Revolutionary War Soldier ancestor, Anastasium Staats Sager, served for New York and had the rank of Lieutenant. He was private in Van Schaick’s battalion in NY in 1776, and a corporal by October 1777. He served in militia companies of Clock and Adam Vrooman. He served in the French and Indian Wars. His sons, Gerritt, Peter, Frederick, Johannes and Adam fought for the British Butlers Rangers and fought against the rebels. They went to Canada. Peter returned to the States and finding his property not confiscated, he remained in the US.

He was born on August 11, 1715, in Highland or Hoogerland, Albany County, NY to Gerrit Segers and Anna Maritje Weigand or DeGroot. He used his middle name as his first name many times. He married Susanna Bradt in December 1740 in Albany. Their children were Garret, Peter Staats, Frederick, Johannes Garret, Adam, Maria, and Adriaan. He died in 1809 in Richmond, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.

Submitted for Martha McNeill, a member of the Mason County G.S.

Cindy Lundberg, May 21,2026

Joseph Primmer my Revolutionary War Patriot DAR Ancestry Number A093232

He was born In Birmingham, Warwickshire, England about 1738. His parents were Charles Primer and Anne Jackson. Charles was a button maker in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

Joseph Primmer was playing as a young lad, upon the coast of his native land, where he was shanghaied and pressed into service on a British War vessel. After he finally reached our shores, the next twenty years he was engaged in shipping services on the Hudson River, making his headquarters at Schodack Landing.

Joseph married Maria Shufeldt in 1760 She was from Prussia. Joseph and Maria had five children. William Primmer, (the eldest son, is my line. He was born in 1767 and died 25 of March in 1865 at the age of ninety-eight.) Rachel Earing, Alchey, Peter Primmer, and Deborah Frost.

In 1760 Joseph Primmer and Hugh Wilson moved with their families to the locality formally known as Hoag’s pond and on the Schodack side of the line (Nassau, Rensselaer, Co.) Indians had their wigwams in the neighborhood, which was known as ON-TI-KE-KO-MUCK. The chief was KA-SHE-KE-KO-LUCK. From these Indians Primmer made his purchase of land. The deed which Joseph Primmer received showed the date of May 16,1760. This deed signed by the chief using his mark, Hugh Wilson and John Fitzgerald witnessed the signing. This land was at the head of Hoag’s pond. Primmer’s diet consisted of Hasty Pudding, boiled corn, bread baked in ashes and fried Indian meal cakes.

Hoag’s pond became Nassau Lake after the “Beaver Dam” was in place. Primmer’s property extended westward from the Valatie Kill between the north end of the “Beaver Dam” (now Nassau Lake) and present Central Nassau Road. He built a house and the site of his house was visible as late as 1896. Primmer’s first house may have been on the North side of present Nassau Lake, in Morey Park just west of the Valatie Kill. Primmer was living there as early as 1780’s. It is possible the damming of Hoag’s Pond caused him to relocate to this other location. Primmer cut a direct road from his settlement to Schodack Landing. Traveling over this road he brought back vital supplies including apple seeds which he planted for years. This road was known as the Schodack Landing Road.

DAR records for Joseph Primmer show his service during America Revolutionary War as being a private with the Albany County Militia, 4^th Regiment, and Land Bounty Rights. The 4th New York Regiment was one of four established by the New York Provencial Congress at the direction of the Continental Congress for the defense of the King’s Bridge where Manhattan Island joins the mainland, and the Hudson River. This regiment would see action in the invasion of Canada, New York Campaign, the battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth, and the Sullivan Expedition. The 4^th Regiment was active May 25^th, 1775, to January 1, 1781. They were an Infantry type of Regiment with 720 men. The 4^th Regiments merged into the 2^nd Regiment of New York on January 1, 1781. A second service Joesph Primmer performed was issuing Land Bounty Rights. Land bounty rights refer to government grants of public land to individuals who served the U.S. military, primarily to encourage enlistment and reward veterans. The rights were active from the Revolutionary War through the 1850’s.

