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COLLECTIONS 

ON  THE 

HISTORY  or  ALBANY, 

FROM   ITS 

DISCOVERY    TO   THE    PRESENT    TIME, 

WITH 

Xotices  of  its  ^atitlir  ^institutions, 

AND 

BIOailAPHICAL  SKETCHES  OF  CITIZENS  DECEASED. 

VOL.  in. 


ALBANY,  N.  Y.  : 
J.  MUNSELL,  82  STATE  STREET. 

1S70. 


a 


PREFACE 


Since  the  second  volume  of  these  Collections  was  issued,  a  portion  of 
the  Dutch  records  in  the  county  clerk's  office  has  been  translated  by 
Prof.  Pearson  of  Union  College,  and  published.  The  edition  was  quite 
small,  and  being  now  out  of  print,  the  contents  of  the  volume  have  been 
incorporated  in  this  work,  and  are  about  equally  divided  between  this  and 
the  succeeding  volume.  The  value  and  importance  of  these  records  as  a 
portion  of  the  history  of  Albany,  must  have  an  increased  appreciation 
with  the  lapse  of  time.  They  are  the  oldest  public  records  that  have 
come  down  to  us,  and  make  us  acquainted  with  the  names,  abodes,  and  acts 
of  the  people  that  occupied  these  streets  in  the  earliest  times.  The  amount 
of  labor  bestowed  upon  their  translation  and  annotation  can  hardly  be 
estimated  by  the  reader.  When  we  consider  the  uninviting  nature  of  the 
subject ;  the  illegible  condition  of  the  records  themselves,  and  their  extent ; 
the  necessity  of  acquiring  a  language  that  has  become  obsolete  among  us  ; 
the  necessary  knowledge  of  individuals  whose  names  are  concealed  under 
peculiar  pseudonyms,  and  also  of  their  personal  history,  requiring  many 
years  of  patient  research  and  familiarity  to  identify  them  ;  we  cannot  too 
highly  admire  the  courage  and  perseverance  that  led  to  the  accomplish- 
ment of  the  work  ;  a  work  which  might  never  again  have  found  one  so 
competent  to  its  performance.  It  is  no  small  claim  upon  the  gratitude 
of  the  descendants  of  those  ancient  citizens,  that  it  enables  them  to 
identify  their  ancestors,  to  know  whence  they  came,  and  when  and  where 
they  lived.  These  particulars  will  be  further  elucidated  in  the  next 
volume  by  diagrams  of  the  streets,  with  the  dimensions  of  the  lots  and 
the  names  of  their  occupants,  more  than  two  centuries  ago,  and  their 
successors  down  to  the  present  century  ;  forming  a  very  curious  directory, 
which  is  also  the  work  of  Prof.  Pearson. 

The  remainder  of  the  volume  is  made  up  as  usual,  of  a  variety  of  mat- 
ters relating  to  Albany  and  its  immediate  vicinity.  The  Notes  from  the 
Newspapers  form  an  interesting  chrouulogy  of  recent  events,  embruciug 


iv  P)-eface. 

the  years  1865,  1866,  and  1867.  An  unusual  number  of  notable  citi- 
zens finished  their  respective  missions  during  those  years,  of  whom  sketches 
are  given,  and  portraits  also,  when  they  could  be  procured.  In  a  few  in- 
stances the  paternity  of  these  articles  has  been  lost,  although  it  has  been 
the  intention  of  the  publisher,  as  they  are  wholly  obtained  from  the  city 
papers,  faithfully  to  acknowledge  the  sources  from  whence  they  are  derived. 
It  is  proposed  to  add  another  volume  to  this  series,  in  order  to  com- 
plete the  records  of  the  county  herein  partially  given,  and  to  bring  down 
the  annals  of  the  city  to  the  end  of  the  year  1870.  In  no  case  is  it  de- 
signed to  repeat  anything  in  these  volumes,  unless  by  more  recent  in- 
vestigations and  discoveries  much  new  material  has  been  found,  rendering 
it  important  to  restate  the  subject.  In  answer  to  the  question  sometimes 
put,  whether  this  series  of  Eistorical  Collections  is  a  reprint  of  the  Annals 
of  Albany^  it  is  now  distinctly  stated  that  none  of  these  papers  have 
heretofore  been  printed  in  either  of  these  works. 


CONTENTS. 


Introduction  to  Albany  County  Records, vii 

Albany  County  Records,  1654-78, 1 

Notes  from  the  Newspapers,  1865-67, 225 

The  Cruise  of  the  Katy-Did, 390 

Notes  of  Travelers, 393 

Origin  of  the  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany, 411 

Albany  County  in  the  year  1813 425 

Albany  City  in  the  year  1813,  428 

The  Stafford  Family, 44O 

Anneke  Janse, 459 

Colonel  Lewis  Benedict, 465 

Index,  469 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Peter  Stuyvesant, (Frontispiece) 

Broadway  M.  E.  Sunday  School, 245 

Congress  Hall, 246 

Eliphalet  Nott, 282 

Dr.  Howard  Townsend, 344 

Clark  B.  Cochrane, 350 

Dclavan  House, 354 

Original  plan  of  Union  College, , 401 

Spencer  Stafford, 445 

Court  Street,  1796, 446 

Stafford's  Store, 447 

Stafford's  Dwelling  house, 448 

Diagram  of  South  Pearl  Street, 458 

Medallion  portrait  of  Lewis  Benedict, 465 

Tomb  of  Col.  Benedict, 467 


INTRODUCTION"  TO  ALBANY  COUNTY  RECORDS. 


Among  the  registers  kept  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  county  of  Albany,  seven  vohimes  of 
the  earhest  records,  viz :  three  labelled  Deeds,  two  Notarial  Papers,  one  Mortgages,  and  one 
WUls,  are  wholly  or  in  part  written  in  the  Dutch  language,  and  contain  a  variety  of  papers  — 
deeds,  bonds,  mortgages,  contracts,  wills,  vendue  sales,  inventories  of  personal  estates,  marriage 
contracts,  proposals  and  sales  of  the  slaughter,  and  of  the  wine  and  beer  excise,  leases,  affidavits, 
indentures  of  apprenticeship,  powers  of  attorney,  correspondence  with  the  governor  and  coun- 
cil, proceedings  of  Indian  councils,  in  a  word,  records  of  all  such  formal  transactions  as  were 
usually  drawn  up  by  and  acknowledged  before  the  chief  officer  of  Fort  Orange,  or  the  secretary 
of  the  village  of  Beverwyk.  All  these  are  original  papers  bearing  the  autograph  signatures  of 
the  parties  concerned,  such  being  the  custom  of  the  Dutch,  whose  statutes  were  based  on  the 
civil  or  Roman  law.  This  custom  continued  many  years  after  the  Dutch  West  India  Company 
ceased  to  bear  rule  over  the  province  of  New  Netherlaud.  The  earliest  registers  were  simply 
quires  stitched  together,  which  at  a  later  date  were  gathered  up  by  some  one  ignorant  of  the 
language,  and  bound  and  labelled  regardless  of  dates  or  subjects. 

The  records  contained  in  this  and  the  succeeding  volume  are  a  translation  of  all  the  papers 
bound  in  the  two  volumes  labelled  Deeds  A  and  B.  These  documents  are  of  a  miscellaneous 
character,  ranging  in  date  from  1654  to  1678,  and  are  in  the  handwriting  of  the  following  officers : 

Johannes  Dtckman  appointed  commies,*  in  1651,  held  the  office  till  July,  1655,  when  he  was 
incapacitated  by  insanity.  His  earliest  records  extant  begin  August  19,  1654,  and  end  July  7, 
1655.  They  comprise  nearly  one  hundred  and  fifty  pages  of  volume  B,  and  are  a  severe  trial  to 
the  patience  of  any  one  who  tries  to  decypher  them,  some  portions  being  quite  illegible. 

JoHAN  De  Deckere  was  appointed  to  succeed  officer  Dyckman,  the  21st  of  June,  16.55 ;  his 
first  official  act  is  recorded  on  July  7th,  following,  and  the  last  on  the  fith  of  July,  1656.  He  was 
evidently  an  officer  of  good  capacity  and  spirit.  His  correspondence  with  Governor  Stuyvesant, 
shows  clearly  that  his  office  was  anything  but  a  sinecure. 

Johannes  Db  La  Montagne  received  his  appointment  as  vice  director  and  commies  the  28th 
of  September,  1656 ;  his  first  official  act  was  recorded  12th  of  October,  following,  the  last  on 
the  24th  of  October,  1664.  He  was  accompanied  by  Johannes  Provoost  in  the  capacity  ot  clerk,  in 
whose  beautiful  handwriting  the  register  was  mostly  kept  during  his  administration  A  portion 
of  his  record,  from  17th  of  December,  1657,  to  16th  of  July,  1659,  are  unfortunately  missing. 

Johannes  Provoost  served  as  secretary  of  Albany,  Colonie  of  Rensselaerswyk  and  Schene- 
tady,  from  the  12th  of  November,  1664,  to  the  8th  of  August,  1665,  when  he  was  succeeded  by 

Dirk  Van  Schelldtne,  who  came  to  Beverwyk,  in  1660,  in  the  capacity  of  notary  public. 
His  first  official  act  as  secretary  is  dated  September  10,  1665,  and  his  last  the  9th  of  August,  1668. 

LuDovicus  CoBES  followed  him  in  the  same  office  on  the  5th  of  September,  1668,  and  continued 
until  the  24th  of  October,  167.3,  when 

Johannes  Provoost  was  reinstated  and  held  the  office  until  the  11th  of  August,  1675. 

Robert  Livingston  became  secretary  of  Albany,  September,  1675,  and  held  the  office  till  1721, 
when  he  resigned  in  favor  of  his  son  Philip. 

In  addition  to  the  above  officers  Adrian  Van  Ilpendam  acted  as  notary  public  in  Albany  from 
the  16th  of  August,  1669,  to  the  12th  of  November,  1685,  his  official  acts  being  recorded  in  the 
volumes  entitled  Notanal  Papers. 

These  papers  now  first  translated  contain  the  oldest  public  records  extant  relating  to  the  city 
and  county  of  Albany.  Hitherto  they  have  been  sealed  books.  Until  the  year  1865  they  were 
not  even  included  in  the  indexes  of  the  office ;  and  only  now  and  then  a  curious  antiquarian 
had  patience  to  bring  to  light  their  hidden  contents.  If  they  have  no  other  value  to  the  legal 
profession,  the  informal  methods  of  conveying  and  pledging  real  and  personal  property,  afford 
an  interesting  view  of  the  simplicity  of  those  times.  The  local  historian  will  find  the  facts  here 
recorded  in  many  cases  new.  The  many  curious  customs  long  since  disused,  and  the  habits 
and  manners  of  a  rude,  border  community,  are  clearly  portrayed  ;  and  inasmuch  as  the  earliest 
church  registers  before  16a3  are  lost,  these  records  furnish  in  many  cases  the  only  authentic 
facts  respecting  the  first  settlers  of  Albany  and  the  upper  Hudson. 

There  is  scarcely  a  Dutch  family  in  this  region,  the  names  of  whose  original  ancestors  from 
Fatherland  may  not  be  found  here  written  (if  the  record  be  rightly  interpreted),  often  hundreds 
of  times  and  in  various  and  interesting  business  relations.  The  right  interpretation  of  these  names, 
however,  is  a  matter  of  considerable  difficulty,  only  to  be  acquired  after  great  familiarity  with  the 
writings  in  which  they  occur.  This  difficulty  arises  mainly  from  the  constant  disuse  of  sur- 
names, a  custom  brought  from  Fatherland  and  practiced  here  more  or  less,  a  hundred  years 
after  the  settlement  of  the  country.  Thus  the  original  ancestors  of  the  family  of  Schuyler  were 
Philip  and  David  Pieterse,  brothers;  of  Douvv,  Volkert  Janse;  of  Wendell,  Evert  Janse;  of 
Vander  Poel.  Wynant  Gerritse ;  of  Hun,  Harmen  Tomase ;  of  Van  Buren,  Cornells  Maasen  ;  of 
Visscher,  Harmen  Bastiaense ;  of  Van  Benthuysen,  Paulus  Marteuse;  of  Vosburgh,  Pieter 
Jacobse;  of  Van  Schaick,  Goosen  Gerritse;  of  Groesbeeck,  WilleniClaase,  etc. 

*  Commies  may  usually  be  translated  clerk,  but  lierc  it  signitics  the  chief  officer  of  I'oit  Orange. 


viii  Introduction  to  Albany  County  Records. 

In  the  following  pages  the  surnames  have  been  supplied  in  brackets  [  ]  as  often  as  it  was 
thought  necessary,  and  to  such  persons  chiefly  whose  names  are  still  pei-petuated  in  the  ancient 
county  of  Albany.  It  should  be  remembered,  however,  that  many  of  the  persons  named  in  this 
volume  never  obtained  a  permanent  foothold  here.  The  little  hamlet  of  Beverwyk  for  fifty  years 
or  more,  was  mainly  a  trading  station  ;  the  resort  of  adventurers  from  New  Amsterdam  and 
Fatherland,  particularly  at  the  business  season  (June,  July,  and  August).  For  convenience  and 
to  obtain  the  burger's  rights  in  trade  they  purchased  houses  and  lots.  This  trading  community 
•was  changeable,  some  departing,  and  others  arriving  to  take  their  places.  After  the  conquest 
by  the  English,  in  1664,  many  of  this  transient  population  retired,  and  immigration  from  Holland 
soon  ceased.  ,      ,   , 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  following  conveyances  are  for  lots  m  Beverwyk,  or  for  lands  beyond 
the  limits  of  Rensselaerswyk ;  in  Schenectady,  Kinderhook,  Claverack,  Coxsackie.  Catskill,  etc. 
The  reason  for  this  limitation  is  found,  of  course,  in  the  fact  that  the  manor  lands  were  under  a 
different  jurisdiction,  leases  and  conveyances  being  made  by  and  before  the  patroon  and  his 
court.  The  identification  of  the  village  lots,  here  described,  is  rendered  nearly  impossible  by 
the  brevity  and  vagueness  of  the  descriptions,  the  streets  and  lanes  being  without  names.  A 
few  lots  have  been  located,  others  may  be,  perhaps,  by  a  long  and  patient  examination  and  com- 
parison. 

The  first  settlement  at  Albany  was  clustered  around  Fort  Orange,  near  the  foot  of  Lydius 
street ;  for  two  reasons  this  was  soon  changed  to  higher  ground  farther  north,  along  the  present 
Broadway,*  first  to  avoid  high  water,  and  secondly  to  give  space  around  the  fort  for  free  range 
of  the  guns.t  The  old  church  near  the  fort  was  used  till  1656,  when  another  was  erected  in  the 
street  at  the  junction  of  State  street  and  Broadway,  which  made  it  necessary  to  lay  out  these 
streets  of  unusual  width.  Broadway,  however,  as  it  approached  the  north  gate  and  main  guard 
at  Steuben  street,  was  reduced  to  a  mere  cart  path,  and  hence  called  the  Fuyck,t  a  name  very 
commonly  applied  to  the  village  instead  of  Beverwyk.  It  will  be  seen  therefore,  that  Fort 
Orange  and  Beverwyk,  though  often  confounded,  were  two  distinct  localities. 

Some  years  after  the  surrender  of  the  province  to  the  English,  another  fort  called  Fort  Albany, 
was  built  at  the  head  of  State  street  opposite  the  present  Lodge  street,  and  the  old  fort  was 
abandoned.!  The  lands  in  the  vicinity  of  Fort  Orange,  as  the  conveyences  of  a  later  date  show, 
were  mainly  divided  up  into  gardens,  whilst  the  house  lots,  for  safety,  were  mostly  located 
within  the  palisades,  which  then  ran  from  the  river  up  Hudson  and  Steuben  streets,  curving 
north  and  south  so  as  to  join  the  new  fort  at  the  head  of  State  street.  Lots  fronting  on  any 
street  west  of  Broadway,  the  highest  being  Berg,  now  Chapel  street,  were  said  to  be  "  on  the 
hill."  The  contracted  space  within  which  the  village  was  crowded  led  to  a  very  minute  division 
of  land  in  the  best  streets,  and  lots  only  fifteen  to  twenty  feet  wide,  and  of  corresponding  depth 
were  quite  common. 

At  the  period  of  these  records  most  of  the  dwelhngs  were  built  on  four  streets,  viz  :  Broadway 
from  Hudson  to  Steuben  ;  State  from  Broadway  to  Chapel ;  North  Pearl  to  Steuben,  and  Chapel 
from  State  to  the  palisades  which  crossed  this  street  about  half  way  between  Maiden  lane  and 
Steuben  street ;  Beaver,  Norton,  State  between  Broadway  and  the  river  called  Staats's  alley,  Ex- 
change and  Steuben  which  extended  only  from  Broadway  to  North  Pearl  street  contained  but 
few  dwellings ;  Hudson  fiom  Broadway  to  Green  being  simply  the  rondivegh,  and  James  street 
a  mere  alley  had  no  dwellings. 

A  word  may  be  allowed,  perhaps,  in  relation  to  this  translation  ;  it  is  not  claimed  to  be  ele- 
gant English,  indeed,  the  original  could  hardly  admit  of  such,  unless  a  mere  paraphrase,  in- 
stead of  a  tolerably  literal  rendering,  were  made  of  it.  The  translator  was  forced  to  contend  with 
a  handwriting  in  many  places  almost  illegible,  with  much  bad  spelling,  bad  grammar  and  obso- 
lete phrases  and  law  terms.  A  proper  consideration,  therefore,  it  is  hoped,  will  be  made  of  all 
these  difliculties  in  judging  of  this  performance. 

Whenever  additions  have  been  made  they  will  in  general  be  found  enclosed  in  brackets  [  ], 
except  the  notes  which  have  been  made  brief  either  for  want  of  information,  or  because  they 
were  thought  sulHcient  for  the  elucidation  of  the  text.  In  annotating  this  volume  the  transla- 
tor desires  specially  to  acknowledge  his  indebtedness  to  the  historical  writings  of  Dr.  E.  B. 
O'Callaghan  and  to  the  Annals  of  Albany  compiled  and  published  by  Mr.  Munsell. 

*  A  great  part  of  Fort  Orange,  was  washed  away  in  IBfiH,  by  liigh  water,  and  application  was  made  to  Governor 
Stuyvesaut,  for  assistance  in  rebuilding  \t.—Dr.eds,  ii,  12H. 

t  All  grants  for  lands  within  fiOO  paces  of  the  fort  were  annulled  in  1652,  by  the  governor  and  council.— i)M«cA 
Man-nscripts,  v,  6,  25. 

i:  Albany  "was  formerly  named  the  Fuyck,  on  account  of  two  rows  of  houses  standing  there  opposite  to  each 
other;  which  being  wide  enough  apart  in  the  beginning  finally  ran  quite  together  hke  a  Fuyck,"  i.  e.,  hoopnet.— 
Dankers  and  Sluyter's  Journal,  p.  31H.  It  is  believed  that  no  street  in  Beverwyk,  would  answer  to  this  description 
except  Broadway,  between  State  and  Steuben  streets,  afterwards  called  Handelaer  street. 

%ln  IBeo,  when  Dankers  and  Sluyter  revisited  the  village  the  old  fort  was  still  standing;  it  had  not  then  been  long 
enough  abandoned  for  the  palisades  to  fall  away  by  decay. — Dankers  and  Sluyter^s  Journal,  p.  3'20. 


ALBANY    COUNTY    RECORDS 


Appeared  before  me  Johannes  De  La  Montagne,i  in  the  service  of  the 
Privileged  West  India  Company,  Clerk  and  Vice  Director  at  Fort  Orange 
and  the  village  of  Beverwyck  in  the  presence  of  Messrs.  Rut  Jacobsen"^ 
[Van  Schoenderwoert]  and  Andries  Herbertsen-^  [Constapel,  Vander 
Blaas],  Commissaries'  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Thomas  Jansen  Miugael, 
who  declared  that  he  had  transferred,  as,  by  these  presents,  he  does  trans- 
fer and  grant,  in  true,  actual,  and  permanent  possession,  to  the  behoof  of 
Jan  Roeloifsen  [De  Groyer],  his  heirs,  or  whomsoever  may  receive  title  or 
action  from  him,  the  full  half  of  a  house  and  lot,  lying  in  the  village  of 
Beverwyck  in  New  Netherland,  with  all  permanent  fixtures,'^  bounded 
south  by  the  street,  north  by  the  lot  of  Marcelus  Janssen  [Van  Bommel], 
east  by  a  cross  street  and  west  by  the  hill,  according  to  the  patent  given 
by  the  Honorable  Director  General  and  Council  of  New  Netherland,  of 
date  24th  March,  1654,  to  the  aforesaid  Jan  Roeloffsen,'^  including  the 
half  of  the  aforesaid  house,  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  ten  whole 
merchantable  beavers'  [skins],  which  number  of  beavers  the  before  men- 
tioned Jan  RoeloflFsen  promises  to  pay  in  specie,  without  delay,  on  the 
four  and  twentieth  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand 
six  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  for  the  payment  of  the  same,  pledging  his 
person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  without  any  exception ;  the  said 
Tliomas  Janssen  Mingael  promising  to  free  the  said  part  of  the  aforesaid 
house  and  lot  from  all  seizures,  demands  or  claims  that  he  or  any  other 
person  may  have  upon  said  house  and  lot,  renouncing  all  rights,  laws, 
or  customs,  repugnant  to  his  real  interest,  and  henceforth  putting  the 
aforesaid  Jan  RoeloflFsen  in  full  possession  of  said  house  and  lot  under  a 
pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable,  presentaud  future. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  in  presence  of  Claas  Heuderickse'^ 

1  Johannes  Le  Montagne  sncceecled  Johannes  De  Decker,  as  vice  director  and  deputy  at  Fort 
Orange,  28th  Sept.,  1656.  Johannes  Provoost  was  secretary,  and  Ludovicus  Cohbes  court  mes- 
senger.   See  p.  9,  note. 

2  Riitgor  Jacobsen  Van  Schoenderwoert,  alias  Rut  Van  Woert,  married  Tryntje  Jansen  Van 
Bristede  of  New  Amsterdam,  .3d  June,  1646,  and  had  two  daughters  and  one  son,  viz  :  Margaret 
who  married  Jan  Jause  Bleecker,  Engel  baptized  in  New  Amsterdam,  10th  April,  1650,  and 
Eyckert  Rutgeraen.(?) 

3  Andries  Herbertsen,  constapel  (gunner),  was  at  Fort  Orange  as  early  as  1654  ;  1662  he  killed 
Seger  Cornelisse  in  self-defense,  and  his  wife  petitions  in  his  favor;  in  1662  he  was  deceased. 

•»  Kommlssaris.  commissioner  or  magistrate. 

5  Alles  luatter  in  is  aert  en  nagel  vast ;  i.  e.,  all  that  is  made  fast  by  earth  and  nail,  as  for  in- 
stance the  fence,  and  outhouses,  and  all  permanent  fixtures  belonging  to  tlie  house. 

s  Jan  Roeloffse  De  Goyer,  perhaps  son  of  Roeloft'  Janse  and  Anneke  Janse,  was  one  of  the 
early  settler^;  of  Sohonrc'tady  where  he  was  killed  Feb.  9,  1690.  in  the  destruction  of  that  place 
by  the  French  and  Imlians.  In  1670  he  accidentally  killed  Gerrit  Verbeek  in  Albany,  but  on 
trial  was  aiiiniitcd,  a-nl  pardoned  by  Gov.  Lovelace. 

7  Abeavor  ~kiu  at  iliis  time  was  worth  8  to  10  guilders,  or  $.3..50  to  $4.    See  p.  13. 

sRiaas  Hciidrikse  Van  S.  was  brother  of  Guert  Hendrikse  V.  S.,  from  whom  the  families  of 
this  namj  in  the  vicinity  of  Albany  have  descended.  Klaas  had  a  patent  for  a  lot  in  Beverwyck 
in  1657  ;  he  died  about  1661,  when  his  widow  Neeltie  Frederickse  married  Willem  Janse 
Slyckoten. 

ILSf.  Coll.  Hi  1 


2  Albany  County  Records. 

[Van  Schooulioveii]  and    Cornelis  Teunisse   [Bos]   called  as  witnesses 
thereto. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  this  16th  Oct.,  1656. 
As  witnesses.  Thomes  Jansen  Mingael.i 

Claes  Hendrycksen. 
Cornelis  Thonisen  Bos.~ 
Rutger  Javohsen. 
Andries  Hcrherts. 
Acknowledoed  before  me, 


sTouUfrt^^^^^ 


Appeared  before  me  Johannes  De  La  Montagne  Clerk  at  Fort  Orange 
and  village  {dorp)  Beverwyck,  in  the  service  of  the  Privileged  West 
India  Company,  the  Hon.  Pieter  Hartgers'  and  Jan  Tornassen  [Mingael], 
who  constituted  themselves,  as,  by  these  presents,  they  do  constitute  them- 
selves, sureties  and  principals,  for  the  payment  of  the  one  hundred  and 
ten  whole  beavers,  mentioned  in  the  above  written  conveyance;  the  same 
to  pay  without  delay,  for  the  person  of  Jan  Roelofl'se  to  Thomas  Janssen 
Mingael,  on  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  September,  one  thousand  six 
hundred  and  fifty-seven,  under  a  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estate, 
movable  and  immovable,  renouncing  all  reservations  which  might  militate 
against  their  intent. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  16th  of  Oct.,  1656.  Present 
Henderick  Joehimse  and  Jan  Clute. 

As  witnesses.  Jan  Tomas. 

Hendrick  Jocliemse. 
Johannes  CluteA  La   Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the  Privi- 
ledged  West  India  Company,  Vice  Director,  and  Deputy  -^  of  Fort 
Orange  and  the  appendances  of  the  same,  the  Honorable  Rutger  Jacob- 
sen,  inhabitant  of  the  village  of  Beverwyck  in  New  Nefherland,  who,  in 
the  presence  of  Messrs.  Andries  Herbertsen  and  Gosen  Gerritsen  [Van 
Schaick],'  commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  hus  acknowledged,  as  by 

1  Tbomas  JaBse  Minsiael's  wife  was  Maritie  Abrahamse,  danghter  of  Abraham  Pieterse  Vos-' 
bure;.  They  had  one  son,  Capt.  Johannes  Thomase  M.,  who  lived  on  north  corner  of  James 
street  and  Maiden  lane,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  15th  April,  1731.  T.  J.  M.  was  not  living  in 
1662. 

-  Cornelis  Teunise  Bos  was  much  given  to  gossip  and  backbiting  :  on  the  tth  March,  1657,  he 
and  his  wife  were  accused  of  slander  by  Do.  Schaets.  On  the  8th  July,  1658,  complaints  were 
made  that  he  had  defamed  the  court,  and  on  the  28th  Oct.,  1659,  he  was  fined  1,200  guilders  and 
banished  for  12  years  lor  the  same  otieuse,  and  the  next  year  he  was  again  arraigned  before  the 
court  for  a  similar  ofl'ense  against  Wm.  Teller.— 7>w<c/i  Manuscripts. 

3  Pieter  Hartgers  Van  Vee  came  over  in  164.3  and  first  settled  in  Port  Orange  as  commissary 
1654,  died  in  Holland  1670.  He  married  Sytje  Koeloffse,  daughter  of  Anueke  Jause,  by  whom  he 
had  two  daughters:  Jannetie  and  Rachel. —  V Callaghan' s  History  of  New  Netherland.,  i,  441. 

•>  Johannes  Clute  was  from  Nuremburg  ;  he  was  commonly  called  captain,  and  was  held  in 
esteem  by  the  Mohawks.  He  was  a  trader  and  large  land-holder  in  Loouenburg,  Niskayuna 
and  Albany.  Alter  his  death,  about  1684,  his  nephew  Johannes  Clute  inherited  his  property. 
From  the  latter  and  from  Frederic  Clute  (his  brother?)  have  descended  the  families  of  this  name 
in  the  vicinity  ot  Albany. 

^  Iwmmies,  deputy  or  clerk. 

«  Ciipt.  Gozen  Gerritse  Van  S.,  brewer,  is  said  to  have  married  first,  Geertie,  daughter  of 
Brandt  Peelen  Van  Nieukerke  ;  and  second,  Ainiatie  Lieveus  2d  July,  1657.  He  had  three  sons: 
Gerrit,  Anthony  and  Sybrant,  and  three  (laiiiililei's  :  Geertruy,  Gerritie  and  Margaret.  He  and 
Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler  had  permission  to  purchase  the  Half  Moon,  now  Waterford,  of  the 
Indians,  to  prevent  "  those  of  Connecticut "  purchasing  it. 


Albany  County  Records.  3 

these  presents,  he  does  acknowledge,  that  he  is  honestly  indebted  to  the 
Honorable  Johannes  Withurt,  merchant,  dwelling  in  the  city  of  Amster- 
dam in  New  Netherland,  in  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  and  twenty  eight 
Carolus  guilders,'  growing  out  of  the  delivery  to  him  of  certain  bills  of 
goods  {cargo  soonen)  and  merchandise  by  the  said  Johannes  Withart,  to 
his  contenf,  which  sum  he  promises  to  pay  without  any  vacillation,  in 
good  whole  winter  beavers  on  the  last  day  of  June,  in  the  year  1657, 
under  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable,  present 
and  future,  especially,  both  of  his  houses  and  lots  in  the  aforesiid  village 
ofBeverwyek,  and  another  lying  in  said  city  of  Amsterdam;  submitting 
himself  and  his  estate  to  all  courts  and  justices,  for  the  payment  of  the 
above  mentioned  sum,  without  taking  shift  or  subterfuge  in  any  laws  or 
customs,  which  might  militate  against  the  same. 

In  witness  of  the  truth  whereof  he  has  signed  these  presents,  with  his 
own  hand,  in  Fort  Orange,  this  day  17th  of  Oct.,  1656. 

Andries  Herberts.  Rutger  Jacobsen. 

The  mark  of  -(-    Gosen  Gerritse. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  De  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the 
Privileged  West  India  Company,  Vice  Director  and  Deputy  of  Fort 
Orange  and  appendances  of  the  same,  Femmetie  De  Baxter,  who  in  the 
presence  of  the  Honorable  Andries  Herbertsen  and  Rut  Jacobsen,  com- 
missaries of  the  same  jurisdiction,  has  acknowledged,  as  she,  by  these 
presents  does  acknowledge,  that  she  is  honestly  indebted  to  the  Honorable 
Groose-  G-erritse,  inhabitant  of  the  village  of  Beverwyck  in  New  Nether- 
land, in  the  sum  of  ninety-six  Carolus  guilders,-'  which  she  promises  to 
pay  in  the  month  of  April,  in  the  year  one  thousand  six  hundred  and 
fifty-seven,  under  a  pledge  of  all  her  estate  movable  and  immovable, 
present  and  future,  especially  her  house  situated  in  the  aforementioned 
village,  submitting  herself  to  all  laws  and  justices  for  the  full  payment  of 
said  sum ;  renouncing  all  laws,  statutes,  and  customs  which  have  been 
made  in  ftivor  of  woman. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  [whereof]  she  has  with  her  own  hand 
signed  these  presents.     Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  17th,  Oct.,  1656. 

This  is  the  mark  of -j-  Femmetie  Baxter. 
Rutger  Jacobsen. 
Andries  Herbertsen. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  in  Fort  Orange. 

Upon  this  21st  day  of  October,  1656,  appeared  before  me  Johannes 
De  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the  Privileged  West  India  Company, 


'  The  guilder  was  worth  about  40  cents. 

2  It  is  not  uncommon,  in  the  provinces  of  Holland  where  the  language  is  spoken  with  the 
greatest  purity,  that  the  n  is  omitted  in  the  pronunciation  of  words  terminating  in  that  letter, 
as  will  be  found  all  th'ough  this  work.  Hence  this  name  Gozen  is  frequentl}'  written  Goose,  the 
pronunciation  of  which  is  Go-ze  or  Hose. 

3  Specie  was  scarce  in  the  province  at  this  time,  and  as  paper  money  had  not  come  into  use, 
beaver  skins  and  wampum  or  sevvant  became  the  currenc.y  of  the  people.  A  guilder  beaver 
was  worth  about  40ct8,  whereas  a  guilder  sewant  was  worth  but  one-third  of  that  sum.  "  A 
gpod  merchantable  beaver  skin,"  usually  sold  for  $3.20  to  $4. 


4  Albany  County  Records. 

Deputy  in  Fort  Orange  and  tlie  appeudances  of  the  same,  in  the  presence 
of  the  afternamed  witnesses;  Dirrick  Bensick,'  inhabitant  and  burgess 
of  the  village  of  Beverwyck  in  New  Netherland,  who  has  declared,  that 
to  procure  the  payment  of  certain  moneys  to  him  belonging,  by  testament, 
consequent  upon  the  decease  of  one  Jurriaen  Baxban,  late  provost  at  St. 
Casteel  De  Mina,  in  Cluinea,  and  from  one  Nicholaes  Twie,  soldier,  deceased 
in  the  year  1648,  on  the  ship  Thoif  of  Zeeland  :  Power  of  attorney  was  given 
to  Roeloflf  Gerritse,  crane  master,  at  Groeningen,  in  virtue  of  the  same  to 
demand  and  receive  the  payment  of  said  moneys  from  the  Honorable  the 
Directors  of  the  Privileged  West  India  Company,  of  the  Chamber  of 
Groeningen,  for  the  receipt  of  which,  he  [Bensick]  gave  another  warrant  to 
Tryntie  Van  Rechteren,  his  mother-in-law,  to  demand  of  the  said  Roeloff 
Gerritse,  an  account  of  the  residue  of  the  same,  and  since  the  aforesaid 
Tryntie  Van  Rechteren  died  without  having  given  intelligence  of  what  she 
had  done  in  the  matter,  the  aforesaid  principal  Ij'omjKirant]  gave  another 
warrant  to  Frans  Pieterse  Klau,  carpenter,  to  demand  of  the  above  named 
Roeloff  Gerritse  a  restitution  of  the  moneys,  and  an  accounting  for  the 
remainder,  in  case  he  had  received  such  moneys,  or  if  not,  to  demand  and 
receive  said  moneys  from  the  Directors  of  the  Privileged  West  India 
Company  at  the  chamber  of  Groeningen  ;  but  since  the  aforesaid  Frans 
Pieterse  Klau,'-  of  this  country,  has  fallen  sick,  and  not  knowing  the  event 
of  his  sickness :  for  the  greater  security  in  his  case,  and  in  the  event  of 
his  disease,  the  aforementioned  (principal),  Dirck  Bensick,  has  constituted, 
and,  by  these  presents,  does  constitute  the  Honorable  Johannes  Withart, 
merchant,  at  present  dwelling  in  Amsterdam  in  New  Netherland, 
attorney,  in  his  name  and  for  his  benefit  to"  demand  of  the  above  named 
Roelofi'  Gerritse,  or  from  his  heirs,  and  those  holding  title  from  him,  the 
restitution  of  the  above  mentioned  moneys,  or  an  accounting  for  the 
remainder  of  the  same,  in  case  he  has  received  them,  or  in  case  he  has 
not  received  them,  to  demand  the  same  of  the  Directors  of  the  Privi- 
leged West  India  Company.  Also  to  demand  of  Christoffel  Cornelise  Bui, 
citizen  of  Amsterdam,  husband  of  Tryntie  Van  Rechteren,  his  mother-in- 
law,  the  will  and  certain  other  letters  belonging  thereto,  which  will  and 
other  papers  relating  to  the  same,  he,  the  principal,  delivered  into  the 
hands  of  his  said  mother-in-law,  Tryntie  Van  Rechteren  ;  likewise  to 
present  his  claim  to  said  Christoffel  Cornelise  Bui  and  his  wife  as  coheirs, 
or  in  case  of  refusal,  to  take  proceedings  for  the  division  and  partition  of 
the  estate  and  goods  left  by  Tamson  Berck,  late  husband  of  Tryntie  Van 
Rechteren,  father  and  mother  of  Catrina  Berck,  wife  of  this  principal  ; 
the  respective  portions  and  parts  to  receive  ;  of  the  same  quittance  to 
give  ;  or  in  case  of  refusal  of  payment  to  proceed  according  to  law.  Like- 
wise to  claim,  demand,  and  receive  of  William  and  Hendrick  Berck,  his 
wife's  brothers,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  forty  Carolus  guilders, 
according  to  their  obligation,  whereof  an  authentic  copy  is  hereto  annexed  ; 
moreover  to  receive  certain  fifty  guilders  due  [?  ]  on  the  demise  of  one 
Altien  Berck,  his  wife's  aunt,  who  died  at  Ringborck  [?  ]  ;  and  generally 
to  receive  whatever  he,  the  principal,  has  outstanding  in  fatherland  {Pa- 
tria)  —  quittance  for  his  receipts  to  give,  full  discharge  to  grant ;  in  case 

■Dirk  B-'iisinj-  i Dr  Bensen )  was  docoased  in  1060,  when  his  wife  Catalyn  Bercx  is  called 
widdw.      /'.-/.   u. 

-Fiaii>  l'h-ui>.>  Klauw  settled  iu  Kiiiderhook.  He  had  two  sous,  Heudrik  and  Jurriaan  (and 
perhaps  ot  Ik  i-  eh  ildren),  who  lived  iu  the  same  place,  and  had  families. 


Albany  County  Records.  5 

of  refusal  the  unwilling  to  constrain  to  payment  according  to  law  ;  all 
terms  of  courts  as  well  substantial  as  accidental  to  keep;  to  look  after  all 
suits  against  all  persons  with  power  of  substitution  in  common  form ;  in 
courts  to  conclude  suits;  submitting  to  composition  and  agreement; 
sentence  and  determination  to  follow  up;  if  beneficial  to  yield,  "or  put  to 
execution  :  or  in  case  of  loss  of  suit  to  appeal ;  and  do  in  the  aforesaid 
matters  all  that  his  judgment  shall  find  good,  as  he,  the  principal,  if 
present,  might  or  could  do,  if  so  be  that  any  precept  more  especial  than 
above  written  demands ;  promising  to  hold  as  good  and  true  all  that  shall 
be  done  and  transacted  by  the  attorney  or  his  substitute  ;  under  a  pledge 
of  his  person  and  estate,  present  and  future,  without  exception,  submit- 
ting the  same  to  all  courts  and  judges,  provided  that  the  attorney  shall 
be  held  to  act  properly  with  the  receipts,  and  proper  accountings  of  the 
remainder  to  exhibit,  under  a  like  pledge  as  above  mentioned. 

Done  in  said  Fort  Orange  in  New  Netherland,  in  the  presence  of  Johan- 
nes Provoost,!  Lambert  Van  Valkenburgh,  and  Jan  Clute,  as  witnesses 
thereto  called.  The  mark  of  -f  Derick  Bensick. 

The  mark  of  -\-  L.    Van  Valkenburgh. 
Johannes  Clute. 
Johannes  Provoost. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

On  the  25th  of  October,  A.  D.  1656,  appeared  before  me  Johannes  La 
Montagne,  etc.,  Claes  Henderickse  [Van  Schoonhoven],  who  declared  that 
he  had  granted,  as,  by  these  presents,  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real 
and  actual  possession,  for  the  behoof  of  Harmen  Jacobsen  [Bambus?],  and 
Dirck  Bensick,  burgesses  and  inhabitants  of  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  for 
their  heirs  and  successors,  a  certain  house  and  lot  situate  in  the  village  of 
lieverwyck,  as  it  lies  in  fence,  and  as  it  at  present  is  occupied  by  Jan 
Tomassen,  except  thirty  wood  feet  -  on  the  north  side  of  the  same  in  front 
and  rear,  together  with  the  buildings,  which  stand  upon  said  lot  of  thirty 
feet;  for  the  number  of  two  hundred  and  fifty-one  whole  merchantable 
beavers,  which  said  number,  said  buyers  shall  pay,  without  delay  in  the 
month  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  to  wit,  the  half  of  said  number;  and 
the  other  half  in  the  month  of  July,  A.  D.  1658,  the  following  year, 
under  a  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  fast  and  movable,  present  and 
future,  subject  to  all  courts  and  judges,  the  seller  promising  to  set  said 
house  and  lot  free  from  all  demands,  seizures  or  other  claims,  which  may 
be  upon  said  house  and  lot,  renouncing  under  the  above  mentioned  pledge, 
all  exceptions,  laws,  and  customs,  which  might  be  prejudicial  to  the  same, 
which  freeing  of  said  house  and  lot  [from  incumbrances]  the  seller  stands 
obligated  to  accomplish  by  May  next,  A.  D.  1657. 

1  Johannes  Provoost  was  town  clerk  and  nolarv  puhlic  at  Albany  frmn  1056  to  1675.  Sth  Sept., 
169.3,  he  was  lately  deceased.  He  had  three  wives,  of  whom  the  second  was  Sarah  Webber, 
widow  of  L.  Vander  Spiegle,  married  '2M\  .Tune,  H;s5,  :iiiil  deceased  Dec.  2.3,  1085  ;  and  the 
third  was  Anna,  widow  of  Dr.  Van  Nieuwenhuysen,  married  lyth  July,  1687.  The  only  child 
bai)tized  ill  Alliaiiy  was  Isaacson  of  his  first  wife,  baptized  23d  Sept.,  1683. 

-  'I'heie  w  di'  two  kinds  of  foot  used  by  the  Dutch  in  this  province.  The  hotit  or  wood  foot, 
eciual  to  11.15  inches  English,  was  commonly  employed  for  all  short  measurements,  and  where 
simply  the  wold  loot  is  found  in  writings  this  kind  is  intended.  The  Rhynland  foot,  equal  to 
12.36  in.  English,  was  used  in  long  measurements  such  as  land.  When  the  rod  was  used  it  was 
always  the  Ehynland  rod,  consisting  of  12  Rhynland  feet. 


6  Albany  County  Records. 

Done  at  the  above  date  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  in  the  presence  of 
Henderick  Jochemsen  and  Frans  Baventsen  [I*astoor],  witnesses  for  that 
purpose  called. 

Claes  Hendrycksen. 
Harmen  Jacobse. 

This  is  the  mark  -f-  of  DiRCK  Bensinck. 
Hendreck  Jochemsen,^  as  witness. 
Frans  Barentse  Pasfoor,  as  ivitness. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

And  at  the  same  time  and  before  me,  the  aforesaid  deputy,  appeared 
Kem  Janssen  [Smit],  and  Henderick  Andriese  Van  Doesborch,  citizens 
of  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  and  constituted  themselves  sureties  and 
principals  (hurgen  en  principalen),  for  the  above  mentioned  number  of 
two  hundred  and  fifty-one  whole  merchantable  beavers,  for  the  full  pay- 
ment of  the  same,  under  a  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  fast  and 
movable,  present  and  future,  subject  to  all  laws  and  judges. 
Present,  Henderick  Joehemse  and  Frans  Barentse  [Pastoor]. 

Kem  Janssen. 
Hendryck  Aendryessen.'- 
As  ivitness,  Hendrick  Joehemse. 
Freins  Beirentse  Pastoor,  as  witness. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the 
Privileged  West  India  Company,  deputy  at  Fort  Orange,  and  the  append- 
ances  of  the  same.  Rem  Janssen  [Sunt],  citizen  of  the  village  of  Bever- 
wyck in  New  Netherland,  and  in  the  presence  of  Messrs.  Ruth  Jacobsen 
[Van  Schoenderwoert],  and  Andries  Herbertsen  [Constapel,  Van  der 
Blaas],  commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  declared  that  he  had 
granted  and  conveyed,  as,  by  these  presents,  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in 
real  and  actual  possession,  for  the  behoof  of  Hendrick  Gerritse'  [Van  Wie, 
or  Verwey  (?)],  his  heirs  or  assigns  (^die  van  hem  ree/ht  hebhen  sullen')  ; 
a  certain  lot  for  a  house,  lying  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  bounded 
south  by  Adrian  Janssen  De  Vries,  north  by  Hage  Bruyns,  west  and 
east  by  the  wagon  road  ;  breadth  five  rods,^  length,  seven  rods  and  a  half, 
in  a  square;  according  to  the  patent  to  the  grantor,  given  by  the  Honor- 
able Director  General  and  Council  of  New  Netherland,  on  the  25th  of 
Oct.,  1653,  which   lot  the  aforesaid  grantor,  to  the  aforesaid   Henderick 


1  Hendrik  Joehemse  was  lieutenant  of  the  Burger  Company  in  1658.—  Dutch  Manuscripts. 

2  Henclrik  Andriese  Van  Doesburgh  was  in  Beverwyck  as  early  as  1G53,  but  was  deceased  in 
1664.  His  wife  was  Maritie  Damens,  widow  of  Dirk  Van  Eps  ;  by  her  he  had  one  daughter 
Jannetie,  who  married  Martiiius  Cregier,  son  of  Capt.  Martinus  C.  of  New  Amsterdam,  and 
settled  at  Niskayuna,  where  their  descendants  may  still  be  found.  After  Hendrik  Audriese's 
death,  his  widow  married  in  1664  Cornells  Van  Nes. 

3  Frans  Barentse  Pastoor  had  been  a  magistrate  in  Beverwyck  at  least  two  .years  previous  to 
1657.  His  house  lot  was  ou  Broadway  next  north  of  Bleecker  Hall.  He  left  no  descendants 
here. 

"  Hendrik  Gerrltse  Van  Wye,  or  Verwey,  was  a  volunteer  in  the  expedition  against  Canada 
in  16'Jl,  and  was  desperately  wounded  at  La  I'raire ;  on  his  return  he  was  cared  for  at  ihe 
house  of  widow  Jacob  TyssiMi  Naiid.T  H.-ydeii.  It  is  v)resumed  that  he  did  not  long  survive. 
In  Kl'.tl  lie  uiiule  liis  will  ;  ;iiinni  iIih  liiuc  PickT  Srluiylor  petitioned  the  governor  aud  council 
for  his  relief.     Ilr  left  three  son-,  (.,-nii,  .l;iii,  and  Ueiulrik. 

s  The  Khyulaud  rod  consisted  of  i^  feet  Kliynlaud,  or  12.;j6  feet  English. 


AJhany  County  Records.  7 

Gerritse,  has  conveyed,  promising  said  lot  to  free  from  all  demands  and 
claims  that  may  be  made  against  the  same ;  by  these  presents,  renouncing 
all  laws,  statutes  and  customs  repugnant  to  this  conveyance  ;  under  a 
pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  fast  and  movable,  present  and  future, 
submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges,  for  the  maintenance  of  this 
present  conveyance. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  l(3th  Octob.,  A.  D.  1656.     Present  Johannes 
Provoost  and  Daniel  Verveelen,i  witnesses.         Rem  Janssen  [Smit]. 

Daniel  Verveelen^ 

Johannes  Provoost,  ivitness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Muntagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 


On  this  28th  of  October,  A.  D.  1656,  appeared  before  me  Johannes  La 
Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the  Privileged  West  India  Company, 
etc,  the  Honorable  Adriaen  Janssen  Van  Ulpendam,  burgess  and  citi- 
zen of  said  village,  and  in  the  presence  of  Messrs.  Piuth  Jacobsen  and 
Andries  Herbertsen,  commissaries,  etc.,  declared  that  he  had  granted 
and  conveyed,  and,  by  these  presents,  does  grant  and  convey,  in  actual 
and  real  possession,  for  the  behoof  of  Adriaen  Gerritsen-  [Papendorp], 
fellow  burgess  and  citizen  of  the  same  village,  his  heirs  or  assigns,  a 
certain  house  and  lot  in  said  village  of  Beverwyck,  bounded  on  the 
south  side  by  the  public  road,  on  the  north  by  Pieter  Loockermans,  on 
the  west  by  Gerrit  Janssen,  on  the  east  by  Ruth  Areutseu  [Schoemaecker], 
according  to  patent  to  said  Adriaen  Van  Ulpendam,  granted  by  the 
Director  General  and  Council  of  New  Netherland,  the  25th  of  October, 
A.  D.  1653  (excepting  froai  said  lot  a  parcel  of  about  three  feet  on  the 
street,  being  a  corner  (Tioecke)  on  the  east  side  of  said  house,  which 
corner  the  said  Adriaen  Van  Ulpendam,  heretofore,  has  conveyed  to  Rem 
Janssen  [Smit]  ;  for  the  sum  of  eighteen  hundred  Carolus  guilders,  which 
the  grantor  acknowledges  he  has  received,  and  is  content  and  satisfied; 
together  with  a  certain  garden  entitled  number  five  in  said  patent,  for 
which  garden  said  Adriaen  Van  Ulpendam,  acknowledges  he  has  received 
satisfaction,  acquitting  said  Adriaen  Gerritse  of  said  sum:  which  house, 
lot,  and  garden  the  grantor  promises  to  set  free  from  all  demands  and 
claims,  renouncing  all  laws,  statutes  and  customs  repugnant  to  the  same, 
under  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  fast  and  movable,  present 
and  future,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges  for  the  perfecting 
of  his  promises. 

Done  in  Fore  Orange,  at  the  above  date. 

Rutyer  Jacobsen.  Adrtaen  Van  Ilpendam. 

Andries  Herbertsen. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 


1  In  1687  Daniel  Verveelen  petitioned  for  the  renewal  of  the  grant  of  the  ferry  at  Spyting 
Devil,  formerly  held  by  his  father,  Johannes  Verveelen. —  English  Mamiscripts,  xxxv,  135. 

2  Adrian  Gerritse  Papendorp  served  as  commissary  or  magistrate  several  years;  he  made  his 
will  in  16S8  and  speaks  of  his  wife  Jannatie  Croon,  bnt  not  of  children. 

3  Adrian  Janse  Van  Ulpendam  was  notary  public  in  Albany  for  a  time;  in  Jan.,  1674-5,  he 
said  he  was  56  years  d\A.— Notarial  Papers.  In  1686  he  committed  suicide  by  hanging.— 
Colonial  Manuscripts,  xxxiii,  42.    Jacobus  De  Beavois  was  his  uncle  and  h^iv.—  Deeds,  iv,  12. 


8  Albany  County  Records. 

Appeared  before  me  Johanues  La  Montague,  in  the  service  of  the 
Privileged  West  India  Company,  etc.,  Zacharias  Sickelsi  Van  Weenen, 
dwelling  at  Fort  Orange  and  in  the  presence  of  the  after  named  witnesses, 
who  has  appointed  and  empowered,  as,  by  these  presents,  he  does  appoint 
and  empower,  Adriaen  Sinionse,  in  the  appointer's  name  and  for  his  benefit 
to  demand  of  the  Honorable  Directors  of  the  West  India  Company  of  the 
Chamber  at  Amsterdam,  the  payment  of  such  moneys  as  are  due  to  him 
for  services  rendered  by  him  for  said  company,  on  the  island  of  Curagoa, 
as  appears  by  a  settlement  made  on  said  island,  and  jf  date  A.  D.  1G55,  and 
for  its  receipt  quittance  to  give  in  proper  form;  with  power  in  case 
necessity  requires  it,  to  substitute  one  or  more  persons  in  his  place,  for 
the  farthering  the  payment:  promising  to  hold  good  all  that  the  afore- 
said attorney  or  his  substitutes  shall  do  in  this  matter  (provided  that  the 
aforesaid  attorney  or  his  substitute,  shall  be  holden  to  render  an  accounting 
of  the  money  received  to  the  principal  or  his  attorney),  under  a  pledge 
of  his  person  and  estate,  fast  and  movable,  present  and  future,  submitting 
the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  this  4th  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1656,  in  presence 
of  Johannes  Provoost  and  Jan  Lambertse  [Van  Bremen]. 

Witness.  Sackaryst  Seckels. 

This  is  the  mark  of  -\-  Jan  Lamhertscn. 
Johannes  Provoost. 

La  Montagne,  L~)eputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  De  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the 
Privileged  West  India  Company,  etc.,  Hendrick  Gerritse  [Van  Wie,  or 
Verwey],  citizen  of  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  and  in  the  presence  of  Messrs. 
Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler],-  and  Jacob  [Janse]  Schermerhooren,-*  com- 
missaries, etc.,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  he 
does  grant  and  convey,  by  these  presents,  in  real  and  actual  possession, 
for  the  behoof  of  Pieter  Janse  Loockermans,^  his  heirs  or  assigns,  a  certain 
house  lot'  situate  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  bounded  on  the  south  by 
Adriaen  Janse  De  Vries,  north  by  Huge  Bruynsen,  east  and  west  on  the 
wagon  road, which  lot  is  five  rods  wide;  in  length  seven  and  a  half  rods, 
in  a  square,  according  to  the  patent  to  Rem  Janse  [Smit],  granted  by  the 
Honorable  Director  General  and  Council  of  New  Netherland,  on  the  23d 
of  Octob.,  1653,  of  which  lot  the  grantor  according  to  said  patent  received 
a  deed  from  said  Rem  Janse,  on  the  16th  Oct.  last,  and  said  grantor  promises 
said  lot  to  free  from  all  incumbrances,  claims  and  demands,  which  may 
come  against  the  same,  under  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable 
and  immovable,  present  and  future,  submitting  the  same  to  all  courts 
or  judges;    acknowledging   that   he   has    received   satisfaction  for    said 


1  Zacharias  Sikels  was  corporal  in  the  Company's  service  in  1658;  in  1661-2-3  he  was  the 
town's  herder  and  contracted  to  perlorm  this  duty  for  IS  guilders  each  beast  for  the  season.  In 
1689  he  was  ratel  watch  tor  the  town  ;  and  in  1693  he  removed  to  New  York. 

2  Col.  Philip  Pieterse  and  David  Pieterse  (Schuyler),  brothers,  early  settled  in  Albany.  The 
former  married  Margareta  Slichtenhorst,  22d  Dec,  1655,  at  the  age  of  22  years,  and  had  a  family 
often  children.    He  died  'tlh  of  March,  1683-4. 

3  Jacob  Janse  Schcniu'rhiinrcii  was  a  native  of  Waterland,  Holland  ;  he  early  settled  in  Bever- 
wyck as  a  trader,  and  accjuii'cd  a  large  estate  for  the  times,  which  he  left  to  his  nine  children. 
He  died  in  Schenectady  in  1688.  All  the  families  of  this  name  in  the  state  of  New  York  are 
believed  to  be  descended  from  him. 

*  Pieter  Janse  Lookermans  was  a  brother  of  Govert  L.  of  New  Amsterdam,  and  in  1658  was 
boatswain  in  the  West  India  Company's  service,— i>Mte/i  Manuscripts,  viii,  835. 
^  See  page  6. 


Albany   County  Records.  9 

lot,  and  acquitting  said  Pieter  Janse  Loockermans  of  the  payment  of  the 
same. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  16  Nov.,  1656. 

Hendrick  Gerritse, 
Jacob  Schermerhooren. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,^  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Jan  De  La  3Iontagne,  in  the  service  of  the  Privi- 
leged West  India  Company,  Vice  Director  and  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange,'^ 
and  village  of  Beverwyek,  in  the  presence  of  Messrs.  Rutger  Jacobs'e 
and  Philip  Pieterse,  commissaries,  etc.,  the  Honorable  Frans  Barentse 
Pastoor,  burgess  and  citizen  of  said  village  of  Beverwyek,  who  declared 
that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  he  does  grant  and  convey,  by  these 
presents,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  for  the  behoof  of  Michael  Jansen, 
citizen  of  the  city  of  Amsterdam  in  New  Netherland,  a  house  situated  at 
Fort  Orange,  the  place  which  was  granted  by  the  Honorable  Director 
General  and  Council  of  New  Netherland,  to  Jacob  Janse  Hap  [or  Stoll,] 
of  date  3d  July,  1649,  which  house  the  grantor,  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance 
to  him  made  by  the  said  Jacob  Janse  Hap,  occupies  according  to  the  tenor 
of  said  conveyance;  for  which  house  said  Michael  Janse  "[Van  Broec- 
huysen]  '^  shall  pay  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  guilders  in  good  strong 
seewant  (wampum),^  the  half  next  May,  A-  D.  1657,  and  the  other  hal^ 
in  May,  1658,  under  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  without  exceptions, 
which  house  said  grantor  promises  to  free  from  all  seizures,  claims  and 
demands,  which  may  be  made  upon  the  same,  under  pledge  of  his  person 
and  estate,  movable  and  immovable,  present  and  future,  submittino-  the 
same  to  all  laws  and  judges.  ^ 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  20th  of  November,  A.  D.  1656. 

Frans  Barentse  Pastoor. 

iJohanne^  La  Montague,  a  magistrate  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  under  the  Dutch  colonial  govern- 
ment, was  born  in  1592 ;  was  a  Huguenot  physician,  of  varied  acquirements,  and  came  to  New 
Netherland  in  1637  ;  in  163 S  was  appointed  one  of  the  council  under  Kieft ;  married  1  Rachd 
Monjour ;  2,  Agritta  Filhs,  18  Aug.,  1647  ;  1641  was  appointed  by  Kieft  to  command  an  Expedition 
consisting  of  hfty  men  in  two  yachts  to  Fort  Good  Hope,  now  Hartford,  on  the  Connecticut  river 
to  maintain  the  Dutch  rights  there  against  the  encroachments  of  the  English  ;  but  the  enterprise 
was  stayed  by  the  pressure  of  affairs  nearer  home;  1643  saved  the  life  of  Director  Kieft,  attacked 
by  Maryn  Adrmensen,  and  same  year  was  sent  to  Staten  island  with  three  companies  to  nut 
down  the  Indians,  from  which  he  returned  laden  with  the  spoils  of  several  hundred  bushels  of 
corn ;  1644  headed  an  expedition  against  the  Indians  of  Long  Island,  where  one  hundred  and 
twenty  savages  were  killed  ;  1645  accompanied  Kieft  on  his  first  voyage  to  1^  ort  Orange,  to  secure 
the  friendship  of  the  Mohawks,  on  which  occasion  he  conducted  an  analysis  of  the  war  paint  of 
the  natives,  and  discovered  gold  therein,  to  the  great  comfort  of  Kieft !  1647  was  retained  in  the 
council  by  Stuyvesant ;  1648  was  dispatched  to  the  South  river  to  secure  the  Dutch  acquisitions 
there,  which  was  successfully  done  ;  1652,  it  having  been  determined  to  establisii  a  school  in  the 
city  tavern,  he  was  ior  the  time  appointed  schoolmaster ;  1653  he  was  in  the  enjoyment  of  an 
income  ol  nearly  four  hundred  dollars  a  month  from  his  public  offices  ;  1656  on  the  retirement  of 
De  Decker  he  was  appointed  vice  director  at  Fort  Orange,  now  Albany;  1660  headed  a  detach- 
ment of  soldiers  to  discover  and  arrest  forestallers  (bosk-loopers,  bush  runners),  or  persons 
among  whom  were  some  of  the  magistrates  of  the  city,  who  went  out  to  intercept  the  Indians 
on  their  way  to  Fort  Orange  with  furs  with  a  view  to  make  advantageous  purchases  against  the 
regulations  of  trade  ;  1664  surrendered  Fort  Orange  to  the  English,  and  swore  allegiance  to  the 
new  dynasty.  His  bouwery  in  New  York  was  east  of  Eighth  avenue,  and  extended  from  9.3d 
street  north  to  Har  em  river,  containing  about  two  hundred  acres,  which  was  called  Vredendael 
mftml  of^NeuTrork  ^S^wtorj-  of  New  Netherland;  Documents  relating  to  the  Colonial 

•■'  Fort  Orange  was  situated  on  the  river  side  between  Denniston  and  Lydius  streets.      Gov 
f  "JC  Wf   .fiH  ^^  A-?/  *n  *"  ^"l^  India  Company  all  lands  within  600  paces  or  250  Rhvnland  rods 
of  the  fort,  and  in  16o2  al  grants  which  fell  within  that  space  were  annulled.     Dorp  Beverwyek 
Bituated  t )  the  north  of  the  fort,  fell  within  the  land  claimed  by  the  Van  Rensselaers 

3  Michael  Janse  \au  Bioethuyscn  came  over  to  Beverwyek  in  16.36,  as  a  servant,  with  his  wife 
^°-  £°Vd'"'5n-  Having  amassed  a  fortune  in  a  few  years  in  the  fur  trade,  he  removed  in  1646  to 
M&nhaiX&n.— 0'Callaghan;s  History  of  New  Netherland,  i^AZi^. 

i  A  guilder  sewant  was  one-third  of  the  guilder  beaver,  and  was  worth  about  13X  cents 

Hist.  Coll.  III.  2 


10  Albany   County  Records. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the  Privi- 
leged West  India  Company,  etc.,  Adrian  Janssen  [Appel]  Van  Leyden,' 
who  declared  that  he  had  appointed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  appoint 
and  empower,  Honorable  Arent  Van  Curler,  in  the  principal's  name  and 
in  his  behalf  to  cite  Marcelis  Janssen  [Van  Bommel,]  late  farmer  of  the 
tapster's  excise  of  beer  and  wine,  and  against  the  same  to  proceed  to  a 
decisive  sentence,  for  payment  for  loss  and  interest  on  an  anker  -  of 
brandy  wine  drawn  in  a  violent  manner  through  the  public  street,  by 
Marcelis  Janssen ;  from  said  sentence  to  appeal,  or  to  acquit  of  the  same; 
and  in  this  matter  to  represent  his  person  before  the  court  of  Fort 
Orange  and  village  of  Beverwyck;  promising  to  hold  good  all  that  the 
said  Curler  shall  do  in  this  matter,  under  a  pledge  of  his  person  and 
estate,  movable  and  immovable. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  Dec.  1st,  A.  D.  1656. 

Adrian  Jansse  Van  Leyden. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  JCohannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the  Gene- 
ral Privileged  West  India  Company,  etc.,  Jan  Bembo  Van  Lingen,'^ 
dwelling  in  the  colony  Rensselaerswyck,  who  in  the  presence  of  the  after 
named  witnesses,  appointed  and  empowered,  as  he,  by  these  presents, 
does  appoint  and  empower  the  Honorable  l^hilip  Pieterse  [Schuyler]  in 
the  principal's  name,  and  in  his  behalf,  to  demand  of  the  Honorable  Directors 
of  the  General  Privileged  West  India  Company,  at  the  Chamber  in  Amster- 
dam, or  of  the  Honorable  Director  here,  the  payment  of  such  moneys  as 
are  due  to  him,  for  service  by  him  performed  for  the  aforesaid  Company, 
in  New  Netherland  ;  according  to  an  accounting  to  this  principal  given, 
signed  by  Petrus  Stuyvesant  under  the  credit  side  and  by  Carel  Van 
Bruggen'  under  the  debit  side  and  quittance  to  give  for  the  receipts,  with 
power  to  substitute  one  or  two  [persons]  in  his  place  to  further  the  pay- 
ment of  the  aforesaid  accounting,  promising  to  hold  as  good  and  true  all 
that  the  attorney  shall  do  in  this  matter,  under  a  pledge  of  his  person 
and  estate,  present  and  future,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  in  presence  of  Johannes  Provoost,  and  Arent 
Vandeu  Berch,'^  5th  January,  1657. 

Jan  Bembo. 
Tliis  is  the  mark  of  -]-  Arent    Vanden  Berch,  as  witness. 
Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Frans  Barentse  Pastoor  intends  to  sell, 

1  Adrien  Jause  Appel  Vau  Leyden  was  an  innkeeper  ;  in  1654  he  received  a  patent  for  a  lot  at 
Beverwyck,  on  condition  that  the  house  to  be  erected  thereon  be  not  an  ordinary  tippling  house 
but  an  inn  lor  travelers.  He  removed  to  New  Amsterdam  and  petitioned  for  the  freedom  of  the 
city  in  1662.  He  married  Folkie  Pieterse,  widow  of  Pieter  Meese  Vrooman,  in  1685.—  Dutch 
Manuscripts  and  Valentine's  Manual. 

^An  anker  was  about  10  gallons  English. 

3  In  1658  Jan  Bembo  was  a  soldier  in  the  West  India  Company's  service.  He  was  at  Fort 
Orange  in  1656  and  1657. —  Dutch  Mam/scripts. 

"  Carel  Vau  Bruggen  was  provincial  secretary  at  New  Amsterdam,  and  died  at  Flushing,  L.  I., 
in  1682. —  C  Callaghan's  History  of  New  Netherland. 

s  Arent  Vanden  Berg  was  a  corporal  in  the  West  India  Company's  service  at  Fort  Orange  in 
1657. 


Albany   County  Records.  11 

to  the  highest  bidder,  at  a  public  sale,  his  house,  lot,  brewery  and 
garden,  as  they  are  at  present  occupied  and  possessed  by  him,  according 
to  the  patent  thereof.  First. —  The  house  and  brewery  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  seller,  as  they  stand,  to  wit,  permanent  fixtures  Qcterdt  en  nagel 
vast),  except  furniture  and  household  goods,  also  the  lot  and  garden,  as 
they  stand  within  their  fences,  according  to  the  patent,  with  the  horse 
stable  and  a  hogsty.  With  the  brewery,  shall  be  delivered  an  under- 
trough  (tmderback),  a  cooler,  (koolhach)^  a  brew  kettle,  a  wort  kettle 
(brut/pot),  a  wort  tub,  a  barrel  kettle  (?)  (vaetback),  and  twenty  stout 
half  barrels  and  beer  tubs  (bie?-  vlooten),  an  iron  vise  (?)  Qwerck  greef) 
a  little  kettle,  a  wooden  funnel,  a  neest  (?)  cloth,  a  brewer's  sling,  two 
gutters,  a  long  and  short  gutter,  and  a  scoop.  The  delivery  shall  take  place 
on  the  1st  day  of  May,  1657,  until  which  time  the  seller  keeps  posses- 
sion. Payment  shall  be  made  in  these  terms,  to  wit,  on  delivery  a  third 
part,  on  the  1st  of  August  next  coming  a  second,  and  the  third  on  the  1st 
of  May,  1658.  The  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  merchantable 
beavers,  or  by  exchange  on  Holland,  for  which  the  buyer  shall  be 
allowed  ten  per  centum  advance.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish 
two  sufficient  sureties  each  as  principals,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  seller. 
The  per  centage  {siidver  geldy  becomes  a  charge  upon  the  buyer.  With 
the  first  payment  a  proper  conveyance  shall  be  made  for  the  buyer,  and 
with  the  last  the  patent  shall  be  delivered.  If  the  buyer  cannot  produce 
sufficient  sureties  in  the  time  of  four  and  twenty  hours,  then  at  his  cost 
and  charge  it  shall  be  sold  again,  and  whatever  it  falls  short  the  buyer 
shall  be  held  to  make  good ;  but  if  it  becomes  of  greater  value  he  shall 
derive  no  benefit  therefrom.  On  this  11th  day  of  December,  A.  D. 
1657,  at  a  public  sale  of  the  house,  brewery  and  appurtenances  of  the 
same,  according  to  the  specifications  in  the  above  conditions,  the  highest 
bid  made  was  three  thousand  six  hundred  and  thirty  guilders,  and 
Hendrick  Andriessen  [Van  Doesburgh]  stood  the  buyer,  according  to  the 
conditions  above  narrated. 

Done  at  the  above  date,  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck ;  present  Jacob 
[Janse]  Schermerhooren  and  Lowies  Cobus  ;  and  was  subscribed  by  Hen- 
derick  [Andriessen]  Van  Doezborch,  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Lowius 
Cobus. - 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

At  the  same  time  appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  Deputy 
at  Fort  Orange,  etc..  Rem  Janssen  Smit  and  Dirck  Bensinck,  citizens  of 
the  aforesaid  village,  and  declared  that  they  had  constituted  themselves, 
as  by  these  presents  they  do  constitute  themselves  sureties,  each  as  prin- 
cipal, for  the  person  of  Henderick  Andriessen,  for  the  sum  of  three  thou- 
sand six  hundred  and  thirty  guilders,  upon  the  terms  of  payment,  and  in 
the  currency  specified  in  the  above  conditions,  under  a  pledge  of  their 
persons  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable,  present  and  futm-e,  submit- 


The  stuivei-  geiawa.9  an  arrangement  made  at  all  public  sales,  both  of  real  and  personal  property 
by  which  It  was  stipulated  that  the  buyer  should  pay  21  stuivers  to  the  guilder  on  the  amount 
ot  his  purchase,  the  odd  stuiver  being  the  auctioneer's  fees,  and  was  equivalent  to  2X  per  cent 

2  Ludoviciis  Cobes  was  the  tip  staflF  or  court  messenger  of  Beverwyck  in  1(556;  appointed 
notary  public  1673,  and  secretary  of  Schenectady  in  1677.  He  left  but  one  child,  a  dau<rhter  who 
married  Johannes  Kleyn  of  Schenectady.    He  died  about  16S1.  "=."'^'='-  wiiu 


12  Alhayiy   County  Records. 

ting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges,  and  renouncing  all  exceptions  which 
may  be  repugnant  to  said  pledge. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  this  11th  of  December,  A.  D.  1656; 
present  Rutger  Jacobsen  and  Jacob  Schermerhooren,  commissaries  of  the 
jurisdiction  of  this  place  :  was  subscribed  by 

Rem  Janssen  Smith. i 
This  is  the  mark  of  -|-  DiRK  Bensick. 
Rutger  Jacobsen. 
Jacob  Janse  Schermerhooren. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the 
General  Privileged  West  India  Company,  Vice  Director,  etc.,  Henderick 
Andriessen  [Van  Doesburgh,]  who  declared  that  he  had  surrendered,  as 
by  these  presents  he  does  surrender,  to  Philip  Henderickse  [Brouwer]- 
his  claim  upon  the  house,  brewery,  lot  and  garden,  and  the  appurtenances 
of  the  same,  which  he,  the  assignor,  as  the  highest  bidder,  publicly 
bought  of  Frans  Barentse  Pastoor,  on  the  eleventh  of  this  month,  accord- 
ing to  the  conditions  and  contract  of  sale,  made  the  same  date;  with  all 
the  rights  and  claims  which  the  assignor  may  have  upon  the  aforesaid 
house,  brewery,  etc.,  for  the  sum  of  four  thousand  Carolus  guilders,  in 
good  whole  merchantable  beavers  [skins],  at  eight  guilders  a  piece  [skin], 
which  sum  the  said  Philip  Hendrickse  shall  pay  in  three  payments,  to 
wit,  the  first  on  the  first  day  of  August  of  the  coming  year  1657,  the 
second  on  the  first  day  of  August  in  the  year  1658,  and  the  last  on  the 
first  day  of  August  in  the  year  1659,  with  interest  on  the  last  two  pay- 
ments at  10  per  cent,  from  the  first  day  of  May  in  the  year  1657,  until 
the  final  payment,  under  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and 
immovable,  present  and  future,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  this  17th  of  December,  A.  D.  1656, 
in  presence  of  Claas  Hendrickse  [Van  Schoonhoven],  and  Hendrick  Reur, 
witnesses  for  that  purpose  called  ;  and  was  signed  by  Hendrick  Andriesse, 
Philip  Hendrickse,  Hendrick  Janssen  Reur,  and  Claas  Hendrickse. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Jan  Verbeeck  ^  proposes  to  sell,  to  the 
highest  bidder,  at  public  sale,  his  house  situate  and  standing  on  the 
river  side,  where  he  at  present  dwells.  First. —  There  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  buyer,  the  house  of  two  planks  length,  with  a  kitchen  (Jcoockhuys') 
of  sixteen  feet  square  attached  to  said  house,  with  a  chimney  and  an  oven 
therein,  and  the  whole  lot,  in  which  are  contained  his  two  gardens,  one 
behind  and  the  other  before  said  house,  all  according  to  the  patent  there- 

>  Rem  Jansen  Smit  was  in  Rensselaerswyck  as  earlj'  as  1656.  A  person  of  this  name  was  in 
New  Amsterdam  1C43-51  ;  and  in  1663  was  at  the  Waalebocht,  L.  I.,  and  being  complained  of  by 
Adriaen  Hageman  for  carrying  off  a  ploughshare,  was  ordered  by  the  court  to  replace  it  in  the 
spot  where  he  found  it.  and  it  he  had  any  claim  to  prosecute  it  at  law.—  Dutch  Manuscrij^ts. 

2  Philip  Hendrilsse  Brouwer  was  one  of  the  original  settlers  of  Schenect»dy  in  1662.  The 
following  year,  1663,  he  accidentally  shot  Claas  Cornelise  Swits  :  the  nest  year,  1664,  he  died. 
His  wife's  name  was  Elsie  Tjerck.    It  is  not  linown  that  he  left  any  children. 

3  Jau  Verbeek  was  one  of  the  magistrates  of  Beverwyck  for  several  years.  His  name  often 
appears  in  the  public  records.  If  he  left  any  children  their  names  do  not  appear  in  the  church 
registers. 


Albany   County  Records.  13 

of,  together  with  a  well  and  hogsty.  The  buyer  shall  receive  the  lot  as 
it  lies  within  its  fence,  with  all  the  permanent  fixtures,  both  in  the 
house  and  on  the  lot,  except  furniture  and  household  goods,  and  the 
tailor's  shopboard.  Delivery  shall  be  made  on  the  1st  day  of  May,  A.  D. 
1657,  until  which  time  the  seller  shall  have  possession.  Payment  shall 
be  made  in  three  terms,  to  wit,  on  receipt  of  the  property  a  just  third 
part,  and  on  the  first  day  of  August,  the  second  part,  and  the  third  or 
last  part  on  the  first  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1658.  The  payments  shall  be 
made,  the  half  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers,  and  the  other  half 
in  good  strung  sewant,  at  ten  guilders  the  beaver,'  to  be  reckoned  at  the 
payment  of  the  beavers.  The  buyer  shall  be  held  to  furnish  two  sufficient 
sureties  as  principals  jointly  and  severally  to  the  content  of  the  seller. 
The  per  centage  to  become  a  charge  against  the  buyer.  With  the  first 
payment  the  buyer  shall  receive  a  proper  conveyance,  and  on  the  last  the 
patent  (jgrondhriej)  shall  be  delivered.  If  the  buyer  can  furnish  no 
sufl&cient  sureties  within  twenty-four  hours,  then  it  shall  be  sold  again  at 
his  charge  and  cost,  and  whatever  less  it  comes  to  be  worth  the  buyer 
shall  be  held  to  replace,  and  whatever  more  it  comes  to  be  worth  he  shall 
derive  no  profit  therefrom.  After  much  bidding,  Claas  Hendrickse  [Van 
Schoonhoven]  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  sum  of  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  twelve  guilders,  who,  in  presence  of  Rutger  Jacobsen  and 
Andries  Herbertsen,  said  conditions  accepted,  under  a  pledge  of  his  person 
and  estate,  movable  and  immovable. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  this  10th  Jan.,  A.  D.  1657,  and 
was  signed  by  Claas  Hendrickse,  Andries  Herbertsen  and  Rutger 
Jacobsen. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

On  same  date  appeared  the  Honorable  Johannes  Baptista  Van  Rens- 
selaer -  and  the  Honorable  Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler]  who  offered 
themselves  as  sureties  and  principals  for  the  persons  of  Claas  Hendricksen, 
under  pledge  of   their  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  at  the  above  date,  and  was  subscribed 
by  Jan  Baptist  Van  Rensselaer  and  Philip  Pieterse. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Conditions  and  terms  upon  which  Jan  Verbeeck  proposes  to  sell,  at 
public  sale,  a  house  lying  on  the  hill,^  south  of  the  house  of  Lourens 
Lourensen,  and  on  the  north  side  of  the  public  road,  with  the  whole  lot 
according  to  the  patent  thereof.  First. —  The  house  with  the  whole  lot  [and 
all  that  is]  fastened  by  earth  and  nail,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer. 
The  delivery  shall  be  made  on  the  1st  of  May,  A.  D.  1657.  The  pay- 
ment shall  be   made  in   two  terms,  to  wit,  on  receipt  of  the  property  a 

1  The  heaver  skin  was  worth  therefore  about  $4  in  this  transaction,  but  ofteuer  it  is  quoted 
at  8  guilders,  and  worth  but  $3.20  in  our  currency. 

2  Johannes  Baptista  Van  Rensselaer  was  son  of  Kiliaen  the  first  patroon.  He  was  the  first  of  the 
family  who  visited  this  country.    He  died  16th  Oct.,  1688. 

3  The  first  settlement  at  Beverwyck  was  around  the  Fort  (Orange),  near  the  foot  of  Lydius 
street,  by  the  river  side  ;  subsequently  those  grants  of  lots  were  annulled,  and  the  chief  settle- 
ment was  made  farther  north  on  higher  ground  along  Broadway  and  State  street,  which  was 
called  the  Hill.    The  land  south  of  the  city  wall  and  Hudson  street  was  called  the  Plain. 


14  Albany   County  Records. 

just  half;  and  on  the  first  day  of  August  next  coming,  the  last  payment. 
The  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers.  The 
buyer  shall  be  held  to  furnish  two  sufficient  sureties  as  principals,  jointly 
and  severally,  in  the  space  of  twenty-four  hours,  and  if  he  cannot  furnish 
sufficient  sureties  in  the  space  of  four  and  twenty  hours,  then  at  his  cost 
and  charge  it  shall  be  again  sold,  and  whatever  less  it  comes  to  be  worth, 
the  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  replace,  and  if  it  comes  to  be  worth  more,  he 
shall  derive  no  benefit  therefrom.  With  the  first  payment,  the  buyer 
shall  receive  a  proper  conveyance ;  with  the  last  payment  the  patent.  The 
per  centage  a  charge  upon  the  buyer.  After  many  bids,  Hendrick 
Andriessen  [Van  Doesburgh]  remained  the  last  bidder  for  the  sum 
of  twelve  hundred  and  ten  guilders,  who,  in  the  presence  of  Rutger 
Jacobsen  and  Andries  Herbertsen  accepted  said  conditions,  under  a 
pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  this  10th  of  January,  A.  D.  1657, 
and  was  subscribed  by  Henderick  Andriessen  [Van  Doesburgh],  Rutger 
Jacobsen  and  Andries  Herbertsen. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

On  the  same  date  appeared  Jurriaen  Teunissen  [Glasemaeker  r*]  and 
Pieter  Bronck,  who,  as  sureties  and  principals,  offered  themselves  for 
the  person  of  Hendrick  Andriesse,  under  pledge  of  their  persons  and 
estates,  movable  and  immovable. 

Done  as  above  :  was  subscribed  Jurriaan  Teunissen  and  Pieter  Bronck. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Upon  this  13th  day  of  Jan.,  A.  D.  1657,  appeared  before  me  Johannes 
La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the  Greneral  Privileged  West  India  Com- 
pany, Vice  Director,  etc.,  the  honorable  Rutger  Jacobsen,  burgess  and 
citizen  of  said  village  of  Beverwyck,  and  acknowledged  that  he  is  in- 
debted to  Tennis  Dircks  [Van  Vechten]i  and  Cornells  Teunissen  -  as  guar- 
dians of  the  estate  of  Cornells  Maasen  [Van  Buren],'^  the  sum  of  six 
hundred  and  sixty  guilders  remaining  of  the  sum  of  15U0  guilders,  which 
the  said  Rutger  tfacobsen  owed  the  said  guardians,  growing  out  of  the  sale 
of  a  certain  parcel  of  laud  lying  on  the  island  of  JManhattan,  belonging  to 
the  afore  mentioned  Cornelis  Maasen  in  his  life  time,  which  sum  of  six 
hundred  and  sixty  guilders  he  promises  to  pay  in  good  strung  sewant  within 
a  year  from  date,  with  interest  on  the  same,  in  beavers  reckoned  at  nine 
guilders  the  piece  [or  skin],'  under  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate, 
movable  and  immovable,  present  and  future,  especially  the  above  mentioned 
piece  of  land,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

1  Teunia  Dirkse  Van  Vechten  came  out  from  Holland  with  wife  and  child  in  the  Arms  of  Norway, 
and  had  a  farm  in  1648  at  Greeubush,  north  of  that  occupied  by  Teunis  Cornelise  Van  V.  He  is 
referred  to  iu  ICBSas  "  an  old  inhabitant  here."  —  0' Callaghaii' s  History  of  New  Netherlands  i, 
438.    He  was  deceased  in  1700,  leaving  4  children. 

2  Cornelis  Teunissen  Van  Vechten,  son  of  Teunis  Dirkse  ? 

3  Cornells  Maase  Van  Buren  of  Gelderland,  Holland,  came  out  in  1621  in  the  ship  Rensselaers- 
wyck.  HehadafarmatPapsknee.  Heand  his  wife  Catalyntje  Marteuse  died  in  1648 and  "  6(?j/c?e 
op  eenen  dagh  zyn  begraaven.''''  He  left  5  children,  all  of  whom  were  living  in  166-^.—  O'  CallagJuin's 
History  of  New  Netherlands  i,  4.34. 

*  The  beaver  skin  is  worth  in  this  transaction  about  $3.60. 


Albany   Comity  Records.  15 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  as  above,  in  presence  of  Johannes  Provoost  and 
Jan  Roeloffsen  [De  Goyer]. 

RUTGER  JaCOBSEN. 

Johannes  Provoost^  witness. 
Jan  Roeloffse.,  as  witness. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the 
General  Privileged  West  India  Company,  Vice  Director,  etc.,  William 
Frederickse  Bout,'  farmer  of  the  wine  and  beer  excise  consumable  by  the 
tapsters,  in  Fort  Orange,  village  of  Beverwyck  and  appendancies  of  the 
same,  who  declared  that  he  had  transferred,  as  by  these  presents,  he  does 
transfer,  to  Jan  Andriessen  the  Irishman  from  Dublin,  dwelling  in 
Catskil,  the  right  in  the  aforesaid  excise  belonging  to  him,  the  assignor, 
in  Catskil,  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  guilders,  which 
sum  the  aforesaid  Jan  Andriesse  promises  to  pay,  in  two  terms,  to  wit, 
on  the  first  day  of  May,  the  half  of  said  sum  ;  and  on  the  last  day  of 
October  of  the  year  A.  D.  1657,  the  other  half;  under  a  pledge  of  his 
person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable,  present  and  future,  submitting 
the  same  to  all  courts  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  this  19th  of  January,  A.  D.  1657,  present 
Johannes  Provoost  and  Daniel  Verveelen. 

This  is  the  mark  of  ^•-\'~  William  Frederickse  Bout. 

4 

This  is  the  mark  of  ^^  Jan  Andriessen. 2 
Johannes  Provoost,  ivitness, 
Daniel  Verveelen. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Conditions  and  terms  upon  which  Dirck  Bensinck"^  and  Harmen 
Jacobsen  Bembus,  propose  to  sell  at  auction,  the  house  where  Jan 
Tomassen  [Mingael  ?]  at  present  dwells,  to  the  highest  bidder,  together 
with  the  lot.  First. —  The  house  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  as  it 
stands  fast  by  earth  and  nail,  with  the  lot,  in  breadth  on  the  west  side 
seven  and  fifty  wood  feet,  and  on  the  east  side  seven  and  forty  wood  feet 
and  a  half,  with  the  fence  so  far  as  the  breadth  extends  as  well  as  the 
fence  lengthwise  on  the  south  side,  all  according  to  the  patent  thereof. 
The  delivery  shall  be  made  on  the  first  of  May,  1657.  The  payment 
shall  be  made  in  two  terms,  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers  [skins], 
the  first  shall  be  made  in  the  month  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  and  the 
second  in  the  following  year,  A.  D.  1658,  also  in  the  month  of  July. 
With  the  first  payment,  a  conveyance  shall  be  given  to  the  buyer,  and 
with  the  last,  the  patent  [^grondhrief]  shall  be  delivered  up.  The  buyer 
shall  be  held  to  furnish  two  sufficient  sureties,  each  as  principals,  to  the 


1  Willem  Frederickse  Bout,  perhaps  in  Beverwyck  in  1642.    In  1657,  and  afterwards,  he  kept  a 
public  house,  and  was  also  farmer  of  the  excise  on  beer,  wine,  etc. 

2  His  Irish  name  was  probablj'  John  Anderson ;  his  nick  name  was  Jantie  or  Johnny. 

3  His  descendants  write  this  name  Benson,  Bensen,  or  Bensing. 


16  Albany   County  Records. 

content  of  the  seller,  before  lie  goes  out  of  the  house.  If  the  buyer  can 
not  furnish  sufficient  sureties,  then,  at  his  cost  and  charges,  it  shall  again 
be  sold,  and  what  it  falls  short,  he  shall  be  holden  to  pay,  and  that  within 
three  months.  The  per  centage  becomes  a  charge  against  the  buyer. 
After  much  bidding,  the  bid  remained  with  Jan  Verbeeck,  for  the  sum 
of  two  thousand  and  nineteen  guilders,  according  to  the  above  conditions. 

Done  in  Beverwyck  this  22d  January,  A.  D.  1657. 

Jan  Verbeeck. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

On  the  same  date  appeared  Claas  Hendrickse  [Van  Schoonhoven]  and 
Marcelis  Janse,i  who  stood  as  sureties  and  principals,  for  the  sum  of  two 
thousand  and  nineteen  guilders,  for  the  person  of  Jan  Verbeeck,  under 
pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  movable  and  immovable. 

Done  as  above ;  present  as  witnesses,  Johannes  Provoost  and  Lowies 

Cobus. 

Claas  Hendryckse. 
Marcelys  Jansen. 
Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Conditions  and  terms  according  to  which  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhooren 
proposes  to  sell  to  the  highest  bidder  his  house  standing  in  Fort 
Orange,  where  deputy  Johannes  La  Montagne  at  present  resides,  with 
a  garden  behind  the  fort.  First. —  The  house,  whatever  is  fast  by  earth  and 
nail,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  according  to  the  patent  thereof. 
******** 

[The  above  paper  not  having  been  executed,  was  erased]. 

Conditions  and  terms  according  to  which,  Caspar  Jacobse  [Halenbeek]- 
proposes  to  sell  his  house,  lot  and  garden,  standing  in  the  village  of 
Beverwyck.  First,  The  house  and  permanent  fixtures  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  buyer  with  the  lot  and  garden,  altogether  sixteen  rods'^  long  and 
in  breadth  four  rods  and  four  feet,  except  the  cherry  trees,  all  according 
to  the  patent  thereof.  Delivery  shall  be  given  on  the  8th  of  May,  A.  D. 
1657.  Payments  shall  be  made  in  two  terms  ;  the  first  on  delivery  [of  the 
property],  to  wit,  the  8th  of  May,  A.  D.  1657,  and  the  second  payment 
on  the  8th  of  May,  in  the  year  1658.  The  payments  shall  be  made  in 
whole  merchantable  beavers  [skins].  The  per  centage  becomes  a  charge 
upon  the  buyer.  The  buyer  shall  furnish  two  sufficient  sureties  to  the 
content  of  the  seller.  If  the  buyer  cannot  furnish  sufficient  sureties,  then 
the  property  shall  be  sold  again  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less 
it  shall  come  to  be  worth,  shall  be  a  charge  against  the  buyer.  After 
much  bidding,  Harmen  Jacobse  [Bambus]  remained  the  last  bidder,  for 

1  Marcelis  Janse  Van  Bommel  was  a  tavern  keeper  in  1656.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  man 
of  good  capacity  and  large  business.  His  children  went  by  the  name  of  Marcelis,  which  name 
has  been  perpetuated  by  many  families  in  Albany,  Schenectady  and  elsewhere. 

5  Caspar  Jacobse  Halenbeek,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Beverwyck,  left  two  sons,  Isaac  and 
Jan,  from  whom  have  descended  the  families  of  this  name  in  Albany  and  yicxmiy .—  Munseir s 
Collections  on  the  History  of  Albany,  ii,  410,  et  seq. 

8  Khynland  rods,  13  feet  to  the  rod,  and  12.36  English  inches  to  the  foot. 


Albany   Comity  Records.  17 

the  sura  of  eight  hundred  and  ten  guilders,  according  to  the  above  con- 
ditions. 

Done  in  Beverwyck  the  22d  of  January,  A.  D.  1657. 

Harmen  Jacobsen.i 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

On  the  same  date  appeared  Adrian  Janse  [Van  Ilpendam]  and  Abra- 
ham Pietersen  [Vosburgh],  who   were  offered  as   sureties  and  principals, 
for  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  and  ten  guilders,  for  the  person  of  Harmea 
Jacobsen,  on  a  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable. 
Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  22d  of  January,  1657. 
Adrian  Van  Ilpendam. 
Abraham  Pietersen  Vosburght.- 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Conditions  and  terms  upon  which  Marcelus  Janssen  [Van  Bommel] 
proposes  to  sell,  at  public  sale,  to  the  highest  bidder,  his  house  where  he 
at  present  lives.  First. —  The  house  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  just  as 
it  stands,  with  a  piece  of  the  lot  running  through  from  top  to  bottom,  the 
lot  shall  be  30  wood  feet^  wide  at  the  top  and  bottom,  and  where  the  said 
house  stands,  with  the  permanent  fixtures,  except  the  hogsty,  which  the 
seller  keeps  to  himself  Delivery  shall  be  made  the  first  day  of  May 
next.  Payment  shall  be  in  two  terms,  to  wit,  on  the  first  day  of 
July,  the  first  payment,  being  the  first  half;  and  on  the  first  day  of 
July,  1658,  the  last  payment,  being  a  year  after  the  first  payment.  The 
payment  shall  be  in  good  and  whole  merchantable  beavers.  The 
buyer  shall  be  held  to  furnish  two  sufiicient  sureties,  as  principals,  jointly 
and  severally,  to  the  content  of  the  seller.  If  the  buyer  cannot  furnish 
sufiicient  sureties  in  the  time  of  twenty-four  hours,  the  property  shall  be 
sold  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and,  besides,  he  shall  be  holden  to  replace 
whatever  less  it  shall  come  to  be  worth,  and  if  it  shall  become  worth  more 
he  shall  derive  no  profit  therefrom.  The  per  ceutage  becomes  a  charge 
to  the  buyer.  After  much  bidding,  Cornelis  Wyncoop  remained  the 
highest  bidder,  for  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  and  eleven  guilders,^  accord- 
ing to  the  above  conditions,  on  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  the  29th  of  January,  A.  D.  1657. 

Cornelis  Wynckoop.-^ 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

On  the  same  date,  appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  deputy 

1  Harmen  Jacobse  Bambas  fled  from  Beverwyck  in  1657  to  escape  imprisonment  for  debt,  and  hia 
Bloop  and  otiier  property  were  attached  at  tlie  suit  of  Riit£;er  Jacobse.  Having  concealed  liim- 
eelf  at  Esopus  he  was  there  shot  by  an  Indian  in  1658,  and  his  body  was  carried  to  New  Amster- 
dam for  interment.—  Dutch  Manuscripts. 

^  Abraham  Pieterse  Vosburg  was  one  of  four  brothers,  all  of  whom  settled  in  Beverwyck  —sons 
of  Pieter  Jacobse  V.  The  four  brothers  were  Jacob,  Isaac,  Pieter  and  Abraham.  The  latter  was 
deceased  in  1674. 

3  Wood  feet,  at  11.15  inches  English  each.  The  wood  foot,  however,  was  commonly  called  11 
inches  English. 

<  $364.40. 

»  Cornelis  Wynkoop  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  son  of  Pieter  W.  He  is  said  to  have  removed 
from  Albany  to  Esopus  in  1664,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1674,  leaving  six  children. 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  8 


18  Albany   County  Records. 

at   Fort   Orange,    etc.,    Henderick    Andriessen    [Van    Doesburgh],    and 
Kobert  Engel,  who  stood  as  sureties  and  principals  for  the  person  of  Cor- 
nelis  Wyncoop,  for   the  sum   of  nine   hundred  and   eleven  guilders,  on 
pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates. 
Done  as  above. 

Robert  Engel. 
Hendrick  Andriessen. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Jurrian  Teunissen  Glasemaeeker'  pro- 
poses to  sell  his  house  and  lot,  where  he  at  present  dwells,  to  the  highest 
bidder.  First. —  The  house,  with  all  permanent  fixtures,  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  buyer,  with  the  lot,  length  and  breadth  ten  rods,  according  to  the 
patent  thereof,  with  two  hogsties ;  also  a  part  of  a  lot  lying  to  the  south 
of  the  house,  in  breadth  about  23  feet.  Delivery  shall  be  given  this  cur- 
rent year  in  the  month  of  May.  The  payment  shall  be  made  in  good 
whole  merchantable  beavers,  in  two  terms,  to  wit,  on  the  first  day  of  July, 
A.  D.  1657,  the  half,  and  the  other  half  on  the  first  day  of  July,  A. 
D.  1658.  With  the  first  payment  a  transfer  (^transport)  shall  be  made 
to  the  buyer,  and  with  the  last  payment,  the  patent  ((jt'ondbrief)  shall 
be  given.  The  buyer  shall  be  held  to  furnish  two  suflBcient  sureties,  each 
as  principals,  in  the  time  of  four  and  twenty  hours,  to  the  content  of  the 
seller,  and  if  the  buyer  cannot  furnish  sufficient  sureties  in  the  time  of 
four  and  twenty  hours,  then  it  [property]  shall  be  sold  again  at  the  cost 
and  charge  of  the  buyer,  and  all  that  it  shall  become  less  worth,  he  shall 
be  holden  to  replace,  and  if  it  become  worth  more  he  shall  enjoy  no 
benefit  therefrom.  The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  to  the  buyer. 
After  much  bidding,  Andries  Herbertsen  remained  the  last  bidder,  for 
the  sum  of  one  thousand  five  hundred  and  ten  guilders,  according  to  the 
above  conditions,  which  he  has  accepted,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and 
estate,  movable  and  immovable. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  the  29th  of  January,  A.  D.  1657. 

Andries  Herberts. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort-Orange. 

On  the  same  date,  appeared  Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler]  and  Marcelus 
Janssen.[Van  Bommel],  who  constituted  themselves  sureties  and  princi- 
pals for  the  person  of  Andries  Herbertsen,  for  the  sum  of  one  thousand 
five  hundred  and  ten  guilders,  and  that  upon  pledge  of  their  persons 
and  estates. 

Done  ut  supra. 

Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler. 
Marcelys  Janssen. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Abraham  Pieterse  Vosburgh  proposes  to 
sell  to  the  highest  bidder,  his  house  and  lot,  lying  in  the  village  of  Bever- 

'  Glazier.    See  page  14. 


Albany   County  Records.     *  19 

wyck,  where  lie  at  present  dwells.  First. —  The  house,  with  all  that  is  fast 
by  earth  and  nail,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  with  the  lot,  in  breadth 
in  front  on  the  street  from  Tomas  Clabbort's  lot  to  the  south  side 
of  his  house,  and  in  breadth  in  the  rear  four  rods,  and  in  length  ten  rods, 
provided  that  the  door  and  windows  on  the  south  side  of  the  seller's 
house  shall  remain  closed,  all  according  to  the  patent  thereof. 

[This  paper  is  imperfect  and  unexecuted]. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Rutger  Jacobsen  [Van  Schoenderwoert 
or  Van  Woert],  proposes  to  sell  to  the  highest  bidder,  his  garden,  lying  in 
the  village  of  Beverwyck,  according  to  the  patent  thereof  First. —  There 
yhall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  the  garden  ^  with  its  enclosure,  lying  by 
Herr  Van  Rensselaer's  on  the  river  side  ;  and  westerly  on  the  road ;  in 
length  8  rods  and  7  feet;  along  the  river  8  rods  and  one  foot:  bounded 
on  the  north  on  the  lot  of  Goosen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick]  G  rods, 
breadth  on  the  south  side  three  and  a  half  rods,  according  to  the  patent, 
except  the  sagetrees  {salij  hoomen)  and  the  fruit  which  is  thereon.  De- 
livery shall  be  made  on  the  IGtIi  April,  A.  D.  1657.  Payment  shall  be 
made  in  two  terms,  to  wit,  on  delivery,  the  half  in  good  merchantable 
sewant ;  the  other  half  on  the  first  day  of  August  of  this  year  1657,  in 
merchantable  beavers.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  two  sufficient 
sureties  in  four  and  twenty  hours,  to  the  content  of  the  seller.  And  if 
the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufficient  sureties  in  said  time,  then  it  shall 
be  again  sold  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less  it  comes  to  be 
worth,  he  shall  be  holden  to  replace,  and  whatever  more  it  shall  become 
worth,  he  shall  not  profit  thereby.  The  auction  fees  become  a  charge 
upon  the  buyer.  On  this  date  the  29th  of  January,  A.  D.  1657,  Frans 
Barentse  Pastoor  remained  the  last  bidder  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and 
eighty-six  guilders,  according  to  the  conditions. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  this  29th  of  January,  A.  D.   1657. 

Frans  Barentse  Pastoor. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

IjA  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

On  the  same  date,  appeared  Jan  Verbeeck  and   Gerrit  Slechtenhorst, 
as  sureties  and  principals,  for  the  person  of  Frans  Barentse  Pastoor,  and 
for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  eighty-six  guilders,  on  a  pledge  of  their 
persons  and  estates. 
Done  ut  supra. 

Gerrit  Slichtenhorst.- 
Jan  Verbeeck. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Rutger  Jacobsen  [Van  Schoender- 
woert] proposes  to  sell  to  the  highest  bidder  a  lot  situated  at  the  west  of 
his  house  where  he  at  present  dwells.      First. —  There  shall  be  delivered  to 

1  This  garden  lay  on  the  east  side  of  Broadway,  south  of  State  street. 

2  Gerrit  Slichtenhorst  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1646,  with  his  father  Brant  Arentse  S.,  and  served 
as  schout-fiscaal  for  a  short  time.  He  removed  to  Kingston  about  1672,  where  he  died  the  9th 
of  January,  1684. 


20  Albany   County  Records. 

the  buyer,  the  lot  situate  to  the  west  of  the  house  where  he  at  present 
dwells,  in  breadth  on  the  road  30  feet,  in  the  rear  or  south  side  27  feet  in 
breadth  ;  length  on  both  sides  62  feet.  The  delivery  shall  be  made  on 
the  16th  April,  1657.  The  payment  shall  take  place  on  the  first  day  of 
May,  1657,  to  wit,  the  half  in  good  merchantable  seewant,  and  the  other 
half  in  good  merchantable  beavers.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish 
two  sufficient  sureties  and  that  in  the  time  of  four  and  twenty  hours,  to 
the  content  of  the  seller.  If  the  buyer  cannot  furnish  sufficient  sureties 
in  the  aforesaid  time,  then  at  his  cost  and  charge  it  shall  again  be  sold, 
and  what  less  it  shall  become  worth  he  shall  be  holden  to  replace ;  and 
although  it  come  to  be  worth  something  more,  he  shall  enjoy  no  profit 
therefrom.  The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  to  the  buyer.  After 
much  bidding  Claas  Hendrickse  [Van  Schoonhoven]  remained  the  last 
bidder,  for  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  six  guilders,  according  to  the 
above  conditions. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  the  29th  of  January,  A.  D.  1657. 

Claas  Henderycksen. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

On  same  date  appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  deputy  at 
Fort  Orange,  the  Hon.  Johannes  Baptist  Van  Rencelaer  and  Jacob 
[Janse]  Schermerhooren,  as  sureties  and  principals,  for  the  person  of  Claas 
Henderickse,  for  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  six  guilders,  on  a  pledge 
of  their  persons  and  goods. 
Done  %it  supra. 

Jan  Baptist  Van  Rensselaer. 
Jacob  Jansen  Schermerhooren. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Gerrit  Eeyersen  [Lansing  ?]  proposes 
to  sell  at  public  sale  his  house  and  lot  standing  by  Jurrian  Glasemaecker, 
and  now  occupied  by  Jan  Broersen.  First. —  There  shall  be  delivered  to 
the  buyer,  the  house  by  earth  and  nail  fast,  with  the  lot,  four  rods 
broad  and  8  rods  long,  according  to  the  patent  thereof. 

*  ^  ^  *  *  *  * 

[This  paper  was  not  executed]. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  of  the 
General  Privileged  West  India  Company,  Vice  Director,  etc.,  the  Honor- 
able Rutger  Jacobsen  [Van  Schoenderwoert],  who  declared  that  he  had 
sold  to  Harmen  Vedder,  his  house  and  lot  lying  in  the  village  of  Bever- 
wyck, in  breadth  front  and  rear  six  and  thirty  feet,  with  an  alley  of  five 
feet  in  breadth,  in  length  to  the  kil,  which  alley  lies  between  Goosen 
Gerritse  [Van  Schaick]  and  the  seller,  with  a  portion  of  the  place  where 
his  brewery  stands;  which  brewery  shall  be  worked  [by  the  seller]  until 
next  November  of  the  year  1657,  and  the  lot  of  said  brewhouse  shall 
then  be  delivered,  for  the  sum  of  two  thousand  three  hundred  and 
twenty-five  guilders,  which  he  promises  to  pay  in  three  terms,  to  wit,  the 
first  payment  on  the  20th  of  May,  A  D.  1657,  being  a  just  third  part,  in 
good  commercial  seewant,  reckoned  at  ten  guilders  the  beaver;  the  second 


Albany   County  Rtcords.  21 

payment  shall  be  made  on  the  first  of  August  of  the  year  1657,  in  good 
whole  merchantable  beavers;  and  the  third  payment  on  the  first  day  of 
August,  A.  D.  1658,  also  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers,  the  seller 
promising  to  give  the  buyer  a  deed  (Jransjjorf)  on  the  20th  of  3Iay,  on 
the  first  payment;  under  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  movable 
and  immovable,  present  and  future,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and 
judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  31st  of  January,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence 
of  Henderiok  Andriessen  [Van  Doesburgh]  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

RUTGER  JaCOBSEN. 

Harman  Vedde:r.i 
Hendrick  Andriessen. 
Johannes  Provoost.,  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  and  in 
the  presence  of  Rutger  Jacobsen  and  Andries  Herbertsen,  commissa- 
ries, etc.,  Frans  Barentsen  Pastoor,  burgess  and  citizen  of  the  village  of 
Beverwyck,  and  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these 
presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the 
behoof  of  Henderick  Andriessen  [Van  Doesburgh],  also  a  citizen  of  said 
village,  a  house,  brewhouse,  lot  and  garden  lying  in  the  village  of  Bever- 
wyck, according  to  the  patent  granted  to  him  by  the  Director  General 
and  Council  of  New  Netherland,  for  the  sum  of  three  thousand  six 
hundred  and  thirty  guilders,  which  the  aforesaid  Henderick  Andriessen 
shall  pay  in  three  terms,  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers,  to  wit,  on 
the  first  day  of  May  of  the  current  year  1657,  a  just  third  part;  on  the  first 
day  of  August  next  coming  the  second  third  part,  and  the  last  third  part 
on  the  first  day  of  May  in  the  year  1658  ;  which  house,  brewhouse,  lot 
and  garden  the  grantor  shall  free  from  all  claims  and  demands,  which 
may  be  upon  the  same  ;  the  parties  respectively  to  the  observance  of  this 
contract,  pledging  their  persons  and  estates,  present  and  future,  and 
submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  tenth  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1657. 

Frans  Barentse  Pastoor. 
Rutger  Jacohsen. 
Andries  Herberts. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange, 

Upon  this  lOlh  of  February,  1657,  appeared  before  me  Johannes  La 
Montagne,  Deputy,  etc.,  Andries  Harperssen,  burgess  and  citizen  of  the 
village  of  Beverwyck,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  to  Jan  Martense 
[Beekman]-  also  a  citizen  of  the  same  village,  all  the  right  that  he,  the 
grantor  has  in  the  house  and  lot  of  Jurrian  Teunisse  [Glazemaecker]  by 

1  Harman  Albertse  Vedder  was  early  a  trader  in  Albany.  In  1672  he  bought  a  bouiverij  ia 
Schenectady,  where  he  settled  with  his  Ave  sons  and  one  daughter.  He  was  not  living  in  1715. 
The  families  of  this  name  in  the  vicinity  of  Albany  are  descended  from  him. 

2  Jan  Martense  Beekman,  son  of  Marten  Beekman,  blacksmith,  married,  1,  Machtelt, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhooren  ;  and  2,  Eva  Vinhagen,  on  the  26th  of  October. 
1692.  He  had  15  children  baptized,  of  whom  13  were  mentioned  as  living,  in  hia  will,  made  16th 
December,  1728.    He  was  buried  September  30,  1732. 


22  Albany   County  Records. 

him,  the  grantor,  obtained  at  a  public  sale  held  on  the  20th  of  January, 
1657,  according  to  the  conditions  read  at  the  time,  for  the  sum  of  three 
and  twenty  hundred  guilders,  which  sum  the  said  Jan  Martense  promises 
to  pay  in  good  strung  seew:;nt,  or  corn  at  the  market  price,  in  three  terms, 
the  first,  on  the  first  of  May  of  the  current  year  1657  ;  800  guilders  on 
the  first  day  of  May  of  the  year  1658;  and  the  third  or  last  on  the  first 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1659  ;  and  all  on  a  pledge  of  their  persons  and  goods, 
movable  and  immovable,  submitting  the  same  to  all  courts  and  judges. 

Done  tit  supra,  in  presence  of  Marcelus  Janssen  and  Rutger  Jacobsen 
as  witness  called  for  that  purpose. 

This  is  the  mark  of  >-j- Jan  Martense. 
Rutger  Jacobsen. 
Marcelys  Jarisen. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Pieter  Bronck  proposes  to  sell,  to  the 
highest  bidder,  his  log  house  {halchenhuys),  at  public  sale,  and  the  lot 
thereof.  First. —  There  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  the  house  fast 
by  earth  and  nail,  with  the  lot,  which  is  in  length  a  hundred  and  fifty- 
four  feet  and  a  half ;  rear  sixteen  wood  feet;  breadth  on  the  road  the 
same  as  the  house,  with  an  alley  on  the  south  side  seven  feet  in  breadth. 

*  *  *  >J:  *  *  * 

[On  the  26th  of  February,  A.  D.  1657,  the  above  property  was  bidden 
in  by  the  owner,  atthe  house  of  William  P'rederickse  Bout,  and  of  course 
this  paper  was  not  executed]. 

< 

Terms  and  conditions  according  to  which  Pieter  Bronck  proposes  to 

sell,  to  the  highest  bidder,  at  public  sale,  his  house  lying  on  the  hill. 

First. —  There  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  the  house  and  fixtures 

with  the  lot,  20  rods  in  length  and  five  rods  in  breadth,  according  to  the 

patent  thereof;  which  house  is  leased  until  the  first  day  of  May,  A.  D. 

1658,  for  the  sum  of  five  and  twenty  beavers,  which  five  and  twenty 

beavers  the  buyer  shall  receive. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

[This  property  was  bidden  in  by  the  owner,  Pieter  Bronck,  26th  of 
February,  A.  D.  1657,  at  the  house  of  William  Frederickse  Bout,  and 
the  above  paper  was  not  executed]. 

Terms  and  conditions  according  to  which  Pieter  Bronck  proposes  to 

sell  his  house  standing  to  the  north  of  the  log  house  {halckenliitys),  with 

the  lot.     First. —  There  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  the  house  and 

all  the  fixtures,  with  the  lot  83  wood  feet  in  length,  and  8  eight  feet  in 

breadth  in  the  rear,  with  a  hogsty ;  which  house  is  leased  until  the  first 

day  of  May,  A.  D.  1657,  for  the  sum  of  12  beavers,  which  12  beavers 

the  buyer  shall  receive,  etc. 

*  *  +  *  *  *  * 

[The  above  property  was  bidden  in  by  the  owner  Pieter  Bronck,  on 
the  26th  of  February,  A.  D.  1657,  at  the  house  of  William  Frederickse 
Bout,  and  this  paper  was  not  executed]. 

Terms  and  conditions  according  to  which  Claas  Hendrickse  [Van 
Schoonhoven]    proposes  to  sell    his    lot,  which    he    holds  from    Rutger 


Albany   County  Records.  23 

Jacobsen,  lying  to  the  west  of  the  house  of  Kutger  Jacobsen.  Firsts 
There  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  the  lot,  thirty  feet  broad  on  the 
road,  m  the  rear  or  south  side  seven  and  twenty  feet  broad,  leno-th  on 
both  side^s  sixty-two  feet.  Delivery  shall  be  made  on  the  J  6th  of^April 
A.  D.  1657.  Payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers' 
in  two  terms ;  with  the  delivery,  the  half,  and  on  the  first  day  of  July' 
A.  D.  1657,  the  other  half.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  two 
sufficient  sureties  to  stand  as  principals  to  the  content  of  the  seller.  If 
the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufficient  sureties  in  the  aforesaid  time,  then 
It  shall  be  offered  for  sale  again  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and  whjitever 
less  It  shall  come  to  be  worth,  he  shall  be  holden  to  replace,  and  if  it  shall 
come  to  be  worth  more,  he  shall  receive  no  benefit  therefrom.  The 
auction  fees  become  a  charge  against  the  buyer.  After  much  biddino- 
Claas  Hendrickse  remained  the  last  bidder  on  the  26th  of  February,  A.  D.' 
1657,  at  the  house  of  William  Frederickse  Bout. 
[This  paper  was  not  executed]. 

Conditions  and  terms  according  to  which  Do.  Gideon  Schaets  i  proposes 
to  sell  his  garden  lying  behind  Fort  Orange,  on  the  south  bounded  by 
Gilhs  Pieterse  [Timmerman],  and  on  the  north  side  by  Jacob  De  Brouwer 
on  the  east  side  by  Pieter  Hartgers,  and  on  the  west  side  by  the 
road,  more  or  less  as  described  in  the  patent.  The  delivery  shall  be 
made  for  ready  pay  (contant').  The  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole 
merchantable  beavers,  the  last  of  July,  in  the  year  1657.  The  auction 
fees  become  a  charge  upon  the  buyer.  After  much  bidding,  Jan  Van 
Aecken  remained  the  bidder  for  the  sum  107  guilders,  according  to  the 
above  conditions. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  this  26th  of  February,  A.  D.  1657. 

This  is  the  mark  of  ^^g^J^  Jan  Coster  Van  Aecken. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne. 

Tennis  Teunissen  Metselaer  proposes  to  sell  a  garden,  7  rods  lono- 
and  four  rods  broad,  lying  behind  Jan  De  Wever's  house,  by  Fort  Oranoe"^ 
Delivery  shall  be  made  on  the  first  of  March,  A.  D.  1657.  Payment  sh'^li 
be  made  in  the  month  of  October,  A.  D.  1657,  in  good  whole  merchanta- 
ble beavers.  The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  on  the  buyer.  After 
much  bidding,  Jan  Clute  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  sum  of  38 
guilders,  according  to  the  above  conditions. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyek,  the  26th  of  February,  A.  D.  1657. 

Johannes  Clute. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne. 


\^1'-®i'^'^?u   Schaets  became  minister  of  the  church  in  Albany  in  16.52.  and  continued  in  offipn 
until  his  death  about  1691  at  the  age  of  83  years.    On  the  13th  of  Aug.,  1686,  h  s  a%^  i  "  thus  snoken 

ouderdom-,  etc.  His  house  was  on  the  east  side  of  Broadway  between  State  and  Beaver  streef? 
near  the  bridge  over  the  Rutten  kil.  He  had  two  wives,  the  second  of  whom^^g  Barentfe 
Hendrkse  of  New  York,  whom  he  married  32d  Aug.,  1683.      His  children  were  Reynier    who 

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24  Albany   County  Records. 

I,  the  subscriber,  Daniel  Rinckhout,'  acknowledge  that  I  have  hired  of 
Reyuier  Wisselpenningh,-  a  house  standing  and  lying  in  the  village  of 
Beverwyck,  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  guilders,  half  beavers  and  half 
seewant,  which  lam  to  pay  as  the  rent  becomes  due,  from  the  middle  of 
next  August,  of  the  year  1(357,  to  the  first  day  of  June,  of  the  year 
1658,  when  the  lessee  shall  be  holdeu  to  deliver  up  the  said  house,  glass 
and  roof  tight.  Below,  the  parties  respectively  pledge  their  persons  and 
estates,  movable  and  immovable,  the  same  submitting  to  all  laws  and 
judges  without  craft  or  trick. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  the  23d  of  February,  (?)  A.  D.  1657, 
in  the  presence  of  Jan  RoeloflFse  [De  Goyer]  and  Pieter  Lambertsen. 

Daniel  Ringhout. 
Rynier  Wisselpenningh. 
Jan  Roeloffse. 
Pieter  Lambertsen. 
Copy  of  a  certain  paper  given  by  Jacob  Adriansen'^  \_Raadmaecker^, 
to  the  trustees  of  the  estate  of  Kit  Davids  and  Cornelia  De  Vos,  his  late 
wife,  which  Jacob  Jansen  Tol  [Stol] '  wrote  with  his  own  hand.     I,  the 
subscriber,  Kit  Davids,  acknowledge  that  I  have  well  and  truly  sold  Jacob 
Janssen  Hap  [or  StoU]  those  my  lands  lying  in  the  Great  Esopus,   next 
the  farm  {bouwery')  of  the  late  Joiians  De  Hulter,  with  a  road  passing 
over  the  same  ;  provided  that  he  make  payment  to  the  seller.  Kit  Davids, 
from  this  date,  being  the  17th  day  of  August,   to  wit,  in  three  terms, 
the  first  payment  to  be  after  delivery  made,  provided  that  he.  Kit  Davids, 
gets  him  a  clean   transfer   from    the  Indians  (wilden),  and   moreover  a 
patent   (grondbrief),  from  the  Honorable  [West  India]   Company.     In 
accordance  with  my  own  hand,  with   witness    hereto    called  and  asked 
and  that  for  the  sum  of  1400  guilders,  say,  fourteen   hundred  guilders, 
without  any  abatement  or  haggling  {ciccordatie).     So  have  I  as  seller, 
with  my  accustomed  sign  manual,  subscribed  this  [paper]  was  subscribed. 
This  is  the  mark  of  p  Kit  Davids,'^  with  my  own  hand  as  seller. 

Jacob  Janssen  Stol. 
J..S  tvitness,  Jacob  Adriaense. 
Agrees  with  the  principal  so  far  as  we  could  read  it. 
Quod  Attestor. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Inventory  of  the  estate  of  Kit  Davids,  and  of  the  late  Cornelia  De  Vos 
[his  wife]. 

In  a  great  chest. 
A  pair  of  red  and  yellow  sleeves. 
A  Haerlemer  damask  under  waistcoat,  red  and  blue. 

1  Daniel  Rinkhout  was  a  baker,  36  years  of  age  in  1663,  from  Pomeren,  Holland.  He  made  his 
will  in  1662  and  gave  his  property  to  his  brother  Jan,  save  25  guilders,  to  his  brother  Aertman  of 
Pomeren,  if  living.- iVotorzaOJap^?-*,  1,63.  ■     >.^-u     x.      v. 

2  Reynier  Wisselpenningh  was  probably  a  carpenter.  He  brought  an  action  against  the  church 
in  1658  for  building  a  baptistry  {doop  huysje),  and  obtained  judgment  for  270  guilders.—  Dutch 

^JacobAdriaensen  Van  Utrecht  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1639.—  0' Uallagfian's  Histoid  of  New 
Netherlands  i,  438.  ,   .     ^_,„^       _,  ,    ,  tt      i  -^    K^■u    ^ 

^  Jacob  Jause  Stoll  (or  Hap)  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1630,  and  succeeded  Hendrik  Albertsen 
as  ferry  master.  He  removed  to  Esopus  about  1657.  He  corresponded  with  Governor  Stuyvesant 
in  relation  to  the  Indians  and  other  matters.—  Dutch  Manuscripts.   ,  ^        ,     „^ 

5  Christotfel  Davids  was  a  native  of  England.  In  1656  lie  received  a  patent  for  36  morgens  of 
land  at  Esopus  from  which  he  was  driven  by  the  Indians,  and  in  1663  asks  permission  to  reenter 


Albany   County  Records.  25 

A  red  cloth  under  waistcoat. 

A  red  cloth  under  petticoat. 

A  Pooyse  apron. 

A  black  silk  damask  gown  with  red  lining. 

13  napkins,  made  up. 

6  ditto  cut  unmade. 

A  pair  of  curtains  with  a  valance. 

2  old  dark  green  ditto  with  a  valance. 

A  little  table  cloth. 

A  child's  yellow  jacket. 

5  bed  sheets  (laeckens). 

10  pillows. 

A  piece  of  fine  linnen,  of  1?  ells. 

7  cotton  swathing  cloths  {luyers). 
A  package  of  childs  bed  linnen. 

7  night  neckercheifs. 

5  white  bibs  (yoor  schooteii). 

5  Tuckers  (iieer  stucken). 

5  wonians  handkercheifs. 

A  package  of  child's  bed  linnen  tied  in  a  square  linnen  cloth. 

Also  two  corn  bags  and  two  deer  skins,  a  bed  with  its  bolster,  two  pil- 
lows, two  towels,  with  a  coverlet  and  a  sheet. 

This  inventory  was  made  in  the  presence  of  ChristoflFel  Davids,  Jan 
Verbeeck,!  and  Evert  Wendels,  orphan  masters,  at  the  request  of  Andries 
De  Vos,  guardian,  in  the  absence  of  Arent  Andriesse  (Bratt)  fellow 
guardian,  by  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  as  officer  at  Fort  Orange  and 
village  of  Beverwyck,  who  had  the  above  mentioned  goods  locked  and 
sealed  in  a  great  chest,  on  the  2d  of  March,  A.  D.  1657.  Was  subscribed 
by  Jan  Verbeeck,  Evert  Wendels,'-  and  Andries  De  VoS;  as  orphan  masters. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the  West 
India  Company,  deputy,  etc.,  Andries  De  Vos  and  Arent  Andriessen 
[Bratt]  of  the  one  side,  and  the  Honorable  Frans  Barentse  Pastoor  of  the 
other  side  ;  who  [have  come  to  an  agreement]  with  each  other,  in  respect 
to  the  sale  of  the  garden,  which  said  Frans  Barentsen,  at  a  public  sale, 
purchased,  on  the  29th  of  January,  A.  D.  1057,  of  Rutger  Jacobsen  ; 
which  garden  was  again  purchased  afterwards  by  ChristofFel  Davids,  at  a 
public  sale,  on  tlie  26th  of  February,  of  said  Frans  Barentsen  in  this  man- 
ner, to  wit,   that  the  aforesaid  Andries  De   Vos,-^  and  Arent  Andriesse 


upon  the  same.  His  wife  was  Cornelia  De  Vos,  who  was  deceased  in  1657.  Their  son  David 
settled  at  Schenectady  where  with  his  wife  and  4  children  he  was  killed  by  the  French  and 
Indians,  February  9. 1690. 

1  Jan  Verbeek  and  family  arrived  at  Manhattans  29th  Nov.,  1641.  In  1670  he  had  a  grant  of  a 
lot  on  the  west  corner  of  James  and  Steuben  streets.  In  1697  he  was  eighty- five  years  old,  and 
died  about  1699. 

-  Evert  Janse  Wendel  had  a  house  lot  on  the  north  corner  of  James  and  State  streets,  which 
was  occupied  in  1714,  by  his  son  Thomas.  He  was  sixty  years  old  in  1675,  had  two  wives.  Elsie 
and  Anantie ;  and  sons,  Evert  and  Johannes,  and  perhaps  Thomas,  Hieronimus,  Philip,  and 
Abraham. 

3  Andries  De  Vos  had  a  lot  on  the  west  corner  of  James  and  Columbia  streets,  afterwards 
owned  in  1726  by  Harmauus  Wendel ;  also  ground  north  of  Steuben  and  west  of  Pearl  streets. 
He  was  brother-in-law  of  Barent  Pieterse  Coeymaus  and  father-in-law  of  Cornells  Vos.  His 
daughter  Catalyntie  married,  1,  Arent  Andriese  Bratt;  3,  Barent  Janse  Van  Ditmare,  who 

Hist.  Coll.  in.  4 


26  Albany   County  Records. 

[Bratt],  trustees  legally  appointed,  of  the  estate  left  by  Cornelia  De  Vos, 
late  wife  of  the  above  mentioned  Cbristoffel  Davids,  have  obligated  them- 
selves, by  these  presents  in  said  capacity  [of  trustees]  as  principals,  to 
pay  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  eighty-six  guilders,  to  the  Honorable 
Rutger  Jacobsen,  for  and  in  place  of  said  Frans  Barentse  [Pastoor],  in 
the  same  money  as  the  conditions  of  said  sale,  made  on  the  29th  of  Janu- 
ary, A.  D.  1657,  mentioned  ;  and,  moreover,  to  said  Frans  Barentse  the 
sum  of  thirty  guilders,  and  to  the  deputy  the  sum  of  fourteen  guilders 
six  stuivers  for  per  centage;  which  obligation  the  aforesaid  Frans 
Barentse  has  accepted ;  the  parties  respectively  pledging  for  the  observ- 
ance of  these  presents,  their  persons  and  estates,  movable  and  immovable, 
present  and  future. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  this  5th  of  March,  A.  D.  1657,  in 
presence  of  Jan  Verbeeck  and  Evert  Wendels,  orphan  masters,  as  wit- 
nesses;  was  subscribed,  Andries  De  Vos,  with  the  mark  of  Arent 
Andriesse  [Brat]  ;^  Frans  Barentse  Pastoor,  Jan  Verbeeck,  witness,  and 
Evert  Wendels,  as  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  De  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.. 
Jan  Janssen  Van  Kro'xenborch,  who  in  the  presence  of  the  after  named 
witnesses,  declared  that  he  had  appointed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  ap- 
point, Sacharias  Sickels  corporal  at  Fort  Orange,  in  his  name  to  demand 
of  the  commissary  of  the  West  India  Company  in  New  Netherlands,  the 
settlement  of  his  wages  earned,  and  the  payment  of  the  same,  in  a  proper 
manner ;  promising  to  hold  good  all  that  the  attorney  [Sickels]  shall  in 
this  matter  do,  on  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  13th  of  April,  A.  D.  1657,  present  Jan  Jans- 
sen  Van  St  Tobyn-  and  Marcelis  Janssen  [Van  Bommel]. 

This  is  the  mark  of  +  Jan  Janssen  Van  Kromenborch. 

This  is  the  mark  of  X^  Jan  Janssen  Van  St.  Tohi/n. 

Marcelys  Janssen. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  Hans 
Coenradtsen  [Backer]  late  soldier  in  the  service  of  said  company,  who 
declared  that  he  had  appointed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  appoint,  Jan 
Van  Eeckelen,-^  at  present  citizen  of  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  in  the 
constituent's  name  and  in  his  behalf,  to  demand  and  procure  a  settle- 
ment and  payment  of  the  honorable  commissary,  and  the  receipt  of 
all  such  moneys  from  New  Netherland  as  are  coming  to  your  consti- 
tuent, for  his  services  rendered  to  the  aforesaid  company  in  this  country ; 


•was  killed  at  Schenectady  February  9,  1690;  and  3,  Claas  Janse  Van  Boekhoeven,  whom  Bhe 
outlived,  and  died  about  1712  in  Schenectady.  Cornelia,  wife  of  Christofl'el  Davidts,  was  proba- 
bly anottier  daughter  of  Andries  De  Vos.  ^    ,,  ,  ,    ,  . 

'  Arent  Audriese  Bratt  was  brother  of  Albert  Andriese  Bratt,  or  De  Noorman,  who  settled  m 
Albany  The  former  married  Catalyntje  De  Vos,  who,  on  the  death  of  her  husband,  in  1652, 
removed  to  Schenectady  with  her  six  children.  From  this  branch  are  descended  the  Bratts  of 
Schenectady. 

2  Jan  Jansen  St.  Obyn  was  a  resident  of  New  Amsterdam.—  Dutch  Manuscripts. 
'  '  VanEeckeleu  was  a  school  master  in  Flatbush  in  \^9\.—  English  Manuscripts. 


Albany  Comity  Records.  27 

promising  to  hold  good  all  that  the  attorney  in  the  constituent's  name  shall 
do,  on  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable. 

Done  in   Fort  Orange  the   18th  of  April,  A.  D.   1657.  in  presence   of 
Johannes  Provoost  and  Thomas  Poulr 


lus. 


This  is  the  mark  of  H  Hans  Coenradts. 

Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 
Thomas  PowallA 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 
Appeared   before  me   Johannes  La  Montagne,  in   the  service   of  the 
General  Privileged   West  India  Company,  etc.,  Albert  Gerritsen  [Lan- 
sing?], who  declared  that  he  had  appointed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does 
appoint,  the  Honorable  Symon  Janssen,  dwelling  at  Amsterdam  in  New 
Netherland,  in  the  constituent's  name  and  for  his  behalf,  to  sell  and  con- 
vey a  certain  lot  lying  in   the  city   of  Amsterdam   in  New   Netherland 
next  the  house  of  Adrian  Vincent;  length  and  breadth  as  the  patent  of 
the  same,  of  date  the  first  of  June,  A.  D.  1644,  and   as  the  conveyance 
afterwards  made,  mention  ;  promising  to  hold  good  all  that  the  attorney 
[Janssen]  shall  do  in  this  matter  on  pledge  of  his   person  and  estate 
movable  and  immovable,  present  and  future.  ' 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the    18th  of  April,   A.  D.  1657,    in  presence  of 
Jan  Cloet  and  Johannes  Provoost,  witnesses  for  that  purpose  called. 

Albert  Gerretsen. 
Johannes   Clute. 
Johannes  Provoost,  loitness. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  La  Montagne,  Deputy  of  Fort  Orange. 
Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  deputy,  etc.,  Hans  Vos  2 
dwelling  at  Catskil,  who  in  the  presence  of  Rutger  Jacobsen  and  Philip 
Pieterse  [Schuyler],  commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  acknowledges 
himself  to  be  honestly  indebted  to  Pieter  Bronck,  Dirck  Bensick  and 
Phihp  Hendrickse  Boeckhout,  in  the  sum  of  three  hundred  o-uilders 
which  sum  he  promises  to  pay,  within  the  time  of  one  year  fi^om  this 
date,  on  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable 

Done  in  Port  Orange  the   28th  of  April,  1657,  in   presence  of  Albert 
Janssen-^  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

This  is  the  mark  of  \  Hans  Vos,  signed  by  himself. 
This  is  the  mark  of -\-  Albert  Janssen. - 
Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 
^  Terms  and  conditions  on  which  William  Frederickse  Bout,  and  Jan 
Oarstensen^  propose  to  sell  their  yacht,  at  public  sale,  as  it  at  present  lies 

1  Thomas  Powall,  with  others,  petitioned  in  1664  for  permission  to  buy  a  parcel  of  land  between 
Kinderhook  and  Neuteuhoeli.-  Dutch  Manuscripts.  ^    ^  oetween 

2  Hans  Vos  Van  Baden  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1642,  whence  he  removed  to  Catskil  In  1658  ha 
and  his  wife  were  committed  to  prison,  probably  for  selling  liquor  to  the  Indians.  In  1661  he 
was  appointed  deputy  sheriff.— Z>wteAifo«M6-cry;fe.  <=  ^"uiauB.    in  looi  ne 

=  Albert  Jansen  Ryclanan  Van  Amsterdam  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1642 
tc4pts  ^^^^^^^^^  contracted  to  serve  Remmert  Jansen  as  a  blacksmith  in  \^^.-Dutch  Manu. 


28  Albany  County  Records. 

in  the  roadstead,  with  all  her  appurtenances  according  to  the  inventory 
thereof.  First.— T\\q  aforesaid  yacht  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer 
with  all  her  appurtenances.  Delivery  shall  be  given  immediately.  Pay- 
ment shall  be  one  half  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers,  and  the  other 
half  in  good  current  sewant,  in  two  payments,  the  first  on  the  23d  of 
July  next  coming  [and]  the  second,  one  year  thereafter,  on  the  23d  of 
July,  A.  D.  1658.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  two  sufficient 
sureties,  and  that  immediately,  to  the  content  of  the  seller.  If  the  buyer 
can  furnish  no  sufficient  sureties  in  said  time,  then  it  shall  again  be  sold  at 
his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less  it  shall  become  worth  he  shall  be 
holden  to  replace,  and  if  it  come  to  be  worth  more,  then  he  shall  enjoy  no 
profit  therefrom.  The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  on  the  buyer.  After 
much  bidding,  Dirck  Bensick  remained  the  buyer  for  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  seventy-one  guilders,  according  to  the  condi- 
tions ;  for  which  sum  Claas  Hendrickse  [Van  Schoonhoven]  stood  surety  as 
principal,  on  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  the  23d  of  May,  A.  D.  1657,  in 
presence  of  Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Provoost.     Was  subscribed. 
This  is  the  mark  of  ^-]-+  Dirck  Bensick. 
As  surety,  Claas  Hendrickse. 
Loivies  Cohiisse7i,  as  witness. 
Johannes  Provoost,  as  witness. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of 
Jacob  [Jause]  Schermerhooren  and  Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler]  commis- 
saries; Jochem  Wessels  Backer,'  burgess  and  citizen  of  the  village  of 
Beverwyck,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  he  by 
these  presents  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  for 
the  behoof  of  Wouter  Albertsen  [Vanden  Uythofi'],  his  heirs  or  assigns 
(die  reght  van  hem  hehhen  sullen)  ;  his  house  and  lot  lying  in  the  village 
of  Beverwyck,  bounded  southerly  by  the  kil,  northerly  by  the  alley, 
easterly  along  the  river  side,  westerly  by  the  new  house  of  Jochem  Wes- 
sels, for  the  sum  of  nineteen  hundred  and  fifty  guilders  in  beavers,  and 
that  in  two  terms ;  the  first  payment,  the  half,  to  be  paid  in  June,  next 
coming,  1657,  and  the  second  shall  be  made  in  July,  A.  D.  1658 ;  which 
house  and  lot  the  aforesaid  Jochem  Wessels  promises  to  free  from  all 
actions  and  claims,  on  a  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and 
immovable,  present  and  future,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and 
judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  this  80th  of  May,  A.  D.  1657. 

Jochem  [Wesselse]  Backer. 
Philip  Pietersen  [^Schuyler']. 
Jacoh  Janse  Schermerhooren. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

1  Jochem  Wessels  Backer  in  1670  had  a  lot  "  upon  ye  hill,  there  next  above  Capt.  Philip  Pieterse 
Schuylers,"  which  his  widow,  Geeriruy  Hieronimus,  sold  to  Bay  Croesvelt,  26th  March,  1683, 
then  described  as  a  house  and  lot  "  about  ye  church."  Jan  Casparse  was  only  son  and  heir  of 
Baid  Geertruy. 


Albany   County  Records.  29 

Appeared   before  me  Johannes  La   Montagne,  etc,  in  the  presence  of 
the    Honorable    Jacob    [Janse]    Schermerhooren    and    Adrian    Gerritse 
Li'apendorp]    commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,   Claas  Henderickse 
LVan  fechoonhoven],  burgess  and  citizen  here,  who  deckred  that  he  had 
granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey   in 
real  and  actual  possession,   to   the  behoof  of  Jan  Tomassen  rMin<4'en 
commissary  and  burgess  of  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  his  heirs  or  assTo-ns 
his  house  and  lot  lying  in  Beverwyck  on  the  hill,  with  a  garden  thereto 
belonging,   according  to   the   patent  granted  by   the   honorable  director 
general  and  council  of  iNew  Netherland,  to  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler   of 
date  16  June,   1656,  signed   Petrus  Stuyvesant,  and  lower  down  by  ordi- 
nance of  the  honorable  director  general  of  New  Netherland,  stood  G   V 
Buyven,  secretary,  and  in  exemplification,  of  date  the  7th  October  165G 
signed  Petrus  Stuyvesant;  of  which  patent  the  aforesaid  Claas  Hende- 
iickse  received  a  conveyance,  from  the  aforesaid  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler 
the  4th  of  July,  16o6,  signed  Jan  De  Decker,i  and  again  ratified  on  the 
back   of  the   said   patent,    written    the    29th   November,   A.    D.    1656 
signed  La  Montagne,   vice  director  and  deputy;  for  which  house  and  lot 

1  Jau  de  Decker   for  several  years  a  notary  public  at  Schiedam,  having  connections  in  the 
Amsterdam  chamber,  and  being  a  young  man  of  sound  judgment  and  high  character,  was  sent 
out  by  the  company  to  New  Netherland,  in  November,  1G54 ;  he  arrived  April,  1655,  as  supercargo 
of  the  ship  Black  Eagle,  with  instructions   to  receive  the  first  vacant   oflice.    These  recom- 
mendations having  been  renewed  in  the  spring,  he  was  accordingly  commissioned  vice   director 
ot  iiort  Orange.    In  the  following  May,  orders  were  sent  to  appoint  him  receiver-general  and 
?®°l?.^^.°'  r^  council,  but  his  private  affairs  calling  him  home,  he  returned  to  Holland,  Decem- 
ber itob,  where  he  married  the  daughter  of  Jacob  van  Belcamp.     With  her  he  returned  to  New 
Netherland,  May,  IfaoT,  as  receiver-general  and  member  of  the  council,  at  a  salary  of  78  o-l   per 
month,  and  200  gl.  for  board.    In  April,  1662,  his  father-in-law  applied,  at  his  daughter's  request, 
lor  Mr.  De  Decker  s  discharge  from  the  company's  service.    This  caused  his  employers  much 
regret,  who  expressed  a  hope  that  he  would  be  prevailed  on  to  remain  in  this  country     He  was 
afterwards  employed,  in  1663,  in  visiting  the  Esopus  as  member  of  the  council,  and  attending  to 
the  interests  ol  that  settlement ;  after  which,  he  was  sent  to  Virginia  to  reclaim  the  company's 
ship,   The  Arms  of  Amsterdam,  which  an  English  privateer  had  captured  on  her  voyage  from 
(guinea  with  a  cargo  of  slaves,  and  carried  into  the  Chesapeake.*    He  remained  there  half  a  year 
but  returned  to  New  Netherland  without  accomplishing  the  object  of  his  mission,  having 
quarrelled,  it  is  said,  with  the  authorities  of  that  place.    Some  misunderstanding  occurred  be- 
tween him  and  Stuyvesant,  to  whom  he  wrote,  in  July,  what  the  latter  considered  an  "  ieno- 
™f^?i°^'^  ^°,'?  iisiifferably  harsh  letter,  filled  with  false  accusations  and  calumnies."  The  approach 
ot  the  Jin'-rlish  left  no  time  to  the  parties  to  follow  up  the  quarrel.     The  country  surrendered  to 
Nicolls.   Mr   De  Decker,  being  one  of  the  Dutch  commissioners,  signed  the  treaty  of  capitulation 
7th  September,  1664,  at  the  close  of  which  month  he  was  banished,  for  reasons  set  forth  in  the 
following  order :    "  Whereas  the  Heer  John  de  Decker,  late  of  the  councill  for  the  Dutch  West 
India  Company  in  New  Yorke,  did  (contrary  to  the  14th  Art.  of  Surrender)  actually  travaile  from 
hence  and  tratticke  with  powder  and  negroes  unto  ftbrt  Alliauy  and  other  placet"  upon  Hudson 
river,  without  requesting  or  having  a  certificate  from  mee,  or  liberty  so  to  doe  ;  and  beino-  fully 
informed  that  then  and  there  he  did  endeavor  by  discourses  to  alienate  the  mindes  of  H.  M.  1)utch 
subjects  from  that  happy  reconcilement  without  bloodshed,  uppon  articles  so  lately  made,  and 
that  he  did  committ  these  misdemeanors  before  that  flbrt  Albany  was  surrendered  unto  his 
majesty  s  obedience,  the  consequences  whereof  are  contrary  to  the  peace  of  this  government  •  I 
have,  therefore,  thought  fitt  to  order  and  appoint,  and  doe  by  these  presents  order  and  appoint 
that  the  said  John  de  Decker  shall  within  the  space  of  ten  days  transport  himselfe  out  of  this 
government.    Given  under  my  hand  and  scale  the  30th  day  of  September,  1664,  at  flbrt  James, 
&c.    R.  NiooLLs."    On  the  8th  of  October  he  received  permission  to  sail  with  eight  negroes  for 
any  of  the  French  plantations  of  Martinico,  Guadaloupe,  or  St.  Christopher's,  and  from  thence  to 
Holland.    There  was  due  to  him  at  this  period  7,350  gl.  from  the  West  India  Company,  and  he 
had  besides  some  land  on  Staten  island.    He  complained  to  the  Duke  of  York,  and  obtained  a 
reference  on  his  petition  to  Gov.  Lovelace,  with  which  he  arrived  in  New  York  in  January,  1671. 
He  succeeded  in  obtaining  a  grant  for  120  acres  of  land  on  Staten  island,  "  though  accordino-  to 
the  strictness  of  the  laws  and  customs  of  the  country  his  right  thereunto  is  laijsed."    He  was 
bound  to  settle  this  land  within  a  year.    For  the  arrears  of  salary  which  he  claimed,  he  was  re- 
ferred to  the  West  India  Company.    It  is  presumed  that  he  remained  in  this  country,  where 
many  of  his  descendants  are  still  to  be  found,  who  have  given  the  name  of  Deckerville  to  a 
settlement  in  northern  New  Jersey.    The  whole  of  his  oflicial  correspondence  whilst  vice  director 
of  J<ort  Orange,  is  still  among  the  Dutch  Records  in  the  county  clerk's  office,  Albany.    The 
reference  of  the  Duke  of  York  is  in  the  Register  of  Wills,  surrogate's  office,  New  York.— (9'C'a«a- 
(jhan's  Hvitm-yofNew  Netherland,  ii,  304. 

*  [An  account  of  this  voyage  has  been  published  under  the  title  of  Voijage  of  the  Dutch  Slavers. 
St.  .John  and  Arms  of  Amsterdam,  1659-63,  with  Appendix  of  Additional  Papers  relatijjg  to  the 
blave  Trade  under  the  Dutch;  translated  from  the  original  Dutch  Manuscripts,  with  Introduc- 
tion, by  E.  B.  O'Callaghan.    J.  Munsell,  Albany,  1867,  8vo,  pp.  xsxvi,  233.] 


30  Albany   County  Records. 

the  above  mentioned  Jan  Tomassen  grants  and  conveys  to  the  above  men- 
tioned Claas  Hendrickse,  for  him,  his  heirs  or  assigns  a  lot,  to  the  north 
bounding  on  Andries  Herbertsen,  on  the  south  the  common  highway, 
on  the  east  and  west  a  common  road,  in  length  ten  rods  and  in  breadth 
six  and  a  half  rods,  and  in  addition  to  the  same  a  garden  bounding  on  the 
south  side  on  Henderick  Janssen  Westercamp,'  east,  west  and  north  on  a 
common  path  in  length  six  rods  ten  feet,  in  breadth  six  rods  and  one  foot, 
according  to  the  patent,  granted  to  the  aforesaid  Jan  Tomassen,  by  the 
director  general  and  council  of  New  Netherland  of  date  23d  April,  A.  D. 
1652  ;  the  respective  parties  each  for  himself  promising  to  free  said  lots 
from  all  actions  and  claims,  renouncing  all  rights  and  customs  contrary 
to  their  sincere  intentions,  on  a  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  mova- 
ble and  immovable,  present  and  future,  the  same  submitting  to  all  laws 
and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  last  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1657. 

Jan  Tomas. 
Claas  Hendrycksen. 
Jacob  Jansen  Schermerlworen. 
Adrian  Gerritsen  \^Papendor][f\. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  in  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Adrian  Gerritsen  [Papendorp]  commissaries 
of  said  jurisdiction,  the  Honorable  Rutger  Jacobsen  [Van  Schoender- 
woert],  burgess  and  citizen  of  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  who  declared  that 
he  had  granted  and  transferred,  as  by  these  presents,  he  does  grant 
and  transfer,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of  Claas  Hen- 
derickse  [Van  Schoonhoven],  a  lot  to  the  west  of  his  house,  where  he  at 
present  dwells,  in  breadth  on  the  road  thirty  feet,  in  the  rear,  or  on  the 
south,  twenty-seven  feet  in  breadth,  length  on  both  sides  sixty- two  feet, 
which  lot  is  a  part  of  what  was  granted  him  by  patent  of  the  director 
general  and  council  of  New  Netherland,  of  date  23d  of  April,  A.  D.  1653, 
for  which  lot  the  afore  mentioned  Rutger  Jacobsen  acknowledges  that  he 
has  received  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  six  guilders  to  his  satisfaction ; 
promising  to  free  said  lot  from  all  actions,  claims  or  demands,  which  may 
be  against  said  lot,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immo- 
vable, present  and  future,  submitting  the  same  to   all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  last  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1657. 

Rutger  Jacobsen. 
Jacob  janse  SchermerTiooren. 
Adrian  Gerritsen  [^Papendorp]. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
Honorable  Abraham  Staets-  and  Jan  Tomassen   [Mingael]  commissaries 

'Hendrick  Jansen  Westercamp  was  in  Beverwyck  in  1645,  having  come  there  from  New 
Amsterdam. 

2  Major  Abraham  Staets  (written  Staes  hy  himself)  was  a  surgeon  and  settled  in  Rensselaers- 
wyck  in  1643.  He  had  sons  Jacob  "  Chirurgeon,"  his  eldest  son,  Abraham  and  probably  Samuel. 
He  was  deceased  in  ITOl. 


Albany  County  Records.  31 

of  this  jurisdiction,  Claas  Henderickse  [Van  Schoonhoven]  burgess  and 
citizen  of  the  aforesaid  village,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and 
conveyed,  as  he  by  these  presents,  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and 
actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of  Jan  Vinhagel  and  Barent  Reyndersen 
[Smit],  also  burgesses  and  citizens  of  the  afore  written  village,  their 
heirs  or  assigns,  his  lot  lying  to  the  west  of  the  house  of  Rutger  efacobsen, 
in  breadth  on  the  road  thirty  feet,  on  the  rear  or  south  side  seven  and' 
twenty  feet  in  breadth,  length  on  both  sides  sixty-two  feet,  which  lot  is 
a  part  of  what  was  granted  to  the  aforesaid  Rutger  Jacobsen  by  patent  of 
the  director  general  and  council  of  New  Netherland,  of  date  23d  of  4pril 
1653,  for  which  lot  the  aforesaid  Vinhageli  and  Barent  Reyndersen 
promise  to  pay  five  hundred  and  twenty-five  guilders,  in  good  whole 
merchantable  beavers;  to  pay  half  in  August,  A.  D.  1657;  promising  said 
lot  to  free  from  all  actions  or  demands,  which  may  be  against  said  lot 
under  a  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  movable  and  immovable' 
present  and  future,  and  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judo-es  "  ' 
Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  2d  of  June,  A.  D.  1657.  ° 

. ,  ^  Claas  Hendrycksen. 

Abram  Staes. 
Jan  Tomas. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

^  On  this  the  28th  of  July,  A.  D.   1657,  Claes  Hendricksen  declared 
before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  deputy  at  Fort  Orange  and  villao-e 
of  Beverwyck,  that  he  is  honestly  and  truly  paid  the  sum  above  mentioned. 
Done  in  Fort  Orange  %it  s^ipra. 

Claas  Hendryckse. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Jan  Van  Hoesen  proposes  to  sell  his 
house  on  the  hill,  with  all  that  is  fast  in  earth  and  nailed  and  ready  to 
dwell  in,  with  a  lot  belonging  to  the  same,  according  to  the  patent  thereof. 
First.— ThQVQ  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buver,  the  house  a  plank  and 
a  half  long,  and  in  breadth  nineteen  feet,  with  a  hall  {iiytleaedinge)  of 
five  feet  broad  leading  through  it,  with  a  cellar,  chamber,  a  garret,  and 
a  lot  ten  rods'^  in  length,  and  four  rods  in  breadth.  Delivery  shall  be 
made  the  20th  of  this  month  of  June.  The  payment  shall  be  made  in 
good  whole  merchantable  beavers  in  two  terms,  the  first  on  delivery  the 
second  on  the  first  day  of  October  of  the  current  year  1657  ' 

*  *  *  *  *  *     ■  * 

[This  paper  was  erased  and  not  executed]. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  Honorable  Abraham  Staets  and  Adrian  Gerritsen  [Papendorp],  com- 
mis.saries  of  this  jurisdiction,  Caspar  Jacobsen  [Halenbeek],3  who  declared 

^^^^XY''^^'^^^^^^^y^\:  ^''™  i"  1633,  was  living   in  Albany  in  1708.    His    son  C')  Johannes 
BoL^Talc'an^/an^^Sr^^^^^^^^^^  Hehadtwo 


32  Albany   County  Records. 

that  lie  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and 
convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of  Harmen  Jacobsen 
[Bambus],  his  house,  earth  and  nail  fast,  and  lot  and  garden,  whole 
length  sixteen  rods,  and  breadth  four  rods  and  four  feet,  according  to  the 
patent  thereof,  for  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  and  ten  guilders  to  be  paid 
in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers,  in  two  terms;  the  first  on  delivery 
and  the  second  payment  on  the  8th  of  May  in  the  next  coming  year, 
1658  ;  for  which  payment  the  buyer  has  furnished  two  sureties  to  the  con- 
tent of  the  seller,  to  wit,  Adrian  Van  Ilpendam  and  Abraham  Vosburgh,' 
on  pledge  respectively  of  their  persons  and  estates,  movable  and  immov- 
able, submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 
Done  in  Fort  Orange  this  5th  of  June,  A.  D.   1657. 

This  is  the  mark  of  |^  Y  Caspar  Jacobse. 
Ahram  Staes. 
Adrian  Gerritsen. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Jan  Roeloffsen  [De  Goyer]  proposes  to 

sell  his    house  lying  on  the  hill,  with  the  lot,  according  to  the  patent 

thereof.     First. —  There  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  the  house,  fast 

in  earth  and  nailed,  with  the  lot  thereof,  seven  rods  and  five  feet  broad ; 

to  the  west,  and  along  the  hill  four  rods  and  eleven  feet;  to  the  north  on 

Marcelis  [Janse  ?]  17  rods  in  length,  all  according  to  the  patent  thereof. 
^  ^  *  ^  ^  *  * 

[This  paper  was  not  executed,  the  sale  not  taking  place]. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Jan  Roeloffse  [De  Goyer]  proposes  to 
sell  a  lot  lying  to  the  north  of  his  house,  according  to  the  patent.     First. — 
There  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  the  lot  one  rod  and  eleven  feet 
broad  on  the  east,  to  the  west  two  and  a  half  rods,  and  five  rods  long. 
******  * 

[This  paper  was  unexecuted  and  erased]. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Jan  Roeloffse  [De  Goyer]  proposes  to 
sell  a  lot  lying  to  the  north  of  his  lot.  First. —  There  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  buyer,  the  lot  two  rods  and  a  half  broad  on  the  east,  to  the  west 
three  rods  wide,  and  in  length  on  the  road  five  rods,  according  to  the 

patent. 

*  ****** 

[This  paper  is  unexecuted  and  erased]. 

Terms  and  -conditions  on  which  Reyer  Elbertsen  proposes  to  sell  his 
house  and  lot,  except  the  brick  oven,  with  the  bricks  [.steenen'],  lying  in 
the  village  of  Beverwyck.  First. —  There  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
buyer  the  house,  and  all  the  fixtures,  with  the  lot  four  rods  wide  and 
twenty  rods  long,  according  to  the  patent. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

[This  paper  is  unexecuted  and  erased]. 

1  Abraham  Vosburgh,  perhaps  son  of  Pieter  Jacobse  Vosburgh,  deceased  in  1674. 


Albany   County  Records.  33 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the 
General  Priviledged  West  India  Company,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
Honorable  Jacob  Schemerhooren  and  Abraham  Staets,  commissaries  of 
the  same  jurisdiction,  the  Honorable  Jan  Tomassen  [Mingal]  burgess 
and  citizen  of  the  aforesaid  village,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and 
conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and 
actual  possession,  for  the  behoof  of  Claas  Hendericksea  [Van  Schoon- 
hoven],  also  burgess  and  citizen  of  the  afore  mentioned  village,  his  heirs 
or  assigns,  a  house  and  lot  bounded  on  the  north  by  Andries  Her- 
bertsen,  on  the  south  by  a  common  highway,  on  the  west  and  east  by  a 
common  road ;  in  length  four  rods,  and  in  breadth  six  and  a  half  rods, 
with  a  garden  bounding  on  the  south  side  on  Henderick  Janssen  Wester- 
camp,  on  the  east,  west  and  north  on  a  common  path,  in  length  six  rods 
and  ten  feet,  and  in  breadth  six  rods  and  one  foot,  according  to  the  patent 
to  him,  the  grantor,  given  by  the  honorable  director  general  and  council  of 
New  Xetherland,  of  date  23d  of  April,  A.  D.  1650,  for  which  lot  and 
garden  the  grantor  acknowledges  that  he  has  had  satisfaction,  and  pay- 
ment of  said  Claes  Henderickse,  acquitting  him  of  the  same;  and  promis- 
ing to  free  said  lot  and  garden  from  all  actions  and  claims  on  pledge  of 
his  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable,  and  the  same  submitting 
to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  2od  of  June,  A.  D.  1657. 

Jacob  Jamen  Schermerhooren.  ^^^  TOMASSE. 

Abram  Staes. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the 
General  Privileged  West  India  Company,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
Honorable  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Abraham  Staets,  commissaries  of 
the  same  jurisdiction,  Claas  Hendricksen  [Van  Schoonhoven],  who  de- 
clared that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does 
grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of  Harmen 
Bastianse  [Visscher],'  his  heirs  or  assigns,  a  garden  bounded  on  the 
south  side  by  Henderick  Janssen  Westercamp,  east,  west  and  north  by  a 
common  path,  in  length  six  rods  ten  feet,  and  in  breadth  six  rods  and 
one  foot;  which  garden  is  a  part  of  the  patent  of  Jan  Tomassen,  to  him 
granted  by  the  honorable  director  general  and  council  of  New  Nether- 
land,  of  date  23d  of  April,  1650;  for  the  number  of  seventeen  whole 
merchantable  beavers,  to  be  paid  in  the  month  of  June,  A.  D.  1657,  the 
grantor  promising  to  free  the  aforesaid  garden  from  all  actions,  demands 
and  claims,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable,  present  and 
future,  and  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  25th  of  June,  A.  D.  1657. 

Jacob  Jansen  Schermerhooren.  ^LAES  Hendryckse. 


Abraham  Staes. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 


La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 


1  Harmen  Bastianse  Visschg:  (or  De  V}'8elaer)  was  in  New  Amsterdam,  as  early  as  1649.    In 
1044  he  was  aged  twenty-five  years,  and  was  deceased  in  1693.    In  1675  his  father  lived  in  Hoorn, 

Hist.  Coll.  in.  5 


34  Albany   County  Records. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  Tjerck  Claessen  [De 
Witt],'  who  declared  that  he  had  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does 
convey,  to  (Jarsten  Claessen-  and  Jan  Barensen  [Wemp]  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  and  eighty  guilders,  to  be  paid  in  vphole  merchantable 
beavers,  growing  out  of  the  sale  of  a  stallion,  at  public  sale,  of  which  Jan 
Roeloffse  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  aforementioned  sum;  which 
stallion  was  delivered  to  his  content,  renouncing  all  demands  that  he, 
the  grantor,  upon  the  aforementioned  sum  may  claim ;  appointing  by 
these  presents,  the  said  Carsten  Claessen  and  Jan  Barentsen-*  the  payment 
of  said  sum  to  demand,  and  the  same  in  case  of  refusal  by  court  to  prose- 
cute. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  25th  of  June,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Dirck  Bensick  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Tjerck  Claessen. 

This  is  the  mark  o/-}— 1-+  Dirck  Bensick,  loitness. 

Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Adrian  Blomert'  proposes  to  sell  his 
house  and  lot  lying  in  Manhatans,  next  the  City  Hall,  according  to  the 
patent  thereof.  First. —  There  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  the 
house  and  all  its  fixtures  with  the  lot,  in  breadth  on  the  street  forty-seven 
feet,  and  in.  the  rear  forty  feet.  Delivery  of  the  house  shall  be  made  on 
the  last  day  of  September  of  this  year,  1657  ;  but  the  seller  shall  retain 
the  use  of  the  rear  house  and  little  cellar,  until  the  first  of  May,  A.  D. 
1658,  with  the  garden.  Payment  shall  be  made  in  three  installments  ; 
the  first  on  delivery  of  the  house,  the  second  on  the  first  of  May,  A.  D. 
1658,  and  the  third  on  the  first  of  September,  A.  D.  1658  ;  the  first  in- 
stallment, in  whole  good  merchantable  beavers,  the  second  in  good  current 
seewant,  and  the  last  also  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers.  The 
buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  two  sufl&cient  sureties  as  principals, 
jointly  and  severally  {een  voor  al  en  elck'),  to  the  content  of  the  seller,  and 
that  in  the  space  of  four  and  twenty  hours.  If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish 
sufficient  sureties  in  the  aforesaid  time,  then  it  shall  be  again  sold  at  his 
cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less  it  shall  become  worth  he  shall  be 
holden  to  replace,  and  he  shall  receive  no  benefit  from  whatever  more  it 
comes  to  be  worth.  The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  upon  the  buyer. 
After  much  bidding  Rem  Janssen  Smit^  remained  the  last  biddc,  for  the 
sum    of  four    thousand  and  twenty  guilders,  according  to   the  aforesaid 


Holland.  His  wife  was  Hester  Tjerkse.  They  had  five  sons,  viz  :  Johannes,  Bastian,  Nanning, 
Frederick  and  Tjerk.  From  these  have  sprung  the  various  families  of  the  name  in  this  vicinity. 
Many  changes  have  been  made  in  the  spelling  of  the  name. 

1  Tjerk  Claessen  De  Witt  was  a  resident  of  Esopus.—  English  3Ianusmpts. 

a  Carsten  Claessen  Timmerman  {carpenter),  in  1658. 

3  Jan  Barentsen  Wemp  (or  Wemple)  arrived  in  Beverwj'ck  in  1644,  where  he  remained  until  his 
death  ii)  1663.  He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Schenectady.  After  his  death,  his  widow, 
Mary  tic  Mynderse,  married,  in  1064,  Sweer  Tennis  Van  Velsen  of  Schenectady,  and  in  the 
massacre  of  February  9, 1690,  was  slain  together  with  her  husband.  Her  children  by  Wemp,  three 
sons  and  three  daughters,  inherited  the  property  (which  was  considerable)  of  both  father  and 
Etepfather.  The  families  of  the  name,  settled  on  the  Mohawk  and  vicinity,  claim  Jan  Bareutse  as 
their  common  ancestor. 

■lAdriaen  Bloemmert  came  to  New  Nctherland  in  1C44,  in  the  ship  Prince  Mauritz,  and  was 
engaged  in  business  at  New  Amsterdam  for  many  years. —  Dutch  Mcuuiscripts. 

^  Rem  Janssen  Smit's  name  often  occurs  in  the  records  as  a  considerable  dealer  in  real  estate. 
No  descendants  of  his  appear  in  the  church  or  city  records. 


Albany   County  Records.  35 

conditions  ;  for  whicli  sum  Abraham  Isaacksen  Verplancki  and  Heuderick 
Williamsen  Backer  stood  his  sureties,  each  as  principal,  on  pledge  of  their 
persons  and  estate. 

Done  in  the  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  5th  of  July,  1657,  in  presence 
of  Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Rem  Janssen. 
Abraham  Verplanck. 

HiNRIK  WiLLEMSEN  BaCKKER." 

Ludovicus  Cobiis,  tijjstaf. 
Johannes  Provoost,  as  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of 
the  Honorable  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler], 
commissaries;  the  Honorable  Rutger  Jacobsen  [Van  Schoenderwoert], 
who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he 
does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of 
Frans  Barentsen  Pastoor,  a  garden  lying  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  next 
the  Heer  Renselaer,  on  the  river  side,  in  length  westerly  on  the  road 
eight  rods  and  seven  feet,  length  on  the  river  side  eight  rods  and  one 
foot ;  breadth  on  the  north  on  the  lot  of  Goosen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick] 
six  rods;  and  breadth  on  the  south  side  three  and  a  half  rods;  which 
lot  the  aforementioned  Frans  Barentsen  at  public  sale  bought  on  the  29 
January,  A.  D.  1657 ;  and  that  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  six  and 
eighty  guilders,  which  sum  the  aforementioned  Rutger  Jacobsen  acknow- 
ledges to  be  paid,  and  for  the  same  the  said  Frans  Barentsen  gives,  etc., 
quittance ;  promising  said  lot  to  free  from  all  claims  and  demands,  on 
pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable,  present  and 
future,  submitting  the  same  to  all   courts  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  6th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657. 

Rutger  Jacobsen. 
Jacob  Janse  Schennerhooren. 
Philip  Ptetersen  \_Schui/ler'\. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me,  J.  La  Montagne,  etc.,  the  Honorable  Frans 
Barentsen  Pastoor,  who,  in  presence  of  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and 
Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler],  commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  de- 
clared that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents,  he  does 
grant  and  convey,  to  ChristoflFel  Davids,-^  citizen  of  the  village  of  Bever- 
wyck, a   certain    garden    lying   in   the   aforesaid   village,  next  the  Heer 


1  Abraham  Isaacse  Verplauck.    See  Valentine's  Manual,  1863 ;  and  0'  Callaghan's  History  of  New 

2  Hendrik  Willeinse  Bakker  was  a  baker  of  New  Amsterdam  ;  in  1658  he  made  a  contract  to 
bake  for  the  government.— i>(^/cA  J/a/i;«cry)te.  ^      .   .  ,    .      , 

3  Christoffel  Davidts  was  a  native  of  England.  In  1650,  he  lived  on  a  farm  at  Dommie  s  hoek, 
now  called  Van  Wie's  point ;  25th  September,  1656,  he  received  a  patent  for  thirty-sis  moreens  of 
land  at  Bsopus  about  a  Dutch  mile  inland  from  the  North  river,  and  having  been  driven  from  it 
by  the  Indians  he  asks  permission  in  1663,  to  reenter  upon  it.  He  married  Cornelia  De  Vos, 
daughter  of  Audries  De  Vos.  They  had  at  least  one  son,  David,  who,  with  his  family,  was 
killed  by  the  French  and  Indians,  Feb.  9,  1690,  in  Schenectady.  Cornelia  De  Vos  was  deceased 
in  1657.—  0'  Callaghan's  History  of  New  Netherland  ;  Deeds,  i ;  and  Dutch  Manuscripts. 


36  Albany   County  Recwds. 

Rencelaer's,  on  the  river  side,  in  length  westerly  on  the  road  eight  rods 
and  seven  feet,  along  the  river  side  eight  rods  and  one  foot,  breadth 
northerly  on  the  lot  of  Goosen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick]  six  rods,  and 
breadth  on  the  south  side  three  and  a  half  rods  ;  which  lot  the  afore- 
said Christoflfel  Davids,  at  public  sale,  bought  of  the  aforementioned 
Frans  Barentse  on  the  26  February,  A.  D.  1657,  for  the  sum  of  three 
hundred  and  thirty  guilders,  with  the  expenses,  which  sum  the  said 
Frans  Barentsen  acknowledges  to  be  paid ;  promising  the  same  lot  to  free 
from  all  claims  or  demands,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable 
and  immovable,  present  and  future. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  6th  of  July,  1657. 

Frans  Barentsen  Pastoor. 
Jacob  Janse  Schermerhooren. 
Fhilij)  Fieterse  \_Schuyler']. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  Honorable  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler], 
commissaries,  the  Honorable  Andries  Herbertsen  [Constapel  Vander 
Blaes],  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these 
presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the 
behoof  of  Leendert  Philipsen  [Conyn],i  his  heirs  or  assigns,  a  house  and 
lot  lying  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  bounded  to  the  south  by  Jan 
Tomassen  [Mingal],  to  the  north  by  Pieter  Bronck,  to  the  east  by  the 
river  side,  to  the  west  by  the  common  road,  length  nine  rods,  and 
breadth  six  and  thirty  wood  feet ;  which  lot  is  a  part  of  the  whole  lot 
which  was  granted  to  him,  the  grantor,  by  patent  of  the  director  general 
and  council  of  New  Netherland,  given  of  date,  2od  of  April,  A.  D. 
1652,  for  which  house  and  lot  the  grantor  acknowledges  to  have  received 
nine  hundred  guilders  to  his  satisfaction  ;  and  promises  the  same  lot  to 
free  from  all  claims  or  demands  which  may  be  upon  the  same,  on  pledge 
of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable,  present  and  future,  and 
submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  10th  July,  A.  D.  1657. 

Andries  Herberts. 
Jacob  Janse  Schermerhooren. 
Philip  Pieter  sen  \_Schuyler'\. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  in  the 
presence  of  the  Honorable  Abraham  Staets  and  Jan  Tomassen  [Mingael], 
commissaries,  etc.,  the  Honorable  Andries  Herbertsen,  who  declared  that 
he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and 
convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of  Leendert  Philipse 
[Conyn],  his  heirs  or  assigns,  a  house  lot  and  garden,  which  is  a  part  of 
the  whole  lot,  to  the  grantor,  conveyed  by  the  honorable  director  general 
and  council  of  New  Netherland,  of  date  23d  of  April,  A.  D.  1652,  the  re- 

1  Leendert  Philipse  Conj'n  had  two  sons,  Philip  and  Caspar  (and  perhaps  Jacob),  who  settled 
in  Coxsackie  and  Claverac.    He  died  in  1704. 


Albany   County  Records.  37 

mainder  of  the  same  being  as  large  as  it  stands  within  the  fence,  for  the 
sum  of  eighteen  hundred  guilders,  to  be  paid  in  whole  merchantable 
beavers,  in  two  installments,  to  wit,  the  first  in  cash  down,  and  the  other 
half  within  one  year  after  the  date  of  these  presents,  and  with  the  last 
payment  the  grantor  shall  deliver  to  the  buyer  the  patent;  all  this  on 
pledge  of  their  persons  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable,  submitting 
the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  10th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657. 

Andries  Herberts. 
Leendert  Philipse  [Conyn]. 
Ahram  Staes. 
Jan  Tomas. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne.  in  the  service,  etc.,  in  the 
presence  of  Honorable  Jan  Tomassen  [Mingael]  and  Adrian  Gerritse 
[Papendorp],  commissaries,  etc.,  the  Honorable  Jurriaen  Teunisse  [Grlaze- 
maeckei-],  burgess  and  citizen  of  said  village,  who  declared  that  he  had 
granted  and  conveyed,  as  he,  by  these  presents,  does  grant  and  convey 
in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of  the  Honorable  Andries 
Herbertsen,  also  burgess  and  citizen  of  the  aforesaid  village  ofBeverwyck  ; 
a  house  and  lot  lying  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  ;  length  and  breadth 
ten  rods,  which  is  part  of  the  whole  lot  conveyed  to  him,  the  gi-antor,  by 
patent  frijm  the  director  general  and  council  of  New  Netherland,  of  date 
25th  of  October,  A.  D.  1653,  for  the  sum  of  one  thousand  five  hundred 
and  ten  guilders,  to  be  paid  according  to  these  conditions,  to  wit,  in  two 
terms;  the  first  installment  on  the  first  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in  good 
whole  merchantable  beavers;  the  grantor  promising  to  free  said  lot  from 
all  claims  or  demands,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and 
immovable,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 
Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  12th  July,  1657. 

jureyan  tunissen.  1 
Andries  Herberts. 
Andriaen  Gerrietsen  [^Papendorp]. 
Jan  Tomas  \^Mingaer\. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  in  the 
presence  of  Honorable  Abraham  Staets  and  Adriaen  Gerritsen  [Papen- 
dorp] commissaries,  etc.,  the  Honorable  Andries  Herbertsen,  citizen  of  the 
village  ofBeverwyck,  who  declared  that  he  -had  granted  and  conveyed, 
as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  pos- 
session, to  the  behoof  of  William  Janssen  Schut,  also  burgess  and  citizen 
of  the  aforesaid  village,  a  lot,  next  to  his  lot,  which  he,  by  deed  of  22d  of 


1  Juriaen  Tennlse  Glasemaecker  was  an  innkeeijer.  In  1658,  Isaac  De  Forest  brought  an  action 
against  tiim  for  sixty  guilders,  being  half  of  his  wife's  passage  money  from  Holland.  In  1660,  he 
was  complained  of  for  beating  some  of  the  magistrates  at  Mrs.  D.yckman's  house,  and  for  abus- 
ing the  -worshipful  court :  he  pleaded  intoxication,  and  was  fined  thirty  guilders.  He  was  again 
arraigned  with  Marcellus  Jause,  also  a  tavern-keeper,  for  entertaining  persons  at  night  after  the 
ringing  of  the  bell,  and  each  was  fined  seventy  guildera.—  Dutch  Manuscripts. 


38  Albany  County  Records. 

August,  A.  D.  1654,  received  from  Frans  Boon-  husband  of  Lysbet  Cor- 
nelise,  late  widow  of  Grysbert  Cornelissen  Van  Wesep,'*  according  to  the 
patent  to  the  aforementioned  Gysbert  Cornelissen  Van  Wesep,  granted 
by  the  director  general  and  council  of  New  Netherland,  of  date  25th  of 
October,  1653,  which  portion  was  to  him,  the  grantor,  given  by  the  Heer 
director  general  and  the  court  on  the  6th  of  October,  A.  D.  1657,  per 
order,  which  lot  is  in  length  on  the  north  along  the  road  ten  rods  and 
one  foot,  to  the  east  a  road  breadth  three  rods,  to  the  west  the  hill 
one  rod,  for  which  lot  the  aforesaid  William  Janssen  Schut  shall  pay  in 
cash,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  guilders,  amounting  to  the  number  of  five 
and  twenty  beavers  ;  which  lot  the  grantor  promises  to  free  from  all  actions 
and  demands,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and  immovable, 
submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  17th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657. 

Andries  Herberts. 
Ahram  Staes. 

Adrian  Gerritsen  [^Papendorp]. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of 
Honorable  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Philip  Pietersen  [Schuyler],  com- 
missaries, etc.,  the  Honorable  Jan  Verbeeck,  burgess  and  citizen  of  the 
village  of  Beverwyck,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as 
bv  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  actual  and  real  possession, 
to  the  behoof  of  Honorable  Heer  Johan  Baptista  Van  Rencelaer,  director  of 
the  colony  of  Eencelaerswyck  ;  his  lot  lying  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck, 

according  to    the   patent  thereof,  of   date for  the   sum  of  eighteen 

hundred  and  twelve  guilders,  of  which  sum  the  aforesaid  Heer  Eence- 
laer  has  already  paid  to  the  grantor  twelve  hundred  and  eight  guilders, 
to  the  content  of  the  same  grantor,  and  six  hundred  and  four  guilders, 
the  said  Heer  promises  to  pay,  the  half  in  merchantable  beavers  and  the 
other  half  in  current  seewant,  on  the  first  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1658,  on 
pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real;  which  house  and  lot 
the  grantor  promises  to  free  from  all  actions,  claims  or  demands,  on 
pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  submitting  the  same 
to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  18th  of  July,  1657. 

Jan  Verbeeck. 
Jacoh  Jansen  Schermerhooren. 
Philij)  Pietersen  Schuyler. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of 
Honorable  Jan  Tomassen  [Mingael]  and  Adrian   Gerritsen  [Papendorp], 

1  Francis  Boon  was  a  French  Indian  trader  wlio  married  Lysbet  Cornelise  Van  Voorhoudt,  it  is 
said  against  lier  parents'  wishes.  He  subsequently  removed  to  New  Amsterdam,  where  he 
acquired  wealth,  and  removed  from  thence  to  the  West  Indies.—  Valentine''s  Manual,  1855,  p.  517. 

2  Gysbert  Cornelise  Van  Wesep,  also  called  Aen  de  Berg,  and  op  de  Berg,  because  he  lived  on 
the  Hooge  Berg  at  the  lower  end  ot  Papsknee,  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1645.  His  widow,  Lysbet 
Cornelise  Van  Voorhoudt  married  Frans  Boon,  a  French  trader,  before  the  year  1657. —  C  Calla- 
ghan's  History  of  New  Netherland,  i,  441. 


Albany   County  Records.  39 

commissaries,  etc.,  the  Honorable  Abraham  Staets,  commissary  and  citi- 
zen of  the  aforesaid  village,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and 
conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and 
actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of  the  Honorable  Johannes  Van  Twillert,' 
his  heirs  or  assigns,  a  house  lying  in  Fort  Orange,  on  the  east  side  of  the 
aforesaid  fort,  in  length  four  and  forty-  feet,  and  in  breadth  twenty  feet, 
with  a  garden  behind  the  aforesaid  fort,  according  to  the  patent  thereof, 
of  date  27th  of  April,  1649,  for  the  sum  of  two  thousand  three  hundred 
and  twenty-five  guilders,  which  sum  the  grantor  acknowledges  to  have 
received  to  his  content;  promising  the  afoi'esaid  house  to  free  from  all 
claims  and  demands,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  movable  and 
immovable,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 
Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  18th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657. 

Abram  Staes. 
Jan  Tomas. 
Adriaeii  Gerritsen. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Jacob  Joosten  [Van  Covelens]  proposes 
to  sell  his  house  and  lot  lying  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck.  First. — 
There  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  the  house,  tight  all  around,  with 
all  that  is  fast  in  earth  and  nailed,  with  a  new  bedstead,  and  a  cellar ;  of  a 
plank  long  on  each  side,  and  a  trap  door  in  it;  also  a  lot  thirty  wood  feet 
long,  and  in  the  rear  twenty-eight  feet  broad  in  the  clear  (?;?;y  '^^ff).  The 
delivery  of  the  house  shall  be  on  the  21st  of  this  month  of  July,  A.  D. 
1657.  The  payment  shall  be  within  twelve  days,  and  that  in  good  whole 
merchantable  beavers,  to  wit,  the  first  installment  on  delivery,  and  the 
second  on  the  first  of  May,  A.  D.  1658.  The  buyer  shall  be  held  to  furnish 
two  suificient  sureties  and  that  immediately,  to  the  content  of  the  seller. 
If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufiicient  sureties  in  the  aforesaid  time,  then 
it  shall  be  sold  again  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less  it  comes  to 
be  worth,  he  shall  be  holden  to  pay,  and  whatever  more  it  shall  become 
worth,  he  shall  enjoy  no  benefit  therefrom.  The  auction  fees  become 
a  charge  on  the  buyer.  After  much  bidding,  Jan  Dareth-  remained  the 
last  bidder,  for  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  seventy  guilders,  according 
to  the  aforesaid  conditions ;  for  which  sum  Rutger  Jacobsen  and  Hen- 
derick  Jochemsen-^  stood  sureties  as  principals,  jointly  and  severally,  on 
pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  18th  of  July,  1657,  in  presence 
of  Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Jan  Dareth. 
RuTGER  Jacobsen. 
Hendrick  Jochemse. 
Ludovicus  Cobes. 
Johannes  Provoost^  witness. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

'  Johannes  Van  Twiller  of  Beverwyck,  merchant,  Hjoi.— Dutch  Manuscripts. 
-  Another  John  Dret  [Dareth]  lived  in  Albany  in  1736,  but  how  related  to  the  above  is  not 
known. 
"  Hendrik  Jochemse  was  lieutenant  of  the  burgher  company.—  Dutch  Manuscripts. 


40  Albany   County  Records. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  the  trustees  of  the  estate  of  Jacob 
Luyersen  propose  to  sell  the  house  of  the  late  Jacob  Luyersen,  with  the 
lot  of  the  same  lying  next  to  Fort  Orange,  according  to  the  patent 
thereof.  First. —  There  "shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  the  house  with 
all  the  fixtures,  and  the  lot,  in  length  eight  rods,  in  breadth  in  front  on 
the  road  four  rods  and  a  half,  in  breadth  on  the  west  side  three  rods  and 
five  feet,  all  according  to  the  patent  thereof,  except  the  garden  stuff 
(gaderen)  which  is  therein.  Delivery  of  the  house  shall  be  on  the  20th 
of  August  of  this  year,  1657.  The  payment  shall  be  in  two  installments 
in  good  current  seewant;  the  first  installment  shall  be  on  delivery  of  the 
house,  and  the  last  on  the  first  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1658.  The  buyer  shall 
be  held  to  furnish  two  sufficient  sureties  and  that  immediately,  to  the 
content  of  the  seller.  If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufficient  sureties  in 
the  aforesaid  time,  then  it  shall  be  sold  again  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and 
whatever  less  it  comes  to  be  worth  he  shall  be  held  to  make  good,  and 
whatever  more  it  becomes  worth,  he  shall  enjoy  no  benefit  therefrom. 
The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  on  the  buyer.  After  much  bidding, 
Henderick  Janssen  Van  Wytert  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  sum  of 
eight  hundred  and  thirteen  guilders,  according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  18th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

This  is  the  mark   H  of  Henderick  Janssen  Van  Wytert. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

On  this  the  20th  day  of  July,  appeared  William  Frederickse  [Bout] 
and  Harmen  Bastianse  [Visscher],  who,  as  sureties  and  principals,  stood 
for  the  person  of  Henderick  Janssen  Van  Wytert  on  pledge  of  their 
persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  ut  supra. 

*  This  is  the  mark  of        J  ""  William   Frederickse. 

4 

IJarmen  Bastiaense. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  deputy,  etc.,  Arent  Van 
Den  Berch,  who  declared  that  he  had  appointed,  as  by  these  presents  he 
does  appoint  and  empower,  Heer  Robert  Vasterick,  merchant  of  Amster- 
dam, in  the  appointer's  name  and  in  his  behalf,  to  claim  and  demand  of 
the  honorable  directors  of  the  General  Privileged  West  India  Company 
of  the  chamber  of  Amsterdam,  the  sum  of  six  hundred  and  sixty-eight 
guilders  and  nine  stuivers,i  by  the  appointer  earned  for  the  aforesaid 
company  in  New  Netherland,  as  his  settlement  shows,  signed  under  the 
credit  side  by  P.  Stuyvesant  and  under  the  credit  side  of  the  same  by 
Carel  Van  Brugge,"-  giving  him  power,  one  or  more  persons  to  substitute 


1  20  stuivers  make  a  guilder  of  40  cents  value. 

-  Carel  Van  Bragge  was  the  keeper  of  the  company's  accounts  in  New  Netherland,  also  provin- 
cial secretary. 


Albany   County  Records.  41 

[for  himself]  in  case  of  need ;  promising  to  hold  good  all  that  the  attorney 
[Vasterick]  in  this  matter  shall  do,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate, 
movable,  present  and  future. 

^  Done  in  Fort  Orange,  the  19th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Evert  Hedeman  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

This  is  the  mark  of  ^l^  Arent  Vanden  Berch. 
Eberhardt  Hedeman. 
Johannes  Provoost^  witness. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

On  this  date  the  20th  of  July,  appeared  Andries  Vander  Sluys,i  who 
declared  himself  to  be  surety  for  the  person  of  William  Frederickse 
[Bout]  in  the  action  respecting  the  house,  which  Henderick  Janssen  Van 
Kytcrt,-  bought  of  the  trustees  of  the  estate  of  Jacob  Luyersen  deceased 
for  so  much  as  the  half  of  the  aforesaid  house  comes  to,  to  wit,  the  sum' 
of  four  hundred  and  six  guilders  and  ten  stuivers. 

[This  paper  is  imperfect  and  erased]. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  in  the  presence 
of  Honorable  Goosen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick]  and  Adrian  Gerritse 
[Papendorp],  commissaries,  &c.,  Harmen  Jacobsen  [Bambus],  who  de- 
clared that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  bv  these  presents  he 
does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of 
the  Honorable  Claas  Hendericksen  [Van  Schoonhoven],-^  burgess  and  citi- 
zen of  the  aforesaid  village,  his  heirs  or  assigns,  a  house,  lot,  and  garden 
lying  in  the  aforesaid  village  of  Beverwyck,  altogether  16  rods  long  and 
4  rods  and  4  feet  in  breadth,  according  to  the  patent  thereof,  for  the  sum 
of  nine  hundred  guilders  in  whole  merchantable  benvers,  of  which  sum 
the  aforementioned  Claas  Henderickse  has  already  paid  the  half,  and  pro- 
mises to  pay  the  other  half  in  the  month  of  July  in  the  coming  year 
1658;  which  aforesaid  house,  lot,  and  garden,  the  aforementioned 
Harmen  Jacobson  promises  to  free  from  all  claims  and  demands,  on 
pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  submitting  the  same 
to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  21st  of  July,  A.  D.  1657. 

Harmen  Jacobs. 

Claas  Hendrycksen. 
Adriaen  Gerritsen, 
This  is  the  mark  of  |-|    Goosen  Gerritsen. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Cornelis  Cornelissen  and  Jan  Witmondt 
propose  to  sell  their  brew  house  lying  in  the  Greenbush,  in  the  colony 
llencelaerswyck.  First.— T\\q  brew  house  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
buyer,  with  all  that  is  fast  in  earth  and  nailed,  with  a  well,  and  the  tools ; 

1  Audries  Vander  Sluys  lived  at  Esopus.  In  1658,  he  wrote  to  Gov.  Stuyvesant,  requesting 
to  be  appointed  TOw/«2er  and  sclioo]ma8ter.—  i>MteAi/««,wcr2»fe  ^ 

2  See  Van  Wytert. 

3  Claas  Hendericksen  Van  Schoonhoven  was  brother  of  Guert  Hendericksen  Van  Schoon- 
hoven.  He  had  considerable  transactions  in  real  estate  as  appears  by  Ms  frequent  convevances 
It  is  not  known  that  he  left  any  descendants. 

Hist.  Coll.  vii.  6 


42  Albany  County  Records. 

a  brew  kettle,  a  work  tub,  a  wort  tub,  with  a  cooler,  an  under  trough,  a 
handmill  with  four  stones,  thirty  stout  half  barrels  and  six  tubs  {vlooteii), 
two  beer  stilliugs,  with  two  round  tubs,  (ronde  knypen~),  a  neest  (?)  that 
is  upon  it,  a  beer  yoke,  and  a  beer  tankard,  a  new  stable  seventeen  feet 
long  and  fifteen  feet  broad,  which  shall  be  delivered  tight  with  a  garden 
attached,  except  the  garden  stuff  which  is  therein.  Delivery  shall  be 
made  on  the  first  of  November,  A.  D.  1G57.  Payment  shall  be  made  in 
three  terms  ;  the  first  on  delivery,  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers, 
and  the  second  installment  on  the  first  of  March,  A.  D.  1658,  in  good 
current  seewant,  and  the  third  installment  on  the  first  of  November.,  A.  D. 
1658,  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers.  The  buyer  shall  be  held  to 
furnish  two  sufficient  sureties,  and  that  immediately,  to  the  content  of  the 
seller.  If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufficient  sureties,  in  the  aforesaid 
time,  then  shall  it  be  sold  again  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less 
it  shall  become  worth,  he  shall  be  holden  to  make  good,  and  whatever 
more  it  shall  become  worth  he  shall  enjoy  no  profit  thereby.  The  auction 
fees  become  a  charge  on  the  buyer.  After  much  bidding,  William 
Brouwer  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  and 
seven  guilders,  according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions ;  for  which  sum  Cor- 
nells Wyncoop  stood  surety,  as  principal,  for  the  payment  of  the  aforesaid 
sum,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  village  of  Beverwyck  the  19th  of  Sept.,  A.  D.  1657,  in  pre- 
sence of  J.  Provoost  and  Lowies  Cobus. 

William  Brouwer.i 

CORNELIS  WYiNCKUOP. 
Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 
Lxidovicus  Cobes,  loitness. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Cornells  Cornelissen  -  proposes  to  sell 
his  house  lying  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck.  First. —  The  house  as  it  is, 
with  its  fixtures,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  with  a  lot  of  nine  rods 
in  length  and  four  rods  in  breadth,  with  a  garden  behind  Fort  Orange  ; 
in  the  house  there  shall  be  delivered  a  garret,  with  a  double  chimney. 
Delivery  shall  be  on  the  8th  of  August,  A.  D.  1657.  The  payment  shall 
be  in  three  terms  :  the  first  with  the  delivery,  in  good  whole  merchant- 
able beavers,  and  the  second  installment  on  the  8th  of  February,  A.  D. 
1658,  in  good  current  seewant,  and  the  third  installment  on  the  8th  of 
July,  A.  D.  1658,  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers.  The  buyer 
shall  be  held  to  furnish  two  sufficient  sureties,  and  that  immediately,  to 
the  content  of  the  seller.  If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufficient  sureties 
in  the  aforesaid  time,  then  it  shall  be  sold  again  at  his  cost  and  charge, 
and  whatever  less  it  shall  become  worth,  he  shall  be  holden  to  make 
good,  and  whatever  more  it  shall  become  worth,  he  shall  enjoy  no  profit 
therefrom.     The   commissions   shall  be  a  charge   to  the  buyer.       After 

'  William  Brouwer,  the  ancestor  of  tbe  Schenectady  Brouwers,  was,  perhaps,  a  brother  of 
Philip  HendrikseBronwer.  He  was  buried  in  Albany,  Aug.  3,  IfiOS.  In  relation  to  hiii  death 
the  deacon's  book  under  this  date  has  this  entrj'-,  "  tot  de  begraevenisse  van  Willem  Brouwer, 
40  g.  15."    After  his  death  the  brewery  passed  into  the  possession  of  Jan  Oothout. 

2  Of  the  many  Cornelises  it  is  difficult  to  say  which  this  is  ;  probably  Cornelis  Cornelissen  De 

VOB. 


Albany  County  Records.  43 

much  bidding,  Daniel  Rinckhout  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  sum  of 
seven  hundred  and  twelve  guilders,  according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions, 
and  Henderick  Andriesse  [Van  Doesburgh]  and  Marcelis  Janssen,  stood 
as  sureties  and  principals,  on  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  personal 
and  real. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  2od  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in 
presence  of  Henderick  Reur  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Daniel  Ringhougt. 
Hendrick  Andriesen. 
Marcelys  Janssen. 
Mendrich  Reur. 
Johannes  Provoost^  vitness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Rem  Janssen  [Smit]  proposes  to  sell 
his  little  house,  where  Gysbert  Janssen  ^  dwells,  with  the  smith's  house 
there,  except  the  smith's  tools.  First. —  The  house  with  the  smith's 
house  and  all  its  fixtures  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  except  the 
smith's  tools,  with  the  lot  behind,  as  long  as  the  lot  of  the  large  house, 
and  as  broad  as  the  house,  with  the  smith's  house,  and  a  bake  oven 
therein.  *  *  *>,;** 

[This  paper  is  unexecuted  and  imperfect]. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Rem  Janssen  Smit  proposes  to  sell  his 
great  house  lying  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  with  all  its  fixtures. 
First. —  The  house  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  except  the  smith's 
bench  and  vise,  with  the  lot  as  broad  front  and  rear  as  the  house  is,  and 
as  long  as  the  rear  is  fenced,  with  a  free  alley  running  through  between 
both  houses ;  and  there  shall  be  delivered  a  cow  stable  and  a  hogsty,  and 
a  bleaching  field  with  a  bake  oven.  Delivery  shall  be  made  the  last  of 
September.  Payment  shall  be  made  in  three  terms  ;  the  first  installment 
with  the  delivery,  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers  ;  the  second  install- 
ment on  the  first  of  May,  A.  D.  1658,  in  good  current  seewant ;  and  the 
third  or  last  installment  on  the  first  of  September,  A.  D.  1658,  in  good 
whole  merchantable  beavers.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  two 
sufiicient  sureties,  and  that  immediately,  to  the  content  of  the  seller. 
If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufiicient  sureties  in  the  aforesaid  time, 
then  it  shall  be  oflFered  for  sale  again  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever 
less  it  shall  become  worth,  he  shall  be  held  to  make  good,  and  whatever 
more  it  shall  become  worth,  he  shall  enjoy  no  profit  therefrom.  The 
commissions  become  a  charge  to  the  buyer.  After  much  bidding, 
Cornells  Teunisse  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  sum  of  three  thousand 
two  hundred  and  twenty-five  guilders,  according  to  the  above  written 
conditions,  and  as  security  for  the  above  mentioned  sum,  Rutger  Jacobsen 
and  Gerrit  Bancker  stood,  on  a  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  real 
and  personal. 

1  In  1660  Gysbert  Jaiisen  was  brought  before  the  court  by  the  euperiutendent  of  the  wells, 
and  directed  to  pay  his  proportion  of  the  cost  of  construction  of  a  public  well.— •  i>Mfc/t  Manu- 
scripts. 


44  Albany   County  Records. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  23d  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Hendrick  Reur  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

CORNELUS  ThONISEN. 
RUTGER  JaCOBSEN. 
Hendrick  Reur.  Gerrit  Bancker.i 

Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

I,  Daniel  Rinckhout,  the  subscriber,  acknowledge  that  I  have  leased 
to  Reinier  Wisselpenninck,  a  house  standing  and  lying  in  the  village  of 
Beverwyck,  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  guilders,  half  beavers  and  half 
seewant,  from  the  middle  (?)  of  August  next  in  the  year  1657,  to  the 
first  of  July,  in  the  year  1658,  to  be  paid  as  the  rent  becomes  due,  where- 
upon the  lessor  shall  be  holden  to  deliver  the  aforesaid  house  tight  in 
roof  and  glass ;  the  respective  parties  below  pledging  their  persons  and 
estates,  real  and  personal,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges, 
without  craft  or  guile. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  the  23d  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in 
presence  of  Jan  Roeloffsen  and  Pieter  Lambertsen. 

Was  signed  by  Daniel  Rinckhoudt. 

Reynier  Wisselpenninck. 
Jan  Roeloffsen,  and 
Pieter  Lambertsen. - 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  Teunis 
Teunissen  Metselaer'^  and  Egbetje  Egberts,  husband  and  wife,  who 
declared  that  they  had  appointed,  as  by  these  presents,  they  do  appoint 
and  empower,  Teunis  Swaneken,  in  their  names  and  in  their  behalf,  to 
procure  and  receive  the  payment  from  Joucker  Quarp,  of  such  a  sum 
as  belongs  to  the  appointers,  according  to  the  lease,  which  the  attorney 
[Swaneken]  already  has  in  his  hands,  and  for  the  furtherance  of  this 
object  to  proceed  according  to  the  method  of  law  to  a  definite  sentence, 
and  from  this  sentence  to  proceed  to  execution,  or  to  appeal  from  the 
same,  as  necessity  demands,  with  power  to  substitute  one  or  more  persons, 
and  to  do  in  the  case  as  if  the  appointers  themselves  were  present;  they 
promising  to  hold  good  all  that  the  attorney  shall  do  on  pledge  of  their 
persons  and  estates,  real  and  personal,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and 
judges. 

1  Gerrit  Banker  probably  came  from  Amsterdam,  Holland,  where  his  brother  William 
resided  in  1698.  He  married  Elizabeth  Van  Eps,  daughter  of  Dirli  Van  Eps,  and  Maritie 
Damens,  and  had  one  son  Evert,  born  24  January,  1665.  His  house  lot  in  Beverwyck  was  on  the 
south  side  of  Joncker  street,  now  State  street,  the  third  (now  second),  east  from  South  Pearl 
street.  He  also  owned  a  lot  on  the  north  side  of  Beaver  street,  next  west  of  the  alms  house. 
After  her  husband's  death  Mrs.  Banker  removed  to  New  York,  where  she  opened  a  store  and 
resided  until  her  death,  on  the  .3d  of  July,  1693.  The  inventory  of  her  property,  made  26  August, 
1693,  shows  that  she  had  houses  and  lands  in  Schenectady,  Albany,  Catskil  and  New  York, 
besides  a  large  amount  of  personal  property. 

-  In  1658,  complaint  was  made  against  Evert  Nolden  for  drawing  his  knife  and  hanger  on 
Pieter  Lambertse.— Z>MteA  Manuscripts. 

3  Teunis  Teunissen  Metselaer  made  his  will  in  1685,  and  then  speaks  of  his  wife  Egbertie 
Egbertse  and  of  his  children,  Maritie,  wife  ofHarmen  Lievese,  Egbert,  Gerritie,  wife  of  Andries 
Hanse,  Dirke,  wife  of  Bastian  Harmeuse  [VisscherJ,  Willemtje  aged  23  years,  Anna  aged  21 
years,  and  Marten  aged  19  years. 


Albany   County  Records.  •  45 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  25th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Adrian  Simonsen  [Boer  or  Bat]  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Teunis  Teunissen   Metselaer. 
Egbertyen  Egbers. 
This  is  the  mark  of  -\-  Adrian  Simonsen. 
Johannes  Provoost,  loitness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  Frans 
Jacobsen,  who  declared  that  he  was  honestly  indebted  to  Adrian  Simonsen, 
in  the  sum  of  thirteen  whole  beavers  ;  which  number  of  beavers  he 
IH-omises  to  pay  the  next  year,  1658,  in  the  month  of  May,  with  interest 
on  the  same  at  twenty  per  cent,i  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate, 
real  and  personal. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  25th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of  Jan 
Cloet  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Frans  Jacobsen. 

Johannes   Cliite,   witness. 
Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  in  the 
presence  of  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler],  com- 
missaries of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Teunis  Teunisse  [Metselaer],  burgess 
and  citizen  of  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted 
and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and 
actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of  Jan  Cloet,  his  heirs  or  assigns,  a  garden 
lyino-  behind  Fort  Orange,  by  Jan  De  Wevers,^  in  length  seven  rods,  and 
in  b°eadth  four  rods,  and  that  for  the  sum  of  eight  and  thirty  guilders, 
in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers,  to  be  paid  in  the  month  of  October, 
A.  D.  1657;  and  promises  the  same  to  free  from  all  actions,  claims  or 
demands  that  may  be  upon  the  aforesaid  garden,  on  pledge  of  his  person 
and  estate,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  26th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657. 

Teunis  Teunissen  Metselaer. 

Jacob  Janseu  Schermerhooren. 

Philip  Pietersen. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the 
General  Privileged  West  India  Company,  deputy,  etc.,  Cornells  Cornelissen 
De  Vos,3  who  declared  that  he  had  appointed,  as  by  these  presents  he 
does  appoint  and  empower,  the  honorable  Dirck  Janssen  Croon-*  in  his 
name  and   in   his  behalf,   to  procure  the   payment  from  the  honorable 


1  The  usual  interest  at  this  time  was  10  per  cent.  T7-,-„^^,hnnV 

2  Jan  Marteuse  De  Weever,  who  subsequently  settled  at  Kinderhook 

3  Andries  De  Vos  is  called  scAoon»arfeniather-in-law)  of  Cornelia  Yos.- Deeds,  n,  it.o(. 
*  Dirk  Croon  was  of  Amsterdam  in  lG6i.— English.  Manuscnpts. 


46  Alhany   County  Records. 

director  general  of  New  Netherland,  of  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and 
fortj-five  guilders  and  eight  stuivers  fourteen  pennies  and  two-ninths 
parts,  earned  by  the  appointer  in  the  service  of  the  Honorable  West  India 
Company,  as  appears  by  his  settlement,  signed  by  P.  Stuyvesant  and  A. 
Reyser,  also  to  procure  the  payment  from  said  Heer  [Stuyvesant]  of  two 
beavers,  disbursed  by  the  appointer,  at  the  time  of  the  English  war,  as  the 
billet  signed  by  Rutger  Jacobsen  shows  ;  acquittance  for  receipts  to  pass 
in  case  necessity  requires  it,  and  to  do  in  this  matter  all  that  shall  be  right 
and  just;  promising  to  hold  good  all  that  the  attorney  [Croon]  shall  do  in 
the  matter,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  26th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Harmen  Jacobsen  [Bambus]  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

CORNELIS  Vos. 
Harmen  Jacohs. 
Johannes  Provoost,  tcitness. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  the 
honorable  Francoys  Boon,  who  declared  that  he  had  appointed,  as  by 
these  presents  he  does  appoint  and  empower,  the  honorable  Johannes 
Van  t'Willer  of  Newkerck  in  Gelderland,  in  his  name  and  in  his  behalf, 
to  procure  [the  payment]  of  a  certain  bill  of  exchange  passed  by  Gysbert 
Philipse  Van  Velthuysen,  upon  the  appointer  [Boon]  for  the  sum  of  six 
hundred  Carolus  guilders  in  current  money,  which  bill  of  exchange  was, 
by  Cornells  Pietersen  Huysman,  dwelling  at  Velthuysen,  not  accepted  and 
was  protested,  because  Gysbert  Philipsen  Van  Velthuysen  had  received 
of  the  aforementioned  Cornells  Pietersen  Huysman  the  value  of  fifty 
guilders  in  money,  for  which  sum  he  demands  a  settlement  of  him  ;  the 
aforesaid  attorney  [Van  t'Willer  is  authorized]  to  procure  the  payment 
of  said  sum  of  six  hundred  guilders  and  to  proceed  against  him  [Philipsen] 
according  to  law,  before  competent  judges,  namely,  before  the  honorable 
magistrates  of  the  province  of  Gelderlant,  to  definite  sentence,  the  same 
to  execute  or  waive,  as  he  shall  find  good,  for  the  receipt  of  the  aforesaid 
money  acquittance  to  pass,  and  in  said  matter  to  act  as  if  the  appointer 
himself  were  present;  promising  to  hold  good  all  that  the  attorney  [Van 
t'Willer]  in  this  matter  shall  do  without  the  exception  of  any  privilege 
or  action,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present 
and  future,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  28th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Evert  Heedeman. 

Francoos  Boon. 
Eberhardt  Hedeman,  as  witness. 
Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  Jan 
Labit^,!   who  declared  that  he  had  appointed  and  empowered,  as  by  these 

'  Jan  LabitS,  a  native  of  France,  came  out  previous  to  1634 ;  he  was  commissary  for  the 
patroon,  and  held  the  same  office  in  Fort  Orange  under  the  company.  He  married  Jillisje  Claes, 
widow  of  Harmen  Van  De  Bogart.  Although  owning  lands  and  a  house  lot  at  Schenectady,  it 
is  not  probable  that  he  long  resided  there. 


Albany   County  Records.  47 

presents  he  does  appoint  and  empower,  Keyndert  Hoorn,  in  liis  name  and 
in  his  behalf,  to  ask  and  to  procure  of  the  honorable  director  general  of 
New  Netherland,  payment  of  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  sixty-three 
guilders,  seventeen  stuivers  and  thirteen  pennies,  earned  by  the  appointor 
ibr  the  honorable  West  India  Company,  as  appears  by  his  settlement, 
for  the  receipt  of  said  moneys  acquittance  to  pass,  and  in  the  matter  to  do 
as  if  the  appointor  himself  was  present ;  promising  to  hold  good  all  that 
the  attorney  [Hoorn]'  in  this  matter  shall  do,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and 
estate,  personal  and  real,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judo-es. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  30th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Teunis  Tempelier  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Jan  Labatie. 

Thuenes  Pietersen  Ti^mper.- 
Johannes  Provoost,   ivitness. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  Teunis 
Pietersen  Tempelier,  who  declared  that  he  had  appointed,  as  by  these 
presents  he  does  appoint  and  empower  the  Honorable  Philip  Pieterse 
[Schuyler]  and  Jan  Mangelsen,'^  in  his  name  and  in  his  behalf,  to  ask 
and  to  procure  all  the  debts  which  are  due  to  him,  according  to  his 
account  book,  for  the  receipts  thereof  to  pass  acquittances,  and  in  the 
matter  to  do  as  if  the  appointor  himself  were  present;  promising  to  hold 
for  good  all  that  the  attorneys  [Schuyler  and  Mangelsen]  in  this  matter 
shall  do,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  submitting 
the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  30th  of  July,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Thunes  Pietersen  Temper. 
Ludovicus  Cohes. 
Johannes  Provoost,  ivitness. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

In  the  name  of  the  Lord  Amen,  be  it  known  by  the  contents  of  this 
present  instrument,  that  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  sixteen 
hundred  seven  and  fifty,  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  the  month  of  July,  before 
me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  after  named 
witnesses,  appeared  the  honorable  Groosen  Gerritsen  [Van  Schaick], 
widower  of  Gerritie  Brant-,  bridegroom,  on  the  one  side,  and  Annetie 
Lieveus,  daughter  of  Lieveus  Janssen^,  bride,  of  the  other  side,  who 
declared  that,  for  God's  honor,  they  are  resolved  upon  a  future  marriage, 
and  before  the  bands  of  the  same,  have  willingly  made  the  foUowin"-  cou- 

1  In  1663  Reyndert  Jansen  Hoorn  had  permission  to  come  to  New  Amsterdam  and  reside  tliere 
four  months  free  from  arrest  to  settle  with  his  creditors.—  Dutch  Manuscripts. 

2  Teunis  Pietersen  Temper  was  prohably  in  trade  at  Beverwyck  for  a  short  time.  In  1660 
certain  beaver  skins  —  property  of  his  —  were  confiscated  in  New  Amsterdam.— ZJi^^cA  Manu- 
scripts. 

3  Jan  Mangelse,  an  Indian  trader  in  1661.—  Butch  Mam/scripts. 

*  Gerritie  Brant  was  daughter  of  Brandt-Peelen  [Van  Nicuwkerke]  who  came  to  Albany  in 
1630.—  0"  Callaghan's  History  of  Neio  Netherlands  i,  433. 

5  Lievens  Janssen  received  a  patent  for  25  moigens  of  land  in  Newtown,  L.  I.,  adjoining 
Hellgate  in  1654,  on  which  he  built  a  house.  The  next  year  he  sold  this  plantation  to  Andries 
Andriessen  and  removed  to  Beverwyck.—  Butch  Manuscripts. 


48  Albany   County  Records. 

tract.  First. —  For  the  maintenance  of  this  marriage,  the  aforesaid  married 
people  shall  mutually  bring  together  and  bestow  all  their  goods  and  effects, 
however  much,  of  whatever  kind  and  nature,  in  whatever  place,  and  with 
whatever  persons  the  same  may  lie  outstanding  and  remaining;  none  of 
those  eff"ects  are  to  be  excepted,  which  they  each  at  present  possess  and 
which  it  is  just  should  be  possessed  in  common  by  them,  according  to 
the  customs  of  Holland ;  except  that  on  the  part  of  the  bridegroom,  there 
shall  be  reserved,  six  thousand  guilders,  for  his  four  children  left  by 
Gerritie  Brant,  his  late  wife,  to  wit,  Geertien  Goossen,  Gerrit  Goossen, 
Sybrant  Goossen  and  Antony  Goossen,  for  their  contingent  possession 
from  their  late  mother  :  which  sum  shall  remain  in  common  or  in  the 
hands  respectively  of  the  bridegroom  and  bride,  until  the  time  that  each 
of  said  children  comes  to  competent  age,  or  the  marriage  state,  at  which 
time,  to  each  one  of  the  same  shall  be  given  his  contingent  possession, 
without  rent  or  interest;  there  is  also  excepted  all  the  clothing  and  jewels 
of  Gerritie  Brant,  his  late  wife,  which  she  in  her  life  time  gave  to 
Geertjen  Goossen,  his  oldest  daughter,  which,  or  the  value  of  them,  shall 
be  given  to  her  at  her  majority,  or  marriage;  provided  that  the  other 
three  children,  each  out  of  his  portion  be  assessed  as  the  aforesaid  clothing 
and  jewels  shall  be  estimated  by  two  impartial  persons,  which  portion 
shall  be  taken  from  the  aforesaid  sum  of  six  thousand  guilders.  Item, 
that  the  aforesaid  children  shall  be  brought  up  and  maintained  in  victuals 
and  clothes,  until  their  majority  or  marriage,  without  lessening  their 
matrimonial  [maternal?]  estate,  using  only  the  income  of  the  aforesaid 
sum  of  six  thousand  guilders ;  which  marriage  and  conditions  the  said 
bridegroom  and  bride  promise  to  keep  without  craft  or  guile,  on  pledge 
of  their  persons  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  submitting  the  same  to  all 
laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  ut  sutjra,  in  presence  of  Philip 
Pietersen  [Schuyler]  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

This  is  the  mark  of  -f  GoosEN  Gerritsen. 

FJiilip  Pietersen  Schvyler.  Annetge  Lievens. 

Johannes  Provoost^  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  De  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc., 
the  honorable  Claas  Hendrickse  [Van  Schoonhoven],  who  declared  that 
he  had  appointed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  appoint  and  empower  the 
honorable  Jan  Verbeeck  and  Hendrick  Andriessen  [Van  Doesburgh] 
and  his  wife  Cornelia  Frederickse,  in  his  absence,  to  direct  all  his  affaii's, 
debts  to  receive  and  for  the  same  discharge  to  give,  debts  to  pay  from  his 
eff"ects,  transfers  to  give,  and  in  all  his  afi"airs  to  act  as  if  he  himself  were 
present;  promising  to  hold  good  all  that  the  said  attorneys,  with  his  said 
wife  shall  do,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real, 
present  and  future,  and  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  in  presence  of  Zacarias  Sickelssen  and  Evert 
Edeman,  witnesses  for  "that  purpose  called,  the  3d  of  August,  1657. 

Claes  Hendrycksen. 
Zacliaryas  Sechels. 
Eherhardt  ILdvmann. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 


Albany   County  Records.  49 

At  this  date,  the  sixth  of  August,  A.  D.  1657,  Harmen  Jacobse 
[Bambus]  and  Heuderick  Bierman,  came  to  an  agreement  about  the 
burgher  excise  of  beer  and  wine,  whereupon  Harmen  Jacobse,  as  farmer 
of  the  same,  transferred  it  wholly  to  the  above  mentioned  Henderick 
Bierman,  and  that  for  the  sum  of  six  hundred  guilders  to  be  paid  in  two 
installments;  the  first,  four  hundred  guilders,  to  be  paid  in  the  time  of 
eight  days  from  the  date  hereof,  to  Rut  Jacobsen  [Van  Schoenderwoert], 
and  the  other  two  hundred  guilders,  when  the  excise  falls  due,  for  which 
aforesaid  sum  of  six  hundred  guilders,  Marcelus  Janssen  [Van  Bommel] 
and  Henderick  Driessen  [Audriessen  Van  Doesburgh]  stood  sureties, 
on  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  real  and  personal. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck  iit  supra,  in  presence  of  Claes  Hen- 
derickse  and  William  Frederickse  [Bout]. 

Harmen  Jacobs. 
This  is  the  mark  -\-  of  Henderick  Bierman. 
Marcelys  Janssen. 
Hendrick  Andriessen. 
As  witnesses,  Claas  Hendrychsen. 
This  is  the  mark  of  -{■   William  Frederickse,  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service,  etc.,  Har- 
men Jacobsen  [Bambus],  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed, 
as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  posses- 
sion, to  the  behoof  of  the  honorable  Rutger  Jacobsen,  burgess  and  citizen 
of  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  his  yacht,  named  the  Oak  Tree  {Eyckenhoom'), 
just  as  it  at  present  lies  in  the  roadstead,  with  all  its  appurtenances,  for 
the  sum  of  eighteen  hundred  guilders,  for  which  sum  the  aforesaid  Har- 
men Jacobse,  the  same  yacht  from  said  Rutger  Jacobsen  bought,  and  from 
failure  of  payment,  the  same  yacht,  by  these  presents,  he  has  been  obliged 
to  reconvey.  yielding,  by  these  presents,  all  claims  that  he  upon  said  yacht 
may  have,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  the  10th  of  August,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
"William  Marteuse  [Hues]  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Harmen  Jacobse. 
Willem  3Iartense  Hues. 
Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

In  the  name  of  the  Lord  Amen,  be  it  known  by  the  contents  of  this 
present  instrument,  that  in  the  year  sixteen  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  on 
the  thirteenth  day  of  the  mouth  of  August,  appeared  before  me  Johannes 
La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the  General  Privileged  West  India  Com- 
pany, deputy  at  Fort  Orange  and  village  of  Beverwyck,  Roelofi"  Swart- 
wout,i  in  the  presence  of  his  father,  Tomas  Swartwout,  on  the  one  side, 
and  Eva  Albertsen  (Bratt),  widow  of  the  late  Antony  De  Hooges,^'  in  the 

1  Roeloff  Swartwout  was  appointed  the  first  sheriff  of  Esopus  in  1660.—  0' Callaghan' s  History 
of  New  Nethe7iand,  II,  480.  .   .     ^     .    ,.u 

"-  Authony  De  Hooges  succeeded  Arent  Van  Curler  in  1642  as  superintendent  of  tlie  colony  of 
Rensselaerswyck.—  O'  Callaghan's  History  of  New  Netherland,  i,  32:2. 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  7 


50  Albany   County  Records. 

presence  of  Albert  Andriessen  [Bratt]  her  father  of  the  other  side, 
who  in  the  following  manner  have  covenanted  this  marriage  contract,  to 
wit,  that  for  the  honor  of  God  the  said  Roeloff  Swartwout  and  Eva 
Albertsen  after  the  manner  of  the  Reformed  religion  respectively  held 
by  them  shall  marry;  secondly,  that  the  said  married  people  shall  con- 
tribute and  bring  together  all  their  estates,  personal  and  real,  of  whatsoever 
nature  they  may  be,  to  be  used  by  them  in  common,  according  to  the 
custom  of  Holland,  except  that  the  bride,  Eva  Albertse,  in  presence  of 
the  orphan  masters,  recently  here  chosen,  to  wit.  Honorable  Jan  Verbeeck 
and  Evert  Wendels,  reserves  for  the  children  of  her  and  Antony  De 
Hooges,  for  each  of  them,  a  hundred  guilders,  to  wit,  for  Maricken, 
Anneken,  Catrina,  Johannes,  and  Eleonora  De  Hooges,  for  which  sum  of 
one  hundred  guilders  for  each  child  respectively  [she]  mortgages  her 
house  and  lot,  lying  here  in  the  village  of  Bcverwyck ;  it  was  also 
covenanted,  by  these  presents,  by  the  mutual  consent  of  the  aforewritten 
married  people,  that  Barent  Albertse  [Bratt] ^  and  Teunis  Slingerland, 
brother  and  brother-in-law  of  the  said  Eva  Albertse,  and  uncles  of  said 
children,  should  be  guardians  of  said  children,  to  which  the  aforesaid 
orphan  masters  have  consented  ;  which  above  written  contract  the  respective 
parties  promise  to  hold  good,  on  pledge  of  their  pei-sons  and  estates, 
personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  the  same  submitting  to  all  laws 
and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange  ut  supra,  in  presence  of  Pieter  Jacobsen  and 
Johannes  Provoost,  witnesses,  for  that  purpose  called. 

Roeloff  Swartwout. 
This  is  the  mark  of-j-  Eva  Albertse. 

Thomas  Swartwout. 

Albert  Andriessen. 

Jan  Verbeeck. 

Evert  Wendel. 

Teunis  Cornelissen.2 
Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 
This  is  the  maric  of  -\-  Pieter  Jacobsen.^ 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Jan  RoelofFse  [De  Goyer],  purposes  to 
sell  at  public  sale  his  house  and  the  whole  lot  lying  on  the  hill,  according 
to  the  patent  thereof.  First. —  The  house  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer, 
with  all  the  fixtures,  with  the  whole  lot,  twenty  rods  long,  and  in  breadth 
to  the  east,  five  rods  one  foot,  or  two  exclusive  ;  to  the  west  the  hill,  in 
breadth  seven  and  a  half  rods.  The  delivery  of  the  house  and  lot  shall  be 
o-iven  on  the  first  of  October  of  this  year,  1657.  The  payment  shall  be 
made  in  two  terms,  the  first  installment  with  the  delivery  of  the  house, 
and  the  second  installment,  on  the  first  of  August,  1658,  and  that  in  whole 

1  Barent  Albertse  Bratt  lived  without  tlie  north  gate  of  Beverwj'ck  in  1700,  just  west  of  the 
main  guard,  near  or  on  the  east  corner  of  Steuben  street  and  Broadway.  He  had  frequent  warn- 
ings Irom  tiie  common  council  not  to  fence  in  certain  grounds  there  belonging  to  the  city.— 
Mmseirs  Annals  of  Albany,  iv,  109,  etc. ;  vii,  24.  ,   ,       ^   . 

2  Teunis  Cornelise  Slingerland  came  early  to  Beverwyck  and  settled  at  Onisquathaw  or 
Niskata,  now  New  Scotland,  where  his  descendants  may  be  found  to  this  day.  He  married 
Enweltie  Albertse  Bratt,  and  among  their  children  were  Arent,  Albert;  and  Cornelis,  who  settled 
in  Schenectady. 

3  Pieter  Jacobsen  (Borsboom?),  brickmaker  {steenbakker),  who  early  removed  to  Schenectady. 


Albany   County  Records.  51 

merchantable  beavers.  The  buyer  shall  be  held  to  furnish  two  sufficient 
sureties,  jointly  and  severally,  to  the  content  of  the  seller  and  that  imme- 
diately. If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufficient  sureties  immediately,  then 
it  shall  be  offered  for  sale  again  at  the  cost  and  charge  of  the  buyer,  and 
whatever  less  it  comes  to  be  worth  he  shall  be  held  to  make  good,  and 
whatever  more  it  shall  come  to  be  worth,  he  shall  enjoy  no  benefit  from  it. 
The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  upon  the  buyer.  After  many  offers, 
Cornelis  Segerse  [Van  Voorhoudt] '  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  sum 
of  two  thousand  and  twenty-one  guilders,  according  to  the  abovesaid  con- 
ditions, whereupon  the  aforesaid  Cornelis  Segerse  bought  the  said  house, 
upon  condition  that  Jan  Roeloffse  shall  take  his  horse,  named  Little  Star 
(Kolletie),  for  the  sum  of  four  hundred  guilders,  as  a  deduction  from  the 
first  payment,  which  horse  the  buyer  shall  deliver  to  the  seller,  with  the 
delivery  of  the  house,  for  which  sum  of  two  thousand  and  twenty-one 
guilders,  the  honorable  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Francoys  Boon  stood 
his  sureties,  on  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  20th  of  August,  A.  D.  1657,  in 
presence  of  Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Cornelis  Segersen,  with  his  own  hand  signed. 

Jacob  Jansen  Schermerhooren. 

Francoos  Boon. 
Ludovicus  Cobus,  as  witness. 
Johannes  Provoost,  as  witness. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Upon  the  date  underwritten  Harmen  Jacobsen  [Bambus],  who  at  public 
sale  remained  the  last  bidder,  in  behalf  of  a  garden  lying  behind  Fort 
Orange,  belonging  to  Jan  Roeloffsen  [De  Goyer],  promised  to  make 
payment  for  the  same  in  two  installments  the  first  on  the  first  of  May, 
A.  D.  1658  :  with  the  first  payment  the  garden  shall  be  delivered  to  Har- 
men Jacobsen,  and  that  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-eight 
guilders;  whereupon  Pieter  Jellesen  Metselaer,  stood  surety  for  the  last 
payment,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  pei'sonal. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  20th  of  August,  A.  D.  1657,  in 
presence  of  Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Harmen  Jacobs. 
Pieter  Jellesen  Metselaer. 
Ludovicus    Cohes. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Montagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  in  the  service  of  the 
General  Privileged  West  India  Company,  vice  director,  etc.,  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Abraham  Staets, 
commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Harmen  Bastiaensen  [Visscher], 

1  Coruelis  Segerse  Van  Voorhoudt  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1642,  "  and  succeeded  Vander  Donck 
on  the  farm  called  Weelysburgh,  on  Castle  island.  He  married  Bregje  Jacobse,  by  whom  he  had 
six  children.  Many  of  the  family  now  pass  by  the  name  of  Seger,  in  Albany  county."— 
0'  Callaghan's  History  of  New  Netherlands  i,  433. 


52  Albany   County  Records. 

who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  hy  these  presents 
he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of 
William  Hofmeyr'  his  heirs  or  assigns,  a  garden,  bounding  upon  the 
south  side  of  Henderick  Janssen  Westercamp,  east,  west  and  north  a 
common  road,  length  six  rods  ten  feet,  breadth  six  rods  and  one  foot, 
which  garden  is  a  part  of  the  patent  of  Jan  Tomassen  [Mingael]  to  him 
granted  by  the  director  general  and  council  of  New  Netherland,  of  date 
28d  of  April,  1650,  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  sixty  guilders,  in 
good  current  seewant,  to  be  paid  in  cash;  the  grantor  promising  the 
aforesaid  garden  to  free  from  all  claims  or  demands,  on  pledge  of  his 
person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  the  same  submitting  to  all  laws  and 
judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  the  28th  of  August,  A.  D.  1657. 

Harmen  Bastiaens. 

WiLLEM  HOFFMEYER. 
Jacoh  Jansen  Schermerhoor-e7i. 
Abraham  Staes. 
Acknowledged, 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  In  the  service,  etc.,  in  the 
presence  of  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler,  Chris- 
toffle  Davids,  burgess  and  citizen  of  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  who 
declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does 
grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of  Jan 
Tomassen  [Mingael  ?],  also  citizen  of  the  same  village,  his  heirs  or  assigns 
a  house  and  garden  lying  in  said  village  of  Beverwyck,  next  to  the  Heer 
Renselaer,  on  the  river  bank,  in  length  on  the  west  side  along  the  road 
eight  rods  and  one  foot,  on  the  east  along  the  river  eight  rods  and  one 
foot,  on  the  north  on  the  lot  of  Gossen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick],  in  breadth 
six  rods,  on  the  south  side,  in  breadth  three  and  a  half  rods,  which  garden 
was  received  from  Frans  Barentse  Pastoor,  of  date  6  July,  1657,  for 
the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  guilders,  of  which  sum  said  Christofel 
Davids  acknowledges  he  has  had  satisfaction  ;  promising  the  said  garden 
to  free  from  all  claims  and  demands,  which  may  be  against  said  garden,  on 
pledge  of  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  the 
same  submitting  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  the  7th  day  of  September,  1657. 

This  is  the  mark  of  -j-  Christoffel  Davids. 
Jacob  Janse  Schermerlworen. 
Philip  Pietersen. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Conditions  and  terms  according  to  which  Cornells  Vos  [De  Vos] 
proposes  to  sell  at  public  sale  his  new  house  and  lot  lying  in  the  village 
of  Beverwyck.  First. —  The  house  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  with 
all  the  fixtures,  in   breadth  in  front  upon  the  street,  nineteen  feet  and 

I  Willem  Hoffmeyer  was  fined  500  guilders  ($900)  and  banished  two  years  for  conveying  beer 
up  the  river  and  selling  it  to  the  Indians.  The  next  year  he  had  a  suit  with  Jochem  Wesselse 
Bakker,  his  stepfather,  in  reference  to  a  house.—  Dutch  Manuscripts. 


Albany   County  Records.  53 

four  inches,  and  breadth  in  the  rear,  eighteen  feet,  length  five  and  twenty 
feet,  with  a  lot  behind  of  five  and  sixty  feet  in  length,  and  in  breadth 
fourteen  feet,  stretching  frona  the  kil  to  the  breadth  of  the  hou«e  ;  also  the 
lot  is  nineteen  feet  four  inches  in  breadth  in  front  on  the  street,  in  the 
rear  on  the  kil  side  the  breadth  is  fourteen  feet.         *  *         *         * 

[This  paper  is  imperfect  and  unexecuted.] 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Cornells  Vos  [De  Vos]  proposes  to 
sell  at  public  sale  his  old  house  where  he  at  present  lives,  with  the  lot. 
First. —  The  house  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  as  it  at  present  is 
occupied  by  the  seller,  with  its  fixtures,  except  the  signboard  ;  the  aforesaid 
house  is  twenty-one  and  a  half  feet  broad  and  five  and  twenty  feet  long; 
with  the  lot  five  and  twenty  and  a  half  feet  broad  ;  the  lot  is  four  feet 
wider  than  the  house,  to  have  a  free  gangway ;  the  whole  lot  with  the 
house  is  one  hundred  and  four  feet  long. 

[This  paper  is  imperfect  and  unexecuted.] 

Conditions  and  terms  on  whicli  Jacob  Kip^  proposes  to  sell  publicly, 
to  the  highest  bidder,  his  house,  kitchen,  hen  or  hog  yard,  and  lot 
lying  in  the  city  of  [New]  Amsterdam,  over  against  the  house  of 
Heer  OloflF  Stevense  [Van  Cortland],-  as  the  same  is  occupied  by  him. 
The  house  two  and  thirty  feet  long  and  twenty  feet  broad,  inclosed 
with  thick  planks  and  a  glazed  pantile  roof,  has  a  garret  and  floor,  cellar 
walled  up  three,  four  or  five  feet  with  stone,  and  has  a  brick  chimney 
in  the  front  room,  also  a  shop,  the  partition  wall  of  bricks,  the  inner  room 
built  up  with  brick  all  around  (rond(om),  bedstead,  counting  house,  and 
larder  therein,  besides  the  aforesaid  house,  there  is  a  kitchen  eight  or 
nine  feet  wide  and  seventeen  or  eighteen  feet  long,  on  the  side  of  the 
house,  with  a  brick  chimney,  in  use  by  him,  together  with  a  hen  or  hog 
yard  in  the  rear,  and  the  place  paved  with  bricks,  and  an  apple  tree 
therein,  also  a  common  gangway  on  the  west  side  of  the  house  six  feet 
wide,  and  a  common  well,  and  what  more  is  thereon  and  fast  in  earth  and 
nailed,  except  the  andirons  (Imndizer)  and  hearth  stone.      *      *      *       * 

[This  paper  is  imperfect  and  unexecuted.] 

Conditions  on  which  the  Heer  deputy  and  commissaries  of  Fort  Orange 
and  village  of  Beverwyck,  desire  to  farm  out  to  the  highest  bidder,  the 
burgher  wine  and  beer  excise,  for  the  time  of  one  year.  The  farming, 
as  well  as  the  duties  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  November,  A.  D. 
1657,  and  end  on  the  last  day  of  October,  A.  \).  1658,  accordingto  the 
ordinances  of  our  fatherland.  The  farmer  of  the  excise  shall  receive  for 
a  tun  of  strong  beer  {goedt  bier)  one  dollar  (daelder),  for  a  tun  of  small 
beer  {klein  bier)  ten  stuivers  (20  cts.),  for  a  hogshead  of  French  wine,  six 
guilders  (S2.40),  for  an  anker^  of  brandy,  Spanish  wine  or  spirits  (waters) 
two    guilders    (80  cfs.).     The  farmer  of  the  excise  shall  be  holden  to 


1  Jacob  Kip  was  a  resirlent  of  New  Amsteriiam :  for  an  account  of  this  family,    see  O  Calla- 
ghan's  History  of  New  Netheiiand,  n,  213. 

2  Ibid.,  I,  p.  212. 

3  About  10  gallons. 


54  Albany   County  Records. 

furnish  two  suflBcient  sureties,  jointly  and  severally,  as  principals,  to 
the  content  of  those  who  farm  out  the  excise  {verpachters),  to  pay  the 
aforesaid  farmer's  excise  every  quarter,  a  fourth  part  of  the  whole  sum. 
In  case  that  the  farmer  shall  fail  of  the  aforesaid  sureties,  then  it  shall 
be  offered  for  sale  again  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less  it  comes 
to  be  worth,  he  shall  be  holden  to  make  good,  and  whatever  more  it  comes 
to  be  worth  he  shall  enjoy  no  benefit  therefrom.  After  many  offers, 
Marcelis  Jaussen  [Van  Bommtl]'  remained  the  last  bidder  for  the  sum 
of  two  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifteen  guilders,  according  to  the  above- 
written  conditions,  and  Andries  Herbertsen  and  Jan  Van  Aken-  stood 
sureties  as  principals,  on  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  personal 
and  real. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  5th  of  October,  A.  D.  1657. 

Marcelys  Jansen. 

Andries  Herberts. 

This  is  the  mark  of  ^^■A'^^^S^.  Jan  Van  Aecken. 


^ 


Conditions  upon  which  the  honorable  deputy  and  commissaries  of  Fort 
Orange  and  village  of  Beverwyck  desire  to  farm  out  to  the  highest  bidder, 
the  slaughter  excise  for  the  space  of  one  year.  The  farming  of  the 
aforesaid  slaughter  excise  shall  commence  on  the  first  day  of  October,  in 
the  year  1657,  and  end  on  the  last  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1658.  The 
farmer  shall  receive  for  slaughtered  animals,  that  is  to  say,  oxen,  cows, 
bulls,  calves,  hogs,  goats  and  sheep,  a  stuiver  for  every  guilder'^  of  the 
value  of  the  same,  in  case  of  dispute,  to  be  valued  by  impartial  persons  ; 
the  farmer  shall  stand  holden  to  furnish  two  sufficient  sureties  to  the 
content  of  the  Heer  commissaries,  for  the  excise  money,  to  be  paid,  one 
just  fourth  part  of  said  excise  every  quarter  of  a  year,  and  if  the  farmer 
can  furnish  no  sufficient  surety,  it  shall  again  be  offered  for  sale  at  his  cost 
and  charge,  and  whatever  less  it  shall  come  to  be  worth,  he  shall  be 
holden  to  make  good,  and  whatever  more  it  shall  become  worth,  he  shall 
receive  no  profit  therefrom.  After  many  offers,  Marcelus  Janssen  [Van 
Bommel]  remained  the  last  bidder  for  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  and 
twelve  guilders,  according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions;  and  as  sureties  for 
the  aforesaid  sum,  Andries  Herbertsen  and  Jan  Van  Aecken  [offered 
themselves],  on  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  5th  of  October,  A.  D.  1657,  in 
presence  of  Ludovicus  Cobussen. 

Marcelys  Jansen. 
Andries  Herberts. 
This  is  the  mark  of  X  Jan  Van  Aecken. 
Ziudovicns  Cobus,  as  witness. 
Johannes  Provoost,  as  witness. 

This  farming  was  made  in  the  presence  of  the  vice  director,  J.  La 
Montagne,    and   Jacob   Schermerhooren,   Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler,   Jan 


1  Marcelis  Janse  was  one  of  the  innkeepers  of  Beverwyck. 

'  Jan  Coster  van  Aecken  is  often  mentioned  in  these  records.    No  names  of  the  family  appear 
on  the  ancient  church  register  of  baptisms. 
3  This  excise  amounted  to  3  cents  for  every  40  cents  in  the  value  of  the  animals  mentioned. 


Albany   County  Records.  55 

Tomasse  [Mingael],  Goossen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick]  and  Adrian  Gerritse 
[Papendorp],  commissaries,  the  <5th  of  October,  A.  D.  1657. 

La  Montagne,   V.  Dr.  of  Fort  Orange. 

Jacob  Jansen  Schermerhooren. 

Philijy  Pieterse   Schuyler. 

Jan  Tomassen. 

Adrian  Gerrietsen. 

Conditions  on  which  the  director  general  and  council  of  iNew  Netherland 
propose  to  farm  out  the  excise  of  beer,  wine  and  strong  waters  consumable 
by  the  tapsters  in  Fort  Orange,  village  of  Beverwyck,  and  appendances  of 
the  same.  First. —  That  the  farming  out,  as  well  as  the  collecting  the 
duties,  be  done  in  pursuance  of  the  laudable  customs  of  our  fatherland,  and 
in  accordance  with  the  printed  ordinance  and  placards  of  the  honorable 
their  high  mightinesses  the  States  General  of  the  United  Netherlands, 
to  that  end  made  (in  respect  to  the  matter  of  finances  and  subsidies 
required  for  the  common  weal)  whereof  a  printed  exemplar  shall  be  put 
into  the  hands  of  the  Heer  deputy  and  commissaries.  The  farming  of  the 
excise  shall  begin  on  the  first  of  November,  of  the  year  1657,  and  end  on 
the  last  of  October,  A.  D.  1658,  during  which  time  the  farmer,  of  himself, 
may  collect  and  receive,  or  by  his  deputy  or  collector  may  collect  and 
receive,  for  all  wines,  beers,  or  distilled  (?)  waters  by  any  tapsters, 
innkeepers  or  retailers,  to  be  drawn  and  consumed  by  the  small  measure, 
in  Fort  Orange,  village  of  Beverwyck,  colony  of  Benselaerwyck,  Catskil, 
Esopus,  and  other  places,  lying  between  them,  or  falling  within  this 
period,  as  follows :  for  a  tun  of  domestic  brewed  beer,  4  guilders  ($1.60), 
for  a  tun  of  oversea  or  foreign  beer,  6  guilders  ($2.40),  for  a  hogshead  of 
French  wine  or  Rhenish  wine  {rincewyn),  sixteen  guilders  ($6.40),  for 
an  ankeri  of  brandy  or  of  distilled  waters,  malmsey  (niaelueseyeii),  Spanish 
or  Canary  wines,  16  guilders  ($6.40)  per  anker,  and  proportionally  for 
greater  or  less  casks  {fustatie).  Inasmuch  as  at  the  sale-  two  or  more 
persons  may  make  the  same  bid,  it  remains  for  the  Messrs.  contractors 
to  choose  according  to  their  liking  and  approbation',  and  to  grant  the 
excise  to  one  of  the  bidders  at  their  pleasure,  or  to  ofi"er  the  same  at  public 
sale  again,  if  they  find  it  proper  to  do  so.  The  farmer  stands  holden  to 
furnish  two  sufficient  sureties  to  the  content  of  the  Messrs.  contractors 
for  the  excise  money,  and  to  pay  every  quarter  a  just  fourth  part  in 
current  seewant,  to  the  receiver  of  the  director  general  and  council,  or  to 
their  attorney,  and  that  upon  order  of  the  honorable  Messrs.  director 
general  and  council.  Next,  to  prevent  all  caviling,  misunderstanding, 
compounding  and  frauds,  the  Messrs.  contractors  stipulate  and  agree  that 
after  the  expiration  of  this  contract,  whenever  the  ftirming  out  shall  be 
renewed,  it  shall  be  permitted  to  the  new  farmer,  immediately,  or  on  the 
following  day,  or  at  the  longest  within  the  time  of  three  days,  after  the 
new  farming,  in  common  form  and  in  presence  of  the  late  farmer,  if  he 
wishes  to  be  present,  to  guage  the  remainders  of  the  wines,  beers  and 
distilled  waters  kept  over  by  the  tapsters,  innkeepers  or  retailers,  and  by 

'  lOK  s;allons. 

2  There  were  two  metliocls  of  offering  property  at  public  sale :  by  one.  the  purchasers  commenc- 
ing at  a  low  figure  gradually  raised  the  price  until  the  seller  was  willing  to  pronounce  the  article 
sold ;  by  the  other,  the  seller  oflered  the  article  at  a  higher  figure  than  he  expected  to  get,  and 
gradually  lowered  the  price  until  some  one  of  the  purchasers  cried  out  "w»7i."  The  latter 
method  called  by  the  Dutch  mining,  was  more  commonly  used  by  them  than  the  former. 


56  Albany   County  Records. 

them  given  over  for  the  new  farming,  foi  which  wines,  beers,  or  distilled 
waters  held  and  found  over  two-thirds  of  the  excise  received  or  due,  shall 
be  returned  and  restored  to  his  successor.  The  director  general  and 
council  reserve  to  themselves  the  interpretation  and  amplification  of  these 
presents,  and  promise  the  farmer  all  proper  aid  and  assistance  in  his  acts 
and  arrests.  At  the  public  sale  of  the  above  farming,  William  Frede- 
rickse  Bout,'  became  the  farmer  for  the  sum  of  four  thousand  two 
hundred  and  fifty  guilders,  according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions,  and  the 
Messrs.  Arnoldus  [Arent]  Van  Corlaer  and  Cornelis  Teunisse  [Bos]  stood 
sureties  for  the  former,  for  the  aforesaid  sum,  on  pledge  of  their  persons 
and  estates,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  7th  of  November,  A.  D.  1657, 
in  presence  of  Lowies  Cobus  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

This  is  the  mark  of        }'~  Willem  Frederickse  Bout. 


A.  Van  Curler."' 
Cornelis  Thonisen  Bos. 


Lu'^ovicus    Cohes. 
Johannes  Provoost.  clerk. 


Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Juffrouw  Johanna  De  Ilulter^  proposes 
to  sell  at  public  sale  her  brick  kiln  (steen  bakkenj")  as  it  stands.  First. 
The  brick  kiln  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  as  it  stands  fenced,  and  shall 
be  shown  to  him,  in  free  ownership,  except  that  he  shall  pay  as  an 
acknowledgment,  two  guilders  yearly,  to  the  patroon.  The  delivery 
shall  be  made  on  the  8th  of  November,  1657.  The  payment  shall  be 
made  in  three  terms,  to  wit;  the  first  installment  on  the  first  of  July,  1658, 
one-half  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers,  and  the  other  half  in  good 
current  seewant;  the  second  installment  on  the  first  of  July,  A.  1).  1659, 
the  half  also  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers,  and  the  other  half  in 
good  current  seewant;  and  the  third  instalment,  on  the  first  of  July  A.  D. 
1660,  also  to  be  paid  in  the  aforesaid  currencies.  The  buyer  shall  be 
holden  to  furnish  two  sufiicient  sureties,  and  that  immediately,  to  the 
content  of  the  seller.     If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufiicient  sureties  iii 

1  Willem  Frederickse  Bout  was  one  of  the  innkeepers  of  Beverwj'ck. 

2  Arenclt  "Van  Curler  came  out  from  Holland  in  16-30,  as  assistant  commissary  of  tlie  patroon, 
but  was  soon  after  tiis  arrival  appointed  commissary-general,  or  superintendent  of  the  colony, 
and  acted  as  colonial  secretary  until  1()42;  his  jurisdiction  extended  from  Beeren  island  to  the 
mouth  of  the  Mohawk  on  both  sides  of  the  river ;  1642  he  rescued  father  Jogues  from  the  Mohawks ; 
1646  married  Antonia  Slaghboom,  and  visited  Holland;  and  on  his  return  moved  to  the  flats 
above  Albany,  where  he  had  a  farm;  16.59  held  a  conference  with  the  Mohnwks  at  Caughnawagas, 
and  renewed  the  treaty  of  sixteen  years  standing  with  them ;  1660  assisted  Stuyvesant  at  a  nego- 
tiation with  all  the  Indian  tribes  at  Esopus  (Kingston) ;  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  settlement 
of  Schenectady  1661-2;  and  on  the  surrender  of  New  Netherland  to  the  English,  was  specially 
sent  for  by  Gov.  Nicoll  to  be  consulted  on  Indian  aft'airs  and  the  interests  of  the  country  generally  ; 
was  highly  respected  by  the  governors  of  Canada;  was  invited  by  the  viceroy,  Tracy,  to  visit 
Quebec,  1667,  and  set  out  accompanied  by  M.  Fontaine,  whom  he  had  rescued  from  the  Indians— 
his  influence  among  them  being  so  unlimited,  and  his  memory  so  highly  esteemed,  that  all 
succeeding  governors  of  New  York  were  addressed  by  the  name  of  Corlaer,  in  honor  of  him.  In 
attempting  to  cross  Lake  Champlain  in  a  canoe,  he  was  overtaken  by  a  storm  and  drowned,  it  is 
supposed  near  Split  rock,  and  the  country  experienced  a  great  loss,  and  the  French  of  Canada  a 
warm  and  efficient  friend.—  0'  Callaghan' s  History  of  Neiv  Netherland.  i,  S22. 

3  Johau  De  Hulter,  one  of  the  partners  of  Eensseiaerswyck,  embarked  in  May,  1653,  from  Amster- 
dam, in  the  vest^el  cal'ed  the  Graef,  with  different  families,  taking  with  them  a  number  of  free 
men,  among  wh(mi  were  several  mechanics,  as  one  extraordinary  potter  (steenbakker,  brick- 
maker),  who  intended  to  settle  either  in  the  colony  or  any  other  conveuient  i>\i\ce.— Albany 
Becords,  iv,  9.3.  Mrs.  De  IJulter  was  a  daughter  of  Johannes  De  Laet.  In  1657  she  obtained  a 
patent  for  500  acres  of  land  at  Esopus.— 2>MfcA  Manuscripts,  hh,  14.. 


Alhany  County  Records.  57 

the  aforesaid  time,  it  sball  again  be  oflFered  for  sale  at  his  cost  and  charge, 
and  whatever  less  it  comes  to  be  worth,  he  shall  be  holden  to  make  good, 
and  whatever  more  it  shall  become  worth  he  shall  enjoy  no  profit  therefrom. 
The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  upon  the  buyer.  After  many  ofi"ers, 
Adrian  Janseu  Van  llpendam  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  brick  kiln^ 
of  JuflProuw  Johanna  de  Hulter,  for  the  sum  of  eleven  hundred  guilders, 
according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions,  on  pledge  of  his  person  and  estate, 
personal  and  real. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  7th  of  November,  A.  D.  1657, 
in  presence  of  Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Adrian  Van  Ilpendam. 

At  the  same  time,  Pieter  Loockermans  and  Cornelis  Teunissen  Bosch- 
stood  as  sureties  and  principals  for  the  person  [of  Adrian  Van  Ilpendam], 
and  the  aforesaid  sum  of  eleven  hundred  guilders,  on  pledge  of  their 
persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real. 

Done  %it  supni  in  presence  of  the  above  written  persons. 

Cornelis  Thonisen  Bos. 
Pieter  Loockermans.' 

Madam  lJuffrouw']  Johanna  De  Hulter  proposes  to  sell  at  public  sale, 
her  tile  kiln  {pannenhackerij),  according  to  the  aforementioned  conditions 
for  the  brick  kiln,  provided  that  the  tile  kiln  be  bound  to  be  worked  one 
year  at  her  own  expense,  according  to  the  contract  made  with  the  late 
Heer  De  Hulter,  and  that  she  shall  receive  five  and  twenty  guilders  a 
thousand  and  a  suit  of  clothes  during  the  year  as  a  present.  After  many 
offers,  Pieter  Meesc  [Vrooman],  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  tile 
kiln,  'for  the  sum  of  three  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventeen  guil- 
ders', according  to  the  foregoing  conditions,  on  bond  of  his  person  and 
estate,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  Beverwyck,  the  7th  of  November,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Provoost,  for  which  sum  Andries  Her- 
bertsen  and  Cornelis  Woutersen  [Cornelisse  Sterrevelt]  stood  sureties  on 
the  aforesaid  pledge. 

Pieter  Meese  Vrooman.^ 
Andries  Herbertsen. 
Cornelis  Cornelissen  Sterrevelt, 
Ludovicus  Cohes. 
Johannes  Provoost. 

Madame  Johanna  De  Hulter  proposes  to  sell,  at  public  sale,  her  pasture, 
as  it  stands  in  fence,  except  the  garden  stuff,  which  is  thereon,  and  it 

1  The  often  repeated  tradition  of  dwellings  built  of  bricks  brought  from  Holland  ^yould  seem 
to  be  discredited  by  the  fact  that  bricks  and  tiles  were  made  in  the  province  at  so  early  a  date. 

2  Cornelis  Teunisse  Bos,  bomvknecht  to  Cornelis  Maase  Van  Buren  in  1631,  was  commissary 
at  Fort  Oraiige  previous  to  1662.-^  O'a</to.0'/tfm^^i7i5toryo/iV«('iYs//;ertoicZ,  I,  434. 

3  A  brother  of  Govert  Loockermans  of  New  Amsterdam,  who  came  from  Turnhout,  Holland. 
Jacob  Loockermans,  another  brother,  was  also  a  citizen  of  Beverwyck  at  this  time.—  JJuWt, 

?  There\vere  three  brothers  Vrooman  in  Albany,  Jacob,  Pieter  and  Hendrik.  The  latter 
settled  early  in  Schenectady,  where  he  was  killed  by  the  French  and  Indians,  Feb.  9, 1690  leaving 
a  laro-e  family  of  children  from  whom  have  descended  all  the  Vroomans  of  this  vicinity.  Ihe 
first  brother,  Jacob,  died  in  Albany  in  1691,  leading  no  children.  Pieter  was  a  surveyor  and  died 
in  16S4.  A  son  and  daughter  sm-vived  him ;  but  the  son  had  no  descendants,  save  one  daughter 
Geertruy. 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi  8 


58  Albany   County  Records. 

shall  be  delivered  on  the  8th  of  November  free  and  clear,  the  payment 
as  before.  After  many  offers,  Jan  Janse  Van  Otterspoor'  remained  the 
last  bidder,  for  the  pasture  of  Madam  Johanna  De  Hulter,  for  the  sum  of 
eight  hundred  and  eighty  guilders,  according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions, 
and  Cornelis  Teunisse  [Antonisse]  Van  Slyck  and  Jurian  Teunisse 
[Glazemaecker]  stood  as  sureties,  for  the  aforesaid  sum,  on  pledge  of  their 
persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  Beverwyck,  the  7th  of  November,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Pi'ovoost. 

Jan  Janssen. 

Cornelis  Anthonissen  [Van  Slyck]. '^ 

JURRYAN  TuNISSEN. 

Madam  Johanna  De  Hulter  proposes  to  sell  at  public  sale  her 
dwelling  house,  as  it  stands  in  fence,  with  a  barn  (schuurhercli)  and  a 
garden,  which  lies  within  the  fence;  it  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer, 
on  the  first  of  June,  A.  D.  1658,  free  and  clear,  and  the  payment  shall  be 
according  to  the  conditions,  before  stated.  After  many  ofi"ers,  Didrick 
Van  Hamel'^  remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  dwelling  house  of  Madam 
De  Hulter,  for  the  sum  of  two  thousand  one  hundred  guilders,  according 
to  the  aforesaid  conditions,  and  the  honorable  Johan  Verbeeck  and  Adrian 
Janse  [Appel]  Van  Ley  den,  stood  as  sureties  for  the  aforesaid  sum,  on 
pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  the  8th  of  November,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Lowies  Cobus  and  J.  Provoost. 

D.  V.  Hamel. 

Jan  Verbeeck. 

Adrian  Janssen  Van  Leyden.^ 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  La  Montagne,  deputy,  etc.,  Jan  Gillissen 
Kock,  who  declared  that  the  last  of  the  month  of  October,  being  on  the 
yacht  of  Evert  Pels-^  he  heard  Jan  Van  Breemen"  say  among  the  farmers 
at  Katskil,  concerning  there  being  fodder  for  the  beasts,  which  were  in 
the  yacht  of  the  aforesaid  Evert  Pels,  that  no  fodder  was  provided  for 
the  beasts,  six  in  number,  because  the  kil  was  dry,  and  he  had  taken  two 
men  also,  to  wit;  the  boor  of  his  farm,  and  Glerrit  Segersen,  to  drive  the 
beasts  overland  to  Fort  Orange;  upon  which  Tryntje  Jurriaensen  asked 
said  Jan  Van  Breemen,  if  there  was  no  feed  about  the  country  to  be  had 
with  a  cart;  whereupon  he,  Jan  Van  Breemen,  answered  "The  devil  may 

1  There  was  a  place  at  Mauhattans  on  the  east  river,  called  the  Otterspoor  (the  otter  run).— 
Diitch  MamiscHpts. 

2  Cornells  Antonisse  Van  Slyck  arrived  in  Albany  in  1641,  and  was  the  first  patentee  of  Catskil 
in  1046,  given  to  him  for  eminent  services  rendered  in  bringing  about  a  general  peace,  and  in 
ransoming  prisoners  in  the  hands  of  the  Indians.—  0' Callaghan'' s  Histoi'y  of  New  Netherlands 
I,  384.  He  had  an  Indian  wife,  by  whom  he  had  at  least  three  children,  Jacques,  Marten,  and 
Hilletie.  The  former  settled  in  Schenectady  and  left  a  large  family  ;  the  latter  married  Pieter 
Van  OLinda,  and  also  left  descendants.  Cornelis  Antonisse  Van  Slyck  was  sometime  caUed 
Broer  Cornelis. 

3  Mr.  Van  Hamel  was  secretary  of  Rensselaerswyck.— Z>MfcA  j¥a?iM«mpfe. 

4  Adrian  Janse  Appel,  alim  Van  Lej'den,  was  an  innkeeper  in  Bcverwycli  whence  he  removed 
to  New  Amsterdam.  He  liad  at  least  two  sons,  Johannes  and  Willem,  who  were  wounded  at  the 
sack  of  Schenectadv,  Feb.  9,  161)0. 

6  Evert  Pels  Van  Steltyn,  brewer,  and  wife  lived  at  the  Mill  creek,  Greenbush.  They  came 
to  New  Netherland  in  164-2,  with  Do.  Megapolensis.—  ff  Callaghan'it  History  of  New  Netherlands 
I,  440. 

6  Jan  Jansen  Van  Bremen  came  over  in  164(j,  and  lived  at  Bethlehem  ;  in  1650  he  removed  to 
Catsldl.— i&i6?.,  I,  441. 


Albany   County  Records.  59 

draw  it  by  land."  Also,  that  lie  said  to  Tryntie  Jurriaense,  "  We  should 
let  the  beasts  die  of  hunger  if  we  should  let  them  be  driven  overland  to 
Fort  Orange,"  whereupon  the  aforementioned  Tryntje  Jurriaense  said, 
"  There  is  no  danger  for  the  beasts  from  the  Indians  or  others,"  Jan  Van 
Breemen  answered,  "  I  will  stand  the  danger  of  it  for  a  guilder,"  and 
further,  he  had  them  brought  out  of  the  yacht,  and  they  ran  away,  so 
that  they  were  not  to  be  found,  which  he  [Kock]  affirms  to  be  true,  and 
when  necessary  will  confirm  the  same  with  an  oath. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  the  7th  of  November,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence 
of  J.  Provoost  and  Nataniel  Pietcrsen,  by  me. 

Jan  Jellissen  Koock. 

Johannes  Provoost,  witness. 

Nattanael  Piettersen. 

Madam  Johanna  De  Hulter  proposes  to  sell,  at  public  sale,  the  house 
where  Piet  Bouti  dwells,  but  nothing  more  than  the  premises  shall  be 
delivered  to  the  buyer,  the  payment  six  weeks  after  date  according  to 
the  aforesaid  conditions.  After  many  offers,  Aernoldus-  Van  Curler 
remained  the  last  bidder,  for  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  and  forty  guilders, 
according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions,  and  Johan  Dareth  and  Frederick 
Hendericksen  stood  sureties  for  the  aforesaid  sum,  on  pledge  of  their 
persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  Beverwyck,  the  7th  of  November,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence 
of  Lowies  Cobussen  and  J.  Provoost. 

A.  Van  Curler. 
Jan  Dareth. 
Frederick  Hendrick. 

Madam  De  Hulter  proposes  to  sell,  at  public  sale,  her  cart  with  a  horse, 
named  Old  Cato,  which  shall  be  delivered  in  the  morning  being  the  8th 
November,  but  the  payment  shall  be  made  on  the  first  day  of  July,  A.  D. 
1658,  half  beavers  and  the  other  half  in  merchantable  seewant.  After 
many  off'ers,  Pieter  Jacobse  Borsboom '  remained  the  last  bidder  for  two 
hundred  and  eighty  guilders,  according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions,  and 
Cornells  Cornelisse  Sterrevelt  and  Jan  Anderiessen  De  Graeff"'  stood 
sureties  for  the  aforesaid  sum,  on  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates, 
personal  and  real. 

Done  in  Beverwyck,  the  7th  of  November,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Lowies  Cobussen  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Pieter  Yacopse  Borsboom. 
Jan  Anderressen  De  Graep. 
Cornelis  Cornelissen  Sterrenvelt. 

Appeared  before  me  J.  La  Montague,  in  the  service,  etc.,  Evert 
Luycassen  [Backer],  who  acknowledges  that  he  has  received  and  been 

1  Pieter  Bent  or  Bout  was  a  brickmaker.  He  brought  an  action  tliis  year  against  Piet*  Jacobse 
Borsboom  for  breach  of  contract  in  refusing  to  manufacture  bricks  for  him. —  Dutch  Manuscripts. 

"  This  was  probably  intended  for  Arent. 

3  Pieter  Jacobse  Borsboom  was  among  the  early  settlers  of  Schenectady.  He  was  a  brick- 
maker  {steenbaliker).  He  died  about  1689.  His  will  made  in  1686  mentions  five  children,  Cor- 
nelis, Anna,  Maritie,  Fytie  and  Tryutie.  The  four  daughters  married  into  Schenectady  families, 
save  the  last,  who  married  John  Oliver.    Nothing  is  known  of  the  son,  who  probably  died  young. 

■*  Jaa  Andriesse  De  Graaf,  brother  of  Claas  Andriesse  De  Graaf,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Schenectady,  was  a  brickmaker  in  Albany,  and  afterwards  in  New  Amsterdam. 


60  Albany   County  Records. 

paid,  by  David  Wessels,i  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  sixty  guilders  in 
diverse  payments,  to  wit,  in  the  year  1654  a  hundred  and  fifty  guilders, 
and  in  the  year  1657,  in  the  month  of  August,  the  sum  of  four  hundred 
and  ten  guilders,  for  which  sums  the  aforesaid  Evert  Luyeassen  discharges 
the  said  David  "Wessels  from  all  claims  and  every  demand. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  the  10th  of  November,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence 
of  Johannes  Provoost  and  Willhem  Montague. 

Evert  Luckas. 

Appeared  before  me  J.  De  La  Montague,  in  the  service  of  the  General 
Privileged  West  India  Company,  vice  director,  etc.,  Jan  PtoeloflFse  [De 
Goyer],  burgess  and  citizen  of  the  village  Beverwyck,  who  declared  in 
the  presence  of  Flip  Pieterse  Schuyler  and  Jan  Tomasse  [Mingael], 
commissaries  of  this  jurisdiction,  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed 
as  he  by  these  presents  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual 
possession  to  the  behoof  of  'Cornelis  Seegers  [Van  Yoorhoudt],'-  his 
heirs  or  assigns,  a  certain  house  and  lot  lying  in  the  village  of  Bever- 
wyck;  in  length  twenty  rods  and  in  breadth  on  the  east  five  rods,  one 
foot,  or  two  exclusive;  on  the  west  on  the  Hill,  in  breadth  seven 
rods  and  a  half,  which  length  and  breadth  was  changed  by  the  road 
(ranch),  made  by  the  director  general  and  commissaries  of  this  place,  so 
that  it  does  not  agree  with  the  patent  thereof  granted;  for  which  house 
and  lot  the  aforesaid  Cornelis  Seegers  has  promised  to  pay,  at  a  public 
sale,  the  sum  of  two  thousand  and  twenty-one  guilders,  of  which  sum  the 
grantor  acknowledges  that  he  has  received  the  sum  of  one  thousand  and 
forty-two  guilders,  and  the  remainder  of  said  sum  of  two  thousand  and 
twenty  guilders,  the  aforementioned  Cornelis  Seegers  promises  to  pay,  on 
the  first  of  August,  A.  D.  1658,  in  whole  merchantable  beavers;  the 
respective  parties  pledging,  for  the  maintenance  of  this  contract,  their 
persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  without 
exception,  or  subterfuge  to  any  custom  or  laws,  submitting  the  same  to  all 
courts  and  judges. 

Done  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  the  10th  of  December,  A.  D.  1657. 

Jan  RoELOFFSE. 
V.  Q.  m.  6,  [C.  Zeegers]. 
Philip  Pieterscn  \_Schiiyler'\. 
Jan  Thomas  \_Mingaer\. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

La  Moxtagne,  Deputy  at  Fort  Orange. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Albert  Cierritsen"  proposes  to  sell,  at 
public  sale,  his  house  hing  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck.  First. —  The 
house  of  the  said  Albert  Gerritse  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  being 
bounded  on  the  northside  by  Gerrit  Bancker's  house,  on  the  south  side  by 
his  own  house,  where  Jan  Van  Eeckelen  dwells ;  breadth  front  and  rear 

'  David  ^Vessels  was  probably  a  citizen  of  New  Amsterdam.— Z)?/^cA  Manuscripts. 

2  Cornelis  Segerse  Tan  Voorhoiidt,  was  among  the  early  settlers  of  Albany.  His  wife  was 
Bregje  Jacobsen.  The>  had  three  sons  and  three""danghters.  His  son  Seetrer  was  killed  in  1662, 
by  Andries  Herbertsen  yco/istapel)  in  a  drunken  brawl.—  O' Callarjhan  s  History  of  XeiB  Xether- 
land.  I.  440. 

3  Elbert  Gerritsen  was  son  of  Gerrit  Reverse  :  he  married  Maria  Prnj-n  in  169.3,  and  had  three 
daughters  and  two  sons,  Gerrit  and  Hendrik.  He  was  buried  in  the  church  18  Nov.,  1750.  His 
wife,  Marytie,  was  buried  21st  of  Aug.,  1731.—  Annals  of  Albany,  i,  8. 


Albany  County  Records.  61 

twenty  wood  feet,  with  a  lot,  in   length  ninety-four  feet,  and  breadth 
twenty  wood  feet,  with  a  bakery,  which  house  and  lot  shall  be  delivered 
with  all  that  is  fast  in  earth  and  nailed,  the  10th  3Iay,  A.  D.  1658. 
[This  paper  is  imperfect  and  unexecuted]. 

On  this  day,  the  28th  of  March,  A.  D.  1657,  Claas  Hendrickse  [Van 
Schoonhoven],  as  seller,  and  Jan  Viuhagen'  and  Barent  Reyndersen  as 
buyers,  covenant  and  agree  in  regard  to  the  sale  of  a  certain  lot  on  the 
following  conditions:  First. —  The  seller  shall  deliver  the  lot  in  breadth 
and  length,  and  upon  the  same  conditions,  as  the  aforesaid  Claes  Hen- 
drickse purchased  said  lot  of  Rutger  Jacopse,  at  the  house  of  Hendrick 
Jochemse,-  lying  by  the  side  of  the  house  of  the  aforesaid  Rutger  Jacopse 
[Van  Woert]  ;  the  aforesaid  buyers  shall  pay  for  said  lot  five  hundred  and 
twenty-five  guilders,  in  good  whole  beavers;  the  payment  shall  be  made, 
in  August,  A.  D.  1657,  all  without  craft  or  guile  :  So  we  have  subscribed 
to  it,  with  our  own  hands,  and  as  witnesses  thereto,  have  called  Rem 
Jansen  [Smit]  and  Barent  Mynderts.-^ 

Done  as  above  in  Beverwyck,  A.  D.  1657.     Was  subscribed. 

Claas  Hendrickse. 
*  Jan  Vixhagex. 

Rem  Janse.  Barent  Reyndersen. 

Barent  3I^7iders,  as  loitnesses. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Cornelis  Cornelisse  [De  Vos  ?]  proposes 
to  sell,  at  public  sale,  his  house  and  lot,  lying  in  village  Beverwyck. 
First. —  The  house  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  as  it  stands,  with  all 
that  is  fast  in  earth  and  nailed,  with  the  chimney  and  garret  therein,  with 
a  lot  l^  rods  long  and  4  rods  wide,  and  a  garden.  Delivery  shall  be  made 
within  the  time  of  eight  days  from  this  date.  (On  the  18th  of  December, 
A.  D.  1657,  the  aforesaid  lot  was  delivered  to  Tomas  Poulusse).  The 
payment  shall  be  made  in  three  terms;  the  first  on  the  first  of  May,  A.  D. 
1658,  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers;  the  second  installment  on  the 
first  of  August,  A.  D.  1658,  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers;  and  the 
third  or  last  installment,  on  the  first  of  February  1659,  in  good  current 
seewant.  The  buyer  shall  be  h  ilden  to  furnish  two  sufficient  sureties  and 
that  immediately,  or  in  the  time  of  24  hours,  to  the  content  of  the  seller. 
If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufficient  sureties  in  the  aforesaid  time,  then 
it  shall  be  off"ered  for  sale  again  at  the  cost  and  charge  of  the  buyer,  and 
whatever  less  it  shall  come  to  be  worth,  he  shall  be  holden  to  make  good, 
and  whatever  more  it  shall  become  worth,  he  shall  enjoy  no  benefit 
therefrom.  The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  on  the  buyer.  After  many 
offers,  Tomas  Poulussen  remained  the  la.st  bidder  for  the  sum  of  seven 
hundred  and  eight  guilders,  according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions,  and 
Sander  Leendertse  [Cllen]-  and  Pieter  Loockermans  stood  as  sureties  for 

1  Johannes  Vinhagen.  born  in  1633.  was  living  in  1V08.  His  son.  Johannes.  Jr..  married  Maria 
Van  Tri"ht  in  1700,  and  had  a  family  of  seven  children. 

2  Hendrik  Jochemse  was  lieutenant  of  the  burgher  company.—  Butch  Jfamismpfs.  xvi.  103. 

3  Barent  Mynderse  was  a  shoemaker,  born  iu  163T  ;  he  died  about  1GS9.  when  Pieter  Vosburgh 
administered  upou  his  estate.  It  is  not  known  that  he  left  any  descendants  :  those  of  the  name 
in  this  vicinity  have  descended  from  >Iyndert  Frederickse. 

^  Sander  Leendertse  Glen,  a  servant  of  the  West  India  Company,  was  at  Fort  Nassau  on  the 
Delaware  in  1633.  He  returned  to  New  Amsterdam  and  theuce  to  Beverwyck,  where  he  settled 
about  1643  as  a  trader.  In  1662  he  became  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Schenectady,  calling  the 
name  of  his  plantation,  Scotia.  His  wife  Catharine  Dongau  died  in  lOSl.  The  following  year 
he  died,  leaving  three  sons,  Jacob,  Sander  and  Johannes. 


62  Albany  County  Records. 

the  aforesaid  sum,  on  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  personal  and 
real,  submitting  the  same  to  ail  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  village  Beverwyck,  on  the  18th  of  December,  A.  D.  1657,  in 
presence  of  Henderick  Jochemse  and  Johannes  Provoost. 

Thomas  Powel.' 
Sander  Lenrsen  [Glen]. 
Witness,  Hendrick  Joghemse.  Pieter  Loockermans. 

Johannes  Provoost,  loitness. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Teunis  Teunissen  Metselaer  proposes 
to  sell,  at  public  sale,  his  house  and  lot  lying  in  village  Beverwyck. 
First. —  The  aforesaid  house  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  with  all  that  is 
fast  in  earth  and  nailed,  with  the  lot  in  length  from  one  street  to  the  other, 
and  in  breadth  in  front  of  the  house  fifty-three  [feet],  in  breadth  in  the  rear 
sixty  [?]  feet.  Delivery  shall  be  made  on  the  first  of  May,  A.  D.  1658. 
The  payment  shall  be  made  in  three  installments :  the  first  with  the 
delivery,  in  good  current  seewant;  the  second  installment  on  the  first  of 
July  the  next  coming  year,  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers;  the 
third  installment  on  the  first  of  July,  A.  D.  1659,  in  good  whole  mer- 
chantable beavers.  The  buyer  shall  be  held  to  furnish  two  sufficient 
sureties,  and  that  immediately,  or  else  in  the  time  of  24  hours,  to  the 
content  of  the  seller.  If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  sufficient  sureties  in 
the  aforesaid  time,  then  it  shall  be  offered  for  sale  again  at  his  cost  and 
charge,  and  whatever  less  it  shall  become  worth,  he  shall  make  good,  and 
whatever  more  it  shall  become  worth,  he  shall  enjoy  no  benefit  therefrom. 
The  auction  fees  shall  become  a  charge  to  the  buyer.  After  many  off"ers, 
Andries  Herbertsen  [Constapel,  van  der  Blaas],  remained  the  last  bidder, 
for  the  sum  of  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  four  guilders,  according  to 
the  aforesaid  conditions,  and  the  honorable  Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler] 
and  Philip  Henderickse  [Brouwer],  stood  as  sureties  and  principals,  for 
the  aforesaid  sum,  on  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  personal  and 
real. 

Done  in  Beverwyck,  the  17th  of  December,  A.  D.  1657,  in  presence  of 
Lowies  Cobus  and  J.  Provoost. 

Andries  Herberts. 

Philip  Pietersen. 

Flip  Hendricksen. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Marcelus  Janssen  proposes  to  sell,  at 
public  sale,  to  the  highest  bidder,  the  house  of  Jan  Van  Hoesen,-  lying 
on  the  hill.  First. —  The  house  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  as  it  stands, 
with  all  that  is  fast  in  earth  and  nailed,  with  a  lot  of  ten  rods  in  length 
and  four  rods  in  width. 

[This  paper  is  incomplete  and  unexecuted]. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  Jan  Anderessen^  proposes  to  sell  at 
public  sale  his  horse,  and  to  deliver  it  immediately;  to  be  paid  for  on  the 

1  In  1664  Thomas  Powel  with  others  petitioned  for  permission  to  purchase  a  parcel  of  land 
■between  Kinderhook  and  Neutenhook.—  Butch  Manuscripts. 

"  Jan  Franse  "Van  Hoesen  was  not  living  in  1667,  perhaps  not  at  the  date  of  the  proposed  sale 
above.  His  wife  was  Volkic  Jnriaense  ;  they  had  a  large  family,  of  whom  eight  sous  and  daughters 
were  living  in  1694,  viz  :  Juriaan,  Jacob,  Volkert,  Anna,  Styntie,  Maria,  Catharina,  '  ' 

3  Jautie  (Johnny)  the  Irishman  ? 


Albany  County  Records.  63 

first  of  August,  A.  D.  1658,  iu  good  whole  merchantable  beavers.  The 
buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  two  sufiicient  sureties  and  that  imme- 
diately to  the  content  of  the  seller,  the  auction  fees  to  the  charge  of  the 
buyer.  After  many  offers,  Jan  Koeloffsen  remained  the  last  bidder  for 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  ninety-four  guilders,  according  to  the  aforesaid 
conditions,  and  Pieter  Loockermans,  Junr.,  and  Geurt  Henderickse  [Van 
Schoonhoven],  stood  as  sureties  for  the  aforesaid  sum,  on  pledge  of  their 
persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real. 

Done  in  Beverwyck,  the  17th  of  December,  A.  D.  1657. 

Jan  RoELorrsE  [De  Goyer]. 

Pieter  Loockermans. 

Geuert  Henydrickse. 

[There  is  a  break  in  the  records  here  of  nearly  seven  years.  The 
foregoing  papers  are  chiefly  in  the  handwriting  of  Johannes  Provoost, 
clerk,  though  acknowledged  before  Johannes  De  La  31ontagne  as  vice 
director  of  Fort  Orange]. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  clerk  of  the  jurisdiction  of 
Albany,  and  in  presence  of  the  honorable  Jan  Verbeeck  and  Jacob 
Schermerhoorn,  commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  the  honorable 
Adrian  Gerritse  [Papendorp],  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and 
conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  to  and  for  the 
behoof  of  Jan  Cloet,  his  heirs  or  those  who  shall  acquire  title  from  him,  a 
house  and  lot  lying  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  on  the  hill,  bounded  on 
the  north  by  the  street,  on  the  south  by  Jan  Hendrickse  Van  Bael,i  on 
the  east  by  Jan  Tomase  [Mingael],  on  the  west  by  Wouter  Albertsen 
QVan  Den  Uythoff],  of  such  magnitude  as  it  lies  enclosed  in  the  fence; 
which  he  does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  given  him  by  Sander  Leen- 
dertsen  [Glen],  and  the  grantor  acknowledges  that  he  is  paid  and  satisfied 
for  tlie  purchase  and  delivery  of  these  premises,  with  the  sum  of  six 
hundred  and  thirty  guilders  in  beavers;  wherefore  he  promises  to  free  the 
aforesaid  house  and  lot  from  all  actions,  claims,  and  demands,  which 
hereafter  may  come  against  the  same;  pledging  his  person  and  estate, 
personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted,  and  putting 
himself  in  subjection  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  i|  of  November,  A.  D.  1664. 

Adrian  Gerretsen  [Papendorp]. 
Jan  Verheeck. 
Jacob  Seller merhoor en. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  the  trustees  of  the  estate  of  Jan 
Andriessen,-  the  Irishman,  deceased,  in  the  presence  of  the  Messrs. 
commissaries,  propose  to  sell,  at  public  sale,  to  the  highest  bidder,  several 
horses  and  beasts,  for  which  payment  shall  be  made  in  beavers,  or  seewant, 
at  2-4  guilders  the  beaver,  or  corn  at  beaver's  price;  and  that  in  the  time 

1  Jan  ncudi-ikse  Van  Bael  or  Baelen,  had  a  patent  for  land  on  the  Normanskil,  which  was 
sold  by  his  heirs  in  1716  to  Omy  La  Grange  and  Johannes  Symonse  Veeder  for  £250.  Van  Bael 
had  one  son,  Henry,  who  with  his  father  had  long  been  dead  iu  171G,  and  four  dauo-hters  viz  • 
Hannah,  non  compos  mentis  ;  Maria,  who  married  Isaac  De  Peyster  of  New  York  ;  Margaret'  wife 
of  Nicolaas  Evertsen  of  New  York;  and  Rachel,  wife  of  Henry  Wileman  of  the  same  place 

2  Jan  Andriessen  the  Irishman,  alias  Jantie  (Johnny),  was  at  Beverwyck  in  1G45  He 
removed  to  Catskil  and  bought  land  of  Pieter  Bronck. 


64  Albany   County  Records. 

of  six  weeks  from  the  date  hereof,  and  it  is,  by  these  presents,  expressly 
conditioned,  that  no  one  shall  purchase  by  a  oiFset  of  moneys  which  may 
be  due  from  Jantie  the  Irishman,  deceased,  but  shall  deliver  the  purchase 
money  in  to  the  hands  of  Johannes  Provoost,  and  wait  for  a  pro  rata  distri- 
bution. The  buyer  shall  be  held  to  furnish  sufficient  sureties  as  principals 
for  the  securing  of  the  purchase  money.  In  paying  as  aforesaid,  the 
auction  fees  become  a  charge  upon  the  buyer. 
In  Albany,  28th  November,  A.  D.  1664. 

Pieter  Adriaense^   [Soogemackelyk  or  Van  Woggelum],  one 

mare  (merrij paert^, /    65.00 

as  security,  the  person  standing  below,  Lucas  Gerryts. 

Lucas  Gerritse  [  Wii/ngaardl.- 

Pieter  Bronck,  one  mare  colt, /115.00 

[Sureties],  Cornelis  Tonisen  Bos. 
Daniel  Ringlioiigt. 

David  Maries,  a  mare, /  150.00 

(P^i  on  this  48  guilders  in  seewant,  also  paid  14  schepels  of 

wheat.) 
[Sureties],  Thomas  Powell. 

This  is  the  mark  of  Jan  Brick er,  +  with  his 
own  hand  set. 

Evert  Luycassen  [Backer],  a  stallion, /   62.00 

[Surety],  Jochem  Backer. 

Cornelis  Segersen  [Van  Voorhoudt]  Senior,  a  cow, /    75.00 

[Surety],  Jacob  Schermerlworen. 

Also  Cornelis  Segersen  Senior,  a  heifer, /    90.00 

OiFered  for  sale  again  and  bought  by  Jan  Kloet. 

Jan  Cloet,  a  heifer, /    84.00 

Surety,  Jan  Heind  [?] 

Heer  Jeremias  Van  Benselaer,  a  young  black  bull,... f   40.00 

also  a  red  white  faced  bull, /    55.00 

[Surety],  Anthony  Jansen. 

Poulus  Martensen  [Van  Benthuysen],-^  an  old  cow,  for /   32.00 

[Sureties],  Jacoh  Tyes  [^Van  Der  Heyden'].^ 
Adrian  Van  Bpendam. 

Hans  Caresen,  an  old  gelding, /    36.00 

[Surety],  Davidt  Schuler.''  

Carried  forward,  /804.00 


1  Pieter  Adrianse  (ijoegemackelyk),  was  innkeeper  in  Beverwyck.  His  fatlier  (or  stepfatiier) 
Barent  Janse  Bal,  was  deceased  in  1660,  but  his  mother,  Anna  Pieterse,  was  livin.<?  then.  He 
was  one  of  the  early  proprietors  of  Schenectady,  hut  soon  sold  outliis  share  to  Helmer  Otten 
and  probably  never  resided  there. 

2  Lucas  Gerritse  Wyngaard  was  a  baker.  He  married  Anna  Janse  Van  Hoesen ;  made  his 
will  30  Oct.,  1709,  and  speaks  of  wife  and  five  children  then  living. 

s  Paulus  Martense  Van  Benthuysen  had  three  sons,  Baltiis,  Marten  and  Barent,  who  were 
heads  of  families,  and  perhaps  daughters.  His  widow  was  living  in  1T17  on  the  corner  of  Beaver 
and  South  Pearl  streets. 

■*  Jacob  Tyse  Van  Der  Heyden  was  a  tailor.  He  married  his  wife,  Anna  Hals,  in  Amsterdam, 
Holland,  the  25  July,  1655.  She  outlived  him,  kept  a  public  house  and  die^  in  1691,  leaving, 
probably,  but  one  son.  Dirk,  who  raised  a  large  family. 

^  David  Schuyler,  a  brother  of  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler,  came  from  Amsterdam  and  married 
Catalyn  Verplanck  of  New  Amsterdam,  13  October,  1667.    His  widow  was  living  in  1693  on  the 


Albany   County  Records.  65 

Brought  forward, / 804.00 

Jacob  Tyssen  [Van  Der  Heyden],  a  young  heifer, /   25.00 

[Sureties],  Adrian  Van  llpendam. 
Jacob  Lokermans. 
Jan   Henderickse   Cruyn,   a  heifer  of  two  years  that  is  at 

present  at  Bethlehem,  bought  for /   52.00 

As  surety,  Johannes  Clute. 

Jacob  Loockermans,!  an  ox  also  bought  as  he  at  present  stands 

there  [in  Bethlehem  ?],  in  the  third  year  of  his  age, /    49.00 

As  surety,  Daniel  Ringliougt. 
Eldert  Gerbertsen,'^  a  bull  calf,  six  months  old,  at  present  at 

Pieter  Bronck's  where  he  shall  receive  it, /    10.00 

[Surety],  Claas  Janse  \_Van  Bockhoven?'\ 
Gerrit  Bancker,  a  calf  of  three  months,  at  present  at  Pieter 

Bronck's,  where  he  must  receive  it, f     7.00 

[Total], /937.00 

On  the  9th  January,  old  style,  sold  at  the  house  of  Pieter  Bronck  a 
copper  Kettle  of  Jantie,  the  Irishman,  deceased,  to  Frans  Pieterse'^  [KlauwJ 
for/ 12  in  seewant. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  clerk  of  the  jurisdiction  of 
Albany,  and  in  the  presence  of  Gerrit  Slichtenhorst*  and  Jacob  Scher- 
merhoorn,  commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Jan  Tomassen  [Mingael] 
and  Gerrit  Bancker,  citizens  of  the  village  of  Albany,  who  declared  that 
they  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as,  by  these  presents  they  do  grant  and 
convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Pieter 
Claerbout,  chorister  (voorsanger)  in  the  church  here,  his  heirs  or  those 
who  shall  derive  title  from  him,  a  house  and  lot,  lying  in  said  village, 
bounded  on  the  north  by  the  street,  on  the  east  by  Cornelis  Teunissen  Bos^ 
and  on  the  west  by  Jan  Van  Aecken,  in  breadth  in  front  on  the  street 
two  rods  and  one  foot  and  six  inches,  on  the  east  in  length  six  rods  and 
three  feet,  on  the  north,  in  breadth  one  rod  and  six  feet,  on  the  west  in 
length  six  rods  and  three  feet ;  which  house  and  lot  the  grantor  received 
by  conveyance  from  Rem  Janssen  Smit,"  of  date  3  August,  A.  D.  1660, 
and  acknowledges  that  he  is  paid  and  satisfied  for  the  sale  and  delivery  of 

Soiith  corner  of  Broadway  and  Steuben  street  and  was  succeeded  by  her  sons,  Jacobus  and 
Abraham.  David  Schuyler  had  five  sous,  Pieter,  Jacobus,  Abraham,  David  and  Myndert,  and 
perhaps  daughters. 

1  In  1664  Jacob  Loockermans  was  one  of  the  commissioners  to  negotiate  a  treaty  of  peace 
between  the  Mohawks  and  northern  Indians.  In  1657  the  sheriff  brought  a  suit  against  him  for 
having  assaulted  Meuwes  Hoogenboom  and  split  his  face  open  from  his  forehead  to  his  underlip 
with  his  knife ;  he  was  find  300  guilders  ($120)  and  further  to  pay  for  loss  of  time,  board  and 
surgical  attendance.—  Dutch  Manuscripts,  xvi,  98,  103. 

2  Eldert  Gerbertsen  was  twice  prosecuted  for  defamation  in  1657  and  1658.—  Butch  Manuscripts. 

3  Frans  Pieterse  Clauw  or  Klauw  was  a  carpenter.  He  settled  in  Kinderhook,  where  his  two 
sons  also  resided  — Hendrik  and  Juriaen. 

^  Son  of  Brant  Arentse  Slichtenhorst.    SeeO'Callaghan's  History  of  New  Netherlands  ii,  69. 

5  Cornelis  Teunisse  Bos  was  complained  of  in  1658  for  defaming  "the  court,  and  in  1660  for 
calling  Willem  Teller  a  backbiter.—  Dutch  Manuscripts,  a,  155.  xvi,  214.  In  retaliation  Cornelis 
brought  an  action  against  Wm.  Teller  for  calling  Jacob  Tyse  (Van  Der  Heyden)  and  himself  a 
rabble.—  Dutch  Manuscripts,  xvi,  159. 

«  Rem  or  Remmert  Jansen  Smit  (blacksmith)  was  in  New  Amsterdam  as  early  as  1643.  Rem 
Jansen  Smith  of  Waalebocht  is  complained  of  in  16(53,  by  Adriaen  Hegeman  for  carrying  off  his 
ploughshare :  Rem  is  ordered  to  replace  it  in  the  spot  where  he  found  it,  and  if  he  have  any 
claim  to  prosecute  it  at  law.—  Dutch  Manuscripts,  x,  327,  329. 

Hist:  Coll.  Hi.  9 


66  Albany   County  Records. 

these  premises;  wherefore  he  promises  to  free  the  same  from  all  actions, 
demands  or  claims,  which  hereafter  may  come  against  the  same,  pledging 
his  person  &nd  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  putting  him- 
self in  subjection  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Albany  the  7th  of  December,  A.  D.  1664,  new  style. 

Jan  Tomas. 
Gerrit  SlicJitenhorst.  Gerret  Bancker. 

Jacob  Schermerliooren. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  clerk. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  clerk  of  the  village  of  Albany, 
and  in  presence  of  the  honorable  Grerrit  Siichtenhorst  and  Jacob  Scher- 
merhooren,  commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Pieter  Claerbout, 
citizen  of  said  village,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed, 
as  he  does  grant  and  convey  by  these  presents,  in  real  and  actual 
possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Rut  Arentsen  [Schoemaecker],i  his 
heirs,  or  those  who  shall  have  title  from  him,  a  house  and  lot,  lying  in 
the  village  of  Albany  aforesaid,  on  the  public  highway,  bounded  on  the 
north  by  the  aforesaid  highway,  on  the  east  by  the  grantor,  on  the  west 
by  Jan  Coster  van  Aeckeu ;  in  length  three  rods,  nine  feet,  ten  inches, 
breadth  in  front  on  the  street  eleven  feet  and  seven  inches,  on  the  north 
[south?]  in  breadth  seven  feet,  which  lot  is  a  part  of  the  transfer  made  to 
him,  the  grantor,  by  Jan  Tomassen  and  Gerrit  Bancker,  of  date  the  7th 
of  this  month,  by  virtue  of  which  [transfer]  his  ownership  is  apparent: 
and  he  acknowledges  further  that  he  is  paid  and  satisfied  for  the  sale  and 
delivery  of  these  premises ;  wherefore  he  promises  to  free  the  aforesaid 
house  and  lot  from  all  actions,  demands  or  claims,  which  hereafter  may 
come  against  them,  pledging  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  and 
putting  himself  in  subjection  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Albany  the  17th  of  December,  A.  D.  1664,  new  style. 

Pieter  Claerboudt. 
Gerrit  Siichtenhorst. 
Jacoh  Schermerhooren. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  clerk. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  "William  Frederickse  Bout-  proposes  to 
sell,  at  public  sale,  by  virtue  of  the  patent,  his  house  and  lot  lying  in  the 
village  of  Albany,  before  this,  named  Beverwyck;  bounded  on  the 
south  side  by  Teunis  Cornelisse,  on  the  west  side  by  the  public  highway, 
on  the  north  by  the  heirs  Jaques  Tyssen,-^  on  the  east  by  the  horse  mill 
of  the  Heer  Rensselaer.  The  aforesaid  house  and  lot  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  buyer,  in  length  to  within  two  feet  of  the  aforesaid  horse  mill,  and 
in  breadth  twenty-nine  wood  feet,  front  and  rear,  and  that,  free  and 
unencumbered,  except  the  Heer's  right  in  consequence  of  the  aforesaid 
patent,  granted  to  Teunis  Cornelise  of  date  the  23d  of  April,  A.  D.  1652. 

[This  paper  is  imperfect]. 

l^  Rut  Arentsen  was  in  New  Amsterdam  perhaps  in  \fAZ-A.— Butch  Manuscript.'),  n.  1.30. 
*  Willem  Frederickse  Bout  was  an  innkeeper,  and  was  complained  of  in  1058  for  evading  tlie 
excise  law  :  his  liquor  was  seizcA.— Dutch  Manuscripts,  A,  118. 
3  Jacob  Tyee  Van  Der  Hoyden. 


Albany  County  Records.  67 

Conditions  and  terms  according  to  which  William  Frederickse  Bout 
proposes  to  sell,  at  public  sale,  to  the  highest  bidder,  his  house  and  lot, 
lying  in  the  village  of  Albany,  before  this,  named  Beverwyck,  bounded 
on  the  south  side  by  Teunis  Cornelise,  on  the  west  side  by  the  public 
highway,  on  the  north  side  by  the  heirs  of  Jaques  Tyssen  [Van  Der 
Heyden],  and  on  the  east  side  by  the  horse  mill  of  the  Heer  Jeremiah  Van 
Renselaer.  The  house  and  lot  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  in  length 
from  the  front  on  the  street  to  within  two  feet  of  the  aforesaid  mill,  and 
in  breadth  twenty-nine  wood  feet,  front  and  rear,  and  that,  free  and 
unencumbered  except  the  Heer's  right;  which  is  done  by  virtue  of  a 
patent  of  a  greater  lot  granted  to  Teunis  Cornelisse,  of  date  the  23d  of 
April,  A.  D.  1652 ;  of  which  aforesaid  house  and  lot  the  buyer  with  the 
last  payment  shall  receive  a  proper  conveyance,  and  the  same  shall  begin 
with  this  date.  Payment  shall  be  made  in  three  installments  :  the  first 
installment  fourteen  days  after  this  date,  in  beavers,  or  failing  of  beavers 
to  be  paid  in  good  strung  seewant,  at  24  guilders  the  beaver  ;  the  second 
installment  on  the  first  day  of  August  of  this  year  1665,  new  style ;  and 
the  third  installment  on  the  first  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1666,  new  style,  and 
in  currency  as  before.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  two  sufficient 
sureties  as  principals,  jointly  and  severally,  and  that  immediately,  to  the 
content  of  the  seller.  If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  the  said  sureties  in 
said  time,  then  shall  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  be  ofi'ered  for  sale  again 
at  his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less  it  comes  to  be  worth,  he  shall  be 
held  to  make  good,  and  whatever  more  it  becomes  worth,  he  shall  enjoy  no 
profit  therefrom.  The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  on  the  buyer.  After 
oflFering  this  property  at  public  sale,  one  person,  Jan  Cloet,  remained  the 
bidder  and  buyer  of  the  house  and  lot  of  V/illem  Bout,  according  to  the 
above  standing  conditions,  for  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  ninety  guil- 
ders;  for  the  payment  of  which  Jurrian  Teunissen'  [Glazemaecker]  and 
Dirk  Wessels  [Ten  Broeek],  stood  sureties  and  as  principals,  jointly  and 
severally,  according  to  the  conditions  aforesaid. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  2nd  of  January,  A.  D.  1665,  new  style. 

Johannes  Clute. 

jureyan  tunsen. 

DiERK  Wessels. - 

On  this  date  the  9th  of  January,  A.  D.  1665,  old  style,  Frans  Pieterse 
[Clauw],  in  presence  of  the  honorable  Jan  Verbeeck  and  Gerrit  Slich- 
tenhorst,  commissaries  of  Albany,  and  in  the  presence  of  Johannes 
Provoost,  secretary,  has  measured  the  farm  or  cleared  land  of  Pieter 
Bronck,-^   which  is   found   to    comprise   one   hundred   and  seventy-six 


1  Juriaan  Teiinise  was  a  tavern  keeper ;  in  1662  he  applied  for  permission  to  keep  a  tavern  at 
the  mouth  of  Esopus  kil,  but  was  rejected.  In  1660  he  was  fined  30  guilders  for  beating  some  of 
the  magistrates  at  Mr.  Dyckman's  house;  and  was  complained  against  for  entertaining  persons 
at  night  after  the  ringing  of  the  bell,  and  fined  70  guilders.—  Dutch  Manuscripts,  xvi,  211,  2.33. 

2  Major  Dirk  Wesselse  Ten  Broeek  was  a  trader,  born  in  1642;  he  died  in  1717.  His  wife, 
Christina  Cornelise  Van  Bureu,  died  in  Albany  in  1729.  In  1715  they  had  eleven  adult  children 
living.  Major  Ten  Broeck's  house  vyas  on  the  east  corner  of  James  and  State  streets.  In  the 
family  Bible  his  death  is  thus  recorded :  "  1717  Den  13  Sept.  in  Roelofl's  Jansen's  kil  is  myn 
Vader  Dirk  Wesselse  in  den  Heere  gerust  op  syn  bouwery  op  Roelofl' Jansen's  kil.  Dc  Heere 
geve  liem  een  zalige  opstandinge." 

3  This  farm  was  at  Coxsackie.  Pieter  Bronck  came  to  Bevernyck  in  1645  and  built  a  tavern 
there  in  1651 :  the  third  in  that  place  then.  He  afterwards  lived  at  Coxsackie,  the  creek  at  which 
place  was  called  by  the  Dutch,  Pieter  Bronck's  kil.  He  had  two  sons,  Jan  and  Pieter.— 
O'Cidlaghaii's  LRstory  of  New  Netherlands  i,  441. 


68  Albany   County  Records. 

morgens,!  and  one  hundred  and  ten  rods.  In  like  manner  the  land  of 
Jantien  [Andriessen]-  the  Irishman,  deceased  [was  measured],  which  was 
sold  off  from  the  land  of  Pieter  Bronck  and  he  bought  of  said  Bronck, 
and  it  amounted  to  sixty-nine  morgens  and  345  rods ;  lying  in  a  square 
345  rods  long  and  121  rods  wide,  front  and  rear;  besides  a  lot  for  a 
homestead,  lying  next  to  Pieter  Bronck,  where  he  proposes  to  build, 
northeast  of  him  [Bronck],  and  is  30  rods  long  and  twenty  rods  wide, 
and  which  at  the  north  is  separated  by  the  kil  or  a  flat  (Jaeyhte).  Also 
was  measured  a  piece  of  land  taken  off  from  the  aforementioned  land  of 
Pieter  Bronck,  which  belonging  to  Anderies  Hanssen'^  was  granted  to 
him  by  Pieter  Bronck,  and  by  Johnny  (Jantie)  the  Irishman,  deceased, 
a  part ;  length  on  the  south  side  54  rods,  and  on  the  north  95  rods ;  breadth 
on  the  west  41  rods,  and  on  the  east  58  rods,  and  was  estimated  at  6 
morgens  and  100  rods.  The  calf  pasture  of  Pieter  Bronck  measured  65 
rods,  as  long  as  broad,  being  square,  and  contains  7  morgens  and  25 
rods  tit  S7ipra. 

Conditions :  The  guardians  over  the  estate  left  by  Dirckjen  Pieterse, 
deceased,  wife  of  Cornelis  Vos ;  propose  at  once  to  sell,  at  public  sale, 
some  household  stuff,  whereof  the  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  strung- 
merchantable  seewant,  and  that  in  the  time  of  8  days,  and  conditioned 
that  no  one  shall  purchase  by  an  offset  of  any  debts,  as  the  aforesaid  house- 
hold stuff  by  order  of  the  honorable  court  is  retired,  and  destined  for  the 
payment  of  the  funeral  expenses  (dootscliuW).  The  auction  fees  become  a 
charge  on  the  buyer.     Payment  as  aforesaid. 

Done  on  the  6th  of  February,  A.  D.  1665,  in  Albany. 

Rykert  Van  Rensselaer,  a  looking  glass, /  25.10 

also  a  trammel  chain  with  a  pothanger, /  24.00 

also  two  andirons  {hrandisers) , f  27.00 

Poulus  Martenssen  [Van  Benthuysen],  2  old  kettles, /  10.00 

also  3  white  earthen  bowls  and  a  ditto  salt  cellar, /  8.10 

Luycas  Pieterse  [Coeymans],'  a  maul  (?)  (kol/t), /  5  00 

Barent  Pieterse  [Coeymans],  the  miller,  a  shovel  and  tongs,..  /  12.00 

Barent  Pieterse  [Coeymans],  a  hammer,  and  chopping  knife,.  /  12.00 

Jan  Evertsen  [Schoemaker],-^  a  horn  and  knife, /  4.00 

Johannes  Provoost,   a  chain  and  also  other  things  {en  nocli 

anders), /  12.00 

Lowies  Cobus,  a  spice  box,  a  hand  candlestick,  etc., /  6.00 

Anderies  De  Vos,  a  plate  (hort)^  almanac,  and  2  little  pictures 

{schildertien), /  4.00 

Doctor  {Meester)   Adriaen,  3  tin  plates  and  a  liquor  measure 

(mutsje), /  10.00 

Carried  forward / 159.20 

1  A  morgen,  old  Amsterdam  measure,  was  2.00T6  acres,  or  9  1-1.3  acres. 

2  Jan  Andriessen  Van  Dublin  leased  a  bouwerie  in  1649,  described  as  lying  "  north  of  Stoney 
Point,  being  the  north  half  of  the  Flat."—  0'  Callaghan's  History  of  New  Netherlands  i,  441. 

3  Andries  Hanse  Barheit,  "yeoman  of  the  great  Flat  ueer  Coxhachky."— ZJ«ec?s,  iv,  1692. 
His  wife  was  Greetie,  daughter  of  Tenuis  Teunisse  Metselaer.  She  was  not  living  in  1699,  when 
Egbert  Teuuise  (her  brother?)  became  guardian  to  her  iowx  (MlAven.—  Annals  of  Albany ,  i,  99, 
&n6.  Deeds,  iv. 

^  For  an  account  of  the  Coeymans  family,  see  O'Callaghau's  History  of  New  Netherlands  i,  435. 
6  In  1661,  he  was  complained  against  for  smuggling  shoes.— Z>Mte/i  Manuscripts,  ix,  716. 


Albany   County  Records.  69 

Brouglit  forward, / 159.20 

Henderick  Ilosenboom,i  4  plates  and  8  spoons, /  13.10 

Cornelis  Van  Dyck,  a  tin  platter, /  15.00 

also  one  ditto, , /  14.10 

Barent  Pieterse  [Coeymans],  one  ditto, /  11.00 

Daniel  Rinckhout,  2  platters,  tin, /  17.10 

Henderick  Rosenboom,  2  curtains  and  a  valance, /  14.10 

Poulus  Martense  [Van  Benthuysen],  2  valances,  /  8.10 

Ryckert  V.  Renselaer,  a  floor  cloth  (fajpei/t), /  33.00 

Lambert  Van  Neck,-  2  women's  pocket  handkerchiefs, /  28.00 

Jan  Evertse  [Schoemaker],  2  funeral  bands  (heffeii), /  6.00 

Willem   [Frederickse]   Bout,   2  bonnets  (Jcapers^   similar   to 

those  worn  by  Shakers), /  4.00 

Adrian     G-erritse     [Papendorp],     a     church     [foot]     stove 

(kerckstooff), /  5.00 

/  330.10 
The  persons  who  have  paid  on  the  above  standing  sale. 

Ryckert  V.  Renselaer, /109.10 

Jan  Evertse, /    10.00 

Lambert  Van  Neck, /    18.00 

Adrin  Gerritse, /     5.00 

Adrian  Van  Ilpendam, /    10.00 

Hendrick  Rosenboom, /   28.00 

Cornelis  Van  Dyck,3 /   29.10 

Paulus  Martense, /    27.00 

Lambert  Van  Neck,  also, /    10.00 

D.  Rinckhout, /    17.10 

Inventory  of  the  goods  and  estate  left  by  Tryntie  Janssen,  deceased, 
wife  of  Jan  Michielsen'  [Van  Edam],  taken  the  ^  February,  A.  D.  1665. 
A  black  hrat  (?)  cloak  and  a  stomacher  with  a  grogram  gown, 

being  a  black  [one], /    80.00 

A  black  cloth  bodice,  a  fur  coat  trimmed  with  black  (sivarf 

gebbanf),  and  a  pair  of  sleeves,  and  a  black  curtain  stuff 

(brat^,  worth, /    50.00 

A  colored  upper  petticoat  {machajer,  striped  goods  worn  by 

servants), /    36.00 

A  blue  gown  {dosyntiers  ?), /    20.00 

Carried  forward, /186.00 

1  Hendrik  JRoseboom  was  the  voorlezer  and  sexton  of  the  church.  He  had  two  wives ;  the 
last  marriage  is  thus  recorded  in  the  church  register:  "Hendrick  Roseboom  de  oude, 
weduwenaar  van  Gysbertje  Lansing,  en  Tryntje  Janse,  weduwe  van  Rut  Jacobse  [Van  Schoen- 
derwoert],"  etc.  They  probably  had  four  sous,  Johannes,  Gerrit,  Hendrik,  and  Myndert.  His 
last  wife,  Catharine  Breestede,  was  the  licensed  midwife  of  the  city. 

2  Lambert  Van  Neck  was  fined  in  1656,  tor  committing  an  assault.—  Dutch  Manuscripts,  xvi,  40. 

3  Cornelis  Van  Dyck,  son  of  Schout  Fiscal  Hendrik  Van  Dyck,  studied  medicine  with  Jacob 
D'Hinse,  chirurgeon  of  Albany,  and  practiced  his  profession  there  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
about  1687.  The  name  of  his  first  wife  is  not  known  ;  his  second  wife  was  Elizabeth  Beck,  widow 
of  captain  Sylvester  Salisbury.  She  survived  Dr.  Van  Dyck,  and  in  1691  was  married  a  third  time 
to  captain  George  Bradshaw.  She  was  deceased  in  1701.  Dr.  Van  Dyck  had  two  sons  and  two 
daughters;  the  former  followed  their  father's  profession;  Hendrik  settling  in  Albany  and  Jacobua 
in  Schenectady. 

4  Jan  Michielsen  came  over  in  16-37;  he  v/a,s  a.  tnUor.—  0'  CallagMn's  Hisionj  of  JVew  jVether- 
land,  I,  437. 


70  Alhmiy   County  Records. 

Brought  forward,  /186.00 

2  white   aprons,  3  smocks,  2-  table  cloths,  and  small  lot  of 

articles  (^jer?i?^e?i),  total, /    30.00 

2  pair  of  old  stockings,  and  cap  with  a  little  box,  and  an  old 
cap  or  two ;  one  old  cloak  with  loose  sleeves,  one  bone  lace 

pillow  with  bobbins, f    12.00 

3  earthern  dishes,  6  little  pictures,  1  little  tin  cup,  2  copper 
candlesticks,  1  tin  salt  cellar,  and  3  tin  cups,  4  tin  platters, 

and  4  tin  trenchers,  a  little  tin  basin,  with  five  spoons,, ■  /    56.00 

A  patched  bed  pan,  1  church  stool, /    28.00 

A.  great  iron  pot,  with  a  little  copper  pot,  3  little  copper 
kettles,  a  copper  pan  {pannekoeckx  ?),  3  earthen  pots,  a 
pepper  mill,  a  little  earthern  mug,  an  earthern    and    tin 

plate,  a  butter  tub,  a  sieve, /   60.00 

A  pothanger  chain,  a  shovel  and  tongs,  gridiron,  pothooks,  a  pail,  /    32.00 

4  chairs  with  a  little  table,  /   10.00 

[Total], /414.00 

Unvalued  goods  which  Jan  Michielse  keeps  at  his  house. 
2  Sheets  (^laeckeii), 

5  pillowbiers, 

2  blankets  (deeckens)^ 
Ibed, 

1  bolster,  2  pillows, 

A  chamberpot  (loaterpof), 

2  curtains  with  a  valence, 
and  for  the  chimney,  one, 

6  books,  among  which  two  old  Bibles, 
2  axes  and  an  iron  vise, 

2  chests, 

1  tailor's  shears. 

These  appraised  goods,  Willem  Janssen  Schut  has  taken  to  himself  for 
the  maintenance  of  Jan  Michielse  [Van  Edam],  in  board  during  his  life, 
and  at  the  decease  of  the  aforesaid  Willem  Schut,  the  aforesaid  goods  shall 
be  taken  as  a  payment  of  the  board  of  Jan  Michielse  at  200  guilders  see- 
want  per  annum,  and  if  they  come  short  of  paying  the  board  money, 
Willem  Schut  shall  not  claim  more ;  on  condition  thiit  all  work,  mending 
and  sewing,  that  Jan  Michielse  may  do  at  the  house  of  Willem  Schut,  shall 
not  inure  to  his  benefit,  but  shall  be  for  the  profit  of  the  aforesaid  Willem 
Schut;  which  they  with  their  signatures  attest  (?)  and  promise  to  perform. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  21st  of  February,  A.  D.  1665;  done  in  presence 
of  Stoflel  Janssen  [Abeel]i  and  Jacob  Schermerhooren. 

Jan  Mychgyelsoon. 
Jacoh  Schermerhooren.  Willem  Jansen  Schuidt. 

Stoffel  Janse. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

J.  Provoost,  Secretary. 

1  stoflel  Janse  Abeel  was  a  master  carpenter.  His  wife  was  Neeltie  Janse ;  and  he  was 
brother-in-law  of  Tennis  Cornelise  Vander  Poel  and  Adrian  Gerritse  Papendorp,  who  were  his 
executors.  His  children  were  Magdalena,  born  1653 ;  Maria,  born  1656  ;  Johannes,  born  1659 ;  and 
Elizabeth.    He  was  deceased  in  1684. 


Albany  County  Records.  71 

Conditions  and  terras  according  to  which  the  administrators  of  the 
estate  of  Jan  Andriessen  [the  Irishman],  with  the  Messieurs  commissaries, 
propose  to  sell  at  public  sale,  to  the  highest  bidder,  the  hind  of  the  said 
Irishman,  lying  near  Pieter  Bronk's  [at  Catskil].  First. —  The  aforesaid 
land  shall  be  delivered  to  the  seller,  in  area  nine  and  sixty  morgens  arable 
land,  without  trees,  or  only  a  few  about  the  woodside  at  the  west,  together 
with  a  spot  for  a  homestead,  lying  next  to  Pieter  Bronk's,  where  he  was 
proposing  to  build,  in  length  30  rods  and  in  breadth  20  rods,  and  is  sepa- 
rated at  the  north  [from  Pieter  Bronck],  by  a  kil  or  flat  (Jaeghte);  more- 
over the^  buyer  shall  have  the  right,  with  Pieter  Bronck,  to  use  the 
surrounding  woodland  for  pasturing  cattle.  Delivery  shall  be  given  so 
soon  as  the  buyer  shall  please  to  take  possession.  Payment  shall  be  made 
in  beavers,  or  good  strung  commercial  seawant,  at  24  guilders  a  beaver,  and 
in  two  installments;  the  first  on  the  first  day  of  June,  of  the  year  1665; 
and  the  second  on  the  first  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1666,  being  a  year  there- 
after, and  with  the  last  payment,  a  proper  conveyance  shall  be  given  to 
the  buyer.  The  buyer  shall  be  held  to  furnish  two  suflicient  sureties, 
jointly  and  severally,  as  principals,  immediately,  to  the  content  of  the 
seller.  If  the  buyer  can  not  furnish  the  aforesaid  sureties  in  said  time, 
the  said  land,  together  with  said  homestead,  shall  be  ofi"ered  for  sale  again 
at  the  buyer's  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less  it  comes  to,  he  shall  be 
holden  to  make  good,  and  whatever  more  it  comes  to,  he  shall  enjoy  no 
profit  therefrom.  The  per  ceutage  becomes  a  charge  to  the  buyer  in 
paying,  as^  aforesaid,  on  the  9th  of  March,  1665.  On  the  9th  of  March, 
A.  D.  1665,  the  schout  and  secretary  of  the  colony  of  Renselaerswyck, 
for  a  certain  consideration,  being  asked  if  they,  in  the  name  and  behalf  of 
the  patroon,  had  any  claim  against  the  land  of  Johnny  the  Irishman, 
deceased,  which  lies  by  Pieter  Bronck's,  and  they  answered  they  had  no 
claim  whatever  against  the  same. 

Done  ut  supra.     Which  I  witness. 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

We,  the  undersigned,  administrators  and  guardians  of  the    estate  of 
Dirkje  Pieterse,i  deceased,  late  wife  of  Cornells  Vos,-  acknowledge  that, 
in  respect  to  the  goods  sold  of  said  Dirkje  deceased,  they  are  paid  and 
satisfied  by  the  vendue  master,  Johannes  Provoost. 
Done  on  the  |4  March,  A.  D.  1665,  in  Albany. 

Andryes  De  vos. 
This  is  the  mark  of -f  Barent  Pieterse  [Coeymans].-^ 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
Adriaen  Gerritse  \_Papendoi-j)'],  witness. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Albany,  and  in 
the  presence  of  Jan  Verbeeck  and  Jacob  Schermerhooren,  magistrates  of 
the  jurisdiction  of  Albany  aforesaid;  Jochim  Kettelheym,*  citizen  of  said 
place,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  pre- 

1  Dirkje  Pieterse  Coeymans  (?)  was  probably  sister  of  Bareut  Pieterse  Coeymans,  alias  Mole- 
naer  [Miller]. 

2  Two  years  later  (1667),  Cornells  Vos  or  De  Vos  had  married  again,  and  was  then  called  the 
gon-ln-law  of  Andrles  De  Vos. —  Deeds,  ii. 

3  For  an  account  of  the  Coeyman  family,  see  O'Callaghan's  History  of  Neio  Netherlands  i,  435. 
^  Joachim  Kettelhuyn  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1042,  the  first  settler  of  this  name  in  the  county 

By  his  wife,  Anna  (?),  he  had  three  sons :  Willem,  David,  and  Daniel,  who  had  families.    The  name 
is  now  degenerated  into  Kittle. 


72  Albany  County  Records. 

sents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for 
the  behoof  of  Barent  Meyndersen,i  shoemaker  here,  his  heirs  or  those 
who  shall  obtain  title  from  him,  a  lot,  lying  in  the  village  of  Albany, 
lying  over  against  the  house  of  Gillis  Pieterse-  [Timmerman?],  (and 
bounded)  south  and  west  by  the  king's  highway,  north  by  Aernout  Cor- 
nelise  [Viel^],^  and  to  the  east  the  grantor,  and  is  in  breadth,  front  and 
rear,  nine  and  twenty  feet,  Rynland  measure,  and  in  length  forty  and  a  half 
feet,  which  lot  is  a  part  of  the  patent,  given  to  the  grantor  by  the  director 
general  and  council  of  New  Netherland  of  date  25  Oct.,  A.  D.  1653; 
moreover  the  grantor  promises  to  free  said  lot  from  all  actions,  claims, 
and  demands,  which  hereafter  may  come  against  the  same,  binding  his 
person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  and  submitting 
himself  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Albany,  19th  of  Feb.,  old  style,  1665. 

This  is  the  mark  W  of  Jochim  Kettelheym, 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
Jan  Verheeck. 
Jacob  Schermerliooren. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

J.  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Albany,  and  in 
the  presence  of  Jan  Verbeeck  and  Jacob  Schermerhooren,  magistrates  of 
the  jurisdiction  of  Albany  aforesaid;  Jochim  Kettelheym.  citizen  of  said 
place,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these 
presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and 
for  the  behoof  of  "jacob  Abrahamse,'^  cooper  [kuyper  Vosburgh  ?],  his 
heirs,  or  assigns  a  lot,  lying  in  Albany,  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  street, 
on  the  east  by  the  grantor's  lot,. on  the  north  by  the  grantor's  house,  and 
on  the  south  by  the  house  of  Arnout  Cornelise  [Viele]  ;  in  length  three 
rods  nine  feet  and  seven  inches,  breadth  one  rod  eight  feet  and  an  inch, 
which  lot  is  a  part  of  a  patent  given  to  the  grantor  by  the  director  general 
and  council  of  New  Netherland,  of  date  25  Oct.,  A.  D.  1653 ;  wherefore 
he  promises  to  free  the  same  from  all  actions,  claims  and  demands,  which 
hereafter  may  come  against  the  same,  binding  his  person  and  estate, 
personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  putting  himself  in  subjection  to  all 
laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Albany,  19th  Feb.,  1665,  old  style. 

This  is  the  mark  of  W  JocHiM  Kettelheym, 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
Jan  Verheeck. 
Jacob  Schermerliooren. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

J.  Provoost,  Secretary. 


1  Barent  Myndertse  was  born  in  1627  (Notarial  Papers),  and  died  about  1689,  when  Pieter 
Vosburgh  administered  on  his  estate.  It  is  not  known  thSt  he  left  any  descendants,  those  of  this 
name  in  this  vicinity  having  descended  from  Myndert  Frederickse. 

2  Gillis  Pieterse  owned  a  lot  in  1657  behind  Fort  Orange,  next  to  Do.  Schaets's  lot.    p.  59. 

3  Arnout  Cornelise  Viele  was  Indian  interpreter  for  many  years  at  all  the  great  meetings  held 
by  the  natives  in  Albany,  and  was  held  in  high  esteem  by  them.  His  sou,  Arnout,  was  carried 
away  captive  by  the  Freuch  and  Indians  in  1690,  when  Schenectady  was  sacked,  and  was  absent 
three  years  before  his  return.    He  also  became  an  Indian  interpreter. 

*  Jacob  Abrahamse  Vosburgh,  probably. 


Albany  County  Records.  73 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary  of  Albany,  Jocbim 
Kettelheym  of  tbe  one  part,  and  Grabriel  Tomassen  of  the  other  part, 
who  in  the  presence  of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  declare  that  they  have 
come  to  an  agreement  in  the  manner  following,  namely,  Jocbim  Kettel- 
heym lets,  by  these  presents,  his  house  to  said  Gabriel  Tomassen, i  except 
the  cellar  belonging  to  the  above  house,  and  that  for  the  time  of  six 
months,  commencing  on  the  first  of  May  next,  new  style,  and  ending  on 
the  last  day  of  October,  new  style,  for  which  Gabriel  Tomassen  promises 
to  pay  Jocbim  Kettelheym  for  the  hire  during  said  six  months,  nine 
pieces  of  good  whole  merchantable  beaver  skins,  and  that  upon  the  first 
of  August,  new  style,  next  coming;  wherefore  the  respective  parties  for 
the  performance  of  these  covenants,  put  themselves  in  subjection  to  all 
laws  and  judges. 

Thus  done,  without  craft  or  guile,  on  this  if  of  April,  A.  D.  1665,  in 
presence  of  Arent  Vanden  Berg,  as  witness,  hereto  called.  Done  in 
Albany. 

This  is  the  mark  W  of  JocHiM  Kettelheym, 

with  his  own  hand  set. 
This  is  the  mark  -j-  of  Gabriel  Tomassen, 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
This  is  the  mark  0/ A  B  Aroid  Van  Bergh,  loith  his  own  hand  set. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Inasmuch  as  Jan  Clute,^  and  Jan  Hendrickse  Bruyn,  and  Juriaen 
Teunise  [Glazemaecker]^  have  shown  at  the  session  of  the  court  at 
Albany,  the  consent,  at  their  request,  of  the  governor  of  New  York  and 
of  the  Indians,  to  purchase  a  certain  parcel  of  land,  lying  on  the  west  side 
of  the  North  river,  over  against  the  Claverrack,  near  Fort  Albany,  so 
there  have  appeared  before  him  the  underwritten,  secretary  of  Albany, 
five  Indians  (wildeii),  namely:  Sachamoes,  Mawinata,  alias  Schermer- 
hoorn,  Keesie  Wey,  Papeuna,  Masseha,  owners  of  the  above  mentioned 
land,  and  also  having  a  commission  from  the  other  owners;  who  declared, 
in  the  presence  of  the  after  named  witnesses,  that  they  had  sold,  granted 
and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  they  do  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and 
actual  possession,  to  the  behoof  of  the  aforesaid  Jan  Cloet  and  Jan  Hen- 
drickse Bruyn,  the  said  land,  called  Caniskek ;  in  magnitude  stretching 
along  the  river  side  from  the  land  of  Pieter  Bronck  to  the  vale,  which  lies 
on  the  point  of  the  mainland,  behind  the  Beeren  island,  named  Macha- 
wameck,  and  so  running  into  the  woods,  both  on  the  south  and  the  north, 
even  to  the  Katskil  path ;  and  that  for  a  certain  sum  in  goods  (cargasoen) 
which  the  grantors  acknowledge  that  they  have  received  from  the  buyers 
and  therewith  are  completely  paid  ;  and  [said  grantors]  waive  their  former 


1  In  1662  Gabriel  Thomase  Stridles  hired  out  to  Thomas  Powell,  for  two  years,  at  bread- 
making  for  22  beavers  ($70.40)  and  found.  In  1665  he  hired  a  house  of  Jochim  Kettelhuyn,  and 
probably  commenced  business  for  himself.  He  had  four  children  baptized  in  Albany,  and  two  in 
New  York,  whither  he  removed  about  1690.    He  died  there  iu  1718. 

2  Captain  John  Clute  came  to  Beverwyck,  about  1656  ;  he  was  a  trader  and  considerable  land- 
holder at  Loonenbara;h  (now  Athens),  Niskaynna,  Albany,  etc.,  and  had  great  influence  with  the 
Indian  inhabitants.  It  is  not  known  that  he  had  any  family.  He  came  oriLrinally  from  Neuren- 
burg;  and,  oifhis  death,  about  16&3,  his  property  passed  to  his  nephew,  Johannes  Clute,  the 


ffisf.  Coll  Hi.  10 


74  Albany   County  Records. 

title  [to  said  land],  and  declare  Jan  Clute  and  Jan  Hendrickse  [Bruyn]' 
to  be  the  rightful  owners  thereof;  and  promise  to  free  said  land  from  all 
actions,  cla?ms  and  demands  of  other  Indians,  who  might  sinisterly  lay 
claim  to  some  portion  of  said  land,  or  the  right  to  set  deer  traps. 

Done  in  Albany  in  the  presence  of  Harmen  Bastiaense  [Visscher]  and 
Hendrick  Gerritse  as  witnesses  hereto  called,  on  this  20th  of  April,  A.  D. 
1665,  old  style. 

This  is  the  mark  of  Keesiewey  +,  with  his  own  hand  set. 

This  is  the  mark  of  Sachamoes      f^:::;^  y^\i\i  his  own  hand  set. 

This  is  the  mark  of  Papeuna  "O"  with  his  own  hand  set. 
This  is  the  mark  of  Massehas  ^<^  with  his  own  hand  set. 
This  is  the  mark  of  Mawinata     W-j  alias  Schermerhorn, 

^^  with  his  own  hand  set. 

Harmen  Bastiaense,  as  witness. 

Bendrick  Gerritsen  {Van  Wie'],  as  ivitness. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  the  jurisdiction 
of  Albany,  in  the  presence  of  Capt.  John  Manning,-  one  of  the  Mohican 
Indians,  named  Wattawit,  owner  of  a  certain  parcel  of  land  lying  behind 
Kinderhook,  who  declared  in  the  presence  of  Jan  Dareth,^  interpreter, 
that  he  had  sold,  granted  and  conveyed  to  Evert  Luycasse  [Backer],'  as 
by  these  presents  he  does  [grant  and  convey]  his  aforesaid  land  lying  on 
the  east  side  of  the  kil,  being  the  half  of  the  middle  piece;  the  other 
half  he  declared  he  gave  to  Volckert  Janse  [Douw],  and  had  presented 
it  to  him  as  a  token  of  his  friendship  and  in  satisfaction  of  an  old  debt 
for  maize  ;  also  the  grantor  waives  his  [claim]  to  said  middle  piece  on  the 
east  of  the  kil,  declaring  Evert  Luycasse  and  Volckert  Janse  to  be  the 
rightful  owners  of  the  same,  and  acknowledges  that  he  has  had  of  Evert 
Luycasse  perfect  satisfaction  for  his  part,  and  [promising]  to  free  it  from 
all  claims  and  demands  which  hereafter  maybe  [made  against  the  same]. 
Done  in  Fort  Albany  the  6th  of  May,  A.  D.  1665,  old  style. 

This  is  the  mark  of  Wattawit  _- -e-  with  his  own  hand  set. 

Musqxiaemseeck  (^^      '^^'^  mark  icith  his  oion 

hand  set,  as  witness. 
Oramp  Q  ^^^  mark  made  with  his  own  hand  set,  as  witness. 

Jan  Dareth, 
John  Manning. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 


1  Jan  Henclrickse  Brujni,  or  De  Bruyn,  had  au  uncertain  residence.  In  1678,  in  answer  to  the 
sheriff  forbidding  him  to  trade  with  the  Indians  on  the  ground  that  he  was  a  New  Yorker,  he 
alleged  that  he  had  been  a  burgher  of  Albany  for  upwards  of  twenty  years,  notwithstanding  the 
court  adjudged  that  he  should  be  prohibited  from  trade  because  he  had  not  kept  "fire  and 
lio-ht  "  in  Albany  for  one  whole  year  ;  to  which  Bruyn  protested.—  English  Manuscripts. 
"5  Capt.  John  Manning  was  sheriff  of  New  York  at  this  time. 

s  Jan  Dareth  from  Utrecht,  married  Ryckje  Van  Dyck  in  New  Amsterdam,  in  1654,  and  in  1657 
bought  a  house  and  lot  in  Beverwyck,  where  he  became  a  permanent  resident. 

4  Evert  Luycasse  Backer,  was  in  Beverwyck  as  early  as  1657.     In  1680,  witlf  Laurens  Van 
Alen  he  petitioned  for  an  additional  tract  of  land  behind  Kinderhook.—  English  Manuscripts. 


Albany   County  Records.  75 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  the  jurisdiction  of 
Albany  and  in  the  presence  of  the  after  named  witnesses,  Jan  Gerntsen 
Van  Marcken  1  who  declared  by  these  presents  that  he  had  granted  and  con- 
veyed to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Harmen  Rutgers"^  and  Volckert  Janse 
FDouwl  -  the  following  sums  of  money  seewant  (drawn  off  from  the  assignor  s 
account  book),  to  be  received  from  the  under  mentioned  persons  making 
payment  to  him.  Jan  Gerritsen  Van  Marcken,  by  a  deduction  of  such  a 
sum  of  money  as  he  owes  to  the  aforesaid  Harmen  Rutgers  and  Volckert 
Janse  provided  said  Harmen  Rutgers  and  Volckert  Janse  hold  open  the 
suits  of  those  persons  from  whom  they  can  collect  no  money  by  reason  ot 
a  denial  of  debt  or  a  failure  to  pay ;  but  these  shall  remain  as  a  charge  to 
the  assignor ;  promising  this  assignment  truly  to  keep  under  a  pledge  ot 
their  persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real. 

The  debtors  or  assigned  sums  are  these  : 

Kleynde  Goyer  [the  thrower], /  37.13 

Henderick  Hendericksen  ^  [Bakker], /  j»l^ 

Poulus   Cornelissen,5 • /  ^-^-^^ 

ditto,   also  some    money    detained    by    him    belonging   to 

Kleyn  Keesie  [little  Cornelius], /  00-^0 

Jan  [Roeloffse]  de  Goyer, f  91-^« 

Pieter  the  Frenchman, '^' /  °^-y^ 

Hendrickthe  Spaniard, /  ^^-j^ 

Hans  the  Norman, /  ^'^l 

Jan  the  little  cooper,^ /  ^^-^-l 

Tys  Barentse,-  /  ^J,^ 

Poutien  the  sash-maker, /  ^'^-^^ 

Storm  Albertse  [Bratt],'' /  ^-^^ 

Pieter  Bronck, /  ^"^^ 

JanNak,io /  f_^^- 

Elias  Van  Ravensteyn, • • /  ^'•^' 

1  Jan  Gerritse  Van  Marcken  and  Ws  wife,  Geertje  Hiiybertse,  came  o^^f^"^  the  ship  St.  Jacob 

ki Tlbanv     Col  Douw  first  located  on  Papskna'e  island,  and  had  three  houses  and  a  brewery 

"' Henderick  Hendcrlckse,  tie  baker,  wa.  Hoed  and  problblted  from  following  Us  trade  lo 
'".'S&SnS  'w«??„^',£te'rt^;rai!?;,r.cT|'Sa  Oo.arell.e  Vaad.r  Ee,<,en, 

was  ao-ent  for  Maritie  Myndertse,  widow  of  Jan  Barentse  Wemp. 

^fS'rns^^^SriSrwTcSTS^k.,,^  «f j-f  ?'i^^^r,^[L^i'icSLSr 

now  state  street.  His  wife  was  Neeltie  Clause,  widow  ol  Henderick  Gardeniei  ot  Schenectady. 
Thev  had  four  daughters,  but  no  sons.  ^   ■     -.aoa 

«  TVS  Barentse  Schoonmaker  Van  Edam,  came  to  Beverwyck  m  1636. 

9  itnrm  AlhpvtH  Bratt  alias  Vanderzee,  son  of  Andriese  Bratt  De  Noorman,  v.  ab  born  at  sea  m 
a  storm™ ence'he  was  called  Stornf  Vanderzee,  and  many,  if  not  all  of  Ms  desceodants,  assumed 


76  Albany  County  Records. 

Albert  De  Normaa,i /  15.10 

Claes  Jansen, /  31.19 

Claes  Vanden  Bergb,- /  3.16 

Claes  Van  llotterdam, /  26.19 

Luycas  Pieterse  [Coeymans]," /  31.07 

Sander  Leendertse   [Grlen], /  13.06 

William  Martense  Moer  [negro  ?  ], /  21.10 

William  Hoffmeyer, /  10.04 

Paulus  de  Boer  [the  boor], /  11.00 

Walrave  Claerhout, /  3.15 

The  said  assignor,  Jan  Gerritsen,  also  by  these  presents,  appoints  and 
empowers  the  aforesaid  Harmeu  Rutgers  and  Volckert  Janse  the  aforesaid 
sums  to  collect,  demand  and  receive  ;  acquittance  to  pass  for  receipts,  and  in 
case  of  neglect  payment  to  exact  by  law,  and  the  severity  of  justice  to  a 
definitive  sentence  and  execution.  Thus  done  [without]  craft  or  guile  on 
this  ^  June,  1665,  in  Albany,  in  presence  of  Gerrit  Swart  -^  and  Jan 
Bastiaense  van  Gutsenhoven  as  witnesses  called  hereto. 

J.  G.  V.  Marcken. 
G.  Swart. 
Jan  Bastiaensen  Van  Gutsenhooven. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Albany,  and  in 
the  presence  of  Jan  Van  Aken  and  Jacob  Schermerhoorn,  commissaries 
of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Tennis  Cornelissen,'^  who  declared  that  he  had 
granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in 
real  and  actual  possession  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Jan  Evertse,^^  his  heirs 
or  assigns,  a  house  and  lot  lying  in  the  town  of  Albany,  bounded  on  the 
north  by  Symon  Volckertse  [Veeder,  alias  De  Backer],"  and  on  the  south 
by  Willem  [Frederickse]  Bout,  on  the  east  by  the  street  ;  of  such  mag- 
nitude as  the  grantor  possesses,  and  as  it  lies  encompassed  by  the  fence 
between  the  said  Willem  Bout  and  Symon  Volckers,  with  a  garden  in 
the  rear  as  it  also  lies  in  fence,  being  the  whole  patent,  given  to  the 
grantor  by  the  director  general  and  council  of  New  Netherland,  of  date 
April  23d,  A.  D.  1652,  about  seven  rods  in  breadth,  and  in  length  to  the 
fence  of  the  garden,  which  was  separated  and  sold  to  the  behoof  of  Jacques 
Tyssen,  deceased,^  and  Willem  Bout  ;  further  the  grantor  waives  all  his 
title  or  claim  [to  said  house  and  lot],  and  also  acknowledges  that  he  is 
completely  paid  and  satisfied  for  the  aforesaid  house,  lot  and  garden,  with 
the  number  of  two  and  twenty  beavers,  and  promises  the  grantee  to  free 
the  same  from  all  claims  and  demands,  which  may  hereafter  come  against 

1  Albert  Andriesse  Bratt.  For  an  account  of  him,  see  O'Callaghan's  History  of  Mto  Nether- 
land., I,  435. 

2  Three  brothers  (?)  Van  den  Berg  settled  in  Beverwyck,  viz ;  Gysbert,  Gerrit  and  Claas,  all  of 
whom  left  sons.  Claas  had  at  least  one  son,  Cornells,  who  married  Susanna  Ouderkerk,  and  had 
a  family  of  six  children. 

3  For  an  account  of  the  Coeyman's  family,  see  O'Callaghan's  IListwy  of  New  Netherland,  i,  435. 
■i  Gerrit  Swart  was  appointed  sheriff  of  Rensselaerswyck  in  1652,  and  held  the  office  until 

1670.— 0'  CallagharCs  History  of  Neiv  Nethet-kmd,  ii,  184. 

5  This  was  so  common  a  name  that  it  is  impossible  to  know  what  was  his  surname. 

8  One  Jan  Evertse  [Schoemaker],  was  complained  of  for  smuggling  shoes  in  1661. — Dutch 
Manuscripts. 

'  Symon  Volkertse  Veeder,  alias  De  Backer,  was  among  the  earliest  settlers  of  Schenectady. 
All  those  who  bear  this  name  in  this  vicinity  are  his  descendants. 

8  Jacques  Tyssen  Van  der  Heyden  ? 


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the  same ;  binding  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  I'eal,  present  and 
future,  and  submitting  himself  to  all  judges  and  laws. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  If  July,  A.  D.  1665. 

This  is  the  mark  ^  of  Teunis  Cornelisse, 

with  his  own  hand  set. 
Jan  Koster  [Faw  AkeTi]. 

Inventory  of  the  goods  of  Jan  Reyersen,i  deceased,  taken  on  the  yacht 
of  Gerrit  Visbeeck,'^  if  July,  A.  D.  1665. 

Found  in  a  great  chest. 
1  tin  mug,  1  tin  cup,  3  spoons,  1  tin  beaker, 
1  tankard- tin,  1  smoothing  iron,  1  little  copper  pan, 
1  chopping  knife,  1  tin  platter,  2  copper  basins, 

1  iron  candlestick,  2A  ells  of  red  calico  {dosyntiens), 

2  prs.  new  Icelandish  stockings, 

2  prs.  old  ditto, 

1  valance  with  2  curtains, 

35  articles,  caps,  neckkerchiefs,  santees'^  and  handkerchiefs,  3  shirts  of 

coarse  cloth,  and  a  parcel  of  old  ragged  clothes, 
an  iron  pot  with  a  cook  pan, 
1  salt  box  and  a  candle  box, 
1  pothook,  2  forks,  with  a  handle  (een  greep), 

3  sichten  with  a  mathoeck,^  1  schinckeP  of  a  waggon, 

4  old  horseshoes,  2  iron  wedges, 

1  bail  of  a  pail,  1  old  spade,  1  copper  kettle, 

2  iron  bands  for  a  cart,  3  axes, 

1  mattock,  1  pail,  2  torch  holders, 

1  ploughshare,  1  sack  of  wheat  meal, 

1  butter  pot  (?)  with  some  butter  therein, 

1  little  tub  of  corn  meal, 

1  great  earthern  pot  of  peas  (?), 

1  bed  bolster,  and  2  pillows  and  a  blanket, 

1  milk  tub,  1  empty  tub,  1  old  wooden  bowl, 

1  small  basket  {mantle)  and  pot  of  fresh  butter, 

a  white  coverlet. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Albany,  and  in 
presence  of  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Jan  Van  Aken,  magistrates  of 
the  same  jurisdiction,  Claes  Janse  Timmermau,  citizen  here,  who  declared 
that  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant 
and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Andries 
Jochimsen,  dwelling  at  New  York,  his  heirs  or  assigns,  a  house  and  lot  '^ 


1  Jan  Reyersen  came  to  Beverwyck  iu  1637.  He  succeeded  Rykert  Rntgersen  in  the  posses- 
sion of  the  Bethlehem  island  in  1652,  and  gave  his  name  to  it.—  0'  Callaghan's  History  of  Neio 
Netherlands  i,  437.  „     ,. 

2  Gerrit  Visbeeck,  in  1673,  sold  land  in  Claverack  to  Jan  Hendi'ik  Van  Salsbcrgeu.— ^wj^^z^A 
Manuscripts.  ,  ^ ,  .  .,       ,      , 

3  Santee,  or  gezondheid,  is  a  flannel  worn  about  the  abdomen  and  loins,  as  a  sanitary  bandage. 
1  These  compose  an  instrument  used  in  cutting  buckwheat. 

5  This  belongs  to  a  peculiar  kind  of  wagon,  used  only  in  two  or  three  provinces  of  Holland, 
and  is  of  iron. 

«  This  lot  was  on  the  east  side  of  North  Pearl  street,  second  south  of  Steuben,  and  ran  through 
to  James  street  in  the  rear. 


78  Albany  County  Records. 

lying  in  the  village  of  Albany,  bounded  on  tLe  north  by  Jan  Verbeeck's, 
to  the  south  by  Stoffel  Janse  [Abeel],'  east  and  west  by  the  street;  breadth 
front  and  rear  thirty  wood  feet,  and  length  one  hundred  and  fifty-two 
wood  feet  and  a  half,  which  lot  is  a  part  of  the  patent  granted  by  the 
director  general  and  council  to  Jan  Tomasse  [Mingael  ?]  of  date  23d  of 
April,  A.  D.  1652  ;  and  the  grantor  acknowledged  that  he  was  fully  satis- 
fied and  paid  for  the  sale  and  conveyance  of  the  same,  and  therefore  he 
promises  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  to  free  from  all  actions,  claims  and 
demands  which  hereafter  may  be  made  ;  binding  his  person  and  estate, 
personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  putting  himself  in  subjection  to  all 
laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Albany  the  3d  of  August,  A.  D.  1665,  old  style. 

Claes  Janse. 

Jacob  Schermerliooren. 

Jan  Koster  [  Van  Aken]. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretai-y  of  the  jurisdiction 
of  Albany,  and  in  the  presence  of  Hon.  Jacob  Schermerhooren  and  Jan 
Coster  Van  Aecken,  magistrates  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Jochim  Wesselse 
Backer,  citizen  of  the  aforesaid  place,  who  declared  that  by  virtue  of  a 
conveyance  from  Francis  Boon,  17th  July,  1664,  he  had  granted  and 
conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and 
actual  possession  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  David  Pieterse  Schuyler,  his 
heirs,  or  those  who  may  receive  title  from  him,  a  house  and  lot  lying  in 
the  village  of  Albany,  bounded  on  the  east,  west  and  south  by  the  king's 
highway,  and  on  the  north  the  house  of  Gillis  Pieterse,-  and  of  such  size 
as  it  lies  inclosed  in  fence,  with  all  the  right  and  jurisdiction  which  he, 
the  grantor,  has  therein,  which  lot  was  granted  by  patent  to  Jacob  Hen- 
drickse  Sibinck  and  Stofi"el  Janse  [Abeel],  of  date  25th  October,  A.  D. 
1653  5  and  the  grantor  acknowledges  that  he  is  paid  and  fully  satisfied 
for  the  sale  and  delivery,  and  therefore  promises  to  free  the  aforesaid 
house  and  lot  from  all  actions,  claims  or  demands,  which  hereafter  may  be 
made ;  pledging  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and 
future,  submitting  the  same  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Albany  the  8th  of  August,  1665,  old  style. 

JocHEM  Backer. 
Jacob  Schermerhooren. 
Jan  Koster  [  Van  Aken'\. 

Conditions  and  terms,  according  to  which  the  administrators  of  the 
effects  of  the  late  Jan  Reyersen  propose  to  sell  to  the  highest  bidder  at  a 
public  sale,  two  horses  and  two  calves,  two  old  heavy  (Joggen')  hogs, 
together  with  some  other  articles  of  farming  utensils  and  furniture.  The 
payment  for  the  beasts,  horses  and  hogs,  also  the  bed,  bolster  and  pillows, 
shall  be  made  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers,  and  that  on  the  first 
of  June,  A.  D.  1666,  or  otherwise  in  good  strung  seewant,  beaver's  price, 
at  21  guilders  the  beaver,  which  last  payment  shall  be  made  on  the  1st  of 

1  stoffel  Janse  Abeel,  master  carpenter,  was  in  Beverwyck  in  1662,  perhaps  earlier,  and  died 
before  1684.  He  made  liis  will  4th  December,  1670,  and  then  speaks  of  the  following  children  : 
Magdalena,  17  years  old  ;  Maria,  14  years  old  ;  Johannes,  11  years  old,  and  Elizabeth.  His  wile's 
name  was  Neeltje  Janse  Croon. 

2  Gillis  Pieterse  Timmerman. 


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April,  next  coming ;  as  it  respects  the  farming  utensils  or  furniture,  they 
shall  be  paid  for  within  three  days  from  date  in  good  strung  seewant. 
The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  upon  the  buyer,  in  payments  as  aforesaid. 
Besides  it  is  expressly  conditioned  that  no  one  shall  purchase  by  offsetting 
moneys,  which  may  be  due  him  from  said  Jan  Reyersen,  deceased,' but 
shall  deliver  the  purchase  money  into  the  hands  of  the  vendue  master, 
and  await  for  a  pro  rata  division.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish 
two  sufficient  sureties,  jointly  and  severally,  as  principals  for  the  purchase 
money,  to  the  content  of  the  seller. 


Tennis  Cornelise  [Van  Vechten],  remained  the  buyer  of  an  old  mare, 
according  to  the  above  standing  conditions,  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty-seven  guilders. 

This  is  the  mark  ^  of  Teunis  Cornelise, 

with  his  own  hand  set. 
As  sureties  stood  Jan  Verbeeck  and  Dirk  Teunisse. 
Jan  Verbeeck. 
DiRCK  Teunisse  [Van  Vechten]. 

Cornells  Segersen  [Van  Voorhoudt]  remained  the  last  bidder  and  buyer 
of  a  young  mare  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-four  guilders, 
and  Jan  [Janse]  Oothout'  and  Coraelis  Cornelisse  [Viele]  stood  sureties 
for  him,  according  to  the  foregoing  conditions. 

CORNELIS  SeECtERS. 

Jan  Jansen  Oothoet. 
This  is  the  mark  -}-  of  Cornelis  Cornelisse  [Viel^].'- 
with  his  own  hand  set. 

Cornelis  Van  Nes"  remained  the  buyer  of  an  old  cow  for  the  sum  of 
seventy  guilders,  and  Abram  Staets  and  Jan  Koster  [Van  Aken],  stood 
sureties  for  him,  according  to  the  foregoing  conditions. 

Cornelis  Van  Nes. 

Abram  Staas. 

Jan  Koster. 

[Note].  The  7  April,  1668,  Cornelis  Van  Nes  has  paid  9  beavers 
and /J  18.10  in  seewant,  so  that  there  still  remains/ 18  in 
beavers.     30  May,  Van  Nes  has  paid  off  the/ 18  in  beavers. 

Teunis  Dirricxse  [Van  Vechten]^  remained  the  buyer  of  a  young  cow, 

1  Jan  .Janse  Oothout  was  a  brewer  in  Greenbush,  and  made  his  will  13  March,  1687-8,  and  letters 
of  administration  were  issued  to  his  sons,  Hendrik  and  Jan,  3  Jan.,  1695-6.  {Wills,  i).  He  left 
six  children,  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 

2  Cornelis  Cornelise  Viele  owned  tlie  lot  on  the  west  corner  of  State  and  South  Pearl  streets, 
which  in  1673  he  sold  to  Richard  Pretty.  A  little  before  this  (1668),  he  bought  a  bouwery  in  Sche- 
nectady, and  settled  there.  In  1671  he  had  license  to  tap  strong  drink  in  Schenectady.—  Gen. 
Entr.,  IV,  83. 

3  Cornelis  Hendrikse  Van  Ness  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1642.  His  first  wife  was  a  daughter  of 
Jan  Janse  Oothout,  the  brewer  of  Greenbush,  by  whom  he  had  three  sons  :  Henderick,  Jan,  and 
Gerrit,  and  perhaps  daughters.  His  second  wife  was  widow  Maritie  Damens,  whose  two  former 
husbands  were  Dirk  Van  Eps,  and  Hendrik  Andriese  Van  Doesburgh. 

^  Florin,  equivalent  to  guilder,  i.  e.,  40  cts. 

5  Teunis  Dirkse  Van  Vechten  is  said  to  have  come  to  Beverwyck  in  1638,  with  wife,  child,  and 
two  servants,  and  had  a  farm  at  Greenbush.  Four  of  his  children  were  living  in  1700,  viz. :  Dirk 
Teunisse,  Cornelis,  Gerrit,  andPietertje,  who  married  Myndert  Frederickse  Smith. 


80  Albany   County  Records. 

for  the  sum  of  eighty  guilders,  and  Jan  Koster  [Van  Aken],  and  Jan 
Oothout  stood  as  sureties,  according  to  the  foregoing  conditions. 

The  mark  of  Theunis  +  Dirrixse,  with  his  own  hand  set. 

Jan  Koster. 

Jan  Jansen  Oothouet. 

Jan  Verbeeck  remained  the  buyer  of  a  bull  calf  for  thirteen  guilders, 
and  Goosen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick],  stood  as  surety,  according  to  the 
above  conditions.  Jan  Verbeeck. 

GoosEN  Gerritsen. 

Ryck  Claes  [Van  Vranken],i  remained  the  buyer  of  a  boar  (teeryerA;e), 
and  that  for  nine  guilders,  and  Barent  Reyndersen-  stood  as  surety, 
according  to  the  above  conditions. 

Ryck  Claessen. 

Barent  Reyndersen. 

Jan  Evertse  remained  the  buyer  of  a  bull  calf  for  eleven  guilders; 
surety  therefor  Cornelis  Bos. 

The  mark  of  Jan  -j-  Everts,  with  his  own  hand  set. 

Cornelis  Van  Nes  was  the  buyer  of  a  sow,  for  twenty  guilders. 

Symon  [Volkertse  Veeder  De]  Backer'^  remained  the  buyer  of  a  sow 
for  four  and  twenty  guilders  ;  surety  therefor  Wouter  Arentse. 

The  mark  of  Symon  -|-  Volkertse,  by  him  set. 
The  mark  of  +  Wouter  Arentse,  by  him  set. 

Gerrit  Bancken  became  the  buyer  of  a  boar  for  eight  guilders. 
Cornelis  Theunissen  Bos  became  the  buyer  of  a  little  boar  for  eleven 
guilders.  Gerrit  Bancker. 

Harmen  Vedper.4 

Jan  Janse  Ouderkerk  became  the  buyer  of  a  bed  with  its  appurtenances 
for  eight  and  fifty  guilders  ;  sureties  therefor.  Storm  Albertse  [Bratt] 
and  Eldert  Gerbertse. 

Jan  Janse  Ouderkerk.^ 
Eldert  Gerbertse  Cruiff.'^ 
Storm  Van  der  Zee.^ 


1  Two  brothers,  Gerrit  and  Ryckert  Claes  Van  Vranken,  sons  of  Claas  Van  Vranken,  early- 
bought  laud  In  Niskayv;na.    From  these  have  descended  the  families  of  the  name  in  this  vicinity. 

2  Barent  Reynderseu  bought  a  house  and  lot  inBeverwyck  in  VS^l.— Deeds,  i,  77,  161. 

3  Symon  Volkertse  Veeder  De  Backer,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Schenectady.  He  had 
four  sons:  Peter,  Gerrit,  Johannes,  and  Volkert,  all  of  whom  left  families;  also  three  daughters. 
The  seven  he  speaks  of  in  his  will,  made  Jan.  8th,  1696-7. 

4  Harmen  Albertse  Vedder  was  also  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Schenectady,  where  he  bought 
a  bouwery  in  1672.  Previously  he  was  a  trader  in  Albany.  He  had  five  sons  and  one  daughter, 
all  of  whom  were  living  in  1715,  and  heads  of  families. 

5  Jan  Janse  Ouderkerk,  "  de  smalle  kuyper,"  lived  on  the  north  side  of  Yonker,  now  State 

«  In  1657.  Eldert  Gerbertse  Cruift"  was  prosecuted  for  defaming  Ulderick  Kle}'n's  wife  ;  the  next 
year  he  was  again  brought  before  the  court  for  calling  Jochim  Kettlehuyn  a  i\Aei.  —  Dutch 
Manuscnpts.  „     „         .    ,  .        „        ^ 

'  Storm  Albertse  Vander  Zee,  cdias  Bratt,  was  the  son  of  Albert  Andriese  Bratt  De  Noorman, 
who  settled  early  in  Beverwyck,  and  gave  the  name  to  the  Norman's  kil.  Storm  was  born  in  a 
storm  at  sea,  and  hence  he  was  called  Storm  Van  der  Zee,  which  name  he  and  his  descendants 
have  since  borne.—  0'  CaUaghan's  Histoi^y  of  New  Netherland,  i,  433  -  4. 


Albany   County  Records.  81 

Goods  of  Jan  Ryersen,  deceased,  sold  at  public  sale,  to  be  paid  for  in 
good  strung  seewant,  in  the  space  of  three  days  : 

Jan  Janse  Ouderkerk,  debit, 

1  chopping  knife  and  some  of^her  things, /  8.00 

1  coverlet, /  20.00 


28.00 

Symon  [Veeder]  De  Backer,  debit, 

1  coverlet, /  26.00 

Jan  Evertse  Schoonmaker,  debit, 

1  coverlet, /  16.00 

Young  Keesie  [Cornelius],  debit, 

a  pot  hanger  and  a  pan, /  18.00 

a  plough  share  and  schinckels  for  a  cart, /  20.00 

Poulus  Martense  [Van  Benthuysen],i 

1  pot  (?)  with  a  little  butter  therein, /  10.10 

some  trumpery  for, /  6.00 

1  old  box, /  7.00 

a  parcel  of  old   linnen, „ /  8.00 

31.10 

Meester  (Doctor)  Cornelius  Van  Dyck,2 

an  old  kettle  and  salt  tub, /  12.00 

Cornells  Teunisse  Bos,  debit, 

4  horse  shoes,  two  wedges,  and  other  things  for, /  26.00 

also  some  trumpery, f  27.00 

to  linnen  goods, /  11.07 


64.07 


Dirck  Wesselse  [Ten  Broeck],  debit, 
a  can,  , /      5.00 

Jacob  Flodder  lalias  Gardenier],-^ 

3  sichten  and  two  torch  holders, /    16.10 

also  to  a  bolster, /    20.00 


/    36.10 

Jan  Cornelise,  1  grindstone, ,- /    29.00 

Jacob  Engel,  2  axes,  and  an  adze, /    16.00 

Jan  Gauw,  1  bag  of  maize  meal,  and  one  tub  of  wheat  meal, /    12.10 

1  Panlus  Mai'tense  Van  Benthuysen  was  the  first  of  his  name  in  Beverwyck.  He  had  three 
sons  :  Baltus,  Bareut,  and  Marten,  who  settled  in  Schenectady.    They  all  left  families. 

2  Doctor  Van  Dyck  was  a  son  of  Hendrik  Van  Dyck,  of  New  Amsterdam,  who  was  Gov. 
Stuyvesant's  schout  fiscal  for  a  time.  Conielius  studied  medicine  with  Jacob  D'Hiuse,  who  gave 
him  a  certificate  of  four  years'  study  in  the  business  of  chirurgie.—  Notarial  Papers,  i,  p.  91.  In 
1687,  he  was  deceased.  He  had  two  wives  :  the  last,  Elizabeth  Beck,  widow  of  Capt.  Sylvester 
Salisbury.    He  left  two  sons,  Hendrick  and  Jacobus,  both  physicians,  and  two  daughters. 

3  Jacob  Flodder,  alAas  Gardenier,  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1638,  as  servant  to  Claes  Janse 
Ruyter.—  <9'  Callaghan's  History  of  New  Netherlands  i,  438.    He  had  two  wives :  the  first,  Josyua 

;  and  the  second,  Barentie  Straetsmans,  who  was  his  wife  in  1674.   She  had  previously  been 

the  wife  of  Uoenraedtse  Backer.  In  1688,  she  was  a  widow  again  with  fifteen  living  children,  ten 
by  her  first  husband  and  five  by  the  last,  and  her  estate  was  to  be  divided  into  fifteen  parts,  one 
for  each. 

Hist.  Coll.  iii.  11 


82  Albany   County  Records. 

Eldert  Gerbertse  [CruiflF], 

a  piece  of  calico  (dosyntiens), f    49.00 

[Note.]     paid  through  Marcels  Janse  [Van  Bommel]  a  tun 
of  beer,  /  28;  further,  paid  io  the  citizens  (iitr- 

Jan  Clute, 

one  kettle,  and  some  iron  work, /    13.10 

one  little  pan  and  basin, /    19.00 

/  32.10 
Frans  Jansen,i  debit, 

1  pair  of  curtains, f  11.00 

2  copper  scales  and  other  things, f  6.00 

/    17.00 

Mary  Hoffmeyer,^ 
1  pewter  can,  1  platter, /    25.00 

Cornells  Wyncoop, 
a  coat  and  some  rubbish  for, /    15.10 

Adriaen  Van  Ilpendam, 
1  chest, /    25.00 

[Total], /507.07 

On  the  -|§  October,  delivered  to  the  administrators  of  the 
estate  of  Jan  Reyersen  the  sum  of, /  398.07 

deduct  for  Cornells  Teunis  Bos,  deceased,  which  was  not  paid 
because  of  his  death, /    67.11 

/  330.16 
To  young  Kees  [Cornells],  for  forage  for  the  beasts, /      6.00 

/336.16 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Willem  Hoflfmeyer  proposes  to  sell,  at 
once  at  public  sale  to  the  highest  bidder,  some  furniture  and  goods, 
together  with  two  cows,  for  which  the  payment  shall  be  made  on  Monday 
next,  without  longer  delay,  the  furniture  in  good  strung  seewant,  and 
the  cows  in  good  whole  merchantable  beaver's  skins  ;  also  the  great  shot 
gun.  The  buyer  shall  be  held  to  furnish  sufficient  sureties  for  the  pur- 
chase money.     The  auction  fees  in  payment,  to  be  a  charge  on  the  buyer. 

Done  the  i|  October,  1665,  Albany. 

Hendrick  Meese  [Vrooman],'^  a  gun,  for  seewant, /    16.00 

Daniel  Rinckhout,  a  straw  cutter  (suybanck^') f    15.00 


1  Frans  Janse  Pruyn  is  the  first  of  the  name  who  settled  in  Albany.  In  1699,  he  could  not  take 
the  oath  of  allegiance,  etc.,  because  he  was  a  papist. —  Annals  of  Albany,  m,  280.  In  1703,  he 
owned  a  lot  on  the  east  corner  of  James  street  and  Maiden  lane.—  Annals  of  Albany,  it,  183. 

2  Perhaps  the  wife  of  Willem  Hoffmeyer. 

3  Hendrik  Meese,  one  of  the  brothers  Vrooman,  early  settled  in  Schenectady.  He  had  two 
Bons,  Jan  and  Adam,  from  whom  have  descended  all  the  families  of  the  name  in  this  vicinity. 
Hendrik  Meese  was  killed  Feb.  9, 1090,  in  the  sack  of  Schenectady,  by  the  French  and  Indians. 


Albany  County  Records.  83 

Terms  and  conditions  on  whicli  Sieur  Cornelis  Steenwyck  i  proposes  to 
sell  at  public  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  his  house  and  lot  lying  in  village 
of  Albany,  on  the  hill,  between  Harmen  Vedder's  and  Barent  Reyn- 
dersen's. 

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[This  paper  is  imperfect  and  unexecuted]. 

Terms  and  conditions  according  to  which  Sieur  Cornelis  Steenwyck 
proposes  to  sell  at  public  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  his  house  and  lot 
lying  in  the  village  of  Albany,  on  the  hill,  between  Harmen  Vedder's 
and  Barent  Reyndersen's,  as  it  was  received  by  him  by  conveyance  from 
Rutger  Jacobsen,  deceased,  of  date  7  Aug.,  1662,  new  style,  which,  besides 
this  paper,  shall  be  read  to  the  bystanders. 

*  *  *  *  *  *   . 

[This  paper  was  not  executed]. 

Conditions  and  terms  on  which  the  administrators  of  the  estate  of  the 
late  Rutger  Jacobsen  [Van  Schoenderwoert],  propose  to  sell  at  once  at 
public  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  some  furniture,  goods  and  household 
stuff,  for  which  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  strung  seewant,  within 
the  space  of  a  month ;  and  it  is  expressly  conditioned  that  no  one  shall 
pay  by  deducting  moneys  due  him  from  tho  aforesaid  Rutger  Jacobsen, 
but  that  the  buyer  shall  deliver  the  money  into  the  hands  of  the  vendue 
master,  and  wait  for  a  pro  rata  division.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to 
furnish  two  sufficient  sureties  for  the  purchase  money.  The  auction  fees 
for  the  payment  aforesaid  become  a  charge  to  the  buyer. 

Done  the  9th  of  December,  1665,  old  style. 

Claes  Lock,  a  stew  pan, f  30.00 

Rycker  V.  Rgnselaer,  a  copper  kettle, /  10.00 

Mr.  (Meesfer,  i.  e.  Doctor),  Jacob  [D'Hinse],-'  a  copper  kettle,...  /  14.10 
Philip  Pieterse   [Schuyler],  1   ditto   (copper  kettle),    1  pan,  1 

skimmer  and  candle  {kandel'),  y  20  00 

J.  Gr.  van  Ball,  4  earthen  platters, f  2.00 

Andries  Teller,'^  3  earthen  platters,  and    1    ditto  little  drinking 

cup, /  12.00 

Stoffel  Janse  [Abeel],  1  tin  dish,  little  cup,  and  saltcellar, /  14.10 

Jan  Viuhagen,  1  child's  bed  basket  (luyermant),  and  1   little 

calabash  (calhasje), /  g.lO 

Jan  Clute,  one  pothook, f  13.00 

Barent  Pieterse  [Coeymans  the  miller],  a  slate  with  a  frame, /  10.00 


1  Cornells  Van  Steenwyck  was  a  merchant  doing  business  in  New  York. 

2  Jacob  D'Hinse  was  surgeon  and  physician  in  Beverwyck  as  early  as  1656.  In  1657  he  broueht 
an  action  against  Tomas  Powelsen  [Powell],  for  fees  ;  but  the  defendant  answered  by  saying  that 
he  had  engaged  to  attend  his  family  for  two  beavers  ($6.40),  a  year  :  the  plaintiff  assented  but 
urged  that  wounds  willfully  inflicted  were  not  included  in  this  contract.  The  case  went  over '  and 
how  settled  is  not  known.— Z»MfcA  Manuscripts.  He  was  deacon  of  the  Dutch  Keformed  Church 
in  1670,  and  his  record  of  the  transactions  for  that  year  is  preserved  in  the  archives  and  an 
abstract  thereof  may  be  found  in  Munsell's  Historical  Collections,  i,  33. 

3  Andries  Teller  was  a  son  of  William  Teller,  the  first  settler,  who  was  long  resident  in  Albany 
as  a  trader.  Soon  after  1690,  the  whole  family  removed  to  New  York,  except  Johannes  who 
lived  m  Schenectady.  Andries  Teller  married  Sophia  Van  Cortland,  daughter  of  Olofl"  Stevense 
and  had  three  children,  two  of  whom,  Andries  and  Margareta,  were  mentioned  in  their  father's' 
will,  made  in  1702. 


84  Albany   County  Records. 

Daniel  Rinckhout,  one  ditto  without  a  frame, /  4.00 

Jocbim  Wesselse  [the  baker],  Si  weyslui/p,^ /  13.00 

Claes  Lock,  3  pewter  plates, /  14.00 

Cornelus  Bogardus,"-  a  chain  pothanger, /  15.10 

Volkert  Janse,-^  2  pewter  platters, /  25.00 

Jan  Byvanck,'  2  pewter  ditto, /  10.00 

Johannes  Provoost,  3  earthen  platters, /  17.10 

Abram  Staets,  5  little  earthen  ditto, /  16.00 

Daniel  Rinckhout,  3  ditto, /  12.10 

John  Clute,  3  ditto, /  16.10 

Jan  Gr.  Bruyn,  9  pewter  spoons, /  8.00 

The  Heer  Renselaer,'^  3  great  wine  glasses, /  5.05 

Barent  [Pieterse  Coeymans],  the  miller,  two  old  firelocks, /  41.00 

Mons.  [Arent  Van]  Curler,  a  tap  auger, /  7.15 

Barent  [Pieterse  Coeymans],  the  miller,  two  books,.,. f  30.10 

Abram  Staets,  a  parcel  of  old  books, /  17.00 

Juriaen  Teunisse  [Glazemaecker],  a  great  clothes  basket, /  18.10 

Jan  Gr.  Bruyn,  1  scrub  brush  (hoende)^  1  brush,  and  wooden  bowl,  /  7.10 

Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler],  a  picture, /  35.00 

Johannes  Provoost,  2  little  pictures, /  17.10 

Gabriel  Tomassen   [Stridles],  a  looking  glass, /  43.10 

Philip  Pietersen  [Schuyler] ,  a  picture, /  100.00 

Mons.  Arent  Van  Curler,  one  ditto, /  85.00 

Robert  Sandersen  [Sanders],"  one  ditto, /  36.00 

Arent  Van  Curler,  an  earthern  pot, /  8.05 

Loweis  Cobussen ,  an  ash  shovel, /  4.00 

Daniel  Rinckhout,  a  piece  of  lace, /  10.10 

Fraus  Janssen  [Pruyn], /  8.05 

Robert  Sandersen  [Sanders],  2  andirons, /  20.00 

Jan  Clute,  a  table, ,/  10.05 

Cornells  Teunisse  Bos,  1  silk  wagon  cover  (foersJdeet,') ; /  97.00 

Barent  [Pieterse  Coemans],  the  miller,  1  pair  stockings  with  a 

pair  of  breeches, /  15.00 

Jan  G.  V.  Bael,  3  chair  cushions, /  18.00 

Juriaen  Teunisse  [Glazemaecker],  a  chimney  hanging, /  9.00 


>  This  was  an  instrument  similar  to  a  harrow,  for  passing  over  the  ground  in  spring  to  level 
mole  hills. 

2  Cornells  Bogardus  was  the  second  eon  of  the  famous  Anneke  Janse  and  her  second  husband, 
Do.  Everhardus  Bogardus,  of  New  Amsterdam,  and  was  baptized  9  Sept.,  1640.  He  married 
Helena,  daughter  of  William  Teller,  of  Albany,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1660.  His 
movable  property  sold  at  public  sale,  on  the  14-24  Sept.,  1666,  amounted  to  3015  guilders,  a 
large  sum  for  the  times.    He  left  one  son,  Cornelis,  who  married  Rachel  De  Wit,  and  died  in  1707. 

3  Captain  Volkert  Janse  Douw. 

■>  Jan  Byvang  or  Byvauck  was  born  in  1634,  in  Oldenzeel,  Holland ;  in  Oct.,  1666,  he  married 
Bolitje  Evertse  Duyching,  in  New  York.  Only  three  of  their  children  are  registered  in  the 
Albany  church  books,  viz:  Hendericus,  baptized  20  Feb.,  16&4;  Gerrit,  17  May,  1686;  Maria, 
12  Feb.,  1688.    In  1692  he  married  his  second  wife,  Sara  Frans,  of  New  York. 

5  Jeremias  Van  Rensselaer,  "who  succeeded  his  brother,  Jan  Baptist,  as  director  of  the 
colony,  in  1658,  and  administered  its  affairs  for  sixteen  years,  with  great  prudence  and 
discretion."—  0'  Callaghan's  History  of  Neio  Netherlands  ii,  551. 

"  Robert  Sanders,  son  of  Thomas  Sanders,  Jr.,  of  Amsterdam,  and  Sarah  Cornelise  Van  Gorcnm, 
of  New  Amsterdam  :  was  baptized  in  New  Amsterdam,  10  Nov.,  1641.    He  was  a  trader,  and  had 

two  wives  :  Ist,  Elsie  Barentse  ;  2nd,  Alida ;  and  one  son,  Barent,  besides  daughters.    In  1691 

lie  obtained  a  patent,  in  connection  with  Myndert  Vander  Bogart,  for  a  mile  square  of  land,  in 
Dutchess  county,  including  the  site  of  the  present  city  of  Poughkeepsie.  He  is  mentioned  in  the 
Journal  of  Jasper  Danckers  and  Peter  Sluyter,  1670,  at  lonsiderable  length  {,Loncj  Island 
Historical  Society  Collections,  i);  and  his  name  often  occurs  in  Muusell's  Historical  Collections, 
vol.  I,  as  late  as  1692. 


Albany   County  Records.  85 

Lowies  Cobus,  a  chair, /  12.10 

Hans  de  Poolt,  for  Volkert,  a  safe  for  provisions  (eetens  kasse,')/  9.00 

Teunis  Grerrits  Verwey  [or  Van  Wie],  a  chest, /  28.10 

Mr.  IDoctor}  Jacob  [D'Hinse],  a  table, /  2.05 

[Total],  /983.10 

We,  the  undersigned,  acknowledge,  that  we  have  received  from  the 
hands  of  the  receiver  Johannes  Provoost  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  and 
eighty-three  guilders  and  ten  stuivers,  on  account  of  the  estate  of  the  late 
Rut  Jacobsen,  arising  from  the  household  stuff  sold. 
Done  14"  Jan.,  166f ,  Albany. 

R.  V.  Renselaer. 
Jan  Van  Bael. 


The  administrators,  as  before,  of  said  estate  of  Rut  Jacobsen,  propose 
now  to  sell  some  silver  ware  and  gold  jewels,  the  payment  for  which 
shall  be  made  in  good  whole  merchantable  beaver's  skins,  to  be  paid  in 
the  space  of  two  months  from  date  ;  and  it  is  conditioned  as  before,  that 
no  money  shall  be  deducted  by  reason  of  an  account  contra.  The  buyer 
shall  be  holden  to  furnish  sufficient  sureties  for  the  purchase  money.  In 
paying,  the  auction  fees  become  a  charge  against  the  buyer  as  before. 

9tli  December,  1665,  old  style. 

Abram  Staets,  a  pair  of  favors  (s^r«X'i-en), f  20.17 

J.  Provoost,  one  ditto, /  25.16 

Jan  Clute,  a  gold  ring, /  15.10 

Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler],  a  fine  ring  {roossens  ringh), /  18.00 

Jeremias  V.  Renselaer,  one  diamond  ring, /  17.00 

Immetie  De  Baxter,  2  half  bari'els  {inand,) /  7.08 

Jeremias  Van  Renselaer,  1  double  ring  (^dubbelde  Jioep), /  26.00 

Idem,  a  gold  bodkin  (Jiaernaelt), /  29.00 

Idem,  a  gold  chain, /  80.00 

Idem,  a  silver  dish  {schael'), /  24.00 

Abram  Staets,  a  silver  salt  cellar, /  16.16 

Ryckert  Van  Renselaer, i  4  silver  spoons, f  30.00 

Arent  Van  Curler,  a  silver  beaker, /  68.00 

Abram  Staets,  a  silver  beaker, /  52.13 

Andries  Teller,  4  silver  spoons, /  31.00 

Jeremias  Van  Renselaer,  6  ditto  mannetiens,- /  51.00 


/  512.14 

We,  the  undersigned,  acknowledge,  that  we  have  received  from  the 
hands  of  the  receiver,  Johannes  Provoost,  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and 
twelve  guilders  and  fourteen  stuivers,  beaver  money,  for  the  gold  and 
silver  ware  sold. 

fl  Jan.,  166f,  Albany.  R.  V.  Renselaer. 

Jan  Van  Bael. 


I  Ryckert  Vau  Rensselaer,  brother  of  Jeremias,  the  patroon. 
-  That  is,  having  a  human  figiire  engraved  upon  them. 


86  Albany  County  Records. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Jacob  Schermerhooren,  attorney  for 
Pieter  Symonse  [Van  Oostsanen],  proposes  to  sell  at  public  sale,  to  tlie 
highest  bidder,  the  yacht  [sloop],  that  Rutger  Jacobsen,  deceased,  com- 
manded, by  virtue  of  a  mortgage,  with  such  appurtenances,  as  are  below 
mentioned.  Said  yacht  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  within  the  space 
of  24  hours,  and  with  it  shall  be  delivered  a  mizzen  sail  and  foresail, 
mizzen  and  foresail  falls,  both  the  sheets,  a  lift,  a  pulley,  an  anchor  with  a 
cable,  grapple  rope,  the  Prince's  flag,  a  pair  of  oars,  a  boat,  which  is  said 
to  have  floated  away  to  the  other  side  of  the  river,  and  to  lay  under  the 
snow,  and  is  there  at  the  command  of  the  buyer,  who  has  to  look  for  the 
same.  Payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  merchantable  beaver  skins, 
or  failing  in  that  in  good  strung  current  seewant,  at  25  guilders  a  beaver, 
in  two  installments;  the  first,  half  in  June,  A.  D.  1666,  and  the  second 
installment  also  a  half  in  June,  A.  D.  1667.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden 
to  furnish  two  sufficient  sureties,  jointly  and  severally,  as  principals,  and 
that  immediately,  to  the  content  of  the  seller.  If  the  buyer  can  not  fur- 
nish the  aforesaid  sureties  in  the  aforesaid  time,  then  the  aforesaid  yacht 
shall  be  offered  for  sale  again  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less  it 
comes  to  be  worth,  he  shall  be  held  to  make  good,  and  whatever  more  it 
happens  to  be  valued  at,  he  shall  derive  no  profit  therefrom.  The  auction 
fees  for  the  payment,  as  above  mentioned,  are  accounted  a  charge  against 
the  buyer,  in  specie.  According  to  the  before  mentioned  conditions, 
Daniel  Rinckhout  remained  the  highest  bidder  and  buyer,  for  the  sum  of 
two  hundred  and  fifty-nine  guilders,  for  the  payment  of  which  Jan  Ver- 
beeck  and  Juriaen  Teunisse  [Glazemaecker]  stood  for  him  as  sureties  and 
principals,  according  to  the  aforesaid  conditions. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  18th  of  December,  1665,  old  style. 

Daniel  Ringhout. 

Jan  Verbeeck. 

jurejan  tunse. 

Goods  of  Stoflfel  Janse  [Abeel],i  sold  for  the  behoof  of  the  poor,  to  be 
paid  in  good  strung  seewant,  on  the  first  of  March,  1666. 

Done  the  18th  December,  1665. 

Antony  Janse,  a  black  coat  (toerse,  coarse  cloth), /  127.00 

Antony  Janse,  a  ditto  cloak, /    34.00 


/  161.00 


Terms  and  conditions  on  which  the  attorney  of  Peter  Hartgers-  pro- 
poses to  sell  at  public  sale,  to  the  highest  bidder,  the  house  of  said  Peter 
Hartgers,  which  was  overturned  by  the  ice.  ***** 

[This  paper  is  imperfect  and  unexecuted]. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  the  attorney  of  Pieter  Hartgers  pro- 
poses to  sell,  at  public  sale,  to  the  highest  bidder,  the  .house  of  the  said 
Hartgers,  which  has  been  overturned  by  the  ice.    The  aforesaid  overturned 

1  Stoffel  Janse  Abeel  was  not  deceased  until  after  1670,  in  which  year  he  made  his  will. 

2  Pieter  Hartgers  Van  Vee  come  over  in  1643,  and  first  settled  in  Fort  Orange  in  1654  as 
commisBary  or  magistrate.  He  returned  to  Holland,  where  he  died  in  1670.—  0'  Callaghmi's 
History  of  New  Netherkmd,  i  441.  He  married  Sytje  Roeloflse,  daughter  of  the  famous 
Anneke  Janse,  by  whom  he  had  two  daughters :  Jannetie,  and  Rachel. 


Albany   County  Records.  87 

house  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  as  it  lies,  upon  the  lot,  with  the  iron, 
appendages  and  dependencies  of  the  same,  and  wheresoever  any  part  of 
the  woodwork  may  have  been  driven,  the  buyer  shall  seek  for,  and  gather 
together  the  same.  The  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  current  seewant, 
to  be  paid  within  ten  months  from  this  date.  The  buyer  shall  be  held 
to  furnish  two  sufficient  sureties,  jointly  and  severally,  as  principals,  and 
if  the  buyer  cannot  furnish  the  aforesaid  sureties,  then  the  aforesaid 
house  shall  be  offered  for  sale  again  at  his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever 
less  it  becomes  worth,  he  shall  be  holden  to  make  good,  and  whatever 
more  it  becomes  worth,  he  shall  derive  no  profit  therefrom.  In  paying 
as  above,  the  auction  fees  become  a  charge  to  the  buyer. 

Done  April  12th,  1666. 

The  highest  bid  was/ 160,  by  Geurt  Henderickse  [Van  Schoonhoveu]. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  Gerrit  Slichtenhorsti  proposes  to  sell 
to  the  highest  bidder,  at  public  sale,  his  pan  tile  shed,  to  wit,  the  fallen  pan 
tile  kiln.  All  the  wood  and  iron  work  that  belongs  to  the  aforesaid  shed 
shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  as  it  lies  upon  the  lot,  and  as  it  respects 
what  has  been  swept  off  (by  the  ice  and  water),  the  buyer  must  search  for 
the  same  at  his  own  risk ;  likewise  the  buyer  shall  receive  the  tiles,  which 
are  in  the  aforesaid  shed;  all  of  which  the  buyer  may  at  once  begin  to 
remove  from  the  lot  and  use  at  his  pleasure.        ***>!<* 

[This  paper  was  not  executed]. 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  the  house  and  lot,  and  some  furniture 
and  goods  of  the  late  Cornelis  Bogardus,  shall  he  sold.  The  house  and 
lot,  situate  here  in  Albany,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer,  free  and  unen- 
cumbered, according  to  the  conveyance  thereof,  of  date  -^  May,  1666,  to 
which  reference  is  made,  and  which  shall  be  read  to  the  bystanders. 
The  buyer,  or  bidder,  shall  occupy  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  on  the  first 
day  of  November,  first  coming,  new  style.  The  payment  therefor  shall  be 
made  in  two  installments,  half  beavers,  half  seewant;  the  seewant 
reckoned  at  25  guilders  the  beaver ;  the  first  payment,  or  the  first  half, 
on  the  first  of  November  aforesaid,  and  the  remaining  half  in  the  month 
of  July,  A.  D.  1667,  at  which  time  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  shall  be 
conveyed  to  the  buyer.  The  buyer,  or  bidder,  of  the  furniture  and  goods, 
shall  pay  for  the  same  in  seewant,  at  the  price  at  which  they  bought 
them,  or  bid  them  off,  within  the  space  of  six  weeks.  The  buyer,  or 
bidder,  shall  not  have  the  power  to  deduct,  or  hold  back  the  price,  under 
any  pretext  whatsoever.  The  buyer,  or  bidder,  shall  be  holden  to 
furnish  sufficient  sureties,  for  what  he  buys  or  bids  off,  to  the  content  of 
the  administrators,  failing  of  which  the  same  shall  again  be  offered  for 
sale,  and  sold  at  his  cost  and  risk.  The  auction  fees  become  a  charge 
against  the  buyer. 

Household  stuff  of  Cornelis  Bogardus,  sold,  according  to  the  conditions, 
^  September,  1666,  to  be  paid  in  good  strung  seewant,  within  six  weeks. 

1  Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst  was  son  of  Brant  Arentse  Van  Slichtenhorst,  and  came  to  Rens- 
selaerswyck  with  his  father,  in  1646,  from  Nieuwkerk,  Gelderlaod.  For  a  short  time  he  served 
as  schout  fiscal,  also  as  magistrate,  at  Schenectady,  in  167-2.  Afterwards  he  removed  to  Kings- 
ton, where  he  died  in  1684.  He  married  Aeltie  Lansing,  of  Beverwyck.—  6>'  Callaghan's 
History  of  Neiv  Netlierland,  ii,  69. 


88  Albany  County  Records. 

Jan  G.  Bruyu,  2  pewter  platters,  for, /  21.00 

Idem,  a  ditto  porridge  dish,  and  one  ditto  platter, /  29.10 

Jan  Janse  Bleycker,  i  3  great  pewter  platters, /  56.00 

Jan  Clute,  6  pewter  plates, /  31.00 

Dirk  Hesselingh,-^  6  ditto,  new, /  39.00 

Jan  Wolsengracht,  one  pewter  salt  cellar,  and  one  ditto  mustard 

pot, /  12.05 

Tomas  the  drummer  (de  tamboer),  1  pewter  pot  and  6  spoons,...  /  10.00 

Jan  Vinhagen,  5  little  earthen  platters, /  9.50 

Mr.  [Doctor']  Adriaen,  2  earthen  bowls, /  7.00 

Jan  Janse  Bleeker,  2  ditto, /  8.05 

Barent  the  shoemaker,  3  great  earthen  platters, /  26.10 

Wouter,  the  baker,  1  earthen  bowl,  and  2  ditto  platters, /  30.00 

Jan  Clute,  2  little  pictures, /  16.00 

Idem,  3  pictures, /  34  00 

Aernout  Cornelise  [Viele],  2  little  pictures, /  17.00 

Jan  Bleycker,  a  framed  Ql^st)  almanac,  [or  calendar,]  /  10.15 

Abraham  Staets,  a  looking  glass, /  31.00 

Joachim  Kettel  [huyn],  1  earthen  pot,  and  1  ditto  colander, /  7.00 

Philip  Schuyler,  a  little  iron  pot, /  23.10 

Aernout  Cornelise  [Viele],  an  earthen  cheesepot, /  3.10 

Abraham  Staets,  3  ditto  pots, /  12.00 

Harmen  Metselaer,  a  copper  kettle, /  10.00 

Geertie  Bouts,''  a  copper  kettle, i /  9.05 

J.  Provoost,  a  pothook,  and  a  copper  pan, , /  11.05 

H.  Rooseuboom,i  1  little  copper  pan,  and  2  iron  candlesticks,.../  11.05 

Robert  Sandarsen,  an  old  innosent,^ f  32.10 

Gabriel  Tomassen  [Stridles],  an  old  serge  {saryie)  garment, /  30.00 

Jan  Corneel,  soldier,  a  leather  and  a  cloth  breeches, /  36.10 

Jan  Clute,  a  copper  mortar,  and  a  brush, /  30.00 

Abram  Staets,  a  woolen  garment, /  45.00 

Henderick  Lansingh,'^  a  black  grogram  garment, /  205.00 

Gabriel  Tomassen  [Stridles],  a  pair  of  black  silk  stockings, /  24.10 

Do.  Staets,  2  blue  waistcoats, /  28.05 

Harmen  Vander  Bos  [Bogart?],  a  little  white  coat  of  napped 

cloth, /  30.00 

Dirck  Hesselingh,  2  old  hats, /  10.00 

Jan  Bleecker,  a  pair  of  old  white  silk  stockings, /  16.00 


1  Jan  Janse  Bleecker,  came  from  Meppel,  province  of  Overyssel,  in  1658.  He  was  a  trader, 
and  filled  many  Important  civil  offices,  the  last  of  which  was  that  of  mayor  in  the  city,  in 
1700-1.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Rutger  Jacobsen,  by  whom  he  had  a  family  of  nine 
children.  He  died  in  1732,  at  the  age  of  ninety-one  years,  and  she  the  year  following,  in  her 
eighty-seventh  year. 

2  Dirk  Hesselingh  was  a  resident  of  Schenectady  for  a  time.  In  1673  he  sold  his  bouwery 
to  Harmen  Vedder.  Robert  Hesselingh  (perhaps  a  brother),  was  killed  in  Schenectady,  Feb. 
9    1690.  in  the  sack  of  the  place,  by  the  French  and  Indians. 

3  Geertie  Bouts  was,  perhaps,  a  resident  in  Schenectady,  in  1690,  when  her  adopted  son 
Stephen  was  carried  away  captive  by  the  French  and  Indians. 

•>  Hendrik  Roseboom,  the  first  settler,  was  the  voorlezer  and  sexton  of  the  church.  In  1674 
he  brought  a  suit,  to  recover  his  fees,  against  a  man,  who  had  employed  the  grave  digger 
of  the  Lutheran  church,  who  is  styled  an  interloper ;  judgment  for  the  plaintifi",  18  guilders. 
He  died  in  170.3,  leaving  four  sonB. —  MunseWs  Historical  Collections,  i,  32-54. 

5  It  is  with  much  difficulty  that  some  of  these  terms  are  decyphered,  and  others  cannot  now  be 
defined,  the  articles  as  well  as  their  names  having  become  obsolete. 

^  Hendrik  Lansingh  was  one  of  the  three  sons  of  Gerrit  Lansing,  who  came  from  Hassell 
near  Z  woll,  in  Overyssel.    Hendrick  left  one  son,  Jacob.    He  died  11  July,  1709.—  Church  Records. 


Alhany   County  Records.  89 

Willem  [Frederickse]  Bout,  2  pair  of  woolen  stockings, /  14.15 

Jan  Janse  Bleccker,  2  bands  with  lace, /  22.10 

Dirk  Wesselse  [Ten  Brock],  2  ditto,  without  lace, /  4.00 

Aernout  Corneiise  [Viele],  2  ditto, /  2.10 

Do.  Schaets,'  2  ditto /  2.15 

Ludovicus  Cobus,  2  linnen  and  one  woolen  cap, ,/  6.05 

Gysbert  Janse,-  two  cravats  (d.asiens)^ /'  7.00 

A  rent  Vanden  Bergh, V  5  10 

Lowies  Cobus,  a  shirt, f  13.05 

Do.  Schaets,  a  shirt, /  15.10 

Willem  Frederickse  Bout,  one  ditto, /  18.15 

Lowies  Cobus,  one  ditto, /  29.10 

Jan  Gauw,  2  pillow  biers, f  19.00 

Idem,  2  ditto, /  22.00 

Arnout  Cornelise  [Viele],  white  drawers, /  15.05 

Jan  Janse  Bleycker,  6  pocket  handkerchiefs, /  16.15 

Jan  Vinhagen,  a  Psalmbook, /  80.05 

Dirk  Wesselse  [Ten  Brock],  two  silver  breeches  buttons, /  14.00 

Juffrouw  De  Witt,  2  silver  spoons, /  26.00 

Aernout  Cornelisse  [Viele],  a  little  silver  beaker, /  65.00 

Jochim  Wesselse  [De  Backer],  11  ells  Haerlemer  stuff, /  36.00 

Abram  Staets,  a  pipe  mould, , /  6.00 

Lowies  Cobus,  a  pot  chain,  and  iron  tongs, /  17.00 

Abram  Staets,  a  painted  casket, /  59.00 

Gerrit  Bancker,  a  little  milk  pot  and  a  barber's  basin  (schaerbort) ,  f  10.00 

Jacob  Schermerhooren,  a  meat  tub, /'  10.00 

Pieter  Loockermans,  Senior,  a  water  pail, /  2.00 

Elias  Van  Ravensteyn,  3  gun  barrels  (loopeii),  and  a  lock, /  40.00 

Philip  Schuyler,  4  gun  barrels, /  25.00 

Jan  G.  Bruyn,  2  guns  and  2  gun  barrels, /  58.10 

Eobert  Sanderssen,  7  old  pistol  barrels  and  2  locks, /  31.00 

Henderick  Rooseboom,  5  gun  locks, /  45  00 

Jacob  Loockermans,  a  dirk  and  one  old  hanger, /  21.10 

Henderick  Cuyler,'^  a  little  vessel  of  red  paint  (inenij), /  26.00 

Jan  G.  Bruyn,  7  axes  and  2  old  andirons, '/  42.00 

Abram  Staets,  a  smith's  bench  screw, /  54.00 

Jan  Clute,  a  saw  with  a  bit  stock  (stamioer  boor)^ '/"  11.00 

Idem,  a  parcel  of  box  maker's  tools, /  68.00 

Jan  Clute,  a  provision  safe  with  drawer  {eetens  lasie'), /  27.05 

Myndert  Harmense  [Vander  Bogart],  *  a  cabinet  of  drawers  (laa),  f  50.00 

Jan  Clute,  a  wash  tub, /'  7.10 


1  For  account  of  the  Eev.  Gideon  Schaets,  see  Annals  of  Albany,  passim:  also  History  of  Neiu 
Netherland;  the  Labadists,  Bankers  and  Sluyter,  allude  to  him  with  much  censure  of  his  man- 
ners and  habits,  see  Memoirs  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  i. 

»  In  Beverwyck  as  early  as  imi.— Dutch  Manuscripts. 

3  Hendrik  Cuyler  was-  born  in  1637,  probably  in  Amsterdam,  where,  in  1675,  his  brother, 
Eeynier,  cnoopemaecker,  resided.  Li  1680  his  house  lot  was  on  the  south  side  of  State  street, 
west  of  Pearl,  "near  ye  Fort,"  which  lot  passed  into  the  hands  of  his  son-in-law,  Pieter  Van 
Brugh.  He  also  had  a  patent  for  land  on  the  western  bounds  of  Schenectady,  above  Hofl'nian's 
Ferry.    By  his  wife,  Anna,  he  had  two  sons,  Johannes  and  Abraham,  and  a  daughter,  Maria. 

4  Myndert  Harmense  Van  Der  Bogart,  son  of  Harmen  Van  Der  Bogart,  a  trader,  settled  in 
Albany,  and  married  Helen:i  Schermerhooren,  daughter  of  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhooren.  His 
house  lot  was  on  the  south  side  of  State  street,  west  of  Pearl.  In  1691,  he,  and  Robert 
Sanders  obtained  a  patent  for  a  mile  square  of  laud,  including  the  present  city  of  Poughkeepsie. 

Hist.  Gol.  in.  12 


90  Albany   County  Records. 

Robert  Sandersen,  amanger  (krehLe), /  4.00 

Carsten  [Frederickse],'  de  Smit,  a  little  table  and  table  cloth,  and 

a  bench, /  15.10 

Jan  Clute,  a  little  rack  to  set  platters  on, /  6.10 

/  2014.15 

The  vendue  master,  Provoost,  has  paid  to  us  the  administrators  of  the 
estate  of  the  late  Cornelis  Bogardus,  a  sum,  according  to  the  above 
written  sales. 

Albany,  ^  November,  1667- 

Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler]. 
d.  v.  schelluyne.- 
1667. 

A  grey  garment  of  Jan  Clute's  sold  at  auction  by  Gerrit  Slich- 

tenhorst,  for, /    64.00 

to  be  paid  in  beavers  in  6  weeks. 

Conditions  on  which  the  administrators  of  the  estate  of  Rutger  Jacobsen 
[Van  Schoenderwoert],  deceased,  propose  to  sell  at  public  sale,  a  garden, 
lying  behind  the  Fort  Albany;  being  three  gardens,  contained  in  one, 
whereof  the  delivery  shall  be  immediate,  and  of  such  magnitude  as  it  lies 
within  fence,  with  some  posts  and  boards,  which  are  thereon ;  breadth  7 
rods,  and  length  15  rods;  but  the  buyer  shall  at  his  own  expense  solicit 
the  patent  of  the  Heer  governor.  Payment  shall  be  made  within  the 
space  of  three  weeks,  from  this  date,  in  good  current  seewant.  The  buyer 
shall  be  holden  to  furnish  sufficient  sureties  for  the  purchase  money. 
The  auction  fees  become  a  charge  against  the  buyer.  It  is  conditioned 
that,  if  the  buyer  can  obtain  no  patent,  the  sale  shall  be  null  and  of  no 
value.  Jan  Clute  remained  the  bidder  and  buyer  of  the  garden  for  the 
sum  of  sixty-two  guilders,  and  Philip  Schuyler  offered  himself  as  surety, 
according  to  the  above  standing  conditions. 

The  8th  of  April,  1667. 

Johannes  Clute. 

Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler. 

Jan  Clute  is  the  buyer  of  an  iron  fire  plate  (_viei-plaet),  to  be 

paid  in  cash,  seewant, /  41.00 

Willem  Brouwer,^  a  settle  hed  {slabanck), /  10.00 

Lowies  Cobus,  a  copper  pan, /*  4.10 

J   V.  Renselaer,  an  iron  wedge, /  4.05 

/    59.15 

1  Carsten  Frederickse  was  brother  of  Myndert  Frederickse  Smith,  one  of  the  elders  of  the 
Lutheran  church,  in  1680. 

2  Dirk  Van  Schelluyne  came  over  in  1650  as  a  notary,  and  for  a  time  resided  in  New 
Amsterdam.  He  was  appointed  town  clerk  of  Albany,  in  1660.  In  1667  he  had  a  grant  of  land 
In  Niskayuna  for  services.  He  had  three  sons :  Cornelis,  Tielmau  and  Johannes.  The  name 
has  disappeared  from  Albany. 

3  Willem  Brouwer  was  in  Beverwyck,  as  early  as  1657.  He  was  buried  3  Aug.,  1668,  and  in 
the  church  book  is  the  following  entry :  "  tot  die  begraevenisse  van  Willem  Brouwer,  40 
g(uilders)  15  stuivers."  His  son,  Hendrik,  early  settled  at  Schenectady,  and  his  descendants 
may  be  found  there  in  considerable  numbers.    It  is  not  known  that  he  had  any  other  children. 


Albany   County  Records.     '  91 

Jan  Clute,  a  ploughshare  with  a  coulter,  belonging  to  J.  G.  V. 

Bael,  cash,  to  be  paid  in  seewant, /    49.00 

Terms  and  conditions  on  which  SheriflP  Swart'  will  sell,  under  an 
execution,  the  household  goods  of  Harmen  Jansen  Bos,  together  with  a 
horse,  for  which  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  merchantable 
beaver's  skins,  or  in  good  strung  current  seewant,  at  25  guilders  the 
beaver;  conditioned  by  these  presents,  that  no  one  shall  have  the  power 
to  buy  any  goods  by  offsetting  any  debt,  which  the  buyer  might  truly 
demand  of  said  Harmen  Bos,  but  the  purchase  money  shall  be  delivered 
into  the  hands  of  the  sheriff.  The  per  centage  becomes  a  charge  against 
the  buyer,  in  payments  as  aforesaid. 

Elmer  Otten-  remained  the  highest  bidder  and  buyer  of  the 

horse  for, /  81.00 

Jacob  Tyssen  [Vander  Heyden],  a  musket, /  28.00 

Henderick  Van  Nes,  two  guns, /  25.00 

Jacob  Tyssen  [Vander  Heyden],  two  ditto, /  14.00 

[Henderick]  Rosenboom,  two   gun    barrels  and  3  locks, /  16.00 

Dirck  Van  Schelluyne,  a  sword, /  8.03 

Jacob  Tyssen  [Vander  Heyden],  1  pistol  and  an  ax,  /  6.00 

Carsten  [Frederickse],  the  smith,  two  coverlets, f  16.00 

Jacob  Tyssen  [Vander  Heyden],  a  parcel  of  old  trumpery, /  11.00 

Dirk  Hesselingh,    3    hams,   one  flitch   of  bacon  (s?^'),  and    5 

smoked  pieces  of  pork, /  19.00 

Jacob  Tyssen   [Vander  Heyden],  one  hat, /  17.00 

Lowies  Cobus,  one  little  cloth  coat  and  a  pair  of  serge  breeches,/  54.00 

Idem,  a  little  white  napped  cloth  coat, /  7.10 

Dirck  Hesselingh,  one  ditto, , /  8-00 

Barent,  the  smith,  a  parcel  of  gloves  (/iontT/bes), /  5.10 

Black  Marten,  a  parcel  of  old  stockings, /  15.00 

Elmer  Otten,  a  parcel  of  flints  {yiersteeneii), /'  3.00 

Gysbert  Vanden  Bergh,'^  an  innosent  and  a  waistcoat,  /  14.00 

Sheriff  [Gerrit]  Swart,  8  ells  of  linnen, /  28.00 

[Hendrick]  Roosenboom,  a  bit  of  cotton  cloth,  a  powder  horn, 

and  a  pair  of (?), /  4.05 

Gerrit  Hardenburgh,^  three  old  shirts  and  one  valance, /  8.00 

/  388.08 

On  this  day,  the  14th  of  June,  A.  D.  1673,  appeared  before  me  Ludo- 
vicus  Cobes,  secretary  of  Albany,  colony   of  Renselaerwyck  and  Schaen- 

1  Gerrit  Swart  was  appointed  schout  flscaal,  or  slieriff,  of  Kensselaerswyck,  in  1653,  and  lield  the 
office  until  1670,  wlien  lie  was  succeeded  by  Captain  Salisbury.  He  was  bom  in  1607.—  0'  Calla- 
ghan's  History  of  New  Netherlands  ii,  184. 

2  Helmer  Otten  was  a  baker.  His  wife  was  Adriaentje  Arentse  Bratt,  daughter  of  the  first 
settler  and  proprietor  of  that  name  in  Schenectady.  In  1670  he  bought  a  bouwery  of  26  mor- 
gens  at  Schenectady,  of  Pieter  Adriaense  Soegemacckelyck,  and  soon  after  died,  leaving  one 
daughter,  Catharina,  who  married  Gerrit  Simonse  Veeder.  His  widow  married  Ryer  Scher- 
merhorn,  another  of  the  early  settlers  of  Schenectady. 

3  Gysbert  Vanden  Bergh  was  living  in  Albany  as  late  as  1685.  He  had  two  sons,  Cornelis  and 
Willem,  who  left  families  ;  also  a  daughter  Maritie,  who  was  baptized  5tli  July,  1685. 

4  Gerrit  Hardenburgh  and  his  wife,  Jaessie  Schepmoes,  made  a  joint  will  in  1678  (Notarial 
Papers)  \  in  1583  they  had  a  daughter  baptized  by  the  name  of  Bareudine.  In  1690  he  owned 
the  sloop  Royal,  Albany.—  English  Manuscripts. 


92  Albany  County  Records. 

hecbtade,  iu  the  presence  of  the  honorable  the  magistrates  of  the  same 
jurisdiction,  Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst  and  Adriaen  Gerritse  [Papen- 
dorp],  Jacob  Heven  and  Gerrart  Swart  and  Adriaen  Van  Ilpendam,  as 
administrators  of  the  estate  of  the  late  Eeyndert  Pieterse,  who  declared 
that,  in  true  right,  free  ownership,  they  had  granted,  conveyed  and 
transferred,  by  these  presents,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Henderick 
Roosenbooni,  a  certain  house  and  lot  lying  here  in  Albany,  on  the  hill, 
bounded  on  the  south  by  Goosen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick],  on  the  north 
by  Lourens  Lourense,  on  the  west  by  the  hill,  and  on  the  east  by  the 
wagon  way  ;  breadth  five  rods,  and  length  twenty  rods,  lying  in  a  square, 
by  virtue  of  the  patent  thereof  of  date  the  30th  of  April,  1667,  from  the 
right  honorable  Governor  General  Nicolls,  and  conveyance  of  date  the 
5th  of  August,  1662,  passed  by  Secretary  Schelluyne,  and  that,  free  and 
unencumbered,  without  any  charge  standing  or  issuing  against  it,  save  only 
the  governor's  right,  and  without  the  grantors  in  the  aforesaid  characters 
[of  administrators]  having  any  more  the  least  claim  thereupon.  Also 
acknowledging  that  they  are  quite  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  the  first 
penny  with  the  last;  giving  therefore p/e?i«m  actionem  cessam,  and  perfect 
power  to  the  aforementioned  Mr.  Roosenboom,  his  heirs  and  successors, 
or  those  who  hereafter  may  receive  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and 
dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot,  as  he  with  his  patrimonial  estate 
and  effects  mijjht  do  ;  promising  to  keep  the  same  safe  against  every  one 
and  to  free  the  same  from  all  troubles,  demands  and  charges,  as  is  right, 
and  further,  nevermore  to  do,  nor  permit  anything  to  be  done,  against 
this,  either  according  to,  or  without  the  laws,  in  any  manner  whatever, 
thus  agreeing  thereto  under  obligation  according  to  law. 
Actum  in  Albany  of  date  ut  supra. 

The  mark  of  Jacob  Heven  ::^,  with  his  own  hand  set. 

G.  Swart. 

Adriaen  Van  Ilpendam. 
In  my  presence, 

LuDOVicus  CoBES,  Secretary. 

On  this,  the  19th  day  of  June,  1673,  appeared  before  me  Ludovicus 
Cobus,  secretary  of  Albany,  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable  commissaries 
of  the  same  jurisdiction.  Messieurs  Adriaen  Gerritse  [Papendorp],  and 
Andries  Teller;  Gerrit  Janse  Stavast,  who  in  the  matter  iu  question 
between  him  and  Mr.  [Doctor]  Jacob  Vervanger,i  by  special  provision, 
mortgages  his  house  and  lot  standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany,  according 
to  the  sentence  of  the  duke's  (heeren)  laws,  and  further  [pledging] 
generally  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future, 
without  exceptions ;  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  the  duke's 
judges  and  laws,  by  which,  in  case  of  need,  to  recover  payment  without 
cost  or  damage. 

Albany  of  date  ut  supm.  Gerrit  Jansen  Stavast. 

Adriaen  Gerritsen. 
A.  Teller. 

In  my  presence, 

Ludovicus  Cobes,  Secretary. 

1  Dr.  Jacob  Hendrikse  Varravaiiger  was  in  the  West  ludia  Company's  service  from  1646  to 
1662,  residiug  most  of  tlie  time  in  New  Amsterdam. 


Albany   County  Records.  93 

The  contents  of  [the  above  paper]  are  canceled,  destroyed  (jjemortifi- 
ceert  doodt),  and  annihilated,  pursuant  to  the  act  notarial  in  the  margin 
of  the  copy  of  the  mortgage,  written  by  Willem  Bogardus,'  reading  as 
follows  :  "  On  this  date,  the  8th  of  July,  1673,  the  contents  of  the  above 
written  mortgage,  with  another  obligation,  were  canceled,  destroyed,  and 
annihilated.  In  witness  of  this,  subscribed  in  N.  Yorck,  ut  supra;  was 
subscribed  by  Jacob  Hendrickse  [Yarravanger]  lower  down  stood 

"  Acknowledged  before  me, 

W.  BOGARDUS,  Not.  Pub." 

Compared  with  the  principal,  Albany,  the  16th  July,  167eS, 

LuDOVicus  CoBES,  Secretary. 

On  the  17th  day  of  July,  1673,  appeared  before  me  Ludovicus  Cobus 
secretary  of  Albany,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable  commissaries 
of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Messieurs  Adriaen  Gerritse  [Papendorp]  and 
Andries  Teller,  Gerrit  Yisbeeck,  who  declared  that  in  true  right,  free 
ownership,  he  had  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  by  these  presents  to 
and  for  the  behoof  of  Jan  Hendricx  Yan  Solsbergen-  and  Mr.  Gerrart 
Yan  Slichtenhorst,  a  certain  parcel  of  land,  lying  on  the  east  bank  [of 
the  Hudson  river j,  stretching  along  the  river  and  inland  towards  the 
woods  from  the  second  claeuer  (clover  ?)  to  the  little  stone  kil  {steene 
killetie),  alias  in  the  Indian  language  called  Treeuwen  Point  {hoeclc),^  by 
virtue  of  the  patent  thereof  from  the  right  honorable  governor,  Richard 
Nicoles,  and  that  free  and  uncumbered,  without  any  charge  standing  or 
issuing  against  the  same,  except  only  the  duke's  (heer's)  right;  without 
the  grantor's  making  any  more  the  least  claim  upon  [said  laud],  acknow- 
ledging that  to  his  content  he  is  satisfied  therefor  and  paid  the  first 
penny  with  the  last,  granting  moreover  'plenam  actionem  cessa^n,  and  full 
power  to  the  aforesaid  Jan  Hendricx  and  Mr.  Slichtenhorst,  their  heirs 
and  successors  or  those  who  hereafter  may  acquire  their  right  and  title, 
to  do  with,  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  parcel  of  land,  as  they  with  their 
patrimonial  estate  and  goods  might  or  could  do;  promising  to  keep  the 
same  safe  against  every  one,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and 
charges  (as  are  lawful) ;  and  further,  never  more  to  do  or  suff'er  to  be  done 
any  thing  against  the  same  either  with  or  without  the  laws,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  thus  agreeing  thereto  under  obligation  according  to  law. 

Albany,  of  date  ut  supra. 

Gerrit  Yisbeeck. 
Adriaen  Gerritse. 
A.  Teller. 

In  my  presence, 

Ludovicus  Cobus,  Secretary. 

1  Willem  Bogardus  was  the  oldest  of  the  four  sons  of  Do.  Everhardus  Bogardus  and  Anneke 
Janse.  In  1656  he  was  appointed  clerk  in  the  secretary's  office  in  New  Amsterdam,  and,  in  1687, 
post  master  of  the  province.  His  first  wife  was  Wyntje  Sybrantse,  of  Amsterdam,  by  whom  he 
had  four  children  ;  only  Anna  (the  wife  of  Jacob  Brouwer,  of  Gowanus),  arrived  at  maturity.  By 
his  second  wife,  Walburga  De  SiUe,  the  widow  ol  Frans  Cregier,  he  had  five  children. 

^  Jan  Hendrikse  Van  Salsbergen's  first  wife  was  Emmeke  Lucasse:  the  second,  Tanneke 
Janse,  "  weduwe  van  Ryk  Riddersen  ;  "  he  married  30th  of  Jan.,  1693.  He  had  four  sons :  Jan, 
Lucas,  Henrik,  and  Harmen,  who  settled  in  Claverack  or  Kinderhook.  and  had  families,  with 
the  exception  perhaps  of  the  first. 

3  This  parcel  of  land  was  situated  in  Claverack.  In  1673  Van  Salsbergen  conveyed  to  Van 
Slichtenhorst  half  a  tract  of  woodland  on  Maj.  Abram  Staets's  kil,  the  same  as  tlie  stone  kil 
mentioned  above  perhaps.— £'«g'/M  Manuscripts,  xsv,  5. 


94  Albany   County  Records. 

On  the  30th  day  of  July,  1673,  appeared  before  me,  Ludovicus  Cobes, 
secretary  of  Albany,  in  the  presence  of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  Capt. 
Thomas  Willett,  who  acknowledged  that  he  had  received  from  the  hands 
of  Juriaen  Teuuissen  [Glaseniaecker],  the  quantity  of  one  hundred  good 
merchantable  beaver's  skins,  for  which  the  appearer  (comparanf)  promises, 
with  the  very  first  opportunity,  this  summer,  herein  Albany,  to  deliver  to 
Juriaen  Teunissen,  free  and  unencumbered,  eight  hogsheads  of  good 
French  [wine?]  and  an  anker  of  brandy,  besides  also  the  refusal  of  four 
hogsheads  of  French  [wine  ?],  provided  that  Juriaen  Teunisse  shall  pay 
therefor,  according  to  agreement;  below  pledging  his  person  and  estate, 
personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted;  submitting  the 
same  to  all  the  duke's  laws  and  judges. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  of  date  ut  siqyra,  in  presence  of  Joris  Christoffclse 
as  witness,  called  for  that  purpose. 

Tho  :  Willett.  • 

Nofa  bene. —  For  the  sake  of  formality,  and  to  prevent  all  trouble  and 
disputes,  it  is  agreed   between  the  parties,  that  each  hogshead  must  con- 
tain and   hold  6  ankers,  and  what  more  is  found  in  the   casks  Juriaen 
Teunisse  must  make  compensation  for. 
Joris  Chrktoffelse  Davits.- 

Upon  this  1st  day  of  August,  1673,  appeared  before  me  Ludovicus 
Cobes,  secretary  of  Albany,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable  com- 
missaries of  the  same  jurisdiction.  Messieurs  G.  \ .  Slichtenhorst  and 
Adriaen  Gerritse  [Papendorp]  ;  Capt.  Silvester  Salisbury,-^  sheriff  here, 
who  declared  that  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  he  had  granted,  con- 
veyed, and  transferred  by  these  presents  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mister 
{Sinjeur)  Andries  Teller,  trader  here,  a  certain  house  and  lot  standing 
and  lying  here  in  Albany,  next  the  house  of  the  said  Teller,  by  virtue  of 
a  conveyance  thereof,  derived  from  Cornells  Viele  ;  and  that  free  and 
unencumbered,  without  any  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same, 
except  only  the  duke's  (fieersyn:)  right ;  without  the  grantor's  making 
the  least  claim  any  more  upon  the  same  ;  also  acknowledging  that  he  is 
perfectly  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  the  first  penny  as  well  as  the  last  ; 
giving  therefore  ■plenum  actioium  cessam.  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid 
Mr.  Andries  Teller,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter 
receive  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house 
and  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising 
to  defend  the  same  against  every  one,  and  to  free  it  from  every  trouble, 
claim,  and  charge,  as  is  lawful ;  and  furthermore,  neither  to  do  nor  suffer 

>  Thomas  Willett,  from  New  Plymouth,  N.  E.,  was  in  New  Amsterdam  as  early  as  1644.  He 
engaged  in  trade  with  success,  and  in  1665  was  appointed  mayor  of  the  city ;  1650  was  one  of  the 
commissioners  to  agree  on  a  boundary  between  New  Netherland  and  New  England ;  1656  was  a 
commissioner  to  settle  the  boundary  line  of  the  to^vn  of  Gravesend  ;  also  the  same  year  to  settle 
differences  between  the  town  of  Middleburg  (Newtown)  L.  I.,  and  Thomas  Stevenson  ;  1663  to 
inquire  by  what  authority  certain  persons  were  attempting  to  reduce  Middleburg  and  the  neigh- 
boring towns  on  Long  island,  under  the  English—  0'  Callaghan's  Neiv  Netherland  Register, 
115  - 59.    He  died  4  Aug.,  1674.—  Yalentine'' s  Manual,  1853,  p.  379. 

2  Joris  Christoffelse  Davidts  was  son  of  Christoffel  Davidts,  an  Englishman,  who  early  settled 
at  Beverwyck.  He  had  another  son,  David,  who,  with  his  family,  was  killed  in  Schenectady 
Feb.  9,  1690. 

3  Capt.  Sylvester  Salisbury  was  commissioned  lieutenant  of  the  governor's  company  of  foot  in 
1670,  and  commander  of  the  fort  in  Albany.  He  continued  in  this  command  until  his  death, 
about  1682.  His  widow,  Elizabeth  Beek,  then  the  wife  of  Doctor  Cornelis  Van  Dyck,  adminis- 
tered on  his  aflairs  the  same  year.—  Engislh  ManuscrijJts. 


Albany   County  Records.  95 

anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  the  laws; 
in    any    manner    whatsoever,    under    an    obligation     provided    therefor 
according  to  the  laws. 
Albany,  of  date  iit  supra. 
Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorsf. 
Adrian  Gerritsen. 

SiLVES?  Salisbury. 
In  my  presence, 

LuDOVicus  CoBUS,  Secretary. 

On  this  the  first  day  of  August,  167o,  appeared  before  me  Ludovicus 
Cobus,  secretary  of  Albany,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable 
commissaries  of  Albany,  G-.  V.  Slichteuhorst  and  Adrian  Gerritsen 
[Papendorp],  Mine  Heer  Thomas  de  Laval,'  who  declared  that,  in  true 
rights  and  free  ownership,  he  had  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  by 
these  presents  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  (Si)ijeur)  Daniel  Hondecoutre, 
trader  here,  a  certain  house  and  lot  standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany, 
inhabited  by  Mr.  Pretty,-  and  standing  next  to  the  house  of  Gerrit  Janse 
Stavast,  in  virtue  of  a  patent  thereof,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered, 
without  any  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  except  only  the 
duke's  (Jieeresijn)  right,  without  the  grantor's  making  any  more  the  least 
claim  upon  the  same;  also  acknowledging  himself  perfectly  satisfied  and 
paid  therefor,  the  first  penny  as  well  as  tlie  last;  and  therefore  giving 
planam  actionem  cessam,  and  complete  power  to  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Honde- 
coutre, his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  receive  his 
right  and  title,  that  he  may  do  with,  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot  as 
he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects;  promising  the  same 
to  defend  against  every  one  and  to  free  it  from  all  troubles,  claims 
and  charges,  as  is  right;  and  further,  never  more  to  do  or  suffer  any  thing 
to  be  done  against  the  same,  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatso- 
ever, under  obligation  as  provided  by  the  laws. 

Albany,  of  date  ut  supra. 

Tno.  De  Lavall. 
Gerrit  Van  Sliclitenliorst. 
Adriae7i  Gerritsen. 

In  my  presence, 

Ludovicus  Cobus,  Secretary. 

On  this  21st  day  of  September,  1673,  appeared  before  me  Ludovicus 
Cobes,  secretary  of  Willemstadt,-*  etc.,  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable 
commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Messieurs  Gerrit  Van  Slichteuhorst 
and  Adriaen  Gerritse  [Papendorp];   Hendrick  Marsehs^  dwelling  behind 

1  Captain  Thomas  De  Laval  was  in  New  York  as  early  as  1668  engaged  in  trade.  His 
residence  was  chiefly  in  New  York,  although  from  the  fact  of  his  owning  a  house  in  Albany, 
it  is  probable  he  occasionally  resided  there  for  the  purposes  of  trade  or  otherwise. 

2  Richard  Pretty  was  many  years  sherifi'  and  collector  of  the  excise  for  Albany  county.  He 
died  in  16%. —  English  Manuscnpts. 

3  During  the  short  time  that  the  province  was  a  second  time  under  Dutch  rule,  in  1673,  Albany 
was  called  Willemstadt. 

4  Hendrik  Marselis  was  one  of  Melyn's  colonists  on  Staten  island,  and  probably  came  over  with 
the  others  in  the  ship  New  Netherland's  Fortune,  in  1650.  In  1654.  he  had  a  grant  of  a  lot  in 
Beverwyck.  When  Staten  island  was  attacked  by  the  Indians,  in  1655,  he  fled  with  his  wife, 
two  children  and  servant,  and  removed  to  Fort  Oranue,  where  he  permanently  settled.— 
O'C'allaghan'sHwtoi'y  of  Neiv  Netherland.  He  died  about  1697.  He  had  two  daughters,  and 
probably,  no  sons. 


96  Alhany   County  Records, 

Kinderhook,  offering  himself  as  surety  for  his  son-in-law,  Matthys 
Coenraets,  and  acknowledging  by  these  presents  that  Lourens  Van  Alen 
has  disbursed  and  paid  a  certain  sum  of  money  to  them  in  payment  of  the 
farm  hands  (loim  vo/ck^,  and  of  other  sums  (j-estanten,  remainders) 
honestly  due  to  him,  for  which  moneys  this  appearer  (comparcmt), 
specially  pledges  a  mare  and  a  heifer,  and  all  the  grain  that  shall  not 
now  have  been  taken  off,  before  he,  Lourens  Van  Alen,  has  his;  which 
payment  he  [Hendr :  Marselis]  shall  deliver  here  (in  Albany),  or  on  the 
river  bank,  according  to  Lourens's  [Van  Alen]  '  election ;  and  further 
generally  [the  appearer,  Marselis,  pledges]  his  person  and  estate,  personal 
and  real,  present  and  future,  without  exception,  in  order  that  it  may  be 
possible  to  recover  payment  thereby  in  due  time  if  need  be,  without  cost 
and  loss. 

Willemstadt,  of  date  tU  supra. 

The  mark  of  Hendr.  Marcelis  /ft,  with  his  own  hand  set. 
Gerrit    Van  Slichtenhorst. 
Adriaen   Gerritssen. 
In  my  presence, 

LuDOVicus  CoBES,  Secretary. 

On  this  17th  day  of  October,  1673,  appeared  before  me  Ludovicus 
Cobes,  secretary  of  Willemstadt,  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable  com- 
missaries of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Mr.  (^/Siitjeur)  Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst 
and  x\driaen  Gerritsen  [Papendorp]  ;  Mr.  David  Pieterse  Schuyler,  who 
declared  that,  in  true  right  and  free  ownership,  he  granted,  conveyed  and 
transferred  by  these  presents  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Johannes  Wendell, - 
a  certain  parcel  of  ground  lying  on  the  hill,  next  to  Jacob  Janse  [Scher- 
merhoorn],  in  breadth  one  rod  less  one  inch,  and  in  length  according  to 
the  patent,  of  date  15th  of  September,  old  style,  1670,  from  the  late  right 
hdnorable  General  Francis  Lovelace,  whereunto  reference  is  made  ;  and 
that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against 
the  same,  except  only  the  duke's  (Jieersy)i)  right,  without  the  grantor's 
making  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it;  also  acknowledging  that  he  is 
quite  satisfied  and  paid  for  the  same,  the  first  penny  as  well  as  the  last ; 
giving  therefore  plenam  actionem  cessa^n,  and  entire  power  to  the  afore- 
said Johannes  Wendel,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may 
receive  in  after  times  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with,  and  dispose  of,  the 
aforesaid  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  pro- 
mising to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all 
trouble,  claims  and  charges  (as  are  lawful),  and  neither  to  do  nor  suffer 
anything  to  be  done  hereafter  against  the  same,  with  or  without  law,  in 
any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Willemstadt. 

r^        :   ir        07-  7.     7        ,  DaVYDT  ScHUYLER. 

Gerrit  Van  IShclitenliorst. 

Adriaen  Gei'ritssea. 
In  my  presence,       j^^j^q^j^us  Cobus,  Secretary. 

1  Lourens  Van  Alen  wa6  probably  son  of  Pieter  Van  Alen,  of  Albany.  By  his  wife,  Elbertje 
Evertse,  he  had  five  sons,  and,  perhaps,  daughters. 

'^  Capt.  Johannes  Wendell,  merchant,  was,  perhaps,  a  son  of  Evert  Janse  Wendell.  His  house 
lot  was  on  the  south  side  of  State  street,  west  of  Pearl.  His  will  was  proved  9th  Fchruar}',  169- ; 
and  wife,  Elizabeth,  made  executrix.  By  his  two  wives,  Maritic  Jillise  and  Elizabeth  Staats,  be 
had  twelve  children  —  six  sons  and  six  daughters. 


Alhany  County  Records.  97 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  the  court  of 
Willemstadt,  colony  Renselaerwyck  and  Schanhechtade,  in  the  presence 
of  David  Pieterse  Schuyler  and  Cornells  Van  Dyck,  magistrates  {jicliepeneib) 
of  the  same,  Cornells  Cornelisse  Viele,  who  declared  that  he  has  gi  anted 
and  conveyed,  and  that  in  right  and  true  ownership,  as  by  these  presents 
he  does  [grant  and  convey],  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Kichard  Pretty, 
his  house  and  lot,  lying  in  Willemstadt,  and  lying  to  the  south  of  the 
Broad  street  [State];  to  the  north  of  the  kill  [liutten],  joining  westerly 
on  the  house  of  Pieter  Hartgers,  and  easterly  by  the  little  street  [South 
Pearl]  ;  in  breadth  in  front  on  the  street  one  rod  [12  ft.]  three  feet  and 
eleven  inches,  and  in  the  rear  on  the  [Rutten]  kil  one  rod  one  foot  and 
four  inches;  length  on  the  east  side  five  rods  one  feet  and  ten  inches, 
and  on  the  west  side  five  rods  five  feet  and  two  inches,  Rynland  measure, ^ 
by  virtue  of  the  patent  thereof  from  the  late  Rt.  honorable  governor 
general  [Nicols],  of  date  the  2nd  of  May,  A.  D.  1668;  to  which 
reference  is  made;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  without  any 
claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  save  the  duke's  (lieersyii) 
right,  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it ; 
acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor;  and  therefore 
giving  complete  power  to  the  aforesaid  Richard  Pretty,  his  heirs  and 
successors,  or  those  who  hereafter  may  receive  title  from  him,  to  do  with, 
and  to  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his 
other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects;  and  promising  to  defend  the  same 
from  all  persons,  and  to  free  the  same  from  all  troubles,  claims  and 
charges  which  are  lawful,  and  further,  neither  to  do  nor  suffer  anything 
to  be  done  against  the  same  with  or  without  law.  in  any  manner  what- 
soever, under  obligation,  provided  according  to  law  for  that  purpose. 

