In ¦ memory of ¦ John Blauvelt ¦ who ¦ departed this life ¦ November 21st 1842 ¦ in his 85th year. "The last words what ¦ his dying tongue did utter, ¦ He bid his wife and ¦ children farewell."
Daughters of American Revolution, List of Burials, 1914, copy of typescript, no. 37; [Date of birth is estimated from life span shown on the headstone's carving. DAR endnote "Revolutionary War soldiers are .... Number 37 who was a Private in 1st Reg. Bergen County Militia. Drew pay and gratuity in 1782. Clayton's History page 72. We think ? his wife was Maria Myers # 58." Ackerman has month of death.]