Individual Details

Littleton Kirkpatrick

(19 Oct 1787 - 15 Aug 1859)

The Hon. Littleton Kirkpatrick, attorney-at-law, graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1815, was a member of the House of Representatives, at Washington, from his native state; married, but no children survive him.

Andrew, their father, was elected a member of the House of Assembly of New Jersey, in 1797, and sat with that body during the first session; but on the 17th of January, 1798, he resigned his seat, having accepted the office of Chief Justice of the state, as successor to the Hon. James Kinsey. Chief Justice Kirkpatrick was for twenty years a member of the Board of Trustees of the College of New Jersey. He was one of the original Trustees of Princeton Theological Seminary; is the first person named in the Charter granted by the Legislature of New Jersey, November 15, 1822; and was the first President of the Board, holding that office until his death, which occurred in 1831.

Events

Birth19 Oct 1787New Jersey
Death15 Aug 1859Saratoga Co., New York
Title (Nobility)Hon.
BurialVan Liew Cemetery, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey

Families

FatherAndrew Kirkpatrick (1756 - 1831)
MotherJane Bayard (1772 - 1851)
SiblingJohn Bayard Kirkpatrick ( - )
SiblingMary Ann Kirkpatrick ( - )
SiblingJane Kirkpatrick ( - )

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