Done  in  Willemstadt,  24th  of  October,  A.  D.  1673. 

Cor.  Cor.  Vielen. 
Davydt  Schuyler's. 
Cornells  Van  Dyck. 

In  my  presence, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt,  etc., 
in  the  presence  of  Messieurs  Marten  Gerritsen  [Van  Bergen]-  and  Pieter 
Bogardus,'^  magistrates  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty, 
who  declared  that  in  true  rights  and  free  ownership  he  had  granted,  con- 
veyed and  transferred,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  [grant,  convey,  etc.], 
to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Juffrouw  Elizabetli  Salisbury,^  wife  of  Captain 

1  This  lot  was  on  the  west  corner  of  State  and  South  Pearl  streets  before  the  latter  was 
widened. 

2  Martin  Gerritse  Van  Bergen  is  said  to  have  arrived  in  Beverwyclj  in  1630.  He  settled  in 
1668  on  Castle  island,  afterwards  called  Marten  Gerritse's  island,  and  subsequently  on  the 
mainland. —  0'  Callaghcui's  History  of  New  Netherlands  i,  433.  For  many  years  he  was  one  of 
the  magistrates  of  the  county,  and  captain  of  the  foot  company.  By  his  two  wives,  Jaunetie 
Marteuse,  and  Neeltie  Mynderse,  he  had  five  sons ;  two  of  whom,  Gerrit  and  Myudert,  are 
spoken  of  in  letters  of  administration  issued  to  his  wife  in  1696. 

3  Pieter  Bogardus  was  the  youngest  son  of  Do.  Bverhardus  Bogardus  and  the  famous  Anneke 
Janse,  and  was  born  in  1645  in  New  York.  He  subsequently  settled  in  Albany,  where,  in  1673,  he 
was  one  of  the  magistrates,  and  in  1690  was  commissioned  with  others  to  treat  with  the  Five 
Nations,  and  to  look  after  the  defense  of  the  town.  By  his  wife,  Wyntje  Cornelise  Bosch,  he  had 
eight  children.    He  made  his  will  in  Feb.,  1701-2,  and  died  in  Kingston,  in  1703. 

*  Captain  Salisbury  died  about  1682,  and  his  widow,  Elizabeth  Beck,  married  Doctor  Cornelis 
Van  Dyck,  soon  after.  About  1690  Doctor  Van  Dyck  died,  and  the  next  year  she  married  Captain 
George  Bradshaw.    She  died  in  1701. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  13 


98  ■  Albany    County  Becords. 

Silvester  Salisbury,  his  certain  house  and  lot,  lying  in  Willenistadt,  lying 
to  the  south  of  the  Broad  street  [State];  to  the  north  of  the  [Rutten]  kil, 
joining  on  the  west  upon  the  late  house  of  Pieter  Hartgers,  on  the  east 
upon  the  little  stre'et  [South  Pearl];  in  breadth  in  front  upon  the  [State] 
street  one  rod  three  feet  and  eleven  inches,  and  on  the  rear  on  the 
[Rutten]  kil  one  rod  one  foot  and  four  inches ;  length  on  the  east  side 
[on  South  Pearl  street]  five  rods  one  foot  and  ten  inches,  and  on  the  west 
side  five  rods  five  feet  and  two  inches,  Rynland  measure,i  by  virtue  of  the 
patent  thereof  from  the  late  governor,  Richard  Nicols,  of  date  2nd  of  May, 
A.  D.  1668,  to  which  reference  is  made ;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered 
without  any  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  except  the  duke's 
(Jieersi/ii)  right ;  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more 
upon  the  same,  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor, 
and  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Elizabeth  Salisbury,  her 
heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  receive  title  from  her,  to 
do  with  and  to  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  she  might  do  with 
her  other  patrimonial  estate  and  eff'ects;  promising  to  defend  the  same 
against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  troubles,  claims,  and  charges 
which  are  lawful,  and  further,  neither  to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to  be 
done  henceforth  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  in  accordance  with  the  laws. 
Done  in  Willenistadt,  the  2d  of  November,  A.  D.  1673. 

Richard  Pretty. 

Marten  GerUe. 

Pieter  Bogardus. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

On  this  18th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1673,  appeared  before  me  Jo- 
hannes Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt,  in  the  presence  of  Cornelis 
Van  Dyck,  magistrate  of  this  jurisdiction,  Henderick  Lambertse  [Bont],- 
who  declared  by  these  presents  that  he  is  honestly  indebted  to  Mr.  Gerrit 
Slichtenhorst  in  the  sum  of  two  and  thirty  guilders  in  beavers  [$12.80], 
which  he  promises  to  pay  within  the  time  of  two  months  from  date ; 
specially  pledging  therefor  his  cow,  at  present  standing  in  the  stall  at 
Schanhechtade,  by  Adam  Vrooman's,-^  to  promote  the  payment  of  the 
aforewritten  sum  in  case  of  need,  without  cost  and  loss. 

Done  ut  supra,  of  date  ut  supra. 

This  is  the  mark  of  Henderick  Lambertse  j-| ,  with  his  own  hand 

set. 
Cornelis  Van  Dyck. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

JoEiANNES  Provoost,  Secretary. 

1  On  the  a4th  Oct.,  this  lot  was  conveyed  to  Richard  Pretty  by  Cornelis  Cornelise  Viele.  It 
now  lies  in  and  forms  a  part  of  South  Pearl  street,  which  is  the  ''little  street"  (de  Meyne 
st7^aaf),  widened. 

2  Henderik  Lambert«e  Bont,  or  Bent,  owned  land  above  the  city  of  Schenectady,  which  he  con- 
veyed to  Douwe  Aukee  in  1692,  and  removed  to  Claverack.  His  son  Jan,  also  of  Claverack,  in 
Iti.S,  confirmed  the  above  conveyance,  and  gave  more  specific  boundaries. 

3  Adam  Vrooman  was  the  sou  of  Hendrik  Meese  Vrooman,  who  was  killed  at  the  sack  of 
Schenectady,  in  1690,  at  which  time  Adam,  by  his  brave  defense  of  his  house,  gained  the  admira- 
tion of  the  French,  who  spared  his  life.  All  the  Vrooman  s  of  this  vicinity  are  descended  from 
this  Adam  and  his  brother  Jan. 


Albany   County  J  records.  99 

The  abov'3  standing  mortgage  (yerhititenisse)  of  the  cow  charged  against 
Henderick  Lambertse,  Mr.  Gerrit  Slichtenhorst  acknowledges  that  he  has 
been  fully  paid  therefor. 

Done  in  Willemstadt,  this  20th  October,  1674. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt  and 
colony  Renselaerswyck,  and  in  presence  of  the  afternanied  witnesses, 
RoelofF  Jansen  and  Jan  Coneel,  who  declare  by  these  presents  that  they 
have  made  a  contract  with  each  other  as  follows,  viz  :  KoelofF  Jansen  has 
sold  to  Jan  Coneel  aforesaid,  his  lot  lying  on  the  hill,'  between  Jacob 
Tyssen  Vander  Heyden  and  Jan  [De  La]  Waerd,-  and  that  of  such 
magnitude  as  it  was  received  by  him,  the  seller,  from  Jacob  Tyssen  at 
public  sale,-*  which  lot  the  buyer  shall  immediately  begin  to  build  upon, 
and  on  payment  for  the  lot  the  buyer  shall  receive  a  pi'oper  deed,  for 
which  lot  the  said  Jan  Coneel  promises  to  pay  four  good,  whole  merchant- 
able beaver  skins,  and  that  punctually  on  the  first  day  of  July  next 
coming,  thus  done  without  craft  or  guile,  in  presence  of  Maas  Cornelise 
[Van  Buren],  and  Jan  Gauw,  as  witnesses. 

Done  in  Willemstadt,  the  27th  of  February,  A.  D.  1674. 

RoELOFF  Jansen. 
John  Conell. 
This  is  the  mark  of  Jan  Gauw-{-,  ivith  his  own  hand  set. 
Maas  Comely sA 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

On  this  2nd  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1674,  appeared  before  me  Johannes 
Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt,  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable 
Cornells  Van  Dyck  and  Pieter  Bogardus,  magistrates  of  the  same  juris- 
diction, Hendrick  Willemsen  [Backer],  who  declared  that  in  true  rights 
and  free  ownership  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he 
"does  o^rant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof 
of  StoflFel  Janse  Abeel,  by  virtue  of  an  accompanying  patent,  his  certain 
house  and  lot  here  standing  and  lying  in  Willemstadt,  bounded  to  the 
north  by  Hans  Dreper,"'  to  the  south  by  Pieter  Loockermans,  Senior,  and 
is  in  breadth  in  front  on  the  street  three  rods  five  feet  and  one  inch,  in 
the  rear  three  rods  less  three  inches ;  length  on  the  north  side  seven  rods 
and  one  foot,  on  the  south  side  in  length  from  the  street  to  the  fence  of 
Adrian  Gerritse  [Papendorp],  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  without 


1  It  was  ao-reed  at  the  time  that  the  seller  should  he  holden  to  deliver  to  the  huj^er  the  aforesaid 
lot  forty  feet  long  from  front  to  rear,  and  twenty  feet  broad  in  front  on  the  street. 

2  Jan  De  La  Warde  came  over  from  Antwerp  in  1662  :  in  1684  he  bought  land  at  Niskayima  and 
subsequently,  inl698,  he  acknowledged  satisfaction  for  anisland  in  the  Mohawk  above  Sche- 
nectady, between  Claas  Gravens  Hoek  and  said  village,  sold  to  Jons  Aertse  Vander  Baast, 
deceased.    He  died  28th  January,  1702. 

3  In  17015,  Margaret,  widow  of  John  Coneel,  had  a  lot  in  Maiden  lane,  next  east  of  Mr.  Min- 
gael's,  near  James  street.—  Annals  of  Albanij,  v,  132,  133. 

*  Maas  Cornelise  Van  Buren  was  son  of  Cornells  Maas  Van  Buren.  He  married  Josina  Janse 
Gardenier,  and  had  five  sous  and  one  daughter.  His  wife  died  in  1701,  and  he  in  11104.- Albany 
Church  Records. 

5  In  1656  he  had  a  patent  for  a  lot  in  New  Amsterdam.—  ZJiiteA  Manuscripts. 


100  Albany   County  Records. 

any  claim  standiosj  or  issuing  against  it,  only  excepting  the  duke's 
(Jieersyn)  right,  without  the  grantors  laying  claim  any  more  upon  the 
same,  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  giving 
therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  StoiFel  Janse  Abeel,  his  heirs  and 
successors,  or  those  who  hereafter  may  receive  right  and  title  from  him, 
to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  he  might  do  with 
his  own  patrimonial  estate  and  efi"ects  ;  promising  to  defend  the  same 
against  every  person  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges 
which  are  lawful,  and  further,  never  more  to  do  or  permit  anything  to 
be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  under  obligation  thus  provided  according  to  law. 
Done  in  Willemstadt,  datum  ut  supra. 

This  is  the  mark  of  +  Henderick  Willemse, 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
Cornells  Van  Dych. 
Pietcr  Bo(jardus. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

On  this  31st  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1674,  appeared  before  me  Johannes 
Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt  and  colony  Renselaerswyck,  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  Gerrit  Slichtenhorst  and  David  Schuyler, 
magistrates  oP  the  same  jurisdiction,  Jochem  Wesselse  Backer,  burgess 
and  citizen  here,  who  declared  that  in  true  rights,  and  free  ownership, 
he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and 
convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Henderick 
Cuyler,  his  certain  house  here  and  two  lots,  standing  and  lying  together 
here  in  Willemstadt  upon  the  hill,  lying  to  the  west  of  Myndert  t'ar- 
mense  [Van  De  Bogart],i  to  the  east  of  the  town's  fence  [stockade],  to  the 
south  of  the  street  [State]  and  to  the  north  of  the  fence  of  the  Lutheran 
church;  the  lot  upon  which  the  house  stands  is  in  breadth,  front  and 
rear,  twenty  wood  feet,  and  in  length  to  the  fence  of  the  Lutheran  church  ; 
the  other  lot  to  the  west  thereof,  is  in  breadth  two  rods  three  feet  and 
eight  inches  ;  length  as  before  to  the  aforesaid  fence,"'  which  he  does  by 
virtue  of  the  patent  of  Grovernor  Lovelace;  the  one  of  date  19  October, 
1668;  the  other  of  the  15th  of  August,  167—,  and  that  free  and 
unencumbered  without  any  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same, 
only  excepting  the  duke's  (lieersyii)  right,  without  the  grantor-*  having 
any  more  the  least  claim  against  the  same,  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully 
satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  giving  therefore  free  power  to  the  aforesaid 
Hendrick  Cuyler,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  hereafter  may 
receive  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid 


1  Myndert  Harmense  Van  De  Bogart  was  a  son  of  Harmen  Myndertse  Van  DeBogart,  a  sur- 

?eon  in  the  West  India  Company's  service,  who  died  in  Albany,  in  1649.  He  was  baptized  in  New 
ork,  3d  of  May,  1643,  and  married  Helena,  daughter  of  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhorn.  In  1686,  in 
connection  with  Robert  Sanders,  he  obtained  a  patent  for  12,000  acres  of  land  in  Dutchess  county, 
including  the  site  of  the  city  of  Poughkeepsie.  About  this  time  he  removed  with  his  family  to 
Dutchess  county. 

2  The  lots  above  described  were  on  the  south  side  of  State  street,  the  fifth  and  sixth  west  of 
South  Pearl-  in  1701,  "ye  house  of  Mr.  Cuyler  was  near  ye  Fort."  In  1703  Pieter  Van  Brugh, 
son-in-law  of  Henderick  Cuyler,  owned  the  whole  or  a  part  of  these  lots  ;  his  house  being  a  corner 
house  with  the  stockadoes  in  the  rear.  The  lot  next  west  Gerrit  Luycasse  Wyngaart  bought  with 
a  depth  of  only  30  ft.  by  reason  of  the  rondweg  and  city  stockadoes.  The  Lutheran  church  lot 
was  the  Centre  market  lot. 


Albany   County  Records.  101 

house  aad  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ; 
promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  the  same 
from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  are  lawful,  and  further,  neither 
to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsover,  under  obligation  for  that  purpose 
provided  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Willemstadt.  datum  ut  supra. 

JociiEM  Wesselse  B. 
Gerrit  Van  SUchtenhorst. 
Davidt  Schuyler. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt  and 
colony  Renselaerswyck,  in  the  presence  of  Messieurs  Cornelis  Van  Dyck 
and  Pieter  Bogardus,  magistrates  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Wouter 
Albertsen  Wyttenhoff,  attorney  for  the  late  Pieter  Claerbout's'  effects 
here,  who  declared  that,  in  true  rights,  just  ownership  he  had  granted 
and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and 
actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Jan  Harmense  Backer,  his  heirs 
or  those  who  shall  obtain  title  from  him,  the  house  and  lot  of  said  Pieter 
Clairbout,  lying  here  in  Willemstadt,  wlach  he  does  by  virtue  of  a  patent 
from  Governor  Richard  Nicols,  of  date  14  May,  A.  D.  1667,  being  of  such 
breadth,  length  and  limitation  as  it  lies  inclosed  in  fence,  lying  between 
the  house  of  said  Bogardus  and  Rut  Aertsen,  and  that  free  and  unen- 
cumbered, without  any  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  it,  excepting  only 
the  duke's  (Jieersi/n)  right,  without  the  grantors  laying  the  least  claim 
any  more  to  the  same ;  also  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  satisfied  and 
paid  therefor,  and  therefore  giving  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Jan  Har- 
mense Backer,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  receive 
right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and 
lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects;  promising  to 
defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims 
and  charges,  as  is  right,  and  further,  never  more  to  do  or  suffer  anything 
to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  according  to  law  for  that  purpose. 

Done  in  Willemstadt,  24th  of  August,  1674. 

As  Jan  Harmensen  was  not  satisfied,  that  the  measure  of  the  lot  was 
not  expressed  in  this  instrument,  since  the  grantor  according  to  contract 
has  sold  him  the  house  and  lot  as  it  lies  in  fence,  so  Jan  Harmense  has  by 
the  surveyor  caused  the  same  to  be  measured,  and  the  length  is  six  rods 
three  feet  and  three  inches,  breadth  in  the  rear  nine  feet  and  a  half,  and 
in  front  on  the  street  fourteen  feet,  Rynland  measure;  which  he  desires  to 
claim  from  him  the  [grantor]. 

Wouter  Albertsen. 

Cornelis  Van  Dyck. 
Pieter  Bogardus. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 


Pieter  Claerbout  was  the  voorlezer  of  the  church. 


102  Albany   Counttj  Records. 

Appeared  before  lue  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Willerastadt  and 
colony  Renselaerswyck,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  afternamed  witnesses, 
Jan  Coneel  and  James  Penniman,  who  in  love  and  friendship  declare  that 
they  have  agreed  and  contracted  with  each  other  about  the  sale  of  a  house 
and  lot  in  the  manner  followini^  :  Firstly. —  Jan  Coneel  acknowledges 
that  he  has  sold  and  James  Penniman  that  he  has  bought  of  him,  his, 
Coneel's,  house  and  lot,  lying  here  in  Willemstadt,  where  the  seller  at 
present  dwells;  for  which  he,  the  buyer,  promises  to  pay  to  the  seller  the 
sum  of  seventy  pounds  sterling,  in  Boston  money,  in  two  installments,  the 
first  of  which  shall  be  in  the  month  of  July,  A.  D.  1675,  a  sum  of  thirty 
pounds  sterling,  to  be  received  by  the  seller  in  Boston,  together  with 
thirteeii  ells  of  serge  for  his,  the  seller's,  wife  for  a  dress ;  and  the  second 
installment,  a  year  after,  being  A.  D.  1676,  also  in  the  month  of  July,  the 
sum  of  thirty  pounds  sterling,  to  be  paid  in  New  Orange/  in  rum  at 
three  shillings  sis  stuivers  the  gallon,  besides  also  ten  pounds  sterling, 
which  the  buyer  shall  pay  in  hats  at  market  price  ;  about  which  the  parties 
contracting  are  mutvially  well  content  as  being  done  *  *  *  without  craft 
or  guile  ;  the  respective  parties  pledging  their  persons  and  estates  to  the 
performance  of  this  contract. 

Thus  done  in  Willemstadt,  in  presence  of  Andries  Teller  and  Willem 
Percker  [Parker],  as  witnesses  called  for  that  purpose,  on  this  the  lOth 
day  of  August,  1674. 

John  Coneel. 
James  Penimane, 
A.  Teller.,  loitness. 
Wm.  Parker. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt  and 
colony  Renselaerswyck,  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable  magistrates, 
Cornells  Van  Dyck  and  David  Schuyler,  commissaries  of  the  same  juris- 
diction, and  the  honorable  William  Nottingham,"-  who  acknowledged  by 
these  presents  that  he  is  well,  truly  and  honestly  indebted  to  Mr.  Goossen 
Gerritsen  [Van  Schaick],  in  the  quantity  of  six  and  twenty  good,  choice 
beaver  skins,  each  of  which  must  weigh  one  and  a  half  pounds  ;  also  1 
guilder,  two  stuivers  and  eight  pennies  in  beavers ;  besides  three  beavers 
of  seven  quarters  [of  a  pound]  weight,  good  and  merchantable,  for  goods 
and  merchandise  received  therefor  to  his  satisfaction  ;  which  aforesaid 
beavers  he  promises  to  pay  to  the  aforesaid  Goosen  Gerritsen  or  his 
attorney  punctually  on  thie  first  of  August,  A.  D.  1675,  with  interest  on 
the  same  at  12  per  cent  yearly,  to  commence  on  the  date  of  this  instru- 
ment, and  running  until  full  payment;  except  in  case  the  mortgagor 
[Nottingham],  during  the  year,  gives  full  satisfaction  for  and  pays  said 
beavers,  he  shall  be  exempt  from  paying  the  interest;  to  the  full  per- 
formance of  which  the  said  William  Nottingham  pledges  his  person  and 
estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  especially  mortgaging  and 
pledging  both  of  his  houses  and  lots  lying  here  in  Willemstadt,  as 
security,  if  need  be,  for  the  recovery  of  the  payment  of  the   aforesaid 

1  On  the  recapture  of  New  York  by  the  Dutch  in  1673,  they  changed  the  name  of  New  York  to 
New  Orange. 

2  In  1676,  William  Nottingham  and  wife,  Anne,  were  residents  of  Kingston.  In  1715  he  was 
captain  of  the  military  company  of  Marbletown,  and  was  i,i\\\\\y'mg  in  Vim.—  English  Manu- 
scri2)ts. 


Albany  Coimty  Records.  103 

nine  and  twenty  beavers,  one  gnilder,  two  stuivers  and  eight  pennies  in 
beavers,  without  cost  or  loss. 

Done  in  Willemstadt,  the  first  of  October,  A.  D.  1674. 

Wm.  Nottingham. 
Cornells  Van  Di/ch. 
Davydt  Schuyler. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Frovoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt  and 
colony  Renselaerswyck,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable  Gerrit 
Slichtenhorst  and  Pieter  Bogardus,  magistrates  of  the  same  jurisdiction, 
the  honorable  William  Nottingham,  who  acknowledges  by  these  presents 
that  he  is  well,  truly  and  honestly  indebted  to  Mr.  Andries  Teller  in  the 
quantity  of  sixteen  good,  whole  and  merchantable  beavers'  skins,  for 
goods  and  merchandise  received  to  his  content  and  satisfaction  ;  which 
aforesaid  sixteen  beavers  he  promises  to  pay  between  this  autumn  and 
the  middle  of  the  month  of  November  next  coming,  and  failing  of  pay- 
ment in  said  time,  he  promises  to  pay  interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  cent ; 
thereto  pledging  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and 
future,  herewith  mortgaging  as  a  special  pledge  his  two  houses  here  in 
Willemstadt,  lying  on  the  hill,  if  need  be,  for  the  recovery  of  the  pay- 
ment of  the  aforesaid  sixteen  beavers,  without  cost  and  loss. 

Done  in  Willemstadt,  the  15th  of  October,  A.  D.  1674. 

Wm.  Nottingham. 
Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst. 
Pieter  Bogardus. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt  and 
colony  Renselaerswyck,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable  Cornelis 
Van  Dyck  and  Pieter  Bogardus,  magistrates  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  the 
honorable  William  Nottingham,  at  present  residing  here,  who,  by  these 
presents  acknowledged  and  declared  that  he  is  well,  truly  and  honestly 
indebted  to  the  heirs  of  Captain  Thomas  Willet,  deceased,  in  the  sum  of 
three  hundred  and  seven  and  fifty  guilders,  payable  in  good,  whole  and 
merchantable  beaver  skins,  at  eight  guilders  each,  for  goods  and  merchan- 
dise, received  to  his  content  and  satisfaction,  and  promises  to  pay  the 
aforesaid  sum  to  the  said  heirs,  said  administrators,  or  their  attorney,  just 
as  soon  as  they  shall  make  a  demand  upon  him,  the  mortgagor ;  thereto 
pledging  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future; 
mortgaging  herewith  and  especially  pledging  his  two  houses  and  lots  here 
in  Willemstadt,  lying  on  the  hill,  to  secure  the  payment  if  need  be  of 
the  aforesaid  sum  of  three  hundred  and  seven  and  fifty  guilders,  without 
cost  aud  loss. 

Done  in  Willemstadt,  the  16th  of  October,  A.  D.  1674. 

Wm.  Nottingham. 
Cornelis   Van  Dyck. 
Pieter  Bogardus. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 


104  Albany  County  Records. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt  and 
colony  Renselaerswyck,  and  in  presence  of  honorable  Marten  Gerritse 
[Van  Bergen],  and  Pieter  Winne,i  magistrates  of  the  same  jurisdiction  ; 
Geertruy  Pieterse,  late  widow  of  Abraham  Pieterse  Vosburgh,-  deceased, 
who  declared  that  she  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  she 
does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof 
of  Wynant  Gerritse  Van  der  Poel*  her  half  of  the  sawmill,  lying  in  colony 
Renselaerswyck,  on  the  east  bank  [of  the  Hudson  river],  opposite  the 
bouwery  of  Mr.  Philip  Schuyler,  standing  on  the  kil,'  which  lies  on  the 
south  side  of  the  bouwery  of  Mr.  Jeronimus  Ebbingh,  with  all  the  tools 
there  to  belonging,  which  she  possesses,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered, 
only  excepting  the  lord  patroon's  right,  without  the  grantor's  making 
any  further  claim  upon  it,  acknowledging  that  she  is  fully  satisfied  and 
paid  therefor,  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Wynant 
Gerritse,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  receive  right 
and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  half  said  mill 
as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising 
the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons  and  to  free  the  same  from  all 
actions,  claims  or  charges,  which  hereafter  may  come  against  the  same 
and  are  lawful,  and  further  neither  to  do  nor  to  suffer  anything  to  be 
done  against  the  same,  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever, 
under  obligation  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Willemstadt,  the  18th  Oct.,  1674. 

This  is  the  mark  -\-  of  Geertruy  Pieterse, 
with  her  own  hand  set. 
Marten  Gerritse. 
Pieter  Winne. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary  of  Willemstadt  and 
colony  Renselaerswyck,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable  Adriaen 
Gerritse  [Papendorp],  and  Marten  Gerritse  [Van  Bergen],  magistrates  of 
the  same  jxirisdiction,  Gerrit  Bancker,  who  declared  that,  in  true  right, 
free  ownership,  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he 
does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the 
behoof  of  Jacob  Staets,"^  his,  the  grantor's,  house  and  lot,  standing  and 
lying  here  in  Willemstadt,  at  present  inhabited  by  Hans  Proper,  to  the 
south  bordering  upon  StoflPel  Janse  [Abeel],  and  to  the  north  upon 
Myndert  Frederickse,  as  the  same  stands  in  fence;  in  breadth  in  front 

1  Pieter  Winne  was  born  in  the  city  of  Glient,  in  Flanders.  His  wife,  Tanneke  Adams,  was 
a  native  of  the  "cityof  Leeuwaerden,  inVrieslandt."  He  resided  in  Bethlehem,  two  miles  south 
of  Albany,  where  he  made  his  will,  in  1684 ;  when  he  had  thirteen  children  living.  His  estate 
was  valued  in  1696,  at  860  pieces  of  eight,  at  six  shillings  each. 

2  Abraham  Pieterse  Vosburgh  was  the  fourth  son  of  Pieter  Jacobse  Vosburgh.  He  died  in 
1660,  leaving  one  sou,  Pieter,  probably,  who  settled  in  Kinderhook. 

3  Wynant  Gerritse  Van  der  Poel,  trunkmaker,  was  in  Beverwyck  as  early  as  1657 ;  by  his 
wife,  Tryntje  Melgers,  he  had  two  sons:  Melgert,  and  Gerrit;  and  a  daughter,  who  married 

.  Willem  Van  den  Bergh.  In  1695,  when  he  made  his  will,  he  was  a  resident  of  New  York, 
''late  of  Albany."    His  will  was  proved  in  1702. 

*  This  kil  was  afterwards,  and  to  this  day  is,  called  the  Wynant's  kil,  having  received  its 
name  from  Wynant  Gerritse  "Van  der  Poel,  who  owned  the  mill  hereby  conveyed. 

5  Jacob  Staets   was  the   eldest  son  of  Major  Abraham  Staets.  surgeon.    He  followed  the 

profession  of  his  father.    His  wife's  name  was  Ryckie ;  but  it  is  not  known  that  he  left  any 

children. 


Albany   County   Records.  105 

upon  the  street  three  rods  and  four  feet,  in  the  rear  ten  feet  and  a  half, 
Eynland  rueasui-e,  free  and  unencumbered,  without  any  chiim  standing  or 
issuing  against  the  same,  only  excepting  the  duke's  (Jieersyn)  right, 
without  the  grantor's  having  any  further  claim  upon  the  same ;  acknow- 
ledging that  he  has  received  therefor  full  satisfaction  and  payment, 
giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Jacob  Staets,  his  heirs  and 
successors,  or  those  who  may  receive  hereafter  right  and  title  from  him, 
to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  said  house  and  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his 
other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  to  defend  the  same  from 
all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  actions,  claims  and  charges,  which  may 
hereafter  come  against  it,  and  are  lawful,  and  further  neither  to  do  nor 
to  suffer  anything  to  be  done  hereafter  against  the  same,  either  with  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Willemstadt,  the  6th  of  November,  A.  D.  1674. 

Gerrit  Bancker. 
Adriaen  Gerritsen. 
Marten  Gerritsen. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence 
of  the  honorable  Adriaen  Gerritse  and  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhoorn, 
commissaries,  etc.,  Mr.  Willem  Teller,'  who  declared  that  in  true  right, 
free  ownership  he  had  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  as  by  these 
presents  he  does  [grant,  convey,  etc.],  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Johannes 
De  Wandelaer;-  so  does  he,  J.  De  Wandelaer,  in  like  form,  hereby,  and 
at  once,  transfer  and  convey  again  to  Mr.  Jan  Henderickse  Van  Bael,  a 
house  and  lot,  lying  here  in  Albany  on  the  hill ;  in  breadth  in  front  on 
the  street  twenty-one  feet;  length,  to  the  lot  of  Captain  Backer,  and 
breadth  in  the  rear  twenty  feet,  Rynland  measure,  out  of  which  breadth 

of  said  lot  there  lies  a  foot  and  a  half  on  the   ■]',.?  side  of  said  house, 


^  west? 

for  an  alley  in  common,  with  Dirck  Hesselinge,  who  also  has  a  foot  and  a  half 
there,  so  that  the  said  alley  is  three  feet  in  its  whole  breadth,  for  the  use 
of  both  of  them  ;  adjoining,  on  the  east,  the  grantor  (acceptant),  on  the 
west,  Dirck  Hesselinge;  on  the  south.  Captain  Backer's  lot ;  and  to  the 
north,  the  street,  and  that  by  vi'-tue  of  a  conveyance  of  date  -^  July, 
A.  D.  1668,  given  by  Jan  Coster  Van  Aken,  to  the  behoof  of  the  first 
grantor,  Willem  Teller;  free  and  unencumbei'ed,  without  any  claim, 
standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  the  duke's  right;  the 
grantors'  acknowledging  that  they  are  satisfied  and  paid  by  Jan  Hende- 
rickse Van  Bael,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  in  respect  to  the  bargain 


1  Wm.  Teller  was  bom  in  1620,  and  arrived  in  New  Amsterdam  in  1639.  He  served  the 
West  India  Company  ;  at  first  as  corporal  at  Fort  Orange,  bnt  was  soon  advanced  to  the  office  of 
quarter-master.  He  resided  in  Albany  until  1692,  when  he  removed  to  New  York  with  his  family, 
except  one  son,  Johannes,  who  remained  in  Schenectady.  He  became  a  trader  after  leaving  the 
service  of  the  company.  By  his  two  wives,  Margaret  Donchesen,  and  Maria  Varleth,  he  had 
eleven  children,  the  most  of  whom  lived  to  mature  years  and  left  families. 

2  Johannes  De  Wandelaer  came  over  from  Leyden,  and  on  the  17  March  16T2,  married  Sara 
Schepmoes,  of  New  York.  Soon  after,  he  removed  to  Albany,  where  he  remained  until  about 
1702,  when  he  is  found  in  New  York.  He  was  a  trader,  and  had  a  house  on  the  west  corner 
of  Maiden  lane  and  Broadway ;  of  his  ten  children  eight  were  living  in  1705,  when  his  will 
was  made. 


Hist.  Col.  Hi.  14 


106  Alhauy  Coiudy  Records. 

for  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot,  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid 
Jan  Henderickse  Van  Bael,  his  heirs,  and  successors,  or  those  who  may 
hereafter  receive  right  and  title  from  him,  to  dispose  thereof  as  he  might 
with  his  own  patrimonial  estate  and  effects,  without  the  grantors'  having 
any  further  claimupon  the  same;  promising  to  defend  it  against  all 
persons  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble  and  claims,  and  never  more  to  do 
or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without 
law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor 
according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  this  15th  of  December,  A.  D.  1674. 

WiLLEM  Teller. 
Adriaen  Gerritsen.  Johannes  de  Wandelaer. 

Jacob  Schermerhooren. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  Gerrit  A'^an  Slichtenhorst,  and  Adriaen  Ger- 
ritse,  commissaries  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  a  certain  Katskil  Indian  by 
the  Dutch  commonly  called  Schermerhooren,  offering  himself  as  surety 
and  principal  for  diverse  Esopus  and  Katskil  Indians  to  the  behoof  of 
Mr.  Jan  Clute,  burgess  of  this  town,  on  account  of  certain  goods  and 
moneys  disbursed,  which  sum  with  others,  amounts  to  eighty  good  whole 
merchantable  beaver  skins  and  fifteen  good  otter  skins,  which  aforesaid  sum 
he  promises  to  pay  promptly  to  said  Jan  Clute  or  to  his  order,  within 
two  and  a  half  (derdehalff)  years  from  this  date,  but  if  he  [Schermer- 
hoorn],  happens  to  die  in  the  meantime,  or  the  aforesaid  time  having 
expired,  he  has  not  paid  said  sum,  then  with  free  deliberation  he  entirely 
agrees  that  the  aforesaid  Clute  or  his  order,  may  take  to  himself  in 
complete  ownership  his,  Schermerhooren's,  and  his,  participant's,  land, 
being  the  half  of  the  land  belonging  to  the  Indians  at  Katskil,  together 
with  the  free  range  (idtdrift)  in  the  woods  ;  and  their  lots  shall  be  cast 
who  shall  have  the  preference  as  to  the  selection;  and  binds  himself  in 
such  a  manner  that  in  case  he  comes  to  act  otherwise  than  above  mentioned, 
either  directly  or  indirectly,  or  by  any  evasion  howsoever  it  may  be,  it 
shall  be  null  and  of  no  effect  whatever;  well  understanding  that  the  land 
belonging  to  Jan  Bronck'  is  not  included  herein.  All  that  is  above  written 
he  promises  to  hold  valid  and  true,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor 
according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  25th  of  January,  167^. 

This  is  the  mark  -|-  of  the  Indian,  named  Schermerhooren, 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
This  is  the  mark  of  -\-  Lepelmaker  \_Si)oonmaker']^  loith  his  oion  hand 

set  as  witness. 
Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst. 
Adriaen  Gerritsen. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 


1  Jan  Pieterse  Bronck,  son  of  Pieter  Bronck,  lived  at  Catskil.  By  his  wife,  Commetle 
Leendertse  Couyn,  lie  had  six  sons  and  two  daughters,  of  whom  five  sons  are  mentioned  in 
his  will,  made  9  Sept.,  1738,  and  proved  6  Oct.,  1742. 


Albany   County  Records.  107 

I,  John  Clute,  heir  of  Capt  John  Clute,  late  of  Canastagieone  of  county 
of  Albany,  deceased,  do  acknowledge,  on  the  24th  of  March,  169-f-,  to 
have  rec',  of  Neele  Van  Bergen,'  late  widow  of  Capt.  Marten  Gerritse, 
dec^',  on  y^  behalf  of  y*^  above  mentioned  Ind'i,  the  full  contents  of  y^ 
afore  mentioned  mortgade,  wittnesse  my  hand. 

Albany,  y^  27th  of  Sept.,  1708. 

Johannes  Clut.'- 

Appeared  before  mc  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  an  Indian, 
commonly  called  by  the  Dutch,  Schermerhoorn,  for  himself,  and  specially 
commissioned  for  another  Indian,  named  Siachemoes ;  who  declared,  in 
presence  of  the  honorable  Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst,  and  Adriaen 
Gerritsen,  commissaries,  etc.,  that  he  had  granted,  conveyed  and  trans- 
ferred, as  by  these  presents  he  does  transfer,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Jan 
Bronck,  his  heirs,  or  those  who  shall  receive  title  from  him,  a  certain 
piece  of  land,  lying  in  Katskil,  lying  on  the  north  side  of  the  kil,  called 
by  the  Indians  Paskoecq,  situate  under  the  hill  which  stands  to  the  west, 
moreover  he  grants  him  free  range  for  his  cattle;  which  he  does  by  virtue 
of  being  the  natural  and  rightful  proprietor  of  said  land,  and  that,  out  of 
a  liberality  shown  him  and  for  friendship  enjoyed ;  refraining  from  any 
further  claim  on  said  piece  of  land ;  giving  therefore  to  said  Jan  Bronck 
and  his  heirs  full  power  to  dispose  thereof,  the  same  as  he  might  do  with 
his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects,  without  the  grantor's  making  the 
least  claim  any  more  upon  it;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all 
persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  actions,  claims  or  charges  of  other  Indians, 
or  all  other  persons  who  may  succeed  them,  and  never  more  to  do  or  suffer 
anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  25th  of  January,  A.  D.  1674. 

This  is  the  mark.  Outs,  of  an  Indian,  named  Schermerhoorn. 
Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst. 
Adriaen  Gerritsen. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence 
of  the  honorable  Adriaen  Gerritse,  and  Andries  Teller,  commissaries,  etc., 
Jan  Coneel,  burgess  and  citizen  here;  who  declared,  that  in  true  rights, 
free  ownership,  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does 
grant  and  convey,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Evert  Janse  Wendell,  also  a 
burgess  here,  a  house  and  lot,  lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  with  all  that 
is  fast  therein  by  earth  and  nailed ;  the  lot  is  in  breadth,  front  and  rear, 
five  and  twenty  feet;  in  length  on  the  south  side  four  rods  six  feet  and 
three  inches;  bordering  upon  the  east  side  Claes  Van  Rotterdam;  on  the 
south  side  Gerrit  Lansingh ; '  on  the  west  and  north  sides  the  highway, 

1  Captain  Marten  Gerritse  Van  Bergen  ;  Neeltie  Myndertse  was  his  second  wife. 

2  Jobannes  Clute,  nephew  and  heir  of  Captain  Johannes  CUite,  inherited  his  large  landed 
property  in  Niskayuna,  Loonenburg,  and  Albany.  He  resided  in  the  former  place.  By  his 
wife,  Bata  Slichtenhorst,  he  had  nine  children  ;  from  him  and  Frederick  Clute,  also  of  Niskaynna, 
have  descended  the  families  of  this  name  in  Albany  and  Schenectady  counties. 

2  Gerrit  Lansingh  was  a  native  of  Hasselt  near  ZwoU,  in  Overyssel.  He  was  deceased  before 
1679,  leaving  three  sons :  Gerrit,  Hendrik,  and  Johannes ;  and  three  daughters :  Aeltie, 
Gysbertje,  and  Hilletje,  all  of  whom  had  families,  and  lived  in  Albany  or  its  vicinity. — 
Deeds,  m,  51. 


108  Albany  County  Records. 

according  to  the  measure  and  survey  of  the  surveyor,  of  date  the  fifth  of 
May,  1668,  and  pursuant  to  a  conveyance  from  Mr.  Thomas  De  Laval,  of 
date  the  17th  of  August,  A.  D.  1670,  to  him,  the  grantor,  given,  to  which 
reference  is  made ;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  chxim 
standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  save  the  duke's  right,  without  the 
grantor's  having  any  further  claim  upon  the  same,  acknowledging  that  he 
has  received  full  satisfaction  and  payment  therefor,  the  first  penny  with 
the  last,  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Evert  Janse  Wendel, 
his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  derive  right  and 
title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  he 
might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  eflPects;  promising  to  defend  the 
same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges, 
which  are  lawful,  and  further  never  more  to  do  or  suflPer  any  thing  to  be 
done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  what- 
soever, under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  11th  of  March,  A.  D.  167|. 

John  Conell. 

Adriaen  Gerritsen. 

A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence 
of  the  honorable  G-errit  Slichtenhorst,  and  Jacob  Schermerhoorn, 
commissaries,  etc.,  Jan  Ooneel,  citizen  here,  who  declared  that  he  had 
sold,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  as  by  these  presents  he  does 
grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of 
Kobert  Livingston, i  merchant,  a  certain  lot  lying  here  in  Albany,  being 
named  No.  1,  received  by  him  the  grantor,  by  deed  from  Andries  De 
Vos,  of  date  18  June,  A.  D.  1672,  and  lying  on  the  hill,  adjoining 
westerly  Jan  (De  La)  Ward,  easterly  the  highway,  northerly  Pieter 
Winne;  breadth  on  the  south  side  four  rods,  and  westerly  three  rods  and 
six  feet  J  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or 
issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  the  duke's  right,  without  the  grantor's 
having  any  more  the  least  claim  upon  the  same,  and  acknowledging  that 
he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving 
therefore,  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Robert  Livingston,  his  heirs  and 
successors,  or  those  who  hereafter  may  derive  right  and  title  from  him 
to  do  with  and  to  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his 
patrimonial  estate  and  efi"ects ;  promising  to*  defend  the  same  against  all 
persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  charges  and  claims,  which  are 
lawful,  and  further,  never  more  to  do  or  sufi'er  anything  to  be  done 
against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever, 
under  obligation  as  provided  by  law  therefor. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  11th  March,  A.  D.  167^. 

Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst. 
Jacob  Schermerhooreti. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

"  Robert  Livingston  was  the  first  settler  in  this  province  of  this  well  known  family.  He  was 
for  many  years  secretary  of  Albany,  mayor  of  the  city,  Indian  commissioner,  etc.    He  married 


Albany   County  Records.  109 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence 
of  the  honorable  Andries  Teller,  and  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhoorn,  com- 
missaries, etc.,  Andries  De  Vos,  burgess  and  citizen  here,  who  declared, 
that  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  he  had  sold,  granted,  conveyed,  as  by 
these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to 
and  for  the  behoof  of  the  deaconry  (diaconi/e)  here  in  Albany,  his  house 
and  lot  and  garden,  here  lying  on  the  hill,  adjoining  and  southward  of 
the  third  kil,'  northward  of  the  highway,  westward  of  Paulus  Martense 
[Van  Benthuysen],  eastward  of  a  lot  of  the  grantor,  of  such  magnitude 
and  limitation  as  it  lies  inclosed  in  its  fence,  together  with  a  little  piece 
of  hop  land,  lying  below  on  said  third  kil,  bounding  to  the  east  Reyer 
Elbertse,  to  the  west  the  kil,  to  the  south  and  north  the  hill,  and  is  in 
length  on  the  south  side,  thirty-one  rods;  on  the  north  side,  thirty  rods; 
breadth  on  the  west  side,  fifteen  rods;  on  the  east  side,  twenty-three 
rods;"-^  and  that,  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim,  standing  or 
issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  only  the  duke's  right,  which  he  does 
by  virtue  of  patents;  the  one  of  date  lOtli  Sept.,  and  the  other  the  11th 
ditto,  A.  D.  1667,  to  him,  the  grantor,  given  by  Governor  li.  Nicols,  and 
acknowledging  that  he.  the  grantor,  has  been  fully  satisfied  and  paid 
therefor,  the  first  with  the  last  penny  ;  therefore  giving  to  the  aforesaid 
diaconate  or  those  who  may  hereafter  receive  title  from  them,  full  power 
to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house,  lot  and  garden,  with  the 
piece  of  hop  land,  as  they  might  deal  with  and  dispose  of  their  other  estate  ; 
promising  the  same  to  defend  and  to  free  from  all  trouble  and  charges  or 
claims  which  hereafter  may  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  or  sufier  any- 
thing to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  first  of  April,  A.  D,  1675. 

AxXDBYs  De  Vos. 

A.  Teller. 

Jacob  Schermerhooren. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  und  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  Jacob  Schermerhooren,  and  Adriaen  Grerritse, 
commissaries,  etc..  Evert  Janse  Wendel,  who  declared  that  he  had  sold, 
granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in 
real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Nehemiah  Pears,'  his 
house  and  lot,  lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  with  all  that  is  therein  fast 
by  earth  and  nailed;  bounded  on  the  east  side  by  Claes  Van  Rotterdam, 
on  the  south  side  by  G-errit  Lansingh,  on  the  north  and  west  sides  by  the 
highway ;  breadth  in  front  on  the  street  twenty-five  feet,  and  in  the  rear 
on  G-errit  Lansingh's  house;  from  the  upper  corner  stretching   to    the 

Alida  Schuyler,  widow  of  Rev.  Nicholas  Van  Rensselaer  and  had  seven  children.  His  house  lot 
was  on  the  north  corner  of  State  and  Pearl  streets.  He  died  20  April,  1725,  and  was  buried  in  the 
church.    He  was  succeeded  in  the  office  of  secretary  by  his  nephew,  Robert,  Jr. 

1  The  three  principal  kils  in  the  city  were  sometimes  numbered  as  follows :    First  kil,  or 
Beaver  kil ;  Second  kil,  or  Rutten  kil ;  Third  kil,  or  Vossen  kil. 

2  These  lots  lay  northward  and  west  of  Steuben  and  North  Pearl  streets,  in  the  valley  of  the 
third  or  Vossen  kil,  now  Canal  street. 

3  Nehemiah  Pearse  was  perhaps  the  father  of  Jacob  and  Johannes  Pearse,  who  settled  early  at 
Niskayuna. 


110  Alhany   County  Rtcords. 

bottom  in  a  straight  line  along  said  Lansingh's  bouse  drop  free;  it  is  in 
breadtb  in  tbe  rear  fourteen  feet  less  two  incbes,  and  in  lengtb  on  tbe 
south  side  four  rods  six  feet,  and  three  incbes,  length  on  tbe  north  side 
four  rods  three  feet  and  three  incbes,  all  as  it  is  at  present  inclosed  in 
fence,  which  be,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  conveyance,  acquired  by 
him  from  Jan  Coneel,  of  date  the  twenty-first  of  March,  A.  D.  167|,  to 
which  reference  is  made,  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing 
or  issuing  against  tbe  same,  excepting  tbe  duke's  right,  without  tbe 
grantor's  making  tbe  least  claim  upon  it  any  more  ;  acknowledging  that 
he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  giving  therefore  full  power  to 
Nehemiah  Pears,  bis  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter 
derive  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  tbe  aforesaid 
house  and  lot  as  be  might  do  with  bis  other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects; 
promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all 
trouble,  claims  or  charges  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to 
do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  law  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  tbe  21st  of  April,  A.  D.  1675. 

Evert  Janse  Wendell. 
Jncoh  Schermerhooren. 
Adriaen  Gerrifsen. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

On  the  day  and  date  underwritten,  appeared  before  me  Johannes 
Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  tbe  presence  of  tbe  afternamed  witnesses: 
Jacob  Salomonse  [Goewey],'  of  tbe  one  side,  and  Sara  [Roeloffse]  Van 
Borsum,-  commissioned  by  her  husband,  Coruelis  Van  Borsum,  of  tbe 
other  side,  who  declare  that,  in  perfect  friendship  and  amity,  they  have 
contracted  with  each  other  and  made  a  bargain  in  the  manner  following, 
namely:  Jacob  Salomonse  acknowledges  that  be  has  sold  Sara  Van 
Borsum,  and  Sara  Van  Borsum,  that  she  has  bought  of  him,  his,  the 
seller's,  certain  house,  lot  and  garden,  lying  in  A.lbany,  by  tbe  Beaver's 
kil  with  all  that  is  therein  and  thereon  fastened  by  earth  and  nailed,  the 
magnitude,  length  and  breadtb  according  to  tbe  patent  thereof,  with  such 
rights  as  he,  the  seller,  possesses  in  tbe  same,  for  which  said  bouse  and 
lot  and  garden,  Sara  Van  Borsum  promises  to  pay  to  the  said  Jacob 
Solomonsen,  or  to  bis  order,  the  number  of  fifty  good  whole  merchantable 
beaver's  skins,  in  two  installments ;  the  first,  on  the  first  day  of  July,  of 
the  year  1675,  and  tbe  second  installment,  on  the  first  day  of  July,  A.  D. 
1676,  at  each  time  a  just  half  of  the  promised  purchase  money.  The 
aforesaid  house  and  lot  shall  be  given  and  delivered  to  tbe  buyer,  on  tbe 
first  of  June,  next  coming ;  wherewith  tbe  contracting  parties  have  full 
satisfaction,  and  the  same  truly  to  keep  and  for  tbe  consummation  of  tbe 
same,  tbe  aforesaid  parties  respectively  pledge  their  persons  and  estates, 

1  Jacob  Salomonse  Goewey  was  perhaps  a  brother  of  Jan  Salomonse  Goewey,  who  was  the 
ancestor  of  the  Goeweys  of  Albany. 

"^  Sara  Roeloflfse  was  a  daughter  of  the  celebrated  Anneke  Janse,  by  her  first  husband,  Roeloff 
Janse.  Sara,  first  married  Hans  Klerstede,  and  after  his  death,  Coruelis  Van  Borsum,  of 
Brooklyn  ferry,  in  1669.  She  outlived  him  and  married  Elbert  Elbertsen,  of  New  York,  in  1683.— 
Valentine's  Manual. 


Albany   County  Rccoids.  Ill 

real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  submitting  themselves  to  all  laws 
and  judges. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  in  the  presence  of  Cornells  Van  Dyck  and  Dirck 
Wesselse  [Ten  Broeck],  as  witnesses  hereto  called,  upon  this  24th  of 
April,  A.  D.  1675. 

This  is  the  mark  J.  S.  of  Jacob  Salomon  se, 
with  his  own  hand  set. 

Sara  Van  Borsem. 
Cornells  Van  Dj/ck. 
Derek   Wessehe. 
Quod  Attestor, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence 
of  honorable  Adriaen  Gerritsen,  and  Andries  Teller,  commissaries,  etc., 
Jan  Tomassen  [Mingael],  also  commissary,  who  declared  that,  in  true 
right,  free  ownership  he  had  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  as  by 
these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to 
and  for  the  behoof  of  Harmen  Rutgers,  his,  the  grantor's,  half  brewery, 
lot  and  garden,  as  he,  the  grantor,  possesses  the  same  in  company  with 
Volkert  Janse  [Douw],  according  to  the  patent  received  by  said  Volkert 
Janse  and  the  aeceptant  from  the  governor  Francis  Lovelace,  of  date  the 
24th  of  March,  166f,  and  is  according  to  the  tenor  of  the  same;  in 
breadth  on  the  east  side  or  the  highway,  six  rods  nine  feet  ten  inches ; 
length  on  the  south  side  on  the  alley  of  Abraham  Staets,  five  rods  and 
eleven  feet;  on  the  west  also  on  Abraham  Staets's  paling,  six  rods  five 
feet ;  on  the  north  side  the  street,  seven  rods  one  foot ;  the  garden  [is 
bounded]  on  the  west  side  by  the  road,  length  six  rods  nine  feet;  on  the 
north  side  by  the  road,  four  rods  seven  feet;  on  the  east  by  the  river, 
seven  rods  and  five  feet;  and  the  south  side  again  on  Abraham  Staets 
[alley],  five  rods  and  five  feet;'  all  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no 
claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  only  the  lord's 
right,  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more  thereupon, 
acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  giving  therefore 
full  power  to  the  said  Harmen  Rutgers,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those 
who  may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and 
dispose  of  the  aforesaid  brewery,  lot  and  garden  as  he  might  do  with  his 
other  efi"ects  and  patrimonial  estate;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against 
all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which 
hereafter  may  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  or  allow  anything  to  be  done 
against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever, 
under  obligation  as  provided  therefor,  according  to  law. 

In  Albany,  28th  March,  A.  D.  167|, 

Jan  Thomas. 
Adriaen  Gerritsen. 
A.   Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 


1  The  flrst  lot,  above  de8cribed,  on  which  the  brewery  stood,  was  the  easterly  half  of  the 
block,  on  which  the  Exchange  stands,  bounded  by  Broadway,  Exchange,  Dean,  and  State 
streets.    Captain  Abram  Staets  then  owned  the  westerly  half,  fronting  upon  Broadway.    State 


112 


Albany   County  Records. 


Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence 
of  honorable  Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst,  and  Jacob  Schermerhoorn,  com- 
missaries, etc.,  Volkert  Janse  Douw,  who  declared,  that  in  true  rights, 
free  ownership,  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he 
does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof 
of  Harmen  Rutgers  ;  bis,  grantor's,  just  half  of  his  brewery,  lot  and  gar- 
den, as  they  have  possessed  the  same  in  company,  according  to  the  patent 
granted  to  them,  the  grantee  and  grantor,  by  the  governor,  Francis 
Lovelace,  of  date  24th  of  March,  166f,  and  having  the  following  dimen- 
sions: breadth  on  the  east  side  or  highway,  six  rods  nine  feet  ten  inches; 
length  on  the  south  side,  on  the  alley  of  Abraham  Staets,  five  rods  eleven 
feet;  on  the  west,  also  on  Abraham  Staets  paling,  six  rods  five  feet;  on 
the  north  side  the  street,  seven  rods  one  foot;  the  garden  [is  bounded  on] 
the  west  side  by  the  road,  length  six  rods  nine  feet;  on  the  north  side  the 
road,  four  rods  seven  feet;  on  the  east,  on  the  river  side,  seven  rods  five 
feet;  on  the  south  side,  again  on  Abraham  Staets  [alley],  five  rods  and 
five  feet;i  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or 
issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  only  the  lord's  right,  without  the 
grantor's  having  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it ;  acknowledging  that 


street,  between  Broadway  and  the  river,  was  merely  an  alley  to  the  water  side.  Subsequently,  in 
1735,  Sybrant  Van  Schaick  received  a  conveyance  of  half  of  the  same  property  from  Pieter 
Pieterse  Lansing.— ^wwafo  of  Albany,  x,  60.  The  garden  lot  lay  between  the  river  and  Dean 
street,  then  a  space  barely  sixty  feet  wide.    Dean  street  was  first  called  Dock  street,  and  was 


EXCHANGE    STEEET. 


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Volkert  Janse. 


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to 


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ABEAM    STAETS'S    ALLEY, 


subject  to  inundation  in  high  water  as  well  as  the  space  between  it  and  the  river.  The  late 
Cornelis  Truax  said  that  when  the  Yankees  began  to  come  in  they  ventured  to  build  below 
Dock  street,  and  were  told  by  the  Dutchmen  if  they  had  seen  the  river  break  up  they  would 
not  build  there.  Before  the  pier  was  erected  the  current  of  the  river  swept  toward  this  point 
with  great  force,  especially  in  times  of  high  water. 
1  The  other  half  of  this  property  was  conveyed  to  Herman  Eutgers,  by  the  last  deed. 


Albany  County  Records.  113 

he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  giving,  therefore,  full  power  to  the 
said  Harmen  Rutgers,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  here- 
after acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the 
aforesaid  brewery,  lot  and  garden,  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patri- 
monial estate  and  eifects  ;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons, 
and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges  which  are  lawful,  and 
never  more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either 
with^  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as 
provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  this  28th  of  April,  A.  D.  1675. 

Gerrit  Van  JSlicJitenhonf.  Volkert  Janse  Douw. 

Jacob  Schermerlioren. 

Acknowledged  before  me,        t  t^  ^ 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence 
of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  Gerrit  Van  Nes,i  of  the  one  side,  and  Jacob 
Salpmonse  [Goewey],  of  the  other  side,  who  declared  that  in  love  and 
amity  they  have  contracted  and  made  a  bargain  in  manner  following, 
namely  :  Gerrit  Van  Nes  acknowledges  that  he  has  sold,  and  Jacob 
Salomonse,  that  he  has  bought  of  him,  his,  grantor's,  certain  house, 
standing  and  lying  in  the  colony  of  Renselaerswyck,  at  the  Greenbush, 
lying  between  a  vacant  lot  and  the  house  of  Jan  Oothout;  and  that,  with 
all  that  is  therein  fast  by  earth  and  nailed  at  this  date,  free  and  unencum- 
bered, with  no  claim  standing  against  it,  save  only  the  patroon's  right 
(heersynrecht) ;  also  the  seller  makes  over  to  the  buyer  the  use  of  the  lot 
and  garden,  so  far  as  it  lies  in  fence,  in  form  and  manner  as  lots  and 
gardens  used  by  other  colonists;  and,  as  the  buyer  granted  to  Frederick 
de  Visser,-  deceased,  leave  to  build  a  little  house  on  a  corner  of  the  lot, 
which  he  [de  Visser]  has  done,  the  buyer  must  not  allow  said  little  house 
longer  to  remain  there,  by  reason  of  the  delay  of  said  Frederick,  whereas 
he  or  his  successors  are  holdeu  to  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  therefrom  ; 
for  which  aforesaid  house  Jacob  Salomonse  promises  to  pay  the  number  of 
thirty-four  and  a  half  good  whole  merchantable  beaver  skins,  in  two  install- 
ments ;  the  first,  on  the  first  day  of  July  of  this  year,  a  just  half;  and  the 
second  installment,  on  the  first  of  July,  A.  D.  1676;  each  time  seventeen 
beavers  and  two  guilders  in  beavers;  the  house  remaining  in  possession  of 
the  seller  until  next  Monday,  when  delivery  shall  be  made;  all  which  afore 
written,  the  contracting  parties  declare  is  to  be  held  valid  and  true. 

Thus  done,  without  craft  or  guile,  in  the  presence  of  Cornelis  Van 
Dyck,  and  Dirck  Wesselse,  as  witnesses,  hereto  called,  on  this  11th  day 

of  iAIay,  A.  D.  1675,  in  Albany.  ^  Tr       xt 

•^  Gerret  Van  Nes. 

This  is  the  mark  X  of  Jacob  Salomonsen, 
Cornelis  Van  Dyck.  with  his  own  hand  set. 

Dierck  Wesselse. 

Acknowledged  before  me,       t  ^^  r. 

'      Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

1  Gerrit  Van  Nes  was  son  of  Cornelis  Hendrik  Van  Nes,  and  born  in  1645.  He  was  Jiving  in 
Greenbusli,  in  1663.  In  his  will,  made  1707,  tie  speaks  of  Ills  second  wife,  Maria  Pieterse 
Loockermans,  wliom  he  married  in  1677,  and  of  a  son,  "Willem,  mariner,  and  Jannetie,  wife  of 
Loiirens  Van  Schaick.  He  had  also  a  son,  Gerrit,  born  about  1681,  and  living  in  1703,  but 
probably  dead  at  date  of  his  will. 

2  Now  Visscher  or  Fisher. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  15 


114  Albany  County  Records. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  commissaries  Gerrit  Yan  Slichtenhorst,  and 
Jacob  Schermerhoorn,  etc.,  Harmen  Rutgers,  citizen  here,  who  declared 
that  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  he  had  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by 
these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to 
and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Goosen  Gerritse  Van  Sehaick,  and  Pieter 
Lassingh,  in  company, ^  his,  the  grantor's,  certain  brewery,  lot  and  garden, 
according  to  the  patent  granted  to  him  and  Volkert  Janse  Douw,  in 
company,  by  the  Governor  General  Francis  Lovelace,  'of  date  24th  of 
March,  A.  I).  166|,  having  these  dimensions;  breadth  on  the  east  side  or 
highway,  six  rods  nine  feet  ten  inches ;  length  on  the  south  side,  on  the 
alley  of  Abraham  Staets,  five  rods  and  eleven  feet;  on  the  west,  also  on 
Abraham  Staets  paling,  six  rods  five  feet;  on  the  north  side,  seven  rods 
one  foot ;  the  garden  has  on  the  west  side  the  street,  length  six  rods  nine 
feet;  on  the  north  side,  also  the  road,  four  rods  seven  feet;  on  the  east, 
on  the  river  side,  seven  rods  and  five  feet ;  on  the  south,  on  Abraham 
Staets  [alley],  again  five  rods  and  five  feet;-  and  that  free  and  unencum- 
bered, with  no  claim,  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  only  excepting 
the  lord's  right,  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more 
upon  it;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  giving 
therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Goosen  Gerritse  Van  Sehaick,  and 
Pieter  Lassingh,  their  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  acquire 
right  and  title  hereafter  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid 
brewery,  lot  and  garden,  as  they  might  do  with  their  other  patrimonial 
estate  and  effects  ;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to 
free  them  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  are  lawful,  and 
never  more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either 
with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as 
provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  this  last  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1675. 

Herman  Rutgers. 
Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst. 
Jacob  Schermerhoren. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Albert  Ryekman,  as  attorney  for  Eldert  Gerbertsen  Cruyff,  of  the 
honorable  court  of  Albany,  has  solicited  relief  from  the  trouble  and  com- 
mission imposed  upon  him  by  said  CruiflF,  and  likewise  from  the  books  and 
papers,  made  over  [to  him]  by  said  Cruifi",  touching  the  creditors,  also 
that  he,  Ryekman,  may  remain  in  the  further  possession  of  the  household 
stufi"  and  the  dwelling  house,  with  the  appendances  and  dependencies  of 
the  same,  on  his  paying  to  the  owner  of  the  house  700  guilders  in  beavers, 
which  was  allowed  by  the  honorable  court  aforesaid,  according  to  their 
honors'  verdict  thereon  pronounced,  of  date  21  January,  A.  D.  1674;  also 
two  special  mortgages  are  charged  against  Eldert  Gerbertsen  '-^  Cruyff  afore- 
said, whereof  that  of  Jan  Hendrickse  Bruyn  has  the  preference  according 

1  Pieter  Pieterse  Lassingh,    afterwards    sold  his  half  of  the  brewery  and  lots  to  Sybrant 
Gooseuse  Van  Sehaick,  who  o^vned  it  in  I"i35.—Amials  of  Albany,  x,  60. 
-  See  note  on  page  111. 
3  Herbertsen  ?  G  and  H  were  used  quite  promiscuously,  and  Goosen  was  pronounced  Rosen. 


Albany   County  Records.  115 

to  the  verdict  of  the  honorable  court  aforesaid,  of  date  Feb.  4,  A.  D.  167  f; 
wherefore  Albert  Ryckman,'  and  Stephanus  Van  Cortlandt  as  director  of 
the  colony  Renselaerswyck,  are  agreed,  that  said  Ryckman  shall  assume 
the  mortgage  of  Mr.  Jan  Hendrickse  Bruyn,  and  that  I,  Stephanus  Van 
Cortlandt,  as  director,  will  be  satisfied  with  the  superstructure  and 
the  appurtenances  of  the  saw  mill  on  Bethlehem  kil,  and  the  house  at 
Bethlehem  and  the  rights,  which  the  aforesaid  Cruyff  had  in  Katskil ; 
because  we  find  that  the  effects  of  the  said  CruyfF  can  reach  no  further ; 
provided  that  the  aforesaid  Byckman  shall  be  holden  to  satisfy  the  said 
mortgage  of  Mr.  Bruyn,  [and  having  received]  some  outstanding  debts, 
a  cow,  some  iron  work,  and  certain  other  trifles,  we  mutually  acknowledge 
that  we  are  satisfied  therewith. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  without  craft  or  guile,  on  this  2nd  of  June,  A. 
D.  1675. 

s.  v.  cortlant.'- 
x\lbert  Janse  Ryckman. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 


Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the 
presence  of  Adriaen  Gerritsen,  and  Andries  Teller,  commissaries,  etc., 
Albert  Jansen  Ryckman,  who  [declared]  by  [these  presents  that],  as  he 
had  made  a  contract  and  agreement  with  Mr.  Stephanus  Van  Cortlant, 
director  of  colony  Renselaerswyck,  by  consent  of  Jan  Hendrickse  Bruyn, 
for  the  satisfaction  of  the  junior  [of  two]  mortgages,  both  of  which 
the  said  Bruyn  holds  against  Eldert  Gerbertse  Cruyfi",  so,  he,  the  mort- 
gagor, Albert  Janse  Ryckman,  in  consideration  of  the  renouncement 
which  said  Henderick  Bruyn  makes  of  his  claim  upon  the  person  of 
Eldert  Gerbertsen  Kruyt  [Cruyff],  by  reason  of  his  right  of  preference 
for  his  mortgage  against  said  Kruyff,  acknowledges  that  he  is  bound  and 
obligated  for  the  payment  of  said  mortgage,  assuming  the  same  by  these 
presents  as  his  own  debt,  amounting  to  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and 
nine  and  ninety  guilders  and  four  stuivers,  in  good  whole  merchantable 
beaver  skins,  which  aforesaid  sum  of  399  guilders  four  stuivers  and 
interest  on  the  same  at  ten  per  cent.  I,  Albert  Reeckman,  promise  to 
pay  in  two  installments ;  the  first,  being  the  just  half,  in  the  coming 
year,  A.  D.  1676  ;  the  other  half,  a  year  after,  in  A.  D.  1677,  for  which 
payment  he  pledges  as  a  valid  mortgage  and  special  hypothecation,  his 
house,  brewhouse,  and  brewkettle,  all  -is  they  were  bought  and  the  bill  of 
sale  thereof  mentions,  and  in  preference  also  to  700  guilders  beaver,  for 
which  the  house  still  stands  indebted  to  the  owner,  together  with  a 
distiller's  kettle,  and  two  heifers,  an  iron  trammel  (heiigel)  for  a  saw  mill, 
an  iron  pinion,  and  an  iron  spindle;  and  further  [he  pledges]  his  person 
and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted,  for 
the  recovery  of  payment,  in  case  of  need,  of  the  aforesaid  three  hundred 


1  Captain  Albert  Janse  Ryckman  was  a  brewer.  His  house  was  on  the  south  (?)  corner  of 
Hudson  street  and  Broadway,  in  1704.  1T03-3  he  was  mayor  of  the  city.  His  mother,  Tryntje 
Janse,  was  married  to  Eldert  Gerbertse  Cruyff.  By  his  wife,  Neeltje  Quaclienbos,  he  had 
twelve  children,  of  whom  nine  were  living  and  spoken  of  in  his  will,  made  in  ItSG.  He  was 
buried  Jan.  13,  1737,  and  his  wife  on  17th  of  Oct.,  of  the  following  year. 

2  Stephanus  Van  Cortlandt  was  son  of  Oloff  Stev.  Van  Cortlandt.  For  an  account  of  this 
family,  see  OX'allaghan's  Ilistory  of  New  Netherlands  i,  213. 


116  Mhany   County  Records. 

and  ninety-nine   guilders  and  four  stuivers,  in  beavers,  without  cost  and 
loss. 

In  Albany,  on  this  2nd  June,  A.  D.  1675. 

Albert  Janse  Ryckman. 
Adriaen  Gerritse. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

On  this,  the  8d  day  of  Aug.,  1678,  appeared  Jan  Hendrick  Bruyns 
before  the  secretary,  and  acknowledged  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied 
for  the  contents  of  the  above  standing  mortgage,  by  Albert  Janse  Ryckman. 
Done  in  Albany,  datum  xit  s^ipra. 

Jan  Henderck  Bruyns. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro :  Livingston,  Secretary. 

The  Messieurs  commissaries  of  Albany,  colony  Renselaerswyck  and 
Schanhechtade,  declare  by  these  presents,  that  in  true  rights,  free  owner- 
ship, they  do  grant  and  allow  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Cornells  Van 
Dyck,  chirurgeon,  in  a  certain  parcel  of  land,  lying  here  in  Albany,  on 
the  plain,!  by  and  upon  Mr.  Philip  Schuyler's,  and  Pieter  Bogardus, 
[land,  and  having]  to  the  east,  a  breadth  of  thirteen  and  a  half  rods;  to 
the  south,  a  length  of  sixteen  and  a  half  rods  ;  on  the  west,  a  breadth  of 
eleven  rods  ;  and  to  the  north,  a  length  of  sixteen  rods  ;  for  a  pasture  for 
a  horse,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered ;  the  same  is  so  done  by  way  of 
exchange  and  barter  for  a  little  piece  of  land  on  the  Rutten  kil,  of  one 
and  a  half  morgeus,  formerly  to  him  granted  by  conveyance,  of  date  the 
10th  of  April,  A.  D.  1673;  and  which  extended  so  as  to  inconvenience 
the  range  of  the  burgesses  cattle  ;  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  afore- 
said Mr.  Cornells  Van  Dyck,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may 
hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him  to  dispose  thereof  as  he  might 
do  with  his  own  patrimonial  estate  and  effects,  and  for  which  he  is 
empowered  to  solicit  a  patent  of  the  right  honorable  governor  general. 

Done  in  Albany,  this  5th  of  June,  A.  D.  1675. 

Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst. 
Jacob  Schermerhoren. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

The  Messieurs  commissaries  of  Albany,  colony  Renselaerswyck  and 
Schanhechtade,  declare  by  these  presents  that,  in  true  rights,  free  owner- 
ship, they  do  grant,  convey  and  transfer,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr. 
Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst,  in  a  certain  lot,  standing  and  lying  in  Albany, 
hard  by  the  plain,  within  the  town  fence  [stockadoes],  on  the  survey  (?) 
of  Rut  Aertse's  garden,  to  the  east  the  street;  and  is  at  the  west  side  on 
the  street,  in  breadth,  four  rods  and  two  feet;  at  the  south,  along  the 
town's  fence,  in  length  nine  rods  ten  feet  and  four  inches;  breadth  in  the 
rear  or  to  the  east,  six  feet;  to  the  north  the  length  [is]  from  the  front  on 

'  The  plain  included  the  area  south  of  the  Rutten  kil  and  east  of  Pearl  street.  The  Rutten  kil 
is  the  covered  sewer,  crossing  Pearl  street,  about  equidistant  between  Beaver  and  Howard  streets, 
and  emptying  into  the  river  near  the  foot  of  State  street. 


Albany   County  Records.  117 

the  street  to  the  rear  on  the  other  street;  and  that  free  and  unencumbei-ed, 
without  their  honors  making  the  least  claim  any  more  thereupon,  and 
acknowledging  that  they  are  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  giving 
therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Slichtenhorst,  his  heirs  and 
successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him, 
to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  other 
patrimonial  estate  and  effects,  granting  herewith  consent  to  solicit  of  the 
governor  general  a  patent  for  the  same. 

Thus  done  by  the  court  in  Albany,  on  this  27  May,  A.  D.  1675. 

Jacob  Schermerhoren. 
Adriaen  GtERRETSEN. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

The  Messieurs  commissaries  of  Albany,  etc.,  declare  by  these  presents, 
that  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  they  do  grant,  convey  and  transfer,  to 
and  for  the  behoof  of  Adriaen  Gerritseu,  in  a  certain  lot,  standing  and 
lying  in  Albany,  hard  by  the  plain,  within  the  town's  fence,  between  the 
lot  of  Mr.  Slichtenhorst,  and  Rut  Aertse,  on  the  east  side  the  street,  and 
is  at  the  west  side,  in  front  on  the  street,  in  breadth,  three  rods  and  nine 
feet;  to  the  north  on  Rut  Aertse,  in  length,  nine  rods  and  one  foot;  in 
the  rear  against  the  other  street,  being  to  the  east,  in  breadth,  six  and 
thirty  feet;  on  the  south  side,  in  length  from  the  front  on  the  street  to 
the  rear  street;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  without  the  grantor's 
having  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  the  same,  and  acknowledging  that 
they  are  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  giving  therefore  full  power  to 
the  aforesaid  Adriaen  Gerritsen,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who 
may  hereafter  receive  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of 
the  aforesaid  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and 
effects,  grafting  him,  by  these  presents,  consent  to  solicit  a  patent  of  the 
right  honorable  governor  general. 

Thus  done  by  the  court  in  Albany,  on  this  27th  of  May,  A.  D.  1675. 

Jacob  Schermerhoren. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc  ,  and  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  Messieurs  Adriaen  Gerritse,  and  Andries  Teller, 
commissaries,  etc.,  Sweer  Teunissen  [Van  Velsen],'  who  declared,  that 
he  had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted  and  conveyed,  as  he  by 
these  presents  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and 
for  the  behoof  of  Jan  Cornelise  Vyselaer,'-  and  Lucas  Pieterse  [Coey- 
mans],-*  his,  the  grantor's,  certain  saw  mill,  together  with  the  kil  whereon 

1  Sweer  Teuniase  Van  Velsen,  or  Van  Westbrook,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Schenectady, 
where  he  built  the  first  grist  mill,  in  1069,  on  the  Sand  kil,  and  maintained  it  until  his  death, 
when  it  passed  by  bequest  to  the  Dutch  church.  He  married  Maritie  Mynderse,  widow  of  Jan 
Bareutse  Wemp,  in  ltj64.  In  the  sack  of  the  village  of  Schenectady,  in  1690,  he  was  killed, 
probably  leaving  no  children ;  for  his  property  was  distributed  among  the  children  of  his 
widow,  by  Wemp,  and  to  the  church. 

2  Alim  Gow. 

3  Lucas  Pieterse  was  one  of  the  four  brothers  Coeymans,  who  came  out  in  1636,  from  Utrecht . 
He  was  probably  the  same  person  as  Lucas  Pieterse  Houtsager  {houtzaager,  wood  or  timber 
sawyei'),  mentioned  in  the  records. 


118  Albany   County  Records. 

the  mill  stands,  and  two  morgens  of  arable  land  (houidandt) ,  lying  in  the 
colony  Renselaerswyck,  up  the  [Hudson]  river,  on  the  east  bank  over 
against  Stoney  point  {stecne  hoeck),  before  this  called  Poesten  mill,' 
together  with  free  egress  and  a  road  along  the  hill,  by  Pieter  Pieterse 
Van  Woggelum's,-  to  the  shore,  as  it  has  been  used  before  this ;  which 
land  is  a  part  of  the  patent  granted  to  him,  the  grantor,  by  Governor 
Richard  Nicols,  of  date  the  I3th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1667 ;  and  that  free 
and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim,  standing  or  issuing  against  it,  except 
the  lord's  right,  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more 
upon  it,  and  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor, 
the  first  penny  with  the  last;  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid 
Jan  Cornelise  Yyselaer,  and  Lucas  Pieterse,  their  heirs  and  successors, 
or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  them,  to  do  with 
and  dispose  of  the  same,  as  they  might  do  with  their  other  patrimonial 
estates  and  efi"ects  ;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and 
to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  are  lawful,  and  never 
moi'e  to  do  or  sufi"er  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  25th  of  June,  A.  D.  1675. 

SWEER    ThOONUSSEN. 

Adriaen  Gerritsen. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  Adriaen  Gerritsen,  and  Andries  Teller,  com- 
missaries, etc.,  Dirck  Hesseling,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights, 
free  ownership,  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant 
and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Jacob 
Heviek,  a  little  parcel  or  lot  of  land,  lying  at  Lubberden  land,  in  the 
colony  Renselaerswyck,  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  highway;  to  the 
west,  the  river  bank;  to  the  south,  Henderick  Reur,  deceased;  and  to 
the  north,  Gerrit  Swart;  breadth,  eighty  wood  feet;  and  length,  from  the 
river  bank  up  to  the  highway  ;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  excepting 
the  lord's  [patroon's  ?]  right,  which  he  does  by  virtue  of  a  decree  of  the 
court,  the  two  certain  sentences  made  against  Dirck  Schelluyne,  the  first 
owner,  etc. 

[This  paper  is  not  executed]. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the 
presence  of  the  afternamed  witnesses  :  Volkert  Janse  Douw,  and  Pieter 
Winne,  who  declare  that,  in  friendship  and  amity,  they  have  bargained 
with  each  other  for  a  half  of  the  island,  lying  over  against  {de  Paerde 

1  Hence,  perhaps,  Poesten  kil,  the  name  given  to  a  stream  in  Rensselaer  county.  In  Dntch, 
the  noun  poesten  signifies  bellows  —  the  verb  jMesten,  to  puff  or  blow. 

2  Pieter  Pieterse  Van  Woggelum  was  probably  a  sou  of  Pieter  Adriaeuse  Van  W^oggelnm, 
alias  Soegemackelyck,  who  was  one  of  the  first  proprietors  of  Schenectady.  Pieter  Pieterse 
Van  Woggelum  early  became  possessed  of  the  land,  on  which  the  present  city  of  Troy 
stands,  which  he  sold  to  Dirk  Van  Der  Heyden.  The  latter  conveyed  this  farm  to  his  three 
sons :  Jacob,  David,  and  Mattys.— Deec^s,  v  325 ;  Woodvxyrth'' s  Troy,  2d  ed.,  passim. 


County  Records.  11 Q 

hoeclc)^^  Horse  Point,  and  in  the  manner  following  :  Firstly. —  Volkert 
Janse  acknowledged,  that  he  had  sold,  and  Pieter  Winne,  that  he  had 
bought  of  him,  the  aforesaid  half  island,  lying  as  aforesaid  over  against 
Paerde  Hoeck,  which  was  aforetime  named  Constapel's  island.  (The 
other  half  of  which  at  present  belongs  to  Teunis  Spitsbergen,  and  is  leased 
by  Marten  Cornelissen  [Van  Buren]),.with  the  half  the  house,  barn  and 
rick,  and  all  that  is  thereon  fast  by  earth  and  nailed ;  the  same  shall  be 
delivered  free  and  unencumbered  to  the  buyer,  only  excepting  the  lord's 
[patroon's?]  right.  For  which  aforesaid  half  island,  with  the  half  of  the 
house,  barn  and  rick,  Pieter  Winne  promises  to  pay  the  number  of  nine 
and  sixty  good  whole  merchantable  beaver  skins,  six  pieces  [skins]  of 
which  he  shall  pay  down  to  the  seller's  wife;  the  remainder  in  three 
installments,  each  time  twenty-one  beavers,  of  which  the  first  shall  be  on 
the  first  of  November,  next  coming  5  the  second  on  the  first  of  November, 
A.  D.  1676  ;  and  the  third  or  last  installment,  on  the  first  of  November, 
A.  D.  1677.  Further,  it  is  hereby  agreed  and  conditioned,  that,  as  the 
aforesaid  half  island  is  still  under  lease  to  Marten  Cornelise  for  the  term 
of  six  years,  from  the  first  of  May  last,  the  lease  shall  have  its  full  efi'ect; 
and  as  [it  is  rented]  for  fifty-six  schepels  of  wheat  yearly  for  the  whole 
island,  as  the  seller  says,  the  buyer  shall  receive  five  years'  rent  thereof, 
and  the  seller  the  rent  of  the  current  year,  each  time  twenty-eight 
schepels  for  the  half;  wherewith  the  contracting  parties  acknowledge 
that  they  are  well  satisfied ;  pledging  hereto  for  the  performance  of  this 
contract  their  respective  persons  and  estates,  real  and  personal,  present  and 
future. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  in  the  presence  of  Adriaen  Gerritsen,  and 
Andries  Teller,  as  witnesses,  hereto  called  on  this  26th  of  July,  A.  D.  1675. 

Pieter  Winne. 
Adriaen  Gerretsen. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  Adriaen  Gerritsen,  and  Andries  Teller,  com- 
missaries, etc.,  Mr.  Jan  Hendrickse  Bruyns,  who  declared  that  he,  in 
true  rights,  free  ownership,  had  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  as  he 
by  these  presents  does  [grant,  etc.],  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Myndert  Frede- 
rickse  Smit,  here  in  Albany,  his  just  third  part  of  land,  to  him  belonging, 
in  company  with  Jan  Clute  and  Jurriaen  Teunissen,  with  all  the  right  and 
title,  which  he,  the  grantor,  therein  has,  according  to  patent  thereof,  from 
the  right  honorable  Governor  General  Nicols,  of  date  the  25th  of  May, 
A.  D.  1667,  whereto  reference  is  made;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered, 
with  no  claim,  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  the  lord's 
[duke's]  right,  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more 
against  it,  and  acknowledging,  that  he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  for  the 
same,  the  first  with  the  last  penny,  by  him,  Myndert  Frederickse,  giving 
therefore  plenam  actionem  cessain,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Myn- 
dert Frederickse,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  hereafter  may 
acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid 


Paerde  Hoeck  is  spoken  of  as  early  as  1643.—  0''  Gallaghmi's  HlMoryof  New  Netherland,i,AM). 


120  Albany   County  Records. 

third  part  of  land  and  the  appendances  of  the  same,  as  he  mi^ht  do  with 

his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects;  promising  to  defend  said  third  part  of 

land  and  appendances  of  the  same,  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from 

all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  are  lawful,  and  further,  never  more 

to  do   or  suffer   anything   to   be   done   against  the  same,  either  with  or 

without  law,   in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 

therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  this  7th  of  August,  A.  D.  1675. 

A  J  .       ri       *  Jan  Heinderck  Bruyns. 

Adriaen  brerretsen. 

A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the 
presence  of  honorable  Adriaen  Gerritsen,  and  Anderies  Teller,  com- 
missaries, etc.,  Mr.  Gerrit  Swart,  and  Mr.  Adriaen  Van  Ilpendam,  as 
administrators  of  the  estate  of  Jan  Stuart,  deceased,  who  declare  by  these 
presents,  that  they  have  granted  and  conveyed,  and  in  true  rights,  free 
ownership,  have  transferred  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Lourens  Van  Alen, 
for  a  certain  house  and  lot  of  the  aforesaid  Jan  Stuart,  standing  and 
lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  between  the  house  of  Evert  Janse  Kuyper 
[Cooper],  and  Wynant  Gerritse  [Van  der  Poel],  and  said  lot  is  according 
to  conveyance  from  Jan  Coneel,  of  date  20  Aug.,  A.  D.  1G70 ;  breadth, 
twelve  feet  seven  and  a  half  inches,  Rynland  measure ;  and  length  to  the 
rear,  six  rods  and  five  feet,  or  according  to  the  bill  of  sale,  as  large  as  it 
lies  inclosed  in  fence ;  which  being  measured  by  the  surveyor,  was  found 
to  be  on  Evert  Jansen's  side,  six  rods  *  *  *  and  two  inches ;  on  Melgert 
Wynants'  side,  length  six  rods  six  feet  and  one  inch ;  breadth  in  the  rear, 
one  rod  *  *  ten  inches;  in  front  to  the  street  on  the  hill  [?],  breadth 
one  rod  *  *  *  ten  inches,  Rynland  measure;  and  that  free  and  unen- 
cumbered, with  no  claim,  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting 
the  lord's  [duke's?]  right,  without  the  grantor's  in  aforesaid  character 
[of  administrators],  making  any  further  claim  upon  it,  also  acknowledging, 
that  they  have  been  fully  satisfied  and  paid  by  said  Lourens  Van  Alen, 
the  first  penny  with  the  last,  moreover  giving  full  power  to  said  Lourens 
Van  Alen,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  hereafter  may  acquire 
right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house 
and  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising 
to  defend  said  house  and  lot  from  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all 
trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  are  lawful,  and  never  more  to  do  or 
suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  cither  with  or  without  law 
in  any  manner-  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  11th  of  Aug.,  A.  D.  1675. 

Qr.  SWARTT. 

Adriaen  Gerretsen.  Adriaen  Van  Ilpendam. 

A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Secretary. 

1  Melgert  Wynaiitse  Van  der  Poel,  gunstocker,  was  a  son  of  Wynant  Van  der  Poel.  By 
his  two  wives :  Ariaantje  Verplanck,  and  Elizabeth  Teller  widow  of  Abraham  Van  Tricht,  he 
had  ten  children,  seven  sons  and  three  daughters.  His  lot  was  in  State  street,  fronting  the 
Port.    He  was  not  living  Sept.  19,  1710. 


Albany   County  Records.  121 

Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingston,  secretary  of  Albany,  colony 
Renselaerswyck,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  honorable  commissaries 
of  the  same  jurisdiction.  Major  Abraham  Staets,  and  Adriaen  Gerritz, 
Jurian  Teunissen  Tappen,'  who  acknowledges  that  he  is  well  and  truly 
indebted  to  Mr.  Philip  Schuyler,  in  the  quantity  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
good  and  merchantable  beavers,  growing  out  of  a  matter  of  moneys  paid 
to  Jurian  Teunise  to  his  content,  which  aforesaid  hundred  and  fifty 
beavers  the  mortgagor  promises  to  pay  to  Mr.  Schuyler  or  his  order, 
within  the  space  of  one  year,  commencing  on  the  first  of  August,  A.  D. 
1675,  with  interest  at  ten  per  cent.,  pledging  therefor  specially  his  house 
and  lot,  lying  here  in  Albany,  together  with  his  farm,"-  with  horses  and 
cattle,  and  generally  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and 
future,  without  exception,  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  the 
duke's  (Jieeren')  laws  and  judges,  to  procure,  if  need  be,  the  payment 
thereof  without  cost  and  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  8th  of  September,  1675. 

JUREJAN  TUNSEN. 

Ahram  Staes. 
Adriaen  Gerretsen. 
In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Secry. 

Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingston,  secretary  of  Albany,  etc.,  and 
in  the  presence  of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  INIr.  Nehemiah  Pearse,  and 
Samuel  Holman,  who  declare  that  they,  in  friendship  and  amity,  have 
agreed  and  contracted  with  each  other  about  the  sale  of  a  house,  in 
manner  following:  First. —  Nehemiah  acknowledges  that  he  has  sold, 
and  Samuel  Holman,  that  he  has  bought  of  him,  his,  Nehemiah  Pearse's, 
house  and  lot,  lying  here  on  the  hill,  where  now  Elias  Van  Ravesteyn 
lives,  for  which  he,  the  buyer,  promises  to  pay  to  the  seller  the  sum  of 
thirty  pound  sterling,  in  Boston  money,  and  that  on  or  before  the  21st  of 
July,  1676,  coming,  to  wit,  twenty  pounds  here  in  Albany  in  dufi"els  and 
stroudwaters,  free  from  all  freight  and  customs,  the  duffels  at  40  per  cent, 
advance  on  England,  and  the  stroudwaters  at  50  per  cent;  and  the  remaining 
ten  pounds  as  the  parties  can  agree,  to  wit,  to  be  paid  out  of  such  goods 
as  said  Holman  shall  bring  up  here,  and  if  Nehemiah  Pearse  does  not 
like  such  goods  as  said  Holman  shall  bring  here,  he  must  wait  until  the 
second  journey,  always  understanding  that  said  Pearse  shall  have  a  choice 
of  said  Holman's  wares ;  as  it  regards  the  rent  of  the  aforesaid  house,  the 
seller  shall  receive  it  until  the  first  of  June  next  coming  ;  but  the  buyer 
shall  from  this  time  forward  have  possession  of  said  house,  and  the  seller 
shall  provide  and  well  point  with  lime,  the  pan  tiles  lying  upon  the  afore- 
said house;  with  which  the  contracting  parties  are  mutually  well  satisfied 
as  being  arranged  without  craft  or  guile,  and  the  respective  parties  pledge 
their  persons  and  estates  for  the  observance  of  these  presents. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  in  presence  of  Jan  Byvanck,^  and  Dirk  Wesselse 


1  Perhaps  the  same  person  as  Juriaen  Tetmise  Glazemaker. 

2  This  farm  '.ay  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Hudson  river,  and  on  the  north  side  of  the  Wynants  kil. 

3  Jan  Byvanck  of  Oldenzee,  Holland,  was  born  in  1637.  In  1666  he  married  Bolitje  Evertse 
Duyching,  of  New  York ;  and  in  1602  he  married  Sara  Frans,  of  the  same  place.  Of  his 
children,  three:  Heudricus,  Gerrit  and  Maria,  are  recorded  in  the  records  of  the  Albany  church. 
He  probably  had  other  childi-en,  who  settled  in  New  York. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  16 


122  Albany   County  Records. 

[Ten    Broeck],    as   witnesses    hereto    called,    this    twenty-first    clay    of 
October,  1675. 

Nehemiah  Pears. 
Samuell  Holm  an. 
Jan  Byvanck. 
Dlerck  Wesaelse. 

Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingston,  secretary  of  Albany,  etc.,  and 
in  presence  of  the  afternamed  witnesses:  Elmer  Otte,'  and  the  honorable 
Domine  Nicholas  Van  Renselaer,-  who  declare  that  they,  in  friendship 
and  amity,  have  agreed  and  contracted  with  each  other,  about  the  sale  of 
a  house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany,  in  Joncker  [now 
State]  street,  being  a  corner  house,  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  house  of 
Johannes  Witthardt,  and  on  the  east  the  highway,  in  manner  following: 
First. —  Helmer  Otten  acknowledges  that  he  has  sold,  and  Dom. 
Nicholas  Van  Renselaer  that  he  has  bought  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot, 
for  which  he,  the  buyer,  promises  to  pay  to  the  seller  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
good  merchantable  beavers,  in  three  payments,  to  wit,  a  third  part  of  the 
two  hundred  beavers  on  the  first  of  April,  1676,  and  the  third  part  on 
the  first  of  January,  1677,  and  the  third  third  part  on  the  first  of  April, 
1678  ;  the  seller  promises  to  make  the  aforesaid  house  water  tight,  roof 
tight,  and  glass  tight,  also  to  leave  ten  posts  for  the  fence;  it  being  under- 
stood that  the  seller  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  cellar  only  to  make  the 
glass  tight.  The  seller  also  promises  to  furnish  sureties  against  all 
trouble,  claims  or  charges,  and  also  to  give  a  proper  conveyance  thereof 
to  the  buyer,  so  soon  as  the  last  installment  is  paid.  The  seller  has  made 
delivery  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  to  the  buyer  to-day  ;  about  which 
the  contracting  parties  are  mutually  well  satisfied  as  being  done  without 
craft  or  guile  ;  the  parties  respectively  pledging  their  persons  and  estates 
for  the  observance  of  the  same. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  in  the  presence  of  Jan  Byvanck,  and  Juriaen 
Janse  Groenwout,-^  as  witnesses,  hereto  invited,  on  this  6  Nov.,  1675,  and 
in  the  27th  year  of  the  reign  of  our  sovereign  Lord,  Charles,  by  the  grace 
of  God,  King  of  Great  Britain,  France  and  Ireland,  defender  of  the 
faith,  etc. 

Helmer  Otten. 
NicoLAUs  Van  Rensselaer. 
Jan  Bi/vanch. 
This  is  the  mark  -\-  of  Juriaen  Janse  Groenwout^  with  his  own  hand  set. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston. 

Appeared  [before]  me  Robert  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  in  the  presence 
of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  Christopher  Skaysse,  and  Samuel  Massie, 

1  Helmer  Otten  was  a  baker.  His  wife,  AdriaaDtje  Arentse,  was  daughter  of  Arent  Andriese 
Bratt,  one  of  the  first  proprietors  of  Schenectady.  In  1670  he  purchased  a  bouwery  of  26 
morgens  at  Schenectady  of  Pieter  Adriaense  Van  Wog^elum,  alias  Soegemaclielyck,  and  within 
a  few  years  died,  leaving  one  daughter,  Catharyna,  who  subsequently  married  Gerrit  Symonse 
Veeder.  His  widow  married  Ryer  Schermerhorn,  who  became  possessed  of  Otten's  bouwery, 
portions  of  which  are  still  held  by  the  family. 

2  See  O'Callaghan's  History  of  New  Netherlands,  i,  123. 

3  Juriaen  Janse  Groenwout  was  a  licensed  butcher  in  Albany,  in  1070.  His  wife  was  Maritie 
Tomase  Mingael,  widow  of  Cornells  Teunise  Bosch  [Van  VV^estbroeck],  by  whom  he  had  a 
daughter,  Wyntie,  wife  of  Pieter  Bogardus.    She  was  not  living  in  1664. 


Albany  County  Records.  123 

who  acknowledge  that  they  are  justly  and  honestly  indebted,  etc  ,  and  in 
arrears  to  Mr.  Nehemiah  Pears,  for  the  use  of  Mr.  [Samuel]  Wilson,  in 
the  sum  of  eight  hundred  and  thirty-eight  guilders,  seewant,  for  goods, 
received  to  theirs  atisfaction,  to  be  paid  in  beavers,  seewant,  or  wheat  of 
beavers  value,  on  or  before  the  25th  of  March,  1676,  pledging  therefor 
generally  and  specially  their  persons  and  estates,  jointly  and  severally, 
real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted,  submitting  the 
same  to  the  force  of  all  the  duke's  (heeren)  laws  and  judges,  to  promote 
the  payment  thereof  if  need  be,  without  cost  or  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  in  the  presence  of  Dirk  Albertse  Bradt,  and  Johannes 
Wandelaer,  as  witnesses  hereto  invited,  on  this  4th  day  of  December,  1675. 

Christopher  Skaysse. 
SaiMI-P  Massie. 
jDirck  Albertse  BratJ 
Johannes  de   Wandelaer. 
In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secrr.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
these  afternamed  witnesses,  Richard  Pretty,  who  declared  that  he  was 
fully  paid  by  Jan  Coneel  as  it  respects  the  mortgage,  which  he  had  upon 
said  Jan  Coneel's  house  and  lot  in  Albany,  inasmuch  as  Mr.  Andries 
Teller  has  promised  to  satisfy  said  Pretty  to  his  content,  according  to 
contract,  witnessing  the  same  with  his  own  signature  on  this  31st  day  of 
December,  1675,  in  Albany,  in  presence  of  Mr.  Nehemiah  Pears,  and 
James  Penniman,  as  witnesses  hereto  called. 

Richard  Pretty. 
Nehemiah  Pears. 
James  Peniman. 
In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  commissaries,  etc.,  Mr.  Philip  Schuyler,  and 
Pieter  Winne,  Dirk  Henderickse  Sweedt,'^  who  declared  that  he  in  true 
rights,  free  ownership,  has  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  by  these 
presents,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Pieter  Du  Moree,  for  a  certain  lot  of 
land  lying  behind  the  Kinderhoeck ;  to  the  west  of  the  kil,  to  the  south 
of  Jan  Martensen,-*  to  the  east  of  Jan  Martensen,  and  that  free  and 
unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  it,  excepting 
the  lord's  right,  without  the  grantor's  having  the  least  claim  any  more 
upon  the  same,  and  acknowledging  himself  fully  satisfied  and  paid  there- 
for, the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving  therefore  jjfenajn  actionem  cessam, 
and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Pieter  Du  Moree,  his  heirs  and  successors, 
or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and 
dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate 
and  effects ;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free 

1  Dirk  Albertae  Bratt  was  one  of  the  five  sons  of  Albertse  Andriese  Bratt. 

2  Or  Dirk  Hendrickse  Bye  de  Sweedt. 

3  Probably  Jan  Marteuse  VVever,  or  De  Wever,  who,  in  1057,  owned  a  house  near  Fort 
Orange.    Page  60. 


124  Albany  County  Records. 

it  from  all  actions,  claims  and  charges,  wliicli  may  hereafter  arise  an<l 
are  lawful,  and  further,  never  more  to  do  or  allow  anything  to  be  done 
against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever, 
under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  7th  of  March,  167f . 

This  is  the  mark  of  Sarah  -(-  Veriiaele,  wife  of  Dirk  Hendrikse, 
with  her  own  hand  set. 
Philip  Scliui/hr. 
Pietcr   Winne. 
In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  commissaries,  etc.,  Mr.  Adriaen  Gerritse  [Papendorp], 
and  Richard  Pretty,  Cornells  Teunisse,  who  acknowledged  that  he  is  well 
and  truly  indebted  and  in  arrears  to  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  merchant,  here 
in  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  and  seventy  guilders  in  beavers,  at  eight 
guilders  for  a  merchantable  beaver,  and  a  hundred  and  fifty-four  guilders 
in  seewant,  growing  out  of  merchandise,  received  to  his  content,  which 
aforesaid  nine  hundred  and  seventy-one  guilders  in  beavers,  and  one 
hundred  and  fifty-four  guilders  seewant,  the  mortgagor  promises  to  pay 
to  Mr.  Teller  or  his  order  in  manner  following.  First. —  Four  hundred 
guilders  in  beavers,  he,  the  mortgagor,  promises  to  pay  on  the  first  of 
November  next  coming,  and  the  remaining  five  hundred  and  seventy-one 
guilders  in  beavers,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty-four  guilders  seewant  in 
January,  February  or  March,  167f ,  and  failing  [in  the  payment]  of  the 
aforesaid  five  hundred  and  seventy-one  guilders  beavers,  and  one  hundred 
and  fifty-four  guilders  seewant;  the  mortgagor  shall  be  holden  to  pay 
interest,  at  ten  per  cent  yearly  ;  pledging  specially  his,  the  mortgagor's, 
two  cows,  five  heifers  in  their  third  year,  two  gelded  horses,  two  mares, 
one  of  five  and  the  other  of  seven  years  of  age,  and  seventy  schepel  of 
winter  wheat  (cooren^  sowed,  which  at  present  stands  upon  the  land,  and 
all  on  the  bouwery  at  Paepsknee,  which  the  mortgagor  at  present  possesses, 
and  generally  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future, 
nothing  excepted,  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  the  duke's  laws 
and  judges  for  the  recovery  if  need  be  of  the  payment  thereof,  without 
cost  and  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  on  this  5th  day  of  April,  1676. 

CORNELUS  TeUNISZ.I 

Adriaen  Gerretsen. 
Richard  Pretty. 
Before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston.  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence 
of  the  honorable  commissaries,  etc.,  Mr.  Adriaen  Gerritse  [Papendorp], 
and  Mr.  Richard  Pretty;  Pieter  Meese  [Vrooman],  and  his  wife,  Volkje 
Pieterse,  who   declare   that   they,   in   true   rights,  free   ownership,  have 

1  Cornelus  Teunisse  Van  Vechten,  alias  Keesom,  was  a  son  of  Teunis  Dirkse  Van 
Vechten,  and  lived  at  Paepsljnee.  He  had  two  wives :  1st,  Annatie  Leendertse ;  and  2nd, 
Maria  Lucaee,  widow  of  Jacob  Claas,  wliom  he  married  in  1689.  He  had  a  large  family  of 
children,  among  whom  were  at  least  four  sons:  Lucas,  Salomon,  Dirk,  Leendert. 


Albany   County  Records.  125 

granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  by  these  presents,  to  and  for  the 
behoof  of  Mr.  Frederic  Phillipse,  a  merchant  of  New  York,  in  their 
house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  hard  by  the  church  of  this  town,  in 
Joncker  [now  State]  street,  next  the  house  of  Mr.  Jan  Withart,  on  the 
one  side,  and  the  house  that  Mr.  [DeJ  Laval  owned,  and  that  Pieter 
Hartgers  caused  to  be  built  on  the  other  side,  as  it  at  present  lies  inclosed 
in  fence;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  except  the  sum  of  eighty 
beavers,  which  Pieter  Meese  Vrooman  has  assigned  to  his  son  Matthys 
Pieterse  Vrooman,  upon  the  aforesaid  house,  according  to  instrument  of 
date  the  18th  of  February,  167|,  with  no  other  claim,  standing  or  issuing 
against  the  same,  excepting  the  duke's  (heerensf/n')  right,  without  the 
grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  the  same,  and  acknow- 
ledging that  he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  for  the  same  the  first  penny  as 
well  as  the  last,  giving  therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power 
to  the  aforesaid  Frederic  Phillipse,  his  heirs  and  sucsessors,  or  those  who 
hereafter  may  acquire  title  from  them,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  said 
house  and  lot,  as  they  might  do  with  their  patrimonial  estate  and  eff"ects; 
promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all 
actions,  claims  and  charges,  which  may  hereafter  arise  and  are  lawful, 
and  further,  neither  to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the 
same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obli- 
gation as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  on  this  9th  day  of  May,  1676. 

