George Conradt Countryman (abt. 1738 - 1809)

Born about 1738 in Canajoharie, Albany, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Christina Elizabeth (Diefendorf) Countryman — married 1763 in Minden, Montgomery, New York

Descendants

Died 11 Mar 1809 at about age 71 in Minden, Montgomery, New York, United States

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Biography

Note on Birth Date

The Shoemaker Book cites a birth date of "about 1728",^[1] while Alvin Countryman cites a date of "about 1738 to 1740".^[2] But the DAR, in their Lineage Books, cite the date as 1733,^[3][4] which has been used here.

Revolutionary War Service

Military Service: French-Indian Wars He served in the American Revolution as an Ensign and Lieutenant in Captain Diefendorf's company of the 1st Regiment of the Tryon County Militia, generally known as Col. Clyde's Regiment.^[3]
REVOLUTIONARY WAR: 1778. Appointed 1st Lieutenant in Capt. Jacob Diefendorf's Co. Col. Clydes Reg, of Tryon Co. Militia, March 4 1780.
1783 promoted to Captain of Militia. Resigned in 1798^[5]

Residence

His home was located in what was known as Dutchtown, later called Minden. During a raid by the Tories and Indians in 1780, George's home was the only one left standing. Apparently his brother Jacob had been part of the Loyalist force and had prevailed upon his comrades to spare the house, thinking his own family, which he had left behind, were present there. After the war, Jacob wrote to George assuring him that if he had known that they were not there, he "would have seen his house smoke like the rest". George is reputed to have replied "forbidding his brother ever to darken his door."^[6]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Geisenburg Cemetery

Will

WILL: Minden, Montgomery, New York April 28 1808 Probate Mar 11 1809. States he's a Lieut. and lists children.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ The Michael Shoemaker book : (Schumacher), by Blair, Williams T; Shoemaker, J. I. (Jacob I.), 1924, pg. 214.
2. ↑ Countryman Genealogy, Alvin Countryman, 1925, pg. 120.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry.com - North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, D, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 158 : 1920, pg. 163.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com - North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, D, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 064 : 1907, pg. 63.
5. ↑ pg.116,119 Countryman Genealogy
6. ↑ The Michael Shoemaker book : (Schumacher), by Blair, Williams T; Shoemaker, J. I. (Jacob I.), 1924, pg. 215.
7. ↑ Database Title: Daughters of the American Revolution Place: DAR Patriot Index URL: http://dar.org/library/online_research.cfm

See also:

• 1790 US Federal Census, Canajoxharrie, Montgomery, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 84; Image: 56; Family History Library Film: 0568146.

• Ancestry.com - Waugh Nicholl Oliver Landry Family Tree, and CRLovin Sr 10 Family Tree.

• Family: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
  Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 158 : 1920
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #3711540 (accessed 15 April 2022)
  Name: George Countryman; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 1733; Birth Place: Montgomery County, N Y; Death Date: 1810; Death Place: Montgomery County, N Y; Spouse: Elizabeth Christina Diefendorf; Child: J George Countryman.

• Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
  Ancestry Record 60525 #120999703 (accessed 15 April 2022)
  Capt George Conderman burial (died on 11 Mar 1809) in Minden Township, Montgomery County, New York, United States of America.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Dave Rutherford for starting this profile.
• Thanks to George Attwood for starting this profile.
• Countreman-1 was created by Kate Hanson through the import of james2.ged on Sep 16, 2014.