Major Robert Pendleton Steenbergen, Sr.

   Robert settled in Barren County Kentucky around 1801. He is buried in the Old Concord Baptist Cemetery off Hwy. #87 in Barren County KY. The old stone has been replace by a new one that state: Robert Pendleton Steenbergen 1775-1854 son of Rev. War Soldier Peter Steenbergen/teacher, clerk for his church, 1st wife A.M. McGary, 2nd wife Patsy Lain. He was a language interpreter for George Washington.

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Birth: 1775
Death: 1854

A search of his name on the Internet reveals ancestral information.

"Maj. Robert Pendleton Steenbergen, Sr., was born in 1775 in Romney, West
Virginia, to Dutch immigrant Peter Steenbergen and his wife, Elizabeth Ann
Gaines.

In 1795, Maj. Steenbergen was paid for guarding criminals at the public jail in
Mercer County, Kentucky. He became a farmer, as well as a schoolteacher and a
clergyman and, according to his tombstone, interpreted foreign language for
George Washington.

Maj. Steenbergen paid £50 to marry his first wife, Mary Ann McGary, 1 December
1796, in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, as witnessed by John G. Meaux. They had eleven
children: Hugh M., Robert Pendleton, Jr., Charles W., Peter, William, John L.,
Joseph H., Andrew Jackson, Nancy, Catherine, and Malinda W. Steenbergen.

The Steenbergen family settled in Barren County, Kentucky, ca 1799-80. Maj.
Steenbergen purchased 222 acres on Skaggs Creek from his father-in-law, Col.
Hugh McGary, Sr, for £100 on 24 October 1801. He sold the land for £150 on 7
March 1805."

Maj. Steenbergen served in the Kentucky Corn Stalk Militia in Barren County and
was commissioned adjutant, 6 March 1802. He was appointed major in 1815.

Maj. Steenbergen moved his family to Monroe County, Kentucky, shortly before his
wife died, ca 1825. Afterwards, he returned to Barren County.

Maj. Steenbergen married second Martha "Patsy" Lane, 1830, in Tracy, Kentucky.
She was the single mother of a newborn girl. They lived on Peter Creek, near the
town of Tracy, and had four more children: Sarah Ann, Henry Clay, Thomas W., and
James F. Steenbergen.

In 1833, Maj. Steenbergen transferred by letter from Fountain Run Baptist Church
in Monroe County to Concord Baptist Church in Ohio County, Kentucky. He served
as Concord's clerk for fifteen years.

The 1850 U.S. Census at Barren County, Kentucky, listed Maj. Steenbergen as a
78-year-old illiterate school teacher, living with his wife and five children.

Maj. Robert Pendleton Steenbergen, Sr., died in 1854, aged 79, in Barren County,
Kentucky, and was buried with his second wife at Old Concord Cemetery in Ohio
County. In recent years, Maj. Steenbergen's stone has been replaced by his
descendants with a new one.

The above information provided by Find A Grave member, Virginia.

Family links:

Spouse:

 Martha Lane Steenbergen (1800 - 1890)*

Children:

 Henry Clay Steenbergen (1836 - 1923)*

• Calculated relationship

Inscription:
"Son of Revolutionary War soldier, Peter Steenbergen.

Teacher, Preacher, County Court Clerk.

First wife was A. McGary

Second wife was Patsy Lane.

He was language interpreter for George Washington."