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

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
Maria Hasbrouck
(m. 1816⁠–⁠1849)
RelationsCharles DeWitt (grandfather)
Jacobus Bruyn (grandfather)
Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (cousin)
Charles G. DeWitt (cousin)
Parent(s)Johannes Bruyn
Margaret DeWitt Bruyn

Early life

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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, Severyn Tenhout Bruyn and Cornelius Bruyn. Through his uncle Jacobus, he was a first cousin of U.S. Representative Andrew DeWitt Bruyn.[1]

Career

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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

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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

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  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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