Saturday 28 February 2015

Paris 1829




  1. Lumley's bibliographical advertiser - Pagina 88

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Friday 27 February 2015

Ada Caroline Wyse

Ada Caroline Wyse 
Daughter of Charles Wyse(born 1830) and Edith Caroline Crafton.
She married Croydon, Surrey in 1891,  Joseph Walter West .and after living at Croydon, Harrow and Northwood, in 1911 a 50 year old 'artist painter in oil and watercolour, illustrator, engraver' living at The Vane, Uxbridge, Middlesex with her husband and their four daughters, Iris Lilian Pechell 18, Marjorie Grace Halbourn 17, Sylvia Wyse 15 and Victoria Cicely Grafton 13. Her husband was painter, etcher, lithographer and illustrator with his subjects being mainly animals, he then turned to genre and about 1910 to landscape. 
She is the mother of Sylvia Wyse West and Mother in Law of Hugh Chesterman

census 1881
C
harles Wise Head M 51 Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Edith Caroline Wise Wife F 47 Croydon, Surrey, England
Ada Caroline Wise Daughter F 20 Croydon, Surrey, England
Charles Crafton Wise Son M 18 Croydon, Surrey, England
Edith Lilian Wise Daughter F 11 Croydon, Surrey, England

new vicarage


Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - Saturday 17 August 1878


STALISFIELD. New Vicarage House.—ln this remote hill ' village on Friday evening last the first stone or new vicarage house was laid by the Eight Rev. Bishop Tufnell. who used the service provided by the Bishop of over.- year ago the Vicar, the Rev. S. found this parish in deplorable condition ; no resident gentry; few attending public worship; the church in a hopeless state of decay and on a very hilly road, a mile and a half from the nearest part of ; the village the vicarage house inconveniently situ| ated, badly built, out of repair, and charged with j £300 dilapidations, of which but a smaU sum has been recovered from an insolvent estate; and the use the Board School for parochial purposes was also ' refused. Now, however, improvement has begun : j the former house has been sold, the debt reduced by subscription, a building grant obtained from the Ecclesiastical Coramis>ioners, an exceUent site in the village purchased, a place for religious instruction provided by large parish room the new house, I which also, folding doors into the study, will afford room for church services until new church can be built on site offered by Lord Sondes close by, for which £530 already subscribed. The present high price of buildings, together with the great expense of bringing all mate:i;ds up hill from long distances, adds greatly to the cost that loan has ' had to be obtained from Queen Anne's bounty to complete the house. The archice. t Joseph Clarke, Esq, and the contractors are Messrs. Law son and Cornelius, of Whitstable. The Vicar has still to pro-1 vide for the new church and £190 balance i dilapidations, which will otherwise be a charge on this poor benefice.

Catalogue of the Stalisfield vicarage in 1877.

Window 

Jerome Nicholas Vlieland 

Ann Samworth 

Thursday 26 February 2015

chamber of agriculture

Friday 05 March 1869 , Dover Express , Kent, England

Abraham Wycliff van Meter

Name: Abraham Wickliffe VanMeter
Maiden Name:
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1868
Event Place: Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 01 Apr 1789
Death Date: 11 Nov 1868
Affiliate Record Identifier: 40198953
Cemetery: Old Washington Cemetery



Citing this Record:
"Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVK8-J5YX : accessed 4 February 2015), Abraham Wickliffe VanMeter, 1868; Burial, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States of America, Old Washington Cemetery; citing record ID 40198953, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Wednesday 25 February 2015

Arthur R Fillbach

Birth: Nov. 4, 1910Death: Apr. 7, 1959
Family links: Parents:

Albert Oliver Fillbach (1883 - 1956)

Frances Elizabeth Vlieland Fillbach (1891 - 1939)

Siblings:

Oliver Elmer Fillbach (1909 - 1980)*

Arthur R. Fillbach (1910 - 1959)

Bernice M Fillbach Gray (1913 - 2005)*

Francis E. Fillbach (1922 - 1975)*

Inscription:

Married Oct 31 1936

Burial: Glenwood City Cemetery

Glenwood City

St. Croix County

Wisconsin, USA

Created by: St Croix Valley Genealog...