Pieter  Meesen  Vrooman. 
Adriaen  Gerretsen.  Folcketen  Pieters. 

Richard  Pretty. 

In  my  presence, 

Ko.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Volkje  Pieterse,  widow  of  the  late  P.  Meese  Vrooman,  brought  the 
following  satisfaction  under  the  hand  of  Frederick  Flipsen  respecting  the 
house  mentioned  in  the  aforesaid  conveyance  : 

I,  the  subscriber,  give  permission  to  Folckie  Pieterse,  in  regard  to  a 
mortgage,  which  I  have  hitherto  had  upon  her  house,  that  said  Volkje 
may  receive  her  money  in  full,  and  that  I  have  no  more  right  or  claim 
upon  said  house. 

New  York,  this  30th  of  May,  1685. 

Frederik  Flipsen. 

Thus  registered  at  the  request  of  said  Volkje  Pieterse. 
RobT  Livingston,  Seer. 

The  messieurs  commissaries  of  Albany,  colony  Renselaerswyck  and 
Schaenhechtady,  declare  by  these  presents  that  they,  in  true  rights,  free 
ownership,  do  grant,  convey  and  transfer  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Jacob 
Tysse  Van  der  Heyden,J  in  a  certain  lot,  standing  and  lying  in  Albany, 
hard  by  the  Plain,  within  the  town's  fence  [stockadoes],  on  the  corner 
of  the  Plain  street;  bi-eadth  on  the  road,  twenty-seven  feet  and  a  half; 
on  the  road  in  the  rear,  against  the  new  grave  yard  (kerkhof),  eleven 
feet;  south,  the  town's  fence,  three  rods;  north,  Jan  Clute's  lot,  three 

1  Jacob  Tysse  Van  der  Heyden  was  a  tailor  in  New  Amsterdam,  in  1653.  lu  1655,  he 
married  Anna  Hals,  in  Amsterdam,  and  soon  after  settled  in  Beverwyck.  In  1691  lie  was  not 
living ;  his  widow  was  then  keeping  a  public  house.    He  left  one  son,  Dirk. 


126  Alhany   County  Records. 

rods;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  without  the  grantor's  having 
the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it  (being  granted  in  recompense  or  requital 
for  his  lot  and  house,  which  he  had  on  the  hill,  without  the  town's  gate' 
by  Rosseboom's),  giving  therefore  ^j?e«(M>i  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power 
to  the  aforesaid  Jacob  Tyssen  Van  der  Heyden,  his  heirs  and  successors, 
or  those  who  hereafter  may  acquire  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose 
of  the  aforesaid  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and 
effects,  granting  herewith  consent  to  solicit  from  the  right  honorable 
governor  general  a  patent  (grondbrief). 

Thus  done  by  the  honorable  court  in  Albany,  on  this  20th  of  May,  1676. 

Adriaen  Gerretsen. 
Richard  Pretty. 
In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
the  honorable  commissaries,  etc.,  Mr.  Adriaen  Gerritse,  and  Mr.  Richard 
Pretty,  Jacob  Tysse  Van  der  Heyden,  who  declared  that  he  had  sold, 
granted  and  conveyed  as  he  by  these  presents  does  grant  and  convey  in 
real  and  actual  possession  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Willem  Loveridge,  his 
lot,  lying  in  Albany,  hard  by  the  Plain,  within  the  town's  fence,  on  the 
corner  of  the  Plain  street;  breadth  on  the  road,  seven  and  twenty  feet; 
and  on  the  road  in  the  rear,  against  the  new  grave  yard  (kerkhojf),  eleven 
feet;  south  in  length,  three  rods;  and  north,  three  rods;  which  the 
grantor  does  by  virtue  of  the  conveyance,  received  by  him  from  the 
honorable  commissaries,  of  date  the  20th  of  May,  1676,  whereto  reference 
is  made,  besides  granting  him  consent  to  solicit  a  patent  from  the  right 
honorable  the  governor  general ;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with 
no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  it,  excepting  the  duke's  right, 
without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more  against  the  same, 
and  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  giving, 
therefore  ^:>^e?tam  actionem  cesscim,  and  full  power  to  said  Willem 
Loveridge,-  his  heirs  and  successors,  and  those  who  hereafter  may  acquire 
title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot,  as  he  might  do 
with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  to  defend  the 
same  against  all  persons,  and  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges, 
which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be 
done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  on  this  20th  day  of  May,  1676. 

Jacob  Tyssen  Van  der  Heyden. 
Adriaen  Gerretsen. 
Richard  Pretty. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


J  This  gate  was  near  the  junction  of  North  Pearl  and  Steuben  streets. 

2  Willem  Loveridge,  Senior,  owned  a  farm  at  Catskil,  in  1680,  and  petitioned  for  an  addition 
to  it  of  40  acres.  Tte  Willem  Loveridge  above,  was  probably  Willem  Loveridge,  Junior.  He 
was  accused,  in  1676,  of  charging  the  Dutch  with  selling  the  Northern  Indians  gunpowder  and 
imprisoned  until  he  prove  the  charge,  failing  of  which  he  was  fined  20  beavers.  In  1678,  he, 
with  others,  was  condemned  and  sentenced  for  setting  up  a  scandalous  tree  before  the  door  of 
one  Thompson,  and  in  extenuation  he  writes,  that  it  is  the  custom  of  the  place ;  nevertheless 
his  sentence  was  confirmed.— ^'wg'^isA  Manuscripts. 


Albany   County  Records.  127 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  Jan  Janse  Bleecker,"  and  Jacob  Sanderse 
Grlen,  attorneys  for  Jan  Hendrickse  Van  Bael  of  the  one  side,  and  Mr. 
Timothy  Cooper  of  the  other  side,  who  dechired,  in  friendship  and  amity, 
that  they  had  covenanted  and  agreed  with  each  other,  in  regard  to  the 
sale  of  a  house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany  on  the  hill,  in 
breadth  and  length  as  it  lies  in  fence;  to  the  south  bounding  upon  the 
house  of  Jan  Tomase,  and  to  the  north  Marte  Hoffman,'^  and  east  and 
west  the  street,  according  to  the  patent  of  the  right  honorable  governor 
general  R.  Nicolls,  of  date  the  oOth  of  April,  1667.  First.— T^he  afore- 
said attorneys  acknowledge,  that  they  have  sold,  and  Timothy  Cooper, 
that  he  has  bought,  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot,  with  all  (hat  is  fast  by 
earth  and  nailed,  for  which  he.  Cooper,  promises  to  pay  to  the  sellers  or 
their  order,  the  sum  of  seventy  good  whole  merchantable  beavers  of  one 
and  a  half  pounds  a  piece,  one  with  another,  in  two  installments,  a  just 
half  each;  the  first  installment  in  the  month  of  July  next  coming,  and 
the  last  in  the  month  of  July,  1677;  the  sellers  promising  to  deliver  the 
aforesaid  house  and  lot  in  their  present  condition  ;  so  soon  as  the  first 
installment  is  paid,  a  full  conveyance  [shall  be  given],  and  the  patent 
with  the  last  installment,  only  excepting  the  lord's  right,  but  as  the 
aforesaid  house  is  occupied  by  Jacob  Ten  Eyck,-^  who  has  leased  the 
house  until,  the  first  of  May,  1677,  the  rent  comes  to  the  seller  [buyer?], 
from  the  time  the  first  payment  is  made,  with  which  the  contracting  par- 
ties are  mutually  well  satisfied  as  being  done  without  craft  or  guile,  said 
parties  respectively  pledging  their  persons  and  estates,  for  the  perform- 
ance of  these  [conditions]. 

Thus  done  in  xilbany,  in  the  presence  of  Tho.  Sharp,  and  W'".  Parker, 
as  witnesses  hereto  invited,  on  this  26th  of  May,  and  in  the  27th  year  of 
the  reign  of  our  sovereign  lord  Charles,  by  the  grace  of  Grod,  king  of  Grreat 
Britain,  France  and  Ireland,  defender  of  the  faith,  etc.,  Annoq.  Dom.  1676. 

Jan  Jansz  Bleeker. 

Testes.  Jacob  Sanderse  Glen.^ 

Thos.  Sharp.  Timothy  Cooper. 

W"}'  Parker. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Secretary. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  Major  Ab'".  Staas,  and  Adriaen  Gerritse,  commissaries, 

1  Jau  Janse  Bleecker  was  born  in  1641,  in  Meppel,  province  of  Overyssel ;  he  came  to 
Albany,  in  1R58.  He  was  for  several  years  a  magistrate,  recorder  of  the  city,  member  of 
the  general  assembly,  and,  in  1700,  mayor.  By  his  wife,  Margaret  Rutse,  daughter  of  Rutger 
Jacobsen,  he  had  nine  children.  He  died  21st  of  November,  1732,  aged  ninety-one  years  and 
was  buried  in  the  church. 

2  Marten  Hoflfman  came  from  New  York,  where,  in  1675,  he  owned  a  house  and  lot,  which 
he  sold  to  Jno.  Manning.—  English  Manuscripts. 

3  Jacob  Coenradse  Ten  Eyck  was  probably  a  son  of  Coenrad  I'en  Eyck,  of  New  York.  He 
was  by  trade  a  shoemaker;  by  his  wife,  Geertje  Coemans,  daughter  (?)  of  Barent  Coemans, 
he  had  four  sons :  Coenrat,  Barent,  Audries,  and  Hendrik ;  and  two  daughters :  Mayke,  and 
Jenneke.    His  widow  made  her  will  in  1716,  proved  in  1736.    She  died  1  March,  1736. 

4  Jacob  Sanderse  Glen  was  the  eldest  son  of  Alexander  Leendertse  Glen.  He  settled  in 
Albany,  whilst  the  rest  of  the  family  removed  to  Schenectady.  By  his  wife,  Catharine  Van 
Witbeck,  he  had  three  sons  and  two  daughters.  Alter  his  death,  in  1083,  his  widow  married 
Jonas  Volkertse  Douw.  In  1680  he  owned  a  lot  on  the  south  side  of  State  street,  the  second 
west  of  Pearl  street,  which  was  afterwards  occupied  by  Harmanus  Wendell,  who  married  his 
daughter  Anna. 


128  Albany   Gounty  Records. 

etc.,  Mr.  Neliemiah  Pears,  who  declared,  that  he  had  granted  and 
conveyed,  as  he  by  these  presents  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and 
actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Samuel  Holrqan,  his  house 
and  lot,  lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  with  all  that  therein  is  last  by  earth 
and  nailed;  bounded  on  the  east  side  by  Claes  Van  liotterdam,  on  the 
south  side  Gerrit  Lansing,  on  the  north  and  west  sides  by  the  highway; 
breadth  in  front  on  the  street,  twenty-five  feet ;  and  in  the  rear  on  Gerrit 
Lansing's  it  stretches  from  the  upper  corner  down  in  a  straight  line  along 
said  Lansing's  house  drip  free,  and  is  in  the  rear  fourteen  feet,  less  two 
inches  broad;  and  the  length  on  the  south  side  is  four  rods  six  feet  and 
three  inches;  all  as  it  at  present  lies  enclosed  in  fence,  which  he,  the 
grantor,  does  [convey]  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance,  received  by  him  from 
Evert  Janse  Wendell,  of  date  the  21st  of  April,  1675,  to  which  reference 
is  made,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or 
issuing  against  it,  excepting  the  lord's  right,  without  the  grantor's  making 
the  least  claim  any  more  upon  the  same  ;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully- 
satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  said  Samuel 
Holman,  his  heirs  and  successor,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  right 
and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot 
as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  efi'ects ;  promising  to 
defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims 
or  charges,  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  or  suffer  any- 
thing to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  this  5th  of  July,  1676. 

Nehemiah  Pearce. 
Ahram  Sfaas. 
Adriaen  Gerretsen. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ko.  Livingston,  Secretary. 

On  this  sixth  day  of  July,  1676,  appeared  before  me  Robert  Living- 
ston, secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the  afteruamed  witness.  Captain 
Philip  Schuyler,  who  acknowledges  that  he  is  well  and  truly  indebted  and 
in  arrears  to  Mr.  Jeronimus  Ebbink,i  in  the  quantity  of  an  hundred  and 
fifty  good  and  merchantable  beaver  skins,  growing  out  of  the  second 
payment  on  the  bouwery,  bought  by  Juriaen  Teunisse  [Glasemaker,  or 
Tappen],  of  Madam  Ebbink,  which  aforesaid  hundred  and  fifty  beavers  the 
mortgagor  promises  to  pay  to  Mr.  Ebbink,  or  to  his  order,  or  to  send  to 
him  before  or  on  the  first  day  of  August  next  coming,  for  which  payment 
pledging  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future, 
nothing  excepted,  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  the  duke's 
{Jieereri]  laws  and  judges,  to  promote  the  payment  (if  need  be)  thereof, 
without  cost  and  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  of  date  ut  supra. 

Philip  Schuyler. 
Adriaen  Gerretsen. 
Willem  Teller. 
In  my  presence, 

Eo :  Livingston,  Secretary. 

1  In  1659,  16(il,  aud  1673,  he  was  schepeu  in  New  York.  Madam  Ebbiugh  was  the  widow  of 
the  late  Johan  De  Hulter,  and  daughter  of  Johannes  De  Laet. 


Albany   County  Records.  129 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  Juriaen  Teunise  Tappen,  who  promised  to 
deliver  to  Captain  Philip  Schuyler,  the  quantity  of  sixty  ankers  of  good 
and  merchantable  rum  (which  he  shall  receive  from  Mr.  [De]  La  Vail, 
iu  the  sale  of  his  house),  growing  out  of  the  second  payment  on  the 
bouwery,  which  said  Schuyler  has  paid  for  Juriaen  Teunise,  and  that  in 
the  space  of  three  months  after  the  date  of  the  contract,  for  which  [pay- 
ment] pledging  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and 
future,  nothing  excepted,  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  the  duke's 
(lieeren)  laws  and  judges,  to  promote  the  payment  thereof,  if  need  be, 
without  cost  and  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  in  the  presence  of  Major  Abr'"  Staas,  and  Richard 
Pretty,  as  witnesses,  hereto  invited,  on  this  7th  day  of  July,  1676. 

Jure  Tunissen. 
Abram  Staas. 
Richard  Pretty. 
I  being  present, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  commissaries,  etc.,  Mr.  Adriaen  Gerritse,  and  Mr.  Richard 
Pretty,  Mr.  Jeronimus  Ebbink,  husband  and  guardian  of  Madam 
Johanna  de  Laet,  who  declared  that  he  had,  in  true  rights,  free  owner- 
ship, granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Jurian 
Teunisse  Tappen,  in  a  certain  bouwery,  lying  in  the  colony  Renselaers- 
wyck,  where  Jurian  aforesaid  at  present  dwells,  with  dwelling  house, 
barn  and  two  ricks,  likewise  eight  draft  horses,  among  which  six  mares, 
and  two  geldings,  and  four  cows,  moreover  all  the  land,  as  well  arable  as 
pasture  land,  as  the  same  lies  in  fence  between  two  kils,i  all  by  virtue  of 
the  contract  and  conveyance  thereof,  passed  between  Mr.  Jeremias  Van 
Renselaer,  deceased,  late  director  of  the  colony  before  named,  and  Madam 
Johanna  De  Laet  for  her  tenth  part,  being  her  just  tenth  part  of  the 
colony,  the  same  being  of  date  of  the  2lst  of  June,  1674,  whereto  refer- 
ence is  made,  only  excepting  the  lord's  right,  without  the  grantor's 
having  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  the  same,  acknowledging  that  he  is 
fully  satisfied  and  paid  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving 
therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Jurian 
Teunise  1'appen,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter 
acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  bouwery  and 
appurtenances,  as  he  might  do  with  his  own  patrimonial  estate  and  effects; 
promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all 
trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  are  lawful,  and  further,  never  more  to 
do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without 


1  In  1674  {Becords,  p.  250),  Jeronimus  Ebbingh  owned  a  bouwery  on  the  north  side  of  the 
Wynants  ki).  The  two  kils,  above  mentioned,  were  perhaps  the  Wynants  and  Poesten  kils. 
In  1675,  Pieter  Pieterse  Van  Woggelum  owned  a  bouwery,  south  of  the  Poesten  kil  (Ibid., 
p.  271).  Ebbingh's  and  Van  Woggelum's  bouweries  comprised  the  ground,  now  covered  by 
the  city  of  Troy.  This  tract  was  purchased  in  1720  by  Dirk  Vanderheyden,  consisting  of  490 
acres,  subject  to  an  annual  rent  to  the  patroon  of  three  bushels  and  three  pecks  of  wheat  and 
four  fat  fowls.    See  Woodworth's  Reminiscences  of  Troy,  2d  ed.,  p.  8. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  17 


130  Albany  County  Records. 

law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor, 
according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  7th  of  July,  1676. 

Jeronimus  Ebbingh. 
Adriaen  Gerretse. 
Richard  Pretty. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secretary,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  Adriaen  Gerritse,  and  Richard  Pretty,  commissaries,  etc., 
Stoifel  Janse  Abell,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free  owner- 
ship, granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  as  he  by  these  presents  does 
grant  and  convey,  in  actual  and  real  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of 
Claas  Janse  Stavast,  his,  grantor's,  house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  in 
Albany,  bounded  to  the  south  by  Claas  Jansen's,  to  the  north  by  Leendert 
Philipse  [Conyn],  to  the  east  by  the  river,  and  to  the  west  by  the  high- 
way, and  is  in  length,  nine  rods ;  and  in  breadth,  thirty-six  wood  feet ;  and 
that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against 
the  same,  only  excepting  the  lord's  right,  which  he  does  by  virtue  of  the 
patent,  of  date  30th  of  April,  1667,  to  him  granted  by  the  governor, 
Richard  Nicolls,  and  acknowledging,  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied 
therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the 
aforesaid  Claes  Janse  Stavast,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who 
hereafter  may  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of 
the  aforesaid  house  and  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and 
eflfects  ;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it 
from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  are  lawful,  and  further,  never 
more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  25th  July,  1676. 

Stoffel  Janse  Abeel. 
Adriaen  Gerretsen. 
Richard  Pretty. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
the  honorable  Adriaen  Gerritse,  and  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  commissaries, 
etc..  Captain  Hans  Heudrickse,  and  Johannes  Wendell,  who  declared 
that  they  do,  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  grant,  convey  and  transfer  to 
and  for  the  behoof  of  Hendrick  Jillise  Meyer,^  in  their  grantor's,  two- 
third's  part  of  a  house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  in  New  York,  in  the 
Pearl  street,  their  inheritance  as  lawful  heirs  of  Gillis  Pieterse,^ 
decea.sed,  whereof  the  other  third  part  belongs  to  Hendrick  Gillise  as  his 
inheritance  of  the  third  part,  all  the  elFects  of  Gillis  Pieterse,  deceased, 
according  to  the  will.  The  house  is  bounded  to  the  south,  by  the  fort 
in   Pearl  street;   to  the   east,   by  Gillis  Pieterse;  to  the  west,  by  Jan 

1  In  170.3,  cordwainer  of  New  York.— English  Manuscrijits. 

^  In  1651  and  1665,  he  owned  lots  in  Beverwyck.— .Recwd^s,  p.  59,  184,  195. 


Albany   County  Records.  131 

Scepmoes;  and  is  in  breadth,  in  front  on  the  street,  on  the  nortli  side, 
two  rods  five  feet ;  in  the  rear,  on  the  south  side,  two  rods  four  feet  and 
five  inches ;  in  length,  on  the  west  side,  next  Jan  Janse  Scepmoes,  eight 
rods  eight  feet  and  four  inches;  and  on  the  east  side,  next  Gillis  Pieterse, 
eight  rods  eight  feet  and  six  inches,  amounting  altogether  to  twenty-one 
rods  nine  feet  three  inches,  and  three  barleycorns ;  and  that  free  and 
unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  only 
excepting  the  lord's  right,  which  they  do  by  virtue  of  the  patent,  of  date 
the  tenth  of  June,  1667,  granted  to  Gillis  Pieterse,  by  the  governor, 
Richard  Nicolls,  which  patent  is  left  with  them,  as  being  participants  in 
the  hereditary  goods  of  Gillis  Pieterse,  and  they,  the  grantors,  acknow- 
ledge, that  they  are  fully  paid  and  satisfied,  the  first  penny  with  the  last, 
for  their  two-thirds,  which  they  claim  in  the  aforesaid  house,  giving 
therefore  pJenam  actionem  cessani,  and  full  power  to  the  aforenamed 
Henderick  Gillise  Myer,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may 
hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  to  dispose  of 
the  aforesaid  house  and  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate 
and  effects;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free 
it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges  as  is  right,  and  further,  never 
more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  25th  of  July,  1676. 

Hans  Heindrickse.i 
Johannes  Wendel.2 

Adriaen  Gerretsen. 

Richard  Pretty. 
In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

The  Messieurs  commissaries  of  Albany,  colony  Renselaerswyck  and 
Schanhechtady,  declare  by  these  presents,  that  they  do,  in  true  rights, 
free  ownership,  grant,  convey  and  transfer,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  the 
diaconate  here  in  Albany,  in  a  certain  lot,  standing  and  lying  in  Albany, 
hard  by  the  plain  within  the  town's  fence,  on  the  corner  of  the  Plain 
street,  bounded  on  the  south  side  by  the  town's  fence  [stockadoes] ;  on 
the  north  side,  by  Mr.  Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst ;  on  the  east  and  west 
the  highway;  length,  south  and  north  [sides],  ten  rods;  breadth  in  front 
on  the  street,  two  rods ;  and  in  the  rear,  one  rod ;  and  that  free  and  unen- 
cumbered, without  their  honors  having  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  the 
same,  having  granted  it  to  them  in  recompense  or  requital  for  their  house 
and  lot,  which  they  had  upon  the  hill  without  the  gate'^  by  Rooseboom's, 
giving  therefore  ^^e?iam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid 

1  Captain  Hans  Hendrikse's  house  stood  on  the  east  side  of  Broadway,  next  north  of 
Bleecker  Hall.  By  his  wife,  Eva  Jillise  Myer,  he  had  four  children :  Hendrik,  Margareta, 
Johannes,  and  Elsje,  who  were  living,  and  mentioned  in  his  will,  made  in  1694.  His 
descendants  have  assumed  the  surname  of  Hansen. 

2  Captain  Johannes  Wendel  was  a  son  of  Evert  Janse  Wendel,  the  first  settler.  He  was  a 
merchant;  in  1684,  a  magistrate;  in  1685,  commissioned  captain;  and  in  1690,  commissioner 
to  treat  with  the  Five  Nations,  and  superintend  the  afiairs  for  the  defense  of  Albany.  By  his 
first  wife,  Maritie  Jillise  Myer,  he  had  two  children ;  by  his  second,  Elizabeth  Staats,  ten 
children.  His  house  stood  on  the  south  side  of  State  street,  west  of  Pearl.  His  will  was 
proved  9  Feb.,  1691-3,  his  wife  Elizabeth  executrix. 

3  This  gate  was  near  the  junction  of  North  Pearl  and  Steuben  streets. 


132  Albany   County  Records. 

diaconate  or  to  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  title  from  them,  to  do 
with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot,  as  they  deal  with  and  dispose  of 
their  other  estate,  granting  herewith  consent  to  solicit  of  the  governor 
general  a  patent  for  the  same. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  on  the  5th  of  August,  1676. 

Adriaen  Gerretsen. 
Richard  Pretty. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the  pre- 
sence of  the  honorable  commissaries,  etc..  Monsieur  Adriaen  Gerritse, 
and  Mr.  Richard  Pretty;  the  diaconate  of  the  town  of  Albany,  who 
declared  that  they  had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted  and  con- 
veyed, as  by  these  presents  they  do  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual 
possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Cornells  Van  Dyck,  chirurgeon, 
in  a  certain  piece  of  hop  land,  lying  down  in  the  Third  kil  [Fox  creek], 
bounded  eastwardly  by  Ryer  Elbertse,  westwardly  by  the  kil,  south  and 
north  the  hill,  and  is  in  length,  on  the  south  side,  thirty-one  rods;  on  the 
north  side,  thirty  rods;  breadth  on  the  west  side,  fifteen  rods;  on  the 
east  side,  twenty-three  rods ;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no 
claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  only  excepting  the  lord's 
right,  which  they  do  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  to  them,  given  by  Andries 
De  Vos,  of  date  the  first  of  April,  1675,  according  to  patent  thereof, 
granted  to  said  De  Vos  by  Grovernor  Richard  Nicols,  of  date  the  10th 
of  September,-  1667,  and  these  grantors  acknowledge,  that  they  are  fully 
paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving  therefore 
to  the  aforesaid  C.  Van  Dyck,  his  heirs  and  successor,  or  those  who  here- 
after may  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  full  power  to  do  with  and 
dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and 
eifects;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it 
from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges  as  is  right,  and  further,  never  more 
to  do  or  sufi'er  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany  the  10th  of  August,  1676. 

Davidt  Schuyler. 
A.  Teller. 
Adriaen  GerreUen. 
Richard  Pretty. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  commissaries,  etc.,  Mr.  Adriaen  Gerritse  and  Mr.  Rich- 
ard Pretty,  the  diaconate  of  this  town,  who  declare  that  they  do  in  true 
rights,  free  ownership,  grant  and  convey  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr. 
Gabriel  Thomase  [Stridles]  in  a  certain  lot,  situate  and  lying  in  Albany 
hard  by  the  plain  within  the  town's  fence,  on  the  corner  of  the  Plain  street, 
bounded  on  the  south  side  by  the  town's  fence,  on  the  north  side  by  Mr. 
Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst,  on  the  west  and  east  sides  by  the  highway  ; 
length  south  and  north  ten  rods,  breadth  in  front  on  the  street  two  rods, 
and  on  the  rear  one  rod,  which  these  grantors  do  by  virtue  of  a  convey- 
ance to  them  given  by  the  honorable  commissaries,  of  date  the  fifth  of 


Albany  County  Records.  133 

August,  to  which  i-eference  is  made,  granting  them  likewise  consent  to 
solicit  of  the  right  honorable  the  governor  general  a  patent,  giving  there- 
fore to  the  aforenamed  Gabriel  Thomase,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those 
who  may  hereafter  acquire  title  from  him,  full  power  to  do  with  and  dis- 
pose of  the  aforesaid  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and 
effects. 

Thus  done  in  Albany  the  10th  of  August,  1676. 

Davidt  Schuyler. 
A.  Teller. 
Adriaen  Gerretsen. 
Richard  Pretty. 
In  my  presence, 

Pto.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  commissaries,  etc.,  Mr.  Adriaen  Gerritse  [Papendorp]  and 
Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  Harmen  Janse  [Van  Salsbergen],  who  acknowledged 
that  he  is  well  and  truly  indebted  to  the  widow  and  children  of  the  late 
Pieter  Van  Ale  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  one  guilders  in  beavers, 
at  8  guilders  the  merchantable  beaver,  growing  out  of  the  purchase  of  a 
certain  bouwery  bought  of  said  Van  Ale,  which  aforesaid  two  hundred 
and  one  guilders  in  beavers,  this  mortgagor  promises  to  pay  to  the  widow 
and  children  before  the  13th  of  October  next  coming,  pledging  specially 
his,  the  mortgagor's,  bouwery  lying  in  the  land  of  Kinderhook  before  this 
belonging  to  Pieter  Van  Ale,  deceased,  together  with  his  house  and  lot 
standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  at  present  inhabited  by  him,  to  the  south 
of  Paulus  Martense  [Van  Benthuysen]  and  to  the  north  of  Pieter  Loock- 
erman's,  and  generally  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present 
and  future,  nothing  excepted,  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all 
the  duke's  (Jieereii)  laws  and  judges,  to  promote  the  payment  thereof  if 
need  be,  without  cost  or  loss. 

Done  in  Albany  on  this  13th  day  of  August,  1676. 

Harmen  Janse. 
Adriaen  Gerretsen. 
Richard  Pretty. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  afternamed  witnesses,  the  widow  of  Thomas  Paulussen  [Powell]  on 
the  one  side  and  Paulus  Martense  on  the  other  side,  who  declared  that 
they  in  amity  and  friendship  had  agreed  and  covenanted  with  each  other 
respecting  the  purchase  of  a  house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  here  in 
Albany  next  to  Dominie  Gideon  Schaets,  bounded  on  the  south  and  west 
by  the  streets,  on  the  north  by  the  house  of  [De]  Lavall ;  length  to  the 
north  ten  rods,  in  front  on  the  street  the  breadth  is  two  rods  and  ten  feet, 
on  the  south  the  length  is  ten  rods  eight  feet  and  a  half,  on  the  west 
along  the  fence  of  Mr.  [De]  Lavall's  house,  the  breadth  is  five  rods  and 
three  feet,  which  aforesaid  lot  is  a  part  of  a  patent  which  the  seller 
promises  to  deliver  free  and  unencumbered,  excepting  only  the  lord's  right ; 
the  delivery  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  stands  at  the  option  and  choice 
of  the  seller,  to  be  done  between  this  and  May  next  coming,  provided  that 


134  Albany  County  Records. 

the  payment  of  the  first  installment  shall  be  made  in  beavers,  the  half  of 
sixty-four  merchantable  [beavers]  whole  and  good,  at  8  guilders  a  piece 
stretched;  the  other  half  being  thirty-two  beavers,  he,  the  buyer,  to  be 
holden  to  pay  in  the  space  of  one  year  from  this  date,  when  a  proper  con- 
veyance shall  be  delivered  to  him ;  for  the  performance  of  the  above 
mentioned  conditions,  the  contracting  parties  mutually  pledge  their  re- 
spective persons  and  estates,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  sub- 
mitting the  same  to  the  force  of  all  the  duke's  (Jieeren')  laws  and  judges. 
Thus  done  in  Albany  the  24th  of  August  1676,  in  presence  of  Ludovi- 
cus  Cobes  and  Corn  :  Corn  :  Vielen  as  witnesses  hereto  called. 

This  is  the  mark  of  XD  the  widow  of  Thom.  Powells. 

POULUS, (?) 

Testes. 

Ludovicus  Oohes,  not.  puh. 

Cor.  Cor.  Viele. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  Honorable  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  commissaries, 
etc.,  Stoffel  Janse  Abeel,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free 
ownership,  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and 
convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Johannes 
Wendell,  in  his  house  and  lot  standing  and  lying  in  Albany  on  the  hill  with 
all  that  is  thereon  fast  by  earth  and  nailed,  bounded  on  the  east  by  Jacob 
Sanderse  [Grlen],  on  the  south  by  the  Lutheran  graveyard, i  the  west  by 
the  aforenamed  Johannes  Wendell,  and  on  the  north  by  the  [State]  street; 
breadth  in  front  on  the  street  fifteen  feet  Rhynland  measure,  front  and 
rear  of  the  same  breadth,  just  as  it  stands  drip  free,  which  he,  the  grantor 
does,  by  virtue  of  a  patent  granted  him  by  the  governor  general,  Richard 
Nicolls,  of  date  the  12th  of  August,  1668,  to  which  reference  is  made, 
with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  save  the  lord's  right, 
without  the  grantors  having  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it,  acknow- 
ledging that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  giving  therefore  full 
power  to  the  aforesaid  Johannes  Wendell,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those 
who  may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him  to  do  with  and 
dispose  of  said  house  and  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial 
estate  and  eflfects ;  promising  the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and 
to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges  which  hereafter  may  arise, 
and  never  more  to  do  or  permit  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  with 
or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  25th  of  August,  1676. 

Stoffel  Janse  Abeel. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


1  The  Lutheran  church  lot  and  graveyard  included  the  present  Centre  Market  lot  and  lay  in  the 
rear  of  the  State  street  lots,  extending  from  South  Pearl  street  nearly  or  quite  to  the  ptesent 
Lodge  street. 


Albany   County  Records.  135 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller 
etc.,  Willem  [Frederickse]  Bout,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights' 
free  ownership,  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant 
and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of'^Vil- 
liam  Nottingham,  in  his  house  and  lot  standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  on 
the  hill,  with  all  that  is  thereon  fast  by  earth  or  nailed  ;  bounded  east  by 
the  street,  west  by  the  aforenamed  Willem  Bout,  south  also  by  the  street, 
and  north  by  Claes  Van  Rotterdam,  being  in  breadth  in  front  and  rear| 
thirty-two  feet  nine  inches,  Rynland  measure ;  length  on  the  south  and 
north  sides,  thirty-six  feet ;  which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of 
patent  to  him  granted  by  the  governor  general,  Nicolls,  of  date  the  6th 
of  September,  ]667,  whereto  reference  is  made,  with  no  claims  standing 
or^  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  the  lord's  right,  without  the  grant'^ 
or's  having  the  least  claim  any  more  against  the  same,  acknowledging 
that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  and  giving  full  power  to" the 
aforesaid  W>"  Nottingham,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may 
hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the 
aforesaid  house  and  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate 
and  eflFects;  promising  the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free 
it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and 
never  more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done,  either  with  or  without 
law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor 
according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  25th  of  August,  1675. 

This  is  the  mark   ^~r~    of  Willem  Bout, 

with  his  own  hand  set. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Mr.  Andries 
Teller,  etc.,  Claes  Jacobse,  alias  Rotterdam,!  who  declared  that  he  had 
sold,  granted  and  conveyed,  as  he  by  these  presents  does  grant  and 
convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  George 
Heathcote,-  a  lot,  lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  bounded  north  by  Harmen 
Bastiaensen  [Visscher],  south  by  Claas  Jacobse  [the  grantor],  west  by 
Harmen  Bastiaensen,  and  east  by  the  street  [North  Pearl], -^  and  is  in 
length,  seventy-six  wood  feet;  and  in  breadth,  front  and  rear,  twenty-two 


1  Or,  simply,  Claes  Van  Kotterdam. 

2  George  Heathcote  was  master  of  the  Good  Hope,  in  1675.  He  was  complained  of  the 
following  year  of  haying  uttered  seditious  words  against  the  government  and  lined  £20  and 
costs.  Coming  to  Albany  for  the  purpose  of  trade,  he  became  involved  in  litigation,  and 
his  goods  were  taken  from  him.  li  1682,  he  was  araiu  arraigned  before  the  coSrt  in  New 
York.    In  16f>4,  he  sold  his  house  and  lot  in  Albany,  to  Robert  Sanders.-  EnglMi  Manuscripts. 

He  was  the  first  of  the  name  that  came  to  New  York ;  was  interested  in  trade  in  Jamaica:  and 
arrived  in  New  York  about  1675 ;  carried  on  trade  on  a  large  scale  ;  removed  to  Bucks  county. 
Pa  where  he  died  1710,  leaving  the  bulk  of  his  property  to  his  kinsman,  Caleb  Heathcote.— 
Valentine  s  Manual.,  1853,  p.  403 

3  Harmen    Bastiaeuse    Visscher's    lot   was   on   the   west   side  of  North    Pearl    next  the 


136  Albany   County  Records. 

wood  feet,  also  an  alley  of  five  feet  breadth,  besides  the  twenty-two  feet 
which  shall  be  used  in  common  ;  being  a  part  of  the  lot  No.  6,  which  the 
grantor  [conveys]  by  virtue  of  a  patent  granted  him  by  the  governor 
general,  Richard  Nicolls,  of  date  the  6  September,  1G67,  to  which  refer- 
ence is  made;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim,  standing 
or  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  the  lord's  right,  without  the  grant- 
or's having  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it,  acknowledging  that  he  is 
fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving 
therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  George 
Heathcote,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those,  who  may  hereafter  acquire 
right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispone  of  the  aforesaid  lot,  as 
he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  the 
same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims 
or  charges,  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  or  sufi"er 
anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany  the  26th  of  August,  1676. 

Claes  Jacobse. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Andries  Teller,  etc., 
Harme  Bastiaensen  [Visscher]  who  declared  that  he  had  sold,  granted 
and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and 
actual  possession  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  George  Heathcote  his  house  and 
lot  lying  in  Albany  on  the  hill,  bounded  on  the  north  by  Teunis  Slinger- 
land,  on  the  west  by  the  street  [Chapel],  on  the  east  by  Harmen  Bastiaense 
and  Claes  [Jacobse  Van]  Rotterdam,  and  to  the  south  by  Samuel  Holl- 
man ;  breadth  in  front  on  the  street  [Chapel]  twenty-three  feet  three 
inches,  Rynland  measure,  and  in  the  rear  of  the  like  breadth,  in  length 
fifty-two  feet  and  eight  inches,  also  Rynland  measure, ^  and  that  free  and 
unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  ex- 
cepting the  lord's  right,  the  grantor  herewith  making  over  all  the  right 
and  title  which  he  has  therein,  without  making  the  least  claim  on  the 
same  any  more,  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor, 
the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving  therefove  j)lcnam  actionem  cessam,  and 
full  power  to  the  aforesaid  George  Heathcote,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or 
those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him  to  do  with  or 
to  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  other 
patrimonial  estate  and  efi"ects ;  promising  the  same  to  defend  against  all 
persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges,  which  hereafter 
may  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  or  sufi"er  anything  to  be  done  against 


stockadoes,  which  at  this  time  passed  up  the  hill,  on  the  north  side  of  Steuben  street.  The 
lot  here  sold  to  Heathcote  was  therefore  the  second  lot  south  of  Steuben  street.  He  held  it 
for  the  purposes  of  occasional  trade  probably,  till  1684,  when  he  sold  it  to  Robert  Sanders. 
He  seems  to  have  been  a  merchant  and  consignee  for  English  houses,  in  New  York. 

1  This  lot  purchased  of  Harmen  Bastianse  Visscher,  added  to  the  lot  purchased  of  Claas  Jacobse 
Van  Rotterdam  as  shown  by  the  last  conveyance  (Records  p.  319),  gave  Heathcote  a  lot  of  22  feet 
breadth,  extending  through  the  block  from  Pearl  to  Chapel  street. 


Albany   County  Records.  137 

the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  ob- 
ligation as  provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  26th  of  August,  1676. 

Harmen  Bastiaens. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Claas  Jacobse,  alias  Rottei'dam,  who  declared  that  he  had  granted 
and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and  convey,  in  real  and 
actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  William  Nottingham,  his  lot, 
lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  bounded  westerly  by  Jan  Vinhagen,  easterly 
by  Claas  Jacobse  aforesaid,  southerly  by  Jan  Vinhagen,  and  Willem  Bout, 
and  northerly  by  Claas  Jacobse  aforesaid  ;  in  breadth  on  the  east,  fifteen 
feet,  Rynland  measure,  westerly  of  the  same  breadth,  length  east  and 
west  three  rods  and  a  half,  which  the  grantor  conveys  by  virtue  of  a 
patent,  granted  him  by  Governor  General  Richard  Nicolls,  being  lot 
Number  6,  of  date  the  6th  of  September,  1667,  to  which  reference  is 
made,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing 
against  the  same,  excepting  the  lord's  right,  without  the  grantor's  making 
the  least  claim  any  more  against  the  same,  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully 
paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving  therefore 
plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforementioned  William 
Nottingham,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  hereafter  may 
acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  said  lot  as  he 
might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  eflfects ;  promising  to 
defend  the  same  from  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims 
or  charges,  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  or  sufi"er 
anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according 
to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  26th  of  August,  1676. 

Claes  Jacobse. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  etc., 
the  honorable  William  Nottingham,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true 
rights,  free  ownership,  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does 
grant  and  convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of 
Robert  Story,  in  his  two  houses  and  two  lots,  with  all  that  is  therein  fast  by 
earth  and  nailed,  standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  bounded  as 
follows  :  First. —  His  two  houses  and  lots,  bounded  southerly  and  east- 
erly by  the  street,  westerly  by  Willem  Bout,  and  northerly  by  Claas 
[Jacobse]  Van  Rotterdam;  in  breadth,  front  and  rear,  thirty-two  feet 
nine  inches,  Rynland  measure ;  and  in  length  on  south  and  north  [sides]. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  18 


138  Albany   County  Records. 

thirty-six  feet ;  being  part  of  the  lot  No.  5  ;  which  he,  the  grantor,  does 
by  virtue  of  a  conveyance,  given  to  him  by  Willem  [Frederickse]  Bout, 
of  date  the  26th  of  August,  1676,  to  which  reference  is  hereby  made.i 
Likewise  a  lot,  lying  also  on  the  hill,  bounded  westerly  by  Jan  Vinhagen, 
easterly  and  northerly  by  Claas  Jacobse,  alias  Rotterdam,  and  southerly 
by  Jan  Vinhagen,  and  Willem  Bout;  in  breadth,  east  and  west,  fifteen 
feet,  Eynland  measure;  and  in  length,  three  rods  and  a  half,-'  which  he, 
this  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance,  received  by  him  from  Claas 
Rotterdam,  of  date  the  26th  of  August,  1676,  whereto  reference  is  herein 
made  ;  with  no  claims  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  the 
lord's  right,  and  without  the  grantor's  having  the  least  claim  any  more 
against  them,  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor, 
and  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  aforementioned  Robert  Story,  his 
heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  hereafter  may  acquire  right  and  title 
from  him,  to  do  with  and  to  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  two  houses  and  two 
lots,  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  eff"ects ;  promis- 
ing the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  the  same  from  all 
trouble,  claims  or  charges,  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to 
do  or  permit  anything  to  be  done,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  28th  of  August,  1676. 

William  Nottingham. 

Richard  Pretty. 

A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  and  Mr.  Dirk  Wesselse  [Ten 
Broek],  etc.,  the  honorable  Ro.  Story,  who  acknowledges  that  he  is  well 
and  truly  indebted  and  in  arrears  to  the  heirs  of  Captain  Thomas  Willet, 
deceased,  in  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  seven  guilders  [8142.80], 
to  be  paid  in  good  whole  merchantable  beavers,  at  eight  guilders  a  piece, 
or  in  good  winter  wheat,  at  beavers  price,  and  he  promises  to  pay  the 
aforesaid  sum  to  the  said  heirs,  the  administrators  of  the  same  or  to  their 
attorney  on  the  first  demand  which  they  shall  make  upon  him;  this 
mortgagor  pledging  therefor  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal, 
present  and  future,  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  the  duke's 
Xjieereix)  laws  and  judges,  to  the  promoting  of  the  payment  thereof  if  need 
be,  without  cost  or  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  26th  of  August,  1676. 

Robert  Story. 
A.  Teller. 
Dirch  Wesselse. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


'  These  two  lots  were  on  the  north  corner  of  North  Pearl  street  and  Maiden  lane. 

2  This  third  lot  15  by  42  feet,  lay  on  the  northwest  corner  of  the  other  two  lots,  and  in 
the  interior  of  the  block.  Ingress  was  probably  had  to  it  by  means  of  a  narrow  alley  not 
mentioned  in  the  description. 


Albany  County  Records.  139 

Appeared  before  me  Ko.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
afternamed  witnesses,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  attorney  of  the  heirs  of 
Captain  Thomas  Willet,  deceased,  who  declared  that  he  is  fully  paid  and 
satisfied  by  William  Nottingham,  for  a  certain  mortgage,  which  the 
aforesaid  heirs  hold  against  William  Nottingham's  two  houses,  in  the  sum 
of  357  guilders,  beavers,  of  date  the  16th  of  October,  1674,  herewith 
annulling  the  force  and  effect  of  said  mortgage,  and  witnessing  the  same 
with  hand  and  seal,  in  the  presence  of  Abraham  De  Peyster,  and  Charles 
Eccles,  as  witnesses  hereto  invited. 

In  Albany,  this  26th  of  August,  1676. 

Richard  Pretty. 

Charles  Eccles. 
Ah^  De  Fei/sterA 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  and  in  the  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Dirck  Wesselse  [Ten 
Broeck],  etc.,  WilHam  Nottingham,  who  acknowledged  that  he  is  well 
and  truly  indebted  and  in  arrears  to  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  in  the  quantity 
of  eight  good  and  merchantable  beavers,  which  aforesaid  eight  beavers 
William  Nottingham  promises  to  pay  to  Mr.  Teller,  or  order,  on  demand, 
pledging  therefor  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and 
future,  nothing  excepted,  and  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  the 
duke's  (Jieeren)  laws  and  judges,  to  promote  the  payment  thereof  if  need 
be,  without  cost  or  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  28th  of  August,  1676. 

William  Nottingham. 
Richard  Pretty. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  afternamed  witness,  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  who  declared  himself  to  be 
paid  and  satisfied  by  Mr.  William  Nottingham,  for  a  mortgage,  which  he 
held  against  William  Nottingham's  two  houses,  of  date  the  15th  of 
October,  1674,  discharging  herewith  the  aforesaid  mortgage,  annulling 
the  force  and  eff"ect  of  the  same,  and  witnessing  the  same  with  his  own 
hand  and  seal,  in  presence  of  Michael  Siston,  and  Jonathan  Walker,  as 
witnesses  thereto  invited. 

In  Albany,  this  26th  of  August.  1676. 

A.  Teller. 

Testes  : 

Mich.  Siston. 

Jonathan  Walker. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


1  Abraham  De  Peyster  was  a  merchant  of  New  York.    For  an  account  of  this  familv   see 
Valentine's  J/a«d<a;,  1852,  1862.  Ji  °  « 


140  Albany   County  Records. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  etc., 
the  honorable  Mr.  Robert  Story,  who  acknowledged  that  he  is  well  and 
truly  indebted,  and  in  arrears  to  Annetie  Lievens,  widow  of  Goose 
Gerritse  Van  Schaick,  deceased,  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  ninety- 
six  guilders,  in  beavers,  which  aforesaid  sum  he  promises  to  pay  in  good 
merchantable  beaver  skins,  at  eight  guilders  a  piece,  or  in  goods,  at 
market  price,  for  the  performance  of  which  the  said  Robert  Story  pledges 
his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  nothing 
excepted,  and  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  the  duke's  laws  and 
judges,  for  the  promotion  of  the  payment  of  the  same,  if  need  be,  without 
cost  and  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  26th  of  August,  1676. 

Robert  Story. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  afternamed  witnesses,  Annetie  Levens,  widow  of  Goose  Gerritse 
[Van  Schaick],  deceased,  who  declared  that  she  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied 
by  William  Nottingham,  in  respect  to  the  mortgage,  which  she  held 
against  the  aforesaid  Nottingham's  house,  of  date  the  first  of  October, 
1674,  witnessing  the  same  with  her  own  hand  and  seal  on  this  26th  of 
August,  1676. 


By  order  of  my  mother. 

Testes  : 

M.  Cregier,  Junior.'^ 

Rohertt  Story. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 


Sybrant  GoosENsi  [Van  Schaick]. 


Ro.  Livingston. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  [of]  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Andries  Teller,  etc.,  the 
honorable  Robert  Story,  who  acknowledged  that  he  is  well  and  truly 
indebted,  and  in  arrears  to  Mr.  William  Nottingham,  in  the  sum  of  fifty- 
one  good  merchantable  beavers,  and  four  guilders  and  eleven  stuivers,  in 
beavers,  to  be  paid  in  good  merchantable  duffels. ^  at  four  ells  the  beaver, 
or  in  other  marchandise  at  market  prices,  and  promises  to  pay  the  afore- 
said sum  to  the  said  W™  Nottingham,  his  heirs  or  successors,  on  the  first 


1  Sybraut  Goosense  Van  Schaick  was  son  of  Goosen  Gerritse  Van  Schaick.  By  Ms  mfe, 
Elizabeth  Vauder  Peel,  he  had  three  sons  and  one  daughter,  who  were  living  in  1686, 
when  his  widow  contracted  a  second  marriage  with  Bennony  Van  Curler. 

-  Marten  Cregier,  Jr.,  was  son  of  Captain  Martynus  Cregier,  the  skilful  military  leader 
of  the  New  York  militia.  He  married  in  1671,  Jannetie  Heudrikse  Van  Doesburgh,  and 
had  seven  children,  of  whom  two  were  sons.  Marten,  and  Samuel.  The  Cregiers  settled 
early  in  Niskayuna,  where  Captain  Cregier  owned  a  tract  of  land,  a  portion  of  which  is 
still  held  by  his  descendants. 


A  kind  of  coarse  woolen  cloth,  having  a  thick  nap  or  frieze ;  baize  • 


Albany   County  Records.  141 

demand,  which  he  shall  make  upon  him,  this  mortgagor,  pledging  therefor 
his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  and  submitting 
the  same  to  the  force   of  all  the   duke's   (heereii)  laws,  to  promote  the 
payment  thereof,  if  need  be,  without  loss  and  cost. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  28th  of  August,  1676. 

RoBERTT  Story. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  E,o.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  the  honorable  Ro.  Story,  who  acknowledged  that  he  is  well  and  truly 
indebted,  and  in  arrears,  to  Mr.  Samuel  Holman,  in  the  sum  of  thirty 
pounds  sterling,  to  be  paid  in  installments  to  wit,  ten  pounds  to  be  paid 
in  Boston  money,  or  good  merchantable  beavers,  at  twelve  shillings  a 
piece,  or  nine  shillings  a  pound,  and  that  in  New  York,  on  the  first 
demand  which  he  shall  make  upon  him,  the  mortgagor,  and  the  other 
twenty  pounds  to  be  paid  before  the  first  of  May,  next  coming,  in  the 
before  mentioned  currency,  that  is  Boston  money,  or  merchantable 
beavers,  at  12  shillings  a  piece,  or  9  shillings  a  pound,  English  weight, 
pledging  therefor  his  person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and 
future,  and  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  the  duke's  (Aeere?t) 
laws  and  judges  for  the  promotion  of  the  payment  thereof,  without  cost 
and  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  29th  of  August,  1676. 

Robert  Story. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  etc., 
Mr.  Samuel  Holman,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free 
ownership,  granted  and  conveyed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  grant  and 
convey,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Robert 
Story,  his  house  and  lot,i  standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  with 
all  that  therein  is  fast  by  earth  and  nailed,  bounded  easterly  by  Claas 
[Jacobse]  Van  Rotterdam,  on  the  south  side  by  Gerrit  Lansing,  on  the 
north  and  west  sides  the  public  street;  in  breadth,  in  front  upon  the 
street  [Chapel],  five  and  twenty  feet;  and  in  the  rear,  on  Gerrit  Lansing's 
house,  stretching  from  the  upper  corner  to  the  bottom,  iu  a  straight  line 
along  said  Lansing's  house,  drip  free,  and  is  in  breadth  in  the  rear 
fourteen  feet,  less  two  inches ;  and  in  length,  on  the  south  side,  four  rods 

1  This  lot  lay  on  the  east  side  of  Bergh  street,  afterwards  called  Barrack  and  now  Chapel 
street,  commencing  between  60  and  70  feet,  northerly  from  Maiden  lane.  There  is  now  no 
street  on  the  north  side  of  this  lot,  and  it  was  then  probably  only  the  5  foot  alley  between 
Van  Rotterdam's  and  Heathcote's  lots,  carried  through  from  North  Pearl  to  Chapel  streets, 
but  now  abandoned  aa  an  alley. 


Samuell  Holman. 


142  Albany   County  Records. 

and  six  feet  and  three  inches  ;  all  as  it  lies  inclosed  at  present  within  its 
fence,  which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance,  given  to 
him  by  Nehemiah  Pearse,  of  date  the  5th  of  July,  1676,  to  which 
reference  is  made,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  stand- 
ing or  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  the  lord's  right,  without  the 
grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it,  acknowledging  that 
he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving 
therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Ro.  Story,  his  heirs  and  successors, 
or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with 
and  dispose  of  said  house  and  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patri- 
monial estate  and  efi'ects ;  promising  the  same  to  defend  from  all  persons, 
and  to  free  the  same  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges,  which  may 
hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  or  permit  anything  to  be  done 
against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever, 
under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  on  the  29th  of  August,'1676. 

Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates  of  the  same  jurisdiction,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty 
and  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  Geertruyt  Barents,  wife  of  Jacob  Heveu  [or 
Hevick],  who  declared  that  she  had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership, 
granted  and  conveyed,  as  she  by  these  presents  does  grant  and  convey,  in 
real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Jacobus  Gerritse 
Brower,  in  her  house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  with  all  that  is 
thereon,  fast  by  earth  and  nailed,  bounded  southerly  by  Harmen  Schoen- 
maker,  northerly  by  Arnout  Cornelise  Viele,  easterly  by  the  public  highway, 
being  in  length  ten  rods,  in  breadth  two  rods,  all  as  it  at  present  lies  in 
fence  ;  which  this  grantor  does,  by  virtue  of  a  patent  granted  her  by  the 
right  honorable  the  governor  general,  Richard  Nicolls,  of  date  the  SOtli 
of  April,  1667,  to  which  reference  is  made,  and  that  free  and  unencum- 
bered, with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  the 
lord's  right,  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  upon  the  same 
any  more,  acknowledging  that  she  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the 
first  penny  with  the  last,  and  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid 
Jacobus  G-erritse,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter 
acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  said  house  and 
lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  eff"ects;  promising 
the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble, 
claims  or  charges  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  nor 
suflFer  anything  to  be  done,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  on  the  17th  of  September,  1676. 

This  is  the  mark  /\  of  Geertruyt  Barendts,  with  her  own  hand  set. 

Richard  Rretty. 

A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Albany  County  Records.  143 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Capt.  Jan  Clute,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free 
ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  by  these  presents,  in  real 
and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Ludovicus  Cobes,  in  his 
house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  next  the  corner  house  of 
Jan  Tomase  [Mingael],  in  the  Yonker  [now  State]  street,  in  length, 
breadth,  and  boundaries,  in  accordance  with  the  patent  granted  by  the 
right  honorable  governor  general,  Richard  Nicolls,  of  date  the  first  of 
April,  1667,  to  which  reference  is  herein  made,  and  that  free,  etc. 
******** 

[This  paper  was  not  executed]. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Mr.  Grerrit  Swart,  citizen  here,  who  acknowledged  that  he  is  well 
and  truly  indebted  to  Mr.  Frederick  Fillipse,  merchant,  dwelling  in  New 
York,  in  a  certain  sum  of  money  arising  and  growing  out  of  a  claim  of 
the  estate  of  one  Harm  en  Janse  Bos,  by  him  [Fillipse],  as  trustee,  ad- 
ministered upon  and  disposed  of  according  to  his  pleasure ;  for  the 
payment  of  the  aforesaid  sum  the  mortgagor  pledges  especially,  a  certain 
parcel  of  land  in  the  colony  of  Rensselaerswyck,  bounded  easterly  by  the 
river,  southerly  by  Barent  Pieterse  [Coeymans],'  westerly  the  common 
mill  road,  northerly  by  Jacob  Heven  ;  breadth  eighty  feet,  and  length 
from  the  mill  road  to  the  river ;  and  generally  his  person  and  estate,  in 
possession  and  to  be  acquired,  nothing  excepted,  submitting  the  same  to 
the  force  of  all  the  duke's  \Jieeren']  laws  and  judges,  to  promote  the  pay- 
ment thereof,  if  need  be,  without  cost  and  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  20th  of  Sept.,  1676. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  the  honorable  Mr.  Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst,  who  declared  that  he 
had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  by 
these  presents,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Claes  Ripse  Van  Dam,-  in  a 
certain  lot  lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill ;  bounded  westerly  by  the  public 
highway,  commonly  called  Bergh  street,'^  northerly  by  Ro.  Sanders,  south 
and  east  by  the  aforenamed  Mr.  Slichtenhorst ;  in  breadth  in  front  on 
the  street  twenty-seven  wood  feet,  and  in  the  rear  of  the  same  width,  and 
in  length  on  the  north  side  fifty-seven  feet  and  two  inches,  and  on  the 
south  side  fifty- six  feet  and  three  inches,  which  the  grantor  does  by  virtue 
of  a  patent  granted  him  by  the  right  honorable  the  governor  general, 
Richard  Nicolls,  of  the  whole  lot  of  which  this  is  a  part,  dated  the  27th 
of  April,  1667,  to  which  reference  is  made,  and  that  free  and  unencum- 

i  Barent  Pieterse  Coeymans,  the  miller,  came  out  in  1636.  with  his  four  brothers,  from 
Utrecht.  (?)  After  leasing  the  patroon's  mill  for  many  years,  he  bought  a  tract  of  laud  south 
of  Rensselaerswyck,  now  called  Coeymans,  on  which  he  settled. — 0"  Callaghaii's  History  of  Xeio 
Netherlands  i,  4.35. 

2  Eldest  son  of  Rip  Van  Dam,  merchant  of  New  York. 

3  Berg,  usually  pronounced  Barrack,  now  Chapel  street. 


144  Albany  County  Records. 

bered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  the 
lord's  right,  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more 
upon  said  lot,  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor, 
by  the  hands  of  the  said  Claes  Ripse  Van  Dam,  the  first  penny  with  the 
last,  giving  therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  do  with 
and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial 
estate  and  effects ;  promising  never  more  to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to  be 
done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  what- 
soever, under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  22d  Sept.,  1676. 

G-ERRiT  Van  Slichtenhorst. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

Bo,  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  etc., 
Lieut.  Jan  Janse  Bleecker  and  Jacob  Sanderse  Glen,  attorneys  for  Mr. 
Jan  Hendrickse  Van  Baell,  who  declared  that  they  had  in  true  rights, 
free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  by  these  presents,  to 
and  for  the  behoof  of  Gerrit  Hardenberg,i  in  a  certain  house  and  lot 
standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  with  all  that  is  therein  fast  by 
earth  and  nailed  ;  bounded  westerly  by  Jacob  Schermerhorn,  south  by  the 
street,  east  by  Mr.  Abraham  Van  Tricht,-  and  northerly  by  Capt.  John 
Backers ;  in  breadth  in  front  on  the  street  two  rods  two  feet  and  seven 
inches,  and  in  rear  two  rods  two  and  a  half  inches,  in  length  on  west  side 
four  rods  and  nine  feet,  and  on  the  east  side  five  rods  four  feet  and  nine 
inches ;  which  the  grantor  conveys  by  virtue  of  a  patent  to  Van  Bael, 
granted  by  the  right  honorable  governor  general,  Francis  Lovelace,  of 
date  the  13th  of  August,  1669,  to  which  reference  is  here  made,  and 
that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  it, 
excepting  the  lord's  right,  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim 
any  more  upon  the  same,  and  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and 
satisfied  therefor  by  the  hands  of  the  aforesaid  Hardenbergh,  the  first 
penny  with  the  last,  and  giving  him  therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam, 
and  full  power  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  he 
might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  never 
more  to  do  nor  permit  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  with  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  22d  of  September,  1676. 

Jan  Janse  Bleecker. 
Richard  Pretty.  Jacob  Sanderse  Glen. 

A.  Teller. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

1  Gerrit  Hardenbergh  was  in  Albany  as  early  as  1667,  and  in  1690  he  owned  the  sloop  Royal, 
Albany.  He  and  his  wife,  Jaepe  Schepmoes,  made  a  joint  will  in  1678.  A  daughter,  Barendine, 
was  baptized  in  1683. 

2  Abraham  Van  Tricht,  married  Lysbeth  Teller,  daughter  of  William  Teller ;  before  1692  she 
was  a  widow,  and  married  Melgerts  Wynantse  Van  Der  Poel.  Van  Tricht  had  two  daughters, 
and  perhaps  other  children. 


Albany   County  Records.  14  5 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  xMr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Lieut.  Jan  Janse  Bleecker,  attorney  for  Johannes  Witthardt,'  who 
declared  that  he  had  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  by  virtue  of  a 
power  of  attorney  from  Symon  Symonse  Groot,  of  date  the  80th  of  Sept., 
1662,  (?)  a  certain  house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  without  the  town  of 
Albany,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Wouter  Pieterse  Quackeboss  ;-^  bounded 
south  by  Jan  Bricker,  north  by  Barent  Albertse  Bradt,-i  east  and  west  by 
the  common  highway;  length  seven  and  a  half  rods,  and  breadth  four 
rods;!  which  the  grantor  conveys  by  virtue  of  a  patent  received  by  him 
from  Symon  Symonse  G-root,  granted  to  said  Groot  by  the  right  honorable 
governor  general,  Richard  Nicolls,  of  the  date  2d  of  May,  1667,  to  which 
reference  is  here  made,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim 
standing  or  issuing  against  it,  excepting  the  lord's  right,  and  without  the 
grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  the  same,  and  acknow- 
ledging that  he  has  been  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny 
with  the  last,  giving,  therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power 
to  him  to  do_  with  and  to  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  he 
might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  never 
more  to  do  nor  to  permit  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same^  either 
with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  pro- 
vided therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  22d  of  September,  1676. 

Jan  Janse  Bleecker. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

On  this  9th  day  of  October,  1676,  appeared  before  me  Rob.  Livingston 
seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  Capt.  John 
Backer  and  Mr.  William  Parker,  who  declared  that  in  amity  and  friend- 
ship they  had  covenanted  and  agreed  with  each  other  in  manner  following  : 
in  regard  to  a  certain  process  which  the  aforesaid  Wm.  Parker  has  insti- 
tuted against  the  aforesaid  Backer  before  the  court  here,  in  relation  to  a 
claim  for  fourteen  pounds  sterling,  for  which  Mr.  Parker  stood  surety  for 
Capt.  Backer  to  Mr.  Ponchones,  for  the  purchase  of  two  oxen,  etc. ;  the 
parties  are  agreed  as  follows,  to  wit,  that  Capt.  Backer  must  pay  for  said 
plaim  twelve  pounds  sterling,  to  said  Parker,  with  all  the  expenses 
incurred  thereon,  and  give  him  in  payment  two  obligations,  to  wit,  one 
against  Jan  Janse  Flodder,5  of  date  the  5th  of  this  month  [October],  for 

1  Johannes  Withart  was  a  trader  in  New  Amsterdam  as  early  as  1C54  ;  four  years  after  he  was 
engaged  in  trade  m  Beverwyck,  and  remained  there  several  years. 

i«n,^*'u'^?^i*^'^?:^.H"l\°^^  married  first  Neeltje  Gybertse,  and  second,  Cornelia  Bogart,  in 
was  buried  21  N        i-Qf?'"'^'^'        ^         ^^^  ^'^^^  ^°'^^'  ^^'^*^'-'  ^'^^  Johannes.     His  second  wife 

3  In  1700,  Bareut  Albt-rtse  Bradt  lived  without  the  north  gate,  near  the  junction  of  Steuben 
street  and  Broadway,  just  west  of  the  Main  Guard.  He  had  frequent  warnings  from  the 
common  council  not  to  fence  in  certain  grounds  there  belonging  to  the  city. 

*  This  lot  was  probably  without  the  north  gate,  just  north  of  Steuben  street,  extending'  from 
Broadway  to  James  street.  ° 

=i  Jan  Janse  Flodder,  carpenter,  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1042.  The  name  is  sometimes  chant^ed 
to  Gardenier.  = 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  19 


146  Mhany   County  Records. 

the  sum  of  500  boards  (jylanckcn),  the  half  billing  due  the  coming 
summer,  and  the  other  250  the  summer  following ;  and  an  obligation  of 
Evert  Wendell,  for  the  sum  of  eighty-eight  guilders  in  beavers,  falling 
due  next  summer,  in  the  business  season  {liandel  tf/dt),  together  with  five 
beavers  to  be  received  from  Jan  Nack,i  on  the  first  of  May  next  coming, 
for  the  rent  of  a  house  ;  with  which  securities  Wm.  Parker  is  very  well 
content;  and  which  aforesaid  obligations,  I,  the  aforesaid  Jan  Backer, 
deliver  to  Wm.  Parker,  with  all  the  right  and  title  which  I  therein  have, 
and  full  power  the  same  to  collect  {inneii)^  and  recover  the  payment  of 
the  aforesaid  12  pounds,  with  the  expense ;  and  whatever  proceeds  of 
both  obligations  the  aforesaid  Parker  shall  receive,  together  with  the  five 
beavers,  he  shall  be  holden  to  account  [?]  to  said  Backer  for  what  it  shall 
amount  to  over  and  above  the  twelve  pounds  and  costs.  But  in  case  he 
does  not  withal  receive  the  proceeds  of  the  obligation,  then  Capt.  Backer 
binds  him,  Parker,  to  pay  the  aforesaid  sum,  with  costs,  out  of  the  first 
moneys  he  shall  receive  for  the  sale  of  his  house  standing  here  in  Albany. 
For  the  performance  of  which  above  written  conditions,  the  contracting 
parties  mutually  bind  their  respective  persons  and  estates,  personal  and 
real,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted,  placing  the  same  in  subjection 
to  all  the  duke's  \lieeren'\  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Albany,  of  date  ut  supra,  in  presence  of  W'"  Loveridge,  Jr., 
and  Anthony  Van  Schaick,  as  witnesses. 

John  Baker. 
W^.  Parker. 
William  Loveridge. 
Antony  Goosen  \_Van  Schaic]c\~ 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc,  and  in  presence  of  the 
afternamcd  witnesses,  William  Parker,  who  acknowledged  that  he  had 
received  from  Capt.  John  Backer,  two  obligations,  and  an  assignment,  for 
the  payment  and  security  of  the  sum  of  twelve  pounds,  which  he.  Backer, 
must  pay  to  said  Parker,  with  costs,  and  Parker  promises  to  pay  the  sur- 
plus of  the  obligations,  so  soon  as  he  shall  receive  the  proceeds  of  said 
obligations ;  the  one  being  against  Jacob  Janse  Plodder,  of  the  3d  of 
October,  1676,  for  the  sum  of  five  hundred  boards,  falling  due  one-half 
next  summer,  and  the  other  half  the  summer  after;  the  other  obligation 
being  against  Evert  Wendell,  of  date  the  second  of  October,  1676,  for  the 
sum  of  eighty-eight  guilders  in  beavers,  together  with  an  assignment  of 
five  beavers,  which  he,  Backer,  holds  against  Jan  Nak,  all  which  above 
mentioned  obligations  and  assignment,  he  acknowledges  that  he  has 
received  from  the  hands  of  the  aforementioned  Backer,  and  will  account 
to  said  Backer  for  the  surplus  over  and  above  twelve  pounds  and  costs, 
if  he  shall  receive  it. 


1  Jan  Nack  came  from  Utrecht,  was  trader  and  gun-stocker,  and  married  Catharina  Roomers 
in  New  Amsterdam,  28  Oct.,  1663  (Valentine's  JfcmwaZ,  1861),  andliadone  sou,  Matthys,  who  also 
settled  in  Albany.    He  died  13  Dec,  1708. 

2  Antony  Goosen  Van  Schaick  was  son  of  Goosen  Gerritse  Van  Schaick.  He  married  Maria 
Van  der  Poel,  daua;hter  of  Anthony  Coruelise  Van  der  Poel,  and  had  eight  children,  of  whom 
five  were  sons.    He  was  bm-ied  Feb.  4,  1737. 


Albany   County  Records.  147 

Done  in  Albany,  in  presence  of  Laurence  Van  Ale,  and  Wynant  Van- 
der  Poele,  as  witnesses  hereto  invited,  on  tliis  the  9th  day  of  October, 
1676. 

William  Parker. 
Lourens  Van  Alen. 
Wynant  Gerreyts   Van  der  Poell. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Andries  Teller,  etc.,  Mr. 
Jan  Hendrickse  Bruyn,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free 
ownership,  granted  and  conveyed,  as  he  does  grant  and  convey  by  these 
presents,  in  real  and  actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Cor- 
nelis  Van  Dyck,  to  his  house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  on 
Yonker  [State]  street,  with  all  that  is  therein  fast  by  earth  and  nailed, 
bounded  westerly  by  Harme  Rutgers,  easterly  by  the  new  house  of  Mr. 
Jan  Hendrickse  Bruyn,  aforenamed,  south  by  the  [Rutten]  kil,  and  north 
by  the  public  street  [State],  of  such  dimensions,  as  the  aforesaid  lot  at 
present  lies  in  its  fence,  and  that  in  length  and  breadth  with  all  the 
rights,  property  and  ownership,  which  devolved  upon  this  grantor,  although 
he.  Van  Dyck,  since  the  purchase  from  the  aforesaid  Bruyn,  has  some 
claim  upon  the  carpenter  work,  which  he,  the  grantor,  to  said  Van  Dyck 
also  conveys,  all  as  it  now  stands  and  lies  inclosed  in  its  fence,  which  the 
grantor  does  by  virtue  of  the  patent  granted  him  by  the  right  honorable 
governor  general,  Richard  Nicolls,  of  date  14  June,  1667,  to  which 
reference  is  here  made,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered  with  no  claim 
standing  or  issuing  against  it,  excepting  the  lord's  right,  and  without  the 
grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more  against  the  same,  acknow- 
ledging that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with 
the  last,  and  giving  therefore  j)lenam  actiontm  cessam,  full  power  to  the 
aforesaid  Mr.  Cornells  Van  Dyck,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who 
may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of 
the  aforesaid  house  and  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial 
estate  and  effects;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and 
to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges,  which  may  hereafter  arise, 
and  never  more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same, 
either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation 
as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  on  this  the  2nd  of  November,  1676,  in  America. 

Jan  Heinderck  Bruyns. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  afternamed  witnesses,  Annetie  Lievens,  widow  of  Goose  Gerritse 
Van  Schayk,  deceased,  who  acknowledged  that  she  is  fully  paid  and 
satisfied  by  Robert  Story,  merchant,  and  that  in  respect  to  an  obligation 


148  Albany  County  Records. 

to  said  Aunetie  Lievens,  given  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  ninety-six 
guilders,  in  beavers,  of  date  the  26th  of  August,  1676,  and  thanking  said 
Ro.  Story  for  good  payment;  she  promises  him  to  free  from  all  claims 
from  the  beginning  of  the  world  to  this  date,  pledging  therefor  her  person 
and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  in  the  presence  of 

Annetge  Lievens. 


Appeared  before  me  llob'  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Kichard  Pretty,  and  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Marten  Hoffiuan,  who  declared,  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free 
ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  by  these  presents,  to  and 
for  the  behoof  of  Cornelis  Cornelise  Van  der  Hoeve,^  in  his  house  and  lot 
standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany,  hard  by  William  Loveridge,  hatter, 
with  all  that  is  thereon  fast  by  earth  and  nailed ;  in  breadth,  in  front  on 
the  street,  twenty-four  feet;  length,  backwards,  fifty-five  feet;  and  breadth, 
in  the  rear,  eight  feet;  all  as  it  lies  inclosed  in  its  fence,  which  he,  the  grantor, 
does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  from  Jan  Conell,  given  him,  of  date  the  3d  of 
June,  1672,  having  been  sold  to  said  Conell,  at  public  sale  by  Jacob 
Joostens  [Van  Covelens]  ;'-  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no 
claim  standing  or  issuing  against  it,  excepting  the  lord's  right,  and  with- 
out the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  upon  it  any  more;  acknowledging 
that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last, 
giving  therefore  jj/e«am  ae^?'o?«cm  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforenamed 
Cornelis  Cornelise  Van  der  Hoeve,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who 
may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of 
the  aforesaid  house  and  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  own  patrimonial 
estate  and  efi'ects ;  promising  to  defend  the  same  from  all  persons,  and  to 
free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  are  lawful,  and  further, 
never  more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either 
with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as 
provided  therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  30th  of  December,  1676. 


Marten  Hoffman. 


Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Secry. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Dirk  Wessells 
[Ten  Broeck],  etc.,  Jacob  Jansen   Gardenier,'^  alias  Plodder,   who   ac- 

1  Cornells  Cornelise  Van  der  Hoeve  married  Metie,  daughter  of  Marten  Beeckman.    He  had 
three  children,  baptized  in  Albany:  Marten,  Susanna,  and  Johannes. 

2  See  page  100. 

3  Jacob  Janse  Gardenier  came  to  Beverwycli  in  16.38,  as  servant  to  Claes  Janse  Euyter.— 

0'  Gallaghan's  History  of  New  Netherlaml,  i,  438.    His  first  wife  was  Josyna ;  the  second, 

Barentje  Straetsmans,  widow  of  Hans  Coenraetse  Backer.  In  1688  she  was  again  a  widow,  and 
made  provision  for  the  partition  of  her  estate  into  15  parts,  one  for  each  of  her  living  children, 
viz :  10  by  her  first  husband  and  5  by  the  second.  Jacob  Janse  Gardenier  left  5  sons,  besides 
daughters,  who  mostly  settled  in  Columbia  county. 


Albany   County  Records.  149 

knowledged  that  he  is  well  and  truly  indebted,  and  in  arrears,  to  Mr 
Andries  Teller,  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  forty-eight  guilders  and 
two  stuivers  in  beavers,  and  eighteen  guilders  and  four  stuivers  in  seewant 
growing  out  of  a  matter  of  money  loaned  to  the  aforesaid  Jacob  Janse  to 
his  content ;  which  aforesaid  sum  of  two  hundred  and  forty-eight  guilders 
two  stuivers  in  beavers,  and  eighteen  guilders  four  stuivers' in  seewant 
this  niortgagor  promises  to  pay  to  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  or  his  order,  within 
the  time  of  three  mouths  next  coming,  in  good  merchantable  beavers' 
skins,  reckoned  at  8  guilders  apiece,  or  other  payment  to  the  content  of 
the  aforenamed  Mons.  Teller ;  pledging  therefor  specially  his  negro  boy 
named  Wynamus,  about  9  years  old,  together  with  another  negro  named 
Bock,  about  twenty-one  years  old,  with  this  understanding,  that  if  so  be 
that  he,  Mr.  Teller,  be  not  paid  the  above  sum  within  the  limited  time, 
then  shall  he  [Gardenier]  deliver  to  him  the  aforesaid  negro  boy  Wyna- 
mus, hale  and  sound,  for  the  sum  of  twenty-eight  merchantable  beavers, 
and  the  remainder  of  the  sum  he  shall  pay  as  herebefore  mentioned;  and 
further  pledging  generally  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real, 
present  and  future,  nothing  excepted,  and  submitting  the  same  to  the 
force  of  all  the  laws  and  judges,  for  the  promoting  of  the  payment  thereof 
if  need  be,  without  cost  and  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  on  the  22d  January,  167-f. 

Jacob  Jansen  Gterdenier. 
Alyeuas  Flodder. 
Richard  Pretty. 
Dierck   Wesselse. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Eobt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Dirk  Hesseling,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free  owner- 
ship, granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Jacob 
Hevick  [or  Hevin],  in  two  certain  lots  of  land  lying  in  the  colony 
Rensselaerswyck,  the  one  before  this  belonging  to  Dirk  Van  Schelluyne, 
which  devolved  upon  him  by  commission  of  the  honorable  court,  by 
virtue  of  an  execution  of  date  the  17th  of  June,  1670,  and  the  other 
before  this  belonging  to  Hendrik  Reur,  deceased,  and  by  the  late 
director,  Mons.  Jeremias  Van  Rensselaer,  sold  at  public  sale,  of  which  the 
grantor  remained  the  highest  bidder  and  buyer,  according  to  the  vendue 
book  in  the  custody  of  the  vendue  master,  Mons.  Provoost,  of  date  the 
9th  of  July,  1670,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  excepting  the  lord's 
right,  with^no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  and  without 
the  grantor's  having  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it,  acknowledging  that 
he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving 
therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforenamed 
Jacob  Hevick,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  liereafter 
acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  said  two 
lotsof  land  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  efi"ects ;  pro- 
mising the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all 
trouble,  claims  or  charges  which  are  lawful  :   and  further,  never  more  to 


150  Albany  County  Records. 

do  or  suflPer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without 
law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by 
law. 

DiRCK  Hesselingh. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Paulus  Martense  [Van  Benthuysen],  wheelwright,  who  declared  that 
he  had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred 
to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Harme  Gansevoort,!  in  his  house  and  lot, 
standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  in  the  Cow  street, 2  where  the  aforesaid 
Harme  at  present  dwells,  being  a  corner  house,  and  that,  as  it  lies  in 
fence;  bounded  south  by  Mr.  Samuel  Wilson,  east  by  the  house  of  Hubert 
Janse  de  Vroome,  and  north  and  west  by  the  public  street,-^  which  this 
grantor  does  by  virtue  of  two  patents,  both  from  the  late  Governor  NicoUs, 
the  one  granted  to  him,  the  grantor,  of  date  the  7th  of  May,  1667,  and 
the  other  granted  to  Arent  Janse,  of  date  the  11th  of  June,  1667,  which 
he  received  from  said  Arent  Janse,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered, 
excepting  the  lord's  right,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the 
same,  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  against  it  any  more, 
acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny 
with  the  last,  and  giving  therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full 
power  to  the  aforesaid  Harme  Gansevoort,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or 
those,  who  may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and 
dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot,  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial 
estate  and  effects  ;  promising  the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and 
to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges,  which  are  lawful,  and 
further,  never  more  to  do  or  sufi"er  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same, 
either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as 
provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  24th  of  March,  167|. 

PouLus  Martens. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

In  my  presence, 

Rob.  Livingston,  Seer. 


The  honorable  commissaries  of  Albany,  colony  Renselaerswyck  and 
Schinnechtady,  declare  by  these  presents,  that  they  have  in  true  rights, 
free  ownership,  granted  and  conveyed  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Cor- 

1  Harmen  Gansevoort  was  a  brewer,  and  occupied  the  lot  on  which  the  Stanwix  Hall  uow 
stands.  His  wife  was  Maritie  Leendertse  Conyn.  They  had  two  sons,  Leendert  and  Henderick, 
and  three  daughters. 

2  Two  streets  at  different  times  passed  by  this  name,  South  Pearl  and  Broadway,  the  latter 
is  here  alluded  to. 

3  The  lot,  here  described,  was  ou  the  south  corner  of  Broadway  and  Maiden  lane ;  the 
former  street  being  sometimes  called  Cow  street. 


Albany   County  Records.  151 

nelus  Van  Dyck,  chirurgeon,  in  a  certain  parcel  of  ground,  lying  on  the 
third  kil  [Fossen  kil],  in  length  on  the  south  side,  thirty  rods,  including 
the  kil ;  breadth  on  the  west  side,  twenty-four  rods ;  length  on  the  north 
side,  twenty  rods;  and  breadth  on  the  [east]  end,  next  the  land,  formerly 
belonging  to  Andries  De  Vos,  twenty-four  rods ;  which  [land]  the  afore- 
said Van  Dyck  has  bought  of  the  diaconate  of  Albany,  i  free  and  unen- 
cumbered, and  the  same  is  conveyed  by  way  of  barter  and  exchange  for  a 
parcel  of  land  on  the  Kutten  kil,~  of  a  morgen  and  a  half  in  size,  hereto- 
fore conveyed  to  said  Van  Dyck,  by  conveyance,  of  date  10th  of  April, 
1673,  and  which  extended  to  the  inconvenience  of  the  citizen's  range  for 
their  cattle  ;  giving  therefore  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Cornelis  Van 
Dyck,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  receive  right  and  title 
hereafter  from  him,  to  dispose  of  the  same  as  he  might  do  with  his 
patrimonial  estate  and  effects,  and  hereby,  he  is  empowered  to  solicit  a 
patent  for  the  same  of  the  right  honorable  the  governor  general. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  29th  of  March,  1677. 
A.  Teller. 
DiERCK  Wesselse  [Ten  Broeck]. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Rort  Livingston  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Rob'  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  etc.,  Jan 
Conell,  who  declared  and  acknowledged,  that  he  is  well  and  truly  indebted, 
and  in  arrears  to  Capt.  Anth"  Brockholes,'^  in  the  sum  of  fifty- two  pounds 
two  shillings  and  nine-pence  sterling,  growing  out  of  a  matter  of  goods  and 
merchandise  to  his  content  received,  which  aforesaid  £52  2s.  Qp  sterling, 
this  mortgagor  promises  to  pay  to  Capt.  Anth'^'  Brockholes,  or  to  his 
order,  in  two  installments,  of  which  the  first  shall  be  in  the  coming 
business  season  (Jiandel  tycW),  in  the  month  of  August,  six  and  twenty 
pounds  one  shilling  and  four  and  a  half  pence,  being  the  just  half,  and 
that  in  beavers  and  in  good  current  strung  seewant,  to  wit,  thirty  beavers 
at  12  shillings  sterling,  a  piece,  is  £18.  and  the  remainder,  in  good 
merchantable  seewant,  at  one  shilling,  reckoned  for  two  guilders  ;  the 
second  installment,  one  year  thereafter,  1678,  in  the  month  of  August, 
the  sum  of  twenty-six  pounds  one  shilling  four  and  a  half  pence  sterling, 
to  wit,  thirty  good  merchantable  beavers  and  the  remainder  in  good 
strung  seewant,  as  the  first  payment,  pledging  therefor  specially  his  house 
and  lot,  lying  here  in  Albany,  on  the  hill ;  bounded  south,  by  Arent  Van 
den  Bergh  ;  north,  on  the  new  house  of  Dirk  "Wesselse;  and  generally  his 
person  and  estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted, 

1  Andries  De  Vos's  land  lay  on  the  west  side  of  Pearl  street,  extending  from  Steuben 
street  northerly  to  or  beyond  the  Vossen  kil,  now  Canal  street;  and  Dr.  van  Dyck's  lot, 
above  described,  lay  in  the  valley  of  the  Vossen  kil,  next  west  of  De  Vos's  land. 

2  The  Rutten  kil  is  now  a  covered  sewer.  It  crosses  Beaver  street,  above  Pearl,  and  runs 
north  easterly  till  it  crosses  Norton  street,  when  it  takes  an  easterly  direction  towards  the 
river,  between  Norton  and  State  streets,  and  empties  into  the  basin,  a  little  south  of  the 
foot  ot  the  latter  street. 

3  Commander  Brockols  was  chief  military  officer,  under  the  governor,  and  during  his 
absence  from  New  York,  occasionally  acted  as  his  deputy.  Ho  resided  chiefly  in  New  York. 
He  married  2  May,  1681,  Susanna  Schrik  (widow),  daughter  of  Wm.  Teller,  Sen.,  by  whom  he 
had  eight  children. 


152  Albany  County  Records. 

and  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  laws  and  judges,  to  promote 
the  payment  thereof  in  due  time  (if  need  be),  without  loss  and  cost. 
Done  in  Albany,  ou  the  3d  of  May,  1677. 

John  Conell. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Copia  vera  : 

lleceived  from  John  Connell,   of  Albany,  six  and  twenty  pounds  one 
shil :   and  four  pence  half  penny,  being  one  half  or  moeyty  of  fifty-two 
pound  "Is.  and  nine-pence  due  to  Capt.  Autho.  Brockholes  ;  I  say  received 
by  me  July  the  twenty-third  day,  Anno  1678. 
Witness,  (  Robert  Hamilton. 

Charles  Celes.  <  This   is   a  true  copy,  R  :  Liv :  Seer. 

(     Record  :  8  Aug.,  1678. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Dirck  Wesselse 
[Ten  Broeck],  etc.,  Jan  Conell,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights, 
free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed,  and  transferred  to  James  Penuiman, 
in  a  certain  house  and  lot  lying  here  in  Albany,  with  all  that  is  thereon 
fast  by  earth  and  nailed  ;  and  in  length  and  breadth  as  it  lies  in  fence ; 
bounded  north  by  the  dwars  house  of  Jurian  Janse  Groenwout,  and 
south  by  the  house  of  Harme  G-ansevoort,  on  condition  that  the  cZiwars 
house  on  the  point  of  the  northeast  side  shall  stand  a  foot  from  the  lot, 
and  then  follow  a  straight  line,  and  a  free  drip  between  him  and  Harme 
Gansevoort ;  and  that  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  given  to  him  by  Jurian 
Janse  Groenwout,  of  date  the  8th  of  February,  1669,  to  which  reference 
is  here  made,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing 
or  issuing  against  the  same,  except  the  lord's  right,  and  without  the 
grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it,  acknowledging  that 
he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving 
therefore  plenam  actionem  cessani,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  James 
Pennimau,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire 
right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  same  as  he  might 
do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  the  aforesaid  house 
and  lot  to  defend  from  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims 
or  charges  which  are  lawful ;  and  further,  never  more  to  do  nor  suffer 
anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  15th  of  May,  1677. 

John  Conell. 
Richard  Pretty. 
Dirck  Wesselse. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Robt.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
who  acknowledged  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  sati^sfied  by  Jacob  Janse  Gar- 
denier,  alias  Plodder,  in  respect  to  an  obligation  of  the  22d  Jan.,  167-7, 


Albany   County  Records.  153 

given  to  said  Mr.  Teller  for  the  sum  of  248  guilders  and  2  stuivers  in 
beavers,  and  18  guilders  4  stuivers  in  seewant,  thanking  said  Jacob  Janse 
for  prompt  payment ;  and  he  promises  the  same  [Gardenier]  to  free  from 
all  claims,  from  the  beginning  of  the  world  to  this  date. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  in  presence  of  Pieter  Meese  Vrooman  and 
Gabriel  Thomasen,  as  witnesses  hereunto  invited,  being  the  17th  of  May, 
1677. 

A.  Teller. 
Testes  : 
Pieter  Meese  Vrooman. 
Gahriell  Tomasen. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Jacob  Janse  Gardenier,  alias  Plodder,  who  acknowledged  that  he  is 
well  and  truly  indebted,  and  in  arrears,  to  Pieter  Meese  Vrooman,  in  the 
quantity  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  good  merchantable  boards  {greene 
planken),  growing  out  of  a  matter  of  money  paid  to  the  aforesaid  Jacob 
Janse  to  his  content,  which  aforesaid  350  boards  this  mortgagor  promises 
to  pay  to  Pieter  Meese  or  his  order  on  demand,  pledging  therefor  specially 
his  negro  boy  Wynamus,  aged  about  nine  years,  and  generally  his  person 
and  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted,  and 
submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  laws  and  judges  to  promote  the 
payment  of  the  same  in  due  time,  if  need  be,  without  cost  and  loss. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  17th  of  May,  1677. 

Jacob  Janse  Gerdenier, 
al^as  Plodder. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Robt.  Livingston,  Seer. 

I,  the  undersigned,  acknowledge  that  I  am  fully  paid  for  this  mort- 
gage by  the  hands  of  Jacob  Janse  Gardenier,  alias  Plodder,  freeing  him 
from  all  claims. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  1st  of  May,  1680. 

Pieter  Meese  Vrooman. 
In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Andries  Teller,  commissaries,  etc.,  Hendrick 
Rooseboom,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership, 
granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  by  these  presents,  to  and  for  the 
behoof  of  Mr.  Philip  Schuyler,  in  a  certain  lot  lying  here  in  Albany,  on 
the  hill ;  bounded   on  the  south  by  the  lot  of  Mr.  Wilson, i  and  on  the 

1  Samuel  Wilson,  a  merchant  of  gi-eat  -wealth,  estahlished  himself  iu  New  York  soon  after  the 
cession  to  England,  his  residence  beiu^  on  the  south  side  of  the  present  Wall  street  near  Pearl. 
Mr.  Wilson  was  a  prominent  citizen  and  active  iu  public  life.  He  died  in  the  year  1689,  leaving- a 
-wido-w  and  two  sons.— Valentine's  History  of  Nezv  York,  p.  346.  In  1683,  Pieter  Fileroy,  o/ios  De 
Garmeau,  contracts  for  the  purchase  of  his  house  and  lot  in  A\]nvty,— English  ManmcHpfs. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  20 


154  Alhaity  County  Records. 

north  by  the  lot  of  the  aforenamed  Ilendrick  Rooseboom,  and  on  the 
west  by  the  public  street ;  in  breadth  on  the  west  and  east  sides  thirty 
wood  feet,  and  in  length  fifty-one  feet  on  the  south  and  north  sides, 
Rynland  measure  (and  whereas  he  is  minded  to  build  a  house  thereupon, 
so  the  same  is  granted  drip  free),  by  virtue  of  a  patent  thereof,  of  date 
the  30th  of  April,  1667,  from  the  right  honorable  governor  general 
Nicolls,  and  a  conveyance  given  to  him  by  the  administrators  of  the  estate 
of  the  late  Reyndert  Pieterse,'  executed  before  Secretary  Ludovicus 
Oobes,  of  date  the  14th  of  June,  1673,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered, 
with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same,  excepting  the  lord's 
right,  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it, 
acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny 
with  the  last,  and  giving  therefore  ^)?e»«?>i  actionem  cessam,  and  full 
power  to  the  aforenamed  Mr.  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler,  his  heirs  and  suc- 
cessors, or  those  who  may  acquire  right  and  title  hereafter  from  him,  to 
do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimo- 
nial estate  and  effects;  promising  the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons, 
and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges  which  are  lawful  ;  and 
further,  never  more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same, 
either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation 
as  provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  on  the  14th  of  June,  1677. 

Hendrick  Roesboom. 
Ricliard  Prcttij. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Dirk  Wessells 
[Ten  Broeck],  etc.,  James  Penniman,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true 
rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  Mr.  Andries 
Teller,  in  a  certain  house  and  lot  lying  here,  with  all  that  is  thereon,  fast 
by  earth  and  nailed ;  in  breadth  and  length  as  it  lies  in  fence  ;  bounded 
northerly  by  the  house  (dwars  huys)  of  Jurian  Janse  Groenwout,  and 
south  by  the  house  of  Harme  Gansevoort,  on  condition  that  the  dwars 
house  on  the  point  on  the  northeast  side  shall  stand  one  foot  from  the  lot, 
and  that  it  run  in  a  straight  line,  and  there  be  a  free  drip  between  him 
and  Harme  Gansevoort,  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  made  him  by  Jan 
Conell,  of  date  the  15th  of  May,  1677,  to  which  reference  is  made,  and 
that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against 
the  same,  excepting  the  lord's  right,  and  without  the  grantor's  making 
the  least  claim  any  more  upon  it ;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid 
and  satisfied  for  the  same,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving  therefore 
plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Andries 
Teller,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  right 
and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  same  as  he  might  do 
with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  eff"ects;  promising  to  defend  the  aforesaid 
house  and  lot  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  the  same  from  all  trouble, 
claims  or  charges   which  are  right;   and   further,   never   more  to  do   or 

'  Records,  page  221. 


Albany   County  liecords.  155 

suffer  anything  to  be  done  against   tbe  same,  either  with  or  without  law, 
in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  by  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  8th  of  June,  1677. 

James  Peniman. 

Richard  Pretty. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Dirk  Wesselse 
[Ten  Broeck],  etc.,  Mr.  Andries  Teller,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true 
rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  Mr.  Samuell 
Willson,  in  a  certain  house  and  lot  lying  here  in  Albany,  with  all  that  is 
thereon  fast  by  earth  and  nailed,  in  breadth  and  length  as  it  lies  in  fence, 
bounded  north  by  the  dwars  (cross?)  house  of  Jurrian  JanseGioenwout, 
and  south  by  the  house  of  Harmen  Gansevoort,  on  condition  that  the 
dwars  house  on  the  corner  of  the  northeast  side  shall  stand  a  foot  from 
the  lot,  and  that  it  [lot]  follows  a  straight  line,  and  there  be  a  free  drip 
between  him  and  Harme  Gansovoort,  and  that  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance 
o-iven  him  by  James  Penniman  of  date  the  8th  of  June,  1677,  to  which 
reference  is  here  made,  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or 
issuing  against  the  same,  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least 
claim  upon  it  any  more,  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied 
therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  giving  therefore  plenam 
actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Samuel  Wilson,  his 
heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title 
from  him.  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  same  as  he  might  do  with  his 
patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  to  defend  the  aforesaid  house 
and  lot  from  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges 
which  are  lawful ;  and  further,  never  more  to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to 
be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the"9th  of  June,  1677. 

A.  Teller. 

Richard  Pretty. 
Dirck  Wesselse. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  x\ndries  Teller, 
etc.,  Mattheus  Abrahamse  [Van  Deusen],'  who  declared  that  he  had  in 
true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  Paulus 
Marteiise  [Van  Benthuysen],  in  a  certain  house  and  lot  lying  here  in 
Albany,  with  all  that  is  therein,  fast  by  earth  and  nailed  ;  bounded  south 
by  Pieter  Loockermans,  north  by  the  house  of  Lourence  Van  Ale  and 
Jan  Janse  Bleecker,  and  west  and  east  by  the  public  street  5  in  breadth 
in  front  on  the  street  two  rods,  and  in  the  rear  on   the  west  side  -one  rod 


1  MattlieiTs,  or  Teuwis.  Abrahamse  Van  Deusen,  was  at  Fort  Orange  in  1657.  He  liad  two 
■brothers,  Melgert  and  Jacob.  His  wife's  name  was  Helena  in  1700.  They  had  three  sons, 
Kobert,  Jan  and  Isaac,  and  perhaps  daughters. 


156  Albany   County  Records. 

and  ten  feet  and  a  half ;  length  on  the  north  side  six  and  a  half  rods,  and 
on  the  south  side  six  rods  five  and  a  half  feet;  ^  which  this  grantor  does, 
by  virtue  of  a  patent  granted  him  by  the  right  honorable  governor 
general,  Rich'd  Nicolls,  of  date  the  7th  of  May,  1667,  to  which  refer- 
ence is  here  made,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim 
standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right),  and 
without  the  grantor's  having  the  least  claim  upon  it  any  more,  acknow- 
ledging that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with 
the  last,  and  giving  therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to 
the  aforesaid  Paulus  Martense,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who 
may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of 
said  house  and  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and 
effects;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it 
from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and 
never  more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either 
with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  pro- 
vided therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  26th  of  June,  1677. 

This  is  the  mark  of  M  Mattiieus  Abr'ahamse, 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Secry. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
the  after  named  witnesses,  Aunetie  Lievens,  widow  of  Goose  Gerritse 
[Van  Schaick],  deceased,  of  the  one  side,  and  Jan  Jacobse  Van  Noorts- 
trant  -  of  the  other  side,  who  declared  that  they  had  in  amity  and  friend- 
ship made  a  bargain  with  each  other  for  the  sale  of  a  piece  of  land  lying 
to  the  north  of  the  fourth  branch  or  fork  (spruyt^  [of  the  Mohawk  river], 
above  the  colony  Rensselaerswyck,  being  a  part  of  a  parcel  of  land  called 
the  foreland  of  the  Half  Moon,  and  by  the  Indians  Mathahenaack, 
together  with  about  two  morgens  of  cleared  land  lying  on  the  island 
[Cohoes],  which  lies  directly  over  against  the  aforesaid  parcel  of  land, 
commonly  called  Haver  [Oats]  island,  and  that  in  the  manner  following  : 
Firstly. —  The  widow  aforesaid  acknowledges  that  she  has  sold,  and  Jan 
Jacobse  Van  Noortstrant  that  he  has  bought  of  her,  the  aforesaid  parcel 
of  land,  stretching  from  the  fourth  fork  [of  the  Mohawk  river]  to  the 
little  creek  close  by  Roeloff  Gerritse  [Van  der  Werken's]  ^  house,  con- 
taining about  seven  morgens  of  arable  land  (houw  hint),  having  to  the 
south  the  aforenamed  fourth  fork,  to  the  west  Roeloff  Gerritse,  to  the 
north  the  little  creek,  and  to  the  east  the  river,  together  with  two  morgens 
of  arable  land   lying  upon  the  Haver  [Oats]  island,  which  lies  directly 

1  This  lot  was  doubtless  on  the  west  side  of  Broadway,  north  of  Maiden  lane,  extending  back 
to  James  street. 

2  Jan  Jacobse  Van  Noorstrant  was  in  Coxsackie  in  1685,  and  bought  land  in  Niskayuna.  In 
1670  his  wife,  Agniette,  took  a  dismission  from  the  Albany  church  to  that  of  New  York.  They 
had  one  daughter,  Margriet,  baptized  in  Albany,  for  the  church  at  Albany  was  the  only  one  north 
of  Esopus,  now  Kingston,  for  many  years. 

3  Roeloff  Gerritse  Van  Der  Werkeu  early  settled  at  the  forks  of  the  Mohawk.  By  his  wife, 
Geertruy  Jacobse,  he  had  five  sons,  Johannes,  Jacob,  Gerrit,  Hendrik  and  Albert,  besides  four 
daughters. 


Albany   County  Records.  157 

over  against  the  aforesaid  parcel  of  laud  ;  the  same  to  be  delivered  to  the 
buyer  free  and  unencumbered  at  the  end  of  the  term  [of  this  conti-act], 
only  excepting  the  lord's  [duke's]  right;  for  which  two  parcels  of  land 
Jan  Jacobse  Van  Noortstrant  promises  to  deliver  the  number  of  six  and 
sixty  whole  beavers,  to  be  paid  in  wheat,  oats,  or  other  grain,  cattle, 
work,  etc.,  at  market  prices,  and  that  in  four  installments,  a  just  fourth 
part  each  time,  being  sixteen  beavers  and  a  half,  whereof  the  first  shall 
be  in  March,  1679,  the  second  installment  in  March,  1680,  the  third  in 
1681,  and  the  fourth  in  March,  1682  ;  and  it  was  hereby  covenanted  and 
agreed  that  the  aforenamed  Jan  Jacobse  shall  put  the  aforesaid  land  in  a 
sufficient  fence  the  next  spring,  for  the  keeping  of  her  and  his  land  free 
[from  cattle].  Also,  that  the  widow  aforesaid  shall  have  free  passage  for 
her  cattle  through  his  land  up  to  the  Half  Moon,  for  pasturage  there. 
Likewise  the  buyer  shall  be  held  to  keep  away  all  the  cattle  which  may 
come  from  the  Half  Moon  to  do  damage  to  the  aforesaid  widow's  corn. 
Further,  it  is  agreed  that  at  harvest  time,  when  the  grain  is  in,  the  cattle 
of  the  aforesaid  widow  shall  have  free  pasture  on  his,  the  buyer's,  land, 
and  in  the  stubble,  and  his  cattle  in  like  manner  upon  her  land,  to  pre- 
vent all  quarrels  respecting  the  driving  of  cattle.  And  if  the  buyer  does 
not  pay  for  the  aforesaid  lands  at  the  times  [specified],  then  the.  seller 
takes  her  land  again  ;  wherewith  the  contracting  parties  are  well  satisfied, 
it  being  done  without  craft  or  guile,  respectively  pledging  hereto  for  the 
performance  of  these  presents,  their  persons  and  estates,  personal  and 
real,  present  and  future. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  the  26th  of  June,  1677,  in  presence  of  Mr.  Gerrit 
Banker  and  Harme  Rutgers,  as  witnesses  hereto  invited. 

Annetge  Lievens. 

This  is  the  mark      /;    of  Jan  Jacobse  Van  Nortstrant, 
yy         with  his  own  hand  set. 

