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 |
| | William Pitkin (1694-1769) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,1694.ColonialGovernor of Connecticut, 1766-69; died in office 1769.Died in East Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,October1, 1769 (ageabout 75years).Interment atCenterCemetery, East Hartford, Conn.| | Relatives:Married1724 to MaryWoodbridge; grandfather ofTimothyPitkin; second great-granduncle ofJosephPomeroy Root andFrederickWalker Pitkin; first cousin once removed ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767) andDanielPitkin; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; first cousin four times removed ofLutherS. Pitkin; first cousin five times removed ofClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andEldredC. Pitkin; first cousin six times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andEphraimHenry Cowles; second cousin ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed ofJosiahCowles,MosesSeymour,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelClesson Allen,HoratioSeymour (1778-1857),HenrySeymour,ElaCollins,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,ElishaHunt Allen,OrigenStorrs Seymour,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeWashington Wolcott,GeorgeSeymour,WilliamCollins,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,McNeilSeymour,MatthewGriswold,HenryWilliam Seymour,WilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); second cousin four times removed ofAlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CharlesUpson,CalvinJosiah Cowles,GadEly Upson,WilliamChapman Williston,WilliamFessenden Allen,EdwardWoodruff Seymour,ElizurStillman Goodrich,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr.,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott,NormanAlexander Seymour,RussellCowles Ostrander,AddisonBeecher Colvin,AlfredWolcott,FrederickHobbes Allen,LaMonte Cowles,HelenHerron Taft,GardnerCowles andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin five times removed ofFranklinWoodruff,JudsonH. Warner,GeorgeAnthony Sweetland,HenryAugustus Wolcott,CharlesHolden Cowles,JamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.,RobertAlphonso Taft,CharlesPhelps Taft II,SeldenChapin andFrederickLippitt. | | | | Political families:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Matthew Griswold (1714-1799) — of Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,March25, 1714.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1759-69;DeputyGovernor of Connecticut, 1769-84;Governor ofConnecticut, 1784-86;delegateto Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.Died in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,April28, 1799 (age85 years, 34days).Interment atDuckRiver Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof John Griswold and Hannah (Lee) Griswold; married,November10, 1743, to Ursula Wolcott (daughter ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); sister ofOliverWolcott Sr.; aunt ofOliverWolcott Jr.); father ofRogerGriswold; uncle ofSamuelHolden Parsons andJamesHillhouse; great-grandfather ofJohnWilliam Allen,HenryTitus Backus andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); second great-granduncle ofGeorgeFrederick Stone; third great-grandfather ofSeldenChapin; fourth great-grandfather ofFredericLincoln Chapin; first cousin twice removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy andAlbertHaller Tracy; first cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeGriswold Sill; first cousin four times removed ofErastusClark Scranton,SerenoHamilton Scranton andSamuelLord (1831-1880); first cousin five times removed ofJosephAugustine Scranton,SamuelLord (1859-1925) andJosephBuell Ely; first cousin six times removed ofHarryAndrews Gager; second cousin once removed ofErastusWolcott andZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofThomasHale Sill,FrederickWilliam Lord,TheodoreSill andThomasWorcester Hyde; second cousin thrice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,AugustusFrank,CharlesEdward Hyde,HermanArod Gager,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; second cousin four times removed ofAugustusBrandegee,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,ArthurEvarts Lord andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed; second cousin five times removed ofThomasTheodore Prentis,FrankBosworth Brandegee,HenryArthur Huntington andAllanPercy Sill; third cousin ofFrederickWolcott; third cousin once removed ofNathanielMerriam,PeterB. Garnsey,SamuelClesson Allen,JamesDoolittle Wooster,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; third cousin twice removed ofElijahAbel,CalvinFillmore,DanielGreene Garnsey,BelaEdgerton,SamuelGeorge Andrews,RosciusR. Kennedy,ElishaHunt Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed ofGideonHotchkiss,AsahelAugustus Hotchkiss,MillardFillmore,HarrisonBlodget,EdmundHolcomb,JohnArnold Rockwell,JohnLeslie Russell,IraChandler Backus,JuliusHotchkiss,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,AlfredPeck Edgerton,GilesWaldo Hotchkiss,JosephKetchum Edgerton,GilbertEzra Read,WilliamJudson Clark,WilliamFessenden Allen,CharlesHull Clark,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,RushGreen Leaming,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott,CharlesM. Hotchkiss,AlfredWolcott,FrederickHobbes Allen andHiramBingham. | | | | Political family:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Erastus Wolcott (1722-1793) — of South Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September21, 1722.