♂ 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

1762


Dec 25
Age: 30y
1762 • The Great Holocaust of the Sikhs is carried out by the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali in Punjab. In all, around 30,000 men, women and children perish in this campaign of slaughter.

1820


Jun 7
Age: 87y
1820 • The statue of the Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos, c.150 BC-125 BC) is discovered on the Greek island of Milos by a peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas.

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