American aristocrat (1788–1828)
Peter Philip James Kean (February 27, 1788 – October 2, 1828) was an American soldier and member of the
Kean political family .
Early life
Kean was born in
Elizabethtown, New Jersey , on February 27, 1788.
[1]
[2] He was the only child born of
John Kean , the cashier of the
Bank of the United States and a
Continental Congressmen ,
[3]
[4] and Susan (
née
Livingston ) Kean (1759–1853).
[5] After his father's early death in 1795, his mother hired Count
Julian Niemcewicz as his tutor. Niemcewicz, a Polish nobleman who fled Poland after fighting unsuccessfully for Polish independence, later married Kean's mother in 1800.
[1]
[6]
His paternal grandmother was Jane Grove and his step-grandfather was Captain Samuel Grove, a wealthy and successful merchant from
Beaufort County, South Carolina .
[7]
[8] His maternal grandparents were
Peter Van Brugh Livingston , the
New York State Treasurer ,
[9] and Mary (née
Alexander ) Livingston.
[1] He was also the great-grandson of
Philip Livingston , the 2nd Lord of
Livingston Manor , and the great-nephew of New Jersey's governor
William Livingston , a signer of the
U.S. Declaration of Independence and the
U.S. Constitution .
[10]
Career
Liberty Hall , the Kean family mansion purchased by Peter in 1811 for his mother, built by his great-uncle
William Livingston in 1772.
[11]
Kean graduated from
Princeton University in 1807.
[12] After his graduation, Kean assumed a prominent role in the military affairs of the State of New Jersey.
[1] In 1811, Kean purchased the large estate built by his mother's uncle, known as
Liberty Hall ,
[13] in trust for his mother.
[11]
In 1824, when the
Marquis de Lafayette returned to the United States for his
grand tour ,
Isaac Halstead Williamson , the 8th
New Jersey Governor , appointed Kean to the reception committee to welcome him due to Kean's prominence and fluency in French.
[1]
At the time of his death, Kean was
colonel of the Fourth Regiment of the State of New Jersey.
[1]
Personal life
On February 18, 1813, Kean was married to Sarah Sabina Morris (1788–1878),
[14] the daughter of General Jacob Morris and Mary (
née Cox) Morris.
[1]
[15] Sarah was a granddaughter of
Lewis Morris , a signor of the
Declaration of Independence .
[16] Together, they were the parents of:
[17]
John Kean (1814–1895),
[18] who married Lucinetta "Lucy" Halsted (1825–1912), daughter of
Caleb O. Halsted , Esq., a merchant, and had ten children.
[17]
Jacob Morris Kean (1815–1817), who died young.
[17]
Julia Ursin Niemcewiez Kean (1816–1887), who married
Hamilton Fish (1808–1893), a descendant of
Peter Stuyvesant ,
[19] in 1836 and had eight children.
[17] Fish served as
Governor of New York ,
U.S. Senator , and
U.S. Secretary of State .
[17]
Sarah Louisa Jay Kean (1818–1828), who died young.
[17]
Susan Mary Kean (1821–1824), who died young.
[17]
Helen Rutherfurd Kean (1822–1824), who died young.
[17]
Christine Alexander William Kean (1826–1915), who married William Preston Griffin (1810–1851), a cousin of
William Radford .
[17]
Cornelia Livingston Kean (1829–1829), who died young.
[17]
Kean died on October 2, 1828, in
New Lebanon, New York .
[1]
Descendants
Through his daughter Julia,
[17] he was the grandfather of Julia Kean Fish (1841–1908), who married
Samuel Nicholl Benjamin (1839–1886), a
Union Army officer;
[20]
Nicholas Fish II (1848–1902), who served as
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and
Belgium ;
[21]
[22]
Hamilton Fish II (1849–1936), a
U.S. Representative and
Speaker of the New York State Assembly ;
[23]
[24] and
Stuyvesant Fish (1851–1923),
[25] a president of the
Illinois Central Railroad who married
Marion Graves Anthon (1853–1915), a leader of New York Society during the
Gilded Age .
[26]
Through his son John, he was the grandfather of
John Kean (1852–1914)
[27] and
Hamilton Fish Kean (1862–1941),
[28] both of whom would later serve as
U.S. Senators for
New Jersey .
[2]
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"NICHOLAS FISH WAS KILLED BY VIOLENCE; Coroner, After Autopsy, Says a Fall Not Sufficient. THREE ARRESTS IN THE CASE Private Detective Sharkey Held in $10,000 Bail and Two Women Detained as Witnesses of the Fatal Quarrel" .
The New York Times . 17 September 1902. Retrieved 4 January 2018 .
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"MRS. NICHOLAS FISH DIES IN WASHINGTON; Widow of New York Banker and Diplomat Succumbs to a Second Stroke of Apoplexy. MOTHER OF HAMILTON FISH Her Son Was Killed in the Spanish War--Social Rival of Her Sister-in-Law, Mrs. Stuyvsant Fish" .
The New York Times . 12 December 1908. Retrieved 4 January 2018 .
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"MARRIED. Fish -- Mann" .
The New York Times . 29 April 1880. Retrieved 15 September 2017 .
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"HAMILTON FISH, 86, DIES IN AIKEN, S.C.; Father of Representative and Son of Governor Had Himself Served in Congress. ONCE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER Aide to His Father as Secretary of Treasury Under Grant-Member of Noted Families" .
The New York Times . 1936. Retrieved 15 September 2017 .
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"FISH'S ESTATE LEFT TO THREE CHILDREN; Financier Leaves Nothing to Charity, Holding That Such Gifts Are Only to 'Gratify Vanity.' " .
The New York Times . Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
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"MRS. FISH, LEADER OF SOCIETY, DEAD; Wife of Stuyvesant Fish Dies Suddenly of Cerebral Hemorrhage at Glenclyffe. WAS LAVISH ENTERTAINER Her Mother Goose and Flower Balls Were Features of Newport -- Gave Liberally to Charity" .
The New York Times . 27 May 1915. Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
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"EX-SENATOR KEAN OF NEW JERSEY DEAD; Passed Away Last Night at Liberty Hall, Ursino, the House in Which He Was Born. PROMINENT AS A BANKER Defeated for Governor on Republican Ticket He Was Later Elected to United States Senate" .
The New York Times . 5 November 1914. Retrieved 3 April 2018 .
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"EX-SENATOR KEAN OF NEW JERSEY DIES; Banker and Republican Leader of Century Served Term in Washington, 1928-34 DEFEATED BY A.H. MOORE Member National Committee, 1916-28, Aided Nomination of Charles Evans Hughes" .
The New York Times . 28 December 1941. Retrieved 2 April 2018 .