William Samuel Verplanck (1812–1885), who married Anna Biddle Newlin (1816–1883), daughter of Robert Newlin (1770–1840) and niece of Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown, on November 17, 1837. Gulian Verplanck (1815–1845), who died unmarried While traveling abroad, Mary Verplanck died in 1817 in Paris. She was buried there at the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Verplanck died at his residence in 14th Street in New York City on March 18, 1870. He was buried at the Trinity Churchyard in Fishkill, New York. Descendants Through his eldest son William, Verplanck was the grandfather of: Eliza Fenmo Verplanck (b. 1838), who married Benjamin Richards; Mary Newlin Verplanck (1840–1881), who married her cousin Samuel William Johnson (1830–1909); Robert Newlin Verplanck (1842–1908), who married Katharine Van Bensehoten (b. 1857); Daniel Crommelin Verplanck (1845–1854); Anna Verplanck (1846–1891), who married Samuel Hicks Clapp; Jeannette Verplanck (b. 1849), who married Theodore M. Etting; Gelyna Verplanck (b. 1852), who married Louis Fitzgerald; William Edward Verplanck (1856–1928), who married Virginia Everett Darby. Verplanck is the ancestor of William Samuel Verplanck, Jr. (1916–2002), a psychologist who conducted a series of significant experiments in the fields of ethology, experimental psychology, and especially in the field of radical behaviorism. Memberships and organizations Verplanck spent the greater part of his life in New York City and in 1820, he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society. He served as a professor at the General Theological Seminary in New York City from 1821 to 1824. He was one of the governors of the New York Hospital from 1823 to 1865. In 1826, he was elected a regent of the University of the State of New York, and in 1858 became its Vice Chancellor, remaining in office until his death. Verplanck was one of the founding members of the Century Club and was its President at the time of his death. See also Mount Gulian References Notes Sources Robert W. July, The Essential New Yorker: Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, Duke University Press, 1951. The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71f, 93, 131ff, 147, 197ff, 313, 338 ; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) OBITUARY; Hon. Gulian C. Verplanck in NYT on March 19, 1870 GULIAN C. VERPLANCK.; His Life, Character and Writings in NYT on May 18, 1870 1786 births 1870 deaths People from Manhattan American people of Dutch descent Columbia College (New York) alumni Members of the New York State Assembly Politicians from