GALLERY: People 👨👩👧👦 1800s-1920
Father of Charles Savage Homer Junior, Winslow Homer, and Arthur Benson Homer.
1850ca Charles Savage Homer Senior
1860ca Henrietta Benson Homer
1864ca Winslow Homer
1867 Winslow Homer
Older brother to Winslow Homer
1870ca Charles Savage Homer Junior
1870ca Mary George Clark "Mattie" Homer
1870ca Mary George Clark "Mattie" Homer
1875 Alice Patch Homer
1875 Arthur Benson Homer
Henrietta Benson Homer, mother of Winslow Homer
1875ca Henrietta Benson Homer
1880 Winslow Homer
1880ca Dr. Benjamin Cotting
Location? (C Willauer)
1880s Homer Family Men
1885ca Charles E. Thomas portrait
In more formal attire. The couple honeymooned at Prouts Neck and thereafter summered at The Willows and The Checkley House from 1876-82. They then purchased half the Neck in 1883.
1885ca Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Homer
Left to right: Arthur Benson Homer; Charles Lowell Homer, his younger son; Charles Savage Homer, St., holding Winslow Homer's dog Sam; Alice Patch Homer;Arthur Patch Homer, Arthur's elder son; Benjamin Patch, Alice's father. Silver print by Simon Towle, Lowell, Massachusetts. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick. Gift of the Homer family, 1964.
1890ca Arthur Benson Homer and Family at Their House, El Rancho
Photograph possibly by Charles F. Walker.
1890ca Boys with sailboats in front of West Point
![](https://proutsneckhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1890ca-Emma-Cheney-wife-of-Bishop-Cheney-author-of-Letters-of-Alice-Jocelyn-Ancestry.png "The \\"Letters of Alice Jocelyn\\", was published in 1903 and describes the experiences of a young English maid arriving in Maine in the early 1600s.")
The \"Letters of Alice Jocelyn\", was published in 1903 and describes the experiences of a young English maid arriving in Maine in the early 1600s.
1890ca Emma Cheney, wife of Bishop Cheney, author of \"Letters of Alice Jocelyn\", 1903
1891 Agnes Hunter Walton age 42
![](https://proutsneckhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Merrick-1008-1895-definite.jpg "Beginning in the 1880s, the Merrick clan came to dominate Prouts culture, from church, to sports, to entertainment. In modern times their progeny include names such as Williams, Brinton, Scully, Chew, Roak, Buckley, Pratt, Frazier, Hopkins, Register, Bostwick, Morgan, Marsh, Perry, Willauer and more!
1 John Vaughan Merrick
2 Maria Sophia Wagner
11 Emily Duval Bostwick
12 George A. Bostwick
13 Margaret Duval Bostwick
14 John Vaughan Bostwick
15 Lucy Merrick Bostwick
21 Mary \\"Mini\\" V Merrick
22 David Evans Williams
23 David Evans Williams, Jr.
24 Mary Merrick Williams
25 Elizabeth Williams
26 Emily Duval Williams
31 John Vaughan Merrick, Jr
32 Annie Brown Harter
33 J. Vaughan Merrick, 3rd
34 Mary Harter Merrick
41 J. Hartley Merrick")
Beginning in the 1880s, the Merrick clan came to dominate Prouts culture, from church, to sports, to entertainment. In modern times their progeny include names such as Williams, Brinton, Scully, Chew, Roak, Buckley, Pratt, Frazier, Hopkins, Register, Bostwick, Morgan, Marsh, Perry, Willauer and more!
1 John Vaughan Merrick
2 Maria Sophia Wagner
11 Emily Duval Bostwick
12 George A. Bostwick
13 Margaret Duval Bostwick
14 John Vaughan Bostwick
15 Lucy Merrick Bostwick
21 Mary \"Mini\" V Merrick
22 David Evans Williams
23 David Evans Williams, Jr.
24 Mary Merrick Williams
25 Elizabeth Williams
26 Emily Duval Williams
31 John Vaughan Merrick, Jr
32 Annie Brown Harter
33 J. Vaughan Merrick, 3rd
34 Mary Harter Merrick
41 J. Hartley Merrick
1895 Merrick Clan on steps of \'The Knoll\' (See captioned photo for names)
![](https://proutsneckhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Merrick-1008-copy-3.jpg "Beginning in the 1880s, the Merrick clan came to dominate Prouts culture, from church, to sports, to entertainment. In modern times their progeny include names such as Williams, Brinton, Scully, Chew, Roak, Buckley, Pratt, Frazier, Hopkins, Register, Bostwick, Morgan, Marsh, Perry, Willauer and more!
