♂ Johannes Van Deusen

1728 - 1803

 

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Johannes Van Deusen
Parents
Harriet Muller
Harriet Muller
1696 - 1772
Tobias Robertsen Van Deusen
Tobias R Van Deusen
1696 - 1781
Spouse
Children

Johannes was a resident of Claverack, NY during most of his life, though he died at Coxsackie, Greene County, NY where he appears to have been at some point after the Revolutionary War, of which he was an active participant.  According to the testimony of his son Gloude, He was chairman of the Committee of Safety for the town of Claverack.  He resided in a large brick house which was used as a fort during the war.

1728


May 30

birth


Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓
Had a twin brother Cornelis, and also a sister Heltjye one year older born on the same day.
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1728 Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of King George II of Great Britain, arrives in Britain for the first time, aged 21.

1754


Sep 27
Age: 26y

birth of child


Gloude Van Deusen
1754 • Surveyor William Churton lays out what will become the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina. The town is named Corbin Town for Francis Corbin, a member of the North Carolina governor's council. Corbin Town is renamed Childsburgh in 1759 and finally Hillsborough in 1766.

1757


Dec 27
Age: 29y

birth of child


Cornelis Van Deusen
1757 Robert Wood publishes The ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria in English and French, making the ancient city of Baalbek in Syria known to the West.

1759


Aug 15
Age: 31y

birth of child


Ariaentje Van Deusen
1759 Adam Smith publishes his Theory of Moral Sentiments, embodying some of his Glasgow lectures.

1761


Nov 14
Age: 33y

birth of child


John Van Deusen
1761 Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory opens.

1764


Jul 12
Age: 36y
1764 • The Royal Colony of North Carolina establishes a new county from the eastern portion of Granville County and names it Bute County for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, who had recently resigned his post as Prime Minister of Great Britain. In 1779 the State of North Carolina abolishes the county when it forms Warren County from the northern portion and Franklin County from the southern portion.

1803


Age: 74y

birth of child


John V Van Deusen
1803 • The L'Aigle meteorite falls in Normandy, causing a shift in scientific opinion on the origin of meteorites.

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