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.  |  Abraham Davenport (1715-1789) — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,June 6,1715.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1776-83.Famed for his decisive response during the "Dark Day," May 19, 1780,when all-day darkness in New England led many to think that the endof the world was at hand. In the state council meeting in Hartford,he said, "I am against adjournment. The day of judgment is eitherapproaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for anadjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wishtherefore that candles may be brought."JohnGreenleaf Whittier wrote a poem about this incident in 1866;JohnF. Kennedy referenced Davenport's actions in speeches during the1960 presidential campaign.Died in Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,November20, 1789 (age74 years, 167days).Interment atNorthfield Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Davenport (1669-1731) and Elizabeth (Morris) Davenport;married,November16, 1750, to Elizabeth Huntington; married,August8, 1776, to Martha (Coggeshall) Fitch; father ofJohnDavenport (1752-1830) andJamesDavenport; grandfather ofTheodoreDavenport; granduncle ofAbrahamDavenport (1767-1837); great-granduncle ofThaddeusBetts; second great-granduncle ofJosephPomeroy Root; fourth great-granduncle ofAlfredCollins Lockwood; second cousin once removed ofAaronKitchell; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardGreen Bradford; second cousin four times removed ofEliasMulford Condit andEdwardGreen Bradford II; second cousin five times removed ofIsaacEdwin Mansfield,FrankL. Stiles,JohnHenry Blakeslee,GeorgeNewbury Blakeslee,EdwardGreen Bradford Jr. andElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard. | | | | Political family:Davenport-Huntingtonfamily of Stamford, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Stamford HistoricalSociety |
| | Pierpont Edwards (1750-1826) — of Connecticut. Born in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,April 8,1750.Lawyer;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1787-88;delegateto Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1789-90;U.S.Attorney for Connecticut, 1789;U.S.District Judge for Connecticut, 1806;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.Member,Freemasons.Died in Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April 5,1826 (age75 years, 362days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Edwards and Sarah (Pierpont) Edwards; married to FrancesOgden; father ofHenryWaggaman Edwards; uncle ofAaronBurr andTheodoreDwight; second great-grandson ofThomasWillett; first cousin once removed ofJohnDavenport andJamesDavenport; first cousin twice removed ofTheodoreDavenport; first cousin four times removed ofEvertHarris Kittell; first cousin six times removed ofArthurCallen Kittell Jr.; second cousin once removed ofBenjaminTallmadge; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman andFrederickAugustus Tallmadge; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,JohnAppleton,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman,JosephPomeroy Root andEdwardWilliams Hooker; second cousin four times removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard,GeorgeLandon Ingraham,CharlesDunsmore Millard andBlancheM. Woodward; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesH. Chittenden,BradfordR. Lansing,DanielPhoenix Ingraham andLouisEzekiel Stoddard; third cousin once removed ofNoahPhelps andHezekiahCase; third cousin twice removed ofParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,AmbroseTuttle,JesseHoyt,AbielCase,JairusCase,JohnLeslie Russell,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,WilliamDean Kellogg andAlmonCase; third cousin thrice removed ofAmosPettibone,WalterBooth,NormanA. Phelps,OliverDwight Filley,WilliamWarner Hoppin,JohnSmith Phelps,AsahelPierson Case,HiramBidwell Case,LeslieWead Russell,CharlesHazen Russell,JohnClarence Keeler andLovelDavis Parmelee; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamGreene. | | | | Political families:Davenport-Huntingtonfamily of Stamford, Connecticut;Edwards-Burr-Davenportfamily of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Davenport (1752-1830) — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,January16, 1752.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1776; postmaster atStamford,Conn., 1787-92;U.S.Representative from Connecticut, 1799-1817 (at-large 1799-1805,2nd District 1805-07, at-large 1807-09, 3rd District 1809-11,at-large 1811-17).Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,November28, 1830 (age78 years, 316days).Interment atNorthfield Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofAbrahamDavenport (1715-1789) and Elizabeth (Huntington) Davenport;brother ofJamesDavenport; married to Mary Sylvester Welles; father ofTheodoreDavenport; first cousin ofHenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; first cousin once removed ofPierpontEdwards,AbrahamDavenport (1767-1837) andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; first cousin twice removed ofThaddeusBetts; first cousin thrice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root; first cousin five times removed ofAlfredCollins Lockwood andRandolphAppleton Kidder; second cousin ofAaronBurr,TheodoreDwight,AbelHuntington andHenryWaggaman Edwards; second cousin once removed ofSamuelHuntington; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHuntington andRogerWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofEvertHarris Kittell; second cousin four times removed ofJohnFoster Dulles andAllenWelsh Dulles; second cousin five times removed ofArthurCallen Kittell Jr.; third cousin ofJabezHuntington,AaronKitchell,JoshuaCoit,SamuelH. Huntington,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; third cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,ZinaHyde Jr.,CharlesRobert Sherman,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),JosephLyman Huntington,PeterBuell Porter Jr.,ElishaMills Huntington andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin twice removed ofWilliamWoodbridge,JabezWilliams Huntington,IsaacBackus,JohnHall Brockway,HenryTitus Backus,CharlesTaylor Sherman,JohnAppleton,EdwardGreen Bradford,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,UlyssesSimpson Grant,JohnSherman,RobertCoit Jr.,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AbialLathrop,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925) andEdwardWilliams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed ofAlexanderHamilton Waterman,MatthewGriswold,GeorgeDouglas Perkins,EliasMulford Condit,EzekielGilbert Stoddard,EdwardGreen Bradford II,FrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.,WilliamBarret Ridgely,CharlesEdward Hyde,ClementPhineas Kellogg,HermanArod Gager,WilliamBrainard Coit,JohnSedgwick Hyde,EdwardWarden Hyde,JohnLeffingwell Randolph,FrancisWatkinson Cole,GeorgeLeffingwell Reed andBlancheM. Woodward; fourth cousin ofChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich andHezekiahCase; fourth cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams,AmbroseTuttle,JesseHoyt,AbielCase,CharlesPhelps Huntington,JairusCase,JohnArnold Rockwell,JohnLeslie Russell,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,WilliamDean Kellogg,AlmonCase andAlansonPike. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Davenport-Huntingtonfamily of Stamford, Connecticut;Edwards-Burr-Davenportfamily of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Davenport (1758-1797) — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October12, 1758.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1785; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1790-96; common pleas court judge inConnecticut, 1792;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1796-97; died in office1797.Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,August3, 1797 (age38 years, 295days).Interment atNorthfield Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofAbrahamDavenport (1715-1789) and Elizabeth (Huntington) Davenport;brother ofJohnDavenport; married,May 7,1777, to Abigail Fitch; married,November6, 1790, to Mehitable Coggeshall; uncle ofTheodoreDavenport; first cousin ofHenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; first cousin once removed ofPierpontEdwards,AbrahamDavenport (1767-1837) andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; first cousin twice removed ofThaddeusBetts; first cousin thrice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root; first cousin five times removed ofAlfredCollins Lockwood andRandolphAppleton Kidder; second cousin ofAaronBurr,TheodoreDwight,AbelHuntington andHenryWaggaman Edwards; second cousin once removed ofSamuelHuntington; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHuntington andRogerWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofEvertHarris Kittell; second cousin four times removed ofJohnFoster Dulles andAllenWelsh Dulles; second cousin five times removed ofArthurCallen Kittell Jr.; third cousin ofJabezHuntington,AaronKitchell,JoshuaCoit,SamuelH. Huntington,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; third cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,ZinaHyde Jr.,CharlesRobert Sherman,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),JosephLyman Huntington,PeterBuell Porter Jr.,ElishaMills Huntington andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin twice removed ofWilliamWoodbridge,JabezWilliams Huntington,IsaacBackus,JohnHall Brockway,HenryTitus Backus,CharlesTaylor Sherman,JohnAppleton,EdwardGreen Bradford,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,UlyssesSimpson Grant,JohnSherman,RobertCoit Jr.,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AbialLathrop,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925) andEdwardWilliams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed ofAlexanderHamilton Waterman,MatthewGriswold,GeorgeDouglas Perkins,EliasMulford Condit,EzekielGilbert Stoddard,EdwardGreen Bradford II,FrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.,WilliamBarret Ridgely,CharlesEdward Hyde,ClementPhineas Kellogg,HermanArod Gager,WilliamBrainard Coit,JohnSedgwick Hyde,EdwardWarden Hyde,JohnLeffingwell Randolph,FrancisWatkinson Cole,GeorgeLeffingwell Reed andBlancheM. Woodward; fourth cousin ofChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich andHezekiahCase; fourth cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams,AmbroseTuttle,JesseHoyt,AbielCase,CharlesPhelps Huntington,JairusCase,JohnArnold Rockwell,JohnLeslie Russell,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,WilliamDean Kellogg,AlmonCase andAlansonPike. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Davenport-Huntingtonfamily of Stamford, Connecticut;Edwards-Burr-Davenportfamily of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Huntington (1766-1846) — ofOneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 28,1766.