Henry Kneeland, Sr.
1779 - 1837 (58 years)-
Name Henry Kneeland Suffix Sr. Born 09 May 1779 Hartford,Hartford County,CT,U.S.A. 
Gender Male Immigration Bef 1795 New York City,,NY,U.S.A. Died 07 Jul 1837 New York City,,NY,U.S.A. _CRE 02 Jan 2016 Person ID 31002780 Ambar Last Modified 5 May 2016
Father Ebenezer Kneeland, Jr., b. 08 Sep 1753, Hebron,Tolland County,CT,U.S.A. , d. 1786, Hartford,Hartford County,CT,U.S.A. (Age 32 years) Mother Elizabeth Sedgwick, b. 05 Jul 1741 Married 1776 West Hartford,Hartford County,CT,U.S.A. _CRE 02 Jan 2016 Family ID 25276672 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ann Taylor, b. Abt 1783, New York City,,NY,U.S.A. , d. 1823 (Age ~ 40 years) Married 1803 New York City,,NY,U.S.A. _CRE 02 Jan 2016 Children 1. Charles Kneeland, Sr., d. Bef 22 Dec 1881 2. Henry Kneeland, Jr., b. Oct 1806, New York City,,NY,U.S.A. , d. 02 Aug 1861, New York City,,NY,U.S.A. (Age ~ 54 years)Last Modified 5 May 2016 Family ID 87003841 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 09 May 1779 - Hartford,Hartford County,CT,U.S.A. 
Immigration - Bef 1795 - New York City,,NY,U.S.A. Married - 1803 - New York City,,NY,U.S.A. Died - 07 Jul 1837 - New York City,,NY,U.S.A. = Link to Google Earth
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New York City Marble Cemetary - Interments (Vault 115)
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Notes - Henry Kneeland Sr. purchased a family vault at the NYC Marble Cemetary in 1831.
Henry moved to New York before 1795, when he is shown there in the business directory at the address of No. 7 Burling Slip. He subsequently established himself in Savannah, GA, where he then formed a partnership with Peter Bogert (who purchased the adjacent fault the same cemetary). They were evidently more than partners: in 1801, Peter Bogert named a son Henry Kneeland Bogert, and in 1803, Henry Kneeland married Peter Bogert's niece, Ann Taylor (daughter of Willett Taylor and Mary Bogert - Peter's sister). Also in 1803, Peter Bogert and Henry Kneeland formed a new firm in New York, Bogert & Kneeland (cotton merchants), which stayed in business until 1870 (under the founders' sons: Henry Kneeland Bogert, and Charles Kneeland).
Henry died "of apoplexy" on July 7, 1837. It appears that he was a "guest" at Rosina Townsend's brothel the night of the murder of Helen Jewett in 1836. James Gordon Bennett, editor/publisher of the Herald, threatened to publish the names of the brothel's clients that night and, it appears, blackmailed Henry Kneeland to the tune of between $10,000 and $30,000. Bennett was later accused of having hounded his quarry (Henry Kneeland) to his death.
Henry was then living in Hyde Park, NY. His wife (Ann Taylor) had died in 1823. He had five children.
- Henry Kneeland Sr. purchased a family vault at the NYC Marble Cemetary in 1831.