General John Frelinghuysen (1776-1833).
Parents:
Son of Major General Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen and Gertrude Schenck.
Siblings:
Catharine Frelinghuysen; Maria Frelinghuysen (1778-?); Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862); Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788-1820).
Death of mother:
After his mother, Gertrude Schenck, died, his father married Ann Yard.
First marriage:
John married Louisa Mercer in 1797 and they had the following children: Gertrude Frelinghuysen; and Mary Ann Frelinghuysen.
Second marriage:
After the death of Louise, John married Elizabeth Mercereau Van Vechten and had the following children: Louisa Frelinghuysen; Theodore Frelinghuysen; Frederick J. Frelinghuysen; Catharine Frelinghuysen; Sallie Frelinghuysen; Sophia Frelinghuysen; and Elizabeth LaGrange Frelinghuysen.
Biography:
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography: "General Frederick's eldest son, John Frelinghuysen, lawyer, born near Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey on 21 March 1776; died there, 10 April 1833, was graduated from Queen's College (now Rutgers) in 1792, and admitted to the bar in 1797. By reason of his great aversion to public speaking he figured but little in the courts, but as an office lawyer enjoyed an extensive practice. For many years he was a member of the state council, and for three consecutive terms, of five years each was surrogate of his County. Inheriting from his father, General Frederick Frelinghuysen, a great fondness for military life, he promptly offered his services at the beginning of the second war with Great Britain and was for many months encamped with a regiment of New Jersey militia, which he commanded, at Sandy Hook, with a view to preventing the enemy's vessels from passing up the bay to attack New York. At the close of the war he was made a brigadier general. He was a man of profound piety, and while on duty at Sandy Hook frequently conducted public services at the head of his regiment. So tenderly did he care for his soldiers that the sick among them were sheltered in his own tent, and made to eat at his own table. He freely used his own means to relieve their wants, even going so far as to embarrass his estate for this purpose."
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Parents:
Son of Major General Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen and Gertrude Schenck.
Siblings:
Catharine Frelinghuysen; Maria Frelinghuysen (1778-?); Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862); Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788-1820).
Death of mother:
After his mother, Gertrude Schenck, died, his father married Ann Yard.
First marriage:
John married Louisa Mercer in 1797 and they had the following children: Gertrude Frelinghuysen; and Mary Ann Frelinghuysen.
Second marriage:
After the death of Louise, John married Elizabeth Mercereau Van Vechten and had the following children: Louisa Frelinghuysen; Theodore Frelinghuysen; Frederick J. Frelinghuysen; Catharine Frelinghuysen; Sallie Frelinghuysen; Sophia Frelinghuysen; and Elizabeth LaGrange Frelinghuysen.
Biography:
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography: "General Frederick's eldest son, John Frelinghuysen, lawyer, born near Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey on 21 March 1776; died there, 10 April 1833, was graduated from Queen's College (now Rutgers) in 1792, and admitted to the bar in 1797. By reason of his great aversion to public speaking he figured but little in the courts, but as an office lawyer enjoyed an extensive practice. For many years he was a member of the state council, and for three consecutive terms, of five years each was surrogate of his County. Inheriting from his father, General Frederick Frelinghuysen, a great fondness for military life, he promptly offered his services at the beginning of the second war with Great Britain and was for many months encamped with a regiment of New Jersey militia, which he commanded, at Sandy Hook, with a view to preventing the enemy's vessels from passing up the bay to attack New York. At the close of the war he was made a brigadier general. He was a man of profound piety, and while on duty at Sandy Hook frequently conducted public services at the head of his regiment. So tenderly did he care for his soldiers that the sick among them were sheltered in his own tent, and made to eat at his own table. He freely used his own means to relieve their wants, even going so far as to embarrass his estate for this purpose."
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General John Frelinghuysen (1776-1833).
Parents:
Son of Major General Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen and Gertrude Schenck.
Siblings:
Catharine Frelinghuysen; Maria Frelinghuysen (1778-?); Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862); Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788-1820).
