Boston Brahmin
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Boston Brahmins are wealthy Yankee
families characterized by a highly discreet and inconspicuous life style. Based in and around Boston
, they form an integral part of the historic core of the East Coast
establishment
. They are associated with the distinctive Boston Brahmin accent
, and with Harvard University
.
refers to the highest caste in the caste system in India
. These were the upper caste people in India involved in conducting worship in India. In America it has been applied to the old, upper crust New England
families of British Protestant origin that were extremely influential in the development and leadership of arts, culture, science, politics, trade, and academia. The term was certainly applied partly in jest to characterize the often erudite and pretentious nature of the New England gentry to outsiders.
The nature of the Brahmins is summarized in the doggerel "Boston Toast" by Harvard alumnus John Collins Bossidy.
Boston's "Brahmin elite" developed a semi-aristocratic value system by the 1840s. Cultivated, urbane, and dignified, a Boston Brahmin was the very essence of enlightened aristocracy
. The ideal Brahmin was not only wealthy, but displayed suitable personal virtues and character traits. The term was coined in 1861 by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The Brahmin was expected to cultivate the arts, support charities such as hospitals and colleges, and assume the role of community leader. 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. The total system was buttressed by the strong extended family ties present in Boston society. Young men attended the same prep schools and colleges, and heirs married heiresses. Family not only served as an economic asset, but also as a means of moral restraint. Most belong to the Unitarian
or Episcopal
churches, although some were Congregationalists
or Methodists
. Politically they were successively Federalists, Whigs
, and Republicans
. They were marked by their manners and distinctive elocution, the Boston Brahmin accent
, version of the New England accent.
, originally of Newbury
and Nantucket
Descendant by marriage:
Descendant by marriage:
Descendant by marriage:
Salem:
Dedham:
, originally of Essex county
Descendant by marriage:
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
(1856–1943): President of Harvard University
Descendant by marriage:
,
, originally of Sudbury, MA
Yankee
The term Yankee has several interrelated and often pejorative meanings, usually referring to people originating in the northeastern United States, or still more narrowly New England, where application of the term is largely restricted to descendants of the English settlers of the region.The...
families characterized by a highly discreet and inconspicuous life style. Based in and around Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, they form an integral part of the historic core of the East Coast
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
establishment
The Establishment
The Establishment is a term used to refer to a visible dominant group or elite that holds power or authority in a nation. The term suggests a closed social group which selects its own members...
. They are associated with the distinctive Boston Brahmin accent
Boston Brahmin accent
The Boston Brahmin accent is a New England accent associated with the Boston Brahmins.In popular culture, users of this accent include the characters Charles Emerson Winchester on M*A*S*H, Walter Gaines on Cheers, Tracks on Transformers and George Feeny on Boy Meets World.-External links:*, from...
, and with Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
.
Characteristics
The term BrahminBrahmin
Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
refers to the highest caste in the caste system in India
Caste system in India
The Indian caste system is a system of social stratification and social restriction in India in which communities are defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups called Jātis....
. These were the upper caste people in India involved in conducting worship in India. In America it has been applied to the old, upper crust New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
families of British Protestant origin that were extremely influential in the development and leadership of arts, culture, science, politics, trade, and academia. The term was certainly applied partly in jest to characterize the often erudite and pretentious nature of the New England gentry to outsiders.
The nature of the Brahmins is summarized in the doggerel "Boston Toast" by Harvard alumnus John Collins Bossidy.
- "And this is good old Boston,
- The home of the bean and the codCodCod is the common name for genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name for various other fishes. Cod is a popular food with a mild flavor, low fat content and a dense, flaky white flesh. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of...
, - Where the LowellsLowell familyThe Lowell family settled on the North Shore at Cape Ann after they arrived in Boston on June 23, 1639. The patriarch, Percival Lowle , described as a "solid citizen of Bristol", determined at the age of 68 that the future was in the New World.Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop needed...
talk only to CabotsCabot familyThe Cabot family was part of the Boston Brahmin, also known as the "first families of Boston."-Family origin:The Boston Brahmin Cabot family descended from John Cabot , who immigrated from his birthplace to Salem, Massachusetts in 1700...
, - And the Cabots talk only to God."
Boston's "Brahmin elite" developed a semi-aristocratic value system by the 1840s. Cultivated, urbane, and dignified, a Boston Brahmin was the very essence of enlightened aristocracy
Aristocracy (class)
The aristocracy are people considered to be in the highest social class in a society which has or once had a political system of Aristocracy. Aristocrats possess hereditary titles granted by a monarch, which once granted them feudal or legal privileges, or deriving, as in Ancient Greece and India,...
. The ideal Brahmin was not only wealthy, but displayed suitable personal virtues and character traits. The term was coined in 1861 by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was an American physician, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat...
The Brahmin was expected to cultivate the arts, support charities such as hospitals and colleges, and assume the role of community leader. 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. The total system was buttressed by the strong extended family ties present in Boston society. Young men attended the same prep schools and colleges, and heirs married heiresses. Family not only served as an economic asset, but also as a means of moral restraint. Most belong to the Unitarian
Unitarian Universalism
Unitarian Universalism is a religion characterized by support for a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning". Unitarian Universalists do not share a creed; rather, they are unified by their shared search for spiritual growth and by the understanding that an individual's theology is a...
or Episcopal
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
churches, although some were Congregationalists
Congregational church
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
or Methodists
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
. Politically they were successively Federalists, Whigs
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
, and Republicans
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. They were marked by their manners and distinctive elocution, the Boston Brahmin accent
Boston Brahmin accent
The Boston Brahmin accent is a New England accent associated with the Boston Brahmins.In popular culture, users of this accent include the characters Charles Emerson Winchester on M*A*S*H, Walter Gaines on Cheers, Tracks on Transformers and George Feeny on Boy Meets World.-External links:*, from...
, version of the New England accent.
Brahmin families
Many of the Brahmin families trace their ancestry back to the original founders of Boston while others entered New England aristocratic society during the nineteenth century with their profits from commerce and trade or by marrying into established Brahmin families like the Emersons and Winthrops. A few families are listed here.Adams
Adams familyAdams political family
The Adams family was a prominent political family in the United States during the late 18th century through early 20th centuries. Based in eastern Massachusetts, they formed part of the Boston Brahmin community.-Members:...
- Samuel AdamsSamuel AdamsSamuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...
(1722–1803): Founding Father - John AdamsJohn AdamsJohn Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...
(1735–1826): Founding Father and second President of the United StatesPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
, husband of Abigail Smith AdamsAbigail AdamsAbigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, who was the second President of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth...
(1744–1818)- John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...
(1767–1848): sixth President of the United States- Charles Francis Adams, Sr.Charles Francis Adams, Sr.Charles Francis Adams, Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. He was the grandson of President John Adams and Abigail Adams and the son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams....
(1807–1886): Ambassador, U.S. CongressmanUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
- Charles Francis Adams, Jr.Charles Francis Adams, Jr.Charles Francis Adams II was a member of the prominent Adams family, and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
(1835–1915): Civil War generalAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... - John Quincy Adams IIJohn Quincy Adams IIJohn Quincy Adams II was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:Adams was the son of Charles Francis Adams, the grandson and namesake of president John Quincy Adams and the great-grandson of President John Adams...
(1833–1894): lawyer, politician- Charles Francis Adams IIICharles Francis Adams IIICharles Francis Adams III was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover and a well-known yachtsman.-Life:...
(1866–1954): U.S. Secretary of the NavyUnited States Secretary of the NavyThe Secretary of the Navy of the United States of America is the head of the Department of the Navy, a component organization of the Department of Defense...
- Charles Francis Adams IVCharles Francis Adams IVCharles Francis Adams IV was a U.S. electronics industrialist. He served as the first president of the Raytheon Company between 1948 and 1960, and again from 1962 to 1964. He served as its chairman between 1960 and 1962, and again from 1964 until 1972...
(1910–1999): industrialist, first president of RaytheonRaytheonRaytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007...
- Charles Francis Adams IV
- Charles Francis Adams III
- Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918): author
- Brooks AdamsBrooks AdamsPeter Chardon Brooks Adams , was an American historian and a critic of capitalism. He graduated from Harvard University in 1870 and studied at Harvard Law School in 1870 and 1871....
(1848–1927): historian - Ivers Whitney AdamsIvers Whitney AdamsIvers Whitney Adams was an American baseball executive and businessperson, and founder of the first professional baseball team in Boston, the Boston Red Stockings.- Baseball :...
(1838–1914): founder of the first professional baseball team, the Boston Red StockingsBoston Red StockingsThe color red has been used in the names and commonly in the uniforms of several professional baseball teams in Boston, Massachusetts.* Boston's first professional baseball club was established 1871 by Boston businessman Ivers Whitney Adams, and was nicknamed the Boston Red Stockings....
- Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
- Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
- John Quincy Adams
Amory
Amory family- John Amory LowellJohn Amory LowellHon. John Amory Lowell was an American businessman and philanthropist from Boston. He became the sole trustee of the Lowell Institute when his first cousin, John Lowell, Jr. , the Institute's endower, died...
(1798–1881): merchant - Thomas Coffin AmoryThomas Coffin AmoryThomas Coffin Amory. An American lawyer, politician, biographer, and poet born in Boston, Massachusetts to Jonathan Amory and Mehitable Cutler.-Works:Biographies...
(1812–1889): lawyer, author - Ernest Amory CodmanErnest Amory CodmanErnest Amory Codman, M.D., was a pioneering Boston surgeon who made contributions to anaesthesiology, radiology, duodenal ulcer surgery, orthopaedic oncology, shoulder surgery, and the study of medical outcomes....
(1869–1940): surgeon - Cleveland AmoryCleveland AmoryCleveland Amory was an American author who devoted his life to promoting animal rights. He was perhaps best known for his books about his cat, named Polar Bear, whom he saved from the Manhattan streets on Christmas Eve 1977...
(1917–1998): author
Bacon
Bacon familyBacon (surname)
* Anthony Bacon , English Industrialist* Anthony Bacon , cavalry officer during the Napoleonic wars* Albion Fellows Bacon , American reformer and writer...
- Robert BaconRobert BaconRobert Bacon was an American statesman and diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of State from January to March 1909.-Biography:...
(1860–1919): U.S. Secretary of StateUnited States Secretary of StateThe United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence... - Robert L. BaconRobert L. BaconRobert Low Bacon was a banker, Lieutenant Colonel, and congressman from New York.-Biography:Born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, the son of Martha Waldron Cowdin and future Secretary of State Robert Bacon, he received a common school education as a child...
(1884–1938): U.S. Congressman - Gaspar G. BaconGaspar G. BaconGaspar Griswold Bacon, Sr. was on the board of Harvard University, President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1929 to 1932 and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1933 to 1935.-Biography:...
(1886–1947): politician - Gaspar G. Bacon, Jr. (1914–1943): actor
- Kevin BaconKevin BaconKevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....
(1958 - Now) : Actor
Cabot
Cabot familyCabot family
The Cabot family was part of the Boston Brahmin, also known as the "first families of Boston."-Family origin:The Boston Brahmin Cabot family descended from John Cabot , who immigrated from his birthplace to Salem, Massachusetts in 1700...
- John Cabot (b. 1680 in British Channel Isle of Jersey) - successful ship merchant
- Joseph Cabot (b. 1720 in Salem) - successful ship merchant
- Joseph Cabot Jr. (b. 1746 in Salem) - ship merchant
- George CabotGeorge CabotGeorge Cabot was an American merchant, seaman, and politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate and as the Presiding Officer of the Hartford Convention.-Early life:...
(b. 1752 in Salem) - successful ship merchant, U.S. SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
from Massachusetts, appointed but declined to be first Secretary of the Navy- Unknown Cabot
- Anna Cabot (b. 1821)
- Henry Cabot LodgeHenry Cabot LodgeHenry Cabot "Slim" Lodge was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. He had the role of Senate Majority leader. He is best known for his positions on Meek policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles...
(b. 1850 in Boston) - U.S. SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
from Massachusetts and ardent opponent of Woodrow WilsonWoodrow WilsonThomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
’s League of NationsLeague of NationsThe League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
- George Cabot LodgeGeorge Cabot LodgeGeorge Cabot "Bay" Lodge , was an American poet of the late 19th and early-20th century.-Early life:Lodge was born in in Boston. His father was Henry Cabot Lodge, a politician. His mother was Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge...
(b. 1873 in Boston) - poet- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...
(b. 1902 in Nanhunt) - U.S. SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
from Massachusetts, incumbent 1952 U.S. Senate candidate from MassachusettsUnited States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1952The United States Senate election of 1952 in Massachusetts was held on November 4, 1952. This election marked the end of the Lodge family dynasty and the beginning of the Kennedy family dynasty.-The campaign:...
against John F. KennedyJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
, U.S. Ambassador to United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
and South VietnamSouth VietnamSouth Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...
, and 1960 vice presidential candidateUnited States presidential election, 1960The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th American presidential election, held on November 8, 1960, for the term beginning January 20, 1961, and ending January 20, 1965. The incumbent president, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not eligible to run again. The Republican Party...
for Richard NixonRichard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
against John F. KennedyJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
-Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. JohnsonLyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
- George Cabot Lodge IIGeorge C. LodgeGeorge Cabot Lodge II is an American professor and former politician.-Early life:His father was Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, U.S. Ambassador to United Nations and South Vietnam, and 1960 vice presidential candidate for Richard Nixon against John F. Kennedy-Lyndon B....
(b. 1927) - Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
professor, 1962 U.S. Senate candidate from MassachusettsUnited States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1962The United States Senate special election of 1962 in Massachusetts was held on November 6, 1962.-History:Senator John F. Kennedy resigned the seat to become President of the United States after winning the presidential election in 1960. Benjamin A...
against Edward M. Kennedy
- George Cabot Lodge II
- John Davis LodgeJohn Davis LodgeJohn Davis Lodge , was an American politician, and 79th Governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955. He was also an actor and U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland.-Early life:Lodge was born in Washington, D.C....
(b. 1903 in Washington, DC) - 64th Governor of ConnecticutConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
- George Cabot Lodge
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Anna Cabot (b. 1821)
- Unknown Cabot
- Susanna Cabot (b. 1754)
- Francis Cabot Lowell (b. 1775 in Newburyport) - founder of Harvard's Porcellian ClubPorcellian ClubThe Porcellian Club is a men's-only final club at Harvard University, sometimes called the Porc or the P.C. The year of founding is usually given as 1791, when a group began meeting under the name "the Argonauts," or as 1794, the year of the roast pig dinner at which the club, known first as "the...
, helped introduce power loomPower loomA power loom is a mechanized loom powered by a line shaft. The first power loom was designed in 1784 by Edmund Cartwright and first built in 1785. It was refined over the next 47 years until a design by Kenworthy and Bullough, made the operation completely automatic. This was known as the...
in U.S.
- Francis Cabot Lowell (b. 1775 in Newburyport) - founder of Harvard's Porcellian Club
- Samuel Cabot (b. 1758) - successful ship merchant
- Samuel Cabot Jr. (b. 1784 in Boston) - shipping businessman
- Dr. Samuel Cabot III (b. 1815 in Boston) - eminent surgeon
- Lilla CabotLilla Cabot PerryLilla Cabot Perry was an American artist who worked in the Impressionist style, rendering portraits and landscapes in the free form manner of her mentor, Claude Monet. Perry was an early advocate of the French Impressionist style and contributed to its reception in the United States...
(b. 1848 in Boston) - among first American impressionist artistsAmerican ImpressionismImpressionism, a style of painting characterized by loose brushwork and vivid colors, was practiced widely among American artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.-An emerging artistic style from Paris:...
, contributor to Museum of Fine Arts, BostonMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonThe Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas... - Samuel Cabot IV (b. 1850) - chemist, founder of ValsparValsparThe Valspar Corporation is an international manufacturer of paint and coatings based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the fifth largest paint and coating corporation in the world. The 200+ year old Valspar was founded in 1806 as a paint dealership in Boston, Massachusetts...
's Cabot Stains - Dr. Arthur Tracy Cabot (b. 1852 in Boston) - progressive surgeon
- Godfrey Lowell CabotGodfrey Lowell CabotGodfrey Lowell Cabot was an American industrialist and philanthropist, who founded the Cabot Corporation.-Early life:...
(b. 1861 in Boston) - founder of Cabot CorporationCabot CorporationCabot Corporation is a specialty chemicals and performance materials company. It operates in four segments: the Carbon Black Business, the Metal Oxides Business, the Supermetals Business, and the Specialty Fluids Business. Cabot's headquarters is located in Boston, Massachusetts...
, philanthropist- Thomas Dudley CabotThomas Dudley CabotThomas Dudley Cabot was an American businessman and philanthropist. He also became U.S. Department of State's Director of Office of International Security Affairs.-Early life:...
(b. 1897 in Cambridge) - businessman and philanthropist, Cabot HouseCabot HouseCabot House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. Cabot House derives from the merger in 1970 of South and East House, which took the name South House , until the name was changed and the House reincorporated in 1984 to honor Harvard benefactors Thomas Cabot and...
namesake- Louis Wellington Cabot - businessman, philanthropist, former Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank of BostonFederal Reserve Bank of BostonThe Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, commonly known as the Boston Fed, is responsible for the First District of the Federal Reserve, which covers most of Connecticut , Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. It is headquartered in the Federal Reserve Bank Building in Boston,...
- Linda Cabot Black - cofounder of Opera Company of BostonOpera Company of BostonThe Opera Company of Boston was an American opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts that was active during the late 1950s through the early 1990s. The company was founded by American conductor Sarah Caldwell in 1958 under the name Boston Opera Group. At one time, the touring arm of the...
and Opera New England- Sophie Cabot BlackSophie Cabot BlackSophie Cabot Black is an American prize-winning poet who has taught creative writing at Columbia University and elsewhere.-Early life:...
(b. 1958) - poet
- Sophie Cabot Black
- Louis Wellington Cabot - businessman, philanthropist, former Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- John Moors CabotJohn Moors CabotJohn Moors Cabot was an American diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to four nations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administration. He also served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.-Early life:...
(b. 1901 in Cambridge) - U.S. Ambassador to SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, and PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administration- Lewis Cabot - Lewis Cabot EstateLewis Cabot Estate-History:Lewis Cabot's father, was John Moors Cabot, both from Boston. The site was built in 1895, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts...
namesake
- Lewis Cabot - Lewis Cabot Estate
- Eleanor Cabot - Eleanor Cabot Bradley EstateEleanor Cabot Bradley EstateThe Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate is a nonprofit country house and garden ground museum in Canton, Massachusetts. It is operated by The Trustees of Reservations. The grounds are open every day, sunrise to sunset, without charge.-History:...
namesake
- Thomas Dudley Cabot
- Lilla Cabot
- Edward Clarke CabotEdward Clarke CabotEdward Clarke Cabot was an American architect and artist.-Early life:Cabot's father was Samuel Cabot Jr., a shipping businessman. His mother was Eliza Perkins Cabot. He had two siblings: Dr. Samuel Cabot III , an eminent surgeon, and Walter Channing Cabot Edward Clarke Cabot (August 17, 1818...
(b. 1818) - architect and artist - Walter Channing Cabot (b. 1829)
- Henry Bromfield Cabot (b. 1861 in Boston) - lawyer
- Paul Codman Cabot (b. 1898 in Brookline), - cofounder of America's first mutual fund, "Harvard's [Endowment] Midas"
- Charles Codman CabotCharles Codman CabotCharles Codman Cabot was an American judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts.-Early life:Cabot was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father was Henry Bromfield Cabot, a lawyer. His mother was Anna McMasters Codman Cabot. He had five siblings: Henry Bromfield Cabot Jr. , Powell Mason Cabot...
(b. 1900 in Brookline) - associate judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Boston Bar AssociationBoston Bar AssociationThe Boston Bar Association, which also goes by the acronym BBA, is a volunteer non-governmental organization in Boston, Massachusetts, United States...
president
- Elise Cabot Forbes (b. 1869) - maternal grandmother of Michael Paine
- Henry Bromfield Cabot (b. 1861 in Boston) - lawyer
- Dr. Samuel Cabot III (b. 1815 in Boston) - eminent surgeon
- Samuel Cabot Jr. (b. 1784 in Boston) - shipping businessman
- Joseph Cabot (b. 1720 in Salem) - successful ship merchant
Chaffee/Chafee
Chaffee family, originally of Hingham, MassachusettsHingham, Massachusetts
Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
- Thomas Chaffee (1610–1683), businessman and landowner
- Jonathon Chaffee (1678–1766), businessman and landowner
- Matthew Chaffee (1657–1723), Boston landowner
- Adna Romanza Chaffee (1842–1914): U.S. General
- Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.Adna Romanza Chaffee, Jr. was a major general in the United States Army, called the "Father of the Armored Force" for his role in developing the U.S. Army's tank forces.-Early years:...
(1884–1941): U.S. General - Zechariah ChafeeZechariah ChafeeZechariah Chafee, Jr. was an American judicial philosopher and civil libertarian. An advocate for free speech, he was described by Senator Joseph McCarthy as "dangerous" to the United States...
(1885–1957): philosopher, civil libertarian - John ChafeeJohn ChafeeJohn Lester Hubbard Chafee was an American politician. He served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as the Secretary of the Navy, and as a United States Senator.-Early life and family:...
(1922–1999): U.S. Senator - Lincoln ChafeeLincoln ChafeeLincoln Davenport Chafee is an American politician who has been the 74th Governor of Rhode Island since January 2011. Prior to his election as governor, Chafee served in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1999 until losing his Senate re-election bid in 2006 to Democrat Sheldon...
(b. 1953): U.S. Senator, Rhode Island governor
Choate
Choate family- Rufus ChoateRufus ChoateRufus Choate , American lawyer and orator, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, a descendant of an English family which settled in Massachusetts in 1643. His first cousin, physician George Choate, was the father of George C. S. Choate and Joseph Hodges Choate...
(1799-1859): U.S. Senator - George C.S. Choate (1827–1896): founder of St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)St. Paul's School is a highly selective college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school is one of only six remaining 100% residential boarding schools in the U.S. The New Hampshire campus currently serves 533 students,...
- Joseph Hodges ChoateJoseph Hodges ChoateJoseph Hodges Choate , was an American lawyer and diplomat.-Biography:He was born in Salem, Massachusetts on January 24, 1832. He was the son of physician George Choate and the brother of George C. S. Choate. His father's first cousin was Rufus Choate...
(1832-1917): lawyer, diplomat - William Gardner ChoateWilliam Gardner ChoateWilliam Gardner Choate was a United States federal judge.Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Choate received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1852 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1854...
(1830-1920): U.S. Federal judge - Sarah Choate SearsSarah Choate SearsSarah Choate Sears was an American art collector, art patron, cultural entrepreneur, artist and photographer.-Early life:Sears, née Sarah Carlisle Choate, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 5 May 1858, the daughter of Charles Francis and Elizabeth Carlisle Choate...
(1858-1935): art patron - Robert B. Choate, Jr.Robert B. Choate, Jr.Robert Burnett Choate, Jr. was an American businessman, political activist, and self-described "citizen lobbyist" most famous for his work in consumer protection....
(1924-2009): businessman
Codman
Codman family- Charles R. CodmanCharles R. CodmanCharles Russell Codman was an American author, wine expert, and aide to General George S. Patton during World War II.-Biography:...
(1893–1956): author - Ernest Amory CodmanErnest Amory CodmanErnest Amory Codman, M.D., was a pioneering Boston surgeon who made contributions to anaesthesiology, radiology, duodenal ulcer surgery, orthopaedic oncology, shoulder surgery, and the study of medical outcomes....
(1869–1940): surgeon - John Codman RopesJohn Codman RopesJohn Codman Ropes was an American military historian and lawyer and is the co-founder of law firm Ropes & Gray.Ropes was born in St. Petersburg on April 28, 1836, the son of a leading merchant of Boston who was engaged in business in Russia...
(1836–1899): lawyer, historian - Julian CodmanJulian CodmanJulian Codman was born in Cotuit, Massachusetts as the son of Charles Russell Codman and his wife, née Lucy Lyman Paine Sturgis. He was a lawyer who was a vigorous opponent of Prohibition, and who was also involved with the Anti-Imperialist League.In 1897 he married Norah Chadwick, daughter of...
(1870–1932): lawyer - Ogden Codman (1863–1951): architect
Coffin
Coffin familyCoffin (surname)
Coffin is an Anglo-Norman surname.The House of Coffin is an ancient English family which originated in Normandy, France. Nearly all trace their ancestry to Sir Richard Coffin, a nobleman from Falaise who was a general in William the Conqueror's army in 1066. The Coffins have held a number of...
, originally of Newbury
Newbury, Massachusetts
Newbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,666 at the 2010 census. Newbury includes the villages of Old Town , Plum Island and Byfield, home of The Governor's Academy , a private preparatory school.- History :Newbury Plantation was settled and incorporated...
and Nantucket
- Tristram Coffin (1604–1681): colonist, original owner of Nantucket
- William Coffin (1699–1775): merchant, co-founder of Trinity ChurchTrinity Church, BostonTrinity Church in the City of Boston, located in the Back Bay of Boston, Massachusetts, is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The congregation, currently standing at approximately 3,000 households, was founded in 1733. The current rector is The Reverend Anne Bonnyman...
- Sir Isaac CoffinSir Isaac Coffin, 1st BaronetAdmiral Sir Isaac Coffin, 1st Baronet GCH was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars....
(1759–1839): naval officer - Charles E. CoffinCharles Edward CoffinCharles Edward Coffin was an American industrialist and politician who lived his adult life in Maryland. From there he served in the state House of Delegates and Senate, and was elected to the United States Congress...
(1841–1912): industrialist, U.S. Congressman - Henry Coffin NevinsHenry Coffin NevinsCol. Henry Coffin Nevins was a industrialist from an established New England family in the city of Methuen, Massachusetts.-Life:...
(1843–1892): industrialist - Thomas Coffin AmoryThomas Coffin AmoryThomas Coffin Amory. An American lawyer, politician, biographer, and poet born in Boston, Massachusetts to Jonathan Amory and Mehitable Cutler.-Works:Biographies...
(1812–1889): lawyer, author - Charles A. CoffinCharles A. CoffinCharles Albert Coffin was the cofounder and first President of General Electric corporation. He was born in Somerset, Massachusetts to Albert Coffin and his wife Anstrus Varney. He married Caroline Russell of Holbrook, Massachusetts and had three children.He moved to join his uncle Charles E...
(1844–1926): industrialist, co-founder of General ElectricGeneral ElectricGeneral Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States... - Francis Parkman Coffin (1891-1956): scientist
Coolidge
Coolidge familyCoolidge
-People with the surname Coolidge:* Archibald Cary Coolidge , American history professor and diplomat* Calvin Coolidge , thirtieth President of the United States* Cassius Marcellus Coolidge , American painter...
- Calvin CoolidgeCalvin CoolidgeJohn Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...
(1872-1933): President of the United States- John CoolidgeJohn CoolidgeJohn Coolidge was an executive with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, the founder of the Plymouth Cheese Corporation and the first son of President Calvin Coolidge and Grace Anna Goodhue.-Biography:...
(1906-2000): businessman
- John Coolidge
- Archibald Cary CoolidgeArchibald Cary CoolidgeArchibald Cary Coolidge was an American educator. He was a Professor of History at Harvard College from 1908 and the first Director of the Harvard University Library from 1910 until his death...
(1866-1928): educator - John Coolidge AdamsJohn Coolidge AdamsJohn Coolidge Adams is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalism. His best-known works include Short Ride in a Fast Machine , On the Transmigration of Souls , a choral piece commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks , and Shaker...
(b.1947): composer - John Gardner CoolidgeJohn Gardner CoolidgeJohn Gardner Coolidge was an American collector, diplomat, author, and nephew of Isabella Stewart Gardner.Coolidge was born and died in Boston, and served as U.S. Minister to Nicaragua in 1908. His summer home, The Stevens-Coolidge Place, is now a nonprofit museum.-External links:...
(1863-1936): U.S. Ambassador - Charles A. Coolidge (1844-1926): U.S. Army general
Cooper
- John Cooper (1609–1669): Colonist
- Samuel Cooper (clergyman)Samuel Cooper (clergyman)Samuel Cooper was a Congregational minister in Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with the Brattle Street Church.- Brief biography :...
(1725–1783): Clergyman - Samuel D. Cooper Jr. (1750–1824): Revolutionary
- Samuel D. Cooper III (1778–1853): Trade Merchant
- Priscilla Cooper TylerPriscilla Cooper TylerElizabeth Priscilla Cooper Tyler was the daughter in law of John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States...
(1816–1889): First Lady of the United States - Theodore CooperTheodore CooperTheodore Cooper was an American civil engineer. He may be best known as supervising engineer on the Quebec Bridge when it collapsed in 1907....
(1839–1919): civil engineer - Frederic Taber CooperFrederic Taber CooperFrederic Taber Cooper, Ph.D. was an American editor and writer. He was born May 27, 1864 in New York City, graduated from Harvard University in 1886 and obtained an LL.B. from Columbia University in 1887....
(1864–1937): writer
Cushing
Cushing family, originally of Hingham, MassachusettsHingham, Massachusetts
Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
- Caleb CushingCaleb CushingCaleb Cushing was an American diplomat who served as a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce.-Early life:...
(1800-1879): U.S. Congressman and Attorney General - John Perkins CushingJohn Perkins CushingJohn Perkins Cushing , called "Ku-Shing" by the Chinese, was a wealthy Boston sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist...
(1787–1862): China Trade Merchant, Investor - Thomas CushingThomas CushingThomas Cushing III was an American lawyer and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts. He was a loyalist for Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776, and the first Lt. Commander of the state from 1780 to 1788...
(1725-1788): statesman, revolutionary - William CushingWilliam CushingWilliam Cushing was an early Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, from its inception to his death. He was the longest-serving of the Court's original members, sitting on the bench for 21 years...
(1732-1810): U.S. Supreme Court justice - Harvey CushingHarvey CushingHarvey Williams Cushing, M.D. , was an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery, and the first to describe Cushing's syndrome...
(1869-1939): neurosurgeon
Descendant by marriage:
- Albert Cushing ReadAlbert Cushing ReadAlbert Cushing "Putty" Read was an aviator and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.-Biography:Read was born in Lyme, New Hampshire into a Boston Brahmin family. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, graduating in the Class of 1907. In 1915, he was designated Naval Aviator No. 24.As...
(1887-1967): naval officer
Crowninshield
Crowninshield family- Jacob CrowninshieldJacob CrowninshieldJacob Crowninshield was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and appointee to the position of U.S. Secretary of the Navy, which he never filled. His brother Benjamin Williams Crowninshield did successfully hold the post; the Crowninshield family in general was prominent in early American...
(1770–1808): U.S. Congressman- Arent S. CrowninshieldArent S. CrowninshieldArent Schuyler Crowninshield was an rear admiral of the United States Navy. He saw combat during the Civil War, and after the war held high commands both afloat and ashore.-Biography:...
(1843–1908): naval officer
- Arent S. Crowninshield
- Benjamin Williams CrowninshieldBenjamin Williams CrowninshieldBenjamin Williams Crowninshield served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.-Biography:...
(1772–1851): U.S. Secretary of the Navy - Frank CrowninshieldFrank CrowninshieldFrancis Welch Crowninshield , better known as Frank or Crownie , was an American journalist and art and theatre critic best known for developing and editing the magazine Vanity Fair for 21 years, making it a pre-eminent literary journal.-Personal life:Crowninshield was born June 24, 1872 in Paris,...