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1786-89; superior court judge inConnecticut, 1789-92.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in South Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September14, 1793 (age70 years, 358days).Interment atEdwards Cemetery, South Windsor, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofRogerWolcott (1679-1767) and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott; brother ofOliverWolcott Sr.; married to Jerusha (Wolcott) Wolcott and MaryConyers; uncle ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; great-grandfather ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth; great-granduncle ofJohnWilliam Allen,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); second great-grandfather ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth andEdwardOliver Wolcott; second great-granduncle ofAlfredWolcott; third great-grandfather ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third great-granduncle ofSeldenChapin; fourth great-grandfather ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth; fourth great-granduncle ofFredericLincoln Chapin; fifth great-grandfather ofJamesWadsworth Symington; first cousin twice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; first cousin thrice removed ofElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; first cousin four times removed ofEdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; first cousin five times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler andHenryAugustus Wolcott; first cousin six times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; second cousin ofWilliamPitkin; second cousin once removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799) andDanielPitkin; second cousin twice removed ofJamesHillhouse andTimothyPitkin; second cousin thrice removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,HenryWard Beecher,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; second cousin four times removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,GeorgeGriswold Sill,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin andClaudeCarpenter Pinney; second cousin five times removed ofAugustusBrandegee,GeorgeFrederick Stone,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin,HarryKear Wolcott,EldredC. Pitkin,HenryMerrill Wolcott,FrancesPayne Bolton andHaroldB. Pinney; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnArnold Rockwell andOliverMorgan Hungerford. | | | | Political families:Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Oliver Wolcott Sr. (1726-1797) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December1, 1726.Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1775-78, 1780-84;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1776-85;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1786-96;Governor ofConnecticut, 1796-97; died in office 1797.Congregationalist.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,December1, 1797 (age71 years, 0days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofRogerWolcott (1679-1767) and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott; brother ofErastusWolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who marriedMatthewGriswold (1714-1799)); married,January21, 1755, to Laura Collins; father ofOliverWolcott Jr., Mary Ann Wolcott (who marriedChaunceyGoodrich) andFrederickWolcott; uncle ofRogerGriswold; great-grandfather ofRogerWolcott (1847-1900); great-granduncle ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); second great-granduncle ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third great-granduncle ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; fourth great-granduncle ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; fifth great-granduncle ofJamesWadsworth Symington; first cousin twice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth andHenryLeavitt Ellsworth; first cousin thrice removed ofElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; first cousin four times removed ofEdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; first cousin five times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler andHenryAugustus Wolcott; first cousin six times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; second cousin ofWilliamPitkin; second cousin once removed ofDanielPitkin; second cousin twice removed ofJamesHillhouse andTimothyPitkin; second cousin thrice removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,HenryWard Beecher,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; second cousin four times removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,GeorgeGriswold Sill,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin andClaudeCarpenter Pinney; second cousin five times removed ofAugustusBrandegee,GeorgeFrederick Stone,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin,HarryKear Wolcott,EldredC. Pitkin,HenryMerrill Wolcott,FrancesPayne Bolton andHaroldB. Pinney; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnArnold Rockwell andOliverMorgan Hungerford. | | | | Political families:Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofWolcott,Vermont, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Hillhouse (1728-1816) — of Connecticut. Born in Montville,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August25, 1728.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1763-85;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1783-86; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1785-1808.Died in Montville,New LondonCounty, Conn.,January12, 1816 (age87 years, 140days).Interment atRaymondHill Cemetery, Montville, Conn. | | Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789) — Born in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 14,1737.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutcolonial assembly, 1762-74; general in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1784-85;justice ofNorthwest Territory supreme court, 1788-89.Drownedin acanoeaccident, near Marietta,WashingtonCounty, Ohio,November17, 1789 (age52 years, 187days).Cenotaph atMortimerCemetery, Middletown, Conn. | | 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 |
