This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: abracadabra243 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.dutchess/5900.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: For those of you interested in the descendants of Abraham and Mary Jane (Monfort)Fort, the Fort Homestead Associations has done much research based on local original documentation and documentation from other credible resources from Cayuga County, New York to New Orleans, Louisiana and beyond on the descendants of Abraham and Jane (Monfort) Fort [his second wife] for those that had issue - our records show ***12*** children for Abraham and Jane (Monfort) Fort. However Abrahams ancestors and the extended family are also of interest since Abrahams Father Johannes Abraham also most likely inhabited the same Homestead in Poughkeepsie in the mid to late 18th century. Abraham who m. Jane Monfort as his second wife also had two children John and Ann by his first wife - Osseltje Ursualla Ackerman who is assumed to have died sometime bet. Bet. 12 Jan 1775 birth of son John - 29 Dec 1776 marriage to Jane - both children were baptized at the RDC in Poughkeepsie - Ann in 1773 and John in 1775 - little is known on them except for their baptism records - it has been assumed that John died young since Abraham later names his 1st son by Jane b. 1778 John. In total we show Abraham having 14 children by his two wives. Of the 12 children - several were females who died unmarried and only three were males none of which appear to have left surviving them any known male descendants carrying the surname FORT - hence the name of Fort died out especially in Poughkeepsie about 1842 with the death of his son James whose Dutchess County Will and inventory the Association is in possession of a copy and the death of his last single unmarried sister Sarah in 1850 - Abraham and Jane's son, Peter, died in Cayuga County in 1875 unmarried - However in 1856 his grand nephew Peter Fort Nelson's name was legally changed to Peter Fort [Jr] according to his Grand Uncle Peter Fort's first will - later revoked - "so that he may bear my name" and assumedly to give Peter a "Fort Heir". Peter Fort Nelson a/k/a Peter Fort Jr. however predeceased in 1873 in New Orleans and is buried with his parents John Peter Nelson and Cornelia Mandeville (Nelson) Nelson - she the 2nd wife of John Peter Nelson and his 1st cousin ! - in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, the Tombstone Reads "Peter Nelson, Jr.". It appears that John Peter Nelson his father was first interred in Cayuga County at his death in 1878 and later 1896 reinterred in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. Many of Rev. War Abraham Fort of Poughkeepsie's descendants bore the surname Pierson, Nelson, Haviland and Thompson. What follows is a listing of his children as the association know them: JOHN A. FORT b: 28 Jul 1778 - Bapt. 23 August 1778, 1st RDC Poughkeepsie d: Abt. 1828 married MARY CLEMENT in1816 New Orleans, LA [he died in New Orleans currently researching the probate of his estate] MAGDALENE FORT b: 24 May 1780 in Bapt. 18 June 1780, 1st RDC, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY m. KANE PIERSON [no known issue] HELEN FORT b: 28 May 1781 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY d: 17 Apr 1820 in At Sea m. ISAAC PIERSON b: 31 Dec 1770 in Newark, New Jersey m: 28 Apr 1802 in d: 27 Sep 1848 in Canandaigua, NY Burial: Canandaigua, NY [9 children - Issac m. as his second wife Sarah Smith who bore him 5 additional children one of which was a daughter who married Gideon Granger] REBECCA FORT b: Abt. 1782 d: Aft. 1850 m. EZRA THOMPSON 1812 in 1st DRC, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY d: Bef. 1842 [4 known children - Thompson] PETER FORT b: 27 Nov 1783 d: 02 Oct 1875 in Aurora, Cayuga County, NY [unmarried w/o issue] Burial: Fort Family Tomb, Wells College, Aurora, NY [He spent time in New Orleans with his brother John in the first quarter of the 19th century - he and his brother John were involved with the Battle of New Orleans - John died young - if he had lived he would have likely served further under Jackson when he became President. It is not known that Peter ever married Mary Devoe but they were close and she was his housekeeper for an extended period of time.] [no issue] HANNAH FORT b: Aug 1785 d: 18 Oct 1828 Burial: Fort Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY married JOSEPH NELSON, Colonel b: 30 Mar 1786 in Clinton, (Hyde Park), Dutchess Co., NY d: 03 Nov 1812 in NY Burial: Fort Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY [some of this families Nelson descendants spent quite a bit of time in New Orleans also] [3 known children - one son died in New Orleans in 1844] MARIA FORT b: 12 Apr 1787 d: 16 Aug 1871 Burial: Fort Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess. Co., NY married HARVEY GRANGER b: 25 May 1781 d: 01 