William Jarvis (1770 - 1859)

Born 4 Feb 1770 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Pepperell (Sparhawk) Jarvis — married 1808 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1859 at age 89 in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States

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Biography

In 1808, he married Mary Pepperell Sparhawk of Boston, a fellow descendant of Sir William Pepperell of Massachusetts. (Jarvis' wife was the niece of his step-mother, Mary Pepperell (Sparhawk) Jarvis (abt.1754-abt.1815) so confusing, his first wife has the same full name as his stepmother) Mary Sparhawk bore him two children before her death in 1811.

Six years later, he married Anna Bailey Bartlett, the daughter of Hon. Bailey Bartlett of Haverhill, Massachusetts, a member of the convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution, a Presidential Elector, a High Sheriff of Essex County (to which post he was appointed by John Hancock) as well as State Senator and County Treasurer. William Jarvis and the former Anna Bartlett had ten children.

"He was consul for Lisbon and acting Charge of affairs of the United States for Portugal from 1802 to 1811. To have served nine years in a difficult situation, under such able and patriotic presidents as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison is alone a sufficient eulogy on his fidelity and capacity. He was the first large importer from Spain and distributor throughout the Union of that useful animal, the Merino sheep, which greatly contributed to lay the foundation of the woolen manufactures of this country. His early life was checkered by the vicissitudes of fortune but by industry, perseverance, intelligence and good faith, he made himself independent, and spent his latter years in tranquil retirement amidst a numerous family; his last aspiration of affection being gratified by laying his bones in peace amidst those whom he loved in life."(from findagrave, assuming from Wikipedia)

Sources

• The Essex Antiquarian (Salem, Massachusetts:, serial, 1897-1909).
• Bartlett Family of Newbury, Massachusetts, run as a serial in the Kinship Kronicle, a periodical published by Rockingham County Chapter of New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, Exeter, New Hampshire. Extracted from a work by Sadie Embree. "Bartlett Family of Newbury, Massachusetts" [Exeter, NH: Rockingham County Chapter of New Hampshire Society of Genealogists; 1994].
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 20
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jarvis_(merchant)
• Jarvis fam. By Geo. Atwater Jarvis. Hartford, 1879. (347p.):2083, 208, Volume 90, page 258 - 259. - lawyer, mem. legis.Ms, speaker house, state treas.
• Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
• The Jarvis Family : or, The Descendants of the first settlers of the name in Massachusetts, page 206.
• Materials for a Genealogy of the Sparhawk Family in New England, page 34.
• "William Jarvis (February 2, 1770 — January 21, 1859), American agriculturist, consul, Diplomat, Financier, merchant, philanthropist." Prabook https://prabook.com/web/william.jarvis/1056566. Accessed 18 Apr. 2023.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44869649/william-jarvis: accessed 18 April 2023), memorial page for William Jarvis (4 Feb 1770–21 Oct 1859), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44869649, citing Weathersfield Bow Cemetery, Weathersfield Bow, Windsor County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).