Peter Van Gaasbeck: Difference between revisions

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'''Peter Van Gaasbeck''' (September 27, 1754 – 1797) was an American merchant and politician from [[Kingston, New York]].

He was born in [[Ulster County, New York]], and educated in Kingston. During the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] he served as a Major in the [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster County]] militia.

Van Gaasbeck was a successful merchant. He owned slaves.<ref name="Congress slaveowners">{{Citation|title=Congress slaveowners|date=2022-01-13|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2022-07-05}}</ref> He was a supporter of the [[George Washington]] administration (the group later recognized as the [[Federalist Party]]), and was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]]. He represented [[New York (state)|New York]] in the [[3rd United States Congress]], March 4, 1793 to March 3, 1795.

In 1794 Van Gaasbeck married Sarah Dumont (or Dumond).

He died in Kingston in 1797 and was buried at the First Dutch Reformed Church in Kingston.

His name is sometimes spelled "Van Gaasbeek."

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*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=7bR4AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22peter+van+gaasbeek%22+sarah&pg=PA442 The History of Kingston, New York: From Its Early Settlement to the Year 1820]'', by Marius Schoonmaker

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