The Saltonstall family is a

Boston Brahmin The Boston Brahmins or Boston elite are members of Boston's traditional upper class. They are often associated with Harvard University; Anglicanism; and traditional Anglo-American customs and clothing. Descendants of the earliest English colonis ...

family from the

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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

, notable for having had a family member attend

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

from every generation since

Nathaniel Saltonstall Col. Nathaniel Saltonstall (also spelled Nathanial Saltonstall; – May 21, 1707) was a judge for the Court of Oyer and Terminer, a special court established in 1692 for the trial and sentence of people, mostly women, for the crime of witchcraft ...

—later one of the more principled judges at the

Salem Witch Trials The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, 19 of whom w ...

—graduated in 1659.

History

The Saltonstall family originated in

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

, England, where the name was sometimes spelled Saltingstall. The name originates from the hamlet of Saltonstall in

Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax () is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th cen ...

. The meaning is derived from Sal-ton-stall in Old English, the translation being "Farm in the Willows". In

Leverett House Leverett House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. It is situated along the north bank of the Charles River in Cambridge and consists of McKinlock Hall, constructed in 1925; two 12-story towers completed in ...

Library, there exists a commemorative wooden plaque dedicating the reading room of the library to "ten generations of Saltonstalls, who have matriculated at Harvard 1642–1959."

Notable members

Richard Saltonstall Sir Richard Saltonstall (baptised Halifax, England 4 April 1586 – October 1661) led a group of English settlers up the Charles River to settle in what is now Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630. He was a nephew of the Lord Mayor of London Ric ...

(1521–1601), MP and Lord Mayor of London * Sir

, colonist with the Winthrop Fleet, nephew of the above *

, judge at Salem Witch Trials *

Gurdon Saltonstall Gurdon Saltonstall (27 March 1666 – 20 September 1724) was governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1708 to 1724. Born into a distinguished family, Saltonstall became an accomplished and eminent Connecticut pastor. A close associate of Gove ...

, his son, governor of Connecticut * Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford, his great-grandson, U.S. Representative from New York *

Dudley Saltonstall Dudley Saltonstall (1738–1796) was an American naval commander during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known as the commander of the naval forces of the 1779 Penobscot Expedition, which ended in complete disaster, with all ships lost. ...

, commander at

Penobscot Expedition The Penobscot Expedition was a 44-ship American naval armada during the Revolutionary War assembled by the Provincial Congress of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The flotilla of 19 warships and 25 support vessels sailed from Boston on July 1 ...

Leverett Saltonstall I Leverett Saltonstall (June 13, 1783 – May 8, 1845), 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, ...

, U.S. Representative in 1830s * Leverett Saltonstall II, his son, Collector of the Port of Boston (1885–1889) *

Endicott Peabody Saltonstall Endicott Peabody Saltonstall (April 15, 1879 – December 19, 1922) was an American attorney who served as District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 1921 to 1922. Early life Saltonstall was born on December 25, 1872, to Leverett ...

, his son, district attorney of

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Middlesex County is located in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,632,002, making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and ...

(1921–1922) *

Elizabeth Saltonstall Elizabeth Saltonstall (born Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, July 26, 1900; died there May 10, 1990) was an American artist who used stone lithography and painting to depict the natural world, particularly that of her summer home of Nantucket. Sal ...

, his daughter, an artist *

Leverett A. Saltonstall Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the List of Governors of Massachusetts, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twent ...

, grandson of Leverett Saltonstall II, Governor of Massachusetts (1939–1945), U.S. Senator (1945–1967) *

William L. Saltonstall William Lawrence Saltonstall (May 14, 1927 – January 23, 2009), 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 unsucce ...

, his son, state senator (1967–1979) * William G. Saltonstall, principal,

Phillips Exeter Academy (not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God) , location = 20 Main Street , city = Exeter, New Hampshire , zipcode ...

, 1946–1963 * John L. Saltonstall, Jr., politician

Family tree

* Richard Saltonstall (–1524) m. Isabel ** John Saltonstall (–1559) *** Gilbert Saltonstall (1525–1598) m. Isabel Ashton (d. 1573) **** Samuel Saltonstall (1560–1612) m. (1) Anne Ramsden (1564–1611); (2) Elizabeth Ogden; (3) Elizabeth (née Bennington) Armine ***** Sir

(1586–1661) m. (1) Grace Kaye (d. 1625); m. (2) Lady Elizabeth West ****** Richard Saltonstall (1610–1694) m. Muriel Gurdon (1613–1688) *******

(1639–1707) m. Elizabeth Ward (1647–1714) ********

(1666–1724) m. 1702 (1) Elizabeth Rosewell (1679–1710); m. (2) Mary Whittinghame (d. 1730) ********* Elizabeth Saltonstall (1690–1736) m. 1710 (1) Richard Christophers (1685–1736); m. (2) Isaac Ledyard ********* Sarah Saltonstall (b. 1694) m. 1715 (1) John Gardiner (1692–1725); m. 1727 (2) Samuel Davis (1692–1733) ********* Rosewell Saltonstall (1701–1738) m. 1727 Mary Haynes (1703–1769) ********* Katherine Saltonstall (b. 1704) m. 1727

William Brattle Major-General William Brattle (April 18, 1706 – October 25, 1776) was an American politician, lawyer, cleric, physician and military officer who served as the Attorney General of Massachusetts from 1736 to 1738. Brattle is best known for h ...

