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Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts

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  John Appleton (1758-1829) — Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 1, 1758. U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Calais, 1802-07. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., August 9, 1829 (age 71 years, 161 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Appleton and Rachael (Henderson) Appleton; brother of Thomas Appleton; married 1807 to Sarah Fairweather; father of John James Appleton; first cousin twice removed of John William Messer Appleton; third cousin of Leonard White; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Dudley Bradstreet, Albert Porter Bradstreet and George Parker Bradstreet; fourth cousin of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; fourth cousin once removed of John Larkin Payson, John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce and John Appleton (1815-1864).
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Thomas Appleton (1763-1840) — of Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts, April 2, 1763. U.S. Consul in Leghorn, 1798-1840, died in office 1840. Died in Leghorn (Livorno), Italy, April 27, 1840 (age 77 years, 25 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Appleton and Rachael (Henderson) Appleton; brother of John Appleton (1758-1829); uncle of John James Appleton; first cousin twice removed of John William Messer Appleton; third cousin of Leonard White; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Dudley Bradstreet, Albert Porter Bradstreet and George Parker Bradstreet; fourth cousin of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; fourth cousin once removed of John Larkin Payson, John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce and John Appleton (1815-1864).
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Jacob Crowninshield (1770-1808) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., March 31, 1770. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1800; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1803-08 (at-large 1803-05, 2nd District 1805-08); died in office 1808. Died in Washington, D.C., April 15, 1808 (age 38 years, 15 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Brother of Benjamin Williams Crowninshield; married, June 5, 1796, to Sarah Gardner; uncle of Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.; grandfather of William Crowninshield Endicott; granduncle of Francis Henry Appleton; great-granduncle of Charles Francis Adams.
  Political family: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1773-1851) — also known as Benjamin W. Crowninshield — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., December 29, 1773. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1811; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1812; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1815-18; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1823-31. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 3, 1851 (age 77 years, 36 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of George Crowninshield and Mary (Derby) Crowninshield; brother of Jacob Crowninshield; married 1804 to Mary Boardman; uncle of Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.; grandfather of Fanny Cadwalader Crowninshield (who married John Quincy Adams); granduncle of William Crowninshield Endicott and Francis Henry Appleton; great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams.
  Political families: Adams #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nathaniel Silsbee (1773-1850) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., January 14, 1773. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1810; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1817-21; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1826-35. Died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., July 14, 1850 (age 77 years, 181 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Silsbee (1748-1791) and Sarah (Becket) Silsbee; married, December 12, 1802, to Mary Crowninshield; father of Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.; grandfather of Francis Henry Appleton.
  Political family: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 6, 1779. Merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1815-16, 1821, 1823-24, 1827; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1831-33, 1842. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 14, 1861 (age 81 years, 281 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Appleton and Mary (Adams) Appleton; married, April 13, 1806, to Maria Theresa Gold; married, January 8, 1839, to Harriet Coffin Sumner; father of Francis Elizabeth Appleton (who married of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow); first cousin of James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; first cousin once removed of John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce and John Appleton (1815-1864); first cousin twice removed of Francis Henry Appleton; first cousin thrice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; first cousin four times removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall and Randolph Appleton Kidder; first cousin five times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; second cousin once removed of Andrew Adams; third cousin once removed of Thomas Passmore Treadwell; third cousin twice removed of Robert Odiorne Treadwell; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Willoughby Dayton; fourth cousin of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton and Leonard White; fourth cousin once removed of John James Appleton, Samuel Finley Vinton, John Larkin Payson and Alonzo Sidney Upham.
