Unknown, Hay family record, n.d.. #SA000185

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Unknown, Hay family record, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000185
Maker:	Unknown
Maker Birthplace:	Maine
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
School/Teacher:	Miss Rea
Year Made:	Unknown
Decade Made:	1830-1839
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	86.104
Object Credit:	Museum purchase W.M. Schwind Jr.
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Family Record or Register, Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

23.00 H x 27.70 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

27.50 H x 33.00 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Personal name, Place name, Date, Family genealogy

Text medium:

Printed

Click to View Text Transcription:

GENEALOGY

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JOHN HAY, born in Reading, Mass., Dec. 15, 1737.
SARAH RING, " " Salisbury, "      March 30, 1740.
Married in April, 1761.

Children of John and Sarah Hay.

SARAH, born in Woburn, Mass., March 26, 1762.

JONATHAN PIERPONT, " " " " March 29, 1765.

CHARLOTTE, " " " "  Oct. 31, 1766.

CHARLES, " " " "  June 18, 1768.

ABIGAIL, " " " "  Oct. 4, 1771.

ELIZABETH, " " " " Jan. 13, 1773.

PAMELA, " " " "   Feb. 11, 1774.

ANNA, " " " "   April 5, 1776.

JOHN, " " " "   Aug. 12, 1777.

GEORGE, " " " " Sept. 30, 1779.

MARY, " "       Reading, "    Feb. 26, 1781.

FRANCIS, " " " "  Feb. 1, 1783.
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JASIEL SMITH, born in Taunton, Mass., March 25, 1734.
ANNA CROSMAN, " " Raynham, "    Oct. 19, 1734.
Married, April 14, 1757

Children of Jasiel and Anna Smith.

HANNAH, born in Taunton, Mass., Feb. 15, 1758.

LABAN, " " " "  July 1, 1760.

JASIEL, " " " "  Feb. 7, 1763.

ANA, " " " "  Aug. 22, 1765.

SARA, " " " "  June 13, 1767.

NANCY, " " " " May 13, 1769.

KEZIA, " " " " Sept. 22, 1771.

CHLOE, " " " " March 16, 1774.

RACHEL, " " " "  March 25, 1780.
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CHARLES HAY, born in Woburn, Mass., June 18,1768.
CHLOE SMITH, " " Taunton, "   March 16, 1774.
Married in Turner Maine, Jun 1, 1797

Children of Charles and Chloe Hay.

CHARLES, JR. born in Turner, Maine, Nov. 2, 1797.

VESTA LORING, " " Waterford, "      Aug. 7, 1800.

NANCY LIVERMORE, " " " "   May 22, 1802.

JOHN RING, " " " "   Aug. 11, 1804.

CHARLOTTE THOMPSON," " " " May 11, 1806.

ELIZA BROWN, " " " "  June 14, 1808.

JOSEPH EMERSON, " " " " Feb. 16, 1810.

GEORGE SMITH, " " Baldwin, " July 14, 1811.

JOSEPH EMERSON, " " " "  Feb. 15, 1813.

SOPHIA ANDREWS, " " Cape Elizabeth " Feb. 28, 1815.

ZILPHA ANN, " " Waterford, Me., March 31, 1816.

HENRY HOMER, " " " "  Oct. 26, 1820.

OBITUARY

JOSEPH EMERSON, 1st. died in Cape Elizabeth, Me., Sept.25, 1813.

JOHN RING, " "  Waterford, " Dec. 3, 1821.

JOSEPH EMERSON, 2nd. " "Wareham, Mass., Feb. 2, 1831.

CHARLES " "   Portland, Me., arch 13, 1831.

CHARLES, JR. " " Wareham, Mass., Nov. 29, 1837."

Motifs/Symbols:

Architectural, Floral and plant, Human made object, ships

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape

Ground:

Silk background with linen foreground with linen b

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Brown, Green, Red, White

Thread Condition:

Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

Paint, Ink

Stitch Types:

Chain, Knotted, Satin, Fishbone stitch

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	Unknown
Birthdate:
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State object
Death Date:
Death Location:
Religion:
Parents:	Mother:	Birth:	Death:
	Father:	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: W.M. Schwind Jr. Relation to maker: none [dealer]
Conservation:	Conservator: Nina Rayer Date: 1986 Actions: removed from frame, stabilized, mounted on acid-free board, reframed
Exhibitions:	Title: Family Record: Genealogical Watercolors and Needlework Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Jan. 30, 1989 - May 14, 1989 Title: Youth is the Time for Progress: The Importance of American Schoolgirl Art, 1780-1860 Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Dec. 5, 1997 – May 4, 1998 Title: Telling Their Stories: 19th Century Samplers and Silk Needlework Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Apr. 11, 2008 – Aug. 30, 2008
Literature:	Author(s): Unstated Title: A Record to Remember Publication/Publisher: American Spirit Magazine, p. 6 Date: Jan./Feb. 2013 Author(s): Deborah Harding, Laura Fisher Title: Home Sweet Home: The House in American Folk Art Publication/Publisher: New York: Rizzoli, 2001 Date: Author(s): National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Title: DAR 2009 Calendar Publication/Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Date: 2009 Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: Youth is the Time for Progress: The Importance Of American Schoolgirl Art, 1780-1860 Publication/Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Date: 1998 Author(s): Susan Deaver Olberding Title: Needlework Mourning Pictures Publication/Publisher: Piecework Magazine Date: Mar./Apr.1996 Author(s): Betty Ring Title: Samplers and Silk Embroideries of Portland, Maine Publication/Publisher: The Magazine Antiques, 134, pp. 492, 512-525 Date: Sep. 1988

Object Details