Notes:

Barnet (also called Barnabas), born in December 1786 or January 1787.

Verify the identity:
. 1797 Nov 14 - For Sale the Lands & Buildings formerly belong to B. Vanderburg, deceased, together with the grain on the ground. For further particulars inquire of John Haling, Beekmantown, Sept 19, 1797.
Ref: Pougkeepsie Jouranal Newspaper, NY.

Ontario Land Registry Abstract Markham Book 91, p119.
Lot 28, Con 1 Yonge Street East
. 1817 Jul 22, Bargain&Sale, Quetton St. George, to Barnett Vanderburg, All 190 Acres
. 1820 Nov 9, B&S, Barnet Vanderburgh et ux, £200,pt 43Acres.

. 1810 October he was hauled into Court in the Town of York, on a charge of assault & battery against one Martin Holder; he was found guilty, was fined 1 shilling, & was bound over "to keep the peace towards all His Majesty's liege subjects for 1 year & 1 day."
. 1811 July 18 at York he married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Soules, U.E., of Vaughan.
During the War of 1812 he served as a Lieutenant in both the 1st Regiment & the 3rd Regiment of York Militia. His company was present at the battle of Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812; one story relates that he helped to carry General Brock from the field. Lieutenant Barnet Vanderburgh appears in the list of officers taken prisoner by the Americans at the capture of York, 27 April 1813; the prisoners seem to have been paroled almost immediately.
He owned Lot 24 in the 7th concession of Scott from 1812 to 1813; Markham, Conc. I, Lot 28, from 1817 to 1820; 2 acres of Markham, Con 1, Lot 46 (at RichmondHill) from 1820 to 1827 (here he seems to have kept a tavern which was a regular stopping place for waggons from Holland Landing to York); & 2 acres of Vaughan, Con I, Lot 33 (at Thornhill) from 1828 to 1832. He died 17 June 1863, & is buried at Stroud.
Ref: The family of Richard Vanderburgh of Richmond Hill, by Wallace McLeod, Middlesex, London, 1962.

1812 War
. Barnet Vanderburgh, Lieutenant, 1s & 3rd Reg. York Militia
. 1812 Oct 13 - present at Battle of Queenston Heights. Barnet helped to carry General Brock from the battlefield.
. 1813 Apr 26 - Captured by Dearborne & Chancy on at Town of York, U.C. [Toronto].
* [Held at New Orleans, Disposed on 14 Mr 1815, dead. to John Beddie, A 2M GB Army.]
Note1: Interpretation of where he was held prisoner needs verification.
It is either 1. unknown; or 2. missing ditto marks indicating New Orleans etc., as found on most of the entries. - P J Ahlberg, 2016.

. 1813 March 25 - Board of Claims for Losses:
. John Vanderburg, Captured by General Dearborne on 27 May 1813 at Fort George,
How Disposed of: 27 May 1813, Paroled by Genl. Dearborne at Fort George.

[another entry:]
. B. Vanderbourg, York Militia, Captured by General Dearborne on 27 May 1813 at Fort George,
How Disposed of: 27 May 1813, Paroled by Genl. Dearborne at Fort George. [Along with a great many others].
Ref: War of 1812, Archives of Canada, Film T1122, p 371.

. Barent Vanderburgh married 18 Jul 1811, St. James Cathedral, York, to Hannah Soules, Jul 1781 Digby, NS - aft 1861 Simcoe Co., Ontario.

VERIFY identity or relationship:
. 1887 Jun 22 - Barnum Vanderburgh, a dissipated young man of St. Catharines, has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment fo rebating his grandmother, who is 87 years old. [b.1800].
Note2: Barnum Vanderburgh, b 1861, Welland
Ref: Ottawa Journal Newspaper, Ontario. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB Jan 1787. Also called Barnabas.

Buried:
Innisfil Twp.

Barnett married Hannah SOULES on 8 Jul 1811 in Thornhill Cemetery. Hannah was born in 1786 in United States; died on 17 Dec 1865 in Innisfil Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter is the son of Sara Van Kleeck & Hendrick Henry Vanderburg, 1717 Poughkeepsie - 1787 Poughkeepsie, NY.

. 1777 Jan. Loyalist, After the fighting began he attempted to join the British, but while en route through the mountains he was captured by the Revolutionaries in January 1777. He was finally able to reach the British lines in October 1777, when Fort Montgomery was taken by the British.

