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A Finding Aid to the Harriet Marshall Pease Papers, 1673, 1796, 1814, 1864-1995, undated

Descriptive Summary

Repository Martha's Vineyard Museum Gale Huntington Research Library
59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508)627-4441
Call Number RU 332
Title Harriet Marshall Pease Papers
Date [inclusive] 1673, 1796, 1814, 1864-1995, undated
Extent 6 boxes and 1 oversized box (3.333 cubic feet)
Location For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's staff.
Language The materials are predominately in English. Some materials are in Spanish and are indicated at the file level.
Abstract The Harriet Marshall Pease Papers document the research, correspondence and professional writings of Harriett Marshall Pease. The collection focuses primarily on Martha’s Vineyard family genealogy.

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use and Reproduction Restrictions

Requests to reproduce material from this collection should be directed to the library's staff. Reproduction fees may apply.

Preferred Citation

Martha's Vineyard Museum, RU 332, Harriet Marshall Pease Papers.

Acquisition Information

  • The immediate source of acquisition and date of accession are unknown.

Publication Information

Martha's Vineyard Museum

Gale Huntington Research Library
59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508)627-4441

Revision Description

 Addition to the Collection; Addition of Series V: Additions to Collection, and Re-housed/re-foldered some of the original material [CJ] August 2015

Processing Information

Finding aid prepared by Nancy Young in 2006 and machine-encoded by Clint Johnson in August 2015

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Related Materials

Related Materials

  • See also, RU 538, Genealogy Collection
  • See also, Every Name Index by Richard and Norma Hagen and by Catherine Mayhew
  • See also, The Luce Genealogy by Martha McCourt
  • See also, The Roy Norton Card File of Island families

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Index Terms

Corporate Name(s)

  • Daughters of the American Revolution

Family Name(s)

  • Butler family
  • Claghorn family
  • Daggett family
  • Dunham family
  • Fergeson family
  • Luce family
  • Mayhew family
  • Nickerson family
  • Norton family

Genre(s)

  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Correspondence
  • Estate records
  • Genealogies (histories)
  • Marriage records
  • Notebooks
  • Obituaries
  • Pamphlets
  • Pedigrees
  • Pensions (compensation)
  • Publications (document genre)
  • Research notes
  • Vital statistics records

Geographic Name(s)

  • Chilmark (Mass.)
  • Dukes County (Mass.)
  • Edgartown (Mass.)
  • Marthas Vineyard (Mass.)
  • Tisbury (Mass. : Town)
  • Vineyard Haven (Mass.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Luce, John W.
  • Marchant, Edawrd
  • Pease, Harriet M., 1840-1907
  • Pease, Maria Thurston, 1836-1913
  • Pease, Richard L.
  • Pratt, A.C.
  • Spooner, E.G.

Subject(s)

  • Dukes County (Mass.)--History
  • Edgartown (Mass.). Overseers of the Poor
  • Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--Biography
  • Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--Genealogy
  • Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--History
  • Tisbury (Mass. : Town). Overseers of the Poor

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Biography/Historical Note

The genealogical research of Harriet Marshall Pease (1840-1907) and her father Richard L. Pease, provided the basis for Dr. Charles E. Banks’ definitive History of Martha’s Vineyard. A professional genealogist, Harriet Pease continued her father’s work on the early families of Martha’s Vineyard.

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Scope and Content of Collection

The Pease Papers consist of genealogical research notes, publications on early families and old burial places, and correspondence from those seeking their Vineyard ancestors, often for membership in The Daughters of the American Revolution or The Society of Mayflower Descendants and the hundreds of ancestry questionaires sent descendants of old Vineyard families throughout the United States by Miss Pease and her associate, Mrs A.C. Pratt.

Arrangement

  • Series I: Personal Correspondence, 1901-1906
  • Series II: Professional Correspondence, 1890-1906
  • Series III: Research Notes
    • Sub series A: Pease Family
    • Subseries B: Prominent Vineyard Families
    • Subseries C: Genealogical Research Forms
    • Subseries D: Transcriptions of Genealogical Forms
    • Subseries E: Society of Mayflower Descendants
  • Series IV: Publications
    • Subseries A: Articles and Charts
    • Subseries B: Clippings
  • Series V: August 2015 Additions to Collection
    • Subseries A: Vineyard Family Genealogical Materials
    • Subseries B: Correspondence
    • Subseries C: Town Records
    • Subseries D: Vineyard Research Notes
    • Subseries E: Transcription Notebooks

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Contents of Collection

Series I: Personal Correspondence, 1901-1906 
Box Folder

Harriet M. Pease correspondence, 1901-1906 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Correspondence with E.G. Spooner of Fairhaven, MA who was crafting the Vineyard's Daughters of the American Revolution monument

 1 1

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Series II: Professional Correspondence, 1890-1906 
Box Folder

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1890, 1895, 1896 

 1 2

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1897 

 1 3

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1898 

 1 4

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1899 

 1 5

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1900 

 1 6

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1901 

 2 1

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1901 

 2 2

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1902 

 2 3

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1903 

 2 4

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1904 

 2 5

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1905, 1906 

 2 6

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1909 

 2 7

Vineyard Genealogical Inquiry correspondence, 1887-1898 

Note

Addressed to A.C. Pratt.

 2 8

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Series III: Research Notes

Subseries A: Pease Family
Box Folder

Pease family genealogical research materials, 1796, undated 

 2 9

Subseries B: Prominent Vineyard Families
Box Folder

Mayhew family genealogical research materials, 1994, undated 

 2 10

Vineyard Gravestone listing, after 1901 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

2 11

Chilmark Cemetery Gravestone inscription transcription book, 1900 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

2 12

Military Deserters list, undated 

 2 13

Edgartown Death record transcription book, 1891 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

2 14

Edgartown Birth records of 1876 transcription, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Includes photocopy.

