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Marriage Notes for George Orendorf and Elisabeth Fulmer
- Johann Georg Ohrendorff md 26 Apr 1774 Elisabeth Folmer, per pension application of Johnson. (Clyde J Getman)
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- Parentage speculated
- Alt DOB: abt 1786
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- "On the 25th of June [1778] the following appointments were made by the governor and council to the regiment of militia in the German Flats and Kingsland districts: ... Henry Eckler, captain; Conrad Orendorff, first lieutenant; Timothy Frank, second lieutenant; Adam A. Staring, ensign." (History of Herkimer County, 1893, G.A. Hardin and F.H. Willard, pg. 58-59)
- This Conrad born in 1748 and who later married Katherine Shoemaker, and was one of the first seven families who founded Conradtstown about 1770, the place deriving a more lasting name (Orendoorfs Corners) from this gentleman and his family. During the Revolutionary struggles his cabin was burned and all took refuge in the Fort. He received the appointment of Lieutenant in Captain Henry Ecklers Company in June 1778 when the Tyron County Militia was reorganized, after its disastrous demoralization at Oriskany the year before. He was taken prisoner twice during the siege, the first time he was taken to Unadilla, whence ho escaped to Frey's Bush. He was retaken when the place was destroyed by Brant and Butler August 2, l780 but he being a powerful and determined man, sprang away from his captors and mounted a horse standing near, and then started a race for life and liberty. Two Indians seized his horse but he knocked one down and the other was run down by the animal. A third Indian threw a tomahawk wounding the animal severely, but Orendorf succeeded in reaching Fort Plank about a mile distant, the horse dropping dead as he entered the enclosure. He returned end re-built his cabin at Conradstown which was the center of the large town of Warren. Here he kept the first hotel in town, where all business was transacted, public sports of that day and generation enjoyed, and the fourth of July celebrated, and all trials of mans strength and horses speed duly tested.
The log cabin was replaced by the first framed house in the town in 1798 which with an addition on the west end plainly discernable, is still in a pretty good state of preservation, and was retained in the possession of his descendents until early in nineteen hundred (Hatch)
- Conrad Orendorf is said to have thrown Indian chief Joseph Brandt in a friendly wresteling match. (Barker)
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- Henry Grants ae 58 with property valued at $1000 - Catharine ae 61 (wife) Jacob Eysaman ae 30 Boatman.
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- AKA: Jake
- 1790 census, Herkimer, Montgomery, NY - Jacob Petrie, 3 males under 16, 3 males over 16, 6 females, total in household 12.
- 1800 census, Warren, Herkimer, NY - Jacob Petrie, 1 male under 10, 2 males 16-26, 1 male over 45, 2 females 10-16, 1 femel 16-26, 1 female over 45.
- 1810 census, Warren, Herkimer, NY - 1 male 16-25, 1 male over 45, 1 female 10-15, 1 female over 45. [listed next to sons George and Daniel]
- Colonel
- "On the 25th of June [1778] the following appointments were made by the governor and council to the regiment of militia in the German Flats and Kingsland districts: ... Jacob Small, captain; George F. Helmer, second lieutenant; Jacob D. Petrie, ensign. (History of Herkimer County, 1893, G.A. Hardin and F.H. Willard, pg. 58-59)
- "... the colonists took prompt steps after the close of the war to organize their militia for protection against future aggression … In 1786 the local militia of German Flats and Kingsland districts was reorganized and officered as follows: ... 1st company - Jacob Petrie, captain; Dederick Petrie, lieutenant; William Feeter, ensign." (History of Herkimer County, 1893, G.A. Hardin and F.H. Willard, pg. 66)
- Hatch identifies his father as Joseph "Joseph. Petrie and his son, Jacob came from Germany at an early date. Joseph was killed during the Revolution, in which his son Jacob also served, holding the commission of Colonel."
- Colonel Jacob and his family chose a favorable spot back from the German Flatts, and there the little colony settled, founding Petrie 's Corners, before the dawn of 1800. (Hatch)
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- Apparently [this is] the Peter Orendorf who, while a prisoner of war in Canada in 1780, identified Joseph Meyer's young daughter Eva (Barker, p 189)
- Military service: Col. Bellinger's regt. Tryon County Milita; POW in Canada
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- One source identifes her as having married Jeremiah Lyons. Census records do not support this. [WG]
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- Getman Genealogy identifies his spouse as Lucy Helmer
- Frederick. Jr. was a Sergeant in Captain Conrad Franks Company in the Battalion under the command of Col. John Jost, Herkimer, in the French and Indian War in 1767, and Conrad Aherndarff was a private in the same company. (Hatch)
181. Johann Frederick Orendorf
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- Hatch identifies him as both Thomas P Shoemaker and Thomas F.
- Alt DOB: 1757 (Wohleben)
- 1810 census, Warren, Herkimer, NY, - Thomas Shoemaker, 1 male 10-15, 1 male over 45, 1 female 16-25, 1 female over 45. [listed next to his son John]
- 1820 census, German Flatts, Herkimer, NY, Thomas Shoemaker, 1 maled over 45, 2 females 16-26, 1 female over 45, 1 engaged in agriculture. [listed next to his son John]
- 1830 census, German Flatts, Herkimer, NY - Thomas Shoemaker, 1 mael 60-70, 1 female 15-20, 2 females 20-30, 1 female 60-70. [listed next to his son John]
- THOMAS F. SHOEMAKER At an early date this man in company with his son John, located on a farm north of the Orendorf Hill, later owned by Conrad Oxner, Menzo Harwick and is now owned by Will Fulmer. He was born July 9, 1759 and died Dec. 11, 1824 aged 67 years, 5 mo. 2 days and is buried at the Columbia Cemetery. (Hatch)
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- Alt DOD: 20 May 1806 (Wohleben) (Barker)
- GFG # A 2
- AKA "Fritz"
- Soldier, Tryon County Militia, 4th Regiment
- Served at the Battle of Oriskany in the 2nd Regiment under Colonel Klock
- Deacon of the Stone Arabia Church
- Justice of the Peace
- Assemblyman 1792 - 1796
- New York State Senate 1997 - 1800
- At the beginning of the 1800s he owned considerable land in Manheim.
- When the Great Western Turnpike was built he drove an eight horse stage.- Identified as one of 12 Inn Keepers between Fink's Basin and East Canada Creek. Fred Getman is also identified as a teamster, the teamster might have been his son. (Simms)
- 1790 census, Palatine, Montgomery, NY - Frederick Getman, 2 free white males over 16, 1 free white male under 16, 5 free white females, 2 slaves.
- 1800 Palatine census - Frederick Getman, 2 male under 10, 1 male over 45, 2 female under 10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 26 - 44.
- 1810 census, Manheim, Herkimer, NY - Frederick Getman, 1 male 16-25, 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45."Frederick was the best known of the Getman family. He was Justice of the Peace several years, was Assemblyman in 1792, 93-94-95 and 1796 and was elected to the Senate in 1797, 98, 99 and 1800. He was deacon of the Stone Arabia Church in 1789. About the beginning of the last century he invested heavily in lands in Manheim in the locality of the Finck Tavern and the Beardsley home.
He was a great horseman and drove a six and eight horse team on special occasions. In his will he mentions his wife, his sons Frederick and Daniel and daughters Elizabeth, Catherine and Delia. He died in 1812 and his grave was made on his farm on the very crest of an abrupt bluff rising from the river road, a short distance east of the home of his granddaughter Elizabeth, wife of Elias Van Valkenberg, marked only by an immense boulder and the willow which some kind friend planted beside it. Recently a D. A. R. marker was placed there, by Mrs. F. D. Callan and Mrs. M. M. Hatch. The willow now grown old has divided and seems to spread its protecting arms over the grave of the patriot in its inaccessible location." (Hatch)- Newspaper Article (Richfield Springs Mercury, NY, no date 1915/1916)
Grave of Capt. Frederick Getman is Rescued from Oblivion by Mohawk Valley Chapter, D. A. R.
South Columbia. Oct. 30 - The grave of Cap. Frederick Getman, a Revolutionary patriot, has been rescued from oblivion and the active life he led and the prominent and trustworthy positions he occupied in his day and generation deserve more than a passing notice.
His pioneer grandfather, John Frederick Getman, ancestor of all the American clan, owned 700 acres of the Stone Arabia patent, and held the title deeds to some desirable lots in the Burnettsfield patent, and his four sons served in the French and Indian war under Sir William Johnson, and marched to Fort William Henry. George, the youngest son, and his four sons, Frederick, Thomas, Johannes and George Jr., all served in the Revolution.