Death of mother:
After his mother, Gertrude Schenck, died, his father married Ann Yard.
First marriage:
John married Louisa Mercer in 1797 and they had the following children: Gertrude Frelinghuysen; and Mary Ann Frelinghuysen.
Second marriage:
After the death of Louise, John married Elizabeth Mercereau Van Vechten and had the following children: Louisa Frelinghuysen; Theodore Frelinghuysen; Frederick J. Frelinghuysen; Catharine Frelinghuysen; Sallie Frelinghuysen; Sophia Frelinghuysen; and Elizabeth LaGrange Frelinghuysen.
Biography:
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography: "General Frederick's eldest son, John Frelinghuysen, lawyer, born near Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey on 21 March 1776; died there, 10 April 1833, was graduated from Queen's College (now Rutgers) in 1792, and admitted to the bar in 1797. By reason of his great aversion to public speaking he figured but little in the courts, but as an office lawyer enjoyed an extensive practice. For many years he was a member of the state council, and for three consecutive terms, of five years each was surrogate of his County. Inheriting from his father, General Frederick Frelinghuysen, a great fondness for military life, he promptly offered his services at the beginning of the second war with Great Britain and was for many months encamped with a regiment of New Jersey militia, which he commanded, at Sandy Hook, with a view to preventing the enemy's vessels from passing up the bay to attack New York. At the close of the war he was made a brigadier general. He was a man of profound piety, and while on duty at Sandy Hook frequently conducted public services at the head of his regiment. So tenderly did he care for his soldiers that the sick among them were sheltered in his own tent, and made to eat at his own table. He freely used his own means to relieve their wants, even going so far as to embarrass his estate for this purpose."
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Parents:
Son of Major General Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen and Gertrude Schenck.
Siblings:
Catharine Frelinghuysen; Maria Frelinghuysen (1778-?); Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862); Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788-1820).
Death of mother:
After his mother, Gertrude Schenck, died, his father married Ann Yard.
First marriage:
John married Louisa Mercer in 1797 and they had the following children: Gertrude Frelinghuysen; and Mary Ann Frelinghuysen.
Second marriage:
After the death of Louise, John married Elizabeth Mercereau Van Vechten and had the following children: Louisa Frelinghuysen; Theodore Frelinghuysen; Frederick J. Frelinghuysen; Catharine Frelinghuysen; Sallie Frelinghuysen; Sophia Frelinghuysen; and Elizabeth LaGrange Frelinghuysen.
Biography:
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography: "General Frederick's eldest son, John Frelinghuysen, lawyer, born near Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey on 21 March 1776; died there, 10 April 1833, was graduated from Queen's College (now Rutgers) in 1792, and admitted to the bar in 1797. By reason of his great aversion to public speaking he figured but little in the courts, but as an office lawyer enjoyed an extensive practice. For many years he was a member of the state council, and for three consecutive terms, of five years each was surrogate of his County. Inheriting from his father, General Frederick Frelinghuysen, a great fondness for military life, he promptly offered his services at the beginning of the second war with Great Britain and was for many months encamped with a regiment of New Jersey militia, which he commanded, at Sandy Hook, with a view to preventing the enemy's vessels from passing up the bay to attack New York. At the close of the war he was made a brigadier general. He was a man of profound piety, and while on duty at Sandy Hook frequently conducted public services at the head of his regiment. So tenderly did he care for his soldiers that the sick among them were sheltered in his own tent, and made to eat at his own table. He freely used his own means to relieve their wants, even going so far as to embarrass his estate for this purpose."
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Family Members
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Gertrude Frelinghuysen Magie
1804–1831
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Theodore Frelinghuysen
1814–1898
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Elizabeth La Grange Frelinghuysen Kennedy
1816–1891
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Frederick John Frelinghuysen
1818–1891
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Louisa Mercer Frelinghuysen Chambers
1821–1892
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Sarah M Frelinghuysen
1824–1912
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Katherine Frelinghuysen
1826–1921
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Sophia Van Veghten Frelinghuysen
1830–1867
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