50. Henry Bergen was
born on Apr 13 1812 in White Plains, Westchester Co., New York. He died on Aug
12 1874 in Ridgefield, McHenry Co., Ill. He Additional Residance in 1876 in
Galesburg, Knox Co., Illinois. From "The Bergen Family, Descendants of
Hans Hansen Bergen" by Teunis G. Bergen, published in 1876.
After the death of his mother, resided for some years with his uncle Hendrick
Bergen, near Somerville, after whom he was named. The most important epoch in
his life was his hopeful conversion at the age of about twenty years, while residing
at Princeton, N. J. during an unusual interest in the Presbyterian church of
that place On this he became a member of said church with which he has been
connected ever since, with the exception o a short period when connected with
the Congregational church. To the change he experienced at the time he attributes
all he esteems valuable in his past life or hopes for in the future, whether
of earthly good or spiritual consolation and enjoyment, and the hopes of a blessed
immortality. At the age of 21, he commenced study with a view to the gospel
ministry, at Kingsborough, N. Y., and in the fall of 1836, entered William's
College, Mass., garuated in 1840, after which studied theology at Princeton,
N. J., and in the spring of 1841, was licensed to preach. In Oct. 1841, after
his marriage with Miss Mary H. Badger, of Boston, Mass., he came to northern
Illinois as a missionary of the American Home Missionary Society, and in January,
1842, was advanced to the gospel ministry at Elgin, in said places in norther
Illinois, residing at present in Galesberg. On the death of his first wife,
by whom no children, he married Miss Harriet O. Norton, of Ridgefield, Ill. His
two eldest children are at present connected as students with Knox College, at
Galesberg. (as recorded in the book, The Bergen Family, by Teunis G. Bergen,
published in 1876.)
Mary H. Badger died on Apr 27 1846.
He was married to Harriet Olive Norton on May 19 1847.
Harriet Olive Norton was born on Feb 28 1823. She died on Jan 5
1912. Henry Bergen and Harriet Olive Norton had the following children:
+56 i.
Edward Martyn Bergen.
57 ii.
Henry Baldwin Bergen was born on Oct 18 1848. He Additional Residance in
1876 in Knox College, Galesberg, Illinois.
58 iii.
Mary Jane Bergen was born on Sep 19 1851. She Additional Residance in
1876 in Knox College, Galesberg, Illinois.
59 iv.
George Matthew Bergen was born on Nov 21 1854.
60 v.
John Albert Bergen was born on Dec 11 1858. He died on Aug 23 1860.
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