William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901)

U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General & U.S. Senator from New York

He lived in New York at 231 Second Avenue (see images), on the corner of 14th Street. In the 1840s, he paid $5,000 for his summer home (see images) now found at 26 Main Street, Windsor, Vermont. Back then, it sat on 1,000-acres and they named the estate "Runnemede". It stayed in the Evarts family for nearly 180-years. He succeeded Moses H. Grinnell to become the fifth President of the Union Club, N.Y.C., and was succeeded by William Constable.

Parents (2)

Jeremiah Evarts

Social Reformer & Activist for the Rights of American Indians in the United States

1781-1831

Mehetable (Sherman) Evarts

Mrs. Mehetable Prescott (Sherman) Barnes, Evarts

1774-1851

Spouse (1)

Helen Minerva (Wardner) Evarts

Mrs. Helen Minerva (Wardner) Evarts

1820-1903

Children (12)

Charles Butler Evarts

Supervisor of the Evarts Estate in Windsor, Vermont; formerly of the 1st N.Y. Cavalry

1845-1891

Roger Sherman Evarts

Died in childhood

1847-1849

Allen Wardner Evarts

Lawyer, of 124 East 29th St., N.Y.C., Senior Partner of Evarts, Choate, Curtin & Léon

1848-1939

William Evarts

of Washington D.C., died unmarried

1851-1878

Hettie Sherman (Evarts) Beaman

Mrs. Hettie Sherman (Evarts) Beaman

1852-1917

Mary Evarts

of Windsor, Vermont; died unmarried

1854-1928

Helen Minerva (Evarts) Tweed

Mrs. Helen Minerva (Evarts) Tweed

1856-1928

Elizabeth Hoar (Evarts) Perkins

Mrs. Elizabeth Hoar (Evarts) Perkins

1858-1940

Sherman Evarts

Lawyer, of New York City

1859-1922

Rev. Prescott Evarts

Rector of Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1859-1931

Louisa Wardner (Evarts) Scudder

Mrs. Louisa Wardner (Evarts) Scudder

1861-1937

Maxwell Evarts

of "Juniper Hill" Windsor, Vermont; General Counsel for the Southern Pacific Co., etc.

1862-1913