Benjamin Vail Jr. (1739 - 1779)

Born 1739 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

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Died 22 Jul 1779 at about age 40 in Minisink, Orange, New York, United States

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Biography

Captain Benjamin Vail Jr. served with 4th Regiment, Orange County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Vail Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A116731.

Benjamin Vail Jr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 309017
Rank: Captain

Captain Benjamin Vail Jr. was Killed in Action during American Revolution.

Benjamin Vail was born in 1739. Benjamin Vail was the son of Benjamin Vail and Mary Paine. He married Elizabeth Stillwell and had 8 children: Elizabeth, Julia Ann, Benjamin, Alsop, Eleanor, Mary, John, and Isaac.

Benjamin Vail served in the American Revolution as a Captain with Colonel John Hathorn Hawthorne-3983 4th Regiment, Orange Co, NY Militia. ^[1]

He served as a Captain in 4th Regiment, Orange Co, NY Militia, under Colonel Tustin, Jr. - Benjamin Tusten Tusten-3 ^[2]

He commanded a company in the militia regiment of Col. Tustin, Jr. and was killed in the Battle of Minisink in 1779. "Capt Vail was wounded in the battle and afterwards was found seated on a rock and bleeding profusely. He was killed by a Tory in this situation."

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 25 Dec 2021), "Record of Benjamin Vail", Ancestor # A116731.
2. ↑ SAR https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/309017

• Genealogy of Some of the Vail Family Descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass, 1639, by Henry H Vail. Published in New York : DeVinne Press, 1902. 371p. Pg. 61. Easy to read version RootsWeb World Werely-Savey Family Tree.

• McCurdy Family Lineage Page on Benjamin Vail Compiled by Kathy and Larry McCurdy from Okemos, MI.

• "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-WKBC : accessed 24 April 2015), Capt Benjamin Vail, 1779; Burial, Goshen, Orange, New York, United States of America, Battle of Minisink Monument; citing record ID 37169732, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.