The Frelinghuysen family ( ,As pronounced in "Repeal and Replace ACA". or ) is an American political dynasty, primarily based in New Jersey, 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, then a Royal Colony of Great Britain. He was an evangelizing Dutch-Reformed minister during the period of religious fervor known as the Great Awakening. The family has had Frelinghuysen Middle School in Morristown named after them.
Politics Five Frelinghuysens have served as United States senators for New Jersey: Frederick Frelinghuysen (1793-1796), a Revolutionary War officer and delegate to the Second Continental Congress. Theodore Frelinghuysen (1829-1835), who later became the mayor of Newark and the seventh president of Rutgers University. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1871-1877), who later served as United States Secretary of State under Chester A. Arthur and Grover Cleveland. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr. (1917-1923), who had previously served as president of the New Jersey Senate.
In addition, two Frelinghuysens have served as United States representatives from New Jersey: Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., New Jersey's 5th congressional district (1953-1975). Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey's 11th congressional district (1995-2019), and chair of the House Appropriations Committee (2017-2019).
Family tree
Johannes Henrich Frelinghaus m. Anna Margaretha Brüggeman Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (ca. 1691 – ca. 1747/49) m. Eva Terhune (ca. 1696 – ca. 1750) Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (ca. 1723/24 – ca. 1759/60/1761) m. Elizabeth Symes (1736–1801) John Frelinghuysen (1727–1754) m. Dina Van Bergh (1825–1807) Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753–1804) 1st m. Gertrude Schenck (1752/53–1794); 2nd m. Ann Yard (1764–1839) 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) Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Sr. (1869–1948) m. Emily Macy Brewster 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) Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862) 1st m. Charlotte Mercer (ca. 1790–1854); 2nd m. Harriet Pumpelly (1815–1876) Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788–1820) m. Mary Dumont Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885) m. Matilda Elizabeth Griswold (1817–1889) Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924) m. Estelle Burnet Kinney (1868–1931) Suzy Frelinghuysen (1911–1988) m. George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905–1975) George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1851–1936) m. Sarah Linen Ballantine (1885–1940) Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen (1882–1959) m. Adaline Havemeyer (1884–1963) Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (1916–2011) m. Beatrice Sterling Procter (d. 1996) Peter Frelinghuysen III 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) 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) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985) m. Emily Esther Sears (d. 1992) John Davis Lodge (1903–1985) m. Francesca Braggiotti (1902–1998) Helena Lodge (1905–1998) m. Edouard de Streel
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