John Frelinghuysen (1776-1833)
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- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02552
- Given Name
- John
- Family Name
- Frelinghuysen
- Alternate Name
- John Frederick Frelinghuysen
- Birth Date
- 1776
- Death Date
- 1833
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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John Frelinghuysen was an enslaver who resided in Somerset County. He was the eldest son of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804) and Gertrude Schenck (1752-1794). Some secondary sources refer to him as John Frederick Frelinghuysen in keeping with the tradition of a patronymic second name.
He was born in Somerset County near Millstone (then part of Hillsborough township) and later resided around the area of Somerville and Raritan (then part of Bridgewater township). The house where he lived in the 19th century, located in present-day Raritan, is on the National Register of Historic Places and now serves as the Raritan Public Library building.
His family was closely associated with the founding of Queen's College (now Rutgers University). He graduated from the college in 1792 and served as a trustee from 1800 to 1833.
He was a lawyer. He served as the Somerset County Clerk in the early 19th century and was responsible for keeping records related to manumissions and enslaved children's births. He served in the War of 1812 and became a brigadier general, thus he is often referred to as General John Frelinghuysen in historical sources. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Rutgers University history
- government official
- Places
- Bridgewater
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General John Frelinghuysen House, Raritan
- Hillsborough
- Millstone (Somerset Court House)
- Raritan (modern-day borough)
- Somerset County
- Somerville (formerly Raritan)
- Organization
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Rutgers University
- Relationship to Rutgers
- Alumnus 1792
- Trustee (1800-1833)
- Child of
- Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804)
- Sibling of
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Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862)
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This person is represented on the following page(s):
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frederick_Frelinghuysen
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Frelinghuysen-4
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8264532 - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1804-07-26 Birth: Harry (Role: County Clerk)
- 1804-11-09 Birth: Rachel (Role: Enslaver)
- 1807-11-09 Birth: Jane (Role: Enslaver)
- 1809-11-06 Birth: George (Role: Enslaver)
- 1812-01-28 Birth: Arch (Role: Enslaver)