Dowe Ditmars Williamson (1789-1869)
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00248
- Given Name
- Dowe Ditmars
- Family Name
- Williamson
- Alternate Name
- Douw
- Birth Date
- 1789
- Death Date
- 1869
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Banking, Insurance, and Commerce
- Biographical Description
- Dowe D. Williamson (1789-1869) was an enslaver who resided in New Brunswick (then part of North Brunswick Township), Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the early 19th century. He was born in Neshanic, Somerset County. He established an iron and lumber business in New Brunswick on Burnet Street in the 1810s together with David Abeel. He later moved to New York where he became a prominent business man, railroad investor, and bank president.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Enslaver of
- Dick (b. 1783)
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This person is represented on the following page(s):
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williamson-14553 - Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1816-02-09 Manumission: Dick (Role: Enslaver, Manumitter)
- Resource class
- Agent