Felt family

The Felt family is a family of politicians, Christian ministers, mariners, and shipping businessmen[1][2] from the United States. Below is a list of some of its members:

  • Peter Felt (1784–1866), New Hampshire State Representative 1825; 1828–1829. First cousin of John Felt and Daniel Felt.[3] Also a founding member and Deacon, for a time, of the First Congregational Church in Quincy, Illinois, with Rev. Asa Turner.[4]
  • John Felt (1798–1887), New Hampshire State Representative. First cousin of Peter Felt and Daniel Felt.[5]
  • Daniel Felt (1799–1882), New Hampshire State Representative 1855. First cousin of Peter Felt and John Felt.[6]
  • Josiah Robbins (1761–1850), New Hampshire State Representative. Second cousin by marriage of Peter Felt, John Felt, and Daniel Felt.[7]
  • Capt. Jonathan Porter Felt (1785–1860), mariner and shipping businessman.
  • Capt. John Felt (1699–1724), mariner killed by Native Americans on the Kennebunk River.
  • Capt. Jonathan Felt (1753–1796), mariner in the Revolutionary War in defense of the sea-coast.
  • John Felt (1815–1907), shipping businessman.
  • Joseph Barlow Felt (1789–1769), Pastor of Congregational Churches at Sharon and Hamilton, Massachusetts, 1821–1833, after which he turned to antiquary and history. Distant nephew of Peter Felt.
  • Joseph Felt (1789–1871), Deacon, First Congregational Church, Packersfield, New Hampshire. Nephew of Peter Felt.[8]
  • Jeremiah Felt (1795–1866), Deacon, Baptist Churches in Nelson, Manchester, Newark, Wisconsin. Nephew of Peter Felt.[9]
  • Nathaniel Henry Felt (February 6, 1816 – January 27, 1887[10]) was a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature and a mid-level leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 19th century.
  • Dorman Felt (1810–1876), Michigan State Representative 1859–1860. First cousin once removed of Peter Felt, John Felt, and Daniel Felt.[11]
  • David Alvaro Felt (1820–1892), Commissioner of Sullivan County, New Hampshire; New Hampshire State Representative. First cousin once removed of Peter Felt, John Felt, and Daniel Felt.[12]*Marcellus H. Felt, New Hampshire State Senator 1903–1904. Grandnephew of John Felt.[13]
  • Jesse F. Libby, New Hampshire State Representative 1903 1905. Great-grandnephew of Peter Felt.[14]
  • Andrew J. Felt, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1868 1872, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas 1889–1893. Third cousin thrice removed of Peter Felt, John Felt, and Daniel Felt.[15]
  • William Howard Thompson (1871–1928), Attorney of Allen County, Kansas; District Court Judge in Kansas 1906–1913; U.S. Senator from Kansas 1913–1919; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kansas 1922. Son-in-law of Andrew J. Felt.[16]

See also

References
  1. Morris, John Emery. The Felt Genealogy: a record of the descendants of George Felt of Casco Bay. Hartford, Conn.: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1893.
  2. Felt Family Papers, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum.
  3. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fellrath to Feminist".
  4. Turner, Helen Calla. "Housekeeping in Quincy in the Thirties." Found in: Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library, Issue 21. United States, Phillips Bros., State Printers, 1916, p. 142-3.
  5. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fellrath to Feminist".
  6. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fellrath to Feminist".
  7. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Robbins".
  8. Seward, Josiah Lafayette. Genealogies. United States, Sentinel printing Company, 1921.
  9. Seward, Josiah Lafayette. Genealogies. United States, Sentinel printing Company, 1921.
  10. "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849–1949". FamilySearch. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  11. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fellrath to Feminist".
  12. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fellrath to Feminist".
  13. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fellrath to Feminist".
  14. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Lewis-burks to Lifshutz".
  15. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fellrath to Feminist".
  16. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Thompson, U to Z".
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