Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822 - 1903)

Born 31 Jul 1822 in Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, USA

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Died 18 Jan 1903 at age 80 in New York City, New York, United States

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Preceded by William Grace

Abram Hewitt 87th Mayor of New York City 1887-1888

Succeeded by Hugh J. Grant

Biography

Abram Hewitt is Notable.

Abram was born in 1822. He passed away in 1903.^[1]

Hewitt was born in Haverstraw, New York. His mother, Ann Gurnee, was of French Huguenot descent, while his father, John Hewitt, was from Staffordshire in England and had emigrated to the U.S. in 1796 to work on a steam engine to power the water plant in Philadelphia.

From 1843 to 1844, Hewitt traveled to Europe with his student, Edward Cooper, the son of industrialist entrepreneur Peter Cooper, and another future New York City mayor. During their return voyage, the pair were shipwrecked together. After this, Hewitt became "virtually a member of the Cooper family", and in 1855 married Edward's sister, Sarah Amelia Cooper.

Abram Hewitt died at his New York City home on January 18, 1903, and was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery. His last words, after he took his oxygen tube from his mouth, were "And now, I am officially dead."

Hewitt's daughters, Amy, Eleanor, and Sarah Hewitt, built an astonishing decorative arts collection that was for years exhibited at the Cooper Union and later became the core collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. His son, Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921), was a successful inventor, while another son, Edward Ringwood Hewitt (1866–1957), was also an inventor, a chemist and an early expert on fly-fishing. He published Telling on the Trout, among other books.

Hewitt's youngest son, Erskine Hewitt (1871–1938), was a lawyer and philanthropist in New York City.

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WXF-QP1 : 10 February 2018), Abram Stevens Hewitt, 18 Jan 1903; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,016.

• Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) on Find A Grave: Memorial #4029 retrieved 23 March 2019 (complete family available)
• Wikipedia:Abram_Hewitt
• Wikidata: Item Q2738550, en:Wikipedia
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSK6-NH8 : accessed 27 April 2019), Abram S Hewitt, Borough of Manhattan, Election District 24 New York City Ward 25, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 692, sheet 11A, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,112.