Robert Erskine, Surveyor General of the Continental Army

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Robert Erskine

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dumferline, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: October 02, 1780 (45)
Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States (Pneumonia)
Place of Burial: Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Reverend Ralph Erskine and Margaret Erskine
Brother of Ralph Erskine and Daniel Erskine
Half brother of Archibald Erskine; Henry Erskine; Margaret Erskine; John Erskine; Ebenezer Erskine and 2 others

Occupation: Surveyor and Geographer, Army of the United States
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About Robert Erskine, Surveyor General of the Continental Army

~• he designed an underwater cheval-de-frise that was installed across the Hudson River at the north end of Manhattan to prevent passage of British ships upriver

~• his approbation in being appointed to the Americah Philosophical Society was not posthumous. The date was in January 1780 (see timeline)

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Robert Erskine, Surveyor General of the Continental Army's Timeline

1735
September 7, 1735
Dumferline, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1780
October 2, 1780
Age 45
Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States
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Ringwood Manor Cemetery, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States