John Frederick Duane Vedder (May 31, 1789 Rotterdam

Rotterdam (town), New York

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, Schenectady County, New York

Schenectady County, New York

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 - August 21, 1863) was an American politician from New York

New York

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Life

He was the son of Frederick Vedder and Maria (Van Petten) Vedder. On December 11, 1821, he married Hester Vedder (1799-1825), and their son was Frederick Vedder (b. 1823). In 1827, he married Nancy (Vedder) Newkirk (1789-1871), widow of John W. Newkirk and sister of his first wife.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 (Schenectady Co.) in 1822

45th New York State Legislature

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Sources

• The Vedder Family in America, 1657-1985 by E. H. Vedder (1987, pg. 76)
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 199; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)