John Frelinghuysen (1727-1754)
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John Frelinghuysen was a minister in colonial New Jersey.
(1691–1749), a German who had lived for a short time in Holland before emigrating in 1720. John married Dinah Van Bergh (1725–1807), and they had two children: Eva Frelinghuysen (1751 – c. 1826), Major General Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753–1804). John lived in the Old Dutch Parsonage
in Somerville, New Jersey
until his death where he served three local congregations. He also tutored students preparing them for the seminary. He died in 1754 and was buried at the Somerville Cemetery, Somerville
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John married Dinah VanBerr and had the following children:
Biography
Frelinghuysen was the 2nd son of Theodorus Jacobus FrelinghuysenTheodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen
Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen was a German-American Dutch-Reformed minister, theologian and the progenitor of the Frelinghuysen family in the United States of America. Frelinghuysen is most remembered for his religious contributions in the Raritan Valley during the beginnings of the First...
(1691–1749), a German who had lived for a short time in Holland before emigrating in 1720. John married Dinah Van Bergh (1725–1807), and they had two children: Eva Frelinghuysen (1751 – c. 1826), Major General Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753–1804). John lived in the Old Dutch Parsonage
Old Dutch Parsonage
The Old Dutch Parsonage is a historical house at 38 Washington Place in Somerville, New Jersey.-History:It was the home of the first ministers of the first Dutch Reformed Church and was built with the pooled funds from the congregations in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and Raritan, New Jersey, in 1751...
in Somerville, New Jersey
Somerville, New Jersey
Somerville is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 12,098. It is the county seat of Somerset County....
until his death where he served three local congregations. He also tutored students preparing them for the seminary. He died in 1754 and was buried at the Somerville Cemetery, Somerville
Somerville Cemetery, Somerville
Somerville Cemetery is in Somerville, New Jersey . It is a general name commonly applied to two separately owned and administered cemeteries in Somerville, the "Old Cemetery" and the "New Cemetery"....
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John married Dinah VanBerr and had the following children:
- Eva Frelinghuysen (1751-c1826) who married Casparus Van Nostrand
- Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804) Major General who was buried in Weston, New JerseyWeston, New JerseyWeston is an unincorporated area of Franklin Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Situated on the east side of the Millstone River north of East Millstone and south of Zarephath , early names used for the area were Schenck's Mill, Van Neste's Mill and Frogtown...
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