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Notes for Gerritt Conover
! The surname of Coewenhoven, was later changed to Conover as used here.
!Putman, De Witt C.; "The Democrat"; newspaper article; date unknown.
!Putman, DeWitt C.; letter to "The Amsterdam Daily Democrat"; date unknown.
Children of Sarah7 Traphagen and Gerritt Conover were as follows:
408 i Gerrit8 CONOVER[#28201/]
409 ii Lana8 CONOVER[#28202/]
410 iii Roelof8 CONOVER[#3793/] !Putman, De Witt C.; "The Democrat";
newspaper article; date unknown.
411 iv Cornelius8 CONOVER[#28203/]
147. Peter7 PUTMAN (Private)[#4577/] (Victor6, David C.5, Johannes4, Rutger3, Johannes
"John"2, Rutgerus1), born 1760 in Sussex Co. (?), New Jersey; died 3 Oct 1835 in Barrington,
Yates Co., New York; buried Oct 1835 in Yates Co., New York. He married on 20 Mar 1780 in
Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey, Sarah Mary (KINNAN) PUTMAN[#4578/], born Jun 1761;
died 23 Nov 1841 in Springwater, Livingston Co., New York.
Notes for Peter Putman (Private)
!Pension # W17501; State of New Jersey; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
!Stryker; "Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey"; In the Revolutionary War;
1872; p 269.
!Peter served as a private in the Revolutionary War, under Captain Joseph Holmes, in
Colonel Dayton's 2nd. Regiment. He enrolled from New Jersey, 5 March 1778, and was
discharged the 1st. of October, 1780, from the hospital at Princeton, New Jersey, where he had
been confined.
!Peter was at "The Battle at Monmouth" at Monmouth, New Jersey. General George
Washington was the Commanding officer at this battle.
!Peter applied for his pension on the 2nd. of February, 1825. He was residing at Barrington,
Steuben County, New York at this time. He gave his age as 65 at that time. This would place
his birth year as 1760.
!Peter Putman, Jr., stated in an affidavit dated 2 October, 1852, that his father, Peter
Putman, died at Barrington, Steuben County, New York, on or about the month of August, 1835.
!Putnam, Virginia Bell; D.A.R. Application # 325343; 9 October, 1940. Virginia resided at
Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York in 1940.
!Note: This record gives Peter's birth year as 1760,and his death date as 10 March, 1835. It
also gives his places of residence as: Sussex Co., NJ; Barrington, NY; Wayne, NY, and Clay,
NY. [W.T.P.]
Notes for Sarah Mary Kinnan
!Baptismal: Walpack Dutch Reformed Church; Sussex County, New York. These records
show a John Potman (Putman) being baptised 13 November, 1785, the son of Peter Potman
(Putman) and Sarah Caanan (Kinnan).
!Pension # W17501; New Hersey; National Archives.
!Sarah testified, in a document dated the 20th. day of August, 1837, that she was seventy
six years and two months of age, living at Barrington, Yates County, New York, and that she
was married to Peter Putman on the 20th. day of March, 1780. This would place her birth date
as June of 1761
!D.A.R. Patriot Index, Vol. III; lists Peter Putman's wife's name as Sarah Mary Kinnan.
!Putnam, Virginia Bell; D.A.R. Application #325343; 9 October, 1940. Virginia was resided at
Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York in 1940.
!Note:This record lists her birth year as 1762; the marriage date as 20 March, 1780; not 28
March, 1780, and gives her death date as 23 November, 1841. [W.T.P.]
Children of Peter7 Putman (Private) and Sarah Mary Kinnan were as follows: