Abraham Van Wart, father of Lieut. Isaac Van Wart, was the son of Abraham, Sr., and Antie Mey his wife, (she the daughter of Martinas Mey and born in Germany) and bapt. Sept. 19, 1730, his brother Martinas Van Wart, the father of Isaac the Captor, havingbeen bapt. June 26, 1733. Abraham Van Wart, Sr., was the son of Gerridt Van Werdt and Catalyntie his wife, and bapt. at the old Dutch Church., March 21, 1710. Gerrit was probably the son of Martin Van Werdt, the first of the name in this country.

That Martinus Van Wart, the father of Isaac the Captor, was a Patriot Soldier and did some service, is evidenced by the followingtaken from an account of the action at Youngs' House which has been published: "It appears that Captain Roberts with his Company was

stationed at Martinus Van Wart's, who lived about a mile west of the Upper Cross Roads, and near the Saw Mill River. He had moved at command to the support of Colonel Thompson at Youngs' House, and held the right of the line. A noted Tory who was with the British

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advance, it is said singled him out, and so he was early shot down. Martinus Van Wart and some of his Patriot neighbors, hearing the firing came up, and did some skirmishing on the flanks of the red coats, and as soon as the enem)^ had finished the work of destruction and had retired, they came upon the scene to minister to the wounded and bury the dead. They found Capt. Roberts lying where he had fallen on the snow, inhumanly robbed of whatever he had of value on his person, and fearfully wounded. They got a sled and a bed, and putting him upon it took him home to Mr.