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Abraham Van Buren was born in Albany, New York on February 17, 1737, the son of Marten Pieterse Van Buren (1701–1766) and Dirckje (Van Alstyne) Van Buren (1710–1798). [1] [2] The fifth of nine children, he was a descendant of Cornelis Maessen, a native of Buurmalsen, Netherlands who had come to North America in 1631.
Abraham Van Buren II was born in Kinderhook, New York on November 27, 1807, the eldest son of Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) and Hannah Hoes (1783–1819). [1] [2] Van Buren was educated in Kinderhook and attended Greenville Academy. [3] At age 15, Van Buren began attendance at the United States Military Academy. [1]
The only slave Van Buren personally owned, Tom, escaped in 1814, and Van Buren made no effort to find him. [12] In December 1824, A. G. Hammond of Berlin, New York, located Tom in Worcester, Massachusetts. [11] Van Buren tentatively agreed to sell him to Hammond for $50, provided Hammond could capture him without violence.
Van Buren was born in Kinderhook, New York on December 5, 1782. [2] His father Abraham Van Buren (1737–1817) owned and operated an inn and tavern. He was a Patriot during the American Revolution, and served as a captain in the Albany County Militia's 7th Regiment.
Sarah Angelica Van Buren (née Singleton; February 13, 1818 – December 29, 1877) was an American heiress and a daughter-in-law of the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren. She was married to the President's son, Abraham Van Buren II .
Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) Abraham Van Buren. Maria Hoes Yes: Cornelis Maessen van Buren (3rd great-grandfather) Buurmalsen, Netherlands → New Netherland (1631) [14] [15] 9 William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) Benjamin Harrison V. Elizabeth Bassett Yes: Yes: Yes: Benjamin Harrison (3rd great-grandfather) England → Colony of Virginia (c ...
Matty Van from "Tippecanoe Songs of 1840" [48] The Mistletoe Politician, so called by Joseph Peyton of Tennessee, a Whig opponent, who charged that "Martin Van Buren was a mere political parasite, a branch of mistletoe, that owed its elevation, its growth--nay, its very existence, to the tall trunk of an aged hickory" (i.e. Andrew Jackson). [49]
Martin Van Buren – Dutch Reformed [48] Van Buren is reported to have attended the Dutch Reformed church in his home town of Kinderhook, New York, [49] and while in Washington, services at St. John's Lafayette Square. [50] His funeral was held at the Reformed Dutch Church in Kinderhook with burial in a family plot at the nearby church cemetery ...