Martin Schenck (1770-1823)
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00225
- Given Name
- Martin
- Family Name
- Schenck
- Birth Date
- 1770
- Death Date
- 1823
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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Martin Schenck (1770-1823) was a blacksmith in Somerset County in the area of Millstone and Hillsborough. He served as the Somerset County sheriff in the first two decades of the 19th century. He handled the estates of numerous individuals.
The Martin Schenck Papers are housed at Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. They are part of a manuscript collection called Ferdinand Schureman Schenck Papers (MC 1095). - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- executor or administrator for estate of enslaver
- Parent of
- Ferdinand Schureman Schenck (1790-1860)
- Spouse of
- Henrietta Van Sinderen Schenck
- Margaret Schureman Schenck
- Related Person
- Arietta Smock (d. 1814)
- References
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Ferdinand Schureman Schenck Papers (MC 1095), Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. https://bit.ly/2tbMwWu.
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Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8209896 - Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
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Additional Participant in:
- 1814-09-16 Manumission: Betty (Role: Executor or Administrator)
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