Hendrick Gesner

1756 - 1850  (93 years)

• Name	Hendrick Gesner
  Born	10 Nov 1756	Tappan, Rockland County, New York, age 29
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Oct 1850	Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
  Person ID	I2361	Multer
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	John Henry Gesner,   b. 1724, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey ,   d. 6 Jul 1811, Tappan, Rockland County, New York  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Femmetje Brouwer,   b. 1723, Tappan, Rockland County, New York ,   d. 10 Feb 1788, Tappan, Rockland County, New York  (Age 65 years)
  Married	1744	Luthern Church, New York
  Family ID	F0292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Pineau,   b. 3 Sep 1768,   d. 23 Apr 1842  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Rebecca Gesner,   b. 27 Mar 1787, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   2. John Henry Gesner,   b. 20 Mar 1789, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   3. Elizabeth Gesner,   b. 11 Mar 1791, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   4. David Henry Gesner,   b. 7 Mar 1793, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   5. Famicha Gesner,   b. 27 Mar 1795, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   6. Abraham Pineo (Pineau) Gesner,   b. 2 May 1797, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia ,   d. 29 Apr 1864, Halifax, Nova Scotia  (Age 66 years)   7. Gibbs Henry Gesner,   b. 12 Jul 1799, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   8. Sarah C. Gesner,   b. 21 Feb 1802, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   9. Henry Gesner, Jr.,   b. 17 Apr 1804, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   10. Anna Maria Gesner,   b. 28 Sep 1806, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   11. Lavina Caroline Gesner,   b. 22 May 1809, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   12. Charlotte Amelia Gesner,   b. 8 Sep 1813, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
  Family ID	F0328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F1124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Baptized December 12, 1756, Tappan. Witnesses, Johannis Bell and Maria Ayken. At age 16, joined the King's Orange Rangers commanded by Samuel V. Bayard, and became a Cornel. Saw action i the battles of Kingsbridge Heights and Harlem Heights. After evacuating from New York City he settled at Cornwallis, Nova Scootia on a 400 acre tract granted to him by the English crown for his loyalist service.