History says of George Getman Sr., that at the battle of Stone Arabia October 19, 1780, the first shot fired by Brown's men. after leaving the fort, was by George Getman. who saw an Indian pursuing two women. The savage fired and one of the women fell, and he was running to scalp her when Getmans rifle brought him down. Other of his experiences are matters of history, but his first born Frederick, was unquestionably the best known of his clan. The records of Stone Arabia church show that he held the office of deacon in 1795. He was justice of the peace several years, was elected to the assembly in 1782 - 3 - 4 - 5 and 6, and to the state senate in 1797 - 98- 99 and 1800.
About the beginning of the last century he owned considerable real estate in Manheim. When the great western turnpike was built and the glorious days of stage coaching became a splendid reality he drove an eight-horse stage.
His daughter, Delia, had married Andrew Ackler Finck, a prominent scion of a prominent family, and in 1805 they built the famous and historic Finck Tavern still standing near the suspension bridge at a point which in anti-bridge days was known as Fincks' Ferry.
His wife was Anna Eve Frank, whom he mentioned in his will, together with his sons. Frederick. Jr., and Daniel and his daughters, Elizabeth, Catherine and Delia, before mentioned.
His descendants intermarried with the Strayers, Beardsleys, Van Valkenburgs. Weavers, Folts, Helmers, Timmerman and many other prominent families, and we can not understand why, unless by his own request, when he died in 1812, his grave was made in such an inaccessible spot, on the very crest of an abrupt bluff, overtopping the highest trees and overlooking the beautiful valley, a few rods east of the Elias Van Valkenburg homestead, and naught but an immense field stone and a superannuated willow marked the spot until last week, when the regent and chairman of the grave marking committee of Mohawk Valley Chapter, D. A. R., climbed to the lonely spot and placed their marker and the Stars and Stripes above the turf that has flourished and faded annually for 104 years.
Could the long closed lids of this enterprising but almost forgotten man be opened to the scenes of today he would behold the canal, the Central and West Shore railroads, the state road, the telegraph and telephone lines all within sight and sound, and looking across the flats would see the restored home of his general, Nicholas Herkimer, looking as it looked a century ago and would realize that the world today does not forget the patriots of the past.-----
Last Will and Testament of Frederick Getman 1751-1812The people of the State of New York by the Grace of God, free and independent: To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern, send Greeting: Know ye that at Johnstown in the County of Montgomery before James Lansing Esq. Surrogate of our said County, the last Will and Testament of Frederick Getman deceased (a copy of which is hereinto annexed), was proved, and is now approved and allowed of by us, and the said deceased having whilst he lived and at the time of his death, Goods, Chattels or Credits within this State, by means whereof the proving and registering the said Will and the granting Administration of all and singular the said Goods, Chattels and Credits, and also the auditing, allowing and final discharging the Account thereof, doth belong unto us, the administration of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased, and any way concerning his Will is granted unto Charles Nukerk, Nathan Christy and Frederick Getman Junr. Executors in the said Will named they being first duly sworn will and faithfully to administer the same, and to make and exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits, and also to render a just and true Account thereof, when thereunto required. In testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of Office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness James Lansing Esquire Surrogate of the said County at Johnstown the sixteenth Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and of our Independence the thirty sixth.
James Lansing
In the name of God amen, I Frederic Getman of Manheim in the County of Montgomery and State of New York, do make & publish this my last Will & Testament in manner following, viz. First I give & devise unto my Son Daniel & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever all the real Estate of which I may die seized, excepting three hundred Acres of Land in the Town of Northampton in a Patent granted to Daniel Gross & others which three hundred Acres of Land it is my will should be sold by my Executors herein after named, and the proceeds thereof paid unto my three daughters Elizabeth, Catherine and Delia their Heirs & Assigns for ever in equal Shares. And it is my desire that my beloved Wife Eve remain with my Son Daniel, and that he maintain her in all things necessary and proper for a woman of her age. I also give and bequeath unto my grandson Hiram one hundred Dollars. I also give & bequeath unto my said Son Daniel & to his Heirs & Assigns all my moveable & personal Estate of what kind soever, Horses, Cattle, Waggons, Sleighs, &c. as also my negro Man Tom, and my negro Wench Mari, also Bonds, Notes, Bills, Judgments, Accounts, Debts & Demands, my just Debts and funeral Charges to be first paid out of my said personal Estate. And whereas I did heretofore assign unto my Son Frederic a certain Mortgage executed by Jacob Markell for securing the payment of two thousand & five Dollars and did at the same time receive of him a Bond to the same Amount to assist in paying for the Farm I purchased of Schelluyne, now it is my will that my Son Frederic his Heirs & Assigns, have hold & enjoy the same or the avails arising from the said Mortgage for ever, fully exonerated & free & clear from the before mentioned Bond, which I hereby declare void. And I do hereby nominate, constitute & appoint my good Friends Charles Nukerk, Nathan Christy and Frederic Getman Junr. Executors of this my last Will and Testament, to see the same performed according to my true intent & meaning, hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In testimony whereof I hereto set my Hand & Seal this thirtieth Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nine.
