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State of Service: NY
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant / Patriotic Service
Birth: 25 Dec 1728 / Orange / NY Death: bef 17 Sep 1817 Clarkston / Rockland / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
SIGNED GENERAL ASSOCIATION, 5-1775
2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Regiment, Orange County NY Militia
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD:
New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, New York (State) Comptroller's Office, James Arthur Roberts, J.B. Lyon & Co, Albany, NY, 1897P2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004, pg 157
New York in the Revolution, Fernow, pg 291
The History of Rockland County NY, Green, pg 56-58
Author: Edward P. Rigel, Jr
Born 1727, Jamaica, Queens, NY Son of Jan Vanderbilt and Geertruyd Johannes Hardenbergh. Baptized 10 Nov 1727 Jamaica Dutch Reformed Church, Jamaica, Long Island, NY. Married Margaret Hoogland 4 October 1751, Hempstead Presbytgerian Church, Huntington, Long Island, NY. Children: John, Cornelius, Dirck, William, Margritye, Geertje, Maria, and Garrett. Died 17 Sep 1817 Removed to Clarkstown, Orange, NY. Probably the Richard Van Derbelt in the 1790 census in Haverstraw. Revolutionary War Service: Signed the New York Test of Association Served as a Lieutenant in Col. Ann Hawk Hay’s 2nd Regiment in the Orange County, NY, Militia. Sources: New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. 1. History of Rockland County, Frank Bertangue Green, MD, pp 58 & 67 Historical Miscellanies Volume II, George Budke Descendants: Edward Paul Rigel, Sr. #169695 Edward Paul Rigel, Jr. #171318
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