James Haskell

1808 - 1890  (82 years)

• Name	James Haskell  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	22 Apr 1808	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Sep 1890	Saccarappa, Cumberland, Maine   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I39784	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Josiah Haskell,   b. 18 Jun 1772, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts d. 27 Jun 1828, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Rachel Barber Tarr,   b. 30 Jun 1777, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts d. 15 May 1829, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1795	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F20432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Poole,   b. 2 Mar 1812, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts d. 21 Feb 1885, Saccarappa, Cumberland, Maine (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	4 Jan 1831	Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Children	1. Mary Emily Haskell,   b. 29 May 1833, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts d. 19 Aug 1909, Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine (Age 76 years)   2. Harriet Poole Haskell,   b. 3 Sep 1835, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts d. 16 Sep 1836, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 1 year)   3. Harriet Poole Haskell,   b. 6 Oct 1837, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts d. 19 Jun 1870, Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine (Age 32 years)   4. Edwin Haskell,   b. Abt 1839, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   5. Anne Poole Haskell,   b. 10 Aug 1840, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts d. 2 Oct 1920, Glen Ellyn, Milton, DuPage, Illinois (Age 80 years)   6. Frank Haskell,   b. 30 Mar 1844, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts d. 24 Jul 1896, Standish, Cumberland, Maine (Age 52 years)   7. James Pliny Haskell,   b. 4 Apr 1846, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts d. 3 Apr 1849, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 2 years)   8. James Pliny Haskell,   b. 4 Jun 1848, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts d. 28 Aug 1849, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 1 year)   9. Edwin James Haskell,   b. 28 May 1850, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts d. 6 Nov 1930, Portland, Cumberland, Maine (Age 80 years)   10. ... Haskell,   b. 14 Nov 1852, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  James Haskell was president of the Haskell Silk Company. The Haskell Silk Company: Manufacturers of Silk Dress Goods Acknowledged as "The Standard for the Trade" by Jacqueline Field In November 1882 The American Silk Journal noted that, "The Haskell Silk Company of Saccarappa, Maine, is running 20 looms on black grograin, having discontinued the manufacture of twist a number of months ago." This transition from thread making to weaving signaled a major development. Over the next period of years the change was followed by a series of factory expansions. Output steadily increased. By the turn of the century Haskell fabrics were sold coast to coast and the name Haskell was synonymous with affordable high quality plain staple dress goods--from ranges of solid and changeable taffeta, to messaline and duchesse satin. The Haskell Silk Company story parallels that of the silk industry. Haskell operated from 1874 to 1930. This half-century saw rapid mechanization in the silk industry, the manufacture of immense quantities of silk fabric and, in the final decade, the onset of decline. Where the silk industry was principally concentrated within a radius of New York--in southern New England, New Jersey and Northern Pennsylvania--the Haskell Silk Company was singularly located in Maine. How did this remotely situated small company metamorphose into a major manufacturer of fine staple silks with national name recognition? In a crowded market with silks of various qualities churned out by a profusion of large and small manufacturers what made Haskell silks special? This paper examines the elements that contributed to their development and to the evolution of the Haskell Company--a silk manufacturer as remarkable for its stability and longevity under one family's control as for its superior product. Jacqueline Field is an independent researcher resident in Portland, Maine. Previously, following experience in the textile industry in Britain she joined the faculty at Callendar Park College, Scotland, teaching textile and design courses. After moving to the United States, she continued her teaching career, first at the University of Southern Maine and, later, at Westbrook College where she also curated a costume and textile collection. Her current research is centered on silk in Maine and the American silk industry. Published articles related to silk include, "Silk and Style: Affording American Machine-Made Silks at the Turn of the Twentieth Century" (1999) and "Dyes, Chemistry and Clothing: The Influence of Word War I on Fabrics, Fashions and Silk." (2001) in Dress, the Annual Journal of The Costume Society of America.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43658] Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. [S52159] Ancestor chart of David Cary Haskell, (compiled by Janet Mae Barbour Haskell for the Haskell Family Association). [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S53768] Ancestor chart of Ruth Crossman Pratt, (compiled by Ruth Crossman Pratt for the Haskell Family Association).