Nathaniel Prime
Nathaniel Prime | |
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![]() The b/w version of a portrait of Nathaniel Prime by Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1879 (copy after John Trumbull) | |
Born | |
Died | November 26, 1840 New York City, U.S. | (aged 72)
Occupation(s) | Broker and banker |
Spouse | Cornelia Sands |
Partner | Cornelia Sands (1773–1852) |
Children | Edward Prime |
Parent(s) | Joshua Prime Bridget Hammond Prime |
Relatives | William Seton III (grandson) |
Nathaniel Prime (January 30, 1768 – November 26, 1840) was a New York broker and banker.
Early life
Prime was born in Rowley, Massachusetts on January 30, 1768. He was the son of Joshua Prime and Bridget Hammond Prime.[1]
In his early years, he was a coachman to Boston merchant William Gray and moved to New York in 1795.[2][3]
Career
In 1796, Prime organized "
In 1808, he brought in
In 1824, the firm was again reorganized as
Residence
Prime and his family lived in a house on the corner of Broadway and Battery Place. In 1807, he purchased a house and 130 acres for a country seat at
Personal life
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Laura_Prime_and_her_Daughter_20198.jpg/220px-Laura_Prime_and_her_Daughter_20198.jpg)
On June 7, 1797, Prime was married to Cornelia Sands (1773–1852), the daughter of
- Cornelia Prime (1800–1874), who married Robert Ray (1794–1879), brother-in-law of New York Gov. John Alsop King.
- Edward Prime (1801–1883), a banker with Prime, Ward & King who married Charlotte Wilkins Hoffman (1808–1892).[9][10]
- Emily Prime (1804–1854), who married William Seton (1796–1868), a U.S. Navy captain and son of Elizabeth Ann Seton, in 1832.
- Frederick Prime (1807–1887), who married Lydia Hare (1815–1883), a daughter of Robert Hare.[1]
- Matilda Prime (1810–1849), who married Gerard Holsman Coster (1808–1880), son of John Gerard Coster in 1831.[1]
- Laura Prime (1812–1887), who married Peter A. Jay and grandson of John Jay.
Prime committed suicide on November 26, 1840, by cutting his throat. William H. Aspinwall served on the coroner's jury, and Edgar Howland informed diarist George Templeton Strong that:
"Prime went to his room at two o'clock and appears to have taken up and read his prayer book, then went before the glass, cut his throat coolly and steadily from ear to ear, replaced the razor in its case, and then walked into the next room, and there fell. The jury found "insanity." He had been dyspeptic and nervous for some time; he was retired from active life and his mind, I suppose, preyed on itself for want of occupation ..."[11]
Descendants
Through his daughter Cornelia, he was the grandfather of Cornelia Ray (1829–1867), who married Gen. Schuyler Hamilton (1822–1903), a grandson of Alexander Hamilton; Robert Ray (1832–1860), and Nathalie Elizabeth Ray (1837–1912), who married Edmund Lincoln Baylies (1829–1869), the parents of Edmund L. Baylies Jr.[12]
Through his daughter Emily, he was the grandfather of author, novelist and popular science writer
Through his son Edward, he was the grandfather of William Hoffman Prime (1837–1881), who married Annie Rhodes Gilbert in 1879; Mary Catherine Prime (b. 1841), who married James A. Scrimper in 1868; and Henry Prime (b. 1847).
References
- ^ a b c d e Bergen, Tunis Garret (1915). Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 833. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9780199741205. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b Barrett, Walter. The Old Merchants of New York City, New York. Carleton, 1864, p. 11
- ^ Ward, John (1875). A Memoir of Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Ward, First Rhode Island Regiment, Army of the American Revolution: With a Genealogy of the Ward Family. New York. p. 1. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b Barrett, Walter (1885). The Old Merchants of New York City. Thomas R. Knox & Company. p. 10. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ISBN 9780674396661. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "SAMUEL WARD PAPERS" (PDF). archives.nypl.org. New York Public Library. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Nathaniel Prime Mansion, Hell Gate near Yorkville, New York". Museum Collections. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ Hoffman, Eugene Augustus (1899). Genealogy of the Hoffman family : descendants of Martin Hoffman, with biographical notes . New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Lawrence, Ruth (1930). Colonial Families of America (PDF). New York: National Americana Society. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Strong, George Templeton (1952). Nevins, Allan; Thomas, Milton Halsey (eds.). The Diary of George Templeton Strong. Vol. I. The Macmillan Company. p. 152.
- ^ "E.L. BAYLIES IS DEAD; WAS LEADER IN BAR; Socially Prominent Attorney Helped to Create Cathedral of St. John the Divine. SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE HEAD Was Its President for 19 Years | Handled Many Large Estates Member of Old Family". The New York Times. 30 April 1932. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "DIED. SETON". The New York Times. 16 March 1905. Retrieved 10 March 2018.