Louis Hasbrouck (April 22, 1777 - August 20, 1834) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1797. Then he studied law with

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, was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Ogdensburgh. He was Clerk of St. Lawrence County from 1802 to 1811, and from 1813 to 1817. He was a member of the

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(St. Lawrence Co.) in

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, noted as being the sole resident slaveholder from Ogdensburgh and a British sympathizer during the war of 1812. He was a member of the

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(4th D.) from 1833 until his death, sitting in the 56th and

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s. He died of

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at his residence in Ogdensburg, and was buried at the Ogdensburg Cemetery. Congressman Abraham J. Hasbrouck was his brother.

Personal life

He was the son of Joseph Hasbrouck (1744–1808) and Elizabeth (Bevier) Hasbrouck (1749–1795), and was baptized at Shawangunk,

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. His father was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army during the Revolutionary War, and then served as Brigadier General of the 3rd Ulster County Regiment of New York from 1784-1787. He also served as the Supervisor of the town of New Paltz in 1777 and from 1782 to 1783; was a member of the New York State Assembly (Ulster Co.) in 1786 and 1791-1792; and member of the New York State Senate from 1793 to 1796. Louis descends from five of the 12 New Paltz patentees, or founders: Abraham Hasbrouck, Christian Deyo (four different lines), Louis Bevier,

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, and Jean Hasbrouck (three different lines). On December 29, 1802 in New Paltz, he married Catherine Banks (1778–1862), and they had at least six children: # Catherine Banks Hasbrouck (1804-1892); never married. # Elizabeth Bevier Hasbrouck (1806-1895); never married. # Sarah S. Hasbrouck (1809-1886); married Edwin Clark, had issue. # Louis Hasbrouck Jr. (1814-1880); married 1st Louise Seymour Allen (1817-1848); married 2nd, his cousin, Sarah Maria Hasbrouck (1823-1858), daughter of Levi Hasbrouck (1791-1861) and Hylah Bevier (1795-1874), and granddaughter of

Josiah Hasbrouck Josiah Hasbrouck (March 5, 1755 – March 19, 1821) was a United States representative from New York. Born in New Paltz, he completed preparatory studies and conducted a general merchandising business. He was a second lieutenant in the Third Regi ...

. ## Louis Hasbrouck III (1840-1928) ## Philip Allen Hasbrouck (1842-1871) ## Harriet Louise Seymour Hasbrouck (1843-1909) ## Levi Hasbrouck (1851-1927) ## Bevier Hasbrouck (1853-1870) ## Laura Maria Hasbrouck (1857-1933) # Louisa Hasbrouck (1817-1869); married Richard Kruger, had issue. # Jane Hasbrouck (1819-1911); never married. His first cousin was

Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck (November 29, 1791 – February 23, 1879) was a United States Congressman from New York and the sixth President of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) serving from 1840 to 1850. He was a slaveholder. Biography He ...

References

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 129f, 141, 188, 279 and 393; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''History of New Paltz, and Its Old Families''
(Albany, 1909; pg. 385f) *Death notice i
''American Railroad Journal''
(issue of August 30, 1834; pg. 541)

at Chrisman Families

External links

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