Dyckman, Jane, 1783-1870
John M. McDonald interview — 1847-10-18
Jane Dyckman (1783-1870), the daughter of Benjamin Dyckman and Martha Lent, resided at the Dyckman House, which still stands on the east side of the Albany Post Road at the railroad tracks in Montrose in the Town of Cortlandt. She notes that Benjamin Dyckman, Pierre Teller, and George McChain participated in the “ice fight” that took place along the Hudson River in northern Ossining in January 1783. McChain was killed during this engagement. She then describes the location of a Hessian and an American encampment relative to her house, and notes that the papers of her father contain a manuscript journal belonging to an officer.
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- Hufeland Index Page 539 -
Octr. 18. Miss Jane Dyckman, of Courtland. “Benjamin Dyckman, Pierre Tellar, and George McChain were
- Hufeland Index Page 540 -
were at the celebrated ice fight in 1782, and the last of the three was killed. The Hessians encamped on the hill in sight, about a mile south of our house, and the Americans on the hill near us, a little south. (Was this in 1779?) Among my father’s papers was the MS Journal of some officer which is much at your service. I leant lent it to Mr. Boileau, a Draftsman, at Sing Sing, in the employ of the R.R. Company. Pierre Teller, junr. lives at Sing Sing. (Is he son or grandson?)