Thing on the Doorstep", a short story by H. P. Lovecraft set in a town based on Salem, mentions the Crowninshield-Bentley House In one of E.E. 'Doc' Smith's novels in the Lensman series, an enemy base is disguised as an office building belonging to the wealthy Crowninshield family. In The Devil and Tom Walker, a short story by Washington Irving, one of the damned souls is named Absalom Crowninshield, who is reputed to have been a buccaneer. Tree The simplified family tree through the 18th century: Notable members Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954) Antonia Crowninshield (1915–2005) Arent Schuyler Crowninshield (1843–1908) Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921–2014) Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851) Benjamin W. Crowninshield (1837–1892) Bowdoin B. Crowninshield (1867–1948) Caspar F. Crowninshield (1837–1897) Frank Crowninshield (1872–1947) Frederic Crowninshield (1845–1918) George Crowninshield Jr. (1766–1817) Jacob Crowninshield (1770–1808) Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield (1877–1958) Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee, MStJ (born 1982) William Crowninshield Endicott (1826–1900) References Further reading Adams, Charles Francis. Memoir of William C. Endicott. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son. 1902. Bacon, Louisa Crowninshield Bacon Reminiscences: The Crowninshield Family Genealogy. Salem, Mass. 1922. Bradford, Robert Fiske. "Papers, 1909-1971". Massachusetts Historical Society. Accessed June 8, 2007. Crowninshield, Benjamin W. A Private Journal, 1856-1858. Boston, Mass. 1941. Crowninshield, Benjamin Williams. "Papers, 1731-1892". Massachusetts Historical Society. Accessed June 8, 2007. Moore, Margaret B. The Salem Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. Reinoehl, John H. "Post-Embargo Trade and Merchant Prosperity: Experiences of the Crowninshield Family, 1809-1812". Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 42, No. 2. 1955. Singleton, Esther. The Story of the White House. The McClure Company. 1907. "The Crowninshield Collection". Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, Mass. Accessed June 8, 2007. "The Crowninshields of Salem, 1800-1808: A Study in the Politics of Community Growth". Essex Institute of History. Essex County, Mass. 1958. Thomas, Brook. Cross-Examinations of Law and Literature: Cooper, Hawthorne, Stowe, and Melville. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1987. External links Peabody Essex Museum City of Salem, Massachusetts View from Crowninshield Wharf Crowninshield Island Notable Local - Mary Crowninshield Silsbee Political Graveyard: The Crowninshields Political families of the United States