 2 15

Subseries C: Genealogical Research Forms
Box Folder

"A" Through Dexter family genealogical research forms, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

3 1

Dunham family through Luce family genealogical research forms, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

3 2

Manter family through Wimpenny family genealogical research forms, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

3 3

Vineyard Genealogical Research forms and transcriptions, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Transcribed by Catherine Mayhew.

 3 4

Subseries D: Transcriptions of Genealogical Forms
Box Folder

Luce family Genealogical Research forms and transcriptions, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Transcribed by Catherine Mayhew.

 3 5

Luce family Genealogical Research forms and transcriptions, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Transcribed by Catherine Mayhew.

 3 6

Subseries E: Society of Mayflower Descendants
Box Folder

Mayflower Society ancestries, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

3 7

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Series IV: Publications

Note

An oversized Genealogical pedigree chart notebook created by Harriet M. Pease was listed in original finding aid (2006) under Series IV but location was unable to be determined or confirmed during reprocessing.

Subseries A: Articles and Charts
Box Folder

Edgartown History, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

3 8

The Burial Place of Governor Thomas Mayhew, circa 1901 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Includes copy of the periodical The Owl in which the article was originally published.

 3 9

Vineyard family histories, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

3 10

New England Historical and Genealogical Register for 1897-1901, undated 

 3 11

Subseries B: Clippings
Box Folder

Vineyard Gazette and Martha's Vineyard Times genealogical clippings, 1886-1995 

 3 12

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Series V: August 2015 Additions to Collection

Scope and Content

This series contains materials found in an archival survey of the Martha's Vineyard Museum related to Harriet M. Pease.

Subseries A: Vineyard Family Genealogical Materials
Box Folder

Butler-Norton family genealogical notes, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 4 1

Butler family genealogical notes, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 4 2

Claghorn family genealogical notes, 1866, undated 

 4 3

Crowell family genealogical notes, 1897, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 4 4

Daggett family genealogical notes, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Includes original notebook.

 4 5

Dunham family genealogical notebook, circa 1895 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 4 6

Fergeson family genealogical notes, 1898, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 4 7

Luce family genealogical notes, circa 1885 
Author/Creator:  Luce, John W.

 4 8

Luce family genealogical notes, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 4 9

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1906 

 4 10

Nickerson family genealogical notes, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 4 11

Norton family genealogical research notes, 1899-1912 

 4 12

Norton family genealogical research notes, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 4 13

Harriet M. Pease pedigree chart, undated 

 4 14

Revolutionary soldiers genealogical notes, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 4 15

Vincent family pedigree chart, undated 

 OS Gen 5 28

Vineyard family genealogical notes, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 5 1

Vineyard family genealogical notes, 1909, undated 

Note

Predominately created by Harriet M. Pease, some material thought to be continued by Maria Thurston Pease, 1836-1913.

 5 2

Vineyard family genealogical notebooks, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 5 3

Vineyard family genealogical notebooks, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 5 4

Vineyard family genealogical forms, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 5 5

Vineyard family genealogical research references, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 5 6

Vineyard family vital records, undated 

 OS 1 1

Subseries B: Correspondence
Box Folder

Edward Marchant correspondence, 1869 June 19 
Author/Creator:  Marchant, Edward

 5 7

Harriet M. Pease correspondence, 1889-1893 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Correspondence with Mrs. Pratt.

 5 8

Harriet M. Pease correspondence, 1890, 1891 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 5 9

Harriet M. Pease correspondence, 1898 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 5 10

Harriet M. Pease correspondence, 1901 December 21 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Addressed to C.E. Banks

 5 11

Dora Peaks correspondence, 1908 

Note

Regarding Harriet M. Pease's genealogical work.

 5 12

Harriet M. Pease correspondence, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Regarding Butler family genealogical research.

 5 13

Subseries C: Town Records
Box Folder

Simon Athearn deed, 1673 

Note

Land purchased from William Pabodie.

 5 14

Duke's County civil court records, 1814 

Note

Regarding Thomas Smith vs. Benjamin Allen.

 5 15

Tisbury marriage records, before 1850 

 5 16

Edgartown estate records,  

Note

1855- approximately 1888

 5 17

Edgartown town records, 1864, undated 

 5 18

Benjamin Ripley Claim with Mexican Government, 1869, 1876 

 The materials are in Spanish.

Note

Includes correspondence. Material in Spanish.

 5 19

Subseries D: Vineyard Research Notes
Box Folder

Luce House Fire notes, after 1872 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 5 20

Tisbury town record transcriptions, 1876, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 5 21

John Daggett obituary clipping, 1885 

 5 22

Edgartown Death records, 1860-1878, 1890 November 

 5 23

Edgartown town record transcription , undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 5 24

List of documents in Edgartown town records, undated 

 5 25

Inscriptions on Gravestones in West Tisbury Village Cemetery, 1899 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 6 1

Portraits in Oil notes, 1904 September 21 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

Note

Notes on pictures of prominent citizens of Edgartown, Mass now in existence.

 6 2

Edgartown Postal Service notes, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 6 3

Elm Tree notes, undated 
Author/Creator:  Pease, Harriet M.

 6 4

Subseries E: Transcription Notebooks
Box Folder

Edgartown transcription notebooks, undated 

 6 5

Edgartown town and estate record transcription notebook, undated 

 6 6

Mayhew-Coffin estate transcription notebook, undated 

 6 7

Transcription Notebooks Part One, undated 

Note

Transcriptions of town and estate records.

 6 8

Transcription Notebooks Part Two, undated 

 6 9

Transcription notebook, undated 

Note

Not by R.L. Pease.

 6 10

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