Display Patriot - P-309565 - Moses VAN GORDON/VAN GORDEN
Moses VAN GORDON/VAN GORDEN
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P-309565
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Moses Van Gordon/Van Garden was born 16 October 1752 at Walpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, a son of Jacobus “James” Van Gordon and Catharina Kortrecht.[1] In 1753, he moved with his father to the town of Delaware (later Lehman), Northampton County, Pennsylvania, where he was a lifelong resident.[2]
In 1776, he enlisted in the Pennsylvania Militia as a volunteer in the company of Captain Johannes Van Etten, who later became his father-in-law. Moses’ service included multiple periods of enlistment. He captured Tories during his first enlistment. He was later drafted in the same company for a two month term and marched to Amboy, New Jersey, where he was stationed at Amboy. At that time, the British fired cannon from Staten Island, which was exchanged by the Americans. At the end of his enlistment, Moses returned home. In the same year he was drafted, said he crossed the Delaware River on the ice. After Trenton, he marched to Prince Town, then Six Mile Run, where he was in the Continental Army commanded by General Putnam. In the fall of 1777, he returned to Prince Town, delivered his arms, and received his discharge. He was drafted again later the same year for a two month term. He encamped with the troops near Allentown, Pennsylvania, taking charge of some soldiers with smallpox.
In 1779, Moses was drafted for two months. He pursued Indians and Tories. Later the same year, he entered the same company for four months, serving at a fort “…thrown up around his father’s house on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River.”[3] In 1780 and 1781, Moses served six months, each time being discharged when the Indians returned to Canada.
Moses marries Elizabeth Van Etten, a daughter of Johannes Van Etten and Maria Gonsalus, 29 May 1781.[4] They have at least ten children. Moses died 9 October 1838 and was buried at Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.[5]
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