1, 1804, Crowninshield was married to Mary Boardman (1778–1840), the daughter of Francis Boardman and Mary (née Hodges) Boardman. Together, they were the parents of: Elizabeth Boardman Crowninshield (1804–1884), who married William Mountford (1816–1885) Mary C. Crowninshield (1806–1893), who married Charles Mifflin (1805–1875) Francis Boardman Crowninshield (1809–1877), who married Sarah Putnam (1810–1880) George Casper Crowninshield (1812–1857), who married Harriet Sears Crowninshield (1809–1873); they were the parents of Frances "Fanny" Cadwalader Crowninshield (1839–1911), the wife of John Quincy Adams II. Annie G. Crowninshield (1815–1905), who married Jonathan Mason Warren (1811–1867) Edward Augustus Crowninshield (1817–1859), who married Caroline Maria Welch (1820–1897). After his death, his widow married Howard Payson Arnold (1831–1910). On his death in Boston 1851, Benjamin Williams Crowninshield was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Residence In 1810, Crowninshield, with Salem's premier architect Samuel McIntire, built a mansion at 180 Derby Street on the Salem Waterfront. Robert Brookhouse purchased the house and in 1861 deeded it to the Association for the Relief of Aged Women. Located next to the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, the house is now called the Brookhouse Home for Aged Women. Descendants Through his son Francis, he was the grandfather of Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1837–1892), a soldier in the Civil War and merchant, and the great-grandfather of Bowdoin Bradlee Crowninshield (1867–1948), a naval architect who specialized in the design of racing yachts, and Francis Boardman Crowninshield (1869–1950), who married heiress Louise Evelina du Pont (1877–1958). Through his son Edward, Crowninshield was the grandfather of Frederic Crowninshield (1845–1918), the artist and author, and the great-grandfather of Francis Welch Crowninshield (1872–1947), the journalist, critic, and editor of Vanity Fair. Crowninshield was also the great-great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams III, also Secretary of the Navy from 1929 to 1933. He was the great-great-great-grandfather of famed Washington Post newspaper editor Ben Bradlee (1921-2014). Namesake The destroyer USS Crowninshield (DD-134) was named in his honor. See also Stephen Decatur George Crowninshield Jr., brother References Notes Sources Retrieved on 2009-03-04 |- |- |- 1772 births 1851 deaths Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery Crowninshield family Madison administration cabinet members Massachusetts National Republicans 19th-century American politicians Monroe administration cabinet members Politicians from Salem, Massachusetts American people of the Barbary Wars United States Secretaries of the Navy Massachusetts Federalists Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives People