Michael Deuel (abt. 1749 - 1830)

Born about 1749 in Dutchess, New York

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Died 12 Jan 1830 at about age 81 in Alburgh, Grand Isle Co, Vermont, USA

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"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/94Y8-8WB : accessed 2014-11-04), entry for Michael Deuel, submitted by jverdoorn2768187.

Michael Deuel Sr at findagrave.com: [1] "Birth: 1750 Dartmouth Bristol County Massachusetts, USA Death: Jan. 12, 1830 Alburg Grand Isle County Vermont, USA

Michael Deuel, s. of Philip Deuel and Elizabeth Sherman, b. circa 1750, prob. at Dartmouth, Mass. before his parents relocated to the Beekman Patent at Dutchess County, NY. He d. at Alburg, VT Jan. 12, 1830. His gravestone at Bush Cemetery at Alburg uses the surname "Duel" and states he was "Æ 80" at his death. The symbol "Æ" stands for the Latin term Ætatis, the consistent basis of how one's age at death was reported in town records, in depositions and on gravestones throughout North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. The 1840 gravestone of Michael's son-in-law, Philip Honsinger, also at Bush Cemetery, clearly evidences that either members of the descendant Deuel family or the gravestone masons understood the meaning of the symbol "Æ." Thus, on its face the day Michael died he was 79 years old, and Æ 80, indicating he was b. on or after Jan. 13, 1749/50.

On or before Oct. 18, 1769, Michael m. Elce Slocum, b. of record at Dartmouth, Mass. Apr. 17, 1753, dau. of John Slocum and Deborah Almy. Frank J. Doherty in "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York" gives the following information regarding Michael Deuel [the source references cited are not repeated]:

...Michael6 Deuel. (Philip5, Joseph4-3, Jonathan2, William1), was born 1749 and married out of Meeting. The Oblong Monthly Meeting minutes note that Micah Deuel married out before 18 October 1769. A "complaint came from last preparitive meeting against Micah Deuel for Marriing (sic) out of Society & Nathaniel Bowdish and John Hoag are appointed to treat with him on that account and make report...", etc. The next meeting reported no progress on the matter but at the December meeting he handed in an acknowledgment which the meeting "left under consideration." The January through May meetings did the same. At the meeting held 21 June 1770 is found the following: "the affair relating Micah Deuel's marriage out of Society was considered, & Friends appear Most easie to testify against him & not to esteem him as a member of Society any longer unless he gives Satisfaction to the Monthly Meeting for his offense. ...He was a Loyalist and on 26 Dec. 1778 was brought before the Committee on Correspondence and made to post bond of £300. Job Slocum, also of Pawling, posted a similar amount as surety. The bond was to ensure that Michael would not depart more than one mile and a half from the Court House in Poughkeepsie until further order of Commissioners Egbert Benson, Zephaniah Platt and Robert Harper. He was taxed in Pawling 1774-79 with a constant assessment of £1. Michael Deuel was a Merritt store customer as early as 1769 and was at the Mabbett store ca. 1773-74. Michael Deuel was on the tax roll for the East Beat, Saratoga District, in 1785 and was between Jonathan Hunter and Daniel Folger. He is not found in NYS [census] in 1790.

The reason Michael is not in the 1790 first federal census at New York is that by 1790 he was residing at Alburg, Vermont. The "1790" Vermont census was not taken until the 3-month period of April-June 1791 preparatory to Vermont's admission as the 14th state of the U.S. In the "1791" census of Vermont, Alburg was part of Chittenden County with Michael enumerated as the 14th listed household in that town: "Michael Duel, 2-3-3."

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The children of Michael Deuel and Elce Slocum are outlined in their mother's memorial.