He died sometime between April 9, 1803, and August 10, 1803 (date will probated). His burial place is unknown; he may be buried on his farm at the north end of Nassau Lake in Rensselaer County, New York.

Revolutionary War Soldier ancestor, Pieter Seger, served for New York. He served for the 3^rd regiment under Quackenbos, land bounty rights, for Albany County Militia. He served under Philip Schuyler’s regiment NY Militia.

He was born on December 6, 1742, in Albany, NY to Anastasius Staats Seger and Susanna Bradt. He married Hannah Houck (Annatje Huyck) in 1770. Their children were Susanna, John, Lewis Lodowick, Magdalena, Mary, Staats Peter, Adam, Catherine Jane Glick, Frederick, and Conrad. He died in February 1826, at age 86 in Bethlehem, NY and was buried in the Jerusalem Cemetery in Feura Bush, NY.

Submitted for Martha McNeill, a member of the Mason County G.S.

My Patriot Ancestor

Frederich Titius/Decius

b. 1762 Ashersleben, Saxony Anhalt, Hanover, Germany d. Sept. 1826 Shenandoah Co. VA

Frederich Decius is my is my 4x Gt. Grandfather on my fathers side.

Born in Hanover Germany, Frederich Tisius/Decius at age 14 was conscripted by Col. Albrecht von Schneiter for King George of England to be sent to America to fight against the Americans. He is registered in the British Army records as enlisted 25 Aug 1776 in the 4^th Regiment of the Company of Capt. John Webster arriving in New York City 30 Dec 1776.

He deserted the British Army on 18 June 1778 after the Battle of Brandywine along with 2 other young men, Effinger & Fauchs(Fox). .

He was hidden by German families in eastern PA until he joined Col Bartholomew von Heers Unit 986  Marechaussee Corps on the 15^th of March 1780 and served as a private in this unit until it was disbanded 4 November 1783 . This unit of the American Army served as George Washingtons Provost Troop of Light Dragoons or mounted military police. The men of this early MP organization, participated in combat, fighting with General Nathaniel Greene’s army in the Battle of Springfield, New Jersey, June 1780. The next year, the Corps protected General Washington and his headquarters during the siege of Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolution. Frederich received bounty land in Shanandoah Co., VA and raised his family there but never requested a pension. .

FYI- The spelling of Titius was legally changed to Decius in 1818 by the Gov. of VA as there was so much confusion on the spelling and pronunciation . The T is pronounced like the English D and in Frederich’s land and court records we find 11 spellings of the name up until the change. Frederick signed his deeds etc in English but wife Magdalena kinda of used a combination of English/Gothic.

Revolutionary War Soldier ancestor, Willem P. Houghtaling, served for New York. He enlisted in Ulster, NY. He served as a private in the 3^rd Ulster County, NY regiment militia. He served under Capt. William Winne on the west side of the river.

He was born on December 23, 1753, in Albany, NY to Peter Houghtaling and Anna Becker. He was married to Marytje Maria Bloemendal in March 1772 in Albany, Albany County, NY. And the banns were under the name of Willem Hoogteling with the Dutch Reformed Church records. Their children were Rebecca, Peter, and Maas. His second marriage was to Hannah Lampman Van Wagner. Their children were Cornelius, Wilhelmus W., Maria Mathias, and Catharine Brate. In 1800 to 1840, he was living in Bethlehem, Albany County, NY. He died on April 13, 1836, per tombstone, at age 80 in Feura Bush, Albany County, NY and was buried in the Jerusalem Cemetery in Slingerlands, NY. But his will was probated on May 13, 1834, in Albany County, NY.

Submitted for Martha McNeill, a member of the Mason County G.S.

Col. Edward Trabue

“My grandfather’s name was Sir Anthony Straboo, but Colonel Byrd (of Virginia), set it down as Anthony Trabue, and so we write our names to this day.” — Colonel Daniel Trabue’s Journal.

The Trabue family bloodlines runs across two continents and is very documented. Other historical figures dot the tree as well. Henry Clay, American Statesmen was the first cousin to Edward Trabue’s wife, Jane Elizabeth Clay (photo).

His father, John James Trabue, born in 1722 in Henrico, Virgina, was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War and received pay and bounty lands under an Act of Congress. Trabue and five of his sons were in the Revolutionary War …

Edward’s mother, Olymipia Dupuy hailed from a Huguenot family as did the Trabue’s, they had fled from France at he time of the bloody persecution against the dissenters of the Roman Catholics. John James and Olympia Dupuy Trabue built a large limestone home on Grier’s Creek in Woodford County near Tyrone, KY. It is on the National Registry of Historical Houses. John and Mary O’Rear’s family live in the house today.

The Trabue’s had 16 children. The four sons of John James Trabue and Olympia DuPuy Trabue—William, Col Daniel, Edward, and Stephen—married four daughters of Col Robert Haskins and his wife Elizabeth Hill Haskins— Elizabeth, Mary, Martha (or Patsy), and Jane Haskins.

Also, five of John James and Olympia Trabue’s sons James, John, William, Daniel and Edward fought in the Revolutionary War.

James Trabue – Born in 1745 in Chesterfield County, Va., was Commissary Gen. Under Col. George Rogers Clark; was Commissary Gen. in the Revolutionary War, in the Dept of KY. Surveyor with Col Daniel Boone: Died 1803 in Kentucky.

John Trabue – Born in 1754 in Chesterfield County, Va., was Col. in Revolutionary War; Deputy Surveyor of Kentucky lands under John May.

William Trabue – Born in 1756, Sergeant in the VA. Line in the Revolutionary War, given bounty land of 200 acres for his service.

Daniel Trabue – Born in 1760, Commissary General in Continental Army and served in the expedition under Col. George Rogers Clark. He was Issuing Commissary General under his brother, James Trabue, who was Commissary General; was at the surrender at Yorktown, served under Generals Lafayette and Muhlenberg, sheriff and Justice of the Peace in Kentucky, settled on Greer’s Creek, Fayette County, Kentucky. On July 13, 1778 Daniel Trabue became quartermaster sergeant of Logan’s fort. In a twelve-week span he recorded supplies, either bought or acquired by hunting of 84 bushels of corn, 724 pounds of pork, 2779 pounds of tame beef, and 2820 pounds of buffalo beef. (18) Daniel Trabue presided at the court martial of Daniel Boone. Family home in Columbia, KY. 8 children; One of Daniel’s children, 12-year-old Johnny, was murdered by the infamous Harpe Brothers during their 1798-9 foray through southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee during which they butchered more than 25 settlers.

Edward Trabue – Born 1762, Chesterfield, Va, enlisted at age sixteen and became a Colonel in the Virginia Militia in the Revolution War. He fought at Guilford Court House, NC 15 Mar 1781; was present at Gates’ defeat at Yorktown in 1782. Edward received a tract of 200 acres in Lincoln County from Patrick Henry, Esq., Governor of VA on March 24, 1783. The deed was issued at Richmond, VA, December 2, 1785. Edward Trabue and his wife Martha Haskins Trabue, a daughter of Col Robert Haskins and his wife Elizabeth Hill, of the Hills of Surrey, both of English origin, and descendants of the early Virginia Colonists, immigrated to Kentucky after the Revolutionary War.

The Trabue’s built for themselves a handsome home in Woodford County, near the Kentucky River and the home of Edward’s parents, John James and Olympia Du Puy Trabue. History of Woodford County relates the story that when General Lafayette toured America after the Revolutionary War in 1824-5, he visited Fayette and Woodford counties and upon meeting Edward Trabue he “put his arms around Edward and wept at the sight of a fellow Frenchman. He may well have become acquainted with Edward years before during the Revolutionary War. Edward died in 1814 and is buried in the family cemetery in Tyrone, KY.

