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George SORTOR
Father Hendrick SORTORE (1721-1793) Mother Rebecca STOUT (1731-1794)
Birth 29 Sep 1756 Somerset Co, New Jersey. Birth 29 Sep 1765 Somerset Co, New Jersey. Marriage c.1787 Naomi COMSTOCK Marriage c.1815 Catherine FISHER Death 14 Apr 1851 Monroe Co, Michigan. Burial Monroe Co, Michigan. Dec'd @ 85 yrs Children: 11
Military service bet 1776-1782 at the beginning of the Revolutionary War George enlisted as a Wagoner. He served as a Wagoner for four years then carried a gun for two additional years.
Henry SORTORE
Father Hendrick SORTORE (1721-1793) Mother Rebecca STOUT (1731-1794)
Birth 05 Jul 1758 Somerset Co, New Jersey. Marriage 25 Oct 1780 Charity STOUT; Mercer Co, New Jersey. Death 18 Dec 1823 Allegany Co, New York. Burial Allegany Co, New York. Dec'd @ 65 yrs Children: 11
Military service between 1776-1783. He enlisted and served six months each year from 1776 to 1781 or 1783 for a total of more than three years. He was a private under the command of Captains Duryea, Polhemus, Bayard, Weeler and others, as well as Colonels Van Dyke and Frelinghuysen. He was at the battle of White Plains, crossed the Delaware, and was with Washington at Valley Forge.
Jacob SORTORE
Father Johanne Peter SORTORE (1720-1769) Mother Epenetus GORDON (1732-1821)
Birth 23 Aug 1756 Somerset Co, New Jersey. Marriage before 1819 Anne (--?--) Death 26 Jan 1819 Somerset Co, New Jersey. Dec'd @ 62 yrs Children: 0
Military beginning c.1776 in Captain Duryea's company, First Battalion, Somerset, New Jersey.
Peter SORTER
Father Hendrick SORTORE (1721-1793) Mother Dinah BLEW (1717-1755)
Birth 15 Apr 1751 Somerset Co, New Jersey. Marriage c.1777 Esther STOUT Death after 08 Nov 1832 this is the date of his application for a military pension so he must have died after this date. Dec'd @ 81 yrs Children: 6
Military service beginning 7 Jun 1776 enlisting in the New Jersey Regiment. He served for six weeks with Captain William Barid's company under Col. Quick.
Military service between 1776-1777 New Jersey; he enlisted as a substitute for his brother Henry, serving 8 1/2 months of a nine month enlistment. During this enlistent he served in Captain Park's New Jersey Company and was in engagements at Rocky Hill and Millstone River.
Military service beginning 1 Jul 1777 enlisting for a third time and serving until sometime in 1778. He was at the Battle of Monmouth. When he applied for his pension he was residing at Madison, Columbia Co, Pennsylvania.
Thomas Gordon SORTORE
Father Johanne Peter SORTORE (1720-1769) Mother Epenetus GORDON (1732-1821)
Birth 07 Dec 1758 Somerset Co, New Jersey. Marriage c.1781 Jane Van Mater SUTPHEN Death 26 Mar 1833 Hamilton Co, Ohio. Burial Hamilton Co, Ohio. Dec'd @ 74 yrs Children: 9
Military service biginning between 1776-1778 serving with Captain Duryea's company, First Battalion Somerset, New Jersey.
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