Nathaniel Appleton Haven

Nathaniel Appleton Haven (July 19, 1762 – March 13, 1831) was an American politician, a physician, and served as a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

He then pursued classical studies, was educated by the Reverend Dr. Nathaniel Appleton, and graduated in medicine from Harvard College in 1779.

[1] Serving as a ship's surgeon in the latter part of the Revolutionary War, Haven was captured by the British and was a prisoner of war aboard the Jersey prison ship at New York for a short time.

Haven died in Portsmouth, on March 13, 1831, and is interred at Proprietors' Burying Ground.

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress