Ida Agnes Wesley

Other Events:

• Parents:

  Marriage record names parents as "Edward B. Wesley" and "Elizabeth."

• Residence: 16 Octber 1943, 107 Claremont Avenue, Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, USA

Notes:

Birth:

1877 marriage record gives birth year as 1856.

Ida married Charles A. Breck on 5 Sep 1877 in Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA. Charles (son of Samuel P. Breck and Mary R.) was born about 1842-1843 in Penn Yan, Yates County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Parents:

  Birth record from Leicester, Massachusetts, named his parents as "Alex'r Wesley" and "Mary Wesley."

• Event-Misc: Abt 1850, New York City, New York, USA;

  About 1850, Edward and new acquaintance George Jones "discussed the feasibility of establishing a new morning newspaper in New York. . . . he agreed to contribute $20,000. . ." George Jones was to manage the new newspaper, leaving Edward free to pursue his usual business interests. However, shortly after Jones moved to New York to begin the project, he became ill and Edward sold out some other business interests and managed the Times until 1861.

• Census: 14 Aug 1850, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA;

  1. Wesly [Wesley], Edward, 40, male, banking agent, Massachusetts 2. _____, Elizabeth, 32, female, New York 3. _____, Mary Elizabeth, 13, female, New York 4. _____, John, 10, male, New York 5. _____, Joanna, 3, female, New York 6. Cook, Maria, 18, female, Germany 7. Fitzpatrick, Ann, [20?], Ireland

• Residence: Abt 1856, Rye, Westchester County, New York, USA, ;

  Elizabeth's 1896 obituary stated that she and her husband had lived in Rye for forty years.

• Census: 20 Jun 1860, District 2, 18th ward, New York City, New York County, New York, USA;

  1. Westley [Wesley], Edward B., 49, male, newspaper [illegible word], real estate $15,000, personal $20,000, Massachusetts 2. _____, Elizabeth, 39, female, New York 3. _____, John E., 20, male, New York 4. _____, Johanna C., 16, female, New York 5. _____, [Ella J.?], 12, female, New York 6. _____, Lilian F., 6, female, New York 7. _____, Ida A., 4, female, New York 8. Maloney, Mary, 30, female, domestic, Ireland 9. Barclay, Palmer, 58, male, Clerk, [no real estate $], personal $1,000, New York 10. Barton, Phineas, [69?], male, clerk, [no real estate $], personal $3,000, Massachusetts 11. Palmer, Mary [H.?], 40, female, Massachusetts 12. Barton, Phineas W., 16, male, student, New York

• Note: Abt 1861, New York City, New York, USA;

  Edward sold his interest in the New York Times to Henry J. Raymond, who had managed the editorial department.

• Census: 20 Jan 1870, 18th district and 18th ward (107 Lexington Avenue), New York, New York, USA;

  1. Wesley, Edward, 45, male, broker, Massachusetts 2. _____, Elizabeth, 40, female, Massachusetts 3. _____, Ida, 14, female, New York 4. Brown, Edward, 30, male, broker, New York 5. _____, Joanna, 26, female, New York 6. _____, Edward, 7, male, New York 7. _____, Herbert, 1, male, New York 8. Fleming, Catharine, 25, female, domestic, Ireland 9. Duffy, Eliza, 38, female, domestic, Ireland 10. Duff, Mary, 27, female, domestic, Ireland

• Newspaper Article: 11 Jul 1871, New York, New York, USA;

  Financial notice, New York Times listing Edward B. Wesley among the directors of The New York Railway (Viaduct) Company.

• Court: 24 Jan 1877, New York, New York, USA;

  Short item in New York Times stating that damages of $5,930.18 against Edward B. Wesley and T. C. Platt, as trustees of the New-York Republican Newspaper Association.

• Census: 26 Jun 1880, Port Chester village, town of Rye, Westchester County, New York, USA, ;

  1. Westley [Wesley], Edward B., white, male, 69, married, Massachusetts, Scotland, Massachusetts 2. _____, Elizabeth, white, female, 60, wife, married, keeping house, New York, New York, New York 3. Brown, Johannah, white, female, 35, daughter, New York, Massachusetts, New York 4. _____, Edward W., white, male, 16, son in law, at school, attending school, New York, Switzerland, New York 5. _____, Paul H., white, male, 11, son in law, at school, attending school, New York, Switzerland, New York 6. _____, Gertrude, white, female, 9, grand daughter, attending school, New York, Switzerland, New York

• Census (State): 1905, 70 North Regent St., Port Chester village, Rye (town), Westchester County, New York, USA;

  1. Wesley, Edward B., head, white, male, 94, United States, broker 2. Hoffman, Elizabeth, servant, white, female, 34, Germany, in U.S. 16 years, alien, servant 3. [Waymar?], [Cathine?], servant, white, female, 33, United States, servant 4. Sheridan, Philip, head, white, male, 38, United States, coachman 5. _____, Julia, wife, white, female, 35, Ireland, 20 years in U.S., house work 6. _____, Philip, Jr. son, white, male, 2, United States

• Land: 18 Jun 1905, 330-332 Fourth Ave., New York, New York, USA;

  Notice in New York Times, Edward B. Wesley lease to Abraham Schwab of this address for 99 years. Schwab to build office building.

• Land Conveyance: Apr 1906, 330-332 Fourth Ave., New York, New York, USA;

  New York Times real estate transfer notice:

  "4th AV, 330 and 332, w. s., 49.4 x 100; Edward B. Wesley to Ida A. Breck."

• Newspaper Article: 11 Oct 1906, New York, New York, USA;

  In the New York Times:

  Will of Edward B. Wesley. Grandchildren Get Bulk of Estate--Faithful Servants Remembered. The will of Edward B. Wesley, one of the founders of The New York Times and the Union Trust Company, who died at the age of 95, was filed for probate in White Plains yesterday. The value of the estate is not given. He leaves $1000 each to his nephews and nieces. To Elizabeth Hoffman, a servant, he leaves, 'in grateful recognition of her faithfulness and fidelity,' $2,500, and directs that $100 shall be paid to her every six months for five years. Harmon Singer, who was in Mr. Wesley's employe for thirty years, receives $1,000. The remainder of the property is bequeathed to the testator?s grandchildren, who also receive annuities.

• Newspaper Article: 1922, New York, New York, USA;

  New York Times article about the division of the old Wesley Estate in Westchester into lots.

• Land: 20 May 1922, Wesley Estate, Port Chester, Westchester County, New York, USA;

  New York Times, advertisement in classified section, selling lots from the former estate of Edward B. Wesley.

Notes:

Birth:

A New York Times article published on his death in 1906 ("Dean of Speculators, Edward B. Wesley Dies," 4 October 1906) states that Edward B. Wesley was born in January 1811, in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts--which information must have been supplied to them by family or in other written materials on Wesley.

Additionally, there is a birth record for an Edward "Barnes" Wesley, born 11 January 1811, in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on FamilySearch. No digital image is available. The parents were recorded as Alexander and Mary Wesley.

Edward married Elizabeth Kelley on 8 Dec 1836 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William P. Kelley) was born on 8 Aug 1820 in New York, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation:

  "Itinerant tailor."

Alexander married Mary Barton on 19 Feb 1806 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born on 3 Sep 1776 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; died after 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: New York City, New York, USA;

  Dry goods merchant