Petrus Terwilliger (bef. 1723 - bef. 1792)

Born before 17 Mar 1723 in Hurley, Ulster County, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Lea (Roos) Roosa — married 2 Jun 1744 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

Descendants

Died before 17 Nov 1792 at about age 69 in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States

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Biography

Petrus was born in Hurley, New York about 1723 to Solomon Terwilliger and Rachel Ostrander. He was baptized on March 17 of that year at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston^[1]. At the time of his marriage, he was living in Wallkill, now in Orange County, New York. Petrus married Lea Roosa, of Hurley, on June 2, 1744 in Kingston^[2].

He is listed in records of the Ulster County militia in 1758. They state that Petrus enlisted April 5, 1758 in Captain Hardenburgh's Company. At the time he volunteered, his occupation was a weaver, 5' 7" tall, and had black hair. ^{[citation needed]}

Private Petrus Terwilliger served with Ulster County New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Petrus Terwilliger is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A210759.

He also saw service in the American Revolution as a Private under Lt. Nicholas Hardenburgh and Colonel Johannes Jansen.^[3]

Petrus died intestate sometime around mid-1792. On November 17, 1792, his son Benjamin was appointed administrator^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ Hoes, Roswell R. Baptismal and Marriage Records of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1997), p. 145 #3099
2. ↑ Hoes, Roswell R. Baptismal and Marriage Records of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1997), p. 587 #1004
3. ↑ DAR https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A210759
4. ↑ Anjou, Gustave. Ulster County, N.Y. Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate, and in the County Clerk's Office at Kingston, N.Y. ... Vol. 2. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Library, 2015), p. 213