| | James Hillhouse (1754-1832) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Montville,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October20, 1754.Lawyer;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1780-85; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1789-90;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1791-96;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1796-1810.Slaveowner. Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December29, 1832 (age78 years, 70days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamHillhouse and Sarah (Griswold) Hillhouse; nephew ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799); first cousin ofRogerGriswold; first cousin once removed ofHenryTitus Backus; first cousin twice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); first cousin thrice removed ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767) andGeorgeFrederick Stone; first cousin four times removed ofSeldenChapin; first cousin five times removed ofFredericLincoln Chapin; second cousin once removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy andAlbertHaller Tracy; second cousin twice removed ofErastusWolcott,OliverWolcott Sr. andGeorgeGriswold Sill; second cousin thrice removed ofErastusClark Scranton,SerenoHamilton Scranton andSamuelLord (1831-1880); second cousin four times removed ofJosephAugustine Scranton,SamuelLord (1859-1925) andJosephBuell Ely; second cousin five times removed ofHarryAndrews Gager; third cousin ofZinaHyde Jr.; third cousin once removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,FrederickWolcott,ThomasHale Sill,FrederickWilliam Lord,TheodoreSill andThomasWorcester Hyde; third cousin twice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,AugustusFrank,CharlesEdward Hyde,HermanArod Gager,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; third cousin thrice removed ofAugustusBrandegee,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,ArthurEvarts Lord andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed; fourth cousin ofNathanielMerriam,PeterB. Garnsey,SamuelClesson Allen,JamesDoolittle Wooster,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahAbel,CalvinFillmore,DanielGreene Garnsey,BelaEdgerton,SamuelGeorge Andrews,RosciusR. Kennedy,ElishaHunt Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andRogerWolcott (1847-1900). | | | | Political family:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Chauncey Goodrich (1759-1815) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Durham,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,October20, 1759.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1793-94;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1795-1801; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1802-07;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1807-13;mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1812-15; died in office 1815;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1813-15; died in office 1815.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August18, 1815 (age55 years, 302days).Interment atOldNorth Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Elizur Goodrich (1734-1797) and Catherine (Chauncey) Goodrich;brother ofElizurGoodrich (1761-1849); married to Mary Ann Wolcott (daughter ofOliverWolcott Sr.; sister ofOliverWolcott Jr. andFrederickWolcott; granddaughter ofRogerWolcott); 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,MartinChittenden,SamuelH. Huntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,ChittendenLyon,ZinaHyde Jr.,TheodoreDavenport,NathanielHuntington,JosiahC. Chittenden,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,ClarkS. Chittenden,AbelMadison Scranton,ElishaMills Huntington,BenjaminNicoll Huntington andAlansonPike. | | | | Political family:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,January11, 1760.Connecticutstate comptroller, 1788-90;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800;banker;Governor ofConnecticut, 1817-27;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.Congregationalist.Accused,by political adversaries in 1800, ofsettingfire to the State Department, andresignedfrom the Cabinet in protest against theinvestigation.