The Saltonstall family is a Boston Brahmin family from the U.S. state of Massachusetts, notable for having had a family member attend Harvard University from every generation since Nathaniel Saltonstall—later one of the more principled judges at the Salem Witch Trials—graduated in 1659. The family originated in Yorkshire, England, where the name was sometimes spelled Saltingstall. The name originates from the hamlet of Saltonstall in Halifax, West Yorkshire. The meaning is derived from Sal-ton-stall in Old English. The translation being "Farm in the willows". Notable members of the family include:
- Richard Saltonstall (mayor), mayor of London
- Sir Richard Saltonstall, colonist with the Winthrop Fleet, nephew of the above
- Nathaniel Saltonstall, judge at Salem Witch Trials
- Gurdon Saltonstall, his son, governor of Connecticut
- Dudley Saltonstall, Commander at Penobscot Expedition
- Leverett Saltonstall I, U.S. Representative in 1830s
- Leverett Saltonstall II, his son, Collector of the Port of Boston (1885–1889)
- Leverett A. Saltonstall, Governor of Massachusetts (1939–1945), US Senator (1945–1967)
- William G. Saltonstall, principal, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1946–1963
- William L. Saltonstall, politician
- John Lee Saltonstall (1878-1959), a descendant of the prominent Saltonstall Family of New England, was a partner in an investment brokerage and was elected to several important political posts in Massachusetts. He also built the elegant Huntwicke (Coolidge Estate) mansion house in Topsfield MA overlooking the Ipswich River.
See also[]
- Saltonstall Plantation, now Watertown, Massachusetts
- Saltonstall in Massachusetts
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