Frelinghuysen family

This article is about the U.S. political family of Dutch origin. For the name Frelinghuysen, see Frelinghuysen.

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

The Frelinghuysen family (/ˈfreɪlɪŋˌhaɪsən/;^[2] /ˈfriːlɪŋˌhaɪzən/;^[3] /ˌfriːlɪŋˈhaɪsən/^[4]) is an American political dynasty, primarily based in New Jersey, that first emigrated from The Netherlands in 1720.

History

In 1720, Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen came from The Netherlands 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.^[5]

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 m. Anna Margaretha Brüggeman
  • Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (ca. 1691 – ca. 1747/49) m. Eva Terhune (ca. 1696 – ca. 1750)
    • Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (ca. 1723/24 – ca. 1759/60/1761) m. Elizabeth Symes (1736–1801)
    • John Frelinghuysen (1727–1754) m. Dina Van Bergh (1825–1807)
      • Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753–1804) 1st m. Gertrude Schenck (1752/53–1794); 2nd m. Ann Yard (1764–1839)
        • John Frederick Frelinghuysen (1776–1833) 1st m. Louisa Mercer; 2nd m. Elizabeth Mercereau Van Vechten
          • Frederick Frelinghuysen (1818–1891) m. Victoria Bowen Sherman (1830–1914)
            • Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Sr. (1869–1948) m. Emily Macy Brewster
              • Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Jr. (1912–2005) m. Emily Lawrance (1911–2004) (daughter of Charles Lawrance)
                • Barbara Frelinghuysen m. Thomas C. Israel
                • Joseph S. Frelinghuysen III
                • Margaret Lawrance Frelinghuysen m. Paul Alfred Kurzman
                • Susan Emily Frelinghuysen m. 1981 Robert Dudley van Roijen. (nephew of John P. Humes and grandson of Herman van Roijen)^[6]
        • Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862) 1st m. Charlotte Mercer (ca. 1790–1854); 2nd m. Harriet Pumpelly (1815–1876)
        • Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788–1820) m. Mary Dumont
          • Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885) m. Matilda Elizabeth Griswold (1817–1889)
            • Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924) m. Estelle Burnet Kinney (1868–1931)
              • Suzy Frelinghuysen (1911–1988) m. George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905–1975)
            • George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1851–1936) m. Sarah Linen Ballantine (1885–1940)
              • Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen (1882–1959) m. Adaline Havemeyer (1884–1963)
                • Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (1916–2011) m. Beatrice Sterling Procter (d. 1996)^[7]
                  • Peter Frelinghuysen III
                  • Rodney Frelinghuysen (b. 1946) m. Virginia Robinson
                  • Frederick Frelinghuysen
                  • Beatrice Sterling Frelinghuysen m. 1970: Peter Portner van Roijen^[8]
                  • Adaline Havemeyer Frelinghuysen m. 1988: Gerald Ogilvie Laing (1936–2011)^[9]
            • Theodore Frelinghuysen (1860–1928)^[10] m. 1885: Alice Dudley Coats (1861–1889) m. 1898: Elizabeth Mary Thompson (1871–1967)^[11]
            • Matilda Griswold Frelinghuysen (1864–1926) m. Henry Winthrop Gray (b. 1840)
            • Sarah Frelinghuysen (b. 1851) m. John J. Davis (b. 1851)
              • Mathilda Frelinghuysen Davis (1876–1960) m. George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909)
                • Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985) m. Emily Esther Sears (d. 1992)
                • John Davis Lodge (1903–1985) m. Francesca Braggiotti (1902–1998)
                • Helena Lodge (1905 - 1998) m. Edouard de Streel

References

1. "Meaning and Origin of Frelinghuysen - FamilyEducation". www.familyeducation.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
2. As pronounced in "Repeal and Replace ACA".
3. Fried, Joseph P. (23 May 2011). "Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., 95, Longtime N.J. Congressman, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
4. "How do you say that? Some North Jersey town names you may be pronouncing wrong".
5. Kitchin, Jessica (10 November 2009). "A Profile of the Frelinghuysen Family in New Jersey-www.njmonthly.com". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
6. "Susan E. Frelinghuysen Married in Capital". The New York Times. 1 February 1981. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
7. Pace, Eric (5 June 1996). "Beatrice P. Frelinghuysen, 77, Political Matriarch". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
8. Times, Special To The New York (28 June 1970). "Peter van Roijen Weds Beatrice Frelinghuysen". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
9. "Adaline Frelinghuysen Is Married to Sculptor". The New York Times. 9 January 1988. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
10. "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.
11. Mayhew, Augustus (1 October 2009). "Ecole de Beaux Palm Beach". New York Social Diary. Retrieved 3 November 2017.