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Wilhelmus Philip “William” Empey

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Wilhelmus Philip “William” Empey

Birth
Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Death
1795 (aged 43–44)
Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada
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William Philip Empey
Baptised 18 Jan. 1751, Dutch Reformed Church, Stone Arabia.
U.E. Loyalist, enlisted 15 Aug. 1777.
K.R.R.N.Y., First Battalion
Residence: New York Province, Tryon, Stone Arabia/Carpenter
Land grant: Cornwall Township, Royal Township No. 2.
Granted Lot 6, Concession 1, Cornwall.
Militia Rolls of Upper Canada, Major James Gray's Company, 10 Feb. 1789,
7 years service, given age 36
Death: prior to 1809 (The Loyalists in Ontario).
Wife: Catherine von Hildenbrandt.

William Philip Empey, a Revolutionary War soldier, enlisted 15 August 1777, the day 58 men enlisted at Fort Stanwix. Four of the men were Empey brothers from Stone Arabia, New York. William served in Angus McDonnell's Company, First Battalion of Sir John Johnson's King's Royal Regiment of New York, was captured near Johnstown, New York while on scout November 1780, and later served with Capt. Patrick Daly's Company in 1782 and 1783.

The 1784 Provisioning lists for disbanded soldiers and Loyalists in Royal Township 2, Cornwall, has William Empey with wife and two children.

William's land grant was just east of the Cornwall townsite, and four other members of his family were on lots 4, 5 and 6 beside him.
William Philip Empey
Baptised 18 Jan. 1751, Dutch Reformed Church, Stone Arabia.
U.E. Loyalist, enlisted 15 Aug. 1777.
K.R.R.N.Y., First Battalion
Residence: New York Province, Tryon, Stone Arabia/Carpenter
Land grant: Cornwall Township, Royal Township No. 2.
Granted Lot 6, Concession 1, Cornwall.
Militia Rolls of Upper Canada, Major James Gray's Company, 10 Feb. 1789,
7 years service, given age 36
Death: prior to 1809 (The Loyalists in Ontario).
Wife: Catherine von Hildenbrandt.

William Philip Empey, a Revolutionary War soldier, enlisted 15 August 1777, the day 58 men enlisted at Fort Stanwix. Four of the men were Empey brothers from Stone Arabia, New York. William served in Angus McDonnell's Company, First Battalion of Sir John Johnson's King's Royal Regiment of New York, was captured near Johnstown, New York while on scout November 1780, and later served with Capt. Patrick Daly's Company in 1782 and 1783.

The 1784 Provisioning lists for disbanded soldiers and Loyalists in Royal Township 2, Cornwall, has William Empey with wife and two children.

William's land grant was just east of the Cornwall townsite, and four other members of his family were on lots 4, 5 and 6 beside him.

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Note: All of the EMPEYS on this page (attached) served in 1KRRNY except Henry, he was born 1767 at Stone Arabia in the Mohawk Valley as were all his brothers listed here as sons of PHILIP Snr. They were allotted land in Cornwall Twp.

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