Private, 2nd Regiment of Foot, Pennsylvania Provincial forces:
1756 - Serving under his elder brother Capt. John Van Etten, Private Johannes Van Etten was stationed at Fort Hyndshaw during the French and Indian War. (letter, "Capt. John Van Etten to Gov. Morris, July 24th, 1756" Pennsylvania Archives, Vol 2., edited by Samuel Hazard, p 720.)
Captain, Northampton County Militia:
1777 - 4th Company, 6th Battalion, Col. Jacob Stroud; 1780 - 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Lt. Col. Jacob Buss; 1783 - 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Lt. Col. Jacob Buss.
Commissioner, Wayne County
Johannes Van Etten served as Wayne County Commissioner c 1800 before Pike County was set off in 1814.
"Johannes and Rachel were buried on the the Van Etten farm in the family plot, and years later their remains were removed to the cemetery at Milford."
William Henn, Story of the River Road: Life Along the Delaware from Bushkill to Milford, Pike County, Pa., 1975, The Van Ettens of Conashaugh, p. 188.
The tombstone photo (c)2013 by Michael Harding, used by permission.
1756 - Serving under his elder brother Capt. John Van Etten, Private Johannes Van Etten was stationed at Fort Hyndshaw during the French and Indian War. (letter, "Capt. John Van Etten to Gov. Morris, July 24th, 1756" Pennsylvania Archives, Vol 2., edited by Samuel Hazard, p 720.)
Captain, Northampton County Militia:
1777 - 4th Company, 6th Battalion, Col. Jacob Stroud; 1780 - 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Lt. Col. Jacob Buss; 1783 - 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Lt. Col. Jacob Buss.
Commissioner, Wayne County
Johannes Van Etten served as Wayne County Commissioner c 1800 before Pike County was set off in 1814.
"Johannes and Rachel were buried on the the Van Etten farm in the family plot, and years later their remains were removed to the cemetery at Milford."
William Henn, Story of the River Road: Life Along the Delaware from Bushkill to Milford, Pike County, Pa., 1975, The Van Ettens of Conashaugh, p. 188.
The tombstone photo (c)2013 by Michael Harding, used by permission.
Private, 2nd Regiment of Foot, Pennsylvania Provincial forces:
1756 - Serving under his elder brother Capt. John Van Etten, Private Johannes Van Etten was stationed at Fort Hyndshaw during the French and Indian War. (letter, "Capt. John Van Etten to Gov. Morris, July 24th, 1756" Pennsylvania Archives, Vol 2., edited by Samuel Hazard, p 720.)
Captain, Northampton County Militia:
1777 - 4th Company, 6th Battalion, Col. Jacob Stroud; 1780 - 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Lt. Col. Jacob Buss; 1783 - 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Lt. Col. Jacob Buss.
Commissioner, Wayne County
Johannes Van Etten served as Wayne County Commissioner c 1800 before Pike County was set off in 1814.
"Johannes and Rachel were buried on the the Van Etten farm in the family plot, and years later their remains were removed to the cemetery at Milford."
William Henn, Story of the River Road: Life Along the Delaware from Bushkill to Milford, Pike County, Pa., 1975, The Van Ettens of Conashaugh, p. 188.
The tombstone photo (c)2013 by Michael Harding, used by permission.
1756 - Serving under his elder brother Capt. John Van Etten, Private Johannes Van Etten was stationed at Fort Hyndshaw during the French and Indian War. (letter, "Capt. John Van Etten to Gov. Morris, July 24th, 1756" Pennsylvania Archives, Vol 2., edited by Samuel Hazard, p 720.)
Captain, Northampton County Militia:
1777 - 4th Company, 6th Battalion, Col. Jacob Stroud; 1780 - 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Lt. Col. Jacob Buss; 1783 - 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Lt. Col. Jacob Buss.
Commissioner, Wayne County
Johannes Van Etten served as Wayne County Commissioner c 1800 before Pike County was set off in 1814.
"Johannes and Rachel were buried on the the Van Etten farm in the family plot, and years later their remains were removed to the cemetery at Milford."
William Henn, Story of the River Road: Life Along the Delaware from Bushkill to Milford, Pike County, Pa., 1975, The Van Ettens of Conashaugh, p. 188.
The tombstone photo (c)2013 by Michael Harding, used by permission.
Inscription
Johannes Van Etten
who died
Feb. 15, 1815
in the 83rd year of
his age
