IT «t!«t! .w \^t i,?«fi& 1 THE PICKERING GENEALOGY: BEING AN ACCOUNT OP THE fix&tCijree (generations OF THE PICKERING FAMILY OF SALEM, MASS., AND OP THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN AND SARAH (BURRILL) PICKERING, OF THE THIRD GENERATION. BY HARRISON ELLERY «\ AND CHARLES PICKERING BOWDITCH. Vol. n. Pages 288-772. PRIVATELY PRINTED. 1897. UU^Srt C/^ X Copyright, 1897, Chaklbb P. Bowditch. ONE HOTTDBBD COPIES PBHJTED. Uhivbbbitt Pbbss : John Wilson and Son, Cambeidgb, U.S. A. THE PICKERING GENEALOGY. SEVENTH GENERATION. SEVENTH GENERATION. 1. VII.2. Louisa Lee [Thomas 1. VI.I],probably born in Salem, baptized there Dec. 13, 1772, died inCambridge, Mass. Mrs. Waterhouse was tall, with a commanding presence. A long obituary notice published in the Christian Register of Saturday, Dec. 12, 1863, tells us more of her husband, Dr. Waterhouse, than of herself ;but itspeaks of her as being amiable and charitable. She was buried at Mount Auburn. Inher willshe made the following bequests : To Harvard College, the portraits of her husband and of her kinsman, Dr. Benjamin Colman. To the Boston Athenaeum, the picture of her kinsman, Sir Charles Hobby. To her kinsman Benjamin Colman Ward, the portraits of his and her great- grandfather and great-grandmother. To the Newport Public Library, R. 1., the painting of the head and bust of her late husband, Benjamin Waterhouse, inQuaker dress, and the painting of the head of Gilbert Stuart, both by Stuart. To John Fothergill Waterhouse Ware, Allston's picture of his uncle, Andrew Waterhouse, when a boy. 1. VII.£ Benjamin Waterhouse, the husband of Louisa Lee, born in Newport, R. 1., died in Cambridge, Mass. A physician and author. Residence : Cambridge. Dr. Waterhouse, having received the groundwork of a good classical and medical education, was encouraged by his famous kinsman, Dr- Fothergill, to go abroad and further pursue his studies. He arrived in London in April,1775, and entered the University of Edinburgh in the ensuing autumn. The next season, he returned to London, re-entered the hospitals, and joined the anatomical, surgical, chemical, and medical classes of the most celebrated lecturers. It was a great advantage to him that he SEVENTH GENERATION. 289 lived with so eminent a man as Dr. FothergHl, whose house was the resort of the most distinguished naturalists and physicians. Dr. Waterhouse did not confine his attention strictly to medical lectures, but was deeply inter­ ested in discourses on experimental philosophy, mineralogy, and botany. After having been three years in Great Britain, he was sent by Dr. Fother­ gillto the University of Leyden. Here he spent four academical years, travelling during the vacations. He, took his degree in April,1780, and remained one session longer at Leyden, attending lectures not immediately connected with medicine. After leaving Leyden, he. spent some, time in travelling, and made a journey to the West India Islands. He then re­ turned to his native country, arriving there in June, 1782, . Immediately after his arrival, Harvard University offered him the position of Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic, which he accepted. In1786, the College of Ehode Island bestowed upon him the title of Professor of Natural-History. In 1788, the Corporation of Harvard College requested— him to give, annually, a course of lectures, on Natural History, a subject in which instruction had not previously been given. Dr. Waterhouse had to exert all his energies to excite a taste for this branch of science, and it was seven years before the number of students inthat department exceeded a dozen. Itshould be remembered that Dr. Waterhouse worked alone and without iihe countenance of any congenial spirit on this side of the Atlantic In the meantime he undertook, in co-operation with Dr. Lettsom, to make a collection ofminerals. The splendid cabinet at Cambridge was the result ofhis efforts inthis department. Dr.Waterhouse made himself famous by introducing vaccination into this country. He has been called the Jenner of America. His publica­ tions on vaccination have been recognized in England as standard works. His high reputation at Cambridge was promptly achieved by his lectures on ,Natural History, which secured for him the honor of being the founder of the study of Natural History and Botany in Harvard Univer­ sity. He wrote much, and was a member of numerous scientific bodies in the United States and inEurope* 19 290 THE PICKERING GENEALOGY. He married his first wife,Elizabeth Oliver,in June, 1788. Their son, John Fothebgimi Watebhouse, M.D.,the physician, naturalist, and orator, was born Aug. 1, 1791, and diedat Charleston, S. C, May18, 1817.1 Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse was a son of Timothy and Hannah (Proud) Waterhouse. His ancestry includes the following families: Waterhouse, Fernald, Moses, Proud, Fothergill. See Ancestbt Tables I.VIL3. Gteorge Gardner Lee [Thomas 1. VI.I],probably bom in Salem, baptized there Dec. 11, 1774, died in Boston. A merchant. Residence: Boston. Mr. Lee, H. 0. 