Dirck Brinckerhoff
{{Short description|American soldier}}
{{infobox officeholder
| office = Member of the New York State Assembly for Dutchess County
| term_start = 1777
| term_end = 1780
| predecessor = Inaugural holder
| successor = Guisbert Schenck
| office3 = Member of the New York General Assembly for Dutchess County
| term_start3 = 1768
| term_end3 = 1777
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = Disbanded
| birth_date = 1724
| birth_place = Dutchess County, Province of New York, British America
| death_date = {{dda|1789|1724}}
| death_place = Fishkill, New York, U.S.
| parents = Femmetje Remsen Brinckerhoff
Abraham Brinckerhoff
| spouse = {{marriage|Geertie Wyckoff
|August 27, 1747|1767|reason=her death}}
| children =
| relations =
}}
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).{{cite web |title=Brinckerhoff Inn - History |url=https://www.brinckerhoffinn.com/history.html |website=www.brinckerhoffinn.com |publisher=Brinckerhoff Inn Bed and Breakfast |accessdate=14 March 2020 |language=en}} 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
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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.{{cite book |last1=Storm |first1=Raymond William |title=Old Dirck's Book: A Brief Account of the life and times of Dirck Storm of Holland, his antecedents, and the family he founded in America in 1662 |date=1949 |publisher=Reproduced by photo-lithography |page=351 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JfhZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA351 |accessdate=14 March 2020 |language=en}} 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,{{cite web |title=Founders Online: From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 1 Octob … |url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-17-02-0216 |website=founders.archives.gov |accessdate=15 March 2020 |language=en}} Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (who spent six weeks recovering in the second-floor bedroom),{{cite book |last1=Revolution |first1=Daughters of the American |title=Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution |date=1909 |publisher=Daughters of the American Revolution |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3AZAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA133 |accessdate=16 March 2020 |language=en}} Alexander Hamilton, General Alexander McDougall, who used the home as his headquarters, Governor George Clinton, and Generals Putnam, Knox, Arnold, Greene, and Gates.
After the Revolution, he served in the New York State Assembly as a member of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New York State Legislatures.{{cite book |last1=Hough, A.M., M.D. |first1=Franklin B. |title=The New York Civil List: Containing The Names And Origin Of The Civil Divisions, And The Names And Dates Of Election Or Appointment Of The Principal State And County Officers From The Revolution To The Present Time |date=1858 |publisher=Weed, Parsons and Co. |location=Albany |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA106 |accessdate=19 September 2018 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Murlin |first1=Edgar L. |title=The New York Red Book |date=1908 |publisher=J. B. Lyon Company |pages=356–365 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r300AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA360 |accessdate=22 September 2018 |language=en}} He was also Chairman of the Vigilance Committee of Poughkeepsie.
Personal life
On August 27, 1747 Brinckerhoff was married to Geertie Wyckoff (1730–1767) in Flatlands, New York. She was a daughter of Hendrick Cornelius Wyckoff and the former Annatie Bennet. Together, they were the parents of:{{cite book |last1=Revolution |first1=Daughters of the American |title=Lineage Book |date=1908 |publisher=The Daughters of the American Revolution Society |url=https://archive.org/details/lineagebook01revogoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/lineagebook01revogoog/page/n104 68] |accessdate=15 March 2020 |language=en}}
- Abraham Brinckerhoff (b. 1748), who married Sarah Brett, a daughter of Robert Brett, in 1770.{{cite book |last1=York (State) |first1=New |title=Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784 |date=1860 |publisher=Weed, Parsons & Co. |page=[https://archive.org/details/namespersonsfor00stagoog/page/n440 45] |url=https://archive.org/details/namespersonsfor00stagoog |accessdate=16 March 2020 |language=en}}
- Jacob Brinckerhoff (1754–1818),{{cite web |title=Brinckerhoff Family |url=http://memory.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2009/20090609001fa/20090609001fa.pdf |website=memory.loc.gov |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=15 March 2020}} who married Dientie Van Wyck in 1774.
- Femmetje "Phebe" Brinckerhoff (1764–1855),{{cite book |last1=Society |first1=Fishkill Historical |title=Around Fishkill |date=1996 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-6378-7 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eemUUzR2OWEC&pg=PA57 |accessdate=16 March 2020 |language=en}} who married Col. Aaron Stockholm (1756–1825).{{cite news |title=Attention Cavalry! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18985547/lieutenant-colonel-aaron-stockholm/ |accessdate=16 March 2020 |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |date=21 December 1802 |pages=3}}{{cite book |title=Historical Magazine: And Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America |date=1867 |publisher=C. B. Richardson |page=[https://archive.org/details/historicalmagaz10stilgoog/page/n365 354] |url=https://archive.org/details/historicalmagaz10stilgoog |accessdate=16 March 2020 |language=en}}
Brinckerhoff died in Fishkill in 1789 and was buried in the family vault on his property. Much of his personal and family history were lost, including his family Bible, which was burned.{{cite book |last1=Brinkerhoff |first1=Roeliff |title=The Family of Joris Dircksen Brinckerhoff, 1638 |date=1887 |publisher=R. Brinkerhoff |page=39 |url=https://archive.org/details/familyjorisdirc00bringoog |accessdate=15 March 2020 |language=en}}