(1872–1947): editor of Vanity Fair
Descendant by marriage:
- William Crowninshield EndicottWilliam Crowninshield EndicottWilliam Crowninshield Endicott was an American politician and Secretary of War in the Administration of President Grover Cleveland.-Life and work:...
(1826–1900): U.S. Secretary of War - Benjamin Crowninshield BradleeBenjamin C. BradleeBenjamin Crowninshield Bradlee is a vice president at-large of The Washington Post. As executive editor of the Post from 1968 to 1991, he became a national figure during the presidency of Richard Nixon, when he challenged the federal government over the right to publish the Pentagon Papers and...
(b. 1921): editor of the Washington Post
Dana
Dana family- Francis DanaFrancis DanaFrancis Dana was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777-1778 and 1784. He signed the Articles of Confederation.-Biography:...
(1743–1811): revolutionary - Richard Henry Dana, Sr.Richard Henry Dana, Sr.Richard Henry Dana, Sr. was an American poet, critic and lawyer. His son, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., also became a lawyer and author.-Biography:...
(1787–1879): lawyer, author - Richard Henry Dana, Jr.Richard Henry Dana, Jr.Richard Henry Dana Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of an eminent colonial family who gained renown as the author of the American classic, the memoir Two Years Before the Mast...
(1815–1882): lawyer, author
Delano
Delano familyDelano family
The progenitor of the Delano family in the Americas was Philippe de Lannoy whose family name was anglicized to Delano. The 19-year-old Pilgrim of Flemish descent arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts on November 9, 1621 on the second Pilgrim ship, Fortune...
- Columbus DelanoColumbus DelanoColumbus Delano, was a lawyer and a statesman and a member of the prominent Delano family.At the age of eight, Columbus Delano's family moved to Mount Vernon in Knox County, Ohio, a place he would call home for the rest of his life. After completing his primary education, he studied law and was...
(1809–1896): U.S. Secretary of the Interior - Jane DelanoJane DelanoJane Arminda Delano, born March 13, 1862 in Montour Falls, New York, United States – died April 15, 1919 in Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, France, was a nurse and founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service.-Personal life:...
(1862–1919): founder of the American Red Cross Nursing ServiceAmerican Red Cross Nursing ServiceThe American Red Cross Nursing Service was organized by Jane Arminda Delano . A nurse and member of the American Red Cross, Delano organized the nursing service as the reserve of the Army Nurse Corps to be ready just before the entry of the United States into World War I.-See also:*Jane... - Paul DelanoPaul DelanoCaptain Paul Delano , born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, was a sea captain and a member of the prominent American Delano family. He moved to Chile as Captain of the Curiacio where he arrived in June 22, 1819 and became an important part of that country's First Chilean Navy Squadron...
(1745–1842): naval officer - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945): President of the United States
Dudley
Dudley–Winthrop family- Governor Thomas DudleyThomas DudleyThomas Dudley was a colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Dudley was the chief founder of Newtowne, later Cambridge, Massachusetts, and built the town's first home...
(1576-1653): a founder of Harvard CollegeHarvard CollegeHarvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees... - Anne Dudley BradstreetAnne BradstreetAnne Dudley Bradstreet was New England's first published poet. Her work met with a positive reception in both the Old World and the New World.-Biography:...
(1612–1672): poet - Governor Joseph DudleyJoseph DudleyJoseph Dudley was an English colonial administrator. A native of Roxbury, Massachusetts and son of one of its founders, he had a leading role in the administration of the unpopular Dominion of New England , and served briefly on the council of the Province of New York, where he oversaw the trial...
(1647-1720): President of the Dominion of New England, Chief Justice of New York, Member of Parliament, Lt. Governor of the Isle of Wight - Paul Dudley (1675-1751): Chief Justice of Massachusetts, Member of the Royal Society, Founder of the Dudleian Lectures at Harvard
Eliot
Eliot familyEliot family
The Eliot family is the American branch of one of several British families to hold this surname. This branch is based in Boston but originated in East Coker, Yeovil, Somerset. It is one of the Boston Brahmins, a bourgeois family, whose ancestors had become wealthy and held sway over the American...
- Charles William EliotCharles William EliotCharles William Eliot was an American academic who was selected as Harvard's president in 1869. He transformed the provincial college into the preeminent American research university...
(1834–1926): President of Harvard University- Charles Eliot (1859–1897): landscape architect
- William Greenleaf EliotWilliam Greenleaf EliotWilliam Greenleaf Eliot was an American educator, Unitarian minister, and civic leader in Missouri. He is most notable for founding Washington University in St. Louis, but also contributed to the founding of numerous other civic institutions, such as the St...
(1811–1887): educator- T.S. Eliot (1888–1965): poet
Descendant by marriage:
- Charles Eliot NortonCharles Eliot NortonCharles Eliot Norton, was a leading American author, social critic, and professor of art. He was a militant idealist, a progressive social reformer, and a liberal activist whom many of his contemporaries considered the most cultivated man in the United States.-Biography:Norton was born at...
(1827–1908) author
Emerson
Emerson familyEmerson (surname)
Emerson is a surname derived from Anglo-Saxon Emars sunu, meaning "son of Emar" or "son of Ethelmar". It commonly misinterpreted that the name is derived from "Emery's son"...
- Rev. William EmersonWilliam Emerson (minister)The Rev. William Emerson was one of Boston's leading citizens, a liberal-minded Unitarian minister, pastor to Boston's First Church and founder of its Philosophical Society, Anthology Club, and Boston Athenaeum, and father to Ralph Waldo Emerson.-Biography:Emerson was born in Concord,...
(1769–1811): clergyman & Ruth Haskins Emerson- Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
(1803–1882): poet & Lydia Jackson EmersonNathaniel MortonCapt. Nathaniel Morton was a Separatist settler of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, where he served for most of his life as Plymouth's secretary under his uncle, Governor William Bradford...
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Endicott
Endicott familyEndicott (surname)
Endicott is a surname, and may refer to:In Christianity:* James Endicott , Canadian church leader and missionary* James Gareth Endicott , Canadian minister, Christian missionary and socialistIn military:...
Salem:
- William Crowninshield EndicottWilliam Crowninshield EndicottWilliam Crowninshield Endicott was an American politician and Secretary of War in the Administration of President Grover Cleveland.-Life and work:...
(1826–1900): U.S. Secretary of War
Dedham:
- Augustus Bradford EndicottAugustus Bradford EndicottAugustus Bradford Endicott was a Massachusetts state legislator and sheriff of Norfolk County.Endicott, the son of Elijah Endicott and Cynthia Endicott, was born September 10, 1818 in Canton, Massachusetts. He was a direct descendant of Gilbert Endicott, who arrived in Massachusetts from England...
(1818–1910): politician-
- Philip Endicott YoungAcushnet CompanyThe Acushnet Company is a subsidiary of the Fortune Brands Corporation that makes golf equipment and golfing apparel.However, Fortune Brands announced on December 8, 2010, that it planned to focus on its liquor business, and would spin off or sell other parts of the company — including home...
(1885–1955): industrialist
- Philip Endicott Young
- Henry Bradford EndicottEndicott Johnson CorporationThe Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company was a prosperous manufacturer of shoes based in New York's Southern Tier, with factories mostly located in the area's Triple Cities of Binghamton, Johnson City, and Endicott...
(1853–1920): industrialist- Henry Wendell EndicottEndicott HouseThe MIT Endicott House is a conference center located in Dedham, Massachusetts, about south-west from downtown Boston. The center consists of the Endicott mansion, a Normandy French-style chateau, along with a state-of-the art lecture facility known as the Brooks Center, and of gardens, lawn,...
(1880–1954)
- Henry Wendell Endicott
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Forbes
Forbes familyForbes family
The Forbes family is a wealthy extended American family originating in Boston. The family's fortune originates from trading between North America and China in the 19th century plus other investments in the same period. The name descends from Scottish immigrants, and can be traced back to Sir John...
- John Murray ForbesJohn Murray ForbesJohn Murray Forbes was an American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist. He was president of both the Michigan Central railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the 1850s....
(1813–1898): industrialist - John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943): U.S. Senator
Gardner
Gardner familyGardner (surname)
Gardner is a surname. Some sources claim that it is an occupational surname that comes from the word "gardener." Other sources claim that it is derived from the Saxon words gar, meaning "a weapon", and dyn' meaning "sound or alarm", combined with the termination "er." Early variants included...
, originally of Essex county
Thomas Gardner (planter)
Thomas Gardner was an Overseer of the "old planters" party of the Dorchester Company who landed, in 1624 at Cape Ann, to form a colony at what is now known as Gloucester...
- Samuel Pickering Gardner (1767-1843): merchant
- John Lowell Gardner (1808–1884): merchant
- John Lowell Gardner IIJohn Lowell Gardner IIJohn "Jack" Lowell Gardner II was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He and his wife, Isabella Stewart Gardner, were patrons of the arts whose collection is now housed in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, in Boston.- Background :Jack Gardner's mother, Catherine Endicott...
(1837–1898): merchant - Augustus P. GardnerAugustus P. GardnerAugustus Peabody Gardner was a Representative from Massachusetts. Gardner was the son-in-law of Henry Cabot Lodge.-Life and career:...
(1865–1918): U.S. Congressman
Holmes
Holmes family- Abiel HolmesAbiel HolmesAbiel Holmes was an American Congregational clergyman and historian in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.....
(1763–1837): clergyman- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was an American physician, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat...
(1809–1894): doctor, author- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932...
(1841–1935): U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Jackson
Jackson family- Edward Jackson (1708–1757): colonist & Dorothy Quincy Jackson
- Jonathan Jackson (1743–1810): merchant, revolutionary & Hannah Tracy Jackson
- Charles Jackson (1775–1855): Massachusetts Supreme Court justice
- Amelia Lee Jackson, who married Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. above
- Patrick Tracy JacksonPatrick Tracy JacksonPatrick Tracy Jackson was a United States manufacturer, one of the founders of the Boston Manufacturing Company of Waltham, Massachusetts, and later a founder of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company whose developments formed the nucleus of Lowell, Massachusetts.-Biography:He was born in...
