Peter Vredenburgh (1778-1848)

Name

Peter Vredenburgh (1778-1848)

Identifier

NJS-PER-00389

Given Name

Peter

Family Name

Vredenburgh

Birth Date

1778

Death Date

1848

Sex

Male

Description

Peter Vrendenburgh was the son of Petrus Benedict Van Vredenburgh Jr. (1745-1823) and Margaret Schureman (1752-1786). He was born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, and became a prominent physician in Somerville, Somerset County.

He was one of the executors of his father's will and, in that capacity, carried out his father's wishes to manumit two enslaved persons named Tom and Margaret.

Spouse of

Maria Van Doren Vredenburgh (1783-1855)

Same As

Dr Peter Vredenburgh, Memorial ID 103181612 (Find a Grave)

Bibliographic Citation

Vredenburgh, William R. Genealogy of the Vredenburth Family in North America. Springfield, IL, 1956.

Vredenburgh, La Rue, ed. “The Vredenburgh Family of Somerset.” Somerset County Historical Quarterly 7, no. 1 (1918): 69–76.

Wynkoop, Richard. Schureman Genealogy. New York: Melancthon F. Schureman, 1889.

Source Resource

https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/3245

Source Site

https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home

Occupation

Medical and Funerary

Child of

Peter Vredenburgh (1745-1823) [Petrus Benedict Van Vredenburgh Jr.]

Margaret (or Margrita) Schureman Vredenburgh (1752-1786)

Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker