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	Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797) — of Williston, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., January 6, 1730. Governor of Vermont, 1778-89, 1790-97; died in office 1797. Died in Williston, Chittenden County, Vt., August 25, 1797 (age 67 years, 231 days). Interment at Thomas Chittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vt.; statue at State House Grounds, Montpelier, Vt.; statue at Town Green, Williston, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Chittenden and Mary (Johnson) Chittenden; married 1749 to Elizabeth Meigs; father of Mary Chittenden (who married Jonas Galusha), Beulah Chittenden (who married Matthew Lyon) and Martin Chittenden; grandfather of Chittenden Lyon; first cousin twice removed of Josiah C. Chittenden and Abel Madison Scranton; first cousin thrice removed of Roger Calvin Leete; second cousin twice removed of Jeduthun Wilcox, Clark S. Chittenden and Russell Sage; second cousin thrice removed of Leonard Wilcox and Edgar Jared Doolittle; second cousin four times removed of Charles H. Chittenden; third cousin once removed of Chauncey Goodrich, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Elizur Goodrich and Frederick Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Ensign Hosmer Kellogg and Eli Coe Birdsey; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Lyman Huntington, Frederick Walker Pitkin and Roger Wolcott; fourth cousin of Jonathan Hunt, Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr. and Josiah Meigs; fourth cousin once removed of Return Jonathan Meigs Jr., Elijah Hunt Mills, Henry Meigs and Zina Hyde Jr..   Political family: Chittenden family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Chittenden County, Vt. is named for him.   The town of Chittenden, Vermont, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Men of Vermont (1894)
	Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr. (1740-1823) — Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., December 28, 1740. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justice of the peace; member of Northwest Territory House of Representatives, 1799-1801; U.S. Indian Agent to Cherokee Nation in Tennessee, 1801-23. Died in Bradley County, Tenn., January 28, 1823 (age 82 years, 31 days). Interment at Garrison Cemetery, Dayton, Tenn.   Relatives: Son of Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother of Josiah Meigs; married, February 14, 1764, to Joanna Winborn; married, December 22, 1774, to Grace Starr; father of Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.; uncle of Henry Meigs; grandfather of Return Jonathan Meigs III; granduncle of Henry Meigs Jr. and John Forsyth Jr.; first cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden; first cousin twice removed of Chittenden Lyon; second cousin twice removed of John Willard; second cousin thrice removed of Roger Calvin Leete; third cousin of Jonathan Hunt; third cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills; third cousin twice removed of Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., Elisha Hunt Allen, Anson Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur Morris, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, William Dean Kellogg and Charles Jenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles H. Eastman, William Fessenden Allen, Rush Green Leaming, Frederick Walker Pitkin, Alvred Bayard Nettleton, Robert Cleveland Usher, Charles M. Hotchkiss, Frederick Hobbes Allen, Allen Clarence Wilcox and Carl Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin of Thomas Chittenden; fourth cousin once removed of Zina Hyde Jr..   Political families: Chittenden family of Connecticut; Meigs family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Meigs County, Tenn. is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Matthew Lyon (1749-1822) — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in County Wicklow, Ireland, July 14, 1749. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1779-83; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1797-1801; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1802; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1803-11; defeated, 1810. Convicted and jailed in 1789 under the Sedition Act. Slaveowner. Died in Spadra Bluff, Johnson County, Ark., August 1, 1822 (age 73 years, 18 days). Original interment at Spadra Bluff Cemetery, Spadra Bluff, Ark.; reinterment in 1833 at River View Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.   Relatives: Married to Mary Hosford and Beulah Chittenden (daughter of Thomas Chittenden; sister of Martin Chittenden); father of Chittenden Lyon; great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn.   Political family: Chittenden family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Matthew Lyon: Aleine Austin, Matthew Lyon, 'New Man' of the Democratic Revolution, 1749-1822
	Jonas Galusha (1753-1834) — of Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vt. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., February 11, 1753. Farmer; innkeeper; Bennington County Sheriff, 1781-87; member of Vermont Governor's Council, 1793-98, 1801-05; justice of Vermont state supreme court, 1807-08; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1808 (voted for James Madison and John Langdon); Governor of Vermont, 1809-13, 1815-20; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1820 (voted for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins); Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1824 (voted for John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun); Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1828 (voted for John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush). Died in Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vt., September 24, 1834 (age 81 years, 225 days). Interment at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Galusha and Lydia (Huntington) Galusha; married to Mary Chittenden (daughter of Thomas Chittenden; brother of Martin Chittenden), Martha Sammons, Abigail Ward and Abigail Atwater.   Political family: Chittenden family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Men of Vermont (1894)
	Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; St. Georges, Bermuda; Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., August 21, 1757. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; acting president, University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in Washington, D.C., September 4, 1822 (age 65 years, 14 days). Original interment at Holmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr.; married 1782 to Clara Benjamin; father of Henry Meigs and Clara Meigs (who married John Forsyth); uncle of Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather of Henry Meigs Jr. and John Forsyth Jr.; granduncle of Return Jonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden; first cousin twice removed of Chittenden Lyon; second cousin twice removed of John Willard; second cousin thrice removed of Roger Calvin Leete; third cousin of Jonathan Hunt; third cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills; third cousin twice removed of Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., Elisha Hunt Allen, Anson Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur Morris, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, William Dean Kellogg and Charles Jenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles H. Eastman, William Fessenden Allen, Rush Green Leaming, Frederick Walker Pitkin, Alvred Bayard Nettleton, Robert Cleveland Usher, Charles M. Hotchkiss, Frederick Hobbes Allen, Allen Clarence Wilcox and Carl Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin of Thomas Chittenden; fourth cousin once removed of Zina Hyde Jr..   Political families: Chittenden family of Connecticut; Meigs family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The city of Meigs, Georgia, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Martin Chittenden (1763-1840) — of Williston, Chittenden County, Vt.; Jericho, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn., March 12, 1763. Member of Vermont state legislature, 1800; U.S. Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1803-13; Governor of Vermont, 1813-15. Died in Williston, Chittenden County, Vt., September 5, 1840 (age 77 years, 177 days). Interment at Thomas Chittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Chittenden and Elizabeth (Meigs) Chittenden; brother of Mary Chittenden (who married Jonas Galusha) and Beulah Chittenden (who married Matthew Lyon); married to Anna Bentley; uncle of Chittenden Lyon; third great-grandnephew of John Winthrop (1606-1676); fourth great-grandson of John Winthrop (1588-1649); first cousin once removed of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr. and Josiah Meigs; first cousin four times removed of Fitz-John Winthrop; second cousin of Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. and Henry Meigs; second cousin once removed of Josiah C. Chittenden, Return Jonathan Meigs III, Abel Madison Scranton, Henry Meigs Jr. and John Forsyth Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Roger Calvin Leete; third cousin once removed of Jonathan Hunt, Jeduthun Wilcox, John Willard, Clark S. Chittenden and Russell Sage; third cousin twice removed of Leonard Wilcox and Edgar Jared Doolittle; third cousin thrice removed of Charles H. Chittenden; fourth cousin of Chauncey Goodrich, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Elizur Goodrich, Frederick Wolcott and Elijah Hunt Mills; fourth cousin once removed of Enoch Woodbridge, Thomas Lindall Winthrop, Timothy Pitkin, Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., Alvah Nash, David Parmalee Kelsey, Elisha Hunt Allen, Anson Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur Morris, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, William Dean Kellogg, Charles Jenkins Hayden and Eli Coe Birdsey.   Political families: Chittenden family of Connecticut; Meigs family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Men of Vermont (1894)
	Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842) — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vt., February 22, 1787. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1822; member of Kentucky state senate, 1827; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1827-35 (12th District 1827-33, 1st District 1833-35). Slaveowner. Died in Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky., November 23, 1842 (age 55 years, 274 days). Interment at River View Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Matthew Lyon and Beulah (Chittenden) Lyon; married 1817 to Nancy Vaughn; married to Fances Baker; father of Margaret Aurelia Lyon (who married Willis Benson Machen); nephew of Martin Chittenden; grandson of Thomas Chittenden; fourth great-grandnephew of John Winthrop (1606-1676); fifth great-grandson of John Winthrop (1588-1649); first cousin twice removed of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr. and Josiah Meigs; first cousin five times removed of Fitz-John Winthrop; second cousin once removed of Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. and Henry Meigs; third cousin of Josiah C. Chittenden, Return Jonathan Meigs III, Abel Madison Scranton, Henry Meigs Jr. and John Forsyth Jr.; third cousin once removed of Roger Calvin Leete; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan Hunt; fourth cousin of Jeduthun Wilcox, John Willard, Clark S. Chittenden and Russell Sage; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Goodrich, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Elizur Goodrich, Frederick Wolcott, Elijah Hunt Mills, Leonard Wilcox and Edgar Jared Doolittle.   Political family: Chittenden family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Lyon County, Ky. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Josiah C. Chittenden (1794-1865) — of Killingworth, Middlesex County, Conn.; Clinton, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., May 21, 1794. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1838-39 (Killingworth 1838, Clinton 1839). Died in Clinton, Middlesex County, Conn., September 14, 1865 (age 71 years, 116 days). Interment at Indian River cemetery, Clinton, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Anson Chittenden and Submit (Coan) Chittenden; married to Siba Hand; first cousin of Abel Madison Scranton; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Chittenden; second cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden and Roger Calvin Leete; third cousin of Chittenden Lyon; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan Hunt; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Goodrich, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Elizur Goodrich and Frederick Wolcott.   Political family: Chittenden family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Clark S. Chittenden (1803-1892) — of Hopkinton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., May 16, 1803. Republican. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from St. Lawrence County 3rd District, 1860-61. Died in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., May 18, 1892 (age 89 years, 2 days). Interment at Fort Jackson Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Solomon Chittenden and Susannah (Sanford) Chittenden; married, January 8, 1828, to Julia A. Sheldon; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Chittenden and Charles H. Chittenden; third cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden and Elisha Kelsey; fourth cousin of David Kelsey and Chittenden Lyon; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Goodrich, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Elizur Goodrich, Frederick Wolcott and David Parmalee Kelsey.   Political family: Chittenden family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Willis Benson Machen (1810-1893) — also known as Willis B. Machen — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in Caldwell County (part now in Lyon County), Ky., April 10, 1810. Democrat. Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky state senate, 1854; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1856, 1860; delegate to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress 1st District, 1862-65; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1872-73; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1872; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876. Slaveowner. Died in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., September 29, 1893 (age 83 years, 172 days). Interment at River View Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Henry Ballenger Machen and Nancy (Tarrant) Machen; married to Margaret Aurelia Lyon (daughter of Chittenden Lyon) and Victoria Theresa Mims; father of Minerva Buckner Machen (who married Anthony Dickson Sayre); grandfather of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald.   Political family: Chittenden family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Charles H. Chittenden (1852-1933) — of Killingworth, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Killingworth, Middlesex County, Conn., September 15, 1852. Democrat. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Killingworth; elected 1918; defeated, 1920. Died in Killingworth, Middlesex County, Conn., January 21, 1933 (age 80 years, 128 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Killingworth, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Henry Chittenden and Harriet E. (Landon) Chittenden; married, December 30, 1873, to Jennie Winslow; sixth great-grandson of John Leverett; seventh great-grandson of Thomas Willett and William Leete; first cousin thrice removed of Luther Hotchkiss; second cousin once removed of George Landon Ingraham; second cousin twice removed of Clark S. Chittenden; second cousin four times removed of Thomas Chittenden and Benjamin Tallmadge; second cousin five times removed of Pierpont Edwards; third cousin of Daniel Phoenix Ingraham; third cousin thrice removed of Martin Chittenden, Elisha Kelsey and Frederick Augustus Tallmadge.   Political family: Chittenden family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial