John Johannes Van Deusen (bef. 1761 - bef. 1802)

Born before 14 Nov 1761 in Claverack, Columbia, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Fitje Halenbeck — married 30 Sep 1782 in Claverack, NY

Descendants

Died before 7 Dec 1802 at about age 41 in Claverack, Columbia, New York, United States

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Biography

John J Van Deusen is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Private John J Van Deusen served with 8th Regiment, Albany County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.

195 JOHN J. VAN DEUSEN, son of (94) Johannes Van Deusen and Christyntje De La Matre;Johannes Van Deusen Christyntje Dela Metre bp at Claverack Nov. 14, 1761; m there Sept. 30, 1782, Fitje (Sophia) Hallenbeck, b in 1763 ; d Dec. 30, 1833. During the War of the Revolution John J. Van Deusen fought side by side with so many of his relatives in the Eighth Regt., Albany Co. Militia, under Col. Robert Van Rensselaer. On Apr. 6, 1787, he was commissioned as Ensign in Capt. Kemper's Comp., Col. Henry J. Van Rensselaer's Regt., and in 1797 was commissioned Lieutenant. His will, dated Mar. 12, 1802, was probated Dec. 7, 1802. Res: Hudson, N. Y. 11 Children^[1]

Name John Johannes Van Deusen Event Type Burial Event Place Greenport Center, Columbia, New York, United States of America Photograph Included N Affiliate Record Identifier 6926960 Cemetery Spook Rock Cemetery^[2]

Birth: 1759 Claverack Columbia County New York, USA Death: 1802 Claverack Columbia County New York, USA

He was one of the children of Johannes T. Van Deusen and his first wife Christina De La Mater (Le Maistre). Christina was a descendant of Major Dirck Wesselsen Ten Broeck who owned a large tract of land on the east side of the Hudson River near Clermont, New York and a large tract of land at Saratoga, New York.

John J. Van Deusen was born in 1759 and baptized Nov. 14, 1761 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack, Columbia County, New York. He married Fytje (Sophia in English) Hallenbeck on Sept. 30, 1782 at the same church where he was baptized. They were apparently third cousins. Sophia was one of the children of William J. Hallenbeck and Maria-Marya D. Spoor. John J. Van Deusen and Sophia (Fytje) Hallenbeck had eleven children including my ancestor Maria Van Deusen who married Leonard Freeland in 1806 at the same Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack, New York.

John J. Van Deusen died young in 1802 at the age of 42 and his father Johannes T. Van Deusen, married to his second wife, Maritje Bronck of Greene County, died in 1803. The widow Sophia died on December of 1833 at age 70 and she is also buried in the cornfield near Spook Rock in Claverack, New York. John fought in the Revolutionary War as a young man and his father Johannes T. Van Deusen was said to have been Chairman of the Committee for Safety at Claverack, New York during the war.

One of the sources of information for him are in "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," Volume XXVI, year 1895, page 90. His wife is also mentioned in the same list of burials at the Van Deusen burial ground opposite "Spook Rock" on the roadside between Claverack and Hudson, Columbia County, New York. The piece of information was supplied by R. J. Van Deusen of Albany, New York.

Family links: Spouse: Sophia (Fytje) Williamse Hallenbeck Van Deusen (1764 - 1833)

Children: William Van Deusen (1785 - 1863)* Ariantje Van Deusen Best (1787 - ____)* Maria Van Deusen Freeland (1789 - 1857)* Gertrude Van Deusen (1801 - 1865)*

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Burial: Spook Rock Cemetery Greenport Center Columbia County New York, USA Plot: old private cemetery^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Van Deusen Genealogy https://archive.org/stream/vandeursenfamily01vand/vandeursenfamily01vand_djvu.txt138-39
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVW-WP72 : 13 December 2015), John Johannes Van Deusen, ; Burial, Greenport Center, Columbia, New York, United States of America, Spook Rock Cemetery; citing record ID 6926960, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #6926960