Dennis Buys was commissioned 1st Lieutenant 6 Feb, 1778 in Capt Joseph Corshon's 9th Company in Col. Henry VanDyke's 2nd Battalion on Somerset, N.J. Militia. He served in tours of two to three months each until Nov. 1781 Length of service about two years.
He married Annetje/Annie Sebring (1748-1813) on 26 Nov 1765. She died in Kentucky.
Children:
* Lydia 1766-1848
* Aeltie b. 1768
* Cornelius 1771-1827
* Mary/Maria b. 1772
* Johannis/John 1778-1835
* Catherine 1780-1855
* Antie 1786-1906
His will was dated 20 Nov 1830 and he changed his executors to his heirs in 1831.
SAR Patriot P-114274 / DAR Ancestor # A009856
File Number: S.30866, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files.
Dennis Buys was commissioned 1st Lieutenant 6 Feb, 1778 in Capt Joseph Corshon's 9th Company in Col. Henry VanDyke's 2nd Battalion on Somerset, N.J. Militia. He served in tours of two to three months each until Nov. 1781 Length of service about two years.
He married Annetje/Annie Sebring (1748-1813) on 26 Nov 1765. She died in Kentucky.
Children:
* Lydia 1766-1848
* Aeltie b. 1768
* Cornelius 1771-1827
* Mary/Maria b. 1772
* Johannis/John 1778-1835
* Catherine 1780-1855
* Antie 1786-1906
His will was dated 20 Nov 1830 and he changed his executors to his heirs in 1831.
SAR Patriot P-114274 / DAR Ancestor # A009856
File Number: S.30866, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files.