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Daniel VAN AUKEN (b. February 02, 1733/34, d. January 20, 1818)
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Daniel Van Aken owned one of the best farms in the Neversink Valley, which was afterwards sold by his son Joshua to James D. Swartwout. During the raids of the Tories and Indians under Brant, 22 July 1779, the savages burned the Machackemeck church and nearly wiped out the settlement.They visited the school house to the north east of VanAuken' s residence and killed and scalped Jeremiah Van Auken, Daniel's son, and burned the latter's barn.Daniel's wife Leah, escaped by lying concealed in a ditch overgrown with grass and flag plants.The lives of the terrified school children were saved by Brant, who marked the girl's aprons with a substance of black.This the girls transferred to the boys and the Indians seeing the sign of their chieftain passed them unharmed.
A marker, destroyed by highway realignment about 1965, located at the present day Fort Jervis Countttttry Club read "Site of Fort Van Auken unsuccessfully attacked by Mohawks and Tories led by Joseph Brant in raid on the valley 20 July, 1779".
One of Daniel's sons, Jeremiah, was teaching school at the time of Brant's invasion in 1779 ia a log schoolhouse which stood upon what was then called Penhausen's Land--so called because an Indian chief named Penhausen had previously had a cleared tract surrounding it of very fine land.The land afterward became the property of Levi Van Etten and his dependants,It is well down toward Carpenter's Point in Deerpark.
This family lived in the Town of Deerpark NY, known as the 'lower neighborhood" of the Minisink Region.The home of Daniel Van Auken was designated as a fort by order of the Committee of Safety in 1778 at the time of Brant's Indian raids.
More About Daniel VAN AUKEN:
Christening: February 02, 1733/34, Kingston, Ulster Co. NY.10989, 10990, 10991, 10992, 10993
More About Daniel VAN AUKEN and <Unnamed>:
Marriage: December 15, 175310994, 10995, 10996
Children of Daniel VAN AUKEN are:
- Isaiah VAN AUKEN.
- Lydia (Ledia) VAN AUKEN, b. Abt. 175310997, 10998, 10999, 11000, 11001, 11002, 11003.
- Jeremiah VAN AUKEN, b. Abt. 175611004, 11005, 11006, 11007, 11008, 11009, 11010, d. July 20, 177911011, 11012, 11013, 11014, 11015, 11016, 11017.
- Catharina (Caty) VAN AUKEN, b. August 31, 175711018, 11019, 11020, 11021, 11022, 11023, 11024, d. May 10, 183411025, 11026, 11027, 11028, 11029, 11030, 11031.
- Elijah (Elias) VAN AUKEN, b. October 23, 175911032, 11033, 11034, 11035, 11036, 11037, 11038, d. August 27, 183711039, 11040, 11041, 11042, 11043, 11044, 11045.
- Eliza VAN AUKEN, b. October 23, 175911046, 11047, 11048, 11049, 11050, 11051, 11052, d. April 25, 180811053, 11054, 11055, 11056, 11057, 11058, 11059.
- Nathan VAN AUKEN, b. Abt. 176111060, 11061, 11062, 11063, 11064, 11065, 11066.
- +Nathaneal VAN AUKEN, b. Abt. 176311067, 11068, 11069, d. January 26, 183511070, 11071, 11072.
- +Absolom VAN AUKEN, b. September 30, 176511073, 11074, 11075, 11076, 11077, 11078, d. Abt. 1837, Mahoning Co. Near Youngtown, OH11079, 11080, 11081, 11082, 11083.
- Rachel VAN AUKEN, b. October 31, 176611084, 11085, 11086, 11087, 11088.
- +Jannetje VAN AUKEN, b. October 31, 1767, Minisink, New York11089, 11090, 11091, 11092, 11093, 11094, 11095.
- +Joshua VAN AUKEN, b. November 23, 177111096, 11097, 11098, d. October 03, 184311099, 11100, 11101.
- Daniel Nathaniel VAN AUKEN, b. March 05, 177311102, 11103, 11104, 11105, 11106, 11107, 11108, d. November 28, 184811109, 11110, 11111, 11112, 11113, 11114, 11115.
- Lea (Leah) VAN AUKEN, b. Abt. 177611116, 11117, 11118, 11119, 11120, 11121, 11122.
- Jeremiah VAN AUKEN, b. October 29, 178011123, 11124, 11125, 11126, 11127, 11128, 11129, d. March 17, 184811130, 11131, 11132, 11133, 11134, 11135, 11136.
- Margery VAN AUKEN, b. 178111137, 11138, 11139, 11140, 11141, d. WFT Est. 1810-187511142, 11143, 11144, 11145, 11146.