Chesrown Photo Album Contents
This album was purchased on eBay 18fe2006 by Pierpont relative Tom Chesrown and then passed along to the Pierpont Family Association for detailed identification and appropriate disposition. For the larger context, go to 20>16219 Frederick Wolcott Pierrepont in the online Pierpont genealogy file.
Note: only one picture has the identification printed on it, and another has the name written on it in pencil, otherwise the identifications are in pencil on the album pages that hold the separate pictures. Thus some pictures could have been placed in the wrong page by handlers of the album enroute to eBay and thence to the PFA archives. The commercial photographers with names on the backs of pictures are mainly from New Britain CT, where James Becker Pierpont and family lived in 1860 (census), and from New Haven CT where the main family lived, with a few from Hartford CT. Several tintypes are also included, and one picture is dated by the photographer’s identification to 1863. My suspicion is that the album was in the possession of the James Becker Pierpont family (see the remains of the erased name on the inner flyleaf as well as other clues), with special attention to his wife and the Payne family, but several recorded names have not yet been identified and/or connected). The latest date mentioned in the album is 1930 (Jennie Payne's death).
front leather cover with design and remains of clasp apparatus at the top
2 patterned flyleafs
2 blanks – erased inscription stamp:
p1- indecipherable 2 lines
p-2 [5-6 letters; James?] J. [or B?] Pierpont / indecipherable 2nd line [location?]
1 blank, then title page facing
1 blank, then “Index” page facing [not filled out; 12 lines, double column]
2nd Index page [not filled out; 12 lines, double column],
-1 with first portrait frame facing [contains printed poem, not labelled, blank back]
2- [empty] Fred’k Wolcott Pierrepont / 1802-1877 (in pencil) [=20>16219 in the genealogy]
-3 [empty] Hannah Becker Pierrepont [his wife]
4- Gerardus Becker [by Gears Gallery of Art, 303 Chapel St., New Haven, CT]
Identity? See 1860 census: Probably 1781-1868 [no wife in 1860 census] , m 1806; mother Sally Sarah Finna [Finne?] 1787-1855; sons Jesse Finna [Finne?] Becker 1811-??, Joseph H. Becker
-5 Fred’k L. Pierrepont / 1826 [tintype, blank back] – oldest child
6- Frances Rebecca Pierrepont / 1828 [by I.G.Steiger’s Photograph Gallery, 340 Chapel St, New Haven, Conn] – child #2
-7 Jesse Evelyn Pierrepont / 1831 [by J.W.Hurn, No. 1319 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] – child #3
8- Joseph Collins Pierrepont / 1833-1908 [tintype, blank back] – child #4 [note 1908 date in notation]
-9 [empty] William Henry Pierrepont 1836-1905 – child #5
10- [empty] W. H. Pierrepont
-11 James Becker Pierrepont / May 12, 1839 – Dec 16, 1907 [name printed on picture; by W.A.Judson, Photographer, Main St., New Britain, Conn.] – child #6, living in New Britain in 1860 census
12- [empty] J. B. Pierrepont {with “?” by a later hand} [picture possibly misplaced later]
-13 [empty] J.B.P.
14- [empty] J.B.P.
-15 Garibaldi – J.B.P. [tintype, blank back; spelling Gerabaldi is more normal, but who is that? see also below]
16- [empty] Edwin Finne Pierrepont / 1842-1867 – child #7
-17 [empty] Edwin Pierrepont
18- John Pierrepont / 1845 [by I.G.Steiger’s Photograph Gallery, 340 Chapel St, New Haven, Conn] – child #8
-19 John Pierrepont [tintype, blank back]
20- [empty] W.H.P. [see above, child #5]
-21 Herbert Pierpont {written backwards} [tintype, blank back; not yet identified]
22- Rebecca Finne / Schenectedy N.Y. [girl, by R.S.DeLamater, Photographer, No. 238 Main Street, 3 Doors above Post Office, Hartford, Conn.] [probably related to Gerardus Beker’s wife]
-23 Nancy Finne [old woman, by I.G.Steiger’s Photograph Gallery, 340 Chapel St, New Haven, Conn] [how related?]
24- Marian + Evelyn [back blank] [two children of Jesse Pierpont (child #3) and Mary A. Turner]
-25 Evelyn + Mary P. [by Bundy & Williams, Photographers, 314 & 326 Chapel Street, NewHaven, Conn.] [probably Mary A. Turner, wife of Jesse (child #3), and their first child]
26- Henry Beach [who? perhaps a misplaced photo? It closely resembles James B.P- (see above); by W.F.Page, Photographers, Main Street, New Britain, Conn.]
-27 [empty] Manuel Ramas [who? See final picture below, of someone in work clothes holding a lobster]
28- [empty] John Payne [see below, p. -31?; father of Jane Payne, JBP’s wife]
-29 Jane Payne [framed tintype, backs blank] [older woman, probably identical with next person]
30- Jane Edwards Payne / born June 14, 1825 [by F.W.Allderige, Cor. of Main and Commercial Sts., New Britain, Conn.] [in 1860 NewBritainCT census age 34, born Eng] added note in album = / Father Geo. Edwards / Kidderminster, County of Worcester / England / Married in Parish Church of Kidderminster May 27, 1844 / Came to U. S. 1845 or ‘46
-31 John Payne / ’82 Died Mar. 14, 1885 [ by F.W.Allderige, Cor. of Main and Commercial Sts., New Britain, Conn.] [in 1860 NewBritainCT census age 35, born Eng] added note in album = / Father William / Kidderminster, County of Worcester / Eng. / Naturalized Apr. 3,1851
32- Jennie Payne / (before marriage) / July 8, 1845 – June 8, 1930 [by W.A.Judson, Photographer, Main St., New Britain, Conn.] [in 1860 NewBritainCT census “Jane E” age 15, born Eng.; sister “Mary A” age 11 born NY]
-33 James Pierpont [by W.A.Judson, Photographer, Main St., New Britain, Conn.]
34- [empty] John Horsfall [who? see 1860 NYC census, age 12; parents Wm + Mary; sis Annie, Elenora]
-35 George Payne [who? Jane’s brother? photo by W.F.Page, Photographers, Main Street, New Britain, Conn.]
36- [empty] Mrs. Garibaldi [see above; preferred spelling Garibaldi]
-37 Garabaldi (Barber {?}) [blank back] [unidentified, and meaning of “Barber” or “Varber” is not clear]
38- [empty] Harry Watkins [unidentified]
-39 [empty] Mrs. Watkins [unidentified]
40- [empty] Mrs. D. Watkins [unidentified]
-41 David Watkins [by W.A.Judson, Photographer, Main St., New Britain, Conn.]
42- [empty, unless the previous photo goes here] Fred North [unidentified]
-43 Addie Webb [modern photo, blank back] [check 1896-1976 NY death SS 094200333; or OGFN: 574411028 1876 NYC (father Latham born in CT); or family from Stamford CT, Addie L. Webb 1875-1898]
44- [empty] Talbot [unidentified]
-45 [empty] Talbot [unidentified]
46- John Atkinson ? [pencilled on picture; by Cartes De Viste, by Davis, 245 Main Street, Hartford, Conn.]
-47 [unlabelled] young woman (Jennie Payne?) [by Bartlett & Webster, Photographic Artists, 297 Main St. Over State Bank, Hartford, Conn; Webster & Popkins, From Oct. 5th, 1863, Negatives Preserved]
48- [unlabelled] man holding lobster [by Chas. Tomlinson’s, “Specialite,” Main Street, New Britain , Conn.]
-49 blank paper (torn at bottom)
back flyleaf
repaired back cover
