Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)

Name:

Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)

Title:

Member, New Hampshire Historical Society
Member, Maine Historical Society
Member, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (MHJ collection of over 1200 children's mugs at Otis House)

Other Names:

Jewell, Margaret Harvey

Born:

12/15/1866

Birthplace:

Boston, MA

Died:

01/18/1970

Death Location:

Portland, ME

Residence:

Boston, MA, 1863-c.1928 (family stayed until 1933)
96 Park St. Portland, ME, 1928-1945
Summered in Scarborough Beach, ME, 1879-1945

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Collector

Father:

Jewell, Harvey (1820-1881)

Mother:

Bradley, Susan Ayer (1826-1903)

Relations:

Sibling: Jewell, Susan E. (1854-1936; b. Mass; m. George P. Sanger; no children)
Maternal Grandfather: Bradley, Richard (1790-1869)
Maternal Grandmother: Ayer, Elizabeth (1796-1872) m. Richard Bradley, they were first cousins.
Maternal Great Grandmother: Ayer, Hannah (1751-1817)
Maternal Great Grandfather: Bradley, John (1743-1815)

Spouse:

None

Children:

None

Notes:

Her mother was born in Concord, NH.
Her maternal great grandfather, John Bradley, (1743-1815), was appointed lieutenant in Capt. Benjamin Emery's company, 1775. The commission is preserved in the old homestead. He was born in Concord, NH, where he died.
Spent most summers, 1879-1925, at Scarborough Beach, ME.
Bought houses at Cape Elizabeth, ME, 1926 and 1935.
Several of the large Margaret Jewell donations came as the result of her cleaning out residences, including:
1) Cleaning out the Beacon St., Boston home (lived in from 1863-1933), 1933;
2) Cleaning out her sister's (Susan E. Jewell Sanger, d.1936) apartment, 1936;
3) Cleaning out attics, 1942.
SEE ALSO (sister): Jewell, Susan E.
SEE ALSO (mother): Jewell, Susan / Bradley, Susan
SEE ALSO (father): Jewell, Harvey
SEE ALSO (uncle): Bradley, Moses Hazen (2)
SEE ALSO (aunt): Bradley, Lucy / Roby, Lucy

Bibliography:
Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Book, Volume 23, (Washington, D.C.:1907), 41.