Nathan Appleton (1779-1861)

Merchant of Boston & U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts

He was reputed to be worth $1.5-million in 1851 making him one of the richest men in Massachusetts. His nephew married a daughter of Daniel Webster and one of his daughters married the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow while the another married Robert Mackintosh, British Governor of Antigua.

Parents

Isaac Appleton

Church Deacon & "Respectable Farmer" of New Ipswich, New Hampshire

1731-1806

Mary (Adams) Appleton

Mrs Mary (Adams) Appleton

1741-1827

Spouses

Maria Theresa (Gold) Appleton

Mrs Maria Theresa (Gold) Appleton

1786-1833

Harriot (Sumner) Appleton

Mrs Harriot Coffin (Sumner) Appleton

1802-1867

Children

Frances (Appleton) Longfellow

Mrs "Fanny" Frances Elizabeth (Appleton) Longfellow

1817-1861