Dry goods merchant Uriah Hendricks arrived in New York in 1755 and expanded his business over the next 40 years to include metals and other materials for the carrying trade with the West Indies and the shipping trade with England. His son Harmon continued the processing of copper at the nation's first copper rolling mill in Belleville, New Jersey. The firm became Hendricks & Brothers (or Hendricks Brothers) in 1830 when Harmon Hendricks retired and his sons took over the company, which had a lucrative business supplying the copper for lining rum stills, a facet of the slave trade, and for the boilers in steamboats. Among other business partnerships was one with the Tobias family. The Hendricks, who were active in the Jewish life of New York City, were related by marriage to many other prominent local Sephardic families.
From the description of Hendricks Family Papers, 1713-1971 (bulk, 1755-1869). (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 654784645
