Notes:

. Richard Vanderburgh .2 first married 17 Oct 1816, Richmond Hill to Elizabeth Fulton;
Richard Vanderburgh.2 second married, 1846, Richmond Hill to Phoebe Vernon, d. 10 Jan 1888, aged 77 years & buried with husband Richard in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.

. 1816 Jun 17, York, Isaac Arnold, of Markham, Bachelor married by special license by Rev. John Strachan to Amelia Vanderburgh.
Wit: Richard Vanderburgh & Hannah Playter.

. [Grandson] Peter Vanderburg, Lot 24 Con 2, is descended from a UE Loyalist family, who came from Pennsylvania. US, His father was Richard Vanderburg, who was born in Markham Township, his parents being amongst the very earliest settlers there. Peter was also born in Markham in the year 1817. In the year 1843 he purchased the farm in Vaughan, where he still resides.
In 1843 Peter married Mary Ann Marsh, of Canadian birth, & daughter of the late James Marsh, of Markham Township; by this marriage he has 7 children. He belongs to the Presbyterian Church, & is a Conservative in politics. (Vol. II, p. 370)

. 1831 York Almanac & Calendar: 1st North York Militia: Lieutenant William Willson from April 1, 1828, Lieut. Richd. Vanderburgh from Apr 8, 1828.

. UCSundries, Petition for pardon in the case of High Treason, Polly & J.C. Devins, 200 Signatures, inc., William Lyon MacKenzie*, Isaac Devins, Wm. Munshaw, Elisha Lawrence, Jonathan Langstaff, Richard Vanderburgh, John Langstaff, Andrew Peterson & T & Ed. Sheppard, Joseph Bloor.
Note: Wm. Lyon Mackenzie, leader of the Upper Canada Rebellion, had fled Canada after the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, Toronto, on 7 Dec 1837. Mackenzie must have mailed in his signature for the petition.
Ref: C9824, Image 758.

Quarterly Session of Peace, Home District:
. 1845 Jan 7, Fri. Grand Jury, Alexander P Clarence, Charles C Lawrence, Richard Vanderburg, James Playter, James Marsh, Miles Langstraff: Queen VS John Thompson. Larceny, brought in a True Bill. Tavern licenses ordered.

. 1857 Jul 3-21 - Letters in Richmond Hill Post Office, Richard Vanderburgh. Signed, M. Teefy, Postmaster.
Ref: York Ridings Gazette Newspaper.

. 1857 Dec 18 - Melancholy Accident:
John Marshal, a laborer of this place met with a most unfortunate accident yesterday afternoon, in a thrashing machine at Mr. Richard Vanderburgh's. He was oiling the cylinder when the sleeve of his smock was caught by the band & he was thrown with great violence against the machine. His head struck & a portion of the scalp was torn off exposing the bone; his side and arm are a good deal contused. Dr. succumb was promptly in attendance & dressed the woods, after which Marshal was removed on a stretcher to his residence. His situation is critical.
Ref: York Ridings Gazette.

. 1858 Jan 1 - To the Editor of the British Tribune,
Sir, the unfortunate man, John Marshall, who was severely mutilated by the threshing machine, on the premises of Mr. Richard Vanderburgh, at this place on the 17th alt, only survived his injuries about 20 hours, He was a native of Leven, Yorkshire, England, was 30 years of age, leaving a widow, but no family.
The above was a case of sheer accident, every many employed at the time being sober & cautions. Really it s deplorable to read the often recorded machines accidents in the journals of the province, a vast number of them through gross neglect or mismanagement. Men at such jobs muster in number to drive the work, & often have too much whiskey allowed, they then meme insubordinate & quarrelsome, instead of bent animated & good tempered. How many instances of fighting & he most beastly scenes of drunkenness are there on record? The writer has known divers of time, men lead from the machines to a heap of straw, to sleep of intoxication. It is no wonder that an awful catastrophe should occur under such a state of things, the wonder is that accidents don't oftener happen, for the majority of such grievous accidents take place from a want of proper order & precaution. Another source of great danger often ending in deplorable consequences, is skipping backwards & forwards & crossing to examine & oil the works, the machine all the while in full speed, the operator probably clad unloose apparel, which adds 10 fold to his danger. I hope the above his will not be thrown away by the prudent man, the imprudent always receive good advice, unthankfully, Yours, A Farmer.
Ref: York Ridings Gazette Newspaper.

