Direct Ancestors[]
Charles Apthorp (1698 - 1758) was born in 1698 in Braintree, Essex England and died on 11 Nov 1758 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. He was buried in King’s Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. He was the commissary and paymaster, under the British Crown for the British military forces. He had a company called Apthorp & Son. He was described as a very wealthy merchant with “imperial trading connections.” He was a trader of goods as well as a slave trader. In his day he was he was also described as “the richest man in Boston.” He married on 13 Jan 1726 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America to Grizzle Eastwicke (1709 - 1796). She was born on 16 Aug 1709 on Jamaica Island, West Indies and died on 16 Sep 1796 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. She is buried in King’s Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.
Sarah Wentworth Aprthorp (1759-1846) was born in 1759 to James Apthorp (1730 - ?) and Sarah Wentworth (1735 - 1820). She married Maj. Hon. Perez Morton. He was born on 13 Nov 1751 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 14 Oct 1837 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. She was a poet.
Mary Boardman (1778 - 1840) was born on 13 May 1778 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America to Capt. Francis Boardman (1748 - 1792) and Mary Hodges (1752 - 1828) and died on 5 Oct 1840 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; she is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. She married on 1 Jan 1804 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA to Hon. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772 - 1851). He was born on 27 Dec 1772 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 3 Feb 1851 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Hepzibah Clarke (1757 - 1825) was born in 3 Jan 1757 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America to Capt. Barnabas Clarke (1723 - 1772) and Hepsibah Barrett ( - 1776) and died on 14 Aug 1825 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. She was an heiress. She married on 3 Oct 1776 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA to Col. James Swan (1754 - 1830). He was born in 1754 in Fifeshire, Scotland to William Swan ( - ), baptized on 25 Aug 1754 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland and died on 31 Jul 1830 in Paris, France.
Frank Crowninshield (1872 - 1947) was born on 24 Jun 1872 in Paris, France to Frederic Crowninshield (1845 - 1918) and Helen Suzette Fairbanks (1841 - 1921) and died on 28 Dec 1944 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. He was the creator and Editor of Vanity Fair Magazine.
Capt. George Crowninshield, Jr. (1766 - 1817) was born on 27 May 1766 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 26 Nov 1817 on board the Cleopatra's Barge in the port of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. He commissioned the first two yachts in America, the Jefferson and Cleopatra's Barge, which was the first yacht to cross the Atlantic Ocean and back to America, in which he was captain of both ships. He never married but had a girlfriend and had a child with her, Sarah Crowninshield ( - ).
Hon. Jacob Crowninshield (1770 - 1808) was born on 31 Mar 1770 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Capt. George Crowninshield (1734 - 1815) and Anstiss Williams (1700 - 1773) and died on 15 Apr 1808 in Washington, DC, USA. He died of tuberculosis. He was buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. USA. He was a ship captain for his father's shipping firm, George Crowninshield & Sons. He started his life at sea as a cabin boy at the age of seventeen, then to a ship's master at age twenty, a merchant trader at age twenty six and eventually to a captain. The earliest account of Jacobs life at sea are from corresponding letters on his voyage on Elias Hasket "King" Derby's (1739 - 1799) ship Light Horse from 1788 to 1789 from Sable Bay to Cape Verde Islands of the northern west coat of Africa to the Cape of Good Hope; Ichabod Nichols was master. As a cabin boy, Jacob was a very obsverant young man, learning like a sponge and would report by writing letters to his employer Derby. Crowninshield reported that they made it to Cape Verde on September 14 and "crossed the line" on October 13th. Capt. Jacob Crowninshield was Captain of the ship Active which was built in 1786 and weighed 82 tons. He was Captain of the ship Henry which was owned by Elias Hasket "King" Derby. In 1801 he was a Member of the Massachusetts Senate. He was Chairman of the United States House Committee on Commerce and Manufactures. In Nov 1802 he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 8th, 9th and 10th Congress. From 4 Mar 1803 - 15 Apr 1808 was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district.
