Henry Leavitt Ellsworth
Attorney
Henry Leavitt Ellsworth was a Yale-educated attorney who became the first Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office, where he encouraged innovation by inventors Samuel F.B. Morse and Samuel Colt. Wikipedia
Born: November 10, 1791, Windsor, CT
Died: December 27, 1858 (age 67 years), Fair Haven, New Haven, CT
Children: Anna Goodrich Ellsworth and Henry W. Ellsworth
Grandparents: David Ellsworth, Abigail Wolcott, Jemima Leavitt Ellsworth, and more
Great-grandparents: Abiah Wolcott, Sarah Grant, Abiel Abbot, and more
Parents: Oliver Ellsworth and Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth
Books: A Digest of Patents, A Digest of Patents, Issued by the United States, from 1790 to January 1, 1839 : Published by Act of Congress Under the Superintendence of the Commission of Parents, Henry L. Ellsworth to which is Added the Present Laws Relating to Patents, Improvements in Agriculture, Arts, &c. of the United States, and more