Gerret  Bancken. 
Hermen  Rutgers. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

On  the  10th  Octobr.,  1680,  Roeloff  Gerritse  [Van  der  Werken], 
assumed  [?]  the  above  purchase  of  Jan  Jacobse,  the  widow  agreeing 
thereto,  he  paying  56  beavers,  \  in  the  winter  of  168i,  and  the  f  each, 
winter  thereafter. 

'  Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  the  honorable  Thomas  De  Laval,  as  attorney  for  Mr.  John  Savine,i 
heir  of  Capt.  Thomas  Willet,  merchant  at  Boston,  who  acknowledged  that 
he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  by  Mr.  Robt.  Stoi-y,  in  respect  to  an  obliga- 
tion which  said  Story  gave  to  the  heirs  of  the  aforesaid  Willet,  for  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  and  fifty-seven  guilders  beavers,  of  date  the  26tli 
of  August,  1676,  and  thanking  said  Ro.  Story  for  prompt  payment ;  pro- 
mising him  to  free  from  all  trouble  or  claims ;  which  aforesaid  obligation 

'  Merchant  of  New  York.— English  Mamiscripts. 


158  Mhany  County  Records. 

said  Story  gave  for  the  freeing  of  the  house  which  he  bought  of  Wni. 
Nottingham,  from  a  mortgage  which  was  tlien  upon  said  house  for  the 
aforesaid  sum  ;  pledging  therefor  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real, 
present  and  future,  nothing  excepted. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  on  the  25th  July,  1677. 

Tho.  De  Lav  all. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  afternamed  witnesses,  Mr.  Samuel  Wilson,  of  the  one  side,  and  Mr. 
Jan  Heyndrik  Bruyn,  of  the  other  side,  who  declared  that  they,  in  amity 
and  friendship,  had  agreed  and  covenanted  with  each  other  in  respect  to 
the  sale  of  a  house  and  lot  standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany,  on  the  hill, 
between  the  house  of  Robt.  Sanders  and  the  new  house  of  Capt.  Philip 
Schuyler,  and  that  in  the  manner  following  :  First. — Mr.  Bruyn  promises 
to  pay  to  Mr.  Wilson,  for  the  aforesaid  house,  the  quantity  of  one  hundred 
and  fourteen  beavers,  to  be  reckoned  at  8  guilders  apiece,  always  provided 
that  the  buyer  have  the  choice  or  option  to  pay  in  heavy  beavers,  that  is, 
five  quarter  pounds  beavers  reckoned  at  8  guilders  a  beaver,  and  that  in 
two  installments,  of  which  the  first  shall  be  paid  down  at  once,  a  sum  of 
fifty-seven  beavers,  and  the  second  in  New  York,  also  fifty-seven  beavers, 
within  the  time  three  months  ;  with  the  first  payment,  being  cash  down, 
the  house  shall  be  delivered  with  all  that  is  therein,  fast  by  earth  or 
nailed,  and  as  the  same  is  in  fence,  on  condition  that  the  seller  on  the 
payment  of  the  last  installment  shall  be  holden  to  deliver  a  good  valid 
conveyance,  together  with  the  patent  thereof.  The  aforesaid  covenants 
the  said  contracting  parties  mutually  promise  to  keep  and  perform,  under 
a  pledge  of  their  respective  persons  and  estates,  nothing  excepted,  subject 
to  all  courts,  laws  and  judges.  In  witness  whereof  the  contracting  par- 
ties have  signed  this  in  presence  of  Jan  Van  Loon  and  Claas  Janse 
Stavast,  as  witnesses  hereto  invited. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  26th  of  July,  1677. 

Samuell  Willson. 
J.  H.  Bruyn. 
Jan   Van  Loon.^ 
Claes  Jansen  Stavast. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Robt.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Andries  Teller  and  Mr.  Dirck  Wesselse 
[Ten  Broeck],  etc.,  Pieter  Winne,  Junior,-  who  acknowledged  that  he  is 
well  and  truly   indebted,  and  in  arrears,  to  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  in  the 


1  Jan  Van  Loon  came  from  Luyck,  Holland,  and  early  settled  at  Coxsackie,  at  a  place  called 
Loonenbm-o-h  now  Athens,  He  was  bv  trade  a  blacksmith.  In  1676,  he  married  Maria  Albertse, 
in  New  York,' and  had  three  sons,  Albe'rt,  Nicolaas  and  Mattheus,  and  perhaps  other  children. 

2  Pieter  Winne,  Jr.,  son  of  Pieter  Winne,  was  born  in  1643;  he  settled  at  Esopus,  where  he 
was  living  in  1696,  when  letters  of  administration  were  issued  on  the  estate  of  his  father. 


Albany   County  Records.  159 

sum  of  four  hundred  and  twentj-four  guilders  seewant,  growing  out  of  a 
matter  of  goods  and  moneys  received  to  bis  content,  for  which  he  promised 
to  deliver  tar  for  his  honor  the  governor  general ;  but  having  failed  in 
this,  and  being  willing  to  give  satisfaction  to  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Pretty  for 
the  aforementioned  424  guilders  seewant,  he  engages  and  pledges  himself 
to  work  with  Mr.  Marten  Gerritse  [Van  Bergen],  from  the  1st  of  August, 
1677,  until  the  whole  sum  shall  have  been  earned  (sickness  only  ex- 
cepted), which  payment  shall  be  for  the  aforenamed  Mr.  Pretty  or  his 
order;  and  for  the  performance  of  the  same  he  pledges  his  person  and 
estate,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted,  submitting 
the  same  to  the  force  of  all  laws  and  judges.  In  witness  whereof  he  has 
signed  this  with  his  own  hand. 

Done  in  Albany,  on  the  8th  of  August,  1677. 

This  is  the  ma'rk  R.  p,  W.  of  Pr.  Winne,  Jr., 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
A.  Teller. 
Dirck  Wessels. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

The  honorable  commissaries  of  Albany,  colony  Rensselaerswyck  and 
Schaenhechtady,  declare  by  those  presents  that  they  have  in  true  rights, 
free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  and  for  the  belioof 
of  Pr.  Meese  Vrooman,  in  a  certain  house  and  lot  standing  and  lying  in 
Albany;  bounded  south  by  Ro.  Sanders,  and  north  by  the  house  of  Capt. 
Schuyler;  in  breadth  and  length  according  to  the  patent  thereof  of  date 
the  6th  of  March,  1667,  to  which  reference  is  here  made  ;  and  whereas 
said  Pieter  Meese,  in  the  court  (vergaderinge'),  has  made  it  appear  that 
the  aforesaid  house  was  bought  by  his  predecessor  (voorzaat),^  Gerrit 
Janse  Stavast,  of  Richard  Frizer  [i^ra^/er  I'],  and  by  him,  Meese,  paid 
for,  unto  such  persons  as  he  was  directed,  and  chiefly  to  Mr.  Pretty,  in 
whose  hands  the  patents  were  deposited ;  and  afterwards  said  Frizer  died 
in  England,  without  appointing  any  attorney ;  therefore  their  honors  of 
the  court,  this  conveyance  make,  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim 
standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  only  the  lord's  right), 
and  without  their  honors,  the  court,  making  the  least  claim  thereupon, 
giving  therefore  full  power  and  plencan  actionem  cessam,  to  the  afore- 
named Pieter  Meese  Vrooman,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who 
may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of 
the  said  house  and  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and 
effects ;  promising  the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it 
from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges ;  and  further,  never  more  to  do  nor 
suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law, 
in  any  manner  whatsoever. 

Given  under  our  hands  and  seals,  in  Albany,  the  14th  of  August,  1677. 

Philip  Schuyler. 
A.  Teller. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


1  The  former  husband  of  his  wife,  widow  of  Gerrit  Janse  Stavast. 


160  Albany   County  Records. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Pr.  Meuse  Vrooman,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free 
ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  Elizabeth  Claese,  widow 
of  the  late  Jan  Burger,  deceased,  to  a  certain  house  and  lot,  standing  and 
lying  in  Albany ;  bounded  south  by  Ro.  Sanders,  and  north  by  the  new 
house  of  Capt.  Schuyler  ;  in  breadth  and  length  according  to  the  patent 
thereof,  of  date  the  6th  of  June,  1667,  to  which  reference  is  here  made, 
which  he  does  by  virtue  of  a  decree  granted  him  by  the  honorable  com- 
missaries of  this  town,  of  date  the  14th  of  August,  1677,  and  that  free 
and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same, 
(excepting  the  lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least 
claim  thereupon  any  more ;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and 
satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  giving  therefore 
plcnam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Elizabeth  Claese, 
her  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  right  and  title 
from  her,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  same,  as  she  might  do  with  her 
patrimonial  estate  and  eff"ects;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all 
persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges,  which  are  law- 
ful, and  further,  never  more  to  do  or  suff"er  anything  to  be  done  against 
the  same,  either  with  or  without  law  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under 
obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  6th  of  September,  1677. 

PiETER  Meesen  Vrooman. 

Richard  Pretty. 

A.  Teller. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Rob^  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  A.  Teller,  etc., 
Elizabeth  Claese,  widow  of  the  late  Jan  Burger,  deceased,  who  declared 
that  she  had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  trans- 
ferred to  Mr.  Samuell  Wilson,  merchant  at  New  York,  a  certain  house 
and  lot,  standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  bounded  south  by  Ro.  Sanders, 
and  north  by  the  new  house  of  Capt.  Schuyler,  in  breadth  and  length 
according  to  the  patent  thereof,  of  date  the  6th  of  June,  1667,  whereto 
reference  is  here  made ;  which  she  does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  to  her, 
given  by  P''.  Meuse  Vroomen,  of  date  the  6th  of  September,  1677,  and 
that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against 
the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's  making 
the  least  pretensions  to  the  same  any  more,  acknowledging  that  she  is 
fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  and  last  pennies,  and  giving 
therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Mr. 
Samuell  Wilson,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter 
acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  same,  as 
he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects;  promising  the  afore- 
said house  and  lot  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all 
trouble,  claims  or  charges,  which  are  lawful,  and  further,  never  more  to 
do  no  or  suff"er  anything  to  be  done  against  tjie  same,  either  with  or  with- 


Albany   County  Records.  161 

out  law  in  auy  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor 
by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  on  the  7th  of  September,  1677. 

Leysebeth  Claes. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Rob'  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Samuell  Willson, 'merchant  at  New  York,  who  declared  that  he  had 
in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  and 
for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Jan  Heyndrik  Bruyn,  in  a  certain  house  and  lot, 
standing  and  lying  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  bounded  south  by  Ro.  Sanders, 
and  north  by  the  new  house  of  Capt.  Philip  Schuyler,  in  breadth  and 
length  according  to  the  patent  thereof,  of  date  the  6th  of  June,  1667, 
whereto  reference  is  here  made,  which  he  does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance, 
given  by  Elizabeth  Claese,  widow  of  the  late  Jan  Burger,  deceased,  of 
date  the  7th  of  September,  1677,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with 
no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right), 
and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  pretension  to  the  same  any 
more;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied,  the  first  penny 
with  the  last,  and  giving  therefore  p?ejmm  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power 
to  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Jan  Heyndrickse  Bruyn,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or 
those  who  may  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose 
of  the  same  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects; 
promising  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and 
to  free  the  same  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  as  is  right,  and 
further,  never  more  to  do  or  sufi"er  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same, 
either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation 
as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  8th  of  September,  1677. 

Samuell  "Willson. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Rob*  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc..  Evert  Luycase  Backer,^  who  declared  that  he  had,  in  true  rights, 
free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  to  and  for  the  behoof 
of  Jacob  Janse  Gardenier,  in  a  certain  farm,  being  the  just  half  of  the 
land,  lying  behind  the  Kinderhoek,  in  which  is  comprised  the  rights, 
which  were  presented  to  Volkert  Janse  [Douw],  by  the  right  owner 
Watawit,  whose  right  and  title  the  grantor  possesses,  namely,  all  the 
aforesaid  land  to  wit,  the  southerly  jusT  half  with  all  the  rights,  title  and 
ownership  of  the  same,  lying  on  the  east  side  of  the  kil,  being  the  middle- 

>  In  1065,   Evert   Luycase   Backer  bought  land  behind   Kinderhook  of  an  Indian  (p.  189) 
He  was  in  Beverwyck  in  1657  (p.  171). 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  21 


162  Albany  County  Records. 

most  piece  of  land  there,  which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  the 
patent  to  him,  granted  by  the  right  honorable  governor,  Richard  Nicolls, 
of  date  the  26th  of  June,  1668,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no 
claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right), 
and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  pretension  any  more  to  it, 
acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny 
with  the  last,  and  giving  therefore  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full 
power  to  the  aforesaid  Jacob  Janse  Gardenier,  his  heirs  and  successors, 
or  those  who  may  receive  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  to 
dispose  of  the  same  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  eff"ects ; 
promising  the  aforesaid  parcel  of  land  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and 
to  free  the  same  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges,  which  are  lawful, 
and  further,  never  more  to  do  or  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  it, 
either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation 
as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  8th  of  September,  1677. 

Evert  Luycas. 

Richard  Pretty. 

A.  Teller. 


In  my  presence, 


Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


On  this,  the  9th  day  of  September,  1677,  appeared  before  me  Ro. 
Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  Jacob 
Janse  Gardenier,  alias  Flodder,  who  acknowledged  that  he  sold  last 
January,  to  Adam  Dingmans,i  the  farm  at  Kinderhoeck,  upon  which  he, 
Dingman,  at  present  resides,  in  manner  following,  the  same  shall  be 
delivered  to  Adam  Dingmans,  with  all  his  right,  title  and  ownership  of  the 
same,  as  it  lies  in  fence,  with  the  house,  lot,  ricks  and  barn,  as  he  at 
present  occupies  it,  with  a  cart  and  half  of  a  horse,  and  that  for  the  sum 
of  five  hundred  guilders,  Holland  money,  to  be  paid  in  exchange  on 
Holland,  whenever  the  seller  shall  desire  the  bill  of  exchange,  with  this 
reservation  that,  if  so  be  the  bill  come  back  protested  or  if  the  money  be 
not  recovered  there,  then  the  sale  shall  be  nul,  and  the  buyer  shall  be 
held  to  pay  yearly  rent  as  before;  to  which  end  the  contracting  parties 
mutually  pledge  their  respective  persons  and  estates,  real  and  personal, 
present  and  future,  nothing  excepted,  placing  the  same  in  subjection  to 
all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Albany,  without  guile  or  craft,  in  presence  of  Arnout  Cornelise 
Viele,  and  Hendrik  Vande  Water,  as  witnesses  hereto  called. 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder. 
Adam  Dingemans. 

Testes : 

Arnout  Cor.   Viele. 
Henderick  Vande  Water. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


1  Adam  Dingman  was  born  in  Haarlem,  Holland.  He  married  Aeltie,  daughter  of  Jacob 
Janse  Gardenier,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons,  Gerrit,  and  Jacob,  and  two  daughters.  He  was 
in  Greenbush  in  1663,  but  subsequently  settled  in  Kinderhook.  His  will  made  31  January, 
1721,  was  proved  the  30th  of  March. 


Albany   County  Records.  163 

By  the  honorable,  the  commissaries  of  Albany,  colony  Renselaerswyck 
and  Schaenhechtady,  etc.,  whereas  Catelyntje  Van  Eslant,  wife  of  Jacob 
Abrahamse'  Cuyper,  proposes  to  depart  from  here  for  Holland,  to  collecf*' 
and  receive  there  some  moneys,  coming  to  her  and  her  brother  by  way  of 
inheritance,  and  bequest  from  her  late  mother's  uncle,  Harmanus 
Antonides  Vander  Linde,  in  his  life  time  minister  at  Naerden,  to  which 
end  she  has  solicited  of  us  a  certificate  testimonial,  which  we  cannot 
refuse  :  therefore,  we  declare  that  she  is  a  daughter  of  Claes  Van 
Eslandt,  deceased,  having  been  in  his  life  time  undertaker  (ae^ispreccker') 
and  gravedigger  at  New  York,  and  her  mother's  name  Willemtie  Harpers 
Vander  Linde. 

Given  under  our  hands  and  seals,  in  Albany,  the  25th  of  September, 
and  in  the  nine  and  twentieth  year  of  the  reign  of  our  sovereign  lord 
Charles  the  Second,  by  the  grace  of  God,  king  of  Great  Britain,  France, 
and  Ireland,  defender  of  the  faith,  1677. 

[This  paper  is  a  copy  without  signatures.] 

Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingstone,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler  and  Mr.  Richard 
Pretty,  etc.,  Claes  Van  Eslandt,  and  Jacob  Abrahamse  Cuyper,  citizens 
of  Albany,  who  declared  that  they  had,  in  accordance  with  advices  from 
Harmanus  Vander  Linde,  dwelling  in  the  Hage,  in  Holland,  appointed 
and  empowered  Catelyntje  Van  Eslandt,  wife  of  the  aforesaid  Jacob 
Abrahamse  Cuyper,  and  sister  of  the  aforesaid  Claes  Van  Eslandt, 
specially  to  demand,  collect  and  receive  in  Holland,  etc.,  her  and  her 
aforesaid  brother's  portion  of  the  inheritance  and  bequest,  left  for  them 
by  her  mother's  uncle,  named  Harmanus  Antonides  Vander  Linde,  in  his 
life  time  minister  at  Naerden,  and  acquittance  to  execute  for  receipts, 
and  for  claims  to  caveeren  (?),  and  further,  to  do,  perform  and  execute 
all  things  which  may  be  needful  and  her  judgment  may  suggest;  promis- 
ing at  all  times  to  hold  good  all  that  shall  be  done  and  performed  in  the 
aforesaid  matter  by  their  aforesaid  sister  and  wife,  as  their  attorney,  without 
any  contradiction. 

Done  in  Albany,  in  America,  on  the  25th  of  September,  and  in  the 
nine  and  twentieth  year  of  the  reign  of  our  sovereign  lord,  Charles  the 
Second,  by  the  grace  of  God,  king  of  Great  Britain,  France,  and  Ireland, 
defender  of  the  faith,  Annoque  Domini  1G77. 

[This  paper  is  a  copy  without  signatures.] 

By  the  honorable,  the  commissaries  of  Albany,  colony  of  Renselaers- 
wyck and  Schaenhechtady,  etc.,  a  certain  citizen  of  this  town  of  Albany, 
in  America,  named  Aernout  Corn.  Viele,  appearing  before  us  solicits  very 
earnestly,  that  he  may  receive  a  certificate  testimonial  from  us,  that  he 
was  married  to  one  Gerritie  Gerritse,  born  at  Amsterdam,  Holland,  which 
we  are  not  able  to  refuse  him ;  whereas  some  years  since  a  certain  power 
of  attorney  was  given  to  Harmen  Vedder,  also  in  our  jurisdiction  dwelling, 
having  reference   to   Arent  Janse    Timmerman,    stepftither    of  Gerritje 


Perhaps  Jacob  Abrahamse  Vosburgh,  cooper. 


164  Albany  County  Records. 

Gerritse,  in  respect  to  some  moneys,  which  were  coming  to  her  from  the 
Orphans  Chamber,  but  came  back  fruitless,  because  not  specially  addressed 
to  the  Messrs.  orphan  masters,  therefore  we,  to  all  magistrates  on  whom 
these  presents  are  served,  make  known  the  truth  to  be  that  he,  the 
aforenamed  Arnout  Corn.  Viele  is  husband  and  guardian  of  Gerritje 
Gerritse,  both  living  and  in  sound  health. 

Given  under  our  hands  and  seals  in  Albany,  in  America,  on  the  25th 
of  September,  and  in  the  nine  and  twentieth  year  of  the  reign  of  our 
sovereign  lord,  Charles  the  Second,  by  the  grace  of  God,  king  of  Great 
Britain,  France,  and  Ireland,  defender  of  the  faith,  Annoq.  Dom.  1677. 

[This  paper  is  a  copy  without  signatures.] 

Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingstone,  secretary,  etc.,  and  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler  and 
Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  etc.,  Arnout  Corn.  Viele,  citizen  and  inhabitant 
here,  who  declared  that  he  appointed  and  empowered,  by  these  presents, 
Messieurs  Abraham  de  Hoshipee  and  Daniel  de  Niewville,  merchants 
dwelling  in  the  city  of  Amsterdam,  specially  to  demand,  collect  and 
receive  from  the  Messieurs  Orphan  Masters  of  the  same  city,  the  sum  of 
two  hundred  and  fifty  carolus  guilders,  with  the  interest  due  on  the  same 
since  the  24th  of  August,  1656,  to  the  date  of  payment,  arising  out  of 
the  proven  estate  of  the  subscriber's  wife,  Gerritje  Gerritse;  and  by 
virtue  of  an  authentic  copy  herewith  given  of  a  certain  extract  from  the 
five  and  twentieth  register  of  the  orphans'  chamber  of  the  city  of  Am- 
sterdam, fol.  iii,  drawer  289,  together  with  this  [power  of  attorney],  these 
attorneys  [are  empowered]  acquittance  to  give  for  receipts,  and  in  case  of 
refusal,  with  law  and  the  rigor  of  justice  to  constrain  them  to  payment, 
and  to  that  end  all  terms  of  courts  to  observe  unto  sentence  and  ex- 
treme execution  {van  dien  indues),  and  finding  the  sentence  withheld, 
to  challenge  or  appeal  therefrom;  and  said  challenge  or  appeal  also  to 
prosecute  to  the  extreme;  with  power,  also,  one  or  more  persons  in  their 
places  to  substitute ;  and  further,  to  do  all  things  in  the  matter  aforesaid, 
either  with  or  without  law,  as  may  be  needful,  and  as  their  judgment  may 
suggest,  and  as  he,  the  subscriber,  if  himself  present,  might  or  could  do ; 
promising  at  all  times  [to  hold  good]  all  that  shall  be  done  and  performed 
by  the  aforesaid  attorneys,  or  by  one  of  them,  or  by  those  substituted  in 
the  case  by  virtue  of  these  presents,  without  any  contradiction,  under 
obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law,  provided  that  these 
attorneys  be  holden,  when  asked  and  solicited,  of  their  transactions  to 
show  a  proper  accounting. 

This  done  and  executed  in  Albany,  in  America,  the  25th  of  September, 
and  in  the  nine  and  twentieth  year  of  the  reign  of  our  sovereign  lord 
Charles  the  Second,  by  the  grace  of  God  King  of  Great  Britain,  France 
and  Ireland,  defender  of  the  faith.     Annoq.  Dom.  1677. 

[Copy  without  signature.] 

Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingstone,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Philip  Schuyler  and  Mr.  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Mr.  Cornells  Van  Dyck,  chirurgeon,  husband  and  guardian  of 
Elizabeth  Lakens  (both  alive  and  well),  who  declared  that  he   had  ap- 


Albmiy   County  Records.  165 

pointed  and  empowered,  by  these  presents,  Mr.  William  Lakens  and  Mr. 
Daniel  Honde  Koetre,  merchants,  dwelling  m  the  city  of  Amsterdam  in 
Holland,  specially,  in  the  subscriber's  name  and  for  his  sake,  jointly  or 
severally,  to  ask,  demand,  collect  and  receive  such  household  goods  and 
moneys  as  are  coming  to  him  by  way  of  inheritance  and  bequest  by  will, 
to  his  wife  Elizabeth  Lakins  aforesaid,  from  Mr.  Dirck  Heck,  her  full 
cousin,  which  [property]  is  lying  at  Emerck  and  elsewhere,  as  appears  by 
said  will ;  together  with  a  just  share  of  the  estate  left  by  Meutie  Dirckie, 
also  lying  there,  etc. ;  and  further,  all  that  is  coming  to  him  and  to  his 
aforesaid  wife  elsewhere,  however  it  may  be  and  wherever  it  may  be  or 
lie,  and  therefore  acquittance  to  pass  for  property  received,  and  in  case  of 
refusal,  with  law  and  rigor  of  justice  to  compel  them  to  payment;  to 
which  end  all  terms  of  courts  to  observe,  to  sentence  and  the  extreme 
execution  of  the  same  ;  and  finding  the  sentence  or  sentences  adverse, 
to  challenge  or  appeal  therefrom,  and  said  challenge  or  appeal  to 
prosecute  to  the  extreme ;  with  power  one  or  more  persons  in  their 
places  to  substitute  ;  likewise  to  demand  of  those  there  an  accounting, 
inventory,  the  will,  and  other  writings  needful  thereto,  and  if,  when 
heard,  the  case  require  it,  to  come  to  a  reconciliation  and  compromise, 
and  further  to  do  all  things  there  as  their  good  judgment  shall  resolve, 
the  property  as  well  personal  as  real,  house  lots,  lands  and  other  things  to 
sell,  and  proper  conveyance  thereof  to  deliver,  and  transfer  to  make  as 
comports  with  the  method  of  the  laws ;  yea,  wherever  the  matter  de- 
mands a  more  specific  and  graver  charge  than  above  stated,  which  the 
attorneys  shall  understand  to  be  herein  contained  and  included,  [the  sub- 
scriber] promises  to  hold  good  all  that  shall  be  done  and  performed  in 
the  aforesaid  matter  by  the  aforenamed  attorneys,  or  either  of  them  or 
those  substituted  for  them,  without  any  contradiction,  under  obligation  as 
provided  therefor  according  to  law,  provided  that  the  attorneys  be  holden 
on  demand  and  solicitation  to  exhibit  a  proper  statement  of  their  afore- 
said transactions,  and  the  moneys  remaining  over. 

Thus  done  and  executed  in  Albany,  in  America,  on  the  26th  Sep- 
tember, 1677. 

[Copy  without  signatures.] 

Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
the  honorable  Messieurs  Philip  Schuyler  and  Dirck  Wessells  [Ten 
Broeck],  commissaries,  etc.,  Albert  Andriese  Bratt,'  who  acknowledged 
that  he  is  well  and  truly  indebted  and  in  arrears  to  Mr.  Nicolaus  Van 
Renselaer,  director  of  colony  Renselaerswyck,  in  the  sum  of  three 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifty-six  guilders,  as  appears  by  the  books  of 
the  colony  Renselaerswyck,  growing  out  of  the  part  rent  for  the  mill  and 
land ;  which  aforesaid  3,956  guilders  the  mortgagor,  to  the  aforenamed 
Mr.  director  o.r  to  his  successors,  promises  to  pay,  provided  that  whatever 
he,  the  mortgagor,  shall  make  appear  to  have  been  paid  thereon  shall  be 
deducted;  pledging  therefor,  specially,  the  produce  of  his  orchard 
(hoom(jaert  geivass),  standing  behind  the  house  which  the  mortgagor  now 

1  Albert  Andriessen  Bradt,  de  Noorman,  married  Annetje  Barents,  by  whom  he  had  eight 
children,  one  of  whom  married  Tennis  Slingerland,  of  Onisquethaw;  and  the  tradition  is,  that 
another  was  born  on  shipboard,  on  the  passage  out,  in  the  midst  of  a  storm,  in  consequence  of 
which  he  was  called  Storm  Vanderzee,  a  name  which  has  been  perpetuated  among  the  Vander- 
zees.    See  O'Callaghan's  History  of  New  Netherlands  i,  4.33. 


166  Albany   County  Records. 

possesses,  from  which,  produce  of  the  orchard  he  promises  to  pay  in  reut 
during  life  twenty  guilders  in  patroon's  money  in  apples,  and  generally 
pledging  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future, 
nothing  excepted  ;  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  laws  and 
judges  to  promote  the  payment  thereof  in  due  time,  if  need  be,  without 
loss  or  cost. 

Done  in  Albany,  without  craft  or  guile,  on  the  30th  of  October,  1677. 

Aalbert  Andriesse  Brat. 
Philip   Schuyler. 
Dierck  Wcssells. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

EoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingston,  seer.,  etc,,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  Capt.  Philip  Schuyler  and  Mr.  Dirk  Wcssells,  commis- 
saries, etc.,  Harmen  Vedder  and  Barendt  Boyndertse,!  who  declared  that 
they  had,  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred 
to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Claes  Janse  Van  Boeckhoven  -'  and  Byck  Claese 
[Van  Vranken,]  ^  in  a  certain  piece  of  land  lying  over  the  river  in  Canas- 
tagioene  [Niskayuna],  and  that  according  to  all  the  rights  which  the 
aforesaid  grantors  have  therein  ;  which  they  do  by  virtue  of  a  patent 
to  them  granted  by  the  right  honorable  the  governor  general,  Francis 
Lovelace,  of  date  the  19th  of  May,  1671,  to  which  reference  is  here 
made,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing 
against  the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantors' 
making  the  least  pretensions  to  it  any  more,  acknowledging  that  they  are 
fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  giving 
therefore  ^?e?iom  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Claes 
Janse  Van  Boeckhoven  and  Byk  Claese,  their  heirs  and  successors,  or 
those  who  may  acquire  right  and  title  from  them,  to  do  with  and  dispose 
of  the  aforesaid  land  as  they  might  do  with  their  patrimonial  estates  and 
efi'ects ;  promising  the  aforesaid  land  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to 
free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges,  which  are  lawful;  and,  fur- 
ther, never  more  to  do  nor  sufi'er  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same, 
with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  pro- 
vided therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  31st  of  October,  1677. 

Harmen  Vedder. 
Barent  Reyndertse  Smit. 
Philip  Schuyler. 
Dierck  Wesselse  \_Ten  Broeclc]. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Robt.  Livingston,  Seer. 

1  See  pp.  77,  161,  198. 

2  Claes  Janse  Van  Boeckhoven  bought  land  over  the  river  in  Niskayuna,  in  company  with 
Ryck  Claas.  in  \iTi%— Notarial  Papers.  His  first  wife  was  Volkertie  Janse  ;  his  second,  Catlyntje 
DeVos,  daughter  of  Andries  De  Vos  and  widow  of  Arent  Andriese  Brat,  whom  he  married  about 
1691.  He  probably  lived  until  about  1712,  leaving  no  children.  His  property  passed  to  his  wife, 
and,  after  her  death,  in  1717,  to  her  children. 

^  Ryck  Claas  Van  Vranken  was  in  Beverwyck  as  early  as  1665  (p.  198).  He  had  three  sons, 
Maas,  Gerrit  and  Evert,  and  perhaps  daughters.  This  family  settled  at  Niskayuna,  on  both  sides 
of  the  river,  where  the  descendants  are  still  found. 


Albany   County  Rtcords.  167 

Appeared  before  me  Robert  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of 
the  honorable  Capt.  Philip  Schuyler  and  Mr.  Dirk  Wessells  [Ten 
Broeck],  commissaries,  etc.,  Barent  Beynderse  [Smit],  who  declared  that 
he  had,  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred 
to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Claes  Janse  Van  Boekhooven,  for  all  his  title  to 
the  land  at  Canastagioene.  on  this  side  of  the  river,  which  he  does  by 
virtue  of  a  patent  to  him  and  Harmen  Vedder,  granted  by  the  right 
honorable  the  governor  general:  Francis  Lovelace,  of  date  the  19th  of 
May,  1671 ;  this  aforesaid  land  being  the  just  half  of  that  which  is 
specified  in  the  aforesaid  patent,  to  wit,  on  this  side  of  the  river  ;  and 
that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against 
the  same,  excepting  the  lord's  [duke's]  right,  and  without  the  grantor's 
making  the  least  pretension  to  the  same  any  more  ;  acknowledging  that 
he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and 
therefore  giving  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  perfect  power  to  the  afore- 
said Claes  Janse  Van  Boekhooven,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who 
may  acquire  right  and  title  from  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  afore- 
said land  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  pro- 
mising to  defend  the  aforesaid  land  from  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from 
all  trouble,  claims  or  charges  which  are  lawful ;  and  further,  never  more 
to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  31st  of  October,  1677. 

Barent  Reyndertse  Smit. 
Philip  Schuyler. 
Dirck  Wessells. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  Capt.  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler  and  Mr.  Dirk  Wessells, 
commissaries,  etc.,  Claes  Janse  Van  Boekhooven,  who  declared  that  he 
had,  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to 
and  for  the  behoof  of  Capt.  Jan  Cloete,  in  a  certain  piece  of  land  lying 
at  Canastagioene,  on  this  side  of  the  river,  with  all  the  title  which  he  has 
therein,  as  it  was  conveyed  to  him  to-day  by  Barent  Rynderse,  being  the 
first  half  which  the  aforesaid  Barent  received  on  this  side  of  the  river,  by 
patent  thereof  granted  to  Harme  Vedder  and  Barent  Reyndertse  by  tlie 
late  governor,  Francis  Lovelace,  of  date  the  19th  of  May,  1671  ;  and  that 
free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the 
same,  excepting  the  duke's  (Jieeren  syn)  right,  and  without  the  grantor's 
making  the  least  pretensions  any  more  against  it;  acknowledging  that  he 
is  fully  paid  and  satisfied,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  therefore 
giving  plenam  actionem  cessam^  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Capt.  Jan 
Cloete,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  acquire  right  and  title 
through  him,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  land  as  he  might  do 
with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  to  defend  the  aforesaid 
land  from  all  persons,  and  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges 
which  are  lawful ;  and  further,  never  more  to  do  or  suff'cr  anything  to  be 


168  Albany  County  Records. 

done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  what- 
ever, under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  21st  of  October,  1677. 

This  is  the  mark  X  of  Claes  Janse  Van  Boekhooven, 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
Philip  Schuyler. 
Dirclc  Wessels. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 


On  this,  the  first  day  of  November,  1677,  Cornelis  Van  Schelluyne  i 
declared,  in  presence  of  Hend.  Cuyler  and  Claes  Van  Boekhooven,  that 
it  was  well  known  to  him  that  Jan  Cloet  bought  the  land  of  his  father  at 
Canastagione,  and  paid  for  it  to  Tieleman  Van  Schelluyne,   his  brother, 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  Jurian  Teunisse  Tappen,  of  the  one  side,  and 
Capt.  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler,  of  the  other  side,  who  declared  that  they 
had  in  amity  and  friendship  covenanted  and  agreed  with  each  other  re- 
specting the  sale  of  his,  Jurian  Teunisse's  bouwery,  lying  on  the  Hudson 
river,  obliquely  over  against  the  bouwery  of  the  aforesaid  Capt.  Schuyler,- 
as  follows  :  First. —  Jurian  Teunise  acknowledges  that  he  has  sold,  and 
Capt.  Schuyler  that  he  has  bought  of  him,  the  aforesaid  bouwery,  with 
all  that  appertains  to  the  same,  being  the  just  tenth  part  of  the  colony 
Reusselaerswyck,  according  to  the  conveyance  delivered  to  him  by  Jero- 
nimus  Ebbinck,  of  date  the  7th  of  July,  1676,  together  with  horses, 
cattle,  house  and  barn,  grain  sowed,  and  all  that  is  thereon  fast  by  earth 
and  nailed,  all  of  such  dimensions  as  he,  Jurian  Teunise,  at  present  is  in 
possession,  only  excepting  his,  Jurian's  household  goods,  which  he  now 
has,  everything  else  that  belongs  to  a  farmer's  utensils  Capt.  Schuyler 
shall  possess ;  the  seller  shall  deliver  to  the  buyer  all  the  above  men- 
tioned property  on  the  8th  of  this  month,  and  on  payment  shall  give  a 
perfect  conveyance  ;  for  which  bouwery  and  title  to  the  same,  the  above 
named  Capt. 'Schuyler  promises  to  pay  to  the  aforesaid  Jurian  Teunisse 
the  number  of  six  hundred  merchantable  beaver  skins  in  the  month  of 
July  next,  1678,  all  in  one  sum,  wherewith  the  parties  contracting 
acknowledge  that  they  are  well  content ;  hereto  pledging  their  respective 
persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future. 

Thus    done   in  Albany,   without  craft  or  guile,   in   presence    of  Dirk 


1  Cornelis  and  Tieleman  Van  Schelluyne  were  two  sons  of  Dirk  Van  Schelluyne.  The  former 
married  Geertie  Harmense  Visscher,  and  had  four  sous  and  two  daughters.  He  was  buried  on  the 
27th  May,  1728,  and  his  wife  survived  him  several  years.  His  brother  Tieleman  was  li\'ing  in 
Albany  in  1728,  but  probably  left  no  descendants. 

-  This  bouwery,  called  the  tenth  part  of  the  colony  Reusselaerswyck,  probably  extended  from 
Wynant's  to  the  Poesten  kil.  It  was  owned  by  Johanna  De  Laet,  wife  of  Jerouimus  Ebbingh, 
her  father,  Johannes  De  Laet,  being  one  of  the  partners  of  the  patent.  Ebbingh  sold  it  to  Jurian 
Teunisse. 


Albany   County  Records.  169 

Wessels  [Ten  Broeck],  and  Johannes  Wendel,  as  witnesses  hereto  called, 
on  this  6th  of  Nov.,  1677. 

JURIAN  TeUNISSE. 

Philip  Schuyler. 
Dirck  Wessels. 
Johannes  Wendel. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Sscr. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of 
the  afternamed  witnesses,  Harme  Gansevoort,  of  the  one  side,  and  Claes 
Janse  and  Albert  Jacobse  Grardenier,i  carpenters,  of  the  other  side,  who 
declared  that  they  had  in  amity  and  friendship  covenanted  and  agreed 
with  each  other  about  the  building  of  a  barn  for  Gansevoort  at  Catskil, 
as  follows  :  First. —  Claes  Janse  and  Albert  Jacobse  aforesaid,  acknow- 
ledge that  they  have  agreed  to  build  a  barn  for  Harme  Gansevoort  at 
Catskil,  with  an  opening  \_uytlaeting']  on  both  sides ;  the  barn  shall  be 
sixty  feet  long  and  thirty  feet  broad,  with  a  floor  of  timber  (halke),  horse 
crib,  cow  stall  and  loft  (solder')  therein,  shortened  to  fifty  feet  in  length, 
and  of  the  breadth  of  the  barn  ;  on  condition  that  Harme  aforesaid  shall 
furnish  ihem  victuals  and  drink,  and  all  the  timber,  and  deliver  the 
materials  that  belong  thereto  on  the  ground  ;  likewise  it  is  conditioned 
that  Jan  Dirkse  shall  rough  hew  a  month  for  the  aforesaid  carpenters  at 
the  expense  of  Harme  aforesaid ;  they  shall  begin  to  build  in  January  or 
February  next  coming,  and  not  stop  the  work  until  the  barn  is  finished  ac- 
cording to  the  above  specified  conditions ;  for  which  he,  Harme  Gansevoort, 
promises  to  pay  the  sum  of  forty  beavers  in  two  installments,  to  wit,  the  first 
half,  being  twenty  beavers,  in  the  autumn  after  the  barn  shall  be  finished, 
one-third  of  the  same  in  maize,  one-third  in  hogs  and  one-third  in  cattle,  at 
market  prices;  the  second  installment  a  year  after,  being  likewise  twenty 
beavers,  in  the  same  kind,  to  wit,  J  maize,  J  in  hogs  and  I  in  cattle ; 
with  which  the  contracting  parties  acknowledge  that  they  are  well  satis- 
fied, hereto  pledging  their  respective  persons  and  estates,  real  and  personal, 
present  and  future. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  without  craft  or  guile,  in  the  presence  of  Claas 
Janse  Stavast  and  Jan  Conel,  as  witnesses  hereunto  called,  on  this  29th 
of  November,  1677. 

Hermen  Gansevort. 
Claes  Janse. 
This  is  the  mark  A-f-i  of  Albert  Jacobse. 
Claes  Janse  Stavast. 
John  Concll. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  in  the  presence  of  the 
honorable  Messieurs  Richard  Pretty  and  Andries  Teller,  commissaries, 
etc.,  Capt.  Volkert  Janse  Douw,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights, 


Albert  Jacobse  Gardenier  was  son  of  Jacob  Janse  Gardenier,  of  Kinderhook.     He  had  three 
^hters  baptized  in  Albany  before  1690,  after  whi 
•k,  where  he  probably  settled  after  that  date. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  _  22 


daughters  baptized  in  Albany  before  1690,  after  which  time  he  had  two  children  baptized  in  New 
York,  where  he  probably  settled  after  that  '  ' 


170  Albany   County  Records. 

free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  Mr.  Pieter  Winne, 
to  the  half  of  an  island  lying  in  the  Hudson  river  opposite  to  Paerde- 
hoek,  and  was  before  this  named  Constaple's  island,  with  the  half  of  the 
house,  barn  and  rick,  and  all  that  is  thereon  fast  by  earth  and  nailed, 
which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  patent  granted  him  by  the 
honorable  the  governor  general,  Richard  Nicolls,  of  date  the  6th  of  Sept , 
1667,  to  which  reference  is  here  made;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered, 
with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  only  the 
lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  pretensions  any 
more  upon  it,  and  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied 
therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  therefore  giving  plenam 
actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Pieter  Winne,  his 
heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  his  right  and 
title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  afoi'esaid  half  island,  and  half  of  that 
which  appertains  thereto,  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate 
and  effects ;  promising  the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free 
it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges  which  hereafter  may  arise,  and  never 
more  to  do  nor  sufi"er  anything  to  be  done,  either  with  or  without  law,  in 
any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according 
to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  13th  of  December,  1677. 

VOLCKART    JaNSE   DoUW. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro't  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  Messieurs  Richard  Pretty  and  Andries  Teller,  commissa- 
ries, etc.,  Paulus  Martense  Raemmaker,i  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true 
rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  and  for  the 
behoof  of  Harme  Janse  Lyndrayer  [ropemaker],  in  a  certain  house  and 
lot  standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany,  with  all  that  is  therein  fast  by 
earth  and  nailed,  and  is  bounded  south  by  Pieter  Loockermans,  north  by 
the  house  of  Laurens  Van  Ale  and  Jan  Janse  Bleecker,  west  and  east  by 
the  public  street ;  in  breadth,  in  front  on  the  street  [Broadway],  two  rods, 
and  in  the  rear  on  the  west  side  [James  street],  one  rod  and  ten  feet  and 
a  half,  length  on  the  north  side  six  and  a  half  rods,  and  on  the  south  side 
six  rods  five  feet  and  a  half;  -  which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a 
conveyance  given  him  by  Mattheus  Abrahamse  [Van  Deusen],  of  date  the 
26th  of  June,  1677,  to  which  reference  is  here  made,  and  that  free  and 
unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (ex- 
cepting the  lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least 
pretension  any  more  to  it ;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satis- 
fied, the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  therefore  giving  plenam  actionem 
cessam^  and  perfect  power  to  the  aforesaid  Harme  Janse  Lyndrayer,  his 
heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  his  right  and 
title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  he  might  do 

1  Paulus  Martense  Van  Benthuysen,  at  other  times  radernaJce7\  i.  e.,  wheelwright. 
=  This  lot  fronted  on  Broadway,  and  extended  in  the  rear  to  James  street,  and  lay  between 
Maiden  lane  and  Steuben  street. 


Albany  County  Records.  171 

witli  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  the  same  to  defend 
against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges 
which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to 
be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  13th  December,  1G77. 

Paulus  Martense. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  Messieurs  Richard  Pretty  and  Andries  Teller,  commis- 
saries, etc.,  the  Reverend  Dom.  Nicolaes  Van  Rensselaer,  director  of 
colony  Rensselaerswyck,  who  declared  that  in  the  aforesaid  character  [of 
director],  he  had  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  Mr.  Pieter  Winne, 
the  saw  mill  on  the  Betlehem's  kil,i  with  the  superstructure  and  appur- 
tenances of  the  same,  as  Pieter  Winne  aforesaid  at  present  is  in  possession 
of  the  same  (he  bought  the  same  of  Mr.  Stephanus  Van  Cortlandt,  when 
director  of  colony  Rensselaerswyck  in  1673),  which  he  does  by  virtue  of 
an  agreement  made  between  Mr.  Stephanus  Von  Cortlant,  in  the  cha- 
racter of  director  of  colony  Rensselaerswyck,  and  Albert  Rykman,  in  the 
character  of  attorney  for  Elbert  Gerbertse  Cruyff,  of  date  the  2d  of  June, 
1675,  wherein  the  superstructure  and  appurtenances  of  the  aforesaid 
mill  were  assigned  to  Mr  Van  Cortland  ;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered, 
with  no  claim  standing  nor  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the 
lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  pretension  to  the 
same  any  more ;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  there- 
for, the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  therefore  giving  plenam  actionem 
cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Pieter  Winne,  his  heirs  and 
successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  his  right  and  title,  to  do 
with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  mill  and  its  appurtenances  as  he  might 
do  with  [his]  own  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  the  same  to 
defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or 
charges  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  to  do  nor  suffer  anything 
to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  13th  of  December,  1677. 

NicoLAus  Van  Rensselaer, 

Colonise  pastor  et  director. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

In  my  presence. 

Rot.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Andries  Teller, 
etc.,  Hendrick  Marcelis,  who  declared  that  he  had  in   true  rights,  free 


Now  the  Norman's  kil. 


172  Albany  County  Records. 

ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  and  for  the  behoof  of 
Robert  Sanders,  in  a  certain  lot  of  land  lying  without  the  town  of  Albany, 
without  the  gate  by  Hendrick  Rooseboom,'  lying  to  the  South  of  Claas 
Gerritse,-  to  the  north  of  Jacob  Tyssen  [Van  der  Heyden],  to  the  west 
the  land  belonging  to  Andries  De  Vos,  and  to  the  east  of  the  public 
highway  [North  Pearl],  being  in  breadth  in  front  five  rods,  in  the  rear 
four  rods  and  four  feet,  and  length  ten  rods,-^  which  he,  the  grantor,  does 
by  virtue  of  a  patent  granted  him  by  the  right  honorable  the  governor 
general,  Richard  Nicolls,  of  date  the  11th  of  May,  1667,  to  which  refer- 
ence is  here  made,  this  being  the  just  half  of  the  lot  mentioned  in  the 
said  patent,  being  the  first  half,  the  other  having  been  sold  to  Volkie  Van 
Hoezen,'  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or 
issuing  against  it  (excepting  the  lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's 
making  the  least  pretensions  to  the  same  any  more  ;  acknowledging  that 
he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and 
giving  therefore  p/enam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid 
Robert  Sanders,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter 
acquire  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and  to  dispose  of  the  aforesaid 
parcel  of  ground  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  efi"ects; 
jjromising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all 
trouble,  claims  and  charges  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more 
to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  with  or  without 
law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor 
according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  14th  of  December,  1677. 

This  is  the  mark  A  of  Hendrik  Marcelis, 

with  his  own  hand  set. 

Richard  Pretty. 

A.  Teller. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Rot.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  Messieurs  Rich.  Pretty  and  Ands.  Teller,  commissaries, 
etc. ,  Mr.  Ludovicus  Cobes,  schout  of  Schenectady ,  who  declared  that  he  had, 
by  these  presents,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  and  for  the  behoof 
of  Mynerd  Jance  Wemp,''  so  much  of  the  two  last  payments  as  are 
coming  to  him  from  Mr.  Gerrit  Van  Schaick,"  for  the  purchase  of  a  house 
and  lot  lying  here  in  Albany,  amounting  to  the  sum  of  fifty  beavers,  ac- 
cording to  a  bill  of  sale  thereof,  of  date  the  15th  of  December,  1677,  to 


1  The  burgher  blockhouse  and  gate  were  at  the  junction  of  North  Pearl  and  Steuben  streeta. 

2  There  was  a  Claas  Gerritse  in  Beverwyck  in  1640.— 0'Ca??aoAa«'s  History  of  New  Nether- 
land,  I,  439. 

3  This  was  on  the  east  side  of  North  Pearl,  a  little  way  north  of  Steuben  street. 
*  YoLkie,  the  wife  of  Jan  Franse  Van  Hoesen,  the  first  settler. 

6  Myndert  Wemp  was  son  of  Jan  Bareutse  Wemp  and  Marytje  Mynderse.  He  was  among  the 
early  settlers  of  Schenectady,  where  he  was  killed  by  the  French  and  Indians.  Feb.  9,  1690.  He 
left  one  son,  Johannes,  who  was  carried  away  captive,  but  returned  and  became  the  father  of  a 
numerous  family. 

"  Gerrit  Van  Schaick  was  eldest  son  of  Goosen  Gerrit  Van  Schaick.    He  died  11  Nov.,  1679. 


Albany   Comity  Records.  173 

which  reference  is  here  made ;  and  that  for  a  house  and  lot  bought  of 
him,  Myndert,  standing  and  lying  in  Schenectady. 

Thus  executed  in  Albany,  on  the  29th  of  December,  1677. 

LUDOVICUS    COBES. 

RicTi'd  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
In  my  presence, 

.    Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  Messieurs  Rich.  Pretty  and  A.  Teller,  commissaries,  etc., 
Wattawyt  and  his  son  Appanewayett,  with  the  sister  of  Wattawyt,  named 
Sassioncha,  and  her  little  son  named  Metschekamek,  all  Mohegans, 
dwelling  at  Schotak,  who  declared  that  they  are  well  paid  and  satisfied 
by  Mr.  Gerrit  Van  Slichtenhorst  for  their  claim  upon  a  certain  parcel  of 
land  which  they,  by  these  presents,  release  and  convey  to  him,  lying  in 
the  Claverak  between  the  bouwery  of  Jan  Roothaer  and  Major  Abm. 
Staes,  beginning  at  a  certain  fall  upon  the  kil  named  Kiesiewey'si  kil,  to 
the  kil  of  Major  Abm.  Staes,  with  the  vly.  little  islands  and  wood  stand- 
ing thereupon,  with  all  the  rights  and  ownership  of  the  same  which  they, 
the  former  proprietors,  possessed  ;  renouncing  and  making  full  release  for 
themselves  and  their  heirs,  by  these  presents,  of  the  claims  which  they 
had  thereupon,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  the  aforesaid  Mons.  Gerrit  Van 
Slichtenhorst,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire 
his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  land,  the  ap- 
pendances  and  dependencies  of  the  same,  as  he  might  do  with  his  own 
patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  the  same  to  defend  against  all 
persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges  which  may 
hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  nor  to  suffer  anything  to  be  done 
against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever, 
under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  by  law. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  and  ti'anslated  by  Arnout  Cornelise  Viele,  on 
this  first  day  of  January,  167|-. 

This  is  the  mark  -\-  of  Wattawyt,  with  his  own  hand  set,  for 

himself  and  for  his  son. 
This  is  the  mark  -j-  of  Sassioncha,  with  her  own  hand  set,  for 
herself  and  for  her  son. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Arnout  Cor[_nelise  Viele'],  Interpreter. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Rot.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  Messieurs  Rich.  Pretty  and  Ands.  Teller,  commis- 
saries, etc.,  Claes  Janse  Van  Boekhooven,  who  declared  that  he  had  in 
true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  and  for 


This  was  the  name  of  an  Indian  residing  in  this  neighborhood. 


174  Albany  County  Records. 

the  behoof  of  Teunis  Willemse  i  Van  Wout  Bergh,  in  a  certain  piece  of 
arable  land  of  ten  morgens,  lying  on  the  other  side  of  the  river  at  Canas- 
tagioene,  to  the  east  of  the  aforesaid  Claas  Janse's  bouwery,  with  the 
right  to  the  woods  with  his  neighbors  for  a  range  for  his  cattle  and  other 
purposes,  which  piece  of  land  Teunis  aforesaid  at  present  occupies  and 
tills ;  which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  given  him 
by  Harme  Vedder  and  Barent  Rynderse,  of  date  the  31st  of  October,  1677, 
being  a  part  of  his  half  then  conveyed,  whereto  reference  is  here  made, 
and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claims  standing  or  issuing  against 
the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's  making 
the  least  pretensions  to  it  any  more ;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid 
and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  as  well  as  the  last,  and  giving  there- 
fore plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  perfect  power  to  the  aforesaid  Teunis 
Willemse  Van  Wout  Berg,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may 
acquire  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  land 
as  he  might  do  with  his  own  patrimonial  estate  andeflfects;  promising  the 
same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims 
or  charges  which  are  lawful ;  and  further,  never  more  to  do  nor  suffer 
anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  8th  of  Feb,  167|. 

This  is  the  mark  of  -j-  Claes  Janse  Van  Boekhoven. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  Messieurs  Rich.  Pretty  and  Andr.  Teller,  commissaries,  etc., 
Ro.  Sanders,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership, 
granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Paulus  Mar- 
tense  [Van  Benthuysen],  raemmaker,^  a  certain  parcel  of  land,  lying 
without  the  town  of  Albany,  without  the  gate  by  Hend.  Rooseboom,^ 
lying  to  the  south  of  Claas  Gerritse's,  to  the  north  [of]  Jacob  Tyssen 
[Van  der  Heyden],  to  the  west  the  land  belonging  to  Andries  De  Vos,* 
and  to  the  east  of  the  public  highway  [North  Pearl  street]  ;  being  in 
breadth  in  front  five  rods  [60  ft.],  and  in  the  rear  four  rods  and  four  feet, 
and  in  length  ten  rods  [120  ft.] ;  which  the  grantor  does  by  virtue  of  a 
conveyance  to  him  given  by  Hendrik  Marcelis,  of  date  the  14th  Decem- 
ber, 1677,  to  which  reference  is  here  made,  this  being  a  just  half  of  the 
lot  mentioned  in  the  patent  of  said  Marcelis,  the  other  half,  being  the 
rear,  has  been  sold  to  Volkie  Van  Hoesen,^  and  that  free  and  unencum- 
bered, with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the 
lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  pretension  to  it 


1  Teunis  Willemse  and  wife,  Jannetie  Hendrikse,  had  three  children  baptized  in  Albany 
1696-1700. 

2  Sash  maker. 

3  This  gate  was  at  the  junction  of  North  Pearl  and  Steuben  streets. 

^  Andries  De  Vos's  land  lay  on  the  west  side  of  North  Pearl  street,  and  extended  north  from 
Steuben  street  to  Fox  creek. 
^  Volkie  Van  Hoesen  was  the  wife  of  Jan  Franse  Van  Hoesen,  the  first  settler. 


Albany   County  Recm'ds.  175 

any  more ;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the 
first  penny  with  the  last,  and  therefore  gWmg  plenam  actionem  cessam,  Viwdi 
full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Paul  Martense  Raemmaker,  his  heirs  and  suc- 
cessors, or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with 
and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  own  patrimonial 
estate  and  efi'ects  ;  promising  the  aforesaid  lot  to  defend  against  all  persons, 
and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges  which  may  hereafter 
arise,  and  never  more  to  do  nor  allow  anything  to  be  done  against  the 
same,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor 
according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  21st  of  Feb.,  167|. 

RoBBERT  Sanders. 
Rich.   Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 
In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  Messieurs  Rich.  Pretty  and  Ands.  Teller,  commissaries, 
etc.,  Paulus  Martense  [Van  Benthuysen],  Raemmaker,  who  declared  that 
he  had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred 
to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  David  Schuyler  and  Lawrence  Van  Ale,  in 
a  certain  lot  lying  without  the  town  of  Albany,  without  the  gate  by 
Hend.  Rooseboom,  lying  to  the  south  of  Claes  G-erritse,  to  the  north  of 
Jacob  Tyssen  [Van  der  tieyden],  to  the  west  the  land  belonging  to  An- 
dries  De  Vos,  and  to  the  east  of  the  public  highway  [North  Pearl  street], 
being  in  breadth  in  front  five  rods,  and  in  the  rear  four  rods  and  four 
feet,  and  in  length  ten  rods ;  which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a 
conveyance  to  him  given  by  Ro,  Sanders,  of  date  the  11th  of  Feb.,  167-|-, 
to  which  reference  is  here  made,  this  being  the  just  half  of  what  was 
mentioned  in  the  patent  of  Hend.  Marcelis,  of  date  the  11th  of  May,  1667, 
the  other  half,  being  the  rear,  was  sold  to  Volkie  Van  Hoese,  and  that 
free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  nor  issuing  against  it 
(excepting  the  lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least 
pretension  to  it  any  more;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satis- 
fied therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  therefore  giving  plenam 
actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  David  Schuyler  and 
Lawrence  Van  Ale,  their  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter 
receive  his  right  or  title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot  as 
they  might  do  with  their  own  patrimonial  estates  and  efi'ects ;  promising 
the  aforesaid  lot  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all 
trouble,  claims  and  charges  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more 
to  do  nor  sufi"er  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  22d  Feb.,  167|. 

Paulus  Martense. 
Rich'd  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


176  Albany  County  Records. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  Messieurs  Dirk  Wessels  and  A.  Teller,  commissaries,  etc., 
Jan  Janse  Bleecker  and  Jacob  Sanderse  Glen,  attorneys  for  Jan  Heyn- 
drix  Van  Bael,  who  declared  that  they  had  granted,  conveyed  and  trans- 
ferred to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Paulus  Martense  [Van  Benthuysen], 
Raemmaker,  a  certain  lot  lying  without  the  town  of  Albany,  by  the  gate 
where  the  court  house  stands, i  bounding  on  the  north  the  garden  of 
Harme  Bastiaense  [Visscher],  to  the  south  the  common  way  to  the  shore 
[Division  street],  to  the  east  of  the  highway  [Broadway],  in  breadth  five 
rods  and  three  and  a  half  feet,  length  to  the  river  path,-  which  the 
grantors  do  by  virtue  of  a  patent  granted  to  Van  Bael  by  the  late  governor 
general,  Richard  Nicolls,  of  date  the  30th  of  April,  1677,  all  as  it  lies  in 
fence,  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against 
the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantors'  making 
the  least  pretension  to  it  any  more  ;  acknowledging  that  they  are  fully  paid 
and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  therefore  giving 
plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Paulus  Martense, 
his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  hereafter  may  acquire  his  right  and 
title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  same  as  he  might  do  with  his  own 
patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  promising  the  said  lot  to  defend  against 
all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims  or  charges  which  may 
hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to  be  done 
against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever, 
under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  25th  of  Feb.,  167|. 

Jan  Janse  Bleecker. 
Jacob  Sanderse  Glen. 
A.  Teller. 
Dirck  'Wesseh. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Rot.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  o£ 
of  the  honorable  Messieurs  Richard  Pretty  and  Andries  Teller,  commis- 
saries, etc.,  Annetie  Lievens,  widow  of  Goose  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick], 
deceased,  who  declared  that  she  had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  given 
and  presented  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Gerrit  Van  Schaick, ^  in  a  cer- 
tain house  and  lot  standing  and  lying  without  the  town  of  Albany,  on  the 
Third  kil  [Fox  creek];  bounded  north  and  west  by  the  lot  of  Gerrit 
Reyerse,^  south  and  east  by  the  public  highway,  being  six  rods  in  length 
aud  in  breadth  four  rods ;  -^  all  which  she,  by  these   presents,  grants,  con- 

1  The  court  house  stood  on  the  east  corner  of  Hudson  street  and  Broadway,  just  inside  the 
Btockadoes. 

2  This  lot  of  Van  Bael,  probably  a  garden,  was  on  the  east  corner  of  Division  street  and  Broad- 
way. 

3  Gerrit  Van  Schaick  was  the  eldest  son  of  Goosen  Gerritse  Van  Schaick,  the  first  settler.  He 
married  Alida  Van  Slichtenhorst,  daughter  of  Barent  Arentee  Van  Slichteuhorst,  and  died  11 
Nov.,  1679.    His  widow  afterwards  married  Pieter  Davidse  Schuyler,  whom  she  outiived. 

■»  Gerrit  Eeyerse  came  from  Utrecht,  and  was  in  Beverwyck  as  early  as  1656  {Deeds  i,  49).  In 
1665  he  married  Annatie  Janse,  of  Amsterdam,  in  New  York,  and  in  his  will,  made  15  Feb.,  169M, 
he  mentions  five  children  then  living.  He  was  a  trader,  and  in  1660  and  1662  made  two  voyages 
to  Patria.  His  two  logs  of  these  voyages  are  still  preserved.  His  descendants  pass  by  the  name 
of  Gerritsen. 

^  This  lot  was  on  the  north  corner  of  Broadway  and  Columbia  street. 


Albany   County  Records.  177 

veys  and  transfers  to  Grerrit  Van  Schayk  aforesaid,  by  virtue  of  a  patent 
granted  her  late  husband  by  the  late  governor  general,  Rich.  Nicolls,  of 
date  the  25th  of  April,  1667,  to  which  reference  is  here  made,  and  that 
free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the 
same  (excepting  the  lord's  (Jieer  zyii)  right),  and  without  the  grantor's 
making  the  least  pretension  thereto  any  more ;  acknowledging  that  she 
has  given  and  presented  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  to  Gerrit  Shayk 
aforenamed,  and  therefore  giving  plenam  actionem  cessani,  and  full  power 
to  Gerrit  Van  Shayk,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  here- 
after receive  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid 
house  and  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  patrimonial  estate  and  effects  ; 
promising  the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all 
trouble,  claims  and  charges ;  and  further,  never  more  to  do  nor  suffer 
anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  the  laws,  in 
any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to 
law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  4th  of  March,  167f . 

Annetge  Lievens, 

Rich'd  Pretty, 

A.    Teller. 


In  my  presence. 


Ro,  Livingston,  Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  Messieurs  Rich.  Pretty  and  Ands.  Teller,  commissaries, 
etc.,  Cornelis  Cornelise  Van  der  Hoeve,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true 
rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  and  for  the 
behoof  of  Arent  Jacobse,  in  his  house  and  lot  standing  and  lying  here  in 
Albany,  between  the  houses  of  Mr.  William  Loveridge,  hat  maker,  and 
Jacob  Staes,  with  all  that  is  thereon,  fast  by  earth  and  nailed ;  in  breadth 
in  front  on  the  street  four  and  twenty  wood  feet,  length  five  and  fifty 
feet,  and  breadth  in  the  rear  8  feet,  all  as  it  lies  inclosed  in  fence,  which 
he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  made  to  him  by  Marte 
Hoffman,  of  date  the  30th  December,  1676,  and  that  free  and  unencum- 
bered, with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the 
lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  pretension  to  the 
same  any  more  ;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor, 
the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  therefore  ^Wingplenam  actionem  cessain, 
and  full  power  to  the  aforenamed  Arent  Jacobse,  his  heirs  and  successors, 
or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and 
dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  own  patri- 
monial estate  and  effects ;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons, 
and  to  free  it  from  all  troubles,  claims  and  charges  which  are  lawful ;  and 
further,  never  more  to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same, 
either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatst)ever,  under  obligation  as 
provided  therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  4th  of  March,  167|-. 

Cornells  Kornelissen  Van  der  Hoeve. 
A.    Teller. 

In  my  presence, 

RoT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi  23 


178  Albany   County  Records. 

Appeared  before  rue.  Ro'.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of  the 
afteruamed  witnesses,  Anuetie  Lievens,  widow  of  the  late  Goose  Gerritse 
[Van  Schaick],  of  the  one  side,  and  Zybrant  Van  Shayk  '  of  the  other 
side,  who  declared  that  they  have  in  amity  and  friendship  agreed  and 
made  a  bargain  with  each  other  in  manner  following,  namely  :  Annetie 
Lievens  acknowledges  that  she  has  sold,  and  Zybrant  Van  Shayk  that  he 
has  bought,  the  grantor's  half  of  a  certain  brewery,  lot  and  garden,  with 
all  the  rights  of  the  same,  kettles,  tubs,  etc.,-  at  present  possessed  by 
Pieter  Lassiug,  who  owns  the  other  half;  he,  the  buyer,  taking  upon 
himself  all  the  debts  and  credits  which  exist  at  this  time,  so  that  the  seller 
is  at  once  released  therefrom,  as  well  from  the  income  as  the  receipts  ;  the 
aforesaid  half  brewery  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  at  once  ;  for  which 
Zybrant  Goosens  aforesaid  p'-omises  to  pay  the  number  of  one  hundred 
good  whole  merchantable  beaver  skins,  in  two  payments,  the  first  on  the 
first  day  of  August  this  year,  the  quantity  of  sixty  beavers,  and  the 
second  payment  on  the  first  of  August,  1679,  the  remaining  forty  beavers  ; 
the  seller  shall  be  holden  after  the  second  payment  to  give  a  perfect  con- 
veyance, with  all  the  rights  of  the  same,  just  as  it  was  conveyed  to  her 
late  husband  by  Harme  Rutgers  (excepting  the  lord's  right) ;  all  that  is 
stated  above  the  contracting  parties  shall  surely  and  truly  keep. 

Thus  done  without  craft  or  guile,  in  the  presence  of  Mr.  Audries  Teller 
and  Mr.  Dirk  "Wessels,  commissaries  of  this  town  of  Albany,  on  this  5th 
of  March,  167|. 

Annetge  Lievens. 
Sybrant  Van  Schaick. 
A.  Teller. 
Dirck  Wessels  [TVn  Broeck']. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro'f.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  Messieurs  Richard  Pretty  and  Andries  Teller,  commissa- 
ries, etc.,  Areut  Jacobse,  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free 
ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of 
William  Loveridge,  Sen^.,  hatter,  in  his  house  and  lot  standing  and  lying 
here  in  Albany,  between  the  houses  of  said  William  Loveridge  and 
Jacob  Staes,  with  all  that  is  therein  fast  by  earth  and  nailed ;  in  breadth 
in  front  on  the  street  four  and  twenty  wood  feet,  length  to  the  rear  fifty- 
five  feet,  where  the  breadth  is  eight  feet,  all  as  it  now  lies  inclosed  in 
fence ;  which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  received  by 
him  from  Cornelis  Cornelise  Van  der  Hoeven,  of  date  the  4th  of  March 
of  the  year  167|-,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing 
or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right),  and  without  the 
grantor's  making  the  least  pretension  to  it  any  more  ;  acknowledging  that 
he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and 
therefore    giving  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and   full  power  to   the  afore- 


'  Sybrant  Van  Schaick  was  son  of  Goosen  Gerritse  Van  Schaick.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Van  der  Poel,  who,  after  his  death,  in  1686,  contracted  marriage  with  Bennony  Van  Curler.  At 
that  time  she  had  four  children  by  her  first  husband.  In  3735  the  above  brewery  was  owned  by 
Sybrant  (Antonissen  ?  )  Van  Schaick. 

2  This  brewery  stood  upon  the  east  half  of  the  present  Exchange  block,  and  remained  in  pos- 
session of  the  Van  Schaick  family  to  1735  or  later. 


Albany   County  Records.  179 

named  William  Loveridge,  Sen^.,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who 
may  hereafter  acquire  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the 
aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  own  patrimonial  estate 
and  effects ;  promising  to  defend  the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free 
it  from  all  trouble,  claims  and  charges  which  are  lawful ;  and  further,  never 
more  to  do  nor  suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or 
without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  by  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  this  8th  of  March,  167|-. 

Arendt  Jacobsen. 
A.  Teller. 

In  my  presence, 

RoBT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  honorable  Messieurs  Philip  Schuyler  and  Richard  Pretty,  commis- 
saries, etc.,  Dirkie  de  Weevers,  wife  of  Jan  Martense  [VVeever  or  de 
Weever],  who  acknowledged  that  she  is  well  and  truly  indebted,  and  in 
arrears,  to  Jacob  Lokermans  in  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  and  twenty-six 
guilders  and  twelve  stuivers  in  beavers,  growing  out  of  the  matter  of 
moneys  paid,  and  goods  to  her  content  received ;  which  aforesaid  eight 
hundred  and  twenty-six  guilders,  twelve  stuivers  in  beavers,  the  mortgagor 
to  Jacob  Lookermans,  or  his  order,  promises  to  pay  in  good  merchantable 
winter  wheat,  at  five  schepels  i  the  beaver  ;  to  pay  it  in  the  space  of  one 
year,,  beginning  from  this  date,  with  yearly  interest  at  10  per  cent; 
pledging  therefor  specially  her  bouwery,  with  house  and  barn,  lying  at 
Kinderhoek,  with  horses  and  cattle  belonging  thereto,  and  generally  "her 
person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted, 
submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  magistrates,  courts,  laws  and 
judges,  to  promote  payment  in  due  time,  if  need  be,  without  cost  and  loss. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  8th  of  May,  1678. 

Derckien  Hermens. 
Philq)    Schiii/le/: 
Riclid  Pretty. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Rqt.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  afternamed  witnesses,  Capt.  Jan  Cloete,  on  the  one  side,  and  Jan 
Conell  and  Gerrit  Teunisse  [Van  Vechten],'  of  the  other  side,  who  de- 
clared _  that  they  had  in  amity  and  friendship  made  a  bargain  with  each 
other  in  regard  to  his,  Jan  Cloete's,  claim  and  right  which  he  has  in 
Catskil,  viz  :  First. — Jan  Cloet  acknowledges  that  he  has  sold,  and  Jan 
Conell  and  Gerrit  Teunise  that  they  have  bought  his,  Jan  Cloet's.  claim 
and  right  which  he  has  in  Catskil,  being  the  half  of  the  laud  that  the 
Indians  own,  he  having  a  mortgage  thereon,  of  date  the  15th  of  January, 
1671,  to  which  reference  is  here  made  ;  for  which  claim  they,  the  buyers, 
promise  to  pay  the  quantity  of  one  hundred  beaver  skins,  to  wit,  twenty- 


'  A  schepel  was  about  three  pecks  English. 

»  Gerrit  Tennise  Van  Vechten  had  two  sons,  Johannes,  by  his  first  wife,  Antje  Janse,  and 
Volkert,  by  his  second  wife,  Grietje  Volkertse  Doiiw.    He  made  his  will  8  March,  1080    - 


180  Albany   County  Records. 

five  beavers  this  summer,  and  the  remaining  seventy-five  beavers  in  the 
space  of  six  years  nest  coming,  each  year  a  sixth  part,  well  understanding 
that  if  the  Indians  who  gave  him  the  mortgage  pay  liim  this  summer,  then 
this  sale  shall  be  null  and  of  no  eftect ;  about  which  the  contracting  par- 
ties are  well  content,  pledging  therefor  their  respective  persons  and 
estates,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  for  the  performance  of  the 
above  agreement. 

Done  in  Albany,  without  craft  or  guile,  this  2d  of  April,  1678. 

Johannes  Clute. 
John  Conell. 
This  is  the  mark  >i'  of  Gerrit  Teunise. 

Testes  : 
Arnout  Cor.   Viele. 
WilUani  Loveridge^  Jun^. 
In  my  presence, 

lio.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Eo'.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  Messieurs  Rich.  Pretty  and  Ands.  Teller,  commissaries, 
etc.,  Hendrick  Meese  Vrooman,'  who  acknowledged  that  he  is  well  and 
truly  indebted,  and  in  arrears,  to  Hobert  Sanders,  in  the  sum  of  seventy- 
seven  guilders  and  fourteen  stuivers  beavers,  and  four  hundred  and  forty- 
seven  guilders  and  fourteen  stuivers  in  seawant,  and  a  hundred  and  nine 
schepels  of  good  winter  wheat,  growing  out  of  goods  received  to  his  con- 
tent, an  obligation  hereof  having  passed,  of  date  the  9th  of  June,  1676, 
which  is  herewith  destroyed  ;  which  aforesaid  seventy-seven  guilders  14 
stuivers  in  beavers,  four  hundred  and  forty-seven  guilders  14  stuivers 
seewant,  and  one  hundred  and  nine  schepels  of  wheat  the  mortgagor  pro- 
mises to  pay  before  the  first  of  June  next  coming,  in  wheat,  at  five 
schepels,  and  peas  at  six  schepels  the  beavers,  and  failing  in  payment  he 
shall  be  holden  to  pay  as  interest,  for  the  whole  sum  twenty-one  schepels  of 
wheat,  yearly,  commencing  on  the  first  of  June,  1678 ;  pledging  therefor 
his  house  and  barn  standing  and  lying  in  the  south  end  of  the  village  of 
Schenectady,-  and  generally  his  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real, 
present  and  future,  nothing  excepted,  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of 
all  magistrates,  courts,  laws  and  judges. 

Thus  done,  without  craft  or  guile,  in  Albany,  this  4th  of  April,  1678. 

Heinderick  Meesen  Vrooman. 
Rich'd  Pretty. 
A.    Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Robt.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  Harme  G-ansevoort,  of  the  one  side,  and  Jan 
Conell  of  the  other  side,   who   declared    that  they  had,  in  amity  and 

1  Hendrik  Meese  Vrooman  was  one  of  the  three  brothers  who  settled  early  in  Albany.  He  was 
among  the  earliest  inhabitants  of  Schenectady,  where  he  was  killed  Feb.  9, 1690.  at  the  sack  of 
the  to^^^l.  His  son  Bartholomew  was  killed  in  Saratoga  the  same  year,  by  the  Indians.  His 
other  sons,  Adam  and  Jau,  lived  in  Schenectady,  and  had  large  families. 

2  His  lot  was  on  the  north  side  of  State  street,  Schenectady,  and  extended  from  Centre  street 
to  the  New  York  Central  rail  road  depot,  which  covers  a  portion  of  his  ground. 


Albany  County  Records.  181 

friendship,  covenanted  and  agreed  with  each   other  in  relation  to  the  sale 

of  his,    Harme  Gansevoort's  bouwery  at  Catskil,  as  follows  :     Firstly. 

Harme  Gransevoort  acknowledges  that  he  has  sold,  and  Jan  Conell  that 
he  has  bought  of  him,  the  aforesaid  bouwery  of  Harme  G-ansevoort,  lying 
at  Catskil,  with  all  its  appendages,  the  superstructure,  house,  fences,  etc° 
except  a  new  barn  that  is  now  built,  and  the  horses,  cattle,  etc.,  he  not 
being  holden  to  deliver  anything  but  the  land  and  what  belongs  thereto. 
The  seller  shall  make  the  delivery  on  the  2d  of  Nov.,  1678,  and  after  the 
last  payment  he  is  to  give  a  perfect  conveyance.  For  which  bouwery  and 
the  rights  of  the  same,  the  aforenamed  Jan  Conell  promises  to  pay  to  the 
aforesaid  Harme  Gansevoort  the  number  of  two  hundred  merchantable 
beaver  skins,  to  wit,  five  and  twenty  beavers  in  the  space  of  eight  days, 
and  the  remaining  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  beavers  within  the  six 
following  years,  in  each  a  just  sixth  part;  wherewith  the  contracting 
parties  are  well  content. 

Done  in  Albany,  without  craft  or  guile,  the  20th  of  April,  1678. 

HaRMEN  GrANSEVORT. 

John  Conell. 
Jem  Cornelise  Roodt. 

This  is  the  mark  -f-  of  Jacobus  de  Brotoer. 
In  my  presence, 

R.  Livingston,  Seer. 

[Note  in  the  margin  of  the  above  paper.]  The  22d  of  Nov.,  1679,  H. 
Gansevoort  acknowledges  that  he  has  received  of  J.  Conell,  on  an  ac- 
counting, for  the  bouwery,  four  and  fifty  beavers  and  one  crown. 

Appeared  before  me  R.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  afternamed  witnesses,  Harme  Gansevoort  of  the  one  side,  and  William 

Jochemse of  the  other  side,  who  declared  thatthey  had  in  amity  and 

friendship  covenanted  and  agreed  with  each  other  in  relation  to  the  sale 
of  the  sowed  land  at  Catskil,  on  his,  Harme's,  bouwery,  which  he  has  this 
day  sold  to  Jan  Conell,  as  follows  :  Firstly. — Harme,  aforesaid,  acknow- 
ledges that  he  has  sold,  and  William  Jochemse  that  he  has  bought,  40 
schepels  of  good  sowed  winter  wheat  on  his,  the  aforesaid  Harme  Ganse- 
voort's,  bowery  at  Catskill,  and  that  for  the  sum  of  forty  good  merchantable 
beaver  skins,  to  be  paid,  the  first  half,  being  20  beavers,  in  December 
coming,  and  the  other  half  next  March,  1679,  on  condition  that  Harme 
Gansevoort  at  once  relinquishes  the  aforesaid  bouwery,  which  herewith 
he  doe?,  making  a  complete  resignation  of  the  sowed  land  there,  and 
delivering  the  same  to  the  aforesaid  Willem  Jochemse,  to  be  used  for  his 
profit ;  about  which  the  contracting  parties  are  well  content. 

Done  in  Albany,  without  craft  or  guile,  on  this  20th  of  April,  1678. 

Harmen  Gansevoort. 
Testes :  WiLLEM  JoCHEMSEN. 

Dirck  Alhertse  Brat. 
Jacob  Theysen.  (?) 
In  my  presence, 

RoT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

[Note  in  the  margin  of  the  above   paper.]     On  this,  the  22d  of  No- 
vember, 1679,  Harme  Gansevoort  acknowledges  that  he   is  at  once  paid 


182  Albany   County  Records. 

and    satisfied  for   the    sowed    land   at  Catskil,  being  forty    beavers;  in 
acknowledgment  of  wbicb  he  has  signed  this  with  his  own  hand. 
Dated  nt  supra. 

Harmen  Gansevoort. 

Acknowledged  before  nie. 

RoT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro'.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  Claes  Willemse  Van 
Coppernoll,!  of  the  one  side,  and  Jan  Conell,  of  the  other  side,  who  de- 
clared that  they  had  in  amity  and  friendship  covenanted  with  each  other 
in  form  and  manner  following  :  Firstly. —  Claes  Willemse  acknowledges 
that  he  has  let  himself  and  his  wife,  and  Jan  Conell  that  he  has  hired  them 
for  the  space  of  a  whole  year,  commencing  with  the  18th  of  June,  lG78,and 
ending  with  the  18th  of  June,  1679,  to  be  his  farm  superintendent  (io?«p- 
meesier),  on  his  bouwery  at  Catskil,  and  his  wife  to  do  such  other  services  as 
may  be  there  needful ;  and  that  for  the  sum  of  two  and  forty  good  merchant- 
able beaver's  skins  [S134.40],  one-half  to  be  paid  the  next  winter  in  wheat, 
at  market  price,  and  the  other  half  at  the  end  of  his  term  of  service  in  bea- 
vers ;  his  wife  shall  be  furnished  with  soap  to  wash  for  herself  and  others 
on  the  bouwery  [and  said  Claes  and  his  wife],  promise  to  serve  Jan  Conell 
faithfully,  in  all  proper  services,  according  to  the  bounden  duty  of  a 
servant  to  a  master;  with  which  the  contracting  parties  are  well  content ; 
thereto  pledging  their  respective  and  estates,  personal  and  real,  present 
and  future,  nothing  excepted,  and  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all 
magistrates,  courts  and  laws. 

Done  in  Albany,  without  craft  or  guile,  this  30th  of  May,  1678. 

Klaes  Willemse. 
John  Conell. 
Testes  : 
Wm.  Parker. 
William  Loveridgc,  Junr. 

In  my  presence, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro^  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates  Mr.  Rich.  Pretty  and  Mr.  Jan  Thomase  [Min- 
gael],  commissaries,  etc.,  a  certain  Mahikander  Indian,  called  by  Christians 
Knaep,  and  by  the  Indians  Paantachtnatt,  who  (being  commissioned  by 
his  aunt,  named  Paunichkam),  declared  that  he  was  full  paid  and  satisfied 
by  Mr.  Dirck  Wessells  [Ten  Broeck],  and  Mr.  Cornells  Van  Dyck,  citi- 
zens of  this  town,  for  their  right  and  title  to  a  certain  piece  of  land  lying 
on  the  east  side  of  the  Hudson  river,  behind  Jan  Ooms,  about  five  Eng- 
lish miles  oif  from  the  shore,  being  a  swale  [y?y]  named  by  the  Indians 
Taxkichenok,  extending  to  or  bounding  upon  a  certain  piece  of  wood 
land  named  Tamschenakassik,  and  also  another  piece  of  land  named 
Kekantik,  having  been  heretofore  maize  land,  and  stretching  to  the  river; 
all  of  which  aforesaid  land,  as  well  the  swale  as   the  other  two  pieces  of 

1  Claes  Willemse  Van  Coppernol,  in  16T9,  hired  a  bouwery  of  William  Teller,  at  Schenectady, 
and  soon  after  obtained  a  patent  in  connection  with  Pieter  Van  Olinda,  for  a  parcel  of  land  on 
the  south  bank  of  the  Mohawk  river,  15  miles  west  of  Schenectady,  at  a  place  called  de  Willegeu. 
He  married  a  Mohawk  woman  named  Lea,  who,  after  his  death,  married,  about  1703,  Jonathan 
Stevens  of  Schenectady. 


Albany   County  Records. 


183 


wood  land,  together  witli  the  kils,  creeks,  woods,  and  the  rights  to  the 
same,  he,  Knaep,  and  his  aunt  aforesaid,  he  for  her,  transfer,  grant  and 
convey  to  Mr.  I).  Wessells  and  Mr.  Cornelis  Van  Dyck,  with  all  their 
title  and  ownership  therein,  which  they,  the  late  proprietors,  possessed, 
resigning  and  giving  a  perfect  release,  by  these  presents,  for  them  and  for 
their  heirs,  of  the  claims  which  they  had  therein,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of 
the  aforesaid  Mons.  Dirk  Wessells  and  Mr.  Corn.  Van  Dyk,  their  heirs 
and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  receive  their  right  and  title, 
to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  land,  and  the  appendances  and 
dependences  of  the  same,  as  well  the  swale  as  the  two  other  pieces  of 
wood  land  that  belong  thereto,  as  well  the  kils  and  creeks  as  other  things, 
as  they  might  do  with  their  own  patrimonial  estates  and  effects  ;  promising 
the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  them  from  all  trouble, 
claims  or  charges  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never  more  to  do  nor 
suffer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law, 
in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  accord- 
ing to  law,  their  honors  [the  commissaries],  herewith  granting  consent  to 
solicit  a  patent  of  the  right  honorable,  the  governor  general. 

Thus  done  in  Albany,  being  interpreted  by  Arnout  Corn.  Viele,  in 
presence  of  a  certain  Mahikander  named  Thamokenik,  on  this  the  11th 
day  of  June,  1678. 


This  is  the  mark 
with   his  own 


5=5 


of  Knaep, 
hand  set. 


This  is  the  mark 
with  his  own 


of  Thamokenik, 
hand  set. 


Witness : 
Richard  Pretty. 
Jan  Thomase. 

Arnout  Cor.   Viele,  interpreter. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston, 


Seer. 


Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Rich.  Pretty  and  Mr.  Dirk  Wessells,  com- 
missaries, etc.,  Jan  Thomase  [Mingael],  who  declared  that  he  had  in  true 
rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred,  in  real  and 
actual  possession,  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Johannes  De  Wandelaer,i 
burgher  of  this  town,  in  a  certain  house  and  lot  standing  and  lying  here 
in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  on  the  corner  of  Bergh  [now  Chapel]  street, 
where  Johannes  [Wandelaer]  aforesaid  at  present  dwells  ;  in  breadth  in 
front  on  the  street  [now  State],  to  the  south  two  rods  three  and  a  half 
inches,  and  breadth  in  the  rear  two  rods  and  three  inches,  length  to  the 
west  on  the  Bergh  street  three  rods  and   a  half,  and  on  the  east  side  on 


1  Johannes  De  Wandelaer  was  from  Leyden ;  in  1672  he  married  Sara  Schepmoes  in  New 
York,  and  took  up  his  residence  in  Albany.  In  his  will,  made  in  1705,  he  nicntions  eio-ht 
children  then  living.  His  wife  was  probably  then  deceased.  In  1702,  he  is  called  "  merchanfof 
New  York"  {Deeds,  ivj.  In  1711  and  1714  a  Johannes  De  W'andelaer,  perhaps  his  son,  owned  the 
west  corner  of  Maiden  lane  and  Broadway.— 4/6a?i2/  Annals.,  yi,  254. 


184  Albany   Com  it y  Rcconh. 

[Jacob  Janse]  Scheruierhooren  four  rods  and  one  foot,'  which  he,  the 
grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance  given  him  by  the  honorable  the 
commissaries,  of  date  the  {fjuHe',}-  16G8,  being  h)t  5,  granted  him  in  con- 
sideration for  a  certain  lot  which  the  court  received  from  him,  the 
grantor,  by  Avay  of  exchange,  giving  consent  also  to  solicit  a  patent  from 
the  right  honorable  the  governor  general ;  [said  lot]  being  free  and  un- 
encumbered, with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting 
the  lord's  right),  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  pretension 
to  it  any  more;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor, 
the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  therefore  ^wxnf^pUiKtm  actionem  ccsscwi, 
and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Johannes  De  Wandelaer,  his  heirs  and 
successors,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  same  as  he  might  do  with  his 
own  patrimonial  estate  and  efiFects;  promising:  never  more  to  do  udr  suffer 
anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  either 
with  or  without  law,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the   18th  of  June,  1G78. 

Jan  Thomase. 
RicJid  Fretty. 
Dirck  Wessels. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Rot.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  Dirk  Wessells,  com- 
missaries, etc.,  Sweer  Teunise  [Van  Yelsen],  citizen  of  Schenectady,  who 
declared  that  he  had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed 
and  transferred  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Wouter  Aerse  Raemmaker,-'  in  a 
certain  lot  lying  without  the  town  of  Albany,  by  Gerrit  Ryersen's,  where 
his,  the  grantor's,  house  stood,  now  lately  taken  down  and  carried  to 
Schaenhechtady  ;  in  breadth  on  the  east  side  against  the  road  [Broad- 
way], nine  rods  [108  feet  Ryn.],  to  the  west,  in  the  rear,  eight  rods  and  a 
half  [102  feet  Ryn.],'^  to  the  north  against  the  cart  road  [Van  Tromp 
street],  eight  rods,  nine  feet  and  a  half  [lOSo  feet  Ryn.],  Rynland  measure ; 
which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  patent  granted  him  by  the 
right  honorable  the  governor  general,  Rich'd  Xicolls,  deceased,  of  date 
the  15th  of  April,  1667,  to  which  reference  is  here  made,  and  that  free 
and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or  issuing  against  the  same, 
excepting  the  lord's  right,  and  without  the  grantor's  making  the  least 
pretension  any  more  to  it ;  acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and 
satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and  therefore  giving 
pletiam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  afoi'esaid  Wouter  Aerse 
Raemmaker,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire 
his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and  to  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot  as  he 
might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial  estate  and  effects;  promising  to  de- 
fend the  same  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  all  trouble,  claims 
and  charges  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and   never  more  to  do  nor  suffer 


i  This  lot  was  on  the  east  corner  of  State  and  Chapel  streets,  the  rods  mentioned  were  Ehjni- 
land  rods,  of  twelve  feet  each ;  each  foot  containing  about  12.36  English  inches. 

-  Sashmaker. 

3  This  lot  was  north  of  the  town's  stockadoes,  on  the  west  comer  of  Broadway  and  Van  Tromp 
street.  Gerrit  Kyerse's  lot  lying  to  the  south. 


AXbany  County  Records.  185 

anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to 
law. 

T)one  in  Albany,  the  12th  of  June,  1678. 

SWEER   ThOONUSSEN. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Rich'd  Pretty  and  Mr.  Dirk  Wessells 
[Ten  Broeck],  commissaries,  etc.,  Jan  Thomase  [MingaelJ,  who  declared 
that  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  he  had  granted,  conveyed  and  trans- 
ferred, to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Ryer  Jacobse  Schermerhooren,i  husband 
and  guardian  of  Ariaantje  Arentse  [Brat],  late  widow  of  Elmer  Otte,  de- 
ceased, in  a  certain  lot  lying  here  in  Albany,  on  the  hill,  upon  which  at 
present  the  house  of  Dom.  Nic.  Van  Rensselaer  and  the  house  of  Jan 
Witthardt  stand,  being  in  breadth  in  front  to  the  south,  on  the  street, 
three  rods  eight  feet  and  six  inches  [4-4^  ft.],  and  to  the  north  three  rods 
three  feet  six  inches  [39*  ft.],  in  length  to  the  west  on  the  hill,  five  rods 
and  eleven  feet  [71  ft.],  and  to  the  east  on  the  street,  six  rods  and  one 
foot  [73  ft.]  ;  '-2  which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  patent  given 
him  by  the  late  governor  general.  Rich.  Nicolls,  deceased,  of  date  the 
29th  of  April,  1667,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim 
standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right)  and 
without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  pretensions  any  more  to  it; 
acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny 
with  the  last,  and  therefore  giving  plenum  actionem  cessam,  and  full 
power  to  the  aforesaid  Ryer  Jacobse  Schermerhooren,  his  heirs  and  suc- 
cessors, or  those  who  may  hereafter  acquire  his  title  and  right,  to  do  with 
and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  other  patrimonial 
estate  and  efi"ects ;  promising  the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and 
to  free  it  from  every  trouble,  claim  or  charge  which  may  hereafter  arise, 
and  never  more  to  do  nor  sufi"er  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same, 
with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  pro- 
vided therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  this  13th  of  June,  1678. 

Jan  Thomase. 
Richard  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mr.  A.  Teller,  com- 
missaries, etc.,  the  Honorable  Jan  Thomase  [Mingael],  who  declared  that 
he  had,  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred 

1  Ryer  Jacobse  Schermerliooren,  eon  of  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhooren,  and  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Schenectady.  For  many  years  he  was  the  sole  surviving  patentee  of  the  town, 
managing  all  its  affairs  in  Ma  own  name.  He  married  Ariaantje  Arentse  Brat,  widow  of  Helmer 
Otten,  and  occupied  his  farm  at  Schenectady,  a  portion  of  which  is  still  held  by  his  descendants. 
He  left  a  large  family,  and  a  handsome  property  for  the  times. 

2  This  lot  was  on  the  north  corner  of  North  Pearl  and  State  streets. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  24 


186  Albany   County  Records. 

to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Mr.  Cornells  Steenwyk,  merchant  of  New  York, 
in  a  certain  house  and  lot  standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany,  on  the 
Yonker  [State]  street,  in  which  Hamburge  at  present  dwells ;  bounded 
south  and  west  by  the  public  streets,  north  by  the  house  and  lot  of  Mr. 
Timo.  Cooper,  and  east  by  the  house  of  Hieronimus  Wendell,  in  breadth, 
in  front  on  the  street,  to  the  south,  two  rods  six  feet,  two  inches,  breadth 
in  the  rear,  two  rods  and  three  feet,  length  to  the  east,  five  rods  ten  feet 
and  four  inches,  and  to  the  west,  on  the  street,  five  rods  and  nine  feet 
Rynland  measure  ;  '  which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  patent 
which  came  to  him  from  the  right  honorable  the  governor  general, 
Kichard  Nicolls,  of  date  the  29th  of  April,  1G67,  to  which  reference  is 
here  made ;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or 
issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right),  and  without  the 
grantor's  making  the  least  pretension  to  it  any  more  ;  acknowledging  that 
he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and 
therefore  giving  plenam  actionem  cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid 
Mr.  Cornells  Steenwyk,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  here- 
after acquire  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  aforesaid 
house  and  lot  as  he  might  do  with  his  own  patrimonial  estate  and  effects  ; 
promising .  the  same  to  defend  against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from 
every  trouble,  claim  and  charge  which  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and 
never  more  to  do  nor  suflFer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  in  any 
manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  according  to 
law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  14th  of  June,  1678. 

Jan  Thomase. 
RicJid  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

KoT.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ko.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Philip  Schuyler  and  Mr.  Richard  Pretty,  com- 
missaries, etc.,  Jacob  Abrahamse  Cuyper,  who  declared  that  he  had  in 
true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to  and  for 
the  behoof  of  Jan  Cornellse  Vyselaer,  alias  Gow,  in  a  certain  house  and 
lot  standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany ;  bounding  to  the  south  and  west 
upon  Jochem  Ketelheyn's,  to  the  north  on  the  house  of  the  aforesaid  Jan 
Gow,  to  the  east  on  the  public  street,  length  three  rods  nine  feet  seven 
inches,  and  in  breadth  one  rod  eight  feet  and  one  inch;  which  he,  the 
grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  patent  which  came  to  him  from  the  late 
governor  general,  Rich'd  Nicolls,  of  date  the  22d  of  May,  1667,  to  which 
reference  is  here  made,  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim 
standing  or  issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right),  and 
without  the  grantor's  making  the  least  pretensions  to  the  same  anymore; 
acknowledging  that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny 
with  the  last,  and  therefore  giving  2^^<^'>'>^^(^'>^^  actionem  cessam,  and  full 
power  to  the  aforesaid  Jan  Cornellse  Vyselaer,  to  do  with  or  to  dispose  of 
the  same  as  he  might  do  with  his  own  patrimonial  estate  and  effects ;  pro- 


This  lot  was  on  the  east  corner  of  North  Pearl  and  State  streets. 


Albany   Comity  Records.  187 

raising  the  same  to  defend  against  every  person,  and   to  free  the  same 
from  every  trouble,  claim  or  charge  which  may  hereafter  arise,  and  never 
more  to  do  nor  suiFer  anything  to  be  done  against  the  same,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided  therefor  by  law. 
Done  in  Albany,  the  20th  of  June,  1678. 

Jacob  Abrahamsen. 
Philip  Schuyler. 
Richard  Pretty. 
Acknowledged  before  me. 

Rot.  Livingston,  Seer. 

Appeared  before  me  Ro'.  Livingston,  seer.,  etc.,  and  in  presence  of  the 
honorable  magistrates,  Mr.  Richard  Pretty  and  Mi-.  Ands.  Teller,  com- 
missaries, etc.,  Jan  Cornelise  Vyselaer,  alias  Gow,  who  declared  that  he 
had  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  granted,  conveyed  and  transferred  to 
and  for  the  behoof  of  Jan  Andriese  Douw,i  in  a  certain  house  and  lot 
standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany ;  bounding  to  the  south  and  west 
Jochim  Ketelhuyn's,  to  the  north  the  house  of  the  aforesaid  Gow,  and  to 
the  east  the  public  street,  in  length  three  rods  nine  feet  seven  inches,  and 
in  breadth  one  rod  eight  feet  one  inch  ;  with  the  reservation  that  the 
alley  between  this  house  and  the  house  of  Jan  Gow,  shall  remain  in 
common,  it  being  fifteen  and  a  half  feet  wide,  and  in  length  to  the  rear  of 
said  Gow's  house ;  which  he,  the  grantor,  does  by  virtue  of  a  conveyance 
received  by  him  to-day  from  Jacob  Abrahamse,  to  which  reference  is 
here  made ;  and  that  free  and  unencumbered,  with  no  claim  standing  or 
issuing  against  the  same  (excepting  the  lord's  right),  and  without  the 
grantor's  making  the  least  pretension  to  it  any  more  ;  acknowledging  that 
he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  and 
therefore  gWmgplenam  actionem  cessani,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid 
Jan  Andriese  Douw,  his  heirs  and  successors,  or  those  who  may  hereafter 
acquire  his  right  and  title,  to  do  with  and  dispose  of  the  same  as  he  might 
do  with  his  own  patrimonial  estate  and  eff'ects  ;  promising  the  same  to  de- 
fend against  all  persons,  and  to  free  it  from  every  trouble,  claim  and  charge 
which  are  lawful,  and  never  more  to  do  nor  to  suffer  anything  to  be  done 
against  the  same,  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  under  obligation  as  provided 
therefor  according  to  law. 

Done  in  Albany,  the  20th  of  June,  1678. 

This  is  the  mark  -j-  of  Jan  Corn.  Vyselaer, 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
Rich'd  Pretty. 
A.  Teller. 

Acknowledged  before  me, 

Ro.  Livingston,  Seer. 


[end  of  vol.  i  of  deeds.] 


1  Jan  Andries  Douw  may  have  been  related  to  Volkert  Janse  Douw ;  if  so,  the  relationship 
does  not  appear.  He  had  two  children  baptized  in  Albany  in  1084  -  9,  and  three,  1691  -  6,  in 
New  York,  where,  perhaps,  he  became  a  permanent  resident. 


188  ■  Albany   Cminty  Records. 


[volume   II.] 

On  this  nineteenth  day  of  August,  of  the  year  after  the  birth  of  our 
Lord  and  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ,  sixteen  hundred  and  fifty-four,  in  the 
forenoon,  appeared  before  me  Johannes  Dyekman,'  in  the  service  of  the 
privileged  West  India  Company,  clerk  [commys],  and  vice  director  of 
Fort  Orange,  Honorable  Jan  Labatic,  burgher  in  Beverwyck,  and  de- 
clared (jjetiede)  that  he  had  granted,  transferred  and  conveyed  to  the 
Honorable  Mr.  Paulo  Schrick,-  merchant,  his  certain  lot  lying  in  the 
Manathans,  in  New  Amsterdam,  lying  between  skipper  Willem  Thomasse 
and  Isaak  de  Foreest,  the  patent  of  which  is  in  the  custody  of  Karel  Van 
Brugge;  that  he  may  sell  said  lot,  or  cause  it  to  be  sold  and  conveyed  by 
some  other  person,  and  release  to  execute,  as  if  he,  Labatie,  were  himself 
in  his  own  person  present,  with  power  to  do  all  such  things  as  appertain 
to  the  same ;  the  money  to  collect,  or  cause  to  be  collected,  demanded  and 
received;  also,  the  same  to  keep  together  with  the  former  sums  ;  and  these 
receipts,  and  the  whole  amount  which  shall  come  from  the  sale  of  the  lot, 
shall  be  used  to  lessen  all  such  sums  of  money  as  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Paulo 
Schrick  is  to  receive  from  said  Labatie. 

In  witness  whereof,  this  was  signed  with  his  own  hand,  in  Fort  Orange, 
of  the  date  aforesaid. 

Jan  Labatie. 

Which  I  affirm  was  so  executed. 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


On  this,  the  twentieth  day  of  August,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  sixteen 
hundred  and  fifty-four,  in  the  forenoon,  appeared  before  me  Joannes 
Dyckman,  in  the  service,  etc.,  the  Honoi-able  Paulus  Schrick,  merchant, 
and  declared  that  he  had  appointed  and  empowered,  as  by  these  presents 
he  does  appoint  and  empower,  the  Reverend  Dominus  Gideon  Schaets  and 
the  Honorable  Jan  Verbeeck,  commissary  of  the  honorable  court  here,  in 
his,  the  subscriber's  name,  and  for  his  sake,  to  demand,  collect  and  receive 
all  such  sums  of  money  as  upon  a  settlement  shall  be  coming  to  the 
honorable  Mr.  Schrick  aforesaid  from  Jan  Labatie  and  Hendrick  Janse 
AVesterkamp,  for  which  they  have  in  general  pledged  all  their  estates  for 
the  satisfying  of  the  aforesaid  payment,  and  specially  Jan  Labatie's  house 
standing  in  the  fort,  with  the  garden  thereto  belonging,  which  he,  Labatie, 
will  permit  to  be  sold  at  the  time  promised,  the  aforesaid,  the  honorable 
attorneys,  taking  good  and  needful  care  that  everything  is  done  which  is 
needful  to  be  done  for  the  collecting  of  the  moneys,  besides  at  the  proper 
time  a  settlement  thereof  to  make  ;  in  like  manner,  also,  with  the  house 
of  Hendrick  Janse  Westerkamp,  which  was  also  mortgaged  therefor,  and 
in  favor  of  which  he,  the  subscriber,  has  acknowledged  a  bill  of  preference 

1  Johannes  Dyckman  came  to  New  Netherland  as  book-keeper,  in  l&Zl.— Annals  of  Albany,  rv, 
72.  He  had  been  first  clerk  to  the  chamber  at  Amsterdam,  and  sailed  from  Holland  in  April, 
1631 ;  went  to  Fort  Orange  as  commies  in  the  same  yca.r.—N'eiv  Netherland  Register.  In  1655  he 
became  deranged,  and  was  superseded  by  Johannes  JDe  Decker. —  0'  Callaghari's  History  of  New 
Netherland.    His  wife's  name  was  Maria  Bosyns. 

