Forts and firesides of the Mohawk country, New York : the stories and pictures of landmarks of the pre-Revolutionary War period throughout the Mohawk valley and the surrounding country side, including some historic and genealogical mention during the post-war period, Part 19

Author: Vrooman, John J
Publication date: 1943
Publisher: Philadelphia : Elijah Ellsworth Brownell
Number of Pages: 660


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LETTER OF JOSEPH BRANT


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242


MOHAWK VALLEY'S HISTORICAL BUILDINGS.


243


GEOLOGY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY


245


OLD HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY


248


KING HENDRICK


250


AMERICAN CHRONOLOGICAL INCIDENTS.


25


FREEHOLDERS IN 1720 OF SCHENECTADY


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252


ROSTER OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS


253


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CONRAD WEISER


255


LETTER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON ......... ......


256


LETTER OF SUSAN BROWNELL ANTHONY.


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257


DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE


258


LETTER OF GERARD SWOPE


260


BROWNELL - SIMMONS GENEALOGICAL LINES


261


SIMMONS - PABODIE - ALDEN.


261


MEMORIAL TO ISRAEL BROWNELL


262


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GENEALOGICAL ANCESTRY OF ELIJAH ELLSWORTH BROWNELL


263


MOHAWK VALLEY NOTES.


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Obituary of Samuel Brownell


SAMUEL BROWNELL, the son of Jeremiah (5) and Eunice Wilcox Brownell, of Dutchess County, New York, was massacred at Fort Dayton by the Indians leaving his wife, Elizabeth Brownell, and 2 boys under 16 years of age and 1 girl, in 1790 census. She returned to North East Precinct, Dutchess County, New York, in 1780. In the "Public Papers of George Clinton, first governor of New York," is the following article:


"Petition from Widows and Orphans Ruined by the Ravages of Enemy in Tryon County, for Order to Draw Provisions.


To his Excellency George Clinton Esquire, Governor, and Commander in Chief of the State of New York.


The Humble Petition of Mary Tenis, Catharine Shefein, Elizabeth Browning, (Brownell), Catharine Ringle, Margaret Keller, Mary Clements, Elizabeth Irine, Susannah Ohene, Ger- trude Stinewax, and Magdalene Snackein, Widows of New Petersburgh, Kingsland District, in the County of Tryon, and State of New York.


Humbly Sheweth, That your Poor Petitioners are all Widows, who are left with large Families of Children; our hus- bands are all killed by the Indians, and now lately, the Indians has Burn'd our houses and Barns, and taken away, and Destroy'd, all our Horses and Cows. And your Petitioners dare not venture home, to get our Harvest in. So that we, and our Fatherless Children are reduc'd to Poverty, and must inevitably want, if not reliev'd by your Excellencies Humanity and Bounty."


Petition presented August 18th, 1780.


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ROSTER of the BATTLE OF ORISKANY Fought - August 6-1777


KEY


k - Indicates killed


w - Indicates wounded p - Indicates prisoner


- A -


ALTER, Jacob Minden ARNDT, Abram Minden


k - AYER, Frederick Schuyler


-B-


BACKER, Thomas BAILEY, Lieut. Joseph


p - BALLENTINE, Bayer


BARGY, Peter


Frankfort


k - BARNDT, Sergt. Christian


Canajoharie Regt.


BAUDER, Melchert Palatine


k - BAUN, John George Palatine Regt.


BECKER, Hendrick


w - BELL, Capt. George Henry Fall Hill


k - BELL, Jacob German Flats Regt.


BELL, Nicholas Fall Hill


k - BELL, Joseph


Fall Hill


BELLINGER, Adam Manheim


BELLINGER, Col. Peter German Flats


p - BELLINGER, Lieut. Col. Frederick


German Flats


BELLINGER, John (later Col.) son of Col. Peter Bellinger German Flats BELLINGER, Wilhelm P.


k - BELLINGER, Lieut. John Palatine BELLINGER, John German Flats BELLINGER, Adam


k - BELLINGER, John Frederick German Flats Regt.


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k - BELLINGTON, James Palatine Regt. BIDDLEMAN, Adam Manheim


w - BIGBREAD, Capt. John Palatine


k - BILLINGTON, Samuel Palatine Committee of Safety


BILLINGTON, Palatine


p - BLAUVELT, Maj. (supposed murdered) . Mohawk


k - BLIVEN, Maj. John Florida, Mohawk Com- mittee. 3d Battalion of Mohawk Militia


p - BOST, Christian


BOWMAN, John


k - BOWMAN, Capt. Jacob Canajoharie


BOYER, John


Remesnyderbush


BRODBECK, Capt. Johann BROOKS, Naome


BUSH, George


Springfield


-C-


CAMPBELL, Major Samuel Cherry Valley, Canajo harie Committee


k - CAMPBELL, Lieut. Robert


Cherry Valley


p - CANNAN, Mattis


CASLER, Adam


Minden


CASLER, Jacob


Minden


CASLER, John


Minden


CASSELMAN (Kesselman), John Manheim


CASSELMAN, Pettry


k - CHAWGO, Jacob St. Johnsville


w - CHAWGO, George


CHRISTMAN, Frederick Herkimer


k - CLAPSADDLE, Major Enos


CLEMENS, Jacob CLEMENS, Jacob Schuyler


CLOCK, John I.


St. Johnsville


CLYDE, Maj. Samuel


Cherry Valley, Canajo- harie Committee


COLLIER, Jacob Florida


k - COMB, Sergt. Uriel


Palatine Regt.


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CONE, Samuel


w - COOK, John


Palatine


COPEMAN, Adam


COPEMAN, Capt. Adam


Canajoharie


COPEMAN, Capt. Abram


Canajoharie


COPPERNOLL, Richard


Minden


COUNTRYMAN, John


COVENHOVEN, Cornelles


Glen


COVENHOVEN, Jacob


Glen, a boy of sixteen


COVENHOVEN, John


Glen


COVENHOVEN (now Conover), Isaac. . Glen


w - COVENHOVEN (Conover), Peter COVENHOVEN, Abraham Glen (twin brother of


Isaac)


k - COX, Col. Ebenezer


Minden, Canajoharie


Committee


COX, William Minden


CROUSE, George


Minden


Minden


k - CROUSE, Robert


CUNDERMAN, Frederick


k - CUNNINGHAM, Andrew


Amsterdam


-D --


DAVIS, Daniel Manheim


k - DAVIS, Capt. John James


Mohawk


k - DAVIS, Martinus Mohawk


k - DAVIS, Benjamin Mohawk


k - DAVY, Capt. Thomas


Springfield


DEGRAFF, Maj. Isaac


Mohawk


DEGRAFF, Nicholas Amsterdam


DEGRAFF, Capt. Immanuel Amsterdam


DEMUTH, Capt. Marx


Deerfield (Scout sent to


Fort Stanwix by Gen. Herkimer)


k - DEYGART, Capt. John


Palatine Regt., Palatine


Committee of Safety


DICKSON, James


DIEFENDORF, Sergt. John Jacob


Minden


k - DIEFENDORF, Capt. Henry Minden


DIEFENDORF, Capt. Jacob


Florida


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ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY


DIEFENDORF, Johann (John) Minden


k - DILLENBECK, Capt. Andrew


Palatine


DOCKSTADER, John


German Flats


DORN, Peter Johnstown


DUNCKEL, Francis Freybush


DUNCKEL, Han (John) Peter Minden


DUNCKEL, Han Garret


Minden


DUNCKEL, Han Nicholas


Minden


DUNCKEY, Frank


DUNCKEY, Nicholas


DUNLAP, Johnstown


DUNLAP,


(three brothers of


DUNLAP,


Lieut. John Dunlap)


DUNLAP, Lieut. John Cherry Valley


DYGERT, Jost


DYGERT, Peter


Palatine


k - DYGERT, John


Palatine Committee of Safety


DYGERT, Capt. William


German Flats


DYGERT, George


German Flats


DYGERT, Peter S. German Flats


-E --


EADLE, George


EDIC, Jacob, Sr. German Flats


p - EHLE, Peter


EHLE, William


Palatine


k - EISENLORD, Maj. John


Palatine (Sec'ty Tryon


County Committee)


w - ELWOOD, Isaac


p - EMBIE, Philip


EMPIE, Jacob Palatine


EVERSON, Adam


EYER, Friedrich


EYSLER, John Remesnyderbush


-F-


FAILING, Henry N.


