My Revolutionary Patriot Jacob Rutsen DeWitt My fifth Great-grandfather was Jacob Rutsen DeWitt. He was born April 13, 1729 in Ulster County, New York. During the Revolutionary War, he served as a Captain of the Rangers to guard the frontier of Ulster and Sullivan Counties. He also commanded a company in Col. James Clinton's regiment of militia. Jacob married Jenneke DePuy He gave his stone house on the Neversink River, subsequently called "Fort DeWitt," as a refuge for women and children during the war. He died after 1790 near Fayettville, Onondaga County, and his will was dated Dec. 14, 1776 In his honor, I proudly joined the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Roger Sherman Chapter New Milford, CT NSDAR MOTTO "GOD, HOME, AND COUNTRY" The American's Creed I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a Republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag; and to defend it against all enemies. - William Tyler Page The Connecticut Board Room (1904-1906) is one of the State Rooms in the National Headquarters, Memorial Continental Hall. This is the room in which the NSDAR Board of Management meets, and is an example of early twentieth-century Beaux-Arts architecture with an emphasis on symmetry and on elaborate gilded stucco relief decoration. The graphics on this page were designed in Print Artist