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 to the New World from England was

Robert Sedgwick Major General Robert Sedgwick (c. 1611 – 1656) was an English colonist, born 1611 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, and baptised on 6 May 1613. Biography He was the son of William Sedgwick of London, and brother of English priest William ...

of Yorkshire, England who arrived in 1636 in the

Massachusetts Bay Colony The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the ...

, as part of the Great Migration.

Sedgwick, Maine Sedgwick is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,202 at the 2020 census. The town includes the village of ''Sargentville''. The countryside around Sedgwick is a haven for birdwatchers, as well as an out-of-the-w ...

was named in his honor.

Sedgwick Pie The "Sedgwick Pie" is a cemetery plot in the United States. It is the family burial plot of the Sedgwick family in Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and gets its nickname from its shape and layout. Description The burial sites ar ...

is the family's cemetery located in Stockbridge Cemetery,

Stockbridge, Massachusetts Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,018 at the 2020 census. A year-round resort area, Stockbridge is ...

in rural

Western Massachusetts Western Massachusetts, known colloquially as “Western Mass,” is a region in Massachusetts, one of the six U.S. states that make up the New England region of the United States. Western Massachusetts has diverse topography; 22 colleges and u ...

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Ancestors

* Major General

(1611–1656) ** William Sedgwick (c. 1643–1674) *** Samuel Sedgwick, Cpt. (1667–?) **** Benjamin Sedgwick, Deacon (1716–1757)

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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), an American attorney, politician and jurist ** Elizabeth Mason Sedgwick (1775–1827) ** Frances Pamela Sedgwick (1778-1842) **

Jr. (1780–1839) married to Susan Anne Ridley Sedgwick ** Henry Dwight Sedgwick I (1785–1831) *** Henry Dwight Sedgwick II (1824–1903) ****

Ellery Sedgwick Ellery Sedgwick (February 27, 1872 – April 21, 1960) was an American editor, brother of Henry Dwight Sedgwick. Early life He was born in New York City to Henry Dwight Sedgwick II and Henrietta Ellery (Sedgwick), grand daughter of William E ...

(1872–1960) magazine editor ***** Ellery Sedgwick, Jr. (1908–1991) ****** Theodore "Tod" Sedgwick, diplomat and publisher *****

Henry Dwight Sedgwick III Henry Dwight Sedgwick III (September 24, 1861 – January 5, 1957) was an American lawyer and author. Early life Sedgwick was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the second of five children born to Henry Dwight Sedgwick II (1824–1903 ...

(1861–1957), lawyer and author ****** Francis Minturn Sedgwick (1904–1967) ******* Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick (1943–1971), model who worked with Andy Warhol ****** Robert Minturn Sedgwick (1899–1976) ******* Henry Dwight Sedgwick V (1928–2018), married to Helen Stern (1930–2019) and Patricia Rosenwald Sedgwick (born 1933) ********

Mike Stern Mike Stern (born January 10, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. After playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he worked with drummer Billy Cobham, then with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1985. He then began a solo career, ...

(born Michael Sedgwick 1953), jazz guitarist ********

Kyra Minturn Sedgwick Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (; born August 19, 1965) is an American actress, producer and director. For her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama ''The Closer'', she won a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Awar ...

(born 1965) actress, producer, and director. Married to

Kevin Bacon Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. His films include the musical-drama film '' Footloose'' (1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller ''JFK'' (1991), the legal drama '' A Few Good Men'' (1992), th ...

********* Sosie Bacon (born 1992), actress ******** Holly Sedgwick (born c. 1955) *********

Justin Nozuka Justin Tokimitsu Nozuka (born September 29, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. His debut album '' Holly'' has been released in Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States. He has licensed the album to indie label Coalition Enterta ...

(born 1988) ********* George Nozuka (born 1986) ********* Philip Nozuka (born 1987) ********

(born 1951) actor ****** Henry Dwight Sedgwick IV (1896–1914) ** Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789–1867) novelist

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William Ellery William Ellery (December 22, 1727 – February 15, 1820) was a Founding Father of the United States, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Rho ...

Elizabeth Freeman Elizabeth Freeman ( 1744 December 28, 1829), also known as Bet, Mum Bett, or MumBet, was the first enslaved African American to file and win a freedom suit in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling, in Freeman's favor, ...

, slave freed by Theodore Sedgwick * Edith Minturn Stokes, sister-in-law of

* Dwight family * Henry deForest, maternal grandfather of Edie Sedgwick *

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 ...

Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer noted for his wide-ranging array of designs for buildings and monuments. Saarinen is best known for designing the General Motor ...

* Edmund Bacon (architect)

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