The Boston Brahmins are members of

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's historic

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. From the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, they were often associated with a cultivated New England accent,

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, and traditional British-American customs and clothing. Descendants of the earliest English colonists are typically considered to be the most representative of the Boston Brahmins. They are considered

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(WASPs).

Etymology

The phrase "Brahmin Caste of New England" was first coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., a physician and writer, in a January 1860 article in ''

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''. The term is derived from the

brahmin Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...

, the chief priestly caste in the Hindu caste system. The appropriated term became a shorthand to refer to the old wealthy and elite

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families of traditionally British

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origin that became influential in the development of American institutions and culture. The influence of the old

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has been reduced in modern times, but some vestiges remain, primarily in the institutions and the ideals that they championed in their heyday.

Characteristics

The nature of the Brahmins is referenced in the

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"Boston Toast" by Holy Cross alumnus John Collins Bossidy: Many 19th-century Brahmin families of large fortune were of common origin; fewer were of an aristocratic origin. The new families were often the first to seek, in typically British fashion, suitable marriage alliances with those old aristocratic New England families that were descended from land-owners in England to elevate and cement their social standing. The Winthrops, Dudleys, Saltonstalls, Winslows, and Lymans (descended from English magistrates, gentry, and aristocracy) were, by and large, happy with this arrangement. All of Boston's "Brahmin elite", therefore, maintained the received culture of the old English gentry, including cultivating the personal excellence that they imagined maintained the distinction between gentlemen and freemen, and between ladies and women. They saw it as their duty to maintain what they defined as high standards of excellence, duty, and restraint. Cultivated, urbane, and dignified, a Boston Brahmin was supposed to be the very essence of enlightened

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. The ideal Brahmin was not only wealthy, but displayed what was considered suitable personal virtues and character traits. The Brahmin were expected to maintain the customary English reserve in dress, manner, and deportment, and cultivate the arts, support charities such as hospitals and colleges, and assume the role of community leaders. Although the ideal called on him to transcend commonplace business values, in practice many found the thrill of economic success quite attractive. The Brahmins warned each other against avarice and insisted upon personal responsibility. Scandal and divorce were unacceptable. This culture was buttressed by the strong extended family ties present in Boston society. Young men attended the same prep schools, colleges, and private clubs, and heirs married heiresses. Family not only served as an economic asset, but also as a means of moral restraint. Most belonged to the Unitarian or Episcopal churches, although some were

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or Methodists. Politically, they were successively Federalists, Whigs, and Republicans. They were marked by their manners and once distinctive elocution. Their distinctive Anglo-American manner of dress has been much imitated and is the foundation of the style now informally known as

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. Many of the Brahmin families trace their ancestry back to the original 17th- and 18th-century colonial ruling class consisting of Massachusetts governors and magistrates, Harvard presidents, distinguished clergy, and fellows of the

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, a leading scientific body, while others entered New England aristocratic society during the 19th century with their profits from commerce and trade, often marrying into established Brahmin families.

List of Boston Brahmin families

Adams

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(1722–1803),

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; second cousin of: *

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(1735–1826), Founding Father and second

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; husband of Abigail Smith Adams (1744–1818). **

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(1767–1848), sixth President of the United States. *** Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886),

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, U.S. congressman. **** Charles Francis Adams Jr. (1835–1915), Civil War general. **** John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), lawyer, politician. ***** Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954), U.S. Secretary of the Navy. ****** Charles Francis Adams IV (1910–1999), industrialist, first president of

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. ******* Timothy Adams, son of Charles Francis Adams IV. **** Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918), author. **** Brooks Adams (1848–1927), historian. * Ivers Whitney Adams (1838–1914), founder of the oldest continuously playing professional baseball team, the Boston Red Stockings.

Amory

* John Amory Lowell (1798–1881), merchant. * Thomas Coffin Amory (1812–1889), lawyer, author. * Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory (1828–1864), Civil War general. * Ernest Amory Codman (1869–1940), surgeon. * Cleveland Amory (1917–1998), author.

Appleton

Patrilineal line: * Daniel Appleton (1785–1849), publisher. * Frances Appleton (died 1861), wife of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. * George Swett Appleton (1821–1878), publisher. * Jane Means Appleton Pierce (1806–1863), wife of U.S. President

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from 1853 to 1857. * Jesse Appleton (1772–1819), second president of

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* John Appleton (1816–1864), assistant Secretary of State, diplomat, U.S. congressman. * John Appleton (judge) (1804–1891), Chief Justice of the

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. * John F. Appleton (1838–1870), lawyer and Union colonel in the American Civil War. * John James Appleton (1789–1864), ambassador. * Nathan Appleton (1771–1861), U.S. congressman and merchant. * Nathaniel Appleton (1693–1784), Congregational minister. * Samuel Appleton (1625–1696), military and government leader in the

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and

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. * Samuel Appleton (1766–1853), merchant and philanthropist. * Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884), writer and art patron. * William Appleton (1786–1862), U.S. congressman. * William Henry Appleton (1814–1899), publisher. * William Sumner Appleton (1874–1947), philanthropist. Other notable relatives: * Thomas Storrow Brown (1803–1888), journalist, writer, orator, and revolutionary in

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(present-day

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). * Edward Augustus Holyoke (1728–1829), educator and physician. * Alice Mary Longfellow (1850–1928), philanthropist and preservationist. * Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow (1845–1921), artist. * Alpheus Spring Packard (1839–1905), entomologist and paleontologist. * William Alfred Packard (1830–1909), classical scholar. * Charles Storrow Williams (1827–1890), railroad executive. * Edward H. Williams (1824–1899), physician and railroad executive.

Bacon

* Robert Bacon (1860–1919), U.S. Secretary of State; father of ** Robert L. Bacon (1884–1938), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York. ** Gaspar G. Bacon (1886–1947), politician; father of *** Gaspar G. Bacon Jr. (1914–1943), actor.

Bates

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: * Benjamin Bates I (–1710), merchant banker, family patriarch. * Benjamin Bates II (1716 – ), member of the Hell Fire Club. * Frederick Bates (1777–1825), politician. * James Woodson Bates (1788–1846), judge. * Joshua Bates (financier), Barings Bank partner, managed many Brahmin family fortunes, advised Adams family on Court protocol. * Edward Bates (1793–1869), U.S. Attorney General. * Benjamin Bates IV (1808–1878), philanthropist, namesake and benefactor of

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Boylston

Boylston Family * Thomas Boylston (1644–1695), doctor, family patriarch. * Zabdiel Boylston (1679–1766), physician. * Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828), benefactor, Harvard University.

Bradlee

Bradlee Family Direct line: Sarah Bradlee Fulton * Nathan Bradley I, earliest known member born in America, in

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, Massachusetts, in 1631. * Samuel Bradlee, constable of Dorchester, Massachusetts. ** Nathaniel Bradlee,

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participant, member of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. ** Josiah Bradlee I, Boston Tea Party participant; m. Hannah Putnam. *** Josiah Bradlee III (Harvard), m. Alice Crowninshield. *** Frederick Josiah Bradlee I (Harvard), Director of the Boston Bank. **** Frederick Josiah Bradlee Jr. (Harvard, 1915), on the first All-American football team at Harvard; m. Josephine de Gersdorff. ***** Frederick Josiah Bradlee III, Broadway actor, author. ***** Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921–2014) (Harvard, 1942), Chief Executive Editor of ''

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''. ****** Ben Bradlee Jr. (born 1948),

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and writer. ** Joseph Putnam Bradlee (1783–1838), Commander of the New England Guards, chairman of the State Central Committee, Director and then President of the Boston City Council. ** Samuel Bradlee Jr., lieutenant colonel during the American Revolutionary War. ** Thomas Bradlee, Boston Tea Party participant; member of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association; Member of the St. Andrews Lodge of Freemasons. ** David Bradlee, Boston Tea Party participant; Captain in the

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, member of the St. Andrews Lodge of Freemasons. ** Sarah Bradlee, "Mother of the Boston Tea Party".

