Charles DeWitt Bruyn

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Charles DeWitt Bruyn
Member of the New York State Assembly for Sullivan and Ulster Counties
In office
July 1, 1821 – December 31, 1822
Personal details
Born(1784-12-12)December 12, 1784
Shawangunk, New York
DiedFebruary 9, 1849(1849-02-09) (aged 64)
Shawangunk, New York
Political partyFederalist/Clintonian
Spouse(s)
Maria Hasbrouck
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(m. 1816; his death 1849)​
RelationsCharles DeWitt (grandfather)
Jacobus Bruyn (grandfather)
Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (cousin)
Charles G. DeWitt (cousin)
Parent(s)Johannes Bruyn
Margaret DeWitt Bruyn

Charles DeWitt Bruyn (December 12, 1784 – February 9, 1849) was an American politician from Ulster County, New York.

Early life[]

Bruyn was born on December 12, 1784 in Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. He was a son of Johannes Bruyn (1750–1814) and Margaret (née DeWitt) Bruyn (1758–1827).[1]

His maternal grandparents were Blandina (née DuBois) DeWitt and Col. Charles DeWitt, who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. Through his uncle Gerrit DeWitt and his wife, Catharine (née Ten Eyck) DeWitt, he was a first cousin of Charles G. DeWitt, a U.S. Representative who was appointed the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Guatemala by Andrew Jackson. His aunt, Maria "Polly" DeWitt, was the wife of Jacobus "James" Hasbrouck, a prominent Kingston merchant.[2] His paternal grandparents were, and Jacobus Bruyn, who served as a member of the New York General Assembly from Ulster County from 1759 to 1768. He was also a nephew of Assemblyman Jacobus S. Bruyn, and . Through his uncle Jacobus, he was a first cousin of U.S. Representative Andrew DeWitt Bruyn.[1]

Career[]

A farmer by occupation, "he was a man of good mind, and well read in the current topics of his time. He was a useful citizen, and engaged in general conveyancing and surveying, as his father had before him. He was influential and active in politics; as a member of the Whig party was appointed Sheriff of Ulster County in 1812, and again in 1815."[3]

Bruyn was a Federalist/Clintonian member of New York State Assembly from Sullivan and Ulster counties from 1821 to 1822. He also served as postmaster.[3]

Personal life[]

In 1816, Bruyn was married to his first cousin, Maria Hasbrouck (1793–1851), a daughter of James Hasbrouck and Polly (née DeWitt) Hasbrouck. Together, they were the parents of four children:[4]

  • Mary Bruyn (1818–1867)[4]
  • Johannes "John" Bruyn (1820–1862),[4] a Yale educated lawyer who practiced in Kingston.[3]
  • Margaret Bruyn
  • Charles DeWitt Bruyn (1834–1896),[4] who was educated at the Kingston Academy and succeeded his uncle Cornelius as president of the State of New York Bank in 1873; he married Jessie Butters, a daughter of Archibald Butters of New York City.[3]

Bruyn died on February 9, 1849 in Shawangunk and was buried at the Bruynswick Rural Cemetery in Bruynswick, New York.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. 1888. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ Harrison, Richard A. (2014). Princetonians, 1769-1775: A Biographical Dictionary. Princeton University Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-4008-5652-7. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett (1880). History of Ulster County, New York: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Everts & Peck. p. 260. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Virkus, Frederick Adams (1942). The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America: A Genealogical Encyclopedia of the United States. F. A. Virkus & Company. pp. 312, 351. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

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