Jan Gerritse Van Schaick (1748 - 1828)

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Van Schaick — married about 2 Aug 1774 in Albany, NY

Descendants

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Biography

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Birth

Birth:

Date: 1748

SDATE 1 JUL 1748

User ID

User ID: A5FA34F0A68A4244B3D795CFA4B0AF86F032

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 24 JAN 2010

Prior to import, this record was last changed 24 JAN 2010.

Note

Note: (V) John G. (Jan Gerritse), son of Wessel and Maria Gerritse (Van Schaick) Van Schaick, was born September 24, 1748, died July 7, 1828. In 1805 he had a store on the west side of Broadway, Albany, next north of the Museum building. During the revolution he lived on the island, and in 1777 was the host of the American officers quartered on Van Schaick's Island, which was part of a well-beaten path leading down from the forts and battlefields of northern New York, during the French and Indian wars, and the revolutionary general, Philip Schuyler, and his staff were quartered at his home and the breastworks thrown up on Hanver (Peebles) Island, near Waterford, are plainly visible. General Schuyler was superseded in command by General Gates (a not over-scrupulous rival), or the glory of conquering Burgoyne would have been his. The army was in a destitute condition in 1777, and General Schuyler's influence caused John G. Van Schaick to advance ten thousand dollars in gold to be paid to the soldiers. For this he received an equal amount in continental scrip, which it may be said, in passing, the government never redeemed. The Van Schaick home sheltered many of the men noted in American revolutionary history, General Philip Schuyler, General Gates, General Arthur St. Clair, General Benedict Arnold, General Enoch Poor, General Daniel Morgan, General John Stark, who announced to General Schuyler at the Van Schaick house, August 18, 1777, the victory at Bennington. After the surrender, General John Burgoyne and the surviving members of his staff were entertained there also.

John G. Van Schaick married Anna, born 1756, only daughter of Anthony Van Schaick, son of Goosen, son of Anthony (1), son of Captain Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick and his wife, Christena, daughter of Anthony (2), son of Anthony (1), son of Captain Goosen. They were cousins. Her father, Anthony, was made a captain of Indians and woodmen in 1755, and of Rangers in 1756. A letter from Sir William Johnson, colonial superintendent of the Six Nations, written in 1750, is still preserved. In his will, dated August 18, 1781, he bequeathed all his estate to wife, Christena, during her widowhood, and after death or remarriage to his only daughter Anna, wife of John G. Van Schaick, except his farm on "Isle Cohoes, or Van Schaick Island, where I now live, together with Hanver Island, and the Island called Plate," which land he devised to his grandson Anthony. The executor of his will was his son-in-law, John G. Van Schaick. Mrs. Anna Van Schaick was the hostess of the revolutionary officers who visited the Van Schaick home on the island, and charmingly seconded her husband in his patriotic hospitality. Children:

Wessel, born 1776, died 1836;

Anthony, born 1779, died 1822; was the law partner of Abraham Van Vechten in Albany;

Maria, see forward;

Augustus, died May 16, 1810;

John G. (2), born 1789;

Christina, born 1790;

Gerard, married Araminta Platt, who married (second) William L. Adams, who in 1852 came into possession of the lower portion of the island, in later years it has been called "Adams Island" after him;

Henry, born 1795, died 1829.

Of these children Augustus and John are buried in the island family burial plot, as is Anna, the mother, who died September 26, 1815, and John Gerritse, the father, husband, and patriot, who died July 7, 1828, in his eightieth year.

Marriage

Husband: Jan Gerritse Van Schaick

Wife: Anna Van Schaick

Child: Christina Van Schaick

Child: Henry Van Schaick

Child: Wessel Van Schaick

Child: Anthony Van Schaick

Child: Maria Van Schaick

Marriage:

Date: 2 AUG 1774/5

Place: Albany, NY

Imported only 2 AUG 1774 from Marriage Date and marked as uncertain.

Sources

• WikiTree profile Van Schaick-20 created through the import of JKD1.ged on Sep 15, 2011 by Richard Draper. See the Schaick-20 Changes page for the details of edits by Richard and others.