Five Notable Descendants of Daniel Maxson, Jr.
Westcott Society Registrar and Genealogist Jeff Westcott recently compiled biographies of five Twentieth Century notables – a Congressman, an economist, a TV producer, a pioneering casino operator, and an engineer and physicist with over 200 hundred patents – all of whom are direct descendants of Daniel Maxson, Jr. (1765–1844). Maxson, in turn was descendant of Stukely and Juliana Westcott in the eighth generation (Daniel Maxson Jr.8, Borodell Ross7, Isabel Bliven6, Freelove Barker5, Freelove Bliss4, Damaris Arnold3, Damaris Westcott2, Stukely1.)
Daniel Maxson Jr. was born on June 10, 1765, in Westerly, Rhode Island to Daniel Maxson Sr. and Borodell Ross. He married Prudence Crandall on March 20, 1790. He died on 28 December 1844, in Leoni, Michigan at the age of 79 (See FamilySearch ID KLF3-CMV). Here are five of the more famous among his progeny, all of them 4x great grandsons:
 Joseph J. Cannell
Stephen J. Cannell (February 5, 1941 – September 30, 2010) was a Television Producer, Writer and Novelist. He conceived and produced iconic television shows such as “The A-Team,” “21 Jump Street,” and “The Rockford Files.” Cannell also created or co-created almost forty television series including “Baretta,” “The Greatest American Hero,” “Hardcastle and McCormick,” and “Wiseguy.”
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 William Fisk Harrah
William Fisk Harrah (September 2, 1911 – June 30, 1978) was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah’s Hotel and Casinos, now part of Caesars Entertainment. Harrah was born in South Pasadena, California, the son of attorney and politician John Harrah. He also created the Nevada Gaming Control Board and later the Nevada Gaming Commission.
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 Edward Sagendorph Mason
Edward Sagendorph Mason (February 22, 1899 – February 29, 1992) was an American economist and professor at Harvard University. He was the Dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration, now known as the John F. Kennedy School of Government, from 1947 to 1958. He was the president of the American Economic Association in 1962.
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 Warren Perry Mason
Warren Perry Mason (September 28, 1900 – August 23, 1986) was an American electrical engineer and physicist at Bell Labs. A graduate of Columbia University, he had a prolific output, publishing four books and nearly a hundred papers. He was issued over two hundred patents, more than anyone else at Bell Labs. His work included acoustics, filters, crystals and ceramics, materials science, polymer chemistry, ultrasonics, bonding to semiconductors, internal friction, and viscoelasticity.
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 Leo Joseph Ryan Jr.
Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative from California’s 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination during the Jonestown massacre in 1978. Before that, he served in the California State Assembly, representing the state’s 27th district.
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