Peter Surdam (1723 - 1801)

Born 1723 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Younglove) Van Suydam — married 5 Oct 1748 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1801 at about age 78 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States

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Biography

Peter Surdam (aka Van Surdam) the eldest son of Lawrence Surdam and Eleanor Neeltje, died August 22, 1801, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. He was therefore born in 1723 or 1724, and probably in Dutchess county. On October 5, 1748, in Connecticut, Peter married Elizabeth Younglove of Sheffield, Massachusetts. They lived at Salisbury and had seven childrne: Elenor, Lawrence, Hannah, Tunis, Abigail and Andrew. ^[1]

Between 1760 and 1770, the family moved to Hoosick, New York. Peter and his son, Andrew took part in the Battle of Bennngton, which Anderson in his Landmarks of Rensselaer County, says was not fought at Bennington at all, but in Hoosick and on the farm now in the possession of Franklin P. Surdam, a son of Calvin Surdam, mentioned at some length in Sylvester's History of Rensselaer County. Sylvester also mentions Peter's son Tunis (who changed his name to Anthony) and Samuel, who with their father, Peter, are buried in the little family cemtery on the Gooding farm. (Gooding's wife was a Surdam on the mother's side.) ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60556283/peter-van_surdam
2. ↑ Genealogy of the Surdam family, by Charles Edward Surdam, Jerseyman Press, 1909, pages 48-49