Appleton family explained

Appleton
Native Name:	Appulton
Native Name Lang:	English
Type:	Political, religious, mercantile
Coat Of Arms:	File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Samuel_Appleton.svg
Country:	England United States
Region:	United States
Etymology:	Apple garden
Origin:	Little Waldingfield, Babergh District, Suffolk, England

The Appleton family is an American political, religious and mercantile family.^{[1] [2]}

Family tree

• Samuel Appleton (1586–1670), who emigrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts around 1636. Married (1) 1616: Judith Everard; (2) 1670: Martha ^[1]
  • Martha Appleton (1620–1659) ∞ Richard Jacob (d.1672)
  • John Appleton (1622–1699) ∞ Priscilla Glover (d. 1698)
    • John Appleton (1652–1739) ∞ Elizabeth Rogers (d. 1754)
      • Daniel Appleton (1692–1762)^[2]
      • Nathaniel Appleton (1693–1784)
        • Nathaniel Appleton Jr. (1731–1798)
          • Nathaniel Walker Appleton (1755–1795)
            • Nathaniel Walker Appleton Jr. (1783–1848)
              • Charles Tilden Appleton (1809–1859)
              • William Channing Appleton (1812–1892)
            • Charles Henderson Appleton (1784–1831)^[2]
              • Charles Dawes Appleton (1810–1886)
              • George Dawes Appleton (1818–1890)
      • Margaret Appleton (1701–1740) ∞ Edward Holyoke (d. 1769)
    • Priscilla (1657–1743) ∞ 1684: Rev. Joseph Capen (1658–1725)
  • Samuel Appleton (1624/6–1696) ∞ (1) 1651: Hannah Paine; (2) Mary Oliver (1646–1698)
    • Isaac Appleton (1664–1747) ∞ Priscilla Baker
      • Isaac Appleton (1704–1794) ∞ Elizabeth Sawyer (1709–1785)
        • Isaac Appleton (1731–1806) ∞ Mary Adams (1741–1827)
          • Isaac Appleton (1762–1853)
          • Samuel Appleton (1766–1853) ∞ 1799: Mary Gore
          • Nathan Appleton (1779–1861) ∞ (1) 1806: Maria Theresa Gold; (2) 1839: Harriet Coffin Sumner
            • Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884)
            • Mary "Molly" Appleton (b. 1813) ∞ Robert James Mackintosh (1806-1864)
              • Ronald Mackintosh
            • Charles Sedgwick Appleton (1815–1835)
            • Frances "Fanny" Elizabeth Appleton (1819–1861) ∞ 1843: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
              • Charles Appleton Longfellow (1844–1893)
              • Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow (1845–1921) ∞ 1868: Harriet "Hattie" Spelman
              • Fanny Longfellow (1847–1848)
              • Alice Mary Longfellow (1850–1928)
              • Edith Longfellow (1853–1915) ∞ Richard Henry Dana III (1851–1931)
              • Anne Allegra Longfellow (1855–1934)
            • George William Appleton (1826–1827)
            • William Sumner Appleton (1840–1903) ∞ Edith Stuart (d. 1892)
              • William Sumner Appleton Jr. (1874–1947)
            • Harriet Sumner Appleton (1841–1923) ∞ Greely S. Curtis (1830–1897)
            • Nathan Appleton Jr. (1843–1906)
        • Francis Appleton (1733–1819) ∞ Elizabeth Hubbard (1730–1815)
          • John Appleton (1763–1849) ∞ Elizabeth Peabody (d. 1809)
            • John Appleton (judge) (b. 1804) ∞ 1834: Sarah Newcomb
              • John Francis Appleton (1838–1870)
            • Elvira Appleton (1804–1852) ∞ George S. Gibson
          • Mary Appleton (1764–1820)
          • Elizabeth Appleton (1767–1850)
          • Rev. Jesse Appleton (1772–1819) ∞ Elizabeth Means (1779–1844)
            • Mary Means Appleton (1801–1883) ∞ John Aiken (1797–1867)
              • William Appleton Aiken (1833–1929) ∞ Eliza Coit Buckingham (1838–1924)
              • Mary Appleton Aiken ∞ Francis H. Snow (1840–1908)
            • Frances Appleton (1804–1839) ∞ Alpheus Spring Packard Sr. (1798–1884)
              • William Alfred Packard (1830–1909)
              • Alpheus Spring Packard Jr. (1839–1905)
            • Jane Means Appleton (1806–1863) ∞ U.S. President Franklin Pierce (1804–1869)
              • Franklin Pierce Jr. (1836–1836)
              • Franklin "Frank" Robert Pierce (1839–1843)
              • Benjamin Pierce (1841–1853)
            • William Appleton (1808–1830)
            • John Appleton (1814–1817)
        • Rev. Joseph Appleton (1751–1795)^[3]
          • William Appleton (1786–1862) ∞ Mary Ann Cutler (1794-1860)
            • William Sullivan Appleton (1815–1836)
            • James Amory Appleton (1818–1843) ∞ Mary Ellen Lyman (1819–1875)
            • Sarah Elizabeth Appleton (1822–1891) ∞ Amos Adams Lawrence (1814–1886)
            • Francis Henry Appleton (1823–1854) ∞ Georgiana Crowninshield Silsbee (1824–1901)
