Henry Cruger (1707-1778)

He was born at New York City. By the 1750s, the mercantile Cruger family had their own docks on the East River and were still involved in the Bristol (England) trade, sending ships from there to the West Indies. Henry himself was responsible for selling Hudson River flour in the West Indies and his four sons (Henry, John, Tileman & Nicholas) acted respectively as his factors in Bristol, Jamaica, Dutch Curaçao and Danish St. Croix. In New York City, Henry subsequently became a Member of the New York Assembly from 1745 to 1759 and was then appointed to the Governor's Council. He was married twice. In 1734, he married Mrs Hannah (Sloughter) Montgomery but she died without children just a year later. In 1736, at Liguanea in Jamaica, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Nicholas Harris, and they were survived by six children (listed). He died at Bristol while visiting his son, Henry, and was buried at the Cathedral there.