(1780–1847): co-founder of the Boston Manufacturing CompanyBoston Manufacturing CompanyThe Boston Manufacturing Company was organized in 1813 by Francis Cabot Lowell, a wealthy Boston merchant, in partnership a group of investors known as The Boston Associates, for the manufacture of cotton textiles. Boston Manufacturing Company gathered many of their trade secrets from the earlier... - Hannah Jackson: wife of Francis Cabot Lowell
- Charles Jackson (1775–1855): Massachusetts Supreme Court justice
- Jonathan Jackson (1743–1810): merchant, revolutionary & Hannah Tracy Jackson
- Lydia JacksonRalph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
: wife of Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
Lawrence
Lawrence family- Samuel LawrenceSamuel Lawrence (revolutionary)Samuel Lawrence was an American revolutionary from Groton, Massachusetts.Samuel Lawrence fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill under Henry Farwell who was killed there. Samuel served in the army for 3 and half years from 1775 to 1778, and rose within the U.S. Army to the rank of major. While in the...
(d. 1839): Revolutionary- Amos LawrenceAmos LawrenceAmos Lawrence, was an American merchant and philanthropist.-Biography:...
(1786–1852): merchant- Amos Adams LawrenceAmos Adams LawrenceAmos Adams Lawrence , the son of famed philanthropist Amos Lawrence, was a key figure in the United States abolition movement in the years leading up to the Civil War, and instrumental in the establishment of the University of Kansas and Lawrence University in Appleton,...
(1814–1886): abolitionist- William Lawrence (1850–1941): Episcopalian Bishop
- William Appleton LawrenceWilliam Appleton LawrenceWilliam Appleton Lawrence was the third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts . His father, William Lawrence, was the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts ....
(1889-1963): Episcopalian Bishop - Frederic C. LawrenceFrederic C. LawrenceFrederic C. Lawrence , was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts . Frederic's father, William Lawrence, was the seventh bishop of the diocese ....
(1899–1989): Episcopalian Bishop
- William Appleton Lawrence
- William Lawrence (1850–1941): Episcopalian Bishop
- Amos Adams Lawrence
- Abbott LawrenceAbbott LawrenceAbbott Lawrence was a prominent American businessman, politician, and philanthropist...
(1792–1855): U.S. Congressman, founder of Lawrence, MassachusettsLawrence, MassachusettsLawrence is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States on the Merrimack River. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 76,377. Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and North Andover to the southeast. It and Salem are... - Luther LawrenceLuther LawrenceLuther Lawrence was the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts .-Early life and family:Lawrence was the son of American Revolutionary, Samuel Lawrence, patriarch of the Lawrence family from Boston...
(d. 1839): politician
- Amos Lawrence
Descendant by marriage:
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Abbott Lawrence Lowell was a U.S. educator and legal scholar. He served as President of Harvard University from 1909 to 1933....
(1856–1943): President of Harvard University
Lodge
Lodge family- Henry Cabot LodgeHenry Cabot LodgeHenry Cabot "Slim" Lodge was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. He had the role of Senate Majority leader. He is best known for his positions on Meek policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles...
(1850-1924) -U.S. Senator- George Cabot LodgeGeorge Cabot LodgeGeorge Cabot "Bay" Lodge , was an American poet of the late 19th and early-20th century.-Early life:Lodge was born in in Boston. His father was Henry Cabot Lodge, a politician. His mother was Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge...
(1873-1909): poet- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...
(1902-1985): U.S. Senator, U.S. Ambassador to the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
- George Cabot Lodge IIGeorge C. LodgeGeorge Cabot Lodge II is an American professor and former politician.-Early life:His father was Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, U.S. Ambassador to United Nations and South Vietnam, and 1960 vice presidential candidate for Richard Nixon against John F. Kennedy-Lyndon B....
(b. 1927): Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
professor, 1962 U.S. Senate candidate from MassachusettsUnited States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1962The United States Senate special election of 1962 in Massachusetts was held on November 6, 1962.-History:Senator John F. Kennedy resigned the seat to become President of the United States after winning the presidential election in 1960. Benjamin A...
against Edward M. Kennedy
- George Cabot Lodge II
- John Davis LodgeJohn Davis LodgeJohn Davis Lodge , was an American politician, and 79th Governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955. He was also an actor and U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland.-Early life:Lodge was born in Washington, D.C....
(1903-1985) - 79th Governor of ConnecticutConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, U.S. Ambassador
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
- George Cabot Lodge
Lowell
Lowell familyLowell family
The Lowell family settled on the North Shore at Cape Ann after they arrived in Boston on June 23, 1639. The patriarch, Percival Lowle , described as a "solid citizen of Bristol", determined at the age of 68 that the future was in the New World.Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop needed...
- John LowellJohn LowellJohn A. Lowell was an American lawyer, selectman, jurist, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and federal judge....
II (Jun 17, 1743–May 6, 1802), aka The Old Judge, is considered to be the patriarch of the Boston Lowells; married three times, losing his first two wives during childbirth. - Descendants of John Lowell II and Sarah Higginson (Jan 3, 1745–May 5, 1772); m. Jan 8, 1767
- Anna Cabot Lowell (Mar 30, 1768–Dec 18, 1810)
- John Lowell, Jr. (lawyer)John Lowell, Jr. (lawyer)John Lowell, Jr. was an American lawyer and notable member of the Federalist Party in the early days of the United States of America.-Career:...
(Oct 6, 1769–Mar 12, 1840) aka The Rebel; m. Jun 8, 1793 to Rebecca Amory (Jan 8, 1771–Mar 12, 1842)- John Amory LowellJohn Amory LowellHon. John Amory Lowell was an American businessman and philanthropist from Boston. He became the sole trustee of the Lowell Institute when his first cousin, John Lowell, Jr. , the Institute's endower, died...
(Nov 11, 1798–Oct 31, 1881); married twice, losing his first wife during childbirth. - Descendants of John Amory Lowell and his half first cousin Susan Cabot Lowell (see below); m. Feb 14, 1822
- Susan Cabot (Apr 15, 1823–Jun 9, 1868)
- Judge John Lowell (Oct 18, 1824–May 14, 1897); m. to Lucy Buckminster Emerson
- John Lowell (b. May 6, 1856); m. Oct 24, 1888 to Mary Emlen Hale of Philadelphia
- Ralph LowellRalph LowellMajor Ralph Lowell was a World War I veteran, banker, and philanthropist from Boston.Ralph was born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to John and Mary Emlen Lowell . Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1912...
(July 23, 1890–1978); m. Sept 1, 1917 to Charlotte Loring (1897–1981)
- Ralph Lowell
- Judge James Arnold Lowell (Feb 5, 1869–Nov 30, 1933); m. Dec. 2, 1897 to Mary Wharton Churchman of Philadelphia
- John Lowell (b. May 6, 1856); m. Oct 24, 1888 to Mary Emlen Hale of Philadelphia
- Descendants of John Amory Lowell and Elizabeth Cabot Putnam (Nov 11, 1807–Feb 12, 1881); m. Apr 9, 1829
- Augustus LowellAugustus LowellAugustus Lowell was a businessman and philanthropist from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston to John Amory Lowell and his second wife Elizabeth Cabot Putnam. His great-grandfather, John Lowell, was among the first Judges for the newly created federal courts, appointed by Presidents George...
(Jan 15, 1830–1900); m. Jun 1, 1854 to Katherine Bigelow Lawrence (b. 1832)- Percival LowellPercival LowellPercival Lawrence Lowell was a businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death...
(Mar 13, 1855–Nov 12, 1916); m. 1908 to Constance Savage Keith (Oct 31, 1863–Sept 24, 1954) - Abbott Lawrence LowellAbbott Lawrence LowellAbbott Lawrence Lowell was a U.S. educator and legal scholar. He served as President of Harvard University from 1909 to 1933....
(Dec 13, 1856–Jan 6, 1943); m. Jun 19, 1879 to Anna Parker Lowell - Katherine Lowell (b. Nov 27, 1858); m. Dec 5, 1882 to Alfred Roosevelt of New York (a first cousin of Teddy Roosevelt)
- Elizabeth LowellElizabeth Lowell PutnamElizabeth Lowell Putnam was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Lowell of Boston...
(Feb 2, 1862–1935); m. Jun 9, 1888 to William Lowell Putnam - Roger Lowell (Feb 2, 1862–Aug 31, 1863)
- May Lowell (b. May 1, 1870–d. at birth)
- Amy LowellAmy LowellAmy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.- Personal life:...
(Feb 9, 1874–May 12, 1925)
- Percival Lowell
- Augustus Lowell
- Anna Cabot Lowell (1808–1894)
- John Amory Lowell
- Descendants of John Lowell II and Susanna Cabot (Jan 13, 1754–Mar 30, 1777); m. May 31, 1774
- Francis Cabot Lowell (businessman) (Apr 7, 1775–Aug 10, 1817); m. Oct 31, 1798 to Hannah Gardner Jackson (Feb 3, 1776–May 10, 1815)
- John Lowell, Jr. (philanthropist) (May 11, 1799–Mar 4, 1836)
- Susan Cabot Lowell (Feb 14, 1801–Aug 15, 1827); m. Feb 14, 1822 to her half first cousin John Amory Lowell (see above)
- Francis Cabot Lowell Jr. (Jan 5, 1803–Sept 8, 1874); m. Jan 11, 1826 to Mary Lowell Gardner
- George Gardner Lowell (Mar 29, 1830–Feb 6, 1885); m. Apr 4, 1854 to Mary Ellen Parker (b. Aug 21, 1832)
- Francis Cabot Lowell (judge) (Jan 7, 1855–Mar 6, 1911)
- Anna Parker Lowell (Aug 21, 1856–Mar 23, 1930); m. Jun 19, 1879 to Abbott Lawrence Lowell
- Mary Lowell (July 26, 1833–Feb 11, 1915); m. July 15, 1856 to Algernon Sidney Coolidge (Aug 22, 1830–Jan 4, 1912)
- Georgina Lowell (Jan 10, 1836–1922)
- Edward Jackson LowellEdward Jackson Lowell-Biography:Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1867. He was admitted to the Suffolk County, Massachusetts bar in 1872, and practised law for a few years.-Works:...
(Oct 18, 1845–May 11, 1894); m. Jan 14, 1868 to Mary Walcott Goodrich (Jane 1, 1846–Apr 5, 1874)- Guy LowellGuy LowellGuy Lowell , American architect, was the son of Mary Walcott and Edward Jackson Lowell, and a member of Boston's well-known Lowell family....
