Emerson Electronics

[ourbill]

I was wondering if a family history is available for John Wesley Emerson, born 26 July 1832,  the son of William and Rosannah Ellen (Young) Emerson.

He was one of the principal investors of the Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co., in 1890 along with the two founders Scotland born brothers Charles and Alexander Maston. Known today as Emerson Electronics. I’ve done a web search and the rounds of wikis etc, but nothing about his ancestry or possible English connections.

[AMBLY]

Hi ourbill

To set the scene 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Emerson
http://www.suvcw.org/mollus/art044.htm

JW was born July 26, 1832 in Pepperell, Massachusetts.
On September 12, 1855, Emerson married Sarah Maria Young, in Oswego, New York

John Wesley Emerson aka J. W. Emerson was a Lawyer, Civil War Military Commander, Missouri Circuit Court Judge and the founder and principal investor of the Emerson Electric Company.....Emerson died on June 20, 1899 in Ironton, Missouri

In the 1860 Census, for Arcadia,  Iron,  Missouri (Ironton Post Office)
John W EMERSON 28, Attorney at Law, b Mass.
Sarah M EMERSON 25, b Canada West
William H EMERSON 25, Physician, b Canada West

In the 1870 Census, for Ironton, Iron, Missouri
Jno. W EMERSON 39, Lawyer - it does not indicate either mother or father was of foreign birth
Sarah M EMERSON 28, b Canada - it indicates her father was of foreign birth
George F EMERSON 21, Student, b Canada - it indicates his mother was of foreign birth, and that he is a US citizen
Lilly M DELLA 5, b New Jersey - it does not indicate either mother or father was of foreign birth

In the 1880 Census, Arcadia,  Iron,  Missouri
J W EMERSON 49, Lawyer, b Mass, father b Mass, mother n NY
Wife: Sarah M EMERSON 49, b Ontario, parents b NY


Found this:
http://shrinkalink.com/24693

It states JW was born 1830 Massachusetts, and was descended from the famous New England Emerson family.
His father William was professor of Mathematics and Literature while the family lived in Massachusetts, New York and Canada.
Both parents were dead by the time JW reached the age of 18.
He took his wife and (his) younger brother George to the Arcadia Valley (Missouri) in 1857.
In 1876/1877 JW decided to move to Colorado for his health, they sold and packed up and spent some time travelling, living (a while) with his brother George in Pennsylvania, but ended up back in Ironton by Sep 1877.
For all his fastidious ways,  he died intestate, ...his Canadian and Massachusetts heirs battled for his assets and it was after 1911 before the battle was over (His wife died 1904).

Also found this site:
Vital Records of Pepperell MA to end 1849 - bu JW's birth isn't one of the EMERSON birth recorded.
http://www.ma-vitalrecords.org/MiddlesexCounty/Pepperell/

Cheers
AMBLY

[AMBLY]

Hi again

From the above we can deduce  3 probable siblings:
John Wesley EMERSON born 1830 or 1832, Pepperell, MA
William H EMERSON born abt 1835 Canada - became a Physician
George F EMERSON b abt 1849 Canada - was in Pennslyvania in 1876/1877

If JW's parents were both deceased by 1848-1850, then it's possible they both died in Canada.

In actual fact, I think Rosannah, JW's mother, at least is still alive in the 1851 Ontario Census for Thurlow, Hastings Co.
(Can't get into the details yet)

ANd I believe the younger brother is this one, who married in Hastings Co. Ontario in 1882
George Fletcher EMERSON:
age 34, Bachelor, b Thurlow, Hastings Co, Ontario,
Occ:  Dentist, resident of --------- City, Massachusetts.
parents: William and Annie EMERSON
married: Hatie H WALTON age 27, b Melville

Cheers
AMBLY

[AMBLY]

I  suspected this would be the "famous New England EMERSON'" family referred to as being the one  JW also belongs to somewhere :

http://twister.lib.siu.edu/projects/usgrant/hist/emerson/intro.html
"Born in Massachusetts in 1830, (John Wesley) Emerson claimed a distant kinship with Ralph Waldo Emerson"

If this is so, one might imagine that JW's father and Ralph Waldo were of the same generation.


http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/people/dobson/genealogy/famous/Emerson.html
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=millerm&id=I05139
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glencoe&id=I686
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson

Ralph Waldo EMERSON  - b 1803 Boston MA, d 1882
        m. (1) Ellen Louisa Tucker; m. (2) Lydia Jackson

