DEWIT, Henrietta Jacoba

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• Name: Henrietta Jacoba de WIT
• Birth: 28 Jul 1814, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Notes:

Benjamin Penhallow Shillabar, brother-in-law to Henrietta, wrote the following tribute to her which appeared in the Portsmouth Journal 17 April 1871.

Death claims the victory when we sadly close
The coffin lid upon the precious dust,
And when we quaiff the chalice of our woes
With tearful eyes and hearts of feeble trust.
But when the anguish of the barb has flown,
And we look up from the concealing sod,
Tracking the path the loved and lost have gone,
We no more turn in anguish to the clod.
We see the Graces that our life has blest
Transferred to where they brighter still may shine;
Unmarred by blight of care, or pain distrest,
In airs beneficent and light devine.
Still holds its sway the undivided bond
That bound our soul below to that above,
As constant still, in its adhesion fond,
As when on earth 't was manifest in love.
Not sanctified, the mourned, but simply good,
Not free from earth's alloy or human taint,
But in the fullness of true womanhood
Was comprehended all that makes the saint.
The dignity, the counsel, sweet and wise,
The lender care, the gentle, loving voice,
The eloquence that pleaded from the eyes,
The thousand acts that made the heart rejoice--
And more than memories--they are still our own,
In the blest influence that they impart;
The loving glance, the tender voice's tone.
Still bide within the chambers of the heart.
We feel the touch of hands that disappeared,
Yet take our own in guidance as of old;
And the bright character that erst endeared,
Illumes and gladdens all it then controlled.
Such cannot die to us: the real lives
In that which made it real while 't was here,
And this grand faith the blest assurance gives,
That though the loved be gone they are still here.
Herein the victory over Death is shown:
The form is but the shrine, of tenure slight,
That may in the attack be overthrown,
While lives the spirit in unfailing light.
B. P. Shillaber

Henrietta married DEROCHEMONT, George Washington on 16 Feb 1834 in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. George (son of DEROCHEMONT, Maximillian John and MOSES, Sarah Ham) was born on 13 Feb 1813 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 3 Aug 1874 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3567

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According to Gene de Rochemont of Los Angeles, George was the superintendant of the Bridgeport Brass Corporation in 1903. He worked there until two years before his death and then was a farmer according to his Brimfield, Massachusetts death record. His son was the informant, and he died from paralysis with bright's disease as a contributing factor. For some reason in the 1880 census, George, Catherine and son Irving were living in Austin, Illinois. He was a foreman in a brass factory.

Palmer Journal
Date: Friday Evening, August 26, 1910
Volume XLI, Number 22, page 1

Brimfield.

George W. de Rochemont.

George W. de Rochemont, 73, died at his home in Little Rest last Friday after a lingering illness with Bright's disease. Mr. de Rochemont was born in Portsmouth N.H. January 8, 1837. His grandfather came from France and belonged to the French nobility before the Reformation when the family was driven from France. This ancestor was married to a Miss Dewitt from Holland, who was a young cousin, because of the custom of intermarriage between noble families of different nations. This branch of the family emigrated to America in 1806. George de Rochemont lived upon his father's farm in Portsmouth until 17 years of age, when he served apprenticeship in the brass and bronze foundry business which he followed for 52 years. For 20 years he was forman for the "Adams & Wesetake Manufacturing Co. in Bridgeport, Ct. He was married to Miss Catherine Stores of Springvale, Me., whom he survived, and the couple celebrated their golden wedding. Always retaining his passion for farming he came to Brimfield a few years ago and enjoyed that occupation in his later life. He was a member of the Methodist church for 50 years and a consistent Christian, but on account of deafness he had not attended church in his old age, though he kept up his religious interest in the reading of sermons and other religious literature. The body was taken Maine and placed beside that of his wife in the Springvale cemetery.

George married STORER, Catherine on 21 Oct 1857 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Catherine was born on 8 Jan 1837 in Great Falls, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 16 May 1908; was buried in Springvale, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3568

Louis married NUTTER, Emily Augusta on 2 Apr 1864 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Emily (daughter of NUTTER, Joseph M and PEVERLY, Eliza D) was born on 31 Jul 1838 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 25 Jan 1912 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3569

Charles married STAPLES, Almira on 20 Oct 1861 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Almira was born on 11 Jun 1841 in Eliot, York, Maine, USA; died on 30 Aug 1898 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3570

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At the time of her death Sophia lived at 348 Union St. She died from pneumonia.