Aug 1846 in Saratoga, Saratoga Co., NY Burial: Granger Cemetery, Grangerville, NY [no known issue] JAMES FORT b: 10 Jan 1788 d: 18 Mar 1842 Burial: Fort Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess. Co., NY [unmarried no issue] SUSAN FORT b: 15 Oct 1790 in Bapt. 20 Nov. 1790, 1st RDC, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY d: 04 Jan 1864 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY Burial: Fort Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess. Co., NY married 1815 in Poughkeepsie CALEB Davis HAVILAND b: 01 Aug 1792 in Flushing, Long Island, NY d: 01 May 1841 in New York Burial: Fort Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess. Co., NY [9 known children] ALIDA FORT b: 05 May 1792 in Bapt. 28 May 1792 1st RDC, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY d: 01 Mar 1825 Burial: Fort Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess. Co., NY [no known spouse - no known issue] SARAH FORT b: 09 Dec 1793 in Bapt. 5 Jan 1794, 1st RDC, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY d: 19 Mar 1850 Burial: Fort Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess. Co., NY [no known spouse-no known issue] CATHERINE FORT b: 15 Aug 1796 in Bapt. 18 Sept 1796, 1st RDC, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY d: 19 May 1830 Burial: Fort Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess. Co., NY [no known spouse-no known issue] ---------------------------- Regarding daughters Magdalene and Helen: Magdalene was born 24 May 1780 and bap. at the RDC Poughkeepsie 18 June 1780 - We have seen this record. Helen was born 28 May 1781 m. Isaac Pierson per the Ostrander Genealogy and per Isaac Pierson Family Bible 26 May 1781 named as "Hellen the daughter of Abraham and Jane Fort" in an image we were able to capture off of e-bay when the Bible was up for sale. The Pierson Bible was sold for a large sum on e-bay sometime back abt. Jan. 2006 - We'd love to know where it is now so we could get a better look at the information contained in it. At this point we do not believe Magdalene and Helen are one in the same person. No information was found on a baptism for Helen in the RDC Poughkeepsie Records. We have found Lena as a Dutch Equivalent for Magdalene but not Helen. Abraham Fort's 1819 will names daughter Helen wife of Isaac Pierson and other daughters but not Magdalene. The Ostrander Genealogy states that Magdelene Fort m. Kane Pierson - However We do not have record of any further information on this marriage or children for them and she is not named in her father's 1819 will - We have assumed, possibly wrongly so, the information in the Ostrander Genealogy to be correct and that Magdalena perhaps died prior to 1819 without issue since she is not named in her father's will. We believe it is possible Helen and Magdalene could be one in the same and the Ostrander Genealogy is in error but for now we show Helen and Magdalene as two Separate individuals based on research thus far since the Ostrander Genealogy also names Magdalene Fort [with no birth day, mo. or yr] m. Kane Pierson as a sister to Helen who married Isaac Pierson. ------------------------ http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysuffol/nymd.html New York Marriages & Deaths Source: New York Marriages and Deaths The New York Weekly Museum, also known as the Impartial Gazetter and Saturday Evening Post, and Ladies' Weekly Museum, was printed in New York from 1788 to 1817. It contained foreign and domestic news, a "Poet's Corner", occasional short stories, and a "Moralist" section. This index is a compilation of the Marriages and Deaths recorded in the journal and contains about 20, 000 entries. Information concerning cause of death, next of kin, place of marriage, and occupation are also listed. Pierson, Isaac, merchant of this city, on Wed. mar. to Miss Helen Fort,dau. of Major Abraham Fort of Poughkeepsie. (May 1, 1802) ------------------------------------------------ It should also be noted that the Jerome Fort Gen. only listed 9 children for Abraham and Jane - both Magdelene and Helen are not included and neither is Maria Fort who m. Harvey Granger. Maria is named as daughter Mary in her father's will - she did not marry Harvey Granger as his second wife until 1829 when she was 42 (Harvey died in 1846). Maria Fort Granger is interred along with her parents in the Fort Family Cemetery in Poughkeepsie across Rte. 9 from the Fort Homestead. Harvey is interred in the Granger Cemetery in Grangerville, New York along with his first wife, Rebecca Low. ------------------------------------------------ Fort Homestead Association P. O. Box 2032 Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2843/saveforthomestead.html Preserving the Past-Providing for the Future-Making a Difference in Dutchess Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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