Peter Gansevoort
American author
Peter Gansevoort was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading the resistance to Barry St. Leger's Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777. Gansevoort was also the maternal grandfather of Moby-Dick... Wikipedia
Born: July 17, 1749, Albany, NY
Died: July 2, 1812 (age 62 years), Albany, NY
Place of burial: Albany Rural Cemetery, NY
Parents: Magdalena Douw and Harmen Gansevoort
Children: Maria Gansevoort Melville and Peter Gansevoort
Partner: Catherine Van Schack Gansevoort
Grandchildren: Herman Melville, Gansevoort Melville, Thomas Melville, and more