Birth Date calculated from information on his monument.
62y 10da. (DAR Application of a descendant states 1754.)
He was mustered into Revolutionary Service in the 4th Regiment of the Line as a private. He obtained his one hundred acres for federal service from a William Tuthill to whom the tract was first assigned. This tract remains in the family today. The farm has been designated as a Century Farm, it was first settled in 1790.
4th New York Regiment
Active 1775-1781
Allegiance Continental Congress of the United States
Type Infantry
Size 720 Men
Part of New York Line
Engagements
New York Campaign,
Battle of Saratoga,
Battle of Monmouth,
the Sullivan Expedition.
Commanders
Notable commanders Colonel James Holmes
Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop
Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston
It is possible that as a member of the Sullivan Clinton Expedition into Central New York against the Tories and Indians, he would have observed the virgin land and realizing its potential, sought to obtain a land bounty there.
62y 10da. (DAR Application of a descendant states 1754.)
He was mustered into Revolutionary Service in the 4th Regiment of the Line as a private. He obtained his one hundred acres for federal service from a William Tuthill to whom the tract was first assigned. This tract remains in the family today. The farm has been designated as a Century Farm, it was first settled in 1790.
4th New York Regiment
Active 1775-1781
Allegiance Continental Congress of the United States
Type Infantry
Size 720 Men
Part of New York Line
Engagements
New York Campaign,
Battle of Saratoga,
Battle of Monmouth,
the Sullivan Expedition.
Commanders
Notable commanders Colonel James Holmes
Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop
Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston
It is possible that as a member of the Sullivan Clinton Expedition into Central New York against the Tories and Indians, he would have observed the virgin land and realizing its potential, sought to obtain a land bounty there.
Birth Date calculated from information on his monument.
62y 10da. (DAR Application of a descendant states 1754.)
He was mustered into Revolutionary Service in the 4th Regiment of the Line as a private. He obtained his one hundred acres for federal service from a William Tuthill to whom the tract was first assigned. This tract remains in the family today. The farm has been designated as a Century Farm, it was first settled in 1790.
4th New York Regiment
Active 1775-1781
Allegiance Continental Congress of the United States
Type Infantry
Size 720 Men
Part of New York Line
Engagements
New York Campaign,
Battle of Saratoga,
Battle of Monmouth,
the Sullivan Expedition.
Commanders
Notable commanders Colonel James Holmes
Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop
Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston
It is possible that as a member of the Sullivan Clinton Expedition into Central New York against the Tories and Indians, he would have observed the virgin land and realizing its potential, sought to obtain a land bounty there.
62y 10da. (DAR Application of a descendant states 1754.)
He was mustered into Revolutionary Service in the 4th Regiment of the Line as a private. He obtained his one hundred acres for federal service from a William Tuthill to whom the tract was first assigned. This tract remains in the family today. The farm has been designated as a Century Farm, it was first settled in 1790.
4th New York Regiment
Active 1775-1781
Allegiance Continental Congress of the United States
Type Infantry
Size 720 Men
Part of New York Line
Engagements
New York Campaign,
Battle of Saratoga,
Battle of Monmouth,
the Sullivan Expedition.
Commanders
Notable commanders Colonel James Holmes
Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop
Colonel Henry Beekman Livingston
It is possible that as a member of the Sullivan Clinton Expedition into Central New York against the Tories and Indians, he would have observed the virgin land and realizing its potential, sought to obtain a land bounty there.
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