1792, was commissioned a lieutenant in the United States Navy on Dec. 2, 1799. He served on board the frigate Essex as third lieutenant. He left the service March 6, 1805, but continued to go to sea for one or two voyages more. In1812, and for several years after­ ward, he was colonel of the Cadets. He lived for a time in Salem ;but he afterwards removed to Boston, and went into business there as a merchant. He often represented the town in the General Court, and had just been re-elected, when, early one morning, he was found dead inhis bed. Mr.Lee was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He possessed a great deal of mechanical ingenuity. 2 The following is an extract from his obituary which was printed inthe Columbian Centinel of Wednesday, May 15, 1816. " He was a citizen who has sustained numerous offices with honor to himself and usefulness to the community. He attended Divine service on Sunday and was a corpse on Monday morning." His funeral sermon was preached by Dr. Charming, who held Mr.Lee inhigh esteem. 1 The Polyanthos, Vol. 11. pp. 73-86, with portrait ;Dictionary of Biography, by Francis S. Drake, p. 960 ;obituary in the Boston Evening Transcript of Oct. 6, 1846 ; obituary of his wife in the Christian Eegister of Dee. 12, 1863, which is devoted chiefly tohim;and Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol.VI.p.386. 3 Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. X.part 111. pp.52, 58. •>• GEORGE GARDNER LEE. [i. VII. 3.] the From Miviature now in the possession of Mrs. Charles Jackson Paine, of Boston. \ // SEVENTH GENERATION, 291 The miniature of Mm which is here reproduced, is in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. Charles Jackson Paine. 1. VII.81.81. Jyydia Gerry, the first wife of George Gardner Lee, born inMarblehead, Mass., died in Salem. 1 Mrs.Lee is spoken ofinthe Salem Gazette ofFeb. 20, 1798, as a woman of an active mind, lovely indeportment, and of an uncommon equality of temper. She was a daughter of Colonel John and Sarah (Wendell) Gerry, of Marblehead. Humphrey Bevereux [59. VI.126] was her first cousin. Her ancestry includes the following families: Gerry, Greenleaf, Russell, El- bridge, Wendell, Dv Trieux, Staets, Joehemse, De Key, Van Brugh, Jans, Quincy, Pares, Gookin, Bird, Dolling, Flynt, Hoar, Hincksman, Willet, Brown. See Ancestby Tables YyJ. 1. VIE.S2. Hannah Famham Sawyer, the second wife of George Gardner Lee, born inNewburyport, Mass., died in Boston. 8 An authoress. Residence :Boston. Mrs. Lee's first known publication was the appendix to" Hannah Adams's" Memoir of herself [Boston," 1832]. Itwas followed by" Grace Seymour" [New York, 1835] ; "Three Experiments of Living "[1838] ; " Eleanor Fulton," a sequel to Three Experiments" " of Living [1838] ; Familiar Sketches of the Old Painters [1838] ; The Huguenots in France and America;"" "The World Before" You;" "Stories" from Life" [1849]; Memoirs of Pierre Toussaint [1853] ; History of Sculpture and Sculptors" [1854] ; "Rosanna, or Scenes" inBoston;"" "The" Contrast, or Different "Modes of Education ;" " Rich Enough ; Luther and his Times ;n Cranmer and his Times" ; besides many tracts and essays that were published anonymously. Three Experiments ofLiving"was a work suggested by the commercial disasters of the time. It passed through 1 She is called "Mira" in John Leigh, of Agawam (Ipswich), Mass., by William Lee, p. 50. a The date of her death is given in the Boston Kecords, and by several other authori­ ties, as Dec. 27, 1865, while it is given as Dec. 28, 1865, in the Dictionary of American Biography, by Francis S. Drake. 292 THE PICKERING GENEALOGY. more than thirty editions in the United States, and as many as ten in England. It was esteemed her best work. Her works exercised a wide and healthful influence on the youth ofthe first quarter ofthe nineteenth century. 1 Mrs.Lee was a delightful woman, and reinarka'bly agreeable socially. The same was true of her sister, Mrs. Schuyler, of New York. Hannah F.Lee was a daughter of Dr. Micajah and Sybil (Farntiam) Sawyer, of Newburyport. Her ancestry includes the following families : Sawyer, Titcomb, Pierpont, Lynde, Martin, Angier, Batt, Farnham. See Ancestby Tables 1. VH. 4. "William Colman Lee [Thomas 1. VI. I],probably born inSalem, baptized there Jan. 16, 1780, died in Boston. Amerchant. Residence: Boston. Mr.Lee moved from Salem to Boston. A portrait of him ]by Corne\ is now in the possession of Colonel Henry Lee [2. VICE. 15]. It has been heliotyped for this work. •. » ¦ \ 1. VIL4- An/n, Theresa Bussy, his wife. Before her marriage, she lived in Boston, and after the death of her husband she appears to have lived in Cambridge, Mass.