Theodore Sedgwick - Marriages and Family

Marriages and Family

After his first wife died, Sedgwick married a second time on April 17, 1774 to Pamela Dwight of the New England Dwight family. She was born June 9, 1752 and died September 20, 1807, and was the daughter of Brigadier General Joseph Dwight of Great Barrington and his second wife, the widow Abigail Williams Sargent. Abigail was the daughter of Colonel Ephraim Williams, and half-sister of Ephraim Williams, Jr. the founder of Williams College.

The Sedgwicks had ten children, although three died within a year of birth, reflecting the high infant mortality of the time. They were:

1. Elizabeth Mason Sedgwick, born April 30, 1775, married Thaddeus Pomeroy, and died October 15, 1827.
2. A child died at birth on March 27, 1777.
3. Frances Pamela Sedgwick, born May 6, 1778, married Ebenezer Watson and died June 20, 1842.
4. Theodore Sedgwick II, born December 9, 1780, became a lawyer, and died 1839. He married Susan Anne Livingson (1788–1867). Their son Theodore Sedgwick (1811–1859) was a lawyer and author.
5. Catherine Sedgwick, born July 11, 1782 and died March 4, 1783.
6. Henry Dwight Sedgwick, born April 18, 1784 and died March 1, 1785.
7. Henry Dwight Sedgwick, born September 22, 1785, married Jane Minot (1795–1859) and died December 23, 1831. Their grandson was also a lawyer, Henry Dwight Sedgwick III (1861–1957).
8. Catharine Maria Sedgwick, born December 28, 1789, became one of the first noted female writers in the United States, and died July 31, 1867.
9. Charles Sedgwick, born December 15, 1791, became clerk of Massachusetts Supreme Court, married Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight (1801–1864), and died August 3, 1856. Their grandson was anatomist Charles Sedgwick Minot (1852–1914).

After Pamela's death, Sedgwick married his third wife Penelope Russell on November 7, 1808. The two remained married until Sedgwick's death in 1813.