- Fendall-Dent-Worthington family political line
The Fendall-Dent-Worthington family is a family of politicians from the
United States . Below is a list of members:*
Josias Fendall (1628-1627), Governor ofMaryland Colony 1656-1660. Father of John Fendall.
**John Fendall (1672-1734), Justice in Maryland Colony, legislator in Maryland Colony. Son of Josias Fendall.
***Benjamin Fendall (1708-1764), Sheriff ofCharles County, Maryland ; Clerk of Charles County, Maryland. Son of John Fendall.
***John Herbert Dent (1733-1809), Justice inMaryland , Maryland Assemblyman. Stepson-in-law of John Fendall.
***Robert Bradley (1707-1772), Justice ofPrince George's County, Maryland . Son-in-law of John Fendall.
***Samuel Hanson (1705-1749), Justice in Charles County, Maryland. Son-in-law of John Fendall.
****Josias Beall (1725-1803), Maryland Assemblyman. Grandson of John Fendall.
****John Stoddert (1710-1767), Justice in Maryland, legislator in Maryland. Step-grandson of John Fendall.
****Robert Tyler (1727-1777), Justice in Maryland. Grandson-in-law of John Fendall.
****Thomas Contee (1729-1811), member of the Maryland House of Burgesses. Son-in-law of Benjamin Fendall.
****Thomas Hanson Marshall (1731-1801), Justice in Maryland. Step-grandson of John Fendall.
****John Herbert Dent (1733-1809), Justice in Maryland, Maryland Assemblyman. Step-grandson-in-law of John Fendall.
****Samuel Hanson, Jr. (1738-1817), Maryland state legislator. Son of Samuel Hanson.
*****Philip Richard Fendall II (1794-1867), U.S. Attorney ofDistrict of Columbia 1841-1845. Great-grandson of John Fendall.
*****Benjamin Stoddert (1751-1813), Maryland Executive Councilman 1781-1782, County Judge in Maryland 1784-1785 1791, Maryland State Senator 1791-1794, U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1798-1801. Step-great-grandson of John Fendall.
*****George Dent (1756-1813), Maryland House Delegate 1782-1790, Maryland State Senator 1791-1792, Maryland State Court Judge 1791-1795, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1793-1801. Son of John Herbert Dent.
*****William Mackall Wilkinson II (1752-1799), Maryland legislator. Son-in-law of John Herbert Dent.
*****Benjamin Contee (1755-1815), Delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland 1788, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1789-1791, Maryland State Court Judge 1815. Son of Thomas Contee.
*****Henry Lee III (1756-1818), Delegate to the Continental Congress fromVirginia 1786-1788, Governor of Virginia 1791-1794, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1799-1801. Grandson-in-law of John Fendall.
*****Philip Stuart (1760-1830), Maryland House Delegate 1800-1806, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1811-1819. Son-in-law of Thomas Hanson Marshall.
******Edward Fendall (1786-1834), Magistrate ofBaltimore, Maryland . Great-grandson of Benjamin Fendall.
******Dennis Dent (1796-1863),Alabama State Senator. Son of George Dent.
******Robert Augustus Beall II (1800-1836), Georgia state legislator. Grandson of Josias Beall.
******George Washington Campbell (1769-1848), U.S. Representative fromTennessee 1803-1809, Tennessee State Court Judge 1809, U.S. Senator from Tennessee 1811-1814 1815-1818, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1814, U.S. Minister toRussia 1818-1820. Son-in-law of Benjamin Stoddert.
******Joseph Kent (1779-1837), U.S. Representative from Maryland 1811-1815 1819-1826, Maryland State Senator 1815, Governor of Maryland 1826-1829, U.S. Senator from Maryland 1833-1837. Son-in-law of Benjamin Contee.
******Thomas Contee Worthington (1782-1847), Maryland House Delegate 1818, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1825-1827, Maryland Executive Councilman 1831-1833. Grandnephew of Benjamin Contee. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/worthington.html#R9M0JI7LF]
******William Grafton Delaney Worthington (1785-1856), Georgia State Senator, Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury, Governor of the East Florida Territory, Secretary of the East Florida Territory. Grandnephew of Benjamin Contee.
******Walter Brooke Cox Worthington (1795-1845), Maryland State Representative. Grandnephew of Benjamin Contee.
*******Robert Rhett (1800-1876), U.S. Representative fromSouth Carolina 1837-1849, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1850-1852, Delegate to theConfederate States Provisional Congress from South Carolina 1861-1862. Grandson-in-law of George Dent.
********S. Hubert Dent, Jr. (1869-1938), Prosecuting Attorney ofMontgomery County, Alabama 1902-1909; U.S. Representative from Alabama 1909-1921. Great-great-grandson of Josias Beall.NOTE: Henry Lee was also brother of U.S. Secretary of State Charles Lee [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#RH20P8P2S] and U.S. Representative
Richard Bland Lee [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#R9M0J3X8A] , grandfather of Virginia GovernorFitzhugh Lee [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#RIF1BRD9M] and U.S. RepresentativeWilliam H.F. Lee [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee9.html#R9M0J3XX2] , grandnephew of Continental Congressional DelegateRichard Bland [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#RCE0OWC3O] , first cousin once removed of U.S. SenatorRichard Henry Lee [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#R9M0J3XBU] , and third cousin of U.S. PresidentZachary Taylor [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#RAU1DK7S1] andMissouri GovernorElliot Woolfolk Major [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#RIO0QXQJO] .
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