(Aug 6, 1870–Feb 4, 1927); m. May 17, 1898 to Henrietta Sargent
- Guy Lowell
- George Gardner Lowell (Mar 29, 1830–Feb 6, 1885); m. Apr 4, 1854 to Mary Ellen Parker (b. Aug 21, 1832)
- Edward Jackson Lowell (1805–Sept 8, 1880)
- Francis Cabot Lowell (businessman) (Apr 7, 1775–Aug 10, 1817); m. Oct 31, 1798 to Hannah Gardner Jackson (Feb 3, 1776–May 10, 1815)
- Descendants of John Lowell II and Rebecca Russell (Feb 27, 1747–Sept 15, 1816); m. Dec 25, 1778
- Rebecca Russell Lowell (May 17, 1779–May 11, 1853); m. to Samuel Pickering Gardner (May 14, 1767–Dec 18, 1843)
- Mary Lowell Gardner (Jan 12, 1802–Aug 3, 1854); m. Jan 11, 1826 to Francis Cabot Lowell Jr.
- Rev. Charles Russell Lowell, Sr.Charles Russell Lowell, Sr.Charles Russell Lowell, Sr. was a Unitarian minister.-Biography:He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended The Roxbury Latin School and later Harvard College in 1800 where he studied law and then theology...
(Aug 15, 1782–Jan 20, 1861); m. Oct 2, 1806 to Harriet Brackett Traill Spence (abt. 1783–Mar 30, 1850)- Charles Russell Lowell Jr. (Oct 30, 1807–23 Jun 23, 1870); m. Apr 18, 1832 to Anna Cabot Jackson (Sept 29, 1811–Jan 7,1874)
- Gen. Charles Russell Lowell IIICharles Russell LowellCharles Russell Lowell, Jr. was a railroad executive, foundryman, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek and was mourned by a number of leading generals...
(Jan 2, 1835–October 20, 1864); m. Oct 31, 1863 to Josephine ShawJosephine Shaw LowellJosephine Shaw Lowell was a Progressive Reform leader in the United States in the Nineteenth century. She is best known for creating the New York Consumers League in 1890.-Early years:...
(Dec 16, 1843–Oct 12, 1905)- Carlotta Shaw Lowell (Nov 30, 1864)
- Lt. James Jackson Lowell (Oct 15, 1837–Jul 4, 1862)
- Harriet Lowell (Sept 11, 1836–Jan 20, 1920); m. Jun 9, 1860 to George Putnam Jr. (Oct 8, 1834–1912)
- William Lowell Putnam Sr.William Lowell PutnamWilliam Lowell Putnam II was an American lawyer and banker.-Biography:...
(Nov 22, 1861–Jun 1924); m. Jun 9, 1888 to Elizabeth Lowell
- William Lowell Putnam Sr.
- Gen. Charles Russell Lowell III
- Rev. Robert Traill Spence Lowell (Oct 8, 1816–Feb 12, 1891); m. Oct 28, 1822 to Marianna Duane (Nov 11, 1822–Nov 2, 1890)
- Commander Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr. (Mar 23, 1860–Mar 17, 1887); m. Sept 2, 1886 to Kate Bailey Mears
- Robert Traill Spence Lowell III (July 15, 1887–1950); m. Apr 26, 1916 to Charlotte Winslow (Feb 7, 1888–1954)
- Robert LowellRobert LowellRobert Traill Spence Lowell IV was an American poet, considered the founder of the confessional poetry movement. He was appointed the sixth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress where he served from 1947 until 1948...
(Mar 1, 1917–Sept 12, 1977) aka Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV; married 1940–48 to Jean StaffordJean StaffordJean Stafford was an American short story writer and novelist, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford in 1970....
, 1949–72 to Elizabeth Hardwick, and 1972–77 to Anglo-Irish heiress Caroline BlackwoodCaroline BlackwoodLady Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood was a writer and artist's muse, and the eldest child of the 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and the brewery heiress Maureen Guinness....
- Robert Lowell
- Robert Traill Spence Lowell III (July 15, 1887–1950); m. Apr 26, 1916 to Charlotte Winslow (Feb 7, 1888–1954)
- Commander Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr. (Mar 23, 1860–Mar 17, 1887); m. Sept 2, 1886 to Kate Bailey Mears
- James Russell LowellJames Russell LowellJames Russell Lowell 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 who rivaled the popularity of British poets...
(Feb 22, 1819–Aug 12, 1891); m. Dec 26, 1844 to Maria WhiteMaria White LowellMaria White Lowell was an American poet and abolitionist.-Life and career:Maria was born in Watertown, Massachusetts to a middle-class intellectual family...
(Jul 8, 1821–Oct 27, 1853) and later m. Sept 20, 1857 to Frances H. Dunlap (d. Feb 19, 1885) with no issue- Blanche Lowell (Dec 31, 1845–Mar 19, 1847)
- Mabel Lowell (Sept 9, 1847–1898); m. Apr 2, 1872 to Edward BurnettEdward BurnettEdward Burnett was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Burnett attended St. Paul's School.He was graduated from St...
(b. Mar 16, 1848) - Rose Lowell (Jul 16, 1849–Feb 2, 1850)
- Walter Lowell (Dec 22, 1850–Jun 9, 1852)
- Charles Russell Lowell Jr. (Oct 30, 1807–23 Jun 23, 1870); m. Apr 18, 1832 to Anna Cabot Jackson (Sept 29, 1811–Jan 7,1874)
- Rebecca Russell Lowell (May 17, 1779–May 11, 1853); m. to Samuel Pickering Gardner (May 14, 1767–Dec 18, 1843)
Descendant by marriage:
- Godfrey Lowell CabotGodfrey Lowell CabotGodfrey Lowell Cabot was an American industrialist and philanthropist, who founded the Cabot Corporation.-Early life:...
(Feb 26, 1861–Nov 2, 1962) - Julian Lowell Coolidge (Sept 28, 1873–Mar 5, 1954)
- Ferris Lowell Greenslet (1875–1959)
- McGeorge BundyMcGeorge BundyMcGeorge "Mac" Bundy was United States National Security Advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson from 1961 through 1966, and president of the Ford Foundation from 1966 through 1979...
(1919–1996) - William Putnam Bundy (1917–2000)
Minot
Minot Family- Charles Sedgwick MinotCharles Sedgwick MinotCharles Sedgwick Minot was an American anatomist.-Life:Charles Sedgwick Minot was born December 25, 1852 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. His mother was Catharine "Kate" Maria Sedgwick and father was William Minot II...
(1852–1914): anatomist - George Richards Minot (1885-1950): winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Henry Davis Minot (1859-1890): ornithologist
- Susan MinotSusan MinotSusan Minot is a prize-winning American novelist and short story writer.Minot was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from Concord Academy and then attended Brown University, where she studied writing and painting; in 1983 she graduated from Columbia University School of the Arts with...
(b.1956): author
Norcross
Norcross family, original settlers of Watertown, MA- Otis NorcrossOtis NorcrossOtis C. Norcross served as the nineteenth Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, from January 7, 1867 to January 6, 1868 during the Reconstruction era of the United States...
(1811–1882): Mayor of Boston - Eleanor NorcrossEleanor NorcrossIntroductionEleanor Norcross was an exceptional woman artist in the 19th century. The majority of her life had been spent living and painting in Paris, but her heart was always in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She left her work and her fortune to found an art museum and teaching center in her beloved...
(1854-1923): artist
Otis
Otis familyOtis family
The Otis family is a Boston Brahmin family from Massachusetts best known for its involvement in early American politics. Originally landowning farmers of Glastonbury, Somerset, the Otises went to New England during the Puritan migration of the 1630's settling first in Hingham before finally moving...
,
- James Otis, Jr.James Otis, Jr.James Otis, Jr. was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts, a member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly, and an early advocate of the political views that led to the American Revolution. The phrase "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny" is usually attributed to him...
(1725–1783): revolutionary - Mercy Otis WarrenMercy Otis WarrenMercy Otis Warren was a political writer and propagandist of the American Revolution. In the eighteenth century, topics such as politics and war were thought to be the province of men. Few women had the education or training to write about these subjects. Warren was the exception...
(1728–1814): playwright, revolutionary - Samuel Allyne OtisSamuel Allyne OtisSamuel A. Otis , a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., November 24, 1740; was graduated from Harvard College in 1759; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Boston; member of the state house...
(1740–1814): politician - Harrison Gray OtisHarrison Gray Otis (lawyer)Harrison Gray Otis , was a businessman, lawyer, and politician, becoming one of the most important leaders of the United States' first political party, the Federalists...
(1765–1848): U.S. Senator, Mayor of Boston
Parkman
Parkman family- Samuel Parkman (1751-1824): investor
- George ParkmanGeorge ParkmanGeorge Parkman , a Boston Brahmin , belonged to one of Boston's richest families...
(1790-1849): philanthropist, victim of a highly publicized murderParkman-Webster murder caseThe Parkman-Webster murder case was a highly publicized crime, investigation, and trial that shook the American city of Boston, Massachusetts to its core in 1849–1850, due to the crime's gruesome nature and the high social station of the victim and murderer.... - Francis Parkman Jr.Francis ParkmanFrancis Parkman was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as history and especially as literature, although the biases of his...
(1823-1893): historian
Peabody
Peabody familyPeabody (surname)
Peabody is a surname, and may refer to:* Elizabeth Peabody , a United States educator* Endicott Peabody , a United States politician, Governor of Massachusetts...
- Catherine Endicott Peabody (1808–1833)
- Elizabeth Palmer PeabodyElizabeth PeabodyElizabeth Palmer Peabody was an American educator who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States. Long before most educators, Peabody embraced the premise that children's play has intrinsic developmental and educational value.-Biography:Peabody was born in Billerica,...
(1804–1894), American educator who opened the first English-language kindergartenKindergartenA kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
in the United States. - Endicott PeabodyEndicott Peabody (educator)The Reverend Endicott Peabody was the American Episcopal priest who founded the Groton School for Boys , in Groton, Massachusetts in 1884. Peabody served as headmaster at the school from 1884 until 1940, and also served as a trustee at Lawrence Academy at Groton...
(1857–1944), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Episcopal priest and founder of the Groton School for BoysGroton SchoolGroton School is a private, Episcopal, college preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts, U.S. It enrolls approximately 375 boys and girls, from the eighth through twelfth grades...
. - Endicott "Chubb" PeabodyEndicott PeabodyEndicott "Chub" Peabody was the 62nd Governor of Massachusetts from January 3, 1963 to January 7, 1965.-Early life:...
(1920–1997), Governor of Massachusetts - Nathaniel PeabodyNathaniel Peabody (Boston)Nathaniel Peabody was a U.S. physician and dentist from Boston and Salem, Massachusetts, having studied at Dartmouth. He was descended from John Paybody of Plymouth of 1635, and in early Massachusetts records, the name of these ancestors was often spelled Pabodie...
(1774–1855) - George PeabodyGeorge PeabodyGeorge Peabody was an American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust in Britain and the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, and was responsible for many other charitable initiatives.-Biography:...
