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Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland

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  Thomas Gantt Jr. (d. 1808) — of Prince George's County, Md. Member, Convention of 1774. Died in 1808. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Susannah Mackall (sister of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall).
  Political family: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Thomas Sim Lee (1745-1819) — of Maryland. Born near Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., October 29, 1745. Governor of Maryland, 1779-82, 1792-94; Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1782-83; delegate to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1792 (voted for George Washington and John Adams); member of Maryland state senate, 1794. Anglican; later Catholic. Died in Middleton Valley, Frederick County, Md., November 9, 1819 (age 74 years, 11 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.; reinterment in 1888 at Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Lee and Christiana (Sim) Lee; married to Mary Digges; father of John Lee; grandfather of Mary Digges Lee (who married Samuel Laurence Gouverneur); great-grandfather of John Lee Carroll and Helen Sophia Carroll (who married Charles Oliver O'Donnell); third great-grandfather of Outerbridge Horsey; first cousin of Richard Potts; first cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; second cousin of Alexander Contee Hanson, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee and Alexander Contee Magruder; second cousin once removed of Daniel Carroll and Charles Carroll of Carrollton; second cousin twice removed of John Read Magruder, Fitzhugh Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and Francis Preston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed of Edward Brooke Lee; second cousin four times removed of Blair Lee III and Edward Brooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Lee Marvin; third cousin of Zachary Taylor; third cousin once removed of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; third cousin twice removed of Hancock Lee Jackson; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham Lincoln, James Sansome Lakin, Elliot Woolfolk Major, John Howell Carroll and Edgar Bailey Woolfolk.
  Political families: Lee-Mason family of Virginia; Lee family of Silver Spring, Maryland; Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland; Carroll #2 family of Baltimore, Maryland; Monroe family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Mackall IV (1745-1807) — of Calvert County, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., August 14, 1745. Lawyer; planter; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1768-71, 1774-76; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1778-1806. Anglican; later Presbyterian. Died in Calvert County, Md., 1807 (age about 61 years). Interment a private or family graveyard, Calvert County, Md.
  Relatives: Son of James John Mackall and Mary (Hance) Mackall; brother of Susannah Mackall (who married Thomas Gantt Jr.), Barbara Mackall (who married Joseph Wilkinson), Thomas Mackall and Priscilla Mackall (who married Robert William Bowie (1750-1818)); married, November 20, 1769, to Rebecca Potts (sister of Richard Potts); uncle of Robert William Bowie (1787-1848) and Margaret Taylor (who married Zachary Taylor); granduncle of Mary Mackell Bowie (who married Reverdy Johnson) and Thomas Fielder Bowie; third great-granduncle of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; fourth great-granduncle of James Jermiah Wadsworth; fifth great-granduncle of James Wadsworth Symington.
  Political family: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Walter Bowie (1748-1810) — of Maryland. Born in Prince George's County, Md., 1748. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1777-97; state court judge in Maryland, 1791-92; member of Maryland state senate, 1801-02; U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1802-05. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Prince George's County, Md., November 9, 1810 (age about 62 years). Interment a private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Capt. William S. Bowie and Margaret (Sprigg) Bowie; brother of Robert William Bowie (1750-1818); married 1771 to Mary Brookes; uncle of Robert William Bowie (1787-1848); granduncle of Mary Mackall Bowie (who married Reverdy Johnson) and Thomas Fielder Bowie; third great-granduncle of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; fourth great-granduncle of James Jermiah Wadsworth; fifth great-granduncle of James Wadsworth Symington.
