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State of Service: NY
Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service
Author: Lance Gregory Rose
Johannes Roosa, was the 6th great grandfather of Compatriot Lance Gregory Rose, DMD.
Johannes Roosa, born 17 January 1742 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York to parents Arie Roosa and Geestie Ostrander was the husband of Elizabeth Masten, married 28 December 1761 in Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York, and died in 1790 in Ulster County, New York. Johannes was a brother to Leah Roosa Terwilliger, Anna, Rachel, Catrine, Ebert, Petrus and Jacobus Roosa. The family surname is also recorded as: Roos, Rosa and Rose. Johannes Roosa served in the Militia for the state of New York during the American Revolution. Johannes Roosa served as a private in the military unit known as the Levies under the command of Colonel Albert Pawling. Colonel Pawling raised a Corps of Levies in New York and these troops served the American cause throughout the war. The soldiers serving in the Levies were often selected from the ranks of the regular militia for additional training. In some ways the Levies were a hybrid between the regulars of the Continental Line and the militia. Recruits served for 6 months in the levies rather than the usual 9 months in the Continental Army or 3 months in the militia. Service in the Continental Army often involved service beyond the home state, whereas service in the Levies typically enabled the soldier to stay within the home state. Service in the militia was usually the closest to the volunteer’s home. The troops in the levies were often assigned, as needed, to fill in the ranks of regular troops or to serve as independent units. Pawling’s Levies manned forts along the frontiers of Ulster and Orange Counties from 1779 to 1781. On the frontier, the chief task of the levies was to stop raids carried out by the Indian forces and Loyalists often led by a British officer. Johannes Roosa was the 2nd great grandson of Aldert Heymanse Roosa, the first Roosa to come to America. Aldert came from Herwynen, Holland with his wife and children aboard the ship the Bontekoe (Spotted Cow) in 1660. Aldert lived a very interesting life in New Netherlands, later New York. He died 27 February 1679, in Hurley, Ulster County, New York. Many descendants of the Roosa would later change the spelling of their name from Roosa to Rose.
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