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 1,1833 (age73 years, 141days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofOliverWolcott Sr. and Laura (Collins) Wolcott; brother of Mary AnnWolcott (who marriedChaunceyGoodrich) andFrederickWolcott; nephew ofErastusWolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who marriedMatthewGriswold (1714-1799)); grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); granduncle ofRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin ofRogerGriswold; first cousin twice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; first cousin four times removed ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; first cousin five times removed ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; first cousin six times removed ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin,GaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth andHenryLeavitt Ellsworth; second cousin twice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,ElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CollinsDwight Huntington,WilliamFessenden Allen,GeorgeMilo Huntington andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler andHenryAugustus Wolcott; second cousin five times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; third cousin ofDanielPitkin; third cousin once removed ofThomasChittenden,EnochWoodbridge,JamesHillhouse,JosephSilliman (1756-1829) andTimothyPitkin; third cousin twice removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,HenryWard Beecher,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,RogerCalvin Leete andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,GeorgeGriswold Sill,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin andClaudeCarpenter Pinney; fourth cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge,ElizurGoodrich,MartinChittenden,WilliamWoodbridge andJosephSilliman (c.1786-1850); fourth cousin once removed ofChittendenLyon,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge,JosiahC. Chittenden,ClarkS. Chittenden,AbelMadison Scranton,FrederickEnoch Woodbridge andJosephFitch Silliman. | | | | Political families:Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofWolcott,Vermont, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: One Hundredth Anniversary(1919) |
| | 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 |
| | Roger Griswold (1762-1812) — of Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 21,1762.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Connecticut, 1795-1805 (at-large 1795-1805,4th District 1805); superior court judge in Connecticut, 1807-09;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1809-11;Governor ofConnecticut, 1811-12; died in office 1812.Died in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October25, 1812 (age50 years, 157days).Interment atGriswoldCemetery at Black Hall, Old Lyme, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799) and Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold; married toFanny Rogers; nephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); grandfather ofMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); granduncle ofJohnWilliam Allen andHenryTitus Backus; second great-grandfather ofSeldenChapin; third great-grandfather ofFredericLincoln Chapin; first cousin ofJamesHillhouse,OliverWolcott Jr. andFrederickWolcott; first cousin twice removed ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,GeorgeFrederick Stone,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; first cousin four times removed ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; first cousin five times removed ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth; first cousin six times removed ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin,GaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,PhineasLyman Tracy,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andAlbertHaller Tracy; second cousin twice removed ofElishaHunt Allen,GeorgeWashington Wolcott andGeorgeGriswold Sill; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundHolcomb,ErastusClark Scranton,SerenoHamilton Scranton,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen,SamuelLord (1831-1880) andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,JosephAugustine Scranton,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,SamuelLord (1859-1925),HenryAugustus Wolcott andJosephBuell Ely; second cousin five times removed ofHarryAndrews Gager andAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; third cousin ofDanielPitkin andZinaHyde Jr.; third cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,ThomasHale Sill,FrederickWilliam Lord,TheodoreSill andThomasWorcester Hyde; third cousin twice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,HenryWard Beecher,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,AugustusFrank,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin,CharlesEdward Hyde,HermanArod Gager,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,AugustusBrandegee,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin,ClaudeCarpenter Pinney,ArthurEvarts Lord andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed; fourth cousin ofNathanielMerriam,PeterB. Garnsey andJamesDoolittle Wooster; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahAbel,CalvinFillmore,DanielGreene Garnsey,BelaEdgerton,SamuelGeorge Andrews andRosciusR. Kennedy. | | | | Political family:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofGriswold,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle |
| | Stephen Titus Hosmer (1763-1834) — also known asStephen T. Hosmer — Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,January10, 1763.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1805-15; superior court judge inConnecticut, 1815-33.DiedAugust5, 1834 (age71 years, 207days).Burial location unknown. | | Gaylord Griswold (1767-1809) — of Herkimer,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December18, 1767.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Herkimer County, 1796-98;U.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1803-05.Died in Herkimer,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1809 (age41 years, 73days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Herkimer, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Sylvanus Griswold and Mary (Collins) Griswold; married,August3, 1796, to Mary Hooker; first cousin twice removed ofErastusWolcott,OliverWolcott Sr. andEdmundHolcomb; second cousin once removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofAlbertAsahel Bliss andPhilemonBliss; second cousin thrice removed ofNelsonPlatt Wheeler andWilliamEgbert Wheeler; second cousin four times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; third cousin ofElishaPhelps; third cousin once removed ofOliverEllsworth,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter,JohnWilliam Allen,NormanA. Phelps,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,GeorgeSmith Catlin,HenryTitus Backus,JohnSmith Phelps,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold andRogerWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesJenkins Hayden,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,WilliamWalter Phelps,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third cousin thrice removed ofSheffieldPhelps,CarlTrumbull Hayden,JamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; fourth cousin ofJasonKellogg,BenjaminTrumbull,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,LancelotPhelps,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,WilliamAugustus Bird,AbijahBlodget,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed ofHezekiahCase,ParmenioAdams,OliverOwen Forward,SilasDewey Kellogg,WalterForward,AbielCase,ChaunceyForward,HarrisonBlodget,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,AnsonLevi Holcomb,HenryWard Beecher,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,FarrandFassett Merrill,WilliamGleason Jr.,JamesPhelps,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925) andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political family:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Frederick Wolcott (1767-1837) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November2, 1767.Postmaster atLitchfield,Conn., 1801-02; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1810-18; member ofConnecticutstate senate at-large, 1819-22.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 28,1837 (age69 years, 207days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofOliverWolcott Sr. and Laura (Collins) Wolcott; brother ofOliverWolcott Jr. and Mary Ann Wolcott (who marriedChaunceyGoodrich); married,October12, 1800, to Elizabeth 'Betsey' Huntington; married,June 21,1815, to Sarah Worthington 'Sally' Goodrich; nephew ofErastusWolcott; grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); grandfather ofRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin ofRogerGriswold; first cousin twice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; first cousin four times removed ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; first cousin five times removed ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; first cousin six times removed ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin,GaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; second cousin twice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,ElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CollinsDwight Huntington,WilliamFessenden Allen,GeorgeMilo Huntington andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler andHenryAugustus Wolcott; second cousin five times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; third cousin ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799) andDanielPitkin; third cousin once removed ofThomasChittenden,EnochWoodbridge,JamesHillhouse,JosephSilliman (1756-1829) andTimothyPitkin; third cousin twice removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,HenryWard Beecher,LeveretBrainard,RogerCalvin Leete,EdwinCarpenter Pinney andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,GeorgeGriswold Sill,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin andClaudeCarpenter Pinney; fourth cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge,ElizurGoodrich,MartinChittenden,WilliamWoodbridge andJosephSilliman (c.1786-1850); fourth cousin once removed ofChittendenLyon,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge,JosiahC. Chittenden,ClarkS. Chittenden,AbelMadison Scranton,FrederickEnoch Woodbridge andJosephFitch Silliman. | | | | Political families:Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-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 |
| | John William Allen (1802-1887) — also known asJohn W. Allen — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August4, 1802.Lawyer;director, CommercialBank ofLake Erie, 1832; incorporator, Cleveland NewburgRailroad,1834; member ofOhiostate senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836;U.S.Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41;mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1841; president, Columbus & CincinnatiRailroad,1845; postmaster atCleveland,Ohio, 1870-75.Episcopalian.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,October5, 1887 (age85 years, 62days).Interment atErieStreet Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.| | Relatives: SonofJohnAllen and Ursala (McCurdy) Allen; married,July 22,1830, to Harriet Caroline Mather; grandnephew ofRogerGriswold; great-grandson ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed ofJamesHillhouse,OliverWolcott Jr. andFrederickWolcott; second cousin ofHenryTitus Backus andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); second cousin once removed ofFrederickWilliam Lord; second cousin twice removed ofSeldenChapin; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin andFredericLincoln Chapin; third cousin ofLutherWalter Badger,DanielKellogg (1791-1875),JamesSamuel Wadsworth,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer,EliElmer,GaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,ThomasHale Sill,PhineasLyman Tracy,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,AlbertHaller Tracy,TheodoreSill,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,DanielKellogg (1835-1918),GeorgeFrederick Stone,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofDanielChapin (1761-1821),DanielPitkin,ZinaHyde Jr. andJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin ofAmaziahBrainard,LuciusQuintius Cincinnatus Elmer,ElishaHunt Allen,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,AugustusFrank andGeorgeGriswold Sill; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahBoardman,WilliamBostwick,TimothyPitkin,OliverOwen Forward,DanielWarner Bostwick,WalterForward,DanielChapin (1791-1878),ChaunceyForward,ChesterWilliam Chapin,GrahamHurd Chapin,EdmundHolcomb,AnsonLevi Holcomb,ErastusClark Scranton,SerenoHamilton Scranton,AlbertAsahel Bliss,HenryWard Beecher,PhilemonBliss,JosephH. Elmer,LeveretBrainard,WilliamFessenden Allen,SamuelLord,ThomasWorcester Hyde,FrederickHobbes Allen andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political families:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut;Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Titus Backus (1809-1877) — also known asHenry T. Backus;Harry T.Backus —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,April 4,1809.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1840;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member ofMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1861-62;justice ofArizona territorial supreme court, 1865-69.Member,Freemasons.Died in Greenwood,MohaveCounty, Ariz.,July 13,1877 (age68 years, 100days).Original intermentsomewherein Greenwood, Ariz.; reinterment in 1885 atYanticCemetery, Norwich, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof James Backus and Dorothy Church (Chandler) Backus; married,December7, 1835, to Julianna Trumbull Woodbridge (daughter ofWilliamWoodbridge (1780-1861); fourth great-granddaughter ofWilliamLeete); grandnephew ofRogerGriswold; great-grandson ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin ofWilliamWoodbridge (1780-1861); first cousin once removed ofJamesHillhouse; first cousin twice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr. andFrederickWolcott; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofIsaacBackus,JohnWilliam Allen andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); second cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,JoshuaCoit,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,GeorgeFrederick Stone andSeldenChapin; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin andFredericLincoln Chapin; third cousin ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,CharlesWentworth Upham,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,ThomasWorcester Hyde andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,SamuelH. Huntington,GaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,AbelHuntington,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,GeorgeGriswold Sill,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott,CharlesEdward Hyde,AlfredWolcott,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,DanielPitkin,ErastusClark Scranton,SerenoHamilton Scranton,SamuelLord (1831-1880) andJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephAugustine Scranton,SamuelLord (1859-1925),JohnLee Saltonstall,JosephBuell Ely,JohnFoster Dulles,AllenWelsh Dulles andJamesJermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin ofHenryMeigs,ThomasHale Sill,BelaEdgerton,JabezWilliams Huntington,HemanTicknor,NathanielHuntington,WilliamWhiting Boardman,JamesHuntington,MartinOlds,JosephLyman Huntington,FrederickWilliam Lord,CharlesPhelps Huntington,ElishaHunt Allen,ElishaMills Huntington,TheodoreSill,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,RobertCoit Jr. andAlonzoMark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,NathanielMerriam,AugustusSeymour Porter,PeterB. Garnsey,SamuelLathrop,PeterBuell Porter,JamesDoolittle Wooster,TheodoreDavenport,EdmundHolcomb,HenryMeigs Jr.,JohnForsyth Jr.,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,AugustusFrank,CollinsDwight Huntington,WilliamFessenden Allen,GeorgeMilo Huntington,JudsonB. Phelps,WilliamClark Huntington,HenryStark Culver,FrederickHobbes Allen,HermanArod Gager,WilliamBrainard Coit,HiramBingham,JohnLeffingwell Randolph andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed. | | | | Political family:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | George Washington Wolcott (1811-1885) — also known asGeorge W. Wolcott — ofYatesCounty, N.Y.; Barrington,YatesCounty, N.Y.Born inUlsterCounty, N.Y.,February1, 1811.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Yates County, 1846.Died in Penn Yan,YatesCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1885 (age74 years, 20days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Penn Yan, N.Y.| | Presumably namedfor:GeorgeWashington | | | | Relatives: Son of Elisha Wolcott andAnna (Hull) Wolcott; married1849 to FloraShaw; second great-grandnephew ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second cousin twice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin once removed ofSamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; third cousin twice removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799),PierpontEdwards,DanielPitkin andHenryAugustus Wolcott; fourth cousin ofJohnWilliam Allen,ElishaHunt Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); fourth cousin once removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesHillhouse,AaronBurr,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,TimothyPitkin,HenryWaggaman Edwards,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott,AlfredWolcott andFrederickHobbes Allen. | | | | Political families:Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Christopher Parsons Wolcott (1820-1863) — also known asChristopher P. Wolcott — of Akron,SummitCounty, Ohio.BornDecember12, 1820.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1856;Ohiostate attorney general, 1856-61.DiedApril 4,1863 (age42 years, 113days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Christopher Columbus Wolcott and Susan (Blinn) Wolcott; married,April18, 1844, to Pamphlia Stanton; great-grandnephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799),DanielPitkin,JamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; fourth cousin ofElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesHillhouse,TimothyPitkin,EdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen. | | | | Political families:Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,June 6,1833.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1862, 1865;manufacturer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1891-93, 1895-97.Died, fromheartdisease, in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,May 19,1919 (age85 years, 347days).Interment atErieCemetery, Erie, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Matthew Griswold (1792-1879) and Phebe Hubbard (Ely) Griswold;married,January8, 1866, to Sarah Lucy Olmstead; married,April13, 1876, to Anna Brooks Schenk; grandson ofRogerGriswold; granduncle ofSeldenChapin; great-grandson ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; great-granduncle ofFredericLincoln Chapin; second great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed ofJamesHillhouse,OliverWolcott Jr. andFrederickWolcott; second cousin ofJohnWilliam Allen andHenryTitus Backus; second cousin twice removed ofZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; second cousin four times removed ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWoodbridge,PhineasLyman Tracy,IsaacBackus,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,AlbertHaller Tracy,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,GeorgeFrederick Stone,ThomasWorcester Hyde,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofDanielPitkin andJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,SamuelH. Huntington,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andJamesJermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin ofElishaHunt Allen,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,GeorgeGriswold Sill,CharlesEdward Hyde,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,ThomasHale Sill,FrederickWilliam Lord,EdmundHolcomb,ErastusClark Scranton,TheodoreSill,SerenoHamilton Scranton,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen,SamuelLord,AlonzoMark Leffingwell andFrederickHobbes Allen. | | | | Political family:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Elizur Stillman Goodrich (1834-1926) — also known asElizur S. Goodrich — of Wethersfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Wethersfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December28, 1834.Republican. President, HartfordStreetRailway Company; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1895-96; memberofConnecticutstate senate 2nd District, 1897-1901.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.DiedJune 1,1926 (age91 years, 155days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | Roger Wolcott (1847-1900) — of Massachusetts. BornJuly 13,1847.Republican.LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1893-97;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1896-1900; Republican Presidential Elector forMassachusetts,1900(did not serve).DiedDecember21, 1900 (age53 years, 161days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Huntington Wolcott and Cornelia (Frothingham) Wolcott;married to Edith Prescott; grandson ofFrederickWolcott; grandnephew ofOliverWolcott Jr.; great-grandson ofOliverWolcott Sr.; great-grandnephew ofErastusWolcott,JedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; second great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767) andJabezHuntington; fifth great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; first cousin twice removed ofRogerGriswold andJabezWilliams Huntington; first cousin five times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andAbelHuntington; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin andSamuelHuntington; second cousin four times removed ofJoshuaCoit andSamuelGager; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); third cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,TheodoreDavenport,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799),SamuelH. Huntington,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),DanielPitkin,PeterBuell