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. | |  John Taintor (1760-1827) — of Windham,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,September23, 1760.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Windham, 1820.Died in Hampton,WindhamCounty, Conn.,1827(ageabout66 years).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Taintor (1725-1798) and Sarah (Bulkeley) Taintor; brother ofRogerTaintor andSolomonTaintor; married1786 to SarahHosford; uncle ofJohnAdams Taintor andHenryG. Taintor; first cousin once removed ofRalphSmith Taintor; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesNewhall Taintor; second cousin once removed ofDeGrasseMaltby,HenryTaintor andEliphaletAdams Bulkeley; second cousin twice removed ofMorganGardner Bulkeley andWilliamHenry Bulkeley; second cousin thrice removed ofSamuelDeWitt Maltby andBenjaminJosiah Maltby; third cousin ofJamesKilbourne (1770-1850); third cousin once removed ofCalvinFrisbie andByronH. Kilbourn; third cousin twice removed ofAsa H.Otis,JohnRansom Buck,JamesKilbourne (1842-1919),SamuelS. Knabenshue andBenjaminBaker Merrill; third cousin thrice removed ofDelosFall andPaulKnabenshue; fourth cousin ofJosephChurchill Strong,EbenezerStrong andJonathanStratton; fourth cousin once removed ofEphraimSafford,JohnBaldwin,AmaziahBrainard,AlbertGallup,JohnArnold Rockwell,HenryBrewster Stanton,TheodoreSill andRobertCoit Jr.. | | | | Political family:Taintorfamily of Colchester, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Roger Taintor (1767-1831) — of Hampton,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,1767.Merchant;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hampton, 1820, 1822.Died in Hampton,WindhamCounty, Conn.,1831(ageabout64 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Brother ofJohnTaintor andSolomonTaintor; father ofJohnAdams Taintor; uncle ofHenryG. Taintor; first cousin once removed ofRalphSmith Taintor; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesNewhall Taintor; second cousin once removed ofDeGrasseMaltby,HenryTaintor andEliphaletAdams Bulkeley; second cousin twice removed ofMorganGardner Bulkeley andWilliamHenry Bulkeley; second cousin thrice removed ofSamuelDeWitt Maltby andBenjaminJosiah Maltby; third cousin ofJamesKilbourne (1770-1850); third cousin once removed ofCalvinFrisbie andByronH. Kilbourn; third cousin twice removed ofAsa H.Otis,JohnRansom Buck,JamesKilbourne (1842-1919),SamuelS. Knabenshue andBenjaminBaker Merrill; third cousin thrice removed ofDelosFall andPaulKnabenshue; fourth cousin ofJosephChurchill Strong,EbenezerStrong andJonathanStratton; fourth cousin once removed ofEphraimSafford,JohnBaldwin,AmaziahBrainard,AlbertGallup,JohnArnold Rockwell,HenryBrewster Stanton,TheodoreSill andRobertCoit Jr.. | | | | Political family:Taintorfamily of Colchester, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Solomon Taintor (1769-1827) — of Hampton,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October7, 1769.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hampton, 1821.Died in Hampton,WindhamCounty, Conn.,1827(ageabout57 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Taintor (1725-1823) and Sarah (Bulkeley) Taintor; brother ofJohnTaintor (1760-1827) andRogerTaintor; married to Judith Bulkeley; father ofHenryG. Taintor; uncle ofJohnAdams Taintor; first cousin once removed ofRalphSmith Taintor; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesNewhall Taintor; second cousin once removed ofDeGrasseMaltby,HenryTaintor andEliphaletAdams Bulkeley; second cousin twice removed ofMorganGardner Bulkeley andWilliamHenry Bulkeley; second cousin thrice removed ofSamuelDeWitt Maltby andBenjaminJosiah Maltby; third cousin ofJamesKilbourne (1770-1850); third cousin once removed ofCalvinFrisbie andByronH. Kilbourn; third cousin twice removed ofAsa H.Otis,JohnRansom Buck,JamesKilbourne (1842-1919),SamuelS. Knabenshue andBenjaminBaker Merrill; third cousin thrice removed ofDelosFall andPaulKnabenshue; fourth cousin ofJosephChurchill Strong,EbenezerStrong andJonathanStratton; fourth cousin once removed ofEphraimSafford,JohnBaldwin,AmaziahBrainard,AlbertGallup,JohnArnold Rockwell,HenryBrewster Stanton,TheodoreSill andRobertCoit Jr.. | | | | Political family:Taintorfamily of Colchester, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Henry Taintor (b. 1793) — of Branford,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Clinton,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Branford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 19,1793.Whig.Merchant;manufacturer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Branford, 1823; member ofConnecticutstate senate 19th District, 1844.Burial location unknown. | | John Adams Taintor (1800-1862) — also known asJohn A. Taintor — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,April22, 1800.Democrat. Candidate formayorof Hartford, Conn., 1858.