James Trapp

one more daughter. James Trapp, born in 1760 in Montgomery, Ulster County, became the progenitor of what was to become a branch of the family that would eventually stretch to New Jersey, Ohio, Iowa and California. According to his Revolutionary War pension papers filed in 1832, he enlisted for service in New York five times during the war, usually serving from spring to fall. During these enlistment's, he was present at Fort Montgomery, West Point, a "skirmish at King's Bridge", the Battle of White Plains and performed various duties including "holding back the savages" on the New York frontier. It is even noted that one time he "served as a cook/waiter" to General Washington. He is also noted in the "Public Papers of George Clinton", who was a general during the revolution. In this book, the general, in a note regarding supplies, states that James Trape was "in need of a tumbler". After the war, James continued to live in Ulster County as a wheelwright and cooper until at least 1800. After that, he migrated to the central counties of New York, ending up in Lansing, Tompkins County in 1832. It is not known whom he married, but there is strong evidence that it may have been a sister of Jonathan Odell. Apparently, Jonathan and James knew each other during the Revolution, appeared together in the 1790 Federal Census for Montgomery, New York and eventually lived in the same general area in Tompkins County. It appears that James had seven children: Justus Odell (1784-1870), Abram J. (c1791-1876), Uriah (1797-1871), Jabez, Patience, Rachel and an unknown daughter. In the Rev. War at age 16 as a drummer boy. Family in Orange co. N.Y. till 1810. Then in Censues in N.Y. Cayuga Co., Genoa Towns