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Frederick Frelinghuysen II

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Frederick Frelinghuysen II

Birth
Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Death
10 Nov 1820 (aged 32)
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788-1820) was a lawyer.

Name:
Frederick Frelinghuysen, Esq.

Parents:
Major General Frederick Frelinghuysen and Gertrude Schenck.

Marriage:
He married Jane Dumont on August 4, 1812 on Somerville, New Jersey.

Tombstone:
His tombmarker reads: "Sacred to the memory of Frederick Frelinghuysen, Esq. Who died on the 10th day of November, 1820 A.D., aged 33 years. He was called from time in the strength of his days: yet he had lived to good purpose. After receiving the honours of a Graduate in the College of Nassau Hall, he entered upon the study and practice of the law. and soon attained to an elevated place in public esteem and confidence. His intercourse with the world seemed always to be animated by that heavenly principle, which seeketh not her own. He was a friend to the poor and manifested to a life of constant and liberal charities that the children of affliction held a strong claim upon his sympathy and benevolence. In all the social relation he was the delight and ornament of his friends and ... with his memory be precious to them. His mind was early imbued with a solemn sense of religious truth which exhibited its salutary influence in his private and public character. Few entertained a deeper reverence for the principles of the Gospels of Christ. He loved the gates of Zion. As death approached the beams of the Sun of Righteousness shone upon his soul and his and his faith triumphed in the security of the everlasting covenant. He has left the savour of a good name."

Biography:
Cyclopedia of New Jersey Biography, Memorial and Biographical (1921): "Frederick Frelinghuysen, youngest of the three sons of General Frederick Frelinghuysen, was born in Millstone, New Jersey, November 7, 1788. He was educated at Princeton, and on being admitted to the bar commenced practice in his native town, where he rapidly acquired a lucrative practice and established a brilliant reputation. Though suddenly stricken by death in his thirty-second year, he is remembered as a natural orator, with a fervid imagination, a buoyant temperament, and as possessing great power over juries. He died in 1820, leaving surviving him his young widow, daughter of Peter B. Dumont, Esq., who owned a valuable plantation on the south bank of the Raritan river, near Somerville, and leaving also three daughters and two sons."

Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on December 28, 2003. Updated on March 14, 2014 with his biography from the Cyclopedia of New Jersey Biography, Memorial and Biographical.

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Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788-1820) was a lawyer.

Name:
Frederick Frelinghuysen, Esq.

Parents:
Major General Frederick Frelinghuysen and Gertrude Schenck.

Marriage:
He married Jane Dumont on August 4, 1812 on Somerville, New Jersey.

Tombstone:
His tombmarker reads: "Sacred to the memory of Frederick Frelinghuysen, Esq. Who died on the 10th day of November, 1820 A.D., aged 33 years. He was called from time in the strength of his days: yet he had lived to good purpose. After receiving the honours of a Graduate in the College of Nassau Hall, he entered upon the study and practice of the law. and soon attained to an elevated place in public esteem and confidence. His intercourse with the world seemed always to be animated by that heavenly principle, which seeketh not her own. He was a friend to the poor and manifested to a life of constant and liberal charities that the children of affliction held a strong claim upon his sympathy and benevolence. In all the social relation he was the delight and ornament of his friends and ... with his memory be precious to them. His mind was early imbued with a solemn sense of religious truth which exhibited its salutary influence in his private and public character. Few entertained a deeper reverence for the principles of the Gospels of Christ. He loved the gates of Zion. As death approached the beams of the Sun of Righteousness shone upon his soul and his and his faith triumphed in the security of the everlasting covenant. He has left the savour of a good name."

Biography:
Cyclopedia of New Jersey Biography, Memorial and Biographical (1921): "Frederick Frelinghuysen, youngest of the three sons of General Frederick Frelinghuysen, was born in Millstone, New Jersey, November 7, 1788. He was educated at Princeton, and on being admitted to the bar commenced practice in his native town, where he rapidly acquired a lucrative practice and established a brilliant reputation. Though suddenly stricken by death in his thirty-second year, he is remembered as a natural orator, with a fervid imagination, a buoyant temperament, and as possessing great power over juries. He died in 1820, leaving surviving him his young widow, daughter of Peter B. Dumont, Esq., who owned a valuable plantation on the south bank of the Raritan river, near Somerville, and leaving also three daughters and two sons."

Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on December 28, 2003. Updated on March 14, 2014 with his biography from the Cyclopedia of New Jersey Biography, Memorial and Biographical.

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