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Author: Paul Howard Burright
Teunis Barhydt was born on 3 Oct 1742 in Schenectady, Albany Co. New York and records show he was baptized the same day in the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.
He grew up in Schenectady and the Burright’s/Barhydt’s lived in the Albany County area since they arrived in America in the mid-1650’s.
Teunis was 23 years old when he married Jacomyntje Van Vorst on 14 Oct 1765 in Schenectady, New York. This marriage produced 5 children.
Teunis’ wife, Jacomyntje, died shortly after the birth of her 5th child on 8 Mar 1772. Teunis was a widower with 5 young children for 3 years before he met and married Cornelia Bovie on 7 May 1775, in Schenectady, New York.
In 1778, Teunis is on the rolls for the 2nd Albany County, NY Militia under the command of Colonel Abraham Wemple, Captain Jesse Van Slyck’s Company as a Private. He had a brother who was a Lieutenant within the regiment, and 3 brothers as Privates that served with him.
The 2nd Albany County, NY Militia was formed shortly after the engagements at Lexington and Concord. They weren’t involved in many major engagements, but were significant in guarding forts in New York along the Mohawk River Valley when not in the field with the Continental Army.
Some of the engagements that the 2nd Albany was involved in include:
11 Aug 1777 – Battle of Normanskill
19 Sep 1777 – Battle of Freeman’s Farm (First Battle of Saratoga)
7 Oct 1777 – Battle of Bemis Heights (Second Battle of Saratoga)
1778-79 – Served in Continental service at Fort Paris
July 1780 – Regiment is guarding Fort Plank
2 Aug 1780 – Regiment is guarding bateau bound for Fort Stanwix
12 Oct 1780 – Defense of Ballston
19 Oct 1780 – Battle of Klock’s Field
25 Oct 1781 – Battle of Johnstown
Teunis’ second marriage produced 5 more children and in 1786, Teunis’ second wife, Cornelia Bovie, died. That same year, he took Catharina Vrooman as his third wife with which he had 3 more children. Between his three marriages, Teunis had 13 children, with most of them living to adulthood. Other than his time in the militia, he lived and farmed his entire life in the Schenectady, Albany, New York area. Teunis died in 1804 in Albany County, New York at the age of 62.
By: Paul Burright
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