Background
He was born in Rochester, New York in 1737.
He was born in Rochester, New York in 1737.
During the Revolution he was an earnest and influential Whig. He was the last of the ministers that preached only in Dutch till the end of their lives. The church, six-sided and with a funnel-roof, in which he ministered at New Utrecht, is shown in the illustration.
He died in Flatbush, New York in 1824.