Andrew DeWitt Bruyn

Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (November 18, 1790 – July 27, 1838) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Andrew DeWitt Bruyn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 22nd district
In office March 4, 1837 – July 27, 1838
Preceded by	Stephen B. Leonard
Succeeded by	Cyrus Beers
Judge of Court of Common Pleas
In office 1826–1836
Member of the New York State Assembly from Ulster County
In office 1818–1818
Personal details
Born	November 18, 1790 Wawarsing, New York
Died	July 27, 1838 (aged 47) Ithaca, New York
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Abigail Champlin
Relations	Jacobus Bruyn (grandfather)
Parents	Jacobus S. Bruyn Jenneke DeWitt Bruyn
Education	Kingston Academy
Alma mater	Princeton College
Occupation	Lawyer

Early life

Bruyn was born in Wawarsing, New York on November 18, 1790. He was a son of Jenneke (née DeWitt) Bruyn and Jacobus S. Bruyn (1749–1823), a New York Assemblymen from Ulster County from 1797 to 1799 and a member of New York State Senate from 1800 to 1805.[1]

He came from a large and politically prominent family that included uncles Severyn Tenhout Bruyn, a New York Assemblyman, Johannes Bruyn, a New York Assemblymen and member of New York State Senate, and Cornelius Bruyn, also a New York Assemblymen from Ulster County from 1793 to 1794.[2] Through his uncle Johannes, he was a first cousin of Charles D. Bruyn, a New York Assemblymen from Sullivan and Ulster counties.[2] His paternal grandfather, Jacobus Bruyn, had been a member of the New York General Assembly, the legislative body of the Province of New York, from 1759 to 1768.[3][4] His maternal grandparents were Blandina Elmendorf Ten Eyck and Andries J. DeWitt, brother of Col. Charles DeWitt[5] (both first cousin once removed of Charles Clinton, DeWitt Clinton, George Clinton, Jr. and Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt).[6]

He attended Kingston Academy, Kingston, New York, and was graduated from Princeton College in 1810. In 1811, Bruyn attend the Litchfield Law School and studied under Tapping Reeve.[7]

Career

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Ithaca. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1817 and served as first surrogate of Tompkins County 1817–1821. He served as member of the New York State Assembly in 1818. He was appointed trustee of Ithaca in 1821 and served as president of the village in 1822. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the New York State Senate in 1825. He became county supervisor in 1825 and was made treasurer of the village 1826–1828. He served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1826–1836. He served as a director of the Ithaca and Owego Railroad in 1828. He was also interested in banking.[1]

Bruyn was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1837, until his death the following year in 1838.[1]

Personal life

Bruyn was married to Abigail Champlin (1802–1892).[8][9] Together, they were the parents of eight children, including:

• Jane J. Bruyn (1820–1906), who married Alexander McCalla Mann (d. 1893).[10]
• William Van Ness Bruyn (1823–1886), who married Sarah McCormick (1828–1855)[11]
• Hannah M. Bruyn (1825–1896), who married Amasa Byron Dana (1819–1887).[12]
• Matilda Bruyn (1827–1832), who died young.
• Dewitt C. Bruyn (1830–1909), a Confederate soldier who was a noted Savannah and Atlanta architect who designed the William Kehoe House;[13] he never married.
• Ann Bruyn (1833–1910), who married Dr. Edward Jay Morgan Sr. (1825–1894)[14]
• Joshua Champlin Bruyn (1835–1901), a Confederate soldier with the Oglethorpe Light Infantry who was a prisoner-of-war at Fort Delaware;[15] he never married.

Bruyn died in Ithaca on July 27, 1838. He was interred in Ithaca City Cemetery.[1] His widow lived for another 54 years until her death in 1892.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

1. "BRUYN, Andrew DeWitt (1790-1838)". bioguideretro.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
2. Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Bruyn family of New York". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
3. Sahler, Louis Hasbrouck (1895). The Genealogy of the Sahlers, of the United States of America: And of Their Kinsmen, the Gross Family . . L. C. Childs & Son, printers. p. 10. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
4. Murlin, Edgar L. (1908). The New York Red Book. J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 356–365. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
5. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. 1888. p. 29. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
6. "DeWitt-Clinton-Bruyn-Hasbrouck family of New York". politicalgraveyard.com. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
7. "Litchfield Ledger - Andrew DeWitt Bruyn". ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org. Litchfield Historical Society. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
8. Greene, Richard Henry; Stiles, Henry Reed; Dwight, Melatiah Everett; Morrison, George Austin; Mott, Hopper Striker; Totten, John Reynolds; Pitman, Harold Minot; Ditmas, Charles Andrew; Forest, Louis Effingham De; Mann, Conklin; Maynard, Arthur S. (1919). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. p. 432. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
9. Worden, Jean D. (1987). Wawarsing Reformed Dutch Church, Ulster County, New York, 1745-1883, New Prospect Reformed Dutch Church, Ulster County, New York, 1816-1886, Bloomington Dutch Reformed Church, Ulster County, New York, 1796-1859, Newburgh Circuit, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1789-1834. Mrs. J.D. Worden. p. 317. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
10. Beauchamp, William Martin (1908). Past and Present of Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York: From Prehistoric Times to the Beginning of 1908. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 722. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
11. Catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Psi Upsilon Fraternity. 1917. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
12. Dana, Elizabeth Ellery (1956). The Dana Family in America. Books on Demand. pp. 125, 156. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
13. "Tour | Architectural Savannah". architecturalsavannah.com. Architectural tours of Savannah. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
14. Manning's Ithaca, Including Cayuga Heights Village (Tompkins County, New York) Directory. H. A. Manning. 1917. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
15. "RAILROAD NEWS". The Montgomery Advertiser. 12 July 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

• United States Congress. "Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (id: B000984)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Andrew DeWitt Bruyn at Find a Grave