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had many members who were military leaders, educators, jurists, authors, businessmen and clergy. Around 1634, John Dwight came with his wife Hannah, daughter Hannah, and sons Timothy (1629–1718) and John (d. 1638) from
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, England, to
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. John and Hannah Dwight had two more daughters before John Dwight died in 1660. The known descendants of John and Hannah Dwight are from their two grandsons (children of Timothy and his third wife Anna Flint): Justice Nathaniel Dwight (1666–1711) and Captain Henry Dwight (1676–1732).


Nathaniel Dwight

Justice Nathaniel Dwight (1666–1711) married Mehitable Partridge (1675–1756)Mehitable Partridge was a daughter of Samuel and Mehitable Crow Partridge (c.1652-1730). Mehitable Crow Partridge was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Goodwin Crow. Elizabeth Goodwin Crow was a daughter of Elder William (b.c. 1591-1673) and Elizabeth White Goodwin. William was remarried to Susanna Harkes Garbrand Goodwin (1593 -1676. He died in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut. (William and Elizabeth White were ancestors of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, founder of the Goodrich Tire Company. Dr. Goodrich was a brother-in-law of Gen. Selden Erastus Marvin, a nephew of Judge William Marvin, who resided in Key West, Florida. Marvin became the seventh Governor of Florida.) Susanna had first married Rev. Thomas Hooker ll. Their son-in-law was Rev. John Wilson Jr., who married her daughter Sarah Wilson. Sarah Hooker Wilson was born in Little Baddow, Essex County, England, around 1629. Sarah Hooker Wilson was an ancestor of President William H. Taft. She died in Braintree, Massachusetts on August 20, 1725. Rev. John Wilson was a colleague of Rev. Richard Mather. Rev. John Wilson Jr. was born in London, England and came to New England in 1630. He graduated from Harvard College in 1642, the first graduating class, along with Rev. John Woodbridge. in 1693. Their descendants were: * Colonel Timothy Dwight II (1694–1771), lawyer married Experience King (1693–1763) ** Major Timothy Dwight III (1726–1777), married Mary Edwards (1734–1807), daughter of
theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) ***
Timothy Dwight IV Timothy Dwight (May 14, 1752January 11, 1817) was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College (1795–1817). Early life Timothy Dwight was born May 14, 17 ...
(1752–1817), president of
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1795–1817, married Margaret (or Mary) Woolsey (1754–1777) **** Benjamin Woolsey Dwight (1780–1850), physician married Sophia Woodbridge Strong (1793–1861. ***** Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1816–1889), educator and author *****
Theodore William Dwight Theodore William Dwight (1822–1892) was an American jurist and educator, cousin of Theodore Dwight Woolsey and of Timothy Dwight V. Biography Theodore William Dwight was born in Catskill, New York on July 18, 1822. His father was Benjamin Wo ...
(1822–1892), lawyer ***** Edward W. Dwight (1827–1904), member of the
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**** James Dwight (1784–1863), married Susan Breed (1785–1851) *****
Timothy Dwight V Timothy Dwight V (November 16, 1828 – May 26, 1916) was an American academic, educator, Congregational minister, and President of Yale University (1886–1898). During his years as the school's president, Yale's schools first organized as a uni ...
(1828–1916), president of
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1886–1898 ****
Sereno Edwards Dwight Sereno Edwards Dwight (May 18, 1786 â€“ November 30, 1850) was an American author, educator, and Congregationalist minister, who served as Chaplain of the Senate. Early years Dwight was the fifth son of Yale College President Timothy Dwi ...
(1786–1850), author and minister, married Susan Edwards Daggett, daughter of
David Daggett David Daggett (December 31, 1764 – April 12, 1851) was a U.S. senator, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, and a founder of the Yale Law School. He helped block plans for the first college for Afri ...
(1764–1851, founder of the Yale College Law School. David Daggett was a descendant of Hannah Mayhew Daggett, daughter of Gov. Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard. ****
William Theodore Dwight William Theodore Dwight (June 15, 1795 – October 22, 1865) was an American minister and member of the prominent Dwight family. Dwight was the son of Rev. Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College, and Mary (Woolsey) Dwight. He was born at G ...
(1795–1865), clergyman *** Theodore Dwight (1764–1846), journalist, married Abigail Alsop (1765–1846), the sister of
Richard Alsop Richard Alsop (January 23, 1761 – August 20, 1815) was an American author from the Alsop family of Middletown, Connecticut. Richard Alsop was born January 23, 1761. His father (1727–1776) and son were also named Richard Alsop, which has led t ...
(1761–1815) **** Theodore Dwight (1796–1866), author, married Eleanor Boyd. *** Elizabeth Dwight (1772–1813) married William Walton Woolsey (1766–1839) **** Mary Anne Woolsey (1793–1871) married Jared Scarborough and then George Hoadley (1781–1857) ***** Elizabeth Dwight Hoadley married General
Joshua Hall Bates Joshua Hall Bates (March 5, 1817 – July 26, 1908) was a lawyer, politician, and Ohio militia general in service to the Union during the early part of the American Civil War. He was a leading recruiter and organizer of many of the first regi ...
(1817–1908) *****
George Hoadly George Hoadly (July 31, 1826August 26, 1902) was a Democratic politician. He served as the 36th governor of Ohio. Biography Hoadly was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 31, 1826. As the son of George Hoadley and Mary Ann Woolsey Hoadley ...
(1826–1902), governor of Ohio **** John Mumford Woolsey (1796–1870) married Jane Andrews *****
Sarah Chauncey Woolsey Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (January 29, 1835 – April 9, 1905) was an American children's author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. Background Woolsey was born on January 29, 1835 into the wealthy, influential New England Dwight famil ...
(1835–1905), author published ''
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'' as "Susan Coolidge" ***** Elisabeth Dwight Woolsey (1838–1910) married
Daniel Coit Gilman Daniel Coit Gilman (; July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic. Gilman was instrumental in founding the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College, and subsequently served as the second president of the University ...
***** William Walton Woolsey (1842–1910), plantation owner, married Catherine Buckingham Convers, daughter of
Charles Cleveland Convers Charles Cleveland Convers (July 26, 1810 – September 20, 1860) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was Speaker of the Ohio Senate for two years and a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court for a short time. Biography Charles Cle ...
, and then Bessie Gammell ******
Gamel Woolsey Gamel Woolsey (born Elizabeth Gammell Woolsey; May 28, 1897 – January 18, 1968) was an American poet, novelist and translator. Early life and education Woolsey was born on the Breeze Hill plantation in Aiken, South Carolina as Elizabeth Ga ...
(1895–1968), author, married
Gerald Brenan Edward FitzGerald "Gerald" Brenan, CBE, MC (7 April 1894 – 19 January 1987) was a British writer and hispanist who spent much of his life in Spain. Brenan is best known for '' The Spanish Labyrinth'', a historical work on the background t ...
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Theodore Dwight Woolsey Theodore Dwight Woolsey (31 October 1801 – 1 July 1889) was an American academic, author and President of Yale College from 1846 through 1871. Biography Theodore Dwight Woolsey was born 31 October 1801 in New York City. His mother was Elizabe ...
(1801–1889), president of Yale 1846–1871, married Elizabeth Salsbury and then Sarah Pritchard *****
Theodore Salisbury Woolsey Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (October 22, 1852 – April 24, 1929) was a United States legal scholar, born at New Haven, Connecticut, son of Theodore Dwight Woolsey. He graduated at Yale University, Yale in 1872 and at Yale Law School (1876). ...
(1852–1929), legal scholar ******
Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, Jr. Theodore Salisbury Woolsey Jr. (October 2, 1879 – July 10, 1933) was a United States Forest Service employee, forestry researcher, professor at Yale University and author of books and articles related to forestry and forest regulation. Ear ...
(1880–1933), forestry professor * Abiah Dwight (1704–1748), married Samuel Kent ** Abiah Kent (1724–1782), married John Leavitt (1724–1798), Esq., brother of Jemima (Leavitt) Ellsworth ***
Thaddeus Leavitt Thaddeus Leavitt (September 9, 1750 – 1826) was an American merchant who invented an improved upon version of the cotton gin, as well as joining with seven other Connecticut men to purchase most of the three-million-plus acres of the Weste ...
(1750–1826), merchant,
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, married Elizabeth King **** Thaddeus Leavitt Jr. (1778–1828), married Jemima Loomis (1779–1846) ***** Jane Maria Leavitt (1801–1877) married Jonathan Hunt Jr. (1787–1832) ******
William Morris Hunt William Morris Hunt (March 31, 1824September 8, 1879) was an American painter. Born into the political Hunt family of Vermont, he trained in Paris with the realist Jean-François Millet and studied under him at the Barbizon artists’ colony, bef ...
