Direck Brinkerhoff

Biography

Col. Abraham Brinckerhoff was born at Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York. He was the son of Abraham Brinckerhoff and Femmetia Remsen Van Der Beck. [1]

Colonel Abraham Brinckerhoff served in the American Revolution, in the Dutchess County Militia, Second Regiment.

Widow: Sarah nee Brett.

Will 9 March 1795 Dutchess Co., NY - names wife Sarah to have cash plus the house were Robert M. Brett lives, named son Direck to have testator's present house. Named granddaughter Sarah Van Wyck daughter of John Van Wyck to have 1,600 pounds when of age. Then he names children of daughter Catherine Brinckerhoff Bailey vis. Abraham and Gitty. He appointed his wife, son Direck and Abraham Schenck as exes. Death bef 7 May 1795 when witnesses in court... New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Abraham Brinckerhoff [2]

BRETT, Rumbout, of Dutchess Co. NY Sister Sarah, wife of Abraham Brinckerhoff, nephew Robert Brett the third, niece Catharine Brett, both children of Matthew Brett dec'd, brother Robert Brett, father Robert Brett Sr. Real and personal estate. Executors Abraham Brinckerhoff and Robert, son of Robert Brett Sr. Witnesses Henry Ludinton, Abraham Hyatt, John Porter. Calendar of NY Wills. [3]

Abraham Brinckerhoff married 26 Sep 1770 by license in NY to Sarah Brett. Page 45 Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued by the Secretary of ...By New York (State) [4]

Children:

• Geertje / Gertrude b 26 February 1771 East Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, m. 11 Feb 1790 at Fishkill NY to General John Van Wyck (1762-1841), daughter Sarah b 1791 who is named in her grandfather's will.
• Catherine b c. 1772 m. 27 Sep 1790 to James Bailey (1770-1832)
• Derrick b c. 1774 m. twice, names not given

Sources

• The Family of Joris Dircksen Brinckerhoff, 1638. By Roeliff, Richard Brinkerhoff. New York, 1887 page 82

↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8800/005526441_00419/1996497?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/27777071/person/26231564159/facts ↑ Page 33 https://ia802703.us.archive.org/27/items/calendarofwillso01fern/calendarofwillso01fern.pdf ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=t1fITOcnHZgC&pg=PA345&lpg=PA345&dq=Samuel+smith+AND+sarah+halstead&source=bl&ots=H6O6WFXO5x&sig=-z8QIxfiBaPBlh-CyLD2cuszGs8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDYQ6AEwCGoVChMI_IDgudLTxwIVyVmICh0UIw2i#v=snippet&q=brett&f=false

• Dutchess County, NY probate record: "New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-35089-18283-20?cc=1920234&wc=9V7Z-166:213305701,223046501 : accessed 2 September 2015), Dutchess > Probates 1793-1868 packets 1-251 > image 961 of 1429; county courthouses, New York
• Date of death: "New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-35089-18391-23?cc=1920234&wc=9V7Z-166:213305701,223046501 : accessed 2 September 2015), Dutchess > Probates 1793-1868 packets 1-251 > image 964 of 1429; county courthouses, New York.
• Will: "New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-28666-11011-20?cc=1920234&wc=9V3J-YW5:213305701,225060001 : accessed 4 September 2015), Dutchess > Wills 1751-1796 vol AA and A > image 419 of 465; county courthouses, New York.
• Valentine's Manual of Old New York ..., Volume 1, 1916 - New York (N.Y.) pg 223
• New York in the Revolution, The Militia - Dutchess County, Second Regiment (pdf) pg 135
• Descendants of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven Compiler: David K. Conover, 8068 Crystal Vista Lane, West Jordan, Utah 84088 Site updated on 11-Nov-2011

One-third of the battles during the Revolutionary War were fought in New York State. The Hudson Valley played a crucial role in the fight for independence. General George Washington spent a lot of time in New York, with headquarters in nearby towns Newburgh and Pawling, as he realized the importance of controlling the Hudson River. He visited both the Derick Brinckerhoff house, as well as the John Brinckerhoff house, on his travels through New York State. George Washington is known to have slept at the Derick Brinckerhoff house (currently the Brinckerhoff Inn) on multiple occasions. The home became known as a "famous stopping place for travelers on the road between the Eastern and Middle States," and thousands of troops traveling between New York and New England as well as the South passed by the home. General Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Baron von Steuben watched from the house as thousands of British and German prisoners were marched from Boston to Virginia in November of 1778. General Washington was enjoying breakfast at the home on the morning he discovered Benedict Arnold's betrayal.

• https://www.brinckerhoffinn.com/history.html