Barnt DeKlyn (1745-1824)
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-01914
- Given Name
- Barnt
- Family Name
- DeKlyn
- Birth Date
- 1745
- Death Date
- 1824
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Marketing, Retail, and Trading
- Biographical Description
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Barnt DeKlyn was an enslaver who was born in Boston. He moved to New York in the 1760s and subsequently moved to the Trenton area in the 1780s.
DeKlyn acquired his wealth by trading textiles to the Continental Army during the American Revolution. In the 1780s, DeKlyn bought land along the Delaware River outside of Trenton. He is known for building a mansion called Bow Hill, which is on the National Register of Historic Places in present-day Hamilton Township, Mercer County. The mansion was built in 1790 and was a site of enslavement well into the 19th century. The Black woman named Tine, who ran away from DeKlyn in 1818, likely lived and worked at Bow Hill prior to her escape. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Enslaver of
- Tine
- References
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"Barnt De Klyn (1745-1824)," American Aristocracy, https://americanaristocracy.com/people/barnt-de-klyn.
"Bow Hill Mansion," American Aristocracy, https://americanaristocracy.com/houses/bow-hill.
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Kate Jackson
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Runaway ad for Tine, by Barnt DeKlyn (Runaway ad for Tine, by Barnt DeKlyn, "Twenty Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, June 29, 1818, p. 3.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1818-06-24 Freedom Seeking: Tine, Charles (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
