Van Valkenburg Revolutionary War Records
City of Hudson 28th July 1837 city of Hudson appeared Catherine Valkenburgh of hte town of Clemont in the county of Columbia state of NY. aged 84 yrs who was the widow of Christian Valkenbugh who was a Lt. and Quartermaster. That she was married Christian Valkenburgh in the year of 1777 in the month of May she thinks. he held a comission of some king brfore her marriage and was out in service at the north before said marriage.She remembers he left soon after marriage and was gone till about he time of her confinement with her first child. He dame come at that time and before she was woke he left her again and was about _____ some time. She says he was of old age and infirmity. she can’t state any more particulars other than her husband died in the year 1813 or 14. She signed her mark.
June 3 1841 children Lanna Rockyfellow, Mary Queen, Catharine Lasher, Hannah Denagen and Christian vanVolkenburgh as the living children and Catherine Lasher wife of Philip Lasher Hannah Dunager wife of Joris Donage and Christian VanVolkenburgh are now only surviving children.
Oct 24 1852 Christine Vanvalkenburgh from New York city and Hannah Dinegar of Ghent Colombia Co. They are children of Christian VanValkenburgh and are intereted in the claim from their fathers service.
City of Hudson State of NY
Of Columbia County Sept. 29th 1857? or 1854 Hannah Dinagen a resident of Stockport in said county is the daughter of Catherine VanValkenburgh deceased who was the widow of Christian VanVanvalkenbugh that Catherine VanValkenburgh was an appliclican for a pension under the law of he United States
Columbia co. NY pastor of the Reformed Society church in Germantown county of which Danile cock was paster from 1764-1791 do certify that I can not find no record of marriages in said church books from August 22nd 1773 to May 13th 1792. There is a record of baptism durning taht time and I can find a record of the baptish of hte oldest child of Christian Valkenburgh and Catherine Minkler. of which the following is the true copy the date seventeen hundred and seventy nine, seventh of Dec. baptished by Provost in the Hudson City daughter of Christian Valkenburgh and Cathering Minkler. signed Jacob Wm. Hangen pastor.