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. | |  Roger Wolcott (1679-1767) — of Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,1679.ColonialGovernor of Connecticut, 1750-54.Died in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 17,1767 (ageabout 87years).Interment atPalisadoCemetery, Windsor, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Simon Wolcott and Martha (Pitkin) Wolcott; married to Sarah Drake;father ofErastusWolcott, Ursula Wolcott (who marriedMatthewGriswold (1714-1799)) andOliverWolcott Sr.; grandfather ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold, Mary Ann Wolcott (who marriedChaunceyGoodrich) andFrederickWolcott; granduncle of Abigail Wolcott (who marriedOliverEllsworth); great-granduncle ofSamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth andHenryLeavitt Ellsworth; second great-grandfather ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); second great-granduncle ofElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; third great-grandfather ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third great-granduncle ofAlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; fourth great-grandfather ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; fourth great-granduncle ofJudsonH. Warner andHenryAugustus Wolcott; fifth great-grandfather ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; sixth great-grandfather ofJamesWadsworth Symington; first cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin; first cousin twice removed ofDanielPitkin; first cousin thrice removed ofJamesHillhouse andTimothyPitkin; first cousin four times removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; first cousin five times removed ofEdmundHolcomb,JosephPomeroy Root,GeorgeGriswold Sill,FrederickWalker Pitkin andLutherS. Pitkin; first cousin six times removed ofAugustusBrandegee,GeorgeFrederick Stone,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin,HarryKear Wolcott,EldredC. Pitkin andHenryMerrill Wolcott; first cousin seven times removed ofThomasTheodore Prentis,FrankFiske Bostwick,FrankBosworth Brandegee andEphraimHenry Cowles. | | | | Political families:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts;Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut;Ellsworthfamily of Windsor, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) — of Connecticut. Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April29, 1745.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1777-84; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1780-85, 1802-07; died in office 1807;superior court judge in Connecticut, 1785-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1789-96; received 11 electoral votes,1796;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1800; resigned 1800.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November26, 1807 (age62 years, 211days).Interment atPalisadoCemetery, Windsor, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof David Ellsworth and Jemima (Leavitt) Ellsworth; married1772 toAbigail Wolcott (grandniece ofRogerWolcott); father of Delia Ellsworth (who marriedThomasScott Williams),HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; second cousin ofJonathanHunt; second cousin once removed ofAbijahBlodget; second cousin twice removed ofHarrisonBlodget,ElishaHunt Allen andGouverneurMorris; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamFessenden Allen,WalterHarrison Blodget andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed ofLutherThomas Ellsworth; second cousin five times removed ofHalletThomas Ellsworth andWayneLyman Morse; third cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold andElishaPhelps; third cousin twice removed ofHezekiahCase,OliverOwen Forward,WalterForward,AbielCase,ChaunceyForward,EdmundHolcomb,JairusCase,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr. andAllenJacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed ofParmenioAdams,OliverDwight Filley,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamDean Kellogg,CharlesJenkins Hayden,AlmonCase,NoahWebster Holcomb,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,WilliamWalter Phelps andLafayetteBlanchard Gleason. | | | | Political families:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut;Ellsworthfamily of Windsor, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofEllsworth,Maine, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges |
| | Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Durham,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,March24, 1761.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1795-1802; FederalistPresidential Elector for Connecticut,1796;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1799-1801; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1803-17;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1803-22; resigned 1822; county judge inConnecticut, 1805-18.Slaveowner. Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,November2, 1849 (age88 years, 223days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Elizur Goodrich (1734-1797) and Catharine (Chauncey) Goodrich;brother ofChaunceyGoodrich; married to Annie Willard Allen; father of Nancy AllenGoodrich (who marriedHenryLeavitt Ellsworth); second great-granduncle ofRichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth great-granduncle ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; second cousin thrice removed ofFredericHoldrege Bontecou; third cousin once removed ofThomasChittenden andSamuelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHard,CharlesRobert Sherman,GideonHard,NormanA. Phelps andElizurStillman Goodrich; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,HiramBidwell Case,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,JohnRansom Buck,WilliamWalter Phelps,KatherineCornelia Abbe,AddisonBeecher Colvin,AlbertNorton Abbe,FrankH. Abbe,HoraceLincoln Abbe andHerbertErnest Powell; fourth cousin ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,OliverWolcott Jr.,MartinChittenden,SamuelH. Huntington,HenryHuntington,FrederickWolcott andGurdonHuntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,ZinaHyde Jr.,ChittendenLyon,TheodoreDavenport,NathanielHuntington,JosiahC. Chittenden,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,ClarkS. Chittenden,AbelMadison Scranton,ElishaMills Huntington,BenjaminNicoll Huntington andAlansonPike. | | | | Political families:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut;Ellsworthfamily of Windsor, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas Scott Williams (1777-1861) — also known asThomas S. Williams — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Wethersfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.,June 26,1777.Whig.