South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-15

pearance. None Of Mary Talcott's prog
eny rose above mediocrity and their de-
scendants gained no abiding reputation
"Of Elizabeth futile and Richard Ed
wards the only son was Timothy Ed
wards. who was graduated from Harvarl
College i'm 1851. gaining simultaneously
the two degrees of bachelor Of arts and
master of arts-a very exceptional feat.
He was pastor of the church in East
Windsor. Conn. for fifty-nine years. OF
eleven children the only son was Jonathan
Edwards, one of the worlds great in
tellectS. pre-eminent as a divine and
theologian, president of Princeton Col
lege
"Of the descendants of Jonathan Ed
wards much has been written. A brief
catalogue must suffice. Jonathan Ed
wards. Jr., president of Union College;
Timothy Dwight, president of Yale:
Serene Edwards Dwight president Of
Hamilton College; Theodore Dwight
WoolSey, for twenty-five years president
of Yale College; Sarah. wife OF Tapping
Reeve. founder of Litchfield Law School.
herself no mean lawyer; Daniel Tyler a
general of the civil war and founder Of
the iron industries of North Alabama:
Timothy Dwight, ID, president Of Yale
University from 1856 10 1898: Theodore
William Dwight, founder and for thirty
three years warden of Columbia Law
School; Henrietta Francis. wife Of Eli
Whitney. inventor of the cotton gin who.
burning the midnight oil by the side of
her ingenious husband, helped him 10 en-
during fame; Merrill Edwards Gates.
president of Amherst College; Catherine
Maria Sedgwick. of graceful pen: Charles
Sedgwick Minot authority on biology
and embryology in the Harvard Medical
School. and Winston Churchill. the author
of Coniston. These constitute a glorious
galaxy of Americas great educators.
students and moral leaders of the re-
public
Two others Of the descendants Of
Elizabeth futile through her son.
Timothy, have been purposcly omitted
from the foregoing catalogue. since they
belong in a class by themselves, because
they inherited also the defects of Eliza
beth's character. These two were Pierre
pont Edwards, who is said to have been
a tall, brilliant, acute jurist. eccentric and
licentious, and Aaron Burr, Vice PreSi-
dent Of the United States. IN whom
flowed the good and evil Of Elizabeth
Tuttle's blood. Here the lack OF control
of the sex impulse Ia the germ plasm of
this wonderful woman has reappeared
with imagination and other talents in
certain of her descendants.
Thy remarkable qualities of Elizabeth
TuttK We're in the germ plasm Of her
four daughters also. Abigail Stoughton.
Deming. Ann Richardson ana
Mabel Bgelow All Of these have had
distinguished descendants. of whom only
a few can be mentioned here Robert
Treat Paine, signer Of the Declaration Of
Independence, descended from Abigail.
the Fairbanks brothers. manufacturers
Of scales and hardware AT 81. Johnsbury.
Vt, and the Marchioness of DONEGAL
were descended from Elizabeth Demfng.
From Mabel Bigelow came Morrison r.
Waite, Chief Justice of the United States
and the law author. Melville NJ Bigelovv.
from Ann Richardson proceeded Marvin
Richardson Vincent professor Of Sacred
Literature at Colura5ia University. the
Of Apesteguia. of Cuba. and
Ulysses :. Grant and Grover Cleveland
Presidents Of the United States.
Thus two Presidents the wife Of
third and Vice President trace their
origin back 10 the germ plasm from
which, in part Elizabeth Tuttle was also
derived, but Of which. IL must never be
forgotten. she was not the author. Never
theless, bad Elizabeth futile not been.
this nation would not occupy the position
IN culture and learning that il now does"
In like manner Dr. Davenport traces
back the genealogy OF the first families
Of Virginia the Lees. the Fifzhughs.
DE Raudolphs. the Fairfaxes. the Gus
Uses and the Biands-and shows their de-
scent from or alliance with the blood Of
Richard lee. a gentleman Of a Shropshire
family that held much land and many Of
whose members had been knighted and
Fho went, Curing the reign Of Charles T.
10 the colony 81 Virginia rs secretary and
one Of the Kings Puyy CouP"'I