John T. Apthorp
John T. Apthorp (December 24, 1769- April 8, 1849) was a banker, Lieut Col of the First Corps of Cadets (Massachusetts)[1], grandson of Charles Apthorp.
Was born on on Dec 24 1769 to John Apthorp and Hannah Greenleaf who perished at sea. He and his two sisters Frances Western and Hannah were raised by their maternal grandfather Stephen Greenleaf the last Royal high sheriff of Suffolk County.[2] Harvard 1792, Harvard Law 1896. He was the President of the Suffock Ins Co[3] and Bank Boston, the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts 1812-1817.
He married first Grace Foster daughter of William Foster and Grace Spear, she died leaving one child, next he married her twin sister Mary Spear they had nine children. His sister Frances Western married Charles Vaughn son of Samuel Vaughan, his sister Hannah married Charles Bulfinch. His sister in-law Sally Foster married Harrison Gray Otis (politician). His nephews were Thomas Bulfinch, Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch.
Most widely held works by John Trecothick Apthorp
Letter, 1815 Feb. 11, to John T. Apthorp by Boston Bank( Book ) 1 edition published in 1815 in English and held by 1 library worldwide George Cabot, chairman of a committee appointed to respond to Apthorp, treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts writes in connection with a business transaction between the Commonwealth and the bank. Letter transmits five documents to Apthorp which the committee deems necessary for him to examine. Indentures, 1791-1822, between Francis Bertody and Charles Bulfinch, Charles Bulfinch and Lucy Watson, and Charles Bulfinch and Benjamin M. Watson ( mixd ) in English and held by 1 library worldwide Conveyance of property on Cambridge Street, Boston from Bertody to Bulfinch, 1791 May 5. Conveyance of same property from Bulfinch to Lucy Watson, 1807 Dec. 29 and (on verso) conveyance from Lucy Watson to Benjamin Marston Watson, 1812 July 3. Agreement of payment that Bulfinch stands bound and obliged unto Lucy Watson in the sum of four thousand dollars to be paid on or before 1808 Dec. 29 (dated 1807 Dec. 29). Letter, 1822 Nov. 5 by Bulfinch, Washington, D.C. to Benj. M. Watson discharging "the mortgage formerly given by me, upon the house and land in Cambridge Street--to Jno. Apthorp, B. Joy, I.P. Davis and George Storer." Papers, 1817-1841 by H. A. S Dearborn( mixd ) in English and held by 1 library worldwide Most items relate to his duties as collector, U.S. Customs House, Boston.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87-912626
- ^ Annals of King's chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day
- ^ http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/12/12mass252.html
- ^ http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/np-apthorp,%20john%20trecothick
Henry Wilder Foote; John Carroll Perkins; Winslow Warren (1896). Annals of King's chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day. Little, Brown. pp. 143–144. Retrieved 27 April 2013.