32ND GENERATION

3627. Lieutenant Finch Gildersleeve was born before 17 Feb 1751. He was christened on 17 Feb 1751 in Presbyterian, Huntington, Long Island, NY. He died on 24 Mar 1812 in Brewster, Putnam County, New York. He has Ancestral File number HGM1-P6. Listed in DAR Patriot Index as Lt NY.

Gildersleeve Pioneers, by Willard Harvey Gildersleeve, 1941.

Janice Shoremaker, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907. (Gildersleeve Research)

The Nellie Ritch Scudder Collection.

Attended church at Brewster, South East Putnam County, New York.

For Revolutionary War service received land, 1200 acres, at Scipio and
Cincinnatus, New York.

Mary (Polly) died in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York approximately ten
miles from Macedon, Wayne County, New York.

Finch was a Lieutenant in the American Revolution and was a refugee from
Long Island to Norwalk, Connecticut. On December 11, 1781, he asked for a
permit to go from Norwal to Long Island. On December 17, 1781, General
Waterbury allowed him to go to Long Island with a flag. He served in the third
line and in the Additional Corps of the line; also in Weisesnfol's and
Malcolm's levies. He was appointed Quartermaster 1 September 1777. In 1791 he
removed to a farm in Dutchess County, New York, now part of Putnam County. There were numerous issue, including Rev. Benjamin Gildersleeve, a graduate of Middlebury College, who was father in turn of the famous Professor Basil Lannau Gildersleeve.
Listed in DAR Patriot Index as Lt NY.

He was married to Mary 'Polly' Seymour on 2 Nov 1782 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. Mary 'Polly' Seymour ⁽¹³⁵⁾ was born on 1 Jan 1758 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut. She died in 1853 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. Lieutenant Finch Gildersleeve and Mary 'Polly' Seymour had the following children:

+4167 i. Colonel Frederick Gildersleeve.
4168 ii. Romulus Gildersleeve⁽¹³⁵⁾ was born in 1785 in Brewster, Putnam County, New York. He died in infancy.
+4169 iii. Lydia Gildersleeve.
+4170 iv. Elizabeth "Betsey" Gildersleeve.
+4171 v. Rev. Benjamin Gildersleeve.
+4172 vi. Rev. William Gildersleeve.
4173 vii. John Robert Gildersleeve⁽¹³⁵⁾ was born in 1796 in South East, Putnam County, New York. He died in 1822.
+4174 viii. Dr. Thomas Gildersleeve.
4175 ix. Druscilla Gildersleeve⁽¹³⁵⁾ was born in 1802 in South East, Putnam, Long Island, NY. She died in infancy.

Return to Table of Contents