Newport
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Newport
County Biographies
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ECROYD, Henry, M. D., of Newport, was born in Muncy, Lycoming county, Pa., May 6, 1858, son of James and Rachel (Haines) Ecroyd. He is descended, on the paternal side, from the Ecroyd family of I^ncashire, England, where the records show they have held public offices since the reign of Richard II in the fourteenth century. This family was among the early followers of George Fox, and introduced into their district the manufacture of worsted. The grandfather of the present representative of the family in this country immigrated to the United States in 1795 and bought a large tract of land in Pennsylvania from sons of the scientist Dr. Priestly. The subject of this sketch is a graduate of the Friends’ School at Westtown, Pa., and of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1883, Medical Department. He read medicine eighteen months with Dr. Rankin of Muncy, Pa., was three years at the University of Pennsylvania, and two years in the hospitals. He is acting Assistant Surgeon of the United States Marine Hospital service, a member of the staff of the Newport Hospital, and Medical Examiner for the Third District of Rhode Island. He is also a member of the Rhode Island State Medical Society, the State Medico-Legal Society, and the Newport Medical Society. He was married, October 30,1890, to Miss Rebekah Ashbridge of Philadelphia, Pa., and has two children: Henry Ecroyd, Jr., and Elizabeth Ashbridge Ecroyd. Source: Rhode Island Men in Progress - Submitted by Marie Miller
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