Record added: Apr 06, 2013

Find A Grave Memorial# 107906696



clergyman

Kentish Chronicle - Saturday 28 January 1865


Kentish Chronicle - Saturday 28 January 1865


Kentish Chronicle - Saturday 10 February 1866

Tuesday 24 February 2015

An Exeter wedding

from the Devon and Exeter Gazette June 26 1912 
The marriage of Dudley Batty and Phoebe Mary Vlieland 











AN EXETER WEDDING. Walsh, photograph frame; Mrs. Edgar Ware, tot pins; iMir., JVlrs., and the Misses Wright, silver cigarette case. The Lord Bishop of Marlborough's gift to the bride was a pa.per-knifg in case, with heavy chased silver handle, and on the long ivory blade were engraved miniature representations tlie Cathedral, the Guildhall, the Cap of Maintenance, and the City Arms. In addition, it (bore the following verse, written by hie lordship:— Forget not, Bride, whatever lot be thine, Tihe .Ever Faithful .City and its Shrine ; The City where thy parent sat as head, The Holy (Shrine in whidh his ohi'ld was wed. lave worthy both, all happiness -be thine. The honoured parent and tihe Holy Shrine. The design was the work Messrs. Depree and Young, Exeiter. - During afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Batty lerflt for the Continent to spend the honeymoon in Belgium and Holland. The bride's travelling dress was of saxe blue silk eolienne, with coatee of laoe the same colour, and sash of silk. Her hat was white bagel, with blue Lancer plumes and shaded pansies. The costume was supplied Messrs. Bros., as also other portions her trousseau. Mr. W. J. Coombes, the Princes Nurseries, St. Thomas, supplied .the wedding bell and sniilax decorations at the Guildhall, the flowers, palms, etc., at the Cathedral, and a bouquet for the Mayoress. A canopy at the Guildhall, the carpeting of the nave at the Cathedral, and the erection of the porch the West door were the work of Mr. R. M. Flint, of Exeter. The wedding ,cake was supplied by Messrs. Murc.li, Goff, and Co., Broadgate. They also were entrusted with the catering. The bride's dresses and those of the bridesmaids and the bride's mother were designed and made by Messrs. Green and Son, Exeter. Messrs. Rush and Co. supplied the wedding bouquetsy Mr. J. Browning, art photographer, of Exeter, took the wedding portraits. 'Die silver fl-ay and the brooch that were the City's gifts the bride were supplied Mr. W. U. Lisle, Fore-street, Exeter. "

Monday 23 February 2015

Charles William Dye

NameCharles William Dye
FatherCharles Wm Dye
MotherAlice Matilda Dye
SiblingRuth Mary
Birthabt 1880 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
ResidencePortsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Age: 21

Name: Charles William Dye
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1911
Event Place: Portsmouth, North End Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
County: Hampshire
Parish: Portsmouth
Sub-District: North End And Buckland
Registration District: Portsmouth
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Marital Status (Original): MARRIED
Occupation: BUILDER
Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Record Type: Household

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Charles William Dye Head M 31 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Maude Annie Dye Wife F 30 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Phyllis Maude Dye Daughter F 4 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Stella Margaret Dye Daughter F 2 Portsmouth, Hampshire

Ellen Light Mother-in-law F 55 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Eleanor May Wilson Servant F 21 Southampton, Hampshire






Stella Margaret Dye

Robert Vlieland Parker born April 1909 Mitford Norfolk son of William Ernest Parker 
Became reverend and married Stella Dye and they had a son Michael Howard PARKER
27 Sep 1943, Kingsteignton, Devon,and a daughter Patricia Rosemary Parker .











Portsmouth Evening News - Saturday 02 April 1938
nameStella Margaret Dye
FatherCharles William Dye
MotherMaude Annie Dye
SiblingPhyllis Maude
Birthabt 1909 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Residence02 Apr 1911 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England - Age: 2

Name: Charles William Dye
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1911
Event Place: Portsmouth, North End Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
County: Hampshire
Parish: Portsmouth
Sub-District: North End And Buckland
Registration District: Portsmouth
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Marital Status (Original): MARRIED
Occupation: BUILDER
Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Record Type: Household


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Charles William Dye Head M 31 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Maude Annie Dye Wife F 30 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Phyllis Maude Dye Daughter F 4 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Stella Margaret Dye Daughter F 2 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Ellen Light Mother-in-law F 55 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Eleanor May Wilson Servant F 21 Southampton, Hampshire





 Bruce Vlieland Parker  was the brother of Robert Vlieland  Parker.

