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William Cornelius Hasbrouck (August 23, 1800 – November 5, 1870 Newburgh,
Hasbrouck was Trustee of Newburgh from 1835–1839, and lieutenant and later captain of a local militia at Newburgh called The Village Guard.
He was a Whig member from Orange County of the New York State Assembly, and was
Obituary in NYT on November 9, 1870
His widow's death notice in NYT on May 19, 1907
Photos of his villa at Historic American Buildings Survey
His son Henry's obituary in NYT on December 19, 1910
Historic Huguenot StreetHasbrouck Family Association
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Orange County, New York
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) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
He was the first child born to Cornelius Benjamin Hasbrouck (1769–1851) and Jane Kelso Hasbrouck (1774–1836). He was baptized at theNew Hurley Reformed Church
The New Hurley Reformed Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley, is located on New York State Route 208 roughly north of the hamlet of Wallkill, New York, United States, midwa ...
in Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York
Ulster County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is situated along the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851. The county seat is Kingston. The county is named after the Irish province of Ulster.
History
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. William's two siblings were Benjamin Cornelius Hasbrouck (b. 1803) and Margaret Hasbrouck (b. 1803).
William C. Hasbrouck graduated from Union College
Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...
in Schenectady
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and lived for a time in Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin is a city in and county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020, its population was 83,454 ...
, where he served as Principal of the academy founded by Bishop Otey. After returning to the North, he briefly worked as Principal of the Farmer's Hall Academy in Goshen in the early 1820s and then studied law with various lawyers in Newburgh, and was admitted to the bar in 1826.
Hasbrouck was Trustee of Newburgh from 1835–1839, and lieutenant and later captain of a local militia at Newburgh called The Village Guard.
He was a Whig member from Orange County of the New York State Assembly, and was Speaker
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in 1847. In Newburgh, he practiced law with attorney James Taylor, operating under Hasbrouck & Taylor. They apprenticed many young men, including William Fullerton.
William Hasbrouck was a descendant of the Hasbroucks who founded New Paltz
New Paltz () is an incorporated U.S. town in Ulster County, New York. The population was 14,003 at the 2010 U.S. Census. The town is located in the southeastern part of the county and is south of Kingston. New Paltz contains a village, also wit ...
, located in New York's Hudson Valley, in 1678. The Hasbroucks were Huguenots
The Huguenots ( , also , ) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Be ...
, Protestant followers of John Calvin who fled what is today Northern France and South Belgium who fled persecution by the ruling Catholics. The original settlement of their ancestors survives today as Historic Huguenot Street, a National Historic Landmark District.
On June 28, 1831, William married Mary Elizabeth Roe (1811–1907), daughter of William Roe (1781–1868) and Maria Hazard Roe (1787—1877). William Roe, a retired grocer, gifted Hasbrouck the adjoining property to his mansion in Newburgh. A Tuscan-style villa
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...
was built. Between 1833 and 1853, William and Mary had nine children: William Hazard Hasbrouck, Maria Hazard Hasbrouck, Mary Roe Ann Hasbrouck, BG Henry Cornelius Hasbrouck, Emily Ann Hasbrouck, Mary Elizabeth Hasbrouck, Cornelia Jennette Hasbrouck, Blandina Hasbrouck, and Roe Hasbrouck.
Further reading
Obituary in NYT on November 9, 1870
His widow's death notice in NYT on May 19, 1907
Photos of his villa at Historic American Buildings Survey
His son Henry's obituary in NYT on December 19, 1910
References
External links
Historic Huguenot Street
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