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VAN BENSCHOTEN, AARON, (Erie Co.)
Pvt in Capt Coulter's New York Company. At one time hostler for Gen Washington.
Br 1746. Parents : Isaac Van Benschoten and Nellie Van Vliet. Mar
Margaret Hoffman in 1773. D 1836. Bur Peaks' Burying Ground, near Ceylon, O.
Fur in for Martha Pitkin Chap.
VANCE, C. JOSEPH, (Champaign Co.)
Pvt in Va Line, Col Daniel Morgan. Br Oct, 1759,
in Va. Mar Sarah Wilson
in 1781. Children : Joseph Vance. D May 16, 1809. Bur Oak Dale Cem, Urbana.
Ref: Natl No 58041, Vol 59, p 16, D. A. R. Lin. Fur infor Urbana Chap.
VAN, CLEVE 'JOHN, (Hamilton Co.)
Pvt in Monmouth Co, N J Mil. Br May 16, 1749, New Brunswick, N. J.
Parents: Benjamin (a Rev Soldier), and Rachel Van Cleve (she mar, 2nd, Samuel
Thompson). Mar Catherine Bonham, 1772. Children: Benj, Ann, William, Margaret,
Mary, Amy. D June 1, 1791. Ambushed and murdered by Indians. Ancestors
came to Flatbush, N. Y. fr Amsterdam in 17th century. Thence to Staten
Island to N. J. ; to Washington Co, Pa. ; to Losantiville, O., Jan 3, 1790, the day
name changed to Cincinnati, O. Prominent citizen in Dayton to his death. Ref :
S. A. R. Richard Montgomery Chap., Dayton. Fur infor Cincinnati Chap.
VANDEMAN, JOHN, (Ross Co.)
Pvt Pa Mil. Br 1754-5. Mar Mary? D Jan 17, 1840, aged 85 yrs. Bur
Concord Presbyterian Cem, Concord Twp, Ross Co, O. MI :
"John Vandeman
died January 17, 1840 aged 85 years; Mary, wife of John Vandeman, d Dec 17, 1854,
aged 91 yrs, 11 mos." GM bv County Commissioners marker, bronze star marker,
Pens list as recorded in offices of Commissioner of
1776. 1913 S. A. R. list. Ref :
Pensions and War Dept, Washington, DC. Fur infor Nathaniel Massie Chap.
VANDERHOOF, CORNELIUS, (Athens Co.)
Enl Jan 1, 1781 for 1 yr, Capt Moses Sheppard, Col Jonathan Forman, Burrowes
Morgan, N. J. Pvt. Br May 7, 1752, Monmouth Co, N. J. Mar 1st, Henderson
(?), 2nd, Mary Paterson, Apr 6, 1791. Children: Maria, the only child,
and by first wife, married Mcrdecai Jackaway. D Apr 22, 1844, Vanderhoof,
Carthage Twp, Athens Co, O. Bur near Baptist Church. MI :
"In memory of
Cornelius Vanderhoof. A Soldier of the Revolution, Died Apr 32, 18 !4 in the 92nd
years of his age." GM No doubt by descendants ; beginning to crumble. Applied
for a pens fr Uniontown, Pa, Fayette Co, Jan 16, 1824. His claim was allowed.
First came to Ohio in 1804 fr Pa, but returned and lived in Pa a number of years.
Came back to Ohio where he d 1814. Ref: Bureau of Pensions, Dept of Interior.
Fur infor Nabby Lee Ames Chap.
VANDERVEER, JOSEPH, (Warren Co.)
Matross in New Jersey Mil, Capt Barnes Smock's Company of Artillerv in
Monmouth Co, N. J. Strykers List, p 796. Br 1759, NJ. D 1842, in Warren' Co,
O. Bur New Jersey Presbyterian Church, near Carlisle, Warren Co, in the south
corner. MI : "Joseph Van Derveer, a Native of New Jersey, died 1842, aged 82
years." He was a pensioner and in his application made in this sec June 26, 1833,
he gave his age as 74. Fur infor Richard Montgomery S. A. R.
VANDINE, MATHEW. (Butler Co.)
Br 1752. D Dec 15. 1837. Bur Seward Burial ground (private) in Butler Co.
Location of grave on C. H. Shepherd farm at Westchester, O. (Formerly Sewards).
MI : Date of birth and death. GM Old Headstone. Fur infor John Reiley Chap.
VANDORN, GILBERT, (Delaware Co.)
Bur Vans Valley (probably). Fur infor Delaware Chap.