Maria van Bergen

Anthony, son of Pieter and Christina (Costar) Van Bergen, was born November 1, 1729. His will is dated February 10, 1792. He was an officer of the revolutionary war, a colonel commanding the 11th Regiment, of which Ignatius Van Orden was major and Henry Van Bergen, his brother, was captain of the First Company. This regiment belonged to the northern army, and was engaged at the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga, and present at the surrender of Burgoyne. He married in Catskill, in 1762, Maria Salisbury, baptized April 22, 1739, daughter of Abraham and Rachel (Ten Broeck) Salisbury, granddaughter of Francis and Maria (Van Gaasbeck) Salisbury and great-granddaughter of Silvester Salisbury, born about 1629, in England or Wales, came to the New Netherlands in 1664. Children:

   Peter, born July 11, 1763, died August 30, 1804; a large landowner, and state senator 1802-4, dying while in office; married Hester, only daughter of Thomas Hoogteling and his wife, Elizabeth Whitbeck.

   Abraham, born December 3, 1764, died unmarried, November 11, 1848.

   Myndert, baptized in Coxsackie, January 17, 1767.

   Catherine, baptized July 17, 1767, married Conradt Hoogteling.

   Martin Gerritse, of whom further.

   Christina, baptized July 17, 1714; married Arthur MacCloskey.

   Henry Costar, baptized 1777, died unmarried, August 11, 1816.

   Rachel, baptized July 16, 1780.

The last six children were baptized at Coxsackie, New York.

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