  Political family: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Robert William Bowie (1750-1818) — also known as Robert Bowie — of Maryland. Born in Prince George's County, Md., March, 1750. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1785-90, 1801-03; justice of the peace; Governor of Maryland, 1803-06, 1811-12; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1808; member of Maryland state senate, 1809-10. Episcopalian. Died in Prince George's County, Md., January 8, 1818 (age 67 years, 0 days). Interment at Bowie Family Cemetery, Croom, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Capt. William S. Bowie and Margaret (Sprigg) Bowie; brother of Walter Bowie; married 1770 to Priscilla Mackall (sister of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall); father of Robert William Bowie (1787-1848); grandfather of Mary Mackall Bowie (who married Reverdy Johnson) and Thomas Fielder Bowie; third great-grandfather of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; fourth great-grandfather of James Jermiah Wadsworth; fifth great-grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington.
  Political family: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Mackall (1751-1799) — of Calvert County, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., August 31, 1751. Planter; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1779. Anglican. Died in Calvert County, Md., 1799 (age about 47 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James John Mackall and Mary (Hance) Mackall; brother of Benjamin Mackall IV, Susannah Mackall (who married Thomas Gantt Jr.), Barbara Mackall (who married Joseph Wilkinson) and Priscilla Mackall (who married Robert William Bowie (1750-1818)); married to Anne Grahame; uncle of Robert William Bowie (1787-1848) and Margaret Taylor (who married Zachary Taylor); granduncle of Thomas Fielder Bowie and Mary Mackell Bowie (who married Reverdy Johnson); third great-granduncle of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; fourth great-granduncle of James Jermiah Wadsworth; fifth great-granduncle of James Wadsworth Symington.
  Political family: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Richard Potts (1753-1808) — of Maryland. Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., July 19, 1753. Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member of Maryland state senate, 1787; delegate to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland, 1791-92, 1796-1801; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1792 (voted for George Washington and John Adams); U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1801-06. Anglican. Slaveowner. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., November 2, 1808 (age 55 years, 106 days). Original interment at All Saints' Parish Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
  Relatives: Brother of Rebecca Potts (who married Benjamin Mackall IV); first cousin of Thomas Sim Lee.
  Political families: Lee-Mason family of Virginia; Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Wilkinson — of Maryland. Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1804. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Barbara Mackall (sister of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall).
  Political family: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  John Johnson (1770-1824) — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., September 12, 1770. Lawyer; member of Maryland state executive council, 1796-97; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1800; member of Maryland state senate, 1801-05; mayor of Annapolis, Md., 1804-05, 1810-11; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1804; Maryland state attorney general, 1806-11; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1808; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1811-21. Died in Hancock, Washington County, Md., July 30, 1824 (age 53 years, 322 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Johnson and Anne Johnson; married to Deborah Ghiselin; father of Reverdy Johnson; second great-grandfather of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third great-grandfather of James Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth great-grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington.
  Political family: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) — also known as "Old Rough and Ready" — Born in Orange County, Va., November 24, 1784. Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; President of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died, probably of gastroenteritis, in the White House, Washington, D.C., July 9, 1850 (age 65 years, 227 days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the theory. Original interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married, June 21, 1810, to Margaret Mackall Smith (niece of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** of Victor D. Crist; first cousin twice removed of Edmund Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot Woolfolk Major and Edgar Bailey Woolfolk; second cousin of James Madison and William Taylor Madison; second cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Arthur Lee, John Penn, John Pendleton Jr., Nathaniel Pendleton, George Madison, Coleby Chew, John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett Hawes Buckner and Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed of John Walker, John Tyler (1747-1813) and Francis Walker; second cousin thrice removed of George Cassety Pendleton, Hubbard T. Smith, Charles M. Pendleton, Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro, Daniel Micajah Pendleton and Max Rogers Strother; second cousin four times removed of Charles Sumner Pendleton; third cousin of Thomas Sim Lee, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee, Philip Clayton Pendleton, Edmund Henry Pendleton and Nathanael Greene Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Robert Brooke, Meriwether Lewis, Richard Aylett Buckner, Henry Gaines Johnson, John Lee, John Tyler (1790-1862), Philip Coleman Pendleton, George Hunt Pendleton and Joseph Henry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Hancock Lee Jackson, Fitzhugh Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, William Barret Pendleton, James Francis Buckner Jr., Francis Key Pendleton, Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton, John Overton Pendleton, Bickerton Lyle Winston and Francis Preston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham Lincoln, John Lee Carroll, Charles Kellogg, James Sansome Lakin and Edward Brooke Lee; fourth cousin of William Byrd III, Francis Taliaferro Helm, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Aylette Buckner, David Gardiner Tyler and Lyon Gardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Willing Byrd, Charles John Helm, Robert Thomas Brooke, Hubbard Dozier Helm and George Washington Thornton Beck.
  Political families: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland; Taylor-Brodhead family of Easton, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: David R. Atchison — Thomas Ewing
  Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Zachary T. CoyZack T. SutleyZachary T. BielbyZachary T. NixonZachary T. HarrisZachary T. MalabyZachary T. DavisZack Space
  Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor never surrenders."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack Bauer, Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest — Elbert B. Smith, The Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate Presidents [anthology]
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  Robert William Bowie (1787-1848) — also known as Robert W. Bowie — of Nottingham, Prince George's County, Md. Born in Croom, Prince George's County, Md., March 3, 1787. Whig. Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1820; Whig Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1836 (voted for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler); delegate to Whig National Convention from Maryland, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee). Died in Prince George's County, Md., January 3, 1848 (age 60 years, 306 days). Interment at Bowie Family Cemetery, Croom, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Robert William Bowie (1750-1818) and Priscilla (Mackall) Bowie; married to Catherine Lansdale; nephew of Benjamin Mackall IV, Walter Bowie and Thomas Mackall; uncle of Thomas Fielder Bowie; second great-granduncle of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third great-granduncle of James Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth great-granduncle of James Wadsworth Symington; first cousin of Margaret Taylor.
  Political family: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Margaret Taylor (1788-1852) — also known as Peggy Taylor; Margaret Mackall Smith — Born in Calvert County, Md., September 21, 1788. First Lady of the United States, 1849-50. Female. Episcopalian. Died in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss., August 14, 1852 (age 63 years, 328 days). Interment at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Daughter of Walter Smith and Ann (Mackall) Smith; married, June 21, 1810, to Zachary Taylor; mother of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson Finis Davis); niece of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall; first cousin of Robert William Bowie; first cousin once removed of Thomas Fielder Bowie; first cousin four times removed of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; first cousin five times removed of James Jermiah Wadsworth; first cousin six times removed of James Wadsworth Symington.
  Political families: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland; Taylor-Brodhead family of Easton, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., May 21, 1796. Whig. Lawyer; member of Maryland state senate, 1821-27; delegate to Whig National Convention from Maryland, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; member, Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker); U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1845-49, 1863-68; U.S. Attorney General, 1849-50; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1861-62; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1868-69. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., February 10, 1876 (age 79 years, 265 days). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Son of John Johnson and Deborah (Ghiselin) Johnson; married, November 16, 1819, to Mary Mackall Bowie (sister of Thomas Fielder Bowie; granddaughter of Robert William Bowie; grandniece of Benjamin Mackall IV, Walter Bowie and Thomas Mackall); grandfather of Louisa Travers (who married James Wolcott Wadsworth); great-grandfather of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; second great-grandfather of James Jermiah Wadsworth; third great-grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington.
  Political families: Wadsworth-Whitney-Symington family of New York; Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Thomas Fielder Bowie (1808-1869) — of Maryland. Born in Prince George's County, Md., April 7, 1808. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1837-38, 1845; candidate for Governor of Maryland, 1843; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; Whig candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1852; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1855-59. Slaveowner. Died in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., October 31, 1869 (age 61 years, 207 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Contee Bowie and Mary Mackall (Bowie) Bowie; brother of Mary Mackall Bowie (who married Reverdy Johnson); nephew of Robert William Bowie (1787-1848); grandson of Robert William Bowie (1750-1818); grandnephew of Benjamin Mackall IV, Walter Bowie and Thomas Mackall; great-granduncle of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; second great-granduncle of James Jermiah Wadsworth; third great-granduncle of James Wadsworth Symington; first cousin once removed of Margaret Taylor.
  Political family: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Jefferson Davis Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) — also known as Jefferson Davis — of Warrenton, Warren County, Miss.; Warren County, Miss. Born in a log cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd County), Ky., June 3, 1808. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; candidate for Mississippi state house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1844; U.S. Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of Mississippi, 1851; U.S. Secretary of War, 1853-57; President of the Confederacy, 1861-65. Captured by Union forces in May 1865 and imprisoned without trial for about two years. Slaveowner. Died of bronchitis and malaria in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., December 6, 1889 (age 81 years, 186 days). Original interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument at Memorial Avenue, Richmond, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married, June 17, 1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Taylor); married, February 25, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter of Richard Howell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who married Richard Brodhead); granduncle of Joseph Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas Edmund Dewey).
  Political families: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland; Taylor-Brodhead family of Easton, Pennsylvania; Dewey-Davis family of Owosso, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Jesse D. Bright — John H. Reagan — Horace Greeley — Solomon Cohen — George W. Jones — Samuel A. Roberts — William T. Sutherlin — Victor Vifquain — Charles O'Conor
  Jeff Davis County, Ga., Jefferson Davis Parish, La., Jefferson Davis County, Miss. and Jeff Davis County, Tex. are named for him.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Jefferson Davis (built 1942 at Mobile, Alabama; scrapped 1961) was named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: J. Davis BrodheadJefferson D. HostetterJefferson D. BlountJefferson Davis CarwileJefferson D. HelmsJefferson Davis WigginsJefferson Davis Parris
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Jefferson Davis: The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881)
  Books about Jefferson Davis: William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoir by His Wife — William C. Davis, An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter Donald Kennedy, Was Jefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway & Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson Davis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen, Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart — Clint Johnson, Pursuit: The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release of Confederate President Jefferson Davis
  Image source: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 9, 1861
  Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. (1830-1923) — also known as Edmund H. Taylor, Jr. — of Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky. Born in 1830. Democrat. Mayor of Frankfort, Ky., 1871-77, 1881-90; member of Kentucky state senate 20th District, 1902-04. Died in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., January 19, 1923 (age about 92 years). Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  Relatives: Grandnephew of Zachary Taylor.
  Political family: Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846-1926) — also known as James W. Wadsworth — of Geneseo, Livingston County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 12, 1846. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York state assembly from Livingston County, 1878-79; New York state comptroller, 1880-81; U.S. Representative from New York, 1881-85, 1891-1907 (27th District 1881-85, 31st District 1891-93, 30th District 1893-1903, 34th District 1903-07); defeated, 1906; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884, 1904; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 43rd District, 1915. Died in Washington, D.C., December 24, 1926 (age 80 years, 73 days). Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Samuel Wadsworth and Mary Craig (Wharton) Wadsworth; brother of Charles Frederick Wadsworth; married 1876 to Louisa Travers (granddaughter of Reverdy Johnson); father of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; grandfather of James Jermiah Wadsworth; great-grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington; second great-grandson of Erastus Wolcott; second great-grandnephew of Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third great-grandson of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin of Edward Oliver Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin once removed of John William Allen, Henry Titus Backus, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed of Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799) and Daniel Pitkin; fourth cousin of Eli Coe Birdsey (1799-1843), George Harrison Hall and Alfred Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed of Morris Woodruff, Elisha Hunt Allen, George Washington Wolcott, Eli Coe Birdsey (1843-1929), Lawson Wooding Hall and Selden Chapin.
  Political families: Wadsworth-Whitney-Symington family of New York; Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnson family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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