in truth the widow of A. G. Hervey and that she had not remarried since her husband's death, was signed by two witnesses: W. N. Kenner and Mrs. C. C. Hamilton.

A second affidavit, proving that the applicant was a bona fide resident citizen of the State of Texas since prior to January 1, A.D. 1900, was signed by W. N. Kenner and T. G. Brooks.

A third affidavit required was to prove the applicant's husband's military service. W. N. Kenner swore to the following: "I am 81 years of age. I served in Company E. 12th Texas Cavalry, was first lieutenant of said Company, apart of Parson's Brigade. I knew Captain A. G. Hervy. He was a member of Company _____ (blank not filled in) Morgan's Batalian which was apart of Parson's Brigade. I have known Captain A. G. Hervy since 1860 up to the time of his death. We were in the same Brigade together, and I saw Captain Hervey nearly every day for about 2 years. He was the Captain of his Company. He made a good soldier, and never voluntarily abandoned a post of duty, nor did he desert the cause of the Confederacy so far as I ever heard, knew or believe. He was always an excellent soldier, and was loyal to the Confederate Cause."

On the same affidavit, J. A. Scales says: "I am 71 years old. I served in Company E 12th Texas Cavalry, in Parson's Brigade. I knew Captain A. G. Hervey to be in the service of the Confederacy for about 2 years. He made a good soldier. He was loyal to the Confederate Cause, and never deserted the cause, and never voluntarily abandoned a post of duty so far as I ever heard, knew or believed."

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February 27, 1988

... I am sorry that I did not receive Vol. 4 No. 2 before I submitted my autobio. Or am I? I would have had a hard time trying to amend my autobio to match with par. 5 of the New Encyclopedia of Texas, 1926. It is the first time that I learned that I was an illegitimate from July 25, 1895 to 1903 which is the date my father married my mother Ruby - according to said quote. I surely am glad he finally got around to marrying my mother. I, however, do not think that I'll contradict the beautiful frame marriage license of my mother and father marrying before I was conceived as it states that the service was performed on the 22nd day of October 1890. Some day I'll have a photo made of it as it will outshine HOTEL BRISTOL. Of course I may have a hard time proving MY document because ALL parties involved in the October 1890 service are not available to testify.

Now, ... this is the first time that I learned that his second wife bore him TWO (2) daughters. I thought that Alpha was my HALF BROTHER. Of course I was only fifteen years old when he was born, and I thought when I helped render him service that he WAS a boy. But, maybe I was TOOO young in those days to know the difference. You see, sex was not a subject from kindergarten thru high school in my grade school days. Possibly his sister Elizabeth or his wife may try to get his army service record altered to agree with the 1926 book? But I am going to back my memory against THAT book. ...

The U.S. Census Soundex, 1900, Texas was a little early in predicting my father's arrival. We have been celebrating Oct. 6, 1867 as his birthday. The family even thought that he was 83 years of age when he died and we'll just let it go at that. Maybe he had to up his birthday to get a job from the Southern Pacific? ...

Col. Stewart D. Hervey

AUGUST 1988 VOL 4 NO 4

ONEY S. HERVEY OF HARDEMAN CO., TN - AN UPDATE
By Joyce Parker Hervey

[Editor: A first article on Oney S. Hervey appeared in Vol. 1 No. 2 (Feb. 1985) ( GO TO) of the Bulletin. Since that time significantly more information has been found on Oney S., and an update is warranted.]

Oney Scyprett Hervey was born 7 Sept. 1776,6 probably in Halifax County, North Carolina, where his parents had lived since at least 1765.7b He was probably the youngest of seven children born to Sarahann and Thomas Hervey.7a The children of Sarahann and Thomas Hervey were (probably in order of their birth): (1) Betty (Hervey) Sullivant, (2) William Hervey [See Vol. 3 No. 3, May 1987, p. 112], (3) Caty (Hervey) Christie, (4) Sally (Hervey) Smith, (5) Thomas Hervey, (6) Hannah (Hervey) Bull/Randall [See Vol. 1 No. 2, Feb. 1985, p. 10], and (7) Oney S. Hervey. Oney had six half brothers and sisters, children of his father and Betty Pritchett: (1) Gideon Hervey Pritchett, (2) Peyton Hervey Pritchett [See Vol. 1 No. 2, Feb. 1985, p. 12], (3) Betsy (Hervey Pritchett) Carstarphen, (4) Judith (Hervey Pritchett) Daniel, (5) Nancy (Hervey Pritchett) Hervey, and (6) Polly (Hervey Pritchett) Williams.7a,d

