Henry Fitzhugh
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Henry Fitzhugh was an American merchant, businessman and politician from New York
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) and Ann (Hughes) Fitzhugh (1771–1829). Baptised and raised in Saint John's Parish
, Henry removed with the Fitzhugh family at the age of 15 to a tract of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase
in 1816. On December 11, 1827, Henry married Elizabeth Barbara Carroll (1806–1866, sister of Charles H. Carroll
) at Groveland, New York
.
He was a member from Oswego County of the New York State Assembly
in 1849. He was a Canal Commissioner
from 1852 to 1857, elected in 1851 and 1854 on the Whig ticket.
He was buried at the Williamsburg Cemetery
in Groveland, NY. U.S. presidential candidates James G. Birney
and Gerrit Smith
were his brothers-in-law.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Life
He was the son of Col. William Fitzhugh, Jr. (1761–1839, one of the founders of Rochester, New YorkRochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
) and Ann (Hughes) Fitzhugh (1771–1829). Baptised and raised in Saint John's Parish
Saint John's Church (Hagerstown, Maryland)
St. John's Church, or St. John's Episcopal Church, founded in 1786, is an historic Episcopal church located at 101 South Prospect Street in the South Prospect Street Historic District of Hagerstown, Maryland...
, Henry removed with the Fitzhugh family at the age of 15 to a tract of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase
Phelps and Gorham Purchase
The Phelps and Gorham Purchase was the purchase in 1788 of the pre-emptive right to some 6,000,000 acres of land in western New York State for $1,000,000 . This was all land in western New York west of Seneca Lake between Lake Ontario and the Pennsylvania border...
in 1816. On December 11, 1827, Henry married Elizabeth Barbara Carroll (1806–1866, sister of Charles H. Carroll
Charles H. Carroll
*For other men named Charles Carroll, see Charles Carroll.Charles Holker Carroll was an American planter, jurist and statesman from Groveland, New York...
) at Groveland, New York
Groveland, New York
Groveland is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,853 at the 2000 census.The Town of Groveland is centrally located in the county, south of Geneseo.- History :...
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He was a member from Oswego County of the New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...
in 1849. He was a Canal Commissioner
Erie Canal Commission
The New York State Legislature appointed in 1810 a Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie, and Report which became known as the Erie Canal Commission...
from 1852 to 1857, elected in 1851 and 1854 on the Whig ticket.
He was buried at the Williamsburg Cemetery
Williamsburg Cemetery
Williamsburg Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Hampton Corners in Livingston County, New York. It was established in 1792 and is one of the earliest European American settlement period cemeteries in Western New York and is the last surviving above ground remnant of the now vanished village...
in Groveland, NY. U.S. presidential candidates James G. Birney
James G. Birney
James Gillespie Birney was an abolitionist, politician and jurist born in Danville, Kentucky. From 1816 to 1818, he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives...
and Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith was a leading United States social reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist...
were his brothers-in-law.
Sources
- Official State Canvass, in NYT on January 1, 1852
- The Charges against Henry Fitzhugh, in NYT on April 4, 1853
- Whig Convention, in NYT on September 21, 1854, nominating Fitzhugh for re-election
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 42, 237 and 273; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Fitzhugh genealogy in Upstate Arcadia: Landscape, Aesthetics, and the Triumph of Social Differentiation in America by Peter J. Hugill (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995, ISBN 0847678563 , ISBN 9780847678563 ; page 50)
- http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgibbon-fitzmaurice.html Political Graveyard
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyliving/cemeteries/williamsburg_cemetery_groveland.htm Transcriptions from Gravestones, at RootsWeb
- http://www.gunstonhall.org/masonweb/p48.htm#i2366 Fitzhugh genealogy