John De Groff (February 7, 1756 - March 1, 1833) Documentation

John [Johanse] De Groff 

Birth, Marriage Death 

Birth:1856 February 7 
detailed in Pension Application file - John remembers this date from reading a family bible in his possession

Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.:  R 2846

Marriage: 1780 March 9
Sarah Peterse Covenhoven

Source Citation: Source number: 3570.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PHZ.   Source Information:Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Death: 1933 March 1
from Pension Application file

Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.:  R 2846

Will
John De Groff will (1832) Mongtomery County New York, Wills Book 5: 174  consulted via familysearch.org  

Military 

1775 or 1776 - 1777 
1st Regiment of the Monmouth Militia, serving under John Schenck 

Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.:  R 2846

Residence

1756-1775 
New Utrecht, Long Island, New York

Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.:  R 2846

1780 -1790
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey 

Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

1800
Charleston, Montgomery County, New York

Year: 1800; Census Place: Charleston, Montgomery, New York; Roll: 24; Page: 98,99; Image: 108; Family History Library Film: 193712.  Second Census of the United States, 1800. (NARA microfilm publication M32, 52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1800-1833
Florida, Montgomery County, New York

Year: 1810; Census Place: Florida, Montgomery, New York;Roll: 29; Page: 45; Image: 0181383; Family History Library Film: 00031.   Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1820 U S Census; Census Place: Florida, Montgomery, New York; Page: 345; NARA Roll: M33_63; Image: 253.  Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1830 US Census; Census Place: Florida, Montgomery, New York; Page: 86; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 95; Family History Film: 0017155.   Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.