Robert Vlieland Parker engaged


Saturday 21 February 2015

Abraham van Meter 1744

Abraham VanMeter, 1744-1781
Abraham VanMeter was born on month day 1744, at birth place, Virginia, to Captain Jacob Van Meter and Letitia "Letty" Van Meter (born Stroud).
Captain was born on March 17 1723, in Somerset, New Jersey, United States.
Letitia was born on August 30 1725, in Frederick, Virginia, United States.
Abraham had 21 siblings: John VanMeter, Rachel VanMetre and 19 other siblings.
Abraham married Elizabeth VanMeter (born Klein) in 1769, at age 24 at marriage place, Michigan.
Elizabeth was born in 1746, in Virginia, Hardin, Kentucky, United States.
They had 22 children: Catherine VAN METER, Letitia Van Meter and 20 other children.
Abraham married Rebecca VanMeter (born CLINE).
Abraham married Roseanna VanMeter (born Summit).
Abraham passed away on month day 1781, at age 37 at death place, Kentucky.


Birth: Jun. 13, 1744 Virginia, USA
Death: 1787 Fayette County Kentucky, USA

Abraham was the second of twelve children born to Jacob Van Meter Sr. and Letitia STROUD Van Meter who were married Aug. 30, 1741 in Frederick Co. VA and are both buried in Hardin County, Kentucky.

In 1769, Abraham married Elizabeth Rebecca KLINE (or CLINE) Van Meter in Frederick Co. Virginia.
Abraham and Elizabeth had four children:

1) Catherine, b. June 13, 1770 in Green Co, PA

--m. Bladen Ashby

2) Letitia, b. Apr. 02, 1772 Green Co, PA

--m. Thompson Ashby

3) Sarah, b, 1776,

--m. Mr. Goodin

4) Elizabeth, b. 1780

--m. Jacob Swank

The photo of the plaque above is on the site of the Jacob Van Meter Fort in Hardin County, Kentucky. The fort was built in 1780 by Abraham's father Jacob Van Meter Sr. and his party of one hundred settlers. (Photo by Dottie McKee, intended for free personal, non-commercial use)

Abraham Van Meter was killed by a poisoned arrow at Boone Station, Kentucky. The Van Meter family Bible, with a bloody foot track and a spear hole in it, was found next to a dead woman at the fort after the Indian raid in which Abraham Van Meter was killed. It was later handed down by Abraham's daughter, Letitia, to her descendents. It is now known as the Harrison Bible, and is in the Iowa Historical Library in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Abraham Van Meter's PARENTS:

FATHER: Jacob Van Meter Sr. b. 1723 KY

MOTHER: Letitia STROUD Van Meter b.1725 VA

(alternate spelling: STRODE)


Letitia STROUD Van Meter's PARENTS:

FATHER: James Stroud (or Strode)

Jacob Van Meter Sr.'s PARENTS:

FATHER: Jan Joosten (John) Van Meteren b. 1683 NY d. 1745 (alternate sp. Van Metre)

m. 1) Sarah BERDINE (alternate sp. BODINE)

m. 2) Margaret MOLLENAUER -(alternate spellings: MULINAUR, MONENAUR, MOLENAUER?)

MOTHER: Margaret MOLLENAUER Van Meteren b. 1725 d. 1745 (Alternate spelling: Van Metre)

Margaret MOLLENAUER Van Meteren's PARENTS:

FATHER: Henderick (Henry) Mollenauer

Jan Joosten (John) Van Meteren's PARENTS:

FATHER: Joost Jansen Van Meteren b. 1656 Netherlands - Came to America 1662, age 6

MOTHER: Sara Du BOIS Van Meteren b. 1682 NY

-John's parents Joost (age 6) and Sara (infant), and Sara's mother Catherine, were kidnapped by Indians and missing from their families for 3 mo.

Joost Jansen Van Meteren's PARENTS:

FATHER: Jan Joosten Van Meteren (Alternate sp. von Meteren) Came to America 1662 on ship "Vos" meaning "Fox"

Sara Du BOIS Van Meteren's PARENTS:

FATHER: Louis Du Bois b. France

MOTHER: Catherine BLANCHAN Du Bois b. France

Catherine BLANCHAN Du Bois' PARENTS:

FATHER: Mathew Blanchan (alternate spelling: Blanchard) Huguenot family, fled France when Protestant persecutions and martyrdoms began. Came to America in 1660.

Louis Du Bois' PARENTS:

FATHER: Chretien du Bois de Fiennes b. 1597 France. Cretien died through martyrdom because of his Protestant faith which led his family to flee France.

