174 THE FEENCH BLOOD IN AMERICA 



Citizen in i6gi 



His Fine 

 Mansion 



Nephew 

 Benjamin 

 Loses a For- 

 tune 



July 16, 1724, a gentlewoman of extraordinary perfections 

 both in mind and body." A portrait, representing ber 

 avS a beautiful woman, wius brought to America and treas- 

 ured in the family. The exact date of their coming is not 

 known, but Andrew's name appears on the tax list in 

 1691, and it is plain that he was a man of affairs in the 

 town at that time. Like his brother, he was doubtless 

 one of those fortunate Huguenots who, having an estate 

 in France, had been able to take a goodly portion with 

 him when he left his native land, and had not come 

 empty handed to Boston. It is evident that he made an 

 early investment in the city, for in a petition dated Feb- 

 ruary 20, 1709, to build a wharf from the bottom of King 

 (now State) Street to low water mark, it is described as 

 "of the width of King Street, between Mr. East Ap- 

 thorp's and Mr. Andrew Faneiol's." He was soon well 

 established in a lucrative business, and the owner of large 

 real estate interests. His warehouse was on Butler Square, 

 out of State Street, and his mansion, one of the finest in 

 the city, surrounded by seven acres of admirably kept 

 gardens, was on Tremont Street, opposite King's Chapel 

 Burying Ground. 



Andrew Faneuil was a positive, peculiar and interest- 

 ing character. He did not remarry, though he kept up 

 his stately establishment, and had black and white serv- 

 ants in plenty. His brother Benjamin of New York had 

 a family of eleven children, and Andrew undertook the 

 care of three of them — Benjamin and Peter, the oldest 

 sons, and Mary Anne, their sister. He chose Benjamin, 

 his nephew, for his heir, on the one freakish condition 

 that the young mau should never marry. Benjamin 

 agreed, and the relations went on harmoniously enough 

 until a certain Miss Mary Cutler, a young lady of many 

 personal attractions, educated, refined, and a poetess to 

 boot, led the nephew to choose expulsion from his home, 

 with his love, just as the uncle preferred exile with 



