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• Birth	29 Nov 1838	Jamaica, Long Island, New York, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Y  [1]
  Buried	Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, New Jersey, United States
  Person ID	I116052	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	03 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Emily Augusta VERMILYE, b. 24 Mar 1846
  Married	1869  [2]
  Children	1. Emily Vermilye BRINCKERHOFF   2. Mary E. BRINCKERHOFF   3. Elbert Adrain BRINCKERHOFF, , Jr.   4. Elizabeth L. BRINCKERHOFF   5. Margaret BRINCKERHOFF   6. Helen M. BRINCKERHOFF   7. Janet BRINCKERHOFF
  Family ID	F32741	Group Sheet

• Notes

  America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biography Volume I B Isaac Vail Brokaw page 110 ELBERT ADRAIN BRINCKERHOFF, manufacturer, born in Jamaica on Long Island, Nov. 29, 1838, is the son of John N. Brinckerhoff, principal of Union Hall Academy there from 1837 to 1865, and grandson of Robert Adrain, LL.D., a distinguished mathematician. His ancestry is traced back to the landing of the early Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam in 1638. Elbert graduated from the academy, of which his father was principal, and had turned his face toward college, when an opportunity offered for a voyage around the world in a sailing vessel. In January, 1855, he sailed from New York for San Francisco. The unexpected charter of the vessel in San Francisco for New York, instead of China, changed his plans. Accepting an offer from a commercial house in San Francisco, he entered upon his work and remained in that city from April, 1855, to August, 1860, when he returned home for a visit. Consideration of the long distance from his parents, determined him to secure a position in New York; and in November, 1861, he was employed as bookkeeper and cashier by the firm of Fox & Polhemus, then the leading commission merchants and manufacturers of cotton duck in the city. In 1865 he became a partner in the house, and a few years later, owing to deaths and retirement, the senior partner. Since 1870, the house has been known as Brinckerhoff, Turner & Co. After more than twenty-five years in the manufacturing and selling of cotton duck, he retired, in 1887 from an active interest, withdrawing entirely in 1890. In 1869 he married Emily A., daughter of the late Colonel Washington R. Vermilye. Their children are Emily Vermilye, now Mrs. Frederick S. Duncan; Mary E., now Mrs. James D. Armstrong; Elbert A. Brinckerhoff, jr., and four younger daughters. The family live in Englewood, N.J., but business interests call Mr. Brinckerhoff daily to the city. He is a member of the St. Nicholas and Holland Societies and the Down Town and Presbyterian clubs; vice-president of The American Bible Society and The Merchants' National Bank; treasurer of The Presbyterian Hospital; and trustee of The American Seamen's Friend Society. ................................................................................................................................................................... Elbert Adrain Brinckerhoff was born at Jamaica, Long Island, the son of John N. Brinckerhoff, principal of the Union Hall Academy at Jamaica from 1836-1865. His grandfather was Robert Adrain, LL.D., a distinguished mathematician, at one time holding the mathematics chair at Columbia College. Having been graduated from his father's academy, he sailed for San Francisco in January, 1855, and Entered a commercial house there in April of that year. While there he joined the famous Vigilance Committee in 1856 at the age of eighteen. He was connected with Wells, Fargo & Company until November, 1861, when he became bookkeeper with the firm of Fox and Polhemus--having left San Francisco in 1860 and deciding to remain in the East. In 1865 he was made a partner of the firm and a few years later became the senior partner. In 1870 the firm name changed to Brinckerhoff, Turner & Company. Since 1877 he was a director, and since 1894 vice-president, of the Merchants' National Bank; and also a director of the Harriman National Bank, of Barrett, Nephews & Company and of other corporations. He was also closely associated with Vermilye & Company and later with Mackay & Company. For a long period he acted as treasurer of the Presbyterian Hospital of which he was governor from 1881. He became manager of the American Bible Society in 1877 and vice-president in 1894, in both of which positions he continued until his death. He also served as manager of the American Seaman's Friend Society and of other charitable and philanthropic institutions. He was a prominent member of The Holland Society of New York, to which he was elected on October 27, 1887; of the St. Nicholas Society; the Downtown Association and the Atlantic Yacht Club. From 1874 he was an elder, for many years senior elder, and since the same date also a trustee of the Presbyterian Church. In 1899-1902 he was Mayor of Englewood; at one time governor of the Englewood Hospital; a trustee of the Englewood Field Club and director in the Citizens' National Bank. In 1869 Mr. Brinckerhoff married Emily Augusta Vermilye, daughter of Col. Washington R. Vermilye, founder of the banking house of Vermilye & Company. After a short stay at Jamaica, Long Island, Mr. and Mrs. Brinckerhoff built and in 1873 moved into their present residence on Palisade Avenue in Englewood. Mrs. Brinckerhoff survives him, as well as all of his children: Emily Vermilye, now Mrs. Frederick S. Duncan; Mary E., now Mrs. James D. Armstrong of St. Paul, Minn.; Elbert A. Brinckerhoff, Jr.; Elizabeth L., now Mrs. William B. Chapin; Margaret, now Mrs. H. Le Roy Pitkin; Helen M., now Mrs. Frank B. Probst, and Janet, now Mrs. Clarence D. Kerr. Of these all but Mrs. Armstrong live in Englewood. The funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, March 26th, at Englewood Presbyterian Church by the pastor, Rev. Robert Davis. Interment was in Brookside Cemetery. Yearbook of the Holland Society of New York: 1914. In Memoriam

• Sources

  [S2371] v105t1642.ftw, Tom Lathrop, RR7 Box 7052, Montrose, PA 188011, (World Tree Contributor). Date of Import: Dec 6, 2003 [S2397] America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biography. Vol. 1, Henry Hall, Editor, (The New York Tribune, New York. 1895-1896.). [S2398] Holland Society of New York, Yearbook, 1914, (www. ancestry.com).