Mariah Van Schaick (b. November 20, 1808, d. June 23, 1895)
Mariah Van Schaick (daughter of Michael Van Schaick and Caroline Truax) was born November 20, 1808 in Guilderland, (Albany County), New York, and died June 23, 1895 in Hounsfield (Jefferson County) New York. She married (1) Hooker Dorchester on 1825 in Hounsfield (Jefferson County) New York, son of Alexander Dorchester and Anna Cowles. She married (2) Chancy Smith on 1839.
Notes for Mariah Van Schaick: Mariah's grandfather Goosen Van Schaick served at Valley Forge. Here are the records available via the internet http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/regiments_Main.htm.
1ST NEW YORK
DIVISION: SECOND
BRIGADE: 1ST PA
HISTORY: ORGANIZED JUNE- AUGUST 1775 AT ALBANY, 10 COMPANIES FROM ALBANY, TYRON, CHARLOTTE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES.
ENTERED VALLEY FORGE JUNE 1778 WITH 475 MEN ASSIGNED, 387 FIT FOR DUTY.
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS: INVASION OF CANADA, DEFENSE OF CANADA, LAKE CHAMPLAIN, SARATOGA, PHILA-MONMOUTH.;
Staff Officers Colonel GOOSE VAN SHAICK Lt. Colonel CORNELIOUS VAN DYKE Major CHRISTOPHER YATES Major BENJAMIN LEDARD
The Pay Master might be an early Col. Webb under whose command Alexander Dorchester served at Valley Forge. 2ND CONNETICUT
DIVISION: FIRST
BRIGADE: 2ND CT BRIGADE
HISTORY: FORMED 1 JAN 77 AT DANBURY,CONN FROM FAIRFIELD,HARTFORD, AND WINDHAM COUNTIES.
ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 362 MEN ASSIGNED OF WHICH 286 WERE FIT FOR DUTY, LEFT VALLEY FORGE JUNE 1778 WITH 340 ASSIGNED, 260 FIT FOR DUTY, LEFT VALLEY FORGE WITH 5TH CT.
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS: CONNECTICUT 1777, NEW YORK 1777, HUDSON
HIGHLANDS, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILA-MONMOUTH.
Staff Officers Colonel CHARLES WEBB Lt. Colonel ISAAC SHERMAN Major HEZEKIAH HOLDRIDGE
Company Officers Captain STEPHEN BETT Captain JAMES BEEBEE Captain ICHABOD HINCKLEY Captain WILLIAM MANNING Captain JOHN MILLS Captain JONATHAN PARKER Captain DAVID PARSON Captain AMOS WALBRIDGE Captain SAMUEL GRANGER
Staff Officers Chaplain JOHN ELLIOT Quartermaster Adjutant HENRY TEN EYCK Paymaster CHARLES WEBB Surgeon NOAH COLEMAN Surgeon Mate ISAAC DAY Quartermaster Sergeant SAMUEL WHITTEN/JABEZ PARSON Sergeant Major SAMUEL HICKOK Drum Major ENOS FOUNTAIN Fife Major PORTER WALBRIDGE
More About Mariah Van Schaick and Hooker Dorchester: Marriage: 1825, Hounsfield (Jefferson County) New York.
More About Mariah Van Schaick and Chancy Smith: Marriage: 1839
Children of Mariah Van Schaick and Hooker Dorchester are:
+Martha Dorchester, b. November 1825, Jefferson County, New York, d. July 18, 1913, Hemlock, (Saginaw County), Michgan.
+Andrew Jackson Dorchester, b. September 23, 1827, Hounsfield (Jefferson County) New York, d. August 09, 1904, Bellevue, (Jackson County), Iowa.
Mariah Van Schaick (b. November 20, 1808, d. June 23, 1895)
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