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1804-07; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oneida County, 1816, 1817-18.Died in Rome,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,October15, 1846 (age80 years, 140days).Interment atRomeCemetery, Rome, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminHuntington and Anne (Huntington) Huntington; brother ofGurdonHuntington; married to Catherine Mary Havens (half-brother ofJonathanNicoll Havens); father ofBenjaminNicoll Huntington; third great-granduncle ofRandolphAppleton Kidder; first cousin ofJohnDavenport andJamesDavenport; first cousin once removed ofTheodoreDavenport; second cousin ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington andAbelHuntington; second cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington andSamuelH. Huntington; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamWoodbridge,JabezWilliams Huntington,IsaacBackus,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,ElishaMills Huntington,HenryTitus Backus andRogerWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofCollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington andWilliamClark Huntington; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamBarret Ridgely,JosiahQuincy,HenryArthur Huntington,ArthurEvarts Lord,JohnFoster Dulles andAllenWelsh Dulles; second cousin five times removed ofAustinEugene Lathrop,FranklinDelano Roosevelt andHelenHuntington Hull; third cousin ofJoshuaCoit,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; third cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin twice removed ofSamuelLathrop,BelaEdgerton,JohnHall Brockway,PhiloFairchild Barnum,PhineasTaylor Barnum,UlyssesSimpson Grant,RobertCoit Jr.,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AbialLathrop andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin thrice removed ofHemanTicknor,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,WilliamHenry Barnum,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,AugustusFrank,MatthewGriswold,GeorgeDouglas Perkins,RhamanthusMenville Stocker,FrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.,CharlesEdward Hyde,ClementPhineas Kellogg,HermanArod Gager,WilliamBrainard Coit,JohnSedgwick Hyde,EdwardWarden Hyde,JohnLeffingwell Randolph,FrancisWatkinson Cole andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed; fourth cousin ofChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnArnold Rockwell andAlansonPike. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts;Davenport-Huntingtonfamily of Stamford, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Abraham Davenport (1767-1837) — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October30, 1767.Postmaster atStamford,Conn., 1796-1822.Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,June 6,1837 (age69 years, 219days).Interment atNorthfield Cemetery, Stamford, Conn. | | Gurdon Huntington (1768-1840) — ofOtsegoCounty, N.Y.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,March16, 1768.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Otsego County, 1804-08.Died in Rome,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1840 (age72 years, 249days).Interment atRomeCemetery, Rome, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminHuntington and Anne (Huntington) Huntington; brother ofHenryHuntington; married,May 21,1794, to Anna Perkins; uncle ofBenjaminNicoll Huntington; third great-grandfather ofRandolphAppleton Kidder; first cousin ofJohnDavenport andJamesDavenport; first cousin once removed ofTheodoreDavenport; second cousin ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington andAbelHuntington; second cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington andSamuelH. Huntington; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamWoodbridge,JabezWilliams Huntington,IsaacBackus,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,ElishaMills Huntington,HenryTitus Backus andRogerWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofCollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington andWilliamClark Huntington; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamBarret Ridgely,JosiahQuincy,HenryArthur Huntington,ArthurEvarts Lord,JohnFoster Dulles andAllenWelsh Dulles; second cousin five times removed ofAustinEugene Lathrop,FranklinDelano Roosevelt andHelenHuntington Hull; third cousin ofJoshuaCoit,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; third cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin twice removed ofSamuelLathrop,BelaEdgerton,JohnHall Brockway,PhiloFairchild Barnum,PhineasTaylor Barnum,UlyssesSimpson Grant,RobertCoit Jr.,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AbialLathrop andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin thrice removed ofHemanTicknor,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,WilliamHenry Barnum,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,AugustusFrank,MatthewGriswold,GeorgeDouglas Perkins,RhamanthusMenville Stocker,FrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.,CharlesEdward Hyde,ClementPhineas Kellogg,HermanArod Gager,WilliamBrainard Coit,JohnSedgwick Hyde,EdwardWarden Hyde,JohnLeffingwell Randolph,FrancisWatkinson Cole andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed; fourth cousin ofChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnArnold Rockwell andAlansonPike. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts;Davenport-Huntingtonfamily of Stamford, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Theodore Davenport (1792-1884) — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,January16, 1792.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Stamford, 1825.Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September9, 1884 (age92 years, 237days).Interment atNorthfield Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofJohnDavenport and Mary Sylvester (Welles) Davenport; married,May 9,1833, to Harriet Grant Chesebrough; father of Helen MatildaDavenport (who marriedSamuelFessenden); nephew ofJamesDavenport; grandson ofAbrahamDavenport (1715-1789); first cousin once removed ofHenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; first cousin twice removed ofPierpontEdwards; second cousin ofAbrahamDavenport (1767-1837) andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; second cousin once removed ofAaronBurr,TheodoreDwight,AbelHuntington,HenryWaggaman Edwards andThaddeusBetts; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelHuntington,JonathanHunt andJosephPomeroy Root; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin four times removed ofAlfredCollins Lockwood andRandolphAppleton Kidder; third cousin ofWilliamAlfred Buckingham; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,AaronKitchell,JoshuaCoit,SamuelH. Huntington,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),SamuelClesson Allen,PeterBuell Porter,JohnAdams Taintor,HenryG. Taintor andRogerWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofEzekielCornell,EvertHarris Kittell andHenryVance Clymer; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnFoster Dulles andAllenWelsh Dulles; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,ZinaHyde Jr.,CharlesRobert Sherman,GreeneCarrier Bronson,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),JosephLyman Huntington,ElishaHunt Allen,PeterBuell Porter Jr.,ElishaMills Huntington,GouverneurMorris andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed ofJonathanBrace,ChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich,HezekiahCase,JamesKilbourne,WilliamWoodbridge,JabezWilliams Huntington,IsaacBackus,JohnHall Brockway,HenryTitus Backus,CharlesTaylor Sherman,JohnAppleton,EdwardGreen Bradford,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,UlyssesSimpson Grant,JohnSherman,RobertCoit Jr.,CollinsDwight Huntington,WilliamFessenden Allen,GeorgeMilo Huntington,SelahMerrill,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AbialLathrop,RodolphA. Woolsey,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),FrederickHobbes Allen andEdwardWilliams Hooker. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Fessenden#2 family of Portland, Maine;Davenport-Huntingtonfamily of Stamford, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Benjamin Nicoll Huntington (1816-1882) — also known asBenjamin N. Huntington — of Rome,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Rome,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1816.Banker;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 19th District, 1851-53; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1866.Died in Rome,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1882 (age66 years, 189days).Interment atRomeCemetery, Rome, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofHenryHuntington and Catherine Mary (Havens) Huntington; married,January24, 1855, to Mabel Limbrieck Utley; nephew ofJonathanNicoll Havens andGurdonHuntington; grandson ofBenjaminHuntington; first cousin once removed ofJohnDavenport andJamesDavenport; first cousin four times removed ofRandolphAppleton Kidder; second cousin ofTheodoreDavenport; second cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington andAbelHuntington; third cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington andSamuelH. Huntington; third cousin once removed ofJoshuaCoit,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter,WilliamWoodbridge,JabezWilliams Huntington,IsaacBackus,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,ElishaMills Huntington,HenryTitus Backus andRogerWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofCollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington andWilliamClark Huntington; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamBarret Ridgely,JosiahQuincy,HenryArthur Huntington,ArthurEvarts Lord,JohnFoster Dulles andAllenWelsh Dulles; fourth cousin ofZinaHyde Jr.,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,WickhamSayre Havens,JohnScudder Havens,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864) andCharlesSmith Havens; fourth cousin once removed ofChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich,SamuelLathrop,BelaEdgerton,JohnHall Brockway,PhiloFairchild Barnum,PhineasTaylor Barnum,UlyssesSimpson Grant,RobertCoit Jr.,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AbialLathrop,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925) andJohnLewis Havens. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts;Davenport-Huntingtonfamily of Stamford, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine,April12, 1847.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;bankdirector; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Stamford, 1875, 1879,1895-96;Speaker ofthe Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1895-96; delegateto Republican National Convention from Connecticut,1876,1880,1884(alternate),1888(speaker),1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker);Secretaryof Republican National Committee, 1884-88; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Connecticut, 1896; member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1901; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1905-08.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,January7, 1908 (age60 years, 270days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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