His parents were William Hornblower (B.abt.1772) and Sarah Snead (B.abt.1771) who married on July 2, 1790 in George Hanover Square, England. Their son, William James Hornblower, b. Nov 8, 1796 and d. Sept 5, 1871. He was buried at Evergreen (King) Cemetery, McKean Co., PA. His wife was Anna Edwards. They were married on 23 April 1818 in London. His children were William Edward Hornblower, Anna Hornblower, Edward Thomas Hornblower, Harriet Charlotte "Charly" Hornblower and Emily Emma Hornblower./ In 1831, William J. Hornblower, his wife Anna Edwards Hornblower and 4 children, William E., Anna, Edward T. and Harriet C. immigrated to America. Departed from London and arriving at Port of New York on 29 Nov. 1831 on the Ship Andes and James Tompkins was the ships Master. The voyage was about nine weeks long. Ship Andes had left NY on Aug. 1, 1831 with Capt. James Tompkins as master. Confirmation of arrival to NYC by MORNING COURIER AND NEW YORK ENQUIRER newspaper dated Tuesday Nov. 29, 1831 that ship Andes had arrived from London. No information as to when ship Andes had actually left London, England for New York. Wm. J. Hornblower had set up a goldsmith and jewelry shop in Brooklyn. Residence was at 385 Pearl Street, Manhattan, NY ... located in lower Manhattan towards the Brooklyn Bridge which was built many years later. To cross was by ferry boat. He may possibly been a clock and watch repairman. His business was not very profitable and it was frustrating. Wm. James Hornblower would have returned to England except the voyage was extremely harsh on his wife. His 2 son's decided not to follow the family business. William Edward Hornblower found farming in Ceres as a suitable way of life away from the city. Edward Thomas Hornblower left his father's business once he became of age to seek other work. In the 1839 New York City directory lists William J. Hornblower as a watch maker at 61 Wall St./ Later, 1842-1843 watches, h. L.I. also 1843 - 1844 NYC Directory as jeweler at 61 Wall and home in Long Island.
1840 US Census NYC 4th Ward (Lower East Manhattan) Wm. E. Hornblower age group is not marked on this census since he is now living in Ceres, McKean, Pa.// 1840 US Census NYC (North Hempstead) all family members accounted for, this is Wm. J. Hornblower's 2nd residence which is a Farm either in Manhasset or Sands Point Long Island. Apparently Wm. J. Hornblower had both residences as his interest of farming or moving away from the living conditions of the 4th Ward that were horrendous. Later In 1866, the Metropolitan Board of Health was established to provide services for better personal hygiene and disease prevention. The 1850 & 1860 US Census has his residency in Ceres, McKean, Pa. as it is known he removed from NYC in 1847 when he retired. Overall, real and personal property was worth approximately $4,800.
[ Several spelling variations for Hornblower prior to 1800 were Horneblow, Hornby, Horniblow, Hornblow. ] -
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW _YORK ENQUIRER Wednesday Morning, July 1, 1840
Wanted to Rent—With the privilege of purchasing a small Farm of 50 or 40 acres, with convenient improvements at a moderate distance, easy of access to New York. One lying on the North or East River would be preferred Apply to the subscriber, 61 Wall street. Je24 eod2 WM J. HORNBLOWER.
- (published in "The SUN, New York, NY" in 1844 and in March 1845
Want Ads: Wanted: A short distance from New York, on Long Island a good steady man to work on a farm - American, English or Scotchman preferred. Enquire at 75 Wall St. cor of Pearl. m283* WM. J. HORNBLOWER )- In regards to his shop if it had still existed in the year 2016 would be located only a few blocks from the New York Stock Exchange. The SUN newspaper was est. in 1833 and ended in 1916.
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW YORK ENQUIRER in 1844
THEFT of A DIAMOND PIN. —A pin in which was a diamond said to be worth $200 was stolen on Monday from the store of Wm. J. Hornblower, No. 75 Wall St.
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW YORK ENQUIRER , Wednesday morning, November 19, 1845.
MARRIED: On Saturday, November 15th instant, 1845 By the Rev. Dr. Clark, at Manhasset, JAMES LANPHEER. Esqr. of New York, to ANNA, eldest daughter of Wm. J. Hornblower, of Sands Point, L.I.
- Albany New York 1846 - under the title of AUCTION SALES :
BEFORE the Vice Chancellor of the second circuit Nancy Sistare vs. William J. Hornblower and others. Bill for foreclosure of mortgage. H. G. Onderdonk, Manhasset, Queens co., N. Y., complt's sold lot. William J. Hornblower and Ann Hornblower his wife, two of the defendants in this cause, whose last known place of residence was in this state, but whose present place of residence cannot on due enquiry be ascertained, are respectively requested to appear and answer the bill filed in this cause by the twenty-fifth day of December next, or in default thereof, said bill will be taken as confessed by them. Dated Sept. 24, 1846. I8F3 H. G. Onderdonk. solr for complt.
(Judge Horatio Gates Onderdonk b.14 Aug 1808 Flower Hill, Nassau, NY – d. 6 Apr 1886 Manhasset, Nassau, NY). +
J.F. Limburger, watchmaker – importer and dealer in fine watches and jewelry, purchased well known store of Mr. Hornblower, 75 Wall street, corner of Pearl.
- published in Morning Courier and New York Enquirer, in Oct. 1846.
--------------------------------------------------------
" The history of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present "
by Mann, M. W. (Mary W.); King, Maria
Published 1896
W. J. Hornblower came to Ceres from New York city in the winter, or early spring of 1847. His son, William E., had come to Ceres a number of years before, and had settled at that time at Main Settlement, where his home is at the present time. W. J. Hornblower bought the place on lower King's Run, still known by his name, and built there the summer after he came. His family then consisted of his wife and two young daughters, the younger still not in her teens" The older, became in 1856 the wife of G. N. Hackett, and was the mother of Dr. G. W. Hackett, of Portville, and of H. N. Hackett, of Glenn. She died in 1877. The younger daughter of these two, Emily, married Andrew Hayward, and died several years after, leaving one daughter a few weeks old, which was adopted by her mother's oldest sister, Mrs. William Lanphere, who with her husband had followed her parents to Ceres. This child, long since grown to womanhood, is now the wife of W. Barry, of Texas. Mrs. W. J. Hornblower died in 1862. Anna, W. J. Hornblower's oldest daughter, married William Lanphere. He died at Ceres in 1862.