Canajoharie


w - FAILING, Henry


Canajoharie


k - FAILING, Jacob


Canajoharie


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ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY


w - FEHLING, Henry k - FELLING, Jacob


k - FINCK, Corp. Christian FINSTER, John


Palatine Regt.


Schuyler (New Peters- burg)


w - FISHER, Col. Frederick


Mohawk Regiment and Mohawk Committee (Name also spelled Visscher)


FISHER, Harmon Mohawk


FISHER, Capt. John Mohawk


FLINT, Adam


Canajoharie


FLINT, Alexander


Canajoharie


FLINT, Cornelius


Canajoharie


FLINT, John


Canajoharie


FLINT, Robert


Canajoharie


FLOCK, John (Lt. Col. Campbell's


Battalion of Minute Men)


w - FOLTS, Conrad


Frankfort


FOLTS, Lieut. Jacob


Frankfort


FOLTS, Peter


Frankfort


FOLYG, Peter


FONDA, Adam


Mohawk,


Mohawk Committee


FONDA, Jelles


Mohawk


FONDA, Lt. Col. Adam Mohawk,


Mohawk Committee


FORBUS, John


FORBUS, Bartholomew


FORBUSH, Nicholas


p - FOSSE, Adam


FOX, Christian, William, Major


k - FOX, Capt. Christopher P.


Palatine


w - FOX, Capt. Christopher W.


Palatine,


Palatine Committee


FOX, Frederick Palatine


FOX, Peter Palatine


FOX, William Palatine


FOX, Philip


Palatine (brother of Capt. Christopher W. Fox)


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ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY


FOX, Charles Palatine


FOX, Christopher Palatine


FRALICK, Valentine Palatine


FRANK, Adam


k - FRANK, John Mohawk Regt.


w - FRANKS, Andrew Mohawk


w &p - FREY, Maj. John Palatine,


Palatine Committee


FRY, Jacob


- G-


k - GAGO, George Canajoharie Regt.


w - GARDINIER, Capt. Jacob Glen


w - GARDINIER, Lieut. Samuel Glen


GARLOCK, Adam


w - GARLOCK, Elias


k - GARLOCK, Sergt. Charles Canajoharie Regt.


GARTER, John


Manheim (teamster)


GARTER, John, Jr. Manheim (teamster)


GEORTNER, George Canajoharie


GEORTNER, Peter Minden


GETMAN, Capt. Frederick Palatine


k - GRANT, Lieut. Petrus


Amsterdam


k - GRAY, Nicholas


Palatine


GRAY, Lieut. Samuel Herkimer


GRAY, Silas Florida


k - GRAVES, Capt.


GREMPS, John (15 years old) Palatine


k - GRINNALL, Lieut. James Canajoharie Regt.


w - GROOT, Lieut. Petrus Amsterdam


GROS, Capt. Lawrence Minden


- H-


k - HAHN, Conrad


Canajoharie Regt.


HALL, William Glen


HAND, Marcus HAND, Marcus Florida


k - HANNER, Peter


HANSEN, Henry Mohawk


....


Page 230 ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY


HARTER, John A. . German Flats


k - HARTER, Henry


HAUST, Yost German Flats


k - HAWN, Conrad Herkimer HAWS, Christian


k - HEATH, Lieut. Nathaniel Canajoharie Regt.


p - HELEGAS, Peter


Herkimer


w - HELMER, Lieut. George HELMER, John Adam German Flats (Sent to Fort by Gen. Herki- mer, a famous scout)


HELMER, Philip


Manheim


w - HELMER, Lieut. George Herkimer


k - HELMER, Capt. Frederick German Flats, German Flats Committee k - HENNER, Peter Palatine Regt.


k - HENNES, Peter HERKIMER, Capt. George


Fort Herkimer, member German Flats Com- mittee


k - HERKIMER, Gen. Nicholas, Danube


member


. Canajoharie Committee


HERKIMER, Hendrick . German Flats


HERKIMER, Joseph (nephew of Gen. Herkimer)


HERKIMER, George, 14 years of age, aid to General Herkimer


w - HESS, Johannes German Flats HILL, Nicholas


k - HILLER, Ensign, Jacob . . German Flats Regt.


k - HILLER, -- , Fairfield,


shot from a tree top


HOOVER, Jacob Manheim


HOOVER, Capt. John Manheim


HORNING, Adam


HORNING, Lieut. Dedrick, Jr.


HORNING, George


HORNING, John


HORNING, Lanert (All sons of Dedrick Horning, Sr., a resident first of the Canajoharie District and later of Stone Arabia)


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ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY


HOUSE, Lieut. John Joseph .Minden


HOUSE, Lieut. Christian St. Johnsville


k - HOUSE, Conrad


. Canajoharie Regt.


p - HOUSE, George


p - HOUSE, Nicholas


p - HOUSE, Peter


k - HUFNAGEL (Hufnail), Christian HUGER, Jacob HUBER, John


k - HUNT, Lieut. Abel (supposes) Florida


HUNT, Timothy


Florida


HUNT, Peter


German Flats Regt.


HUYCK, John


Palatine


HYCK, Henry


-- I-


k - ISER, Corp. Frederick


German Flats Regt.


-J-


k - JACKSON, Joseph Canajoharie Regt. JONES, Judah


- K-


KAUFMAN,


Manheim


KELLER, Andrew Palatine


KELLER, Henry Manheim


w - KELLER, John


Manheim, both sons of


Johannis Keller of Remesnyderbush, pres- ent town of Manheim


KELLER, Jacob Palatine


w - KELLER, John


KELLER, Solomon Palatine


KELLAR, Jacob A. Minden


KESSLER, Adam


KESSLER, Jacob


KEYSER, Capt. John Manheim


KEYSER, John Manheim


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ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY


KEYSER, Corporal Michael Manheim


KEYSER, Henry Manheim


KEYSER, Barnard


Manheim, the four fore- going sons of Capt. John Keyser


KEYSER, Hanjost


KILTS, Adam


KILTS, Conrad


Palatine


KILTS, Peter


Palatine


KLEPSADDLE, Jacob


German Flats


k - KLEPSADDLE, Maj. Enos


German Flats


k - KLOCK, Adam (Lieut. of Exempts, so he must have been over 60 years old) . Canajoharie Regt.


KLOCK, Jacob I. Palatine


KLOCK, Joseph


KLOCK, John


St. Johnsville


KLOCK, Col. Jacob G. St. Johnsville, member of Palatine Committee


-- L-


k - LAMPMAN, Henry


. Palatine


k - LAPPER, Jacob


Palatine


LEONARDSON, John . Glen


LEPPER, Wyant


k - LEVY, Michael


. Canajoharie


LIGHTFALL, Palatine LIGHTHALL, George Palatine


p - LIGHTHALL, Francis


Ephratah


LIGHTHALL, Nicholas . German Flats LINTNER, George .Minden


p - LOBDELL, Daniel


p - LOBDELL, Isaac


LONGSHORE, Solomon . Canajoharie


LONAS, John


Rensselaer County


LOUCKS, Adam LOUCKS, Adam A.


p - LOUCKS, George


LOUCKS, Honjost


LOUCKS, Lieut. Peter Palatine


w - LOUCKS, William Stone Arabia


ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY Page 233


LOUNS, Henry Canajoharie LOUIS, Atyataronghta, Oncida Indian Officer with rank of Lt. Col., gener- ally called Col. Louis LOWER, Conrad p - LOWER, John


- M -


k - MARKELL, William


Canajoharie Regt.


k - MARKELL, Jacob Springfield -


MARLETT, John Mohawk


w - MARTIN, Alexander


w - MARTIN, Philip


Mohawk


k - MARTINUS (Mereness), Corp. Wm.


.. Canajoharie Regt.


k - MATHIAS, Hendrick


Canajoharie Regt.


McMASTER, Lieut. Daniel Florida


McMASTER, Lieut. David


Florida


W - McMASTER, Hugh


Florida


k - MERCKLEY, William


Palatine


MILLER, Adam


Glen


MILLER, Jelles


Minden


MILLER, John P.


