…to her and therefore chose not to include them at the present time. Hopefully, more will be discovered regarding the lives of Jemima Faucett Iles Gurley and her children. If you know or find anything, feel free to contact me or comment below. Endnotes [1] Caribbeana 2:269. [2] Caribbeana 2:268….
…Heyliger and Nicholas Cruger, which supposedly had been prevented by the arrival of Mr. Turnbull. The Privy Council’s order instructed Regimental Quartermaster and Sheriff Peder Bruun Willumsen to immediately “arrest” the offenders and their possessions. One Jacob Ørsland, on behalf of Willumsen, accompanied by witnesses, went to the house of…
…time at this event. The author will be signing copies. For more details, reservations (RSVP required), and to pre-order your copy of Discovering Hamilton, please visit CelebrateHamilton.com. Date: July 10, 2019. Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Abigail Adams Smith Ballroom, 417 E 61st Street, NYC RSVP required! To RSVP, visit CelebrateHamilton.com….
…Company’s Quarter. It will be recalled that James Lytton’s wife was Ann Faucett, either the daughter or step-daughter of Mary Faucett. The matrikels for 1746 to 1749 all show Mary Faucett living in Company’s Quarter, but they fail to provide a more precise location. One assumes that Mary Faucett continued…
Last week we introduced Alexander Hamilton’s long-lost aunt, Jemima Faucett. When we last saw her, Jemima’s husband William Iles had died and she was living on Nevis “in very deplorable circumstances” with “four helpless children to provide for” and debts she was unable to pay. The Marriage of Jemima Faucett…
…St. Croix’s records, a James Hendrie appears again in the island’s files. The earliest of these records bears a date of January 1769. Whether this was the same James Hendrie or a different one is not known with certainty. The records that have been discovered provide no link between this…
…the same “terms he had proposed at Princeton.”[17] Thus, the £172 sterling Ann Lytton Venton had given Hamilton in 1773 probably was sufficient to cover any remaining expenses from his year in grammar school plus the cost of four years in college, and she surely offered to provide him with…
…Society in collaboration with the Museum of American Finance, the Hamilton Partnership for Paterson, Revolutionary NYC, the Saint Andrew’s Society for the State of New York, First Families of New York, the Lexington Historical Society, StatutesandStories.com, and the Morris-Jumel Mansion as part of Happy Birthday Hamilton! 2022. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkf-GqqTgtH9E66HY-6OPYbFk5JVSnik5d…
…president of the New York Manumission Society. New research regarding the 1790 U.S. Census and Alexander Hamilton. New section about the “the black man of” Alexander Hamilton, who died in the yellow-fever epidemic of 1798. https://discoveringhamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Opening-a-Door-to-Their-Emancipation-Alexander-Hamilton-and-Slavery-3.0.pdf The original essay (version 1.0) is still available here. Version 2.0 is available here….
…on Alexander Hamilton as president of the New York Manumission Society. New research regarding the 1790 U.S. Census and Alexander Hamilton. New section about the “the black man of” Alexander Hamilton, who died in the yellow-fever epidemic of 1798. https://discoveringhamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Opening-a-Door-to-Their-Emancipation-Alexander-Hamilton-and-Slavery-3.0.pdf The original essay (version 1.0) is still available here. Version…