The following is a summary of his services in the American Revolution:
June, 1777, fourteen days under Captain Bernardus Swartout, Dutchess County Militia; September, 1777, one month under same Captain, Colonel Johannes Freyer's (Freer's) Regiment, Dutchess County Militia. In April, 1778, he became a member of the "Classed" militia in Orange County, under Captain Hendrick Tenne, Colonel A. Hawks Hay's Regiment, Orange County Militia. From May to December, 1778, he was called out every fourth week, and rendered one month and nineteen days' actual service. From March to December, 1779, he served under the same officers, and in the same manner, two months, and from May to October, 1782, one month and twelve days.
He applied for a pension Jan. 29, 1834.
Children of Casparus and Nancy (Campbell) Westeervelt (139):
329 Cornelius, d. in infancy.
330 William, b. Feb. 6; bap. March 3, 1776.
331 Jacobus, b. Jan. 26; bap. July 12, 1778.
332 Albert, b. Jan. 25; bap. Feb. 16, 1781.
+333 David, b. May 25, 1783.
334 John, b. Sept. 18; bap. Oct. 8, 1786.
Children of Casparus and Jane (Ryder) Westervelt (139):
+335 Nancy, bap. in Trinity Church, New York City, July
18, 1791; m. Silas Olmsted, Aug. 31, 1808.
336 Jasper (called Jesse).
337 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 20, 1791; m. Peter Cairns, May 15
1815.
338 Sarah, b. ____; m. Louis R. Lorton.
339 Cornelius, b. ____. He went to Illinois as an early
pioneer.
+340 Silas, b. Oct. 4, 1804.
341 Mary, b. ____; m. Levi Stoutenburg; d. at
Bridgeport, Conn., about 1878.
343 Jane, b. April 14, 1807; m. Lewis Olmsted in New
York, Jan. 11, 1829, and d. Jan. 24, 1883, probably in Illinois, where she formerly resided.
+344 Levi Fernando, b. ____.
140 BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin (38), was b. Nov. 12, 1754. He m., first, Sarah de Groot, _____; second, Jane Short, May 12, 1795, and d. March 9, 1837.