Display Patriot - P-309456 - Hezekiah VAN DORN/VAN DOREN
Hezekiah VAN DORN/VAN DOREN
SAR Patriot #:
P-309456
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.
Captain Jonathan Holmes, Israel Shreve's 2nd Regt, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Estab, N J Continental Line, 1780-82
Also Captain John Burrow, Colonel David Foreman, Continental Army, enlisted February 13, 1777
Additional References:
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 613., 639, Washington: National Archives.
Stryker, William S., Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, New Jersey. Trenton: Wm. T. Nicholson & Co., 1872, pg 303
Roster of Rev War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR. 1929
Hezekiah Van Dorn was born in 1757 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, the son of Jacob Van and Angenietje Reolof (Scheneck) Dorn.
He married Lydia Balser and had seven known children:
Catherine was born on 6 March 1789 and married Richard Harbert.
William was born on 20 February 1787 and married Elizabeth Bishop.
Hannah was born in 1785 and married Enoch Ballah.
Hezekiah was born on 26 March 1791 and married Hester Irvin.
Jacob was born on 12 March 1794 and married Mary Ann Loyster.
Tylar was born in 1795 and married Hannah De Hartt.
Isaac was born on 8 March 1799 and married Amanda Malvina Reader.
Eseck enlisted on 13 February 1777 as a Private in Captain John Burrow’s Company, Colonel David Borman’s Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line. He was at the battles of Short Hills, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. In June of 1779, he transferred to Colonel Oliver Spencer’s Regiment with his company. He served in the New Jersey Brigade under Brigadier General William Maxwell in Major General John Sullivan’s Division against the Six Nations (Indians) in western Pennsylvania and New York. He deserted from the army in July 1780. He rejoined the army as Hezekiah Van Dorn on 22 May 1782 and served as a Private in Captain Jonathon Holmes’ Company, Colonel Israel Shreve’s 2nd Infantry Regiment from New Jersey. He was honorably discharged on 3 November 1783, at the war's end.
The Patriot died in 1800 in Ross County, now Pickaway County, Ohio, and was buried in the Jefferson Cemetery.
After his death, Lydia and their children moved to Fountain County, Indiana, and farmed on the banks of the Wabash and Erie Canals.
Sources:
SAR Patriot Research System P-309456
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 613., 639, Washington: National Archives.
Stryker, William S., Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, New Jersey. Trenton: Wm. T. Nicholson & Co., 1872, page 303
DAR Official Roster III, Soldiers of the American Revolution that Lived in the State of Ohio, Pg. 365
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