Frelinghuysen family

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

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.

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

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] The family has had Frelinghysen Middle School in Morristown named after them.

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