Abraham Vandal (1758 - 1848)

Born 27 Sep 1758 in Dutchess, New York colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Dillon) Vandal — married 1780 in Rockbridge,, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Nov 1848 at age 90 in Ansted, Fayette County, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Private Abraham Vandal served with New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Abraham Vandal is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A117491.

Military Service American Revolutionary War. He fought in both the Battle of White Plains and the Battle of Long Island.

His birth name was Abraham Wendell. The name changed during his Revolutionary War service due to the pronunciation of the name with a "V" sound. He is listed as a patriot with the DAR, in New York. The birth date on the tombstone and in his pension record is not correct. His baptism was in the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany, New York, on October 1, 1758. However, the baptism record of October 1, 1758, appears most reliable, so the birth date would be before that, because the Dutch kept accurate and extensive records,

Abraham's ancestry can be proven, as the Wendell family has been extensively researched and written about in New York genealogical societies.

More information on his ancestry is at http://www.americantapestry.net/2017/07/16/the-dutch-immigrant-ancestors-of-abraham-vandal/ and http://www.americantapestry.net/2018/06/01/abraham-vandal-ancestry/.

Abraham VANDAL was born in the year 1758 in Dutchess, New York. He died on 12 Nov 1848 in Ansted, Fayette, Virginia. Son of Henderick Wendel and Catalyntje "Catalyna" Van Schaick. His siblings were Susannah Wendell Boskirk, Gerrit Wendell, and Sara Wendell Bradt.

Abraham (Wendell) VANDAL and Mary "Polly" DILLON were married in 1780 in West Lake Farm, Fayette, Virginia. Mary "Polly" Dillon, daughter of William James Dillon and Permelia Mary Robinson. She was born on 31 January 1763 in Augusta, Virginia. She died on 9 February 1840 at the age of 77 in Ansted, Fayette, Virginia. She was buried about 12 February 1840 at Westlake Cemetery in Ansted, Fayette, West Virginia. He was buried about 15 Nov 1848 in Ansted, Fayette, Virginia.

Children

Charity Vandal McClung 1784–1860

Edward D Vandal 1794–1866

Mary Polley Vandall Westlake 1799–1853

Elizabeth Vandal Masterson 1805–1873

Sources

• Record for Abraham Vandall Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 054 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Source number: 6728.029; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1

• Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Record for Mary Dillon

• Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.

• Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905. The will abstracts for Isle of Wight and Norfolk counties were taken from microfilmed copies of the original Will Books. Some of these records may be found at the Family History Library as well as other libraries and archives. The originals may be found at the appropriate county courthouses. For individual sources please see the Notes section listed with each record.

• Year: 1840; Census Place: Fayette, Virginia; Roll: 555; Page: 160; Image: 328; Family History Library Film: 0029685 Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Abraham Vandall A Patriot of the American Revolution for New York with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor # A117491

Abraham Vandal From the Revolutionary War Section, 8-595, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C., Nov. 30, 1921.

Abraham Vandal

BIRTH 27 Sep 1758

DEATH 12 Nov 1848 (aged 90)

BURIAL Westlake Cemetery, Ansted, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA

MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #9504472

Has a photo of gravestone

United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers Name Abraham Vandal Event Type Military Service Event Date 04 Mar 1831 Event Place Virginia, United States Event Place Virginia, United States Page 329 Citing this Record "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LXZF : accessed 31 January 2019), Abraham Vandal, 04 Mar 1831; citing Virginia, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 7; FHL microfilm 1,319,387.

United States Census, 1840 Name Abraham Vandal Event Type Census Event Date 1840 Event Place Fayette, Virginia, United States Page 160 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBM-VGQ : 13 September 2017), Abraham Vandal, Fayette, Virginia, United States; citing p. 160, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 555; FHL microfilm 29,685.

New York Births and Christenings Name Abraham Wendel Gender Male Christening Date 01 Oct 1758 Christening Place FIRST DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,ALBANY,ALBANY,NEW YORK Father's Name Henderick Wendel Mother's Name Catalyntje Van Schaick Citing this Record "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HV-VK3 : 11 February 2018), Henderick Wendel in entry for Abraham Wendel, 01 Oct 1758; citing FIRST DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,ALBANY,ALBANY,NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,989.