In the late summer of 1832, nearly fifty years after he first hauled barracks timber on the Hudson, Nathan Cutler of Lodi, Seneca County, New York appeared before Judge Levi Whedon to claim a pension under the Act of June 7, 1832. He was about seventy-four. His memory, he admitted, was “worn by old age,”

Here are firsthand voices from our Nathan Cutler’s Revolutionary War pension file (S12642)—his own 1832 sworn declaration, plus affidavits from his brother-in-law Isaac Travis, his probable son Abraham Cutler, and neighbors and clergy in Seneca County. Together they place Nathan as born at Peekskill in 1758, serving along the Hudson Highlands(Fishkill, Fort Montgomery, Peekskill, West

The following summarizes Nathan Cutler’s own words in his request for a U.S. pension as recorded in pension file S12643. When the Revolution broke out, Nathan was living in the Nine Partners tract of Dutchess County. In October 1775 he answered an early call-up under Captain Isaac Bloom and spent about six weeks hauling lumber

Flowing 23.5 miles through the hills and valleys of Westchester County, New  ork, the Saw Mill River has long shaped the communities along its banks—from its early days as a resource-rich stream for Native Americans, through the rise and fall of water-powered industry, to its present role in urban restoration and environmental renewal. The Name

Sergent John Dean is Collen’s first cousin, 7x removed, and a well-known revolutionary patriot.  Johns's mother is Maritie Jurckse (Yerks), the daughter of Harmon Jurckse.  He is the patriot who reportedly hid behind a large rock on the upper portion of the  William Jurckse (Yerks) farm and attacked British troops as they marched up and