Petrus (Van Alstine) Van Alstyne UE (bef. 1743 - 1811)

Born before 5 Jun 1743 in Kinderhook, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Alida (Van Alen) Van Alstine — married 24 Sep 1769 in Linlithgow, New York

Descendants

Died 1811 after age 67 in Adolphustown, Prince Edward, Upper Canada

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Biography

Peter Van Alstyne was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Undetermined
Date: Undated

Petrus Van Alstine, son of Sander Van Alstine and Elbertje Van Alen, was baptized on 5 June 1743 in the Reformed Dutch Church of Coxsackie, New York.^[1]

Alida Van Alen, spinster, was married on 24 September 1769 by license dated 23 June to Peter S. Van Alstyn, blacksmith, both of Albany.^[2]

Children of Pieter Van Aelsteyn and Alida Van Alen baptized in Kinderhook, New York, were:

1. Alexander Van Aelsteyn, 11 November 1770.^[3]
2. Alida Van Aelsteyn, baptized 15 March 1772.^[4]
3. Cornelis Van Aelsteyn, baptized 12 June 1774. ^[5]

Peter Van Alstine "was elected at a bye-election for the riding of Prince Edward and Adolphustown to replace Philip Dorland, a Quaker, who had refused to take the oath and therefore was declared ineligible to take his seat in the Assembly."^[6]

Major Van Alstine's party of Loyalists settled on Tp. No. 4, Cataraqui; 92 men, 46 women, 103 children, 17 servants, 253 total.]^[7]. In 1784 he was noted at Cataraqui, Loyalist, Major Vanalstine, 1 man, 0 woman, children 2 male above 10, 1 male under 10, 1 female above 10, 3 servants, 7.5 rations per day, 5 acres cleared, woman dead since last muster, servant negro slaves] ^[8]

Guysbart Sharp UE^[9] was the sworn witness at Major Van Alstine's 1788 land claim presented in Montreal.

He was a slave owner. "6 Sept. 1783, Grace bound for Quebec, William Oxley...Cuff Van Aulstine, 16, stout lad, (Major Van Alstine). Major Van Alstine's own property." ^{[10] [11]}

He passed away in 1811. See Peter Van Alstine Will here, and was buried in Adophulstown, Ontario

In 2011, winery Karlo Estates, situated on land that was part of his land grant, began to name some products after him^[12]

Research Notes

LNAB is Van Alstine, based on the FamilySearch transcription of his baptism record. Smith-62120 11:26, 28 March 2018 (EDT)

Sources

1. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch ( : 11 February 2018), Petrus Van Alstine, 05 Jun 1743; citing DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, COXSACKIE, GREENE, NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 974.7 B2N V. 88-91.
2. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Linlithgo, Book 26
3. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (11 February 2018), entry for Alexander Van Aelsteyn, 11 Nov 1770; citing REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, KINDERHOOK, COLUMBIA, NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 534,199.
4. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (11 February 2018), entry for Alida Van Aelsteyn, 15 Mar 1772; citing REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, KINDERHOOK, COLUMBIA, NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 534,199.
5. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962,"database, FamilySearch (11 February 2018), entry for Cornelis Van Aelsteyn, 12 Jun 1774; citing REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, KINDERHOOK, COLUMBIA, NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 534,199.
6. ↑ Peter Van Alstine, d.1811, Historical Narratives of Early Canada, History preserves for posterity the accomplishments of men and women.[1]
7. ↑ Haldimand Papers, British Library, Disbanded Troops and Loyalists, No 4 Cataraqui [Adolphustown], 5 Oct 1784, Add Mss 21828, H-1655, on line Heritage Canadiana see image 142
8. ↑ Haldimand Papers, British Library, Disbanded Troops and Loyalists, No 4 Cataraqui (Adolphustown), 5 Oct 1784, Add Mss 21828, H-1655, on line Heritage Canadiana see image 179
9. ↑ Scherp-70
10. ↑ "The Book of Negroes" "African American loyalist refugees who left New York between April and November 1783 and whose names are recorded in the Book of Negroes.", 2015 University of Sydney.
11. ↑ Library and Archives Canada Carleton Papers – Book of Negroes, 1783 showing Item: Cuff VANAULSTINE (2567)
12. ↑ 2011 Ontario Culinary wine site (link is no longer active), which states: "Karlo Estates is situated on land that has only changed hands a couple of times since the American Civil War. A British Loyalist Officer, Peter Van Alstine, who built the first Glenora ferry, was given the land by the King of England. After his death the Stevenson family were the first to build a homestead on it and used the land for grain, as a tomato farm, and then a dairy operation. But it wasn’t until Richard Karlo planted the first grapes here in the Spring of 2006 that it’s Hillier Clay Loam soil was used for the production of beautiful wines, such as, and fittingly named, the 2011 Van Alstine Port." See also the winery's website for current products bearing the name

See also:

• WikiPedia Page for Peter Van Alstine
• The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada by the United Empire Loyalists, Appendix B, P. 267, By United Empire Loyalist Centennial Committee, Toronto]
• Many sources and write-ups on Peter Van Alstine on Freepages, Saylor Mowbray
• Memorial Tiles: Maj. Peter Van Alstine, by F.A. Corkindale, December, 1889, Saint Alban the Martyr UEL Memorial Church.[2]
• Becoming Prominent: Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841, J.K. Johnson (1989).
• Three Loyalists from Albany County, S. Davidson, Loyalist Trails UELAC Newlsletter article, 18 Sep 2011.
• Voyage of a Different Kind, The Associated Loyalists of Kingston and Adolphustown, L. Turner, Mika Publishing Belleville, Ontario, 1984.
• The Loyalist Settlement of Adolphustown. A Short History of Peter Van Alstine and His Company, H.H. Van Wart, The Loyalist Gazette, Vol. 2, No. 2, August 1932.
• Peter Van Alstine was an Associated Loyalist, by Carol Evans, Lakeshore Genealogical Society, 2013, [3]
• #2 - Loyalist Settler Peter Van Alstine [4]
• #7 - The Glenora Ferry [5]
• Settlement of Upper Canada, pp. 448-458, by William Canniff, Chapter L, 1869.[6]
• Peckham, Harriett C. Waite Van Buren. History of Cornelis Maessen Van Buren, who Came from Holland to the New Netherlands in 1631, and his Descendants. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1913. pages 314-315.
• The Early history of the Glenora Ferry, Adapted from an article by Larry Turner, County Magazine, Archives and Collections Society, Picton, Ontario. ]
• "In Memory of the U. E. Loyalists who through Loyalty to British Institutions left the US & Landed on these shores on 26th of June, A.D. 1784." [7]
• Peter Van Alstine, Michael Grass and the Associated Loyalists of Upper Canada, 1783-1784, by Turner, Larry, Year/Format: 1986, Microform, Toronto Public Library. [8]
• Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Van Alstyne, [9]
• Major Peter Vanalstine of Adolphustown Tp. 1743 - 1800