Samuel Schieffelin

Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin (February 24, 1811 – September 13, 1900), was an American businessman and author.[1]

Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin
Born(1811-02-24)February 24, 1811
DiedSeptember 13, 1900(1900-09-13) (aged 89)
Spouse(s)
Lucretia Hazard
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(m. 1835; died 1899)​
Children3
Parent(s)Henry Hamilton Schieffelin
Maria Theresa Bradhurst

Early life

Schieffelin was born on February 24, 1811 in New York City. He was the son of Henry Hamilton Schieffelin (1783–1865), named in honor of Governor Henry Hamilton for whom his father Jacob, who was a Loyalist who served as secretary for during the American Revolutionary War,[2] and Maria Theresa Bradhurst (1786–1872),[3] who married in 1806.[4] Among his siblings was brother Bradhurst Schieffelin (1824–1909), who entered politics and supported the People's Party.[5]

His paternal grandparents were Jacob Schieffelin (1757–1835) and Hannah (nee Lawrence) Schieffelin (1758–1838), she a descendant of Elizabeth Fones and Quaker religious freedom pioneer John Bowne.[3] His maternal grandfather was Dr. Samuel Bradhurst (d. 1872)[4] The Schieffelin family was one of the oldest families in Manhattan.[6][7]

Career
The Foundations of History (1864) by Schieffelin

He was educated in private schools, and early turned his attention to business, but contributed largely to the religious press.[5] After his father retired from business in 1849, he and his brothers managed the family drug company that their father had founded, Schieffelin Brothers & Co., where Samuel was the president, until 1865, when his son, William, succeeded him.[1]

Following his own retirement, he focused on his literature, writing The Foundations of History and other books, most of which were religious.[1]

Personal life

In 1835, Schieffelin was married to Lucretia Hazard (1816–1899).[4] Together, they were the parents of three children:[8]

Schieffelin died at his home, 938 Madison Avenue,[1] on September 13, 1900 in New York.[9]

Descendants

Through his son William, he was the grandfather of Eleanor Jay Schiefflin (1864–1929),[10] who married Theodore Munger Taft (1865–1945),[11] and Dr. William Jay Schieffelin (1866–1955),[12] who married Maria Louise Shepard (1870–1948),[13] the daughter of Elliot Fitch Shepard and Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt, and granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt.[13][4]

Through his daughter Alice, he was the grandfather of Grace Stebbins (1860–1908),[6] who married Alfred Clark Chapin (1848–1936), former Mayor of Brooklyn,[14] Samuel Schieffelin Stebbins (1872–1912), a stockbroker,[15] and Russell Hazard Schieffelin (1874–1892).[4][16] The Chapin's daughter, Samuel's great-granddaughter, Grace Chapin (1885–1960),[17] was married to Hamilton Fish III (1888–1991), member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[18]

Works

His works include:[5][19]

  • Message to Ruling Elders, their Office and their Duties (New York, 1859);
  • The Foundations of History: a Series of First Things (1863);
  • Milk for Babes: a Bible Catechism (1874);
  • Children's Bread: a Bible Catechism (1874);
  • Words to Christian Teachers (1877);
  • Music in our Churches (1881);
  • The Church in Ephesus and the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches (1884);
  • People's Hymn-Book (Philadelphia, 1887).

References
Notes
  1. "Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin Dead". The New York Times. September 14, 1900. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. "Hamilton, Henry, d. 1796. Henry Hamilton papers: Guide". oasis.lib.harvard.edu. Harvard University. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York (1905). The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History, Customs, Record of Events, Constitution, Certain Genealogies, and Other Matters of Interest. V. 1-. p. 142. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. Thomas, Lawrence Buckley (1896). The Thomas Book: Giving the Genealogies of Sir Rhys Ap Thomas, K. G., the Thomas Family Descended from Him, and of Some Allied Families. H. T. Thomas Company. p. 491. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. Wilson & Fiske 1900.
  6. "MRS. A. C. CHAPIN DEAD; END GAME SUDDENLY; Wife of ex-Mayor of Brooklyn, a Noted Beauty, Taken III Only Last Friday. AT THE OPERA A WEEK AGO She Was a Member of the Schieffelin Family, and a Leader in Metropolitan Society". The New York Times. 11 December 1908. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  7. Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1299. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  8. Thompson-Stahr, Jane (2001). The Burling Books: Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers (1600-2000). Jane K Thompson. p. 345. ISBN 9780961310400. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  9. "The News of Newport". The New York Times. 13 September 1900. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  10. "MRS. TAFT LEFT $138,765.; Husband, Lawyer, Get Estate". The New York Times. 18 September 1929. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  11. "Theodore M. Taft, Retired Lawyer, 79". The New York Times. January 10, 1945. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  12. "W. J. SCHIEFFELIN OF DRUG FIRM DIES; Retired Board Chairman Was 89--Crusader for Negro Welfare, City Reform HEADED CITIZENS UNION Helped to Start the Seabury Inquiry--Chemist Served in War With Spain". The New York Times. 1 May 1955. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  13. "MRS. SCHIEFFELIN DIES IN HOME AT 77; Wife of Drug Firm Executive, Descendant of Commodore Vanderbilt, Aided Y.W.C.A." The New York Times. 19 August 1948. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  14. "EX-MAYOR CHAPIN OF BROOKLYN DIES; Retired Lawyer, 88, Had Also Been State Controller and Speaker of Assembly". The New York Times. 3 October 1936. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  15. "S. S. STEBBINS DEAD. Ex-Member of New York Stock Exchange Was a Crack Shot". The New York Times. 10 May 1912. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  16. "DIED. Stebbins". The New York Times. 30 December 1892. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  17. "MRS. HAMILTON FISH DIES; Wife of Ex-Representative Was Former Grace Chapin". The New York Times. 4 July 1960. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  18. Pace, Eric (January 20, 1991). "Hamilton Fish, in Congress 24 Years, Dies at 102". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  19. "Samuel B. Schieffelin (Schieffelin, Samuel B. (Samuel Bradhurst), 1811-1900)". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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