Notes for John VAN DYK

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Notes for John VAN DYK

There is a detailed photostat in the manuscript collection of the New York Historical Society detailing the Revolutionary War career of Colonel Van Dyck.
In it he gives details of meeting with Generals Washington and Knox and the many engagements in which he played a part. Unfortunately the manuscript
cannot be copied and would be tedious to transcribe, as it is quite long. John had several more children by his second wife. He was a Captain in Lamb's Regt. of Artillery in NY line. Member of Dutch Reformed Church of NYC.

This may be the same John Van Dyk that advertised 74 acres of land for sale in the "New Jersey Journal" (Elizabethtown) on 26 April 1808. The land was contiguous with that of James Van Dyk and was located on the Passaic River. At that time John was living in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Not likely that he is this John Van Dyk but worth checking.

Van Dyke, John. "Narrative of Confinement in the Jersey Prison Ship, by John Van Dyke, Captain in Lamb's Regiment, N.Y.S.A."The Historical Magazine, Volume 7, Number 1 (May 1863), pp. 147-151. [copy on file] - published in New York. Circumstances of the submission of the writing not noted in magazine.

See Revolutionary War Pension application #S42592 for more detail on his service.
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Daughter of John S Charters and Ann Eliza Van Dylc his wife Granddaughter of Francis Van Dyk and Ann Eliza Corey his wife Gr granddaughter of John Van Dyk and Ann Genter his second wife John Van Dyk 1753 1840 served as captain lieutenant of New York artillery under Col John Lamb He was in many battles suffered the horrors of the Jersey prison ship was one of four officers who accompanied Andre to his execution He served to the close of the war and became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of New York
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JOHN VAN DYK Captain Lieutenant New York Artillery Born in New York City in 1753 Died on the 28th of February 1840 Admitted to the Society in 1798 When the British ship of war Asia fired on the City of New York he assisted in removing the guns from the Battery He enlisted in the 1st Regiment of Minute Men or Volunteer Infantry Colonel John Lasher's on the 14th of September 1775 an was one f tne non commissioned officers of it Appointed Lieutenant of Artillery by the Provincial Congress of New Jersey on the 24th of March 1776 and in the following November he was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the regular service by the Continental Congress It is claimed that subsequently he was Captain Lieutenant in Colonel John Lamb's 2d Regiment of Artillery and at the conclusion of the war by the Act of Congress attained the rank of Major He participated in the Battles of Long Island the skirmish along the Harlem Heights White Plains Monmouth Trenton and was at the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown During the war on a voyage for his health he was captured by an English frigate and underwent the horrors and sufferings of a confinement in the Jersey prison ship After the war he engaged in business in New York City until appointed a clerk in the Custom House which office he retained until his death He married twice by his first wife Sarah C Clark he left no male issue His second wife was Ann Center by whom he had several sons f 324 THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
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Did he have a sister Elizabeth who m. Henry Forst 9 Dec. 1770 at E'town?

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