US Veteran - Peter Snyder

John and I vacationed in upstate New York and we toured a couple of old cemeteries along the way.  We stopped at Willow Glen Cemetery, near Buttermilk Falls State Park in Ithaca, New York to do a geocache.  John became interested in Peter Snyder and asked me to research him.  Peter Snyder as the tombstone shows, died at 79 years of age on July 23, 1832, which places his birth around 1753.  I did a quick google search of him and quickly found a small biography about Peter, his family and his settlement in the area. (1)  According to this website, Peter was born in Oxford County, New Jersey on Dec 26, 1753 to parents Cristoffer and Katarina Schneider. Peter was a wagon maker and blacksmith. He married Mary Shaver, who was also born in Oxford County in 1776, and they had 11 children.  Both were of German descent. sources were not cited.(1)  The webpage also states that Peter and his brothers were members of the Continental Army.   I did a few manual searches through muster rolls and didn't come up with them.  I started to broaden my google searches and then came across the grave of Peter and Mary's son Peter V Snyder on Findagrave (and his picture).   From this page I uncovered a few more details.  The family originated in Tinnen, Germany (by the Ems River near the Holland border), and came to America in 1746. They first settled in Oxford, New Jersey, and moved to Dryden, NY in 1803.  BUT AGAIN, I can't find any primary sources that are reference.  Peter and Mary's grandson  Samuel and his wife Deborah Whipple participated in the underground railroad in Albion Michigan. BUT AGAIN, I can't find any primary sources that are references.(2) 
As an aside, there's a writeup about Samuel and Deborah complete with their pictures at Taylor PIONEER FAMILY PROVIDED UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STOP IN ALBION.
 

Are you related to Peter?  Would you be interested in sharing some primary resources about his revolutionary service?


 (1)   https://sites.rootsweb.com/~taughannock/grover/snyder.html from the book  The Centennial History of the Town of Dryden: 1797-1897
(2) https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7253565