1783 - Peter Vanderburgh, Resides, Kings Co., Long Island, NY.
Return of Property assigned to refugees, with 3 women & children, p 9733.3, Film M366, #9308.
Re: Carleton papers, Archives of Canada.

. 1785 - New Brunswick Land Petitions: Peter Vanderburg, Sunbury Co., N.B.

. 1786 Mar 16, Peter Vanderburg, late Dutchess Co., NY, Your Memorialist was obliged to fly to the British in NY for Protection in 1777 & he has render his service to the British. Signed, Peter Vanderburgh.
. SCHEDULE OF LOSSES during the unhappy Dissuasion in North America:
3 Cows, £10,
1 breeding mare, £30,
1 young horse in English blood £35;
9 sheep, £4.10;
7 hogs, £7;
Sundry household & furniture £9. Total £103.10.

Peter Vanderrburgh, NY, Certificate #59, Property claim £58.30, Total sum payable under Act of Parliament £30; Sum already received, £9, Balance £21;

. Peter Vanderburg, Province of New Brunswick, Saint John, from 16 Mar 1786, late of Dutchess Co., NY, Resided in New York & Prov. of New Brunswick from 15 Jul 1873 to 25 Mar 1784, excepting his passage on the sea between the 2 provinces. He lost property & provision during the American War due his Loyalty to the British.

. 1786 Apr 15, Witness PETER VANDERBURG, Sworn. Says he is son to Claimant, Henry Vanderburg, who was much harassed before he left home by the rebels on acct. of his refusing to take any part with them & the part his children took. Says his Father's Farm was worth £900 or 1000 Cury; he sold it for £555 Cury. His Father left the Stock Claimed & a great quantity of grain in the Barn which he believes was all sold by the rebels.
Ref: Canadian Claims for American Revolution,
XRef: Henry Vanderburg Sr & Capt. Richd Vanderburg.

CLAIM & LOSSESS OF AMERICAN LOYALISTS
. 1787 Feb 3, Saint John, EVIDENCE on CLAIM of PETER VANDERBURG, late of NY. Sworn, Says he came in first Fleet*, went up the River, staid there all the winter, never heard of the Act till his brother, Captain Vanderburg went to England. Lived in Poughkeepsie, joined British when Fort Montgomery was taken, never served [under Admiral Gambier] in the King's service as a tradesman, lived within the Lines. Now settled in Conway Twp., NB.
* Losses 1 breeding MARE, 1 Young horse English blood, 9 sheep, 7 Hogs, Sundry articles of Household furniture, Total £103.10.
Ref: American Loyalist Claims Series I, EVIDENCE NY, Vol 25, p 114-5.

Note1: He came to New Brunswick in the First Fleet, which left Sandy Hook on 26 April 1783, and began to disembark at St. John on 18 May; he at once went up the St. John River. His first grant of land was lot 3, Oromocto, Sunbury County, NB.
Ref: The family of Richard Vanderburgh of Richmond Hill, Wallace, 1962.

Note2: Population, 1783 Jul 8, Conway Twp., 12 Families. Conway Twp., Sunbury Co., is at the mouth of the St. John's River.

. 1798 Aug 1 - Letters remaining in the Post Office at Poughkeepsie:
Ref: Pougkeepsie Jouranal Newspaper, NY
. 1800 Feb 18, Peter H. Vanderburgh, Praying for land as a settler. Recommended for a Lot on Yonge Street.

.Verify identity; some records appear at odds with the others:
. 1800 Mar 31, Poughkeepsie. To be Sold at private sale: 2 valuable farms of the late John Vanderburgh, lying within a mile & half of village of Poughkeepsie Court house. the one continuing abut 150 Acres & other other about 96, adjoining each other on each is a good dwelling house, barn & every necessary outhouse; the land of the the best kind & perhaps the most level of any in the county & in bester order; there is cut yearly from 40 - 50 tons the best hay & if necessary the whole may be made meadow. The farms are now well proportion with plough, meadow & woodland, well watered, & on both are good orchards of the best fruit. For further particulars enquire of the subscribers, the 2 first living on the premises. The terms will be made easy,
Signed, Peter, Vandernburgh, Henry Vanderburgh, Richard Everett, Simon Pells.
N.B. Possession will be given at any time before the 5 May & if not sold by that time, will then rented.
Ref: Pougkeepsie Journal Newspaper, last publication found 1800 Jun 24.