(1824–1879), painter, married Louisa Dumerique Perkins of Boston ****** Jonathan Hunt, M.D., (1826–1874)
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, France ******
Richard Morris Hunt Richard Morris Hunt (October 31, 1827 – July 31, 1895) was an American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of American architecture. He helped shape New York City with his designs for the 1902 entrance faà ...
(1827–1895), architect, married Catherine Clinton Howland (1841–1880), sister of
Joseph Howland Joseph Howland (December 3, 1834 in New York City – March 31, 1886 in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, politician and philanthropist. Early life Howland was born into a prominent merchant ...
****** Colonel
Leavitt Hunt Col. Leavitt Hunt (1831–February 16, 1907) was a Harvard-educated attorney and photography pioneer who was one of the first people to photograph the Middle East. He and a companion, Nathan Flint Baker, traveled to Egypt, the Holy Land, Le ...
(1831–1907), pioneer photographer, attorney, inventor, farmer, married Katherine Jarvis *******
Jarvis Hunt Jarvis Hunt (August 6, 1863 - June 15, 1941) was a Chicago architect who designed a wide array of buildings, including railroad stations, suburban estates, industrial buildings, clubhouses and other structures. Biography Hunt was born in Weathe ...
(1863–1941), architect,
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John Leavitt Deacon John Leavitt (1608–1691) was a tailor, public officeholder, and founding deacon of Old Ship Church in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the only remaining 17th-century Puritan meeting house in America and the oldest church in con ...
(1755–1815), co-founder, Leavittsburg, Ohio, farmer, innkeeper **** Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796–1873),
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politician,
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judge *****
John McDowell Leavitt John McDowell Leavitt (May 10, 1824 – December 12, 1909) was an early Ohio lawyer, Episcopal clergyman, poet, novelist, editor and professor. Leavitt served as the second President of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and as Presid ...
(1824–1909), Episcopal clergyman, university president ****** John Brooks Leavitt (1849–1930),
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attorney, author and civic reformer * Mehitable Dwight (1705–1767), married Captain Abraham Burbank (1703–1767), large landholder, residing at Suffield, Connecticut. ** Abraham Burbank, Esq. (1739–1808), lawyer, Yale 1759, Massachusetts Legislature from 1779 to 1808; delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1780; Justice of the Peace in June 1772 and a commissary during the Revolutionary War; married (1) Bethia Cushing (1740–1768) (2) Sarah Pomeroy (1744–1808), daughter of General Seth Pomeroy. *** Arthur Burbank (1782–1839) farmer, married Sarah Bates (1789–1870), daughter of Revolutionary War Soldier Eleazer Bates (1749–1826) **** Abraham Burbank (1813–1887), largest real estate owner in Pittsfield, Mass.; builder, hardware store owner, hotel operator, married Julia M. Brown (1812–1897)


Henry Dwight

Captain Henry Dwight (1676–1732), farmer, merchant and judge, married Lydia Hawley (1680–1748). Their descendants were: * Brig. General Joseph Dwight (1703–1765), judge in
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, married Mary Pynchon, and then Abigail (Williams) Sargeant (1721–1791), half-sister to
Ephraim Williams Ephraim Williams Jr. (Wyllis Eaton Wright, Colonel Ephraim Williams, a documentary life' (1970), p. 4.Correct date of birth of February 24, 1714 is obtained from primary source: Massachusetts Vital Records "Newton Births 1674-1801 Book 1 Vol 106 ...
Jr. **Lydia Dwight (1732-1798) married Rev. Dr. John Willard (1733-1807), brother of Joseph Willard, former president of Harvard College. Rev.Dr. John Willard was a mentor of Rev. Abishai Alden and a descendant of Major Simon Willard. See Endicott Rock history. ** Joseph Dwight, Jr. (1737–1826) married Lydia Dewey (1745–1811) *** Solomon Dwight (1769–1813) married Veina Foster **** Elijah Dwight (1797–1868) married Olive Standish (1795–1874), descended from
Myles Standish Myles Standish (c. 1584 – October 3, 1656) was an English military officer and colonizer. He was hired as military adviser for Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, United States by the Pilgrims. Standish accompanied the Pilgrims on ...
***** Jeremiah W. Dwight (1819–1885),
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politician ****** John Wilbur Dwight (1859–1928), New York State politician ** Pamela Dwight (1753*–1807), married Judge
Theodore Sedgwick Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746January 24, 1813) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served in elected state government and as a delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. representative, and a senator from Massachusetts. H ...
