Jesse Woodhull

In 1753, he married Hester Du Bois (1734–1808), of New Paltz, and they had seven children.

[1] They settled in "Blagg's Cove", then located in the Goshen Precinct in Orange County.

[2] He fought in the American Revolutionary War and became colonel of the 1st Regiment of the Orange County State Militia.

[4] He died on February 3, 1795, at his home in New-Blooming Grove;[5] and was buried at a private burial ground there.

Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull (1722–1776) was his brother and State Senator William Smith (1720–1799) was his brother-in-law.