Frederick Frelinghuysen (businessman) explained
Frederick Frelinghuysen (September 30, 1848 – January 1, 1924) was an American businessman. He was the president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company in Newark, New Jersey, for 25 years.
Early life
Frelinghuysen was born on September 30, 1848, in Newark, New Jersey. He was a son of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen and Matilda Elizabeth Griswold (who was of English descent).[1] His siblings included:[2] Matilda Griswold Frelinghuysen[3] (who married prominent merchant Henry Winthrop Gray);[4] [2] [5] Charlotte Louisa Frelinghuysen;[6] George Griswold Frelinghuysen;[7] m. Sara Linen Ballantine (granddaughter of Peter Ballantine)[8] prominent New York clubman Theodore Frelinghuysen; and Sarah Helen Frelinghuysen (who married Judge John Davis, and after his death, Brig. Gen. Charles Laurie McCawley).[9] His father was a lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator and later as Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur.[10]
His paternal grandparents were Frederick Frelinghuysen and Mary (née Dumont) Frelinghuysen. His grandfather died when his father was just three years old, so his father was adopted by his uncle, Theodore Frelinghuysen. Both grandfather and adopted grandfather were sons of Frederick Frelinghuysen, the eminent lawyer who was one of the framers of the first New Jersey Constitution, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, a member of the Continental Congress, and a member of the United States Senate.[10] His maternal grandfather George Griswold,[2] was a merchant in New York City who "made an immense fortune in the time of the clipper trade with China."[11]
He graduated from Rutgers College in 1868.
Career
Frelinghuysen was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1871 and as a counselor in 1874. He became president of the Howard Savings Institution. He resigned that post to become president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company.
Personal life
On July 23, 1902, he was married to Estelle Burnet Kinney (1868–1931), a daughter of Thomas Talmadge Kinney and Estelle Burnet (née Condit) Kinney.[12] Her paternal grandfather was Chargé d'Affaires to the Kingdom of Sardinia William Burnet Kinney (whose second wife was writer Elizabeth Clementine Stedman). Together, they lived in Elberon, New Jersey, and were the parents of four sons and one daughter including:[2]
- Frederick Frelinghuysen (1903–1966),[13] who married Elizabeth (née Lyman) Harrower, a daughter of Maj. Ronald T. Lyman and Elizabeth Van Cortlandt (née Parker) Lyman, in 1937.[14] [15] She was the former wife of Gordon Harrower.[16]
- Thomas Talmadge Kinney Frelinghuysen (b. 1905),[2] a sculptor who married Roselyne de Viry, a daughter of Baron Humbert and Baroness Delphine Marie de Viry, of Thonon-les-Bains, Haute Savoie,[17] and Shipton Court, Lenox, Massachusetts (today the Seven Hills Inn),[18] in 1949.[19]
- Theodore Frelinghuysen (b. 1907).[2]
- George Griswold Frelinghuysen II (1908–2002), who married Anne de Smolianinof, a daughter of Grand Master of Imperial Court Vladimir N. de Smolianinof, in 1934.[20] [21]
- Estelle C. "Suzy" Frelinghuysen (1911–1988),[22] who married fellow painter George Lovett Kingsland Morris.[23]
He died in the Post Graduate Hospital after a three-week illness in Manhattan, New York City, on January 1, 1924.[24] His widow died on May 13, 1931.
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Notes and References
- Book: Salisbury. The Griswold family of Connecticut. 1884. New Haven : Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. 150.
- Book: Lee. Francis Bazley. Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey .... 1910. Lewis historical Publishing Company. 14. 30 January 2018. en.
- News: MRS. M.G.F. GRAY OF OLD FAMILY DIES; Daughter of F. T. Frelinghuysen, Once Secretary of State-Funeral Today.. 30 January 2018. The New York Times. 25 March 1926.
- News: DIED. Gray. 30 January 2018. The New York Times. 15 October 1906.
- News: In Bonds of Matrimony; Marriage of Mr. Gray and Miss. Frelinghuysen. a Quiet Ceremony at the Homestead of the Bride's Family. 30 January 2018. The New York Times. 17 May 1889.
- News: Charlotte Frelinghuysen. 30 January 2018. The New York Times. 19 July 1930.
- News: G.G. FRELINGHUYSEN DIES AT AGE OF 84; Son of Arthur's Secretary Of State Was Lawyer Here for Half century. KIN OF NOTED GENERAL Parent, Great-Uncle, Cousin All Served New Jersey in the United States Senate.. 30 January 2018. The New York Times. April 22, 1936. en.
- News: G.G. Frelinghuysen Dies. Son of Arthur's Secretary Of State Was Lawyer . . April 22, 1936 .
- News: MRS. S.H. M'CAWLEY, WASHINGTON HOSTESS; Grandmother of Senator Lodge Dies in Home at Capital. 30 January 2018. The New York Times. 20 February 1939.
- Web site: FRELINGHUYSEN, Frederick Theodore - Biographical Information. bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 30 January 2018.
- News: MRS. F. T. FRELINGHUYSEN. 30 January 2018. The New York Times. 4 February 1889.
- News: Frederick Frelinghuysen's Engagement. 30 January 2018. The New York Times. 7 July 1902.
- News: Frederick Frelinghuysen, Newark Lawyer, Was 62 . 21 April 2020 . . 28 May 1966.
- News: TIMES . Special to THE NEW YORK . MRS. HARROWER WED IN BOSTON CEREMONY; She Becomes Bride of Frederick Frelinghuysen at Home of Her Parents . 21 April 2020 . . 4 March 1937.
- News: Elizabeth Frelinghuysen Dies; Active in Historical Societies . 21 April 2020 . . 30 April 1983.
- News: Harrower--Frelinghuysen . 21 April 2020 . . 18 February 1937.
- Book: Mémoires and Documents, Volumes 28-29 . 1886 . 30 . 21 April 2020 . fr.
- News: Roselyne deViry Frelinghuysen . 2 July 2019 . . Mar 12, 2014.
- News: ROSELYNE DE VIRY WED; Bride at St, Bartholomew's to Thomas T. K. Frelinghuysen . 21 April 2020 . . 4 September 1949.
- News: G.G. Frelinghuysen Weds Russian Girl. Anne de Smolianinoff, Daughter of Former Grand Master of Imperial Court, His Bride. . . December 14, 1934 . May 30, 2007.
- News: Obtains Decree in Reno; Former Anne de Smolianinof Divorces G. G. Frelinghuysen . . June 7, 1938 . May 30, 2007.
- News: Suzy Frelinghuysen, Artist, Is Dead at 76. 5 May 2014. New York Times. March 23, 1988.
- News: George L. K. Morris Is Dead; Abstract Artist and Sculptor. 15 October 2017. The New York Times. 27 June 1975.
- News: Frederick Frelinghuysen. Ex-President of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Dies . . January 2, 1924 . May 30, 2007.