(1746–1813) ***
Theodore Sedgwick Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746January 24, 1813) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served in elected state government and as a delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. representative, and a senator from Massachusetts. H ...
(1780–1839), lawyer and diplomat, married Susan Anne Livingson (1788–1867) ****
Theodore Sedgwick Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746January 24, 1813) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served in elected state government and as a delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. representative, and a senator from Massachusetts. H ...
(1811–1859), lawyer and author *** Henry Dwight Sedgwick (1785–1831), anti-slavery lawyer, married Jane Minot (1795–1859) **** Henry Dwight Sedgwick II (1824–1857), married Henrietta Ellery Sedgwick (1829–1899) ***
Catharine Sedgwick Catharine Maria Sedgwick (December 28, 1789 – July 31, 1867) was an American novelist of what is sometimes referred to as " domestic fiction". With her work much in demand, from the 1820s to the 1850s, Sedgwick made a good living writing short ...
(1789–1867), novelist *** Charles Sedgwick (1791–1856), clerk of Massachusetts Supreme Court, married Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight (1801–1864) **** Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1820–1880) married William Minot II (1817–1894) *****
Charles Sedgwick Minot Charles Sedgwick Minot (December 23, 1852 – November 19, 1914) was an American anatomist and a founding member of the American Society for Psychical Research. Life Charles Sedgwick Minot was born December 23, 1852, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. ...
(1852–1914), anatomist ** Henry Williams Dwight (1757–1804), married Abigail Welles (1763–1840), descended from
Thomas Welles Thomas Welles (14 January 1660) is the only person in Connecticut's history to hold all four top offices: governor, deputy governor, treasurer, and secretary. In 1639, he was elected as the first treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut, and from ...
*** Henry Williams Dwight (1788–1845), lawyer and politician *** Edwin Welles Dwight (1789–1841), author and minister * Captain Seth Dwight (1707–1774), farmer, married Abigail Strong (1710–1780) ** Ensign Josiah Dwight (1747–1796) married Tabitha Bigelow (c. 1740–1796) *** Seth Dwight (1769–1825), merchant, married Hannah Strong (1768–1813) **** Harriet Dwight (1792–1870) married James Dana *****
James Dwight Dana James Dwight Dana Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcano, volcanic activity, and the ...
(1813–1895), geologist, married Henrietta Frances Silliman (1823–1907), daughter of chemist
Benjamin Silliman Benjamin Silliman (August 8, 1779 – November 24, 1864) was an early American chemist and science educator. He was one of the first American professors of science, at Yale College, the first person to use the process of fractional distillat ...
(1779–1864) ******
Edward Salisbury Dana Edward Salisbury Dana (November 16, 1849 – June 16, 1935) was an American mineralogist and physicist. He made important contributions to the study of minerals, especially in the field of crystallography. Life and career E. S. Dana was born in ...
(1849–1935), mineralogist ****
Harrison Gray Otis Dwight Harrison Gray Otis Dwight (1803–1862) was an American Congregational missionary. Biography Harrison Gray Otis Dwight was born on November 22, 1803 in Conway, Massachusetts. His father was Seth Dwight (1769–1825) and mother was Hannah Strong ...
(1803–1862), missionary to Turkey, married Mary Lane (1811–1860) ***** Henry Otis Dwight (1843–1917), missionary to Turkey, married Mary A. Bliss ***** Sarah Hinsdale Dwight, missionary married Edward Riggs, the son on
Elias Riggs Elias Riggs (November 19, 1810 – January 17, 1901) was an American Presbyterian missionary and linguist. Biography Elias Riggs was born on November 19, 1810 in New Providence, New Jersey. He was the second son of Elias and Margaret (Congar) ...
(1810–1901) *** Josiah Dwight Jr. (1772–1826) married Sarah Hartwell (1772–1822) **** Morris Dwight, M.D. (1796–?) married Minerva Bryant (1800–?) ***** Colonel
Augustus Wade Dwight Augustus Wade Dwight (February 22, 1827 – March 26, 1865) was a lawyer who became an officer in the American Civil War. He served in 21 battles and was wounded three times, the last wound being fatal. Life Augustus Wade Dwight was born Febru ...
(1827–1865) died in
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 â€“ May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
* Colonel Josiah Dwight (1715–1768), merchant and judge, married Elizabeth Buckminster (1731–1798) **
Thomas Dwight Thomas Dwight (1843–1911) was an American physician, anatomist and teacher. Life Thomas Dwight was born on October 13, 1843, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was also named Thomas Dwight (born September 27, 1807 – 1876 ), part of the New ...
