Elizabeth (Means) Appleton (abt. 1776)

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Biography

He married Elizabeth Means, daughter of Robert Means (Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, August 23, 1742 – Amherst, New Hampshire, January 24, 1823[3]) and wife (m. November 24, 1774) Mary McGregor (December 6, 1752 – January 14, 1838), and was the father of five children who survived through infancy, including Jane who would become First Lady to President Franklin Pierce, and Frances who would marry famed Bowdoin professor Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia [1]

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• Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families [8], New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 418
• Jesse Appleton Collection [9] at Bowdoin Library (with biographical information)