Dirck BrinckerhoffAmerican soldier Dirck BrinckerhoffMember of the New York State Assembly for Dutchess CountyIn office1777-1780Preceded byInaugural holderSucceeded byGuisbert SchenckMember of the New York General Assembly for Dutchess CountyIn office1768-1777Succeeded byDisbanded Personal detailsBorn1724Dutchess County, Province of New York, British AmericaDied1789(1789-00-00) (aged 64-65)Fishkill, New York, U.S.Spouse

Geertie Wyckoff ​ ​(married</span>"}]]}'>m. August 27, 1747</span>"}]]}'>1747; died 1767)​Parent(s)Femmetje Remsen BrinckerhoffAbraham Brinckerhoff Dirck Brinckerhoff or Derick Brinkerhoff (1724 - 1789) was an American soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War and politician who served in both the New York General Assembly and the New York State Assembly.

Early life Brinckerhoff was born in 1724. He was the eldest child of Femmetje (née Remsen) Brinckerhoff (1703-1771) and Abraham Brinckerhoff (1701-1738). Among his younger siblings was Altie Brinckerhoff, who married New York State Senator Abraham Adriance.

His paternal grandfather, and namesake, Dirck Brinckerhoff came to the Hudson Valley in 1718 from Long Island and acquired a 2,000-acre tract of land that stretched from Fishkill to Sprout Creek. His father built a house on the property in 1717, which he later inherited and expanded.

Career Coat of Arms of Dirck Brinckerhoff The Brinckerhoff mansion Brinckerhoff built a store and grist mill on his property, which he inherited from his family. His house was about two miles from the gateway of the mountains directly south of Fishkill.

For nine consecutive years from 1768 to 1777, he represented Dutchess County in the New York General Assembly.

During the American Revolutionary War, he was a Colonel of the Second Regiment of Dutchess County Militia in 1777 known as Brinckerhoff's Regiment of Militia. During the war, his house, which was two miles from the hospitals, workshops, and barracks of the Continental Army, hosted many officers and prominent people, including John Adams, George Washington, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (who spent six weeks recovering in the second-floor bedroom), Alexander Hamilton, General Alexander McDougall, who used the home as his headquarters, Governor George Clinton, and Generals Putnam, Knox, Arnold, Greene, and Gates.