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David Hadden

David Hadden (October 13, 1773 – June 3, 1856) was a Scottish-American merchant who served as the president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York.[1]

David Hadden
President of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York
In office
1837–1840
Preceded byHugh Maxwell
Succeeded byDavid Sproat Kennedy
In office
1832–1835
Preceded byJohn Johnston
Succeeded byHugh Maxwell
Personal details
Born(1773-10-13)October 13, 1773
Aberdeen, Scotland
DiedJune 3, 1856(1856-06-03) (aged 82)
New York City, U.S.
Spouse
Ann Aspinwall
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(m. 1809; died 1845)​
RelationsJohn A. Hadden Jr. (grandson)
Charles Alexander Tomes (grandson)
Children11

Early life

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Hadden was born at Aberdeen, Scotland on October 13, 1773, and on September 22, 1778, he was "admitted an infant Guild burgess of Aberdeen."[2] He was the son of Elspet (née Young) Hadden and Alexander Hadden, Bailie of Aberdeen,[2] and merchant with Alexander Hadden & Sons.[3] His older brothers, James Hadden of Persely, [3] and Gavin Hadden were each Provost of Aberdeen.

His maternal grandparents were Rachel (née Cruickshank) Young and James Young, merchant-burgess of Aberdeen.[4]

Career

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Hadden apprenticed with a cloth manufacturer in Leeds in Yorkshire before setting up his own business there.[2]

He departed Liverpool for New York, aboard the New Guide, on September 23, 1806, arriving nearly two months later on November 18, 1806. After arriving in New York, he established the merchant house known as David Hadden & Sons on Pine Street in Lower Manhattan. The firm, which was later called Hadden & Co., was extremely successful and imported raw silks and mattings.[5] In 1845, his wealth was estimated at $200,000 (equivalent to $6,540,000 in 2023).[6] After his death, his descendants kept the firm going.[7]

Hadden served as Senior Warden of St. Thomas's Episcopal Church and was member of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, serving as president, twice, from 1832 to 1835 and, again, from 1837 to 1840.[5]

Personal life

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On May 16, 1809, Hadden was married to Ann Aspinwall (1786–1845) at Flushing on Long Island. Ann was the daughter of fellow merchant William Smith Aspinwall and Mary (née Bostwick) Apsinwall. Together, they lived at 20 Lafayette Place in New York City, the most exclusive location in the city at the time,[8] and were the parents of eleven children:[5]

  • Isabella Hadden (1810–1842), who married Charles Tomes, brother of Robert Tomes.[2]
  • William Alexander Hadden (1811–1880),[9] who married Frances Sanderson Smith, daughter of James Elnathan Smith, in 1849.[2][10]
  • Mary Aspinwall Hadden (b. 1812), who lived at 18 East 33rd Street in New York.[2]
  • Sarah Platt Hadden (1814–1850), who died unmarried.[2]
  • Margaret Frances Hadden (1815–1879), who died unmarried in Florence, Italy.[2]
  • Anna Hadden (b. 1816), who also lived at 18 East 33rd Street in New York.[2]
  • John Aspinwall Hadden (1818–1906),[11] who married Frances "Fanny" Mactier, daughter of Alexander Mactier, in 1855.[2]
  • Eleanor Hadden (1820–1894),[12] who married Francis Tomes Jr., also a brother of Robert Tomes.[2]
  • Laura Hadden (1822–1894),[13] who married Benjamin Curtis, a silk importer based in Paris, in 1856. His brother Lewis was the grandfather of Elizabeth Beers-Curtis, Marquise de Talleyrand.[14]
  • David James Hadden (1825–1826), who died in infancy.[2]
  • Elizabeth Farquhar Hadden (1828–1887), who lived at 18 East 33rd Street and died unmarried.[2]

His wife died on September 3, 1845, and was buried at St. Thomas' Church. Hadden died at his residence in New York City on June 3, 1856.[15] After a funeral at St. Thomas Church conducted by the Rev. Francis L. Hawks, he was buried in a vault at Trinity Church Cemetery (where his wife was re-interred).[2]

