Individual Details
McGregory VAN EVERY
(27 Apr 1723 - 1786)
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By 1768 McGregory Van Every was settled on a farm near Kinderhook, Columbia County where his three youngest children were born, Phoebe in 1768, Pieter in 1771 and Andrew in 1773. Early in the War of Independence, McGregory was arrested as a Tory suspect, imprisoned but released four days later. He was again seized and put in prison for six months when he attempted to join the British army. This prevented his enlistment until 1781, after moving to a farm in the Schoharie Valley where his family had been plundered of livestock, farm implements, and furniture. 19 McGregory Van Every joined Butler's Rangers and was posted at Fort Niagara, to be joined there by his wife and younger children. 20 The name McGregory Van Every appears in Colonel Butler's list of "disbanded Rangers" in 1784 and in that year a map was published showing his farm to be in Township I, Lot 10, on the western bank of the Niagara River where he had cleared eight acres and harvested corn with the help of his negro slave, Jurden. 21 McGregory Van Every UE died at Niagara 25 September 1786 and was buried in the Van Every plot, Warner Cemetery, St. David's, Niagara Township. Mary outlived McGregory by several years and is buried beside him. Her family came from the border of Switzerland and France. The estate of her father, William Williamse Jacocks was confiscated in 1779 as he was a British Loyalist. 22 FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page
By 1768 McGregory Van Every was settled on a farm near Kinderhook, Columbia County where his three youngest children were born, Phoebe in 1768, Pieter in 1771 and Andrew in 1773. Early in the War of Independence, McGregory was arrested as a Tory suspect, imprisoned but released four days later. He was again seized and put in prison for six months when he attempted to join the British army. This prevented his enlistment until 1781, after moving to a farm in the Schoharie Valley where his family had been plundered of livestock, farm implements, and furniture. 19 McGregory Van Every joined Butler's Rangers and was posted at Fort Niagara, to be joined there by his wife and younger children. 20 The name McGregory Van Every appears in Colonel Butler's list of "disbanded Rangers" in 1784 and in that year a map was published showing his farm to be in Township I, Lot 10, on the western bank of the Niagara River where he had cleared eight acres and harvested corn with the help of his negro slave, Jurden. 21 McGregory Van Every UE died at Niagara 25 September 1786 and was buried in the Van Every plot, Warner Cemetery, St. David's, Niagara Township. Mary outlived McGregory by several years and is buried beside him. Her family came from the border of Switzerland and France. The estate of her father, William Williamse Jacocks was confiscated in 1779 as he was a British Loyalist. 22 FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page
Events
| Birth | 27 Apr 1723 | Arents, Orange Co New York |  | ||
| Death | 1786 | | |||
| Marriage | Maria ( JACOCKS)WILCOX |
Families
| Spouse | Maria ( JACOCKS)WILCOX (1736 - ) |
| Child | Phoebe VAN EVERY (1723 - 1786) |
| Father | Martin VAN IVEREN (1685 - ) |
| Mother | Living |
Endnotes
1. young.FTW Source Media Type: Other.
2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.