Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)/Immigrant Ancestors

Early Colonial New England immigrant ancestors of famous American Poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).

Research Notes
Longfellow was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in New England since the early 1600s.

Great, Great Grandparents of Mary Potter
Mary Storer Potter (1812-1835) was the first wife of Henry.

Great, Great Grandparents of Appleton
2nd Wife of Longfellow.

Famous Descendants

 * Their second-youngest daughter, Edith, married Richard Henry Dana III, son of the popular writer Richard Henry Dana, Jr., author of Two Years Before the Mast.
 * When the younger Fanny was born on April 7, 1847, Dr. Nathan Cooley Keep administered ether as the first obstetric anesthetic in the United States to Fanny Longfellow.