Cutts, Mary Pepperhill Sparhawk Jarvis. Life and times of Hon. William Jarvis of Weathersfield, Vermont. (Hurd and Houghton, 1869). "William Jarvis was born at State Street, Boston, on February 4, 1770. In Portugal in 1808 he married Mary Pepperrell Sparhawk, niece of his mother. Married May 1817 to Ann Bailey Bartlett. He died October 21, 1859." This biography of William Jarvis was written by his daughter.
"In 1808, he married Mary Pepperell Sparhawk of Boston, a fellow descendant of Sir William Pepperell of Massachusetts. (Jarvis' wife was the niece of his mother, the former Mary Pepperell Sparhawk.) Mary Sparhawk bore him two children before her death in 1811. Six years later, he married Anna Bailey Bartlett, the daughter of Hon. Bailey Bartlett of Haverhill, Massachusetts, a member of the convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution, a Presidential Elector, a High Sheriff of Essex County (to which post he was appointed by John Hancock) as well as State Senator and County Treasurer. William Jarvis and the former Anna Bartlett had ten children."
Cutts, Mary Pepperhill Sparhawk Jarvis. Life and times of Hon. William Jarvis of Weathersfield, Vermont. (Hurd and Houghton, 1869). "William Jarvis was born at State Street, Boston, on February 4, 1770. In Portugal in 1808 he married Mary Pepperrell Sparhawk, niece of his mother. Married May 1817 to Ann Bailey Bartlett. He died October 21, 1859." This biography of William Jarvis was written by his daughter.
"In 1808, he married Mary Pepperell Sparhawk of Boston, a fellow descendant of Sir William Pepperell of Massachusetts. (Jarvis' wife was the niece of his mother, the former Mary Pepperell Sparhawk.) Mary Sparhawk bore him two children before her death in 1811. Six years later, he married Anna Bailey Bartlett, the daughter of Hon. Bailey Bartlett of Haverhill, Massachusetts, a member of the convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution, a Presidential Elector, a High Sheriff of Essex County (to which post he was appointed by John Hancock) as well as State Senator and County Treasurer. William Jarvis and the former Anna Bartlett had ten children."
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"He was consul for Lisbon and acting Charge of affairs of the United States for Portugal from 1802 to 1811. To have served nine years in a difficult situation, under such able and patriotic presidents as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison is alone a sufficient eulogy on his fidelity and capacity. He was the first large importer from Spain and distributor throughout the Union of that useful animal, the Merino sheep, which greatly contributed to lay the foundation of the woolen manufactures of this country. His early life was checkered by the vicissitudes of fortune but by industry, perseverance, intelligence and good faith, he made himself independent, and spent his latter years in tranquil retirement amidst a numerous family; his last aspiration of affection being gratified by laying his bones in peace amidst those whom he loved in life."
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