Andrew DeWitt Bruyn

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Andrew DeWitt Bruyn

| image = Andrew DeWitt Bruyn.jpg

| state = New York

| district = 22nd

| term_start = March 4, 1837

| term_end = July 27, 1838

| preceded = Stephen B. Leonard

| succeeded = Cyrus Beers

| office2 = Judge of Court of Common Pleas

| termstart2 = 1826

| termend2 = 1836

| nominator2 =

| office3 = Member of the New York State Assembly from Ulster County

| term_start3 = 1818

| term_end3 = 1818

| nominator3 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1790|11|18}}

| birth_place = Wawarsing, New York

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1838|07|27|1790|11|18}}

| death_place = Ithaca, New York

| residence =

| education = Kingston Academy

| alma_mater = Princeton College

| occupation = Lawyer

| party = Democratic

| parents = Jacobus S. Bruyn
Jenneke DeWitt Bruyn

| spouse = Abigail Champlin

| children =

| relations = {{hlist|Jacobus Bruyn (grandfather)|Cynthia Morgan St. John (granddaughter)}}

}}

Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (November 18, 1790 – July 27, 1838) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1837 to 1838.

Early life

Bruyn was born in Wawarsing, New York on November 18, 1790. He was a son of Jenneke (née DeWitt) Bruyn and Jacobus S. Bruyn (1749–1823), a New York Assemblymen from Ulster County from 1797 to 1799 and a member of New York State Senate from 1800 to 1805.

He came from a large and politically prominent family that included uncles Severyn Tenhout Bruyn, a New York Assemblyman, Johannes Bruyn, a New York Assemblymen and member of New York State Senate, and Cornelius Bruyn, also a New York Assemblymen from Ulster County from 1793 to 1794. Through his uncle Johannes, he was a first cousin of Charles D. Bruyn, a New York Assemblymen from Sullivan and Ulster counties.{{cite web |last1=Kestenbaum |first1=Lawrence |title=The Political Graveyard: Bruyn family of New York |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/18063.html |website=politicalgraveyard.com |accessdate=22 September 2018}} His paternal grandfather, Jacobus Bruyn, had been a member of the New York General Assembly, the legislative body of the Province of New York, from 1759 to 1768.{{cite book |last1=Sahler |first1=Louis Hasbrouck |title=The Genealogy of the Sahlers, of the United States of America: And of Their Kinsmen, the Gross Family . . |date=1895 |publisher=L. C. Childs & Son, printers |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aClPAAAAMAAJ&dq=Tryntje+Schoonmaker+Bruyn&pg=PA10 |accessdate=29 September 2020 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Murlin |first1=Edgar L. |title=The New York Red Book |date=1908 |publisher=J. B. Lyon Company |pages=356–365 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r300AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA360 |accessdate=22 September 2018 |language=en}} His maternal grandparents were Blandina Elmendorf Ten Eyck and Andries J. DeWitt, brother of Col. Charles DeWitt{{cite book |title=The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record |date=1888 |publisher=New York Genealogical and Biographical Society |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A5syAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA29 |accessdate=30 September 2020 |language=en}} (both first cousin once removed of Charles Clinton, DeWitt Clinton, George Clinton, Jr. and Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt).{{cite web |title=DeWitt-Clinton-Bruyn-Hasbrouck family of New York |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html |website=politicalgraveyard.com |publisher=The Political Graveyard |accessdate=30 September 2020}}

He attended Kingston Academy, Kingston, New York, and was graduated from Princeton College in 1810. In 1811, Bruyn attend the Litchfield Law School and studied under Tapping Reeve.{{cite web |title=Litchfield Ledger - Andrew DeWitt Bruyn |url=http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/448 |website=ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org |publisher=Litchfield Historical Society |accessdate=30 September 2020}}

Career

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Ithaca. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1817 and served as first surrogate of Tompkins County 1817–1821. He served as member of the New York State Assembly in 1818. He was appointed trustee of Ithaca in 1821 and served as president of the village in 1822. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the New York State Senate in 1825. He became county supervisor in 1825 and was made treasurer of the village 1826–1828. He served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1826–1836. He served as a director of the Ithaca and Owego Railroad in 1828. He was also interested in banking. He was a presidential elector in the 1828 presidential election.{{Cite book|last=Burns|first=Thomas W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZBMAQAAMAAJ|title=Initial Ithacans|publisher=Press of The Ithaca Journal|year=1904|location=Ithaca, N.Y.|pages=6–8|language=en|via=Google Books}}

Bruyn was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1837, until his death the following year in 1838.

Personal life

Bruyn was married to Abigail Champlin (1802–1892).{{cite book |last1=Greene |first1=Richard Henry |last2=Stiles |first2=Henry Reed |last3=Dwight |first3=Melatiah Everett |last4=Morrison |first4=George Austin |last5=Mott |first5=Hopper Striker |last6=Totten |first6=John Reynolds |last7=Pitman |first7=Harold Minot |last8=Ditmas |first8=Charles Andrew |last9=Forest |first9=Louis Effingham De |last10=Mann |first10=Conklin |last11=Maynard |first11=Arthur S. |title=The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record |date=1919 |publisher=New York Genealogical and Biographical Society |page=432 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA432 |accessdate=30 September 2020 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Worden |first1=Jean D. |title=Wawarsing Reformed Dutch Church, Ulster County, New York, 1745-1883, New Prospect Reformed Dutch Church, Ulster County, New York, 1816-1886, Bloomington Dutch Reformed Church, Ulster County, New York, 1796-1859, Newburgh Circuit, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1789-1834 |date=1987 |publisher=Mrs. J.D. Worden |page=317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-kpAQAAMAAJ |accessdate=30 September 2020 |language=en}} Together, they were the parents of eight children, including:

Jane J. Bruyn (1820–1906), who married Alexander McCalla Mann (d. 1893).{{cite book |last1=Beauchamp |first1=William Martin |title=Past and Present of Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York: From Prehistoric Times to the Beginning of 1908 |date=1908 |publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company |page=722 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=98kpAQAAMAAJ |accessdate=30 September 2020 |language=en}}
William Van Ness Bruyn (1823–1886), who married Sarah McCormick (1828–1855){{cite book |title=Catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity |date=1917 |publisher=Psi Upsilon Fraternity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vk9BAQAAMAAJ |accessdate=30 September 2020 |language=en}}
Hannah M. Bruyn (1825–1896), who married Amasa Byron Dana (1819–1887).{{cite book |last1=Dana |first1=Elizabeth Ellery |title=The Dana Family in America |date=1956 |publisher=Books on Demand |pages=125, 156 |isbn=9780608319452 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=satGAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=30 September 2020 |language=en}}
Matilda Bruyn (1827–1832), who died young.
Dewitt C. Bruyn (1830–1909), a Confederate soldier who was a noted Savannah and Atlanta architect who designed the William Kehoe House.{{cite web |title=Tour {{!}} Architectural Savannah |url=https://architecturalsavannah.com/front-page/tour/ |website=architecturalsavannah.com |publisher=Architectural tours of Savannah |accessdate=30 September 2020 |language=en |date=28 July 2015}}
Ann Bruyn (1833–1910), who married Dr. Edward Jay Morgan Sr. (1825–1894){{cite book |title=Manning's Ithaca, Including Cayuga Heights Village (Tompkins County, New York) Directory |date=1917 |publisher=H. A. Manning. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxo9AAAAYAAJ |accessdate=30 September 2020 |language=en}}
Joshua Champlin Bruyn (1835–1901), a Confederate soldier with the Oglethorpe Light Infantry who was a prisoner-of-war at Fort Delaware.{{cite news |title=RAILROAD NEWS |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55635369/joshua-champlin-bruyn-resignation/ |accessdate=30 September 2020 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |date=12 July 1900 |pages=2}}

Bruyn died in Ithaca on July 27, 1838. He was interred in Ithaca City Cemetery.{{cite web |title=BRUYN, Andrew DeWitt (1790-1838) |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000984 |website=bioguideretro.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress |accessdate=29 September 2020}} His widow lived for another 54 years until her death in 1892.