William Emerson, Sr.
Reverend William Emerson Sr. was a minister. He was the father of William Emerson Jr., Mary Moody Emerson and grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Emerson Sr. served as chaplain of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and chaplain of the Continental Army. He died in 1776.
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| Joseph Emerson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Emerson, Sr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Emerson | Mary Moody Emerson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | Lidian Jackson Emerson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Waldo Emerson | John Malcolm Forbes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Emerson | Amelia Forbes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||