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November15, 1862 (age62 years, 207days).Burial location unknown.| | Presumably namedfor:JohnAdams | | | | Relatives: Son ofRogerTaintor and Nabby (Bulkeley) Taintor; nephew ofJohnTaintor andSolomonTaintor; first cousin ofHenryG. Taintor; second cousin ofRalphSmith Taintor; second cousin once removed ofCharlesNewhall Taintor; second cousin thrice removed ofJonathanHunt; third cousin ofDeGrasseMaltby,HenryTaintor andEliphaletAdams Bulkeley; third cousin once removed ofJamesKilbourne (1770-1850),AmaziahBrainard,TheodoreDavenport,MorganGardner Bulkeley andWilliamHenry Bulkeley; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelDeWitt Maltby andBenjaminJosiah Maltby; third cousin thrice removed ofRichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth cousin ofCalvinFrisbie,AlvahNash,ByronH. Kilbourn andLeveretBrainard; fourth cousin once removed ofJosephChurchill Strong,EbenezerStrong,JonathanStratton,Asa H.Otis,ElishaHunt Allen,GouverneurMorris,RussellSage,JohnRansom Buck,JamesKilbourne (1842-1919),SamuelS. Knabenshue andBenjaminBaker Merrill. | | | | Political family:Taintorfamily of Colchester, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Ralph Smith Taintor (1811-1892) — also known asRalph S. Taintor — of Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,November13, 1811.Republican.Farmer;wool commissionmerchant; member ofConnecticutstate senate 9th District, 1857.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Grange.Died in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October22, 1892 (age80 years, 344days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Colchester, Conn. | | Henry G. Taintor (1813-1889) — of Hampton,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Hampton,WindhamCounty, Conn.,February17, 1813.Republican.Merchant;member ofConnecticutstate senate 13th District, 1851;Connecticutstate treasurer, 1866-67.DiedMarch11, 1889 (age76 years, 22days).Interment atSouthCemetery, Hampton, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofSolomonTaintor and Judith (Bulkeley) Taintor; nephew ofJohnTaintor andRogerTaintor; first cousin ofJohnAdams Taintor; second cousin ofRalphSmith Taintor; second cousin once removed ofCharlesNewhall Taintor; second cousin thrice removed ofJonathanHunt; third cousin ofDeGrasseMaltby,HenryTaintor andEliphaletAdams Bulkeley; third cousin once removed ofJamesKilbourne (1770-1850),AmaziahBrainard,TheodoreDavenport,MorganGardner Bulkeley andWilliamHenry Bulkeley; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelDeWitt Maltby andBenjaminJosiah Maltby; third cousin thrice removed ofRichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth cousin ofCalvinFrisbie,AlvahNash,ByronH. Kilbourn andLeveretBrainard; fourth cousin once removed ofJosephChurchill Strong,EbenezerStrong,JonathanStratton,Asa H.Otis,ElishaHunt Allen,GouverneurMorris,RussellSage,JohnRansom Buck,JamesKilbourne (1842-1919),SamuelS. Knabenshue andBenjaminBaker Merrill. | | | | Political family:Taintorfamily of Colchester, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Newhall Taintor (1840-1920) — also known asCharles N. Taintor — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Pomfret,WindhamCounty, Conn.,November28, 1840.Republican. Map and bookpublisher;New York Commissioner of Emigration, 1881-89; New York City PoliceJustice, 1889-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1884;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1888; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1893; president,United States SavingsBank,1910-20.Member,PsiUpsilon.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1920 (age79 years, 105days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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