 The painter Thomas Cole spent the winter of 1825–6 at Featherstonhaugh's estate, painting four views of the house in its landscape setting including "Landscape, the Seat of Mr. Featherstonhaugh in the Distance", but found Featherstonhaugh a "heartless employer".After the death of his wife and two daughters and a calamitous fire, Featherstonhaugh sold his estate at Duanesburg.He later came to Philadelphia and, on 28 January 1831, married Charlotte Williams Carter in Schenectady County, New York.