Hervey, Everett Pray

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• Residence: New York, New York, USA
• Residence: 1891, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1900, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; StreetAddress: West 81st St; Age: 28; Occupation: Lawyer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0477; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Lodger
• Residence: 1910, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, USA; Age: 38; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head/Ward 3

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Tenty-fifth Anniversary Report, 1894-1919, by Harvard University Class of 1894, Harvard College, page 209

* EVERETT PRAY HERVEY

Born at Boston, Mass., June 2, 1871. Son of William Henry and Ellen Allison (Pray) Hervey. Prepared at Boston Latin School, Boston, Mass.

In College, 1890-94. Degrees: A.b. 1894; Ll.b. 1897.

Marr1ed to Alice Galbreath Hastings at New York, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1901. Ch1ldren: John Pray, born Jan. 17, 1905; Margaret Hastings, born Dec. 8, 1909.

D1ed at Montclair, N. J., Jan. 4, 1918.

AFTER several years of brave struggle against recurrent ill-health, Everett Hervey was taken from this life on January 4, 1918. His end came quite suddenly while he was on a visit to Arizona. He had gone there but a few days before to attend to matters of business affecting a copper-mining corporation for which he was legal adviser.

In his passing, the Class of '94 has lost one of its most individual and interesting men. For, without being in the least erratic, and still less a poseur (a type that he thoroughly detested), he was never of the kind that follows the crowd in opinions or in conduct. He thought things out for himself. An example of this quality was his peculiar style of language; a use of words striking, original, sometimes bordering on the grotesque, but always vivid and trenchant. Had he been in political life he would undoubtedly have become famous as a phrase-maker. He could dispose of anything or anybody antagonistic or distasteful to him, from a yellow cur to an ex-president, with an epithet at once humorous and apposite.

But the key-note of "Ev." Hervey's make-up was undoubtedly concentration; the kind of concentration that includes persistence. Whatever he did, he did wholly, with all his force. Even in little things this was apparent. Those who knew him in his earlier years at college will remember how he would play billiards; - a whole day at a time, scarcely stopping for a cup of coffee and a sandwich at Foster's by way of lunch or supper. So also when he forsook the paths of sport for more serious work; a "grind" with him became an undertaking of almost heroic proporH 1894 -14

tions. It was this quality, coupled with mental powers of the first order, that carried him forward so far in his profession; and although the law was not his original choice (his grandfather having urged him into it against his own predilection for the study of medicine), it is undoubtedly true that he was admirably adapted in every way but a physical one to the career he followed.

Temperamentally he was reserved, made friends slowly, and liked the old ones best; but, as is so often the case with men similarly disposed, his friendship, once obtained, was firm and unchanging. In this, as in other things, his dominant characteristics were intensity and persistence.

He aimed straight; he struck hard; he endured long. But his force had nothing of the cold and repellent quality that some types of clever men exhibit. Although reserved toward the world at large, his sympathies were keen; his heart was kind; he was very human in his affections.

We who knew him well will miss him much; while the Class of '94 has lost one of its number who has done it much honor by his fine performance. For his was a large success, accomplished in a difficult field, without favor from above, by sheer ability and character.

Hervey was married in New York City in January, 1901, to Alice Galbreath Hastings; this was some two or three years after he had begun the practice of his profession there. The same year he went to live at Montclair, N. J., which remained his place of residence until his death. Mrs. Hervey, with their two children, John Prey, a boy of fourteen, and Margaret Hastings, a girl of nine, still resides there.

At the beginning of his career in New York, Hervey was associated with the law firm of Underwood and Van Vorst. Later he joined the firm of Forbes and Haviland, which gradually evolved through the death and retirement of the older partners into Hervey and Barber, and later into the present firm of Hervey, Barber and McKee.

Birth:
Age: 0

Everett married Hastings, Alice Galbreath on 10 Jan 1901 in New York, New York. Alice was born in 1874 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hervey, John Pray was born on 17 Jan 1905 in New Jersey, USA; died in May 1982 in Woods Hole, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Hervey, Margaret Hastings was born on 8 Dec 1909 in New Jersey, USA.

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• Residence: 1850, Boston, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1860, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; Age: 14; AttendedSchool: Yes/Boston Ward 5

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Died:
Age: 73

William married Pray, Ellen Allison on 15 Feb 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts. Ellen was born on 6 Nov 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Nice

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• Residence: 1860, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; Age: 41; Occupation: Provisions; PersonalEstateValue: 3000/Boston Ward 5

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Died:
Age: 64

Henry married Moore, Nancy T on 13 Oct 1842 in Barre, Worchester, Massachusetts. Nancy (daughter of Moore, Artemas and Thompson, Elizabeth) was born on 23 Mar 1821 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Feb 1910 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1855, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1860, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; Age: 38/Boston Ward 5

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Index to the probate records of the County of Worcester, Massachusette
from July 12, 1731 to July 1, 1881. Series A, Volume 1, page 673.
TYPE:Administration

Byram Harvey buried, Worcester County, MA Following from Plymouth County, MA
Source: records by Roger Hervey, Sept,1988

1803 Purchased property from David; Bridgeport, Book 96, pages 172-173
1810 Purchased property from Nathan; Bridgport, Book 112, page 217
Source:Harvey, Byrum MA , Plymouth Co. , Census of 1810, South Parish pg 075
Source:Harvey, Byran MA Worcester Co. , 1830 Federal Census,New Braintree pg 550
Source:Byram does not appear in the 1840 census.
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ACTS AND LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.; BOSTON: Printed By YOUNG & MINNS, Printers To The Honorable The General Court Of The Commonwealth.;1898. page 791

1803. -Chapter 155
.AN ACT TO INCORPORATE A NUMBER OF THE INHABITANTS
OF BRIDGWATER, IN THE COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, AND
OF EASTON IN THE COUNTY OF BRISTOL, INTO A DISTINCT
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY, BY THE NAME OF THE FIRST BAPTIST
SOCIETY IN BRIDGWATER.

Sect. 1st. Be it enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, that Daniel Lothrop, George How- Perrons incorard, James Perkins, Jesse Howard, Nehemiah Howard, p Daniel Snow, Barnabas Dunbar, Zephaniah Lothrop, James Howard jr., Josiah Lothrop jr., Mark Lothrop, Benjamin Alger, Jonathan Lothrop, Israel Alger, Joseph Alger, Calvin Howard, Barnabas Howard, Nehemiah Howard, Isaac Hartwell, Willis Alger, Nathan Alger, Alpheus Leach, Nathan Alger 2d., Jesse Howard jr., Lloyd Howard, Ebenezer Alger, Cyrus Snow, Nathan Harvey, Oliver Harvey, Daniel Alger, Job Randall, Wm. Basset, Byram Harvey, Rufus Perkins, Thomas Leach, Barnum Hill, Silas Andrews, Nathaniel Ames, and Ephraim Willis members of a religious Society, together with their polls & Estates, be and they are hereby incor- corporate porated, by the name of The First Baptist Society in name Bridgwater, with all the powers, priviledges, and immunities to which Parishes are entitled, by the Constitution and Laws of this Commonwealth.180 3. -Chapter 155.

Byram married Keith, Parnell on 4 Dec 1800 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Parnell (daughter of Keith, Calvin and Alger, Martha) was born on 27 Jun 1782 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Sep 1850 in New Braintree, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in New Braintree, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: New Braintree
• Residence: 1850, New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Index to the probate records of the County of Worcester, Massachusetts
from July 12, 1731 to July 1, 1881. Series A, Volume 1, page 673.
TYPE:Will

Page 340-342

Parnel Hervey

In the name of God Amen. I Parnel Hervey of New Braintree in the County of Worcester, widow, being of sound disposing mind and memory and realizing the uncertainty of life and the propriety of having my worldly affairs settled do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament. Principally and first of all I commend my soul to God who gave it, hoping for Mercy through the merits[?] of my Redeemer. My body I commend to the Earth to receive a decent Christian burial and I dispose of the property with which God has blessed me in this life in the following manner to wit;

In the first place I give and bequeath to my Daughters Martha Howland, Sally Tallman and Parnel Wetherell all my household furniture and clothing to be equally divided between them.

Secondly, I give and bequeath to my Daughters Martha Howland and Parnel Wetherell one hundred dollars to each of them; and if my daughter Sally Tallman shall not be living at the time of my demise, her share of the farmhouse as above named, as to be equally divided between my two other daughters above named.

Thirdly, I give and bequeath to my sons Charles M. Hervey, James K. Hervey, Calvin Hervey, Willard Hervey, Henry Hervey and Byram H. Hervey all the residue of my property both real and personal wherever it may be found to be equally divided between them after the above. L_____ my debts and incidental expenses are paid and a suitable piece of grave stone erected at my grave.

Finally, I hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Mixter(?) Esquire of New Braintree, Executor of my last will and testament; hereby revoking all other and former wills by me made.

In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- six(?)

Parnel Hervey [seal]

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Parnel Hervey to be the last will and testament in presence of us who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other hereunto fix our names as witnesses.

Elijah C. Thrasher
Clarissa H. Mixter
Harriet Greene

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester Co. At a Court of Probate holden at Barre on the eighteenth day of October A.D. 1850.
The instrument here to annexed(?) having been presented for probate as the last will and testament of Parnel Hervey late of New Braintree in said County, deceased and it being mad to appear that due notice has been given to all persons interested, and no objections being made to the probate of the same and it being also made evident by the death of Clarissa H. Mixter, one of the witnesses hereto, that said instrument was legally executed, and that said testatrix was at the time of the execution of the same of full age and of sound mind. I now adjudge that said instrument is proved and decree that the same be approved and allowed as the last will and testament of said deceased.

Theo __________ Judge of Probate

Artemas married Thompson, Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]