Sylvenis Warner Dygert

• BIRTH 15 Sep 1766 Herkimer County, New York, USA
• DEATH 10 Nov 1849 (aged 83) Woodstock, Oxford County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
• BURIAL West Oxford United Church Cemetery, Centreville, Oxford County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
• MEMORIAL ID 110142056 Photos by Cindy

Severinus was with his father, Capt. Warner Dygert, near Fall Hill when Warner was killed and scalped by Tories and Indians in October, 1780. Young Severinus who was only 14 years of age at the time was fully equipped as a volunteer soldier and had been doing guard duty with his father at Fort Bull, which was situated on Fall Hill. Warner kept a tavern near the fort and the Committee of Safety often held their meetings there. After the incident with Warner, Severinus was taken prisoner and forced to go with the enemy to Canada. Warner's older son Johan Jost , who was in command at Fort Plain, when hearing of his fathers death, hurried with his company of militia to his father's home, but arrived too late to rescue his brother from the enemy. Severinus was held in captivity for 1 year and 10 months and when released, Aug. 4, 1782 with a large number of other prisoners, returned home by way of Lake Champlain and Albany.

On 8 August 1790, he married Eleanor "Lena" Herkimer, his first cousin, the daughter of Hendrick Herkimer who was the brother of Gen. Nickolas Herkimer. In 1811 Severinus moved back to Canada with his family. He lived on the east half of Lot 9, Conc. 2, West Oxford. The Mohawk Valley in the Revolution (USA) (Penrose 1978) shows his name as "Severinus". Eleanor is refered to as "Lena" in The Mohawk Valley in the Revolution (USA) (Penrose 1978). Their known children were: Werner, Anna, Henrich, Chatarina, Lena, Gertrude, Nancy, Joseph, Isaac, and Archibald.

Parents
Warner Dygert 1719–1780
Magdalina Herkimer Dygert 1723–1813

Spouse
Magdalena Herkimer Dygert 1769–1846 (m. 1790)

Siblings
Anna Dygert Folts 1749–1813
Catherine Dygert Failing 1749–1837
Maria Dygert Bellinger 1752–1794
Magdalena Dygert Uhle 1763–1815
Maria Catherine Dygert Walradt/Walrath 1764–1838

Children
Joseph Dygert 1799–1867
Isaac Dygert 1806–1879
Herkimer Archibald Dygert 1812–1889

References

[1a] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110142056/sylvenis-warner-dygert

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