Pvt. Wilhelmus Philip Empey, U.E.L.

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Pvt. Wilhelmus Philip Empey, U.E.L.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stone Arabia, Albany County, New York
Death: January 1794 (42-43)
Cornwall, Stormont County, Upper Canada
Place of Burial: Osnabruck, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Corporal Philip Snell Empey, U.E.L and Maria E. B. Empey (Schultsin)
Husband of Catterina Eve Empey
Father of William William Empey; Phillip William Empey, Esq.; Jacob William Empey; Elizabeth Barbara Empey; Adam William Empey and 3 others
Brother of Corp. Johannes Friederich Empie, U.E.L.; Corp. Philip Empie; Anne Eva VanKoughnet; First Sgt. Adam Philip Empey, U.E.L.; Elisabet Barbary Venance and 6 others

Occupation: Carpenter/ Soldier
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About Pvt. Wilhelmus Philip Empey, U.E.L.


Wilhelmus Philip Empey


(a.k.a. William P. Empey)

United Empire Loyalist (U.E.L.)
Enlistment: 8/15/1777 Kings Royal Regiment New York (K.R.R.N.Y.) 1st served with: Captain Angus McDonnell 2nd served with: Captain Steven Watts as a light Infantryman until 1781 3rd served with: Captain Patrick Daly Company 1782-1783

Received Land Grants and settled in Royal Township #2

This Districts area becomes the Settlement of Aultsville, a Ghost Town, that is now buried beneath the waves of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

marriage to: Cattarina Von Hildebrandt this website source confirms the above (note errantly lists Birth Year as 1759) [http://www.lostvillages.ca/en/html/aultsville.html]

Another mention of Wilhelmus appears at: http://www.edenstree.com/philipempey.html

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Pvt. Wilhelmus Philip Empey, U.E.L.'s Timeline

1751
January 18, 1751
Stone Arabia, Albany County, New York
1777
October 6, 1777
German Flatts, Montgomery, New York, United States
1783
1783
In a Continental POW camp during the American Revolutionary War
1787
June 19, 1787
German Flatts, Montgomery, New York, United States
1788
October 22, 1788
Osnabruck Twp., Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, Canada
1789
1789
Sharon, Schoharie County, NY, United States
1790
1790
1793
June 23, 1793
Lancaster, VS Williamsburg Twp. S Matilda Twp., Dundas, Ontario, Canada
1794
January 1794
Age 42
Cornwall, Stormont County, Upper Canada