. 1860 June 20, Richmond Hill. Advertisement. I hereby bear testimony that I have tried Sanderson's Rotating Harrows, on my summer fallow, last Saturday & Monday & have found them up to all that Mr. Sanderson represents them to be. They are NOT any heavier draft than the common harrow do the work to my utmost satisfaction. I confidently recommend them all who require implements of the kind. Signed, Richard Vanderburgh.
Ref: York Herald Newspaper, Pub. 1860 , Jul13, Sep 21 & Nov 3.

. 1861 Agricultural Census, York Twp. Richard Vanderburg Jr. Con 1, Lot 42, 190 Acres.

. 1861 May 10, Markham Council, Mr. Mash appointed Fence Views for the ensuing year: Ward 2, Richard Vanderburgh.
Ref: York Herald Newspaper.

Verify identity:
. 1877, 19th Inst. Dec, at the residence of the bride's mother, by the Rev. Isaac Campbell, Of Richmond Hill, Andrew Stephen Russell, to Letitia, eldest daughter of the late Richard Vanderburg, all of Markham.
Ref: York Herald, pub. 1877 Dec 27.

. BRONZE PLAQUE, RICHMOND HILL:
Richard Vanderburg House, circa 1833,
Lot 43, Con. 1, Markham, was purchased in 1805 by Capt. James Fulton, a United Empire Loyalist, from Captain Richard Lippincott, a hero of the American Revolutionary War. Richard Vanderbugh, son of a UEL, married Captain Fulton's daughter, Elizabeth, in 1816. They settled here in 1833 & built this fine clapboard house in the Georgian architectural tradition. A rear extension was added about a decade later of accommodate the growing family, giving the house its distinctive saltbox design.
The house was relocated a short distance east from its original 32 Hillsview Drive site.
Vanderburgh House, 32 Hillsview Rd., Richmond Hill, Toronto, Ontario. The house was of log construction & some original logs can be seen in the basement.

The Vanderburgh House is a 2 storey clapboard, salt-box shape house that was built in the early 1800's by Richard Vanderburgh.
Captain James Fulton who was a United Empire Loyalist & the first Justice of the Peace in the area, bought Lot 43, Concession one (later known as the Vanderburgh property), which was on the east side of Yonge Street in 1805, from a Captain James (Richard) Lippincott, who left Richmond Hill to live in Toronto. Captain Lippincott also a United Empire Loyalist & hero of the American Revolutionary War, was awarded over 3,000 acres of land in York & adjacent townships for services to his country. Lippincott received the patent for Lot 43 in the 1st concession of Markham Township in 1797.
Fulton was very popular in the military-noted for his splendid horsemanship & soldierly bearing. When the American Revolution broke out, Fulton raised a company of Dragoons, paying a guinea (about $2.50) a head, at his own expense. Fulton went to New Brunswick, then the Bay of Quinte area, before buying the farm in Richmond Hill, where he served as the town's first Justice of the Peace. Fulton also participated in the War of 1812 between Great Britain & the United States. Due to his age, he could not take an active part in the war but he showed his loyalty by serving bread & cheese to the soldiers at Fort York. Early in the war, Sir Isaac Brock had inspected a muster parade of York volunteers gathered at the Fulton farm. During the war, with the Americans threatening to capture the town of York, Rev. John Strachan sent his family to the Fulton farm to take refuge.
Captain James Fulton had a daughter, Elizabeth who married Richard Vanderburgh in 1816. Richard Vanderburgh's parents were also United Empire Loyalists who had come to Markham Township around 1800 from Poughkeepsie, New York when Richard was an infant. Richard Vanderburgh, born December 17, 1797, spent all his life farming in Richmond Hill, first on the west side of Yonge Street on land he bought from his father in 1815. He had also been involved in the skirmish at Montgomery's Tavern in December of 1837. (The one where Colonel Robert Moodie was killed) Richard Vanderburgh died in 1869 at the age of 72 & is buried in the Richmond Hill cemetery.
After Elizabeth & Richard were married, he went about building a house on part of the Fulton farm land, which he later owned, for himself & Elizabeth. Richard & Elizabeth had 6 children; Peter, Clarissa, James Fulton, Eleanor Elizabeth, Richard Jr. & John. By 1832 Richard Vanderburgh acquired James Fulton's (his father-in-law) farm. He built a large house using the foundation of Fulton's 16 by 20 foot log house.

