Edward Everett - Marriage and Children

Marriage and Children

On May 8, 1822 Edward Everett married Charlotte Gray Brooks, a descendant of John Howland, (c. 1599–1673) who was one of the Pilgrims who travelled from England to North America on the Mayflower, signed the Mayflower Compact, and helped found Plymouth Colony. She was the daughter of Peter Chardon Brooks and Ann Gorham. Ann was the daughter of Rebecca Call and Nathaniel Gorham, the fourteenth President of the United States in Congress assembled, under the Articles of Confederation. They had six children:

1. Anne Gorham Everett (March 3, 1823 – October 18, 1854)
2. Charlotte Brooks Everett (August 13, 1825 – December 15, 1879); married Captain Henry Augustus Wise USN
3. Grace Webster Everett (December 24, 1827 – 1836)
4. Edward Brooks Everett (May 6, 1830 – November 5, 1861); married Helen Cordis Adams
5. Henry Sidney Everett (December 31, 1834 – October 4, 1898); married Katherine Pickman Fay
6. William Everett (October 10, 1839 – February 16, 1910); U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

He was the great uncle of Edward Everett Hale.