Untitled - citizen hylbom blog

912 SOUTHEASTEEN MASSACHUSETTS
descends from two brothers, William and
Thomas Harvey, from the fact that they intermarried
in the second generation. Both were
stable in 1678, surveyor of highways in 1681 ;
and he and Thomas Harvey, Jr., were admitted
freemen in 1689. He married Elizabeth Andrews.
William Harvey married April 2, 1639, Joan
Hucker, of Cohannet, and had issue : Thomas,
born in 1642 ; Jonathan ; Joseph, bom in 1645 ;
Experience, born in 1644, who married Thomas
Harvey, of Taunton; and Elizabeth.
From Thomas and Experience Harvey the
descent of E. Williams Hervey, of New Bedford,
is through William Hervey (or Harvey)
of Berkley, Mass., James, James (2), James
(3) and Eliphalet Williams Hervey.
William Harvey was born Dec. 20, 167— ,
and his death occurred Jan. 7, 1745. His
wife's name was Hopestill.
James Hervey, their son, was born June 13,
1701, lived in the town of Berkley, Mass.,
where in the family plot in the cemetery near
prominent citizens of Cohannet, which included
Taunton, Berkley and Raynham; and were
distinguished by high public positions in the
early history of Plymouth Colony. William
Harvey was proposed to take up his freedom in
1653; was admitted a freeman at court in
1656; was a member of the grand inquest in
1655-60; constable in 1661; surveyor of highways
in 1662; was appointed to collect the excise
in 1661; was deputy or representative to
the General Court for fourteen years from
1664; was selectman for twenty years, to 1667;
was appointed to look after the minister's rate
in 1670; appointed to be the "to'wne Counsell
of war" in 1675. A mortgage of land made
over by Philip, the Sachem, to Constant Southworth
was made over to William Harvey and
John Richmond in 1672 and thus described:
"Four miles square down Taunton river and
next unto Taunton bounds."' Among the first
and ancient purchases of the town was eight
shares by William Harvey; also among the
purchasers of the addition to the town in 1668
called the North Purchase, which included
what is now Norton, Mansfield and Easton,
were William Harvey and Thomas Harvey, the
elder, and Thomas Harvey, Jr. Assonet Neck
obtained from the Indians was divided among
six freemen, including William Harvey. Another
purchase made in 16T2, by William Harvey
and four others, afterward constituted the
town of Dighton. This deed was signed by
King Philip or Metacomet.
Thomas Harvey, brother of William, appeared
on the list of those "able to bear arms,"
those from sixteen to sixty years of age, in
1643. He was sergeant at arms in 1673, con-
Berkley Common he lies buried, the inscription
on his tombstone proclaiming that he died Dec.
28, 1795, in the ninety- fifth year of his age.
He married Rebecca.
James Hervey (2), son of James and Rebecca,
was born Jan. 23, 1726, and married
Aug. 29, 1758, Rachel Phillips. She later
married a Mr. Dean.
James Hervey (3), born Aug. 21, 1767, married
Lucinda Paull, both being of the town
of Berkley, Mass. Mr. Hervey was an enterprising
farmer and also engaged in shipbuilding
at the Weir or Taunton river, where he
built sailing vessels, furnishing the materials
and contracting for the labor. These vessels
were freighted with lumber and both vessels
and cargoes disposed of in Bristol and other
Rhode Island ports.
Dr. Eliphalet Williams Hervey, of Berkley,
born April 28, 1800, married Dorcas Fearing,
of Wareham. He received his medical degree
from Brown University in 1826, and practiced
medicine successfully in Wareham and neighboring
towns for a number of years. In 1827
he was commissioned surgeon of the 5th Regiment
of Infantry in the 1st Brigade, 5th Division
of Militia, by Gov. Levi Lincoln.
Eliphalet Williams Heevey, son of
Eliphalet W. and Dorcas (Fearing) Hervey,
was born July 27, 1834, in the town of Berkley,
Bristol Co., Mass. Having lost his father
when four years of age he went to New Bedford
and became a member of the family of
Ebenezer Hervey, a younger brother of his
father and for thirty years a grammar master
in the New Bedford public schools. Eliphalet
W. was graduated from the New Bedford high
school with the class of 1849. After a clerkship
of two years in the Marine Bank he became
teller of the Mechanics' Bank, and in
1857 was elected cashier, holding that responsible
position for twenty-five years. Upon his
resignation he was elected a member of the
board of directors and still serves as such, his
official connection with this bank covering a
period of more than fifty years.
In the year 1860 Mr. Hervey published a
"Catalogue of the Plants found in New Bedford
and Vicinity, arranged according to the
season of their flowering." This was a novel
arrangement for a flora, but it proved to be
a very acceptable one to persons interested in
botany. In 1891 a revision and enlargement of
the catalogue appeared, entitled "Flora of New
Bedford and Shores of Buzzard's Bay, with a
Precession of the Flowers." He has written