After some years she married Mathew Green, of Little Genesee, and where she lived many years. She died in 1892, while on a visit to her daughter in Texas. Mrs. Green was a lovely woman; indeed the whole of W.J. Hornblower's family were a valuable addition to the society of Ceres, and were sincerely mourned by all who knew them.
[The name of William Lanphere in the above history is incorrect as his name was James Lanphere.]
[according to Religious Denomination records for Sabbatarian and Seventh Day Baptist of Western New York and Pennsylvania , location; Ceres, PA; church: 2d Genesee; member role: Clerk; name: William Edward Hornblower; date: 1834.] - this would indicate that W. E. Hornblower at age 15 had left Brooklyn, NY in early 1834 and his father, W. J. Hornblower, would arrive in 1847 after retiring. W. J. Hornblower's son, Edw. Thos. Hornblower, had moved to Boston (Arlington) Massachusetts and created a business named Hornblower & Page in 1879, later with his son, Henry, the business would become an established Boston and New York stock brokerage and investment firm known as Hornblower & Weeks in 1888.
-- last name appearance of W. J. and Anna Hornblower was in the 1860 U.S. Census - Ceres.
*^ Evergreen Cemetery is off of Barberstown Road in Ceres. Many tombstones, monuments, and grave markers are in poor to fair condition. It appears due to lack of finances and population in the area there is no regular maintenance or employment other than someone mowing the grass. It is a small and rural cemetery. At present environmental deterioration and other factors that most of the grave sites will become unidentifiable in the next 20 to 50 years or by 2050. Unlikely that any descendants of wealth will finance in restoration and preservation of their ancestral resting places as cost to perform them could cost hundreds of dollars per grave site and several thousand dollars depending on number of ancestors buried there.
However, to be more specific about the affordability to restore the Hornblower family grave markers would be having Mr. Ralph "Ray" Hornblower III at the age of 71 in 2019 to do it as his line has established the most wealth. But that depends upon their interest in genealogy and financial resources.
________________________________________________________
This line of Hornblowers' are not associated to those of New Jersey , Wm. Butler Hornblower or Josiah Hornblower an inventor of the steam engine.
It has been established that our Hornblower family has been in the Greater London area since the 1600's mainly near Pentonville, Islington, Camden, Clerkenwell, Hackney, Lambeth, Westminster, Marylebone and Barnsbury. It is also known that William James Hornblower's father, William, was a clockmaker. Wm. J. Hornblower occupation was watchmaker as listed on the Andes ship manifest and on the baptism records of his children. Apparently, they were from a long family line of Goldsmiths. Wm J. Hornblower's son, Edward Thomas Hornblower, had once listed himself as a Silversmith. The first known Hornblower known to be a member of the Clockmakers Company was Wm. Hornblower in 1713. Watch and Clock Maker at 3, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury.
HORNBLOWER –
William. London. a.1694, CC.1714. 1.c. clock.
William. son, London. a.1726, CC.1750.
William. London. A.1761, CC.1768-93.
Thomas. London. CC.1772.
1842 & 1843 NYC Directory for Wm.J.Hornblower, Jeweler, 61 Wall. home L.I. (Long Island)
15th February 1815 - London
WILLIAM HORNBLOWER . I am a watchman of Whitechapel. On Friday the 20th of January, between twelve and one o'clock, I saw the prisoner in Osborne-street, with a bundle in her apron; I took her to the watchhouse to be examined by the officer of the night, and returned to my duty again.
*note about Whitechapel: The cobblestone alleys here are the setting for guided walks about the 1800's Jack the Ripper murders.
------------------------------------------------------
[ "Proceeding of the New Jersey Historical Society Volume III 1898-1900 page 74 " - Anna Edwards, daughter of Edward Edwards, and grand-daughter of the Earl of Pernuny( ?).]
Note: No peerage found on Earl of Pernuny or the surname of Edwards in regards to any noble/ royalty title.
Again, mention of Earl of Pevensey was found in another book listed here:
[ * Memoir of Edward Thomas Hornblower is found in a book named " Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord - Fourth series. Privately Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge in 1909." ]
Feb. 2017 link to memoir : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89072993058;view=1up;seq=7
Page 245 quotes:
" His mother's maiden name was Anna Edwards, born in Pevensay, noted as the landing-place of the Conqueror. She was the grand-daughter of the Earl of Pevensay, so that our Mr. Hornblower was fourth in descent from an earl. "
There has never been a peerage created as Earl of Pevensey. Anna Edwards maternal grandparents names are unknown and only her father's name is known as Edward Edwards which is also her brother's name.
--------------------------------------------------------
Also listed in the New York Daily July 31, 1831.
July 30, 1831
The Evening Post from New York, New York · Page 3
Publication: The Evening Post Location: New York, New York Issue Date: Saturday, July 30, 1831 Page: Page 3
"134 Front at LONDON PACKET. To sail on the 1st August. The fine coppered and copper fastened new ship ANDES. Tompkins, master, will take the place of the ship Corinthian, and be dispatched on the above day."
* [Monday Aug. 1st was the departure date from NY to London. Estimated voyage time of 4 to 6 weeks depending on sea climate, route, trade winds such as Westerlies or Easterlies. The voyage generally takes twice the time from the British Isles to NY due to the trade winds. I have calculated that the Ship Andes departed London for NY between Sept. 26th and Sept 30th as it was indicated took nearly 9 weeks.
Traveling in the later Fall must have been difficult as we know here in the U.S. is the beginning of the hurricane season. The ship Andes was built about 1820 and was not new. False advertisement.]
more about ship "Packet" living conditions - link.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/2_3.html
-----------------------------------------------------
William Edward Hornblower son of William James Hornblower.
THE BOLIVAR BREEZE
Thursday, May 10, 1906.
The estimated value of the estate of the late William Hornblower of Main Settlement is $45,000.
Now in 2018, $1,269,000 would have the same buying power as $45,000 had in 1906.
In comparison to his brother, Edward Thomas Hornblower and nephew Henry Hornblower, in the business establishment of Hornblower & Weeks which was worth approximately $800,000 in 1902 and has a purchasing power of $22,570,000 in 2018. Basically, 20 times the wealth.
This would indicate that a Farmer who works dawn to dusk will not fare as well income wise as a City business man who works a few hours less. Rule of a Green Thumb "don't become a farmer" it doesn't pay as well.
1840 US Census NYC 4th Ward (Lower East Manhattan) Wm. E. Hornblower age group is not marked on this census since he is now living in Ceres, McKean, Pa.// 1840 US Census NYC (North Hempstead) all family members accounted for, this is Wm. J. Hornblower's 2nd residence which is a Farm either in Manhasset or Sands Point Long Island. Apparently Wm. J. Hornblower had both residences as his interest of farming or moving away from the living conditions of the 4th Ward that were horrendous. Later In 1866, the Metropolitan Board of Health was established to provide services for better personal hygiene and disease prevention. The 1850 & 1860 US Census has his residency in Ceres, McKean, Pa. as it is known he removed from NYC in 1847 when he retired. Overall, real and personal property was worth approximately $4,800.
[ Several spelling variations for Hornblower prior to 1800 were Horneblow, Hornby, Horniblow, Hornblow. ] -
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW _YORK ENQUIRER Wednesday Morning, July 1, 1840
Wanted to Rent—With the privilege of purchasing a small Farm of 50 or 40 acres, with convenient improvements at a moderate distance, easy of access to New York. One lying on the North or East River would be preferred Apply to the subscriber, 61 Wall street. Je24 eod2 WM J. HORNBLOWER.
- (published in "The SUN, New York, NY" in 1844 and in March 1845
Want Ads: Wanted: A short distance from New York, on Long Island a good steady man to work on a farm - American, English or Scotchman preferred. Enquire at 75 Wall St. cor of Pearl. m283* WM. J. HORNBLOWER )- In regards to his shop if it had still existed in the year 2016 would be located only a few blocks from the New York Stock Exchange. The SUN newspaper was est. in 1833 and ended in 1916.
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW YORK ENQUIRER in 1844
THEFT of A DIAMOND PIN. —A pin in which was a diamond said to be worth $200 was stolen on Monday from the store of Wm. J. Hornblower, No. 75 Wall St.
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW YORK ENQUIRER , Wednesday morning, November 19, 1845.
MARRIED: On Saturday, November 15th instant, 1845 By the Rev. Dr. Clark, at Manhasset, JAMES LANPHEER. Esqr. of New York, to ANNA, eldest daughter of Wm. J. Hornblower, of Sands Point, L.I.
- Albany New York 1846 - under the title of AUCTION SALES :
BEFORE the Vice Chancellor of the second circuit Nancy Sistare vs. William J. Hornblower and others. Bill for foreclosure of mortgage. H. G. Onderdonk, Manhasset, Queens co., N. Y., complt's sold lot. William J. Hornblower and Ann Hornblower his wife, two of the defendants in this cause, whose last known place of residence was in this state, but whose present place of residence cannot on due enquiry be ascertained, are respectively requested to appear and answer the bill filed in this cause by the twenty-fifth day of December next, or in default thereof, said bill will be taken as confessed by them. Dated Sept. 24, 1846. I8F3 H. G. Onderdonk. solr for complt.
(Judge Horatio Gates Onderdonk b.14 Aug 1808 Flower Hill, Nassau, NY – d. 6 Apr 1886 Manhasset, Nassau, NY). +
J.F. Limburger, watchmaker – importer and dealer in fine watches and jewelry, purchased well known store of Mr. Hornblower, 75 Wall street, corner of Pearl.
- published in Morning Courier and New York Enquirer, in Oct. 1846.
--------------------------------------------------------
" The history of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present "
by Mann, M. W. (Mary W.); King, Maria
Published 1896
W. J. Hornblower came to Ceres from New York city in the winter, or early spring of 1847. His son, William E., had come to Ceres a number of years before, and had settled at that time at Main Settlement, where his home is at the present time. W. J. Hornblower bought the place on lower King's Run, still known by his name, and built there the summer after he came. His family then consisted of his wife and two young daughters, the younger still not in her teens" The older, became in 1856 the wife of G. N. Hackett, and was the mother of Dr. G. W. Hackett, of Portville, and of H. N. Hackett, of Glenn. She died in 1877. The younger daughter of these two, Emily, married Andrew Hayward, and died several years after, leaving one daughter a few weeks old, which was adopted by her mother's oldest sister, Mrs. William Lanphere, who with her husband had followed her parents to Ceres. This child, long since grown to womanhood, is now the wife of W. Barry, of Texas. Mrs. W. J. Hornblower died in 1862. Anna, W. J. Hornblower's oldest daughter, married William Lanphere. He died at Ceres in 1862.
After some years she married Mathew Green, of Little Genesee, and where she lived many years. She died in 1892, while on a visit to her daughter in Texas. Mrs. Green was a lovely woman; indeed the whole of W.J. Hornblower's family were a valuable addition to the society of Ceres, and were sincerely mourned by all who knew them.
[The name of William Lanphere in the above history is incorrect as his name was James Lanphere.]
[according to Religious Denomination records for Sabbatarian and Seventh Day Baptist of Western New York and Pennsylvania , location; Ceres, PA; church: 2d Genesee; member role: Clerk; name: William Edward Hornblower; date: 1834.] - this would indicate that W. E. Hornblower at age 15 had left Brooklyn, NY in early 1834 and his father, W. J. Hornblower, would arrive in 1847 after retiring. W. J. Hornblower's son, Edw. Thos. Hornblower, had moved to Boston (Arlington) Massachusetts and created a business named Hornblower & Page in 1879, later with his son, Henry, the business would become an established Boston and New York stock brokerage and investment firm known as Hornblower & Weeks in 1888.
-- last name appearance of W. J. and Anna Hornblower was in the 1860 U.S. Census - Ceres.
*^ Evergreen Cemetery is off of Barberstown Road in Ceres. Many tombstones, monuments, and grave markers are in poor to fair condition. It appears due to lack of finances and population in the area there is no regular maintenance or employment other than someone mowing the grass. It is a small and rural cemetery. At present environmental deterioration and other factors that most of the grave sites will become unidentifiable in the next 20 to 50 years or by 2050. Unlikely that any descendants of wealth will finance in restoration and preservation of their ancestral resting places as cost to perform them could cost hundreds of dollars per grave site and several thousand dollars depending on number of ancestors buried there.
However, to be more specific about the affordability to restore the Hornblower family grave markers would be having Mr. Ralph "Ray" Hornblower III at the age of 71 in 2019 to do it as his line has established the most wealth. But that depends upon their interest in genealogy and financial resources.
________________________________________________________
This line of Hornblowers' are not associated to those of New Jersey , Wm. Butler Hornblower or Josiah Hornblower an inventor of the steam engine.
It has been established that our Hornblower family has been in the Greater London area since the 1600's mainly near Pentonville, Islington, Camden, Clerkenwell, Hackney, Lambeth, Westminster, Marylebone and Barnsbury. It is also known that William James Hornblower's father, William, was a clockmaker. Wm. J. Hornblower occupation was watchmaker as listed on the Andes ship manifest and on the baptism records of his children. Apparently, they were from a long family line of Goldsmiths. Wm J. Hornblower's son, Edward Thomas Hornblower, had once listed himself as a Silversmith. The first known Hornblower known to be a member of the Clockmakers Company was Wm. Hornblower in 1713. Watch and Clock Maker at 3, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury.
HORNBLOWER –
William. London. a.1694, CC.1714. 1.c. clock.
William. son, London. a.1726, CC.1750.
William. London. A.1761, CC.1768-93.
Thomas. London. CC.1772.
1842 & 1843 NYC Directory for Wm.J.Hornblower, Jeweler, 61 Wall. home L.I. (Long Island)
15th February 1815 - London
WILLIAM HORNBLOWER . I am a watchman of Whitechapel. On Friday the 20th of January, between twelve and one o'clock, I saw the prisoner in Osborne-street, with a bundle in her apron; I took her to the watchhouse to be examined by the officer of the night, and returned to my duty again.
*note about Whitechapel: The cobblestone alleys here are the setting for guided walks about the 1800's Jack the Ripper murders.
------------------------------------------------------
[ "Proceeding of the New Jersey Historical Society Volume III 1898-1900 page 74 " - Anna Edwards, daughter of Edward Edwards, and grand-daughter of the Earl of Pernuny( ?).]
Note: No peerage found on Earl of Pernuny or the surname of Edwards in regards to any noble/ royalty title.
Again, mention of Earl of Pevensey was found in another book listed here:
[ * Memoir of Edward Thomas Hornblower is found in a book named " Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord - Fourth series. Privately Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge in 1909." ]
Feb. 2017 link to memoir : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89072993058;view=1up;seq=7
Page 245 quotes:
" His mother's maiden name was Anna Edwards, born in Pevensay, noted as the landing-place of the Conqueror. She was the grand-daughter of the Earl of Pevensay, so that our Mr. Hornblower was fourth in descent from an earl. "
There has never been a peerage created as Earl of Pevensey. Anna Edwards maternal grandparents names are unknown and only her father's name is known as Edward Edwards which is also her brother's name.
--------------------------------------------------------
Also listed in the New York Daily July 31, 1831.
July 30, 1831
The Evening Post from New York, New York · Page 3
Publication: The Evening Post Location: New York, New York Issue Date: Saturday, July 30, 1831 Page: Page 3
"134 Front at LONDON PACKET. To sail on the 1st August. The fine coppered and copper fastened new ship ANDES. Tompkins, master, will take the place of the ship Corinthian, and be dispatched on the above day."
* [Monday Aug. 1st was the departure date from NY to London. Estimated voyage time of 4 to 6 weeks depending on sea climate, route, trade winds such as Westerlies or Easterlies. The voyage generally takes twice the time from the British Isles to NY due to the trade winds. I have calculated that the Ship Andes departed London for NY between Sept. 26th and Sept 30th as it was indicated took nearly 9 weeks.
Traveling in the later Fall must have been difficult as we know here in the U.S. is the beginning of the hurricane season. The ship Andes was built about 1820 and was not new. False advertisement.]
more about ship "Packet" living conditions - link.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/2_3.html
-----------------------------------------------------
William Edward Hornblower son of William James Hornblower.
THE BOLIVAR BREEZE
Thursday, May 10, 1906.
The estimated value of the estate of the late William Hornblower of Main Settlement is $45,000.
Now in 2018, $1,269,000 would have the same buying power as $45,000 had in 1906.
In comparison to his brother, Edward Thomas Hornblower and nephew Henry Hornblower, in the business establishment of Hornblower & Weeks which was worth approximately $800,000 in 1902 and has a purchasing power of $22,570,000 in 2018. Basically, 20 times the wealth.
This would indicate that a Farmer who works dawn to dusk will not fare as well income wise as a City business man who works a few hours less. Rule of a Green Thumb "don't become a farmer" it doesn't pay as well.
