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Ellsworth family of Windsor, Connecticut

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  Roger Wolcott (1679-1767) — of Windsor, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., 1679. Colonial Governor of Connecticut, 1750-54. Died in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., May 17, 1767 (age about 87 years). Interment at Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Simon Wolcott and Martha (Pitkin) Wolcott; married to Sarah Drake; father of Erastus Wolcott, Ursula Wolcott (who married Matthew Griswold (1714-1799)) and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; grandfather of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, Mary Ann Wolcott (who married Chauncey Goodrich) and Frederick Wolcott; granduncle of Abigail Wolcott (who married Oliver Ellsworth); great-granduncle of Samuel Clesson Allen, William Wolcott Ellsworth and Henry Leavitt Ellsworth; second great-grandfather of John William Allen, James Samuel Wadsworth, Henry Titus Backus, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); second great-granduncle of Elisha Hunt Allen and George Washington Wolcott; third great-grandfather of Charles Frederick Wadsworth, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott and Alfred Wolcott; third great-granduncle of Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, William Fessenden Allen and Frederick Hobbes Allen; fourth great-grandfather of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden Chapin; fourth great-granduncle of Judson H. Warner and Henry Augustus Wolcott; fifth great-grandfather of James Jermiah Wadsworth and Frederic Lincoln Chapin; sixth great-grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington; first cousin once removed of William Pitkin; first cousin twice removed of Daniel Pitkin; first cousin thrice removed of James Hillhouse and Timothy Pitkin; first cousin four times removed of Phineas Lyman Tracy, Albert Haller Tracy and John Robert Graham Pitkin; first cousin five times removed of Edmund Holcomb, Joseph Pomeroy Root, George Griswold Sill, Frederick Walker Pitkin and Luther S. Pitkin; first cousin six times removed of Augustus Brandegee, George Frederick Stone, Clarence Horatio Pitkin, Carroll Peabody Pitkin, Caleb Seymour Pitkin, Harry Kear Wolcott, Eldred C. Pitkin and Henry Merrill Wolcott; first cousin seven times removed of Thomas Theodore Prentis, Frank Fiske Bostwick, Frank Bosworth Brandegee and Ephraim Henry Cowles.
  Political families: Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoar family of Massachusetts; Kidder-Wolcott family; Wolcott #1 family of Connecticut; Ellsworth family of Windsor, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) — of Connecticut. Born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., April 29, 1745. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1777-84; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1780-85, 1802-07; died in office 1807; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1785-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1789-96; received 11 electoral votes, 1796; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1800; resigned 1800. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., November 26, 1807 (age 62 years, 211 days). Interment at Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of David Ellsworth and Jemima (Leavitt) Ellsworth; married 1772 to Abigail Wolcott (grandniece of Roger Wolcott); father of Delia Ellsworth (who married Thomas Scott Williams), Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; second cousin of Jonathan Hunt; second cousin once removed of Abijah Blodget; second cousin twice removed of Harrison Blodget, Elisha Hunt Allen and Gouverneur Morris; second cousin thrice removed of William Fessenden Allen, Walter Harrison Blodget and Frederick Hobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed of Luther Thomas Ellsworth; second cousin five times removed of Hallet Thomas Ellsworth and Wayne Lyman Morse; third cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold and Elisha Phelps; third cousin twice removed of Hezekiah Case, Oliver Owen Forward, Walter Forward, Abiel Case, Chauncey Forward, Edmund Holcomb, Jairus Case, Norman A. Phelps, Anson Levi Holcomb, George Smith Catlin, John Smith Phelps, William Gleason Jr. and Allen Jacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed of Parmenio Adams, Oliver Dwight Filley, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, William Dean Kellogg, Charles Jenkins Hayden, Almon Case, Noah Webster Holcomb, Edwin Carpenter Pinney, William Walter Phelps and Lafayette Blanchard Gleason.
  Political families: Wolcott #1 family of Connecticut; Ellsworth family of Windsor, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The city of Ellsworth, Maine, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Durham, Middlesex County, Conn., March 24, 1761. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1795-1802; Federalist Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1796; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1799-1801; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1803-17; mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1803-22; resigned 1822; county judge in Connecticut, 1805-18. Slaveowner. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., November 2, 1849 (age 88 years, 223 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Elizur Goodrich (1734-1797) and Catharine (Chauncey) Goodrich; brother of Chauncey Goodrich; married to Annie Willard Allen; father of Nancy Allen Goodrich (who married Henry Leavitt Ellsworth); second great-granduncle of Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; fourth great-granduncle of Marietta Peabody Tree and Endicott Peabody; second cousin thrice removed of Frederic Holdrege Bontecou; third cousin once removed of Thomas Chittenden and Samuel Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Hard, Charles Robert Sherman, Gideon Hard, Norman A. Phelps and Elizur Stillman Goodrich; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, Hiram Bidwell Case, Lampson Parker Sherman, John Sherman, Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin, John Ransom Buck, William Walter Phelps, Katherine Cornelia Abbe, Addison Beecher Colvin, Albert Norton Abbe, Frank H. Abbe, Horace Lincoln Abbe and Herbert Ernest Powell; fourth cousin of Jabez Huntington, John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Martin Chittenden, Samuel H. Huntington, Henry Huntington, Frederick Wolcott and Gurdon Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington, Zina Hyde Jr., Chittenden Lyon, Theodore Davenport, Nathaniel Huntington, Josiah C. Chittenden, James Huntington, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Charles Phelps Huntington, Clark S. Chittenden, Abel Madison Scranton, Elisha Mills Huntington, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington and Alanson Pike.
  Political families: Wolcott #1 family of Connecticut; Ellsworth family of Windsor, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Scott Williams (1777-1861) — also known as Thomas S. Williams — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., June 26, 1777. Whig. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hartford, 1813-16, 1819, 1825, 1827-29; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1817-19; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1829-47; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1831-35. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., December 15, 1861 (age 84 years, 172 days). Interment at Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Married 1812 to Delia Ellsworth (daughter of Oliver Ellsworth).
  Political family: Ellsworth family of Windsor, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  William Wolcott Ellsworth (1791-1868) — also known as William W. Ellsworth — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., November 10, 1791. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1829-34; resigned 1834; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hartford, 1835; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1836; Governor of Connecticut, 1838-42; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1847-61. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., January 15, 1868 (age 76 years, 66 days). Interment at Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Oliver Ellsworth and Abigail (Wolcott) Ellsworth; great-grandnephew of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); fourth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; fourth great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; first cousin twice removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Jonathan Hunt, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin twice removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Samuel Clesson Allen and Abijah Blodget; third cousin once removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799), Daniel Pitkin, Harrison Blodget, John William Allen, Elisha Hunt Allen, James Samuel Wadsworth, Gouverneur Morris, Henry Titus Backus, George Washington Wolcott, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed of Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, William Fessenden Allen, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott, Walter Harrison Blodget, Alfred Wolcott and Frederick Hobbes Allen; third cousin thrice removed of Robert Treat Paine, Judson H. Warner, Luther Thomas Ellsworth, Henry Augustus Wolcott, James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden Chapin; fourth cousin of James Hillhouse, Timothy Pitkin, Gaylord Griswold, Elisha Phelps and Gideon Hard; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Hezekiah Case, Gershom Birdsey, Benjamin Hard, Oliver Owen Forward, Walter Forward, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Abiel Case, Chauncey Forward, Albert Haller Tracy, Israel Coe, Eli Coe Birdsey, Edmund Holcomb, Jairus Case, Norman A. Phelps, Anson Levi Holcomb, George Smith Catlin, John Smith Phelps, William Gleason Jr., John Robert Graham Pitkin, Caleb Seymour Pitkin and Allen Jacob Holcomb; twin brother of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth.
  Political family: Ellsworth family of Windsor, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791-1858) — also known as Henry L. Ellsworth; "Father of the U.S. Department of Agriculture" — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., November 10, 1791. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hartford, 1830; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1835; resigned 1835; commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office, 1835-45. Died in Fair Haven, New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., December 28, 1858 (age 67 years, 48 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Oliver Ellsworth and Abigail (Wolcott) Ellsworth; married, June 22, 1813, to Nancy Allen Goodrich (daughter of Elizur Goodrich); married to Marietta Mariana Bartlett and Catherine Smith; great-grandnephew of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); fourth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; fourth great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; first cousin twice removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Jonathan Hunt, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin twice removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Samuel Clesson Allen and Abijah Blodget; third cousin once removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799), Daniel Pitkin, Harrison Blodget, John William Allen, Elisha Hunt Allen, James Samuel Wadsworth, Gouverneur Morris, Henry Titus Backus, George Washington Wolcott, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed of Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, William Fessenden Allen, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott, Walter Harrison Blodget, Alfred Wolcott and Frederick Hobbes Allen; third cousin thrice removed of Robert Treat Paine, Judson H. Warner, Luther Thomas Ellsworth, Henry Augustus Wolcott, James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden Chapin; fourth cousin of James Hillhouse, Timothy Pitkin, Gaylord Griswold, Elisha Phelps and Gideon Hard; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Hezekiah Case, Gershom Birdsey, Benjamin Hard, Oliver Owen Forward, Walter Forward, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Abiel Case, Chauncey Forward, Albert Haller Tracy, Israel Coe, Eli Coe Birdsey, Edmund Holcomb, Jairus Case, Norman A. Phelps, Anson Levi Holcomb, George Smith Catlin, John Smith Phelps, William Gleason Jr., John Robert Graham Pitkin, Caleb Seymour Pitkin and Allen Jacob Holcomb; twin brother of William Wolcott Ellsworth.
  Political families: Wolcott #1 family of Connecticut; Ellsworth family of Windsor, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry L. Ellsworth (built 1943 at New Orleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1968) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Luther Thomas Ellsworth (1853-1914) — also known as Luther T. Ellsworth — of East Richfield, Summit County, Ohio; Elkhart, Elkhart County, Ind.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in West Richfield, Summit County, Ohio, November 13, 1853. Stockholder, directtor, and secretary of a gold mining company; school teacher; foreman of railway coaling station; U.S. Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1898-1903; Cartagena, 1903-07; Chihuahua, 1907; Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1907-13. Died in Summit County, Ohio, July 2, 1914 (age 60 years, 231 days). Interment at West Richfield Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Harriet Melinda (Dustin) Ellsworth and Elisha T. Ellsworth; uncle of Hallet Thomas Ellsworth; second cousin thrice removed of Abijah Blodget; second cousin four times removed of Jonathan Hunt and Oliver Ellsworth; third cousin twice removed of Harrison Blodget; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed of Walter Harrison Blodget.
  Political family: Ellsworth family of Windsor, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hallet Thomas Ellsworth (1885-1974) — of Laredo, Webb County, Tex. Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex., November 7, 1885. Office clerk; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1912. Died, from arteriosclerotic heart disease, in Northeast Baptist Hospital, San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., December 26, 1974 (age 89 years, 49 days). Interment at Mission Burial Park North, San Antonio, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Hallet Earnest Ellsworth and Amelia Frances (McComb) Ellsworth; married to Maggie Belle Scott; nephew of Luther Thomas Ellsworth; second cousin four times removed of Abijah Blodget; second cousin five times removed of Jonathan Hunt and Oliver Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed of Harrison Blodget.
  Political family: Ellsworth family of Windsor, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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