William Henry Haskell

1810 - 1899  (89 years)

• Name	William Henry Haskell  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	21 Sep 1810	Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Oct 1899	Merrimac, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I39495	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Humphrey Bray Haskell,   b. Bef 4 Jun 1780, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts d. Jan 1824, West Indies (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Rogers,   b. 25 Mar 1780, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts d. 5 Dec 1868, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1806	Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F20363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary P. Whittier,   b. 30 Mar 1822, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 1897, Merrimac, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Homer Patten Haskell,   b. 5 Mar 1853, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 14 Dec 1856, Taunton, Middlesex, Massachustts (Age 3 years)   2. Horace Whittier Haskell,   b. 5 Mar 1853, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 1929, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 75 years)   3. Emily Rogers Haskell,   b. 5 Sep 1856, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 14 Jan 1857, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   4. Charles Rogers Haskell,   b. 22 Sep 1858, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 22 Nov 1863, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 5 years)   5. Edith Preston Haskell,   b. 14 Jul 1866, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 21 May 1946 (Age 79 years)   6. Edward Thurston Haskell,   b. 14 Jul 1866, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 16 May 1893, Swampscott, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F14793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Clarissa Whittier,   b. 14 Oct 1810, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. 29 Sep 1850, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1833	Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 6]
  Children	1. Harriet L. Haskell   2. Henry S. Haskell,   b. 27 Jul 1834, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 13 Jan 1896, Merrimac, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 61 years)   3. Laura Jane Haskell,   b. 22 Jan 1843, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 1929, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F20391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  William Henry Haskell was born in Newburyport, MA, 21 September 1810, son of Humphrey Bray and Mrs. Elizabeth (Rogers) Fennimore Haskell. He died 8 October 1899 in Merrimac, Essex, Massachusetts. William married first Clarissa Whittier on 18 December 1833 in Amesbury. MA. She was born circa 1810 in Amesbury and died there 24 September 1850. He married second, 4 June 1851, Mary P. Whittier, daughter of Edmund and Anna (Patton) Whittier. Mary was born March 1822 in Amesbury and died 30 August 1897 in Merrimac. William had two children by his first wife and six by his second. Williams early education was in the Newbury public schools. In 1824 at the age of fourteen, he went to West Amesbury where he apprenticed in the trade of silver plating, an important part of the manufacture of carriages. In 1831 he began work as a carriage manufacturer and continued silver plating. In 1850 he entered into a co-partnership with William P. Sargent and William Gunnison under the firm name of Sargent Gunnison Company. The firm had a place in Boston and a store in West Amesbury where William had charge of the sale of carriage fittings. He remained with the firm until 1860 when it was dissolved. He apparently had a talent for finance and he established the First National Bank of Amesbury which was chartered in 1864. He served as the banks first cashier until 1869 when he was chosen president. In 1871 the Merrimac Savings Bank was chartered and Mr. Haskell was its first treasurer, and on the death of the president, he assumed that office. He was connected with the building of the West Amesbury Branch Railroad and owned stock in the company. Haskell was also interested in the division of Amesbury and in the incorporation of the town of Merrimac. He was one of the contributors for the purchase of and presentation to the town of Merrimac the land on which the town hall stands. He was elected chairman of the first Board of Selectmen of the town. He also served on the Board of Selectmen of Amesbury and represented the town in the state Legislature of 1869 as a member of the House of Representatives and as a member of the committee on banks and banking. His name was later proposed as a candidate for senator. In 1847 he received a commission as Justice of the Peace, a post he held for twenty-eight years. At his death in 1899 of mitral heart disease, he was referred to as gentleman. (Adapted from "William Henry Haskell" by Marion S. Anderson, Haskell Journal, Issue 56, 2001, pg 12.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S11404] Ira J. Haskell, Chronicles of the Haskell Family, (Ellis Printing Company, Lynn Mass 1943; Reprint Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston Mass. 1976). [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S42547] RootsWeb.com, Descendants of Thomas Whittier born abt 1620 (Sarah Whitcher Vickery). [S43705] Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. [S27805] LDS - Ancestral File, (Family History Center Files, Church of Latter Day Saints). [S43618] Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850.