b. 1738; d. ca 1814; husband of Dorothy (Phillipse ?); father of Catharine Bower, Elizabeth Young, George, Mary Magdalen Anger, Barbara Fleming and Margaret Kitson; son of Anna Elizabeth (Walrath) and George Windecker; grandson of Capt. Hartmann Windecker of Stockheim, Germany; ca. left Mohawk Valley and moved to Wyoming Valley in PA; obtained land under Connecticut patent; 1778 took family and journeyed with other Loyalists to Niagara; June 15,1777 Ranger with Indian Department; Aug 1777 siege of Fort Stanwix and Battle of Oriskany; Jul 3,1778 battle of Wyoming; at least until Oct 1778 Private in Col. Walter Butler's Company of Butler's Rangers; 1783 Private in Capt. Andrew Bradt's Company; Jul 20,1784 discharged from army; settled in Bertie Township; 1793 given lease to the ferry to Black Rock near Buffalo; established tavern with his son George on north side of Grand River below Cayuga;