(1706–1776) ********* Nathaniel Saltonstall (1707–1748) m. 1733 Lucretia Arnold (1706–1770) ********* Gurdon Saltonstall Jr. (1708–1785) m. Rebecca Winthrop (1712–1776) ********** Rebecca Winthrop Saltonstall (1734–1812) m. David Mumford (1730–1807) *********** Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford (1764–1831) m. 1793 (1) Anna Van Zandt ; m. 1810 (2) Letitia Van Toren ********** Winthrop Saltonstall (1737–1811) m. Ann

Wanton Wanton may refer to: * Incontinence in philosophy * Wanton (surname) * Wanton, Florida, later renamed Micanopy See also *Wonton A wonton () is a type of Chinese dumpling commonly found across regional styles of Chinese cuisine. It is als ...

**********

(1738–1796) m. 1765: Frances Babcock ******** Elizabeth Saltonstall (1668–1726) m. Rev. Roland Cotton ******** Col. Richard Saltonstall (1672–1714) m. Mehitabel Wainwright ********* Richard Saltonstall Jr. (1703–1756) m. (1) Abigail Waldron; m. 1738: (2) Mary Jekyll ; m. 1744: (3) Mary Cooke ********** Nathaniel Saltonstall (1746–1815) m. 1780: Anna White ***********

(1783–1845) m. Mary Elizabeth Sanders ************ Leverett Saltonstall II (1825–1895) m. 1854: Rose Smith Lee (1835–1903) ************* Richard Middlecott Saltonstall (1859–1922) m. Eleanor Brooks **************

Leverett Saltonstall Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senator ...

(1892–1979) m. 1916: Alice Wesselhoeft (1893–1981) ***************

William Lawrence Saltonstall William Lawrence Saltonstall (May 14, 1927 – January 23, 2009), an United States, American politician, was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1967 to 1979. He was a Republican Party (United States), Republican and a resident of Mancheste ...

(1927–2009) m. 1953: Jane Chandler ************* Mary Elizabeth Saltonstall (1862–1947) m. (1) Louis Agassiz Shaw; m. (2) John S. Curtis ************** Louis Agassiz Shaw Jr. (1886–1940) m. Joanne Bird ************* Philip Leverett Saltonstall (1867–1919) m. 1910: Frances Anne Fitch Sherwood *************

(1872–1922) m. Elizabeth Baldwin Dupee **************

(1900–1990) *********** Nathaniel Saltonstall II (1784–1838) m. 1820 Caroline Saunders ************ William Gurdon Saltonstall (1831–1889) m. 1816: Josephine Lee ************* Robert Saltonstall (1870–1938) m. 1904 Caroline James Stevenson ************** William Gurdon Saltonstall (1905–1989) m. Katharyn Saltonstall ************* Lucy Sanders Saltonstall (1871–1940) m. Neal Rantoul (1870–1934) ************* John Lee Saltonstall (1878–1959) m. (1) Margaret Auchmuty Tucker; (2) Gladys Durant Rice ************** John Lee Saltonstall Jr. (1916–2007) m. (1) Margaret Louise Bonnell; m. 1976: (2) Adriana Gianturco ************* Rosamond Saltonstall (1881–1953) m. Charles Crooke

Auchincloss Auchincloss is a surname of Scottish origin, derived from an area in Ayrshire known as ''Auchincloich'', which is Scottish Gaelic for "field of stones". It is also the name of a prominent American family, from ' ("field") and ' ("stone"). Notable ...

(1881–1961) ************** Rosamond Saltonstall Auchincloss (1907–1971) m. Burton James Lee II (1907–1962) *************** Burton James Lee III (1930–2016) m. 1953: Pauline Herzog ************** Richard Saltonstall Auchincloss (1909–1990) m. Mary King Wainwright (1911–2008) ************** Josephine Lee Auchincloss (1912–2005) m. Benjamin Carlton Betner Jr.; m. (2) Harry Ingersoll Nicholas III ******** Nathaniel Saltonstall (1674–1739), m. Dorothy Frizel ** Gilbert Saltonstall (1493–1545) m. Agnes ***

(1521–1601) m. Suzanna Poyntz **** Eleanor Saltonstall (1554–) m. (1) Vincent Harvie; m. (2) Robert Myddelton **** Hester Saltonstall (1555–1587) m. Sir Thomas Myddelton ***** Sir Thomas Myddelton m. (1) Margaret Savile; m. (2) Mary Napier ******

Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet (2 November 1624 – 13 July 1663) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1646 and 1663. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War but later took part in the ...

(1624–1663) m. (1) Mary Cholmondley; m. (2) Jane Trevor ****** Ann Myddelton (dsp. ) m.

Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury (died 1678) was an English aristocrat and soldier. Life He was the elder son of Richard Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury. He joined the royalist uprising under Sir George Booth, when he declare ...

**** Elizabeth Saltonstall (1556–1626) m. Richard Wyche (1554–1621) ***** Sir Peter Wyche (–1643) m. Jane Meredith *****

Nathaniel Wyche Nathaniel Wyche (1607 – 23 May 1659) was a British merchant and president of the English East India Company. Early life Nathaniel was born in 1607 and baptized at Mitcham on 5 August 1607. He was the youngest son of Elizabeth ( Saltonstall) Wy ...

(1607–1659) m. 1657 Anne (née Cranmer) Slane **** Gilbert Saltonstall m. Anne Harleston **** Richard Saltonstall m. Jane Barnard **** Peter Saltonstall (1577–1651) m. (1) Christian Pettus (d. 1646); m. (2) Anne Waller

References

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External links

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