The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-10
GENEALOGICAL DESCENT OF RALPH
WALDO EMERSON.

I WALDO EMERSON.
Thomas Emerson, of Ipswich. Mass
as early as 1898. was probably born in
/ Sedgefeld Parish County Durham,
/ England and died at Ipswich. May J..
/ 1866 lie was a baker, and had quite
/ large landed possessions. The Christian
name of his wife was Elizabeth. His
son
Rev. Joseph Emerson, was born in
England about I620-21. and died at
1 Concord. Mass. January 8. 1850. He
married first. probably about 1916.
+ Elizabeth WOOdmausey. daughter OF
/ Robert Woodmansey. a schOolmaster Of
/ Boston, and his wife Margaret and
/ secondly. December Z. 1865, Elizabeth
I Buckley daughter Of Edward Bulke-
/ ley. Of ConcoTd). who was born in 1888
and died. September {, 1893. as the wife
/ Of Capt. John Brown. OF Reading.
/ Mass. He was admitted freeman Of
( Ipswich. December 10, 1858, and
4 preached NJ York. Ne the same year.
I'm 1853 he lived at Wells. Me- and took
/ the frcemans oath there on the 9Th
/ Of July Of the same year. His son
Edward Emerson. was born at Men
/ don. Afass-. April 20 1870. and died at
( Maiden. Mass, May 2. 1743 He mar
( ried, January y. 1897. at Chelmsford.
/ Mass, Rebecca Waldo daughter Of
/ Cornelius Waldo and his wife Rebecca
/ Adams) who was born at Ipswich.
/ September "a 1862. aud died at Nal
den, april %. 1852. he was a school
master at Chelmsford before 1900; was
IN Charlestown, Mass, from 1905 70
171a. and for a certain period, while
there. was justice of the peace In
1927 he was merchant in NeWbury.
/ Mass, and in 17-S became deacon OF
one Of the churches Of that place. 1t
I is said that he was q very devOut man.
and such was his sense Of the dangers
I attendant upon wealth that he was in
the habit Of praying that his pOsterity
might not be cursed with riches. In
scribed on the tombstone of his wife
az Maiden. Mass. is the following verse:
Prudent and Pious. meek and kind
Virtue and Grace Adorned her Mind.
This Stone may cEumble into Dust.
Bus her Dear Name continue must"
Their son
Rev. Joseph Emerson, OF Maiden,
/ Mass, was born at Chelmsford, Mass.
April 20. 1900. and died at Maiden. July
IS. 1861 lie married. December p.
1924. Mary Moody daughter of Rev.
Samuel Moody. of York Me- and Han
nah SewelL his wife). who was born
/ IN 1902, and died AZ Maiden. March 15.
1893. He was Il waiter in commons
/ at Harvard College. September &c. TIA.
and was graduated from that institu-
ton ia 11I7. He taught in York. Me.
/ in I7IS. and in Newbury and Maiden.
Mass. In the winter OF 1I1S-19. In 1921
/ le became the town minister at Maiden.
and his pastorate there continued
through his life. "a period OF forty-six
years, during which he was absent from
81 -Hr.eH fr= "a.
the burning of his house. July 81 1874
IL is said that be assembled his family
and SANG There Is d House N0t
Made with Hands" The town book
thus records his death: THE Rev
Joseph Emerson. consort to Mrs Mary
Emerson. who had been in the judg-
ment of charity a faithful minister
here, and that for the space OF forty
and FIVE years. deceased in the evening
Of the 18th day Of July, 1857. very soon
after lying down TO sleep, VINO was
cheiriv and in health before" Their
SON
Rev. William Emerson. of Concord
was born i'm Maiden. Mass May 81
f143. and died at otter Creek now
Rutlaud). Vt October %. 1876. He
married, August q, 1865, Phebc Bliss
daughter of Rev-DauieI Bliss and his
p
October Il, 1741, and died in Concord
February Is. 1925. Mrs. Emerson sub
sequently married, November 16. 1880
The Rev. Ezra Ripley, .. d. Rev. VII
liam Emerson was graduated from
Harvard College in 1861. studied theO-
logy and became pastor of Concord
parish January /. 1866. where he re-
NAMED fer ten years. oliver Wendell
Holmes states that he left Concord in
1875 20 join the army at TicondeToga
was taken with fever. was advised TO
return To Concord. and set out on the
journey. but died on his way" He was
chaplain In the army of Gen. Gates
His son
Rev. William Emerson, was born at
Concord, May c, 1853 and died in BOs-
ton. May ID. 1911 He married. Oc-
tober p. 1895. Ruth Haskins (daugh-
ter of John Haskins and his wife, Han
nah Upham). who was born in Boston,
November Q, 1863, and died in Concord
November 1G. 1858. He was graduated
from Yale College in 1883. received the
degree of master of arts from Har-
ward. Yale and Dartmouth in 1892, and
became pastor of the church at Har-
ward. Mass, May 3, 1892. and OF the
First (the "Old Brick") Church. Of
Boston October IS. 1893. where he re-
manned until his death. His son
Ralph Waldo Emerson. was born at
Boston May %. 1903, and died at Con-
cord April -. 1882. He married. first
September 80 1929. Ellen Louise
Tucker daughter of BeZa Tucker, OF
Concord) who died February :, 1881,
and. secondly. September 4, 1875. Lidian
Jackson daughter OF Charles Jackson
and his wife. Lucy COttOu). who was
born in Plymouth, Mass, September
90, 1902, and died at Concord, November
Is. 1892 tt is unknown to many that
Emerson was Unitarian clergyman,
yet such is the case. In 1929 he was
ordained over the Second Church of
Boston and resigned his passionate in
November, 1882. subsequently devOting
himself to literature and philosophy
In 1866 Harvard College conferred
upon him the degree Of Doctor of Laws