"Augustine Heard, Jr. (II) (1827-1905) was born in Ipswich in 1827. He graduated Harvard in 1847 and sailed for China to learn the family business. He was employed in Canton and served as the head of Augustine Heard & Company. He married Jane Leep deConnick in 1858, daughter of a Belgian diplomat to Cuba. He served as a roving agent for Augustine Heard & Co. representing the firm in Europe. After the dissolution of the company he served as the US consul to Korea from 1890-1894. He died in 1905." [1]
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