Marker in the old Low Dutch language:
hier lyt het lighaam Van
Abrm. Martlenghs Geboren Den
5 de - Sepr- 1693 - Ende is Overleeden
Den 22ste - Apr 1761 OutZynde
67 Iaren 7 Maenden En17 Day
Translation: Here lies the body
Abraham Martlenghs
born 5 Sep 1693 and died
22 apr 1762 aged 67 yr 7 mo 17 da
(from the Sleepy Hollow Dutch churchyard booklet)
Abraham Martlenghs and his wife moved to the area in the 1730s. He was a deacon in the church. His farm makes up much of present day Tarrytown. Martlenghs sons Abraham and Isaac anglicized their surname to Martling. Abraham junior was in the militia during the Revolutionary War and once led a successful raid against British troops in Manhattan.
Contributed by Carolyn Leonard (#47319116)
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Husband of Rachel Devoe.
Contributed by wharfrat (#48079906).
hier lyt het lighaam Van
Abrm. Martlenghs Geboren Den
5 de - Sepr- 1693 - Ende is Overleeden
Den 22ste - Apr 1761 OutZynde
67 Iaren 7 Maenden En17 Day
Translation: Here lies the body
Abraham Martlenghs
born 5 Sep 1693 and died
22 apr 1762 aged 67 yr 7 mo 17 da
(from the Sleepy Hollow Dutch churchyard booklet)
Abraham Martlenghs and his wife moved to the area in the 1730s. He was a deacon in the church. His farm makes up much of present day Tarrytown. Martlenghs sons Abraham and Isaac anglicized their surname to Martling. Abraham junior was in the militia during the Revolutionary War and once led a successful raid against British troops in Manhattan.
Contributed by Carolyn Leonard (#47319116)
---------------------------
Husband of Rachel Devoe.
Contributed by wharfrat (#48079906).
Marker in the old Low Dutch language:
hier lyt het lighaam Van
Abrm. Martlenghs Geboren Den
5 de - Sepr- 1693 - Ende is Overleeden
Den 22ste - Apr 1761 OutZynde
67 Iaren 7 Maenden En17 Day
Translation: Here lies the body
Abraham Martlenghs
born 5 Sep 1693 and died
22 apr 1762 aged 67 yr 7 mo 17 da
(from the Sleepy Hollow Dutch churchyard booklet)
Abraham Martlenghs and his wife moved to the area in the 1730s. He was a deacon in the church. His farm makes up much of present day Tarrytown. Martlenghs sons Abraham and Isaac anglicized their surname to Martling. Abraham junior was in the militia during the Revolutionary War and once led a successful raid against British troops in Manhattan.
Contributed by Carolyn Leonard (#47319116)
---------------------------
Husband of Rachel Devoe.
Contributed by wharfrat (#48079906).
hier lyt het lighaam Van
Abrm. Martlenghs Geboren Den
5 de - Sepr- 1693 - Ende is Overleeden
Den 22ste - Apr 1761 OutZynde
67 Iaren 7 Maenden En17 Day
Translation: Here lies the body
Abraham Martlenghs
born 5 Sep 1693 and died
22 apr 1762 aged 67 yr 7 mo 17 da
(from the Sleepy Hollow Dutch churchyard booklet)
Abraham Martlenghs and his wife moved to the area in the 1730s. He was a deacon in the church. His farm makes up much of present day Tarrytown. Martlenghs sons Abraham and Isaac anglicized their surname to Martling. Abraham junior was in the militia during the Revolutionary War and once led a successful raid against British troops in Manhattan.
Contributed by Carolyn Leonard (#47319116)
---------------------------
Husband of Rachel Devoe.
Contributed by wharfrat (#48079906).
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