His parents:
Father: (Rev) William EMERSON b 1739-d 1811 Portland Main [ minister of Old South Church in Boston]
a Unitarian minister, from a well-known line of ministers. He was the 5th born, and only son of his parents.
Mother: Ruth HASKINS b 1769 Boston MA - d 1853 Concord MA
Willam & Ruth had 8 children: Phebe Ripley Emerson, John Clark Emerson, William Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Bliss Emerson 1805-1834, Robert Bulkeley Emerson, Charles Chauncy Emerson, and Mary Caroline Emerson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Emerson_%28minister%29

His EMERSON Grandparents:
(Rev) William EMERSON, b. 1743 -  d. 20 Oct 1776 -  attended Harvard
Phebe BLISS, b. 1741 -  d. 1825
They had 4 daughters, and 1 son, William Emerson.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7398328

His EMERSON Gt- Grandparents
(Rev) Joseph EMERSON, b. 20 Apr 1700, Chelmsford, MA -  d. 1767, of Malden
Mary MOODY, b. 1702 (her parents were: Rev. Samuel MOODY, b. 1676; d. 1747 and Hannah SEWALL, b. 1677; d. 1728)

His EMERSON Gt Gt-Grandparents:
Dea. Edward EMERSON, b. 26 Apr 1670, Mendon, MA -  d. 1743, of Newbury - Justice of the Peace
Rebecca WALDO, b. 1662 -  d. 1752

His EMERSON Gt Gt Gt- Grandparents:
(Rev)Joseph EMERSON, bapt. 25 Jun 1620, Bishop's-Stortford, England -  d. 3 Jan 1679/80, Concord, MA
        may have studied at Harvard
        Preached at Wells, Me.; settled in Mendon in 1669; m. (2) 7 Dec 1665, Concord, MA to:
Elizabeth BULKELEY, b. Abt 1638  -  d. 4 Sep 1693, Reading, MA (she m. (2) Capt. John BROWN)

His EMERSON Gt Gt Gt Gt-Grandparents:
Thomas EMERSON, bapt. 26 Jul 1584, Bishop's Stortford, England  -  d. 1 May 1666, Ipswich, MA
Elizabeth BREWSTER -  no known relation to the Mayflower family

For what it's worth, I reckon there is a distinct likeness between JW and RW Emerson!

Cheers
AMBLY

[liverpool annie]

Good digging Ambly ....... !!

I was looking at Waldo last night .... and thought he was a maybe !! 

But just for a bit of padding .... 

http://www.newenglandtravelplanner.com/people/emersonrw.html

http://www.newenglandtravelplanner.com/go/ma/boston_west/concord/sights/emerson_grave.html

Annie 

[AMBLY]

Continuing on..........Ralph Waldo's gt-grandparents: Rev Joseph EMERSON (1700-1767) and Mary MOODY, had another son besides the William (1743- 1776) who was Ralph's grand-father)....

They also were the parents of:
Joseph EMERSON b. 1721 Malden, Middlesex, MA - d. 1775 Pepperell, Middlesex, MA

He was also a clergyman and became minister of the West Parish of Groton, Massachusetts, which was later organized as the town of Pepperell, much to Rev. Emerson's credit.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/1887may/cabot.htm
http://shrinkalink.com/24724

Going back to the Pepperell vital records, it seems probable this same Joseph (1721-1775)  was the one who married Abigail HAY, dau of Dr William HAY of Reading, who had the following children b in Pepperell:
       Mary EMERSON - b. Oct. 19, 1751
       William EMERSON - b June 10, 1753 - died Oct 1753 age 4mths (FindAgrave)
       Joseph EMERSON - b. Oct. 11, 1754.
      + Samuel Moody EMERSON - b. Sept. 13, 1757 - married Elizabeth MOSHER in 1781 and 7children (see below)
       Ebenezer EMERSON  - b. Nov. 28, 1762.
      +Joseph Sewell, EMERSON - b. June 25, 1764 - married Phebe WRIGHT in 1800 and  4children ( see below)

http://shrinkalink.com/24725

Children of Joseph Sewall EMERSON & Phebe WRIGHT:
Mary Jones, d. Joseph S. & Phebe, b. May 7, 1801.
And EMERSON , s. Joseph S. & Phebe, b. Feb. 5, 1803.
Joseph Sewell, s. Joseph S. & Phebe, b. April 26, 1805.
Abigail Hay EMERSON , d. Joseph S. & Phebe, b. May 6, 1808.

