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Edie Sedgwick was born in Santa Barbara, California, to Alice Delano de Forest (1908–1988) and Francis Minturn Sedgwick, (1904–1967, known as either
"Duke or "Fuzzy"), a philanthropist, rancher, and sculptor.[2] She was named after her father's aunt, Edith Minturn, famously painted, with her husband, Isaac
Newton Phelps-Stokes, by John Singer Sargent.
Sedgwick's family was long established in Massachusetts history. Her seventh-great grandfather, English-born Robert Sedgwick,[3] was the first Major
General of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settling in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1635.[4] Edie's family later originated from Stockbridge, Massachusetts
where her great-great-great grandfather Judge Theodore Sedgwick had settled after the American Revolution. Theodore married Pamela Dwight who was the
daughter of Abigail (Williams) Dwight, which means that Ephraim Williams, the founder of Williams College, was her fifth-great grandfather.[5][page needed]
Theodore Sedgwick was the first to plead and win a case for the freedom of a black woman, Elizabeth Freeman, under the Massachusetts Bill of Rights that
declared all men to be born free and equal.[6] Sedgwick's mother was the daughter of Henry Wheeler de Forest (President and Chairman of the Board of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, and a direct descendant of Jessé de Forest whose Dutch West India Company helped to settle New Amsterdam).[7] Jessé de
Forestt was also Edie's seventh-great grandfather.[8] Her paternal grandfather was the historian and acclaimed author Henry Dwight Sedgwick III; her great
grandmother, Susanna Shaw, was the sister of Robert Gould Shaw, the American Civil War Colonel; and her great-great grandfather, Robert Bowne Minturn,
was a part owner of the Flying Cloud clipper ship, and is credited with creating and promoting Central Park in New York City.[9] And her great-great-great
grandfather, William Ellery, was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence.[6]
"Duke or "Fuzzy"), a philanthropist, rancher, and sculptor.[2] She was named after her father's aunt, Edith Minturn, famously painted, with her husband, Isaac
Newton Phelps-Stokes, by John Singer Sargent.
Sedgwick's family was long established in Massachusetts history. Her seventh-great grandfather, English-born Robert Sedgwick,[3] was the first Major
General of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settling in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1635.[4] Edie's family later originated from Stockbridge, Massachusetts
where her great-great-great grandfather Judge Theodore Sedgwick had settled after the American Revolution. Theodore married Pamela Dwight who was the
daughter of Abigail (Williams) Dwight, which means that Ephraim Williams, the founder of Williams College, was her fifth-great grandfather.[5][page needed]
Theodore Sedgwick was the first to plead and win a case for the freedom of a black woman, Elizabeth Freeman, under the Massachusetts Bill of Rights that
declared all men to be born free and equal.[6] Sedgwick's mother was the daughter of Henry Wheeler de Forest (President and Chairman of the Board of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, and a direct descendant of Jessé de Forest whose Dutch West India Company helped to settle New Amsterdam).[7] Jessé de
Forestt was also Edie's seventh-great grandfather.[8] Her paternal grandfather was the historian and acclaimed author Henry Dwight Sedgwick III; her great
grandmother, Susanna Shaw, was the sister of Robert Gould Shaw, the American Civil War Colonel; and her great-great grandfather, Robert Bowne Minturn,
was a part owner of the Flying Cloud clipper ship, and is credited with creating and promoting Central Park in New York City.[9] And her great-great-great
grandfather, William Ellery, was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence.[6]
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