♂ 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 August 14Vitus Bering sails northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula, through the Bering Strait, and round Cape Dezhnev.

1750


May 29
Age: 21y
1750 • Traveller Jonas Hanway leaves St. Petersburg to return home via Germany and the Netherlands. Later the same year, Hanway reputedly becomes the first Englishman to use an umbrella (a French fashion).

1754


Sep 27
Age: 26y

birth of child


Gloude Van Deusen

1757


Dec 27
Age: 29y

birth of child


Cornelis Van Deusen
1757 August 9French and Indian War: A French army under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm forces the English to surrender Fort William Henry. The French army's Indian allies slaughter the survivors for unclear reasons.

1759


Aug 15
Age: 31y

birth of child


Ariaentje Van Deusen
1759 • The town of Egedesminde (modern Aasiaat) is founded in Greenland.

1761


Nov 14
Age: 33y

birth of child


John Van Deusen
1761 July 17 - The first section of the Bridgewater Canal is opened, for the transportation of coal from local mines to Manchester.BBC History, July 2011, p 12

1764


Jul 12
Age: 36y

1770


Feb 3
Age: 41y
1770 • Fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette arrives at the French court.

1803


Age: 74y

birth of child


John V Van Deusen
1803 Odisha, India is occupied by the British under the British East India Company after the Second Anglo-Maratha War.

1803


Oct 14
Age: 75y

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