. 1801 Aug 6, Thurs. Town of York, before John Small, Esq., Justice of Peace: It having been represented that Peter Vanderburg, the Collector of the Townships of Vaughan, Markham King & Whitchurch, for the Current years had left the Settlement, without having Collected his Assessment Roll.
Ordered. That the Clerk of Peace do write a letter to John Willson & Wm. Graham, Esquires, Justices reading in the aforesaid Circle, requesting they would make enquiry whether said Peter Vanderburg & paid any money as Collector into their hands or of any other persons & how much or whether any one had been nominated to execute his Office.

. TORONTO SUNDRIES, Home District (Toronto) Quarter Sessions Minutes:
Note3*: * John Willson's son, William L Willson, is married to Peter Vanderburgh's daughter, Elizabeth Vanderberg. Peter Vanderburgh also lived nearby to John Willson on Yonge St.
Note4: Whatever the outcome of this letter, we see that Peter Vanderburg had not left the area for long. - PJA

. 1804 Jan 10, Tuesday. Town of York, Also personally appeared Eleanor Vanderburgh wife of Peter Vanderburgh, & released to John Dexter, her right of Dower, in & to the South west Quarter of Lot N°. 38, East side of Yonge Street, contg. 50 Acres.
Adjourned, T. Ridout, Clerk of the Peace Home District.

. 1804 Mar 15 - Letters uncalled for at York P.O. P. Vanderburg.

. 1808 Oct 11 Tuesday.
Grand Inquest. Jury inc. Foreman, Peter Vanderburg, STILLWELL WILLSON, Bowley Arnold, John Arnold.* Recognizance: Alex Markle acknowledged.
Note3: Vanderberg, Willson, the 2 Arnolds are all related through marriage. - PJA

Please verify senior or junior, Peter Vanderburgh:

. Clinton, Huron County Ontario
Clinton was established in 1831. Some of the earliest settlers were Peter Vanderburgh who opened a tavern, & Jonas Gibbings, a farmer. The Village of Clinton was originally known as "The Corners".

* The corners was a favorite resort; the long drive in inter but aded to the pleasure. In summer gay parties of riders made their way there & also down the Bayfield Rd. when a freshet did not happen to float off the causeways. The Reids' house at The Corners had been an log inn, but with wings, & with a few trees round it, the latter no small adornment; for though many had gardens which come down to to us: full of sweet smelling sound: the forest trees had been ruthlessly cut down & new ones had not yet grown.
The Corners, so called by Vanderburgh & Rattenabury is the name by which old times best remember Clinton. It was the centre of a settlement which contributed a good deal the the jollity & history. The road now called the Huron was then known as the Land Rd. The old original Huron Rd a the site of dubliner - one of the 2 police villages. The Corners or Clinton turned towards London, passed the site of Exeter & the only white man's house (James Willis) then within a radius of 20 miles. The home of Yankee Reid's was the wayside inn built by Peter Vanderburgh in 1831, the only one for many miles & when the inhabitants of The Corners comprised but the Vanderburghs & the Gibbins.
. [c.1834, while trying to avoid the cholera:] A family of 12 children had a night of terror when her husband, with gun & watch fires, kept a pack of wolves at bay, was one of the many adventures ere The Corners, a particular spot of dense forest which they were to call home, were reach.
Ref: In the days of the Canada Company: The story of the settlement of the Huron Tract, Rabina & Kathleen Lizars, 1896. [ … many interesting stories of pioneer times. - PJA]

. UCLPetition 23 V Batch 18, VC2948, p775.
To Gov. John Colborne. Petition of Peter Vanderburg of Markham Twp., resident of this Province for the last 30 years [1803], had been served 2 years during the Revolutionary Ward under Admiral Gambier. Never recd. any Land Grant.
Envelope: I do not find the petitioner has received any land a a discharged seaman (?) 1834 Feb. 1. In Council 1834 May 9. Not Recommended.

Ontario Land Registry, Markham Abstract Book 152, p48&61
Lots 38 & 39, Con 1 East Side Yonge St., Richmond Hill
. 1800 Mar 7. Bargain&Sale, Samuel D Cozens et all, to Peter Vanderburgh, All 190A.
. 1827 Dec 29, B&S,Peter Vanderburg Sr. to Stephan & Isaac Vanderburgh, £300 & £150, Part 172A. each.
. 1804 Jan 10, Peter Vandeburgh et ux, to John Dexter, Part 50A
. 1831 Mar 17, Bargain&Sale, Isaac Vanderburgh, to Alexander C Lawrence, £50, Part & Part Lot 39, Con 1 ESY, Richmond Hill
. 1834 Apr 28, B&S, to Alex C Lawrence, £250, SE 1/4 Acres.
. 1840 Nov 28, Alex C Lawrence etux, to Wm. Cook, £350. Part. {Lots 38-39, Con 1 ESY.
. Research & transcription by P J Ahlberg. Thank you. 2015. - - -

Birth:
Additional spelling: Vandeburg.

Buried:
Plot 13, 26 south

Peter married Neeltje Ellen NELLY DUTCHER on 25 Aug 1774 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York. Neeltje was born on 23 Feb 1755 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York; died on 27 Oct 1829 in Richmond Hill, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nelly is the daughter of Catherina & Dirk de Duyster, born Hurley, Ulster Co. NY.

1804 Jan 10, Tuesday. Town of York, Also personally appeared Eleanor Vanderburgh wife of Peter Vanderburgh, & released to John Dexter her right of Dower, in & to the South west Quarter of Lot N°. 38, East side of Yonge Street, contg. 50 Acres.
Adjourned, T. Ridout Clerk of the Peace Home District.

The ten children of Peter & Neeltje Vanderburgh are:

1. Stephen Vanderburg, Born NY. Married 1 Dec 1825 to Elizabeth Marven.
2. Sarah, 1775 Jul 30 - 1853 Mar 16.
3. Barnet, 1787- 17 Jun 1863 Jun 17.
Thursday, 18 July, 1811, by License, Barnet VANDERBURG & Hannah SOULES, both of the Township of Vaughan.
4. Isaac, 1789 - 1867Jul 5. Married 17 Jun 1816 Margaretta Frederica Sumerflet, St. James Cathedral, Toronto.
5. Hester - 1791 Jun 30 - 1873 Sep 7, Nelson Twp., Halton Co., Ontario. Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Burlington.
Tuesday, 14 July, 1807, License, Hiram KENDRICK
Note: Hiram Kendrick, May Fleet to Upper Canada, 1793 & (Hester) Esther VANDERBURGH. Witnesses: John CAMPBELL & Joseph HUNT. Joseph Hunt was the first clerk to the church. He collected new rents & did what little clerical work was required.

6. Elizabeth Vanderburg, 1793-1851 Markham. Married 17 Jun 1816 John Willson.3rd.

7. Amelia Vanderburgh, born 16 October 1796, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, New York, USA & died: 24 March 1874 in Pickering Township, Durham County, Ontario, Canada.
8. Richard, Vanderburgh, NY, 17 Dec. 1797 Poughkeepsie, NY - 27 Jan 1869.
. 7 October, 1816, by Special License, Richard VANDERBURGH & Elizabeth FULTON, both of Markham. 
Witnesses, James MILLS & Lisetta HAYMANN.
. 1861 Census Markham Twp., York Co., Richd. Vanderburg, Farmer, b. NY 1797, Phebe, b. 1810, wife; Letticia, 1847, Wm. H. 1848, Sarah Jane, 1851, Moses C. 1853, John Vanderburgh, 1831 Canada, Labourer.
9. Peter Vanderburg.ii, b. 1800.
. Peter Vanderburgh married 12 Sep 1822, to Elizabeth Mulloy.
. Witness: 21 January, 1819, by Special License, Abraham CURITZ, bachelor, & Esther KENDRICK, widow, both of Markham. Witnesses, Peter VANDERBURGH & T. McPHERSON.
10. James Jocabus Vanderburg, - 1803 Feb 5- 1816 July, Yonge Street, Toronto. Alt.DOB 1794. (One of the first murdered persons in Toronto). - - -

Notes:

Hendrick is the son of Dirck van der Burgh.
Hendrick Vanderburg married Sarah Van Kleeck.

. CLAIM & LOSSESS OF AMERICAN LOYALISTS
1780 Dec 28, St. John, Gentleman, Agreeable to your request to inform you, 6 October, 1783 I sailed from NY to this Province New Brunswick, arrived about the beginning of November, went up River & remained there until 25 March 1784.
Signed, Henry Vanderburgh.

. Sworn before J Putram, Judge Superior Court, Prov. of New Brunswick, Saint John, Mar 15 1786 Henry Vanderburg, Esq., late Dutchess, NY, now St. Johns, MB, maketh oath and saith he resided in NY under British protection from 15 July 1783 to 25 Mar 1784, except the time crossing the seat between the said Province.

. 1786 Apr 15, New York. Evidence on the Claim of HENRY VANDERBURGH, late of St. John, 3 Feb 1787
of Duchess County, New York Province. 3rd February, Claimant Sworn.
Says he left New York in Octr. 1783 & upon his arrival here he went up the Country to Maurgerville. Says that he took the first opportunity of sending his claim to England after he heard of the Act of Parliament in favour of the loyalists, which was by Capt. Richard Vanderburgh, who is Claimt's son. He is a native of New York Province.

. 1775 June-July. He lived in Duchess County upon his own Property. Says he was required by the rebels to join them, to take oaths & (23) to sign Articles of Associations, all of which he refused as he was well satisfied with the British Govt. & wished to remain, under it. As consequence the Committee for Detecting & Defeating Conspiracies for NY State
He was in the year 1777 Jan 3 taken Prisoner & carried to Exeter, New Hampshire & kept there in Parole for some time, but returned home. On 24 May following, he was taken Prisoner & kept on Board a Prison Ship Esopus for 4 months. When Fort Montgomery was taken the Prisoners were marched for Boston, but be escaped on the march & lived in the woods near his own house for some time. But was obliged from his age & infirmity to surrender himself & was Banished & sent within the British Lines:
.1777 Dec 13 Gov. Geo. Clinton gave permission for a sloop-of-war under a flag of truce to go down the Hudson to New York transporting a number of
Loyalists; they included "Mr. Henry Vandenbergh with his family consisting of his Wife Sarah, his daughters Sarah & Hester & 2 grandchildren with their wearing apparel & necessary bedding for the family & provision for their passage.

Says he has 4 Sons, two of them were in the Army & 2 in the King's service as Tradesmen & are all in this country.
He now resides in Conway about 4 miles from this city across the Grand Bay.

. Claim deferred, 22 Apr 1786, Recovered on 4 Jan, 1787.
Property.
Says that his Lands were not confiscated, but being Banished he was glad to sell them at a very low price. But that when sent into the Lines with his family he left all his Personal Property;
that all his moveables were seized by the Rebel Committee & Inventoried by one Billings & Foster & he understands they were soon sold.
i24) - He has sent for certificates. Says when he left home:
One Iron bound Waggon & two Horses……... £70
300 Bushels of wheat ……. at 6/………………        90
100 Bushels of Rye ……… at 4/………………         20
100 Bushels of Indian Corn at 3/………………        15
100 Bushels of Buck wheat at 2/6……………..        12.10
7 Milk Cows …………….. at £5 each………...          35
3 Heifers ………………… at £3 each………...            9
8 Tons of English Hay …... at £3 p Ton……….       24
1 Pleasure Sleigh with Harness & Tackling…...     14
1 Iron shod Sled ………………………………            4
1 Wood shod Sled……………………………..           2
3 Ploughs Chain & Tackling…………………..           10
2 Harrows on Iron Tooth ……………………...            2
40 five Inch & quarter Nine Boards …………..       23
18 Acres of wheat in the Ground ……………..        36
25 Sheep ………………………………………           12.10
2 Looms with their Tackling ………………….          30
To Sundry Articles of Household Furniture ….  15
To Damages done his Farm in destroying Timber 345
To 12 Bushels of Flax Seed ………………….              6
                                                                                        £775  Total    
. His farm was 145 acres; he sold it in the year 1783, before be left New York for £555 'Cury.; before the war he thinks it was worth £900.
Thinks he is a lost £345 Cury.

. 1783 - EVIDENCE ON CLAIM OF HENRY VANDERBURG, late Dutchess Co., NY.
Left NY in Oct. 1783 & upon his arrival here he went up the Country to Manville. Looked for the first opportunity of sending his Claim to England after he heard of The Act in favour of loyalist which was by his son Captain Vanderburg.
Native of Province of NY. In 1775 he lived in Duchess upon his own Property. Required by the Rebels to join them to take Oaths & to sign Associations, all which he refused. In March following he was taken Prisoner & carried to Exeter {NH} & kept there on Parole for some time but return home.

