The Frelinghuysen family (; ; ) is an American political dynasty, primarily based in
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
, that first emigrated from The Netherlands in 1720.
History
In 1720,
Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen came from The Netherlands to the
Raritan Valley in the
Province of New Jersey
The Province of New Jersey was one of the Middle Colonies of Colonial history of the United States, Colonial America and became the U.S. state of New Jersey in 1776. The province had originally been settled by Europeans as part of New Netherla ...
, then a Royal Colony of
Great Britain
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. He was an evangelizing Dutch-Reformed minister during the period of religious fervor known as the
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals in American Christian history. Historians and theologians identify three, or sometimes four, waves of increased religious enthusiasm between the early 18th century and the late 20th cent ...
.
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
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Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (ca. 1691 – ca. 1747/49) m. Eva Terhune (ca. 1696 – ca. 1750)
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Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (ca. 1723/24 – ca. 1759/60/1761) m. Elizabeth Symes (1736–1801)
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John Frelinghuysen (1727–1754) m. Dina Van Bergh (1825–1807)
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Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753–1804) 1st m. Gertrude Schenck (1752/53–1794); 2nd m. Ann Yard (1764–1839)
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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)
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Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Sr. (1869–1948) m. Emily Macy Brewster
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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)
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Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862) 1st m. Charlotte Mercer (ca. 1790–1854); 2nd m. Harriet Pumpelly (1815–1876)
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Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788–1820) m. Mary Dumont
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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817May 20, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey who served as a U.S. Senator and later as United States Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur.
Frelinghuysen was ...
(1817–1885) m. Matilda Elizabeth Griswold (1817–1889)
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Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924) m. Estelle Burnet Kinney (1868–1931)
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Suzy Frelinghuysen
Suzy Frelinghuysen (May 7, 1911 – March 19, 1988), also known as Suzy Morris, was an American abstract painter and opera singer.
Early life and personal life
Frelinghuysen was born on May 7, 1911, in Newark, New Jersey, to was a daught ...
(1911–1988) m.
George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905–1975)
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George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1851–1936) m. Sarah Linen Ballantine (1885–1940)
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Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen (1882–1959) m. Adaline Havemeyer (1884–1963)
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Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (1916–2011) m. Beatrice Sterling Procter (d. 1996)
**********Peter Frelinghuysen III
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Rodney Frelinghuysen (b. 1946) m. Virginia Robinson
**********Frederick Frelinghuysen
**********Beatrice Sterling Frelinghuysen m. 1970: Peter Portner van Roijen
**********Adaline Havemeyer Frelinghuysen m. 1988:
Gerald Ogilvie Laing (1936–2011)
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Theodore Frelinghuysen (1860–1928)
m. 1885: Alice Dudley Coats (1861–1889) m. 1898: Elizabeth Mary Thompson (1871–1967)
*******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)
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (July 5, 1902 – February 27, 1985) was an American diplomat and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate and served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of Pre ...
(1902–1985) m. Emily Esther Sears (d. 1992)
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John Davis Lodge
John Davis Lodge (October 20, 1903 – October 29, 1985) was an American film actor, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was the 79th governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955, and later served as U.S. ambassador to Spain, Argentina, and Swit ...
(1903–1985) m.
Francesca Braggiotti (1902–1998)
*********Helena Lodge (1905 - 1998) m. Edouard de Streel
References
{{Commons category, Frelinghuysen family
American families of Dutch ancestry
Families from New Jersey
Political families of the United States