Person:Johannes Westbrook (12)

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Johannes Westbrook
b.1751 Minisink, now Montague, NJ
d.30 May 1836 Port Jervis, NY
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Apr 1746
  1. Blandina Westbrook1746 - Bef 1780
  2. Johannes Westbrook1751 - 1836
  3. Judge Soveryn Westbrook1754 - 1832
  4. Jannetje Westbrook1758 - 1837
  5. Solomon Westbrook1762 - 1824
  6. Maritje Westbrook1767 -
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m. 5 May 1774
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Facts and Events
Name Johannes Westbrook
Gender Male
Birth? 1751 Minisink, now Montague, NJ
Baptism[1] 8 Sep 1751 Machackemeck, now Port Jervis, NY
Marriage 5 May 1774 Machackemeck, now Port Jervis, NYto Hester Shimer
Death? 30 May 1836 Port Jervis, NY

He was known as "The Blind Captain" as he was blinded during the Revolution, supposedly by the discharge of a salute fired deliberately close to his eyes by a jealous subordinate.

References
  1. ↑ Royden Woodward Vosburgh, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records (New York: NYGBS, 1913)
    p. 123.
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