. PETER VANDERBURG, Sworn, son to Claimant who was much harassed before he left home by the Rebels on account of his refusing to tae any part with them & the part his children took. Father's farm worth £1000. Father left the stock claimed & great quantity of grain in the Barn which he believes were all sold by the Rebels.
Ref: Claims for Losses, Series II, P. 160-215. (American Revolution.) . - .

Henry VanDurburgh, NY, Certificate #58 NY, Property claim £433.13, Sum Originally allowed £30; Total sum payable under Act of Parliament £30; Sum already received, £9, Balance £21;

Cartlon Papers
. 1781.8.20 -Henry Vanderburgh, Occ: Inferior Court Judge, Res. Dutchess County, NY. Petition supports petition of Martin Dob, New York, pg37616.1, Film M353, #9698.
. 1783 - Henry Vanderburgh, Residence, King's Co., Long Island, NY,
Return of Property assigned to Loyalist, Tenant with 2 women & children. Pg9733.3, Film M366, Item # 9699, Archives of Canada.
. 1783. Henry Vanderburg, Place of Origin, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY, Petition, requests his name be reinstated on the refugee list, sickens prevented him from going to St. John's River when originally intended., P9260A, Film M365, Item 9700.
. 1783 October - Sailed from NYC to Burton, Sunbury County, New Brunswick.

. 1786 Mar 15, Saint John, Henry Vanderburg, Memorialist, was late of Dutchess Co., Province of NY, in which County he had he honor to be one of the Judges of the Inferior court. At the commencement of the late Rebellion in America he used his best endeavors to suppress the Rebels in their evil designs, but he was soon made a prisoner by then & was transported more & 3 hundred miles into the Province of New Hampshire, from thence was recalled by the NY congress & was offered the Oak of Fidelity to the States, which he refused. He was committed on board of a Prison Ship lying in the Hudson's River & remained on board more than 3 Months; he was taken from on board & banished to to NY where His Majesty's Troops then where. Also ordered his wife & Family with him (your Memorialist thinks that it was in the year 1777) & soon after his Estate was sold by the said Rebels in 1777).
Signed, Henry V D Burgh, New Brunswick 5 March 1786.
Ref: American Claims Series I, Evidence, New York, Vol 25, page 211.

. Wife: Sarah Van Kleeck, bapt. Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY 21 Nov 1722; m c 1739; daughter of Johannes Van Kleeck & Aeltje (Ter Bosch) Van Kleeck. In Dutch, van der burg means of the Castle.

. Children: 1 Magdalena, bapt. 8 May 1740, m Jacobus (James) Young
2 Aeltje (Alida), b 7 Dec 1741, d 18 Feb 1817, m Wines Manney
3 Henry, m Rachel Yerry, d between 1810 - 1820
4 John, m Keziah Higby (?), d c 1791
5 Richard, d 1828/9, M1 Cichey (Syntje) (Bogaert) Rapalje; M2 Sarah (Betts) Warne
6 Trintje, m William Forbes
7 Peter H., bapt. 23 Feb 1755, d 27 Oct 1839, m Nelly Dutcher
8 Elizabeth, b 13 Oct 1759, d 31 Dec 1819, m Teunis Van Benschoten
9 Hester, M Enos Bussey
10 Sarah.

. VAN DER BURGH GROUND Family ground, On land owned in 1924 by Dr. A. R. Mofitt.
REMARKS: The land which is in the angle formed by the junction of the Post Road & Beechwood avenue (about 2 miles south of the city of Poughkeepsie) was a portion of the farm of Henry Van Der Burgh, who settled in the neighborhood about 1710 & died about 1750. A mortgage, dated April 16, 1771, (Loan Office records, vol. 1771-1777, No. 105), & covering 43 acres in approximately the location above referred to, contains this clause:
"reserving out a quarter of an acre for a Simentry or Burying Place for which purpose the same has long since been used for the family of Henry Van Denburgh deceased, with Free liberty to pass & Repass to & from the same for all persons who shall attend any funeralls."

Traces of this burial ground are not now visible. In 1913 when the foundation was dug for the house of Mr. Oakley Norris (later sold to Dr. A R. Moffitt) traces of an ancient burial ground were found. In the neighborhood there is a tradition that the stones from this burial place were built into the foundation of the barn now standing on the farm of Edward H. Brasch, near by. The barn was erected approximately 1865-1875.

