From The Settlement of Prince Edward County by Nick and Helma Mika. Transcribed here by Linda Herman

Pioneers of Prince Edward County 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

THE VAN DUSEN FAMILY

From Dutchess County, New York. 

The ancestors of the Prince Edward County VanDusens were Palatines who resettled in the state of New York. Conrad and Casper were brothers born to Robert VanDeusen and Christina Harn VanDeusen of Dutchess County, New York. The brothers were United Empire Loyalist who left New York, for Canada, in 1783.

Conrad VanDusen, who had been a tailor before the American Revolution, was granted 400 acres of land in Hallowell and north of Carrying Place, but he sold two hundred acres to Abram Barker. He became one of the first trustees of the Old White (Conger) Chapel. He and his first wife, Hannah Coon, had three children: Catherine, Susan and Henry C. Conrad and his second wife, Millicent Hover, had eleven children: Hannah, Rachel, Phoebe, Sarah, Daniel, Conrad Jr., Arra Harn, William Roswell, James, and Jacob K. Conrad became a Methodist Minister, and he married Mary Roblin, who was the daughter of the pioneer Owen Roblin.

Casper was granted land in Adolphustown, but he moved to Sophiasburgh in 1789. His wife was Hannah Shorts.