Family
Samuel was the father of Treasury Secretary William Pitt Fessenden, congressman Samuel C. Fessenden and congressman T. A. D. Fessenden. Samuel's father, the Rev. William Fessenden, graduated at Harvard in 1768, was the first minister of Fryeburg, and frequently a member of the Massachusetts state legislature. William also served as judge of probate.
Samuel's uncle Thomas Fessenden was the father of Thomas Green Fessenden, a noted author and editor. Two of Samuel's grandsons became generals in the Union Army during the American Civil War — Francis Fessenden and James D. Fessenden.
Another grandson, Samuel Fessenden (6 January 1841 Portland, Maine - 1 September 1862 Centreville, Virginia), was mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Manassas. He graduated from Bowdoin in 1861. He began to study law, but soon entered the military service as 2d lieutenant in the 2d Maine battery, 30 November 1861. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on 3 June 1862 and was aide to Gen. Zebulon B. Tower in July 1862.
| William Fessenden (1694–1756) |
Martha Brown (1699–1746) |
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| William Fessenden (1718–1758) |
Thomas Fessenden (1739–1813) |
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| William Fessenden (1747–1805) |
Thomas G. Fessenden (1771–1827) |
William Fessenden (1779–1815) |
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| Samuel Fessenden (1784–1869) |
Elisha Hunt Allen (1804–1883) |
Sarah Elizabeth Fessenden (1808–1845) |
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| William P. Fessenden (1808–1869) |
Samuel C. Fessenden (1815–1881) |
T. A. D. Fessenden (1826–1868) |
William Fessenden Allen (1831–1906) |
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| James Deering Fessenden (1833–1897) |
Francis Fessenden (1839–1907) |
Samuel Fessenden (1841–1862) |
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