By 1776, the year of Oney's birth, the American colonies were preparing for war with England. Indeed, the first official action by any province in America for independence from England took place at the Fourth Provincial Congress of NC at Halifax. The Congress, in part, "Resolved, that the delegates for this Colony in the Continental Congress be empowered to concur with the delegates of the other Colonies in declaring independency  ..." three months prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia, PA. These "Halifax Resolves," as they later were called, were adopted by the 83 delegates present at the North Carolina Congress on April 12, 17768, just five months before the birth of Oney S. Hervey.

Halifax was a recruiting center for Continental soldiers, a battalion headquarters for the state militia, and a powder magazine and supply depot for the armies. An arms factory, called the "Public Works" factory began operations, where armourers, blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors, wagoners, and wagonmakers produced articles needed by the Revolutionary soldiers.8

Oney's father, Thomas Hervey, served with the state militia as a Colonel. State militiamen were generally recruited for short terms, 3 months or 6 months at a time, so that they could return to their plantations and keep them operating. Col. Hervey had to hire a substitute to replace him in one of his commissions toward the end of the war, as is learned from a letter written on 8 March, 1780 to Gov. Caswell by Gen. Isaac Gregory: "Col. Thomas Hervey being drafted to march the Militia that was drafted in July and December last, he being in such a bad state of health at present it is out of his power to march with them, and he is very desirous to do every thing in his power, hath employed Mr. Benj. Dillen as substitute in his place... Col. Hervey was drafted about 8th or 10th of Dec. last." 10

Except for the disruptions of the Revolutionary War years (1776-1781) daily life for the Hervey family and their neighbors remained stable from 1760 to 1840. The population of Halifax Co. varied little--most of the people were descendants of English colonists who had moved southward from Virginia. It has not been proved, but it seems likely that the Thomas Hervey family moved to Halifax Co. from Northumberland Co., Virginia [See Vol. 3 No. 2, Feb. 1987, pp 99-100.]

The Hervey plantation was located about 15 miles west of the town of Halifax in the area encircled by Heathsville, Bear Swamp (west of Brinkleyville) and Aurelian Springs.11 The fertile bottomlands on the plantation supported the farming of crops such as wheat, corn, peas, and tobacco, and slaves provided the labor.8 The Hervey family owned a number of slaves. The 1790 census taker counted 22 slaves belonging to Thomas Hervey.9

The town of Halifax, NC had become a crossroads, a trading center of the Roanoke valley. The town was located on the south bank of the Roanoke River, just below some falls and rapids, thus making it the head of river navigation. Located along major north-south and east-west roads, the town was the center of commercial activity for back country fur traders and for the Herveys and other planters (and merchants) to move their goods to markets upriver to Virginia or into the back country of North Carolina.

Oney S. Hervey was 29 years old when he married Elizabeth Williams on April 1, 1806,6 just a couple of months after his father's death. After their marriage, according to family records, the couple remained in the area until 18206 and had eight children: Blount, 1807; Hannah, 1809, Emily, 1811; M. D., 1813; Thomas W., 1816; Elizabeth, 1817; Walton, 1819; and Harriet, 1820.

Education was minimal but available for those who could afford it.8 The male Hervey family members were educated sufficiently so that they could read and write, as is evidenced by the fact that they signed their names on legal documents recorded in the courthouse at Halifax.

The Anglican religion, which was predominant with the early English colonists, eventually was diminished by growth of Methodist and Baptist groups. Many of the Hervey descendants of Oney S. became Methodists; however, Oney's religious preference is not known. He may have been descended from or related to a Northumberland Co., Virginia, Onesiphorus Harvey (who lived ca. 1700, and who belonged to the Quaker faith.7e Quakers had settled in Halifax prior to the Revolution.4

Deed records of Halifax show that on June 17, 1813, Oney's mother, Sarahann, gave him 140 acres, a part of the tract of land she lived on, including houses and orchards, along with several negroes.11 She was to share the property with him for the remainder of her natural life. The deed was not registered in the courthouse books, however, until Nov. 16, 1819. Sarahann was still alive on Oct. 31, 1814,11 at which time she sold land to Joseph Gee.

Eighteen twenty (1820) was a pivotal year in the life of Oney S. Hervey: he moved his family west to Tennessee; his last child by wife Elizabeth (Williams) was born; and his wife Elizabeth died soon after.

One can speculate on the reasons Oney S. Hervey moved his family to Tennessee. The lure of the West was powerful. Indian lands purchased by the U. S. in 1818 opened for settlement the Western District, almost a third of the present state of Tennessee. Much of Oney's family in North Carolina was dead or scattered: his two brothers Thomas and William were dead, and a sister Hannah Bull/Randal had moved to Georgia. Several of his cousins were moving to Tennessee. Considering that the Herveys had been farming in Halifax County since at least 1765, the land may have lost some of its fertility over the span of 55 years.

Since most of the Tennessee census for 1820 has been destroyed, it is difficult to determine with certainty to what part of Tennessee Oney moved initially. There was an Oney Henry (Hervey?) on the published census of Dickson Co., in Middle Tennessee in 1820. The census showed this Oney Henry's household to contain a male and female, ages 26-45, 3 boys and 3 girls under 10 years old, and one boy 10-16, plus 17 slaves and one free colored person. A comparison of the ages of this Dickson Co. Henry family with ages of our Oney Hervey nets a match that is so close that the family seems indeed to be the same. The large contingent of slaves that Oney S. Hervey had in North Carolina most certainly would have moved west with the family. Additionally, it is known that some of Oney S. Hervey's nephews (sons of his deceased brother William) moved into Dickson County. One of these nephews, also named Oney Harvey, remained in Dickson Co., until after 1860, and his descendants after him remained there. The nephew, Oney Harvey would have been only 20 years old at the taking of the 1820 census and therefore could not have been the Oney Henry shown on the census of Dickson Co.

If we assume the Dickson Co. Oney Henry (Hervey?) to be our Oney S. Hervey, then it accurately locates the place where Oney's wife Elizabeth died and was buried. Her last child was born on December 15, 1820, probably soon after the census taker made his head count. She probably died and was buried in Dickson Co. Oney did not remain single long. He had 7 young children who needed a mother. It is likely that Oney met and married his second wife Ann Holt while he was still in Dickson Co., for he married her in 1822.6 Family records indicate that Oney moved to the Western District (Hardeman County) in 1823,6 the same year that Hardeman Co. was formed. Oney was about 46 when he married Annie Holt, who was probably considerably younger than he, since she bore him seven children from 1823 to 1834:6 Calvin M, 1823; James W., 1824; Lydin A., 1826; Albert Gallatin, 1828; Oney S., 1830; John "Jack" Peyton, 1832; and Elijiah, 1834.

Western Tennessee was not kind to the Hervey family. Between 1826 and 1845, five of the fifteen Hervey children and both Oney and Ann Hervey died. From his first family, Elizabeth died in 1826, Blount in 1828, M. D. in 1844; from his second family, Lydin died in 1828 and Elijiah in 1835. Oney died in 1839 and his wife Ann in 1845.

Hardeman Co. Conveyance and Will record books show that the Oney Hervey family was well situated financially. In 1835, Oney issued a deed of gift, conveying 26 slaves to 8 of his children and indicated that his other children had already received their portions (slaves).3a In 1838 Oney deeded to his 5 elder children (the 5 surviving children of his first wife, Elizabeth) his plantation in Marshall County, Mississippi, which contained 640 acres.3b His will, written in Nov. 1838, left a similar sized plantation in Hardeman Co., Tennessee4 to his 5 surviving children of his second wife, Ann.

Oney was generous with his children and provided well for them. He was desirous that they all be educated properly, for he added a codicil to his will, stating that "I also wish my executor to have each of my said sons by my present wife educated at least as well as my older sons were..."4

At the time of Oney's death, an inventory of his estate was made,5a and included such items as 9 horses, 2 mules, 2 yoks oxen, stock of cattle, stock of hogs, stock of sheep, various items of furniture, 4 spinning wheels, 1 spinning machine, 1 Mitchells map of the U.S., guns, various farm utensils, 2 pair fine dogs, 1 wagon, 1 cart, 1 Barouch, 1 gig, saddles & bridles, crops of corn growing in the field, fodder, bacon on hand to support the stock until the crop is gathered, remnant of picked cotton, 9 bee stands, a grind stone, crop of corn and cotton on a farm in Marshall Co., Mississippi.