            • William Joseph Warren Appleton (1825–1877) ∞ Emily Warren (1818–1905)
              • Emily Appleton Beebe (b. 1846) ∞ 1869: J. Arthur Beebe (d. 1911?)
              • William Appleton Jr. (b. 1848)
              • Susan Warren Appleton (1848–1872)
            • Edward H. Appleton (1827–1827)
            • Harriet Cutler Appleton (1828–1857) ∞ Franklin Gordon Dexter (1824–1903)
            • Hetty Sullivan Appleton (1831–1901) ∞ Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831–1920)
            • Charles Hook Appleton (1833–1874) ∞ Isabella Mason (1835–1869)
        • Samuel Appleton (1738–1819) ∞ Mary White (d. 1834)
          • Mary Appleton (1773–1829) ∞ Amos Sawyer (d. 1851)
          • John White Appleton (1780–1862) ∞ (1) 1806: Sarah Porter (d. 1809); (2) 1810: Sophia Porter (d. 1860)
            • Elisha William Appleton (b. 1810) ∞ 1837: Martha Wylly
              • John Howard Appleton (1844–1930)
            • Sarah Porter Appleton (b. 1812) ∞ 1845: John Goodenow
            • John Appleton (1815–1864)
            • Abby Eliza Appleton (b. 1882) ∞ 1841: George Freeman Emery
          • Joanna Appleton ∞ (1) Samuel Safford (d. 1816); (2) Eben Dodge (d. 1872)
          • James Appleton (1785–1862) ∞ 1807: Sarah Fuller (1787–1872)
            • Samuel Gilman Appleton (1808–1873) ∞ 1829: Sarah Gardiner
            • Sarah Fuller Appleton (1811–1884) ∞ 1833: Rev. Stephen Caldwell Millett
            • James Appleton (1813–1884) ∞ 1842: Sarah Bristol Edwards
            • Mary White Appleton (1815–1905)
            • Elizabeth Putnam Appleton (1818–1897) ∞ 1845: Shelton L. Hall
            • Joanna Dodge Appleton (1821–1870) ∞ 1843: Peyton R. Morgan
            • Hannah Fuller Appleton (1823–1903) ∞ Robert Helyer Thayer (1820–1888)
            • Daniel Fuller Appleton (1826–1904) ∞ (1) Julia Randall (d. 1886); ∞ (2) 1889: Susan Cowles
              • Francis Randall Appleton (1854–1929)
            • Harriette Hooper Appleton (1828–1905) ∞ 1849: Rev. John Cotton Smith
            • Anna Whittemore Appleton (1831–) ∞ Dr. Charles H. Osgood
    • Oliver Appleton (1676–1760) ∞ Sarah Perkins (1677–1770)
      • Sarah Appleton (1709–1798) ∞ (1) 1727: Benjamin Swain; (2) 1752: Benjamin Wyman (d.1774)
      • Hannah Appleton (b. 1711) ∞ 1730: Thomas Swain
      • Samuel Appleton (1710–1780) ∞ (1) 1736: Mary Phillips (d. 1737); (2) 1739: Mary Stevens; (3) 1743: Mary Russell (1715–1803)
        • Mary (1746–1830) ∞ 1769 Moses Gale (d. 1827)
        • Daniel Appleton (1750–1828) ∞ Lydia Ela (1747–1826)
          • Daniel Appleton (1785–1849) ∞ 1813: Hannah Adams (1791–1859)
            • William Henry Appleton (1814–1899) ∞ 1844: Mary Moody Worthen (1824–1884)
              • William Worthen Appleton (1845–1924) ∞ Anna Debois Sargent (1845–1908)
                • William Henry Appleton (1866–1951)
              • Kate Appleton (1848–1873) ∞ 1872: Hobart Seymour Geary (1838–1918)
              • Mary Appleton (d. 1934)
              • Henry Cozzens Appleton (1863–1925) ∞ Dora Threlkeld (1847–1927)
            • Maria Louisa Appleton (b. 1815) ∞ James E. Cooley (1802–1882)
            • John Adams Appleton (1817–1881)
            • Charles Horatio Appleton (1819–1820)
            • George Swett Appleton (1821–1878) ∞ 1847: Caroline Osgood
              • Ellina Appleton (b. 1848) ∞ 1867: William A. Fraser
              • Walter Stone Appleton (b. 1849) ∞ Annie P. Beach
              • Emma Appleton (b. 1852) ∞ Madan
              • George Swett Appleton (1854–1886)
              • Francis Appleton (b. 1856)
            • Daniel Sidney Appleton (1824–1890) ∞ Melvina W. Marshall (d. 1878)
            • Samuel Frances Appleton (1826–1883)
            • Sarah Emeline Appleton (1829–1861) ∞ Leopold Bossange
  • Sarah (1629–1714) ∞ Rev. Samuel Phillips (d. 1696)
  • Judith (1634–1659) ∞ 1657: Samuel Rogers (d. 1693)

Arms

Escutcheon:	Argent, a fess sable between three apples gules, slipped and leaved vert
Crest:	An elephant's head couped sable, tusked and eared or; round the trunk a serpent entering the mouth vert
Motto:	Difficiles sed fructuose (Difficult but fruitful)

Notes and References

1. Appleton . The Curio: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted to Genealogy and Biography, Heraldry and Book-plates, Coins and Autographs, Rare Books & Works of Art, Old Furniture and Plate and Other Colonial Relics . R. W. Wright . 1888 . 1 . 211–218 . July 16, 2021.
2. Book: Appleton, William S. . 1873 . A Rough Sketch of the Appleton Genealogy . T. R. Marvin & Son.
3. Book: Robbins, Chandler . 1863 . Memoir of Hon. William Appleton . John Wilson & Son . 4.