Brinley

Brinley Family of Boston,

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, and

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: * Francis Brinley, Esq. (1632–1719), arrived from England in 1651 after the

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, with his two sisters, children of Thomas Brinley, auditor to King Charles I& II, his original home became Newport's White Horse Tavern, Judge, book collector, land-owner (RI, MA, NJ), Governor's assistant, m: Hannah Carr (niece of RI Gov. Caleb Carr). Boston estate at Hanover and Elm, current site of Government Center. ** William Brinley, Esq. (1656–1704), first son of Francis, Judge in Newport, co-founder of Trinity Church, Newport, first Anglican church in RI, disinherited by father after marriage. *** William Brinley, Esq. (1677–1753), only child of Wm. Brinley, Judge in Monmouth, NJ, passed over for younger cousin Francis Brinley. **** John Brinley (1713–1775), Brinley grist mill owner in Oakhurst, NJ. ***** William Brinley (1754–1840), Major in Revolutionary War. ****** Sylvester C. Brinley (1816–1905), founded Brinley, Ohio (a.k.a. Brinley Station) in 1855. ** Thomas Brinley (1661–1693), second son of Francis, Boston/London merchant, co-founder of King's Chapel, Boston, first Anglican church in colonial New England. *** Eliakim Hutchinson (1711–1775), Judge, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Suffolk County, and one of Boston's richest men, owner of Shirley Place (now Shirley-Eustis House) m:Elizabeth Shirley (daughter of MA Gov

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). *** Colonel Francis Brinley (1690–1765): Colonel in Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company, merchant, land-owner (Datchet House/Brinley Place-Roxbury, Brinley Place-Framingham), one of the richest Bostonians of the 18th century, grandfather's heir, m: Deborah Lyde, granddaughter of Judge Nathaniel Byfield. **** Francis Brinley Fogg Sr. Esq. (1795–1880), m. Mary Middleton Rutledge of Middleton Place, TN state senator, started Nashville public schools, school board president, namesake Fogg School opened in 1875, a founder of Sewanee University of the South. and Christ Church Cathedral Nashville. **** Catherine Grace Frances Moody Nevinson Gore (1798–1861), English writer. **** Francis William Brinley (1796–1859), merchant, mayor of Perth Amboy, NJ, Surveyor of NJ state. **** Francis Brinley Jr., Esq. (1800–1880), Harvard 1818-

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, President of Boston Common Council, MA state legislator (House and Senate), clerk to Secretary of State,

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, delegate to state constitutional convention, commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. **** Edward Brinley (1809–1868), Importer for Edward Brinley & Co., Old

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, Boston. **** George Brinley (1817–1875), noted book collector, pioneer of the Americanist movement. **** Emily Malbone Morgan (1862–1939), founder of the Colonel Daniel Putnam Association and the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross. **** Godfrey Malbone Brinley (1864–1939), top 10 US tennis pro, later master at St. Paul's school. **** Edward Brinley Faneuil Adams (1871–1922), Harvard 1892/Law 1897, Harvard Law librarian. **** Daniel Putnam Brinley (1873–1963), artist (painter, muralist, impressionist). **** Charles Henry Brinley Esq (1825–1907), Judge in AZ, involved in early CA/AZ politics, int'l merchant, appointed Vice Consul to Mexico by Pres Theo. Roosevelt. ***** Charles Brinley (1880–1946), silent actor. *** Emily Borie Ryerson (1863–1939), Titanic survivor, suffragette, philanthropist. * Anne Brinley Coddington (1628–1708), third wife of Governor William Coddington, who arrived with the Winthrop fleet in 1630 and became an early MA magistrate, the first Governor of Rhode Island/founder of Portsmouth and Newport, RI, and mother and grandmother of subsequent Governors. ** William Coddington Jr.(1651–1689), colonial Governor of Rhode Island. ** Mary Coddington (1654–1693), wife of Gov. Peleg Sanford of RI. ** William Coddington III (1680–1755), colonial Governor of Rhode Island, merchant, judge, m: Content Arnold. ** Margaret Sanford Hutchinson (1716–1754), wife of

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, last loyalist Gov. of MA. ** Lucretia Rudolph Garfield (1832–1918), First Lady, wife of 20th U.S. President James A. Garfield. **

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(born 1947), actor, activist. * Grisell Brinley Sylvester (1635–1687), wife of Nathaniel Sylvester, together they became the first white settlers and owners of all of Shelter Island, NY. She is credited with bringing boxwoods to the colonies. ** Brinley Sylvester (1690–1752), built Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island, which was made a non-profit educational farm by the 11th generation heir. ** Charles Ward Apthorp Jr. (1729–1797), owner of Manhattan's Apthorp Farm, merchant, NY Governor's Council 1763–83 ** Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton (1759–1846), poet, wife of Perez Morton, MA Speaker and AG. **

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(1763–1844), Harvard 1781/4, architect in Boston and of the US Capitol building. ** Sen. James Lloyd (1769–1831), Harvard 1787/90, US Senator from MA, merchant, businessman. **

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(1882–1945), Harvard 1904, 32nd and longest serving President of the United States. ** Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921–2014), Harvard 1942, Executive Editor of ''The Washington Post''.

Buckingham

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: * William Alfred Buckingham (1804–1875), Governor of

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, U.S. senator. * Edgar Buckingham,

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scholar creator of the Buckingham π theorem, a key theorem in dimensional analysis.

Cabot

Chaffee/Chafee

Originally of

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: * Thomas Chaffee (1610–1683), businessman and land-owner. * Jonathon Chaffee (1678–1766), businessman and land-owner. * Matthew Chaffee (1657–1723), Boston land-owner. * Adna Romanza Chaffee (1842–1914), U.S. general. * Adna R. Chaffee Jr. (1884–1941), U.S. general: * Zechariah Chafee (1885–1957), philosopher, civil

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. *

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(1922–1999), U.S. senator. *

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(born 1953), former U.S. senator, former Rhode Island governor, 2016 U.S. presidential candidate for the Democratic party.

Choate

* Rufus Choate (1799–1859), U.S. senator * George C. S. Choate (1827–1896), founder of Choate Sanitarium, Pleasantville, New York *

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(1832–1917), lawyer, diplomat * William Gardner Choate (1830–1920), U.S. federal judge, founder of

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* Sarah Choate Sears (1858–1935), art patron * Robert B. Choate Jr. (1924–2009), businessman * Elizabeth Choate Spykman (1896–1965), writer * Nathaniel Choate (1899–1965), artist, sculptor

Coffin

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: * Tristram Coffin (1604–1681), colonist, original owner of Nantucket * William Coffin (1699–1775), merchant, co-founder of Trinity Church * Sir Isaac Coffin (1759–1839), naval officer * Charles E. Coffin (1841–1912), industrialist, U.S. congressman * Charles A. Coffin (1844–1926), industrialist, co-founder of

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* Henry Coffin Nevins (1843–1892), industrialist * John Coffin Jones Sr. (1750–1820),

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** John Coffin Jones Jr. (1796–1861), U.S. Minister to Hawaii * Thomas Coffin Amory (1812–1889), lawyer, author * Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory (1828–1864), Civil War general * David Coffin (active 1980–present), folk musician

Coolidge

* John Calvin Coolidge Sr. (1845–1926), politician and businessman **

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(1872–1933), 30th President of the United States *** John Coolidge (1906–2000), businessman and railroad executive * T. Jefferson Coolidge (1831–1920), Financier, industrialist, and civic leader * Archibald Cary Coolidge (1866–1928), educator * John Gardner Coolidge (1863–1936), U.S. ambassador * Charles A. Coolidge (1844–1926), U.S. Army general

Cooper

* John Cooper (1609–1669), colonist * Samuel Cooper (1725–1783), clergyman * Samuel D. Cooper Jr. (1750–1824), revolutionary * Samuel D. Cooper III (1778–1853), trade merchant * Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816–1889), First Lady of the United States *

Theodore Cooper Theodore Cooper (January 13, 1839 – August 24, 1919) was an American civil engineer. He may be best known as consulting engineer on the Quebec Bridge that collapsed in 1907. Biography Upon receiving a degree in civil engineering from Resselaer I ...

