Matthias Bruen

Matthias Bruen was a reverend in New York.[1] His daughter, Frances Davenport Bruen, married Charles Callahan Perkins on June 12, 1855. Thomas Crawford did a sculpture of Bruen. He bought Proprietary House at a sheriff's sale in 1817. While he lived there he became one of the wealthiest men in America. His descendants made large contributions to America's social and political history.

References

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/memoirsoflifecharmb00dunc

Further reading

Duncan,Mary Grey Lundie, Matthias Duncan, 1793-1829 Publisher: New York, J. P. Haven and C. G. and H. Carvil; Boston, Pierce and Parker; [etc., etc.]