Minden


MILLER, Henry


Minden


MOWERS, Conrad, supposed Danube


MOWERS,


MOWERS,


-, brothers


k - MOYER, Jacob, Fairfield (found with his throat cut)


MOYER, Ludwick Manheim


MURRAY, David Florida


MYERS, Jacob


German Flats


MYERS, Joseph


Herkimer


-N-


NELLIS, Christian Palatine


p - NELLIS, George


NELLIS, John D. Palatine


NELLIS, Joseph


. Oppenheim


w - NELLIS, Philip Palatine


NELSON, Paul Manheim


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p - NESTELL, Peter


Palatine


NEUMAN, Joseph Manheim NEWKIRK, John Florida NEWKIRK, Garret, son of John Florida


- P-


k - PARIS, Hon. Isaac (murdered) Palatine Committee of Safety


k - PARIS, Peter, son of Isaac


Palatine


PEELER, Jacob


p - PERFER, John


k - PETRIE, Sergt. Nicholas


Canajoharie Regt.


k - PETRY, Lieut. Dederick Marcus


German Flats, German


Flats Committee


PETRY, John Marks


. German Flats


k - PETRY, John . Herkimer, German Flats Committee


w - PETRY, Joseph


Herkimer


k - PETRY, Lieut. Hans Yost Herkimer


k - PETRY, William


w - PETRY, Dr. William


Fort Herkimer,


Committee of Safety


k - PETTINGALL, John


.Mohawk Regt.


PETTINGALL, Capt. Samuel Florida


k - PHILLIPS, Cornelius


. Florida


k - PHILLIPS, James Mohawk


PICKARD, Nicholas . Canajoharie


w - PICKARD, Adolph Canajoharie


w - PICKARD, John


. Canajoharie


PICKERT, Bartholomew


Manheim


k - PIER, House, John PIPER, Sergt. Andrew


w - PRICE, Adam


Canajoharie


PRITCHARD, Nicholas Minden


PRYNE, Peter


PUTMAN, Ludowick Mohawk


k - PUTMAN, Martinus


. Johnstown


PUTMAN, Ensign Richard


. Johnstown


PUTMAN, Lieut. Victor C.


PUTMAN, Victor


PUTNAM, Richard


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ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY


-Q-


QUACKENBUSH, Lieut. Abm. D. .... Glen


-R-


w - RADNOR, Jacob


Minden


RASBACH, Friedrich


Herkimer


RASBACH, Marx


Kingsland


w - RASBELL, Frederick


Palatine


k - RATENHOWER, Godfrey


Canajoharie Regt.


k - RAYSNOR, George


Minden


w - RECHTOR, Capt. Nicholas


Ephratah


k - RENCKEL, Lawrence


German Flats Regt.


p - REVERSHON, John Peter


k - RIEBSOM, Maths


Canajoharie Regt.


k - RIEBSOMER, Mattice


k - RITTER, Jacob


Fairfield


k - RITTER,


Fairfield (Suffrenus Cas- selman, a tory, boasted of having cut Ritter's throat)


RITTER, Henry


Manheim


k - RITTER, Sergt. Johs.


Palatine Regt.


ROOF, Johannes Fort Stanwix; afterwards captain of exempts at Canajoharie


ROOF, John, a son


(Col. of Militia after the war)


ROSE, Willard


ROTHER, John Minden


-S-


w - SALTSMAN, John


SAMMONS, Sampson Mohawk Committee of Safety


SAMMONS, Thomas


Mohawk


SAMMONS, Jacob


. Mohawk


SANDERS, Henry Minden


p - SCHEFER, Adam


SCHELL, Christian Schellsbush


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ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY


SCHOLL (Shull), Lieut. Johan Jost ..... Stone Arabia


p - SCHULDS, William Seargeant


p - SCHUYLER, David


p - SCHUYLER, Jacob


p - SCHUYLER, Nicholas SCHUYLER, John Jost SCHUYLER, William Florida


k - SCHUYLER, Philip German Flats Regt.


SCHULTZ (Shults), Johann Stone Arabia


w - SEBER, Henry


Mohawk


SEEBER, Adolph, Jr. Minden


k - SEEBER, Audolph, son of William S.


