Mary De Voe
(1741 - )
Date this page was last edited=19 Apr 2004
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- Descendants of Nicolas de Vaux (b. about 1642)
Mary De Voe was born in 1741.1 She was the daughter of John De Voe and Hester See.2 Mary De Voe was baptized on 6 June 1741 at the Old Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.3
Mary De Voe married Abraham Williams in 1761.1 From the Thos. De Voe genealogy: [Abraham Williams] resided near Tarrytown, Westchester County, N. Y. Abraham Williams was one of the seven volunteers who, in the month of September, 1780, engaged in an expedition to prevent cattle from being driven by the thieving "Cow-Boys" down to the city of New York; and to seize as a loyal prize any such cows or other cattle passing on the road in that direction. The seven men were divided as follows: John Yerks, Isaac See, James Romer, and Abraham Williams were stationed on the hill half a mile above Tarrytown, to watch the road above, while John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams took a position near the Post Road, and concealed themselves in the bushes. In about an hour and a half a horseman was discovered coming down the road, when they left their hiding-place and stopped him. His answers to their questions led them to search him, when they dicovered he was a spy and they made him a prisoner. He was tried and afterwards hung. Thus ended the life of the accomplished Major Andre.1
Mary De Voe married Abraham Williams in 1761.1 From the Thos. De Voe genealogy: [Abraham Williams] resided near Tarrytown, Westchester County, N. Y. Abraham Williams was one of the seven volunteers who, in the month of September, 1780, engaged in an expedition to prevent cattle from being driven by the thieving "Cow-Boys" down to the city of New York; and to seize as a loyal prize any such cows or other cattle passing on the road in that direction. The seven men were divided as follows: John Yerks, Isaac See, James Romer, and Abraham Williams were stationed on the hill half a mile above Tarrytown, to watch the road above, while John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams took a position near the Post Road, and concealed themselves in the bushes. In about an hour and a half a horseman was discovered coming down the road, when they left their hiding-place and stopped him. His answers to their questions led them to search him, when they dicovered he was a spy and they made him a prisoner. He was tried and afterwards hung. Thus ended the life of the accomplished Major Andre.1
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