Family
Two of his brothers, Samuel C. Fessenden and T. A. D. Fessenden, were also Congressmen. He had three sons who served in the American Civil War: Samuel Fessenden, killed at the Second Battle of Bull Run, and Brigadier-General James D. Fessenden and Major-General Francis Fessenden, the latter of whom wrote a two-volume biography of his father which was published in 1907.
| William Fessenden (1694–1756) |
Martha Brown (1699–1746) |
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| William Fessenden (1718–1758) |
Thomas Fessenden (1739–1813) |
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| William Fessenden (1747–1805) |
Thomas G. Fessenden (1771–1827) |
William Fessenden (1779–1815) |
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| Samuel Fessenden (1784–1869) |
Elisha Hunt Allen (1804–1883) |
Sarah Elizabeth Fessenden (1808–1845) |
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| William P. Fessenden (1808–1869) |
Samuel C. Fessenden (1815–1881) |
T. A. D. Fessenden (1826–1868) |
William Fessenden Allen (1831–1906) |
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| James Deering Fessenden (1833–1897) |
Francis Fessenden (1839–1907) |
Samuel Fessenden (1841–1862) |
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