Person:John DeVOE (1)

Previous to the War of 1812 was a non-commissioned officer in Cpt. Lewis Rich's company, Tonkers, in Lt. Col. Jonathan Varian's regiment, Westchester Co. On the opening of the War, a draft was ordered in the regiment, by which every tenth man (including DeVoe) was enrolled. Served six months over two years, three months' service at a time. See Genealogy for a description of his early experience as an enlisted man.

1850 census: Western Half, New York Co., NY (living with or next door to son, Moses): John Devoe, 65, butcher, b NY Sophia, 55, b. NY George, 24, b. NY, butcher Frederick, 22, b. NY, clerk Catherine, 22, b. Ireland (wife of Frederick?) John, 19, b. NY

From America's Successful Men in Affairs, Volume I p. 190: "John De Voe possessed the martial spirit of his father, and served a part of the first year of the War of 1812 in the regiment of Lieut. Col. Jonathan Varian. In 1807, he married Sophia, daughter of Thomas Farrington, of Mile Square, in Yonkers. Of his family of ten children, Frederick William De Voe was the youngest. "

1. ↑ Colley Jr., William C..

   "Most of my data prior to 1885 is taken from Thomas F. DeVoe's book, _Genealogy of the DeVeaux Family._ It is out of print, but may be accessed by subscription to GenealogyLibrary.com. One of my correspondents has found a few errors in this work."

2. ↑ Plumley, Judith Dick (2).
3. ↑ De Voe, Thomas Farrington. Genealogy of the De Veaux family: introducing the numerous forms of spelling the name by various branches and generations in the past eleven hundred years. (New York: Unknown, 1885).