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Tree-Parker-Peabody family of Morristown and Perth Amboy, New Jersey

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  Lambert Tree (1832-1910) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Washington, D.C., November 29, 1832. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1864 (alternate), 1884; circuit judge in Illinois, 1870; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1885-88; Russia, 1888-89; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1892. Died, from heart failure, in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 9, 1910 (age 77 years, 314 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Lambert Tree (1799-1881) and Laura Matilda (Borrows) Tree; married to Anna Josephine Magie; grandfather of Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree (who married Marietta Peabody Tree).
  Political family: Tree-Parker-Peabody family of Morristown and Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Wayne Parker (1848-1923) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., August 6, 1848. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1885-86; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1895-1911, 1914-19, 1921-23 (6th District 1895-1903, 7th District 1903-09, 13th District 1909-11, 9th District 1914-19, 1921-23); defeated, 1892, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920. Died in Paris, France, November 28, 1923 (age 75 years, 114 days). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard, Perth Amboy, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Cortlandt Parker and Elisabeth (Stites) Parker; brother of Charles Wolcott Parker; married 1883 to Eleanor K. Gordon; grandson of James Parker; granduncle of Marietta Peabody Tree and Endicott Peabody; second great-grandnephew of Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; third great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt; third great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay and Frederick Jay; third cousin once removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler and James Alexander Hamilton; third cousin twice removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Augustus Jay and William Jay; third cousin thrice removed of John Adams Taintor, William Alfred Buckingham and Henry G. Taintor; fourth cousin of Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and James Adams Ekin; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II, Philip N. Schuyler, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert Ray Hamilton and John Sluyter Wirt.
  Political families: Parker-Schuyler family of Perth Amboy, New Jersey; Tree-Parker-Peabody family of Morristown and Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Wolcott Parker (1862-1948) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., October 22, 1862. Republican. Lawyer; district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1898-1903; circuit judge in New Jersey, 1903-07; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1907-47. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., January 23, 1948 (age 85 years, 93 days). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard, Perth Amboy, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Cortlandt Parker and Elisabeth Wolcott (Stites) Parker; brother of Richard Wayne Parker; married, November 22, 1893, to Emily Fuller; grandson of James Parker; granduncle of Marietta Peabody Tree and Endicott Peabody; second great-grandnephew of Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; third great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt; third great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay and Frederick Jay; third cousin once removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler and James Alexander Hamilton; third cousin twice removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Augustus Jay and William Jay; third cousin thrice removed of John Adams Taintor, William Alfred Buckingham and Henry G. Taintor; fourth cousin of Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and James Adams Ekin; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II, Philip N. Schuyler, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert Ray Hamilton and John Sluyter Wirt.
  Political families: Parker-Schuyler family of Perth Amboy, New Jersey; Tree-Parker-Peabody family of Morristown and Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Marshall Field III (1893-1956) — of Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., September 28, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; publisher, Chicago Sun-Times newspaper; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944, 1948. Died, of brain cancer, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 8, 1956 (age 63 years, 41 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Marshall Field, Jr. and Albertine (Huck) Field; married 1916 to Evelyn Marshall; married 1930 to Audrey (Janes) Coats; married 1936 to Ruth (Pruyn) Phipps; grandson of Marshall Field; first cousin of Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree (who married Marietta Peabody Tree).
  Political family: Tree-Parker-Peabody family of Morristown and Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Marietta Peabody Tree (1917-1991) — also known as Marietta Tree; Mary Endicott Peabody; Marietta FitzGerald — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., April 17, 1917. Democrat. Member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1954-60; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1956; U.S. Representative to United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1961-64; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967. Female. Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha. She was walking with Adlai Stevenson in London in 1965, when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Died, from breast cancer, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 15, 1991 (age 74 years, 120 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Hill Cemetery, Northeast Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine.
  Relatives: Daughter of Rev. Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman) Peabody; sister of Endicott Peabody; married, September 2, 1939, to Desmond FitzGerald; married, July 26, 1947, to Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree (grandson of Lambert Tree and Marshall Field; first cousin of Marshall Field III); mother of Frances FitzGerald; grandniece of Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; great-granddaughter of John Cortlandt Parker; second great-granddaughter of James Parker; fourth great-grandniece of George Cabot, Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fifth great-granddaughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt; fifth great-grandniece of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) and Timothy Pickering; first cousin twice removed of John Lee Saltonstall; first cousin thrice removed of William Crowninshield Endicott; first cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall, William Gurdon Saltonstall and John Lee Saltonstall Jr.; second cousin twice removed of William Caleb Loring and Augustus Peabody Gardner; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas Bayard, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston, William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Judah Dana and Dudley Leavitt Pickman; third cousin of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton and Henry Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin of William Amory Gardner Minot and John Forbes Kerry; fourth cousin once removed of William Goodrich Morrell Jr..
  Political families: Parker-Schuyler family of Perth Amboy, New Jersey; Tree-Parker-Peabody family of Morristown and Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) — also known as "Chub" — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Washington, D.C.; Hollis, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., February 15, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960, 1964, 1968; Governor of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1986. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Elks. Died, from leukemia, in Hollis, Hillsborough County, N.H., December 1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289 days). Interment at Groton Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman) Peabody; brother of Marietta Peabody Tree; married, June 24, 1944, to Barbara Welch 'Toni' Gibbons; grandnephew of Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; great-grandson of John Cortlandt Parker; second great-grandson of James Parker; fourth great-grandnephew of George Cabot, Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) and Timothy Pickering; cousin *** of William P. Homans Jr.; first cousin twice removed of John Lee Saltonstall; first cousin thrice removed of William Crowninshield Endicott; first cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall, William Gurdon Saltonstall and John Lee Saltonstall Jr.; second cousin twice removed of William Caleb Loring and Augustus Peabody Gardner; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas Bayard, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston, William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Judah Dana and Dudley Leavitt Pickman; third cousin of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton and Henry Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin of William Amory Gardner Minot and John Forbes Kerry; fourth cousin once removed of William Goodrich Morrell Jr..
  Political families: Parker-Schuyler family of Perth Amboy, New Jersey; Tree-Parker-Peabody family of Morristown and Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  William P. Homans Jr. (c.1922-1997) — of Massachusetts. Born in Canton, Norfolk County, Mass., about 1922. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1963-65. Persuaded Massachusetts' high court to strike down the death penalty. Died at a nursing home in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., February 7, 1997 (age about 75 years). Interment at Milton Cemetery, Milton, Mass.
  Relatives: Nephew of Henry Parkman Jr.; cousin *** of Endicott Peabody.
  Political family: Tree-Parker-Peabody family of Morristown and Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

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