Years of searching solves centuries-old family puzzle

... they follow him through the American Revolution until his death in 1818. Dutcher enlisted at age 16 with the Dutchess County, N.Y., militia in 1776 shortly after the American Colonies declared independence from Britain. His muster roll for Jacobus ...

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