Hon. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772 - 1851) was born on 27 Dec 1772 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Capt. George Crowninshield (1734 - 1815) and Mary Derby (1737 - 1813) and died on 3 Feb 1851 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; he was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. He graduated from William and Mary for his alma mater. The only schooling Crowninshield ever had was the old Boston Latin School and his education at sea when he was working for his father's Capt. George Crowninshield (1734 - 1815) George Crowninshield & Sons. After his life at sea he became interested in politics and was first elected to the Massachusetts 2nd District House of Representatives in 1811 and then to the Senate in 1812. On 16 Jan 1815 he was elected the 5th United States Secretary of Navy. He oversaw the strategy and naval policy for the Second Barbary War in 1815 and had a World War I destroyer named after him: the USS Crowninshield. He was also a 3rd great grandfather of Charles Francis Adams III, who was 44th United States Secretary of Navy and the 4th Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts, and he was the great grandson of President John Quincy Adams. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield enhanced the U.S. Navy by adding three ships while he was Secretary of Navy. He married on 1 Jan 1804 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA to Mary Boardman (1778 - 1840).
Capt. Richard Derby (1712 - 1738), was born on 16 Sep 1712 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 9 Nov 1783 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. At 24 years old he was master of the sloop Ranger that sailed from Salem to Cadiz and Malaga. When Great Britain was repressing enterprise from the American Colonies and when the ships were in the area of the Straits, he boldly crossed the ocean in a vessel. In 1739 he said to St. Martins. In 1742 he was master and part owner of the Volant that sailed from Barbados and the French Islands. In 1757 he retired from the sea and became a merchant of Salem. During the French and Indian war he owned three ships of 200 and 300 tons that mounted 8 to 12 6 pound cannons. He lost a lot of his cargo by privateers, but he also gained a lot. When Col. Leslie asked for his cannons he replied "Find them if you can! Take them if you can! They will never be surrendered!" He married on about 3 Feb 1734 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Mary Hodges (1713 - 1770). She was born on 21 Dec 1713 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America and nd died on 27 May 1770 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America.
Capt. John Hodges (1723 - 1799), was born on 16 Feb 1723 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Capt. Gamaliel Hodges (1685 - 1765) and Sarah Williams (1689 - 1779) and died on 20 Jul 1799 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. He married on 5 Jan 1748 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America Mary Manning (1725 - 1773).
Maj. Hon. Perez Morton (1751 - 1837), was born on 13 Nov 1751 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, North America to Joseph Morton (1712 - 1793) and Anna Bullock (1722 - 1759) and died on 14 Oct 1837 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Around 1760 he attended the Boston Latin School in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America. In 1771 he graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America. He participated on the Committee of Correspondence From 1789 to 1790 he was a Freemason and Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Land of Massachusetts. From 1775 to 1776 he was Deputy Secretary of the Council of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay From 1806 to 1808 he was Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. From 1810 - 1832 he was the 7th Massachusetts Attorney General. He married in 1781 to Sarah Wentworth Apthorp (1759 - 1846). She was born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 15 May 1846 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA.
Daniel Sargent (1731 - 1806) was born on 13 Nov 1751 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, North America to Joseph Morton (1712 - 1793) and Anna Bullock (1722 - 1759) and died on 14 Oct 1837 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. He married in 1781 to Sarah Wentworth Apthorp (1759 - 1846).
Col. Epes Sargent (1690 - 1762), was born on 12 Jul 1690 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 6 Dec 1762 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. He was buried in First Parish Burial Ground in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. He was the Magistrate of Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. He was owned most of land in Gloucester, Massachusetts and was the Colonel of Massachusetts Artillery Company. He married 1st on 1 Apr 1720 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Hester Maccarty (1701 - 1743). She was born on 21 Jul 1701 in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 1 Jul 1743 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. He married 2nd on 10 Aug 1744 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Catherine Winthrop. She was born on 9 Mar 1711 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 10 Jan 1781 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America.
Col. James Swan (1754 - 1830), was born in 1754 in Fifeshire, Scotland to William Swan ( - ), baptized on 25 Aug 1754 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland and died on 31 Jul 1830 in Paris, France. He was a merchant and financier. He payed America's debt with France with his own money just after the American Revolutionary War. He married on 3 Oct 1776 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA to Hepzibah Clarke (1757 - 1825). She was born in 3 Jan 1757 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America to Capt. Barnabas Clarke (1723 - 1772) and Hepsibah Barrett ( - 1776) and died on 14 Aug 1825 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. She was an heiress.
Lt. Gov. John Wentworth (1671 - 1730), was born on 16 Jan 1671 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, North America to Samuel Wentworth (1641 - 1694) and Mary Benning (1650 - 1723) and died on 12 Dec 1730 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, North America. He married on 12 Oct 1693 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, North America to Sarah Hunking (c.1673 - 1741). She was born about 1673 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, North America and died on 1 Apr 1741 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, Massachusetts, North America.
Collateral Ancestors[]
Elias Hasket "King" Derby (1739 - 1799) was born on 16 Aug 1739 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Capt. Richard Derby (1712 - 1783) and Martha Hasket (1674 - 1740) and died on 8 Sep 1799 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. He was a merchant the first millionaire in the United States. He married on 3 Feb 1734 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Elizabeth Crowninshield (1727 - 1799). She was born on 27 Apr 1727 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 19 Apr 1799.
Capt. John Derby (1741 - 1812) was born in 1741 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Capt. Richard Derby (1712 - 1783) and Mary Hodges (1713 - 1770) and died on 5 Dec 1812 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. He is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. He married 1st to Elizabeth Cheever (1758 - 1831) and second to Hannah Clark (1750 - 1786).
Hon. Timothy Pickering (1745 - 1829) was born on 17 Jul 1745 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Dea. Timothy Pickering (1703 - 1778) and Mary Wingate (1708 - 1784) and died on 29 Jan 1829 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. He was buried in Broad Street Cemetery in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. He went to grammar school in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. In 1763 he graduated from Harvard in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America. After Harvard he won an election to the Massachusetts General Court and became a county judge. In 1766 he was a lieutenant in the Essex County Militia. In 1768 in Massachusetts, North America he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. In 1774 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America he succeeded John Higginson as register of deeds. In Dec 1776 He led a well-drilled regiment of the Essex County Militia to New York which George Washington took notice. In 1777 George Washington offered him the position of Adjutant General of the United States Continental Army which he took. He oversaw the building of the "Great chain" wich blocked the Royal Navy from going up the Hudson River past West Point and proceed the fort in the area. In Aug 1780 the Continental Congress elected him as Quartermaster General of the United States Continental Army. From 12 Aug 1791 to 1 Jan 1795 in Washington, DC, USA he was the 2nd United Sates Secretary of War. From 20 Aug 1795 to 12 May 1800 in Washington, DC, USA he was the 3rd United States Secretary of State. From 4 Mar 1804 to 3 Mar 1811 in Washington, DC, USA he was a United States Senator from Massachusetts, USA. From 4 Mar 1813 to 3 Mar 1817 in Washington, DC, USA he was a Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, USA. He married in 1776 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Rebecca White (1754 - 1838). She was born on 28 Jul 1754 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England and died on 14 Aug 1828 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.
Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam (1718 - 1790) was born on 7 Jan 1718 in Salem Village, Essex County, Massaschusetts, North America and died on 29 May 1790 in Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, USA. He was buried at Putnam Monument (cemetery) in Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, USA. Before his military services he was a farmer and living in Connecticut. There was wolf that was killing off his sheep so Putnam tracked the wolf down and went into the wolf's den and killed it.Major General Israel Putnam was veteran in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. Before the American Revolutionary War he was one of the main co-founders of the Connecticut Sons of Liberty and was one of the leaders of the opposition of the 1765 Stamp Act. He became the second brigadier general in the Connecticut forced during the American Revolutionary War after he served two terms in the Connecticut assembly. He is most famous for fighting and receiving a wound at the battle of Bunker hill, however he fought at the Battle of Chelsea Creak on 27 May 1775. He would eventually suffer from a store that made him partially paralyzed and would force him to leave military service. He married firstly in 1739 to Hannah Pope. She was born on 3 Sep 1721 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Joseph Pope (1687-1755) and Mehitable Putnam (1695-1767) and died on 6 Apr 1765. She is buried at South Cemetery in Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, USA. He married secondly in 1767 to Deborah Lothrop (1716 - 1777). She was born on 9 Jan 1716 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, North America to Samuel Lothrop (c.1685 - 1754) and Deborah Crow (1694 - 1794) and died on 14 Oct 1777 in Dutchess County, New York, North Amrica. She was buried at Trinity Epsiscopal Church Cemetery in Fiskill, Dutchess County, New York, USA.
Col. Paul Dudley Sargent (c.1745 - 1828), was born in about 1745 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Col. Epes Sargent (1690-1762) and Catherine Winthrop (1711-1781) and died on 15 Sep 1827 in Sullivan, Hancock County, Maine, USA. He was buried in the Paul Dudley Plot, Sullivan, Hancock County, Maine, USA. On 12 Nov 1772 inEssex County, Massachusetts, North America he fought in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. On 17 Jun 1775 in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America he was close enough to the Battle of Bunker Hill that he received a wound even though he did not fight in it. On 17 Mar 1776 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America he was part of the Evacuation of Boston. On 16 Sep 1776 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, USA he fought in the Battle of Harlem Heights as Colonel-Commandant. 28 Oct 1776 in White Plaines, New York, USA he fought in the Battle of White Plains. On 2 Dec 1776 in New York, USA he crossed the Hudson River at King Ferry. On 26 Dec 1776 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA he fought at the Battle of Trenton. In 1776 in Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, North America he was chosen Commander of the souther part of the Colony of New Hampshire and fought in the Battle of Long Island, New York, USA. On 3 Jan 1777 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA he fought in the Battle of Princeton. In 1794 in Bowdoin, Sagadoahoc County, Maine, USA he was one of the first Overseers of Bowdoin College. In 1800, 1810, 1811, 1812 and 1813 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA he was a Representative of Sullivan, Hancock County, Maine, USA in the House of Representatives in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. In 1828 when Hancock County, Maine, USA was incorporated he was eventually created, by Gov. John Hancock, Justice of the Peace, Judge of Probate and Judge of the Court of Common Please. In Sullivan, Hancock County, Maine, USA he was also the first Postmaster. In 1790 and 1800 he was living in Sullivan, Hancock County, Maine, USA. He married on 12 Nov 1722 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Lucy Sanders. She was born on 24 Nov 1752 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Hon. Thomas Sanders (1729 - 1774) and Lucy Smith (1732 - 1780) and died in Sullivan Hancock County, Maine, North America.
Lucius Manlius Sargent (1786 - 1867) was born on 25 Jun 1786 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA to Daniel Sargent II (1731 - 1806) and Mary Turner (1743 - 1813) and died on 2 Jun 1867 in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. He firstly on 3 May 1816 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA to Mary Binney (1786 - 1824). She was born about 22 Sep 1786 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA and died on 3 Feb 1824. He married secondly on 14 Jul 1825 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA to Sarah Cutler (1797 - 1869). She was born on 30 Jun 1797 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA and died on 7 Aug 1868 in Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
Gov. Benning Wentworth (1696 - 1770) was born on 24 Jul 1696 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, North America to Lt. Gov. John Wentworth (1671 - 1730) and Sarah Hunking (1673 - 1741) and died on 14 Oct 1770 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, North America. He was the 1st Royal Governor of New Hampshire. He married first to Abigail Ruck (1699 - 1755) She was born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 8 Nov 1755 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. He married second to Martha Hilton (c.1737 - aft.1805). She died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA.