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We the People of
Webster, New Hampshire
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 1826 - 1870 (43 years)
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| Name |
Isaiah Hatch AREY |
| Born |
30 Dec 1826 |
Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Historical Person |
1840 |
Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire |
| Isaiah Hatch Arey was a Boscawen Town Clerk, and manufacturer of highly prized violins and guitars. |
| Died |
16 Oct 1870 |
Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire |
- The death record of Isaiah H. Arey cites age 44 years, died Boscawen, no date, married, occupation Violin Maker, born Boscawen, son of Solomon Arey, born Wellsfleet, Massachusetts, and Betty. Cause of death is peritonitis. [1]
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| Buried |
Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire |
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| Person ID |
I11170 |
Webster, New Hampshire |
| Last Modified |
16 Dec 2021 |
| Father |
Solomon AREY, b. 12 Mar 1787, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts , d. 25 Nov 1846, Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire (Age 59 years) |
| Mother |
Patty 'Polly' HOPKINS, b. 20 Jul 1789, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts , d. 14 Apr 1863, Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
1 Oct 1808 |
Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts [2] |
| Notes |
- The children of Solomon & Patty Arey
- Priscilla Brown, born July 22d 1809
- Sally, born June 10th 1811
- Nathaniel Hopkins, born June 28th 1813
- Jonathan, born Jan'y 31st 1816
- Solomon, born Apr 22d 1818
- Nancy Ward, born Mch 22d 1820
- Elisha Hopkins, born May 22d 1822
- Catherine Walton, born Oct 20th 1824
- Isaiah Hatch, born Dec 30tgh 1826 [3]
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| Family ID |
F2807 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- History of Boscawen and Webster, From 1733 to 1878, Charles Carleton Coffin, Concord, N.H., 1878, pgs. 314-5
Isaiah Hatch Arey was born on Cape Cod, 1827. His father moved to Boscawen when he was a lad, and settled on the farm south of the Woodbury plain.
The son, after the father's death, built the residence now standing south of the cemetery. He married Miss Terry, of Boscawen, was elected town-clerk from 1861 to 1864, and was holding that official position at the time of his death, Oct. 16, 1870.
Mr. Arey possessed a sympathetic nature, and was endowed with fine feelings, which he well knew how to express by word and act. He was also an ingenious and skilful mechanic, and for the last fifteen years of his life devoted much time to the manufacture of violins and guitars. Of the former he is known to have made eighty-six, and of the latter thirty-seven. These instruments are now highly prized. For purity of tone and elegant workmanship, perhaps they are not excelled by any made in this country.
Ole Bull, the eminent Norwegian violinist, recognized Mr. Arey's talents, and assisted him with original drawings and valuable information. From a letter written by Ole Bull to Mr. Arey in 1857, the following extract is given:
"Allow me to congratulate you on the achievement of your violin * * an instrument that no artist or amateur would hesitate to take to his bosom, and electrify by the breath of his inspiration. I sincerely wish that those further results of my experience, which I have communicated to you, will prove a benefit to yourself, and a blessing to those who take your children to their hearts.
"Your success will always be sincerely felt and appreciated by your friend, Old Bull."
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- [S70] Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, U.S., Death Records, 1650-1969.
- [S70] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
- [S70] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
Wellfleet, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1763-1844; vol. 1
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