Trumbull married William Williams, a political activist and signer of the Declaration of Independence. His first wife, Harriet Champion, was the daughter of Henry Champion, a general in the Revolutionary War. His second wife was the sister of William L. Storrs, a U.S. Congressman and later the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut. Joseph Trumbull was born to David Trumbull and his wife née Sarah Backus in Lebanon, Connecticut. He lived in the family home known as Redwood, on the Lebanon green. David and Sarah had five children. Joseph's siblings were: Sarah Trumbull (1779–1839), who married William Trumbull Williams (1779–1839), her cousin Abigail Trumbull (1781–1861), who married Peter Lanman (1771–1854) John Trumbull (1784–1859), who married Anne Gibbons (1789–1823), Hanna Wallace Tunis (1800–1823) and Eliza Bruen (1793–1857) Jonathan G. W. Trumbull (about 1790-1853), who married Jane Eliza Lathrop (1795–1843) Harriet died in 1823 and Joseph married Eliza Storrs (1784–1861), sister of William L. Storrs, on December 1 of the following year. With his second wife he was the father of a daughter, Eliza Storrs Trumbull (1826–1862). References External links Trumbull’s Congressional biography Joseph Trumbull at National Governors Association 1782 births 1861 deaths People from Lebanon, Connecticut Yale University alumni Connecticut lawyers Connecticut Whigs Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Governors of Connecticut National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives Burials in Connecticut 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers