Hatsell-Clawson House circa 1902

April Evening 2009

Amazingly-unique reflected light sets off this newly-restored home.

Orange Street Restoration - Before and After

Looking Back - A Few Comparisons

November 2008 - "Puzzle" Pieces Falling Together

What a Transformation!

Circa 1909

January 2008

October 2008

View From Upstairs Looking Toward Front Entrance

View From Foyer

New Kitchen

Downstairs Southeast Room - Looking Toward Front Door

New Master Bedroom Upstairs - Front Southeast Corner

Update on Interior Woodwork

The restoration work on the 1902 house
shows the pieces starting to fall into place...

What A Difference...

The worker-bee carpenters, drywall men and painters
have been hard at work. What a difference
in less than two weeks since the last post!!!

NOW - LET'S STEP INSIDE TO SEE

THE REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION

Monday - A Buzzing Beehive

Don't forget to click images to enlarge - some are high resolution...

Neighbor across the street - Al Goellner
"Wow! - really busy day at the Hatsell-Clawson!!"

Sanding and painting outside...
Other workers busy inside...

South side work...

188 pieces of drywall being unloaded...
Note screened porch finished except for paint
and the old doors leaning - waiting to be rehung...
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North side has been painted...

Sanding and painting - south and front sides...
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Restored balusters installed...

Original doors - patiently waiting...

Heart pine flooring inside front door...

Floors going down in northeast living room...

Kitchen floors are down...

Other interior shots - upstairs and down...

Gerry Sadler's crew has been working a hard, inside and out. They have been making all final structural necessary repairs inside and putting in the HVAC. They are getting ready to finish roof this week. Shortly afterward the interior walls will go up. Here are some shots showing some of the exterior progress - almost ready for paint.

Steps have been installed to south side of kitchen.

Another view of kitchen entrance on rear south side

Siding installed - ready for paint

West porch and entrance to kitchen

South side repairs

HVAC has been installed upstairs.
(Sorry for the blurry photo, but it's too hot to walk back over.)

1827 Hatsell House next door is being repaired.

Pre-4th Photos of Progress

Robert's Pics Taken Over the Weekend...

Rooftop View of the Back of the Maritime Museum and Inlet
(remember to click images for closer views)

Attic in Progress

New Woodwork on Front Porch and Bottom of Bay

Proud Robert !

New Replica of Old Chimney

New Living Room Fireplace

Robert-the-Rooftop-climber Shot of Chimney

Francis, Carl and Henry

Francis, Henry and Carl Hatsell
Sons of Charles Ives Hatsell and Marie Ella Clawson Hatsell
Photo circa 1914
(be sure to click to enlarge)

Progress

AT LAST! - ONE FRONT DOOR

PORCH REPAIRED

MASTER - CATHEDRAL CEILING

HOLE WHERE DOWNSTAIRS DOUBLE FIREPLACE WAS

FRONT PORCH CEILING REPAIR

NEW DOORS - WEST SIDE OF KITCHEN

NEW WINDOWS - SOUTH SIDE OF KITCHEN

CRAZY ROBERT!

A COUPLE OF COOL SHOTS TAKEN BY ROBERT MARSHALL

Old Photos

L to R: Francis Graves Hatsell (eldest son), Charles Ives Hatsell (father),
Marie Ella Clawson Hatsell (mother), Carl Alfred Hatsell (middle son)
and Henry Wilson Hatsell (youngest son)

Francis Graves Hatsell (born 1905) and
Charles Proctor Hatsell (born 1944)

1817 Hatsell House

Roof , Old Paint and More...

It's springtime at the Potter House across the street on the
corner - built about the same time as the Hatsell-Clawson house.

Starting to Scrap Off Old Paint

New Roof Going Up

New Stairs in Original Footprint

When taking out the replacement stairs that were installed when the house was
made into apartments, the original footprint of the original stairs was found.
New stairs are being installed in that footprint.

Insect Damage

View of Interior Chimney
The discovery of damage by powderpost beetles necessitated removal of some of the floors and subsequent replacement of affected joists.

Termite Damage Under the Front Bay Window

Some Walls Come Tumbling Down

Interior - Downstairs Looking Up
Remember this framework was constructed over 100 years ago.

