Paulita Sedgwick
The Sedgwick family were well established in Massachusetts , and she was descended from Robert Sedgwick , the first Major General of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under Oliver Cromwell , William Ellery , who was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence , Judge Theodore Sedgwick , famously the first person to successfully plead for the freedom of a female slave ( Elizabeth Freeman , also known as Mum Bett ) , and was related to Catharine Sedgwick , the novelist . 
<triplet> United States Declaration of Independence <subj> William Ellery <obj> signatory