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Henry Van Benschoten
b.30 Aug 1778 Dutchess, New York, United States
d.25 Sep 1832 Beekman, Dutchess Co., New York, United States
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m. 23 Aug 1775
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m. 28 Mar 1801
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From the book "Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America", pg 132: "What pre-eminently characterized Henry Van Bunschoten was his spiritual energy and life. Caught up by the enthusiasm and vigor of primitive Methodism he early forsook the staid faith of his fathers, the Dutch Reformed. Whether as cause or effect, I know not, but his marriage was into Methodism, for the Jacksons were great Methodists and their home a great preaching-place of that sect. He became what was syled a "local preacher" and was often called to attend sick and death-beds. His ministrations were truly in character; for he was a man of great sensitiveness; he lived the life of the spirit and exhorted and preached because of inward compulsion. His spiritual life it is said stood forth like a light in all that community." So much, much more is in the book. References
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