{{Short description|American businessman (1791–1883)}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Ballantine | image = Peter Ballantine (1791-1883) portrait.jpg | caption = Peter Ballantine ca. 1880. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1791|11|16}} | birth_place = [[Dundee]], Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1883|1|23|1791|11|16}} | death_place = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S. | known_for = [[P. Ballantine and Sons Brewing Company]] | spouse = {{marriage|Julia Wilson|1830|1868|reason=her death}} | children = 3, including [[John Ballantine House|John]] | relatives = [[Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen]] (great-grandson)<Br />[[Peter Frelinghuysen Jr.]] (great-great-grandson)<br />[[Rodney Frelinghuysen]] (great-great-great-grandson) }}

'''Peter Ballantine''' (November 16, 1791 &ndash; January 23, 1883) was the founder of [[Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company]] in 1840 in [[Newark, New Jersey]], [[United States]].

==Early life== He was born on November 16, 1791, in [[Dundee]], Scotland. He decided to leave Scotland due to the "pressure of poverty and the call to great achievement."<ref name="Lee1910"/>

==Career== In 1820, Ballantine emigrated to [[Albany, New York]] where he learned brewing. By 1830, he had established his own brewery there. In 1840, he moved to [[Newark, New Jersey]], and partnered with Erastus Patterson to form [[P. Ballantine and Sons Brewing Company]], and leased the old High Street Brewery that had been built in 1805 by John R. Cumming.<ref name="Lee1910"/>

In 1845, Ballantine pulled out of the partnership, and, five years later, built his own brewery on the [[Passaic River]], known as [[P. Ballantine and Sons Brewing Company]]. In 1857, he took his sons as partners,<ref name=obit/> and he became the wealthiest man in Newark.<ref name="Lee1910"/>

==Personal life== In 1830, Ballantine married Julia Wilson (1796–1868), daughter of David Wilson and Abigail Gillespie, of [[Troy, New York]]. Together, Peter and Julia were the parents of the following children, all of whom were born in [[Albany, New York|Albany]]:<ref name="Lee1910">{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Francis Bazley |title=Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey ... |date=1910 |publisher=Lewis historical Publishing Company |pages=1063–1067 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S5E-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1065 |access-date=19 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

* Peter Hood Ballantine (1831–1882), who married the English-born Isabella Linen (1835–1911).<ref name="Lee1910"/> * [[John Holme Ballantine]] (1834–1895), who married Jeannette Boyd (1838–1919).<ref>{{cite news|title=John H. Ballantine|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/04/28/102511778.pdf |quote=John H. Ballantine, of the firms of Ballantine & Sons ...|work=[[New York Times]]|date=April 28, 1895|access-date=2008-07-01}}</ref> * Robert Francis Ballantine (1836–1905), who married Anna Elizabeth Brown (1838–1926) of New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mrs. Anna E. Ballantine. Prominent Resident of Newark, N.J., Dies in Her 89th Year.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/11/13/archives/mrs-anna-e-ballantine-prominent-resident-of-newark-nj-dies-in-her.html|quote=Anna Elizabeth Ballantine, 88 years old, a well-known resident of Newark, N.J., died yesterday in her home at 37 Washington Street...|work=[[New York Times]]|date=November 13, 1926|access-date=2008-07-01}}</ref>

His wife died in Newark on June 7, 1868 of "remittent fever".<ref name="Lee1910"/> Peter Ballantine died at his home in [[Newark, New Jersey]], aged 91 after three weeks of [[bronchitis]], on January 23, 1883. He was buried in [[Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey)|Mount Pleasant Cemetery]] in Newark.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Peter Ballantine|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/01/24/106246538.pdf |quote=Peter Ballantine, of the firm of Ballantine Sons, one of the best-known brewers and maltsters in the country, died yesterday morning at his home in Newark, New Jersey...|work=[[New York Times]]|date=January 24, 1883|access-date=2008-06-29 }}</ref>

===Descendants=== Through his eldest son, he was the grandfather of Sara Linen Ballantine (1858–1940), who married the lawyer, and eventual president of the Ballantine breweries, [[George Griswold Frelinghuysen]] (1851–1936),<ref name="1881Wedding">{{cite news |title=Ballantine Frelinghuysen|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1881/04/27/98655509.pdf |quote=Trinity Church, in Newark, was crowded yesterday by one of the most brilliant wedding parties ever seen in that city. Many persons were present from New-York, and nearly every section of New-Jersey was represented in the audience of 1,200 persons. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=April 27, 1881 |access-date=2008-07-01 }}</ref> a son of [[U.S. Senator]] and [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen|Frederick T. Frelinghuysen]].<ref name="GGFObit1936">{{cite news |title=G.G. Frelinghuysen Dies. Son of Arthur's Secretary Of State Was Lawyer. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/04/22/88653602.pdf |work=[[New York Times]] |date=April 22, 1936 }}</ref>

He was a great-grandfather to [[Peter Hood Ballantine Cumming]] (1910–1988), who held political office ([[Mayor of Rumson, New Jersey]], 1950–51) and was a noted business executive (Textile Banking Company, Iselin-Jefferson Financial Company, H.A. Caesar & Company).<ref name=PHBCbit1988>{{cite news |title=Peter H. B. Cumming, 78, Retired Executive |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDB1230F93BA25752C1A96E948260 |quote=Peter Hood Ballantine Cumming, a retired executive and former mayor of Rumson, N.J., died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Little Silver, N.J. He was 78 years old. |work=[[New York Times]] |date= November 18, 1988|access-date=2008-06-29 }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{find a Grave|140716722}}

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