CPT Daniel B. DeTurk

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CPT Daniel B. DeTurk

Also Known As: "DANIEL HOCH DETURCK", "DANIEL HOCH DETURK"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Berks County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
Death: June 27, 1791 (48)
Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Muhlenberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Pvt John Deharcourt Deturck and Deborah Herbein DeTurck
Husband of Catherine Weimar DeTurck
Father of Susanna Rothermel; Debora Barbara Rothermel; Sarah Breil; Catherine DeTurk and Maria Maurer
Brother of Isaac Hoch DeTurck; Susanna Hoch Schaeffer; PVT John DeTurk; Maria Hoch Weiser; Private Samuel DeTurk and 7 others

Managed by: Jim Wile
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About CPT Daniel B. DeTurk

A Patriot of the American Revolution for PENNSYLVANIA with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor # A032121

His ancestor was Isaac DeTurk, a French Huguenot, who fled to the Palatinate of Germany, emigrated to Esopus, New York, and from thence, to Oley township of berks County, between 1704 and 1712. It was in a barn of this family, in Oley township, that the first Indian converts of the Moravians were babtized. He was commissioned a Captain of the Flying Camp, and, with his company, passed through Bethlehem, August 26, 1776, on his way to the front.

DAR Ancestor #: A032121
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CPT Daniel B. DeTurk's Timeline

1742
September 18, 1742
Berks County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
1773
February 19, 1773
Tuckerton, Berks, PA, United States
1776
December 20, 1776
1782
August 9, 1782
Alsace Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
1787
1787
1789
February 16, 1789
1791
June 27, 1791
Age 48
Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
June 27, 1791
Age 48
Rothermel DeTurck Cemetery, Muhlenberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States