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http://www.mouseski.com/2009/07/trip-to-sleepy-hollow-part-two.html Daniel Delavan was a captain of the local militia that erected the earth redoubt on which the American Revolution Memorial now stands and which this plot overlooks. Captain Delavan was originally buried in a cemetery in Ossining, New York but was relocated to this final resting spot in Sleepy Hollow by a later generation of his family who commissioned the marble figures as a tribute to the Captain. The plot consists of an ensemble of six marble figures which surround a central granite pillar upon which the figure of Hope stands. 48
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21700425 Timothy Delavan, father of Daniel and Matthew. He was b. 1712, Stamford, Fairfield, CT; d. 31 Jan 1792, North Salem, Westchester, NY. He was the son of Cornelius Delavan and Deborah Green; husband of Hannah Bouton; father of Nathaniel Delavan, Timothy Delavan, Samuel Delavan, John Delavan, Cornelius Delavan, Daniel Delavan, Abraham Delavan, Stephen Delavan, Matthew Delavan and Nathan Delavan. Served the American Colonies in the Revolutionary War in the 4th Regiment, New York Militia. An interesting story from an old family bible tells that when General George Washington entered New York, he was provided with a body guard of soldiers, who escorted him from his landing place to Fraunce's Tavern. This body guard consisted entirely of the fine sons of Timothy Delavan, as then recorded. The youngest, Cornelius, was below the required age, but was accepted as a member due to his unusually fine development and soldierly bearing. It was said that after peace was declared, a public dinner was given to Timothy Delavan and his sons in New York City, in appreciation of service performed during the war. “The heroes of the American Revolution and their descendants: Battle of Long ...,” by Henry Whittemore, page 20. http://books.google.com/books?id=lxARAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1- PA20&dq=%22daniel+delavan%22+%22salem%22&hl=en&ei=B_LkTc- TH8Hm0QHN9OyqBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22daniel%20delavan% 22%20%22salem%22&f=false CAPT. DANIEL DELAVAN, Patriot of the Revolution, was the eighth child of Timothy Delavan. one of the numerous Huguenot refugees who fled from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and sought an asylum in this country and settled in North Salem. Westchester County. NY. He had a son Timothy who was the father of ten sons: Timothy, Abraham, Matthew, John, Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathan, Daniel, Stephen and Cornelius. The records of the Comptrollers office at Albany show the names of some of these sons who served the country in the War of the Revolution The tenth brother, who was too young for active service, was equally patriotic, and it is related of him that he paraded with his brothers on occasions of celebration, and joined Wayne's expedition against the Indians in Ohio, 1790-92, participating in several engagements. Furnow, page 538, states that Capt. Daniel Delavan was in Colonel Albert Pawling's Levies in 1775. Ensign in 1776, Lieut, in Col Graham's regiment, 1778-9, and Captain in Colonel Malcolm's regiment, Jul 1780, and attached to the 2nd NY Regiment of Westchester County until the close of the war. During the evacuation of New York by the British, 25 Nov 1783, Capt. Delavan, at the head of his company, the Westchester Light Horse, escorted the civic procession to meet General Washington, Governor Clinton, and General Knox, at the Bulls Head Tavern, which then took up the line of march ending at Fraunce's Tavern, corner of Broad and Pearl streets, where General Washington had provided a generous entertainment. Capt. Delavan's portrait in continental uniform, painted by Trumbull, is in possession of the New York Historical Society. “Army and Navy chronicle, Volumes 2-3,” by Benjamin Homans, page 162. http://books.google.com/books?id=F7CgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=%22General+daniel+delavan%22&source=bl&ot s=9-sHjxNFQ_&sig=w- 4ijI5Q4ZBdxeXfY9aZKZ0u1Sk&hl=en&ei=avXkTeSPA6Ld0QG4x_mxBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQ 6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22General%20daniel%20delavan%22&f=false 49
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