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Elizabeth Mason [Jeremiah Mason / Nancy Clark] Pamela Dwight [Joseph Dwight / Abigail (Williams) Sargeant] Penelope Russell [Charles Russell / Elizabeth (Vassal)] |
Census records: Theodore SEDGWICK, a descendant of Major General Robert Sedgwick, was a delegate to the convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution. He served in the Continental Congress, then six years in the U.S. House of Representatives, three years in the U.S. Senate (one year as President pro tem) then three more years in the House of Representatives as Speaker of the House (1799-1801.) The house he built at Stockbridge, MA is still owned by the Sedgwick family, and the location of the famous "Sedgwick Pie" cemetery plot. Here is Hubert Merrill Sedgwick's article about Theodore Sedgwick. John Shaw Sedgwick, a descendant of Theodore, has written a book delving deeply into the character of Theodore and some of his other ancestors: Children of Theodore Sedgwick and Pamela Dwight:
Elizabeth Mason Sedgwick (B41)
b. 30 Apr 1775 d.15 Oct 1827 m. 23 Oct 1797, Thaddeus Pomeroy Child Sedgwick (B42) b. 27 Mar 1777 d. 27 Mar 1777 Frances Pamela Sedgwick (B43) b. 6 May 1778 d. 20 Jun 1842, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts m. 9 Apr 1801, Ebenezer Watson Theodore Sedgwick II (B44) b. 9 Dec 1780, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 7 Nov 1839, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts m. 28 Nov 1808, Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Catherine Sedgwick (B45) b. 11 Jul 1782 d. 4 Mar 1783 Henry Dwight Sedgwick (B46) b. 18 Apr 1784 d. 1 Mar 1785 Henry Dwight Sedgwick (B47) b. 22 Sep 1785, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 23 Dec 1831, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts m. 2 Jun 1817, Jane Minot Robert Sedgwick (B48) b. 6 Jun 1787, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 2 Sep 1841, Sachems Head Connecticut m. 21 Aug 1822, Elizabeth Dana Ellery Catharine Maria Sedgwick (B49) b. 28 Dec 1789, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 31 Jul 1867, West Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Charles Sedgwick (B4A) b. 15 Dec 1791, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 3 Aug 1856, Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts m. 30 Sep 1819, Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight |
Links to Websites about Theodore Sedgwick If you have or know of a good site, send a link to genealogy@sedgwick.org |
Theodore Sedgwick |
In a famous legal action, Theodore Sedgwick was counsel for a slave woman who won her freedom because of abuse. Here is a website about her: Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman" |