Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1792-1854)

Rt. Rev. Jonathan M. Wainwright, D.D., D.C.L., Episcopal Bishop of New York

He was born in Liverpool and first came to America in 1802, graduating from Harvard (1812) where he then tutored. He received his Doctorate in Divinity (D.D.) from Union College (1823) and Harvard (1835), and was instrumental in the founding of New York University. The degree of D.C.L. was conferred on him by Oxford University in 1852, the same year that he was appointed the 4th Bishop of New York, a position he held until his death two years later. In 1818, he married Amelia, grand-daughter of Judge John Phelps, iron manufacturer and Signatory to the Constitutional Convention. They had fourteen children of whom eight (listed) lived to adulthood.

Parents (2)

Peter Wainwright

Tobacconist, of Liverpool & Boston, Massachusetts

1759-1841

Elizabeth (Mayhew) Wainwright

Mrs Elizabeth (Mayhew) Wainwright

1759-1829

Spouse (1)

Amelia (Phelps) Wainwright

Mrs Amelia Maria (Phelps) Wainwright

1797-1885

Children (8)

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright

Commander J.M. Wainwright II, Union Navy. Killed in Action

1821-1863

Elizabeth (Wainwright) Hudson

Mrs "Lizzie" Elizabeth Mayhew (Wainwright) Remsen, Hudson; died without issue

1824-1882

John Howard Wainwright

J. Howard Wainwright, Vice-President of the New York Stock Exchange

1829-1871

Maria (Wainwright) Bronson

Mrs Maria Trumbull (Wainwright) Bronson

1831-1905

Dr. Daniel Wadsworth Wainwright

M.D., of New York City; Major in the U.S. Volunteers, died unmarried

1833-1863

Amelia (Wainwright) Bankhead

Mrs Amelia Maria (Wainwright) Bankhead

1838-1867

Rev. Francis Chetwood Wainwright

Rector of St. Paul's, Windsor Locks & of Calvary Church, Suffield, Connecticut

1839-1874

Dr. William A. M. Wainwright

Dr. William Augustus Muhlenberg Wainwright, M.D., of Hartford, Connecticut

1844-1895