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Birth: 12 Jul 1714 Albany / Albany / NY Death: 18 Jan 1791 Albany / Albany / NY
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28th-35th Annual Reports, NSDAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC
Spouse: Marytje Egberts Children: Annatje; Jacob; Maria;
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north of Menand Road, also named, Hwy. 378 on Cemetery Avenue off Broadway
Author: James Edward Mitchell
Jacob Lansing, Jr was born during 1715 at his parents’ Pearl Street home in Albany, New York (NY) where his father was a prominent silversmith and businessman. His parents were Jacob Hendrickse Lansing (1685-1756) and Helena Pruyn (1681-1755), who married on 19 Oct 1701, as members of the Dutch Reformed Church at Albany.
During 1741, at age, 27 Jacob married Maria Egberts (1714-1771), a sincere acquaintance and an Albany family friend. On 7 Jul 1751, a daughter was subscribed and Baptized a child, Femmitje; Parents: Jacob J. Lansing and Maria Egberts; Witnesses: Egbert Egberts and Maria Egberts; source, http://interactive.ancestry.com/6961/42037_1521003239_0772-00056/150164636?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/3085760/person/24203215380/facts/citation/940017021463/edit/record
In the order of their birth, Jacob and Maria Egberts Lansing were parents to 4 daughters, Helena (1743-1795) m. Van Rensselaer; Annatje (1746-1823) m. Ten Eyck; Elsie (1748-1811); Femmitje (1751-1807) and, 2 sons, Cornelius (1752-1842) and Jacob (1753-1794) [Find A Grave Memorial# 59060381].
Jacob Lansing, Jr was a merchant that resided on Market Street in the North End of the City of Albany in his later years of life. He initially was commissioned during 1768 as a company Capt., raised for Provincial Forces, Albany County in the 1st (NY) Militia Rgt. commanded by Col. David Vanderheyden, a wealthy Albany merchant. He owned several privateers in New York City in 1756, among which was the ship “Defiance” owned jointly.
On 20 Oct 1773, Jacob Lansing, Jr was commissioned as Col., of the 1st Rgt of Albany County until his resignation on 3 Mar 1780. Abraham Cuyler, 2nd Major replaced Jacob Lansing, Junr.
Col. Jacob Jacobs Lansing, Jr. was recorded as a member of the Albany, NY Committee (Ctme) of Publick Safety and/or Correspondence in 1775. He was also Col. of the 1st (NY) Militia Rgt. , according to a Sons of the American Revolution Application For Membership for Lee Wallace Hoffman, Jr. National Society (NSSAR) No. 53679 & Michigan State Society No. 1632 approved on 17 Mar 1935.
Background: On 23 Jul 1776, the Resolution of the Convention for raising Rangers in the County of Albany was passed. NY organized the Rangers as follows: 126 men including officers were to be formed and divided into 2 companies, each made up of 1 Capt., 2 Lieuts., 3 Sergts., 3 Corps., and 54 Pvts. Funding was made possible to pay a bounty for officers, subalterns and levies raised for every county. The Governor (Gov) of NY George Clinton was given authority by the Convention to call out the (NY) Militia, from time to time-- to defend the frontiers of Ulster and Orange Counties, to erect blockhouses and build breastworks…., according to Gen’l. Orders of 12 May 1779. Pursuant to an Act entitled, “An Act to complete the continental Bttn(s) raised under the Direction of this State”, passed 1 Jul 1780 with approval from Gov. George Clinton at Poughkeepsie on 11 Jun 1781, funding was made possible to pay a bounty for officers, subalterns and levies raised for every county. The Continental Congress, 8 Oct 1776, resolved that a suit of clothes should be given “as a Bounty to the Soldiers who shall list during the War”. A list of clothing delivered the Continental Troops of the State of NY as Bounty included articles – Pair of Linen hunting Shirts, Pair Hose, Woolen Waistcoat with Sleeves, Breeches; Hat or leathern Cap and a Pair of Shoes, etc.
The chief Militia acts of the (NY) Legislature were passed, 3 Apr 1778, 9 Oct 1779, 11 Mar 1780 and 21 Feb 1781; source, New York in the Revolution: Supplement, published 1907 by (NY) Comptroller James A. Roberts, 344 pgs https://ia800207.us.archive.org/24/items/cu31924089999621/cu31924089999621.pdf
Found within the 1790 Census for the town of Watervliet, named from the Dutch for “water flood” and founded in 1788 beyond the City of Albany’s northern line were 4 named individuals, Jacob Lansing.
At age 76, Col. Jacob Lansing, Jr died on 18 Jan 1791 and was re- buried about 1842 at Church Grounds of the Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany County, NY according to Find A Grave Memorial# 48355447; as church burial grounds in Albany filled, a city cemetery was opened in the 1780s and another was established during 1801, with many earlier burials removed to the newly opened, 2 Apr 1841 Albany Rural Cemetery mapped north of Menand Road, also named, Hwy. 378 on Cemetery Avenue off Broadway at Latitude: 42.703993 and Longitude: -73.724588.
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