Martinus Decker (1733 - 1802)

Born 14 Dec 1733 in Kingston, Ulster, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Janneke Westbrook — married 1760 in Deckertown, Sussex County, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1802 at age 68 in Minisink, Orange, New York, United States

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Biography

Martinus Decker is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A031258.

Soldier Martinus Decker served with New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Martinus Decker was born on November 20, 1733, in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA. His parents were Peter Decker and Magdalena Van Oosterhoudt. He passed away on April 24, 1802, in Deckertown, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. He is buried at Magagkamack Churchyard, Orange County, New York, USA in plot F-177 where his origonal stone (it is in fragments now) read "1733, Martin Decker departed this life April 24, 1802". His new memoral reads " Martinus Decker-1776-A Soldier Of The Revolution". ^[1][2][3]

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Martinus /Decker/^[4]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 20 Nov 1733

Place: Kingston, Ulster County, New York.^[5]

Birth:

Date: 20 JAN 1733/34

Place: Ulster Co., New York

Place: Deckertown, Sussex, New Jersey

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 20 Nov 1733

Baptism

Kingston baptism Jan. 20 1734 for Martynus, #4292 in Hoes, lists parents as Petrus Dekker and Magdalena Oosterhout. Witnesses were Pieter la Bonte and Grietjen Oosterhout [maternal aunt and uncle?]

American Revolution

Martin served as a soldier from New York during the American Revolution. He served under Capts Moses Cortright, Westfall, Cols William Allison, Benjamin Tuston, John Hathorn, Orange Co Militia. ^[6][7][8][9]

Death

Death:

Date: 24 Apr 1802

Place: Deckertown, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA^[10]

Death:

Date: 22 Apr 1802

Place: Deckertown, Sussex, New Jersey, USA

Place: Port Jervis, New Jersey

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 24 Apr 1802Array

Note

Note: Johannas Decker's Fort, Germantown

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Note: Notes for Martinus Decker (1733 - 1802)

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Note: Martinus Decker tombstone

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Note: Martinus Decker 1733-1802

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Sources

• Source: S-2123128525 Repository: #R-2145025786 Title: Public Member Trees Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: R-2145025786

1. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2185041&GRid=31026216
2. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~now1/portjerviscemetery.html
3. ↑ http://minisink.org/cemeter.html
4. ↑ Source: #S-2123128525 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=2529
5. ↑ Source: #S-2123128525 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=2529
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 3 Oct 2023), "Record of Martinus Decker", Ancestor # A031258.
7. ↑ Rejected Widow's Pension R7148V
8. ↑ FERNOW, DOCS REL TO THE COL HIST OF STATE OF NY, “NY IN THE REV,” VOL 15, P 291
9. ↑ ROBERTS, NY IN THE REV, PP 161, 255
10. ↑ Source: #S-2123128525 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=2529

• WikiTree profile Decker-909 created through the import of Callahan, Wiley, Plotner, Powell Family Tree - 2009.ged on Dec 2, 2011 by Ron Callahan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ron and others.