The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-05

Anthony HasWell was born In Ports
mouth, England, on the 22nd day OF
May, 1856 The family is of Scotch
origin, and among other material col
lected by Miss Lydia H. Clark a grand
daughter of Anthony Haswell, was a
tradition that one of the ancient fore
! fathers of the race once saved the life
of Scottish king, when the latter was
attacked by a wild boar when hunt
| ing. For this act, so the story goes.
the king dubbed his rescuer a knight
and gave him coat of arms bearing,
among other emblems. boar's head.
and a French motto meaning: "As
well as | cam" the first two words OF
the motto supposedly being a play on
the name of Haswell.
Be all that as it may. the first auth
entic record we have goes no further
back than to the father OF Anthony
Haswell himself.
This was William Haswell, who hav-
ing had the bad taste to fight on the
side of the Stewart Pretender 10 the
English crown, at the battle OF Cullo-
den in 1745, fled from that field with
the remainder OF the defeated army,
and, more fortunate than most OF
them, succeeded in getting on board
of vessel, which carried him away in
safety.
What experiences he went through
in his fight we know not, but the
next we hear of him he had settled at
Portsmouth, England and here he
spent his life, working as ship car
penter in the great establishment of
the British Navy in Portsmouth.
| have the copy OF letter written
by his grandson, Commander William
II. Haswell, OF the British Navy in
1874 to my uncle Nathan b. Haswell
of Burlington, VT in which the writer
speaks of the extreme reluctance of
his grandfather to tell of any Of his
experiences during the battle Of Cul-
loden, and bis flight after 1t. AS the
rule of the English government then,
as always, was short shift and a
long rope for all rebels, the old gen
tleman was certainly justified In his
modesty. In passing ! may say that
for more than a hundred years the de-
scendants of William Haswell, have
held positions in the English navy and
| quite frequently have seen the name
mentioned in this connection.
In Portsmouth William Haswell
married and became the father of a
large family. Indeed his family was
so large and he found II so difficult to
provide for them, that when Anthony
Haswell was about twelve years old
his father felt compelled to take him,
and his brother, William Jr., next old
- kfpnga1f tina Atlantic
to the good town of Boston. where the
two boys were apprenticed until they
should be of age, Anthony being
bound out to learn the trade Of pot.
ter.
My aunt, Eliza Haswell HARDWOOD
has often told me in my boyhood the
story as told to her by her father OF
the parting of these two boys from
their father. 1t seems that the ship
on which the father was to return to
England, was to sail early one Sunday
morning.
The two homesick and mother sict
little fellows. only twelve and fourteen
years old knew that their father wal
to leave them In the morning, and haC
cried themselves to sleep in eacf
others arms the night before. In th'
early light of Sunday morning th'
! father rose and dressed himself al
quietly as possible. and slipped from
the room, leaving his two boys asleep
After awhile they woke to find thei
father gone and instantly realizing
what his absence meant, they hurried
into their clothes, and not stopping L
put on shoes or stockings, they RAJ
bare headed and bare footed through
the streets to the wharf. where the.
knew the ship was moored. But the.
were too late, for already the vesse
had started and hundred feet o
open water was between her and thu
wharf; and on the deck they could SCI
their father being carried away from
them
Kind hearted bystanders had al
they could do to keep the little fellow
from jumping into the water to tr,
to reach the ship. but after awhil
when the ship had disappeared dow
= the bay. those poor deserted littl
BOYS. wandered back to their lodging
CRYING for their father and mother
whom one of them at least, was neve
to see again.
n To his dying day my grandfathe
could not tell the story without tears
q and know that, as a boy 1t Away
aroused my indignatios against tn
father who thus left his children.
know now of course that It was a
hard for him as for them, and tina
he did all for the best as time full
proved.
Q SUNDAY AMUSEMENT LAW