Gervase Elwes, son of Sir Gervase Elwes, Baronet, of Stoke, Suffolk,
married Isabella, daughter of Sir Thomas Hervey, Knight, and sister of
the first Earl of Bristol. This Gervase died before his father, but left
a son, Henry, who succeeded to the Baronetcy. Sir Henry died without
issue, and was succeeded by his sister's son, John Maggott Twining, who
assumed the name of Elwes. He was the famous miser, and must have had
Hawthorne blood in him, through his grandfather, Gervase, whose mother
was a Hawthorne. It was to this Gervase that my ancestor, William
Hawthorne, devised some land in Massachusetts, "if he would come over,
and enjoy it." My ancestor calls him his nephew.
June 12th.--Barry Cornwall, Mr. Procter, called on me a week or more ago,
but I happened not to be in the office. Saturday last he called again,
and as I had crossed to Rock Park he followed me thither. A plain,
middle-sized, English-looking gentleman, elderly, with short, white hair,
and particularly quiet in his manners. He talks in a somewhat low tone
without emphasis, scarcely distinct. His head has a good outline, and
would look well in marble. I liked him very well. He talked
unaffectedly, showing an author's regard to his reputation, and was
evidently pleased to hear of his American celebrity. He said that in his
younger days he was a scientific pugilist, and once took a journey to
have a sparring encounter with the Game-Chicken.
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