Looking Through From Front of House

View From Front Door
The multiple doors will be replaced with one door.
Stairs will be move back to create a foyer.

From Back Looking Through To Front

Old Kitchen Wall Framework

Another View of Kitchen Area To Be Enlarged

Looking Past Future Master Suite to Charlie's Old Shed

A Couple of Interesting Photos

Below are a couple of interesting photos taken by owner Robert Marshall

when he was here on Wednesday to consult with contractor Gerry Sadler.

Step by Step - Rear Foundations

It's necessary to enlarge and modernize the kitchen and add a master suite.
So, foundations need to be poured and the addition framed out.

This will be the larger modern kitchen - northwest rear corner.

This and the next photo are the space for a master suite and bath.

This is the location of the new master suite - southwest rear.

The Gutting Process

Since the 1902 Hatsell-Clawson house was turned into 3 apartments in the mid-to-late 50s, the house had to be gutted in order to start the restoration/reconstructing process - 'recreating' the rooms and stairway close to the way they were when the house was built.

DOWNSTAIRS

UPSTAIRS

NON-ORIGINAL ADDITIONS BEING REMOVED

SPRING ARRIVES EVERY YEAR - NO MATTER WHAT..

Feb. 14, 2008 "Treasures" Found

In the image above...

the sheet to the right is a page from an old magazine with a female posing in an armchair. Is it Carol Lombard? The back of a get-well card shows the card was made in 1925 by The Buzza Co. These papers were found behind mantles. Notice the odd ball - could it be a "canister shot" used at Fort Macon?
Other items are described below.
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The photo above shows the front of the 1925 get-well card, old notes and a magazine page flipped over showing James Cagney. The crumbling get-well card is signed by Sue Thomas who writes that she is on her way to Richmond "to find diagnosis of my side." This could possibly be Sue Thomas who married Murray Thomas, Jr. in 1917. She was Elizabeth Cheek's mother.
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Photograph taken in the lower kitchen of the same items:
Large Bottle label is torn and crumbling. It reads: Nyal's Cod Liver Oil - Compound - Tonic and Tissue Builder Alcohol 16% - Palatable Preparation..from fatty ami..extractive princip..fresh cod livers..wild ch..malt and..phites..potassiu..children..years..as req...
The small bottle is labeled:
RECORDS & GOLDSBOROUGH - BALTIMORE, MD.
The bottles were found between the walls, behind the plaster, as if placed there as "time capsules" when the house was built.
The small tin labeled STAG is obviously a pocket-tobacco tin.
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Envelope Postmarked 1951

1951 Christmas Greetings Certificate from
Blake & James Furniture Company to
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Garner
As of this post, it is assumed that the Garners were
renting the house after Miss Marie's 1951 death.

Valentine's Day - 2008

The work begins...

The mantles are removed and put on the front porch

Fireplace in lower-level front northeast room with mantle removed

Lower-level north room fireplace that back up to the fireplace
in the front northeast corner room

Lower-level northeast corner room with baseboards and window trim removed

Lower northeast room looking toward entrance hall

Corner detail of lower northeast room

Upstairs hall showing lathing strips

Upstairs northeast room

Upstairs looking toward front southeast room

Upstairs southeast room with windows removed

Marie Ella Clawson's Family

Clawson's 1905 Restaurant on the Beaufort Waterfront

Before we get into the restoration of the Hatsell-Clawson House, it is necessary to document what we know of the history of Marie Ella Clawson Hatsell's family, including the of Clawson's 1905 Restaurant. The text below was written by Charles O. Pitts in 1984 and included in The Heritage of Carteret County, Vol II:

CHARLES ALFRED CLAWSON

Charles Alfred Clawson was born in Sweden, 1841. He came to Beaufort, N.C. on a Revenue Cutter as a young man. He decided to stay and open up a Bakery.

Mary Donavon came to Boston from Cork, Ireland at the age of seven, with a family, Mrs. Annie Failes and two daughters, Alide and Lillie. The Failes taught school in Boston. Later they came to Beaufort and bought a summer home (now owned by Lucille Rice). Mary came with them.

By this time Mary Donovan was a young lady. She met Charles A. Clawson and they were later married. They had two sons; Charles Alfred Jr., and Warren and five daughters; Christine, Marie Ella, Annie and Lillie. Alida died in infancy.

