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Myers family of Norfolk, Virginia

Note: This is just one of 1,325 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 Four 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.

  David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa., April 8, 1732. Astronomer; mathematician; financier; clockmaker; surveyor; Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1777-89; first director of the U.S. Mint, 1792-95. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 26, 1796 (age 64 years, 79 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Matthias Rittenhouse and Elizabeth (Williams) Rittenhouse; married to Eleanor Coulston and Hannah Jacobs; father of Elizabeth Rittenhouse (who married Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant); granduncle of Richard Walker Barton; second great-granduncle of Barton Myers; third great-granduncle of Robert Baldwin Myers.
  Political families: Wise-Sergeant family of Richmond, Virginia; Myers family of Norfolk, Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Rittenhouse Square (originally Southwest Square; renamed 1825) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for him.  — Rittenhouse, a crater on the Moon, about 26 km (16 miles) in diameter, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Moses Myers (1752-1835) — of Norfolk, Va. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1752. Merchant; U.S. Collector of Customs at Norfolk, Va., Virginia, 1820. Jewish. Died in Norfolk, Va., July 10, 1835 (age about 83 years). Interment somewhere in Norfolk, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Rachel (DeLouzada) Myers and Hyam Myers; married 1787 to Elizabeth (Judah) Chapman; father of Myer Myers.
  Political family: Myers family of Norfolk, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Myer Myers (1793-1877) — of Norfolk, Va. Born June 18, 1793. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; banker; Consul for Netherlands in Norfolk, Va., 1835-77; Consul for Great Britain in Norfolk, Va., 1856; Vice-Consul for Brazil in Norfolk, Va., 1864-77. Jewish. Member, Freemasons. Died November 8, 1877 (age 84 years, 143 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Moses Myers and Elizabeth (Judah) Myers; married 1826 to Judith Marx (grandaunt of Barton Myers).
  Political family: Myers family of Norfolk, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Walker Barton (1799-1859) — also known as Richard W. Barton — of Virginia. Born in Frederick County, Va., July 3, 1799. Whig. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1823-24, 1832-35, 1839; U.S. Representative from Virginia 15th District, 1841-43. Slaveowner. Died in Frederick County, Va., March 15, 1859 (age 59 years, 255 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Frederick County, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Peters Barton and Martha (Walker) Barton; married to Alcinda Keene Gibson; married, April 29, 1833, to Caroline Marx; grandfather of Barton Myers; grandnephew of David Rittenhouse; great-grandfather of Robert Baldwin Myers.
  Political family: Myers family of Norfolk, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Barton Myers (1853-1927) — also known as Richard Barton Myers — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Norfolk, Va., March 29, 1853. Vice-Consul for Great Britain in Norfolk, Va., 1877-1923; Vice-Consul for Netherlands in Norfolk, Va., 1878-1904; Vice-Consul for Brazil in Norfolk, Va., 1884-1907; mayor of Norfolk, Va., 1886-88. Jewish ancestry. Died, from mesenteric thrombosis, in Virginia Beach, Va., December 23, 1927 (age 74 years, 269 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Moses Myers and Juliana Grammar (Barton) Myers; married, December 26, 1882, to Virginia Katherine Macky 'Kate' Baldwin; father of Robert Baldwin Myers; grandson of Richard Walker Barton; grandnephew of Judith Marx (who married Myer Myers); second great-grandnephew of David Rittenhouse.
  Political family: Myers family of Norfolk, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Epitaph: "What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly and to love mecy and to walk humbly with thy God?"
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Baldwin Myers (1883-1962) — also known as R. Baldwin Myers — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Norfolk, Va., November 19, 1883. Lawyer; Honorary Consul for Venezuela in Norfolk & Newport News, Va., 1916-29; Vice-Consul for Argentina in Norfolk, Va., 1924. Jewish ancestry. Died in Vienna, Fairfax County, Va., May 5, 1962 (age 78 years, 167 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Barton Myers and Katherine 'Kate' (Baldwin) Myers; married, March 11, 1916, to Anna Louise Smith; great-grandson of Richard Walker Barton; third great-grandnephew of David Rittenhouse.
  Political family: Myers family of Norfolk, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Epitaph: "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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