Andrew Erasmus RASMUSSEN^{[1, 2, 3]}

1755 - 1813  (58 years)

• Name	Andrew Erasmus RASMUSSEN
  Born	1755	Germany
  Gender	Male
  _UID	7D6F1AABEF56804184BD6620E9E1805D258E
  Died	22 Jul 1813	Schooner "Pert"; War of 1812
  Person ID	I2964	Steeles_Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Catharine SCHRYDER,   b. 9 Nov 1757, Germany ,   d. 18 Nov 1836, Sterling, New York  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1787
  Children	1. Mary RASMUSSEN,   b. 1796, Ontario Co., New York ,   d. 1884, Sterling, New York  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F1094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ANDREW RASMUSSEN Sr. of Sacketts Harbour in the State of New York,late a pilot in the service of the United States on Lake Ontario, andacting as such on board the United States Schooner PERT commanded byLieutenant Commandant Samuel W. Adams, having been killed by the enemywhile reconnoitering a Battery near Fort George, on Lake Ontario whilein the line of his duty in the service of the United States, CatharineRasmussen widow of the said Andrew Rasmussen is entitled to receiveTwenty dollars per month from the Commissioner of Loans of the stateof New York, payable half yearly, on the first day of January, andfirst day of July, in every year, for the term of five years, tocommence on the twenty second day of July, Eighteen Hundred andThirteen, the day of said Andrew's decease. Registered, (signed) Benjamin Homans Secretary to the Board of Commissioners of the Navy Pension Fund Andrew Rasmussen settled in the year 1805 on Lot #1, in the hamlet ofNorth Sterling, Cayuga, New York State. He had lived in Ontario County, New York prior to moving to Cayuga. Andrew Rasmussen wasfatally shot at the Battle of Four Mile Creek at 15 minutes past 6p.m. on 22 July 1813. He died within one hour. Burial may have been atsea.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1100] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1099] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1098] Imported GEDCOM file.