Sources:

From Daniel Trabue ‘s Journal and family historical and genealogical research –

Colonial men and times; containing the journal of Col. Daniel Trabue, some account of his ancestry, life and travels in Virginia and the present state of Kentucky during the revolutionary period; the Huguenots, genealogy, with brief sketches of the allied families – 1915 by Harper, Lillie Du Puy Van Culin, editor; Trabue, Daniel, 1760-1840. Published by Philadelphia, Penna., Innes & Sons

https://archive.org/details/colonialmentimes00harp/page/n9/mode/2up

Trabue Family in America -Julie Trabue Yates and Dr. Charles C. Trabue 1983

Trabue, Charles C., ed. 1983. The Trabue Family in America, 1700-1983. Nashville, Tennessee: J.T. Yates & C.C. Trabue IV.

Trabue Family Tree – Georga Foster, 2001 – Ancestry

Trabue Family Reports – Southern Kentucky Researchers – https://www.so-ky.com/

Submitted by Georga Foster – Col. Edward Trabue is my third great- grand father.

Revolutionary War Soldier ancestor, William Brate, served New York. He served under Capt. William Winne’s company militia of NY with Col. Schuyler. He served under Van Denburgh’s regiment of Milita of NY.

He was born about 1749. He married Ariantje “Hannah” Moak in June 1770 in Albany, NY. The Niskatha US Dutch Reformed Records has their marriage banns recorded under Willem Bratt and Arriaantje Mook. Their children were Jacob Brate. She died in 1776. His second marriage was to Elizabeth Arnhout in 1776. Their children were Martinus, Frans, Baltus, Catherine Oliver, Harriette Haller, Margaret Moake, William, and Hannah Bratt. He died about 1820 in Bethlehem, New York. His will was dated March 18, 1820, and probated in Albany.

Submitted for Martha McNeill, a member of Mason County G.S.

Revolutionary War Soldier ancestor, David Otis, served for Massachusetts as a Private. He enlisted September 5, 1777. He served under Capts. Aaron Rowley and John Bacon, and Col. John Brown detachment of Berkshire County militia. He served under Capt. John Bacon’s company on an alarm to reinforce Gen. Stark at Stillwater.

He was born on June 3, 1743, in Montville, New London County, CT. to Deacon Joseph Otis and Elizabeth Little. He is listed in the Mayflower Births and deaths volumes. He married Mary “Molly” Miller Day in November 1766 in Colchester, CT. Their children were Lovina, David, Joseph, Perez, Mary Ann Kellogg, Abijah, Jacob Day, Achsah, Shubael, Selah, and Isaac. He came to Galway, NY from Berkshire County, Mass. about 1775. He lived in Richmond, Mass. some sixteen years, where most of his children were born. His second marriage was to Abigail Smith in 1783. He died on August 16, 1825, at age 82 in Galway, Saratoga County, NY.

Submitted for Martha McNeill, a member of the Mason County G.S. Davis Otis has a DAR ID #A084800. He has seven female descendants with DAR member #s. One male descendant with SAR #92789.

Revolutionary War Soldier ancestor, Samuel Harrington, served for Massachusetts. He was drafted from Worcester County militia to march to Horse Neck under the command Col. Converse but failed to join the regiment. He was then drafted from town of New Braintree into Capt. Timothy Page’s company. He served under Capt. Paul Mandell of Hardwich in the Crown Point Expedition in 1756. He served as a private in Capt. Timothy Bigelow’s company, Col. Artemas Ward’s regiment on the alarm of April 1775.

He was born on May 15, 1732, in Westborough, Worcester County, Mass., to Lieut. Samuel Harrington and Sarah Warren. He married Lucy Whitney in April 1756 in Westborough. Their children were Lois Hall, Nathaniel, Sarah Johnson Faulkun, Lucy Cutter Clark, Trceolince Blanchard, Abijah Shumway, Moses, Aaron, Nathaniel Dretain, Samuel, Asa, and Levi. He died October 22, 1803, in New Braintree, Worcester County, Mass. His will, filed in 1803, listed many of his children.

Submitted for Martha McNeill, a member of the Mason County G.S.