(1758–1819), politician, married Hannah Worthington (1761–1833) ** Clarissa Dwight (1762–1820) married Major Abel Whitney (1756–1807) *** Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786–1869), merchant, married Sarah Williston (1800–1833) ****
Josiah Dwight Whitney Josiah Dwight Whitney (November 23, 1819 – August 18, 1896) was an American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard University (from 1865), and chief of the California Geological Survey (1860–1874). Through his travels and studies in the ...
(1819–1896), geologist ****
William Dwight Whitney William Dwight Whitney (February 9, 1827June 7, 1894) was an American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer known for his work on Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Arya ...
(1827–1894), linguist, married Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin, daughter of
Roger Sherman Baldwin Roger Sherman Baldwin (January 4, 1793 – February 19, 1863) was an American politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Connecticut from 1844 to 1846 and a United States senator from 1847 to 1851. As a lawyer, his career was most notable ...
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Edward Baldwin Whitney Edward Baldwin Whitney (August 16, 1857 – January 5, 1911) was an American lawyer and judge. Life Edward Baldwin Whitney was born August 16, 1857. His father was linguist William Dwight Whitney (1827–1894) of the New England Dwight family. Hi ...
(1857–1911), judge, married A. Josepha Newcomb, daughter of
Simon Newcomb Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. He served as Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hopkins University. Born in Nov ...
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Hassler Whitney Hassler Whitney (March 23, 1907 – May 10, 1989) was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes, and geometric integration t ...
(1907–1989) mathematician ** Josiah Dwight, Jr. (1767–1821), merchant, married Rhoda Edwards (1778–1864), granddaughter of Jonathan Edwards *** Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight (1801–1864) married distant cousin Charles Sedgwick (1791–1856), see above * Edmund Dwight (1717–1755) married Elizabeth Scutt (1724–1764) ** Jonathan Dwight (1743–1831) married Margaret Ashley (1745–1789) *** Jonathan Dwight Jr. (1772–1840), merchant and politician, married Sarah Shepard (1774–1805) **** Jonathan Dwight, third (1799–1856), merchant, married Ann Bartlett ***** Jonathan Dwight fourth (1831–1910), civil engineer, married Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck ******
Jonathan Dwight Jonathan Dwight V (1858–1929) was an American ornithologist. Life Jonathan Dwight was born December 8, 1858 in New York City. His father was civil engineer Jonathan Dwight (1831–1910), grandfather Jonathan Dwight (1799–1856), great grandfa ...
fifth (1858–1929),
ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...
**** William Dwight (1805–?) married Elizabeth Amelia White ***** General
William Dwight William Dwight Jr. (July 14, 1831 – April 21, 1888), was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Raised in Massachusetts, he came from a notable family of military leaders. Early life William Dwight was born July 14, 1831, in ...
, Jr. (1831–1888), in
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 â€“ May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
**** Thomas Dwight (1807–?) married Mary Collins Warren, daughter of
John Collins Warren John Collins Warren (August 1, 1778 – May 4, 1856) was an American surgeon. In 1846 he gave permission to William T.G. Morton to provide ether anesthesia while Warren performed a minor surgical procedure. News of this first public demonstrat ...
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Thomas Dwight Thomas Dwight (1843–1911) was an American physician, anatomist and teacher. Life Thomas Dwight was born on October 13, 1843, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was also named Thomas Dwight (born September 27, 1807 – 1876 ), part of the New ...
(1843–1911), physician,
anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...
author and teacher *** Edmund Dwight (1780–1849), merchant and philanthropist, married Mary Harrison Eliot


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Sedgwick family The Sedgwick family is a predominantly American family originating in England. Members of the family and their descendants have been influential in politics, law, business, and the arts. The earliest known member of the Sedgwick family to have gone ...
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Whitney family The Whitney family is an American family notable for their business enterprises, social prominence, wealth and philanthropy, founded by John Whitney (1592–1673), who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635. The historic fa ...
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Leavitt family Leavitt may refer to: People *Leavitt (surname) Places ;United States * Leavitt, California *Leavitt Lake, a lake in Minnesota * Leavitt Peak, California * Leavitt Township, Michigan * Leavittsburg, Ohio *Leavittstown, New Hampshire, name later c ...
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Hunt family Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/ hide, bone/tusks, horn/ antler, ...


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