Benjamin Gildersleeve

1724 - 1784  (60 years)

• Name	Benjamin Gildersleeve
  Christening	1724	Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Birth	29 Apr 1724	Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Christening	29 Apr 1724	Huntington (First Presbyterian Church), Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Death	8 May 1784	Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States
  Death	1794	Northport, Huntington, Suffolk, NY   [1, 2]
  Burial	1794	Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I20950	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Gildersleeve,   b. 1680, Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 1747, Northport, Huntington, Suffolk, NY (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Mary Munn,   b. 1663, Hempstead, Nassau, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 1722, Hempstead Town, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1714
  Family ID	F35521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Huntington Highbe,   b. 20 Nov 1726, Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 1794, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1745	Huntington (First Presbyterian Church), Suffolk, NY   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Sarah Gildersleeve,   b. 19 Jun 1763, Huntington, Suffolk, NY d. 19 Jan 1816 (Age 52 years)   2. Zeno Gildersleeve,   b. 17 Jun 1747, First Church,Huntington,Suffolk,Li d. 1747   3. Finch Gildersleeve,   b. 17 Feb 1751, {Huntington, Suffolk, NY} d. 24 Mar 1812, Near Brewster, Putnam Co., Ny (Age 61 years)   4. Richard Gildersleeve,   b. 19 Aug 1753, Huntington, Suffolk, NY d. 1792 (Age 38 years)   5. John Gildersleeve,   b. 1755, Huntington, Suffolk Co., New York d. 1798, Huntington, Suffolk Co., New York (Age 43 years)   6. Jonas Gildersleeve,   b. Abt 1758, Huntington, Suffolk, NY d. Jan 1805, Riverhead, Suffolk, NY (Age 47 years)   7. Philip Gildersleeve,   b. 2 Aug 1764, Huntington, Suffolk, NY d. 26 Oct 1822, Dutchess Co., NY (Age 58 years)   8. Thomas Gildersleeve,   b. 8 Jul 1765, Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 10 Apr 1845 (Age 79 years)   9. Drucilla Gildersleeve,   b. 16 Jul 1769, Huntington, Suffolk, NY d. Yes, date unknown   10. Phillip Gildersleeve,   b. 2 Aug 1764, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 26 Oct 1822, Dutchess, New York, United States (Age 58 years)   11. LT COL Jonas Gildersleave,   b. 2 Jul 1758, Northport, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. Jan 1805, Northport, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 46 years)   12. Richard Gildersleave,   c. 19 Aug 1753, Huntington, Suffolk, N. Y. d. 1792 (Age ~ 38 years)   13. Finch Gildersleeve,   b. 17 Feb 1750, Long Island, New York, United States d. 24 Mar 1812 (Age 62 years)   14. Drucilla Gildersleeve,   b. 16 Jul 1769, Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America   15. Thomas Gildersleeve,   b. 25 Jan 1747, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 19 Oct 1766 (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F8594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  During the American Revolution, Benjamin Gildersleeve, a man of 55 years and the father of Daniel, Finch and Roger was forced to take the oath of loyalty before Governor Tryon - and the occupying forces began to demand forage from him. Among the recorded exactions were 40 bushels of Indian corn and 15 bushels of oats in December 1779, and the same again six months later on 1 July 1780. In 1782, an accounting of damages sustained by the inhabitants of Huntington by the British troops and Refugees determined that in all. Benjamin Gildersleeve had sustained losses of upwards of 332 pounds. (George Wallace, Northport News, Sept. 26, 2003)

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File: Gildersleeve (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. GEDCOM file imported on 15 Dec 2002.). [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I0260&tree=Gildersleeve.