♂ James Van Deusen

1733 - 1820

 

Foyer

James Van Deusen
Parents
Robert Robertsen Van Deusen
Robert R Van Deusen
1700 - 1777
Christina Rohrbach
Christina Rohrbach
1703 - 1764
Spouse
Children

He owned a farm about a mile north of Johnstown, Columbia, New York, on the road leading to Hudson, and another farm at West Taghkanie he gave to his son Nicholas.  The Johnston farm he gave to his son Robert, which farm was afterwards owned by Henry du Bois.  James Van Deusen and his wife are buried on this farm, near the old hay barn.  James Van Deusen was said to have been exceedingly tall, and was thus nicknamed "Foyer" by the members of his family.

1759


Age: 26y
1759 • Churton Town, the Orange County, North Carolina county seat laid out in 1754, is renamed Childsburgh in honor of North Carolina attorney general Thomas Child. It is later renamed Hillsborough in 1766.

1820


Jun 7
Age: 87y
1820 Saint Cronan's Boys' National School opens in Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland under the title Bray Male School. It is the oldest school in Bray and its notable pupils will include President of Ireland Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh.

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