(1839–1919), civil engineer * Frederic Taber Cooper (1864–1937), writer

Crowninshield

* Johann Casper Richter von Kronenscheldt, colonist * Jacob Crowninshield (1770–1808), U.S. congressman ** Arent S. Crowninshield (1843–1908), U.S. Navy admiral * Caspar Crowninshield (1837–1897), Union Army colonel * Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1837–1892), Union Army colonel * Frederic Crowninshield (1845–1918), first president of the National Society of Mural Painters * Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851), 5th U.S. Secretary of Navy *

Frank Crowninshield Francis Welch Crowninshield (June 24, 1872 – December 28, 1947) was an American journalist and art and theater critic best known for developing and editing the magazine ''Vanity Fair (American magazine 1913-1936), Vanity Fair'' for 21 years, m ...

(1872–1947), creator and editor of '' Vanity Fair'' * Bowdoin Bradlee Crowninshield (1867–1948), American naval architect Descendants by marriage: * William Crowninshield Endicott (1826–1900), 5th U.S. Secretary of War * Frederick Josiah Bradlee Jr. (1892–1970), on the first All-American football team (from

) * Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee Sr. (1921–2014), Editor-in-chief of ''

'' * Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee Jr. (born 1948), Editor for ''

The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe,'' also known locally as ''the Globe'', is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily new ...

'' * Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (born 1982),author, founder and CEO of IncqludedU.com

Cushing

Originally of

: * Caleb Cushing (1800–1879), U.S. congressman and Attorney General * John Perkins Cushing (1787–1862), China trade merchant, investor * Thomas Cushing (1725–1788), statesman, revolutionary * William Cushing (1732–1810), U.S. Supreme Court justice *

Harvey Cushing Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgery, neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cush ...

(1869–1939),

neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, ...

Descendant by marriage: * Albert Cushing Read (1887–1967), naval officer

Dana

Dana Family * Richard Dana (1699–1772), colonial Boston politician. *

Francis Dana Francis Dana (June 13, 1743 – April 25, 1811) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777–1778 and 1784. A signer of the Articles of Confederat ...

(1743–1811), revolutionary. * Richard Henry Dana Sr. (1787–1879), lawyer, author. *

Richard Henry Dana Jr. Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 – January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir ''Two Years Before the Mast'' a ...

(1815–1882), lawyer, author (''Two Years Before the Mast'').

Delano

Delano Family *

Columbus Delano Columbus Delano (June 4, 1809 – October 23, 1896) was an American lawyer, rancher, banker, statesman, and a member of the prominent Delano family. Forced to live on his own at an early age, Delano struggled to become a self-made man. Delano ...

(1809–1896), U.S. Secretary of the Interior * Jane Delano (1862–1919), founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service * Paul Delano (1745–1842), naval officer *

(1882–1945), President of the United States * Frederic A. Delano (1863–1953), civic reformer and railroad president

Dudley

Dudley Family * Gov. Thomas Dudley (1576–1653), Governor of Massachusetts, a founder of

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate education, undergraduate college of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Part of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Scienc ...

. ** Mercy Dudley; m. John Woodbridge (1613–1695) *** Martha Woodbridge; m. Samuel Ruggles (1659–1716) **** Rev. Timothy Ruggles (1695–1768); m. Mary White ***** Timothy Ruggles ***** Nathaniel Ruggles (1725 - ); m. Deliverance Barrow * Anne Dudley Bradstreet (1612–1672), first American poet, wife of Royal Governor

Simon Bradstreet Simon Bradstreet (baptized March 18, 1603/4In the Julian calendar, then in use in England, the year began on March 25. To avoid confusion with dates in the Gregorian calendar, then in use in other parts of Europe, dates between January and Ma ...

. * Joseph Dudley (1647–1720), Royal Governor of Massachusetts, President of the

Dominion of New England The Dominion of New England in America (1686–1689) was a short-lived administrative union of English colonies covering all of New England and the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, with the exception of the Delaware Colony and the Province of Pennsylvani ...

, Chief Justice of New York, Member of Parliament, Lt. Governor of the

Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight (Help:IPA/English, /waɪt/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''WYTE'') is an island off the south coast of England which, together with its surrounding uninhabited islets and Skerry, skerries, is also a ceremonial county. T ...

. * Paul Dudley (1675–1751), Chief Justice of Massachusetts, member of the Royal Society, founder of the Dudleian lectures at Harvard. * Paul Dudley Sargent (1745–1828), Army colonel and Revolutionary War hero. * Dudley Saltonstall (1738–1796), Naval commodore during the Revolution and successful

privateer A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign o ...

Dwight

Dwight Family * Timothy Dwight IV (1752–1817), president of

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. * Joseph Dwight (1703–1765), lawyer,

French and Indian War The French and Indian War, 1754 to 1763, was a colonial conflict in North America between Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of France, France, along with their respective Native Americans in the United States, Native American ...

veteran. *

James Dwight Dana James Dwight Dana Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcano, volcanic activity, and the ...

(1813–1895), geologist.

Eliot

Eliot Family * Samuel Eliot (banker) (1739–1820). * Samuel Atkins Eliot (politician) (1798–1862). * William Greenleaf Eliot (1811–1887), first president, third chancellor, and one of the founders of Washington University in St. Louis. * Charles William Eliot (1834–1926), president of Harvard University. * Charles Eliot (1859–1897), landscape architect. * Samuel A. Eliot II (1862–1950), president of the American Unitarian Association. *

Samuel Eliot Morison Samuel Eliot Morison (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and popular. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912, and tau ...

(1887–1976), maritime author. * Theodore Lyman Eliot (1928–2019), diplomat. * Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), author. * T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), Nobel Prize-winning poet, playwright, and literary critic.

Emerson

Emerson Family * Rev. William Emerson (1769–1811), clergyman; m. Ruth Haskins Emerson. **

Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionism, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalism, Transcendentalist movement of th ...

(1803–1882), poet; m. Lydia Jackson Emerson. *** Edward Waldo Emerson, (1844–1930). **** Raymond Emerson, (1886–1977).

Endicott

Endicott Family Salem: * William Crowninshield Endicott (1826–1900), U.S. Secretary of War. Dedham: * Augustus Bradford Endicott (1818–1910), politician. ** Philip Endicott Young (1885–1955), industrialist. ** Henry Bradford Endicott (1853–1920), industrialist. *** Henry Wendell Endicott (1880–1954), philanthropist.

Everett

Everett Family * Richard Everett (1597–1682), early colonist and native of Holbrook, England. He was a founder of

Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is the most populous city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, and its county seat. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ea ...

, and progenitor of the American Everett family. * Deac. John Everett (1676–1751), early deacon at the

First Church and Parish in Dedham The First Church and Parish in Dedham is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Dedham, Massachusetts. It was the 14th church established in Massachusetts. The current minister, Rev. Rali M. Weaver, was called in March 2007, settled in July, and ...

and member of the

Massachusetts General Court The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. Th ...