One years provision from the estate was set aside for support of Oney's widow, and included: ?20 barrels of corn, 2700 pounds of pork, one beef, 40 bushels wheat, one large stack of oats, 4000 pounds fodder, 300 pounds sugar, 350 pounds seed cotton, ?? pounds coffee, three sacks salt, and $10 in money to buy loaf sugar, pepper, allspice, ??ger, and vinegar. Most of the remainder of personal and household items and crops was sold at auction, much of it going to various family members.

Ann Hervey died on the fourth of September, 1845,6 six years after her husband died. Both were buried on the plantation near Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee.12 The cemetery in which they were buried contains only about four marked graves. [A letter written to the editor's father in 1928 from a cousin Melbourne Moose of Morrilton, Arkansas, which mentioned a picture he had of the tombstones in the cemetery, prompted your editor and his family to search for the family burial plot while on a family vacation in 1985. The old plantation land is presently part of a large holding belonging to Robert Jones, and is covered with trees and dense underbrush so thick in July that we were unable to locate it, even with the help of an elderly black man named Jesse J. Woods who had seen the tombstones many times as he traipsed through the woods hunting, but due to advanced age had not hunted in the woods and had not seen them in about four years. He described the cemetery: the stones were very large; there were four stones, all sitting on rectangular bases. The tallest marker was about five feet in height, narrower at the top than at the bottom, and was made of rough granite. The other three were about three or three and a half feet high and rectangular shaped.]

The following is a transcription found in the public library at Bolivar12 of the tombstones, [Editor: the age of Ann (Holt) Hervey is obviously wrong, as she could not have been born in 1817 when her first child was born in 1823. All information in parentheses () was apparently added by the transcriber.]

Marriage records of Hardeman Co. indicate that Ann Hervey married Willoby D. Simmons on 29 March 1843.1,2 Two days prior to the marriage, she made a deed of gift, to her 5 children, of slaves that were given to her for her natural life according to her husband's will, indicating that the slaves continue to remain with her throughout her natural life.3c Ann's second marriage ended with her death only two years later.

Children of Oney S. & Elizabeth (Williams) Hervey (from family Bible records):

• Blount W. Hervey, born 5 Feb. 18076 in NC; died 31 May 18286; unmarried.
• Hannah Hervey, born 6 Nov. 18096 in NC; married 26 Nov. 1826 in Hardeman Co., TN to Ninian Steele,6 by W. B. Peck, Minister of the Gospel,2 bond was made by Ninian Steel & James Steele.
• Emily Hervey, born 27 June 18116 in NC; married Hardeman Co., TN on 1 Jan. 1829 to Charles Murphy,2,6 by John Malloy, Minister of the Gospel; bond made by Charles Murphy & John McGee. 2
• M. D. Hervey, born 30 Jan. 1813 in NC;6 married 9 Apr. 1839 to R. Burford6; died 4 July 18446
• Thomas W. Hervey, born 25 Feb. 18166 in NC; married 10 Dec. 1835 to E. V. Miller6, (or Elizabeth B.)14; lived in Fayette Co., TN.
• Elizabeth Hervey, born 25 Feb. 18176 in NC; died Hardeman Co., TN 1 Sept. 1826.6
• Walton Hervey, born 19 June 18196 in NC; married 15 Ju? 1842 to M. A. Elgin.6
• Harriett Hervey, born 15 Dec. 18206 in TN; married 22 Dec. 1836 to James Wall6.

Children of Oney S. & Ann (Holt) Hervey:

• Calvin M. Hervey, born 15 June 18236 in TN; married 1st: 14 Dec. 18412,6 to Temperance M. Williams,1,2 (she died 4 May 184315), bond made by C. M. Hervey & Robert W. Wilkinson;2 married 2nd: 14 Oct 1846 to Eliza A. Foulkes;15 died 18 Jan. 189515; lived Union & Miller Cos., AR. [See Vol. 3 No. 1, p. 92 and Vol. 3 No. 4, p. 124.]
• James W. Hervey, born 17 Oct. 18246 in TN; married Margaret C.16 Murphy6 16 Apr. 18456; lived Titus and Morris Cos., TX, near Naples.
• Lydin A. Hervey, born 31 May 1826 in TN; died 1 Apr. 1828 in Hardeman Co., TN.6
• Albert Gallatin Hervey, born 22 Feb. 18286 in TN; married 1st: 16 May 1848, Hardeman Co., TN1,2,6,7f to Martha G. Joyner; married 2nd: 29 Dec. 1875, Waco, McLennan Co., TX to Griselda Elizabeth Kirby7f; died 13 May 19047f; lived Navarro Co., TX near Chatfield. [See Vol. 1 No. 3, p. 26 and Vol. 4 No. 3, p. 156.]
• Oney S. Hervey, born 14 Apr. 18306 in TN; married 1st: Hardeman Co., TN on 30 Dec. 18472 to Elizabeth C. Murphy by Thos. Taylor, M.G.; bond made by O. S. Hervey & Albert G. Hervey; married 2nd: a Miss White;13 married 3rd: Saphronie Terrill of Daingerfield, TX;13 died 21 Feb. 1884 at Daingerfield; lived Morris Co., TX.13
• Dr. John "Jack" Peyton Hervey, born 11 Feb. 18326 in TN; married in Cass Co., TX in 1857 to Francis "Fannie" P.17 Sedberry; died 9 Mar. 1899;17 lived Titus; Cooke; Burleson; Marion Cos., TX.
• Elijiah Hervey, born Nov. 18346 in TN; died Jan. 1835 in Hardeman Co., TN.6

References:

Recently, one of our subscribers, Liz Gillispie, received information from David L. Parke of Reading, PA, editor of the News Letter of the Parke Society confirming that Hervey appears as a given name for several generations in the Parke family. Quoting from his letter: "I have sent ... copies of our Newsletter which have reference to members of my family named Hervey. The first is my grandfather's uncle Captain Hervey Parke 1790-1879, the second my grandfather Hervey Coke Parke 1827-1899, and last my brother Hervey Cushman Parke 1914-. There was also my father Hervey Coke Parke Jr. 1873-1951 who hasn't been written up in the Newsletter. Those are the only Herveys I have come across in the records of our Society."

Mr. Parke, in a telephone conversation with Joyce Hervey, indicated that he knew of no ancestor of his who bore the surname Hervey. One possible explanation that he suggested of how the name came to be used in the Parke family is that Mr. Parke's great- grandmother (Rhoda Sperry Parke) had a proclivity towards naming her children after important Methodist leaders. For example, one of her children was named Francis Asbury Parke, for the first American bishop, Francis Asbury. Another son was Hervey Coke Parke. The middle name was probably for Thomas Coke, another early American bishop.

But what about the Hervey name? There was no American bishop by that name; however, there was a young Englishman, James Hervey, who was not only a contemporary of John Wesley, founder of Methodism, but a student of his. Hervey became an Anglican minister who leaned toward Calvinistic Methodism, and through his popular writing, "sought to arouse in his more frivolous countrymen an interest in theology."1 His writings were remarkably popular, not only in England, but in America during the eighteenth and through a large part of the nineteenth centuries. Perhaps through his writings he would have been known to an ardent American Anglican-Methodist family.

To accept this theory of how the name came to be used in the Parke family, one would need to accept the premise that Rhoda (Sperry) Parke was continuing a tradition that had already begun, since she was not the first one in the family to use the name Hervey. The first Parke family member to carry the name was not her child, but her husband's brother, Capt. Hervey Parke (1790-1879). Hervey Coke Parke (1827-1899), one of the founders of Parke, Davis & Co., manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, provided material for an 1886 article in the Magazine of Western History. In it he stated that his "remote ancestors were English people and occupied positions of consequence in the ancient city of Bristol ..."2 The Parke Society has concluded that this statement is in error, after having done extensive research to try to verify the claim. In light of the Hervey-Parke family connection; however, it is interesting to speculate that perhaps it was the Hervey family, not the Parke family, that he was referring to in his statement. It is well known that the Hervey family of England carried the title Earl (and later Marquis) of Bristol. John Hervey (1665-1751) received the title of the first Lord Bristol in 1714 as a reward for his loyalty to the Hanoverians. His residence was not at the city of Bristol, however, but was at Ickworth, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, England.3

References:

GENEALOGICAL DATA ABSTRACTED FROM REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION & BOUNTY LAND WARRANT APPLICATIONS - Part I

Archibald Harvey, pvt. NH Continental line, enlisted Jan. 1776 at Newberry, NH, Company of Capt. Green, Regiment of Col. Timithy Beedle. Served to last of Nov. 1776, honorable discharge due to illness contracted in service at Ticonderoga, NY at Mont independence. Made application for pension 16 July 1819, at Danville, Caledonia Co., VT; resident of Barnet, Caledonia Co., VT, age 69, pension allowed, issued Nov. 1819.