Charles A. Clawson Jr., born 1873, married Jane Pigott Pool, born 1872. They were married 1898. Jane was the daughter of James Harrell and Cinderilla Roberson Pool. Charles and Jane had five sons and one daughter. They were: James Pool, Charles Alfred, William Carlton (who died at age of one year), Frank Doane, Dave Pool and Marie Hinton.

When his father’s health was failing, Mr. Charles (as he was called by many of his friends) with the help of his mother, took over the bakery business in the brick building on the north side of Front Street which he had built in about 1885. He also had a grocery store on the south side of the street. In this store his customers were provided extra services with an ice cream parlor on the second floor, featuring chair swings. The Bakery goods were carried across the street to the store.

Around 1908 Charles Clawson built a new brick store on the north side of the street next door to his mother and father’s home. Where his parents’ front yard was, is now [1984] The Men’s Shop and the Ladies Shop.

The store and bakery buildings now [1984] under the ownership of William and Candy Rogers are the home of a very popular restaurant in Beaufort. The original name “Grocery Clawson’s Bakery” now [1984] reads “Cookery Clawson’s Saloon.”

People still remember how good those sweet buns and hot breads use to smell, when they walked by the store and how good they were to eat. Clawson’s cokes were the best in town.

Before motor vehicles came into general use the groceries and bakery goods were delivered around town in a wagon van pulled by a big red horse called “June Bug.” June Bug was very temperamental and one of the better known characters around town. He allowed himself to be hitched and driven only by four men. The delivery man Charley Gibson, Charles Clawson, Jack Neal and Mr. Clawson.

On Sunday afternoon Mr. Clawson would load up the van with his children and their friends and head for Mr. Jimmy Hancock’s home and farm. It was just on the other side of the town gate. He would visit with Mr. Jimmy while the children played; and, during grape season picked grapes.

For many years Clawson’s Grocery and Bakery furnished bread and cakes to all of the Eastern County. When there were no paved roads and very few cars, he sent the orders down east by mail boat and some customers who had motor boats or sail boats would come for their order.

About 1932 Clawson’s closed due to the “Depression.”

Historic Commission OKs Home Restoration

Hatsell-Clawson House circa 1902
1905 Photo

January 11, 2008
Carteret News Times
Morehead City, NC

Beaufort – Restoration of an Orange Street home will begin…following approval Tuesday from the town’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC).

The request for exterior changes at 119 Orange St. was made by Gerry Sadler of Gerry Sadler Construction Co. on behalf of property owner Robert Marshall. The project, which will cost an estimated $342,702 will include replacing doors and windows, reworking siding, reworking a one-story portion of the house and reworking and adding a story to a one-story addition.

In his presentation of the project to the HPC, Mr. Sadler included a photo of the house taken in 1905. He said the goal was to make the house look like it did in the photo. “We want to get everything back just like it was,” he said.

Some of the rework would incorporate any original materials from the house that would be saved, he said, like wood siding or bricks for restructuring the chimneys.

On the front of the house, the second-story door above the porch will be replace with a window to match the existing windows. The two front doors will be removed to create one front entrance, and a transom will be installed over the door to match the photo from 1905.

In the back, two sets of Anderson vinyl French doors will be added to the one-story of the house, one on the back side and another on the side facing south. Additionally, the porch will be enclosed on the one-story portion of the house and a new 8-foot porch will be added.

Old windows on the house will be reworked as needed, with storm windows added to the front, and all remaining windows will be with Anderson one-over-one windows. Wooden louver shutters will be placed on the front and side windows.

The house will also receive a new coat of paint, with siding white, shutters Beaufort green, the porch deck a medium gray and porch ceiling a “barely” blue.

Also, in an effort to restore the home’s 1905 appearance, a Beaufort-style wooden picket fence, painted white, will be erected in the front yard.

HPC member Dan Krautheim made the motion to approve a COA (Certificate of Appropriateness) for the restoration project and member Mamré Wilson gave the second.

Pre-Restoration

View from the Andrew Lee Hatsell 1827 House
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An Old Pitchfork

North Side of House

Not part of original house, back additions will be removed.

Front Door

A Front Window

Fireplace - South side

Fireplace/Mantle - Lower Bay

Original Baseboards and Trim - Lower Bay

Pre-Restoration

Bay detail - click to enlarge

Bay interior showing state of disrepair and original floors

Backyard and view of shed

Interior of Charlie's workshop
in the backyard shed - untouched for many years

Bay is representative of this period, and similar to the Victorian Potter House across the street, on the corner of Orange and Ann Streets, that was also built around 1902 - below photo on your right.

Looking south toward 1827 Hatsell House where Charlie grew up

Then, Now & Months from Now...

THEN - The 1902 Hatsell-Clawson House was built by Canelium Clarence Guthrie - either before or after Charlie Hatsell's marriage to Marie Ella Clawson. The Hatsell's three children - Francis 1905, Carl 1907 and Henry 1911, were born and reared here. Depending on the date of this photo, the young man posing on the front porch could be either of Charlie and Marie's boys. Since there is only one boy in the photo, it is logical that it's Francis - perhaps dating the photo to about 1909. Or, there's a possibility that the young man is William L. Hatsell, nephew born in 1898 - which would date the photo 1902 shortly after the house was built.

NOW - An unknown, at the moment, is when the home was divided into three apartments - obviously after the death of "Miss Marie" in 1951. Included here are a few photos of the present day house. The mystery of the original layout of the interior of the house will unfold soon...

The Historic Preservation Commission will meet Tuesday, January 8, 2008* in the old train depot.

Members will most likely vote to approve all aspects of plans presented to restore this Queen-Anne-style home to what it look liked when built in 1902. Local restoration specialist Gerry Sadler has been contracted to tackle the daunting but challenging

task, which is estimated to take 9-12 months.

Click photos to enlarge...

*Item #4 Gerry Sadler/Robert Marshall-119 Orange Street

Gerry Sadler, representative for Robert Marshall, is requesting a Certificate of Appropriateness for the complete renovation of the structure located at 119 Orange Street including replacing doors, windows, reworking of the siding, tearing off and reconstruction of the addition, and rework and change of one story addition to two stories.

Views from the Rooftop-2007

Present-day views from the rooftop of the Charles Ives Hatsell House. The Andrew Lee Hatsell House circa 1827 is the first house to the south. Beyond are several other houses on Orange Street just steps away from Taylor's Creek and Carrot Island beyond. Beyond the Beaufort Inlet is Fort Macon. Without the newer houses between the 1827 house and the waterfront, Charity Hatchell Read and Emeline Pigott would have been able to have a clear view of the siege of the fort on April 26, 1862. More views...descriptions below images.

Orange Street Looking Southeast Showing Houses and Land First
Owned and Built on by the Borden/Fuller Families Going Back
to the Mid 18th Century

View of the Andrew Lee Hatsell House circa 1827
Built by Grandfather of Charles Ives Hatsell

View From Charles Ives Hatsell House Looking South

Looking Southwest - Showing the Rear of the North Carolina
Maritime Museum on Front Street and Beaufort Inlet Beyond

Marie Ella and Charles Ives Hatsell

Charles Ives Hatsell 1878-1949
Marie Ella Clawson Hatsell 1876-1951

Charles Ives Hatsell, born February 23, 1878, married Marie Ella Clawson on December 25,

1902. That same year 24-year-old Charlie, who had been working with Professor Wilson out of the temporary laboratory at the Gibbs House, began full-time work at the new Federal Biological Laboratory—across Gallants Channel on Piver's Island.

Charlie's wife, Marie Ella Clawson, was born in 1876 to Charles H. Clawson and Mary L. Clawson. Charles Clawson was born in Sweden in 1838. Wife Mary L. Clawson was born in Ireland. They opened Clawson’s Grocery in 1905 on the south side of Front Street. In her later years, Marie Ella was known by many as “Miss Marie.”

Captain Hatsell went on to serve as Terrapin Culturist and Foreman at the United States Fisheries Biological Laboratory. He personally supervised the raising of thousands of young terrapins that were released in salt marshes from Maryland to Louisiana. See "Charlie & the Terrapins."

In 1947, Charlie retired on his 69^th birthday after serving 45 years at the U.S. Fisheries Laboratory. Several months later he was presented with a citation and bronze plaque from the Department of the Interior for his "long faithful and highly distinguished service." Charlie died July 30, 1949. The now-empty shed at one time served as Charlie's workshop and storage for his small boat - the one he used to row to work each day.

In 1954 Charles Ives Hatsell was included in an article on terrapins in National Geographic. That information will be posted as soon as it is available.

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Children of Charles Ives and Marie Ella Hatsell

Francis Graves Hatsell was born July 29, 1905. Francis is noted on the 1930 census as a boatman for the biological lab. He married Helen Charles Proctor on November 25, 1936. The couple moved to Alexandria, Virginia before the birth of their only son, Charles Proctor Hatsell. Francis died in San Antonio on July 22, 1997. Helen died January 26, 1994 in Alexandria .

Charles Proctor Hatsell was born in Alexandria, Virginia on September 18, 1944. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1967 with a BS degree in electrical engineering. In 1968 he received an MS in electrical engineering followed, in 1970, by a PhD in electrical engineering - both at Duke University. In 1974 Hatsell attained his MD degree at the University of Miami.

Among Dr. Hatsell's many accomplishments:

Chief of Medicine USAF Heart Program School of Aerospace Medicine 1978-1981
Flight Surgeon USAF 1975-1992
Adjunct Professor USAF Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio - 1976-1992
Associate Clinical Professor of Community Medicine Wright State School of Medicine, Dayton Ohio 1982-2005

Dr. Hatsell specialized in aerospace medicine and forensics in San Antonio

for 33 years. He was a Colonel in the US Air Force and served in the Persian Gulf - retiring from the military in the early 1990s.

Dr. Hatsell died on March 16, 2006 and was buried with full military honors at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Charles was a long-time member of the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum. He is survived by three children and four grandchildren:

Charles J. Hatsell
Elizabeth Hatsell married Jason Manz. Children-Emily, Abigail and Cameron
Carol Hatsell married Robert Smith. One child-Morgan Smith

Carl Alfred Hatsell – August 28, 1907-June 27, 1988. Carl married Verna Eugenia Curren on November 14, 1940. They were Elaine Hatsell Glover’s parents and most likely built the 1950 brick house at 121 Orange Street, just north of the Hatsell-Clawson House.

Henry Wilson Hatsell - September 6, 1911-June 23, 1964. Henry married Helen Elizabeth Heffner on October 3, 1943.

George Andrew & Julia Ellen Hatsel

"The Census Taker" - Harpers Weekly 1870
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George Andrew Hatsel 1833-1898, son of Andrew Lee Hatchell 1803-1841, married Julia Ellen Mace about 1868. Julia Ellen was the daughter of Benjamin Mace and Susannah Stanton. The 1870 census shows George and Julia Ellen living near or next door to George's mother Charity, 62, and 20-year-old daughter Julia Read. At that time George, 37, was a clerk in a store - with Julia Ellen, 25, and son George Leonidas-8 months. Living nearby was George's brother William F. Hatsel, 42, listed as a mariner - with Rebecca, 42, and three children.

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George Leonidas Hatsell 8 Oct 1869 (or1872) married Nancy Eliza Rogers about 1889. They had four children: George Leo Hatchell 1903, Annie Hatchell circa 1895, Mary Pearl Hatchell circa 1899 and Imogene (or Emma) J. Hatchell circa 1906. Imogene married Frank Worth in Tampa, Florida.

William Lee Hatsell was born on August 12, 1871 and married Daisy Rumley about 1896. They had one child – William Lee Hatchell, Jr. born in 1898. William Lee Hatsel Sr. died before 1900.

Benjamin Elwood Hatsell was born on February 2, 1873 and married Mary D. circa 1896. They had two children – Ellen D. Hatchell circa 1898 and Benjamin Elwood Hatchell Jr.

Henry Davis Hatsell - May 6, 1875– April 5, 1965. He married Elizabeth B. Davis in 1907.

Charles Ives Hatsell February 23, 1878–30 July 1949. He married Marie Ella Clawson on December 25, 1902. They had three children – Francis Graves Hatsell born July 29, 1905, Carl Alfred Hatsell born August 28, 1907 and Henry Wilson Hatsell born September 6, 1911.

Charity Ann Hatsell was born March 5, 1880.

Sally Ann Hatsell married John P. Rogers.

George and Julia Ellen are buried in the Old Burial Ground.

Andrew Lee and Charity Hatchell

Beaufort, North Carolina as seen from Morehead City - Civil War Sketch

Andrew Lee Hatchell 1803-1841
Charity Fuller Hatchell 1807-1891

In 1826 Andrew Lee Hatchell came to Beaufort and married Charity Fuller. They had the following children in the 1827 Hatsell house on Orange Street:

William Fuller Hatsel was born circa 1828. After Andrew Lee died in 1841, William and his siblings lived with his mother and stepfather William Read. At the age of 27, William married Rebecca S. Pigott on August19, 1855. William and Rebecca had four children -Kesiah Hatsel circa 1857, Ruth Magnolia Hatsel circa 1858, Andrew Hatsel circa 1862 and William Hatsel circa 1865. They lived with Rebecca's mother for a while, then for a short time

on Orange Street. A ship's carpenter by trade, William became the primary keeper of the Bodie Island Lighthouse from July 12, 1878 until February 28, 1881. Nathaniel H. Bishop's diary of 1874, Voyage of the Paper Canoe, noted a "Captain William F. Hatzel (sic), a loyal North Carolinian, is the principal keeper, and a most efficient one he is."

Jane B. Hatsell was born in 1831. She married Thomas Elwood Mace on September 14, 1853. They had six children - Aurora Mace 1854, Ulysses Mace 1856, Jeremiah Mace 1857, Leonidas Mace 1862-1865, Rosalea Mace 1864-1865 and Rose Mace 1867.

George Andrew Hatsell was born October 2, 1833. On May 25, 1861, George Andrew, 22, carpenter, enlisted as a Confederate in Carteret County. He was sergeant in the 1^st Regiment NC Artillery. At sunrise on April 25, 1862, it is said that his mother

Charity Hatchell Read, along with her 16-year-old daughter Julia Read, stood on the south end of her upper porch on Orange Street with Emmeline Pigott, a confederate spy, to watch the shelling at Fort Macon. The attack began just before 6 a.m. Charity Hatchell recalled, “The noise of the explosions was terrific. Window frames shook, houses trembled and even the waters of the sound seemed to ruffle with each shock. At four o’clock in the afternoon the fire from the fort ceased, and a white flag was run up.” George Andrew survived the one-day battle at Fort Macon, but was captured on April 26, 1862. He was paroled and exchanged as a prisoner in August of 1862.

About 1869 George Andrew married Julia Ellen Mace (circa 1845-January 20, 1892), daughter of Benjamin Mace and Susannah Stanton. George was a mail agent in Beaufort before becoming a hotel caterer. They had seven children. (See post on George and Julia Ellen's Children)

Mary E. Hatsell was born in 1840. Mary E. Hatsell married Bryan Griffin Credle.

On January 1, 1901, their daughter Charity Credle married Caleb D. Bradham - a New Bern pharmacist who had invented Pepsi-Cola in 1898. When Charity and Caleb married, Caleb gave his father-in-law, Bryan Griffin Credle, one share of Pepsi-Cola stock. Charity and Caleb's daughter, Mary McCan Bradham, was pictured in a photo ad (image being obtained) when she was about four years old - making her the first and youngest "Pepsi Girl". Charity and Caleb had two other children - Caleb Jr., born in 1905 and George B. born in 1907. Mary McCan Bradham married William D. Pruden Sr.

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Andrew Lee Hatchell died in 1841. On November 7, 1844, Charity Fuller Hatchell married William Read - a mechanic. They continued to live in the 1827 Orange Street house and raised Andrew and Charity's children as well as two children born to Charity and William - Julia born in 1848 and Charity born in1850. “Miss Julia,” a teacher, once used the outside kitchen as a private school. Charity Fuller Hatsell Read died in 1891. Her daughter Julia Read lived in the 1827 house until all of her nephews were grown. Before 1910 she moved to live with her nephew George L. Hatsell (Charlie's brother) and his two children in Richmond, Georgia. The 1827 house was then rented by part of the Duncan family. The 1910 census shows Fannie Duncan 33, with David 11 and Emily Frances 9.