Children of William EMERSOn and Elizabeth MOSHER:
Inde [Indiana. CR1], b. March 2, 1782
Joseph, b. May 16, 1783.
Harmond  b. July 23, 1786.
Moody, bp. June 12, 1791.
Sewell,  bp. June 12, 1791.
Abijah EMERSON , bp. April 7, 1793.
William bp. June 19, 1796.

Becasue  of the Pepperwell connection:
My money would be on your JW descending directly thru Joseph EMERSON and Abigail HAY.
Via one of their sons:  Joseph Sewell, Ebenezer or Samuel Moody

Samuel Moody EMERSON at least is so far identified as having a son named William who could be the right age to be JW's father:
William EMERSON bp. 1796

But - nowhere  am I yet finding the  names "Wesley" or "Fletcher" connected to these Pepperwell EMERSON's (though these names could have come from JW's mother's side). And if JW was born in Pepperwell, why is there no entry for his birth among all the others up to 1849...?

Some other links of interest:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/EMERSON/2004-04/1082436259
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/EMERY/2004-04/1081227808
http://www.tracycrocker.com/p149.htm

Cheers
AMBLY

[AMBLY]

Ah, cool Annie 
That first link of yours - I think  that photo of Ralph W shows an even more striking resemblance to John Wesley!

If I'm right about where JW comes in, the EMERSON grandfathers of both men, were brothers. My brain is fried    -  what would that make RW and JW's relationship?

I can't get into Candadian Archives images, or on A* - to see the 1851 Census for Ontario. Looks like it's all down all something, as I can;'t see the Canadian soldiers either?

Busting to see if that Rosanah in Thurlow 1850 is JW's mother!

But, I found the following - seems a huge coincidence what with the YOUNG name aswell,  but it's for a death in 1882, whereas  it was said JW's mother died when he was abt 18.  The following death was registered twice:

DEATHS - Division of Thurlow, Hastings, Ontario - 1882
Page 100, #12, #096823
Rosanna EMMERSON died 13 Feb 1882, age 77, Housewife, b England, C of E.
COD: General Debility
Physician: Dr HUDSON
Informant: Rev George GARDNER on 20 Feb 1882

Page 101. #17, *096833
Rosanna YOUNG died 13 Feb 1882, age 77, Housewife, b England, C of E
COD: Inflammation
Physician: Dr HUDSON
Informant: E P BRUNTNELL on 15 Feb 1882

(Note: although the EMMERSON death record has been written up in the Register first, it was actually the YOUNG death which was INFORMED of first on 15 Feb. It seems to me it was realised the informant had provided the maiden name of the deceased, and the second informant on 20 Feb sought to correct this by providing her name at death, ie: married name EMMERSON.

And I can't find this lady in the 1881 Canadian Census on the FamilySearch site 

Cheers 
AMBLY

[AMBLY]

Must go to bed - but this before I do  
More on:
Ralphs's EMERSON Gt Gt Gt- Grandparents:
(Rev)Joseph EMERSON, bapt. 25 Jun 1620, Bishop's-Stortford, England -  d. 3 Jan 1679/80, Concord, MA
        may have studied at Harvard
        Preached at Wells, Me.; settled in Mendon in 1669; m. (2) 7 Dec 1665, Concord, MA to:
Elizabeth BULKELEY, b. Abt 1638  -  d. 4 Sep 1693, Reading, MA (she m. (2) Capt. John BROWN)

add:
http://www.tracycrocker.com/p146.htm#i4981
Joseph b abt 25 June 1620 St. Michael's Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Son son of Thomas Emerson and Elizabeth Brewster. He married 1) Elizabeth Woodmansey before 1649. He married 2) Elizabeth Bulkeley 7 Dec  1665. Joseph died on 3 Jan 1680 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Issue by Elizabeth Woodmansey:
         Joseph Emerson
         James Emerson+
Issue by Elizabeth Bulkeley:
         Ebenezer Emerson
         Daniel Emerson
         Lucyan Emerson
         Edward Emerson
         Peter Emerson
More on:
Ralph's EMERSON Gt Gt Gt Gt-Grandparents:
Thomas EMERSON, bapt. 26 Jul 1584, Bishop's Stortford, England  -  d. 1 May 1666, Ipswich, MA
Elizabeth BREWSTER -  no known relation to the Mayflower family

add:
http://www.tracycrocker.com/p146.htm#i4981
Thomas - a baker, yeoman, Ipswich, proprietor 1638, selectman, 1646. Conveyed his farm son John for a yearly rental during the lives of he & his (Thomas') wife Elizabeth. It is said Thomas came from England, in the Ship "Elizabeth Ann" in 1635.

His will dated  was 31 May, 1653, [memorandum] 4 Jan 1660. (full transcript of will on the site linked)
Thomas b.  26 July 1584  Bishops Stratford, Hertfordshire, England. Son of Robert Emerson and Susan Crabb** . Married Elizabeth Brewster 1 July 1611 Ipswich or Salisbury in  Massachusetts. Thomas died  1 May 1666 at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, aged 81.
Issue by Elizabeth Brewster
   Elizabeth Emerson
   Thomas Emerson
   James Emerson
   Sarah Emerson
   Rev. Joseph Emerson+ b. c 25 Jun 1620, d. 3 Jan 1680
   John Emerson
   Nathaniel Emerson

** Ralphs' EMERSON 5xgt grandparents!
Robert EMERSON and Susan CRABB

Looks like quite a leafy tree is emerging, ourbill, if it can  be proved to be your JW's line!

Cheers
AMBLY

[AMBLY]

Hi again

Sommat's not right.................

This is the 1851 Census of Thurlow, Hastings Co. Ontario.
Wm EMERSON.56,  Farmer, b Ireland
Rosanah EMERSON 48, b Canada
Stephen C EMERSON 14,  Labourer
Dorens?? C EMERSON 12 (female)
Adalede?? V EMERSON 10, (female)
Harriet E EMERSON 8,
Thos. G F EMERSON 5,   (could this be Thomas George Fletcher EMERSON?)
Religion:  C of E
All children b Canada

Next Household listed:
Thos EMERSON 50, Farmer, b Ireland
Hannah EMERSON 38, b Canada
John J C EMERSON 18, Labourer,
Arch'd G EMERSON 16, Labourer
Thos M EMERSON 14, Labourer
Wm EMERSON 12,
Ellen J EMERSON 10,
Rob't W EMERSON 7,
Nelson D EMERSON 5,
Mary A EMERSON 2,
Religion:  C of E
All children b Canada

The mother, Rosanna EMERSON was, by all accounts  a YOUNG.
She is the one who died 1882 and was registered twice,first  as YOUNG  then later as EMMERSON.

And not only that, William the husband/father, died 1883, after his wife.
The informant for his death was the same one who gave the Rosanna YOUNG information, E P BRUCKNELL.

And I find William & Rosanna  now, in the 1881 Canada Census: in Thurlow, Hastings co, Ontario living with their son, Stephen:
Stephen EMERSON  42, Farmer, b Ontario, C Methodist, Ethnic: Irish
Melissa EMERSON  35, b Ontario, C. Methodist , Ethnic: English
Lillie EMERSON 10  b Ontario
Henry EMERSON  7 b  Ontario
Grace EMERSON  4 b Ontario
Hellen EMERSON 7 mths, b Ontario
William EMERSON  85, Farmer, b Ireland, Church of England , Ethnic: Irish
Rosanna EMERSON  78  b Ontario , Church of England, Ethnic: German
Albert LAVANDER  20, Farm Laborer, b Ontario , Ethnic Irish

Then I find:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAN-ONT-HASTINGS/2007-02/1170414797
All of William and Rosanna Emerson's children were born in Thurlow, Hastings, Ont.
Their son William was born 13 July 1834 and died in Indiana in 1863.

And: this posted by a descendant of their daughter, Adelaide Victoria:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAN-ONT-HASTINGS/2005-10/1129225508
Want to know about Emerson's in Hastings Co. William born 1796, Ireland. Married 1822 in Canada. Rosanna born 1803, buried in Hallowell, Hastings Co.
Children: All born in Thurlow 1824-1848.
Stephen, Dorcas,Adelaide Victoria, Harriet, Thomas George, and Mary Ann,  Eliza, John, William, Daniel

And:
http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/conger.htm
MARRIAGE REGISTER OF STEPHEN CONGER, J.P., - HALLOWELL.
William Emerson and Rosanah Young   -  Jan. 21, 1822

Cheers
AMBLY