The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Birth: 05 Feb 1727 East Hampton / / NY Death: 29 Jan 1815 East Hampton / Suffolk / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
3rd NY Regt, Col Peter Gannevoort; member of 1st NY militia Regt
DAR states Future Applicants Must Prove Correct Service (FAMPCS) - MUST PROVE SERVICE AFTER 1778. SIGNED OATH OF LOYALTY TO KING IN 1778. GIVEN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CLIMATE OF LONG ISLAND DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, PLEASE BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE SERVICE PROBLEMS
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, James A. Roberts, (1898), pg 42
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