After the Revolutionary War, several third-generation Constables journeyed into the wilderness in search of new homes on the frontier. And with that, the first major branches of the Dutch Constable family began to emerge.
By the mid-1800s, there were four main “clusters” of Constables:
- Those who stayed in Ulster County and Orange County, New York;
- Those who crossed the Catskills to Delaware County, New York (Gerrit’s grandson William);
- Those who ventured west to Cincinnati, Ohio (Benjamin’s grandsons George, Adam and Christopher Constable)
- Those who ventured south to Fairfax, Virginia (Benjamin’s great-grandsons Eli and Jonathan Constable)
At the outbreak of the Civil War, the family was six generations deep. Numerous Constables fought for the Union Army in the war.
By 1870, one branch of the Delaware County Constables ventured as far as Lincoln, Nebraska (Abraham Constable II, grandson of William) while another reached the Chicago area by the 1890s (descendants of George Constable, great-grandson of William).
Researching the subsequent generations of Constables is an ongoing effort.
As new information is uncovered, this story will be updated.