Andrew Lee Hatchell and Charity Fuller Hatchell are buried in Beaufort's Old Burial Ground. Two of their grandchildren, Leonidas Mace 1862-1865, Rosalea Mace 1864-1865 are commemorated on their grandparents' headstone. Next to this headstone is Ruth Magnolia Hatsel born in 1858 to William Fuller Hatsel and Rebecca S. Pigott. Click below images to enlarge.

Andrew Lee Hatchell Comes to Beaufort, NC

When Andrew Lee Hatchell came to Beaufort in 1826 there were 1665 people, or about 230 families in Beaufort and the immediate area . As fate would have it, 23-year-old Andrew Lee Hatchell met

Charity Fuller, who lived with her parents on the waterfront. The couple were married on November 16, 1826. Little did he know that this marriage would lead to inherited land and a home for him and his new wife. Even though Andrew met an early death in 1841, this marriage began the Hatchell/Hatsell lineage in Beaufort.

Charity Fuller, who would become mother, grandmother and caretaker of the family, was the daughter of Belcher Fuller and Zilphia Gutherie. Belcher Fuller's father Nathan Fuller (1750-1800) served in the Revolutionary War as an ensign in the Carteret County Militia. In Beaufort’s Old Burial Ground Mamré Wilson wrote, as a “navigator and ship owner, Fuller sailed from Beaufort to the West Indies, England and Barbados bringing supplies into Beaufort harbor prior to the Revolutionary War. By 1784, his landholdings had increased to 400 acres. He was elected to the North Carolina House the following year. He married Mary Pacquinett, whose family helped establish the Core Sound Quaker Meeting House.”

Belcher Fuller's Great Great Grandfather was William Borden. William Borden Jr. purchased property

in 1768, the year the William Borden House was built on the Beaufort waterfront. His father, William Borden, Sr., was a shipbuilder from Portsmouth, Rhode Island, who arrived in North Carolina in 1732 aboard his schooner. He and his family settled in Mill Creek, where he built a shipyard and sawmill. He went on to accumulate much property and became a prominent citizen in Carteret County. William Sr. died in 1747, leaving his properties to his children. His son followed in his footsteps, becoming a leader in the Carteret shipbuilding industry, and was a delegate to the Fifth Provincial Congress that adopted the Bill of Rights in 1776.

In 1796, Belcher Fuller 1777-1828, married Zilphia Gutherie 1780-1846. Belcher Fuller was a North Carolina state Senator from Carteret County for several years in the early 1800’s. He was also a notary public, justice of the peace, and lieutenant colonel of militia in 1823.

Belcher and Zilphia had two daughters. Mary Polly Fuller 1800-1878

married Benjamin Leecraft in 1818. In his 1828 will, Belcher Fuller left them property on the northwest corner of Ann and Orange Streets—now the Arendell House. In 1843, their daughter, Zilphia Ann Leecraft married Michael Fisher Arendell, son of Bridges Arendell and Sarah Fisher.

When Belcher and Zilphia's other daughter, Charity Fuller 1807-1891, married Andrew Lee Hatchell in 1826, Fuller left them property on the west side of the first block of Orange Street. Andrew Lee and Charity built the 1827 Hatsell House on the southern portion of Lot 55 Old Town.

Early English Hatchells Find Their Way to Carteret County, NC

- EARLY HATCHELLS -

The Early English Hatchells may have been in Devon, London, Manchester and Ireland in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. These families may have spelled the name Hachell or Hakell, thus making the name more difficult to trace with certainty.

The father of a William Hatchell, born in Ireland in 1675, may have been Henry Hatchell who arrived in Ireland in the late 1600's with Lord Cromwell.

The first known Colonial America Hatchell was William Hatchell - circa 1675-1730 - who came from Ireland and settled by 1696 in Virginia on the Warwick-Elizabeth City County line.

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1687 Map of Virginia Showing Warwick and Elizabeth City Counties
-Click Map to Enlarge-

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Henry Hatchell

Devon, England

William Hatchell circa 1675-1730

Born in County Wexford, Ireland. By 1696 he had settled in Virginia on the Warwick-Elizabeth City County line. He is the first known Colonial American Hatchell. William the immigrant had two sons: William and John - both born before 1700.

William Hatchell circa before 1700-1750

William was the son of William the immigrant. He was born in Charles Parish, York County, Virginia . He and Ann Chappell had two sons - William and Henry. His son Henry was the first to settle in Carteret County from Lunenburg County, Virginia.

