Aged 71 years 11 months 21 days.
∼Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1750;
died there Aug. 9. 1822 ; one of the Associators of Poughkeepsie ; First Lieutenant, May 28, 1778 and promoted to Captain, March 4, 1780.
— Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Edward Beverly Nelson,p. 430
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A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation, of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Island of Nassau, Now Long Island
p. 233
ABRAHAM FORT, of the town of Po'k., b. Sep. 7, 1750;
d. Aug. 9, 1822; m., Dec. 29, 1776, Jannetje Monfoort, dau. of Peter and Magdalena Monfoort, b. Aug. 28, 1757; d. July 30, 1823. His will dated Nov. 24, 1819; proved Dec. 7, 1822 (R. L. F., F., 379, Po'k.). He enlisted in the Revolutionary War, was engaged to Jannetje at the time; her parents objected to the marriage before he returned, but she eloped with him. The stone house that he built at the close of the war is still standing and is well preserved.
He was a Major.
Issue:
Col. John A., m. Story of New Orleans.
Peter, not m.
Magdalena, m. Kave Pierson.
James, b. Nov. 29, 1788; not m.; d. Mch. 18, 1842.
Rebecka, m. Ezra Thompson.
Hannah, m. Col. Joseph Nelson.
Mary, m. Henry F. Granger.
Susannah, m. Caleb D. Haviland.
Alida, not m.
Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1793; not m.
Catherine, not m.
Peter and John were aids to Genl. Jackson in the War of
1812.
∼Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1750;
died there Aug. 9. 1822 ; one of the Associators of Poughkeepsie ; First Lieutenant, May 28, 1778 and promoted to Captain, March 4, 1780.
— Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Edward Beverly Nelson,p. 430
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation, of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Island of Nassau, Now Long Island
p. 233
ABRAHAM FORT, of the town of Po'k., b. Sep. 7, 1750;
d. Aug. 9, 1822; m., Dec. 29, 1776, Jannetje Monfoort, dau. of Peter and Magdalena Monfoort, b. Aug. 28, 1757; d. July 30, 1823. His will dated Nov. 24, 1819; proved Dec. 7, 1822 (R. L. F., F., 379, Po'k.). He enlisted in the Revolutionary War, was engaged to Jannetje at the time; her parents objected to the marriage before he returned, but she eloped with him. The stone house that he built at the close of the war is still standing and is well preserved.
He was a Major.
Issue:
Col. John A., m. Story of New Orleans.
Peter, not m.
Magdalena, m. Kave Pierson.
James, b. Nov. 29, 1788; not m.; d. Mch. 18, 1842.
Rebecka, m. Ezra Thompson.
Hannah, m. Col. Joseph Nelson.
Mary, m. Henry F. Granger.
Susannah, m. Caleb D. Haviland.
Alida, not m.
Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1793; not m.
Catherine, not m.
Peter and John were aids to Genl. Jackson in the War of
1812.
Aged 71 years 11 months 21 days.
∼Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1750;
died there Aug. 9. 1822 ; one of the Associators of Poughkeepsie ; First Lieutenant, May 28, 1778 and promoted to Captain, March 4, 1780.
— Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Edward Beverly Nelson,p. 430
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation, of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Island of Nassau, Now Long Island
p. 233
ABRAHAM FORT, of the town of Po'k., b. Sep. 7, 1750;
d. Aug. 9, 1822; m., Dec. 29, 1776, Jannetje Monfoort, dau. of Peter and Magdalena Monfoort, b. Aug. 28, 1757; d. July 30, 1823. His will dated Nov. 24, 1819; proved Dec. 7, 1822 (R. L. F., F., 379, Po'k.). He enlisted in the Revolutionary War, was engaged to Jannetje at the time; her parents objected to the marriage before he returned, but she eloped with him. The stone house that he built at the close of the war is still standing and is well preserved.
He was a Major.
Issue:
Col. John A., m. Story of New Orleans.
Peter, not m.
Magdalena, m. Kave Pierson.
James, b. Nov. 29, 1788; not m.; d. Mch. 18, 1842.
Rebecka, m. Ezra Thompson.
Hannah, m. Col. Joseph Nelson.
Mary, m. Henry F. Granger.
Susannah, m. Caleb D. Haviland.
Alida, not m.
Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1793; not m.
Catherine, not m.
Peter and John were aids to Genl. Jackson in the War of
1812.
∼Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1750;
died there Aug. 9. 1822 ; one of the Associators of Poughkeepsie ; First Lieutenant, May 28, 1778 and promoted to Captain, March 4, 1780.
— Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Edward Beverly Nelson,p. 430
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation, of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Island of Nassau, Now Long Island
p. 233
ABRAHAM FORT, of the town of Po'k., b. Sep. 7, 1750;
d. Aug. 9, 1822; m., Dec. 29, 1776, Jannetje Monfoort, dau. of Peter and Magdalena Monfoort, b. Aug. 28, 1757; d. July 30, 1823. His will dated Nov. 24, 1819; proved Dec. 7, 1822 (R. L. F., F., 379, Po'k.). He enlisted in the Revolutionary War, was engaged to Jannetje at the time; her parents objected to the marriage before he returned, but she eloped with him. The stone house that he built at the close of the war is still standing and is well preserved.
He was a Major.
Issue:
Col. John A., m. Story of New Orleans.
Peter, not m.
Magdalena, m. Kave Pierson.
James, b. Nov. 29, 1788; not m.; d. Mch. 18, 1842.
Rebecka, m. Ezra Thompson.
Hannah, m. Col. Joseph Nelson.
Mary, m. Henry F. Granger.
Susannah, m. Caleb D. Haviland.
Alida, not m.
Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1793; not m.
Catherine, not m.
Peter and John were aids to Genl. Jackson in the War of
1812.
Inscription
SACRED
In the
Memory of
MAJOR ABRAHAM FORT
who departed this life
August 9th 1822
Aged 71 years 11 months
and 23 days
Why do we mourn departing friends and shake at death's alarms
Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them to his arms.
Gravesite Details
The Fort ground. In 1759 Johannes A. Fort of Kingston, N. Y., bought several hundred acres in this neighborhood and settled on the land. The stone house, directly across the road.
https://forthomestead.org/photographs/burying_ground/index.htm
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