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Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire

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This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

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  Benjamin Huntington (1736-1800) — of Norwich, New London County, Conn. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., April 19, 1736. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1771-80; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1780-84, 1787-88; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1781-89, 1791-92; mayor of Norwich, Conn., 1784-96; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-91; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1793-98. Died in Rome, Oneida County, N.Y., October 16, 1800 (age 64 years, 180 days). Interment at Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Huntington and Rachel (Wolcott) Huntington; married, May 5, 1765, to Anne Huntington; father of Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; grandfather of Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; fourth great-grandfather of Randolph Appleton Kidder; first cousin once removed of Samuel Huntington; first cousin twice removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Samuel H. Huntington and Abel Huntington; first cousin thrice removed of William Woodbridge, Jabez Williams Huntington, Isaac Backus, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Charles Phelps Huntington, Elisha Mills Huntington and Henry Titus Backus; first cousin four times removed of Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington and William Clark Huntington; first cousin five times removed of Roger Wolcott, William Barret Ridgely, Josiah Quincy, Henry Arthur Huntington and Arthur Evarts Lord; first cousin six times removed of Austin Eugene Lathrop, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John Foster Dulles, Allen Welsh Dulles and Helen Huntington Hull; first cousin seven times removed of James Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.; second cousin twice removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Peter Buell Porter; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Lathrop, Bela Edgerton, Theodore Davenport, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter Buell Porter Jr., Philo Fairchild Barnum, Phineas Taylor Barnum and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); second cousin four times removed of Heman Ticknor, Alfred Peck Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, William Henry Barnum, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Augustus Frank, Rhamanthus Menville Stocker and Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin five times removed of Samuel Lathrop Bronson, Frederick Dent Grant, Charles William Barnum, Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr., Clement Phineas Kellogg, Herbert Vinton Beardsley, Hiram Bingham and Clarence Elmer Sargent.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Abel Merrill (1763-1838) — of Warren, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Atkinson, Rockingham County, N.H., November 19, 1763. Member of New Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1821. Died in Warren, Grafton County, N.H., March 23, 1838 (age 74 years, 124 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Mary (Emerson) Merrill and John Merrill; married to Tamar Kimball; third cousin once removed of Aaron Kellogg, Daniel Davis and Anthony Colby; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Augustus Sargent, Hiram Augustus Huse and Charles L. Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of Eaton Dudley Sargent; fourth cousin of Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill and Noah Davis; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Clement Fessenden, Greene Carrier Bronson, John Russell Kellogg, John Adams Dix, George Smith Catlin, Francis William Kellogg, Farrand Fassett Merrill, Ayres Phillips Merrill and Joseph Pomeroy Root.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Daniel Davis (1768-1847) — of Connecticut. Born in West Stafford, Stafford, Tolland County, Conn., October 26, 1768. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1811-12. Congregationalist. Died in West Stafford, Stafford, Tolland County, Conn., October 27, 1847 (age 79 years, 1 days). Interment at Meeting House Hill Cemetery, West Stafford, Stafford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Sarah (Alden) Davis and Noah Davis (1781-1863); half-uncle of Noah Davis (1818-1902); first cousin twice removed of Joseph Pomeroy Root; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron Augustus Sargent; third cousin once removed of Abel Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of Carl Edgar Mapes; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Dustin Coffin and John Greenleaf Whittier.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Daniel Webster Daniel Webster (1782-1852) — also known as "Black Dan"; "Defender of the Constitution"; "Great Expounder of the Constitution" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Marshfield, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin), Merrimack County, N.H., January 18, 1782. Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned 1827; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate for President of the United States, 1836; U.S. Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Mass., October 24, 1852 (age 70 years, 280 days). Interment at Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster; married, May 29, 1808, to Grace Fletcher; second cousin once removed of Hiram Augustus Huse; second cousin twice removed of Edwin George Eastman; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo Mark Leffingwell; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Nichols Blake and John Leffingwell Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah Sabin, Charles Rowell and Amos Tuck.
  Political families: Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell family; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Webster counties in Ga., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Daniel Webster WilderDaniel W. MillsDaniel W. JonesDaniel Webster ComstockDaniel W. WaughDaniel W. TallmadgeDaniel Webster HeagyDaniel W. WhitmoreDaniel W. HamiltonDaniel W. AllamanWebster TurnerDan W. TurnerDaniel W. HoanDaniel W. Ambrose, Jr.