. * John Everett (1736–1799), numerous times elected as selectman for

Norfolk County, Massachusetts Norfolk County ( ) is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was around 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. The county was named after the English county of the same name. Two towns, Cohasset and B ...

(1770s–1790s) and member of the

(1780s–1790s). * David Everett (1745–1775), revolutionary and killed defending Bunker Hill. * Moses Everett (1750–1813), judge for

and member of the

. * Rev. Oliver Everett (1752–1802), prominent

Congregational Congregationalism (also Congregational Churches or Congregationalist Churches) is a Reformed Christianity, Reformed Christian (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity in which churches practice Congregationalist polity, congregational ...

minister and judge for

. * Melatiah Everett (1777–1858), member of the

Massachusetts Senate The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the st ...

(1812, 1841). * Horace Everett (1779–1851), member of the

Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives a ...

(1819–1820, 1822, 1824, 1834) and the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...

from Vermont's 3rd congressional district (1829–1843). * Ebenezer Everett (1788–1869), long-time

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

state official, trustee of

, member of the

Maine Legislature The Maine State Legislature is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. ...

(1840s). * Alexander Hill Everett (1790–1847), American Ambassador to the Netherlands (1819–1824), Ambassador to Spain (1825), and Ambassador to the Qing Empire (1845–1847). *

Edward Everett Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, as a Whig, served as U.S. representative, U.S. senator, the 15th governor of Mas ...

(1794–1865), statesman and diplomat. He was a member of the

from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district (1825–1835),

Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The governor is the chief executive, head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonw ...

(1836–1840), Ambassador to Great Britain (1841–1845),

President of Harvard University The president of Harvard University is the chief academic administration, administrator of Harvard University and the ''Ex officio member, ex officio'' president of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard Corporation. Each is appoin ...

(1846–1848), the

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The secretary of state serves as the principal advisor to the ...

(1852–1853), and a

United States Senator The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 U.S. state, states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. Party affiliation Independent Senators Angus King of Maine and Berni ...

for Massachusetts (1853–1854). * Horace Everett (1819–1890), a native of Windsor, Vermont, he was a prominent early founder of

Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The population was 62,799 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the state's List of cities in Iowa, te ...

. * Henry Sidney Everett (1834–1898), long-time diplomat, Secretary of the American Legation at

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

(1877–1884). * William Everett (1839–1910), member of the

from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district (1893–1895). * Sidney Brooks Everett (1868–1901), member of the

Boston City Council The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year ...

(1892–1894), American Consul to the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, declared independence on 17 Au ...

(appointed 1897), and secretary and chargé de affairs to the American Legation in

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

(1900–1901). Descendants through the marriage of Sarah Preston Everett (1796–1866) and noted journalist

Nathan Hale Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot, soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an Military intelligence, intelligence ...

(1784–1863): * Prof. Nathan Hale Jr. (1818–1871), journalist and professor at

Union College Union College is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York, United States. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the s ...

. * Lucretia Peabody Hale (1820–1900), author and journalist. * Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909), famed author and Unitarian minister and theologian. * Charles Hale (1831–1882), member and later

(1855–1859), Consul-General to Egypt (1864–1870), and the

United States Assistant Secretary of State Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) is a title used for many executive positions in the United States Department of State, ranking below the Under Secretary of State, under secretaries. A set of six assistant secretaries reporting to the Under Sec ...

(1872–1873). * Susan Hale (1833–1910), artist and author. * Ellen Day Hale (1855–1940), artist. * Prof. Edward Everett Hale Jr. (1863–1932), distinguished and long-time professor at

. * Philip Leslie Hale (1865–1931), artist. * Nancy Hale (1908–1988), author.

Fabens

Of Marblehead and Salem: * William Fabens (1810–1883), lawyer, member of Assembly,

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

. ** William Chandler Fabens (1843–1903), Lynn attorney, namesake of Fabens Building. * Samuel Augustus Fabens (1813–1899), master mariner in the East India and California trade. * Francis Alfred Fabens (1814–1872), mercantile businessman, San Francisco judge, attorney. * Joseph Warren Fabens (1821–1875), U.S. Consul at

Cayenne Cayenne (; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and capital city of French Guiana, an overseas region and Overseas department, department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Caye ...

, businessman, Envoy Extraordinary of the Dominican Republic. * George Wilson Fabens (1857–1939), attorney, land commissioner and superintendent of

Southern Pacific Railroad The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Railroad classes#Class I, Class I Rail transport, railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was oper ...

, namesake of Fabens, Texas.

Forbes

Forbes Family *

John Murray Forbes John Murray Forbes (February 23, 1813 – October 12, 1898) was an American railroad magnate, merchant, History of opium in China#Growth of the opium trade, opium merchant, philanthropist and Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist. ...

(1813–1898), industrialist. * Edward W. Forbes (1873–1969), Director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University from 1909 to 1944. * John Forbes Kerry (born 1943),

(2013–2017), senator from Massachusetts (1985–2013). * Elliot Forbes (1917–2006), conductor and musicologist. *

Robert Bennet Forbes Robert Bennet Forbes (September 18, 1804 – November 23, 1889), was an American sea captain, China merchant and ship owner. He was active in ship construction, maritime safety, the opium trade, and charitable activities, including food aid to I ...

(1804–1889), sea captain, China merchant, ship owner, writer. * William Howell Forbes (1837–1896), businessman. * Beatrice Forbes Manz, professor of history at

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. Tufts also has several Doctor of Physical Therapy p ...

Gardner

Gardner Family Originally of Essex county: * Samuel Pickering Gardner (1767–1843), merchant. * John Lowell Gardner (1808–1884), merchant. * John Lowell Gardner II (1837–1898), merchant. * Augustus P. Gardner (1865–1918), U.S. congressman. * Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924), art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. * Isabella Gardner (1915–1981), poet.

Gillett

* Jonathan Gillett (1609–1677), colonist * Edward Bates Gillett (1817–1899), attorney ** Frederick Huntington Gillett (1851–1935), 37th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ** Arthur Lincoln Gillett (1859–1938), clergyman * Ezra Hall Gillett (1823–1875), clergyman and author **Charles Ripley Gillett (1855–1948), clergyman

Hallowell

Hallowell Family * Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828), merchant and philanthropist * Norwood Penrose Hallowell (1839–1914), colonel in the

54th Massachusetts The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was the second African-American regiment, following the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry ...

regiment * Norwood Penrose Hallowell Jr. (1875–1961), President of Lee, Higginson & Co. * Edward Needles Hallowell (1836–1871), An officer in the

. He and his brother were collectively portrayed by actor

Cary Elwes Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (; born 26 October 1962) is an English actor. He starred as Westley in ''The Princess Bride (film), The Princess Bride'' (1987), and also had lead roles in films such as ''Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' (1993) and the Saw (fr ...

in his role as Major Cabot Forbes in the Civil War movie Glory. * John Hallowell (1878–1927), Harvard Football player and assistant to Herbert Hoover in the United States Food Administration during World War I

Healey/Dall

* Mark Healey (1791–1872), originally of

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

, merchant and first president of the Merchant's Bank ** Caroline Wells Healey (1822–1912), writer, feminist, and abolitionist ** Charles Henry Appleton Dall (1816–1886), first Unitarian minister to India *** William Healey Dall (1845–1912),

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

paleontologist Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure geolo ...

, and explorer of

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

Holmes

Holmes Family * Abiel Holmes (1763–1837), clergyman ** Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894), physician, author ***

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Cou ...

