Display Patriot - P-309494 - Cornelius VAN DYKE/DYCK
Cornelius VAN DYKE/DYCK
SAR Patriot #:
P-309494
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State of Service: NY
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant Colonel
Birth: 08 Oct 1740 Schenectady / / NY Death: 09 Jun 1792
Qualifying Service Description:
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THESE # ARE CHILDREN OF JOHN VAN DYCK, BP 5-24-1724; SCHENECTADY, NY, P 8-21-1785; PROB SCHOLARIE, NY
THIS CORNELIUS VAN DYKE D. WITHOUT ISSUE - HISTORY OF SCHENECTADY, NY 1879, P 120. ADP 9-4-81
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Spouse: Tanneke Yates Children: Members Who Share This Ancestor
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Author: James Edward Mitchell
LieutCol Cornelius Van Dyck’s parents were Cornelius Van Dyck (1698-1759) and 2nd wife, Margaritha (Margaret) Bradt (1711-1821) of Schenectady County, New York (NY). Their 16 Mar 1737 marriage at Schenectady, NY produced 3 sons; Arent Cornelise Van Dyck (1738-1759); Cornelius born 3 Oct 1740; and, Andries (Andre) Cornelise Van Dyck /Dyke (1759-1845).
Son, Cornelius was found to be baptized with his parents, above, present on 3 Oct 1740; source, U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1639-1989 for Cornelius van Dyk, Schenectady, NY, Vol I, Book 41, pgs 29, Arent van Deyck; pg 32, Cornelius van Dyk; and, pgs 30, 35, Joseph Yeats (1707-1748) and wife, Eva Fonda (1707-1746) baptized a daus. Johanna on 9 Apr 1739 and Eva on 6 Sep 1741 http://interactive.ancestry.com/6961/42037_647350_0294-00101/241564?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/27780643/person/12588853570/facts/citation/1000000460108/edit/record
Cornelius married in 1762, Tanneke Yates a daughter of Joseph Yets/Yeats/Yates and his wife, Eva Fonda, whose sister was Tanneke Fonda; source, A Brief Biography of Col Cornelis van Dyck by James N. Churchyard: see, http://www.nyhistory.net/drums/vandyke.htm
Revolutionary War service: At age 36, LieutCol Cornelius Van Dyck’s name was recorded initially with the 1st Rgt. (NY) Militia commanded by Col Gosen (aka Goose) Van Schaick and re-organized and attached to the Continental army in 1776; source, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State by James A. Roberts, Comptroller, 2nd Edit., 1898 at Albany, NY, by the Brandow Printing Co., see: The Line-First Regiment, https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/rev/New_York_In_The_Revolution_2nd_ed_1898.pdf
Writer, James N. Churchyard’s brief biography recorded much of Col Cornelius Van Dyck’s early life developing scouting skills as 1/32 Mohawk upon his mother, Margaritha Bradt’s side, marriage to Tanneke Yets/Yeats/Yates on 20 Feb 1762, and his early (May, 1775) soldiering as a Captain and recruiting a company raised for Albany County for defense of Fort Ticonderoga.
A sketch of Cornelius Van Dyck’s Revolutionary War military service reflects that following his service with distinction under Gen’l Montgomery’s Canadian campaign during the fall of 1775, he took part in battles of St. Johns, Montreal and Chambly. He was ordered to return to Schenectady during May, 1776, and after 2 months, was commissioned as a Colonel of the 1st Rgt. (NY) Militia on 1 Jul 1776. By Nov, 1776 Van Dyck was designated and approved as a LieutCol in the Continental army, assigned to the 1st (NY) Line. In Aug, 1777 Van Dyck was appointed a member of a council of war at German Flats and his rgt was ordered to march to Fort Stanwix and remain garrisoned around the Mohawk Valley, until Nov, 1777. Thus his 1st (NY) Rgt. missed the battle of Saratoga and the defeat of British Gen’l Burgoyne.
From winter encampment in 1777 at Schenectady, his rgt. was ordered during Apr, 1778 to march to Valley Forge, PA and over winter with Commander-in-Chief of the Continental army, Gen’l George Washington.
Churchyard described the 1st (NY) Rgt.’s posting upon the battlefield at Monmouth Courthouse (28 Jun 1778) where Molly Pitcher was cited for heroism on the American army artillery field. His biography concludes with numerous selected references that mention the subject, Col Cornelius Van Dyck. His marriage produced no heirs and he died without issue. A will (19 Oct 1791) was probated at Court in Schenectady on 2 Jun 1829, according to his biographer; see, http://www.nyhistory.net/drums/vandyke.htm
Cornelius died on 9 Jun 1792 and was buried in Vale Cemetery, 907 State Street, Schenectady, NY mapped at Latitude: 42.805762 and Longitude: -73.932707. View Find A Grave Memorial# 10794353 for a color photograph featuring Cornelius Van Dyck’s huge, bronze SAR Lug and a Mason emblem, affixed to his granite slab bearing a large, inscribed bronze footplate. The footplate was erected in 1920 by the Col. Cornelius Van Dyck Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution and St. George’s Lodge #6 Free and Accepted Masons.
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