Benjamin Blackledge (August 25, 1743 – November 27, 1815) was an American educator and public official. He was the first teacher of English language in Closter, New Jersey , and rose to become "the most prominent man in the northern part of Bergen County". In recognition of his contributions to society, the borough of Closter, in 1998, named a street, Blackledge Court after him.
11-931: Blackledge may refer to: People with the surname [ edit ] Benjamin Blackledge (c. 1760) U.S. educator Brett Blackledge , reporter Gary Blackledge , Northern Irish football player Gina Cruz Blackledge (born 1969), Mexican politician, Senator from Baja California since 2018 John Blackledge , English kickboxer Luke Blackledge (born 1990), English boxer Ron Blackledge (born 1938), American football coach Todd Blackledge (born 1961), American football quarterback William Blackledge (died 1828), U.S. Congressman William Salter Blackledge (1793–1857), U.S. Congressman Other uses [ edit ] Blackledge River , Connecticut Blackledge-Gair House , Historic Place, New Jersey Blackledge–Kearney House , Historic Place, New Jersey Topics referred to by
22-612: A site on the National Register of Historic Places located in Palisades Interstate Park . The house was saved from destruction and registered as an historic site in the early 20th century, thanks to the prevalent local legend that the house briefly served as the headquarters of General Charles Cornwallis after his crossing of the Hudson River on the night of November 19–20, 1776. (Modern scholarship, however, has placed
33-635: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Benjamin Blackledge Benjamin Blackledge was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey , to Philip Blackledge (abt. 1687–1753) and Willempie Sluys (abt. 1690-aft. 1759). As a very young man, he came to Closter on foot to teach the Dutch citizens the King's English . A schoolhouse was built for him by subscription;
44-569: The Peace and Judge of the County Court of Common Pleas, and was also elected to the assembly of Bergen County, New Jersey . His activities in the legal life of Bergen County were so prolific that many area documents of the late 18th and early 19th century bear his name in some connection. Blackledge is also said to have built the original (southern) portion of the Blackledge-Kearney House,
55-475: The house as a temporary headquarters during his crossing of the Hudson River (during the Battle of Fort Lee ) in 1776, but modern historians dispute this claim. The house was built at Closter Landing in the 1760s. Maria Blackledge, the daughter of Benjamin Blackledge lived in the house with her husband Daniel Van Sciver. The house was purchased in 1817 by James and Rachel Kearney. James died in 1831 and Rachel used
66-424: The house consisted of one instruction room and one room serving as the teacher's quarters. After Blackledge married on April 20, 1770, he and his sixteen-year-old bride lived in this schoolhouse room. Blackledge's extraordinary skill at penmanship was instrumental in his later appointment to civic office. In 1775, he became the first clerk of Harrington Township, New Jersey . Subsequently, he served as Justice of
77-644: The oldest recorded person to die in combat during the American Revolution . As told on his monument in Saucher Tave's, at the age of 89, Dowe Tallema was bayonetted by a raiding party of Tories , who attacked his farm on May 10, 1779; he died the next day. Blackledge-Kearney The Blackledge–Kearney House is located within the Palisades Interstate Park in the borough of Alpine in Bergen County, New Jersey , United States. The historic stone house
88-629: The probable landing site over a mile to the south.) While there is no indication that Blackledge himself ever lived in the house, the property was occupied by his daughter, Maria Blackledge, and her husband Daniel Van Sciver (a DAR Patriot) as early as 1802. Benjamin Blackledge died on November 27, 1815, and was buried in Saucher Tave's Begraven Ground in Demarest, New Jersey , which is also known simply as "Demarest Cemetery", where many members of his family are also interred. Benjamin Blackledge married Cathalyntie Tallema (April 1, 1754 - October 5, 1836), who
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110-475: Was also known by her Anglicized name, Caroline Tallman. They had nine children, most of whom survived to adulthood and had families of their own. Cathalyntie's grandparents, Maritie Haring and Dowe Hermanszen Tallema, also had some local fame. Her grandmother was of the Haring family for whom Harrington Township was named, and her grandfather has been given DAR Patriot status by special distinction, namely through being
121-559: Was built around 1750 and was documented as Cornwallis Headquarters by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1984, for its significance in architecture and exploration/settlement. It was listed as part of the Early Stone Houses of Bergen County Multiple Property Submission (MPS). Lord Cornwallis was believed to have used
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