James Gately

James Gately's grave

James Gately (1810–1875), also known as the Hermit of Hyde Park, was a 19th-century English-born American hermit.[1][2][3] He was born in England in 1810 to wealthy parents.[3] He studied at the University of Oxford.[2][3] He had a son out of wedlock in 1850.[3] He then sailed to Australia but returned the following year.[3] He was still unable to marry the mother of his son, and so set sail for the United States instead, settling in Roxbury, Massachusetts.[3]

He did not find success as a bird cage maker and taxidermist, and so set out for a life as a hermit in Hyde Park, Massachusetts.[3] His estate was worth more than $1,500 ($41,471 in 2023 dollars) when he died in 1875.[3] He had two sisters.[3] Gately was buried in Brookdale Cemetery in Dedham, Massachusetts in a grave owned by William Chickering of that town.[2][3][1] At the base of the hill with the Civil War monument is an oblong piece of granite stating simply, "Hermit."[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Episode 19: A Tale of Two Hermits". Hub History. March 5, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Upham, E.C. (June 25, 1904). "The Cemeteries of Dedham". The Dedham Transcript. p. 1.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "The Hermit of Hyde Park". The Boston Globe. December 13, 1880. p. 4. Retrieved October 18, 2019.


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