Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist.  |  Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797) — of Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Guilford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January6, 1730.Governorof Vermont, 1778-89, 1790-97; died in office 1797.Died in Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,August25, 1797 (age67 years, 231days).Interment atThomasChittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vt.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Montpelier, Vt.; statue atTownGreen, Williston, Vt.| |  Relatives: Sonof Ebenezer Chittenden and Mary (Johnson) Chittenden; married1749 toElizabeth Meigs; father of Mary Chittenden (who marriedJonasGalusha), Beulah Chittenden (who marriedMatthewLyon) andMartinChittenden; grandfather ofChittendenLyon; first cousin twice removed ofJosiahC. Chittenden andAbelMadison Scranton; first cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; second cousin twice removed ofJeduthunWilcox,ClarkS. Chittenden andRussellSage; second cousin thrice removed ofLeonardWilcox andEdgarJared Doolittle; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesH. Chittenden; third cousin once removed ofChaunceyGoodrich,OliverWolcott Jr.,ElizurGoodrich andFrederickWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofEnsignHosmer Kellogg andEliCoe Birdsey; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,FrederickWalker Pitkin andRogerWolcott; fourth cousin ofJonathanHunt,ReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr. andJosiahMeigs; fourth cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.,ElijahHunt Mills,HenryMeigs andZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political family:Chittendenfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ChittendenCounty, Vt. is named for him. | | | | ThetownofChittenden,Vermont, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Men of Vermont(1894) |
| | Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr. (1740-1823) — Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,December28, 1740.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justiceof the peace; member ofNorthwestTerritory House of Representatives, 1799-1801; U.S. Indian Agentto Cherokee Nation in Tennessee, 1801-23.Died inBradleyCounty, Tenn.,January28, 1823 (age82 years, 31days).Interment atGarrison Cemetery, Dayton, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother ofJosiahMeigs; married,February14, 1764, to Joanna Winborn; married,December22, 1774, to Grace Starr; father ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.; uncle ofHenryMeigs; grandfather ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; granduncle ofHenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; first cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden; first cousin twice removed ofChittendenLyon; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWillard; second cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin ofJonathanHunt; third cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; third cousin twice removed ofElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg andCharlesJenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Eastman,WilliamFessenden Allen,RushGreen Leaming,FrederickWalker Pitkin,AlvredBayard Nettleton,RobertCleveland Usher,CharlesM. Hotchkiss,FrederickHobbes Allen,AllenClarence Wilcox andCarlTrumbull Hayden; fourth cousin ofThomasChittenden; fourth cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political families:Chittendenfamily of Connecticut;Meigsfamily of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Meigs County,Tenn. is named for him. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Matthew Lyon (1749-1822) — of Eddyville,LyonCounty, Ky.Born in County Wicklow,Ireland,July14, 1749.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVermontstate house of representatives, 1779-83;U.S.Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1797-1801; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1802;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1803-11; defeated,1810.Convictedand jailed in 1789 under theSeditionAct.Slaveowner. Died in Spadra Bluff,JohnsonCounty, Ark.,August1, 1822 (age73 years, 18days).Original interment atSpadraBluff Cemetery, Spadra Bluff, Ark.; reinterment in 1833 atRiverView Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.  | Jonas Galusha (1753-1834) — of Shaftsbury,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,February11, 1753.Farmer;innkeeper;BenningtonCounty Sheriff, 1781-87; member ofVermontGovernor's Council, 1793-98, 1801-05;justice ofVermont state supreme court, 1807-08; Presidential Elector forVermont,1808(voted forJamesMadison andJohnLangdon);Governor ofVermont, 1809-13, 1815-20; Presidential Elector for Vermont,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); Presidential Elector for Vermont,1824(voted forJohnQuincy Adams andJohnC. Calhoun); Presidential Elector for Vermont,1828(voted forJohnQuincy Adams andRichardRush).Died in Shaftsbury,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,September24, 1834 (age81 years, 225days).Interment atCenterShaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Vt. | | | Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; St. Georges,Bermuda;Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,August21, 1757.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; actingpresident,University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14;Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died inWashington,D.C.,September4, 1822 (age65 years, 14days).Original interment atHolmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.; married1782 to ClaraBenjamin; father ofHenryMeigs and Clara Meigs (who marriedJohnForsyth); uncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather ofHenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; granduncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden; first cousin twice removed ofChittendenLyon; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWillard; second cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin ofJonathanHunt; third cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; third cousin twice removed ofElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg andCharlesJenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Eastman,WilliamFessenden Allen,RushGreen Leaming,FrederickWalker Pitkin,AlvredBayard Nettleton,RobertCleveland Usher,CharlesM. Hotchkiss,FrederickHobbes Allen,AllenClarence Wilcox andCarlTrumbull Hayden; fourth cousin ofThomasChittenden; fourth cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political families:Chittendenfamily of Connecticut;Meigsfamily of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofMeigs,Georgia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Martin Chittenden (1763-1840) — of Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.; Jericho,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,March12, 1763.Member of Vermont state legislature, 1800;U.S.Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1803-13;Governor ofVermont, 1813-15.Died in Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,September5, 1840 (age77 years, 177days).Interment atThomasChittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vt.| | Relatives: SonofThomasChittenden and Elizabeth (Meigs) Chittenden; brother of MaryChittenden (who marriedJonasGalusha) and Beulah Chittenden (who marriedMatthewLyon); married to Anna Bentley; uncle ofChittendenLyon; third great-grandnephew ofJohnWinthrop (1606-1676); fourth great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1588-1649); first cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr. andJosiahMeigs; first cousin four times removed ofFitz-JohnWinthrop; second cousin ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr. andHenryMeigs; second cousin once removed ofJosiahC. Chittenden,ReturnJonathan Meigs III,AbelMadison Scranton,HenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin once removed ofJonathanHunt,JeduthunWilcox,JohnWillard,ClarkS. Chittenden andRussellSage; third cousin twice removed ofLeonardWilcox andEdgarJared Doolittle; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Chittenden; fourth cousin ofChaunceyGoodrich,OliverWolcott Jr.,ElizurGoodrich,FrederickWolcott andElijahHunt Mills; fourth cousin once removed ofEnochWoodbridge,ThomasLindall Winthrop,TimothyPitkin,ElishaHotchkiss Jr.,AlvahNash,DavidParmalee Kelsey,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg,CharlesJenkins Hayden andEliCoe Birdsey. | | | | Political families:Chittendenfamily of Connecticut;Meigsfamily of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Men of Vermont(1894) |
| | Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842) — of Eddyville,LyonCounty, Ky.Born in Fair Haven,RutlandCounty, Vt.,February22, 1787.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1822; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1827;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1827-35 (12th District 1827-33, 1stDistrict 1833-35).Slaveowner. Died in Eddyville,LyonCounty, Ky.,November23, 1842 (age55 years, 274days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofMatthewLyon and Beulah (Chittenden) Lyon; married1817 to NancyVaughn; married to Fances Baker; father of Margaret Aurelia Lyon (whomarriedWillisBenson Machen); nephew ofMartinChittenden; grandson ofThomasChittenden; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnWinthrop (1606-1676); fifth great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1588-1649); first cousin twice removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr. andJosiahMeigs; first cousin five times removed ofFitz-JohnWinthrop; second cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr. andHenryMeigs; third cousin ofJosiahC. Chittenden,ReturnJonathan Meigs III,AbelMadison Scranton,HenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; third cousin once removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin twice removed ofJonathanHunt; fourth cousin ofJeduthunWilcox,JohnWillard,ClarkS. Chittenden andRussellSage; fourth cousin once removed ofChaunceyGoodrich,OliverWolcott Jr.,ElizurGoodrich,FrederickWolcott,ElijahHunt Mills,LeonardWilcox andEdgarJared Doolittle. | | | | Political family:Chittendenfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lyon County,Ky. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Josiah C. Chittenden (1794-1865) — of Killingworth,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.; Clinton,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Guilford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 21,1794.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1838-39 (Killingworth 1838,Clinton 1839).Died in Clinton,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,September14, 1865 (age71 years, 116days).Interment atIndian River cemetery, Clinton, Conn. | | Clark S. Chittenden (1803-1892) — of Hopkinton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.Born in Benson,RutlandCounty, Vt.,May 16,1803.Republican.Merchant;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from St. Lawrence County 3rd District, 1860-61.Died inSt.Lawrence County, N.Y.,May 18,1892 (age89 years, 2days).Interment atFort Jackson Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, N.Y. | | Willis Benson Machen (1810-1893) — also known asWillis B. Machen — of Eddyville,LyonCounty, Ky.Born in Caldwell County (part now inLyonCounty), Ky.,April10, 1810.Democrat.Delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1854; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1856, 1860;delegateto Kentucky secession convention, 1861;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress 1st District, 1862-65;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1872-73; received one electoral vote forVice-President,1872;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1876.Slaveowner. Died in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,September29, 1893 (age83 years, 172days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky. | | Charles H. Chittenden (1852-1933) — of Killingworth,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Killingworth,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,September15, 1852.Democrat.Farmer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Killingworth; elected 1918;defeated, 1920.Died in Killingworth,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,January21, 1933 (age80 years, 128days).Interment atEvergreen Cemetery, Killingworth, Conn.
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