Joseph Coolidge (1798-1879)

Joseph Coolidge IV, of Boston, Massachusetts

He was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard University. After traveling in Europe, he returned to the United States in 1824 and attended the reunion of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette at Monticello. There he met Jefferson's granddaughter Ellen Wayles Randolph, whom he married the following year. Back in Boston, he became a prominent shipping merchant trading with China, working initially with Russell & Co., and then later as an agent for the firm of Augustine Heard & Co. He spent much of his time abroad, particularly in China, and his wife occasionally accompanied him while their four sons attended school in Geneva and Berlin. He was reputed to be worth $300,000 in 1851, mostly inherited and through the China Trade.

Parents

Joseph Coolidge

Joseph Coolidge III, of Boston, Massachusetts

1773-1840

Elizabeth (Bulfinch) Coolidge

Mrs Elizabeth (Bulfinch) Coolidge

1758-1817

Spouse

Ellen (Randolph) Coolidge

Mrs "Ellen" Eleonora Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge

1796-1876

Children

Ellen (Coolidge) Dwight

Mrs Ellen Randolph (Coolidge) Dwight

1826-1894

Elizabeth Bulfinch Coolidge

Elizabeth Bulfinch Coolidge, died in childhood

1827-1832

Joseph Randolph Coolidge

Joseph Randolph Coolidge, Lawyer, of Boston, Massachusetts

1828-1925

Philip Sidney Coolidge

Philip Sidney Coolidge, of Boston

1830-1863

Dr. Algernon Coolidge

Dr. Algernon Coolidge, of Boston, Massachusetts

1830-1912

Thomas Jefferson Coolidge

T. Jefferson Coolidge, of Boston, Massachusetts; U.S. Ambassador to France

1831-1920