John Jacob DIEFENDORF^[1]

1747 - 1839  (91 years)

• Name	John Jacob DIEFENDORF
  Born	12 May 1747	Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	American Revolution - NY Militia, 1st Regiment: Capt
  Served American Revolution?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	27 Mar 1839	Minden, Montgomery, New York
  Buried	John Jac Diefendorf Family Burial Ground, Montgomery County, New York   [2]
  Person ID	I8156	Main
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Johannes “Hans” DUBENDORFFER,   b. 2 Feb 1701, Bassersdorf, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland ,   d. 23 Feb 1791, Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth KELLER,   b. 1711, Embragh, Switzerland ,   d. 11 Mar 1788, Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1725	Bassersdorf, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland
  Family ID	F1490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine WINDECKER,   b. 5 Apr 1755, Montgomery County, New York ,   d. 30 Jan 1826, Montgomery County, New York  (Age 70 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1771
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F16417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 May 1747 - Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York Died - 27 Mar 1839 - Minden, Montgomery, New York  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  He was born in the Canajoharie District of Montgomery County, New York on May 14, 1747. He first served at Fort Plank in the summer of 1776, doing duties as a private in Captain Henry Diefendorf’s Company of the Canajoharie District Regiment of Militia. In 1778 and 1779 he served at Fort Plank as an orderly sergeant in Captain Jacob Diefendorf’s Company. In the summer of 1780, he was among those who were ordered out to Fort Stanwix when Captain Samuel Gray’s Boatmen were waylaid. He also assisted in the building of Fort Dieffendorf in the summer of 1780 and served therein until the end of the war. He fought in the Battle of Johnstown, but did not fight in the Battle of Oriskany. Nicholas Dunkle states he remembers seeing John Jacob serving within Fort Plank. His pension application file also contains depositions by John Yordan, Adam Garlock, Cornelius Van Camp, John Diefendorf and Jacob Snell. During the Revolutionary War he possessed a 100 acre farm in Lot 8 of the First Allotment of the Abraham Van Horne (Canajoharie) Patent of Minden Township, Montgomery County, New York (The Gerrit Y. Lansing Papers in New York State Library, Box 9 Folder 4). This farm was located several miles north of his burial site.  ——- Inscription: "In memory of John J. Diefendorf who departed this life March 27, 1839, aged 91 years, 10 months and 15 days." [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S51] New England Genealogy Index, Steve Condarcure's , Condarcure, Steve. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 108627338.