(1841–1935), U.S. Supreme Court justice

Jackson

Jackson Family * Edward Jackson (1708–1757), colonist; m. Dorothy Quincy Jackson ** Jonathan Jackson (1743–1810), merchant, revolutionary; m. Hannah Tracy Jackson *** Charles Jackson (1775–1855), Massachusetts Supreme Court justice *** James Jackson (1777–1867), Physician m. Elizabeth Cabot **** Francis Henry Jackson (1815–1873), m. Sarah Ann Boott ***** James Tracy Jackson (1843–1900), m. Rebecca Nelson Borland ****** James Tracy Jackson Jr. (1881–1952), m. Rachel Brooks ******* Francis Gardner Jackson (1914–1970), m. Jane Matthews ******** Francis Gardner Jackson Jr. (born 1943), m. Pamela Graves Hardee ********* Patrick Graves Jackson (born 1969), Surgeon, husband to

Ketanji Brown Jackson Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson (née Brown; ; born September 14, 1970) is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination, was nominated ...

and related to

**** Amelia Lee Jackson: wife of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. *****

, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States *** Patrick Tracy Jackson (1780–1847), co-founder of the Boston Manufacturing Company *** Hannah Jackson, wife of Francis Cabot Lowell * Lydia Jackson, wife of

* Greling Jackson

Knowles

Knowles Family * Freeman Knowles (1846–1910) * Horace G. Knowles (1863–1937) *

John Knowles John Knowles (; September 16, 1926November 29, 2001) was an American novelist best known for ''A Separate Peace'' (1959). Biography Knowles was born on September 16, 1926, in Fairmont, West Virginia, the son of James M. Knowles, a purchasing ag ...

(1926–2001) *

Malcolm Knowles Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (August 24, 1913 – November 27, 1997) was an American Adult education, adult educator, famous for the adoption of the theory of andragogy—initially a term coined by the German teacher Alexander Kapp (German educator ...

(1913–1997) *

Tony Knowles (politician) Anthony Carroll Knowles (born January 1, 1943) is an American politician and businessman who served as the seventh governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002. Barred from seeking a third consecutive term as governor in 2002, he ran unsuccessfully for th ...

(born 1943) * Warren P. Knowles (1908–1993) * William Standish Knowles (1917–2012)

Lawrence

Lawrence Family * Samuel Lawrence (died 1827), revolutionary ** Amos Lawrence (1786–1852), merchant *** Amos Adams Lawrence (1814–1886), abolitionist **** William Lawrence (1850–1941), Episcopal bishop ***** William Appleton Lawrence (1889–1963), Episcopal bishop ***** Frederic C. Lawrence (1899–1989), Episcopal bishop ** Abbott Lawrence (1792–1855), U.S. congressman, founder of

Lawrence, Massachusetts Lawrence is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, on the Merrimack River. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 89,143. Surrounding communities include Methuen, Massachusetts, Methuen ...

** Luther Lawrence (died 1839), politician Descendant by marriage:

Abbott Lawrence Lowell Abbott Lawrence Lowell (December 13, 1856 – January 6, 1943) was an American educator and legal scholar. He was president of Harvard University from 1909 to 1933. With an "aristocratic sense of mission and self-certainty," Lowell cut a large ...

(1856–1943), president of Harvard University

Lodge

Lodge Family * John Ellerton Lodge, husband of Anna Cabot **

Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the United States ...

(1850–1924), U.S. senator *** George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909), poet **** Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985), U.S. senator, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations ***** George Cabot Lodge II (born 1927),

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...

professor, 1962 U.S. Senate candidate from Massachusetts against Edward M. Kennedy ***** Henry Sears Lodge (1930–2017) **** John Davis Lodge (1903–1985), 79th governor of

, U.S. ambassador ***** Lily Lodge (1930–2021)

Lowell

* John Lowell (1743–1802), Member of the Continental Congress and Federal Judge ** John Lowell (1769–1840), lawyer and Federalist *** John Amory Lowell (1798–1881), industrialist, philanthropist **** John Lowell (1824–1897), Federal Judge ***** John Lowell (1856–1922), lawyer ****** Mary Emlen Lowell (1884–1975), Countess of Berkeley, m.

Earl of Berkeley The title Baron Berkeley originated as a feudal title and was subsequently created twice in the Peerage of England by writ. It was first granted by writ to Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (1245–1321), 6th feudal Baron Berkeley, in 12 ...

****** Ralph Lowell (1890–1978), philanthropist, founder of WGBH ****** Olivia Lowell (1898–1977), m. Augustus Thorndike (1896–1986) ***** James Lowell (1869–1933), Federal Judge **** Augustus Lowell (1830–1900), industrialist, philanthropist ***** Percival Lowell (1855–1916), famous astronomer *****

(1856–1943), President of

, 1909–1933 ***** Elizabeth Lowell (1862–1935), m. William Lowell Putnam (see below) ****** Katherine Putnam (1890–1983), m. Harvey Bundy (1888–1963) ******* William Bundy (1917–2000), foreign affairs advisor to John F. Kennedy and

Lyndon Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after assassination of John F. Kennedy, the assassination of John F. Ken ...

*******

McGeorge Bundy McGeorge "Mac" Bundy (March 30, 1919 – September 16, 1996) was an American academic who served as the U.S. National Security Advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 through 1966. He was president of the Ford Fou ...

(1919–1996), U.S. National Security Advisor ******* Katharine Lawrence Bundy (1923–2014), m. Hugh Auchincloss Jr. (1915–1998), 1st cousin once removed of Hugh D. Auchincloss ******** Hugh Auchincloss III (born 1949), m. Laurie Hollis Glimcher (born 1951), divorced; daughter of Melvin J. Glimcher ********* Jake Auchincloss (born 1988), Captain in United States Marines, City of

Newton, Massachusetts Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located roughly west of Downtown Boston, and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of ...

Councilman (2015–2020), United States Congressman for Massachusetts (2021–present) ****** Roger Putnam (1893–1972), Mayor of Springfield, Director of the Economic Stability Administration (ESA) ***** Amy Lowell (1874–1925),

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...

-winning poet ** Francis Cabot Lowell (1775–1817), founder of the

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a transitional period of the global economy toward more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes, succee ...

in the United States *** John Lowell Jr. (1799–1836), Founder of the

Lowell Institute The Lowell Institute is a United States educational foundation located in Boston, Massachusetts, providing both free public lectures, and also advanced lectures. It was endowed by a bequest of $250,000 left by John Lowell Jr., who died in 1836. T ...

*** Francis Cabot Lowell Jr. (1803–1874), industrialist **** George Gardner Lowell (1830–1885) ***** Francis Cabot Lowell (1855–1911), Federal Judge **** Edward Jackson Lowell (1845–1894), historian ***** Guy Lowell (1870–1927), architect ** Rebecca Russell Lowell (1779–1853), m. Samuel Pickering Gardner (1767–1843) *** John Lowell Gardner (1804–1884) **** John Lowell Gardner (1837–1898), m. Isabella Stewart (1840–1924) ** Charles Lowell (1782–1861), Unitarian minister *** Charles Russell Lowell (1807–1870) **** Charles Russell Lowell Jr. (1835–1864), Civil War general, m. Josephine Shaw **** Harriet Lowell (1836–1920), m. George Putnam (1834–1917) ***** William Lowell Putnam (1861–1923), lawyer and banker, m. Elizabeth Lowell (see above) *** Mary Traill Spence Lowell Putnam (1810–1898), author, translator *** Robert Traill Spence Lowell (1816–1891) **** Robert T.S. Lowell (1860–1887) ***** Robert T.S. Lowell (1887–1950), naval officer ******

Robert Lowell Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the ''Mayflower''. His family, past and present, were important subjects ...

(1917–1977), Pulitzer Prize–winning poet ***

James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell (; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets to r ...