1 John Vaughan Merrick
2 Maria Sophia Wagner
11 Emily Duval Bostwick
12 George A. Bostwick
13 Margaret Duval Bostwick
14 John Vaughan Bostwick
15 Lucy Merrick Bostwick
21 Mary \\"Mini\\" V Merrick
22 David Evans Williams
23 David Evans Williams, Jr.
24 Mary Merrick Williams
25 Elizabeth Williams
26 Emily Duval Williams
31 John Vaughan Merrick, Jr
32 Annie Brown Harter
33 J. Vaughan Merrick, 3rd
34 Mary Harter Merrick
41 J. Hartley Merrick")
Beginning in the 1880s, the Merrick clan came to dominate Prouts culture, from church, to sports, to entertainment. In modern times their progeny include names such as Williams, Brinton, Scully, Chew, Roak, Buckley, Pratt, Frazier, Hopkins, Register, Bostwick, Morgan, Marsh, Perry, Willauer and more!
1 John Vaughan Merrick
2 Maria Sophia Wagner
11 Emily Duval Bostwick
12 George A. Bostwick
13 Margaret Duval Bostwick
14 John Vaughan Bostwick
15 Lucy Merrick Bostwick
21 Mary \"Mini\" V Merrick
22 David Evans Williams
23 David Evans Williams, Jr.
24 Mary Merrick Williams
25 Elizabeth Williams
26 Emily Duval Williams
31 John Vaughan Merrick, Jr
32 Annie Brown Harter
33 J. Vaughan Merrick, 3rd
34 Mary Harter Merrick
41 J. Hartley Merrick
1895 Merrick Clan on steps of \'The Knoll\' + Names
1895ca Thomas Belcham Merrick, John Vaughan Bostwick (boy in dress), John Vaughan Merrick + John Vaughan Merrick, Jr. steps of \'The Knoll\', Tom\'s house in background
1898 B E Cotting (Lowel Institute 1898)
Motoring off to Sebago for a camping trip in Mr. Sailer's Car. L.C.Farr center lady at top. J.M Farr tying luggage 2nd from left. Mr. Sailer @ left. (written on back)
1898ca Sailer and LCF JMF going camping Sebago
1899ca Mary Edgecomb Blatchford Reading in Sanctuary
Mary Edgecomb Blatchford, Miss Lille Austin, and Eleanor May relaxing on hammocks in the Sanctuary.
1899ca Mary Edgecomb Blatchford, Miss Lille Austin, and Eleanor May relaxing on hammocks in the Sanctuary
1899ca Mary Edgecomb Blatchford+Lillie Austin Reading in Sanctuary
1899ca MayDen Ladies looking at Richmond Island - May, Kimble, Whittier, Angus, Edes
1900ca Alice Patch Homer and sons
Arthur B. Homer in his usual apparel. He was Winslow Homer\'s younger brother.
1900ca Arthur B. \"Daddy\" Homer
From New York Public Library online database
1900ca J. Vaughan Merrick
Rector\'s Warden of St. Timothy\'s Church in Roxborough, Philadelphia and founder of St. James Church.
1900ca J. Vaughan Merrick, Sr.
1900ca Lucy C Farr canoeing
From left, Lucy Cheney Bartol Farr is holding her eldest daughter Anne Farr (Bartol), Jocelyn Farr, and James M. Farr (a.k.a. Tertius) on a handmade chair, somewhere at Prouts Neck.
1900ca Lucy Cheney Bartol Farr and children
1900ca Lucy Cheney Farr reading at Farhaven
1900ca Margaret Watson, mother of Herb Pratt
1900ca Mrs. Russel (Annie) Griffin and injured bird
1902 Julie & Chester Castle Bolton
To the right side of the horizon, you can see the top of a double masted schooner. This was the wreck of the Washington B. Thomas.
1903 Children on Stratton Island (wreck in background)
1904ca Marion & Hazel Andrews with beaux canoeing at the back shore
1905-09-24 Six 6 Women in a Dory