Charles Hardenbergh (1765-1808)
- Name
- Charles Hardenbergh (1765-1808)
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00410
- Given Name
- Charles
- Family Name
- Hardenbergh
- Alternate Name
- Charles Ardinburgh
- Birth Date
- January 14, 1765
- Death Date
- 1808
- Sex
- Male
- Description
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Charles Hardenbergh (1765-1808) was the son of Johannes Hardenbergh Jr. (1729-1799). He was the nephew of Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh (1736-1790), the first president of Queen's College (later Rutgers).
Upon the death of his father in 1799, Charles Hardenbergh inherited much of his father's estate in Swartekill (near present-day Rifton), a hamlet in Hurley, Ulster County, New York. This estate included Sojourner Truth (who was then an infant known by the name Isabella) and her parents James and Betsey Baumfree.
After Charles Hardenbergh died in 1808, Sojourner Truth and her mother Betsey were both listed as part of his estate inventory, and Sojourner Truth was soon sold as part of the process of settling the estate. - Spouse of
- Annetje LeFevre Hardenbergh
- Bibliographic Citation
- Van Rossum, Helene. “How Rutgers University Is Connected to Sojourner Truth: The Hardenbergh Family in Ulster County, NY.” What Exit? New Jerseyana at Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives (blog), June 16, 2017.
- Miller, Myrtle Hardenbergh. The Hardenbergh Family: A Genealogical Compilation. New York: American Historical Co., 1958.
- Source Resource
- https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/1448
- Source Site
- https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
- Occupation
- Landowning
- Child of
- Johannes Hardenbergh Jr. (1729-1799)
- Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
Part of Charles Hardenbergh (1765-1808)