. LOCATION: Southeast of the city of Poughkeepsie, in an orchard near the east fence of the property of the Hudson River Driving Park Association. Stones fallen & broken.
INSCRIPTIONS: 9 in number. Copied April 25, 1911, by J. W. Poucher, M. D., & Miss Helen W. Reynolds.
REMARKS: Van Der Burgh ground. Before 1800 the Van Der Burghs were large land owners in this neighborhood & on old maps the present Southeast Avenue, Poughkeepsie, was "the road to John Van Der Burgh's". John Van Der Burgh's house is still standing opposite the northeast corner of the Driving Park but made over & modernized. In its first estate it was an attractive eighteenth century farm house with an excellent carved doorway & fanlight. Originally there were a good many stones.
Ref: Old Gravestones of Dutchess Co. NY, JW Poucher, 1924.

Research & transcription by P J Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:

Hendrick married Sarah VAN KLEECK in c 1738 in Dutchess Co., New York. Sarah was born on 21 Nov 1722 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York; died after 1759 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah is the daughter of Aelje TerBosch & Johannes Van Kleeck of Albany, NY.

Children of Sarah Van Kleeck & Richard Vanderburg are:

Hester Vanderburg, married Enos Bussey;
Jacob Vanderburg,
1791 - John who died 1791 & married Keziah Higby;
Richard Vanderburg, d 1828/9, married 1st Cichey /Syntje Bogaert Rapalje; & married 2nd Sarah Bette Warne
Sarah Vanderburg
Trintje Vanderburg, m William Forbes;
Magdalena, bapt 8 May 1740, married Jacobus James Young
Aeltje Alida, b 7 Dec 1741, d 18 Feb 1817, married 1768 Sep 15, Wines Manney, 1730 – 1811 Poughkeeepsie, NY;
Henry Jr. Vanderburg 1745 – 1820, married Rachel Yerry, d between 1810 & 1820;
Peter Henry Vanderburg, 23 Feb 1755- 27 Oct 1839, m Nelly Dutcher.
Elizabeth Vanderburg, 3 Oct 1759, d 31 Dec 1819, married Teunis Van Benschoten.

. In the city of Poughkeepsie, on the west side of Vassar street.
Built over. REMARKS:
In 1702 Baltus Barents Van Klecek, ancestor of all Van Kleecks in the United States, built a house at Poughkeepsie that remained standing until well into the nineteenth century. It stood near the corner of the present Mill & Vassar streets & west of it there grew up a family burial ground. Stones in this also stood until well along in the nineteenth century. The location & former existence of the Van Kleeck family ground are cited because it is probable that within the present city of Poughkeepsie there were once other family grounds like this, records which has not been preserved. Another instance is the Benschoten ground mentioned but not located. These small family grounds presumably were used in the eighteenth century before churchyards became numerous.

. Children of Henry Vanderburgh & Sara Van Kleeck are:

1. MAGDALENA (ca.1740- ) m. 1760 James Young;
2. AELTJE (Alida)(1741-1817) m. 1758 Wines Manny. Ancestors of President Gerald Ford.
3. HENRY (1750s-ca. 1810-1820) Loyalist. Had illegitimate child by Antje Hegemony in 1768. He m. ca. 1792 Rachel Yerry., Resided in Poughkeepsie until ca. 1777; probably in NY City area 1778-1783; New Brunswick 1783-1787/8; & Poughkeepsie 1788-1810/20.

4. JOHN m. (?) Keziah Highby, Loyalist soldier. Left Long Island for New Brunswick, Canada in 1783. Probably died there in 1791.
5. RICHARD m.(1) 1782 Syntje Bogart Rapelje,
married2 after 1799 SARAH. Loyalist soldier. Finally settled near Toronto, Canada.
6. TRINTJE m. pre 1755 William Forbes / Forbus..
7. PETER H. (ca.1755-1839) m. 1774 Neeltje Dutcher. Loyalist who lived in Poughkeepsie until ca. 1777; probably in NY City area 1778-1783; New Brunswick 1783-1787/8; Poughkeepsie 1787/8-ca. 1800; finally settled in Ontario, Canada.
8. ELIZABETH (1759-1819) m. 1775 Teunis Van Benschoten.
9. HESTER m. Enos Bussey, &
10. SARAH Vanderburg.
Ref: Vanderburg Genealogy, by Bill Powers. - - -