Abraham Levi Vandermark (1791 - 1875)

Born 16 Jan 1791 in Marbletown, Ulster Co., NY

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Died 8 Sep 1875 at age 84 in Ulster Co., NY

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Biography

Lived in a stone house on the Vly Road in Marbletown, about three miles from Stone Ridge, not far from where the Ashokan Reservoir conduit to New York City crosses. Abraham w as probably born in this house.

Later he moved further up the road near what was known as Scarworn, where he passed the remainder of his life.

He did surveying and speculated in real estate and once owned several hundred acres of Catskill Mountain farm, lumber and quarry lands. He had the nickname of 'Boudy' and also of 'Colonel'. He could speak both English and Dutch and signed his name Abm vanDemark.

He served at least two enlistments in the War of 1812. On April 2, 1813, he was promoted to Ensign in the 113th Regiment from Ulster Co.

NAME

NAME Abraham Levi /Vandermark/

GIVN Abraham Levi

SURN Vandermark

NSFX (#224)^[1]

CENSUS

1850 Marbletown, Ulster Co., NY

Abm Vandermark Male 60 New York

Sarah Vandermark Female 51 New York

Thos Vandermark Male 18 New York

Gilbert Vandermark Male 15 New York

Andrus Vandermark Male 13 New York

Phebe Vandermark Female 11 New York

Edgar Vandermark Male 5 New York

Thos Regan Male 21 Ireland ^[2]

1855 Marbletown, Ulster, New York

Abraham L Van Dermark Head 64

Sally Van Dermark Wife Female 56

Pheby Van Dermark Child Female 16 ^[3]

1860 Marbletown, Ulster, New York

Abm Vandemark Male 70 New York

Sarah Vandemark Female 51 New York

Gilbert T Vandemark Male 27 New York

Phebe C Vandemark Female 21 New York

Edgar H Vandemark Male 15 New York

Willis W Vandemark Male 2 New York ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Vandermark Family History. AUTH Bovey. 1942
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC11-571 : 12 April 2016), Abm Vandermark, Marbletown, Ulster, New York, United States; citing family 183, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K679-5N9 : 13 March 2018), Abraham L Van Dermark, E.D. 3, Marbletown, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. , line #38, family #68, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 842,646.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQ7-HD2 : 12 December 2017), Abm Vandemark, 1860.

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