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Dirck
Hun
Dirck Hun was born in September 1704. He was the third son of Albany residents Thomas Harmanse and Mayke Oothoudt Hun.
About
1725, he married the slightly older innkeeper's daughter
Margarita Hogan. By 1741, five of their children
had been baptized in the Albany Dutch church. However,
the Albany-born Hun was a member of his wife's church,
St. Peters.
Dirck
Hun earned his living as a carpenter. By the 1740s,
his sons had joined him as joiners. His first ward
home and shop were well-known Albany landmarks.
Although
he held no municipal offices, he performed contract
work for the city government and was qualified to
vote. Besides his sons, his enterprises were supported
by slave labor.
His
name last appeared on city rolls in 1779 - although
he may have been dead by that time. Too old for actual
service during the war, during the 1780s he was awarded
a bounty right in conjunction with the Albany County
militia.
His
widow was identified as a head of household in 1790.
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Sources: The life of Dirck Hun is CAP biography number 4774.
This profile is derived chiefly from family and community-based
resources. He probably belonged to an Albany militia
company although no documentation has yet been found!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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