Abraham Kintzing |
| Relationship to the Speculation Lands: |
| Abraham Kintzing was a close family friend of the Coxe's and was chosen by Tench Coxe's father to be one of the trustees for Tench's inheritance. With Stephen Peter DuPonceau and William Tilghman he assisted Tench Coxe in the management of the North Carolina land holdings. His name appears on land grants given in Rutherford County, NC in the Rutherford County Deed Index book of Grantors and Grantees along with that of Abraham Kintzing, Jr. between 1805 and 1826. The Philadelphia mercantile firm of Pratt and Kintzing employed Francis Sidney, the son of Tench Coxe at the request of Tench Coxe. Francis Sidney was also the son chosen by Tench Coxe to represent his land interests in North Carolina. He was very successful mercantilist by all accounts, spending much of his efforts on international trade. On the death of Tench Coxe Francis received a reduced share in the estate settlement. His father reckoned that the monies Francis had received from the settlement of a land patent in North Carolina that belonged to his brother Tench Coxe, Jr., would be part of the on-sixth share of the estate that each of the children was to receive. |
| Biography: |
| Abraham Kintzing was probably born in Philadelphia. He is
listed in the city directory of Philadelphia in 1798 as a grazier and a
wagon master. He is also well described as a partner of Henry Pratt, a
wealthy Philadelphia entrepreneur and shipping merchant. Pratt was
President of the Philadelphia
Select Council (1798-1803), and a director of the Insurance Company of
Pennsylvania, the American Land Company, and the Bustleton and Smithfield
Turnpike Company. Kintzing's partnership with Pratt probably occurred around
1797 and suggests suggests that Kintzing was well established among the
economic elite of Philadelphia. Both Pratt and Kintzing were active in
the American Land Company (1796-1829).
The North American Land Company had interests in Pennsylvania, the District of
Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
In 1812 Kintzing dissolved his partnership with Pratt and began a new business and partnership. The new alignment brought Kintzing in direct relationship to the Coxe family. The business was known as Kintzing, Son and Coxe [Francis S. Coxe]. By 1812 Kintzing was also listed as a director of the Bank of North America and of the Philadelphia Insurance Company, both companies associated with the Coxe family. |
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0135 - Deed of Release for land in Patent 1023 on the Main Broad River, granted by the State of North Carolina to Tench Coxe as the assignee of Beard et al, November 2, 1796. The document is referenced as an "Abstract of a Deed," delivered May 15, 1828. 0776 - Chronology of events of Patents 1050 and 1045: 1. August 12, 1819, Augustus Sacket conveyed a Deed of Mortgage to the Trustees of Tench Coxe. 2. August 17, 1819, the Trustees conveyed lands to Augustus Sacket. 3. March 15, 1822, Abraham Kintzing released his Trusteeship to Peter S. Du Ponceau. 4. February 12, 1825, Peter S. Du Ponceau assigned the Mortgage of Augustus Sacket to Thompson, Hoyt, Bronson et al. 5. 1826, Thompson et al file suit against Augustus Sacket. 6. October 20, 1826, Report and sales are given to James Stevens. 7. May 1827, ___ assigns to James Stevens. 8. May 6, 1827, Stevens assigns his rights to Hoyt, Murray, and Arthur Bronson. 9. March 24, 1828, James Murray assigns his rights to Isaac Bronson. 10. March 6, 1830, Arthur Bronson assigns his rights to Isaac Bronson and Gould Hoyt. |
| Bibliography: |
| William L. Clements Library,
The University of Michigan,
Pratt & Kintzing Records.
Floyd, W.D. Rutherford County, NC Deed Index (1779-1917). |