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Seth Hastings, II

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: November 19, 1831 (69)
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: 1 Main Street, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 01756, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Seth Hastings, I and Hannah Hastings
Husband of Chloe Hastings
Father of William Soden Hastings; Hannah Howe Hastings; Mary Moore Hayward; Charles Coatsworth Pinckney Hastings; Seth Hastings and 2 others
Brother of Matilda Jane Hastings; Mary Moore; Thomas Hastings; John Hastings; Robert Hastings and 1 other

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About Seth Hastings, II

Seth Hastings, II, U.S. Representative

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U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Harvard University in 1782, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced to practice law in Mendon, Massachusetts. He was the Mendon town treasurer, (1794-95) and elected one of the first school commissioners, in 1796. In 1801, he was elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Lincoln, reelected to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses, serving until 1807. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate, (1810-14) and chief justice of the Worcester County Court, (1819-28).

Name Seth Hastings
Marriage Date 8 June 1796
Marriage Place Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse Chloe Davenport

Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850

Name Seth Hastings
Birth Date 8 April 1762
Residence Place Massachusetts, USA
Death Date 19 November 1831
Relationship Father of William Soden Hastings
Elected Office(s) Representative

Biography (father of William Soden Hastings), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 8, 1762; was graduated from Harvard University in 1782; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced practice in Mendon, Massachusetts; town treasurer in 1794 and 1795; elected one of the first school commissioners in 1796; elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Lincoln; reelected to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served from August 24, 1801, to March 3, 1807; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1806; member of the State senate 1810-1814; chief justice of the court of sessions for Worcester County 1819-1828; died in Mendon, Massachusetts, on November 19, 1831; interment in the Old Cemetery.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005

Name Seth Hastings
Birth Date 8 April 1762
Birth Place Cambridge
Death Date 19 November 1831
Last Residence Place Mendon
Lodge Morning Star

Massachusetts, U.S., Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990

Name U.S. Congressman Seth Hastings
Gender Male
Birth Date 8 Apr 1762
Birth Place Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Death Date 19 Nov 1831
Death Place Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Father Seth Hastings I
Mother Hannah Soden

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Name Seth Hastings I
Gender Male
Birth Date 22 August 1722
Birth Place Watertown, Massachusetts
Death Date 15 October 1775
Death Place Cambridge, Massachusetts
Father John Hastings
Spouse Hannah Soden

Children:

  • Thomas Hastings
  • John Hastings
  • Mary Hastings
  • Robert Hastings
  • U.S. Congressman Seth Hastings
  • William Soden Hastings
  • Robert Hasting
  • Mary Moore

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Seth Hastings, II's Timeline

1762
April 8, 1762
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1790
1790
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1798
June 3, 1798
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1799
November 3, 1799
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1802
1802
1803
December 8, 1803
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1805
November 25, 1805
1808
March 15, 1808
1831
November 19, 1831
Age 69
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States