One man by this surname married Anne Lloyd, the widow of Thomas Yale, but allowed her to be excommunicated for her views like opposing infant baptism. That man wrote a legal code with John Davenport prohibiting such views. Th
One man by this surname married Anne Lloyd, the widow of Thomas Yale, but allowed her to be excommunicated for her views like opposing infant baptism. That man wrote a legal code with John Davenport prohibiting such views. This was also the last name of the youngest Senator in U.S. history, whose secret meeting with the Indian chiefs Greenwood LeFlore and Mushulatubbee led to the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. This surname is shared by the founder and first governor of the New Haven colony in 1638, who had the first name Theophilus, and the lawyer who wrote the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883 as a leader of the Mugwumps, with the first name Dorman. More notably, this surname was taken by the widow of John Timberlake, whose husband was replaced by Lewis Cass as Secretary of War in 1831, thanks to his role in the Petticoat Affair. For 10 points, give the married name of that woman Peggy, whose marriage caused scandal during the Andrew Jackson administration.