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Pickman family of Salem, Massachusetts

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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.

  Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass.; Luzerne County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., July 17, 1745. Farmer; Essex County Register of Deeds, 1774-77; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1775, 1802-03; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1776; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789; U.S. Postmaster General, 1791-95; U.S. Secretary of War, 1795; U.S. Secretary of State, 1795-1800; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-11; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 2nd District 1815-17); member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1817-18. Puritan; later Unitarian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Censured by the Senate in 1811 for violating an injunction of secrecy. Died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., January 29, 1829 (age 83 years, 196 days). Interment at Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Timothy Pickering (1703-1778) and Mary (Wingate) Pickering; married, April 8, 1776, to Rebecca White; granduncle of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; second great-granduncle of John Gardner Coolidge and Augustus Peabody Gardner; third great-granduncle of John Lee Saltonstall; fourth great-granduncle of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall, William Gurdon Saltonstall, John Lee Saltonstall Jr. and William Amory Gardner Minot; fifth great-granduncle of Marietta Peabody Tree, Endicott Peabody, William Lawrence Saltonstall and John Forbes Kerry; ancestor *** of Susan Walker FitzGerald; first cousin once removed of Benjamin Goodhue and John Wingate Weeks (1781-1853); first cousin thrice removed of John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926); first cousin four times removed of Charles Sinclair Weeks; second cousin twice removed of John Albion Andrew; second cousin thrice removed of Isaac Libbey, John Forrester Andrew and Henry Hersey Andrew; second cousin four times removed of Llewellyn Libby and William F. Nason; second cousin five times removed of Augustine B. Libby, Albanah Harvey Libby and Frederick Edwin Hanscom; third cousin once removed of Luther Walter Badger; third cousin twice removed of Amos Tuck; third cousin thrice removed of Hiram Augustus Huse (1840-1907) and Hiram Augustus Huse (1843-1902).
  Political families: Weeks family of Lancaster, New Hampshire; Pickman family of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Timothy Pickering: David McLean, Timothy Pickering and the Age of the American Revolution — Gerald H. Clarfield, Timothy Pickering and the American Republic
  Benjamin Pickman Jr. (1763-1843) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., September 30, 1763. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1797-1802, 1812-13; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1803; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1809-11. Died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., August 16, 1843 (age 79 years, 320 days). Interment at Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Mary (Barton) Toppan Pickman and Benjamin Pickman; married, October 20, 1789, to Anstiss Derby; father of Benjamin Toppan Pickman; great-grandfather of George Peabody Wetmore; second great-grandfather of Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore; first cousin of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; first cousin twice removed of George Bailey Loring.
  Political family: Pickman family of Salem, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Dudley Leavitt Pickman (1779-1846) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., 1779. Shipowner; importer and exporter; investor and stockholder in cotton and woolen mills and railroads; financier; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1820. Died November 4, 1846 (age about 67 years). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of William Pickman and Eliza (Leavitt) Pickman; married, September 6, 1810, to Catherine Saunders (sister-in-law of Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845)); grandnephew of Timothy Pickering; first cousin of Benjamin Pickman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Benjamin Toppan Pickman; first cousin twice removed of George Bailey Loring; first cousin thrice removed of George Peabody Wetmore; first cousin four times removed of Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Goodhue and John Wingate Weeks (1781-1853); second cousin twice removed of John Gardner Coolidge and Augustus Peabody Gardner; second cousin thrice removed of John Lee Saltonstall; second cousin four times removed of Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979), Richard Saltonstall, William Gurdon Saltonstall, John Lee Saltonstall Jr. and William Amory Gardner Minot; second cousin five times removed of Marietta Peabody Tree, Endicott Peabody, William Lawrence Saltonstall and John Forbes Kerry; third cousin once removed of John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926); third cousin twice removed of Charles Sinclair Weeks; fourth cousin of John Albion Andrew; fourth cousin once removed of Luther Walter Badger, Isaac Libbey, John Forrester Andrew and Henry Hersey Andrew.
  Political families: Saltonstall family of Massachusetts; Pickman family of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Haverhill, Essex County, Mass., June 13, 1783. Whig. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1813-14, 1816, 1822, 1829, 1834, 1844; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1817-19; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; mayor of Salem, Mass., 1836-38; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1838-43. Died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., May 8, 1845 (age 61 years, 329 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Saltonstall and Anna (White) Saltonstall; married, March 14, 1811, to Mary Elizabeth Saunders (sister-in-law of Dudley Leavitt Pickman); father of Leverett Saltonstall (1825-1895); granduncle of John Lee Saltonstall; great-grandfather of Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979) and Richard Saltonstall; great-grandnephew of Gurdon Saltonstall (1666-1724); great-granduncle of William Gurdon Saltonstall and John Lee Saltonstall Jr.; second great-grandfather of William Lawrence Saltonstall; first cousin twice removed of Gurdon Saltonstall (1708-1785); third cousin twice removed of James Rodes Saltonstall; third cousin thrice removed of James Coats Auchincloss, Gordon Auchincloss and Hugh Dudley Auchincloss.
  Political families: Saltonstall family of Massachusetts; Pickman family of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Saltonstall Elementary School, in Salem, Massachusetts, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Toppan Pickman (1790-1835) — also known as Benjamin T. Pickman — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., 1790. Member of Massachusetts state senate, 1833-35. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 12, 1835 (age about 44 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Pickman Jr. and Anstiss (Derby) Pickman; married to Hannah Bright; granduncle of George Peabody Wetmore; great-granduncle of Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore; first cousin once removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; second cousin once removed of George Bailey Loring.
  Political families: Pickman family of Salem, Massachusetts; Wetmore family of Newport, Rhode Island (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  George Peabody Wetmore (1846-1921) — also known as George P. Wetmore — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in London, England, of American parents, August 2, 1846. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1880 (voted for James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur); Republican Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1884 (voted for James G. Blaine and John A. Logan); Governor of Rhode Island, 1885-87; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1895-1907, 1908-13. Member, Skull and Bones. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 11, 1921 (age 75 years, 40 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of William Shepard Wetmore and Anstiss Derby (Rogers) Wetmore; brother of Annie Derby Rogers Wetmore (who married William Watts Sherman); married to Edith Malvina Keteltas; father of Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore; grandnephew of Benjamin Toppan Pickman; great-grandson of Benjamin Pickman Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; third cousin once removed of George Bailey Loring.
  Political families: Pickman family of Salem, Massachusetts; Wetmore family of Newport, Rhode Island (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial

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