Brief Life History of Hendrick W.
When Hendrick W. Cortelyou was born on 4 July 1797, in Ten Mile Run, Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, his father, Johannes Hendrick Cortelyou, was 24 and his mother, Ellen Voorhees, was 26. He married Mary Henry on 11 November 1819, in Somerset, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 28 October 1845, in New Jersey, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Lamington, Bedminster Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States.
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- Henry Cortleyon and Mary Henry (1819), "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- Henry Cortelyou, "Find A Grave Index"
- Henry Cortelyon in entry for Abrm. P. Stout, "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1804
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
Altered form of an unidentified French surname, in the US also registered in the form Corteljou.
History: Jacques Cortelyou (c. 1625–93) was a French Huguenot who came from Utrecht in the Netherlands to New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) in 1652. His name is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America. His descendant George Bruce Cortelyou (1862–1940) was an influential businessman and statesman, serving under Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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