Fred Gettman L.S.Signed sealed published and declared by the above named testator to be his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who have hereto subscribed our Names as Witnesses in the presence of the Testator. The words "my negro Wench Mari" first interlined.
Hezh Allen, Luther Pardee, Henry J. Lloyd.
Be it remembered that on the sixteenth Day of March in the year of our Lord on one thousand eight hundred and twelve, personally appeared before me James Lansing Surrogate of the County of Montgomery, Luther Pardee who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he saw Frederick Getman sign and seal, and heard him publish and declare the within Instuent as and for his last Will and Testament: That the said Frederick Getman was at the time thereof (according to the best of the knowledge and belief of this Deponent) of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding: That the said Luther Pardee subscribed his Name thereto and saw Hezekiah Allen and Henry J Lloyd subscribe their Names thereto as Witness to the execution thereof, in the presence of the said Frederick Getman the Testator.
James LansingThe preceding are true Copies of the last Will and testament of Fredrick Getman deceased, of the Certificate of the proof thereof and of the letters testamentary thereon.
Registered the sixteenth Day of March 1812.
James Lansing Surrogate
Be it also remembered that of the sixteenth Day of March last mentioned, personally appeared before me the said Surrogate Charles Nukerk, Nathan Christy and Frederick Getman Junr. Executors in the last Will and Testament of the said Frederick Getman deceased named, and were duly sworn as Executors.
James LansingSource: Montgomery County SurrogateCourt, Fonda, NY, Will Book Vol 2, pp 125-127
Transcribed by Clyde J. Getman, 28 April 2002
- GFG # A9
- GFG # A 3
- AKA: George Thoas Getman
- He served as a private in the 2nd Regiment, Tryon County Militia under the command of Colonel Klock
- He served in the American Revolution as a member of his uncle, Captain Christian Getman's company from 1779 through 1782
- at Oriskany under General Herkimer Aug 1777
- at Battle of Sandemans (?) in 1781
- at Battle of Johnstown under Col. Willett Oct 1781
- His will dated 4 Oct 1815 at Palatine, was probated 30 Jun 1825
- 1790 census, Palatine, Montgomery, NY - Girtman, Thomas, 1 male over 16, 3 males under 16, 3 females, 1 slave
- 1800 census, Palatine, Montgomery, NY - 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female under 10, 1 female 26-44.
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- Farmer
- 1790 Census - Palatine, Montgomery, NY - Girtman, John, 1 male over 16, 6 males under 16, 4 females
- He served as a private and corporal in Colonel Klock's 2nd Regiment, Tryon County Militia
- Moved to Columbia, Herkimer County after his father's death (aft 1789)
- He bought 400 acres immediately north of McKoon's Crossing.
- He gave 50 acres to each of his four sons which made them freeholders and entitled them to vote.
- In 1799 he was selected one of the four deacons of the reformed church organized there in 1799.
- 1800 census, Warren, Herkimer, NY - John Getman, 2 males 10-15, 2 males 16-25, 1 male over 45, 3 females under 10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female over 45.
- 1810 census, Warren, Herkimer, NY - John Getman, 1 male 16-25, 1 male over 45, 1 female 10-15, 2 female 16-25, 1 female over 45.
- In 1812 the Township of Columbia was separated from the Township of Warren. The Getman property was included in this separation.
