Servoss, Christian C.^{[1, 2]}

1785 -

• Name	Servoss, Christian C.
  Born	1785	Glen, Montgomery, New York
  Gender	Male
  Cause of Death	Schoharie Creek near the Mohawk River
  	Drowning
  RELI	Dutch Reformed Church
  Person ID	I23171	Taylor
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2005

  
  

  Family	Pettengill, Christina,   b. 1789, Glen, Montgomery, New York
  Children	+ 1. Servoss, James J.,   b. Abt 1811, Glen, Montgomery, New York   2. Servoss, Doctor Cholatt,   b. 1813, Glen, Montgomery, New York ,   d. 28 Feb 1892, , Montgomery, New York  (Age 79 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2005
  Family ID	F7927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Serviss relatives buried in Chuctanunda Cemetery in Minaville, Montgomery, New York SERVISS Julia Ann, wife of Lewis ROWE, b. 3/12/1821 d. 3/22/1896 Anna Maria, wife of Wm. A. SWEET, d. 7/21/1895 ae 56 Athaliah YOUNG, wife of Wm., d. 12/15/1848 in 36th Infant dau of Athaliah YOUNG & Wm., d. 6/24/1841 Catherine, wife of Solomon PULVER, d. 3/24/1852 ae 41-0-28 Sarah, wife of Peter YOUNG, d. 12/18/1856 ae 80-9-15 Beulah V., dau. of Geo. & Elizabeth, d. 1/15/1857 ae 2-2-3 Sarah J., dau. of Cornelius CONOVER, d. 4/15/1864 ae 34 George, see addenda Lawrence, son of Geo. & Mary, member Walton Lodgte No. 74 A. L/5802, Duanesburgh d. 5/13/1866 ae 85Mary, wife of Lawrence, d. 3/26/1870 ae 79 yrs George, son of Lawrence & Mary, b. 8/4/1815 d. 2/16/1868 Nettie LIDDLE, wife of Geo. Jr., Duanesburgh d. 4/12/1877 ae 24-10-15 Caty Maria, wife of Geo. HOWE, b. 1/21/1816 d. 12/2/1878 Alexander, b. 7/25/1818 d. 5/19/1887 Edwin b. 1859 d. 1892 George d. 5/18/1896 ae 44 yrs Emma HUBBS, wife of John, b. 1849 d. 10/20/1896 Elizabeth, wife of John VANDERVEER, b. 9/6/1819 d. 2/3/1897 Charlotte Emeline, wife of Lawrence, b. 1/25/1855 d. 11/6/1902 John G. b. 5/1/1847 d. 1/14/1909 Charlotte Schuyler BUSSING, wife of John G. (alive) Schuyler B., d. 6/18/1909 ae 28 yrs Lawrence A. b. 10/24/1849 d. 2/8/1911 Elizabeth A. b. 1829 d. 3/22/1912 Nancy b. 1827 d. 7/9/1915 Lawrence d. 7/9/1916 ae 26 yrs Beulah V., wife of Frank J. MYERS, b. 1861 d. 2/18/1923 Mary E., wife of Wm. OCHAMPAUGH, b. 1865 d. 12/15/1906

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds , (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911), SCPL's Reference collection at R 929.1 R45. (Reliability: 3), 1911. This family, without reasonable doubt, descends from the same Dutch ancestor as the Serviss family of Montgomery county. Just where the change in spelling was made, or why, does not appear. The first of record in the line we are following was Christian Servoss, of Glen, whose tragic death by drowning is well remembered by the older settlers of the county. His father was killed at Oriskany. (I) Christian Servoss was born in the town of Glen, Montgomery county, New York, of pioneer Dutch ancestors. He there grew to manhood, married, and followed farming as an occupation. His death occurred in middle life. He was returning one dark winter's night from Albany with an empty market sled drawn by a team of horses, which had carried a load of produce to the market of that city. One half the bridge across Schoharie creek, near where it enters the Mohawk river, on which he had crossed in the morning, had been carried away during the day by the ice. Not knowing this he drove his horses on the bridge and into the creek, where all perished, his body not being recovered until months afterward. His two sons, John and James, who were with him, had gotten so cold that they were running some distance behind the sled to get warmed from the exercise. This fact saved their lives as, warned by the crash, they stopped and did not take the fatal plunge. He had married, in Glen, a Miss Pettengill, of an early Montgomery county family, who survived him many years. They were members of the Dutch Reformed church. Children: John, James, Cholatt, a son and three daughters whose names are not recorded. [S133] Historical Sketch of the Florida Ref'd Church, Minaville, New York, 1784-1950, Rev. Bartell Bylsma, (Michelle Bartels ) (Reliability: 3).