Archibald Harvey, volunteer, PA, 1776, Capt. James McCandlas Co., served 3 mo. 25 days. He married Elizabeth McFadden in York Co., PA on 12 Aug. 1777. He died 28 Nov. 1807 of a fever. His widow applied for pension Feb. 1842 in Harford Co., MD, age 87. Pension denied, service was less than 6 months.

Barnet Harvey, NH line, Continental Army, Capt. Jonathan Abbot's Co., Col. John Stark's Regt., enl. Dec. 1775 or Jan. 1776 for one yr., discharged Albany, NY. Made application for pension 18 July 1820 at Concord, Rockingham Co., NH, age 61 yrs., resident of ?, occupation farmer, suffers old age and rheumatic pains, his wife (age 56) resides with him, also a woman Peggy Stuward who takes care of his feeble wife and a boy Alfred Davis, age 8, who is to live with him until he is 14 yrs. old. Pension denied due to property he owned.

Charles Harvey, Pvt., MD line, received 100 acres bounty land, issued 1 Nov. 1797 to Elisha Jarrett, assignee.

David Harvey, Pvt. MA line. Enl. Dracut(t), Middlesex Co., Mass., May 1780 under Capt. Joseph Varnum, served 6 mo., during which time he joined army at West Point, NY in Co. of Lt. Bancroft in Col. Michael Jackson's Regt., then went to NJ. Enl. again under Capt. Hildreth & Col. Rufus Putnam, served about 9 mos. Widow Abigail Harvey of Stanstead, Orleans Dist., VT, aged 66, made appl. for pension in Feb. 1840, maiden name Abigail Eliot, stated she was married to David Harvey on Dec. 1792 at Dracutt by Col. Joseph Varnum. Extracts from the town of Middlesex & Commonwealth of MA show the following marriage record:

Widow stated they lived at Dracutt about 4 years & moved to Danville, VT & remained about 10 years, moved to Stanstead, resided there until David Harvey died 20 Aug. 1830. Widow resides with son Asa Harvey, age 36, she has 5 children now living, oldest was 46 years on 21st Dec. last. Widow appeared again on 12 Apr. 1855, resident of Stanstead, Province of Canada, age 86, to apply for bounty land under Act of Mar. 3, 1855. Testators to her declaration were Wm. Harvey and William Sargent.

David Harvey, NC militia, served 7 mos., he died in Alamance Co. (then Orange Co.) NC on 18 May 1828. Widow made widow's declaration on 24 May 1853 in Alamance Co., NC. She was Margaret Love; she married David Harvey about 1 Dec. 1800 by Hardy Hurdle, j.p. There are 5 children of David Harvey now living whose names and birthdates, from family Bible, are: John Harvey, b. Jany 19, 1802; Mary Harvey, decd, born Apr. 18, 1804; Robert Harvey, b. July 27, 1806; William Harvey, b. Jany 22, 1809; Alsey/Ailse Harvey, b. Aug. 13, 1811; Jonathan Harvey, decd, b. June 7, 1814; and Luisa/Luisy Harvey, b. Nov. 17, 1817.

Edward Harvey, Pvt., RI line, 6 yrs., enl. South Kingston, Washington Co., RI, in Capt. William Potters Co. in Apr. 1777 to close of war, discharged in NY on 15 June 1783, served under Col. Angells and Col. Olneys Regts. Fought in battles of Red ?Creek?, Monmouth & the taking of Lord Cornwallis. He made application for pension on 20 Apr. 1818 in South Kingston, RI, age 59 yrs, pension granted 28 Apr. 1818,. On 5 July 1820, he appeared in court again in South Kingston and indicated his situation was such that he would be on charity if his pension were taken away. He is 62 yrs. old, a cooper by trade but is unwell & cannot work, he is in debt, has a wife and 10 children, one an entire cripple and 6 others dependent being young.

Edward Harvey, Pvt., VA line, 3 yrs and 1 yr. 6 mo., Col. Wm. Grayson's Regt. Enl. 1777 under Capt. Cleon Moore, served under Capt. Joseph Smith 16th VA Regt. Discharged 1780 in Philadelphia. Enl. again at Petersburg, VA under Cap. Seldon, Col. Green's Regt., wounded at Eutaw Springs in leg below knee, fought in NC at Guilford Courthouse, also Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Camden. He made application for pension 20 May 1818, a resident of Clermont Co., Ohio, age about 66 yrs. Pension granted to begin 4 Sept. 1819. He reappeared in court on 14 Aug. 1820, age 70 yrs, farmer by occupation but from age and effects of wounds recd during War is unable to support himself. No family except wife Mary, aged 66, who is infirm and unable to work.

Elisha Harvey, Capt. Lt. NY line, 6 yrs. Enl. as Lt. in Col. John Lamb's Regt. of Artillery of NY line in 1777 and served 6 yrs to close of war, served as 2nd Lt., 1st Lt. & Capt. Lt. He made appl. on 1 Apr. 1818 for pension at Plymouth, MA, age 65 yrs, resident of Easton, Bristol Co., Mass. Pension granted to commence 4 Sept. 1818. He reappeared in court at Taunton, MA 17 July 1820, age 69, occupation --- ironwright, only family is his wife, age 53. Neither he nor wife able to work to earn living. Ezra Harvey, Pvt., CT line, issued 100 acres, Feb. 1790.

George Harvey, Pvt., PA, issued 100 acres 17 Aug. 1789.

James Harvey, Sgt. NH line, enl. as Pvt. Jan. 1779 for during the War, honorably discharged in June 1783. In July 1820, James Harvey, age 59, resident of Lee, Strafford Co., NH, appeared in court to exhibit schedule of his whole estate and income to prove his eligibility for pension under act of 18 Mar. 1818. He swore to service: "In the fall of the year 1779 I entered in Capt. Daniel Livermores company in the New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Col. Scammel. I was afterward transferred to Capt. Pennimans company and in December 1780 I was transferred to a company of Light Infantry commanded by Capt. Samuel Cherry in the New Hampshire line Regiment commanded by Col. James Reid and continued to serve in said Regiment in the capacity of a Sergeant to the close of the War." His occupation: cordwainer, "but owing to age & feeble eyesight am unable to pursue it"; residing with him: "my wife Sarah aged 53 years who has been sick and feeble for the most of the time for thirty years last past and unable to contribute but partially towards her support--- My daughter Hannah aged 16 years has been very sickly and feeble for three years past--- my daughter Nancy age 12 years, she is healthy." He received a pension to begin Mar. 18, 1819.

On 29 Oct. 1833 he relinquished claim to previous pension and applied for new pension under June 7, 1832 Act; lived Duttow, Penobscot Co., ME. Pension granted to him for 2 yrs. service, to commence 4 Mar. 1834 in Dultow, ME.

On 17 May 1844 widow Sarah Harvey appeared in court in District of Maine, resident of Bradford in Penobscot Co., ME, aged 77 years to make declaration to obtain pension under Act of July 7, 1838: that she was married to James Harvey on 9 Sept. 1786 at Poplin, NH and that James Harvey died 10 Apr. 1844. She provided proof of her marriage via a statement from Nathaniel Smith of Newberry, Essex Co., Mass., who had custody of many marriage certificates of the late Dr. Samuel Sheppard of Brentwood, NH. He had copies of Intents of marriage that were published between James Harvey of Nottingham [NH] and Miss Sarah Judkins and also a certificate of the marriage which occurred 10 Sept 1786.

The administrator of the estate of James Harvey, Geo. B. Moody, made a declaration on 4 Oct. 1851 in order to obtain for heirs of James Harvey, pension that should have been due him from 3 Mar. 1826 to 7 June 1832 under Act of May 15, 1828. Declaration indicated James Harvey served at a Lt. in Regt of Col. Scammel in the NH line, enl. for the term of during the war and served to its close; he was a pensioner under Act of 7 June 1832 & received bounty land, issued 100 acres 25 Apr. 1798, assignee Daniel Gookin. James Harvey died at Bradford, Penobscot Co., ME on 10 Apr. 1843, leaving widow Sarah Harvey who also received pension. She died at Bradford on 8 May 1847. James & Sarah Harvey had the following children: Joseph Harvey, Hiram A. Harvey, Nancy M.(W.?) Vickery, Mehitable Cowan, Hannah Winchell, and Martha Jones, who are the only surviving children.