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Allen family of Northfield, Massachusetts

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  Jonathan Hunt (1738-1823) — of Vernon, Windham County, Vt. Born in Northfield, Franklin County, Mass., September 12, 1738. Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1794-96; Federalist Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1800 (voted for John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney). Died in North Vernon, Vernon, Windham County, Vt., June 1, 1823 (age 84 years, 262 days). Interment at North Vernon Cemetery, North Vernon, Vernon, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Strong Hunt and Anna (Ellsworth) Hunt; married to Lovinah Swan; father of Ellen Frances Hunt (who married Lewis Richard Morris); grandfather of Gouverneur Morris; granduncle of Elisha Hunt Allen; great-granduncle of William Fessenden Allen and Frederick Hobbes Allen; first cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills; first cousin four times removed of Oliver Morgan Hungerford and Josiah Quincy; first cousin five times removed of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; first cousin six times removed of Ralph Waldo Hungerford, Harold W. Hungerford, William Amory Gardner Minot and George Cabot Lodge; second cousin of Oliver Ellsworth; second cousin once removed of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth and Abijah Blodget; second cousin twice removed of Theodore Davenport, Harrison Blodget and William Dean Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of John Adams Taintor, Henry G. Taintor, Joseph Pomeroy Root, John Hill Walbridge, Walter Harrison Blodget and Henry E. Walbridge; second cousin four times removed of Hiram Augustus Huse, Maurice Lauchlin Wright, Luther Thomas Ellsworth and Frank Billings Kellogg; second cousin five times removed of William H. Jackman and Hallet Thomas Ellsworth; third cousin of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan Ingersoll, Jared Ingersoll and Josiah Meigs; third cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden, Return Jonathan Meigs Jr., Charles Jared Ingersoll, Henry Meigs, Joseph Reed Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll and Charles Anthony Ingersoll; third cousin twice removed of Jedediah Sabin, Chittenden Lyon, John Willard, Josiah C. Chittenden, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Return Jonathan Meigs III, Abel Madison Scranton, Laman Ingersoll, Henry Meigs Jr., John Forsyth Jr., Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, Colin Macrae Ingersoll and Charles Roberts Ingersoll; third cousin thrice removed of John Appleton, Stafford Canning Cleveland, Henry Sabin, Frederick Walker Pitkin, Roger Calvin Leete, Charles Edward Ingersoll, George Pratt Ingersoll and Edward Williams Hooker; fourth cousin of Thomas Chittenden and Jonathan Brace; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Kimberly Brace, Zina Hyde Jr., Greene Carrier Bronson and John Russell Kellogg.
  Political families: Morris #1 family of Bronx, New York; Allen family of Northfield, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Clesson Allen (1772-1842) — also known as Samuel C. Allen — of Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass. Born in Bernardston, Franklin County, Mass., January 5, 1772. Pastor; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1806-10; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1812-15, 1831; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1817-29 (6th District 1817-25, 7th District 1825-29); member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1829-30. Congregationalist. Died in Northfield, Franklin County, Mass., February 8, 1842 (age 70 years, 34 days). Interment at Center Cemetery, Bernardston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Zebulon Allen and Freedom (Cooley) Allen; married, September 11, 1793, to Sarah Newcomb; married, April 10, 1797, to Mary Hunt; father of Elisha Hunt Allen; grandfather of William Fessenden Allen and Frederick Hobbes Allen; great-grandnephew of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, Frederick Wolcott and Chester Ashley; second cousin twice removed of William Pitkin, Albert Asahel Bliss and Philemon Bliss; second cousin thrice removed of Judson H. Warner; third cousin of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; third cousin once removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799), Daniel Pitkin, Theodore Davenport, Chester William Chapin, John William Allen, William Alfred Buckingham, James Samuel Wadsworth, Henry Titus Backus, George Washington Wolcott, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed of Charles Frederick Wadsworth, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott, Edwin W. Kellogg, Alfred Wolcott and Samuel Herbert Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Alfred Clark Chapin, Abraham Lincoln Kellogg, Henry Augustus Wolcott, Arthur Beebe Chapin, James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden Chapin; fourth cousin of James Hillhouse, Jonathan Brace, Timothy Pitkin, James Kilbourne, Amaziah Brainard and Greene Carrier Bronson; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Kimberly Brace, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Walter Booth, Albert Haller Tracy, Millard Fillmore, Byron H. Kilbourn, Leveret Brainard, Henry Purdy Day, Edmund Day and John Robert Graham Pitkin.
  Political family: Allen family of Northfield, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John William Allen (1802-1887) — also known as John W. Allen — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., August 4, 1802. Lawyer; director, Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, 1832; incorporator, Cleveland Newburg Railroad, 1834; member of Ohio state senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841; president, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad, 1845; postmaster at Cleveland, Ohio, 1870-75. Episcopalian. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 5, 1887 (age 85 years, 62 days). Interment at Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of John Allen and Ursala (McCurdy) Allen; married, July 22, 1830, to Harriet Caroline Mather; grandnephew of Roger Griswold; great-grandson of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; second great-grandson of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed of James Hillhouse, Oliver Wolcott Jr. and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin of Henry Titus Backus and Matthew Griswold (1833-1919); second cousin once removed of Frederick William Lord; second cousin twice removed of Selden Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of William Pitkin and Frederic Lincoln Chapin; third cousin of Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), James Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher Parsons Wolcott and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Thomas Hale Sill, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Albert Haller Tracy, Theodore Sill, George Bradley Kellogg, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918), George Frederick Stone, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott and Alfred Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Chapin (1761-1821), Daniel Pitkin, Zina Hyde Jr. and James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of James Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Amaziah Brainard, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Elisha Hunt Allen, George Washington Wolcott, Augustus Frank and George Griswold Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Boardman, William Bostwick, Timothy Pitkin, Oliver Owen Forward, Daniel Warner Bostwick, Walter Forward, Daniel Chapin (1791-1878), Chauncey Forward, Chester William Chapin, Graham Hurd Chapin, Edmund Holcomb, Anson Levi Holcomb, Erastus Clark Scranton, Sereno Hamilton Scranton, Albert Asahel Bliss, Henry Ward Beecher, Philemon Bliss, Joseph H. Elmer, Leveret Brainard, William Fessenden Allen, Samuel Lord, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Frederick Hobbes Allen and Allen Jacob Holcomb.
  Political families: Wolcott #1 family of Connecticut; Allen family of Northfield, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elisha Hunt Allen (1804-1883) — also known as Elisha H. Allen — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in New Salem, Franklin County, Mass., January 28, 1804. Whig. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1835-40, 1846-47; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate to Whig National Convention from Maine, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; member, Committee to Notify Nominees); U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1841-43; defeated, 1842; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1849-50; U.S. Consul in Honolulu, 1849-53; became a citizen of the Kingdom of Hawaii; Minister of Finance for King Kamehameha III; member, Hawaii House of Nobles, 1854-56; Kingdom of Hawaii Minister to the United States, 1856-83; chief justice, Kingdom of Hawaii Supreme Court, 1857-77. Died suddenly from heart disease, while attending a diplomatic reception at the White House, Washington, D.C., January 1, 1883 (age 78 years, 338 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Clesson Allen and Mary (Hunt) Allen; married 1828 to Sarah Elizabeth Fessenden; married, March 11, 1857, to Mary Harrod Hobbes; father of William Fessenden Allen and Frederick Hobbes Allen; grandnephew of Jonathan Hunt; second great-grandnephew of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; second cousin of Gouverneur Morris; second cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills; second cousin twice removed of Oliver Ellsworth, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Chester Ashley; third cousin once removed of Theodore Dwight, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah Blodget, Albert Asahel Bliss and Philemon Bliss; third cousin twice removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799), Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan Ingersoll, Jared Ingersoll, Josiah Meigs, Daniel Pitkin, Oliver Morgan Hungerford, Judson H. Warner and Josiah Quincy; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; fourth cousin of Joseph Churchill Strong, Theodore Davenport, Chester William Chapin, Harrison Blodget, John William Allen, William Alfred Buckingham, James Samuel Wadsworth, Henry Titus Backus, George Washington Wolcott, William Dean Kellogg, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); fourth cousin once removed of James Hillhouse, Jonathan Brace, Martin Chittenden, Return Jonathan Meigs Jr., Timothy Pitkin, James Kilbourne, Amaziah Brainard, Henry Meigs, Charles Jared Ingersoll, Joseph Reed Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll, Greene Carrier Bronson, Charles Anthony Ingersoll, John Adams Taintor, Henry G. Taintor, Joseph Pomeroy Root, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, James Wolcott Wadsworth, John Hill Walbridge, Edward Oliver Wolcott, Walter Harrison Blodget, Henry E. Walbridge, Edwin W. Kellogg, Alfred Wolcott and Samuel Herbert Kellogg.
  Political families: Morris #1 family of Bronx, New York; Allen family of Northfield, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Fessenden Allen (1831-1906) — also known as William F. Allen — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, December 19, 1831. Renounced U.S. citizenship to become a national of the Kingdom of Hawaii, 1860; Hawaii Collector-General of Customs, 1864-84; also served on Advisory Council of the Provisional Government of Hawaii, 1893-94, and the Executive Council of the Republic of Hawaii, 1894-98. Died in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, February 5, 1906 (age 74 years, 48 days). Interment at Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
  Relatives: Son of Elisha Hunt Allen and Sarah Elizabeth (Fessenden) Allen; brother of Frederick Hobbes Allen; married 1865 to Cordelia Church Bishop; grandson of Samuel Clesson Allen; great-grandnephew of Jonathan Hunt; third great-grandnephew of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and Gouverneur Morris; second cousin twice removed of Elijah Hunt Mills; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver Ellsworth, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; third cousin once removed of Chester Ashley, Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden, Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden, James Deering Fessenden, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Theodore Dwight, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah Blodget and Charles Milton Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799), Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan Ingersoll, Jared Ingersoll, Josiah Meigs and Daniel Pitkin; fourth cousin of Albert Asahel Bliss, Walter Fessenden, Philemon Bliss and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Churchill Strong, Theodore Davenport, Chester William Chapin, Harrison Blodget, John William Allen, William Alfred Buckingham, James Samuel Wadsworth, Henry Titus Backus, George Washington Wolcott, William Dean Kellogg, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Oliver Morgan Hungerford, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919), Judson H. Warner, Henry Nichols Blake, Roger Wolcott (1847-1900) and Josiah Quincy.
  Political family: Allen family of Northfield, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Hobbes Allen (1858-1937) — also known as Frederick H. Allen — of Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, May 30, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; economist; village president of Pelham Manor, New York, 1904-06; chair of Westchester County Democratic Party, 1904-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908, 1920 (alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars. Died, from pneumonia, in Newport Hospital, Newport, Newport County, R.I., December 3, 1937 (age 79 years, 187 days). Interment at Beechwoods Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Elisha Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen; brother of William Fessenden Allen; married, June 30, 1892, to Adele Livingston Stevens; grandson of Samuel Clesson Allen; great-grandnephew of Jonathan Hunt; third great-grandnephew of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Gouverneur Morris; second cousin twice removed of Elijah Hunt Mills; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver Ellsworth, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Chester Ashley; third cousin twice removed of Theodore Dwight, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth and Abijah Blodget; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799), Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan Ingersoll, Jared Ingersoll, Josiah Meigs and Daniel Pitkin; fourth cousin of Albert Asahel Bliss and Philemon Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Churchill Strong, Theodore Davenport, Chester William Chapin, Harrison Blodget, John William Allen, William Alfred Buckingham, James Samuel Wadsworth, Henry Titus Backus, George Washington Wolcott, William Dean Kellogg, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Oliver Morgan Hungerford, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919), Judson H. Warner, Roger Wolcott (1847-1900) and Josiah Quincy.
  Political family: Allen family of Northfield, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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