 1774 - 1804 (30 years)
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| Name |
Robert Hazlehurst [1, 2] |
| Born |
14 Mar 1774 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
1804 |
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 4, 5] |
| Buried |
1804 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [5] |
| Died |
20 May 1804 |
| Person ID |
I2328 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Father |
Isaac Hazlehurst, Jr., b. 22 Nov 1742, Manchester, Lancashire, England , d. 18 Jul 1834, Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey, USA (Age 91 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Joanna Purviance, b. 4 Mar 1741, Salem, New Jersey, USA , d. 11 Jul 1804, Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey, USA (Age 63 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
27 Apr 1769 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [6] |
| Family ID |
F1095 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 14 Mar 1774 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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 | Burial - 1804 - Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Buried - 1804 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Notes |
- Robert Hazlehurst was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1792 and was admitted to the bar in 1796. He assisted Benjamin Henry Latrobe on the Susquehanna survey expedition.
A niece, Mary Ashhurst, wrote of his sad end: "As he was a hard student he was admitted to practice with great eclat and began his career with every prospect of success. These prospects were soon clouded as in consequence of intense application his mind became infected, and during a visit paid to his parents at Clover Hill in intensely hot weather, it became evident that he must be put under restraint. This was a great blow to his family, and as the treatment of the insane was not understood as it is now, my grandfather arranged a room in their house suitable for his malady, and with two attendants and the family physician, Dr. Kane, he languished for nine months, and without recovering his reason, died and was buried in Christ Church burial ground, 5th and Arch Streets".
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's epitaph to Robert Hazlehurst was inscribed on the long marble slab covering his grave. He was buried with his niece, Benjamin's daughter, Mary Agnes Latrobe.
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| Sources |
- [S127] The Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe,Vol 1, 1784-1804, James Van Horne and Lee W. Formwalt, Editors, (Name: Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1984;), Note: Page 186.
- [S70] History of Mount Holly, New Jersey, Henry C. Schinn, (Name: 1957 and 1977;), Page 129.
- [S128] The Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe,Vol. 2, 1805-1810, James C. Van Horne, Editor, (Name: Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1986;), Note: Page 33.
- [S74] Internet, http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/philadelphia/cemeteries/christchurch2.txt.
- [S476] Find-A-Grave, Robert Hazlehurst 1804.
- [S134] The House of Plant of Macon, Georgia, George Sherwood Dickerman, (Name: Higginson Book Co., 1900;), 151.
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