Wainwright family
The Wainwright family is an American family of English descent that was prominent in the military and politics and, today, is prominent in the arts.
History
On 5 June 1790, Peter Wainwright married Elizabeth Mayhew. Elizabeth was born in 1759 and died 5 July 1829 in England. Peter was a tobacconist. He is said to have been a prosperous English merchant and came to Boston before the American Revolution. Peter and Elizabeth returned to England for the birth of their first son in 1791. They didn't return to Massachusetts until 11 years later.Their children were:
- Peter Wainwright.
- Eliza Wainwright was born on 5 August 1794 in Liverpool, England and married on 6 September 1831 to Dr. Walter Channing.
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright I was born about 1791 and died 21 September 1854. He graduated from Harvard in 1812. He was inducted as minister of Episcopal Trinity Church. He married and fathered 14 children. One of them was Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II.
Prominent members
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright I, Episcopal minister
- Richard Wainwright, U.S. Naval Officer
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II, U.S. Naval Officer
- Richard Wainwright, U.S. Naval Officer
- Evelyn Wotherspoon Wainwright, Suffragist and Washington hostess
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, U.S. Congressman
- Richard Wainwright, U.S. Naval Officer
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. Army Commander
- Carroll Livingston Wainwright, artist and socialite
- Stuyvesant Wainwright, U.S. Congressman
- Loudon Wainwright Jr., writer
- Loudon Wainwright III, songwriter and folk musician
- Sloan Wainwright, artist, singer-songwriter
- Rufus Wainwright, singer, songwriter, and composer
- Martha Wainwright, singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
- Lucy Wainwright Roche, singer-songwriter