SOURCE: Old Dutch Post-Star(Ulster Co.) May 25 1978 BIO: Withbrothers Johannis and Hendrick were some of the original settlersof Fishkill, Dutchess County. William moved back to the Shawangunkarea in about 1750 when his wife Janneke Hofman inherited propertyfrom her father Zacharius along the Wallkill river. We findrecords of this branch of the family in Shawangunk and OrangeCounty Church and Cemetery Records.
SOURCE: Colonial Families of the United States p. 244. BIOGRAPHY:Captain of the First Rhinebeck Company of the First Regiment ofMilitia (Minute Men), 17 Oct. 1775; was one of the Associates ofDutchess Co., 1775, High Sheriff of Co., 1786-1807.
CHR: Huybert Van Wagenen and Willemyntje Vredenburgh, sponsors.