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- Taken from the "ANNALS OF NEWTOWN" by James Riker. Cornelius Van Duyn, s on of Gerrit, was b. July 16, 1664, at New Utrecht, m. Jan. 29, 1691, M atilda, dau. of Wm. Huyken, and the next year removed to Gowanus, in Br ooklyn, of which town he was afterwards a trustee. His wife dying Mar. 1 , 1709, in her 40th yr., he m. Christiana Gerbrands, June 14, 1714. He d . in 1754, leaving, besides daughters, sons Gerrit, b. Sep. 6, 1691: Wi lliam b. Mar. 26, 1693, and Cornelius, b. Feb. 12, 1709, who d. in Broo klyn at an advanced age, without issue.
He bore the character of an energetic, business man, but was remarkable f or his humor. When the Revolutionary troubles began, he inclined to the w hig couse, but finally espoused that of the king, served as a captain o f militia under the British, and at the peace retired with his family t o Nova Scotia, where he died.
Taken from the "ANNALS OF NEWTOWN" by James Riker. Cornelius Van Duyn, s o n of Gerrit, was b. July 16, 1664, at New Utrecht, m. Jan. 29, 1691, M a tilda, dau. of Wm. Huyken, and the next year removed to Gowanus, in Br o oklyn, of which town he was afterwards a trustee. His wife dying Mar. 1 , 1 709, in her 40th yr., he m. Christiana Gerbrands, June 14, 1714. He d . i n 1754, leaving, besides daughters, sons Gerrit, b. Sep. 6, 1691: Wi ll iam b. Mar. 26, 1693, and Cornelius, b. Feb. 12, 1709, who d. in Broo k lyn at an advanced age, without issue.
He bore the character of an energetic, business man, but was remarkable f o r his humor. When the Revolutionary troubles began, he inclined to the w h ig couse, but finally espoused that of the king, served as a captain o f m ilitia under the British, and at the peace retired with his family t o N ova Scotia, where he died.
Taken from the "ANNALS OF NEWTOWN" by James Riker. Cornelius Van Duyn, s on of Gerrit, was b. July 16, 1664, at New Utrecht, m. Jan. 29, 1691, M atilda, dau. of Wm. Huyken, and the next year removed to Gowanus, in Br ooklyn, of which town he was a fterwards a trustee. His wife dying Mar. 1 , 1709, in her 40th yr., he m. Christiana Gerbrands, June 14, 1714. He d . in 1754, leaving, besides daughters, sons Gerrit, b. Sep. 6, 1691: Wi lliam b. Mar. 26, 1693, and Cornelius, b. Feb. 12, 1709, w ho d. in Broo klyn at an advanced age, without issue.
He bore the character of an energetic, business man, but was remarkable f or his humor. When the Revolutionary troubles began, he inclined to the w hig couse, but finally espoused that of the king, served as a captain o f militia under the British , and at the peace retired with his family t o Nova Scotia, where he died.
Taken from the "ANNALS OF NEWTOWN" by James Riker. Cornelius Van Duyn, s o n of Gerrit, was b. July 16, 1664, at New Utrecht, m. Jan. 29, 1691, M a tilda, dau. of Wm. Huyken, and the next year removed to Gowanus, in Br o oklyn, of which town he wa s afterwards a trustee. His wife dying Mar. 1 , 1 709, in her 40th yr., he m. Christiana Gerbrands, June 14, 1714. He d . i n 1754, leaving, besides daughters, sons Gerrit, b. Sep. 6, 1691: Wi ll iam b. Mar. 26, 1693, and Cornelius, b. Feb. 12, 1 709, who d. in Broo k lyn at an advanced age, without issue.
He bore the character of an energetic, business man, but was remarkable f o r his humor. When the Revolutionary troubles began, he inclined to the w h ig couse, but finally espoused that of the king, served as a captain o f m ilitia under the Brit ish, and at the peace retired with his family t o N ova Scotia, where he died.
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1664 - 1754 (90 years)
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