Minden


k - SEEBER, James Canajoharie


w - SEEBER, Henry


Canajoharie


SEEBER, Lieut. John


Canajoharie


k - SEEBER, Major William H.


Minden, Canajoharie


District Committee


k - SEEBER, Capt. Jacob


Minden


k - SEEBER, Suffrenus


Canajoharic


SERVISS, Christian Florida


SER VISS, George Florida


w - SHAFER, William


k - SHARRAR, Christian Herkimer


k - SHARRAR,


, a school teacher. . Remesnyderbush


SHAULL, Henry


Herkimer


SHIMMEL,


Herkimer


p - SHIREMAN, George


SHOEMAKER, Thomas Herkimer


SHOEMAKER, Rudolph Canajoharie SHOEMAKER, Major Han Yost (John Joseph)


p - SHULS, Hendrick


SHULTS, George Stone Arabia


SHULTS, George Stone Arabia


SHULTS, John Palatine


SIEBERT, Rudolph


SILBACK, John


SILLENBECK, John G.


SITTS, Henry


SITTS, John


SITTS, Peter . Palatine


ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY Page 237


k - SMALL, Capt. Jacob . German Flats Regt.


SMITH, George Palatine


SMITH, Henry SMITH, Nicholas, Sr.


k - SNELL, Frederick


Snellsbush


k - SNELL, Joséph


Snellsbush (now


Manheim)


k - SNELL, Jacob


Snellsbush


k - SNELL, Jacob F.


Palatine Regt.


k - SNELL, John F.


k - SNELL, John J.


k - SNELL, Suffrenus Snellsbush


SNELL, Peter Snellsbush


SNELL, George Snellsbush


k - SNELL, John


Stone Arabia


k - SNELL, John, Jun., a fifer


Stone Arabia


k - SNELL, Jacob, a committeeman


Stone Arabia


SNOOK, Capt. William SOMMER, Peter


w - SPARKS, Pearl Canajoharie


k - SPENCER, Thomas (Oneida Indian)


k - SPENCER, Henry (Interpreter) An Oneida SPORE, John


p - SPONABLE, John Palatine


STAMM, Lawrence


STALEY, Rudolph


p - STARING, Jacob


STARING, Hendrick Schuyler


STEVENS, Frederick


STEVENS, Amasa Mohawk


k - STEPHENS, Fred . German Flats Regt.


k - STEINWAY, Sergt. Arnold


German Flats


STOWITTS, Philip G. P. Root


w - SULBACH, Garret


Palatine Regt.


SUTS (Suits), John I.


p - SUTZ, Peter


SWARTS, Lieut. Jeremiah


Mohawk


-T-


TER WILLIGER, James Johnstown TEWAHANGARAGHKAN,


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ROSTER OF THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY


Capt. Han Yerry, Indian Officer


THOMPSON, Henry Glen


THORNTON, James Florida


THUM, Adam St. Johnsville


TIMMERMAN, Conrad


Manheim


w - TIMERMAN, Lieut. Henry


Manheim


TIMERMAN, Jacob


. St. Johnsville


TIMERMAN, William


Manheim


TIMMERMAN, Jacob L.


TIMMERMAN, Jacob T.


k - TUTHILL, Corp. Stephen Mohawk


- V-


VAN ALSTINE, Martin G.


. Canajoharie


VAN ALSTYNE, Lieut. Martin C.


. Canajoharie


VAN ALSTYNE, Philip


. Canajoharie


k - VAN ANTWERP, John


Glen


VAN DEUSEN, George


. Canajoharic


Schenectady (Volunteer


VAN DRIESEN, Peter


in Palatine Regiment)


VAN EPPS, Charles


Glen


w - VAN EPPS, Evert, Sergeant and


playmaster


Glen


VAN EPS, Jan (John), Hoffmans Ferry


(13 years old, one of a number of vol-


unteers from Schenectady city and


township, who marched to join Her-


kimer's army. He helped carry the wounded General Herkimer to a seat at the trunk of the beech tree)