Descendants

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Through his daughter Eleanor, he was a grandfather of merchant Charles Alexander Tomes,[16] who took over Russell & Co., one of the largest mercantile firms in the Far East, with Robert Shewan after it went bankrupt in 1892 and renamed it Shewan, Tomes & Co.[17] His daughter, Joan Elspeth Tomes (1901–1980),[18] was married to Arthur Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, son of Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[19][20]

Through his daughter Laura, he was a grandfather of Ann Aspinwall Curtis (b. 1859), William Hadden Curtis (b. 1861), and Dr. Benjamin Farquhar Curtis (1857–1924),[21] a prominent physician who graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and was the attending surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital in New York.[14]

Through his son John, he was a grandfather of Alexander Mactier Hadden (1862–1942)[22] and John Aspinwall Hadden Jr. (1858–1931), a noted clubman during the Gilded Age who was listed on Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred" in 1892. He married Marie Torrance, a granddaughter of John Torrance and her Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt.[23]

References

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  1. ^ Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York (1911). Roster of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York with Biographical Data. D. Taylor. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Johnston, William (1894). A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of James Young, Merchant Burgess of Aberdeen and Rachel Cruickshank His Wife, 1697-1893, with Notes on Many of the Families with which They are Connected. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press. p. 251. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Munro, Alexander Macdonald (1897). Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen, 1272-1895. Subscribers. p. 260. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. ^ Johnson, Alexander W. S. (1860). A Short Memoir of James Young, Merchant Burgess of Aberdeen, and Rachel Cruickshank, His Spouse, And of Their Descendants: With An Appendix. J. Craighead. pp. 29-30. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Morrison, George Austin (1906). History of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, 1756-1906. New York: Saint Andrew's Society of the State of NY. p. 102. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. ^ Beach, Moses Yale (1845). Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of New York City: Comprising an Alphabetical Arrangement of Persons Estimated to be Worth $100,000, and Upwards : with the Sums Appended to Each Name : Being Useful to Banks, Merchants, and Others ... Sun Office. p. 14. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ^ Scoville, Joseph Alfred (1968). The Old Merchants of New York City. Greenwood Press. pp. 336–337. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  8. ^ Gray, Christopher (17 June 2010). "Along Lafayette Street, Some Very Odd Lots". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  9. ^ "DIED. HADDEN" (PDF). The New York Times. 3 April 1880. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. ^ Hall, Henry (1895). America's Successful Men of Affairs: The city of New York. New York Tribune. p. 285. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. ^ "DIED" (PDF). The New York Times. 24 December 1906. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  12. ^ "DIED. TOMES" (PDF). The New York Times. 30 January 1894. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  13. ^ "DIED. CURTIS" (PDF). The New York Times. 10 November 1894. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  14. ^ a b Curtiss, Frederic Haines (1903). A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family: Being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss, who Settled in Stratford, Conn., 1639-1640. Rockwell and Churchill Press. p. 128. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  15. ^ "The Late Mr David Hadden". Aberdeen Journal, and General Advertiser for the North of Scotland. 25 Jun 1856. p. 5. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  16. ^ "CHARLES A. TOMES" (PDF). The New York Times. 1 August 1933. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  17. ^ England, Vaudine (1998). The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist. Hong Kong University Press. p. 44. ISBN 9789622094734. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  18. ^ Tomes, James Steel (2015). Serendipity: The Genealogy of Tomes, Steel, Raymaley and Schaeffer, Witmeyer and Burger. AuthorHouse. p. 38. ISBN 9781496938411. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  19. ^ "WYNDHAM BALDWIN TO WED; Son of Prime Minister Will Marry Joan E. Tomes, an American" (PDF). The New York Times. 29 July 1936. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  20. ^ "JOAN TOMES WED TO PREMIER'S SON; Daughter of New York Couple Bride of Arthur Baldwin in London" (PDF). The New York Times. 26 August 1936. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Died" (PDF). The New York Times. 7 August 1924. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  22. ^ "A. M. HADDEN DIES; COTILLION LEADER; Noted Figure at Dances in the '90s Stricken in Florida-Active in Episcopal Church FRIEND OF PRISON INMATES Served on State Commission-With Wife Founded Students International Union" (PDF). The New York Times. 3 September 1942. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  23. ^ "JOHN A. HADDEN DEAD. | One of the Oldest Members of Union Club Dies in London" (PDF). The New York Times. February 10, 1931. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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