- 1820 census, Columbia, Herkimer, NY - John Getman, 1 male under 10, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 1 male over 45, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 26-45, 1 female over 45, 1 engaged in agriculture. (living next to his sons Jacob and Henry)
- "They emmigrated from Ephratah to Columbia April 14, 1798 and found grass growing plentifully and could mow feed for their horses and cattle.
Johannes Getman bought 400 acres of land immediately north of McKoons Crossing and lived in a cabin a little east of the twin skinners square roofed house. He at once gave fifty acres to each of four of his sons, Henry, George J, Jacob and Frederick J. which constituted them free holders and entitled them to vote.
The first location north of McKoons fell to Jacob, Frederick J. lived with his father, George J. lived further northward, and Henry lived in a large red house next the Skinner road which is only a memory. Johannes Getman was elected one of the four deacons of the Reformed Church when its organization was perfected in 1799, and it was told the writer by one who knew him personally that he could accomplish more and collect more money for the Church than any man then living. Margaret the wife died in 1823 and Johannes about 1831 and their graves are on the west side the main drive in the Columbia Cemetery. They had no head stones but Mrs. M.M. Hatch secured a soldiers headstone for Johannes and a D.A.R. marker." (Hatch)
- AKA: Maria
- GFG # A 16
- GFG # A 26
- 1850 census, Canajoharie, Montgomery, NY, fam # 16 - John K Ritter, ae 52, Tanner; Hannah, ae 85 (suspected mother).
- 1860 census, Canajoharie, Montgomery, NY, fam # 929 - John K Ritter, ae 64, Farmer and Currier with personal propertyof $100, born in NY.
- Is he the person listed here ?
- 1870 census, Canajoharie, Montgomery, NY, fam # 150 - Ritter John K, ae 85, Physician, born in NY.
- GFG # A 5
- AKA - Johann George
- Served as a private in the 2nd Regiment, Tryon County Militia under the command of Colonel Klock
- In 1768 he was admitted to church membership at Stone Arabia
- He was an elder of the church in 1789
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- 1790 census of the Town of Palatine, Montgomery County, NY - Girtman, George, 1 male over 16, 3 males under 16, 3 females
- 1800 Palatine census - 1 male 10-15, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44. [where was George in 1800?]
- 1820 census, Palatine, Montgomery, NY, George Getman, 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 male over 45, 1 female under 10, 1 female 16-18, 1 female over 45.
- 1830 census, Ephratah, Montgomery, NY - George Getman, 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 40-50, 1 female 60-70.
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Last Will and Testament of George Getman 1756-1828The people of the State of New York, by the Grace of God, free and independent: To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern send greeting. Know Ye that at the village of Johnstown, in the county of Montgomery, on the tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, before Tobias A. Stoutenburgh Esquire Surrogate of our said county, the last will and testament of George Getman deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proven, and is now approved and allowed of [&] by us: and the said and the said deceased having whilst he lived, and at the time of his death, goods, chattels or credits, within this State, by means whereof the proving and registering the said will, and granting administration of all and singular the said goods, chattels and credits; and also the auditing, allowing and final discharging the account thereof doth belong unto us. The administration of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, and any way concerning his will is granted unto Christopher Getman, an executor in the said will named, , he being first dult sworn, well and faithfully to administer the same and to make and exhibit a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said goods, chattels and credits, andalso to render a just and true account thereof when hereunto required. In testimony, we have caused the seal of office of our said Surrogate to be hereto affixed. Witness Tobias A. Stoutenburgh Esquire Surrogate of our County of Montgomery, at the Village of Johnstown th twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, and of our independence the fifty third.
