Frederick Frelinghuysen (April 13, 1753 – April 13, 1804) was an American lawyer, soldier, and senator from New Jersey . A graduate of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University ), Frederick went on to become an officer during the American Revolutionary War . In addition, he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress . He was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1793 until 1796, and served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 1801.
16-1545: Frelinghuysen is a surname of Dutch origin. Several of its members formed the Frelinghuysen family of New Jersey politicians. It may also refer to: People [ edit ] People with the surname [ edit ] Frederick Frelinghuysen (general) (1753–1804), U.S. Army general and New Jersey politician Frederick Frelinghuysen (businessman) (1848–1924), Insurance company president Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885), U.S. senator and Secretary of State George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1851-1936), of Ballantine beer John Frelinghuysen (minister) (1727–1754), American clergyman and son of Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen John Frederick Frelinghuysen (1776–1833), U.S. Army general and lawyer Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Sr. (1869–1948), U.S. senator from New Jersey Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Jr. (1912-2005), U.S. soldier, prisoner of war, author, and businessman Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen II (1916-2011), U.S. congressman from New Jersey Rodney Frelinghuysen (born 1946), U.S. congressman from New Jersey Suzy Frelinghuysen (née Estelle, 1911–1988), American artist Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862) New Jersey Attorney General, U.S. senator, and mayor of Newark, New Jersey Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (1691–1748), Dutch immigrant to U.S. and theologian Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen II (1724–1761), theologian People with
32-784: A delegate to the Second Continental Congress . He served as a clerk to the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, New Jersey from 1781 to 1789. He also served in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1784 and again from 1800 to 1804. He was a member of the New Jersey convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1787. He was a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council (now
48-433: A father. He died on the 13th of April 1804, aged 51 years. Among his other descendants are Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885), U.S. Senator and Secretary of State ; Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (1869–1948) US Senator from New Jersey; Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (1916–2011) New Jersey Congressman; and Rodney Frelinghuysen (born 1946) New Jersey Congressman. Old Dutch Parsonage The Old Dutch Parsonage
64-563: A parsonage until 1810. Peter Stryker bought the house in 1810 and sold it to the Doughty family in 1836. They owned it until 1907 when they sold it to the Central Railroad of New Jersey . In 1913, the house was set to be knocked down by the railroad, but instead it was moved adjacent to the Wallace House , which was built in 1775. The Old Dutch Parsonage Burial Ground located behind
80-569: Is a historic house built in 1751, moved about 1913 and now located at 65 Washington Place, in the borough of Somerville in Somerset County, New Jersey , United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 25, 1971, for its significance in education and religion. The nomination form notes it as "an excellent example of mid-18th-century Flemish Bond brick structure". The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story brick house
96-611: The New Jersey Senate ) representing Somerset County from 1790 to 1792. President George Washington appointed him as brigadier general in the United States Army for the 1790 campaign against the western Indians . Frelinghuysen was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1793, to November 12, 1796, when he resigned. He was commissioned major general in the New Jersey militia in 1794, during
112-585: The Whiskey Rebellion . He married Gertrude Schenck (1753–1794), the daughter of Helena Magdalena Van Liew and Hendrick (Henry) Joahnnes Schenck. Together, they had five children: After his first wife Gertrude's death in 1794, Frederick Sr. married Ann Yard (1764–1839). Frelinghuysen died in Millstone, New Jersey , on April 13, 1804, his 51st birthday, and was buried at the Weston Burying Ground on
128-594: The National Register of Historic Places in Raritan, New Jersey Frelinghuysen University , a defunct historically Black university in Washington, D.C. See also [ edit ] Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Frelinghuysen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
144-541: The bar he was eloquent and in the Senate he was wise, in the field he was brave. Candid, generous and just, he was ardent in his friendships, constant to his friends. The patron and protector of his honorable merit. He gave his hand to the young, his counsel to the middle aged, his support to him that was feeble in years. To perpetuate his memory, his children have raised this monument, a frail memorial of their veneration to his virtues and of their grief and their loss of so excellent
160-536: The border of Manville, New Jersey and Bound Brook, New Jersey . His tombstone reads as follows: Entombed beneath this stone lies the remains of Frederick Frelinghuysen, Esq. Major General of the military forces and representative in the General Assembly of this, his native state. Endowed by nature with superior talents, he was beloved by his country. From his youth he was entrusted with the most important concerns until his death. He never disappointed her hopes. In
176-731: The given name [ edit ] Carl Frelinghuysen Gould (1873-1939), American architect Theodore Frelinghuysen Jewell (1844-1932), U.S. Navy admiral Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward (1835-1902), American musician, writer and educator Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser (1845–1907), American politician Places [ edit ] Frelinghuysen Township , New Jersey Frelinghuysen Avenue in Newark , New Jersey Frelinghuysen Road in Piscataway , New Jersey Things [ edit ] Frelinghuysen Arboretum , Morristown, New Jersey General John Frelinghuysen House , building on
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208-434: The seminarians who occupied the house after Frelinghuysen's death along with the former reverend's widow and her children, succeeded Frelinghuysen as minister, occupant of the house, and, in 1756, as husband to the former Mrs. Frelinghuysen. Hardenbergh helped establish Queen's College, now known as Rutgers University , in 1766 and in 1785 became its first president. He moved from the house in 1781, but it continued in use as
224-570: Was born at the Old Dutch Parsonage near Somerville in the Province of New Jersey to John Frelinghuysen (1727–1754) and Dinah Van Berg (1725–1807) of Amsterdam . His father, John, was the son of the immigrant minister Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen , the progenitor of the Frelinghuysen family in New Jersey. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University ) in 1770, and
240-515: Was the home of the first ministers of the first Dutch Reformed Churches in the area, built by the combined efforts of the congregations in Somerville, New Jersey , and Raritan, New Jersey , in 1751. The first occupant was Reverend John Frelinghuysen who taught seminarians in the house. His son Frederick Frelinghuysen was a captain in the Continental Army . Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh , one of
256-649: Was the sole instructor at Queen's College, New Brunswick (now Rutgers University ) from 1771 to 1774. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1774, practicing law in Somerset County, New Jersey . With the coming of the American Revolution , he became a member of the provincial congress of New Jersey from 1775 to 1776. In the War of Independence he served in the New Jersey militia as an artillery captain, seeing action at Trenton and Monmouth . In 1779 he served as
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