Sidney EVERETT (1868-1901)
1 Sidney Brooks EVERETT1,2 (1868-1901) [11854]. Born 3 Nov 1868, Boston, MA.1 Died 4 Feb 1901, Guatemala City, Guatemala.1,2
From the Boston Journal.
May 12, 1897 - "Washington, May 11 - The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: . . .
SIDNEY B. EVERETT, Massachusetts, Consul to Batavia, Java, to succeed B.S. Rairden of Maine. Salary $1000, fees about $900.
Sidney B. Everett who has been nominated for Consul at Batavia, Java, is a grandson of Edward Everett and his republicanism is as intense as the Democracy of his uncle, Prof. William Everett. He was fortunate in applying for a consulate, for which there was no other applicant, says the Journals Washington correspondent, but which he is very glad to accept on account of his familiarity with the place and its customs."
From the San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA).
February 5, 1901 - "Special to the Evening News.
Washington, Feb. 5, A cablegram from United States Minister Hunter at Guatemala City states that Sidney Everett, secretary in charge of the United States legation there, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself in the mouth.
Mr. Everett was appointed from Massachusetts, being a son of a chief of the diplomatic bureau of the State Department. He was appointed to the consular service as Consul at Batavia in 1897, and was appointed to the service at Guatemala June 19th last. His parent live in Washington.
Everett had been ill for a long time and it is said that the act was committed while he was insane.".
2 Henry Sidney EVERETT1,3 (1834-1898) [11772]. Born 31 Dec 1834.1 Marr Katharine FAY 26 Jun 1866, Boston, MA.4 Died 4 Oct 1898, Bournemouth, England.1,5
This short bio of Henry Sidney Everett is from The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1899. This reports that he was born in Charleston, MA. Contrary to the previous source, this says he died in Brighton, England rather than Bournemouth.
"EVERETT, Henry Sidney, engineer and diplomat, was born in Charlestown, Mass., Dec 32, 1834, second son of Edward and Charlotte Gray (Brooks) Everett. He was graduated A.B. at Harvard College in 1855 and A.M. in 1862; studied engineering at the Lawrence Scientific School, and in Paris; was for a short time, in 1865, on the staff of Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton. In 1877 he was appointed secretary of the U.S. legion to Prussia, but resigned in 1884, having four times acted as charge d'affaires during vacancies in the legation. He was chief of the diplomatic bureau in the department of state (1885-89), and was also actively interested in the charitable organizations of the city of Washington, D.C. He died at Brighton, England, Oct 4, 1898.".
3 Katharine FAY1,3,4 (1837-1913) [11771]. Born 10 Jun 1837, Boston, MA.1,4 Died 22 Apr 1913.1,5
6 Richard Sullivan FAY1,6 (1806-1865) [9918]. Born 15 Jun 1806, Cambridge, MA.1,6,7 Marr Catharine Saunders PICKMAN 30 May 1832.7 Died 8 Jul 1865, Liverpool, England.1,7,8
From The Fay Genealogy by Orlin P. Fay, 1898.
"RICHARD SULLIVAN FAY - He graduated at Harvard College 1825, was a merchant of Boston and resided here. He had a beautiful summer residence in Lynn, Mass., and was much interested in forestry and landscape gardening. A few items are given from Newhall's History of Lynn concerning his residence there. "In 1847 he purchased the estate (and many acres of adjoining territory) on which was the mineral spring, popularly called the "Red Spring," its waters having a reddish hue. About the century 1600, Dr. John Casper Ritcher Van Crowningshield, the ancestor of the Crowingshiields of Salem, purchased the adjacent lands and settled on them, the celebrated Cotton Mather among others visited him and partook of the waters of the spring, and in one of his elaborate works extols their virtues. The situation is delightful. The little lake which has received the pretty name, "Lynnmore" nestles so cosily and smiles so brightly between thickly wooded hills, that it might be imagined there had been a compact that it should be shielded from the wild winds that should agitate its bosom in return for refreshing exhalations it might send up to renovate the drooping foliage. Upon the western bank which rises gracefully to a considerable height was erected in 1810, the edifice long known as Lynn Mineral Spring Hotel. It was a favorite summer resort and no inland retreat could be more charming. There was fishing in the "Pond," fowling in the woods, and beautiful drives in all directions.
In 1847 Mr. Fay purchased the estate and improved it greatly by planting a great many varieties of rare and beautiful trees, many of them are foreign. England and France are re[presented, the Black Forest of Germany, even Russia and Liberia. There is a pleasing variety of grove and lawn, pasture and arable ground, woodland and meadow, and altogether the landscape is one of uncommon freshness and vigor. In traversing the grounds one is forcibly reminded of feudal days and baronial domains, and if the ivied walls of an ancient castle could be discerned peering from some rocky crest across the lake the illusion might be complete. This beautiful estate is still in possession of the Fays which they continue to improve and beautify. The family leave their city home early in the season to enjoy the loveliness of their beautiful estate, where they remain until late in the autumn. Mr. Fay died in Liverpool, England in 1865, aged 59 years. Mrs Fay was living in 1886."
From the Liberator (Boston, MA).
July 26, 1865 - "Death of Hon. R.S. Fay. Hon Richard S. Fay died at Liverpool on the day of departure of the steamer Africa, which has arrived here last week. It is reported that he was on his way to the steamer, and dropped dead in the street. The deceased was about 60 years old, and a graduate of Harvard College.".
12 Samuel Phillips Prescott FAY6,9,10,11,12 (1778-1856) [4360]. Born 10 Jan 1778, Concord, MA.6,9,10,11 Marr Harriet HOWARD 1801.6 Died 18 May 1856, Cambridge, MA.6,11,13
From the History of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1890.
"Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay, son of Jonathan Fay, of Concord, was born in that own January 10, 1778, and graduated at Harvard in 1803, in the class with John Farrar, James Savage and Samuel Willard. He was admitted to the Middlesex bar in 1803 and first settled at Cambridgeport. He was a councilor in 1818-19, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1820, and an overseer of Harvard College from 1825 to 1852. On the 12th of May, 1821, he was appointed judge of Probate and afterwards lived in old Cambridge until his death, May 18, 1856."
From the Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA).
May 20, 1856 - "DEATH OF JUDGE FAY. The venerable Hon. Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay, of Cambridge, died in that city on Sunday last. The deceased was Judge of Probate for Middlesex County for a long term of years, and was a man universally respected and esteemed. He was the disciple of Dr. William E. Channing, Judge Story, Rev. Dr. Tuckerman, and other noted men, having graduated at Harvard in 1798. His age was 78.".
13 Harriet HOWARD6,9,12 (1782-1847) [4361]. Born 1782.9 Died 28 Jul 1847, Cambridge, MA.14
7 Catharine Saunders PICKMAN1,7 (1810-1901) [11765]. Born 9 Jul 1810.1,3 Died 26 Nov 1901, Boston, MA.1,3 Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Lyon, MA.
Sources
| 1 | "The Diary and Letters of Benjamin Pickman (1740-1819) of Salem, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow, 1928". |
| 2 | "Obituary of Sidney Everett in the San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA), February 5, 1901". |
| 3 | "Obituary of Catharine Saunders Fay in the Boston Journal, November 29, 1901". |
| 4 | "Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charleston, Massachusetts by Charles Collyer Whittier, 1907 ". |
| 5 | "Genealogy of the Stimpson Family of Charleston, Massachusetts by Charles Collyer Whittier, 1907". |
| 6 | "Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants by Orlin P. Fay, 1898". |
| 7 | "The Fay Genealogy by Orlin P. Fay, 1898". |
| 8 | "Death notice of Richard S. Fay in the Albany Evening Journal (Albany , NY), July 25, 1865". |
| 9 | "Information provided by Jeffery H. Lloyd". |
| 10 | "History of the Town of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835". |
| 11 | "History of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1890". |
| 12 | "Ancestors of George W. Bush *1946 (explanations) by William Addams Reitwiesner". |
| 13 | "Obituary of Judge Fay in the Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, MA), May 20, 1856". |
| 14 | "Death notice of Mrs. Harriet Fay in the Daily Atlas (Boston, MA), August 5, 1847". |
