Elizabeth (Young) House (1746 - 1813)

Born 1746 in Mohawk Valley, New York Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Jost House Jr. — married [date unknown] in New York

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1813 at about age 67 in New York, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth's husband supported the Patriot cause during the Revolutionary War and they made their home in the Geissenburg settlement near Ft. Plain, New York. Elizabeth, together with her children Christina and Jacob, were captured by Indians on August 2, 1780 near Fort Plain, and taken captive to Canada where they were held for about eighteen months.^[1] But see also Elizabeth wife of Joseph Conrad House, as Sylvia Novak ascribes the events and children to her.^[2]

Elizabeth is buried in Ft. Plain Reformed Church Cemetery, Ft. Plain, New York.

Sources

1. ↑ In the "Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York," we find reference among others to the following prisoners captured by the Indians near Fort Plain, N. Y. on the 2nd day of August, 1780, and taken to Canada where they were held for about eighteen months and returned then, only upon demand of the Governor, accompanied by threats of reprisal if they were not returned. Rebecca, aged 25 years, wife of Stephen Scriber, together with her three children, Elizabeth aged seven, Abraham aged four and Maria, one year. Also that at same time were taken: Elizabeth, twenty-one years; Christina, four; and Jacubus, none months--wife and children of John Joseph House. Also Maria Elizabeth, seventeen, daughter of George House and Conrad, fifteen, son of Adam House. Melvin Rhodes Shaver, House Family of the Mohawk (Ransomville, N. Y., no date) pp. 30-31.
2. ↑ House Ancestry From Germany, 1709 to Iowa, 1851, by Sylvia Novak

• Dr. David K. Faux: Descendants of Johannes Young, Generation 4.

• and Adam Young (1717-1790) and Catherine Elizabeth Schremling (1720-1798)

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