Peter Vredenburgh (1778-1848)
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00389
- Given Name
- Peter
- Family Name
- Vredenburgh
- Birth Date
- 1778
- Death Date
- 1848
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Medical and Funerary
- Biographical Description
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Peter Vrendenburgh was the son of Petrus Benedict Van Vredenburgh Jr. (1745-1823) and Margaret Schureman (1752-1786). He was born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, and became a prominent physician in Somerville, Somerset County.
He was one of the executors of his father's will and, in that capacity, carried out his father's wishes to manumit two enslaved persons named Tom and Margaret. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- executor or administrator for estate of enslaver
- Child of
- Peter Vredenburgh (ca. 1745-1823) {Petrus Benedict Van Vredenburgh Jr.}
- Margaret (or Margrita) Schureman Vredenburgh (1752-1786)
- Spouse of
- Maria Van Doren Vredenburgh (1783-1855)
- References
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Vredenburgh, William R. Genealogy of the Vredenburth Family in North America. Springfield, IL, 1956. https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G006897.pdf.
Vredenburgh, La Rue, ed. “The Vredenburgh Family of Somerset.” Somerset County Historical Quarterly 7, no. 1 (1918): 69–76. https://archive.org/details/somersetcountyhi07hone_0/page/n157/mode/2up.
Wynkoop, Richard. Schureman Genealogy. New York: Melancthon F. Schureman, 1889. http://archive.org/details/schuremangenealo1889wynk.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103181612 - Record Contributor
- Isaac Guzmán
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1823-09-12 Manumission: Tom (Role: Executor or Administrator)
- 1823-09-12 Manumission: Margaret (Role: Executor or Administrator)
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