The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-25
HOFEY MITY REUNION.

Daniel Hovey of Ipswich, Mass.
was the emigant ancestor of all the
Hovey family in America. His de-
scendants have been dispersed over the
country widely and have never at
| tempted reunion till this year, when
eighty of them assembled at Ipswich,
on Tuesday, August 21st, while as many
more sent their fraternal messages for
the occasion. After prayer by the ven
/ cradle DR.. Alvah Hovey, ex-president Of
| Newton Theological Institute, a formal
organization was effected, Rev. Hor-
ace Carter Hovey, d. D., of Newbury-
port, Mass, was elected president, with
| Rev. Henry e. Hovey of Portsmouth,
| N H., and Rev. Edmund F. Slater, D.
| D., of Boston, as vice presidents. Lewis
r. Hovey of Haverhill, Mass, was
made secretary and treasurer, and Miss
Lydia Caldwell Of Ipswich, librarian,
to take charge of documents and pa
pers A large committee was formed
to compile the Hovey genealogy, In
GLIDING members from the various New
England states, New York, Ohio,
Washington, D. c.. and elsewhere, to
report next year. An address was de-
livered by the president, concerning
Daniel Hovey of Ipswich" printed
copies of which We're distributed as
souvenirs Dr. Slater also gave en-
cravings of the old Hovey home 10 all
present.
Addresses were likewise made by the
other officers named above, and the
after-dinner speeches overlooked with
interesting "reminiscences. The oldest
to respond to toast was George Hovey
of Dracut, Mass, ninety years old. Miss
Caroline Fovey Of Cambridge spoke for
the Hovey women. Among other
speakers " ere Henry Russell Hovey of
Hartford, E. Clarence Hovey of Bos-
ton, Charles F. Hovey Of Boston, Emer-
son Hovey of Portsmouth, and John w.
Nourse, the latter speaking on behalf
Of the Ipswich Historical society.
Among the letters received were
greetings from England, Scotland, Ire
land and Wales, Canada, and all parts
Of the United States Among collateral
branches heard from We're the Bart
let's, two of whom have been knighted
by Queen Victoria, and are members of
the British parliament one of them
Sir William Ashmead Bartlett, being
married to the Baroness Burdett
Coutts. Ex-President Grover Cleveland
is also claimed as a connection of the
family. The late Governor Hovey of
Indiana, and General Charles E. Hovey
of Washington, as we'll as many others |
in the service of their !
country, and in professional and liter |
airy and scientific ways, were mentioned
with gratitude ard esteem.
The environs Of Ipswich are extreme
ly attractive and it is rich in historical |
localities, as well as In places particu- |
larly interesting to this one family. |
These were visited after dinner The |
closing incident Of the day was a sail |
on the steamboat "Carlotta," whose |
MASTER Captain Nathaniel Burnham. |
was proud TO be numbered among the
kinsmen, his mothers maiden name be-
ing Hovey, and she still living at the |
great age of ninety-four years. The
party were taken down the Ipswich |
river, in sight of the old Hovey home
stead, the Hovey wharf, built $40 years
ago and still in use Heart-Break Hill,
Sycamore Fill, Hcvey's Island, and
Plum Island, all more or less identified |
with the family history. Ipswich was
founded by Hon. John Winthrop in |
1888, and was at one time a place of
Importance, and II has fig
lred as a strong educational center.