Charles Hardenbergh (1765-1808)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-00410
Given Name
Charles
Family Name
Hardenbergh
Alternate Name
Charles Ardinburgh
Birth Date
January 14, 1765
Death Date
1808
Sex
Male
Occupation
Landowning
Biographical Description
Charles Hardenbergh (1765-1808) was the son of Johannes Hardenbergh Jr. (1729-1799). He was the nephew of Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh (1736-1790), the first president of Queen's College (later Rutgers).

Upon the death of his father in 1799, Charles Hardenbergh inherited much of his father's estate in Swartekill (near present-day Rifton), a hamlet in Hurley, Ulster County, New York. This estate included Sojourner Truth (who was then an infant known by the name Isabella) and her parents James and Betsey Baumfree.

After Charles Hardenbergh died in 1808, Sojourner Truth and her mother Betsey were both listed as part of his estate inventory, and Sojourner Truth was soon sold as part of the process of settling the estate.
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enslaver
Places
Swartekill, Rifton, New York
Hurley, New York
Enslaver of
Sojourner Truth (c. 1799-1883)
James Baumfree
Peter Baumfree
Elizabeth Baumfree
Sam
Child of
Johannes Hardenbergh Jr. (1729-1799)
Spouse of
Annetje 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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