Cornelius Linderman was born 29 March 1756 in Montgomery, Orange County, New York, the son of Jacob Linderman and Catharina MacLean/Maclin.

He married Antje “Anna” Young, on 26 November 1777, in Montgomery, Ulster, New York. Their known children were:

• Elsie was born on 24 September 1779.
• Catherine was born on 27 March 1782.
• William was born in 1783.
• Elizabeth was born in 1785.
• Sarah “Sally” was born on 13 May 1788.
• Mary was born on 30 January 1792.
• Anna was born in February 1790.
• twins Isaac and Jacob were born on 21 December 1793.
• Cornelius Jr. was born in 1796.
• Nancy was born on 4 March 1798.
• Henry was born in 1801.
• Jane was born on 28 February 1802.
• John C. was born on 18 December 1803.

Cornelius was drafted for 14 days as a private in Captain John J. Graham’s Company at Fort Montgomery. He enlisted, on 10 August 1776, for five months as a private in the Company of Captain John Graham, of the Regiment of Colonel Albert Paulding. They sailed down the Hudson River to Terrytown. They marched to Horse Neck, then to the Artillery at King’s Bridge, until the British were engaged at the Battle of White Plains, on 28 October 1776. The King’s Bridge Redoubt fortification, established in 1776, in present-day New York City that was on the Old Post Road.

In September 1777, he was drafted for twenty-one days as a private in the Company of Captain Montgomery of the Regiment of Colonel McClaugherty. Twenty-four hours after that term ended, he was drafted into the Company for forty-nine days in Wagon Service. In the summer of 1778, he served for at least three months as a private in the Company of Lieutenant Samuel Barclay under the command of Colonel Johnson.

He was drafted for eight months, in April or May of 1780, as a private in the Company of Lieutenant James Morrill as a Ranger. In 1781 and 1782 he served at least four months but did not recall the officers. Records indicate that he was five feet, six inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and gray eyes.

About 1794, the family moved from Orange County to Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York.

He died on 8 February 1848, aged 91 years, ten months, and nine days. His wife died on 3 August 1841, aged 82 years, three months, and 25 days. Both are buried at Ithaca City Cemetery. His will was dated 22 December 1847 and probated on 16 April 1848. He devised his estate for his children in both land and currency.

Sources:

1. Find a Grave.com, digital record, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 24 July 2020), memorial for Cornelius Linderman Sr., Find A Grave Memorial # 46434820, Ithaca, New York.
2. Sons of the American Revolution, National Society, Louisville, Kentucky. Primary application of John Robert Coon, National Number 125590.
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5. New York, Montgomery: Church Records or Register of the Baptized, Children, the Accepted Members, and of the Married Persons on the Wale Kil, beginning with the Year 1732, by their extraordinary Instructor of the Congregation of Wale Kil, church of Kingston. Book 27.
6. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Micropublication M804, roll 1566. Washington: National Archives. S10990.
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