Becomes Heir 



THE FANEUIL FAMILY 175 



religious liberty to France and spiritual enslavement. 

 Andrew was inllexible, and turned to Benjamin's brother, 

 Peter, as his hope for a worthy heir and representative. 

 Peter was without matrimonial inclinations and accepted Nephew Peter 

 the terms, becoming heir presumptive in his turn, and 

 likewise the business partner of his uncle. The ousted 

 Benjamin, who had gone into business on his own ac- 

 count, was prospering, and all three Faneuils were hai)py 

 and highly respected, and becoming rich and influential 

 as the result of ability, integrity, and that sturdy quality 

 of conscience that compels recognition. Three of the 

 'New York Benjamin's daughters had meanwhile married 

 Boston citizens — a clergyman, a lawyer, and a prosperous 

 merchant — so that the Faneuil family was well established 

 in the business and social life of Boston. 



Andrew Faneuil died in February, 1738, and the mag- a Great 

 nificence of his funeral gave evidence of the position he iraa"^*^^ 

 had attained in the city. The newspaper report says, 

 ''Last Monday the corpse of Andrew Faneuil, Esquire, 

 whose death we mentioned in our last, was honourable 

 interred here, above 1,100 persons of all Ranks, beside 

 the Mourners, following the Corpse, also a vast number of 

 spectators were gathered together on the Occasion, at 

 which time the half-minute guns from on board several 

 vessels were discharged. And 'tis supposed that as the 

 Gentleman's fortune was the greatest of any among us, 

 so his funeral was the most generous and expensive of 

 any that has been known here." 



Peter Faneuil saw to it that every propriety was ob- 

 served, and three thousand pairs of mourning gloves were 

 distributed to the friends in attendance, while two hun- 

 dred mourning rings were given to the nearer friends of 

 the family. The business and estate now fell to Peter. 

 In his will, however, Andrew proved his devotion to his 

 faith by first of all leaving his warehouse in trust for the 

 support of the ministers and elders of the French church 

 in Boston, which he had staunchly supported. If the 