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Appleton (1785-1862) — also known as "Father of Prohibition" — of Gloucester, Essex County, Mass.; Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; Ipswich, Essex County, Mass. Born in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., February 14, 1785. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1813-14; first to propose state prohibition on the manufacture and sale of liquor, 1832; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1836-37; Liberty candidate for Governor of Maine, 1842, 1843, 1844. Died in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., August 25, 1862 (age 77 years, 192 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Mary (White) Appleton and Samuel Appleton; brother of Nathan Dane Appleton; married, November 19, 1807, to Sarah Fuller; uncle of John Appleton (1815-1864); second great-grandfather of Randolph Appleton Kidder; first cousin of Nathan Appleton and William Appleton; first cousin once removed of John Appleton (1804-1891) and Jane Pierce; first cousin twice removed of Francis Henry Appleton; first cousin thrice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; first cousin four times removed of Leverett Saltonstall and Richard Saltonstall; first cousin five times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin once removed of Thomas Passmore Treadwell; third cousin twice removed of Robert Odiorne Treadwell; fourth cousin of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton and Leonard White; fourth cousin once removed of John James Appleton and John Larkin Payson.
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  William Appleton (1786-1862) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., November 16, 1786. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1851-55, 1861 (1st District 1851-53, 5th District 1853-55, 1861); defeated, 1854, 1856. Died in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., February 15, 1862 (age 75 years, 91 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Joseph Appleton and Mary (Hook) Appleton; married to Mary Ann Cutler; father of Sarah E. Appleton (who married Amos Adams Lawrence) and Mehitable Sullivan 'Hetty' Appleton (who married Thomas Jefferson Coolidge); grandfather of Francis Henry Appleton; second great-grandfather of Leverett Saltonstall and Richard Saltonstall; third great-grandfather of William Lawrence Saltonstall; first cousin of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; first cousin once removed of John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce and John Appleton (1815-1864); first cousin thrice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; first cousin four times removed of Randolph Appleton Kidder; third cousin once removed of Thomas Passmore Treadwell; third cousin twice removed of Robert Odiorne Treadwell; fourth cousin of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton and Leonard White; fourth cousin once removed of John James Appleton and John Larkin Payson.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Lawrence #2 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John James Appleton (1792-1864) — of Massachusetts. Born in Calais, France, September 22, 1792. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1820-21; Sweden, 1826-30. Died in Rennes, France, March 4, 1864 (age 71 years, 164 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Appleton and Sarah (Fairweather) Appleton; married to Marie Augustine Houdan; nephew of Thomas Appleton; second cousin once removed of John William Messer Appleton; third cousin once removed of Leonard White; fourth cousin once removed of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, William Appleton, Nathan Dane Appleton, Thomas Dudley Bradstreet, Albert Porter Bradstreet and George Parker Bradstreet.
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  Nathan Dane Appleton (1794-1861) — also known as Nathan D. Appleton — of Alfred, York County, Maine. Born in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., May 20, 1794. Lawyer; law partner of John H. Goodenow; Maine state attorney general, 1857-59. Died in Alfred, York County, Maine, November 12, 1861 (age 67 years, 176 days). Interment at Parish Cemetery, Alfred, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Appleton and Mary (White) Appleton; brother of James Appleton; married, December 11, 1826, to Julia Hall; uncle of John Appleton (1815-1864); second great-granduncle of Randolph Appleton Kidder; first cousin of Nathan Appleton and William Appleton; first cousin once removed of John Appleton (1804-1891) and Jane Pierce; first cousin twice removed of Francis Henry Appleton; first cousin thrice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; first cousin four times removed of Leverett Saltonstall and Richard Saltonstall; first cousin five times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin once removed of Thomas Passmore Treadwell; third cousin twice removed of Robert Odiorne Treadwell; fourth cousin of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton and Leonard White; fourth cousin once removed of John James Appleton and John Larkin Payson.
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elijah Livermore Hamlin (1800-1872) — also known as Elijah L. Hamlin — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine, March 29, 1800. Candidate for Governor of Maine, 1848, 1849; mayor of Bangor, Maine, 1851-52. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, July 16, 1872 (age 72 years, 109 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Cyrus Hamlin and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin; brother of Hannibal Hamlin; father of Augustus Choate Hamlin; uncle of Charles Hamlin and Hannibal Emery Hamlin; grandfather of Isaiah Kidder Stetson; great-grandfather of Clarence Cutting Stetson; first cousin once removed of John Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Charles Sumner Hamlin; third cousin once removed of David Sears; fourth cousin of George Pickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Fisk Janes, John Mason Jr., William Henry Harrison Stowell, Walter S. Bemis and Eldred C. Pitkin.
