Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924)
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Frederick Frelinghuysen (September 30, 1848 – January 1, 1924) was the president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company was a life insurance company based in Newark, New Jersey that was chartered in 1845. The company was headed by Frederick Frelinghuysen...

 in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

, for 25 years.

Biography

He was born on September 30, 1848 to Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

. His brother was George Griswold Frelinghuysen
George Griswold Frelinghuysen
George Griswold Frelinghuysen was an American patent lawyer, and president of P. Ballantine & Sons Company, a New Jersey brewery.-Biography:...

. He graduated from Rutgers College in 1868 and was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1871 and as a counselor in 1874. He married Estelle B. Kinney on July 23, 1902 and lived in Elberon, New Jersey
Elberon, New Jersey
Elberon is an unincorporated area that is part of Long Branch in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 07740....

. They had four sons and one daughter including: George Griswold Frelinghuysen II, who married Anne de Smolianinof; Estelle C. Frelinghuysen; Frederick Frelinghuysen; Thomas Frelinghuysen; and Theodore Frelinghuysen.

He became president of the Howard Savings Institution. He resigned that post to become president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company.

He died in the Post Graduate Hospital in 1924 after a three week illness.
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