Son of Revolutionary War veteran, Simon VanDerCook and his wife, Laventje "Fevine" VAN DER HOOF, Henry was a Lieutenant in the 12th Brigade from Troy, New York in the War of 1812. Henry married Margaret "Margery" LESTER 4 February, 1796 at Schaghticoke Reformed Dutch Church, Town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer Co., NY. His family moved from the Pittstown, Rensselaer County area to Erie County, Ohio in 1826. Their children were: Catherine (1798-1857, married Frederick FORSYTHE), Simon (1799-1812, "died by a kick from a horse"), Abraham Filkins (1805-1852, married Mary FORSYTH), Lavina Lester (1807-1871, married Charles Burnham CRIPPEN), Amerlia (1808-1834, married Abraham L. BREWSTER), Lester (1810-1850, married Mary Jane NIMS), Hannah (1812-1844, married Daniel Albert BAKER), Eliza (1814-1879, married Edwin Nathaniel COOKE), Cornelia Frances (1816-1896, married Isaac Gamble SPICER), Henry (1818-1842), Frederick (1819-1902, married Emeline E. MC PHERSON)and Mordecai (1823-1882, married Jannette VAN EPPS).
Son of Revolutionary War veteran, Simon VanDerCook and his wife, Laventje "Fevine" VAN DER HOOF, Henry was a Lieutenant in the 12th Brigade from Troy, New York in the War of 1812. Henry married Margaret "Margery" LESTER 4 February, 1796 at Schaghticoke Reformed Dutch Church, Town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer Co., NY. His family moved from the Pittstown, Rensselaer County area to Erie County, Ohio in 1826. Their children were: Catherine (1798-1857, married Frederick FORSYTHE), Simon (1799-1812, "died by a kick from a horse"), Abraham Filkins (1805-1852, married Mary FORSYTH), Lavina Lester (1807-1871, married Charles Burnham CRIPPEN), Amerlia (1808-1834, married Abraham L. BREWSTER), Lester (1810-1850, married Mary Jane NIMS), Hannah (1812-1844, married Daniel Albert BAKER), Eliza (1814-1879, married Edwin Nathaniel COOKE), Cornelia Frances (1816-1896, married Isaac Gamble SPICER), Henry (1818-1842), Frederick (1819-1902, married Emeline E. MC PHERSON)and Mordecai (1823-1882, married Jannette VAN EPPS).
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