Henry Dusenbery (1760-1825)
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This white person has 3 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02630
- Given Name
- Henry
- Family Name
- Dusenbery
- Birth Date
- 1760
- Death Date
- 1825
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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Henry Dusenbery was an enslaver and prominent merchant and land developer who operated a storefront and a mill in New Hampton (in Lebanon Township), Hunterdon County, NJ, at the turn of the 19th century. His late-18th century mansion house and storefront have been preserved as part of the New Hampton Historic District. He also developed properties in nearby Mansfield-Woodhouse, Sussex County (present-day Mansfield, Warren County) and then in Philadelphia, where he lived for a while in the 1810s. He was a major in the Hunterdon County Militia in the 1790s, and consequently, he is often referred to as Major Henry Dusenbery in historical records.
Extensive information about Henry Dusenbery is available in the New Hampton Historic District records submitted in 1998 to the National Register of Historic Places (see National Register Information System ID 98000257, NPGallery). According to the research conducted for that submission, Henry Dusenbery was assessed for 1 slave on the 1790 Lebanon township tax roll (see continuation sheet section 8, page 13). - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Places
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Henry Dusenbery Mansion House, New Hampton, Lebanon
- Lebanon
- Mansfield (Warren County)
- New Hampton, Lebanon
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Enslaver of
- David Lewis (b. 1772)
- References
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Record for the New Hampton Historic District, National Register Information System ID 98000257, NPGallery. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/c7fc21d3-d918-4dee-9c36-6095cc8fce40.
New Hampton Historic District. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampton_Historic_District
This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60605993 - Record Contributor
- Xandria McKinley
- Kate Jackson
- Jesse Bayker
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Author:
- Runaway ad for David Lewis, by Henry Dusenbery (Runaway ad for David Lewis, by Henry Dusenbery, "Thirty Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, December 6, 1802.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1802-01 Freedom Seeking: David Lewis (Role: Enslaver)
- 1802-07 Capture: David Lewis (Role: Enslaver)
- 1802-11-25 Freedom Seeking: David Lewis (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)