James Bridges ENDICOTT [1814-1870]
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He is buried in Happy Valley Cemetery. Patricia Lim's record:
| 11B--/01/01- | Sacred / to the memory of / JAMES B. ENDICOTT / who was born at Danvers, Mass. USA / August 8th 1814 / who died in this city from the effects of / typhoid fever / November 5th 1870 / He spent thirty-five years in China / where he made many friends / by whom his loss is / deeply regretted / 'He is not dead but sleepeth.' |
In Shyama Peebles's record of the old Protestant Cemetery in Macau, she writes:
James Bridges ENDICOTT
Born 1814 Danvers, Mass. USA
died 5 Nov 1870 in Hong Kong age 56 died of Typhoid
Morrison Chapel Memorial Wall Plaque 165
Buried in the Colonial Cemetery Happy Valley Hong Kong
lived for 35 years in Hong Kong, Macao and Canton
A direct descendant of John Endicott who sailed from the harbour
of Weymouth England in 1628 on the ship Abigail to The New World where he became the founder & first Governor of the State of Massachusetts
She includes a photo of the wall plaque, which reads:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES . ENDICOTT,
WHO RESIDED MANY YEARS IN THIS CITY.
HE WAS BORN AT
DANVERS, MASS: U.S.A., AUGUST 6th 1814,
ARRIVING IN CHINA IN 1833, WHERE HE LIVED 35 YEARS,
AND DIED AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS, NOVEMBER 5th 1870.
HE IS BURIED IN THE "HAPPY VALLEY", HONGKONG,
WHERE HIS DEATH OCCURRED.
TWO OF HIS CHILDREN, LILLY AND ROSALIE, ARE SLEEPING
IN THE CEMETERY ADJOINING THIS CHURCH.
HE WAS AN AFFECTIONATE FATHER,
A FAITHFUL HUSBAND AND WARMHEARTED FRIEND,
AND A GENEROUS HELPER OF ALL WHO LABOURED TO EXTEND
THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.
GIVEN TO HOSPITALITY.
ROM. XII, 13
Endicott took Ng Akew as his protected woman from 1842 til some time before his marriage to an Englishwoman, Sarah Ann Russell, in 1852. He had several children with Ng. (Source: entry for Ng Akew in the Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography.)
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Mr. Endicott followed the sea
Mr. Endicott followed the sea in early life, and became commander of receiving ships for Russell & Co., China, being stationed at Cum-sing-morn, near Macoa. He remained in the employ of the firm, having charge of its trade at this point, until about 1854, when, in connection with Mr. J. P. Cook, of Salem, he entered into partnership under the firm name of Thomas Hunt & Co., and engaged in the business of ship-chandlery, ships, and dock-yards. The firm also did a commission business, and had their main house at Hong Kong, with branches at Whampoa and Shanghai. Mr. Endicott was the owner of the steamer "Spark," the first American steamer running regularly on the Canton River.
He was an enterprising and adventurous merchant, amassing a very large fortune, and also meeting with very great losses. With the exception of a few years spent in European and American travel, he lived in Hong Kong.
Mr. Endicott was a large man, with a good deal of mental vigor. He had a high and quick temper, but was a delightfully genial companion, and had one of the most infectious laughs. He had a very off-hand manner, and, although he professed the most independent and republican feelings, he was proud of his descent from the first governor [of Massachutes]
Sarah Anne Russell, his wife. Residence: England.
Mrs. Endicott has married again. Her second husband is a Mr. McGregor. She is a daughter of Robert and Sarah Anne (Cork) Russell, of Brixton, County of Surrey, England.
William Endicott his brother, born in Danvers, Mass., died in Salem. A shipmaster. Residence: London, England.
Mr. Endicott was for many years in the mercantile house of Augustine Heard & Co., of China, being a captain of a receiving ship for them. Of late years he had lived between London and New York, having crossed the Atlantic more than forty times.
He owned the old Endicott farm at Danvers, and was the last male descendant of the Danvers branch of the family in the direct line.2
James Bridges Endicott
Wife Sarah Ann Russell Endicott.
Children mentioned Fidelia B E Endicott 1853-1859
Rosalie Hunter Endicott 1854-1856
Robert Russell Endicott 1856 - 1917
James Bridges Endicott also has a memorial plaque in the Morrison Chapel, Old Protestant Cemetery, Macau.
Danvers Essex County Massachussets Records
Birth James Endicott (see also Endicot, Endicutt) Father John Jnr Mother Fidelia Kettle nee Bridges
Baptism 7 August 1915
Massachussets Town and Vital Records
Birth James Endicott 6 August 1814 Danvers Essex County Massachussetts son of James Endicott and Fidelia Bridges
Reports of Death of American Subjects Abroad
James B Endicott Esq. 5 December 1870 Hong Kong China. "Mr Endicott was the oldest American resident in China"