Tappan
New York (NY), 10983
Major John Andre's Memorial 1700 DeClark-Dewint House
 
Tappan (pronounced tuh-PAN) is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown Rockland County, New York located north of Old Tappan, New Jersey; east of Nauraushaun and Pearl River; south of Blauvelt and west of Palisades and Sparkill.
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Located on 110 Main St, Tappan, just past the village green near the center of town is "America's Third Oldest Public House" - The Old '76 House, one of America's oldest taverns. It is of particular interest to Maybee/Mabie/Mabee researchers. The Maybees were a much-divided family during the American Revolutionary War. Casparus Mabie, a cousin of the Loyalist Maybees, built The Old '76 House, then known as "Mabie's Inn," the home of Yoast Mabie in 1755. The Orangetown Resolutions were adopted at Yoast Mabie's home on July 4, 1774, two years prior to the Declaration of Independence.
The Old '76 House was often used during The American Revolutionary War. Through its long use as a meeting place for patriots, it established itself as safe ground for Americans in the midst of the revolution and also served as the prison of the Revolution's most notorious British spy, Major John André, as denoted by the historical marker in the front.
The Old '76 House, although often referred to as "André's Prison," was not a real prison nor used as a place of incarceration for anyone before or since.
The Old '76 House was expanded in 1755 to accommodate stage coach passengers, and has been a place of shelter for tired travelers for more than three hundred years. It has accommodated, on various occasions, every General of the west wing of the Continental Army, including Commander-in-Chief General George Washington, who, with his chief provisioner Samuel Fraunces, owner of Fraunces Tavern in New York City, dined in the comfortable atmosphere of the House.
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