Alvan Purdy

Alvan Purdy, born, 11 Jan 1757 at Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, to Abraham Purdy and Charity Strong. [findagrave; 56961881]]

He died 16 Jun 1830 (aged 73) Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, and is buried at the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Yorktown, Westchester County [findagrave;36360766]

• The Strang Genealogy by Josephine C. Frost, Brooklyn, NY, 1915, pp. 66:

ALVAN PURDY, son of Abraham (Jonathan?) and Phebe (20) (Strang) Purdy, Born Jan. 11, 1757; died Yorktown, N.Y., July 16, 1830; married Lydia Hunt, who died Jan. 27, 1842, aged 83 years 3 months and 7 days. He was Lieutenant in Revolutionary War under Col. Samuel Drake. Westchester County Militia.

Children [fingagrave;56961881]:

• Abraham Purdy, born at Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, 30 Sep 1796. of Goshen; married Charity Strong she was born Goshen, Orange County, New York, 12 May 1791, to Benjamin Strong and Susannah Howell. She died at Goshen, 11 May 1846 (aged 54) and had:
  • Alsop Purdy, 1788–1802.
  • Elizabeth Ann Purdy, 1792–1843.
  • David Purdy, 1795–1814.
• Alsop Purdy, born Aug. 16, 1790; died July 26, 1884. Post Master at Yorktown, N.Y.; married May 8, 1810, Martha Strang (97), born March 26, 1787; died Aug. 23, 1879.
• James H. Purdy; died Feb. 3 1802, aged 14 years.
• Elizabeth Ann Purdy, born June 23, 1792; died at Westchester county, New York, July 4, 1843 æ. 51; married Sept. 20, 1812, John Hazard Strang (96).
• David Purdy; died March 24, 1803, aged 18 years.