Family
Anson married Olivia Egleston, daughter of Elihu and Elizabeth Egleston, on 26 October 1806. He and Olivia had nine children: Elizabeth, Melissa, Caroline Olivia (died in infancy), and Caroline, all born in Hartford, Connecticut; and Harriett, Anson Green Jr., Olivia Egleston, and Lydia Ann, all born in New York City. His grandsons included Anson Phelps Stokes and William Earl Dodge Stokes, and a great-grandson, a well-known philanthropist also named Anson Phelps Stokes.
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