Members of the Herreshoff () family of
Bristol, Rhode Island
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The population of B ...
, were, among other things, notable
naval architects
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,
naval industrialists, industrial chemists, and automobile designers and manufacturers.
Selected members
Charles Frederick Herreshoff (1809–1888) – on April 15, 1833, in
Boston
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– married Julia Ann Lewis (1811–1901). Charles graduated from
Brown University
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in 1828.
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- Charles Frederick Herreshoff (1880–1954)
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- Algernon Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff (1886–1977), MIT class of 1911, naval architect
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Halsey Chase Herreshoff
Halsey Chase Herreshoff (born 1933) is a naval architect of production and custom yachts, sailor and former president of Herreshoff Marine Museum. At the museum he and Edward duMoulin founded the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1992. Halsey is son o ...
(born 1933)
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Lewis Francis Herreshoff
L. (Lewis) Francis Herreshoff (November 11, 1890 – December 1972), was a boat designer, naval architect, editor, and author of books and magazine articles. Early in his career he worked for the Herreshoff Manufacturing and for naval archite ...
(1890–1972), American boat designer, marine engineer
- Nathanael Greene Herreshoff II
- Nathanael Greene Herreshoff III
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- Louise Chamberlain Herreshoff (1876–1967), artist
- Sarah Lothrop Herreshoff (1889–1958)
- Guido Borgianni (it) (1914–2011), Sarah's son, Italian artist, identified as having been part of the
Macchiaioli
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movement
Family tree; selected members
Other children of C.F. Herreshoff III and Julia Ann Lewis
: ❸ Charles Frederick Herreshoff (1839–1917)
: ❺ Lewis Herreshoff (1844–1926)
: ❻ Sally Brown Herreshoff (1845–1917)
Blindness among siblings
Of the seven sons and two daughters of C.F. Herreshoff and Julia Ann Lewis, four were blind:
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Gallery
File:Nathanael Greene Herreshoff.jpg, Model of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893 and 1920.
Biography
Herr ...
(1848–1938)
File:Nathanael G. Herreshoff.jpg, Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893 and 1920.
Biography
Herr ...
(1848–1938)
File:John Brown Francis Herreshoff.jpg, John Brown Francis Herreshoff(1850–1932)
File:Fred Herreshoff, golfer.jpg, Fred Herreshoff
Frederick Herreshoff (March 7, 1888 – March 23, 1920) was an American amateur golfer of the early 20th century. He was a golfing prodigy: at the age of just 16 he reached the final match of the 1904 U.S. Amateur, finishing runner-up to Chandler ...
(1888–1920)
File:LF_Herreshoff.jpg, Lewis Francis Herreshoff
L. (Lewis) Francis Herreshoff (November 11, 1890 – December 1972), was a boat designer, naval architect, editor, and author of books and magazine articles. Early in his career he worked for the Herreshoff Manufacturing and for naval archite ...
(1890–1972)
File:Parrot (Self-Portrait), c. 1920, Herreshoff.png, Louise Chamberlain Herreshoff(1876–1967)
File:Herreshoff Castle - Marblehead, Massachusetts.JPG, Herreshoff Castle
Herreshoff Castle, formerly known as Castle Brattahlid, is an unusual residence located at 2 Crocker Park, Marblehead, Massachusetts. As of 2006, the owners have offered the carriage house as a bed-and-breakfast. The great room has not been part o ...
, Marblehead, Massachusetts
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File:Herreshoff House, Old Forge NY.png , House of Charles Frederick Herreshoff II (1863–1819), Old Forge, New York
Old Forge is a Administrative divisions of New York#Hamlet, hamlet (and census-designated place) on New York State Route 28 in the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of Webb, New York, Webb in Herkimer County, New York, Herkimer Coun ...
Extended family and distant ancestors
Charles Frederick Herreshoff III (1809–1888), by way of his mother, Sarah Brown (; 1773–1846), was a grandson of
John Brown John Brown most often refers to:
*John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), American who led an anti-slavery raid in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859
John Brown or Johnny Brown may also refer to:
Academia
* John Brown (educator) (1763–1842), Ir ...
(1736–1803), merchant,
enslaver
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A
* Adelicia Acklen (1817–1887), at one time the wealthiest woman in Tennessee, she in ...
, and statesman from
Providence
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* Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion
* Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity
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, who, with his brothers –
Nicholas
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(1729–1791),
Joseph
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(1733–1785), and
Moses
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(1738–1836), an
abolitionist
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– was instrumental in (i) founding
Brown University
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and (ii) moving it to their family's former land in Providence. Julia Ann Lewis (; 1811–1901), by way of her father, Joseph Warren Lewis (1774–1844), was a granddaughter of
Winslow Lewis
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Life and caree ...
(1770–1850) of
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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, a
sea captain
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,
engineer
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, inventor, and
contractor active in the construction of many American lighthouses during the first half of the nineteenth century. Julian Ann Lewis is also a niece of
Isaiah William Penn Lewis (1808–1955) (Winslow Lewis' nephew), who was also a lighthouse designer, builder, and engineer.
By way of his mother, Sarah Brown (; 1773–1846), C.F Herreshoff III was a 4th great-grandson of
Rev. Chad Brown, the
progenitor
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of the Brown family of Rhode Island.
Nowadays, tens of millions of Americans have at least one ancestor who was in Rhode Island around 1600. But, with respect to males descending from Chad Brown, according to
Galton-Watson probability, only a fraction of that number have an unbroken chain of
paternal
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lineage maintaining the Brown surname from his line.
See also
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Herreshoff Marine Museum
The Herreshoff Marine Museumis a maritime museum in Bristol, Rhode Island dedicated to the history of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, yachting, and America's Cup. The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company (1878–1945) was most notable for prod ...
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Herreshoff (automobile)
The Herreshoff was an automobile built in both Detroit, Michigan, and Troy, New York, by the Herreshoff Motor Company from 1909 to 1914. The Herreshoff started as a small car with a 24 hp (18 kW) four-cylinder engine, and was made with ...
Bibliography
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- "Herreshoff, Charles Frederick" (1809–1888)
- "Herreshoff, James Brown" (1834–) (photo)
- "Herreshoff, John Brown" (1841–)
- " Herreshoff, John Brown Francis" (1850–)
- "Herreshoff, Julian Lewis" (1854–)
- " Herreshoff, Nathaniel Greene" (1848–)
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