(1795–1897), an entrepreneurEntrepreneurAn entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and philanthropistPhilanthropyPhilanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...
who founded the Peabody InstitutePeabody InstituteThe Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is a renowned conservatory and preparatory school located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland at the corner of Charles and Monument Streets at Mount Vernon Place.-History:...
. - Mary Tyler Peabody MannMary Tyler Peabody MannMary Tyler Peabody Mann of chronic bronchitis) was a teacher, author, mother, and wife of Horace Mann, American education reformer and politician.-Early Life:Mary Tyler Peabody Mann was the daughter of Dr. Nathaniel Peabody and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody...
(1806–1887), American author - Richard R. PeabodyRichard R. PeabodyRichard Rogers Peabody Richard Rogers Peabody Richard Rogers Peabody (13 Jan 1892 (Boston, Massachusetts) - 26 Apr 1936 (New York City, New York) grew up as a member of the upper class in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Groton, where his grandfather was headmaster, and later enrolled at Harvard...
(1892–1936), author of The Common Sense of Drinking, a major influence on Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...
founder Bill WilsonBill W.William Griffith Wilson , also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous , an international mutual aid fellowship with over two million members belonging to 100,800 groups of alcoholics helping other alcoholics achieve and maintain sobriety...
. - Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne (1809–1871), painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, illustratorIllustratorAn Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
, and wife of American author Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer.Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include John Hathorne, a judge during the Salem Witch Trials...
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Perkins
Perkins family- George H. PerkinsGeorge H. PerkinsCommodore George Hamilton Perkins was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(1836–1899): naval officer - Elisha PerkinsElisha PerkinsElisha Perkins was a United States physician who created his own therapy, Perkins Patent Tractors.-Biography:...
(1741–1799): physician - Frances PerkinsFrances PerkinsFrances Perkins , born Fannie Coralie Perkins, was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition...
(1882–1965): U.S. Secretary of Labor - Isabel Weld PerkinsIsabel Weld PerkinsIsabel Weld Perkins , mostly known as Isabel Anderson or Mrs. Larz Anderson after her marriage, was a Boston-area heiress and author who left a legacy to the public that includes a park and two museums. She is interred in the St...
(1877–1948): philanthropist - Jacob PerkinsJacob PerkinsJacob Perkins was an Anglo-American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Perkins was apprenticed to a goldsmith...
(1766–1849): inventor - Thomas Handasyd PerkinsThomas Handasyd PerkinsColonel Thomas Handasyd Perkins, or T. H. Perkins was a wealthy Boston merchant and an archetypical Boston Brahmin. Starting with bequests from his grandfather and father-in-law, he amassed a huge fortune...
(1764–1854): merchant, philanthropist
Phillips
Phillips family- Samuel Phillips, Jr.Samuel Phillips, Jr.Samuel Phillips, Jr. . Merchant, manufacturer and patriot, Phillips is considered a pioneer in American education.Samuel Phillips Jr. was born in North Andover, Massachusetts...
(1752-1802): politician, founder of Phillips AcademyPhillips AcademyPhillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year... - Dr. John PhillipsDr. John PhillipsJohn Phillips graduated from Harvard College in 1735. Among many other activities, he was a trustee of Dartmouth College from 1773 to 1793 and endowed the Phillips Professorship of Theology there...
(1719-1795): educator, founder of Phillips Exeter AcademyPhillips Exeter AcademyPhillips Exeter Academy is a private secondary school located in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the United States.Exeter is noted for its application of Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of teacher and student interaction, similar to the Socratic method of learning through asking... - Wendell PhillipsWendell PhillipsWendell Phillips was an American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, and orator. He was an exceptional orator and agitator, advocate and lawyer, writer and debater.-Education:...
(1811-1884): abolitionist
Putnam
Putnam familyPutnam family
The old colonial American and Puritan Putnam family was founded by John and Priscilla Gould Putnam in the 17th century, in Salem, Massachusetts. Many notable individuals are descendants of this family, including those listed below.-Notable members:...
- James PutnamJames Putnam (judge)Samuel Putnam was a judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He served as a member of New Brunswick's first Council....
(1725–1789): last Attorney General in Massachusetts before American Revolution; judge and politician in New Brunswick - James PutnamJames Putnam (politician)James Putnam was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He was one of the first two representatives for Sydney County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, serving from 1785 to 1793....
(1756–1838): Canadian politician - Israel PutnamIsrael PutnamIsrael Putnam was an American army general and Freemason who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War...
(1718-1790): American army generalGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
during the American Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the... - William Lowell PutnamWilliam Lowell PutnamWilliam Lowell Putnam II was an American lawyer and banker.-Biography:...
(1861–1924) & Elizabeth Lowell PutnamElizabeth Lowell PutnamElizabeth Lowell Putnam was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Lowell of Boston...
- George P. PutnamGeorge P. PutnamGeorge Palmer Putnam was an American publisher, author and explorer. Known for his marriage to and being the widower of Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s.-Early life:Born in Rye, New York, he was the son of John...
(1887–1950): publisher, explorer, husband of Amelia Earheart - Katherine L. Putnam (1890–1983): wife of Harvey Hollister BundyHarvey Hollister BundyHarvey Hollister Bundy Sr., , was an American lawyer, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War during the second World War, and father of McGeorge Bundy. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to McGeorge Bundy, a lawyer, he was grandson to Solomon Bundy, a lawyer and New York Congressman...
- Roger Lowell Putnam (1893–1972): politician, businessman
- George P. Putnam
Quincy
Quincy family- Edmund QuincyEdmund Quincy (1602-1636)Edmund Quincy , known as "the Puritan", was an early English settler of Massachusetts Bay Colony in what later became the United States. He is notable as the progenitor of the prestigious Quincy family.-England:...
(1602-1636): settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633 - Josiah Quincy IIJosiah Quincy IIJosiah Quincy, Jr., was an American lawyer and patriot. He was a principal spokesman for the Sons of Liberty in Boston prior to the Revolution and was John Adams' co-counsel during the trials of Captain Thomas Preston and the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.-Family:Quincy was father of...
(1744–1775): lawyer, revolutionary-
- Josiah Quincy IIIJosiah Quincy IIIJosiah Quincy III was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives , Mayor of Boston , and President of Harvard University...
(1772–1864): U.S. Congressman, Mayor of Boston, President of Harvard
- Josiah Quincy III
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- Dorothy Quincy Hancock (wife of John HancockJohn HancockJohn Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
) - Abigail Smith AdamsAbigail AdamsAbigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, who was the second President of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth...
(1744–1818):, wife of John Adams- John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...
(1767–1848): President of the United States
- John Quincy Adams
Rice
Rice familyRice (surname)
Rice is a surname of German, Welsh and Irish origin. In Wales, Rice is an Anglicized transliteration of Rhys.In Ireland, Rice is an Anglicized transliteration of Ó Maolchraoibhe...
, originally of Sudbury, MA
- Deacon Edmund RiceEdmund Rice (1638)Edmund Rice , was an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony who was born in Suffolk, England, and lived in Stanstead, Suffolk and Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire prior to sailing with his family to America. He arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in summer or fall of 1638, presumed to be first...
(1594-1663): colonist - Alexander Hamilton Rice (1818–1895): industrialist, Mayor of Boston, Governor of Massachusetts, U.S. Congressman
- Alexander Hamilton Rice, Jr.Alexander H. Rice, Jr.Alexander Hamilton Rice, Jr. was an American physician, geographer, geologist and explorer. He graduated from Harvard University in 1898 with an A.B. degree, and earned his medical degree in 1904 also at Harvard...
(1875–1956): physician, geographer and explorer
- Alexander Hamilton Rice, Jr.
- Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904): general, U.S. Congressman
- Edmund RiceEdmund Rice (general)Edmund Rice was a soldier in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient who achieved the rank of Brigadier General.-Early life:...
(1842–1906): U.S. Army General, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient - Edmund Rice (1819–1889): U.S. Congressman
- Henry Mower Rice (1816–1894): U.S. Senator
- Luther RiceLuther RiceLuther Rice , was a Baptist minister and missionary to India, who helped form a missionary-sending body that became the modern Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Convention...
(1783–1836): Baptist clergyman, missionary to India - Thomas RiceThomas Rice (Massachusetts politician)Thomas Rice was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Thomas Rice was born 30 March 1768 in Pownalborough, Massachusetts, , to Thomas Rice and Rebecca Rice. He graduated from Harvard University in 1791...
(1768–1854): U.S. Congressman - William North RiceWilliam North RiceWilliam North Rice was an American geologist, educator, and Methodist minister and theologian concerned with reconciliation of science and religious faith.-Early life and education:...
(1845–1928): geologist, educator - William Whitney Rice (1826–1896): U.S. Congressman
Saltonstall
Saltonstall familySaltonstall family
The Saltonstall family is a Boston Brahmin family from the U.S. state of Massachusetts, notable for having had a family member attend Harvard University from every generation since Nathaniel Saltonstall—later one of the more principled judges at the Salem Witch Trials—graduated in 1659...
- Leverett Saltonstall ILeverett Saltonstall ILeverett Saltonstall , was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts who also served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, President of the Massachusetts Senate, the first Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts and a Member of the Board of Overseers of...
(1783–1845): politician, educator - Leverett SaltonstallLeverett SaltonstallLeverett A. Saltonstall was an American Republican politician who served as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts and as a United States Senator .-Biography:...
(1892–1979): U.S. Senator- William L. SaltonstallWilliam L. SaltonstallWilliam Lawrence Saltonstall , an American politician, was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1967 to 1979. He was a Republican and a resident of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. He led an unsuccessful campaign in 1969 to represent 's congressional district in the U.S...
(1927–2009): politician
- William L. Saltonstall
- Philip Saltonstall WeldPhilip Saltonstall WeldPhilip Saltonstall Weld was a World War II commando, a newspaper publisher, a record-breaking yacht racer, and an environmentalist.-References:...
(1915–1984): WWII commando, environmentalist
Sears
Sears family- Richard SearsRichard Sears (pilgrim)Richard Sears was an early settler who lived in both the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony.-Life:Richard Sears was born in 1590 to John Bourchier Sayer and Marie Van Egmond. Both of his parents were born in England but had moved to Holland during the Protestant Reformation and were...
(1610–1676): colonist - Clara Endicott SearsClara Endicott SearsClara Endicott Sears was a New England author, preservationist, and philanthropist.-Biography:Sears was born to a wealthy, Yankee family in Boston, Massachusetts in 1863. Her parents were Knyvet Winthrop and Mary Crowninshield Sears. Sears was educated at private schools in Boston and by tutors...
