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Vesey
Vesey is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Agmondisham Vesey (1677-1739) Irish landowner and politician * Agmondesham Vesey (1708-85) Irish politician and amateur architect *Denmark Vesey (c. 1767–1822), American rebel slave * Elizabeth Vesey (1750–1791), English socialite and writer *Gerald Vesey (1832–1915), English clergyman *Ivo Vesey (1876–1975), British Army officer *Jim Vesey (born 1965), American ice hockey player *Jimmy Vesey (born 1993), American ice hockey player * John Vesey (c. 1462–1554), English bishop *William Vesey (1674–1746), American clergyman See also *Sutton Vesey (ward), Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham * Vesey Street (Manhattan) *de Vesci de Vesci (Vescy, Vecey, Vesey, Vasey, Vessey, Veasie, Veazey, Veasy and Veasey) is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Vassy, Calvados, also known as the House of de Vesci. The first records are about Robert de Vesci, N ... and Viscount de Vesci {{surname, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark Vesey
Denmark Vesey (also Telemaque) ( July 2, 1822) was an early 19th century free Black and community leader in Charleston, South Carolina, who was accused and convicted of planning a major slave revolt in 1822. Although the alleged plot was discovered before it could be realized, its potential scale stoked the fears of the antebellum planter class that led to increased restrictions on both slaves and free blacks. Likely born into slavery in St. Thomas, Vesey was enslaved by Captain Joseph Vesey in Bermuda for some time before being brought to Charleston. There, Vesey won a lottery and purchased his freedom around the age of 32. He had a good business and a family, but was unable to buy his first wife Beck and their children out of slavery. Vesey worked as a carpenter and became active in the Second Presbyterian Church. In 1818 he helped found an independent African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregation in the city, today known as Mother Emanuel. The congregation began with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Vesey
James Michael Vesey (born May 26, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey left winger for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils. He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the third round, 66th overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Vesey won the Hobey Baker Award in 2016. Playing career College Vesey played four years with Harvard University in the NCAA. The North Reading, Massachusetts native finished his collegiate career with 144 points (80 goals, 64 assists) in 128 games and was named ECAC Player of the Year after the 2014–15 season. In his junior year, Vesey's outstanding play was rewarded with a top-ten nomination for the Hobey Baker Award. On April 2, 2015, Vesey was named to the Hobey Hat Trick, the 3 finalists for the award, along with University of North Dakota's Zane McIntyre and Boston University's Jack Eichel, with Eichel goi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount De Vesci
Viscount de Vesci, of Abbeyleix in the Queen's County, now called County Laois (pronounced "leash"), is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for Thomas Vesey, 2nd Baron Knapton and 3rd Baronet. The title Baron Knapton was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1750 for the first Viscount's father, John Vesey, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Newtownards in the Irish House of Commons. The baronetcy, of Abbeyleix in the Queen's County, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 28 September 1698 for the first Baron's father, Reverend Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet, Thomas Vesey, Bishop of Killaloe (1713–1714) and Bishop of Ossory (1714–1730). The first Viscount's son, the second Viscount, was a Member of the Irish House of Commons for Maryborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Maryborough. He sat in the House of Lords as an Irish representative peer from 1839 to 1855, and served as Lord Lieutenant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Vesey
John Vesey or Veysey ( – 23 October 1554) was Bishop of Exeter from 1519 until his death in 1554, having been briefly deposed 1551–3 by King Edward VI for his opposition to the Reformation. Origins He was born (as "John Harman"), probably in about 1462, the son of William Harman, Esquire, of Moor Hall in the manor of Sutton Coldfield in Warwickshire, a minor member of the county gentry, who bore arms of: ''Argent, on a cross sable a buck's head cabossed couped between four doves of the field''. He is believed to have adopted the surname "Vesey" in lieu of his patronymic after his tutor of that name. His mother was Joan Squier, daughter and heiress of Henry Squier of Handsworth in Staffordshire. Career He received his education at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained a doctorate in canon and civil law. After ordination he was appointed Rector of St Mary's Church, Chester. In 1527 he founded a grammar school for boys in Sutton Coldfield, which survives today as Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Vesey
Elizabeth Vesey (1715 in Ossory, Ireland – 1791 in Chelsea, London) was a wealthy Irish intellectual who is credited with fostering the Bluestockings, a society which hosted informal literary and political discussions of which she was an important member. Life Her girlish figure and flirtatious wit earned her the nickname of ''Sylph''. She was daughter of Sir Thomas Vesey, Bishop of Ossory, and his wife, Mary. The Veseys were an important Anglo-Irish family. Her first marriage, sometime before December 1731, was to William Hancock, member for the borough of Fore in the Irish Parliament, who died in 1741.Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg, 'Vesey, Elizabeth (''c.''1715–1791)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200Access document – Membership or UK library card required.CitationDate 22 May 2009. In 1746 she married again to Agmondesham Vesey of Lucan, a wealthy cousin and a Member of the Irish Parliament for Harristown, County Kildare, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Vesey
Rev. William Vesey (August 10, 1674 – July 11, 1746) was the first rector of Trinity Church in Manhattan. Early life and family Vesey was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1674 , the son of William and Mary (Saunders) Vesey. The Vesey/Veazie family was established in Braintree about 1643. Though Vesey's immediate family outwardly conformed to the established Congregational church (where William was baptized), they were of a small group that held with the Church of England. At that early date, there was no church building, and no minister, and a small group of Anglicans held quiet services at his father's house. Nonetheless, his father was firm in declaring himself as a member of the Church of England. Vesey (the father) was elected to represent Braintree to the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1702, but was expelled following a conviction for plowing on a day of thanksgiving set aside (by Puritans) for the escape of King William from assassination. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesey Street (Manhattan)
Vesey Street ( ) is a street in New York City that runs east-west in Lower Manhattan. The street is named after Rev. William Vesey (1674-1746), the first rector of nearby Trinity Church. History The intersection of Vesey and West Streets was the site of the Washington Market, the city's main produce market. Established in 1812, its location near the docks facilitated the movement of goods. Prior to the construction of the World Trade Center it ran as a continuous street from Broadway to the Hudson River. As of 2013, it is still a continuous street, but it has four discontinuous segments with mixed uses: *From Broadway to Church Street for motor vehicles and pedestrians. *From Church Street to West Street for authorized motor vehicles and pedestrians. This portion was widened during construction of the World Trade Center, and separates WTC on the street's south side from the Verizon Building on the street's north side. *In Battery Park City, from West Street to North End Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Vesey
General Sir Ivo Lucius Beresford Vesey (11 August 1876 – 19 February 1975) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff in India from 1937 to 1939. Military career Born the second son of Major General George Henry Vesey and educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, Vesey was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Queen's Royal Regiment on 20 February 1897. He was promoted to lieutenant on 20 October 1898. He served in the Second Boer War of 1899–1902, where he was wounded in the Battle of Colenso on 15 December 1899, and later served in the Natal from March to June 1900, including action at Laing's Nek in June. While in South Africa, he was acting adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of his regiment from 15 May to 29 November 1900. After peace was declared in May 1902, Vesey left South Africa on board the SS ''Bavarian'' and arrived in the United Kingdom the following month. Vesey later served in the First World War and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agmondisham Vesey (1708–1785)
Agmondesham Vesey, esquire, (1708 – 3 June 1785) was an Irish politician and the second husband of Elizabeth Vesey, one of the founders of the Blue Stockings Society. He was the son of Agmondisham Vesey (1677–1739) and a grandson of John Vesey (archbishop of Tuam). He was Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Harristown, County Kildare, and Kinsale, County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns a ..., who held the appointment of accountant-general of Ireland, probably from 1767. Either during or before 1746 he married his cousin Elizabeth Vesey, daughter of Thomas Vesey, bishop of Ossory. The couple had no children together, and Agmondesham was continuously unfaithful to Elizabeth, although she maintained the façade of a happy marriage. Elizabeth nursed her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutton Vesey (ward)
Sutton Vesey is one of the 69 electoral wards in Birmingham, England. Sutton Vesey is one of the four wards that make up the Parliamentary Constituency and council constituency of Sutton Coldfield. The ward lies to the south of Sutton Coldfield town centre and Sutton Park and includes the neighbourhoods of Boldmere, Banners Gate and parts of New Oscott and Wylde Green. It covers an area of . The area is served bBoldmere Library Population According to the 2001 Population Census there were 22,879 people living in 9,391 households in Sutton Vesey. 6.5% (1,483) of the ward's population consists of ethnic minorities compared with 29.6% for Birmingham in general. The population at the 2011 Census had increased to 23,360 in 9,635 households at the 2011 Census. Politics The two councillors presently representing Sutton Vesey on Birmingham City Council are Rob Pocock (Local Campaigner and Labour Party) and Kath Scott (Labour). Sutton Vesey has adopted a Ward Support Officer. Furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agmondisham Vesey (died 1739)
Agmondisham Vesey (21 January 1677 – 24 March 1739) was an Irish landowner. Biography He was the son of John Vesey by his second wife Anne, daughter of Colonel Agmondisham Muschamp. He was first elected to Parliament for Tuam in 1703 on the nomination of his father, the Archbishop of Tuam, and would continue to represent the seat until his death. He married firstly, Charlotte, daughter of William Sarsfield and Mary Crofts, and an alleged grand-daughter of Charles II and Lucy Walter. They had two daughters: Anne, who married Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet, and Henrietta, who married Caesar Colclough. Vesey's second wife was Jane, daughter of Captain Edward Pottinger and widow of John Reynolds and of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet. By her he had further issue, including Agmondisham, also an MP; Letitia, who married Charles Meredyth, Dean of Ardfert; and Catherine, who married Anthony Jephson. Vesey had residences at Molesworth Street, Dublin; Hollymount, County Mayo; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Vesey
James Edward Vesey, Sr. (born October 29, 1965) is an American former ice hockey player, who currently works as a scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 15 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins between 1988 and 1991. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1988 to 1995, was spent in the minor leagues. His son, Jimmy, is currently playing in the NHL with the New York Rangers. Biography Vesey was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in the Charlestown neighborhood. As a youth, he played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Boston. Drafted 155th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, he went to play eleven games for the Blues, scoring a goal and two assists. He signed with the Boston Bruins in 1991 and played four games for them, scoring no points. His elder son, Jimmy Vesey, is an NHL player and was selected 66th overall by the Nashville Predator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