  Political families: Kidder family of Bangor, Maine; Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  John Appleton (1804-1891) — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H., July 12, 1804. Lawyer; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1852-62; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1862-83. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, February 7, 1891 (age 86 years, 210 days). Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of John Appleton (1763-1849) and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton; married 1834 to Sarah Newcomb Allen; married 1876 to Ann Vaughan 'Annie' Greely; first cousin of Jane Pierce; first cousin once removed of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; second cousin of John Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin once removed of Francis Henry Appleton; second cousin twice removed of Jabez Huntington and John Brown; second cousin thrice removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall and Randolph Appleton Kidder; second cousin four times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin once removed of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington and Selucius Garfield; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Parrish Witter and Charles Darwin Garfield; fourth cousin of Jabez Williams Huntington, John Brown Francis, Thomas Passmore Treadwell and Joshua Perkins; fourth cousin once removed of Edward Biddle, Charles Biddle, Enoch Woodbridge, John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton, Timothy Pitkin, Leonard White, Robert Odiorne Treadwell, George Douglas Perkins, Thomas Dudley Bradstreet, Albert Porter Bradstreet, George Parker Bradstreet and Albert Lemando Bingham.
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. (1804-1881) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., December 28, 1804. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1830; mayor of Salem, Mass., 1849-51, 1858-60. Died in Milton, Norfolk County, Mass., July 9, 1881 (age 76 years, 193 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Silsbee and Mary (Crowninshield) Silsbee; married, November 9, 1829, to Ann Cabot Devereux; nephew of Jacob Crowninshield and Benjamin Williams Crowninshield; uncle of Francis Henry Appleton; first cousin once removed of William Crowninshield Endicott; first cousin twice removed of Charles Francis Adams.
  Political family: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Jane Pierce (1806-1863) — also known as Jane Means Appleton — Born in Hampton, Rockingham County, N.H., March 12, 1806. First Lady of the United States, 1853-57. Female. Died in Andover, Essex County, Mass., December 2, 1863 (age 57 years, 265 days). Interment at Old North Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
  Relatives: Daughter of Jesse Appleton and Elizabeth (Means) Appleton; married, November 19, 1834, to Franklin Pierce (son of Benjamin Pierce); first cousin of John Appleton (1804-1891); first cousin once removed of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; first cousin four times removed of John Forbes Kerry; second cousin of John Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin once removed of Francis Henry Appleton; second cousin twice removed of Jabez Huntington and John Brown; second cousin thrice removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall and Randolph Appleton Kidder; second cousin four times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin once removed of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington and Selucius Garfield; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Parrish Witter and Charles Darwin Garfield; fourth cousin of Jabez Williams Huntington, John Brown Francis, Thomas Passmore Treadwell and Joshua Perkins; fourth cousin once removed of Edward Biddle, Charles Biddle, Enoch Woodbridge, John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton, Timothy Pitkin, Leonard White, Robert Odiorne Treadwell, George Douglas Perkins, Thomas Dudley Bradstreet, Albert Porter Bradstreet, George Parker Bradstreet and Albert Lemando Bingham.
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) — of Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Paris, Oxford County, Maine, August 27, 1809. Farmer; surveyor; compositor; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1840; U.S. Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81; Governor of Maine, 1857; Vice President of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1864, 1868; U.S. Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1881-82. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, July 4, 1891 (age 81 years, 311 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine; statue at Kenduskeag Parkway, Bangor, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Cyrus Hamlin and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin; brother of Elijah Livermore Hamlin; married, December 10, 1833, to Sarah Jane Emery (daughter of Stephen Emery (1790-1863)); married, September 25, 1856, to Ellen Vesta Emery (daughter of Stephen Emery (1790-1863)); father of Charles Hamlin and Hannibal Emery Hamlin; granduncle of Isaiah Kidder Stetson; great-granduncle of Clarence Cutting Stetson; first cousin once removed of John Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Charles Sumner Hamlin; third cousin once removed of David Sears; fourth cousin of George Pickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Fisk Janes, John Mason Jr., William Henry Harrison Stowell, Walter S. Bemis and Eldred C. Pitkin.
