Display Patriot - P-147537 - Charles DEWITT

Charles DEWITT

SAR Patriot #: P-147537

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State of Service: NY      Qualifying Service: Colonel / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A032441

Birth: 1727 / Ulster / NY
Death: 27 Aug 1787 Hurley / Ulster / NY

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. MEMBER, 3rd and 4th PROVINCIAL CONGRESS of April 1775
  2. Colonel of Norther Regiment of Minute Men in Ulster County, NY Regiment
  3. Commissioned December 21, 1775
  4. Colonel DeWitt was a member of a committee to draft a Constiution and from 1781 to 1785, he sat in the State Assembly
  5. In 1784, he was elected to the Continental Congress

Additional References:
  1. 36th-45th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC
  2. FERNOW, DOCS REL TO THE COL HIST OF STATE OF NY, “NY IN THE REV,” VOL 15, pg 303
  3. ROBERTS & MATHER, NY IN THE REV AS COLONY & STATE, Volume 2, pg 109, 113, 134
  4. Heitmans Historical Register - Officers of Continental Army, pg 195
  5. DAR #153702

Spouse: Blandina DuBois
Children: Gerrett; Johannes;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1941-05-23 NY Unassigned Harvey Alexander (60366) Garrett   
2003-09-23 NY 17189 Stanley Clifton Newkirk (161081) Gerritt   
2019-08-16 NY 87831 Mitchell Alan Weaver (212556) Johannes   
Location:
Hurley / Ulster / NY / USA
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Author: James Edward Mitchell
Charles DeWitt (aka De Witt) was born on 27 Apr 1727, to parents Johannes DeWitt and Mary Brodhead, at Kingston, Ulster County (Co,) New York (NY). Charles was schooled at the Kingston, NY, Old Dutch Reformed Church. At his parents farm home, in the hamlet of Greenkill, now Rosendale, NY, Charles assisted the families operation of a grist mill business; source, Wikipedia, Charles DeWitt, Early Life.

At age 27, Charles married on 20 Dec 1754, Blandina DuBois (1731-1765), a daughter of Gerret DuBois (1704-1773) and Margrietje (Margaret) Von Elmendorf. From their marriage were born 5 children, Johannes Charles DeWitt; Margrietje DeWitt; Maria DeWitt; Gerret DeWitt; and Ann DeWitt.

Approximately 14 years after his marriage, Charles entered a political career when 1st elected to the NY Colonial Assembly by Ulster County voters. He returned to that seat of representation until the Assembly was replaced in 1775 by a Provisional Congress for the NY. DeWitt was appointed to the rank of Colonel and approved to command the (2nd) Ulster militia Rgt. on 21 Dec 1775; he also, served as an Ulster member of the Committee of Safety between 1775 and 1777. Charles DeWitt was appointed as an officer of the 2nd Continental Congress and, also served in the 3rd NY Provincial Congress; source, New York in the Revolution as a Colony and State, Supplement Vol II, 1904, Comptroller James A. Roberts, J. B. Lyon Company, Printers at Albany, NY, see: pgs 109, 113, [pg 134, Charles DeWitt 3rd and 4th Congresses –as a delegate to the Cmte of Safety)] pg 151, appointed 1 Aug 1777 to the Council of Safety with Zephaniah Platt to write Col. Peter R. Livingston as to the places within NY, to which Salt should be conveyed, and pg 157, 5th Session Assembly at Poughkeepsie, Oct 24 – Nov 23, 1781 and Feb 21 – Apr14, 1782.

Charles died at age 60, on 27 Aug 1787, at Kingston, Ulster Co, NY. He was buried in his family’s Dutch Reformed Church cemetery; see, Old Hurley Burial Grounds, mapped at Latitude: 41.92642, Longitude: -74.06293, a short distance from the direct access on Main Street, Hurley. Charles’ upright, inscribed headstone might be observed with a color photograph found online at Find A Grave Memorial# 6394604.

Lastly, another Revolutionary War associate of Charles DeWitt named, Cornelius D. Wynkoop, Colonel, Aug 1775-76 (3rd) NY Rgt. of Foot – Militia Levies, who defended Fort Montgomery and Fort Constitution opposite West Point during May, 1776 lies at rest within the Old Hurley Burial Ground; see, Find A Grave Memorial# 19078688 and separately, Nat’l Society Sons of the American Revolution, SAR Patriot Record Index, Cornelius D. Wynkoop, Ancestor # P-325640, Grave Registry /Biography.
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