Frelinghuysen family

Frelinghuysen
Frelinghuysen
Etymology	Habitational name from a place called Frelinghuizen[1]
Place of origin	The Netherlands; Germany
Connected families	Cabot family; Lodge family ; Havemeyer family
Estate(s)	Frelinghuysen Homestead; Frelinghuysen Arboretum

The Frelinghuysen family (pronounced FREE-ling-high-zen)^[2] is an American political dynasty primarily based in New Jersey that first emigrated from Germany to New Amsterdam in 1720.

History

In 1720, The first Frelinghuysen, Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, emigrated from Germany to the Raritan Valley in the Province of New Jersey, then a Royal Colony of Great Britain. He was an evangelizing Dutch-Reformed minister during the period of religious fervor known as the Great Awakening.^[3]

Politics

Four Frelinghuysens served as United States senators, one of whom, Frederick T., became a Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur.

Family tree

Johannes Henrich Frelinghaus ∞ Anna Margaretha Brüggeman
- Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (ca. 1691 – ca. 1747/49) ∞ Eva Terhune (ca. 1696 – ca. 1750)
  - Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (ca. 1723/24 – ca. 1759/60/1761) ∞ Elizabeth Symes (1736–1801)
  - John Frelinghuysen (1727–1754) ∞ Dina Van Bergh (1825–1807)
    - Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753–1804) 1st ∞ Gertrude Schenck (1752/53–1794); 2nd ∞ Ann Yard (1764–1839)
      - John Frederick Frelinghuysen (1776–1833) 1st ∞ Louisa Mercer; 2nd ∞ Elizabeth Mercereau Van Vechten
        Frederick Frelinghuysen (1818–1891) ∞ Victoria Bowen Sherman (1830–1914)
        Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Sr. (1869–1948) ∞ Emily Macy Brewster
        Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Jr. (1912–2005) ∞ Emily Lawrance (1911–2004) (daughter of Charles Lawrance)
        Barbara Frelinghuysen ∞ Thomas C. Israel
        
        Joseph S. Frelinghuysen III
        
        Margaret Lawrance Frelinghuysen ∞ Paul Alfred Kurzman
        
        Susan Emily Frelinghuysen ∞ Robert Dudley van Roijen
      - Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862) 1st ∞ Charlotte Mercer (ca. 1790–1854); 2nd ∞ Harriet Pumpelly (1815–1876)
      - Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788–1820) ∞ Mary Dumont
        Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885) ∞ Matilda Elizabeth Griswold (1817–1889)
        Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924) ∞ Estelle Burnet Kinney (1868–1931)
        Suzy Frelinghuysen (1911–1988) ∞ George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905–1975)
        
        George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1851–1936) ∞ Sarah Linen Ballantine (1885–1940)
        Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen (1882–1959) ∞ Adaline Havemeyer (1884–1963)
        Peter Frelinghuysen (1916–2011) ∞ Beatrice Sterling Procter (d. 1996)^[4]
        Peter Frelinghuysen III
        
        Rodney Frelinghuysen (b. 1946) ∞ Virginia Robinson
        
        Frederick Frelinghuysen
        
        Beatrice Sterling Frelinghuysen ∞ 1970: Peter Portner van Roijen^[5]
        
        Adaline Havemeyer Frelinghuysen ∞ 1988: Gerald Ogilvie Laing (1936–2011)^[6]
        
        Theodore Frelinghuysen (1860–1928)^[7] ∞ 1885: Alice Dudley Coats (1861–1889) ∞ 1898: Elizabeth Mary Thompson (1871–1967)^[8]
        
        Matilda Griswold Frelinghuysen (1864–1926) ∞ Henry Winthrop Gray (b. 1840)
        
        Sarah Frelinghuysen (b. 1851) ∞ John J. Davis (b. 1851)
        Mathilda Frelinghuysen Davis (1876–1960) ∞ George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909)
        Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985) ∞ Emily Esther Sears (d. 1992)
        
        John Davis Lodge (1903–1985) ∞ Francesca Braggiotti (1902–1998)
        
        Helena Lodge (b. 1905) ∞ Edouard de Streel

References

↑ "Meaning and Origin of Frelinghuysen - FamilyEducation". www.familyeducation.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
↑ Fried, Joseph P. (23 May 2011). "Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., 95, Longtime N.J. Congressman, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
↑ Kitchin, Jessica (10 November 2009). "A Profile of the Frelinghuysen Family in New Jersey-www.njmonthly.com". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
↑ Pace, Eric (5 June 1996). "Beatrice P. Frelinghuysen, 77, Political Matriarch". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
↑ Times, Special To The New York (28 June 1970). "Peter van Roijen Weds Beatrice Frelinghuysen". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
↑ "Adaline Frelinghuysen Is Married to Sculptor". The New York Times. 9 January 1988. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
↑ "THEO. FRELINGHUYSEN DIES IN HIS 68TH YEAR; Member of Old New Jersey Family Was Son of Secretary of State in Arthur Cabinet". The New York Times. January 31, 1928. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
↑ Mayhew, Augustus (1 October 2009). "Ecole de Beaux Palm Beach". New York Social Diary. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

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[1] "Meaning and Origin of Frelinghuysen - FamilyEducation". www.familyeducation.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[2] Fried, Joseph P. (23 May 2011). "Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., 95, Longtime N.J. Congressman, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[Kitchin-3] Kitchin, Jessica (10 November 2009). "A Profile of the Frelinghuysen Family in New Jersey-www.njmonthly.com". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[4] Pace, Eric (5 June 1996). "Beatrice P. Frelinghuysen, 77, Political Matriarch". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[5] Times, Special To The New York (28 June 1970). "Peter van Roijen Weds Beatrice Frelinghuysen". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[6] "Adaline Frelinghuysen Is Married to Sculptor". The New York Times. 9 January 1988. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[TFObit1928-7] "THEO. FRELINGHUYSEN DIES IN HIS 68TH YEAR; Member of Old New Jersey Family Was Son of Secretary of State in Arthur Cabinet". The New York Times. January 31, 1928. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

[Mayhew2009-8] Mayhew, Augustus (1 October 2009). "Ecole de Beaux Palm Beach". New York Social Diary. Retrieved 3 November 2017.