Display Patriot - P-309358 - Gysbert/Gilbert VAN DEN BERGH/VANDENBERGH
Gysbert/Gilbert VAN DEN BERGH/VANDENBERGH
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P-309358
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.
On the original stone his name is engraved as "Gilbert"
His stone is becoming quite worn.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
The gravesite is right next to the center aisle in the older part of the cemetery
Author: David Adriance Foster
Gysbert Van Denbergh, son of Willem Van Denbergh and Susan Van Iveren, was born in Albany, NY in 1748 and baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church. He died in 1836 and is buried at Blooming Grove Cemetery in Rensselaer County, NY. His descendants requested and received an official War Department headstone for his grave in 1930.
Gysbert was a farmer descended from Dutch farmers who originally settled near Albany in the 1640’s. He married Jane Witbeck in 1752, who is also buried in Blooming Grove Cemetery.
During the Revolutionary War he was a Private in Lt. Col. Henry K. Van Rensselaer’s 4th Regiment, Rensselaerswyck Battalion, Albany County Militia. Although not documented, this means he was probably at the Battle of Fort Anne in July 1777. Continental forces in retreat from Fort Ticonderoga engaged Burgoyne’s larger British force that had driven them from Ticonderoga. When the Continental forces reached Fort Anne 400 New York militia under Henry Van Rensselaer that had been sent by General Schuyler met them.
The 4th Regiment was also in the second Battle of Saratoga on October 7, 1777 according to Luzader’s Saratoga: A military History of the Decisive Campaign of the American Revolution, although Van Denbergh’s specific participation is not documented.
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