Patriots of the Revolution

Patriots of the Revolution. Revolutionary War Heritage Trail. , British Forces Burn Kingston , Responsible for the security of Kingston, when the British burned the Village on October 16, 1777 – General Clinton wrote to General Gates that of the promised 3000 men, only 400 were sent. He concluded this letter with “Kingston hath been destroy’d merely because I have been so deceiv’d in my expectations of assistance”. Many of the patriots buried in the Old Dutch Church Ancient Burial Grounds served under Brigadier General George Clinton., ‘Saving’ Gen. Washington’s Continental Army , In 1778, General Washington wrote to General Clinton, fearful the famine at Valley Forge would create mutiny and desertion. Clinton sent 100 head of cattle as well as hundreds of barrels of grain and pork. Washington’s response was “Your assistance hast prevented many souls from starvation . . . It has been one of the forgotten incidents of the Revolution that with the assistance of Old Ulster, your native County, you more than one time saved my army in our darkest hours of this long struggle.”, Patriot’s Homes , When the British burned Kingston, these Patriot’s homes were destroyed. Restored after the War, only Col. Hasbrouck’s house remains in 2004., Colonel Abraham Hasbrouck House (Green Street, Kingston) , In his Diary, Col. Hasbrouck wrote of his extensive personal losses, the losses of his friends and neighbors, his Church and the Country-House on October 16, 1777. He completed this poignant entry with, “Thanks be to God for His great goodness, I, my wife and children escaped and unhurt out of the enemy’s hands.”, Major Christopher Tappen House (Corner North Front and Wall Streets, Kingston), Colonel Abraham B. Bancker House (North Front Street near Crown Street, Kingston), Colonel Jacobus S. Bruyn House (Corner North Front and Crown Streets, Kingston), PS CS Dirck Wynkoop House (Green Street between Pearl and Main Streets, Kingston), [ Sidebar : ] , Revolutionary War Patriots in the Old Dutch Church Ancient Burial Grounds , PATRIOT D.O.D , Lt. Abraham Bancker 1806 , Lt. Tjerck Beekman 1791 , Pvt. Cornelius Bogardus 1794 , Pvt. Nicholas Bogardus 1814 , Lt. Benjamin Bogardus 1812 , Col. Jacobus S. Bruyn 1825 , Sgt. Cornelius Burhans 1831 , Capt. David Catlin 1839 , Pvt. John Chipp 1816 , Pvt. Joseph Chipp 1808 , Gen. George Clinton 1812 , Pvt. Martin Crook 1832 , Pvt. David Delamatter, Jr 1815 , Col. Andries DeWitt 1806 , Maj. Thomas DeWitt 1809 , Col. Tjerck DeWitt 1822 , Pvt. Tjerck C. DeWitt 1812 , Pvt. Jeremiah DuBois 1828 , Lt. Joshua DuBois 1821 , Sgt. Peter Dumond 1824 , Pvt. Conrad E. Elmendorf 1817 , Lt. Cornelius C. Elmendorf 1825 , LtC. Johathan Elmendorf 1797 , Pvt. Peterus Elmendorf 1832 , Pvt. Tobias Elmendorf 1818 , Pvt. Peter Elting, Jr. 1805 , Sgt. Thomas Elting 1821 , Maj. James Grier 1803 , Cpl. Peter M. Groen 1823 , Col. Johannes G. Hardenbergh 1812 , Col. Abraham Hasbrouck 1791 , Col. Abraham Hasbrouck, Jr. 1796 , Maj. Jacobus Hasbrouck, Jr. 1819 , Sgt. Solomon Hasbrouck 1834 , Pvt. Abraham Heermans 1816 , Col. Abraham Hoffman 1823 , Maj. Philip Houghtaling 1802 , Sgt. Thomas Houghtaling 1817 , Pvt. Johannes Jansen 1792 , Lt. Johannes I. Jansen 1814 , Capt. Matthew Jansen 1793 , Pvt. Nicholas Keator 1820 , Lt. Benjamin Low 1796 , Pvt. Jacob Low 1791 , Pvt. Cornelius Persen 1827 , Pvt. Matthew Person 1810 , Lt. Henry I. Sleght 1789 , Pvt. Plat Smith 1835 , Col. Johannes Snyder 1794 , Lt. Oke Sudam 1806 , Pvt. Abraham Swart 1817 , Maj. Christopher Tappen 1826 , Pvt. Jacob TenBroeck 1793 , Pvt. Wessel TenBroeck 1823 , Pvt. John TenBroek 1823 , Lt. Jacob W. Tremper 1794 , Capt. Tobias VanBuren 1821 , LtC. Conrad VanGaasbeek 1818 , Pvt. Cornelius VanKeuren, Jr. 1821 , Pvt. John VanSteenburgh 1810 , Capt. John I. VanSteenburgh 1807 , Pvt. Matthew VanSteenburgh 1820 , PS CD Dirck Wynkoop 1796 , Lt. Evert Wynkoop 1830 , Pvt. Johannis Wynkoop 1791 , Pvt. John C. Wynkoop, Jr. 1796 , Cpl. Peter Wynkoop, Jr. 1818