- Samuel A. Talcott
Samuel Austin Talcott (
December 31 ,1789 Hartford,Hartford County, Connecticut -March 19 ,1836 New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician.Life
He was the son of Samuel Talcott (1740-1798, grandson of
Joseph Talcott , Colonial Governor of Connecticut) and Abigail Ledyard Talcott. On May 28, 1810, he married Rachel Skinner, their son was John Ledyard Talcott (b. 1812, a justice of theNew York Supreme Court ).He practiced law at New Hartford, New York. Here he married in 1818 his second wife Mary Eliza Stanley (1800-1848), and their son was Thomas Grosvenor Talcott (1819-1870).
He was a leading member of the
Albany Regency , and wasNew York State Attorney General from 1821 to 1829 when he was forced to resign "due to irregular habits". Afterwards he practiced law inNew York City .ources
* [http://www.illian.org/places/FamilySheets/d0111/F5192.html#I15167] Talcott genealogy
* [http://www.oag.state.ny.us/previous_aglist.html] List of NY State Attorneys General, at Office of the Att. Gal. of NY
* [http://nycourts.gov/history/elecbook/chadbourne_coa/pg62.htm] Bio and photo of his son John, at The Historical Society of the Courts in the State of NY
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stanfam/html/g0000119.htm] Talcott genealogy, at rootsweb (giving wrong birth place)
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://www.newhartfordpubliclibrary.org/tally%20Ho-04.html] His second marriage, info at New Hartford Public Library
* [http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=8] Info on his father~-in-law F. satnley, at The NYG&B
* [http://www.oag.state.ny.us/previous_aglist.html] List of NY State Attorneys General, at Office of the Att. Gal. of NY
* [http://www.pownal.org/PHS/Marriages/NYandOther.htm] Marriage records Talcott/Skinner
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