His parents were William Hornblower (B.abt.1772) and Sarah Snead (B.abt.1771) who married on July 2, 1790 in George Hanover Square, England. Their son, William James Hornblower, b. Nov 8, 1796 and d. Sept 5, 1871. He was buried at Evergreen (King) Cemetery, McKean Co., PA. His wife was Anna Edwards. They were married on 23 April 1818 in London. His children were William Edward Hornblower, Anna Hornblower, Edward Thomas Hornblower, Harriet Charlotte "Charly" Hornblower and Emily Emma Hornblower./ In 1831, William J. Hornblower, his wife Anna Edwards Hornblower and 4 children, William E., Anna, Edward T. and Harriet C. immigrated to America. Departed from London and arriving at Port of New York on 29 Nov. 1831 on the Ship Andes and James Tompkins was the ships Master. The voyage was about nine weeks long. Ship Andes had left NY on Aug. 1, 1831 with Capt. James Tompkins as master. Confirmation of arrival to NYC by MORNING COURIER AND NEW YORK ENQUIRER newspaper dated Tuesday Nov. 29, 1831 that ship Andes had arrived from London. No information as to when ship Andes had actually left London, England for New York. Wm. J. Hornblower had set up a goldsmith and jewelry shop in Brooklyn. Residence was at 385 Pearl Street, Manhattan, NY ... located in lower Manhattan towards the Brooklyn Bridge which was built many years later. To cross was by ferry boat. He may possibly been a clock and watch repairman. His business was not very profitable and it was frustrating. Wm. James Hornblower would have returned to England except the voyage was extremely harsh on his wife. His 2 son's decided not to follow the family business. William Edward Hornblower found farming in Ceres as a suitable way of life away from the city. Edward Thomas Hornblower left his father's business once he became of age to seek other work. In the 1839 New York City directory lists William J. Hornblower as a watch maker at 61 Wall St./ Later, 1842-1843 watches, h. L.I. also 1843 - 1844 NYC Directory as jeweler at 61 Wall and home in Long Island.
1840 US Census NYC 4th Ward (Lower East Manhattan) Wm. E. Hornblower age group is not marked on this census since he is now living in Ceres, McKean, Pa.// 1840 US Census NYC (North Hempstead) all family members accounted for, this is Wm. J. Hornblower's 2nd residence which is a Farm either in Manhasset or Sands Point Long Island. Apparently Wm. J. Hornblower had both residences as his interest of farming or moving away from the living conditions of the 4th Ward that were horrendous. Later In 1866, the Metropolitan Board of Health was established to provide services for better personal hygiene and disease prevention. The 1850 & 1860 US Census has his residency in Ceres, McKean, Pa. as it is known he removed from NYC in 1847 when he retired. Overall, real and personal property was worth approximately $4,800.
[ Several spelling variations for Hornblower prior to 1800 were Horneblow, Hornby, Horniblow, Hornblow. ] -
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW _YORK ENQUIRER Wednesday Morning, July 1, 1840
Wanted to Rent—With the privilege of purchasing a small Farm of 50 or 40 acres, with convenient improvements at a moderate distance, easy of access to New York. One lying on the North or East River would be preferred Apply to the subscriber, 61 Wall street. Je24 eod2 WM J. HORNBLOWER.
- (published in "The SUN, New York, NY" in 1844 and in March 1845
Want Ads: Wanted: A short distance from New York, on Long Island a good steady man to work on a farm - American, English or Scotchman preferred. Enquire at 75 Wall St. cor of Pearl. m283* WM. J. HORNBLOWER )- In regards to his shop if it had still existed in the year 2016 would be located only a few blocks from the New York Stock Exchange. The SUN newspaper was est. in 1833 and ended in 1916.
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW YORK ENQUIRER in 1844
THEFT of A DIAMOND PIN. —A pin in which was a diamond said to be worth $200 was stolen on Monday from the store of Wm. J. Hornblower, No. 75 Wall St.
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW YORK ENQUIRER , Wednesday morning, November 19, 1845.
MARRIED: On Saturday, November 15th instant, 1845 By the Rev. Dr. Clark, at Manhasset, JAMES LANPHEER. Esqr. of New York, to ANNA, eldest daughter of Wm. J. Hornblower, of Sands Point, L.I.
- Albany New York 1846 - under the title of AUCTION SALES :
BEFORE the Vice Chancellor of the second circuit Nancy Sistare vs. William J. Hornblower and others. Bill for foreclosure of mortgage. H. G. Onderdonk, Manhasset, Queens co., N. Y., complt's sold lot. William J. Hornblower and Ann Hornblower his wife, two of the defendants in this cause, whose last known place of residence was in this state, but whose present place of residence cannot on due enquiry be ascertained, are respectively requested to appear and answer the bill filed in this cause by the twenty-fifth day of December next, or in default thereof, said bill will be taken as confessed by them. Dated Sept. 24, 1846. I8F3 H. G. Onderdonk. solr for complt.
(Judge Horatio Gates Onderdonk b.14 Aug 1808 Flower Hill, Nassau, NY – d. 6 Apr 1886 Manhasset, Nassau, NY). +
J.F. Limburger, watchmaker – importer and dealer in fine watches and jewelry, purchased well known store of Mr. Hornblower, 75 Wall street, corner of Pearl.
- published in Morning Courier and New York Enquirer, in Oct. 1846.
--------------------------------------------------------
" The history of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present "
by Mann, M. W. (Mary W.); King, Maria
Published 1896
W. J. Hornblower came to Ceres from New York city in the winter, or early spring of 1847. His son, William E., had come to Ceres a number of years before, and had settled at that time at Main Settlement, where his home is at the present time. W. J. Hornblower bought the place on lower King's Run, still known by his name, and built there the summer after he came. His family then consisted of his wife and two young daughters, the younger still not in her teens" The older, became in 1856 the wife of G. N. Hackett, and was the mother of Dr. G. W. Hackett, of Portville, and of H. N. Hackett, of Glenn. She died in 1877. The younger daughter of these two, Emily, married Andrew Hayward, and died several years after, leaving one daughter a few weeks old, which was adopted by her mother's oldest sister, Mrs. William Lanphere, who with her husband had followed her parents to Ceres. This child, long since grown to womanhood, is now the wife of W. Barry, of Texas. Mrs. W. J. Hornblower died in 1862. Anna, W. J. Hornblower's oldest daughter, married William Lanphere. He died at Ceres in 1862.
