Tobias Houk of North Guilford, NY
Oxford Review - Times, May 15, 1931
Frederick Houk Law of Brooklyn has sent the following interesting biography of his great-grandfather, Tobias Houk, who is buried in the old Four Corners burying ground at North Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].
"Tobias Houk, a soldier in the American Revolution, was born at Short Hills, N.J., Oct. 4, 1760. In May, 1777, being then 16 years old, he was residing with Corbit Scudder at Short Hills, N.J. when the American army passed through that place on its way south, he was impressed into the service as a teamster and reamined with the army in that capacity until about June 1778. He passed the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge. About the first of September, 1781, being then 20 years old, he enlisted for one year, and served that time as a private under Ensign Asher Randall in Captain Elijah Freeman's company. The company was not attached to any regiment but was stationed and performed guard duty at Woodbridge, N.J.
"After the war he resided at Short Hills, N.J., two years; in new York City one year; in Lansingburg, N.J. one year; in Butternuts, N.Y. seven years and in Guilford.
September 12, 1785, he married Rachel Griffin. He had four sons and seven daughters: Jacob, Ephriam, Orange, Josiah, Polly (Wright), Martha (Nash), Mehitable (Boothe), Rachel (Shippey), Olodyne (Ryan Law), Roxey (Rosecrantz), Abigail (Jackson).
"He died at Guilford, June 18, 1836, aged 75 years, 8 months and 74 days."
Thank you for posting the missing piece! A couple of years ago I spent massive amounts of time researching my 4th great grandfather Tobias Houk but was unable to find marriages for his daughters Roxey, Polly and Mehitable. Today I decided to revisit the Houk family and up popped your post. You've smashed three of my brick walls with one short article. Thank you again!
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