Wainwright family

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On June 5, 1790, Peter Wainwright married Elizabeth Mayhew (daughter of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew and Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of John and wife Elizabeth (Breane) Clark). Elizabeth was born in 1759 and died July 5, 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.
  • Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright I was born about 1791 and died September 21, 1854. He graduated from Harvard in 1812. He was inducted as minister of Episcopal Trinity Church (settlement #256 - Nov. 24, 1833 and left Feb. 1838). He married and fathered 14 children. One of them was Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II.
  • Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II married Maria Page on 5 February 1844 in Clark Co., Virginia. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1837 as a midshipman. By the Civil War, he was a lieutenant and in 1862 was given his first command, the Harrett Lane, flagship of a mortar flotilla. He saw a lot of action in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coasts of Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. He was wounded six times and finally died of a mustket ball through his head. They had four children, including: Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright III, Robert Powell Page Wainwright.
  • Robert Powell Page Wainwright was a West Point graduate and cavalry officer in the Indian wars and was also stationed in Walla Walla, Washington. He also died fighting for his country. He was married to Josephine Serrell. Their children were: Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV and Helen Serrell Wainwright.
  • Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV was born 1883 and died 1953. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He married Adelle Holley. He was an army general in WWII and was nicknamed "Skinny". General Wainwright and Adelle had a son Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright V.