(1863–1960): author, philanthropist
Tarbox
Tarbox Academic and Political Family.- John Tarbox (1645–1674): colonist
- John K. TarboxJohn K. TarboxJohn Kemble Tarbox was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life and education:Tarbox was born in that part of Methuen, Massachusetts that became incorporated into Lawrence, Massachusetts, Tarbox pursued classical studies, engaged in newspaper work, studied law and was admitted to the...
(1838–1887) U.S. Representative - Increase N. TarboxIncrease N. TarboxIncrease Niles Tarbox, D.D., S.T.D. was an American theologian and author.He graduated from Yale University in 1844, after which he served as pastor of the Framingham, Massachusetts Congregational Church for seven years. He acted as secretary of the American College and Education Society, in...
(1815–1888): author
Thorndike
Thorndike family- Israel ThorndikeIsrael ThorndikeIsrael Thorndike was a sailor and merchant, born in Beverly, Massachusetts. He went to sea at an early age, commanded a privateer during the American Revolution, and became active in the early China trade. He was elected to the Massachusetts legislature 13 times. In 1810 he moved to Boston, and...
(1775–1832): merchant, politician - Augustus ThorndikeAugustus ThorndikeAugustus Thorndike , was the chief of surgery at Harvard University from 1931 to 1962 and a pioneer in sports medicine.Thorndike served in World War I and was a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Medical School...
(1896–1986): physician - George Thorndike AngellGeorge Thorndike AngellGeorge Thorndike Angell was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and advocate for the humane treatment of animals....
(1823–1909): lawyer, philanthropist
Tudor
Tudor familyTudor (surname)
The surname Tudor, within the United Kingdom, originates from the Welsh forename Tewdwr, Tewdr or Tudur .Tudor is also a common first name in Romanian, also equivalent to "Theodor"...
- William TudorWilliam TudorWilliam Tudor was a wealthy lawyer and leading citizen of Boston. His eldest son William Tudor became a leading literary figure in Boston...
(1750–1819): lawyer, politician, founder of the Massachusetts Historical SocietyMassachusetts Historical SocietyThe Massachusetts Historical Society is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history... - William Tudor (1779-1830)William Tudor (1779-1830)William Tudor was a leading citizen of Boston, sometime literary man, and cofounder of the North American Review and the Boston Athenaeum. It was Tudor who christened Boston The Athens of America in an 1819 letter...
: cofounder of the North American ReviewNorth American ReviewThe North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States. Founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others, it was published continuously until 1940, when publication was suspended due to J. H. Smyth, who had purchased the magazine, being unmasked as a Japanese...
and the Boston Athenaeum - Frederic TudorFrederic TudorFrederic Tudor was known as Boston's "Ice King", and was the founder of the Tudor Ice Company. During the early 19th Century, he made a fortune shipping ice to the Caribbean, Europe, and even as far away as India from sources of fresh water ice in New England.The Tudor Ice Company harvested ice in...
(1783–1864): Boston's "Ice King," founder of the Tudor Ice Company - Marie Tudor, poet
Weld
Weld familyWeld family
The Weld family is an extended family of Boston Brahmins most remembered for the philanthropy of its members. The Welds have many connections to Harvard University, the Golden Age of Sail, the Far East , the history of Massachusetts, and American history in general.William Weld, former Governor of...
- Thomas Weld (born c. 1600): colonist, Puritan minister
- William Gordon WeldWilliam Gordon WeldWilliam Gordon Weld was a shipmaster and ship owner. He is notable as an ancestor of several famous Welds.-Ancestry and early life:...
(1775–1825): merchant - William Fletcher WeldWilliam Fletcher WeldWilliam Fletcher Weld was a shipping magnate during the "Golden Age of Sail". He later invested in railroads and real estate. Weld multiplied his family's fortune into a huge legacy for his descendants and the public.-Early life:...
(1800–1881): merchant, philanthropist - Stephen Minot WeldStephen Minot WeldStephen Minot Weld, Sr. , scion of the Weld Family of Boston, was a schoolmaster, real estate investor and politician. After his death, the Harvard dormitory Weld Hall was raised in his honor.-Early life:...
(1806–1867): politician, educator - George Walker WeldGeorge Walker WeldGeorge Walker Weld , youngest son of William Fletcher Weld and member of the Weld Family of Boston, was a founding member of the Boston Athletic Association and the financier of the Weld Boathouse, a landmark on the Charles River.-Early life:Weld was athletic as a student at Harvard College and...
(1840–1905): philanthropist - Isabel Weld PerkinsIsabel Weld PerkinsIsabel Weld Perkins , mostly known as Isabel Anderson or Mrs. Larz Anderson after her marriage, was a Boston-area heiress and author who left a legacy to the public that includes a park and two museums. She is interred in the St...
(1877–1948): philanthropist - Charles Goddard WeldCharles Goddard WeldCharles Goddard Weld , was a Boston-area physician, sailor, philanthropist, and art lover. Weld, a resident of Brookline, Massachusetts and a scion of the Welds of that area, practiced surgery for many years, but ultimately gave it up to manage his family's fortune...
(1857–1911): philanthropist - Stephen Minot Weld Jr. (1842–1920): Civil War General
- William WeldWilliam WeldWilliam Floyd Weld is a former governor of the US state of Massachusetts. He served as that state's 68th governor from 1991 to 1997. From 1981 to 1988, he was a federal prosecutor in the United States Justice Department...
, (b. 1945): Governor of Massachusetts - Tuesday WeldTuesday WeldTuesday Weld is an American actress.Weld began her acting career as a child, and progressed to more mature roles during the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960...
, (b. 1943): actress - Theodore Dwight WeldTheodore Dwight WeldTheodore Dwight Weld , was one of the leading architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years, from 1830 through 1844.Weld played a role as writer, editor, speaker, and organizer...
(1803–1895): abolitionist - Ezra Greenleaf WeldEzra Greenleaf WeldEzra Greenleaf Weld , often known simply as "Greenleaf", was a photographer and an operator of a daguerreotype studio in Cazenovia, New York. He and his family were involved with the abolitionist movement.-Family:...
(1801–1874): daguerreotypist - Philip Saltonstall WeldPhilip Saltonstall WeldPhilip Saltonstall Weld was a World War II commando, a newspaper publisher, a record-breaking yacht racer, and an environmentalist.-References:...
(1915–1984): WWII commando, environmentalist
Wigglesworth
Wigglesworth Family- Michael WigglesworthMichael WigglesworthMichael Wigglesworth was a Puritan minister and poet whose poem The Day of Doom was a bestseller in early New England.-Family:Michael Wigglesworth was born October 18, 1631 in Wrawby, Lincolnshire....
(1631-1705): colonist, clergyman- Edward WigglesworthEdward WigglesworthEdward Wigglesworth was a clergyman and teacher in Colonial America.-Life:His father was clergyman and author Michael Wigglesworth ....
(1693-1765): clergyman, educator
- Edward Wigglesworth
- Richard B. Wigglesworth (1891-1960): U.S. Congressman
Winthrop
Winthrop familyDudley-Winthrop family
-Thomas Dudley:*Born: 1576, Yardley-Hastings, Northampton, England*Political position: Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650*Father of Anne Dudley who married Simon Bradstreet*Father of Joseph Dudley...
- John WinthropJohn WinthropJohn Winthrop was a wealthy English Puritan lawyer, and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of migrants from England in 1630, and served as governor for 12 of...
(1588–1649): Governor of Massachusetts Bay ColonyMassachusetts Bay ColonyThe Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England, including portions... - Lucy Winthrop Downing, mother of diplomat Sir George Downing, 1st BaronetSir George Downing, 1st BaronetSir George Downing, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman, and diplomat. Downing Street in London is named after him. As Treasury Secretary he is credited with instituting major reforms in public finance. His influence was substantial on the passage and substance of the mercantilist...
- John Winthrop, the YoungerJohn Winthrop, the YoungerJohn Winthrop , generally known as John Winthrop the Younger, was governor of Connecticut.He was born in Groton, England, the son of John Winthrop, founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony...
(1606–1676): Governor of ConnecticutConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
- Fitz-John WinthropFitz-John WinthropFitz-John Winthrop was the governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1698 to 1707....
(1637–1711): Governor of Connecticut
- Fitz-John Winthrop
- John Winthrop, the Younger
- John Winthrop, who married Anne Dudley, granddaughter of Thomas DudleyThomas DudleyThomas Dudley was a colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Dudley was the chief founder of Newtowne, later Cambridge, Massachusetts, and built the town's first home...
- John Winthrop (1714–1779): educator
- Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841): Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts
- Robert Charles WinthropRobert Charles WinthropRobert Charles Winthrop was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives....
(1809–1894): lawyer, politician, philanthropist
See also
- First Families of VirginiaFirst Families of VirginiaFirst Families of Virginia were those families in Colonial Virginia who were socially prominent and wealthy, but not necessarily the earliest settlers. They originated with colonists from England who primarily settled at Jamestown, Williamsburg, and along the James River and other navigable waters...
- Colonial families of MarylandColonial families of MarylandThe Colonial families of Maryland were the leading families in the Province of Maryland. Several also had interests in the Colony of Virginia, and the two are sometimes referred to as the Chesapeake Colonies. Many of the early settlers came from the West Midlands in England, although the Maryland...
- ElitismElitismElitism is the belief or attitude that some individuals, who form an elite — a select group of people with intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive attributes — are those whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously or carry the most...
- Ethnic eliteEthnic eliteAn ethnic elite refers to an ethnic group which in a local context has gained a position of economic and power over that of other groups. Ethnic elites may also foster ideologies and beliefs which serve to sustain their relative power....
- PreppyPreppyPreppy, preppie, or prep refers to a modern, widespread United States clique, often considered a subculture...
- SocialiteSocialiteA socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper-class events....
- Upper class
- White Anglo-Saxon ProtestantWhite Anglo-Saxon ProtestantWhite Anglo-Saxon Protestant or WASP is an informal term, often derogatory or disparaging, for a closed group of high-status Americans mostly of British Protestant ancestry. The group supposedly wields disproportionate financial and social power. When it appears in writing, it is usually used to...
- YankeeYankeeThe term Yankee has several interrelated and often pejorative meanings, usually referring to people originating in the northeastern United States, or still more narrowly New England, where application of the term is largely restricted to descendants of the English settlers of the region.The...
External links
- Slate.com: "What's a Boston Brahmin?"
- Cornell University Making of America: "The Professor's Story: Chapter I — The Brahmin Caste of New England", Atlantic Monthly, Jan 1860, p. 91
- Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- Footage of two Brahmins conversing