Craft Masonry in Albany County, New York - Onondaga and Oswego ...

Dr. Sir
I take this Opportunity to inform you that I am in good health Hoping these few lines may find you and all your fathers Family the
same
All the news I have at Present is that ever Since we have Been incamped here we have been Fortifying and this morning have been
on the parade since Four OClock and Expect every Minute that we Shall have a General Engagement as the Enemy is advancing
towards us. I would be glad to hear of you by Every opportunity Pray, Remember my love to Mr Tryons family
Tunis Van Waganen is in Good health and Desires to be remembered to you and fathers Family and to all Inquiring Friends
and Desires of you as Henry Souser has Deserted to Take him Up He had no time Write Should have Wrote more
particularly to you
I Remain your loving
and Affectionate friend and humble Servant
Andrew Dunlap
By favour of Jonathan Palmer
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http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/vw/hevwoert2585.html
Hendrick [Henry] Van Woert was born in March 1747. He was the son of Albany residents Andries and Elizabeth Vanderwerken
Van Woert. In August 1773, he married newcomer Catherine Eights. By 1791, the marriage had produced eight children who were
christened at the Albany Dutch church where Hendrick was a member. In 1805, he served on the church consistory.
For several decades, Hendrick Van Woert was an Albany mainstay. His household was configured on the census and his holdings
valued on first ward assessment rolls. A freeholder list from 1803 identified
him as a "gentleman."
During the 1760s, he belonged to an Albany militia company. At the outbreak
of hostilities in 1775, he contributed to the American relief effort. In August
1775, he was appointed adjutant for the second battalion of the First
Regiment of the New York Line. In July, he was promoted to Quartermaster.
He also held the rank of lieutenant.
Hendrick Van Woert filed a will in Oct 1798. It identified his wife and four
living children and noted real and personal property. They were accounted
for on the census in 1800. He died in Feb1813 just shy of his 64th birthday.
His widow lived on at 64 Hudson Ave. He is [re]interred in Albany Rural
Cemetery, Menands, NY.
Henry Van Woert entered the service as Quartermaster of the 2d Regiment,
New York Continental Infantry—Colonel Goose Van Schaick's—on June 30,
1775, two months after the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
On November 21, 1776, he was appointed, upon the Continental
Establishment of New York's Quota, under Colonel Van Schaick, Ensign of
the 1st New York Regiment, in January 1779, Quartermaster. Van Woert was
promoted to be a Lieutenant on September 29, 1780, and served until
mustered out with his regiment.
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Tobias Van Veghten, Union Lodge No. 1; 1Lt in Col. McCrea’s Regt.
On the morning of 27 Jul 1777 a group of Indian allies of the British (Gen.
Burgoyne’s) advance raided the outskirts of Old Fort Edward, NY. Lt. Tobias
Van Vechten and five others were killed; Jane McCrea and Mrs. McNeil were
taken hostage. As the Indians withdrew, they were separated. Mrs. McNeil was later united with her cousin, but discovered to her
horror that another brave had Jane's scalp.
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Seth Warner, One of the popular heroes of the Revolution. Colonel of "Green Mountain Boys"; commissioned Colonel by Congress,
July 27, 1775, for capture of Ticonderoga. Aide to General Montgomery at Quebec. Warner caught Montgomery as he fell, and it
was in this brother's arms that the hero of Quebec breathed his last. Fought in the service until his health gave way, when he retired
to Roxbury, CT, his native place.
http://www.warnersregiment.org/Warner%20Bios.html
Seth Warner was born May 6, 1743 in Roxbury, CT. He was the fourth of 10 children to Benjamin Warner, M.D. and his wife,
Silence Hurd. Little is known about Seth Warner outside of his military service and opposition to New York State’s claims over the
New Hampshire Grant lands. It appears that Warner did not keep journals, write a book, or make any significant public speeches
during his lifetime. There are no known surviving sketches or portraits, and any personal letters or records he kept were most likely
destroyed when his family homestead burned down in 1859; Seth Warner’s life story must be pieced together from state and town
archives, military records, and surviving correspondence.
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