- Peter Ballantine
Peter Ballantine (
November 16 ,1791 –January 23 ,1883 ) was founder ofPatterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in 1840 inNewark, New Jersey .Biography
He was born on November 16, 1791 in
Dundee, Scotland . He emigrated toAlbany, New York in 1820 and learned brewing. By 1830 he had established his own brewery there. In 1840 he moved toNewark, New Jersey and partnered withErastus Patterson and leased the old High Street Brewery that had been built in 1805 byJohn R. Cumming . In 1845 Ballantine pulled out of the partnership. In 1850 Ballantine built his own brewery on thePassaic River and in 1857 took on his sons as partners.He married Julia Wilson (April 9, 1796 - June 7, 1868), daughter of David Wilson and Abigail Gillespie, of
Troy, New York , and they had the following children:
*Peter Hood Ballantine (1831-1882) who married Isabella L. Linen (1835-?).
*John Holme Ballantine (1834-1895) who married Jeannette Boyd (1838-1919). He died of throat cancer. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=John H. Ballantine |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9402E0DE173CE433A2575BC2A9629C94649ED7CF |quote=John H. Ballantine, of the firms of Ballantine & Sons ... |publisher=New York Times |date=April 28 ,1895 |accessdate=2008-07-01 ]
*Robert Francis Ballantine (1836-1905) who married Anna Elizabeth Brown (1838-1926) of New Jersey. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Mrs. Anna E. Ballantine. Prominent Resident of Newark, N.J., Dies in Her 89th Year. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70715FA3C5F17738DDDAA0994D9415B868EF1D3 |quote= Anna Elizabeth Ballantine, 88 years old, a well-known resident of Newark, N.J., died yesterday in her home at 37 Washington Street ... |publisher=New York Times |date=November 13 ,1926 , Saturday |accessdate=2008-07-01 ]All the children were born in
Albany, New York .Peter Ballantine died in 1883 in
Newark, New Jersey , aged 91 after three weeks ofbronchitis . He was buried inMount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark . cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Peter Ballantine |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9406E2D9123BE033A25757C2A9679C94629FD7CF |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 ... |publisher=New York Times |date=January 24 ,1883 |accessdate=2008-06-29 ]References
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