Helena (Morris) Rutherfurd (1762-1840)

Mrs. Helena or "Lena" Magdalena (Morris) Rutherfurd

Her father-in-law wrote a poem for her on the occasion of her marriage at Society Hall on October 30, 1782: "Such Grecian Helen was, blame not the boy; Who in so bright a flame consum'd all Troy; But if, like modern Helen, she had been; Virtuous as fair, Troy ne'er the flame had seen, A different fate may Jersey's Helen prove. And charms and worth be blest with mutual love."

Parents (2)

Lewis Morris

U.S. Senator & Founding Father; 3rd and last Lord of Morrisania Manor, New York

1726-1798

Mary (Walton) Morris

Mrs. Mary Beekman (Walton) Morris

1727-1794

Spouse (1)

John Rutherfurd

of "Edgerston" Bergen Co., U.S. Senator from New Jersey

1760-1840

Children (5)

Mary Rutherfurd

of "Eastridge" Sussex Co., New Jersey

1784-1868

Robert Walter Rutherfurd

of "Tranquility" Hackettstown; Member of the New Jersey State Legislature

1788-1852

Helena (Rutherfurd) Stuyvesant

Mrs. Helena (Rutherfurd) Stuyvesant

1790-1873

Louisa Morris Rutherfurd

of "Eastridge" Sussex Co., New Jersey

1792-1857

Anna (Rutherfurd) Watts

Mrs. Anna (Rutherfurd) Watts

1794-1876

Associated Histories (1)

Stuyvesant Mansion

Hackettstown, New Jersey