The front part of the house was built in 1833. The new house of yellow & white, was of Georgian style, typical of many of the grand houses being built in New England. The rear extension, which gives the house its "salt-box" appearance, was added on after Richard Vanderburgh's second marriage. After Elizabeth died in 1840, Richard married Phoebe Vernon in 1846. Richard & Phoebe had 4 children; Leticia, William Henry, Sarah Jane & Charles Moses.
After Richard died on January 26, 1869, the farm was taken over by his son, William, who ran it until his death in 1908. Around 1910, the house's floor plan was altered, adding a centre hall. The original plan is believed to have the front door open directly into a spacious parlour with a winding staircase. The house was kept within the family until 1915 when James Hunt & his family bought it. Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Middleton had lived in it as well for a short period of time but James Hunt was the last man to have farmed the property.
In the time period in which this house was built most people were living in log cabins, therefore it was considered almost a luxury home. The house was built in a Georgian architectural style with a symmetrical front - a central door surrounded by an equal number of windows.
The front door is solid & consists of 6 panels with reed pilasters above the door. The other doors are paneled as well & once had square locks. The windows are multi-paned with plain board frames, common in that time period. The yellow siding, trimmed with cream paint on the outside walls & Indian red doors were a popular combination in the 1840's - 1850's time period. The house once had a huge fireplace with a stick chimney-poles laid one on top of the other, later plastered with clay. Any bricks used & seen were supposedly yellow in colour.
When the hunt family lived in the house, there was a veranda which ran across the front & down the sides of the house. The veranda floor had been made out of brick except for a small wooden part which constructed a trap door. There had been walnut & other large trees surrounding the house earlier on, as well as a barn which had burned down. The period picket fence that now stands in the yard was built to add the final touch to the restoration.
The original address of the house had been 32 Hillsview Drive, Richmond Hill. In the 1970's a developer had purchased the property & had to demolish it. But when the developer applied for a permit, the permit was denied & restoration started instead. In 1983, the Ontario Heritage Act declared the house a heritage building & it is now a historic site. In 1986, the house & property was sold to Tridel Corp, who continued the restoration with the help of LACAC (Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee) who contributed to such detail as reproducing the period window panes.
The house was moved because it had to make way for an underground garage for condominiums. The house is still in the same area & is on part of the original Vanderburgh farm. The same orientation in relation with Yonge Street was also kept. The house, now a town building, is over 170 years old & the present occupants of the Vanderburgh house are: The Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce who moved in on April 25, 1989.
Ref: Richmond Hill Town, Ontario.

. PETER VANDERBURGH
son of Richard Vanderburgh & Elizabeth Fulton, was born on 29 Sep 1817.32 On 12 Apr 1843, he married MARY ANN MARSH (1825-1900). He owned Vaughan township, concession 2, lot 24, north half, from 1850 until his death. He died on 23 Nov 1888 & is buried at Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.

Children:
i. Marjorie E., b. 11 Mar 1844, m. William Glass, d. 12 Apr 1931.
1 daughter & 2 sons.
ii. Lucy E., b. 7 Jul 1846, died in infancy.
iii. James M., b. 28 Jun 1848, m. Alice Ann xx.
iv. Mary Hannah, b. 27 Jul 1850, m. Henry Clay Pritchard,
d. 20 Jun 1906. 2 sons & 3 daughters.
v. Margaret A., b. 3 Mar 1853, m. David Hislop, d. 1939.
At least 5 sons & 2 daughters.
+ vi. Richard Alexander, b. 6 Jan 1857, m. Elizabeth Mary Gibson.
vii. Sarah Maria, b. 1 Nov 1859, m. Mr. Boyle, d. pre 1888.33
viii. Alfred Ernest, b. 9 May 1862.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Died:
Lot 24, Con 2ESY. Vanderburgh House, 32 Hillsview Rd.

Richard married Elizabeth FULTON on 17 Oct 1816 in St. James Anglican Cathedral. Elizabeth was born on 12 Aug 1796 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York; died on 1 Oct 1840 in Richmond Hill, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Toronto.

Richard married Pheobe VERNON on 20 Oct 1846 in Markham, York Co., Ontario. Pheobe was born in in Newmarket, York Co., Ontario; died on 10 Jan 1888 in Richmond Hill, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery. [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. - - -