Display Patriot - P-130202

Gideon CASTLE

SAR Patriot #: P-130202

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State of Service: NY Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A020206

Birth: 23 Jul 1746 Woodbury / Fairfield / CT
Death: 09 Jun 1836 Schodack / Rensselaer / NY

Qualifying Service Description:

He served as a Private in the Company of Captain Daniel Shepard under the command of Colonels Southerland and Hopkins

Additional References:

Rev War Pension File: S*W16526
Roberts, James A, Comptroller, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, 2nd ed. New York. Albany: Brandow Printing Company, 1898, pg 247

Spouse: Abigail Hurd
Children: Elijah;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1981-04-29	AZ	Unassigned	Philip Mosher Fairchild (118467)	Elijah
1981-10-20	AZ	Unassigned	Paul Warner Fairchild (119272)	Elijah
1981-10-29	KS	Unassigned	Latham Castle (119313)	Elijah
1981-11-24	AZ	Unassigned	Edward Adams Mosher (119427)	Elijah
1982-01-11	KS	Unassigned	Chester Castle Walbridge (119616)	Elijah
1982-02-25	AZ	Unassigned	John Carpenter Mosher (119833)	Elijah
1982-03-05	TX	Unassigned	John Oliver Albright PhD (119889)	Elijah
1982-12-27	AZ	Unassigned	James Wallace Mosher (121412)	Elijah

Burial:

Nassau-Schodack Cemetery_(C-0035702)

Location:

Nassau / Rensselaer / NY / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

65404

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

116278719

Marker Type:

Headstone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Patriot contemporary stone, upright, partially legible
Image 1, provided with permission from Deborah Lyman, Find-A-Grave contributor # 48684503
Notes on Find-A-Grave suggest he was originally buried at Hoag's Orchard cemetery, which no longer exists and the stone was moved

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

New York Route 203 (Chatham Street) near intersection with Crossway Road

Photo: 1 of 1
(gps: 42.5041,-73.617338888889
Direction: 307°)

Author: Mark Andrew Davis

Gideon Castle was born on 23 July 1746 in Woodbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Northrup) Castle.

He was married on 23 June 1772 at Canaan, Columbia County, New York to Abigail Hurd. The following children’s names and birth dates were on a Dutch Fraktur that was found in Abigail’s application for a military pension.

Gideon Jr. was born on 25 January 1774.
Marinda was born on 18 December 1775 and married Elijah Haight.
Lucy was born on 24 April 1778 and married Lewis Herrick.
Elijah was born on 17 August 1780.
Joseph was born on 27 January 1783
Abigail was born on 16 January 1786 and married James Herrick.
William was born on 12 June 1788
Richard was born on 29 July 1790 and died young.
Moses was born on 18 May 1793.

Gideon was living in Freetown, Cortland County, New York when he applied for a Military Pension on 27 September 1836.

In his deposition, he stated that on 28 October 1776, he was called out in the service under Colonel Sutherland of the [Dutchess County] New York State Militia [6^th Regiment]. He served for one month in the Army and marched from Dutchess County. After the surrender of Fort Washington and the evacuation of Fort See, they marched back towards Dutchess County and spent a week engaged in removing Tories from Poughkeepsie.

In August 1777, he began a two-month tour under Colonel Sutherland to defend Fort Montgomery. Within five miles of the Fort, the Company encountered the enemy and a retreat to Poughkeepsie. They then marched to Fishkill and guarded the stores, then crossed the river to Newburgh until the British sailed up the river. They then retreated to Marbletown to guard stores, then to Hurley. At Hurley, they encountered the British again when they sailed down the river, so they marched back to Fishkill. He was at Hurley when he joined Colonel Hopkin’s Regiment for an additional month.

Soon after, he was engaged for two more months guarding stores upon the North River and conveying supplies. After that, he was engaged for six weeks on guard duty at Peekskill and Fishkill. Some of his service he was as a volunteer and for others, he was drafted. In total, he served for ten months and twelve days.

The Patriot died on 9 June 1836 in Schodack, Rensselaer County, New York

Sources:

Revolutionary War Pension File: S/W16526
Roberts, James A., Comptroller, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, 2nd ed. New York. Albany: Brandow Printing Company, 1898, page 247
Dutch Fraktur image: https://www.fold3.com/image/13740928

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