Family links:

Parents:

Jacob Van Meter (1723 - 1798)

Letitia Stroud Van Meter (1725 - 1799)

Spouse:

Elizabeth Rebecca Kline Van Meter (1746 - 1800)

Children:

Catherine Van Meter Ashby (1759 - 1835)*

Letitia Van Meter Ashby (1772 - 1845)*

Siblings:

Abraham Van Meter (1744 - 1787)

Elizabeth VanMeter Vertrees (1752 - 1848)*

Mary Van Meter Chenoweth (1757 - 1832)*

Isaac Van Meter (1759 - 1840)*

Margaret Van Meter Haycraft (1759 - 1843)*

Jacob Van Meter (1762 - 1850)*

John VanMeter (1764 - 1850)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:

Elizabethtown City Cemetery

Elizabethtown

Hardin County

Kentucky, USA

Created by: J.L.

Record added: Sep 23, 2013

Find A Grave Memorial# 117530204




Added by: J.L.




Cemetery Photo

Added by: William Tatum


Photos may be scaled.
Click on image for full size.


























Friday 20 February 2015

Miles Haycroft van Meter


Miles Haycroft Van Meter

birth  8 March 1810

Place of birth Hardin, Hardin, KY, USA

died 3 May 1898 in St Croix, St Croix, WI, USA


Miles H Van Meter



Son of Abraham Wickliffe Vanmeter en Sarah Beal Dorsey

Husband of Mary Pirtle Litsey

Father of Davis Rhodes VanMeter

Thursday 19 February 2015

Sgt Francis E. Fillbach



Birth: Aug. 22, 1922Death: Sep. 28, 1975
Son of Albert O. Fillbach and Frances Vlieland

Known Siblings:
Oliver E. Fillbach 1909 - 1980
Arthur R. Fillbach 1910 - 1959
Dale W. Fillbach
Bert Fillbach


Family links:
Parents:
Siblings:
Francis E. Fillbach (1922 - 1975)

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
SSGT US AIR FORCE
KOREA
Burial:
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: 90, S-7
Maintained by: Melissa Lively Sherry
Originally Created by: US Veterans Affairs Offi...
Record added: Mar 04, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 3707512



Amanda J Eastman 


Naaste Familie: 


Daughter of <private> Fillback en Jolee Fillback

Wife of <private> Eastman

Mother of Minor Child en Logan Eastman

Sister of <private> Fillback; Katherine R Fillback enKatherine Rachel Fillback

Half sister of <private> Fillback en Tracy Lynn Fillbac


Wednesday 18 February 2015

Adolphus Charles White


Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier - Thursday 24 March 1864


Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - Saturday 20 September 1902

Tuesday 17 February 2015

Joseph Walter West

Harvest
WEST, Joseph Walter
father of Sylvia Wyse West and father in law of Hugh Chesterman 

1860 - 1933

Born at Hull, Yorkshire on 3 May 1860, son of Alfred West, seed crusher & corn dealer, and his wife Sarah Ann née Tucker, who married at Westminster, London in 1854. 

In 1861 an 11 month old baby living at High Street, Swanland, East Riding, Yorkshire with his parents, 37 year old Alfred and 37 year old Sarah and his three siblings. 
In 1881 a 20 year old cashier staying at Danthorpe, Hambledon, East Riding, Yorkshire with his 34 year old brother-in-law, Walter Stickney, a land agent & farmer of 1,130 acres and his wife 24 year old wife Sophia Stickney née West and their family. 
West, whilst working as a cashier for an engineering firm, studied under Edwin Moore at Bootham School in York then at St John's Wood School of Art 1883, at the Royal Academy Schools 1884–1887 and at the Académie Julian, Paris. 
He married Croydon, Surrey in 1891, Ada Caroline Wise and after living at Croydon, Harrow and Northwood, in 1911 a 50 year old 'artist painter in oil and watercolour, illustrator, engraver' living at The Vane, Uxbridge, Middlesex with his 50 year old wife Ada and their four daughters, Iris Lilian Pechell 18, Marjorie Grace Halbourn 17, Sylvia Wyse 15 and Victoria Cicely Grafton 13. Painter, etcher, lithographer and illustrator with his subjects being mainly animals, he then turned to genre and about 1910 to landscape. 
Exhibited 17 works at the Royal Academy from 1885 including 'To Gretna Green' and 'The Coming of Arthur' and showed four works at the Royal Society of British Artists and was a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colour 1904. 
A member and exhibitor at the Ipswich Art Club 1890-1891 and exhibited from West Hampstead Studios, Sheriff Road, London in 1890 'The Rising Moon'. 
He used to spend his summer holidays in the Italian Lakes, sketching in the open air, and painted a pictures. 
He died at Northwood, Middlesex on 27 June 1933 and his wife died at Harrow in 1951, aged 91. 
West also used the names of Walter West and J Walter West.


