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Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay family of New York City, New York

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.

  Amaziah Brainard (1780-1841) — of Colchester, New London County, Conn. Born in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn., June 12, 1780. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Colchester, 1829-30. Died in Colchester, New London County, Conn., April 1, 1841 (age 60 years, 293 days). Interment at Waterhole Cemetery, East Hampton, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of William Brainard (1746-1820) and Lucy (Day) Brainard (1752-1823); married 1824 to Huldah Foote (1791-1881); father of Leveret Brainard; second cousin once removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; second cousin four times removed of Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; third cousin of Orville Hungerford; third cousin once removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, John Allen, Chester Ackley, John Adams Taintor, Henry Ward Beecher and Henry G. Taintor; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Kellogg, Daniel Chapin (1761-1821), Oliver Morgan Hungerford, George Buckingham Beecher and Clarence Hungerford Mackay; third cousin thrice removed of William C. Hungerford, Charlotte H. McMorran and Frances Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Samuel Clesson Allen, Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer and John William Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Jason Kellogg, John Taintor, Elijah Boardman, William Bostwick, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Joseph Churchill Strong, Ebenezer Strong, Timothy Merrill (1781-1836), Daniel Warner Bostwick, Chester Ashley, Daniel Chapin (1791-1878), Chester William Chapin, Graham Hurd Chapin, Elisha Hunt Allen, Anson Levi Holcomb, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, George Bradley Kellogg, Joseph H. Elmer, Henry Purdy Day, Edmund Day, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918), George Frederick Stone and Allen Jacob Holcomb.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hoar-Sherman family of Massachusetts; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Orville Hungerford (1790-1851) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., October 29, 1790. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1843-47. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 6, 1851 (age 60 years, 159 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Timothy Hungerford (1747-1827) and Hannah Heicox Hungerford (1749-1827); married, October 13, 1813, to Elizabeth Porter Stanley; second cousin twice removed of Cheney Ames, Leonard Ames Jr., Oliver Morgan Hungerford and Clarence Hungerford Mackay; second cousin thrice removed of William C. Hungerford; second cousin four times removed of Ralph Waldo Hungerford (1896-1977) and Harold W. Hungerford; third cousin of Amaziah Brainard; third cousin once removed of Leveret Brainard; third cousin thrice removed of Chester Merton Bliss and George Walter Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of David Edgerton.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Leveret Brainard (1828-1902) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., December 13, 1828. Republican. Mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1894-96. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., July 2, 1902 (age 73 years, 201 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Amaziah Brainard and Huldah (Foote) Brainard (1791-1881); married, November 29, 1865, to Mary Jerusha Bulkeley (1843-1921; daughter of Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley; sister of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley and William Henry Bulkeley); second cousin twice removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Henry Ward Beecher; third cousin once removed of Orville Hungerford and George Buckingham Beecher; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, John Allen, Frederick Wolcott and Frances Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg, Daniel Chapin, Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes, Henry May Dawes and Oliver Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Chester Ackley, John Adams Taintor and Henry G. Taintor; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, John William Allen, Oliver Morgan Hungerford and Clarence Hungerford Mackay.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Daniel Crimmins (1844-1917) — also known as John D. Crimmins — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 18, 1844. Democrat. Contractor; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 12th District, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896, 1912 (alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896 (Gold Democratic), 1908 (Democratic). Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Philanthropist. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 9, 1917 (age 73 years, 175 days). Entombed at Corpus Christi Monastery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Crimmins (1812-1901) and Joanna (O'Keefe) Crimmins (1823-1864); brother of Rose Mary Crimmins (1862-1940; who married Morgan Joseph O'Brien (1852-1937)); married to Lily Louise Lalor (1848-1888); uncle of Kenneth O'Brien.
  Political family: Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay family of New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Morgan Joseph O'Brien (1852-1937) — also known as Morgan J. O'Brien — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 28, 1852. Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1888-1906; resigned 1906; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1896-1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912, 1920, 1924; candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; Presidential Elector for New York, 1932. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died, from pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 16, 1937 (age 85 years, 49 days). Entombed at Corpus Christi Monastery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Mary Ann (Burke) O'Brien (1815-1889) and Morgan Joseph O'Brien (1820-1871); married to Rose Mary Crimmins (1862-1940; sister of John Daniel Crimmins); father of Kenneth O'Brien (1895-1954).
  Political family: Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay family of New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938) — also known as Clarence H. Mackay — of Roslyn, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in San Francisco, Calif., April 17, 1874. Republican. Financier; Presidential Elector for New York, 1916. Catholic. Irish and English ancestry. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 12, 1938 (age 64 years, 209 days). Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John William Mackay (1831-1902; mining magnate) and Marie Louise Antoinette (Hungerford) Mackay (1843-1928); married, May 17, 1898, to Katherine Alexander Duer (1878-1930); married, July 18, 1931, to Anna Case (1888-1984); father of Katherine Duer Mackay (1900-1971; who married Kenneth O'Brien) and Ellin Blanca Mackay (1903-1988; married composer Irving Berlin); second cousin twice removed of Orville Hungerford (1790-1851); third cousin twice removed of Amaziah Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Leveret Brainard.
  Political families: Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Prescott family of Massachusetts and New York; Conger-Hungerford family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  The Mackay Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, are named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Kenneth O'Brien (1895-1954) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 15, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-53; appointed 1934. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 20, 1954 (age 58 years, 311 days). Entombed at Corpus Christi Monastery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Morgan Joseph O'Brien and Rose Mary (Crimmins) O'Brien (1862-1940); married 1922 to Katherine Duer Mackay (1900-1971; daughter of Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938)); nephew of John Daniel Crimmins.
  Political families: Conger-Hungerford family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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