Charles DeWitt Bruyn
Charles DeWitt Bruyn (December 12, 1784 – February 9, 1849) was an American politician from Ulster County, New York.
Charles DeWitt Bruyn | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New York State Assembly for Sullivan and Ulster Counties | |
| In office July 1, 1821 – December 31, 1822 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 12, 1784 Shawangunk, New York |
| Died | February 9, 1849 (aged 64) Shawangunk, New York |
| Political party | Federalist/Clintonian |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Hasbrouck
(m. 1816; |
| Relations | Charles DeWitt (grandfather) Jacobus Bruyn (grandfather) Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (cousin) Charles G. DeWitt (cousin) |
| Parents | Johannes Bruyn Margaret DeWitt Bruyn |
Early life
Bruyn was born on December 12, 1784 in Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. He was a son of Johannes Bruyn (1750–1814) and Margaret (née DeWitt) Bruyn (1758–1827).[1]
His maternal grandparents were Blandina (née DuBois) DeWitt and Col. Charles DeWitt, who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. Through his uncle Gerrit DeWitt and his wife, Catharine (née Ten Eyck) DeWitt, he was a first cousin of Charles G. DeWitt, a U.S. Representative who was appointed the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Guatemala by Andrew Jackson. His aunt, Maria "Polly" DeWitt, was the wife of Jacobus "James" Hasbrouck, a prominent Kingston merchant.[2] His paternal grandparents were, and Jacobus Bruyn, who served as a member of the New York General Assembly from Ulster County from 1759 to 1768. He was also a nephew of Assemblyman Jacobus S. Bruyn, Severyn Tenhout Bruyn and Cornelius Bruyn. Through his uncle Jacobus, he was a first cousin of U.S. Representative Andrew DeWitt Bruyn.[1]
Career
A farmer by occupation, "he was a man of good mind, and well read in the current topics of his time. He was a useful citizen, and engaged in general conveyancing and surveying, as his father had before him. He was influential and active in politics; as a member of the Whig party was appointed Sheriff of Ulster County in 1812, and again in 1815."[3]
Bruyn was a Federalist/Clintonian member of New York State Assembly from Sullivan and Ulster counties from 1821 to 1822. He also served as postmaster.[3]
Personal life
In 1816, Bruyn was married to his first cousin, Maria Hasbrouck (1793–1851), a daughter of James Hasbrouck and Polly (née DeWitt) Hasbrouck. Together, they were the parents of four children:[4]
- Mary Bruyn (1818–1867)[4]
- Johannes "John" Bruyn (1820–1862),[4] a Yale educated lawyer who practiced in Kingston.[3]
- Margaret Bruyn
- Charles DeWitt Bruyn (1834–1896),[4] who was educated at the Kingston Academy and succeeded his uncle Cornelius as president of the State of New York Bank in 1873; he married Jessie Butters, a daughter of Archibald Butters of New York City.[3]
Bruyn died on February 9, 1849 in Shawangunk and was buried at the Bruynswick Rural Cemetery in Bruynswick, New York.[1]
References
- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. 1888. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- Harrison, Richard A. (2014). Princetonians, 1769-1775: A Biographical Dictionary. Princeton University Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-4008-5652-7. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett (1880). History of Ulster County, New York: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Everts & Peck. p. 260. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- Virkus, Frederick Adams (1942). The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America: A Genealogical Encyclopedia of the United States. F. A. Virkus & Company. pp. 312, 351. Retrieved 30 September 2020.