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the $10 U.S. note from the 1860s until the early 20th century.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Daniel Webster: Robert Vincent Remini, Daniel Webster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter, One and Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union — Robert A. Allen, Daniel Webster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current, Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism — Merrill D. Peterson, The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
  Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)
  Charles Rowell (1785-1867) — of Allenstown, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Salem, Rockingham County, N.H., February 2, 1785. Farmer; member of New Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1856-58. Died in Suncook, Allenstown, Merrimack County, N.H., January 11, 1867 (age 81 years, 343 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lemuel Rowell and Mary (Severance) Rowell; married, February 9, 1809, to Mary Polly Davis; second cousin once removed of Aaron Augustus Sargent; third cousin twice removed of Sanford Winslow Abbey; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Webster and Thaddeus Stevens.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire; Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Thaddeus Stevens Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) — of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa. Born in Danville, Caledonia County, Vt., April 4, 1792. Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1833-35, 1837, 1841; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1838; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-53, 1859-68 (8th District 1849-53, 9th District 1859-68); died in office 1868; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856 (speaker), 1860. Died in Washington, D.C., August 11, 1868 (age 76 years, 129 days). Interment at Shreiner-Concord Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Joshua Stevens and Sarah 'Sally' (Morrill) Stevens; married to Lydia Hamilton Smith; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Rowell.
  Political families: Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire; Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The Thaddeus Stevens Post Office Building, in Danville, Vermont, is named for him.
  Epitaph: "I repose in this quiet and secluded spot / not from any natural preference for solitude / but, finding other cemeteries limited as to race / by charter rules / I have chosen this, that I might illustrate / in my death / the principles which I advocated / through a long life / EQUALITY OF MAN BEFORE HIS CREATOR."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Thaddeus Stevens: Charles W. Boyd, Your Legacy from Thaddeus Stevens : Republican of the First Kind — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History
  Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)
  Anthony Colby (1792-1873) — of New London, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in New London, Merrimack County, N.H., November 13, 1792. Governor of New Hampshire, 1846-47. Died in New London, Merrimack County, N.H., July 13, 1873 (age 80 years, 242 days). Interment at Old Main Street Cemetery, New London, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Colby and Anna (Heath) Colby; married, November 24, 1814, to Mary Everett; third cousin of Ethan Colby; third cousin once removed of Abel Merrill; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Kellogg, Ira Allen Eastman, Aaron Augustus Sargent and Edwin George Eastman.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Shepard Pike (1811-1882) — also known as James S. Pike — of Calais, Washington County, Maine; Robbinston, Washington County, Maine. Born in Calais, Washington County, Maine, September 8, 1811. U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1861-66. Died in Calais, Washington County, Maine, November 24, 1882 (age 71 years, 77 days). Interment somewhere in Washington County, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Pike and Hannah (Shepard) Pike; brother of Frederick Augustus Pike; married, September 21, 1837, to Charlotte Otis Grosvenor; married 1855 to Elizabeth Ellicott; third cousin once removed of Jacob Clark Pike; third cousin twice removed of Sumner Tucker Pike, Doris Pike, Moses Bernard Pike and Frank Avery Pike; fourth cousin once removed of Aaron Augustus Sargent.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Benjamin Franklin Flanders (1816-1896) — also known as Benjamin F. Flanders — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Bristol, Grafton County, N.H., January 26, 1816. Republican. U.S. Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1862-63; Governor of Louisiana; mayor of New Orleans, La., 1870-72; candidate for Louisiana state treasurer, 1888. Episcopalian. Opposed secession in 1861; driven out of New Orleans, leaving his family behind; returned in 1862 when the city was taken by Union troops. Died near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, La., March 13, 1896 (age 80 years, 47 days). Interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
  Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Flanders and Rachel (Brown) Flanders; married, August 12, 1847, to Susan Hall Sawyer; first cousin twice removed of Frederick Walter Flanders; first cousin thrice removed of Earl Leon Flanders; third cousin thrice removed of Clarence Elmer Sargent; fourth cousin once removed of Francis Durrell Flanders, Charles H. Eastman, Alvan Flanders, Chester Alan Arthur and Eaton Dudley Sargent.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Flanders family of Vermont; Rowell family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  Frederick Augustus Pike (1816-1886) — also known as Frederick A. Pike — of Calais, Washington County, Maine. Born in Calais, Washington County, Maine, December 9, 1816. Lawyer; mayor of Calais, Maine, 1852; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1858-60, 1870-71; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1860; U.S. Representative from Maine, 1861-69 (6th District 1861-63, 5th District 1863-69). Died in Calais, Washington County, Maine, December 2, 1886 (age 69 years, 358 days). Interment at Calais Cemetery, Calais, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Pike and Hannah (Shepard) Pike; brother of James Shepard Pike; married 1846 to Mary Hayden Green; third cousin once removed of Jacob Clark Pike; third cousin twice removed of Sumner Tucker Pike, Doris Pike, Moses Bernard Pike and Frank Avery Pike; fourth cousin once removed of Aaron Augustus Sargent.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
Noah Davis Noah Davis (1818-1902) — of Albion, Orleans County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Haverhill, Grafton County, N.H., September 10, 1818. Republican. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1857-68, 1873-87; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1860; U.S. Representative from New York 28th District, 1869-70; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1870-72. Presided over the two trials of William M. Tweed in 1873. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 20, 1902 (age 83 years, 191 days). Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Noah Davis (1781-1863) and Freelove Crawford (Arnold) Davis; married, May 15, 1845, to Ellen M. Mather; half-nephew of Daniel Davis; nephew of Lemuel Hastings Arnold; grandson of Jonathan Arnold; second cousin once removed of Joseph Pomeroy Root; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Augustus Sargent; fourth cousin of Abel Merrill.
