Person:Dirck De Duytser (3)

Married Jannitje Hendrickse Bond, 19 Nov. 1699. In 1691, Dirck was one of the twenty-seven men detached from the Ulster County Militia for the defence of Albany (Clearwater’s Ulster County, 89). This indicates he was then at least 16 years old, or born before 1675, as boys joined the militia, generally at about 16 years of age. 17 June, 1692, "Dirck Duytcher" was private in Major Peter Schuyler’s Company, Ulster County. In 1715 he was in the same regiment, Col. Jacob Rutgers, with his brother Cornelis de Duytscher, but in the company of Capt. Johannes Shepmoes. 20 Jan., 1714-5, he was assessed in the town of Hurley on £40. Moving to Dutchess County, he was, April, 1722, elected Surveyor of the Farm Fences for the North Ward, which extended from Pawling’s Purchase to the north end of the county, a position also held by his brother Barent. In 1723 he was assessed on £11.11.0. An old map is said to show his home, near Plymouth Hill in the north part of Dover.