The Hallowell family is an American family from Philadelphia and Boston, notable for their activism in the abolitionist movement and for their philanthropy to various universities and civil rights organizations.[1][2][3] The Hallowell family is frequently associated with Boston Brahmins.[4][5]

Notable members

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John Singleton Copley, Benjamin Hallowell, Jr. 1764
 
Gilbert Stuart, Ward Nicholas Boylston, 1825, Museum of Fine Arts

17th century

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  • Benjamin Hallowell (1699–1773): A Boston merchant and one of the Kennebec Proprietors, holders of land originally granted to the Plymouth Company by the British monarchy in the 1620s. One of the largest owners in the Plymouth Company, Hallowell owned 50,000-acres at Hallowell, Maine. Benjamin's grandson, Robert Hallowell, took the name of Gardiner on receiving the bulk of his grandfather's (Dr. Sylvester Gardiner's) large landed estate on the Kennebec.[6][7]
 
Robert Edge Pine, Portrait of Sarah Hallowell Vaughan, oil on canvas, 1760. British Embassy, Washington DC.

18th century

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19th century

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Memorial to the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

20th century

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References

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  1. ^ Roberts, Ellwood (1904). Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Containing Genealogical Records of Representative Families, Including Many of the Early Settlers and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens. T. S. Benham.
  2. ^ A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, Etc. in the City of Boston. City of Boston Printing Department. 1910.
  3. ^ Column, Lydia Doskocil Guest. "The history behind Boylston's name". telegram.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  4. ^ Hallowell, William Penrose (1893). Record of a branch of the Hallowell family, including the Longstreth, Penrose, and Norwood branches. New York Public Library. Philadelphia, Hallowell.
  5. ^ "The New Brahmins". Boston Magazine. 2006-05-15. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  6. ^ "About Hallowell – Hallowell, ME". hallowell.govoffice.com. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  7. ^ "Benjamin Hallowell (1699–1773) – HouseHistree". househistree.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  8. ^ "Benjamin Hallowell (1725-1799) - HouseHistree". househistree.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  9. ^ Column, Lydia Doskocil Guest. "The history behind Boylston's name". telegram.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  10. ^ A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, Etc. in the City of Boston. City of Boston Printing Department. 1910.
  11. ^ "Boylston Family Papers, 1688-1979". www.masshist.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  12. ^ "Peking Gazette clippings (1828)". Translations of the Peking Gazette Online. doi:10.1163/2542-5412-pkga-1828. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  13. ^ Leach, Josiah Granville (1903). History of the Penrose Family of Philadelphia. private circulation.
  14. ^ Swing, Elizabeth Sherman (2000). "Hallowell, Anna (1831-1905), civic leader and education reformer". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0900882.
  15. ^ Feliz, Elyce (2014-07-26). "The Civil War of the United States: Edward Needles Hallowell, died July 26, 1871". The Civil War of the United States. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  16. ^ "Fifteen Minutes: The Old Boys' Clubs | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  17. ^ Lapsansky, Emma Jones (2003-01-26). Quaker Aesthetics: Reflections on a Quaker Ethic in American Design and Consumption, 1720-1920. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-3692-7.
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