  Political families: Kidder family of Bangor, Maine; Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Hamlin County, S.Dak. is named for him.
  The town of Hamlin, Maine, is named for him.  — The town of Hamlin, New York, is named for him.  — The city of Hamlin, Kansas, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 at South Portland, Maine; scrapped 1971) was named for him.  — Hannibal Hamlin Hall, at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Hannibal Hamlin: Charles Eugene Hamlin, The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin — Mark Scroggins, Hannibal
  Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
  Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886) — also known as Amos A. Lawrence — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 31, 1814. Owner, Ipswich Mills, maker of cotton and woollen goods; abolitionist; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1858 (American), 1860 (Constitutional Union). Episcopalian. Died in Nahant, Essex County, Mass., August 22, 1886 (age 72 years, 22 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Amos Lawrence and Sarah (Richards) Lawrence; married, March 31, 1842, to Sarah Elizabeth Appleton (daughter of William Appleton); father of Susan Mason Lawrence (who married William Caleb Loring); nephew of Luther Lawrence and Abbott Lawrence; great-grandfather of Leverett Saltonstall and Richard Saltonstall; second great-grandfather of William Lawrence Saltonstall; first cousin of Samuel Abbott Green; third cousin twice removed of Charles Moore Bancroft and Charles Sumner Dana; fourth cousin of Alonzo M. Garcelon; fourth cousin once removed of John Albion Andrew, Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden, Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden, Winfield Scott Holden and Alonzo Marston Garcelon.
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Lawrence #2 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The city of Lawrence, Kansas, is named for him.  — Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Appleton (1815-1864) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Beverly, Essex County, Mass., February 11, 1815. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1848-49; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1860-61. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 22, 1864 (age 49 years, 193 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of John White Appleton and Sophia (Williams) Appleton; married 1840 to Susan Lovering Dodge; nephew of James Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; first cousin once removed of Nathan Appleton, William Appleton, Elijah Livermore Hamlin and Hannibal Hamlin; first cousin thrice removed of Randolph Appleton Kidder; second cousin of John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce, Charles Hamlin and Hannibal Emery Hamlin; second cousin once removed of Francis Henry Appleton and Isaiah Kidder Stetson; second cousin twice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton and Clarence Cutting Stetson; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont Edwards, Leverett Saltonstall and Richard Saltonstall; second cousin four times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin of Edward Williams Hooker; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, Aaron Burr, James Davenport, Theodore Dwight and Henry Waggaman Edwards; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Hunt; fourth cousin of Thomas Passmore Treadwell; fourth cousin once removed of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton, Leonard White, Jedediah Sabin, Charles Robert Sherman, Theodore Davenport, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Robert Odiorne Treadwell and George Pickering Bemis.
  Political families: Kidder family of Bangor, Maine; Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire; Appleton #3 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets 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
William C. Endicott William Crowninshield Endicott (1826-1900) — also known as William C. Endicott; William Gardner Endicott — of Salem, Essex County, Mass.; Danvers, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., November 19, 1826. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1866, 1867, 1868; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1870; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1873-82; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1884; U.S. Secretary of War, 1885-89. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 6, 1900 (age 73 years, 168 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of William Putnam Endicott and Mary (Crowninshield) Endicott; married, December 13, 1859, to Ellen Peabody; grandson of Jacob Crowninshield; grandnephew of Benjamin Williams Crowninshield; first cousin once removed of Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Marietta Peabody Tree and Endicott Peabody; second cousin of Francis Henry Appleton; second cousin once removed of Charles Francis Adams; second cousin twice removed of Judah Dana and William Goodrich Morrell Jr.; third cousin once removed of Daniel Putnam Tyler, John Winchester Dana and Charles Smith Dana; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Osgood.
  Political family: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)
  Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831-1920) — also known as T. Jefferson Coolidge — Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 26, 1831. Republican. Manufacturer; cotton mill business; president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and other companies; U.S. Minister to France, 1892-93. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 17, 1920 (age 89 years, 83 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Presumably named for: Thomas Jefferson
  Relatives: Son of Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge and Joseph Coolidge; married, November 4, 1852, to Mehitable Sullivan 'Hetty' Appleton (daughter of William Appleton); nephew of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; uncle of John Gardner Coolidge; grandson of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and Martha Jefferson Randolph; great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson; second great-grandson of Archibald Cary; third great-grandson of Richard Randolph; first cousin once removed of Francis Wayles Eppes; first cousin twice removed of Dabney Carr and John Wayles Eppes; first cousin thrice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; first cousin four times removed of Richard Bland and Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Frederick Madison Roberts; second cousin once removed of Dabney Smith Carr; second cousin twice removed of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick Bland, Edmund Jenings Randolph and Beverley Randolph; third cousin once removed of Thomas Marshall, John Jordan Crittenden, Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Robert Crittenden, James Keith Marshall, Carter Henry Harrison, John Breckinridge Castleman and Edith Wilson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828), Henry St. George Tucker, John Robertson and Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; fourth cousin of Alexander Parker Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Archelaus Marius Woodson, John Augustine Marshall and Carter Henry Harrison II; fourth cousin once removed of Edmund Randolph, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell, Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr., William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 22, 1833. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1866, 1869; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1879; Straight Out Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1872; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1873. Died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., August 14, 1894 (age 60 years, 326 days). Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams; brother of Brooks Adams; married, April 29, 1861, to Fanny Cadwalader Crowninshield (granddaughter of Benjamin Williams Crowninshield); father of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); nephew of George Washington Adams; grandson of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) and Louisa Adams; grandnephew of Benjamin Gorham; granduncle of Thomas Boylston Adams; great-grandson of John Adams, Nathaniel Gorham, Joshua Johnson and Abigail Adams; great-grandnephew of Thomas Johnson; first cousin of William Everett; first cousin twice removed of William Cranch, Leverett Saltonstall and Richard Saltonstall; first cousin thrice removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; second cousin once removed of Bradley Tyler Johnson; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams; third cousin twice removed of Joseph Allen; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Sewall, Josiah Quincy and Thomas Cogswell; fourth cousin of Edward M. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of John Milton Thayer and Arthur Chapin.
  Political families: Adams #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Adams #2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Francis Henry Appleton (1847-1939) — also known as Francis H. Appleton — of Peabody, Essex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 17, 1847. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1891-92; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1892; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1902-03. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American Forestry Association. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 5, 1939 (age 91 years, 292 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Francis Henry Appleton (1823-1854) and Georgiana Crowninshield (Silsbee) Appleton; married, June 2, 1874, to Fanny Rollins Tappan; married, November 6, 1907, to Mary Spencer Tappan; nephew of Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.; grandson of Nathaniel Silsbee and William Appleton; grandnephew of Jacob Crowninshield and Benjamin Williams Crowninshield; second great-grandson of James Sullivan; first cousin twice removed of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, Nathan Dane Appleton, Leverett Saltonstall and Richard Saltonstall; first cousin thrice removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; second cousin of William Crowninshield Endicott; second cousin once removed of John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce, John Appleton (1815-1864) and Charles Francis Adams; third cousin once removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; third cousin twice removed of Randolph Appleton Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Passmore Treadwell.
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Arthur Taggard Appleton (1884-1961) — also known as Arthur T. Appleton — of Dublin, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Dublin, Cheshire County, N.H., May 8, 1884. Republican. Electrical contractor; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 4th District; elected 1938. Died in Dublin, Cheshire County, N.H., August 16, 1961 (age 77 years, 100 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Francis Appleton and Lillian Gertrude (Jones) Appleton; married, September 26, 1908, to Alice Ethel Fox; first cousin twice removed of John Appleton (1804-1891) and Jane Pierce; first cousin thrice removed of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; second cousin twice removed of John Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin four times removed of Jabez Huntington, John Brown and Erastus Fairbanks; third cousin once removed of Francis Henry Appleton; third cousin thrice removed of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington, Horace Fairbanks, Franklin Fairbanks and John Mason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Selucius Garfield, Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall and Randolph Appleton Kidder.
  Political families: Appleton #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Appleton #2 family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

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