Johannes Hardenbergh Jr. (1729-1799)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-00356
Given Name
Johannes
Family Name
Hardenbergh
Alternate Name
Colonel Ardinburgh
Birth Date
1729
Death Date
1799
Sex
Male
Occupation
Landowning
Government
Military and Militia
Industry
Biographical Description
Johannes Hardenbergh Jr. (1729-1799) was a wealthy landowner and slaveholder from Ulster County, New York. He was the brother of Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh (1736-1790), the first president of Queen's College (later Rutgers).

Among the Black people enslaved by Johannes Hardenbergh at his home in Swartekill (present-day Rifton) in Ulster County were James and Betsey Baumfree and their daughter, a girl named Isabella Baumfree, who would grow up to become a famous abolitionist and women's rights advocate. Hardenbergh's son Charles inherited the Baumfree family in 1799 when Isabella was about 2 years old. Years later, after Isabella escaped to freedom and became a preacher, she adopted the name Sojourner Truth.

Johannes Hardenbergh was a member of the New York Colonial Assembly before the Revolution. He was a Colonel during the Revolutionary War, as was his father who shared the same name. Historical narratives sometimes confuse the two men because they were both known as Col. Johannes Hardenbergh. His father was the elder Col. Johannes Hardenbergh (1706-1786), and his grandfather was Sir Johannes Hardenbergh (1670-1745).
Keywords
white person
enslaver
Places
Rosendale, New York
Swartekill, Rifton, New York
Enslaver of
Elizabeth Baumfree
James Baumfree
Sojourner Truth (c. 1799-1883)
Child of
Johannes Hardenbergh (1706-1786)
Parent of
Charles Hardenbergh (1765-1808)
Sibling of
Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh Sr. (1736-1790)
Spouse of
Maria LeFevre Hardenbergh
References

Van Rossum, Helene. “How Rutgers University Is Connected to Sojourner Truth: The Hardenbergh Family in Ulster County, NY.” What Exit? New Jerseyana at Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives (blog), June 16, 2017. http://sinclairnj.blogs.rutgers.edu/2017/06/rutgers-connection-to-sojourner-truth-the-hardenbergh-family/.

Miller, Myrtle Hardenbergh. The Hardenbergh Family: A Genealogical Compilation. New York: American Historical Co., 1958. http://archive.org/details/hardenbergfamily00mill.
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Jesse Bayker
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