Tobias A. Stoutenburgh
In the name of God, I George Getman of the town of Palatine in the County of [Montgomery] & State of New York, being of sound memory but considering the mortality of this body & uncertainty of the hour of death, do this [nineteenth] day of June in the year of our Lord [one] thousand eight hundred & twenty make & publish this my last will and testam[ent ] dispose of my property in manner following (to wit). First I give & bequeath [unto my] son Benjamin his heirs & assigns forever the farm whereon I now live being [ ] northerly equal half of lot No. 98 in Stone Arabia Patent together will all the [ ] & buildings thereon or in any wise thereunto belonging as likewise all the farming [ ] which shall remain on said farm at my decease. I likewise give unto my said [son] Benjamin the weaving loom now in my possession together with all the app[urtenances] thereunto belonging. Secondly I give &bequeath unto my wife Delia one cow, two sheep [and] all the bed bedding & clothing which she my said wife has for herself provided & after our marriage, which shall remain after my death, & as concerning [her] maintenance it is my will & desire that she have the sole use & occupation [ ] room usually[Text Missing WG]
hundred and twenty, that he heard the said George Getman publish and declare the same as and for his last Will and testament, that at the time thereof the said George Getman was of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding, to the best knowledge and belief of him the said Philip Young, and that he together with Peter R. Young and Henry Yale the other witness to the said will did severally subscribe their names thereto, as witnesses to the execution thereof, in the presence of the said George Getman the testator. In testimony whereof, the said Surrogate hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal of office. Done at the Village of Johnstown, this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
Tobias A. StoutenburghMontgomery County. Be it remembered that on the twelfth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine xxx personally appeared before me the said Surrogate Christopher Getman an Executor in the aforesaid Will named, and was duly sworn to the faithful performance and execution thereof, by taking the usual oath in that case provided.
Tobias A. StoutenburghThe preceeding are true copies of the last Will and testament of George Getman deceased of the certificate of Proof & oath of Executor and of the letters testamentary therein.
Registered March 12th. 1829_ Tobias A. Stoutenburgh SurrogateTranscribed by Clyde J. Getman
- GFG # A 33
- no children (GFG)
- 1830 census, Ephratha, Montgomery, NY - Christopher Getman, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 20-30.
- 1840 census, Fulton, NY, Christopher Getman, 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 30-40.
- First Postmaster of Ephratah, NY (Our Todays and Yesterdays, in the Town of Ephratah - Bicentennial History Publication, 1976)
- GFG # A31
- Presumed to have died young because her brother Benjamin does not mention her when providing Simms with material for "Frontiersmen of New York"
- GFG # A35
- GFG # A 6
- AKA: Lewis / Hans Ludwig
- Is he the John Kring who was taken prisoner in March of 1782 and then taken to Canada?
- Kring Lodoiwick, b 8 Jul 1759, Orange Township, Orange, NY, d 6 Dec 1835.
- Served in Revolution (Johnson, The Bloodied Mohawk, p 464)
- 1810 census, Palatine, Montgomery, NY - Lodewick Kring, 1 male under 10, 2 male 16-25, 1 male over 45, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 female over 45.
- 1820 census, Palatine, Montgomery, NY, - Kring Lodwick, 1 male 16-24, 1 male 26-45, 1 male over 45, 2 females under 10, 2 females 16-26, 1 female over 45, 3 persons engaged in agriculture.
- GFG - A
- Possibly went to Ohio.
- GFG # A 38
- One source indicates that she married Abraham Osterhout. I have been unable to find supporting data. [WG]
- GFG # A 39
- GFG # C
- Catherine is not listed in Getman family history 1975. This seems to have been an error concerning her Surname. She is clearly identified in her father's will. [WG]
- Weaver estimates DOB as about 1745, this seems too early to this researcher. I expect it was more likely 748. [WG]
- AKA: George Jacob / Weber
- 1800 Palatine census, pg. 306 - Jacob G Weaver, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 26-45, 1 female under 10, 1 female 16-25, 1 female over 45.
- "... the colonists took prompt steps after the close of the war to organize their militia for protection against future aggression … In 1786 the local militia of German Flats and Kingsland districts was reorganized and officered as follows: ... 6th company - William Colbreath, captain; Daniel C. White, lieutenant; George J Weaver , ensign. (History of Herkimer County, 1893, G.A. Hardin and F.H. Willard, pg. 66)
- Revolutionary War; Captain, 4th Reg't., Tryon County NY Militia - served at the Battle of Oriskany
- Burnetsfield Patent Lot #10, Inherited west half = 1/3 part (50 acres) from his father - Burnetsfield Patent Lot #16, PURCHASED part for 400 pounds - Burnetsfield Patent Lot #17, Original owner, Crosby's Manor (Weaver)- (historical article (Amsterdam Evening Recorder, Wednesday, July 13, 1904)
STRENUOUS DAYS.
First Deerfleld Settlement was Burned by the Tories and Indians During the Revolution.
