Members of the Herreshoff ()[1] family of Bristol, Rhode Island, were, among other things, notable naval architects, naval industrialists, industrial chemists, and automobile designers and manufacturers.[2][3][4]

Selected members

Charles Frederick Herreshoff III (1809–1888) – on April 15, 1833, in Boston – married Julia Ann Lewis (1811–1901). Charles graduated from Brown University in 1828.[2][5]

    1. Charles Frederick Herreshoff (1880–1954)[6]
    1. Algernon Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff (1886–1977), MIT class of 1911, naval architect
      1. Nathanael Greene Herreshoff III (1931–2025)[7]
      2. Halsey Chase Herreshoff (born 1933)
    2. Lewis Francis Herreshoff (1890–1972), American boat designer, marine engineer[8]
    3. Nathanael Greene Herreshoff II[2]
      1. Clara DeWolf Herreshoff (1920-1983)
      2. Natalie Warren Herreshoff (1924-2002)
    1. Louise Chamberlain Herreshoff (1876–1967), artist
    2. Sarah Lothrop Herreshoff (1889–1958)
      1. Guido Borgianni (it) (1914–2011),[9] Sarah's son,[10] Italian artist, identified as having been part of the Macchiaioli movement[11]

Other children of C.F. Herreshoff III and Julia Ann Lewis

❸ Charles Frederick Herreshoff (1839–1917)[12][13][14]
❺ Lewis Herreshoff (1844–1926)
❻ Sally Brown Herreshoff (1845–1917)

Blindness among siblings

Of the seven sons and two daughters of C.F. Herreshoff and Julia Ann Lewis, four were blind:

Extended family and distant ancestors

Charles Frederick Herreshoff III (1809–1888), by way of his mother, Sarah Brown (; 1773–1846), was a grandson of John Brown (1736–1803), merchant, slaveholder, and statesman from Providence, who, with his brothers – Nicholas (1729–1791), Joseph (1733–1785), and Moses (1738–1836), an abolitionist – was instrumental in (i) founding Brown University and (ii) moving it to their family's former land in Providence. Julia Ann Lewis (; 1811–1901), by way of her father, Joseph Warren Lewis (1774–1844), was a granddaughter of Winslow Lewis (1770–1850) of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, a sea captain, engineer, inventor, and contractor active in the construction of many American lighthouses during the first half of the nineteenth century. Julian Ann Lewis is also a niece of Isaiah William Penn Lewis (1808–1955) (Winslow Lewis' nephew), who was also a lighthouse designer, builder, and engineer.

By way of his mother, Sarah Brown (; 1773–1846), C.F Herreshoff III was a 4th great-grandson of Rev. Chad Brown, the progenitor of the Brown family of Rhode Island.

Nowadays, tens of millions of Americans have at least one ancestor who was in Rhode Island around 1600. But, with respect to males descending from Chad Brown, according to Galton-Watson probability, only a fraction of that number have an unbroken chain of paternal lineage maintaining the Brown surname from his line.

See also

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ Funk, 1938.
  2. ^ Simpson, 2007.
  3. ^ Johnson & Brown, 1904.
  4. ^ "Herreshoff", 1908.
  5. ^ Cutter, 1913.
  6. ^ New York Times, November 29, 1908.
  7. ^ Legacy.com, Nov. 27, 2025.
  8. ^ Mystic Seaport Museum.
  9. ^ La Repubblica January 4, 2011.
  10. ^ Il Foro Italiano, July 25, 1972.
  11. ^ George, p. 278.
  12. ^ Bicknell, 1920.
  13. ^ Herreshoff, Lewis, August 1891.
  14. ^ Herreshoff, Lewis, October 1891.

References

News media

    1. '"Yachtsman Herreshoff an Auto Builder"'. Vol. 58, no. 18572. November 29, 1908. p. 4 (digital image 28; section 4, columns 5–6)
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      3. 'Pdf via TimesMachine' (Digital scan). Retrieved November 23, 2025.
      4. 'Permalink via TimesMachine'. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
      5. 'Pfd' (Digital scan). Retrieved December 9, 2025. – via FultonHistory.com
    2. '"Dr. J.B. Herreshoff Chemist, 81, Dies – Past President of American Chemical Society – Family Noted as Yacht Builders – His Work Won Distinction First American to Receive the Perkin Medal – Invented Process for Making Sulphuric Acid"' (Obituary). Vol. 81, no. 27035. January 31, 1932. p. 29.
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      3. 'Pdf via TimesMachine' (Digital scan). Retrieved April 26, 2011.
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