(1819–1891), American Romantic poet, Ambassador to Spain and England

Lyman

* Theodore Lyman (1753–1839), China trade merchant, commissioned Samuel McIntire to build one of New England's finest country houses, The Vale * Theodore Lyman II (1792–1849), brigadier general of militia, Massachusetts state representative, mayor of Boston * Theodore Lyman III (1833–1897), natural scientist, aide-de-camp to Major General Meade during the American Civil War, and United States congressman from Massachusetts *

Theodore Lyman IV Theodore Lyman IV (; November 23, 1874 – October 11, 1954) was an American physicist and spectroscopist, born in Boston. He graduated from Harvard in 1897, from which he also received his Ph.D. in 1900. Career Lyman became an assistant profe ...

(1874–1954), director of Jefferson Physics Lab, Harvard. The Lyman series of spectral lines, the crater Lyman on the far side of the Moon, and the Lyman Physics Building at Harvard are named after him.

Minot

Minot Family * Charles Sedgwick Minot (1852–1914), anatomist * George Richards Minot (1885–1950), winner of the

Nobel Prize in Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine () is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute, Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single ...

* Henry Davis Minot (1859–1890), ornithologist * Susan Minot (born 1956), author * Alexandria Minot (born 1981), lawyer, human rights activist

Norcross

Norcross family Original from

Watertown, Massachusetts Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, part of Greater Boston. The population was 35,329 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Its neighborhoods include Bemis, Coolidge Square, East Watertown, Watertown Sq ...

* Otis Norcross (1811–1882), mayor of Boston * Amasa Norcross (1824–1898), politician * Eleanor Norcross (1854–1923), artist

Oakes

Oakes family * Urian Oakes (1631–1681), minister and educator; president of

Otis

Otis family The Otis family is a Boston Brahmin family from Massachusetts best known for its involvement in early American politics. History The family was originally landowning farmers of Glastonbury, Somerset, the Otises went to New England during the Puri ...

* James Otis Jr. (1725–1783), revolutionary * Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814), playwright, revolutionary * Samuel Allyne Otis (1740–1814), politician * Harrison Gray Otis (1765–1848), U.S. senator, mayor of Boston

Paine

Paine Family * Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814), lawyer, politician, and a Founding Father of the United States who signed the

Continental Association The Continental Association, also known as the Articles of Association or simply the Association, was an agreement among the Thirteen Colonies, American colonies, adopted by the First Continental Congress, which met inside Carpenters' Hall in Phi ...

and the

Declaration of Independence A declaration of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another state or failed state, or are breaka ...

. * Robert Treat Paine Jr. (1773–1811), a poet and editor * Charles Jackson Paine (1833–1916), railroad executive, yachtsman, and general in the Union Army during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

. * Robert Treat Paine (philanthropist) (1835–1910), lawyer, philanthropist, and social reformer * Sumner Paine (1868–1904), American shooter who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics. * John Paine (sport shooter) (1870–1951), American shooter who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics. * Lyman Paine (1901–1978), architect and far-left activist. * Robert Treat Paine Storer (1893–1962),

All-American The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed on outstanding athletes in the United States who are considered to be among the best athletes in their respective sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an Al ...

football player for

and decorated veteran of

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. * Robert T. Paine (zoologist) (1933–2016), the ecologist who coined the term "keystone species". * Michael Paine (1928–2018), an acquaintance of

Lee Harvey Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963. Oswald was placed in juvenile detention at age 12 for truan ...

, unknown to Paine and his wife Oswald had been hiding his Carcano Model 38 infantry carbine rifle in the garage of their

Irving, Texas Irving is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and is an Inner suburb, inner city suburb of Dallas. Irving is noted for its #Demographics, racial and ethnic diver ...

home, that was used to kill President John F. Kennedy, and wound Texas Governor John Connally on November 22, 1963, and used beforehand in a failed attempt on the life of far-right activist, resigned Army General, Edwin Walker, in April of that year. * Ruth Paine (1932–present) friend of Marina Oswald, who was living with her at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy.

Palfrey

Palfrey Family * Peter Palfrey (1611–1663), one of the founders of Salem, Salem representative to the first General Court of

* William Palfrey (1741–1780), American patriot, Aide-de-camp to

George Washington George Washington (, 1799) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot (American Revoluti ...

, chief clerk to John Hancock, successful merchant * John G. Palfrey, John G. Palfrey I (1796–1881), played a leading role in the creation of Harvard Divinity School, first Dean of Harvard Divinity School, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, Unitarian minister, historian * Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1831–1889), historian, decorated Union officer * Sarah Palfrey Cooke, Sarah Palfrey Danzig (1912–1996), won 18 national tennis championship titles (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) * John G. Palfrey V (1919–1979), member of President Kennedy, President Kennedy's Atomic Energy Commission, Dean of Columbia University * John G. "Sean" Palfrey VI (born 1945), pediatrician and advocate, Harvard Faculty Dean of Adams House (Harvard College), Adams House with Judith Palfrey, Judy Palfrey * John Palfrey, John G. Palfrey VII (born 1972), educator and author, historian, Headmaster of Phillips Academy, Andover, Phillips Academy

Parkman

Parkman Family * Samuel Parkman (1751–1824), investor; father of ** George Parkman, physician, investor, philanthropist; victim in the Parkman–Webster murder case * Francis Parkman, Francis Parkman Jr., historian; grandson of Samuel Parkman; nephew of George Parkman

Peabody

Peabody (surname), Peabody Family * Elizabeth Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804–1894), American educator who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States * Endicott Peabody (educator), Endicott Peabody (1857–1944), Episcopal priest, founder of the Groton School, Groton School for Boys * Endicott Peabody, Endicott "Chubb" Peabody (1920–1997), governor of Massachusetts * George Peabody (1795–1869), entrepreneur, philanthropy, philanthropist who founded the House of Morgan and the Peabody Institute * Joseph Peabody (1757–1844), merchant, shipowner, philanthropist whose company sailed clipper ships in the Old China Trade from its base in Salem, Massachusetts * Mary Tyler Peabody Mann (1806–1887), American author, wife of education reformer Horace Mann * Nathaniel Peabody (Boston), Nathaniel Peabody (1774–1855) * Richard R. Peabody (1892–1936), author of ''The Common Sense of Drinking'', a major influence on Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill W., Bill Wilson * Sophia Hawthorne, Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne (1809–1871), painter, illustrator, wife of American author Nathaniel Hawthorne

Perkins

Perkins Family * Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764–1854), merchant, pioneer of the China trade, philanthropist * Charles Callahan Perkins, Charles Perkins (1823–1886), art historian, philanthropist, founder of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts * Edward Perkins (1856–1905), constitutional lawyer * Maxwell Perkins (1884–1947), literary editor of Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald

Phillips

Phillips (surname), Phillips Family * George Phillips (Watertown), Rev. George Phillips (1593–1644), gateway ancestor to the Phillips New England family, one of the founders of

* Christopher H. Phillips (1920–2008), politician, diplomat * Samuel Phillips Jr. (1752–1802), politician, founder of Phillips Academy * John Phillips (educator), John Phillips (1719–1795), educator, founder of Phillips Exeter Academy * John Sanborn Phillips (1861–1949), publisher of McClure's Magazine * Wendell Phillips (1811–1884), abolitionist * William Phillips (diplomat), William Phillips (1878–1968), diplomat * Samuel Phillips (reverend), Samuel Phillips (1690–1771), first pastor of the South Church, Andover, Massachusetts, South Church of Andover, Massachusetts, Andover Other notable relatives: * Phillips Brooks (1835–1893), Episcopal Church (United States), American Episcopal clergyman and author * Samuel P. Huntington, Samuel Phillips Huntington (1927–2008),

political science professor and author; grandson of John Sanborn Phillips * Charles F. Brush (1849–1929), inventor, philanthropist * Bill Gates (born 1955), billionaire software pioneer, philanthropist, investor, entrepreneur