Everybody who has read American history knows that some of its most stirring events occurred here In the Mohawk valley, says the Utlca Press. They have some knowledge of Oriskany, where the number killed was greater in proportion to those engaged, than in any other battle of the Revolution. But how many are there who are aware that a settlement was burned by savages within less than a mile of Utica and that its people only escaped the tomahawk and torture stake by flight? Yet such was the story of the first settlement of Deerfleld and it is one which tells of the courage of the men who first won this part of the country from the wilderness and the Indians.
In 1773 George J. Weaver, Captain Mark Damoth and Christian Reall located with their families at what is now Deerfleld Corners, on Reall's Creek, which takes its name from the last mentioned of the three who were the first settlers in that region. It Is hard at this day to realize the hardships and dangers which whose men faced. The conditions were more difficult than those which the western pioneers of more recent days encountered, for, instead of smiling prairies which needed only the plow to break the primeval soil there was everywhere a forest. Land to grow the crops necessary for their support could be won only by steady toll with the axe. The natural hardships were great, but still greater were the dangers. This little band of pioneers was located in territory through which ranged the most dreaded Indian warriors on the continent, the Six Nations, terror of the colonists and victors in aboriginal warfare over all the other tribes from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. In ferocious cruelty to captives they were unexcelled. It will, therefore, be understood that the men and women who dared to attempt to win for themselves homes in the wilderness among such neighbors must have been stout of heart. Their situation was especially perilous at this time when England had united to herself as allies against her disaffected colonists, four of the six tribes.
The story of the burning of the settlement is told in these words by Pomroy Jones in his Annals and Recollections of Oneida county: "Like a large proportion of the Dutch on the Mohawk, these settlers were staunch Whigs. Not having a sign of being Tories on their doors (this sign was a skull bone of a horse, upon the top of a stake,) they were marked for the firebrand and the scalping knife. In the summer of 1776, an Indian believed to have been an Oneida, and who for some cause had received the sobriquet of Blue Back, was hunting northwardly from the settlement In the vicinity of Canada creek. While thus occupied, he came upon a party of Tories and Indians who were very particular in their inquiries respecting the little settlement at the Corners. Blue Back gave such answers as he chose, and the party proceeded in the direction of the settlement. After they were out of sight of Blue Back, who was well acquainted with and the fast friend of the settlers, boding no good to them from the visit they were about to receive, determined to apprize them of their danger. For this purpose, being well acquainted with the Intervening hills, swamps and thickets, with all the rapidity of the Indian scout, he hastened to the settlement and gave them timely warning of their danger. Soon their scanty furniture was hidden in the forest, and the women and children in a wagon, accompanied by the men on foot, were rapidly wending their way to Little Stone Arabia, a small fort located In the present town of Schuyler. The time was but brief when the Indians and Tories were In the settlement, but 'the birds had flown,' and nothing was left upon which to vent their spite except the empty dwellings. To these the brand was applied and their charred remains was all that was left of the first settlement of Deerfield."
It testifies to the hardihood of these settlers of Deerfleld that eight years later, after the war in which Mr. Damoth received a shattered arm in battle, and in which Mr.Weaver was taken prisoner, carried to Quebec, where he was confined in a prison for nine months, and thence taken to England, after all these events, the first three settlers and their families were again united and once more built for themselves homes on the fields they had cleared on the banks of Reall's creek.
George J.Weaver, one of the settlers, has many descendants in this vicinity. Hon. Abram B. Weaver of Deerfield is a great grandson, and his father, the late George M. Weaver, who was the first white male child born In Deerfield, used sometimes to tell of life in those strenuous days as he learned of it from the lips of those who actually bore the burden, when no man ever went to his work without his musket by his side. George M. Weaver of Utica, and Stephen J. and Charles W. Weaver of Deerfield are also descendants in the fourth generation from George J. Weaver. Nicholas Weaver, a son of George J. Weaver, who fought in the Revolution, was buried with military honors in the family burying ground in Deerfleld.
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- Gertrude Weaver and Johannes G Weaver are 1st cousins. Their common ancestors are Jacob J. Weaver and Maria Campbell.
- General of the NY Militia during the War of 1812.
- Burnetsfield Patent Lot #16 & #17, Inherited from his father, Crosby's Manor.
- 1827 Sold 1 acre of Lot #17 for the First Baptist Church, Deerfield, NY. (Weaver)
- Gertrude Weaver and Johannes G Weaver are 1st cousins. Their common ancestors are Jacob J. Weaver and Maria Campbell.
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