{{Infobox person | name = Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1811|02|24}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1900|09|13|1811|02|24}} | death_place = | known_for = | occupation = | spouse = {{marriage|Lucretia Hazard|1835|1899|reason=her death}} | children = 3 | relations = }} '''Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin''' (February 24, 1811 – September 13, 1900), was an American businessman and author.<ref name="SBSObit1900"/>
==Early life== Schieffelin was born on February 24, 1811, in New York City. He was the son of Henry Hamilton Schieffelin (1783–1865), named in honor of Governor Henry Hamilton for whom his father Jacob, who was a Loyalist who served as secretary for during the American Revolutionary War,<ref name="harvard">{{cite web|title=Hamilton, Henry, d. 1796. Henry Hamilton papers: Guide.|url=https://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou00126|website=oasis.lib.harvard.edu|publisher=Harvard University|accessdate=18 January 2018|archive-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703084716/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou00126|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Maria Theresa Bradhurst (1786–1872),<ref name="StNick1905">{{cite book|last1=Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York|title=The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History, Customs, Record of Events, Constitution, Certain Genealogies, and Other Matters of Interest. V. 1-|date=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/saintnicholassoc01sain/page/n147 142]|url=https://archive.org/details/saintnicholassoc01sain|accessdate=18 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> who married in 1806.<ref name="Thomas1896"/> Among his siblings was brother Bradhurst Schieffelin (1824–1909), who entered politics and supported the People's Party.{{sfn|Wilson|Fiske|1900}}
His paternal grandparents were Jacob Schieffelin (1757–1835) and Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin (1758–1838), she a descendant of Elizabeth Fones and Quaker religious freedom pioneer John Bowne.<ref name="StNick1905"/> His maternal grandfather was Dr. Samuel Bradhurst (d. 1872)<ref name="Thomas1896"/> The Schieffelin family was one of the oldest families in Manhattan.<ref name="GSCObit1908"/><ref name="Reynolds1914">{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Cuyler|title=Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation|date=1914|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami00reyn/page/1299 1299]|url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami00reyn|accessdate=18 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>
==Career== thumb|''The Foundations of History'' (1864) by Schieffelin He was educated in private schools, and early turned his attention to business, but contributed largely to the religious press.{{sfn|Wilson|Fiske|1900}} After his father retired from business in 1849, he and his brothers managed the family drug company that their father had founded, Schieffelin Brothers & Co., where Samuel was the president, until 1865, when his son, William, succeeded him.<ref name="SBSObit1900"/>
Following his own retirement, he focused on his literature, writing ''The Foundations of History'' and other books, most of which were religious.<ref name="SBSObit1900"/>
==Personal life== 175px|thumb|Coat of Arms of Samuel Schieffelin In 1835, Schieffelin was married to Lucretia Hazard (1816–1899).<ref name="Thomas1896">{{cite book|last1=Thomas|first1=Lawrence Buckley|title=The Thomas Book: Giving the Genealogies of Sir Rhys Ap Thomas, K. G., the Thomas Family Descended from Him, and of Some Allied Families|date=1896|publisher=H. T. Thomas Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/thomasbookgivin00thomgoog/page/n603 491]|url=https://archive.org/details/thomasbookgivin00thomgoog|accessdate=18 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> Together, they were the parents of three children:<ref name="Thompson-Stahr2001">{{cite book|last1=Thompson-Stahr|first1=Jane|title=The Burling Books: Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers (1600-2000)|date=2001|publisher=Jane K Thompson|isbn=9780961310400|page=345|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_WMvEcaVBkC&pg=PA345|accessdate=18 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* William Henry Schieffelin (1836–1895), who married Mary B. Jay (1846–1916), daughter of John Jay, the U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, and great-granddaughter John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States * Alice Holmes Schieffelin (1838–1913), who married Russell Stebbins (1835–1894). * Mary Theresa Bradhurst Schieffelin (1840–1910), who married Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland Dodge (1841–1910), who served in the American Civil War and was the son of Congressman William Earle Dodge.
Schieffelin died at his home, 938 Madison Avenue,<ref name="SBSObit1900">{{cite news|title=Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin Dead|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/09/14/102503955.html?pageNumber=5|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=September 14, 1900|language=en}}</ref> on September 13, 1900, in New York.<ref name="1900NewsNewport">{{cite news|title=The News of Newport.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1900/09/13/archives/the-news-of-newport.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=13 September 1900}}</ref>
===Descendants=== Through his son William, he was the grandfather of Eleanor Jay Schiefflin (1864–1929),<ref name="1929Estate">{{cite news|title=MRS. TAFT LEFT $138,765.; Husband, Lawyer, Get Estate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/09/18/archives/mrs-taft-left-138765-husband-lawyer-get-estatee-e-young-property.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=18 September 1929}}</ref> who married Theodore Munger Taft (1865–1945),<ref name="TMTObit1945">{{cite news|title=Theodore M. Taft, Retired Lawyer, 79|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/01/10/archives/theodore-m-taft-retired-lawyer-79.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=January 10, 1945}}</ref> and Dr. William Jay Schieffelin (1866–1955),<ref name="WJSObit1955">{{cite news|title=W. J. SCHIEFFELIN OF DRUG FIRM DIES; Retired Board Chairman Was 89--Crusader for Negro Welfare, City Reform HEADED CITIZENS UNION Helped to Start the Seabury Inquiry--Chemist Served in War With Spain|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/05/01/archives/w-jsghieffelin-of-drii-firmdies-_retired-board-chairran-was.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=1 May 1955}}</ref> who married Maria Louise Shepard (1870–1948),<ref name="MrsSch1948">{{cite news|title=MRS. SCHIEFFELIN DIES IN HOME AT 77; Wife of Drug Firm Executive, Descendant of Commodore Vanderbilt, Aided Y.W.C.A.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/08/19/archives/mrsghieffelir-dies-in-home-at-77-wife-of-drug-firm-executive.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=19 August 1948}}</ref> the daughter of Elliot Fitch Shepard and Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt, and granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt.<ref name="MrsSch1948"/><ref name="Thomas1896"/>
Through his daughter Alice, he was the grandfather of Grace Stebbins (1860–1908),<ref name="GSCObit1908">{{cite news|title=MRS. A. C. CHAPIN DEAD; END GAME SUDDENLY; Wife of ex-Mayor of Brooklyn, a Noted Beauty, Taken III Only Last Friday. AT THE OPERA A WEEK AGO She Was a Member of the Schieffelin Family, and a Leader in Metropolitan Society.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/12/11/archives/mrs-a-c-chapindead-end-game-suddenly-wife-of-exmayor-of-brooklyn-a.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=11 December 1908}}</ref> who married Alfred Clark Chapin (1848–1936), former Mayor of Brooklyn,<ref name="ACCObit1936">{{cite news|title=EX-MAYOR CHAPIN OF BROOKLYN DIES; Retired Lawyer, 88, Had Also Been State Controller and Speaker of Assembly.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/10/03/archives/exmayor-chapilq-of-brooklyn-dies-retired-lawyer-88-had-also-been.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=3 October 1936}}</ref> Samuel Schieffelin Stebbins (1872–1912), a stockbroker,<ref name="SSSObit1912">{{cite news|title=S. S. STEBBINS DEAD. Ex-Member of New York Stock Exchange Was a Crack Shot|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1912/05/10/archives/mrs-farrell-dead-at-104-in-orange-never-needed-glasses-and-didnt.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=10 May 1912}}</ref> and Russell Hazard Schieffelin (1874–1892).<ref name="Thomas1896"/><ref name="RHSObit1892">{{cite news|title=DIED. Stebbins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1892/12/30/archives/obituary-1-no-title.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=30 December 1892}}</ref> The Chapin's daughter, Samuel's great-granddaughter, Grace Chapin (1885–1960),<ref name="GCFObit1960">{{cite news|title=MRS. HAMILTON FISH DIES; Wife of Ex-Representative Was Former Grace Chapin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/07/04/archives/mrs-hamilton-fish-dies-wife-of-exrepresentative-was-former-grace.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=4 July 1960}}</ref> was married to Hamilton Fish III (1888–1991), member of the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref name="HF3rdObit1991">{{cite news|last1=Pace|first1=Eric|title=Hamilton Fish, in Congress 24 Years, Dies at 102|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/20/obituaries/hamilton-fish-in-congress-24-years-dies-at-102.html|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The New York Times|date=January 20, 1991}}</ref>
==Works== His works include:{{sfn|Wilson|Fiske|1900}}<ref name="upenn">{{cite web|title=Samuel B. Schieffelin (Schieffelin, Samuel B. (Samuel Bradhurst), 1811-1900)|url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Schieffelin%2C%20Samuel%20B%2E%20%28Samuel%20Bradhurst%29%2C%201811-1900|website=onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|accessdate=18 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> * ''Message to Ruling Elders, their Office and their Duties'' (New York, 1859); * ''The Foundations of History: a Series of First Things'' (1863); * ''Milk for Babes: a Bible Catechism'' (1874); * ''Children's Bread: a Bible Catechism'' (1874); * ''Words to Christian Teachers'' (1877); * ''Music in our Churches'' (1881); * ''The Church in Ephesus and the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches'' (1884); * ''People's Hymn-Book'' (Philadelphia, 1887).
==References== '''Notes''' {{Reflist|30em}}
'''Sources''' * {{Appletons|wstitle=Schieffelin, Samuel Bradhurst}}
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