Benjamin Bakewell Atterbury
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Benjamin Bakewell Atterbury (August 15, 1815 – May 2, 1900) was an American businessman and philanthropist.
Atterbury was born on August 15, 1815, in Newark, New Jersey.[1] He was one of eight siblings born to Lewis Atterbury (1779–1872) and Catharine (née Boudinot) Atterbury (1781–1877). Among his siblings were John Guest Atterbury, Julia Maria Atterbury (wife of Henry Clark Stimson), and the Rev. William Wallace Atterbury. His father, who was born at Castle Donington, in Leicestershire, England, emigrated to the U.S. with his uncle Benjamin Bakewell, founder of Bakewell Glass.[2]
His paternal grandparents were Job Atterbury and Sarah (née Bakewell) Atterbury. His maternal grandparents were Catharine (née Smith) Boudinot (daughter of William Peartree Smith, a founder of Princeton University)[3] and Elisha Boudinot, a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court who was the brother of Elias Boudinot, 2nd President of the Confederation Congress. Through his sister Julia, he was an uncle to prominent surgeon Lewis Atterbury Stimson and through his brother John, he was an uncle to Brig.-Gen. William Wallace Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.[4]