After some years she married Mathew Green, of Little Genesee, and where she lived many years. She died in 1892, while on a visit to her daughter in Texas. Mrs. Green was a lovely woman; indeed the whole of W.J. Hornblower's family were a valuable addition to the society of Ceres, and were sincerely mourned by all who knew them.
[The name of William Lanphere in the above history is incorrect as his name was James Lanphere.]
[according to Religious Denomination records for Sabbatarian and Seventh Day Baptist of Western New York and Pennsylvania , location; Ceres, PA; church: 2d Genesee; member role: Clerk; name: William Edward Hornblower; date: 1834.] - this would indicate that W. E. Hornblower at age 15 had left Brooklyn, NY in early 1834 and his father, W. J. Hornblower, would arrive in 1847 after retiring. W. J. Hornblower's son, Edw. Thos. Hornblower, had moved to Boston (Arlington) Massachusetts and created a business named Hornblower & Page in 1879, later with his son, Henry, the business would become an established Boston and New York stock brokerage and investment firm known as Hornblower & Weeks in 1888.
-- last name appearance of W. J. and Anna Hornblower was in the 1860 U.S. Census - Ceres.
*^ Evergreen Cemetery is off of Barberstown Road in Ceres. Many tombstones, monuments, and grave markers are in poor to fair condition. It appears due to lack of finances and population in the area there is no regular maintenance or employment other than someone mowing the grass. It is a small and rural cemetery. At present environmental deterioration and other factors that most of the grave sites will become unidentifiable in the next 20 to 50 years or by 2050. Unlikely that any descendants of wealth will finance in restoration and preservation of their ancestral resting places as cost to perform them could cost hundreds of dollars per grave site and several thousand dollars depending on number of ancestors buried there.
However, to be more specific about the affordability to restore the Hornblower family grave markers would be having Mr. Ralph "Ray" Hornblower III at the age of 71 in 2019 to do it as his line has established the most wealth. But that depends upon their interest in genealogy and financial resources.
________________________________________________________
This line of Hornblowers' are not associated to those of New Jersey , Wm. Butler Hornblower or Josiah Hornblower an inventor of the steam engine.
It has been established that our Hornblower family has been in the Greater London area since the 1600's mainly near Pentonville, Islington, Camden, Clerkenwell, Hackney, Lambeth, Westminster, Marylebone and Barnsbury. It is also known that William James Hornblower's father, William, was a clockmaker. Wm. J. Hornblower occupation was watchmaker as listed on the Andes ship manifest and on the baptism records of his children. Apparently, they were from a long family line of Goldsmiths. Wm J. Hornblower's son, Edward Thomas Hornblower, had once listed himself as a Silversmith. The first known Hornblower known to be a member of the Clockmakers Company was Wm. Hornblower in 1713. Watch and Clock Maker at 3, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury.
HORNBLOWER –
William. London. a.1694, CC.1714. 1.c. clock.
William. son, London. a.1726, CC.1750.
William. London. A.1761, CC.1768-93.
Thomas. London. CC.1772.
1842 & 1843 NYC Directory for Wm.J.Hornblower, Jeweler, 61 Wall. home L.I. (Long Island)
15th February 1815 - London
WILLIAM HORNBLOWER . I am a watchman of Whitechapel. On Friday the 20th of January, between twelve and one o'clock, I saw the prisoner in Osborne-street, with a bundle in her apron; I took her to the watchhouse to be examined by the officer of the night, and returned to my duty again.
*note about Whitechapel: The cobblestone alleys here are the setting for guided walks about the 1800's Jack the Ripper murders.
------------------------------------------------------
[ "Proceeding of the New Jersey Historical Society Volume III 1898-1900 page 74 " - Anna Edwards, daughter of Edward Edwards, and grand-daughter of the Earl of Pernuny( ?).]
Note: No peerage found on Earl of Pernuny or the surname of Edwards in regards to any noble/ royalty title.
Again, mention of Earl of Pevensey was found in another book listed here:
[ * Memoir of Edward Thomas Hornblower is found in a book named " Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord - Fourth series. Privately Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge in 1909." ]
Feb. 2017 link to memoir : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89072993058;view=1up;seq=7
Page 245 quotes:
" His mother's maiden name was Anna Edwards, born in Pevensay, noted as the landing-place of the Conqueror. She was the grand-daughter of the Earl of Pevensay, so that our Mr. Hornblower was fourth in descent from an earl. "
There has never been a peerage created as Earl of Pevensey. Anna Edwards maternal grandparents names are unknown and only her father's name is known as Edward Edwards which is also her brother's name.
--------------------------------------------------------
Also listed in the New York Daily July 31, 1831.
July 30, 1831
The Evening Post from New York, New York · Page 3
Publication: The Evening Post Location: New York, New York Issue Date: Saturday, July 30, 1831 Page: Page 3
"134 Front at LONDON PACKET. To sail on the 1st August. The fine coppered and copper fastened new ship ANDES. Tompkins, master, will take the place of the ship Corinthian, and be dispatched on the above day."
* [Monday Aug. 1st was the departure date from NY to London. Estimated voyage time of 4 to 6 weeks depending on sea climate, route, trade winds such as Westerlies or Easterlies. The voyage generally takes twice the time from the British Isles to NY due to the trade winds. I have calculated that the Ship Andes departed London for NY between Sept. 26th and Sept 30th as it was indicated took nearly 9 weeks.
Traveling in the later Fall must have been difficult as we know here in the U.S. is the beginning of the hurricane season. The ship Andes was built about 1820 and was not new. False advertisement.]
more about ship "Packet" living conditions - link.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/2_3.html
-----------------------------------------------------
William Edward Hornblower son of William James Hornblower.
THE BOLIVAR BREEZE
Thursday, May 10, 1906.
The estimated value of the estate of the late William Hornblower of Main Settlement is $45,000.
Now in 2018, $1,269,000 would have the same buying power as $45,000 had in 1906.
In comparison to his brother, Edward Thomas Hornblower and nephew Henry Hornblower, in the business establishment of Hornblower & Weeks which was worth approximately $800,000 in 1902 and has a purchasing power of $22,570,000 in 2018. Basically, 20 times the wealth.
This would indicate that a Farmer who works dawn to dusk will not fare as well income wise as a City business man who works a few hours less. Rule of a Green Thumb "don't become a farmer" it doesn't pay as well.
1840 US Census NYC 4th Ward (Lower East Manhattan) Wm. E. Hornblower age group is not marked on this census since he is now living in Ceres, McKean, Pa.// 1840 US Census NYC (North Hempstead) all family members accounted for, this is Wm. J. Hornblower's 2nd residence which is a Farm either in Manhasset or Sands Point Long Island. Apparently Wm. J. Hornblower had both residences as his interest of farming or moving away from the living conditions of the 4th Ward that were horrendous. Later In 1866, the Metropolitan Board of Health was established to provide services for better personal hygiene and disease prevention. The 1850 & 1860 US Census has his residency in Ceres, McKean, Pa. as it is known he removed from NYC in 1847 when he retired. Overall, real and personal property was worth approximately $4,800.
[ Several spelling variations for Hornblower prior to 1800 were Horneblow, Hornby, Horniblow, Hornblow. ] -
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW _YORK ENQUIRER Wednesday Morning, July 1, 1840
Wanted to Rent—With the privilege of purchasing a small Farm of 50 or 40 acres, with convenient improvements at a moderate distance, easy of access to New York. One lying on the North or East River would be preferred Apply to the subscriber, 61 Wall street. Je24 eod2 WM J. HORNBLOWER.
- (published in "The SUN, New York, NY" in 1844 and in March 1845
Want Ads: Wanted: A short distance from New York, on Long Island a good steady man to work on a farm - American, English or Scotchman preferred. Enquire at 75 Wall St. cor of Pearl. m283* WM. J. HORNBLOWER )- In regards to his shop if it had still existed in the year 2016 would be located only a few blocks from the New York Stock Exchange. The SUN newspaper was est. in 1833 and ended in 1916.
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW YORK ENQUIRER in 1844
THEFT of A DIAMOND PIN. —A pin in which was a diamond said to be worth $200 was stolen on Monday from the store of Wm. J. Hornblower, No. 75 Wall St.
- MORNING COURIER AND NEW YORK ENQUIRER , Wednesday morning, November 19, 1845.
MARRIED: On Saturday, November 15th instant, 1845 By the Rev. Dr. Clark, at Manhasset, JAMES LANPHEER. Esqr. of New York, to ANNA, eldest daughter of Wm. J. Hornblower, of Sands Point, L.I.
- Albany New York 1846 - under the title of AUCTION SALES :
BEFORE the Vice Chancellor of the second circuit Nancy Sistare vs. William J. Hornblower and others. Bill for foreclosure of mortgage. H. G. Onderdonk, Manhasset, Queens co., N. Y., complt's sold lot. William J. Hornblower and Ann Hornblower his wife, two of the defendants in this cause, whose last known place of residence was in this state, but whose present place of residence cannot on due enquiry be ascertained, are respectively requested to appear and answer the bill filed in this cause by the twenty-fifth day of December next, or in default thereof, said bill will be taken as confessed by them. Dated Sept. 24, 1846. I8F3 H. G. Onderdonk. solr for complt.
(Judge Horatio Gates Onderdonk b.14 Aug 1808 Flower Hill, Nassau, NY – d. 6 Apr 1886 Manhasset, Nassau, NY). +
J.F. Limburger, watchmaker – importer and dealer in fine watches and jewelry, purchased well known store of Mr. Hornblower, 75 Wall street, corner of Pearl.
- published in Morning Courier and New York Enquirer, in Oct. 1846.
--------------------------------------------------------
" The history of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present "
by Mann, M. W. (Mary W.); King, Maria
Published 1896
W. J. Hornblower came to Ceres from New York city in the winter, or early spring of 1847. His son, William E., had come to Ceres a number of years before, and had settled at that time at Main Settlement, where his home is at the present time. W. J. Hornblower bought the place on lower King's Run, still known by his name, and built there the summer after he came. His family then consisted of his wife and two young daughters, the younger still not in her teens" The older, became in 1856 the wife of G. N. Hackett, and was the mother of Dr. G. W. Hackett, of Portville, and of H. N. Hackett, of Glenn. She died in 1877. The younger daughter of these two, Emily, married Andrew Hayward, and died several years after, leaving one daughter a few weeks old, which was adopted by her mother's oldest sister, Mrs. William Lanphere, who with her husband had followed her parents to Ceres. This child, long since grown to womanhood, is now the wife of W. Barry, of Texas. Mrs. W. J. Hornblower died in 1862. Anna, W. J. Hornblower's oldest daughter, married William Lanphere. He died at Ceres in 1862.
After some years she married Mathew Green, of Little Genesee, and where she lived many years. She died in 1892, while on a visit to her daughter in Texas. Mrs. Green was a lovely woman; indeed the whole of W.J. Hornblower's family were a valuable addition to the society of Ceres, and were sincerely mourned by all who knew them.
[The name of William Lanphere in the above history is incorrect as his name was James Lanphere.]
