John Hull Piatt

SOMERSET COUNTY SHERIFF
John Hull Piatt was a sheriff and highway commissioner in Somerset County, NJ. In 1732 he was living in Bound Brook, Somerset County, NJ. John Piatt (1712-1760) married Frances Van Vliet Wyckoff (1713-1776) at Six Mile Run in 1739. He then moved to Six Mile Run and lived along a path near the original Six Mile Run Dutch Reformed Church across the road from the Adrian Hegeman homestead. Frances, his wife, was the daughter of John "The Brewer" Piatt (1684-1737); Find-A-Grave #65271978 and the widow of Jacob Wyckoff (1712-1738); Find-A-Grave #7985600. Frances Van Vliet Wyckoff Piatt; Find-A-Grave Memorial Number 7986104, was the mother of five American Patriots: Private John Piatt, Major Abraham Piatt, Captain William Piatt, Major Daniel Piatt and Colonel Jacob Piatt. Her brother Captain Daniel Vliet; Find-A-Grave #37528545, participated in the American Revolution as well. Five of Captain Daniel Vliet's sons, her nephews, General Garret Vliet; Find-A-Grave #38256862, Daniel Vliet, Jr.; Find-A-Grave #37529526, John Vliet, Jasper Vliet and Captain Willam Vliet; Find-A-Grave #1674481, also fought in the War for Independence. Margaret "Peggy" Vliet; Find-A-Grave memorial #8933437, Frances Van Vliet Wyckoff Piatt's niece, also the daughter of Captain Daniel Vliet, served the medical needs of both patriots and citizens during and after the Revolutionary War. Frances Vliet Wyckoff Piatt's nephew, Major John Vliet, Sr., son of her 1/2 brother John "The Weaver" Vliet (1708-1752) was a Major in the American Revolution. Major John Vliet, Sr., (1742-1804); Find-A-Grave #39107138, moved to Sussex County and is buried in the Old Presbyterian Burial Ground in Hackettstown, NJ. Major John Vliet, Sr. was in the 1st Regiment, Somerset County during the Revolution. In addition, John D. Piatt (1766-1837); Find-A-Grave #57232290, the grandson of Frances Vliet Wyckoff Piatt, served the American cause during the Revolution as a fifer in his father's company. John D. Piatt was the son of Major Daniel Piatt who was the son of Frances Vliet Wykoff Piatt.
John Hull Piatt sailed to St. Thomas where his brother owned a sugar plantation. He took along his son Abraham: "...there his life ebbed away in 1760; and there the Southern breezes play about his ancient tomb. His wife died at her home in New Jersey on December 26, 1776 and not far from New Brunswick, she rests... His body had been embalmed and placed in a vault."
Dear Son,
I hereby let you know that I am yet alive, and when I have said that, I have said all I can say, for I am so low and weak I can scarcely hold my pen, and therefore only write you two or three lines to let you know I have not forgotten you. I am not able to stir out anywhere to see to getting some trinkets to send by your brother, Abraham, which otherwise I would have done. You told me in your letter you intended to come and see me as soon as your time was out, but I would not have you attempt it until you hear from me again, for if I live, I shall leave this Island very soon, in order to recover my health, and if I live until next Summer you may depend on seeing me at home. I would therefore advise you to stick closely to your business, and do the best you can for yourself. As to any further news, your brother, Abraham, can tell you all. Give my love to your mother and all your brothers and all inquiring friends.
I remain, your affectionate father...
SOURCE:Louise Lodge (1917): Everybody's Ancestry; Indianapolis, Indiana
[NOTE]:
John Hull Piatt was the son of Jacob and Mary (Hull) Piatt and the grandson of Rene "LaFleur" and Elizabeth Sheffield Piatt. Rene Piatt was an early settler of Piscataway, New Jersey. Rene Piatt, born about 1652, first settled in Woodbridge, NJ in 1677 and was granted a license to marry Elizabeth Sheffield of Flushing, Long Island, NY. Immediately after their marriage, they moved to nearby Piscataway; joined the Baptist Church; and there their children, Jacob, Thomas, James and Joan, were born. Rene Piatt died in Piscataway, NJ in October, 1705. Jacob Piatt, son of Rene and Elizabeth Sheffield Piatt, was born October 31, 1678, in Piscataway, New Jersey. Jacob Piatt married Mary Hull on June 7, 1703, in Piscataway, NJ. Mary Hull who was born in Flushing, Long Island, New York on February 4, 1682. She was the daughter of Samuel and Mary Manning Hull. John Piatt, son of Jacob and Mary (Hull) Piatt, sometimes referred to as "John of Six Mile Run," was born in 1712. He was Sheriff of Somerset County between 1732 and 1740. He married Frances Vliet, widow of Jacob Wychoff, and daughter of John and Margaret (Brinson) Vliet, of Six Mile Run. John and Frances (Vliet) Piatt, had five sons all of whom were soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
The original tombstone of his wife Frances read:
In Loving Memory of
Frances
daughter of
Jan Janse Vliet
and Margaret Brinson
Formerly Wife of Jacob Wyckoff
and
Late widow of John Piatt
who died
August, 1776, aged 63 years* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 2 2023, 21:38:19 UTC