Putnam

Putnam family, Putnam Family * James Putnam (judge), James Putnam (1725–1789), last attorney general in Massachusetts before American Revolution; judge and politician in New Brunswick * James Putnam (politician), James Putnam (1756–1838), Canadian politician * Israel Putnam, Major General Israel Putnam (1718–1790), U.S. general during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War ** Colonel Daniel Putnam (1759–1831), colonel in U.S. Continental Army; his home is Putnam Elms *** John Day Putnam (1837–1904), Wisconsin politician * William Lowell Putnam (1861–1924), and Elizabeth Lowell Putnam ** George P. Putnam (1887–1950), publisher, explorer, husband of Amelia Earhart ** Katherine L. Putnam (1890–1983), wife of Harvey Hollister Bundy ** Roger Lowell Putnam (1893–1972), politician, businessman

Quincy

Quincy political family, Quincy Family * Edmund Quincy (1602–1636), Edmund Quincy (1602–1636), settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633 * Josiah Quincy II (1744–1775), lawyer, revolutionary ** Josiah Quincy III (1772–1864), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts, mayor of Boston, president of

* Dorothy Quincy Hancock, wife of John Hancock * Abigail Smith Adams (1744–1818), wife of John Adams **

(1767–1848), President of the United States

Rice

Rice (surname), Rice Family Originally of Sudbury, Massachusetts: * Deacon Edmund Rice (1638), Edmund Rice (1594–1663), colonist * Alexander Hamilton Rice (1818–1895), industrialist, mayor of Boston, governor of Massachusetts, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts ** Alexander H. Rice Jr., Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. (1875–1956), physician, geographer, explorer * Americus V. Rice, Brigadier General Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904), U.S. general, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, banker * Edmund Rice (Medal of Honor), Brigadier General Edmund Rice (1842–1906), U.S. general, Medal of Honor recipient * Edmund Rice (politician), Edmund Rice (1819–1889), U.S. senator, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota * Henry Mower Rice (1816–1894), U.S. senator * Luther Rice (1783–1836), Baptist clergyman, missionary to India * Thomas Rice (1768), Thomas Rice (1768–1854), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts * William Marsh Rice (1816–1900), businessman, founder of Rice University * William North Rice (1845–1928), geologist, educator * William Whitney Rice (1826–1896), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts * William B. Rice (1840–1909), industrialist, philanthropist

Saltonstall

Saltonstall family, Saltonstall Family * Leverett Saltonstall I (1783–1845), politician, educator * Leverett Saltonstall (1892–1979), U.S. senator ** William L. Saltonstall (1927–2009), politician * Elizabeth Saltonstall (1900–1990), lithographer, painter * Philip Saltonstall Weld (1915–1984), World War II commando, environmentalist * William Saltonstall, William G. Saltonstall (1905–1989), 8th Principal of Phillips Exeter Academy

Sargent

* Epes Sargent (soldier), Colonel Epes Sargent (1690–1762), colonel of militia before the Revolution and a justice of the general session court for more than 30 years ** Paul Dudley Sargent (1745–1828), Revolutionary officer, one of the founding overseers of

*** Harrison Tweed (1885–1969), lawyer, civic leader **** Tweed Roosevelt (born 1942), great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt ** John Sargent (Loyalist), John Sargent (1750–1824), Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalist officer during the American Revolution *** Winthrop Sargent (1753–1820), patriot, governor, politician, writer; member of the Federalist Party *** Judith Sargent Murray (1751–1820), feminist, essayist, playwright, poet; her home is the Sargent House Museum ** Daniel Sargent Sr. (1730–1806), merchant, owned Sargent's Wharf in Boston *** Daniel Sargent (politician), Daniel Sargent (1764–1842), merchant, politician **** Daniel Sargent Curtis (1825–1908), lawyer, banker, trustee of the BPL, owner of Palazzo Barbaro *** Henry Sargent (1770–1845), painter, military man *** Henry Winthrop Sargent (1810–1882), horticulturist, landscape gardener *** Ignatius Sargent Sr. (1765–1821), merchant, military man **** Ignatius Sargent (1800–1884), banker, railroad executive, horticulturalist, landscape gardener ***** Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927), botanist, first director of

's Arnold Arboretum *** Lucius Manlius Sargent (1786–1867), author, antiquarian, temperance advocate **** Horace Binney Sargent, Brigadier General Horace Binney Sargent (1821–1908), U.S. Civil War general (Union Army), politician *** John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" *** Winthrop Sargent Gilman (1808–1884), head of the banking house of Gilman, Son & Co. in New York City *** Epes Sargent (poet), Epes Sargent (1813–1880), editor, poet, playwright *** Francis W. Sargent (1915–1998), 64th governor of Massachusetts *** Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921–2014), (Harvard, 1942): editor of ''

'' *** Frances Sargent Osgood (1811–1850), poet, one of the most popular women writers during her time *** Anna Maria Wells (née Foster; –1868), early American poet, children's author *** Katharine Sergeant Angell White (1892–1977), writer, fiction editor for The New Yorker magazine

Sears

Sears Family * Richard Sears (pilgrim), Richard Sears (1610–1676), colonist * David Sears (America), David Sears II (1787–1871), philanthropist, merchant, land-owner * Clara Endicott Sears (1863–1960), author, philanthropist * Mason Sears (1899–1973), politician, ambassador * Emily Sears, wife of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. * John W. Sears (1930–2014), politician

Sedgwick

Sedgwick family, Sedgwick Family * Major General Robert Sedgwick (colonist), Robert Sedgwick (1611–1656), immigrant, Commander of the Massachusetts Bay Colony forces ** Hon. Theodore Sedgwick (1746–1813), 4th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; major in U.S. Continental Army *** John Sedgwick, Major General John Sedgwick (1813–1864), U.S. Civil War general (Union Army) *** Theodore Sedgwick (lawyer), Theodore Sedgwick Jr. (1780–1839), lawyer, author; politician **** Theodore Sedgwick (writer), Theodore Sedgwick III (1811–1859), attorney, legal author, U.S. Minister to France *** Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789–1876), one of the first noted female writers in the United States *** Henry Dwight Sedgwick (1785–1831), father of **** Henry Dwight Sedgwick II (1824–1903), father of ***** Ellery Sedgwick (1872–1960), magazine editor; father of ****** Ellery Sedgwick Jr. (1908–1991), father of ******* Theodore Sedgwick (diplomat), Theodore “Tod” Sedgwick, diplomat, publisher ***** Henry Dwight Sedgwick III (1861–1957), lawyer, author; father of ****** Henry Dwight Sedgwick IV (1896–1914) ****** Francis Minturn Sedgwick (1904–1967), father of ******* Edith Minturn Sedgwick (1943–1971), American socialite, actress, fashion model who worked with Andy Warhol ****** Robert Minturn Sedgwick (1899–1976), father of ******* Henry Dwight Sedgwick V (1928–2018), venture capitalist; husband of Helen Stern (1930–2019) and Patricia Rosenwald Sedgwick (born 1933); father of ******** Mike Stern (born Michael Sedgwick 1953), jazz guitarist ******** Kyra Sedgwick, Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born 1965), actress, producer, director; wife of Kevin Bacon; mother of ********* Sosie Bacon (born 1992), actress ******** Holly Sedgwick (born ), mother of ********* Justin Nozuka (born 1988) ********* George Nozuka (born 1986) ********* Philip Nozuka (born 1987) ******** Robert Sedgwick (actor), Robert Sedgwick (born )

Shattuck

*Lemuel Shattuck (1793–1859), politician, historian, bookseller and publisher. **Henry Lee Shattuck (1879–1971), attorney, philanthropist, and politician

