Notes:

In 1776, a well-to-do loyalist tea merchant from New York City, Peter Mesier, arrived in Fishkill. He bought the 750 acres of land and the homestead from Nicholas Brewer and opened a small store in the homestead. Mesier angered his customers with high prices and in May of 1777, a number of people broke into his store and demanded tea, refusing to pay the high prices asked. For three days, the intruders beat Mesier and his wife and servants, destroyed his property and raided his cellar.

Peter Mesier and his wife, Catherine Sleight, lived peacefully after the incident and together had eight children, three boys and five girls. Upon the death of Peter in 1806, their son Matthew took over the Mesier Homestead. Matthew and his wife had two sons, Henry and Abram and two daughters, Johanna and Maria. These heirs of Matthew were the last owners of Mesier Homestead. (From website of the Wappingers Falls Historical Society -

http://www.wappingershistoricalsociety.org/mesier.shtml

Family/Spouse: Catherina Sleigt. Catherina 25 Oct 1742 New York, New York, USA; 13 Aug 1806New York, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Matthew Pieter Mesier 29 Apr 1769 New York, New York, USA; 02 Sep 1823; Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA.