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Packer-Burrows family of Mystic, Connecticut

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.

  Daniel Burrows (1766-1858) — of Hebron, Tolland County, Conn.; Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Fort Hill, Groton, New London County, Conn., October 26, 1766. Democrat. Carriage and wagon manufacturer; Methodist minister; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1816-20, 1826 (Hebron 1816-20, Middletown 1826); delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1821-23. Died in Mystic, Stonington, New London County, Conn., January 23, 1858 (age 91 years, 89 days). Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Stonington, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Silas Burrows and Mary (Smith) Burrows; married, December 16, 1787, to Mary Avery; uncle of Lorenzo Burrows; first cousin of Daniel Packer; first cousin once removed of Asa Packer; first cousin twice removed of Robert Asa Packer; second cousin of Jared Lewis Rathbone; second cousin once removed of Charles Marsh Pendleton, Cyrus Henry Pendleton, Henry Reed Rathbone and Jared Lawrence Rathbone; second cousin twice removed of Ezekiel Cornell, Calvin Crane Pendleton, Edward Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph Palmer Dyer, Charles Henry Pendleton, Harris Pendleton, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Nathan William Pendleton, James Pendleton, Eckford Gustavus Pendleton and Henry Riggs Rathbone; second cousin thrice removed of Cornelius Welles Pendleton and Claudius Victor Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Calvin Tilden Hulburd; fourth cousin of Ezra Cornell; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Henry Littlefield, Alonzo Barton Cornell and Henry Stark Culver.
  Political family: Packer-Burrows family of Mystic, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Daniel Packer (1783-1838) — of Canterbury, Windham County, Conn. Born in Mystic, Stonington, New London County, Conn., January 15, 1783. Member of Connecticut state senate 13th District, 1831. Baptist. Died in Windham County, Conn., January 9, 1838 (age 54 years, 359 days). Interment at Packer Cemetery, Canterbury, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Lucy (Smith) Packer and Elisha Packer; married, March 19, 1809, to Mary 'Polly' Avery; uncle of Asa Packer; granduncle of Robert Asa Packer; first cousin of Daniel Burrows; first cousin once removed of Lorenzo Burrows; second cousin twice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan R. Herrick and Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin thrice removed of D-Cady Herrick, Herman Arod Gager and Walter Richmond Herrick; fourth cousin of Jabez Williams Huntington and William Waigstill Avery; fourth cousin once removed of Enoch C. Chapman, Henry Brewster Stanton, Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan and Edwin Denison Morgan.
  Political family: Packer-Burrows family of Mystic, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lorenzo Burrows (1805-1885) — of Albion, Orleans County, N.Y. Born in Groton, New London County, Conn., March 15, 1805. U.S. Representative from New York 34th District, 1849-53; New York state comptroller, 1856-57; candidate for Governor of New York, 1858. Died in Albion, Orleans County, N.Y., March 6, 1885 (age 79 years, 356 days). Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Roswell Burrows and Jerusha (Avery) Burrows; married, May 11, 1830, to Louisa Lord; nephew of Daniel Burrows; grandnephew of Waightstill Avery; fourth great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; first cousin once removed of Daniel Packer; second cousin of Asa Packer and William Waigstill Avery; second cousin once removed of Jared Lewis Rathbone and Robert Asa Packer; second cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; third cousin of Charles Marsh Pendleton, Cyrus Henry Pendleton, Henry Reed Rathbone and Jared Lawrence Rathbone; third cousin once removed of Noyes Barber, Calvin Crane Pendleton, Edward Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph Palmer Dyer, Charles Henry Pendleton, Harris Pendleton, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Nathan William Pendleton, James Pendleton, Eckford Gustavus Pendleton and Henry Riggs Rathbone; third cousin twice removed of Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter Buell Porter, Horace Billings Packer, Cornelius Welles Pendleton and Claudius Victor Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed of Robert Treat Paine; fourth cousin of Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan, Edwin Denison Morgan, Nathan Belcher and Alfred Avery Burnham; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Benjamin Trumbull, Elisha Phelps, Lancelot Phelps, William Augustus Bird, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Henry Brewster Stanton, Peter Buell Porter Jr., Ezra Cornell, Calvin Tilden Hulburd, Peter Augustus Porter, Judson B. Phelps, Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, William Henry Bulkeley, William Frederick Morgan Rowland and Monroe Marsh Sweetland.
  Political families: Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family of North Carolina; Packer-Burrows family of Mystic, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Asa Packer (1805-1879) — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa. Born in Mystic, Stonington, New London County, Conn., December 20, 1805. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1842-43; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1843-48; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860, 1864; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1869. Episcopalian. Founder, Lehigh Valley Railroad; founder, in 1865, of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. By some accounts, he had the largest fortune in Pennsylvania at the time. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 17, 1879 (age 73 years, 148 days). Interment at Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Elisha Packer and Desiree (Packer) Packer; married, January 23, 1828, to Sarah Minerva Blakeslee; father of Robert Asa Packer; nephew of Daniel Packer; first cousin once removed of Daniel Burrows; second cousin of Lorenzo Burrows; second cousin twice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan R. Herrick and Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin thrice removed of D-Cady Herrick, Herman Arod Gager and Walter Richmond Herrick; fourth cousin of Jabez Williams Huntington and William Waigstill Avery; fourth cousin once removed of Enoch C. Chapman, Henry Brewster Stanton, Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan and Edwin Denison Morgan.
  Political family: Packer-Burrows family of Mystic, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Josef Marie Piollet — of Wysox, Bradford County, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Uncle by marriage of Robert Asa Packer.
  Political family: Packer-Burrows family of Mystic, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Robert Asa Packer (1842-1883) — also known as R. A. Packer — of Wysox, Bradford County, Pa. Born in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa., November 18, 1842. Democrat. President, Northern Division, Lehigh Valley Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876, 1880. Died, of Bright's disease, in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., February 20, 1883 (age 40 years, 94 days). Original interment at Tioga Point Cemetery, Near Sayre, Bradford County, Pa.; reinterment in 1884 at Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Asa Packer and Sarah Minerva (Blakeslee) Packer; married to Emily V. Piollet; nephew by marriage of Josef Marie Piollet; grandnephew of Daniel Packer; first cousin twice removed of Daniel Burrows; second cousin once removed of Lorenzo Burrows; second cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin twice removed of Luther Hotchkiss; fourth cousin once removed of Jabez Williams Huntington, William Waigstill Avery, Jonathan R. Herrick, Alfred Avery Burnham and Doraf Wilmot Blakeslee.
  Political family: Packer-Burrows family of Mystic, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The Robert Packer Memorial Hospital (now Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital), in Sayre, Pennsylvania, is named for him.

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