Porter,JamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasChittenden,EnochWoodbridge,JosephSilliman,SamuelR. Gager,SamuelAustin Gager,JamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; fourth cousin ofJosephLyman Huntington,ElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesHillhouse,TimothyPitkin,ZinaHyde Jr.,NathanielHuntington,WilliamAugustus Bird,JamesHuntington,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),EdmundHolcomb,PeterBuell Porter Jr.,ElishaMills Huntington,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,PeterAugustus Porter,CollinsDwight Huntington,WilliamFessenden Allen,GeorgeMilo Huntington,FrederickHobbes Allen andFranklinDelano Roosevelt. | | | | Political families:Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward Oliver Wolcott (1848-1905) — also known asEdward O. Wolcott — ofDenver,Colo.; Wolhurst,ArapahoeCounty, Colo.Born in Longmeadow,HampdenCounty, Mass.,March26, 1848.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofColoradostate senate, 1879-82;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1889-1901; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Colorado,1904.Died in Monte Carlo,Monaco,March1, 1905 (age56 years, 340days).Cremated;ashes interred atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Alfred Wolcott (1858-1908) — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Ohio,March17, 1858.Lawyer;KentCounty Circuit Court Commissioner, 1889-92;KentCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-96;circuitjudge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1900-08; died in office 1908.Died in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,March 8,1908 (age49 years, 357days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Alfred Wolcott (1812-1892) and Mary Ann (Scoville) Wolcott;brother of Anna Augusta Wolcott (who marriedLemuelBallantine Bissell); married to Caroline B. 'Carrie' Hawk; secondgreat-grandnephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799) andDanielPitkin; fourth cousin ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth andEdwardOliver Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed ofElishaHunt Allen,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,JamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin. | | | | Political families:Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Augustus Wolcott (1866-1941) — also known asHenry A. Wolcott — of West Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.,August6, 1866.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from West Hartford; elected 1926.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,July 12,1941 (age74 years, 340days).Interment atSpringfieldCemetery, Springfield, Mass. | | Harry Kear Wolcott (1868-1925) — also known asHarry K. Wolcott — ofNorfolk,Va.Born in Ohio,October20, 1868.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1924(member,CredentialsCommittee).Died in Maryland,July 8,1925 (age56 years, 261days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.  | Henry Merrill Wolcott (1879-1958) — also known asHenry M. Wolcott — of New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.; Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.Born in Colchester,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,November8, 1879.U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inSantiago de Cuba, 1906-11;Mexico City, 1912-14; U.S. Consul inHavana, as of 1916;Lagos, as of 1917;Bilbao, 1919-24;Caracas, as of 1926-29;Adelaide, as of 1932;London, as of 1938.DiedFebruary6, 1958 (age78 years, 90days).Interment atRiverside Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt. | | | Selden Chapin (1899-1963) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,September19, 1899.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inHankow, 1925-27; U.S. Consul inMontevideo, 1940; U.S. Minister toHungary, 1947-49; U.S. Ambassador toNetherlands, 1949-53;Panama, 1953-55;Iran, 1955-58;Peru, 1960.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died in National City,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March26, 1963 (age63 years, 188days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederic L. Chapin and Grace Card (Selden) Chapin; married,March30, 1927, to Mary Paul Noyes; father ofFredericLincoln Chapin; grandnephew ofMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); second great-grandson ofRogerGriswold; third great-grandson ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799); third great-grandnephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; fourth great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed ofEdmundGillett Chapin; first cousin four times removed ofJamesHillhouse,OliverWolcott Jr. andFrederickWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen andHenryTitus Backus; second cousin four times removed ofZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamPitkin andDanielChapin; third cousin twice removed ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,ZenasFerry Moody andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWoodbridge,PhineasLyman Tracy,IsaacBackus,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,AlbertHaller Tracy,MarshallChapin andThomasWorcester Hyde; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,GeorgeFrederick Stone,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott. | | | | Political family:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
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