Anthony Van Bergen

Anthony Abraham Van Bergen (1786 – December 27, 1859) was an American politician and judge from New York.

His maternal uncle, Assemblyman Coenradt T. Houghtaling, was the wife of his paternal aunt, Catharina Van Bergen.

[3] and were the parents of one son:[4] He graduated from Union College, where he was a member of the Philomathean Society, with the class of 1808.

[6] In 1834, he was elected as a Democrat to represent Greene County in the New York State Assembly.

[5] Through his youngest son Anthony, he was a grandfather of three, including Dr. Daniel Van Bergen, Harry Anthony Van Bergen (who lived at Attingham Park and married Ethel Irvin, a granddaughter of Richard Irvin),[11] and Alice Van Bergen (1877–1960), who married Count Otto von Grote in 1900;[12] their daughter, Van Bergen's great-granddaughter, Countess Antoinette Julia von Grote (1902–1988), was the wife of Prince Dietrich of Wied, a son of William Frederick, Prince of Wied and Princess Pauline of Württemberg (the elder daughter of William II of Württemberg).