Further afield the May is still sweet


yorkshire post June 30 1933
' Notable York Painter Mr. Joseph Walter" West. R. died .at his home at Northwood began his career artist the Friends' School at Bo where his notebooks lesso frequently cowered with sketch his early business years In tit works Prtcstman Bros, H' natural freedom of. style bee by his practice as draughts In a tribute to his fellj Bertram; Priestman. "said: " Mr. man of very remarkable whole outlook on life was hls personal integrity and i ness. He was rather shy: and; as a result very few peoj bigness of his life." His boyhood ambition to beo was 'only attained by personalrigorous character. He Said amount from his wages at H| to the Royal Academy Bcho< lodgings at Harrow. ■ There he sun, sketching in the fields the studio, and again worklnj his 'return. .. Mr. Priestman. '.S.. who has d. Middlesex, while still,at York, papers Were spent engineering ill. whefe-ftts ime w-artist, Mr. West Was rtfeter, whose reflection of conscientiousdeserved, and tie knew the a painter sacrifice of id modest ill, and- its. living with tba times he was so short of m would save as much as posslbl which he used In the studio ore going Jo till dark ites that: ey that sketches and have It for his His early work Included eti Fine Art Society, jand In tit executed for themjhe showed tlon to detail. One of his works showed *' Gretna Gree with a horse falling from young bridegroom.) To get the animal correctly West pali to a livery stable and got throw one his animals until West finished his sketc| Though Mr. West's in the quaint costumes of a! ago, are well known. Is painter that he best personally considered his Its were the most satisfactory 1 the bread for cleaning dday meal: ings for the commissions lute atten- lost popular [Elopement" hot by the ke. action of Several visits •oprietor and again. pictures. years landscape nown. He in paintings i works. yrthumbrlan it Heiredale, Mrs. Edith F. Grey Mrs. ith' T. Grey, the artist, has died at«her hon Whitby. . .. . ....... , , '



A book cover from J.W.West is in the V&A museum depicting his daughter Marjorie West.
He made several frontpages for the Studio .





These pictures are in the Scarborough museum.

Sylvia Wyse West

Sylvia Wyse West was the daughter of Joseph Walter West and Ada Caroline Wise .
She married Hugh Chesterman.

Birth:Nov. 21, 1895, England
Death:Jun. 20, 1981, England
Sylvia Wyse <i>West</i> Chesterman


 Sylvia Wyse <i>West</i> Chesterman

They had two daughters 
1. Jenifer Chesterman
Birth: May 31, 1927, Uxbridge England
Death: Sep. 14, 2002, England
She married William J..Brown
and 
2. Elizabeth.Chesterman born 1930 Uxbridge who married Charles Guy Dover Swinnerton
They had a son Nicholas John Swinnerton.
first marriage of Charles G.D.Swinnerton was with Ann Fairley Clarke 1949 Oxford
They had 2 sons Robert C and Andrew Swinnerton.
second marriage Elizabeth.Chesterman born 1930 Uxbridge in 1966 Ploughley Oxon
They had a son Nicholas John Swinnerton.




Iris Lillian Pechell West is the sister of Sylvia Wyse West.

Joseph Walter West  married Croydon, Surrey in 1891, Ada Caroline Wise and after living at Croydon, Harrow and Northwood, in 1911 a 50 year old 'artist painter in oil and watercolour, illustrator, engraver' living at The Vane, Uxbridge, Middlesex with his 50 year old wife Ada and their four daughters, Iris Lilian Pechell 18, Marjorie Grace Halbourn 17, Sylvia Wyse 15 and Victoria Cicely Grafton 13. 


J Walter West HeadM40Hull, Yorkshire
Ada C WestWifeF40Croydon, Surrey
Iris L P WestDaughterF8Croydon, Surrey
Marjorie G WestDaughterF7Harrow, Middlesex
Sylvia W WestDaughterF5Northwood, Middlesex
Victoria C C WestDaughterF3Northwood, Middlesex
Eliza S PriestF45Hawley, Kent
Edith PorterF30Mayfield, Sussex
Emma WattsF16N K, Cambridgeshire
More on Hugh Chesterman and more on Sylvia Wyse  West.

