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. | |  Jonathan Trumbull (1710-1785) — of Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October12, 1710.ColonialGovernor of Connecticut, 1769-76;Governor ofConnecticut, 1776-84.Died in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August17, 1785 (age74 years, 309days).Interment atTrumbullCemetery, Lebanon, Conn. | | William Williams (1731-1811) — of Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,April28, 1731.Merchant;pastor;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1757;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1776-79, 1784-1802.Congregationalist.DiedAugust2, 1811 (age80 years, 96days).Interment atTrumbullCemetery, Lebanon, Conn.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778) — of Connecticut. Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,March11, 1737.Merchant;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774; commissarygeneral of the Continental Army, 1775-77.Died in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,July 23,1778 (age41 years, 134days).Interment atTrumbullCemetery, Lebanon, Conn. | | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (1740-1809) — of Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,March26, 1740.U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-95;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1791-93;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1795-96;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1796-97;Governor ofConnecticut, 1797-1809; died in office 1809.Died in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August7, 1809 (age69 years, 134days).Interment atTrumbullCemetery, Lebanon, Conn. | | David Trumbull (1751-1822) — of Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,February5, 1751.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Lebanon, 1796.Died in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,January17, 1822 (age70 years, 346days).Interment atTrumbullCemetery, Lebanon, Conn. | | Henry Champion (1751-1836) — of Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Westchester, Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,March16, 1751.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;banker;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1806-17; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Colchester, 1820.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,July 13,1836 (age85 years, 119days).Interment atWestchester Cemetery, Westchester, Colchester, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Henry Champion (1724-1797) and Deborah (Brainard) Champion;brother ofEpaphroditusChampion; married,October10, 1781, to Abigail Tinker; father of Harriet Champion (whomarriedJosephTrumbull); second great-grandfather ofFrancisWatkinson Cole; first cousin four times removed ofCharlotteH. McMorran; second cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard; second cousin twice removed ofLeveretBrainard; second cousin four times removed ofAsahelRowland DeWolf,WinthropRoger De Wolf andJohnAnderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGates Dawes,RufusCutler Dawes,BemanGates Dawes andHenryMay Dawes; third cousin ofDanielUpson; third cousin twice removed ofChesterAckley,CharlesUpson,GadEly Upson,ChristopherColumbus Upson,AndrewSeth Upson andEvelynM. Upson; third cousin thrice removed ofAlmarF. Dickson. | | | | Political family:Trumbullfamily of Lebanon, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofChampion,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThetownshipofChampion,Ohio,named forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Benjamin Trumbull (1769-1850) — of Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in North Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,September21, 1769.Democrat. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Colchester, 1827-28, 1831;postmaster atColchester,Conn., 1837-41.Died in Henrietta,JacksonCounty, Mich.,June 14,1850 (age80 years, 266days).Interment atEast Rives Cemetery, Rives Junction, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Martha (Phelps) Trumbull and Benjamin Trumbull (1735-1820);married,March15, 1800, to Elizabeth Mather; father ofLymanTrumbull; first cousin twice removed ofJonathanTrumbull andBushrodEbenezer Hoppin; second cousin once removed ofJosephTrumbull (1737-1778),JonathanTrumbull Jr.,DavidTrumbull andGeorgeSmith Catlin; second cousin twice removed ofEdwinCarpenter Pinney; second cousin thrice removed ofClaudeCarpenter Pinney; second cousin four times removed ofHaroldB. Pinney; third cousin ofJosephTrumbull (1782-1861),LancelotPhelps andJonathanG. W. Trumbull; third cousin once removed ofNoahPhelps,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter andJamesPhelps; third cousin twice removed ofCalvinTilden Hulburd,JudsonB. Phelps,ErskineMason Phelps,GeorgeTracy Buckingham andCarlTrumbull Hayden; fourth cousin ofGaylordGriswold,ElishaPhelps,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams,AmosPettibone,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,EthanColby,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,AlmonCase andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925). | | | | Political family:Trumbullfamily of Lebanon, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in North Stratford (now Trumbull),FairfieldCounty, Conn.,August8, 1779.Republican.Lawyer;chemist;universityprofessor; delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1856.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,November24, 1864 (age85 years, 108days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; statue erected 1884 atSterling Chemistry Laboratory Grounds, Yale University, NewHaven, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Gold Selleck Silliman (1732-1790) and Mary (Fish) Silliman;brother ofGoldSelleck Silliman (1777-1868); married,September17, 1809, to Harriet Trumbull (daughter ofJonathanTrumbull Jr.); married1851 to SarahIsabella (McClellan) Webb; uncle ofBenjaminDouglas Silliman; second cousin ofJosephSilliman (1756-1829); second cousin once removed ofJosephSilliman (c.1786-1850); second cousin twice removed ofJosephFitch Silliman; second cousin thrice removed ofDwightArthur Silliman andJudsonFranklin Selleck; third cousin ofAbrahamDavenport; third cousin once removed ofThaddeusBetts andJonathanStratton; third cousin twice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root; third cousin thrice removed ofAnsonFoster Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesKilbourne,ElishaPhelps,SturgesSelleck andAlvanKidder. | | | | Political families:Trumbullfamily of Lebanon, Connecticut;Silliman#1 family of Connecticut;Silliman#2 family of New Canaan, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Themineralsillimanite isnamed forhim. —MountSilliman, inTulareCounty, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,December7, 1782.Lawyer;banker;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hartford, 1832;U.S.Representative from Connecticut, 1834-35, 1839-43 (at-large1834-35, 1st District 1839-43);Governor ofConnecticut, 1849-50.Died, fromtyphoidfever, in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August4, 1861 (age78 years, 240days).Interment atOldNorth Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | Henry Randolph Storrs (1787-1837) — of Whitestown,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,September3, 1787.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1817-21, 1823-31 (16th District1817-21, 14th District 1823-31); state court judge in New York, 1825.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 28,1837 (age49 years, 328days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Jonathan G. W. Trumbull (1787-1853) — of Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October31, 1787.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Norwich, 1831.Died in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,September5, 1853 (age65 years, 309days).Burial location unknown. | | William Lucius Storrs (1795-1861) — also known asWilliam L. Storrs — of Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,March25, 1795.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Middletown, 1827-29, 1834;Speaker ofthe Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1834;U.S.Representative from Connecticut, 1829-33, 1839-40 (at-large1829-33, 2nd District 1839-40); superior court judge in Connecticut,1840-61; died in office 1861.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,June 25,1861 (age66 years, 92days).Interment atOldNorth Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896) — of Alton,MadisonCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October12, 1813.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1840-41;secretaryof state of Illinois, 1841-43;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1848-53;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1855-73; candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1880;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1892.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 25,1896 (age82 years, 257days).Interment atOakWoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminTrumbull and Elizabeth (Mather) Trumbull; married,June 21,1843, to Julia Maria Jayne; married,November3, 1877, to Mary Jane Ingraham; first cousin thrice removed ofJonathanTrumbull; second cousin once removed ofBushrodEbenezer Hoppin; second cousin twice removed ofJosephTrumbull (1737-1778),JonathanTrumbull Jr. andDavidTrumbull; third cousin ofGeorgeSmith Catlin; third cousin once removed ofJosephTrumbull (1782-1861),LancelotPhelps,JonathanG. W. Trumbull andEdwinCarpenter Pinney; third cousin twice removed ofNoahPhelps,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter andClaudeCarpenter Pinney; third cousin thrice removed ofHaroldB. Pinney; fourth cousin ofJamesPhelps; fourth cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,ElishaPhelps,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,CalvinTilden Hulburd,PeterAugustus Porter,JudsonB. Phelps,ErskineMason Phelps,GeorgeTracy Buckingham andCarlTrumbull Hayden. | | | | Political family:Trumbullfamily of Lebanon, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
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