William Hatsell circa 1715-1770

Born in Charles Parish, York County, Virginia and died on Allen's Creek, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

William Hatsel circa 1730-1801

Born in Elizabeth City County, Virginia. He married Christiana Morris about 1755 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Christiana died after April 1772 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. William came to Carteret County, North Carolina about 1779 and settled next to his Uncle Henry Hatchell* who had been the first Hatsel to come from Virginia in 1755. He married a second time - Henrietta Wade sometime after 1766. William Hatsel died in the White Oak area of Carteret County.

William Hatchell circa 1766-1816

Born before 1766 in Carteret, NC. He married Esther Green of Carteret County, and had 8 children. He died on Bogue Sound, Carteret, NC

CHILDREN of William and Esther

. Morris Hatchell 1796
. Andrew Lee Hatchell – January 1803-September 20, 1841
. Archibald Green Hatchell 1804-1837
. Bryan Hatchell 1816-1855
. Green B. Hatchell 1817-1867
. Brancy Hatchell –married Bryan Rumley in 1832
. Willis Hatchell
. Nancy Hatchell –married Timothy Meadows

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1733 Mosely Map - Click Map to Enlarge

NOTE: Around 1730, Swansboro started as a small settlement at the mouth of the White Oak River. Jonathan and Grace Green settled here from Massachusetts. Mr. Green died a short time later and Grace married Theophilus Weeks, who had settled in Hadnot Creek. The Weeks family were farmers then tavern owners and then Mr. Weeks was appointed port inspector. Weeks then sold a portion of his land which, in 1783, was incorporated as the colonial port town of Swannsborough. It was so named in honor of Samuel Swann, former speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons.

NOTE: * Henry Hatchell was born circa 1725 and was still living with his father (William #3) when the 1748 Lunenburg tithe (tax list) was taken. Six years later in 1754, Henry appears in Carteret County as a witness to the will of Habbakkuk Russell. He last appeared in Carteret County on the 1790 census and apparently died intestate sometime before the 1800 census. He and his wife Martha had one son, Richard Lewis Hatchell (ca 1755-before 1830) who married Miriam Weeks. Their daughter Martha married Rev. James W. Coston - two sons, David and William.

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This ink-wash drawing of Saunder's/Sander's Plantation at Hatchell's Point, Swansboro, North Carolina was done during the Civil War by H.E. Valentine on July 13, 1863. Valentine noted the site was on route to Swansboro, NC.

In the year 2000, William Hatchell of Avila Beach, California made the following notes:

"Armistead Hatchell (Hatsell) - son of William and Christiana - of Mecklenburg County, VA and Carteret County, NC was named on a land deed dated 178_, Mecklenburg Co, VA with his father who is stated to have moved to Carteret (“Cartwright”) Co, NC. Armistead is mentioned in NC records as the settler for whom Hatchell Point and Hatchell Mill is named on the White Oak River, Carteret Co, NC. John Lovett to Armsted Hatsel, a tract of land (30ac) on north side of White Oak River and west side of Hadnot’s Creek adjoining Barrat’s (Barrod) line, said river and creek. This land first called Barrat’s Point, then Hatchell’s Point, and then Pelletier’s Point where a windmill was located. Land from the Vinson Barrod estate was also sold to William Hatchel, bricklayer, on White Oak at Hadnot Creek in Apr 1784. William Hatsel to Armsted hatsel, 130 ac. adj. land he bought from Lovett. On 6 Jul 1842 Willis Hatchell of Carteret to James W. Hatchell and

Armisted Hatchell “sons of A. Hatchell all the lands that my father willed to my mother during her life and after her death to me”. In 1874 (Bk. HH, p. 49), James and William Hatsel bought land in 1874 from D. W. Sanders. The land, including the mill site and the Dudley Cemetery, was at mouth of Hadnot’s Creek on the White Oak River known as Hatchell’s Point."

William and Christiana's son William Hatsell, born circa 1766, and his wife Esther Green of Carteret County, had eight children. Their son Andrew Lee Hatchel made his way to Beaufort, North Carolina before 1826.

An example of an early windmill - 1890 Beaufort, North Carolina.