Individual Details

Honorable Samuel WILLISTON

(17 Jun 1795 - 18 Jul 1874)

Events

Birth17 Jun 1795Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Marriage27 May 1822Emily GRAVES
Miscellaneous1841/42was State Senator - Massachusetts
MiscellaneousAft 7 Nov 1847adopted Harriet Keopoulani and Levi Lyman Richards - Massachusetts
MiscellaneousAbt 1850took over the button business that his mother-in-law Lydia (Pomeroy) Graves had started - Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneouswas founder of Williston Seminary which he had given $250,000 - Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Occupation27 Jul 1850manufacturer - Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Residence (family)28 Jul 1850with their family - Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts - Emily GRAVES
Miscellaneouswas founder of 2 professorships at Amherst College giving $50,000 - Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Residence1856Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Death18 Jul 1874
Miscellaneouswas the founder of Williston Seminary - Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseEmily GRAVES (1797 - )
ChildEllen WILLISTON (1827 - 1831)
ChildDelia Lord WILLISTON (1829 - 1831)
ChildEllen WILLISTON (1831 - 1837)
ChildDelia Lord WILLISTON (1833 - 1837)
ChildCecelia R WILLISTON (1836 - )
ChildRobert R WILLISTON (1844 - )
ChildClara Y WILLISTON (1845 - )
FatherReverend Payson WILLISTON D.D. (1764 - 1856)
MotherSarah BIRDSEYE (1763 - 1845)
SiblingNathan WILLISTON ( - )
SiblingMaria WILLISTON ( - )
SiblingSarah WILLISTON (1800 - 1833)
SiblingDeacon John Payson WILLISTON (1803 - 1872)