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Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family of Pennsylvania

Note: This is just one of 1,162 family groupings listed on The 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 the much larger Three Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names 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 Whitehill (1729-1815) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pa., December 11, 1729. State court judge in Pennsylvania, 1777; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1780; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1803-07. Slaveowner. Died September 16, 1815 (age 85 years, 279 days). Interment at Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
  Relatives: Brother of Robert Whitehill; father of James Whitehill (1762-1822).
  Political family: Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Robert Whitehill (1738-1813) — of Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pa. Born in Pequea, Lancaster County, Pa., July 21, 1738. Delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776, 1790; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1797-1800; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1801-04; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1805-13 (4th District 1805-13, 5th District 1813); died in office 1813. Slaveowner. Died in Cumberland County, Pa., April 8, 1813 (age 74 years, 261 days). Interment at Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hampden Township, Cambria County, Pa.
  Relatives: Brother of John Whitehill (1729-1815); uncle of James Whitehill; second great-grandfather of John Crain Kunkel.
  Political family: Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793) — Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., 1746. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776-77; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1777-80. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 8, 1793 (age about 47 years). Original interment at Presbyterian Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1878 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Abigail (Dickinson) Sergeant (1711-1756) and Jonathan Sergeant (1712-1777); married to Margaret Spencer (1759-1787) and Elizabeth Rittenhouse (1767-1836; daughter of David Rittenhouse); father of John Sergeant (1779-1852); second great-grandfather of John Crain Kunkel; fourth great-grandfather of Happy Rockefeller; third cousin thrice removed of Edwin W. Kellogg, Samuel Herbert Kellogg and Charles E. Wooster.
  Political families: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York; Wise-Sergeant-Rockefeller family; Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Whitehill (1762-1822) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., January 31, 1762. State court judge in Pennsylvania, 1811; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1813. Died February 26, 1822 (age 60 years, 26 days). Interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Leacock, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of John Whitehill; nephew of Robert Whitehill (1738-1813).
  Political family: Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Sergeant (1779-1852) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 5, 1779. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1810; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815-23, 1827-29, 1837-41 (1st District 1815-23, 2nd District 1827-29, 1837-41); National Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1832. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 23, 1852 (age 72 years, 354 days). Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant and Margaret (Spencer) Sergeant (1759-1787); married to Margaretta Watmough (1787-1869); father of Margaretta Sergeant (1814-1886; who married of Gen. George Gordon Meade (1815-1872; won the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863)); grandfather of Richard Alsop Wise and John Sergeant Wise; great-grandfather of John Crain Kunkel; third great-grandfather of Margaretta 'Happy' Fitler (1926-2015; who married Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979)) and Happy Rockefeller.
  Political families: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York; Wise-Sergeant-Rockefeller family (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John Sergeant (built 1942 at Baltimore, Maryland; scrapped 1972) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Christian Kunkel (1816-1870) — also known as John C. Kunkel — of Pennsylvania. Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., September 18, 1816. Whig. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1844; member of Pennsylvania state senate 8th District, 1852-54; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1855-59. Died October 14, 1870 (age 54 years, 26 days). Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
  Relatives: Grandfather of John Crain Kunkel (1898-1970).
  Political families: Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family of Pennsylvania; Wise-Sergeant-Rockefeller family (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Crain Kunkel (1898-1970) — also known as John C. Kunkel — of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., July 21, 1898. Republican. Banker; farmer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-51, 1961-67 (19th District 1939-45, 18th District 1945-51, 16th District 1961-67); candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1950. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Lions; Elks; Moose; Odd Fellows. Died July 27, 1970 (age 72 years, 6 days). Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of John C. Kunkel and Louisa (Sergeant) Kunkel; grandson of John Christian Kunkel (1816-1870); great-grandson of John Sergeant; second great-grandson of Robert Whitehill and Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant.
  Political family: Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
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