Herbert Ford Vlieland

Herbert Ford Vlieland
Herbert Ford Vlieland


Monday 16 February 2015

Lieut C.H.Vlieland

On the internet we found yet another Vlieland in the U.S.A. in 1779.
Cornelius van Hempstead Vlieland.
The  Hempstead  may have been standing  for either Hemel Hempstead, England or the Dutch city of Heemstede

we heard of the dead of Cornelius  together with General Pulaski  and the siege of Savannah
Unwaried Patience and Fortitude: Francis Marion's Orderly Book
Door Patrick O'Kelley
















from general Pulaski 
By the afternoon of October 15, 1779, Captain Bulfinch had no room to take any more passengers. When another wounded officer, Lt. Cornelius Van Vlieland, who had lost an arm in the siege of Savannah, asked him for passage to Charleston, Bulfinch arranged to send him on another ship. In the sequence of events, it looked as if the visit of Lt. Van Vlieland came before the death of Pulaski, as Pulaski's death certainly created a vacancy aboard. Had the young lieutenant waited, Bulfinch would have had space for him. 

The day I found Bulfinch's letter to him from Thunderbolt, or "Tunder Bolt" as he spelled it, was especially important. On October 15, 1779, Bulfinch wrote: 
Sir, I beg leave to acquaint you that agreeable to your orders I took on board nine pieces of the artillery which was the most I possibly could take on. Mo'over, I even was obliged to put some of the carriages on board the Schooner that carry the French wounded. I likewise took on board the Americans that was sent down one of which died this day and I have brought him ashore and buried him. They have put only one lad on board to attend the sick. I should be glad your Excellency would order some others on Board to attend them. Capt. Vlyland (sic) came down this afternoon. There was no place to put him. The Eagle whom he was to have gone on board, went away this morning and left him. I made interest with the French Gentleman who has the directions of putting the wounded on board the other schooners for Charleston and got him on board one of them. I am with the highest esteem, Sir, your most Re Obdt Sevt Sam Bulfinch 5 Immediately after the Wasp left Thunderbolt Bluff at high tide the following morning, quite possibly the only remaining people who knew where Pulaski's body was buried were the denizens of Greenwich plantation, across the road from Bonaventure, home to Mrs. Jane Bowen, her four children, her brother, and their servants. At the time Bonaventure was not occupied by the plantation owners. During the British occupation of Savannah, the Tattnalls and the Mulrynes, who owned the plantation, fled to Savannah or one of the British islands in the Atlantic for safety

from
Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution. Volume II, K-Z

entered 1777

7/17/1779, a 2nd Lieutenant under Capt. Richard Bohun Baker. Transferred to Capt. Thomas Dunbar in August of 1779. Mortally wounded at Siege of Savannah 10/9/1779.


The foregoing were all of the Continental or Regular regiments which served 
during the struggle for independence. 
But there were other organizations of Militia which did much good service and aided our cause very considerably. The most celebrated of these was Marion's corps from South Carolina. 
When this body was first formed, Francis Marion received from the State of South Carolina the commission of 
Lieutenant-Colonel 
and subsequently became a Brigadier-General. 
The other field officer was Major Horry, 
and both of them have been rendered celebrated by the pen of Weems. 
This organization would in these days be considered as "mounted infantry," and in the unsuccessful attempt 
to storm Savannah, Ga., in the Autumn of 1779, it suffered very much. 
Captain Charles Motte, Lieutenants Alexander Hume, James Grey and Cornelius Van Vlieland were 
killed, as was the brave Sergeant William Jasper who fell while attempting to plant the 
American colors on the parapet of Spring Hill redoubt.
Many of the men were killed and wounded in this sanguinary affair. Here too fell Count Casimir Pulaski, 
of Poland Brigadier-General of cavalry in the American service. 
After this action Marion retreated to the interior, whence he was able to harass the British for a long time. 
The movements and actions of these troops were of a most romantic character, and the 
name of their leader is one of the most highly honored in our Nation. 

It was perhaps because of the Siege's reputation as a famous British victory that Charles Dickens chose the Siege of Savannah as the place for Joe Willet to be wounded (losing his arm) in the novel Barnaby Rudge.