The Sortore Family

Grave site of

Henry Sortore (1758-1823)

Military Service

The Revolutionary War


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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