James Brinkerhoff Vredenburgh was born on 1. Oct. 1844. He was the son of
Peter Vredenburgh Jr. and
Eleanor Remsen Brinckerhoff. James Brinkerhoff Vredenburgh married
Emily Harriman Van Voorst, daughter of
John Van Vorst, on 23. Apr. 1878. James Brinkerhoff Vredenburgh died on 21. Jun. 1915 at Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at age 70
New York Times: June 22, 1915 p. 15 col. 5. JAS. B. VREDENBURGH
Prominent New Jersey Lawyer Succumbs in Freehold at 71. James B.Vredenburgh, a leading lawyer of New Jersey and a member of the firm of Vredenburgh, Wall & Carey of Jersey City, died yesterday at his home in Freehold, in his seventy- second year. He was born in Freehold and was a son of Judge Peter Vredenburgh, for many years a Supreme Court Justice of New Jersey. Mr. Vredenburgh was graduated fðVìŒ/Grom Princeton University in 1863, shortly after being admitted to the bar. When he first went to Jersey City he became a law partner of Isaac W. Scudder, later entering into partner ship with Judge Abram J. Garretson.He was for many years a Director of the Provident institution for Savings and the New Jersey Title and Guarantee Trust Company. Among the clubs he belonged to were the Union League, the Lawyers', the Princeton and the New York Athletic Clubs, and the St. Nicholas Society of this city, and the New Jersey Historical Society.
Became attorney-at-law, at Jersey City in 1866, counsellor in 1869.