His father was in Beekman by 1741 as he was assessed taxes in 1741-47, 1758, 1763, and 1767.
808Rev. War Cert. No 13271
1988Beekman Precinct Tax Lists: June 1765-June 1767
3281Coxsackie Tax List 1787
3303,2557Coxsackie Tax Lists 1788, 1789, 1799, 1800
2557Lt. under Col. Morris Graham in Dutchess County Militia Sixth Regiment
3282Lt. under Col. Cornelius Humphrey.
His will names the following children: "six daughters, Martha, Mary, Hannah, Ruth, Sarry, Helche" along with "Eldest sons Samuel and Jonas and William and Jonathan" and son Peter, and "my other two sons Wane and Daniel ."
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