[according to Religious Denomination records for Sabbatarian and Seventh Day Baptist of Western New York and Pennsylvania , location; Ceres, PA; church: 2d Genesee; member role: Clerk; name: William Edward Hornblower; date: 1834.] - this would indicate that W. E. Hornblower at age 15 had left Brooklyn, NY in early 1834 and his father, W. J. Hornblower, would arrive in 1847 after retiring. W. J. Hornblower's son, Edw. Thos. Hornblower, had moved to Boston (Arlington) Massachusetts and created a business named Hornblower & Page in 1879, later with his son, Henry, the business would become an established Boston and New York stock brokerage and investment firm known as Hornblower & Weeks in 1888.
-- last name appearance of W. J. and Anna Hornblower was in the 1860 U.S. Census - Ceres.
*^ Evergreen Cemetery is off of Barberstown Road in Ceres. Many tombstones, monuments, and grave markers are in poor to fair condition. It appears due to lack of finances and population in the area there is no regular maintenance or employment other than someone mowing the grass. It is a small and rural cemetery. At present environmental deterioration and other factors that most of the grave sites will become unidentifiable in the next 20 to 50 years or by 2050. Unlikely that any descendants of wealth will finance in restoration and preservation of their ancestral resting places as cost to perform them could cost hundreds of dollars per grave site and several thousand dollars depending on number of ancestors buried there.
However, to be more specific about the affordability to restore the Hornblower family grave markers would be having Mr. Ralph "Ray" Hornblower III at the age of 71 in 2019 to do it as his line has established the most wealth. But that depends upon their interest in genealogy and financial resources.
________________________________________________________
This line of Hornblowers' are not associated to those of New Jersey , Wm. Butler Hornblower or Josiah Hornblower an inventor of the steam engine.
It has been established that our Hornblower family has been in the Greater London area since the 1600's mainly near Pentonville, Islington, Camden, Clerkenwell, Hackney, Lambeth, Westminster, Marylebone and Barnsbury. It is also known that William James Hornblower's father, William, was a clockmaker. Wm. J. Hornblower occupation was watchmaker as listed on the Andes ship manifest and on the baptism records of his children. Apparently, they were from a long family line of Goldsmiths. Wm J. Hornblower's son, Edward Thomas Hornblower, had once listed himself as a Silversmith. The first known Hornblower known to be a member of the Clockmakers Company was Wm. Hornblower in 1713. Watch and Clock Maker at 3, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury.
HORNBLOWER –
William. London. a.1694, CC.1714. 1.c. clock.
William. son, London. a.1726, CC.1750.
William. London. A.1761, CC.1768-93.
Thomas. London. CC.1772.
1842 & 1843 NYC Directory for Wm.J.Hornblower, Jeweler, 61 Wall. home L.I. (Long Island)
15th February 1815 - London
WILLIAM HORNBLOWER . I am a watchman of Whitechapel. On Friday the 20th of January, between twelve and one o'clock, I saw the prisoner in Osborne-street, with a bundle in her apron; I took her to the watchhouse to be examined by the officer of the night, and returned to my duty again.
*note about Whitechapel: The cobblestone alleys here are the setting for guided walks about the 1800's Jack the Ripper murders.
------------------------------------------------------
[ "Proceeding of the New Jersey Historical Society Volume III 1898-1900 page 74 " - Anna Edwards, daughter of Edward Edwards, and grand-daughter of the Earl of Pernuny( ?).]
Note: No peerage found on Earl of Pernuny or the surname of Edwards in regards to any noble/ royalty title.
Again, mention of Earl of Pevensey was found in another book listed here:
[ * Memoir of Edward Thomas Hornblower is found in a book named " Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord - Fourth series. Privately Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge in 1909." ]
Feb. 2017 link to memoir : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89072993058;view=1up;seq=7
Page 245 quotes:
" His mother's maiden name was Anna Edwards, born in Pevensay, noted as the landing-place of the Conqueror. She was the grand-daughter of the Earl of Pevensay, so that our Mr. Hornblower was fourth in descent from an earl. "
There has never been a peerage created as Earl of Pevensey. Anna Edwards maternal grandparents names are unknown and only her father's name is known as Edward Edwards which is also her brother's name.
--------------------------------------------------------
Also listed in the New York Daily July 31, 1831.
July 30, 1831
The Evening Post from New York, New York · Page 3
Publication: The Evening Post Location: New York, New York Issue Date: Saturday, July 30, 1831 Page: Page 3
"134 Front at LONDON PACKET. To sail on the 1st August. The fine coppered and copper fastened new ship ANDES. Tompkins, master, will take the place of the ship Corinthian, and be dispatched on the above day."
* [Monday Aug. 1st was the departure date from NY to London. Estimated voyage time of 4 to 6 weeks depending on sea climate, route, trade winds such as Westerlies or Easterlies. The voyage generally takes twice the time from the British Isles to NY due to the trade winds. I have calculated that the Ship Andes departed London for NY between Sept. 26th and Sept 30th as it was indicated took nearly 9 weeks.
Traveling in the later Fall must have been difficult as we know here in the U.S. is the beginning of the hurricane season. The ship Andes was built about 1820 and was not new. False advertisement.]
more about ship "Packet" living conditions - link.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/2_3.html
-----------------------------------------------------
William Edward Hornblower son of William James Hornblower.
THE BOLIVAR BREEZE
Thursday, May 10, 1906.
The estimated value of the estate of the late William Hornblower of Main Settlement is $45,000.
Now in 2018, $1,269,000 would have the same buying power as $45,000 had in 1906.
In comparison to his brother, Edward Thomas Hornblower and nephew Henry Hornblower, in the business establishment of Hornblower & Weeks which was worth approximately $800,000 in 1902 and has a purchasing power of $22,570,000 in 2018. Basically, 20 times the wealth.
This would indicate that a Farmer who works dawn to dusk will not fare as well income wise as a City business man who works a few hours less. Rule of a Green Thumb "don't become a farmer" it doesn't pay as well.
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
