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Geertruy
Van Patten Robison
Geertruy Van Patten was the wife of Albany merchant John Robison. Probably a Schenectady native and born about 1747, by 1782 she was married and had settled into Robison's comfortable life in the center of Albany's business district.
These
Robisons kept a landmark store at the city's main
intersection. In 1779, she was cited by the revolutionaries
for selling restricted items. In time, their home
was on Dock (Dean) Street while the store continued
to operate at 29 State Street.
Her
family included four or more children baptized in
Schenectady and at the Albany Presbyterian church
where her husband was a member.
Geertruy
Van Patten Robison died in August 1823 at age 76.
Her husband lived four more years!
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Sources: The life of Geertruy (Caty) Van Patten/Petten Robison
is CAP biography number 417. This profile is derived
chiefly from family and community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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