John Rapalje

M, #6561, b. 1727, d. 19 January 1802
John Rapalje|b. 1727\nd. 19 Jan 1802|p3979.htm|Joris Rapalje|b. s 1701\nd. b 1764|p3973.htm|Diana Middagh|b. a 1697\nd. 1789|p3977.htm|Jan Rapalje|b. 14 Dec 1673\nd. 1733|p3875.htm|Annetje Van Voorhees|b. a 1680|p4444.htm|Gerret A. Middagh|d. a 1710|p4418.htm|Cornelia Van Kouwenhoven||p4417.htm|
     John Rapalje, son of Joris Rapalje and Diana Middagh, was born 1727.1 John Rapalje was the son of Joris Rapalje and Diana Middagh. John Rapalje married Catrina Van Brunt, daughter of Rutgert Van Brunt, on 29 June 1748..1 John arose to some inportance, enjoying a seat in the Provincial Assembly, and sustaining a character highly upright and respectable. But adhering to the British cause in the Revolution, his valuable lands, lying between Fulton street and the navy yard, Brooklyn, were confiscated and sold by the state. At the peace, Mr. Rapalje, after petitioning in vain for a revision of his attainder, retired to England and was compensated for his losses by the British government1 John Rapalje died on 19 January 1802 in Kensington, Queens County, New York.1

Children of John Rapalje and Catrina Van Brunt

Citations

  1. [S410] Annals of Newtown by Jr. James R. Riker.
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