Shaw

* Robert Gould Shaw (1776–1853) m. Elizabeth Willard Parkman (1785–1853) ** Francis George Shaw (1809–1882) m. Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw, Sarah Blake Sturgis (1815–1902) *** Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) *** Josephine Shaw (1843–1905) m. Charles Russell Lowell (1835–1864) ** Quincy Adams Shaw (1825–1908) m. Pauline Agassiz Shaw, Pauline Agassiz (1841–1917) *** Robert Gould Shaw II (1872–1930) m. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Nancy Langhorne (1879–1964) **** Robert Gould Shaw III (1898–1970) **** Louis Agassiz Shaw II (1906–1987)

Storrow

*Charles Storer Storrow (1809–1904), civil engineer and industrialist **James J. Storrow (attorney), James Jackson Storrow (1837–1897), lawyer ***James J. Storrow, James J. Storrow II (1864–1926), investment banker, automotive executive, politician, and Boy Scouts of America president. Husband of Helen Storrow. ****James J. Storrow III (1892–1977), trustee *****James J. Storrow Jr., James J. Storrow IV (1917–1984), film producer and magazine publisher

Sturgis

*James Perkins Sturgis (1791 - 1851), wealthy merchant *Nathaniel Russell Sturgis (1779 - 1856), merchant and socialite m. Susannah Thomsen Parkman, daughter of Samuel Parkman, an influential merchant **Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw, Sarah Blake Sturgis (1815–1902), abolitionist, women's rights supporter, anti-imperialist and philanthropist **Ann Cushing Sturgis Paine, married into the Paine family **Russell Sturgis (1805–1887), Russell Sturgis (1805–1887), merchant active in the China trade *** **Henry Parkman Sturgis, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, United States Consul to the Philippines ***

Thayer

Thayer family, Thayer Family * Sylvanus Thayer, Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), U.S. general (Army), Father of West Point * Nathaniel Thayer (1769–1840), Unitarian minister; father of ** Nathaniel Thayer Jr. (1808–1883), financier, philanthropist; partner in John E. Thayer and brother firm which he left to clerks Kidder and Peabody after his retirement. One of the most generous citizens of Boston donating Thayer Hall to Harvard University; an overseer of Harvard, 1866–1868, and a fellow, 1868–1875; father of *** Nathaniel Thayer III, Nathaniel Thayer, III (1851–1911), capitalist, pioneer railroad promoter * Bayard Thayer (1862–1916), millionaire sportsman, horticulturist * Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer (1855–1907), financier, capitalist; father of ** Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer Jr. (1881–1937), Harvard class of 1904; President of Merchants and Chase National Banks; Chairman of Stutz motorcars * James Bradley Thayer (1831–1902), American legal writer, educationist * Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), American poet, author of "Casey at the Bat", and uncle of Scofield Thayer * Scofield Thayer (1889–1982), American poet, publisher * Eli Thayer (1819–1899), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts * John A. Thayer (1857–1917), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts * John R. Thayer (1845–1916), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts * John Milton Thayer, Brevet Major General John Milton Thayer (1820–1906), U.S. senator, U.S. Civil War general (Union Army); governor of Nebraska * Webster Thayer (1857–1933), judge at the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti * William Greenough Thayer (1863–1934), American educator; father of ** Sigourney Thayer (1896–1944), theatrical producer, aviator, poet * Tommy Thayer (born 1960), lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss

Thorndike

Thorndike Family * Israel Thorndike (1755–1832), merchant, politician * Augustus Thorndike (1896–1986), physician * George Thorndike Angell (1823–1909), lawyer, philanthropist

Tudor

Tudor (name), Tudor Family * William Tudor (1750–1819), lawyer, politician, founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society * William Tudor (1779–1830), William Tudor (1779–1830), cofounder of the ''North American Review'' and the Boston Athenaeum * Frederic Tudor (1783–1864), Boston's "Ice King", founder of the Tudor Ice Company * Tasha Tudor (1915–2008), illustrator and author of children's books

Warren

* Richard Warren (1578–1628), London merchant, ''Mayflower'' passenger * James Warren (politician), James Warren (1726–1808), paymaster general of Continental Army, major general in Massachusetts colony militia, president of Massachusetts Congress * Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814), playwright, historian, revolutionary * Joseph Warren (1741–1775), major general in Massachusetts colony militia, hero/martyr of Bunker Hill, president of Massachusetts Congress; sent Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride * John Warren (1753–1815), founder of Harvard Medical School, surgeon at Bunker Hill, co-founder of the Massachusetts Medical Society * John Collins Warren (surgeon, born 1778), John Collins Warren (1778–1856), surgeon, president of the American Medical Association, founding dean of Harvard Medical School, a founder of Massachusetts General Hospital; gave first public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, a founder of ''The New England Journal of Medicine'' * Winslow Warren (1838–1930), American attorney who served as Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston during the second administration of Grover Cleveland * John Collins Warren (surgeon, born 1842), John Collins Warren Jr. (1842–1927), surgeon, president of the American Surgical Association * Charles Warren (U.S. author), Charles Warren (1868–1954), lawyer, author, legal scholar who won a Pulitzer Prize for his book ''The Supreme Court in United States History''

Weld

Weld family, Weld Family * Thomas Weld (minister), Thomas Weld (born ), colonist, Puritan minister * William Gordon Weld (1775–1825), merchant * William Fletcher Weld (1800–1881), merchant, philanthropist * Ezra Greenleaf Weld (1801–1874), daguerreotypist * Theodore Dwight Weld (1803–1895), abolitionist * Stephen Minot Weld (1806–1867), politician, educator * George Walker Weld (1840–1905), philanthropist * Stephen Minot Weld Jr., Brevet Brigadier General Stephen Minot Weld Jr. (1842–1920), U.S. Civil War general (Union Army) * Charles Goddard Weld (1857–1911), philanthropist * Isabel Weld Perkins (1877–1948), philanthropist * Philip Saltonstall Weld (1915–1984), World War II commando, environmentalist * Tuesday Weld (born 1943), actress * William Weld (born 1945), governor of Massachusetts, 2016 Libertarian Party (United States), Libertarian Party Vice Presidential Candidate

Whitney

* Eli Whitney (1765–1825) * William Collins Whitney (1841–1904)

Wigglesworth

Wigglesworth Family * Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705), colonist, clergyman; father of ** Edward Michael Wigglesworth (c. 1693–1765), clergyman, educator; father of *** Edward Wigglesworth (1732–1794), Edward Wigglesworth (1732–1794), academician * Richard B. Wigglesworth (1891–1960), ambassador to Canada, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts

Winthrop

Winthrop Family Patrilineal descendants: * Lucy Winthrop Downing: mother of diplomat Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, founder of New York, of Downing Street, London, and ultimately of Downing College, Cambridge, UK; Lucy's letter to her brother Governor Winthrop provided the impetus for the founding of Harvard College; sister of * John Winthrop the Elder, John Winthrop (1588–1649), founding governor of

; father of ** John Winthrop the Younger, John Winthrop (1606–1676), governor of

*** Fitz-John Winthrop (1637–1711), governor of Connecticut * John Winthrop, husband of Anne Dudley, granddaughter of Thomas Dudley ** John Winthrop (educator), John Winthrop (1714–1779), acting president of Harvard, pioneer of American science *** James Winthrop (1752–1821), librarian, jurist * Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, lieutenant governor of Massachusetts * Robert Charles Winthrop (1809–1894), lawyer, politician, philanthropist Other descendants: *Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954), philosopher, author, cultural theorist and descendant in the female line of John Winthrop.

Bibliography

* Cleveland Amory, ''The Proper Bostonians'', 1947

References

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