VAN EVERA, Capt. Rymier . Glen


VAN EVERA, John


. Glen


VAN EVEREN, Rymer


VAN EVEREN, John


VAN HORNE, Henry Florida


VAN HORNE, Cornelius Glen


VAN HORNE, Henry Glen


VAN HORNE, Abram


Florida (later Sheriff of Montgomery County; founder of Van Hornesville)


-


VAN VECHTEN, Major Anthony .... Palatine Regiment,


Palatine Committee


VAN VECHTEN, Derrick


p - VAN SLYKE, Garrett


k - VAN SLYKE, Marj. Harmanus


Palatine,


Palatine Committee


k - VAN SLYKE, Nicholas, a fifer Palatine


VAN SLYKE,


. Canajoharie


p - VAN SLYCK, Jacobus


Manheim


k - VATTERLY, Henry Canajoharie Regt.


VEDER, Lt. Col. Volkert, Mohawk mem-


ber Mohawk District Committee, Lt.


Col. 3rd Tryon County Regt.


VEEDER, Abram Mohawk


VEEDER, Hendrick


VEEDER, Henry


VEEDER, Johannes Mohawk


VEEDER, Volkert Mohawk


VISGER, John


Manheim ·


VROOMAN, Hendirck


Mohawk


- W-


WAGNER, Lieut. Col. Peter Palatine,


Palatine Committee


WAGNER, Lieut. Peter


Palatine


w - WAGNER, George Palatine


WAGNER, John Palatine (sons of Lieut.


Col. Peter Wagner)


WAGNER, Jacob Minden


WAGNER, John


Canajoharie


p - WALRATH, Garret


Minden


WALRATH, Lt. Col. Heinrich


German Flats Regt.


p - WALRATH, Lieut. Henry


Herkimer


WALRATH, Jacob Palatine


p - WALRATH, Henry


Herkimer


w - WALRATH, Nicholas Palatine


p - WALRATH, John


WALRATH, George


WALRATH, Adolph WALRATH, William


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w - WALTER, George


Palatine


WEAVER, George J. German Flats


WEAVER, George M. . German Flats


WEAVER, Jacob


German Flats


WEAVER, Nicholas


WEAVER, Peter James German Flats


WEMPLE, Capt. Johannes B.


Mohawk


k - WESTERMAN, Peter


Minden


WIDRICK, Michael Schuyler


WINDECKER, Frederick


Manheim


WINDECKER, Nicholas Manheim


WOHLEVER, Abram


Fort Herkimer


k - WOHLEVER, John


Fort Herkimer


WOHLEVER, Peter


Fort Herkimer


WOHLEVER, Richard


Fort Herkimer


WOOLVER, Nicholas


WORMUTH,


Palatine


WORMUTH, Matthew, Lieut.


w - WRIGHT, Jacob Canajoharie


- Y --


YATES, Capt. Robert, supposed Root


YERDON, John Canajoharie


w - YERDON, Nicholas, supposed


Minden


w - YOUNG, Godfrey Canajoharie


YOUNG, Peter Warren


. Florida


YOUNG, Richard


Minden


p - Youker, Jacob


Oppenheim


p - YOUNGLOVE, Moses, surgeon Stone Arabia


-Z-


p - ZEELY, John, Lieut. ZIMMERMAN, Conrad ZIMMERMAN, Henry


p - ZIMMERMAN, Jacob


p - ZOLLER, Andrew . Minden


k - ZOLLER, Jacob


Total - 545 Names


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES


CAPTAIN THOMAS MACHIN


Thomas Machin was born March 20- 1744, four (4) miles from Wolver- hampton, Staffordshire, England, the son of John Machin, a famous mathematician. Thomas Machin came to America in 1772, landing at New York. After a short stay there, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he participated in the famous "Boston Tea Party," December 16 - 1773.


During the Revolutionary War, Thomas Machin served in the Continental Army and was wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in Colonel Henry Knox's Artillery Regiment on January 18 - 1776. He laid out the fortification for the American Camp around Boston and many of the fortifications along the Hudson River. He was commissioned Captain Lieuten- ant of Artillery on January 1 - 1777 and Congress confirmed his appointment as Captain on April 28-1783.


Captain Lieutenant Thomas Machin married Susan Van Nostrand, the daughter of James Van Nostrand, of Huntington, Long Island, in August 1782 at Goshen, New York. After the Revolutionary War he settled at New Grange, Ulster County, New York. In January 1797, Captain Machin moved to the Town of Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, where he practiced surveying. He died April 3 - 1816 at his home in Charleston, Montgomery County, New York.


BRIGADIER GENERAL HENRY KNOX


"Henry Knox was born in Boston in 1750. He was educated at a common school, and at the age of twenty (20) years commenced the business of bookseller in his native town. He was engaged in that vocation when the Revolutionary storm arose, and his sympathies were all with the patriots. He was a volunteer in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and for this and subsequent services Congress commissioned him a Brigadier, and gave him the command of the Artillery Department of the Army, which he retained during the whole war. He was always under the immediate command of General Washington, and was with him in all his battles. After the capture of Cornwallis, Congress commissioned him a Major General. In 1785, he succeeded Lincoln in the office of Secretary of War, which position he held for eleven (11) years, when he retired into private life. He died at Thomaston, Maine, in 1806, at the age of about fifty-six (56) years. To General Knox is conceded the honor of suggesting that noble organization, the Society of the Cincinnati."


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Junidilla July "67/ M: Barn Sinf


I ten dertand that you are afriend to Goverment With Sum of the Settlers at the IMBatternuits is the Reason of my applying to you & those people for Ium provision and Shall be glad you would Send me what you Can I have no matter what forts for which you Shall be paid you keeping an account of the whole from your Friend & Hunt


1), Mr Profer Case (Persofer Carr)


Joseph Brant


- NOTE


Joseph Brant (1742 - 1807) was the younger brother of Molly Brant, consort of Sir William Johnson, who had the bright young Indian boy educated in Moor's school at Lebanon, Connecticut. He went on Johnson's Lake George expedition of 1755, and rose to the rank of chief but the fact that his mother was not a Mohawk barred him from the office of sachemn. In the American Revolution he became a noted leader of both Iroquois and Tories for the British operating out of Niagara. He displayed desperate courage in the battle of Oriskany and high military skill in the campaign and raids of 1779 - 81. By comparison he seems to have been a generous foe in an age and locale dominated


by relentless and bitterly cruel warfare. Frustrating Red Jacket's attempt to have the Iroquois make a separate peace, Brant remained loyal to the British and led the migration of his people to Canada where they still reside on the large reservation at Brantford. Intelligent and well-educated, he gained prestige by reason of his journey to England where he was presented at Court, painted by Romney and became a Mason. His sculptured head is one of two which adorn the facade of the Capitol of New York State at Albany, the other being Hudson. In retrospect Joseph Brant appears to have been the most intelligent Indian leader in the history of North America.


ARTHUR POUND State Historian


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Mohawk Valley's Historical Buildings


DATE BUILT 1680 1690


Jan Mabie House, Rotterdam, N. Y. Built by D. J. Van Antwerp.


Hendrick Brower or Rosa House, Schenectady, N. Y.


Rosa House, 14 Church St., Schenectady, N. Y.


1700 1710 Abraham Yates House, Schenectady, N. Y.


1713 Glen · Sanders House, Scotia, N. Y.


1725 Mabie House, 2 miles south of Auriesville, N. Y. (1st house built 1699)


1727 or 1752 Ehle House, Nelliston, N. Y.


1730 Abraham Glen House, Scotia, N. Y.


1734 Queen Ann's Parsonage, Fort Hunter, N. Y.


1734 Jan Wemp's Barn, Fort Hunter, N. Y.


1735 Bradt House, 2 miles west of Schenectady on south shore road.


1735 Col. Yates House, 26 Front St., Schenectady, N. Y.


1739 Fort Frey, Palatine Bridge, N. Y.


1740 John Glen House, 58 Washington Ave., Schenectady, N. Y.


1743 Butler House, Fonda, N. Y.


1749 Fort Johnson, Fort Johnson, N. Y.


1749 Van Alstyne House, Canajoharie, N. Y.


1750 Robert Sanders House, 43 Washington St., Schenectady, N. Y.


1750 Brower House, Stone Arabia, N. Y.




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