JONATHAN RUSSELL

Russell, Jonathan (1771-1832), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., February 27, 1771; was graduated from Brown University (then Rhode Island College), Providence, R.I., in 1791; studied law; was admitted to the bar, but did not practice; engaged in mercantile pursuits; appointed by President Madison to the Diplomatic Service in France in 1811; transferred to England, where he was Chargé d’Affaires when war was declared against the United States in 1812; Minister to Norway and Sweden from January 18, 1814, to October 16, 1818; one of the five commissioners that negotiated the treaty of peace at Ghent with Great Britain in 1814; returned to the United States in 1818 and settled in Mendon, Mass.; writer and orator; member of the state house of representatives in 1820; elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823); chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Seventeenth Congress); died in Milton, Norfolk County, Mass., February 17, 1832; interment in the family plot on his estate in Milton.
Parents: Jonathan Russell, Abigail Russell

Spouse 1: Syliva Amidon
Born: 27 May 1773 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Died: 10 Jul 1811 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Marriage: 3 Apr 1794 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
Amelia E Russell F 3 Jan 1798 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
George Robert Russell M 5 May 1800
Caroline A Russell F 17 Jun 1805
Anna Matilida Russell F 21 Jan 1808 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Spouse 2: Lydia Smith
Marriage: 2 Apr 1817
Children Sex Birth
Geraldine Ipolite Russell F 20 Dec 1819 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell