Cyrus DeHart
Capt. Cyrus DeHart, Born 17 Jun 1757 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey
Son of Mattias DeHart, 1723 and Katherine (Kingslant) DeHart
Husband of Mary Boudinot (Chetwood) DeHart — married 25 Dec 1787
He died 7 Sep 1831 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey.
Biography
Cyrus was an officer for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was appointed an ensign in the 1st New Jersey Regiment on September 18, 1776, was promoted to second, and then first, lieutenant in 1777. On March 11, 1780 he was commissioned a captain lieutenant and in December 1780 a captain. In January 1781 he transferred to the 2nd New Jersey Regiment, where he served until the end of the war.[1]
After the war, on 25 Dec 1787, he married Mary Boudinet Chetwood. Among their children, all baptized at the St. John Episcopal Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey, are:
- Mary Emmot, bpt. 09 Oct 1796
- William Chetwood, bpt. 22 Jun 1800
- Aaron Ogden, bpt. 28 Oct 1810
Sources
- Profile manager: Gary Harding private message [send private message] Profile last modified 30 Jul 2018 | Created 9 Jun 2018
- Stryker, William Scudder. Official register of the officers and men of New Jersey in the revolutionary war. W.T. Nicholson, pub., Trenton, New Jersey, 1872.
- United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
- Find A Grave Memorial # 7233515
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/DeHart-992