Sophia married PICKERING, Gee on 1 Jul 1863 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Gee was born on 30 May 1818 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 1 Jun 1908 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3571

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In the 1860 Newington census Henrietta, 15, was living in a household with brother Lewis Leonard, 21, and Gee Pickering, 40.

Family/Spouse: BRACKETT, William Henry Langdon. William was born in 1837 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 4 Mar 1895 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3572
• Census: 1880, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Occupation: 1880; iron foundry

Benjamin married GOODWIN, Ruth Ann on 27 Sep 1874 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth was born about 1852 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3573

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A twin to John, Ann was called Anna M. on her marriage record.

Ann married BERRY, George Winfield on 24 Nov 1870 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. George was born on 8 May 1844 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 7 Aug 1922 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3574

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John was not in the 1860 census.

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• Reference Number: 3583

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Living next door to widow Maria L Caziarc in the 1880 census were Mayhew Pray, aged 28, wife Liddea 25 (Maria's niece), Mabel 4, Benjamin 2 and Lizzie 10 months.

Lydia married PRAY, Mayhew E on 23 Oct 1873 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Mayhew was born on 24 Oct 1851 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Dec 1898 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3584

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Cora's marriage cannot be seen online, only the year, so it is Unknown as to who her husband was.

Cora married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9925

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• Reference Number: 10531

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According to Gene de Rochemont, Irving was a dramatic critic. He also notes that he was the superintendant of American Locomotive Works in Providence, Rhode Island ca 1904. He and his wife separated, according to granddaughter Barbara Wippperman, because he travelled around the country too much, and Nellie was tired of that life and wanted to stay home.

Irving married WILSON, NellieHelen M about 1889. NellieHelen was born about 1869 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; teacher of Greek
• Reference Number: 4781

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She died unmarried. She taught Greek in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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• Occupation: Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; teacher
• Reference Number: 4784

Notes:

According to Virginia de Rochemont, Florence had endured a
nagging illness that probably kept her in constant pain, and
sometimes she could be shrill. She never married.

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• Reference Number: 10553

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• Reference Number: 4780

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• Race: White
• Occupation: lawyer
• Reference Number: 4783
• Residence: 1900, Ward 5, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; Age: 27; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Louis married MILLER, Sarah Wilson in Dec 1897 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born about 1873 in New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4785

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Marie got the deRochemont House. It became the Great Bay Training Center. At one point, her nephew Louis fixed up the third floor and Virginia and her family lived there for a while. This would have been in the early to mid 1930's. Virginia says, "The barn and carriage shed where Grandpa Derochemont parked when he came from Cambridge have been moved. As a girl, I spent lots of summer days at The Farm with chickens, cows, cats and gardens. I have on the wall one of the skimmers Aunt Marie used to scoop up the thick Guernsey cream from the cooling pans in their kitchen. I have a picture of Bill Knight in the barn by the grain bin. My parents called their house Blueberry Ban. When my mother and brother sold the big house, Simplex used it for a while as office or guest house. Then Simplex sold the big house which was turned and moved SE and is now a homeopathic clinic. Most likely the wild strawberry plants that grew along the stone wall are gone, probably they did something with the brook and all the trees, the stand of pines and everything else that wouldn't turn a profit."

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• Occupation: editor at Vogue
• Reference Number: 4786

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She died unmarried of tetnus following an auto accident in New York. She died after several weeks at Bedford Northern
Westchester Hospital. She was an editor at Vogue and wrote a book called The Evolution of Art. According to Virginia de Rochemont, Ruth was the "darling of the family."

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• Reference Number: 4782

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She died unmarried. After college, she came home and lived
on the farm in Newington. According to Virginia de
Rochemont, she never did farm labor. Instead, she pulled a
few weeds, ordered next year's seeds, talked to the birds,
read into the night and slept into the day, avoiding work of
all kinds.

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• Reference Number: 10552

Emma married AVERY, George F on 7 Dec 1881 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. George was born about 1859 in Castine, Hancock, Maine, USA; died after 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9807

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In the 1880 Portsmouth census, Helen is called Nellie, 16.

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• Reference Number: 10141

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• Reference Number: 9427

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• Occupation: Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; farmer
• Reference Number: 9426

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Charles was the proprietor of Cold Springs Farm in Greenland and owned 200 acres of land.
Gladys Chapman reports that he liked the women and that because of his running around, he couldn't pay the mortgage and lost the farm.

Charles married FANNIE about 1886. was born in May 1863 in New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9428

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• Reference Number: 9429

Marion married COOPER, Geroge E on 5 Sep 1906 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Geroge was born about 1877 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cora married WEIGMANN, Frederick Gustave on 26 Jun 1907 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Frederick was born about 1876 in Union Hill, Morris, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6191.R.

Elizabeth married COLBATH, Fred E on 1 Dec 1897 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Fred was born on 1 Dec 1878 in Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 10577
• Occupation: 1913, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; bookkeeper

Edna married FAUNCE, Frederick W on 16 Jan 1913 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Frederick was born about 1888 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 10533

Family/Spouse: STEM, Mary. Mary was born about 1903 in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA; died about 1970; was buried in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Race: White
• Occupation: film maker
• Reference Number: 4788
• Social Security Number: 087-03-9891
• Residence: 1900, Ward 5, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; Age: 1; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

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Died:
Age at Death: 79

Louis married SHALER, Virginia on 12 Sep 1929. Virginia was born on 9 Jul 1908 in New York, USA; died on 20 Oct 1996 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4790

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Richard did much family research. He had an art gallery in Paris on Pont le Voy. He had a Medal of Honor from Charles de Gaulle and an oscar which his widow Jane's bank sold according to niece Virginia Derochemont.

RICHARD DE ROCHEMONT, 78, DIES
RICHARD DE ROCHEMONT, 78, DIES; MADE 'MARCH OF TIME' NEWSREELS
By WALTER H. WAGGONER
Published: August 6, 1982
Richard G. de Rochemont, an award-winning film maker and former executive producer of ''The March of Time,'' the newsreel program, died Wednesday at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, N.J., after a long illness. He was 78 years old and lived in Manhattan and Flemington.
Mr. de Rochemont, who spent most of his career as a correspondent and film producer with the Time-Life organization, retired in 1980 as president of Vavin Inc., which he established in 1955 to produce informational films.
Mr. de Rochemont started as a newspaper reporter in Boston and New York in the late 1920's, but soon abandoned the printed page for the fast-growing newsreel industry.
As executive producer of ''The March of Time,'' he won an Academy Award in 1949 for his production of ''A Chance to Live,'' about Boys Town in Italy. He also received several awards from the Government of France, including commander in the Legion of Honor and commander in the Order of the Merite Nationale. Began in Films in '30
After working for The Boston Advertiser and The New York Sun, Mr. de Rochemont began his film career with the old Fox-Movietone News in 1930. He was foreign editor of the newsreel company in 1930 and 1931, and then was stationed in Paris until 1934, when he joined ''The March of Time.''
He was European correspondent and then managing director from 1934 to 1940 and managing editor in New York until 1943. Under his direction in 1941, ''The March of Time'' produced ''The Story of the Vatican,'' the first sanctioned film of the papal state.
In 1943 he succeeded his brother, Louis, as executive producer of ''The March of Time.'' He remained in that post until November 1951, when Time Inc. dismantled its film-producing division.
After two years as a vice president of J. Walter Thompson, the advertising agency, Mr. de Rochemont established Vavin Inc., producing films for such organizations as the State Department and the Ford Foundation. Links With France
Mr. de Rochemont was born on Dec. 13, 1903, in Chelsea, Mass., a descendant of a French Huguenot family. From 1943 to 1946, Mr. de Rochemont was president of France Forever, an association of Americans in support of a free France, and also a vice president of the French-American Club, which represented the French colony in New York City during the war.
He was the author, with Waverly Root, of ''Contemporary French Cooking'' and ''Eating in America.'' He was also the author, as a result of a dinner conversation with the publisher Alfred A. Knopf, of ''The Pets' Cookbook,'' published by Knopf in 1971.
Mr. de Rochement attended Cambridge (Mass.) Latin School and Williams College and graduated from Harvard College in 1928. He is survived by his wife, the former Jane Louise Meyerhoff.

Richard married BOGART, Helen Bently on 11 Apr 1924 in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA. Helen was born about 1904 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4789

Helen married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]