  Political families: Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 20, 1902
  Joseph Pomeroy Root (1826-1885) — also known as Joseph P. Root — of Connecticut; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte County, Kan. Born in Greenwich (now part of Quabbin Reservoir), Hampshire County, Mass., April 23, 1826. Physician; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1855; member Kansas territorial council, 1857; Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, 1861-63; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1870-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1884. Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan., July 20, 1885 (age 59 years, 88 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Root and Lucy (Reynolds) Root; married, September 9, 1851, to Frances Eveline Alden; second great-grandnephew of William Pitkin and Abraham Davenport (1715-1789); fifth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; first cousin twice removed of Daniel Davis; first cousin thrice removed of John Davenport and James Davenport; first cousin five times removed of Roger Wolcott; second cousin once removed of Noah Davis; second cousin twice removed of Timothy Pitkin, Abraham Davenport (1767-1837) and Theodore Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont Edwards and Daniel Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed of Thaddeus Betts; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Burr, Theodore Dwight, Elijah Hunt Mills, Gold Selleck Silliman, Henry Waggaman Edwards and Benjamin Silliman; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles, Moses Seymour, Aaron Kitchell, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold and Frederick Wolcott; fourth cousin of Frederick Walker Pitkin; fourth cousin once removed of Abel Merrill, Charles Robert Sherman, Gideon Hard, Elisha Hunt Allen, Benjamin Douglas Silliman, Gouverneur Morris, Aaron Augustus Sargent, John Robert Graham Pitkin and Walter Harrison Blodget.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family of Ohio and New York; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) — also known as "The Senator for the Southern Pacific Railroad" — of Nevada City, Nevada County, Calif. Born in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., September 28, 1827. Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; member of California state senate, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1860; U.S. Representative from California, 1861-63, 1869-73 (at-large 1861-63, 2nd District 1869-73); U.S. Senator from California, 1873-79; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1882-84. Died in San Francisco, Calif., August 14, 1887 (age 59 years, 320 days). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; Cremated; ashes scattered; cenotaph at Pioneer Cemetery, Nevada City, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Aaron Peaslee Sargent and Elizabeth (Stanwood) Sargent; married, March 14, 1852, to Ellen Swett Clark; second cousin once removed of Charles Rowell; second cousin thrice removed of Daniel Davis; third cousin twice removed of Abel Merrill and Noah Davis; fourth cousin once removed of Anthony Colby, James Shepard Pike, Frederick Augustus Pike, Joseph Pomeroy Root and Sanford Winslow Abbey.
  Political family: Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Sanford Winslow Abbey (1857-1935) — also known as Sanford W. Abbey — of Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y. Born in Richmond, Ontario County, N.Y., January 11, 1857. Democrat. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Ontario County, 1890, 1910; postmaster at Canandaigua, N.Y., 1916. Presbyterian. Member, Eagles; Freemasons. Died in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., July 18, 1935 (age 78 years, 188 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Fannie Maria (Hawes) Abbey and Isaac J. Abbey; married, February 24, 1876, to Adaline Culver; third cousin twice removed of Charles Rowell; fourth cousin once removed of Aaron Augustus Sargent.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Eaton Dudley Sargent (1870-1944) — also known as Eaton D. Sargent — of Winchendon, Worcester County, Mass.; Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Crescent City, Putnam County, Fla. Born in Bradford, Orange County, Vt., August 13, 1870. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1918; mayor of Nashua, N.H., 1924-27; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1926, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1928 (member, Credentials Committee); candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1930. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died of heart failure while pruning an orange tree, in Crescent City, Putnam County, Fla., March 27, 1944 (age 73 years, 227 days). Interment at Edgewood Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew P. Sargent and Mary Julina (Bean) Sargent; married, September 18, 1901, to Clara Josephine Marsh Gage; third cousin thrice removed of Abel Merrill; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Franklin Flanders.
  Political families: Eastman family; Flanders family of Vermont; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire; Fairbanks-Adams family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Clarence Elmer Sargent (1887-1957) — also known as Clarence E. Sargent — of Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Yokohama, Japan, of American parents, November 1, 1887. U.S. Consular Marshal in Newchwang, 1909-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Newchwang, 1910-11; electrician. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 22, 1957 (age 69 years, 325 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edric Avlene Sargent and Belinda (Lupton) Sargent; married to Ruth Catteral; second cousin five times removed of Benjamin Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Franklin Flanders.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
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