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hartford, 1813-16, 1819,1825, 1827-29;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1817-19; superior courtjudge in Connecticut, 1829-47;mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1831-35.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December15, 1861 (age84 years, 172days).Interment atOldNorth Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | William Wolcott Ellsworth (1791-1868) — also known asWilliam W. Ellsworth — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November10, 1791.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1829-34; resigned 1834;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hartford, 1835; member ofConnecticutstate senate 1st District, 1836;Governor ofConnecticut, 1838-42; superior court judge in Connecticut,1847-61.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,January15, 1868 (age76 years, 66days).Interment atOldNorth Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofOliverEllsworth and Abigail (Wolcott) Ellsworth; great-grandnephew ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); fourth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; fourth great-grandnephew ofRobertTreat; first cousin twice removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed ofJonathanHunt,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofSamuelClesson Allen andAbijahBlodget; third cousin once removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799),DanielPitkin,HarrisonBlodget,JohnWilliam Allen,ElishaHunt Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,GouverneurMorris,HenryTitus Backus,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed ofAlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott,WalterHarrison Blodget,AlfredWolcott andFrederickHobbes Allen; third cousin thrice removed ofRobertTreat Paine,JudsonH. Warner,LutherThomas Ellsworth,HenryAugustus Wolcott,JamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; fourth cousin ofJamesHillhouse,TimothyPitkin,GaylordGriswold,ElishaPhelps andGideonHard; fourth cousin once removed ofEbenezerHuntington,HezekiahCase,GershomBirdsey,BenjaminHard,OliverOwen Forward,WalterForward,PhineasLyman Tracy,AbielCase,ChaunceyForward,AlbertHaller Tracy,IsraelCoe,EliCoe Birdsey,EdmundHolcomb,JairusCase,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andAllenJacob Holcomb; twin brother ofHenryLeavitt Ellsworth. | | | | Political family:Ellsworthfamily of Windsor, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791-1858) — also known asHenry L. Ellsworth;"Father of the U.S.Department of Agriculture" —of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November10, 1791.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hartford, 1830;mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1835; resigned 1835; commissioner of the U.S.Patent Office, 1835-45.Died in Fair Haven, New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December28, 1858 (age67 years, 48days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofOliverEllsworth and Abigail (Wolcott) Ellsworth; married,June 22,1813, to Nancy Allen Goodrich (daughter ofElizurGoodrich); married to Marietta Mariana Bartlett and CatherineSmith; great-grandnephew ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); fourth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; fourth great-grandnephew ofRobertTreat; first cousin twice removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed ofJonathanHunt,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofSamuelClesson Allen andAbijahBlodget; third cousin once removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799),DanielPitkin,HarrisonBlodget,JohnWilliam Allen,ElishaHunt Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,GouverneurMorris,HenryTitus Backus,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed ofAlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott,WalterHarrison Blodget,AlfredWolcott andFrederickHobbes Allen; third cousin thrice removed ofRobertTreat Paine,JudsonH. Warner,LutherThomas Ellsworth,HenryAugustus Wolcott,JamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; fourth cousin ofJamesHillhouse,TimothyPitkin,GaylordGriswold,ElishaPhelps andGideonHard; fourth cousin once removed ofEbenezerHuntington,HezekiahCase,GershomBirdsey,BenjaminHard,OliverOwen Forward,WalterForward,PhineasLyman Tracy,AbielCase,ChaunceyForward,AlbertHaller Tracy,IsraelCoe,EliCoe Birdsey,EdmundHolcomb,JairusCase,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andAllenJacob Holcomb; twin brother ofWilliamWolcott Ellsworth. | | | | Political families:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut;Ellsworthfamily of Windsor, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry L. Ellsworth (built 1943 atNewOrleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Luther Thomas Ellsworth (1853-1914) — also known asLuther T. Ellsworth — of East Richfield,SummitCounty, Ohio; Elkhart,ElkhartCounty, Ind.; Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in West Richfield,SummitCounty, Ohio,November13, 1853.Stockholder, directtor, and secretary of agold miningcompany;schoolteacher; foreman ofrailwaycoaling station; U.S. Consul inPuerto Cabello, 1898-1903;Cartagena, 1903-07;Chihuahua, 1907;Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1907-13.Died inSummitCounty, Ohio,July 2,1914 (age60 years, 231days).Interment atWest Richfield Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio. | | Hallet Thomas Ellsworth (1885-1974) — of Laredo,WebbCounty, Tex.Born in Corpus Christi,NuecesCounty, Tex.,November7, 1885.Officeclerk; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inCiudad Porfirio Diaz, 1912.Died, fromarterioscleroticheart disease, in Northeast BaptistHospital,San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,December26, 1974 (age89 years, 49days).Interment atMission Burial Park North, San Antonio, Tex.
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