2  Paulus  Schrick  was  a  citizen  of  New  Amsterdam. 


Albany  Ccmnty  Records.  189 

(acte  van  preferentie)  before  the  court ;  as  before,  also,  an  estimate  to  make 
(te  laten  omslag),  and  then  to  sell  said  house  for  the  satisfying  of  the 
moneys  due  the  subscriber  from  him,i  *****  [wanting], 
and  to  acknowledge  what  their  honors'  [the  attorneys,]  substitutes  shall 
do  therein,  provided  they  make  a  proper  statement  of  the  receipts  m/orma, 
all  faithful  and  true. 

These,  by  the  subscriber,  with  his  own  hand  signed,  in  Fort  Orange, 
of  date  aforesaid,  in  presence  of  Mr.  Johan  de  Hulter  and  Mr.  Franz 
Barentse  Pastoor,  commissaries  of  this  jurisdiction,  and  also  subscribed  by 
them,  as  witnesses  for  that  purpose  invited. 

Paulus  Schreek. 
As  witnesses : 

Johan  de  Hulter. 
Prans  Barentse  Pastoor. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


I,  the  undersigned  Jan  Labatie,  in  accordance  with  the  above  written 
power  of  attorney,  promise  to  give  possession  of  the  aforesaid  house  of 
mine,  standing  in  the  fort,  altogether  and  immediately;  also  in  conformity 
with  the  above  power  to  permit  their  honors,  the  substitutes  [for  the  above 
mentioned  attorneys],  whenever  it  is  proper  and  serviceable,  to  sell,  collect 
and  pay  such  debts  as  I  owe  to  Mr.  Paulo  Schrick,  provided  that  after  a 
settlement,  what  remains  over,  shall  inure  to  my  benefit. 

Done  in  Fort  Orange,  this  20th  of  August,  1654. 

Jan  Labatie. 


As  Jan  Labatie  has  promised  the  above  written,  so  will  I,  the  under- 
signed, also  promise  the  same,  as  I  also  do,  for  Westerkamp.  Datum  ut 
sujjra. 

This  is  the  mark  of \-  Albertsen,  in  the  name  and  for  the 

sake  of  Hendrick  Janse  Westerkamp. 


On  this  21st  day  of  August,  1654,  appe^ared  before  me  Joannes  Dyck- 
man, in  the  service  of,  etc.,  the  honorable  Wynant  Glerritse  Vander  Poel 
(Jclstemaker^^-  cabinetmaker,  and  declared  that  he  had  agreed  with  Adrian 
Dirrickse  De  Vries,  in  regard  to  an  exchange  of  certain  lots,  providing 
that  Wynant  Gerritse,  to  lessen  the  high  price  of  his  own  lot,  shall  take 
down  and  set  upon  his  own  lot,  the  barn  from  the  lot  of  Adrian  Dirkse, 
and  providing  moreover  that  Adrian  Dirkse  shall  receive  and  there  be  paid 
him  by  Wynant  Gerritse,  four  beavers,  with  the  understanding  and  for 
the  greater  security  that  mutual  possession  shall  be  had  of  the  aforesaid 
lots,  thus  giving  both  parties  power  of  perfecting  the  delivery  of  both  lots, 
under  a  pledge  of  their  respective  persons  and  estates ;  real  and  personal, 
present  and  future,  in  accordance  with  the  laws;  and  as  an  acknowledg. 


»  a  email  portion  of  the  page  is  here  wanting. 
2  Trunkmaker,  joiner,  cabinetmaker,  etc. 


190  Albany  County  Records. 

ment  of  the  truth,  without  craft  or  guile,  the  parties  subscribe  this  with 
their  own  hands  in  Fort  Orange,  on  the  date  above  written. 

Wynant  Gerritse  V.  D.  Poel. 
This  is  the  mark  of  Adrian  ^^  Dirrickse  de  Vries,  with  his  own 

hand  set. 
Which  1  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


On  this  the  twenty-third  day  of  August,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1654, 
appeared  before  me  Joannes  Dyckman,  etc.,  the  honorable  Gysbert 
Philipse  Velthuysen,!  and  declared  that  he  had  appointed  and  empowered, 
as  he  by  these  presents  does,  etc.,  the  honorable  Paulus  Schrick  of  K.ep- 
kouw  (who  proposes  on  the  first  ship  to  depart  from  this  country  to 
patrla)^  in  his,  the  subscriber's,  name,  and  for  his  behalf,  to  demand, 
collect  and  receive  in  Holland  all  such  sums  of  money  as  are  coming  to 
this  subscriber  from  Cornells  Pieterse  his  father-in-law  (heliout-vader) , 
dwelling  at  Velthuysen ;  with  the  aforesaid  person  to  settle,  liquidate  and 
square  accounts  and  the  money  of  this  subscriber  on  settlement  of  the 
accounts  to  receive,  quittance  therefor  to  give,  and,  further,  to  do  all 
things  therein  as  if  the  subscriber  in  his  own  person  were  present,  yea, 
also,  to  do  all  those  things  that  the  matter  specially  demands. 

Thus  done  without  craft  or  guile  in  Fort  Orange,  in  the  presence  of 
Mr.  Jacob  de  Hinsse,  chirurgeon,  and  Claas  Hendrickse  [Van  Schoon- 
hoven],  carpenter,  as  witnesses  hereto  called  and  asked,  and  who  have 
also  signed  these  presents. 

This  is  my  own  hand,  Gysbert  Phillipsen. 

As  loitnesses : 
J.  De  Hinsse. 
Claes  Hendryckse. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


RoeloflP  Jansen  and  Lammert  Cornelise  propose  to  sell  the  following 
goods  on  these  conditions,  to  wit :  That  the  payment  for  the  purchased 
goods  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  beavers,  which  payment  shall  be  made 
within  the  space  of  four  and  twenty  hours.  ***** 

Paulus  Martense  [Van  Benthuysen],  the  sashmaker,  a  strong  ax 

and  a  plane, /      7.10 

Three  dishes,  to  Claes  Bendingh, /      2.00 

Cornells  Teunise, /      2.00 

Claes  Hendrickse  [Van  Schoonhoven],  some  chisels  (bytels),.... /      1.16 

Mens  the  wheelwright,  some  chisels, , /      2.09 

Gillis  Douwesse  Fonda,  sundries  (^alegaers) , , /      3.04 

Jan  Labatie,  sundry  articles, /      4.00 

Jan  Labatie,  some  planes  (scliaveii)^ f      1.00 

Gerrit  Swart,  an  adz  and  sundries, /      4.00 

'  Gysbert  Philipse  probably  resided  at  Esopus.  On  25  November,  1659,  an  order  was  granted 
at  the  request  of  Cornelis  Wjiikoop  for  the  appointment  of  curators  over  his  estate,  left  at 
Esopue,  he  having  been  murdered  by  the  Indians.— Z>«teA  Manuscripts,  xvi,  302. 


Albany  County  Records.  191 

Hendrick  Jochemse,  an  ax  and  adz, /  2.14 

Claes  Hendrickse.  some  chisels, /  2.12 

Do.                 some  chisels, /  2.11 

Gerrit  Swart,  some  chisels, /  2.10 

Claas  Bendigh,  knife  (rnes), /  4.02 

Claes  Hendrickse,  a  naildrawer  (de  hamer'), /  3.11 

Claes  Bendinck,  an  auger  (boer), f  2.11 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder  (alias  G-ardenier), /  5.02 

Claes  Janse  Van  Rotterdam,  chisels, /  1.11 

Abraham  Craboat,  a  hammer, f  1.14 

Pieter  Bronck,  some  chisels, /  2.06 

Claes  Bendingh,  some  chisels, , /  2.14 

Claes  Hendrickse,  some  trumpery, /  3.10 

Gillis  Douwese  Fonda,  some  augers, /  4.12 

Jan  Roeloflfse,  chisels, f  5,03 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder,  a  chest, f  2.05 

Dirrick  Bensinck,  a  chest, f  3.00 

Abraham  Craboat, y  4.15 

Daniel  Rinckhout,  agun, f  16.10 

Hendrick  Jochemse,  a  gun, f  21.10 

Abraham  Craboat,  a  sword, f  13.00 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder,  a  tub  of  tobacco, /  6.02 

Paid, /140.04 

Lammert  Cornelise,  his  goods,  of  date  the  23d  of  August: 

Stoffel  Janse  [Abeel],  sundries, /  8.09 

Claes  Hendrickse,  two  slick  chisels, /  12.04 

Claes  Hendrickse, f  4.I8 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder  [Gardenier],  some  planes, /  7.00 

Claes  Hendrickse,  some  planes^ /  3.05 

Claes  Bendingh,  some  planes, /  2.14 

Jan  Roeloffse,  some  planes, /  4.09 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder,  some  trumpery, /  3.00 

Claes  Hendrickse,  some  chissels, /  3.07 

Do.                        do.,         /  3.15 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder,  a  square, ./  5.00 

Jan  Roeloffse,  some  trumpery, „ f  1.13 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder,  some  trumpery, /  3.01 

Claes  Hendrickse,  an  ax, /  9.OO 

Cornells  Theunisse,  a  coat, /  38.00 

Caspar  Jacobse  [Halenbeck],  an  ax  and  auger, /  6.07 

Abraham  Craboat,  some  traps, /  2.10 

Tennis  Teunisse  [Metselaer], /  8.00 

Claes  Hendrickse,  a  coat, /  36.00 

Gisbert  Gysen,  two  cushions, /  10.10 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder,  some  clothes, /  3.10 

Celes  (?),  Houteweel, /  11.05 

Harmen  de  Metselaer,  two  straps  (riemen), /  8.00 

Andries  Herbertsen,  a  gun, /  14.00 

Jan  Gouw,  some  knives, /  2.10 

Jan  Dyckman,   f  7.05 


192  Albany   County  Records. 

Abraham  Craboat,  acoat, /  9.00 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder,  a  coat, /  8.00 

Jan  Roeloffse,  some  trumpery,  /  0.12 

/  237.04 
Jan  Gouw  offered  for  sale  a   gun,  which   makes   181   (18  ?) 

guilders  in  money. 

Jan  Gouw  and  Harmen  Janse  wish  to  sell  a  certain  casket,  inlaid  with 
ebony  and  other  woods,  on  the  following  conditions,  to  wit :  That  the 
payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  beavers ;  which  payment  shall  be 

made  within  twenty -four  hours,  without  one  hour  longer  delay,  *  *  * 
Jacob  Janse  Flodder  remained  the  buyer  for  thirty  beavers  and  nineteen 
guilders. 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder. 

Also  goods  [belonging  to]  Jacob  Tyssen  [Van  der  Heyden]. 

Skipper  Frederick,  clothes, /  24.00 

JanMichielse  [Van  Edam],i  acoat, /  14.06 

Jan  Dyckman,  some  cushions, /  7.10 

Claes  Hendrickse,  some  bells  (?), /  4.05 

Andries  Herbertsen, /  7.05 

Cornelis  Theunisse,  some  bands  (beffen), /  9.00 

Abraham  Craboat, /  16.00 

Wynant  Gerritse  [V.  D.  Poel],  amap, /  7.05 

JanLabatie, /  12.00 

Jacob , /  16.00 

Cornelis  Theunise,  a  chest, /  6.05 

Jan  Roeloffse,  a  gun, /  18.00 

Wynant  Gerritse,  a  coat, /  17.10 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder, /  5.06 

Willem  Janse  Schut,  a  coat, /  39.00 

Jan  Roeloffse,  a  sword, /  12.00 

/  218.07 

Harmen  de  Metselaer : 

Jan  Michielse,  a  coat, /  29.00 

and  Harmen  offered  for  sale  andirons,  bevers, /    13.10 

Caspar  Jacobse  [Halenbeck], /  23.10 

cushions  [or  pillows]  offered  for  sale, /    21.00 

Jacob  Theunisse, /  12.00 

/  64.10 

A  gun,  offered  for  sale, /    22.10 

*         *  offered  for  sale, /      6.00 

Michiel,  the  carpenter, paid/  21.00 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder, /  250.00 

Claes  Hendrickse, /  275.00 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder, /  324.00 

also  the  casket  offered  for  sale, 27  beavers. 

Clothing  is  offered  for  sale, /  76.00 

1  See  Deeds,  i,  181. 


Albany   County  Records.  193 

Willem  Janse  Schut, /  25.16 

A  gun,  Jan  RoelofFse. /  12.00 

Paid  the  30th  of  August, /  37.16 


On  this  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  August,  1654,  in  the  forenoon, 
appeared  before  me  Joannes  Dyckman,  in  the  service,  etc.,  the  honorable 
Mr.  Francois  Boon,  husband  and  guardian  of  Elisabet  Cornelise,  late 
widow  of  Gysbert  Cornelise  [Van  Wesp],  deceased,  assisted  by  the 
honorable  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhoren,  chosen  and  appointed  guardian  of 
the  children,  left  by  Gysbert  Cornelise  aforesaid,  and  declared  that  he  was 
well  and  truly  satisfied  by  the  honorable  Steven  Janse  [Coniuck],  in 
regard  to  the  money  in  beavers  for  the  house,  bought  by  him  at  public 

sale,  in  the  name  of  Jacob  Headrickse  Maat,  on  the of  this  [month]  ; 

upon  the  first  payment  or  installment  there  shall  be  a  complete  delivery 
of  the  aforesaid  purchased  house,  and  on  payment  of  the  last  installment, 
he  promises  to  deliver  a  proper  deed  thereof  in  forma. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  of  which  he  has  signed  this  with  his 
own  hand,  in  presence  of  Mr.  Anthonius  de  Hooges,  and  the  honorable 
Jan  Verbeeck,  commissaries  of  this  honorable  court,  as  witnesses  for  that 
purpose  asked  and  called,  who  have  also  subscribed  their  names  hereto. 

Franscoos  Boon. 

As  witnesses, 

Anthonius  de  Hooges. 
Jan   Verbeeck. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


Farming  of  the  beer  and  wine  excise,  to  commence  from  this  date 
within  this  jurisdiction.  Their  honors  the  court  here  propose  by  these 
presents  at  public  sale  to  farm  out  to  the  highest  bidder  the  common  and 
ordered  tapsters'  wine  and  beer  excise,  on  the  following  conditions,  to 
wit:  First. —  This  farming  shall  begin  on  the  date  of  these  presents. 
The  payment  shall  begin  with  the  farming  and  be  made  in  three  terms  or 
installments.  The  first  installment,  being  a  third  part,  shall  be  paid 
punctually  within  the  time  of  three  months;  the  second  installment,  also 
being  a  third  part,  three  months  thereafter;  and  the  third  installment,  on 
the  termination  of  the  farming.  Provided  that  the  farmer  of  the  excise 
understand  that  he  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  sureties  to  the  content  of 
this  honorable  court;  and  in  case  he  does  not  furnish  sureties,  the  farming 
shall  again  be  offered  at  public  sale,  at  his  cost  and  charge.  The 
payments  shall  be  made  in  good  current  seewant.  Provided  that  the  wine 
and  beer  given  in  up  to  this  day,  be  not  comprehended  in  this  farming, 
as  the  excise  thereof  has  already  been  paid.  Their  honors  of  the  court 
promise  proper  support  to  the  farmer.  Jacob  Van  Loosereght  remained 
the  farmer  on  the  before  mentioned  conditions  for  the  sum  of  thirteen 
hundred  guilders. 

Jacob  Hyndrickse  Maat. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  25 


194  Albany  County  Records. 

On  the  above  written  conditions  we  stand  as  sureties,  and  in  case  the 
principal  does  not  pay,  we  ourselves  will  pay  in  his  stead. 

Lambert  Cornelisse. 
Claes  Jacobse  Van  Rotterdam. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

I,  the  undersigned,  Steven  Janse  [Coninck],  offer  myself  as  surety  and 
principal  for  the  person  of  Lamniert  Cornelise,  who,  on  the  25th  of  this 
month  (August  ?),  stood  surety  for  the  farming,  bid  off  by  Jacob  Hen- 
drickse  Maat,  and  to  whom  it  was  knocked  off,  and  upon  the  above  written 
conditions,  I  pledge  myself,  according  to  law. 

Fort  Orange,  this  2nd  of  September,  1G54, 


Claes  Hendrickse  [Van  Schoonhoven],  desires  to  sell  on  the  following 
conditions  an  inlaid  oaken  cabinet,'  lent  out  [pledged?]  by  Jacob  Janse 
Flodder  \_aUas  Gardenier],  to  wit :  that  the  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  make 
payment  to-morrow  morning  punctually,  in  good  whole  beavers.  In  case 
he  fail  to  pay  or  furnish  surety,  it  is  understood  that  it  shall  again  be  sold 
at  his  cost  and  charge.  The  cabinet  was  sold  on  the  above  written  con- 
ditions at  public  sale  to  the  undersigned,  for  the  sum  of  twenty-two 
beavers  and  ten  guilders,  in  beavers. 

Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler]. 

I,  the  subscriber,  Jan  Thomasse  [Mingael],  stand  as  surety, 

Jan  Toniase. 

Claes  Hendrickse  [Van  Schoonhoven]  desires  to  sell  on  the  above  con- 
ditions some  timber,  bought  by  him  yesterday,  at  the  house  of  Pieter 
Bronck.  Mr.  Pieter  Hartgerts  was  the  buyer  for  the  sum  of  three  hun- 
dred and  one  guilders. 

Pieter  Hartgers. 

I  acknowledge  myself  as  surety  for  the  above  person, 

Frans  Barentse  Pastoor. 

Jacob  Janse  Schermerhoren  desires  also  to  sell  on  the  aforesaid  condi- 
tions an  inlaid  ebony  and  oak  cabinet.  The  afore  named  cabinet  was 
bought  by  me,  the  subscriber,  for  the  sum  of  eighteen  and  a  half  beavers. 

CORNELIS  ThONISSE. 

As  surety,  Hendrik  Jochemse. 

Instructions  for  the  farmer  Jacob  Hendrickse  Maat,  who  yesterday  bid 
off  the  farming  of  the  tapsters'  wine  and  beer  excise,  that  he  may  regulate 
himself  therein  in  all  justice.  First. — Jacob  Hendrickse,  or  those  whom 
he  shall  commission,  shall  have  power  to  visit  the  tapsters'  cellars,  to 
guage  the  wine  and  beer,  and  note  the  guaging  accordingly,  as  is  fitting  a 
public  ofl&cer.  The  guaging  being  registered,  he  may  from  that  time 
begin  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  if  he  find  that  any  one  has  concealed 
wine  and  beer,   the   civil  officer  shall  be  holden  and  pledge  himself  to 


See  page  10. 


Albany   County  Records.  195 

render  him  all  needful  assistance,  either  by  day  or  night.  The  fines  for 
smuggling  shall  go  to  him,  provided  that  the  officer  shall  receive  a  third 
part;  in  like  manner  with  those  who  sell  brandy  to  the  Indians,  in  case 
they  shall  be  apprehended  and  convicted,  as  is  fitting.  If  any  sloop  or 
sloops  {jaghten)  come  up  here  from  Manathans,  the  manifest  shall  be 
examined,  and  an  account  taken  of  the  wine  and  beer  which  comes  up, 
and  he  shall  address  himself  to  the  customhouse  officer,  who  receives  the 
permit,  and  he  shall  make  such  examination,  and  make  a  faithful  and 
proper  search  of  the  sloops. 
26th  Aug.,  1654. 

Mr.  Abraham  Staets  will  sell  at  public  sale  his  house  and  lot,  standing 
and  lying  in  Fort  Orange,  to  the  south,  bordering  upon  the  passage  way 
out  from  the  gate  of  the  fort,  and  to  the  north,  the  angle  {^^unt)  of  said 
fort,  together  with  a  garden,  bordering  to  the  sout'h  of  Mr.  Adrian 
Ilpendam,  to  the  north.  Rem  Jansen  Smit,  to  the  east,  the  Heer  Eense- 
laer,  and  to  the  west,  a  public  highway,  just  as  the  aforesaid  house  and 
garden  lie;  under  the  following  conditions,  to  wit :  The  payment  must 
be  made  in  good  whole  beavers,  in  three  installments;  the  first,  a  just 
third  part,  punctually  within  the  space  of  one  month  from  this  date, 
without  any  exception,  within  which  time  said  house  and  garden  also 
shall  be  accepted  by  the  buyer  upon  the  aforesaid  conditions  •,  the  second 
installment,  within  one  year;  and  the  third  and  last  installment  the  vear 
after  or  within  two  years  punctually.  For  the  payment  of  which' the 
buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  a  constant  and  sufficient  security  to  the 
content  of  the  seller.  The  auction  fees  shall  become  a  charge  to  the 
buyer.  And  in  case  the  buyer,  as  aforesaid,  shall  not  furnish  sufficient 
sureties,  then  the  aforesaid  house  shall  be  offered  again  at  public  sale  at 
his  cost  and  charge,  and  whatever  less  it  comes  to  be  worth,  he  shall  pay 
the  same. 

(Done  this  27th  October,  1655). 

The  buyer  on  the  aforesaid  conditions  was  Joannes  Van  Twiller,  for 
the  sum  of  twenty-three  hundred  and  twenty-five  guilders  on  the  date 
aforesaid. 

J.  Van  Twiller. 

I  offer  myself  as  surety  for   Joannes   Van  Twiller  for   the  purchase 
money  of  the  aforesaid  house. 
J.  B.  Van  Rensselaer. 
Philip  Pietersen  \_Schuyler']. 

Mr.  Willem  Beeckman  i  proposes  on  this,  the  27th  of  August,  1654, 
to  sell  a  certain  bouwery  lying  at  Manathans  named  the  Backer's  bou- 
wery,  asit  at  present  lies,  joining  upon  the  bouwery  of  General  Stuyve- 
sant;  with  a  dwelling  house  and  barn  {houiohuys),  also  a  dwelling  stand- 
ing thereon  before  this  used  as  a  brewery,  according  to  the  following 
conditions.  Firstly.— TlhQ  seller  shall  deliver  therewith  the  cattle  and 
draft  oxen. 

The  payment  therefor  shall  be  made  in  three  installments,  to  wit : 
the  first,  being  the  just  third  part,  within  one  month;  the  second  within 


»  William  Beeckman  waa  a  citizen  of  New  Amsterdam  ;  for  an  account  of  him,  see  O'Calla- 
ghan'8  History  of  New  Netherlands  n,  473.  ,  =^c  w  K^aua. 


196  Albany   County  Records. 

six  months  thereafter,  and  the  third  and  last  within  the  following  six 
months.  The  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  beavers.  The  auc- 
tion fees  the  buyer  shall  pay. 

Moreover  the  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  sufficient  surety  to  the 
content  of  the  seller,  and  in  case  it  be  a  second  time  oflfered  for  sale,  it 
shall  be  at  his  cost  and  expense. 

[This  sale  was  not  completed.] 

On  this  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  August,  1654,  appeared  before  me 
Joannes  Dyckman  in  the  service,  etc.,  the  Honorable  Jacob  Janse 
Flodder  [cilias  Gardenier]  who  declared  before  him  that  he  is  fully  paid 
the  sum  of  eighty  beavers,  which  Eldert  Gerbertse  has  given  him,  to  be 
repaid  again  to  him,  Eldert  Gerbertse,  by  said  Jacob  Janse  Flodder,  within 
six  weeks,  and  until  it  be  repaid,  the  sloop  of  Jacob  Janse  Flodder 
shall  be  specially  mortgaged,  and  neither  chartered  nor  alienated  before 
the  said  eighty  beavers  to  Elbert  Gerbertse  be  again  returned  ;  fur- 
ther, pledging  his  person,  to  wit,  Jacob  Flodder  and  estate,  personal 
and  real,  present  and  future,  nothing  excepted,  also  acknowledging 
that  he  has  accepted  Claas  Hendrickse  Van  Utrecht  i  carpenter  and 
Elbert  Gerbertse  as  partners  in  the  hire  of  the  saw  mill  of  Jacob  Janse 
Flodder ;  all  under  a  mutual  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  accord- 
ing to  law. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  of  the  same,  they  have  subscribed 
with  their  own  hands,  in  Fort  Orange  on  the  date  aforesaid,  in  presence 
of  Jan  Thomase  [3Iingael]  and  Pieter  Hartgerts,  commissaries  of  the 
honorable  court  here,  as  witnesses  hereto  called. 

Jacob  Janse  Flodder. 
Claas  Hendryckse. 

As  witnesses, 
Jan  Thomase. 
Pieter  Hartgerts. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

I,  the  undersigned,  Juriaen  Teyssen  Van  Amsterdam,  acknowledge  and 
confess  that  I  have  well  and  truly  received  of  the  honorable  Mr.  Philip 
Pieterse  Schuiler,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  and  sixty-two  and  a 
half  guilders,  to  be  paid  by  me  or  on  my  account  in  Holland,  to  wit,  in 
good  current  money,  sis  weeks  after  the  showing  of  this  to  Meyndert 
Andryesse.  pork  buyer,  or  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhooren,  now  ready  to 
depart  thither;  growing  out  of  the  receipt  of  goods  received  here; 
promising  the  aforesaid  payment  to  make  punctually,  under  a  pledge  of 
my  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  submitting 
them  to  the  force  of  all  laws  and  judges. 

In  witness  whereof,  without  craft  or  guile,  two  of  the  same  tenor  are 
signed;  the  one  being  paid,  the  other  of  no  value  ;  in  Fort  Orange,  of  date 
the  twenty-ninth  of  August,  1654. 

JuRYAN  Teyssen. 

In  my  presence, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


Alias  Yau  Schoonliooveu, 


Albany  County  Records.  19  7 

On  this  the  thirtieth  day  of  August,  1654,  appeared  before  me  Joannes 
Dyckman,  etc.,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  the 
honorable  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhoren,  commissary,  being  about  to  depart 
to  imtria  [Holland],  and  declared  that  he  had  appointed  and  empowered, 
as  by  these  presents  he  does  appoint,  etc.,  the  honorable  Pieter  Hartgerts 
and  Volkert  Janse  [Douw],  in  his  name  and  on  his  account,  to  act  during 
his^  absence  in  Holland,  or  so  long  as  he  may  be  away,  with  all  the  sub° 
scriber's  estate,  as  well  houses,  gardens  and  other  property,  as  with  the 
invoice  of  merchandise  which  he  is  expecting,  accordin<?  to  advices  from 
his  honored  father  in  Holland  by  the  last  arrivals,  and  further,  generally 
to  act,  for  the  subscriber  as  if  he,  in  his  own  person,  were  present,  yea, 
even  as  if  herein  it  were  stipulated  and  required  as  a  special  charge ;  all 
to  he  held  good  and  trustworthy,  provided  these  attorneys  on  the  sub- 
scriber's return  shall  render  a  proper  settlement  and  report,  in  forma,  of 
their  acts. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  of  which,  he  has  with  his  own  hand 
subscribed  this,  in  Fort  Orange  in  Nieuw  Nederland,  in  the  presence  of 
Mr.  Francis  Boon  and  Claes  Hendrickse  Van  Utrecht,  as  witnesses  hereto 
asked  and  called,  and  who  to  that  end  have  also  signed  this  paper. 

Jacob  Janse  Schermerhooren. 

-4s  witnesses, 

Franscoos  Boon. 
Claes  Hendry cksen. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

On  this  the  thirtieth  day  of  August,  1654,  appeared  before  me  Joannes 
Dyckman,  etc.,  the  honorable  Mr.  Francois  Boon,  being  about  to  depart 
for  jmtria  [Holland],  and  declared  that  he  had  appointed  and  empowered 
the  honorable  Pieter  Hartgerts  and  Volkert  Janse  [Douw],  in  his  name 
and  for  his  sake  (afterwards  to  be  sent  to  his  father  in  patria),  to 
demand,  collect  and  receive  all  lawful  obligations,  claims  and  payments  on 
his  house  sold,  also  to  dispose  of  his  goods,  expected  by  the  next  arrivals 
from  patria;  provided  that  on  request  and  demand  of  the  subscriber, 
these  attorneys  shall  be  holden,  upon  his  return,  to  render  a  proper  account 
and  statement  thereof,  and  generally  of  all  his  estate  here. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  of  which,  he  has  with  his  own  hand 
signed  this,  in  Fort  Orange,  on  the  date  aforesaid,  in  presence  of  Jan 
Thomase  [Mingael]  and  Claes  Hendrickse  Van  Utrecht,  as  witnesses 
hereto  called,  who  have  also  signed  this  paper  with  the  principal  (com- 
yarant). 

Franscoos  Boon. 
As  witnesses, 
Jan  Thomase. 
Claes  Hendryckse. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

I,  the  undersigned,  Jurian  Thyssen  Van  Amsterdam,  acknowledge  and 
confess,  that  1  am  well  and  truly  indebted  to,  and  that  I  have  received, 
here  in  New  Nederland,  from  the  honorable  Jan  Thomase  and  Volckert 
Janse  [Douw],  the  sum  of  four  thousand  guilders,  to  be  paid  by  me,  or  in 


198  Albany   County  Records. 

my  belialf,  iu  Holland,  in  good  current  money,  within  six  weeks  after 
sight,  to  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhoren,  or  to  his  honored  father,  living  in 
Amsterdam,  growing  out  of  an  indebtedness  for  good  peltries,  received  here, 
promising  to  make  said  payment  punctually ;  provided  that  in  case  I  do 
not,  at  the  appointed  time,  make  said  payment  as  is  fit  and  proper,  whereby 
the  aforesaid  friends  would  be  greatly  injured,  inasmuch  as  they  have 
ordered  invoices  of  goods  to  be  bought  and  the  ships  horn  patria  gene- 
rally depart  hitherwards  but  once  a  year,  whereby  they  would  be  deprived 
of  much  interest  and  the  goods  for  a  whole  year,  I  will  be  bound  promptly 
to  make  good  all  such  losses  and  interest,  which  may  arise  from  delay  of 
payment,  and  to  pay  the  interest  as  it  is  reckoned  in  this  country;  all 
under  a  pledge  of  my  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and 
future,  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  laws  and  judges. 

In  witness  whereof  two  only  of  this  tenor  are  made,  the  one  paid,  the 
other  of  no  value. 

Fort  Orange,  in  New  Netherland,  this  thirty-first  day  of  August,  1654. 

JURYAN  TeYSSEN. 

In  my  presence, 

JOANNE.S  DyCKMAN. 

On  this  the  thirty-first  day  of  August,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1654, 
appeared  before  me  Joannes  Dyckman,  etc.,  the  honorable  Jan  Thomase 
[Mingael]  and  Volkert  Janse  [Douw],  and  declared  that  they  had 
appointed  and  empowered,  as  by  these  presents  they  do  appoint,  etc.,  the 
honorable  Jacob  Janse  Schermerhoren  about  to  depart  hence  for  Holland, 
in  their  names  and  for  their  sakes  to  demand,  collect  and  receive  of 
Jurian  Thyssen  Van  Amsterdam,  all  those  five  thousand  guilders,  which 
he  has  received  of  them  in  peltries  here,  for  which  he  is  indebted,  and 
according  to  a  bill  of  exchange  is  to  pay  on  his  arrival  in  Holland,  six 
weeks  after  sight;  also  the  same  moneys  to  lay  out  in  merchandise,  and 
bring  or  send  the  same  hither,  by  the  first  opportunity ;  provided  they 
make  a  proper  settlement  of  the  receipt  and  expenditure  of  the  same  ;  and 
in  case  the  said  Jurian  Thyssen  fail  to  make  payment  punctually,  they 
may  at  once  sue  and  by  that  means  compel  him  to  pay,  and  further  to  do 
all  things  as  if  the  subscribers  were  there  present  in  their  own  persons,  and 
by  these  presents  were  expressly  demanded :  all  iu  good  faith. 

These  with  their  own  hands  signed  in  Fort  Orange,  on  the  date  afore- 
said, in  presence  of; Mr.  Jacob  Steendam  and  Jacob  Tysse  Van  der 
Heyden,  as  witness  thereto  called,  who,  with  the  principal,  have  signed 
their  names. 

Jan  Tiiomase. 
VoLKARTT  Janse. 

As  witnesses, 

Jacob  SteendamA 

Jacob  Teyssen  Van  der  Heyden. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

Roland  Saverye  in  Fort  Orange,  lying  here  in  New  Netherland,  in  the 
service  of  the  honorable  privileged  West  India  company  in  the  fort  afore- 

1  Jacob  Steendam  was  citizen  of  New  Amsterdam. 


Albany   County  Records.  199 

said,  during  the  space  of  ten  months  boarded  at  my  house,  running  up 
a  bill  of  two  hundred  guilders,  which  sum,  on  his  departure  from  here, 
he  promised  to  pay  on  his  return  from  Manathans,  but  "afterwards  having 
returned  to  patria  [Holland],  without  paying  me,  he  remains  indebted  to 
me  as  aforesaid;  therefore  to  recover  said  sum,  I,  Jan  Labatie,  burgher 
and  inhabitant  of  New  Netherland,  to  whom  the  aforesaid  moneys  are 
due,  have  thought  it  needful  to  appoint  and  empower  the  honorable 
Theunis  Janse  at  Themaker  (?),  to  claim,  collect,  and  receive  the  afore- 
said moneys,  from  the  friends  and  heirs  of  said  Rooland  Saverye  now 
deceased,  also  to  draw  from  the  moneys  paid  into  court,  and  of  receipts  to 
pass  acquittances,  and  moreover  all  things  to  do  therein,  as  if  the  sub- 
scriber, Jan  Labatie,  were  there  present  in  his  own  person,  or  were  spe- 
cially ordered  and  expressly  demanded  by  these  presents;  to  which  end, 
we,  the  subscribers,  Rem  Jausen  Smit  and  Lammert  Van  Valkenborgh, 
inhabitants  and  burghers  of  Fort  Orange  and  Beverwyck,  testify  that 
during  the  aforesaid  time,  said  Roeland  Savery  boarded  at  the  house  of 
Jan  Labatie  :  all  in  good  ftiith  and  without  craft  or  guile,  these  with  my 
own  hand  signed  in  Fort  Orange  the  31st  of  August,  1G54. 

Jan  Labatie. 
As  witnesses, 

Rem  Janssen. 
The  mark  by  Lammert  -f-   Van  Valekenborgh 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

I,  the  undersigned,  Claes  Cornelise,  acknowledge  and  confess  that  T  am 
well  and  truly  indebted  to  Poulus  Cornelise  [Van  Flensburgh]  now 
ready  to  depart  for  2^atna,  in  the  sum  and  number  of  six  beavers,  grow- 
ing out  of  a  debt  for  goods  and  wares  here  received,  which  said  six 
beavers  I  promise  to  pay  at  sight  to  the  aforesaid  Poulus  Cornelise,  the 
next  year,  after  his  safe  arrival  (if  he  does  not  come  back  this  debt 
shall  be  canceled),  on  pledge  of  my  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real, 
submitting  myself  to  the  force  of  all  laws  and  judges. 
_  In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  whereof,  two  only  of  this  tenor  are 
signed ;  the  one  paid,  the  other  of  no  value,  in  Fort  Orange  this  first  day 
of  September,  1654. 

This  is  the  mark  set  by  Claes  X  Cornelise's  own  hand. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

Their  honors  of  the  court  of  Fort  Orange  and  Beverwyck,  by  expe- 
rience having  found  that  their  honors'  well  mannered  placardsand  orders,  now 
and  then  published  and  posted  at  the  usual  places,  are  not  observed  and 
executed  as  was  fitting;  and  also  that  the  burghers  as  well  as  the  tapsters' 
proper  directions  may  have  with  respect  to  the  receiver,  Peter  Reyuer- 
dingh,!  who  does  not  yield  a  proper  observance  of  the  aforesaid  orders, 
whereby  smuggling  has  became  common;  and  whereas  their  honors  of 
the  court  resolved  to  farm  out  the  tapster's  wine  and  beer  excise  of  this 


'  Pieter  Ryverdingh  was  clerk  and  court  messenger  at  Fort  Orange  and  Beverwyck. 


200  Albany   County  Records. 

jurisdiction  ;  as  also  it  was  farmed  on  the  25  [of  August,]  at  public  sale ; 
and  Jacob  Hendrickse  Maat  became  the  farmer,  and  to  the  honorable 
court  promised  a  proper  performance  of  his  office  during  the  time  of  the 
farming  ;  now,  therelbre,  their  honors  of  the  court  hereby  expressly  interdict 
and  forbid  the  aforementioned  Jacob  Hendrickse  Maat,  his  collector,  or 
those  whom  he  has  employed  therein,  in  words,  much  less  in  acts,  to 
revile,  slander  and  defame,  and  in  this  his  office  to  do  any  unlawful  act  (?) 
on  penalty  (^jwete  )  that  those  who  shall  have  done  such  things  shall  be 
punished  as  the  matter  demands;  and  for  the  better  preventing  of  smug- 
gling, all  burghers  and  inhabitants  of  this  jurisdiction,  without  respect  to 
persons,  shall  receive  and  land  no  strong  beer,  wine  or  distilled  waters  and 
unload  no  incoming  sloops  before  a  proper  permit  {lUjet)  from  the 
farmer  of  the  excise  or  his  collector  shall  have  been  fetched  and  acknow- 
ledged ;  for  which  purpose  they  shall  have  their  set  times,  morning  and 
afternoon,  to  provide  the  good  people  with  proper  permits,  and  at  such  times 
and  place  shall  cause  such  permits  to  be  acknowledged;  but  the  applicants 
shall  be  obliged  to  pay  no  excise,  only  two  stuivers  for  every  permit  pre- 
sented;  under  the  penalty  that  whosoever  shall  be  found  to  have  done  other- 
wise, all  such  beer  and  wine  landed  and  put  in  cellar  without  such  permits 
and  acknowledgment  of  the  farmer,  shall,  without  any  contradiction,  be 
forfeited,  and  in  addition  to  the  forfeit  a  sum  of  three  guilders ;  also  all 
brewers  dwelling  in  this  jurisdiction  are  informed  that  no  strong  beer  is 
to  be  permitted  to  the  burghers  or  tapsters,  before  a  permit  (Jnljet)  from 
the  farmer  or  his  collector  is  shown  to  them  under  the  penalty  thereto 
attached  ;  and  further,  all  boats  (harcquers)  coming  laden  from  Manathans 
are  not  to  unload  before  their  passes  (passen)  have  been  presented  and 
they  are  properly  visited  by  the  officer  here,  also  those  moneys  which  shall 
come  from  the  farming  shall  be  employed  in  the  service  of  the  public 
only ;  and  every  order  made  by  the  court  (?)  is  to  be  regulated  precisely 
and  strictly  according  to  the  contents  of  this  paper. 

Thus  done  by  the  honorable  court  here  in  Fort  Orange,  this  first  of 
September,  and  resumed  again  on  the  second  of  September,  1654;  present 
the  honorable  collector  of  customs  and  officer  Johannes  Dyckman. 

Jan  Verbeeck. 

PlETER  HaRTGERTS. 

Frans  Barentse  Pastoor. 

On  this  the  second  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1654,  ap- 
peared before  me  Joannes  Dyckman,  etc.,  the  honorable  Goosen  Gerritse 
[Van  Schaick],  burgher  and  citizen  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  and 
acknowledged  that  he  had  contracted  and  agreed  with  Marcelis  Janse 
[Van  Bommel],  also  burgher  and  citizen  as  aforesaid,  for  the  sale 
of  his  certain  house,  as  it  is 'at  present  occupied  by  Goosen  Gerritse, 
and  the  aforesaid  house  to  set  up  on  his  certain  lot  on  the  hill,  joining  upon 
the  north  Pieter  Bronck  and  upon  the  south,  Jan  Roeloffse  [De  Goyer]  ; 
which  house  Goosen  Gerritse  shall  be  holden  at  his  own  expense  not 
only  to  take  down  but  also  to  set  up  again,  as  good  and  bad  as  it  is  at 
present,  on  the  lot  aforesaid,  and  in  case  anything  happens  to  be 
broken  in  pieces,  Goosen  Gerritse  is  holden  to  renew  it ;  with  glass  (?) 
and  a  chimney  within,  just  as  the  aforesaid  house  stands  there,  except 
the  cellar,  which  the  buyer  Marcellis  Janse  must  make  at  his  own  ex- 
pense ;  provided  that  the  buyer  also  shall  be  the  owner  of  said  lot,  hav- 


Albany   County  Records.  201 

ing  obtained  a  patent'  thereof,  when  the  house  shall  be  set  upon  it,  and 
that  the  house  must  be  erected  there,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  May 
next  coming,  finished  according  to  contract,  without  fail ;  for  the  erect- 
ing of  said  house  upon  said  lot,  the  buyer,  Marcelis  Janse,  must  pay  the 
sum  of  twelve  hundred  guilders,  in  three  installments,  to  wit,  on  the  first 
of  May  next,  on  taking  possession,  the  sura  of  four  hundred  guilders, 
the  following  year,  on  the  first  of  May,  four  hundred  guilders,  and 
on  the  year  thereafter,  on  the  first  of  May,  a  like  sum  of  four  hundred 
guilders,  to  be  paid  in  good  current  seewant  or  other  current  wares,  such 
as  the  seller  can  and  ought  to  be  satisfied  with,  and  the  other  to  pay; 
provided  that  the  buyer  furnish  sufl&cient  sureties  for  the  aforesaid  pay- 
ments to  the  content  of  the  seller ;  all  under  pledge  of  their  respective 
persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  submitting 
themselves  to  the  force  of  all  laws  and  judges;  and  in  acknowledg- 
ment of  the  truth  of  the  same  they  subscribe  this  paper  with  their  own 
hands  at  the  house  of  the  buyer  in  Beverwyck,  on  the  day  aforesaid. 
Maercelys  Janssen. 
This  is  the  mark  J-j  of  Goosen  Gerritse  with  his  own  hand  set. 


We,  the  undersigned,  Franse  Barentse  Pastoor  and  Arent  Andryssen 
[Brat]  acknowledge  and  confess  by  these  presents,  that  we  or  either  of  us 
have  ofi"ered  ourselves  as  sureties  and  principals  for  the  purchase  money, 
the  aforementioned  sum  of  twelve  hundred  guilders,  and  in  case  the 
buyer  fails  on  the  set  times  to  make  the  payments,  we  or  one  of  us  for 
both,  will  take  his  place,  and  on  the  set  and  promised  time,  pay  for  the 
buyer  himself,  under  a  pledge  of  our  persons  and  estates,  personal  and 
real,  present  and  future,  according  to  law,  without  craft  or  guile. 
Signed  on  the  date  and  place  aforesaid,  with  our  own  hands,  without 
craft  or  guile. 

Frans  Barentse  Pastoor. 
Arent  Andresse. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


The  administrators  of  the  estate  of  the  late  Rut  Arentsc,  tailor,  propose 
to  sell  at  public  sale,  to  the  highest  bidder,  a  certain  house  and  lot  standing 
and  lying  at  Manathans,  behind  the  fort  at  New  Amsterdam,  joining  on 
the  east  side  Henderick  de  Backer,  and  on  the  west  side  Annetge  Bogardus, 
all  according  to  the  patent  thereof,  upon  the  following  conditions,  to  wit : 
that  the  buyer  shall  make  the  payment  in  two  installments  ;  the  first,  being 
the  half,  shall  be  paid  punctually  within  one  month  ;  and  the  second  install- 
ment, being  the  other  half,  shall  be  paid  six  weeks  thereafter,  also  punctually. 
Which  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  beavers ;  provided  that  the 
auction  fees  shall  be  a  charge  upon  the  buyer  alone.  The  buyer  shall  be 
holden,  immediately  after  the  sale,  to  furnish  sufiicient  security  to  the 
content  of  the  seller,  with  the  understanding,  that  in  case  no  sufiicient 
sureties  are  furnished,  the  property  is  to  be  off"ered  for  sale  again  at  the 
cost  and  charge  of  the  buyer.  Further,  the  seller  puts  ail  things  on  the 
footing  of  making  no  rebate  or  restitution   on   any  occasion   whatsoever. 

Hist.  Col.  Hi  26 


The  mark   ^'-J —    set  by  WiLLEM  Frederickse, 
with  his  own  hand. 


c4 


202  Albany  County  Records. 

The  buyer  was  William  Frederickse  [Bout]  on  the  aforewritten  condi- 
tions for  the  sum  of  six  hundred  and  twelve  guilders,  this  3d  of  Septem- 
ber, 1654. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 
We,  the  undersigned,  offer  ourselves  as  sureties  and  principals  for  Wil- 
lem  Frederickse,  according  to  law. 

The  mark  -\-  set  hy  Dirrick  Bentdinck's  own  hand. 
The  mark  o/^     *     *      * 

Jacob  Janse  Van  Noorstrant  desires  at  public  sale  to  sell  his  house 
standing  in  Beverwyck  adjoining  to  the  west  Henderick  Gerritse  [Van 
Wie],  and  to  the  east  the  alms  house,  together  with  the  lot  thereto 
belonging,  besides  a  garden  lying  behind  Fort  Orange,  number  19,  adjoin- 
ing to  the  south  Dominie  Schaets,  and  to  the  east  Gysbert  Cornelise 
[Van  Wesp],  or  those  who  may  lay  claim  thereto,  to  the  west  and  north 
a  road,  length  six  rods  and  a  half,  breadth  four  rods  and  a  half,  all  ac- 
cording to  patent  thereof,  upon  the  following  conditions,  to  wit,  that 
the  payment  for  the  house,  lot  and  garden  shall  be  made  in  two  install- 
ments ;  the  first,  being  the  half,  punctually  within  the  time  of  one  month ; 
and  the  second  and  last  on  the  first  of  May  next  coming,  which 
payments  shall  be  made  in  whole  and  good  beavers.  The  auction  fees 
shall  [be]  a  charge  to  the  buyer  alone;  provided  that  the  crops  now  stand- 
ing on  the  aforesaid  garden  shall  this  year  belong  to  the  seller  alone. 
Further,  the  seller  puts  everything  on  the  footing  of  making  no  rebate 
or  restitution  on  any  occasion  whatsoever.  In  this  sale  the  mill  and 
brewer's  tools  at  present  in  the  aforesaid  house  are  not  included.  Pro- 
vided that  the  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  sufficient  security  to  the 
content  of  the  seller,  and  if  he  cannot,  then  the  lot  shall  be  sold  again  at 
his  expense.  The  buyer  was  Rutger  Jacobsen,  on  the  aforesaid  condi- 
tions, for  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  and  thirty  guilders,  this  3d  of  Sep- 
tember,-1654. 

E.UTGER  Jacobsen. 

We  constitute  ourselves  sureties  for  the  above  standing  person  and 
purchase  money,  all  according  to  law,  this  3d  of  September,  1654. 
Jan  Verbeeck. 
The  mark  [H]  set  by  Goosen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick], 

with  his  own  hand. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

On  this  the  fourth  day  of  September,  1654,  in  the  morning,  appeared 
before  me  Joannes  Dyckman,  etc.,  the  honorable  Symon  Volckertse 
Backer  [Veedei'],  dwelling  in  Beverwyck,  and  acknowledged  that  he  had 
sold  to  Albert  Gerritse,  carpenter,  a  certain  lot,  lying  at  Manathaus,  next 
to  Adrian  Vincent,  breadth,  on  the  west  side,  three  rods  and  one  foot; 
length,  on   the   south   side,   five  rods  and  six  and  a  half  feet;  and  on  the 


Albany   County  Records.  203 

north  side,  five  rods;  all  according  to  the  patent;  he,  Synion,  also 
acknowledging,  that  he  has  received  the  sum  of  thirty  beavers  therefor, 
being  the  full  sum  which  he  was  promised  for  the  aforesaid  lot ;  he, 
Symon  Volckertse,  herewith  giving  a  perfect  conveyance  of  the  aforesaid 
lot,  without  his  having  any  action,  right  or  claim  thereon  any  more  for- 
ever, but  putting  the  aforesaid  Albert  Gerritse,  carpenter,  in  respect  to 
that,  in  his  place,  with  all  such  rights  as  he,  the  seller  and  grantor, 
therein  has  had,  being  as  aforesaid  fully  paid  therefor. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  of  which  he  has  signed  this  paper 
with  his  own  hand  in  Fort  Orange,  on  the  date  aforesaid,  in  the  presence 
of  Thomas  Sanders  and  Jan  Van  Aecken,  smiths,  as  witnesses  hereto 
called,  who  have  also  subscribed  this  with  the  grantor. 

The  mark  set  by  Symon  +  Volkertse,  with  his  own  hand. 
Aelbert  Gerritse. 

As  icitnesses, 

The  mark  set  %  X  T  Thomas  Sanders  with  his  own  hand. 
The  mark  of  Jan  -j-   Van  Aecken  with  his  own  hand  set. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


On  this  fourth  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1654,  in  the 
morning,  appeared  before  me  Joannes  Dyckman,  etc.,  the  honorable 
Thomas  Sandersen,  smith,  and  declared  that  he  had  sold  to  Jan  Van 
Aecken,  his  certain  house  and  lot,  standing  and  lying  in  the  village  of 
Beverwyck,  adjoining  to  the  north,  Carsten  and  Myndert  Frederickse, 
and  to  the  south,  east  and  west,  a  road  together  with  a  garden,  lying 
behind  Fort  Orange,  alotment  number  22;  breadth  four  rods  and  a  half; 
length  seven  and  a  half  rods,  with  the  appendances  and  dependences  of 
the  same,  and  he,  Thomas  Sanderse,  acknowledges  that  he  is  fully  paid 
and  satisfied  therefor,  the  first  penny  with  the  last,  giving  therefore  a  per- 
fect release  for  the  same  forever ;  he,  Thomas  Sanderse,  having  no  more 
right,  claim  or  pretension  to  the  aforesaid  house,  lot  and  garden,  and  put- 
ting the  aforesaid  Jan  Van  Aecken,  in  this  respect,  in  his  place,  just  as 
he,  Thomas  Sanderse,  has  stood  therein. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  whereof,  he  has  signed  this  with  his 
own  hand  in  Fort  Orange,  on  the  date  aforesaid,  without  craft  or  guile,  in 
the  presence  of  Mr.  Joannes  Van  Twiller,  and  Albert  Gerritse,  carpenter, 
as  witnesses  thereto  called,  who  acknowledged  that  they  had  also  signed 
this  with  the  grantor. 

The  mark  set  X  T  by  Thomas  Sanderse  with  his  own  hand. 
The  mark  of  Jan  Van  Aecken  -f-  with  his  own  hand  signed. 

As  witnesses: 

J.  V.  Twiller. 

Albert  Gerritsen. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


204  Albany  County  Records. 

On  this  the  fourth  day  of  September  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1654,  ia 
the  morning,  appeared  before  me  Joannes  Dyckman,  etc.,  the  honorable 
Albert  Gerritse,  carpenter,  and  declared  that  he  was  paid  and  fully  satis- 
fied for  a  five  and  forty  foot  lot  (to  wit,  wood  feet)  in  breadth  on  the  road, 
running  back  to  the  *  *  besides  the  house  standing  thereon,  joining  to 
the  south,  Carsten  and  Myndert  Frederickse,  and  to  the  north  the  seller, 
for  which  house  and  lot,  as  they  lie  and  stand,  he,  Albert  Gerritse,  acknow- 
ledges that  he  is  fully  paid  and  satisfied,  the  first  penny  with  the  last, 
giving  a  perfect  release  therefor,  forever,  without  his  making  any  claim, 
demand  or  pretension  to  the  same,  putting  the  aforesaid  Jan  Van  Aecken, 
in  this  respect  in  his  place  and  in  such  ownership  as  he  the  seller  and 
grantor  has  had  therein,  and  promising  the  buyer,  to  free  and  defend  the 
same  for  a  year  and  a  day. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth,  without  craft  or  guile,  this  is  signed 
by  the  grantor's  own  hand,  in  presence  of  the  honorable  Jan  Verbeeck 
and  Mr.  Joannes  Van  Twiller  as  witnesses  for  that  purpose  called,  who 
also  have  signed  this  with  the  grantor. 

Albert  Gerritsen. 


The  mark  set  by  Jan 
with  his 


k 


Van  Aecken. 
own  hand. 


-4s  tvitncsses, 
Jan  Verheeck. 
J.  V.  Twiller. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

On  this  fifth  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1654,  appeared 
before  me  Joannes  Dyckman,  etc.,  the  honorable  William  Janse  StoU 
[alias  Hap],  and  declared  that  to  his  satisfaction  he  had  received  from 
the  hands  of  Arent  Van  Den  Bergh,  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  fifty 
guilders,  being  half  of  the  payment  for  the  house,  lot  and  garden  standing 
in  the  fort  and  behind  the  same,  of  said  Stoll,  sold  on  the  8th  of  August 
last,  at  public  sale,  at  the  house  of  Hendrick  Jochemse,  for  the  sum  of 
eleven  hundred  guilders,  being  the  house  adjoining  to  the  east  Hendrick 
Driessen,!  and  to  the  south  Jacob  Janse  Stoll,  and  the  garden  adjoining 
to  the  south  Mr.  Abraham  Staats's  garden,  and  to  the  south  Hendrick 
Driessen,  all  according  to  the  conditions  of  sale;  he,  Willem  Janse  Stoll, 
therefore,  giving  a  complete  release  to  the  buyer  aforesaid  for  the  afore- 
named house,  lot  and  garden,  and  promising  on  the  payment  of  the  last 
half,  punctually  in  the  month  of  May  next,  to  deUver  to  the  buyer  a  con- 
veyance of  the  aforesaid  house,  lot  and  garden  as  is  proper,  under  pledge 
of  his  person  and  estates,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future,  submitting 
himself  to  the  force  of  all  laws  and  judges,  witnessing  this  with  his  own 
hand;  signed  in  Fort  Orange,  at  the  date  aforesaid,  in  presence  of  Jacob 


1  Hendrik  Dries  or  Driessen  came  to  Beverwyck  in  1642,  with  Ms  sister  Gertrude  Dries  Van 
Driesbergen.—  0'  Callaghan's  History  of  New  NetUrland^  i,  440. 


Albany   County  Records.  205 

Hendrickse  Maat  and  Lammert  Van  Valkenbergb,  as  witnesses  for  that 
purpose  called. 

WiLLEM  Janse  Stall. 
The  mark  set  by  X  Arent  Van  den  Bergh. 
As  witnesses, 

The  marh  set  hy  -\-  Lemmert  Van  den  Bergh. 
Jacob  Heyndrickse  Maat. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


On  this  fifth  day  of  September,  1654,  appeared  before  me  Joannes 
Dyckman,  etc.,  Willem  Albertse  Van  Munichendam  and  declared  that  he 
had  appointed,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  appoint,  etc.,  the  honorable 
Claes  Bendingh  departing  for  Manathans,  in  his,  the  subscriber's, 
name,  and  for  his  sake,  to  demand  collect  and  receive,  Jirstli/,  all 
those  thirty  guilders  and  thirteen  stuivers  coming  to  the  subscriber, 
from  [Nicolaas  ?]  Terhaer  to  be  paid  in  seewant,  for  which  the 
aforesaid  Terhaer  had  been  arrested  here,  and  also  those  thirty-six 
guilders,  which  are  coming  to  him,  the  subscriber,  aforesaid,  from 
Jan  Van  Leyden,  dwelling  in  Mespachs  kil,  for  boards,  in  lieu  of  which 
goats  were  to  be  delivered,  which  he  has  slaughtered  for  himself  and 
has  received  the  money,  which  money  Claes  Bendingh  shall  endeavor  to 
collect,  in  case  of  refusal  by  law,  and  to  act  for  the  subscriber  as  if  he 
were  present  in  his  own  person,  also  acquittance  for  receipts  to  give,  all 
without  craft  or  guile ;  these  with  his  own  hand  signed  in  Fort  Orange, 
of  date  aforesaid,  in  presence  of  Sebastian  DeWinter,  and  Arent  Van 
den  Bergh  as  witness  hereto  called. 

William  Albertse. 

As  loifness, 

Basteiaen  de  Winter.^ 

The  mark  set  hy  Arent  -f-   Van  Bergh  with  his  own  hands. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


1  Bastiaeu  De  Winter  was  a  native  of  Middleburgh,  Holland.  In  1666,  he  was  an  inliabitaut  of 
Schenectady,  bnt  being  about  to  depart  for  Holland,  made  Daniel  Janse  Van  Antwerpen  his 
attorney.  In  1670,  he  sold  his  house  lot  in  Schenectady  together  with  his  bouwery  upon  the 
G-roote  Vlachte  to  Jan  Labatie,  Elias  Van  Guysliug,  and  Joris  Aertse  Van  Der  Baast.  The  tra- 
dition in  the  Van  Guysling  family  was,  that  he  was  sick  of  consumption  and  sold  with  the 
intention  of  returning  to  Holland,  but  died  before  doing  so.  In  1678,  the  Dutch  church  of  Al- 
bany claimed  and  probably  obtained  his  property  for  the  use  of  the  poor ;  from  which  it  may  be 
inferred  that  he  left  no  heirs  in  this  country.—  English  Maimscri2)ts,  169,  189  ;  Notarial  papers  ; 
Deeds,  n,  618, 788-9.  "^ 


206  Albany   County  Records. 

5th  September,  1654. 
Gerrit  Teunisen  (?)  desires  to  sell  to  the  highest  bidder  the  under- 
written goods,  on  the  following  conditions,  to  wit :  The  bidder  and 
buyer  shall  be  holden  to  make  payment  within  twenty-four  hours  with- 
out delay.  The  bidder  shall  be  held  to  furnish  sufficient  sureties  to  the 
content  of  the  seller.  The  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  or  half 
beavers. 

12  earthen  plates,  Dolle  Griet,  /  4.15 

2  platters  and  6  plates,  Mr.  Adrian, /  4.05 

5  pairs  of  pillows,  Mr.    Jacob  Barbier, /  12.00 

A  candlestick  and  *     *  ,  John  Thomase,  /  6.15 

6  pairs  of  pillows,  Dolle  Gryet, /  26.5 

1  scale  and  weights,  Goosen  Gerritse, f  9 

A  parcel  of  *,  Cornelis  Vastterrick, / 

A  gun,  sword  and  belt ;  Goosen  Gerritse, /"    26.00 

7  pictures,  Jan  Van  Aecken,  /      9.00 

1  Bible,  Cornelis  Teunise, /    14.00 

5  bands,  Dan.  Rinckhout, /      2,15 

1  traveling  coat,  Barent  [Pieterse  Coeymans]  the  miller, /    21.00 

1  book  on  health,  Mr.  Jacob  Barbier. /  8.00 

2  shirts  and  carpenter's  work  bench, /  5.15 

1  gun,  Daniel  Rinckhout, /  19.10 

4  porringers,  Cornelis  Theunisse, /'  3.10 

some  knives,  Volkert  Janse  [Douw], /  20.10 

1  cloak  *  in  beavers, '. /  58.00 

6  pewter  plates,  and  a  porringer,  Juraien  Teunisse  [Tappen]...  /  10.00 

10  earthen  plates,  Barent  [Coeymans]  DeMolenaer, /  3.10 

4  dishes,         *         *          *         planck, /  4.00 

1  gun,  Barent  DeMolenaer, /  17.00 

6  earthen  plates,  Mickial  De  Liemaker, /  2.10 

6  pair  of  pillows,  Barent  De  Molenaer, /  18.10 

2  scales  and  weights,  William  Bout, f  12.15 

6  weights,  Jochem  [Wesselse]  Becker, /  7.00 

1  pair  pillows  and  bible,  Andreyes  Herpertsen, /  12.00 

a  carpenter's  work  bench,  and  two         *         *         /  13,00 

1  book,  Festus  Jomnius  (?)  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler, /  6.00 

1  bat  and  balls,  Pieter  Hartgens,         *         *         *         /  6.00 

a  parcel  of  tobacco,  Volckert  Janse  [Douw], /  10.00 

a  parcel  of  snuffers,  (?)  (^zmit/ters),  Dolle  Griet, f  2.70 

3  books,  Philip  Pieterse, /  16.00 

2  schahi-otten,  Bom'mie  Schaets, /      6.00 

1  tongs,  shovel  and  chain,  Claes  Bordingh,i /      9.00 

1  book,  Andryes  Herpertsen, /      5.00 

1  saw  bench,  pail,  and  other  traps,  Carsten  Frederickse,- /    55.00 

2  books,  Cornelis  Steenwyck,-^ /      3.00 

1  In  1648,  and  subsequently,  Claes  Bording  seems  to  have  been  a  trader,  making  New  Amsterdam 
his  headquarters,  but  trading  to  South  river,  and  Fort  Orange.  In  1648  and  1653,  he  was  accused 
of  dealing  in  contraband  articles  and  smuggling.—  IhitcJi  Manuscnpts,  m,  24,  55  ;  iv,  393 ;  v,  196. 

2  Carsten  Frederickse,  brother  of  Myndert  Frederickse  both  smiths  ;  had  a  shop  and  house  on 
north  comer  of  Beaver  and  South  Pearl  streets. 

3  Cornells  Steenwyck,  a  merchant  of  New  Amsterdam. 


Albany   County  Records.  207 

1  book,  Jurian  Theunisse  \jjlasemaeker'], ../  4.80 

1  trunk  (roffer);  Harmen  i)e   Metselaer, /  3.50 

a    pair    of  shears  and  slippers  irnuyleii)  and  a  pair  of  pillows 

(kuissen)  and  a  powder  box  (cruydtdoos),  Barent,  the  miller,/  6.15 

1  chair  and  two  cushions,  Andryes  Herpertse, /  8.40 

/  386.90 

On  the  9th  day  of  August,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1654,  appeared 
before  me  Joannes  Dyckman,  etc.,  the  honorable  Symen  Symonse  Groot 
and  declared  that  he  had  appointed  and  empowered,  as  by  these  presents 
he  does  appoint,  etc.,  Mr.  Isaack  De  Foreest,  his  brother-in-law,  livingin  the 
Manathans,  to  sell,  transfer  and  assign, as  his  judgment  approves,  a  certain 
settlement,  amounting  to  the  sum  684  guilders  earned  in  the  service  of 
the  West  India  company,  and  put  into  thehands  of  saidDe  Foreest^  for  safe 
keeping,  and  also  to  act  in  the  matter  to  the  best  of  his,  the  attorney's,  judg- 
ment, all  true  and  without  craft  or  guile,  signed  with  his  own  \_Grooi's] 
hand  at  the  date  aforesaid,  in  the  presence  of  Sebastian  De  Winter,  and 
Mr.  Joannes  Megapolensis,  *  *  *  as  witnesses  hereto 

called  who  have  also  signed  this  with  the  principal. 

Symen  Symense  Groot.'^ 
As  witnesses, 

Basteiaen  De   Winter. 
Mr.  Jan  Megapolensis.^ 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman.    • 


De  Vryes '*  complains  of  Seeger  Cornelis  [Van  Voorhoudt],  and  Har- 
men Herpertse  (?),  for  ringing  bells  at  his  door  and  before  his  house,  and 
complains  of  their  blowing  horns  (^getoeten')  at  him,  in  presence  of  Jilles 
Pieterse  and  the  neighbors  about  there. 

On  this  tenth  day  of  September,  1654,  appeared  before  me  Joannes 
Dyckman,  etc.,  Rutger  Jacopse,  Cornelis  Theunis  Van  Westbrock,  and 
Goosen  Gerritse  [Van  Sehaick]  burghers  and  citizens  of  the  village  of 
Beverwyck,  and  declared  that  they  had  together  shipped  on  board  the 
sloop  of  Cornelis  Vos,  Skipper  Reynicks,  two  boxes  of  beavers  containing 
seven  hundred  pieces  to  be  again  resliipped  on  the  ships  which  are  now 
about  to  depart  for  Holland ;  and  if  they  be  not  present,  to  give  by  these 
presents,  full  power  and  authority  to  Gerrit  Janse  Van  Swoll,  at  Mana- 

1  Isaac  De  Foreest  was  son  of  Hendrik  De  Foreest,  who  died  in  New  Amsterdam,  about  1638. 
He  was  from  Leyden,  and  married  Sarah  Dn  Trueux,  in  New  Amsterdam,  9  June,  1641.  In 
1647  he  received  a  patent  for  50  morgens  of  land  on  Manhattan  island.  In  1656  he  was  weigh- 
master;  died  about  1695.—  ValenH?ie's  Manual,  1861,  and  Didch  Manuscripts. 

2  Symen  Groot,  boatswain  of  the  Prince  Maurice,  purchased  a  house  of  Jacob  Roy,  in  New 
Amsterdam,  in  1645 ;  subsequently  he  came  to  Beverwyck  {Deeds  i,  :343),  and  from  thence  to 
Schenectady.  At  the  burning  of  that  village  by  the  French  and  Indians,  in  1690,  his  five  sons, 
Symon,  Abraham,  Philip,  Dirk,  and  Claes,  were  carried  away  captives  to  Canada ;  one  son, 
Cornelis,  escaped  capture. 

3  Jan  Megapolensis,  son  of  Domine  Megapolensis  first  minister  of  Beverwyck,  was  a  chirurgeon  ; 
removed  to  New  Amsterdam,  1655 ;  and  thence  to  Holland,  1056.—  0'  Callaghan''s  Neiv  Netherland 
Register. 

*  Adrian  Janse  De  Vries. 


208  Albany  County  Records. 

thans,  to  receive  said  boxes,  and  to  do  with  them  according  to  his  best 
judgment,  or  as  if  the  subscribers  were  present  in  their  own  persons. 
Signed  with  their  own  hands  in  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  of  this,  in 
Fort  Orange,  at  the  date  aforesaid,  in  the  presence  of  Jochem  [Wesselse] 
Becker  and  Mr.  Joannes  Megapolensis,  chirurgeon,  as  witnesses  hereto 
called. 

RUTGER  JaCOBSE. 
CORNELIS  ThONISSEN. 

The  mark  set  |-|  by  Goosen  Gerritse,  with  his  own  hand. 
As  vntnesses, 

Jochem  Backer. 
Mr.  Joannes  Megapolensis. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


Credentials  /or  custom  officer  Dyckman  and  Peter  Hcrt<jerts,  dated  at 
Manathans. 

Worshipful,  valiant,  and  most  noble  lord  and  right  honorable  gentlemen, 

Heer  General   [Stuyvesant]   and   right  honorable  gentlemen    [of  the 

council]. 

The  excellent  letter  of  the  right  honorable,  Heer  general,  of  date  the 
29th  of  June  last,  was  duly  received  by  us,  wherein  he  was  pleased  to 
write  to  us,  that  we,  according  to  our  request  formerly  made  in  writing, 
and  by  word  of  mouth  to  your  honors,  on  or  before  the  arrival  of  the 
ships  from  pai!rm,  dispatch  two  from  our  bench  [of  magistrates]  to  hold 
a  closer  consultation  with  your  honors.  Therefore  not  being  able  to 
omit  the  performance  of  your  honors'  gracious  directions,  we  have  chosen 
and  sent  to  your  honors  from  this  court,  the  honorable,  the  custom  officer, 
Joannes  Dyckman  and  Peter  Hertgerts,  to  present  such  matters  as  we  ' 
have  committed  unto  them  ;  and  our  desire  is  that  your  honors  will  please 
to  receive  and  recognize  them  as  our  deputies,  favorably  to  listen,  and 
speedily  to  come  to  such  resolutions  as  we  trust  their  honors'  wise  discre- 
tion and  judgment  may  approve  ;  we  commit  and  commend  your  honors 
to  God's  gracious  protection. 

Worshipful,  valiant  and  most  noble  lord  and  right  honorable  gentle- 
men. Your  honors  humble  and  faithful  servants  of  the  court  of  Fort 
Orange  and  Beverwyck. 

Fort  Orange,  11  Sept.,  1654. 

Instructions  for  the  commission  to  the  Manhatans,  in  accordance  with 
the  purport  of  the  right  honorable,  the  Heer  general's  missive  of  date  the 
29th  of  June,  last,  to  the  custom  officer  Joannes  Dyckman  and  Pieter  Hert- 
gerts, deputed  from  the  honorable  court  of  Fort  Orange  and  Beverwyck, 
according  to  which  they  are  to  regulate  themselves.  First. — That  they 
shall  with  all  reverence  solicit  of  the  right  honorable,  the  director 
general  and  council  of  the  province,  their  honor's  resolutions  and  answer 
to  the  propositions  as  well  oral  as  written,  heretofore  made  by  the  honor- 
able court  aforesaid,  for  their  government.  That  the  said  committee 
shall  also  petition  for  the  speedy  completion  of  the  new  company's  (?) 
house  at  the  company's  expense,  also  that  on  account  of  the  scarcity  of 


Albany   County  Records.  209 

money,  the  small  income  from  the  excise  be  adjudged  to  remain  for  the 
public  service;  that  some  soldiers  may  be  sent  up  as  well  to  keep  watch 
in  the  fort  as  against  the  savages,  whose  insolence  the  good  people  suffer 
daily,  moreover  they  are  to  ask  that  two  stuivers  be  levied  on  every  beaver 
sent  down  for  the  payment  of  the  salaries  of  the  commissaries  of  this  court 
and  of  the  custom  officer.  *         *     They  are  also  to  petition  for  a 

quantity  of  gunpowder  for  the  use  of  the  fort,  of  which  this  court  and  the 
magistrates  shall  have  the  care,  provided  that  on  request  made  a  proper, 
though  not  specific,  account  be  rendered  of  the  same,  *  ^  *  *  * 
also  for  places  where  new  lots  may  be  given  out,  because  there  are  daily 
calls  for  lots,  and  there  are  no  more.  *         *  *         * 

12  September,  1654. 

That  the  court  messenger,  Pieter  Ryverdingh,  shall  be  paid  a  reason- 
able and  proper  salary.  Their  honors  of  the  court  here,  finding  that 
notwithstanding  the  good  and  well  mannered  order  heretofore  posted 
respecting  the  burghers  and  tapsters  obtaining  a  proper  permit  from  the 
farmer  of  the  excises  before  storing  their  wines  and  beer,  said  good  order 
is  neglected;  therefore,  the  better  to  prevent  all  smuggling  in  the  future. 
All  burghers  dwelling  in  this  jurisdiction  are  ordered  to  store  no  wines, 
beer  or  distilled  waters,  or  permit  them  to  be  kept  in  places  where  they 
are  commonly  drank,  under  a  penalty  of  fifty  guilders,  etc.      *=*=** 

Thus  ordered  by  the  court  of  Fort  Orange  and  Beverwyck,  this  12th 
of  September,  1654. 

On  this  the  seventeenth  day  of  October,  1654,  in  the  morning,  about 
nine  o'clock,  appeared  before  me  Joannes  Dyckman,  in  the  service  of,  etc., 
the  honorable  Jan  Thomase  [Mingael]  magistrate  (commissar is  ordinaris) 
of  the  honorable  court  here,  and  Reyntyen  Pieterse  Baroquier,  and 
together  declared,  as  by  these  presents  they  do  declare,  by  request  of 
Adrien  Claes  Vryman,  that  they  in  the  evening  of  Wednesday  night  last, 
were  at  the  house  of  Abraham  Pieterse  Vosburgh,  and  among  others, 
there  were  found  in  the  aforesaid  person's  house,  Jacob  Symonsen  Clomp 
Baroquier  and  the  aforesaid  Adriaen  Claesse  was  sent  out  by  Jacob  Clomp 
aforesaid  to  fetch  a  canoe,  lying  on  the  other  side  of  the  river,  which  he 
Adriaen  Claesse  did  ;  returning  with  the  canoe  and  falling  into  the  water, 
he,  Adriaen  Claesse  came  again  to  the  house  of  Abraham  Pieterse  Vos- 
burgh and  took  his  knife  in  his  hand  to  cut  loose  the  lace  of  one  of  his 
shoes ;  laying  down  the  knife  by  his  side,  and  having  some  words  with 
Jacob  Clomp  respecting  the  wages  of  said  Arian  Claase,  Jacob  Clomp 
springing  up  with  the  knife  in  his  hand,  cut  diverse  gashes  in  said 
Arian  Claese's  face  and  arm,  without  these  deponents  observing  that 
Arian  Claese  opposed  himself  to,  or  fought  against  said  Jacob  Clomp ; 
the  deponents  ending  this  their  declaration  and  being  asked  to  strengthen 
the  same  by  oath,  with  their  own  hands  subscribed  the  same,  in  Fort 
Orange,  on  the  date  aforesaid. 

Jan  Thomase. 
The  mark  set  by  +  Reyntyen  Pieters,  with  his  own  hand. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

On    this  one  and  twentieth   day  of  October,  1654,  I,  Jochem  Becker, 
burgher   in    Beverwyck,    offer  myself,  by  these  presents,  as  surety  and 
mst.  Col.  Hi.  27 


210  Albany  County  Recmxls. 

principal  for  the  person  of  Jacob  Symonse  Clomp  Baroquier,  for  one 
hundred  and  seven  guilders,  which  Jacob  surnamed  Clomp,  must  pay  to 
the  officer  within  the  time  of  six  weeks,  according  to  the  tenor  of  the 
contract  made  between  the  mutual  arbitrators  in  the  matter,  and  in  case 
he,  Jacob  Clomp,  fails  within  said  time  to  pay  said  sum  to  said  officer,  I 
will  immediately  take  his  place  and  pay  the  same  as  my  own  debt,  and 
pledge  my  person  and  estate,  personal  and  real,  present  and  future, 
nothing  excepted,  without  craft  or  guile. 

Signed  with  my  own  hand  in  Fort  Orange,  of  the  date  aforesaid. 

JOCHEM  WeSSELSE. 

On  this  21st  day  of  October,  1654,  appeared  before  me  Joannes  Dyck- 
man  in  the  sei-vice  of,  etc.,  the  honorable  Frans  Barentse  Pastoor, 
magistrate  of  the  honorable  court  here,  and  declared  that  he  had  appointed 
and  empowered  by  these  presents,  the  honorable  Pieter  Cornelise,  dwell- 
ing on  the  Long  island  at  Breuckelen,  in  his  name  and  for  his  sake,  to 
demand,  collect  and  receive  all  those  six  and  seventy  guilders  and  four- 
teen stuivers,  for  which  Lodewyck  Cornelise,  dwelling  at  Manathans, 
according  to  an  obligation,  of  date  28th  of  August,  1651,  of  said  Lodewyck 
Cornelisse,  to  the  subscriber  is  indebted,  as  well  for  money  lent,  as  for 
duffels'  delivered,  and  in  case  of  refusal  and  longer  delay,  the  same  to 
sue  at  law,  and  proceed  according  to  the  forms  thereof,  also  to  act  as  may 
be  needful ;  and  further  to  do  all  things  therein,  as  if  the  subscriber  in  his 
own  person  were  present,  yea,  as  though  special  charge  were  herein  given. 

Signed  with  his  own  hand  in  acknowledgment  of  this,  at  Fort  Orange, 
of  date  aforesaid,  in  presence  of  the  honorable  Jan  Verbeek  and  Jan 
Thomase,  commissaries  of  the  honorable  court  here,  as  witnesses  hereto 
called,  and  who  have  subscribed  the  same  also  with  the  principal. 

Frans  Barentse  Pastoor. 

As  witnesses, 
Jan  Verbeeck, 
Jan  Thomase, 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

We,  the  undersigned,  Jacob  Henderickse  Maet  and  Eldert  Gerbertsen, 
acknowledge  by  these  our  signatures,  that  we  have  offered  ourselves  as 
sureties  and  principals  for  Cors  Boutsen  (?)  *  *  and  are  ready  to 
deliver  up  again  the  person  of  said  Cors  Boutsen,  or  of  ourselves  to  make 
compensation  as  for  our  own  indebtedness,  all  under  pledge  of  our  persons 
and  estates,  real  and  personal,  present  and  future,  according  to  law. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth,  this  is  subscribed  with  our  own  hands  in 
Fort  Orange  this  21st  of  October,  1654. 

Jacob  Heyndrickse  Maet. 
Elbert  Gerbertse  Cruip. 

In  manner  following  the  honorable  Govert  Loockermans,  merchant  at 
Manhatans  and  Eldert  Gerbertsen,  sawyer,  covenant  and  agree  with  each 
other,  to  wit,  that  Eldert  Gerbertsen  shall  be  holden  to  send  all  that  he 
shall  saw,  to  Govert  Loockermans  aforesaid  (except  he  sells  both  mills)  to 
be  sold  by  the  same  at  Manhatans,  for  the   profit  of  Eldert  Gerbertse,  as 

1  Duffels  was  a  kind  of  coarse  woolen  cloth  having  a  thick  nap  or  frieze. 


Albany  County  Records.  211 

best  he  can,  wliicli  contract  shall  begin  on  the  morning  of  Monday  the 
twenty-fifth  of  this  month,  and  continue  first  one  year,  but  in  case,  after 
that,  they  can  come  to  an  agreement,  it  shall  continue  from  year  to  year;  and 
for  pains  Govert  Loockermans  shall  receive  for  selling  and  collecting,  five 
per  cent  {vyfften  liondert),  over  and  above  all  expense. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth,  this  is  subscribed  by  our  own  hands 
in  presence  of  Mons.  Joannes  Van  Twiller  and  Henderick  Janse,  as  wit- 
nesses hereto  called,  who  have  signed  this  minute  with  the  principals  in 
Fort  Orange,  this  24th  of  October,  1654. 

Govert  Loockermans. 
As  witnesses,  Elbert  Gerbertse  Cruip. 

J.   V.  Twiller. 
Hend.  J.   Va7id^  Vin. 
Which  I  attest, 

Jannes  Dyckman. 

Worshipful,  valiant,  and  most  noble  Heer  General  [Stuyvesant]  : 

The  custom  officer  Dyckman  has  advised  us  that  he  has  made  known 
to  your  honor,  that  we,  for  a  short  period,  to  wit,  until  the  first  of  May 
next,  had  publicly  farmed  out  the  tapsters'  beer  and  wine  excise,  for  the 
sum  of  thirteen  hundred  guilders;  now,  so  it  is,  that  the  aforesaid  officer 
being  at  Catskil,  the  Heer  Rensselaer  directed  some  wine  to  be  delivered 
to  those  who  hve  in  the  colony,  without  even  directing  a  warrant  from 
the  impost  master  to  be  fetched,  also  without  directing  any  impost  to  be 
paid  ;  once  and  again,  yea,  the  third  time  this  was  permitted;  for  though 
we  had  a  general  order,  yet  there  is  no  special  command  that  if  wine  and 
strong  beer  are  carried  from  here,  out  of  this  jurisdiction  into  the  colony, 
the  excise  should  be  paid,  as  well  as  by  those  who  dwell  within  it ;  *  * 
Our  petition,  therefore,  is  that  your  honor  would  please,  at  the  first 
opportunity,  to  grant  us  a  special  order,  that  henceforth,  for  wine  and 
beer  carried  out  of  this  jurisdiction,  the  customs  officer  issue  his  permit (r*) 
and  seek  to  prevent  evasions  of  payment.  We  shall  await  your  honor's 
speedy  order,  lest  the  Heer  Rensselaer,  or  some  one  else,  may  carry  some 
wine  or  strong  beer  into  the  colony  before  a  proper  permit  from  the 
customs  officer  be  obtained. 

Mons.  Johannes  Van  Twiller  has  represented  to  us,  that  he  had  spoken 
to  your  honor  for  permission  to  make  a  gangway  {iiytgawj')  and  a  cellar 
door  (Icelder  deiir)  ;  we  refer  the  matter  to  your  honor  ;  we  think,  however, 
that  it  could  be  better  and  more  properly  done  within  the  fort,  still  we 
await  the  answer  which  your  honor  shall  please  to  send.  We  petition,  if 
it  please  your  honor,  to  send  an  answer  and  written  order  to  the  propositions 
written  by  the  customs  officer,  and  according  to  our  direction  delivered  to 
your  honor,  that  we  may  know  how  to  regulate  ourselves.  We  shall  ever 
remain  your  honor's  true  and  humble  servants,  of  the  court  of  Fort 
Orange  and  Beverwyck. 

Fort  Orange,  this  4th  of  November,  1654. 

[The  next  paper  is  a  conveyance,  dated  4  November,  1654,  of  a  house 
and  lot  in  Fort  Orange,  from  Jan  Labatie  to  Adrian  Janse  [Appcl]  Van 
Leyden,  erased  and  not  executed.] 

The  following  paper  is  used  in  its  place. 


212  Albany  County  Records. 

On  this  the  eleventh  day  of  November,  1654,  iu  the  forenoon,  appeared 
before  me  Joannes  Dyekman,  in  the  service  of,  etc.,  the  honorable  Jan 
Labatie,  and  declared  that  he  had  sold,  as  by  these  presents  he  does  sell 
to  Adriaen  Janse  [Appel]  Van  Leyden,  his  certain  house,  standing  in 
Fort  Orange,  adjoining  to  the  south  angle  (j^imt)  of  said  fort,  and  to  the 
north  the  north  gate  of  the  same,  with  a  garden  and  hogpen  therein 
standing,  lying  to  the  south  of  said  fort,  adjoining  to  the  west  Lambert 
Van  Valckenborgh,  and  on  the  south  side  Pietev  Jacobse  [Borsboom?], 
to  the  north  a  road,  and  to  the  east  the  honorable  company's  garden;  the 
aforesaid  house  as  it  stands,  and  the  said  garden  and  hogpen,  to  be  deli- 
vered free,  according  to  the  patent  thereof;  for  which  the  buyer,  Adrian 
Janse  Van  Leyden,  must  pay  for  said  house,  lot,  garden,  hogpen  and 
appurtenances  of  the  same,  the  sum  of  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-five 
guilders,  to  the  Rev.  Dominie  Gideon  Sehaets  and  the  honorable  Jan 
Verbeeck,  as  attorneys  for  Mr.  Paulus  Schrick,  in  three  installments;  the 
first  payment,  being  six  hundred  guilders,  shall  be  paid  on  the  first  of 
May,  1G55,  in  beavers;  the  second  payment,  on  the  first  of  May,  1656, 
being  also  six  hundred  guilders  in  beavers;  and  the  third  and  last 
payment  shall  be  paid  on  the  first  of  May,  1657,  being  six  hundred  and 
twenty-five  guilders,  in  good  current  seewant;  provided  that  the  buyer 
shall  remain  in  the  occupancy  thereof  until  May  and  during  the  time  of 
said  occupancy  and  lease,  shall  pay  nothing  to  tlio  seller;  for  the  full 
payment  he  shall  furnish  as  sureties  Mr.  Anthony  De  Hooges  and  Pieter 
Ryverdingh,  who,  with  their  signatures,  bind  themselves,  that  in  case  the 
buyer  aforesaid  fail  of  payment  on  the  set  time  or  times,  they  will  at  once 
step  into  his  place,  and  themselves  the  purchase  money  assume  to  pay  for 
the  buyer,  under  a  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  personal  and  real, 
and  moreover  submitting  the  same  to  the  force  of  all  laws  and  judges. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  same,  said  sureties  have  subscribed  these  pre- 
sents with  their  own  hands,  with  the  consent  of  the  attorneys  of  Mr.  Paulus 
Schrick  aforesaid ;  and  the  seller  shall  be  obligated  to  warrant  and  defend 
said  house,  lot,  garden  and  hogpen  for  a  year  and  a  day  only,  and  in  like 
manner  is  bound  and  indebted;  all  in  good  faith  and  without  craft  and 
guile. 

Signed  by  the  buyer,  seller,  attorneys  and  sureties  in  Fort  Orange,  on 
the  date  aforesaid. 

Jan  Labatie. 

Arian  Janse  V.  Leyden. i 

As  attorneys  of  Paulus  Schrick, 

Gideon  Schaefs,  Pastor  in  Renselaerswi/ck. 
Jan  Verbeeck. 

As  sureties, 

Antonius  De  Hooges. 
Pieter  Ryverding. 

Which  I  witness, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

1  Adriaen  Janse  Appel,  or  Van  Leyden,  was  an  innkeeper  in  Beverwyck  for  some  years,  bnt 
subsequently  removed  to  New  Amsterdam,  and  petitioned  for  the  freedom  of  the  village,  in 
1662.—  Dutch  Manuscrixits,  x,  247. 

In  1654,  he  received  a  patent  for  a  lot  at  Beverwyck,  on  condition,  that  the  bouse  to  be 
erected  thereon,  be  not  an  ordinary  tippling  house,  but  an  inn  for  travelers.—  Patents  HH  -,  43. 
28th  June,  1685,  Adriaen  Janse  Appel,  "  wedawnaar  van  Maria  Reyverding,  en  FolMe  Pieterse, 
weduwe  van  Pieter  Meese  Vrooman,"  were  married  in  Albany. 


Albany  County  Records.  213 

The  attorneys  hereby  annul  the  aforesaid  sale  and  the  sureties  of  the 
same  are  discharged ;  in  witness  whereof  this  is  subscribed  by  the  attor- 
nies  in  Fort  Orange,  this  23d  of  April,  1655. 

Gideon  Schaet,  Pastor  in  Kensselaerswyck. 
Jan  Verbeeck. 

Worshipful,  valiant  and  most  noble,  Heer  General  : 

Our  honorable  fellow  member,  Pieter  Hertgerts,  having  come  up,  has 
informed  us  that  the  papers  and  resolutions  were  delivered  to  your  honor, 
and  by  word  of  mouth  and  by  writings  has  shown  the  resolutions  you 
directed  to  be  sent  up.  In  all  kindness  we  petition  that  your  honor  will 
please  to  send  up  speedily,  the  sooner  the  better,  advice  for  the  regulat- 
ing of  our  affairs.  How  desolate  is  our  condition  from  the  late  high  water, 
*  *  *  *  will  report  to  your  honor  by  word  of  mouth ; 
nevertheless  we  cannot  refrain  from  writing  that  the  four  angles  of  the 
fort,  by  the  late  flood,  are  almost  destroyed  or  carried  away,  besides  the 
honorable  company's  garden,  where  scarcely  a  *  remains,  especially 
those  residing  on  the  third  {^Fosseii]  kil.  *  *  *  *  WTg 
petition  that  your  honor  will  please  afford  us  the  means  for  rebuilding  the 
fort,  *  *  *  expecting  which  speedily,  we  commit  your 
honor  and  family  to  God's  defense  and  protection,  and  remain  your  honors' 
humble  and  faithful  servants  of  the  court  of  Fort  Orange  and  Beverwyck. 

Nov.,  1654. 

On  this  16th  day  of  November  1654,  appeared  before  me  Johannes 
Dyckman  in  the  service  of,  etc.,  the  honorable  Claes  Hendrickse  Van 
Utrecht  [Van  Schoonhoven  ?  ],  and  declared  that  he  had  sold  to  Hen- 
drick  Andriesse  Van  Doesburgh,  his  certain  house  standing  in  Mana- 
thans  and  the  lot  thereto  belonging,  lying  on  the  broad  or  public  way,  as 
he  the  aforesaid  Claes  Hendrickse  bought  the  same  from  Jan  Peek^ 
citizen  of  Manathans,  which  aforesaid  house  adjoins  on  the  north  on 
Evert  Pels,  and  on   the   south  Jan  De   Metselaer.  *         *         * 

[The  above  conveyance  is  imperfect  and  unexecuted.] 

On  this  20th  day  of  November,  1654,  appeared  before  me  Johannes 
Dyckman  in  the  service  of,  etc.,  the  Honorable  Abraham  Staets,  and  de- 
clared that  he  had  hired  Barent  Gerritse,  which  Barent  Gerritse  himself 
acknowledges  ;  to  serve  for  the  time  of  a  whole  year  (rontjaer)  commenc- 
ing on  the  7th  of  October  last,  and  continuing  until  the  7th  of  Octo- 
ber next,  on  the  conditions  that  he,  Barent  Gerritse,  on  his  honor's 
land,  or  wherever  he  shall  have  need  of  him,  shall  do  all  the  farm  labor, 
during  the  aforesaid  time,  upon  his  houwery,  except  the  sowing  of  that 
portion  which  is  not  sown  ;  for  which  service  he,  Barent  Gerritse,  shall 
receive  within  the  year  aforesaid,  three  hundred  and  thirty  guilders ;  two 
hundred  in  beavers  and  the  rest  in  current  seewant ;  Barent  Gerritse  has 
also  stipulated  for  free  washing,  two  pairs  of  stockings,  and  a  pair  of 
shoes ;  upon  which  conditions  the  honorable  Abraham  Staets  aforesaid 
has  paid  one  beaver  as  earnest  money  (jjoots  penninck) ,  and  for  the  per- 

1  Jan  Peek  was  an  innkeeper  in  New  Amsterdam.  He  also  owned  a  honse  in  Be  verwj'Ck,  which 
he  oflfcred  for  sale  in  1655  (p.  94).  He  is  said  to  have  been  the  discoverer  and  tirst  settler  of 
Peekskil.  By  his  wife,  Maria  Volchers,  he  had  four  chUdren.  His  son  Jacobus  settled  in  Schenec- 
tady, and  from  him  have  sprung  those  of  this  name  in  that  vicinity. 


214  Albany  County  Records. 

formance  of  this  contract,  they  pledge  their  respective  persons  and  estates, 
personal    and    real,    present    and    future,    and     in    acknowledgment    of 
the  truth,  with  their  own  hands  subscribe  the  same,  in  presence  of  Adrian 
Janse  [Appel]    Van   Leyden   and   Gillis  Douwesse  Fonda,  as  witnesses 
hereto  called  and  invited  who,  with  the  officer  aforesaid,  and  the  princi- 
pals, have  also  subscribed  the  same,  on  the  date  aforesaid,  in  Fort  Orange. 
Abram  Staes. 
This  is  the  mark  set  X  by  Barent  Gerritse,  with  his  own  hand. 
As  witnesses, 

Adrian  Janse  V.  Leyden. 
Jelles  Vonda.^ 
Which  I  attest. 

Johannes  Dyckman. 

On  this  27th  day  of  November,  1654,  appeared  before  me  Joanties 
Dyckman  in  the  service  of,  etc.,  the  honorable  Andryes  Herpertsen,  and 
declared  that  he  had  contracted  and  agreed  as  follows,  that  Claes  Hen- 
drickse  Timmerman  and  Claes  Janse  Van  Rotterdam  shall  for  him, 
Andryes  Herpertsen,  make,  frame  and  set  up,  a  house  in  Beverwyck,  upon 
a  lot  to  be  pointed  out  as  great  in  length  and  breadth  and  as  good 
and  bad  (^goet  en  qtiaet),  as  the  house  by  him  at  present  occupied,  for 
which,  the  contractors  shall  furnish  all  the  materials,  in  all  respects  like 
those  in  his,  the  subscriber's  house  in  Beverwyck  built  by  Dicke  Van 
Houten  (?),  both  without  and  within,  nothing  excepted  ;  provided  also 
that  said  house  shall  be  framed  and  set  up  by  the  first  of  May  next;  for 
which,  when  done  the  contractors  shall  receive,  and  the  subscriber 
Andryes  Herpertsen,  shall  pay  the  sum  of  1800  guilders  in  whole  beavers. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  of  which,  the  parties  have  subscribed 
this  with  their  own  hands,  in  presence  of  Rutger  Jacopsen  and  Hen- 
drick  Jochemse,  as  witnesses  hereto  called,  who  also  have  subscribed  this 
agreement  with  the  contractors. 

Andries  Herberts. 
Claes  Hendrycksen. 

As  witnesses,  Claes  Jacobse. 

Riitger  Jacobse. 
Hendrick  Jochemse. 

By  these    presents  Evert  Brantse,  the  soldier,  and  Jan  Labatie  agree 
with  each  other  that  the  former  shall  be  holden  to  labor  as  a  farmer  for 
a  whole   year,  commencing   from  this  date,  for  which  service,  within  the 
year,  he  shall  receive   the   sum  of  three  hundred  guilders,  and  moreover 
Jan  Labatie,  inasmuch  as   the   customs    officer  has  need  of  him,  agrees 
that  he  shall  remain  three  days  with  said  officer. 
Fort  Orange  the  29th  of  Nov.,  1654. 
Jan  Labatie. 
The  mark  set  by  Evert  Brantse  -)-  Van  Amersfoort. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


1  Jillis  Donwesse  Fonda  had  one  sou,  Douwe.  In  1656,  a  suit  was  brought  against  his  wife  for 
removing  Le^vis  Cobussen's  wife's  petticoat  itom  the  fence  ;  defendant  says  plaintiff  pawned  the 
article  for  beaver :  put  over.—  Butch  Manuscnpts,  xvi,"  14, 15. 


AXbany  County  Records.  215 

On  this  the  first  day  of  December,  1654,  appeared  before  me  Joannes 
Dyckman  in  the  service  of,  etc.,  the  honorable  Roelofi"  Jacopse,  as  hus- 
band and  guardian  of  Gretie  Jacopse,  whom  the  subscriber  declared  to 
have  received  a  letter  from  Holland,  from  Glysbert  Evertse,  guardian, 
which  [announces]  to  the  subscriber,  that  his  wife  or  he  for  her  is  * 
*  *  at  Bunschoten  under  Ryck  Aelten  dwelling  there,  promising 
that  the  money  shall  be  paid  *  *  *  to  Mr.  Lambert  Wil- 
lemse  Munick  and  Pieter  Munick,  citizens  and  advocates,  the  subscribers 
people,  who  are  bound  for  the  interest  *  *  [illegible]  * 
*  in  presence  of  Mons.  Robert  Vastrick  and  Pieter  Janse  as  wit- 
nesses hereto  called  and  invited,  who,  with  the  principals,  have  signed  this. 
The  mark  -f-  set  by  Grietgen  Jacobse,  with  her  own  hand. 

ROELOFF  JacOBSEN. 
As  loitnesses, 
P.   Vastrick. 
Pieter  Jansen. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

Kit  Davits : 

What  his  honor,  the  Heer  general  [Stuyvesant],  has  written  to  you,  will 
be  seen  in  the  following  copy :  "  You  are  to  permit  the  Heer  De  Hulter 
and  his,  to  enjoy  free  possession  of  land  purchased,  and  other  things,  and 
not  incite  the  savages  against  him  or  his,  nor  let  harm  come  to  his  pro- 
perty, nor  do  him  the  least  injury;  if  you  do  so,  we  shall  proceed  against 
you  according  to  law.  Let  this  serve  as  a  final  warning  to  you,  according 
to  which  to  regulate  yourself,  that  the  aforesaid  Heer  [De  Hulter]  may 
enjoy  free  possession  ;  and  in  case  you  act  to  the  contrary,  we  shall  at 
once  proceed  against  you  according  to  law.'^ 

The  court  of  Fort  Orange  and  Beverwyck. 

Fort  Orange,  3  December,  1654. 

On  this  the  21st  day  of  December,  1654,  appeared  before  me  Joannes 
Dyckman  in  the  service  of,  etc.,  the  honorable  Rutger  Jacopson,  bui-gher 
and  citizen  of  Beverwyck,  and  declared  that  he  had  agreed  and  contracted 
with  Dirrick  Bensinck,  to  frame  and  make  a  house  one  board  in  length ; 
to  set  up  and  build  it  behind  the  house  of  the  said  Dirrick  Bensinck,  now 
standing  and  built  in  Beverwyck,  according  to  the  requirements  of  the 
work  upon  *  *  to  be  completed  by  Dirrick  Bensinck  at  his 
own  expense  :  further  the  contractor  shall  be  holden  to  construct  the 
house  with  a  *  *  pantry ;  also  three  girders,  brackets,  a  garret,  floor, 
door  and  window  tight,  all  at  his  own  cost;  also  the  contractor  shall  make 
therein  a  door  case ;  for  which  he  shall  receive  five  hundred  and  twelve 
guilders,  to  be  paid  in  installments  as  follows,  the  first  immediately,  the 
second  in  the  month  of  June,  and  the  last  *  *  *  all  honest  and  in 
good  faith ;  in  Beverwyck  in  presence  of  Cornells  Theunisse  Van  *  * 
and  Jan     *     *     as  witnesses  hereto  invited. 

Rutger  Jacobsen. 
This  is  the  mark  set  by  X  Bensinck. 
Hendrick  Jochemse  (?). 
Cornells  Thonissen,  as  loitness. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 


216  AJhany  County  Recorch. 

Their  honors  of  the  court  here  having  been  informed  that  one  Maats,' 
at  the  public  inns,  has  been  gambling  for  great  sums  of  money,  so  is  it 
that  their  honors  hereby  give  notice  that  such  *  *  playing  is 
forbidden,  *  *  the  officer  being  requested  against  such  lavish 
squanderings  of  such  notable  sums  of  money  to  proceed  according  to  law ; 
further,  in  such  cases  their  honors  will  no  longer  execute  judgment  for 
such  winnings  and  losses  *  *  but  the  officer  shall  be  requested 
to  proceed  against,  and  impose  the  penalty  upon,  all  such  unlawful  players 
which  are  hereby  expressly  prohibited,  that  the  evil  consequences  which 
may  arise  therefrom         *         *         *         * 

This  done  in  Fort  Orange,  this  22d  of  December,  1G54.  Present  in 
Registro. 

[The  greater  part  of  the  following  paper  is  illegible] : 

*****  on  the  3d  of  November,  before  the 
court  has  acknowledged  that,  *****  officer 
here  *  *  *  brandy  sold  to  the  Indians,  so  is  it  upon  her 
request  *  *  *  because  the  first  *  *  excused, 
provided  that  a  fine  to  the  clerk  and  officer,  shall  be  paid,  at  once  in 
current  seewant,  the  sum  of  *  *  *  *  under  this  re- 
servation, that  in  case  hereafter  she  do  so  any  more,  after  the  full  * 
*         *         *         *=         this  serving  as  a  public  warning. 

Fort  Orange,  this  30  Decemb  :  1654. 

Willem  Fredericse  Bout  proposes  to  sell  at  public  sale,  his  house  and 
lot,  at  present  occupied  by  himself,  adjoining  on  the  south  side  upon  Jan 
Michielsen  [Van  Edam]  on  the  east  side  the  public  road,  breadth  nine 
rods  and  ten  feet  in  front,  length  twelve  rods  on  both  sides,  breadth  in 
the  rear  nine  rods  and  five  feet,  all  according  to  the  patent  thereof;  upon 
the  following  conditions  :  That  the  payment  shall  be  made  in  three 
installments  punctually,  of  which  the  first,  being  a  third  part,  shall  be 
paid  in  May  next,  the  second  six  months  thereafter,  and  the  last  third 
part,  also  in  the  following  six  months ;  which  payment  shall  be  made  in 
good  whole  beavers  or  grain,  at  the  choice  of  the  buyer.  The  auction 
fees  shall  be  claimed  of  the  buyer  alone.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to 
furnish  sufficient  sureties  for  the  payment.  Further,  the  seller  makes  the 
sale  on  this  condition,  that  no  rebate  shall  be  made,  whatever  may  be  the 
occasion.  The  buyer  was  Teunis  Dirrickse  [Van  Vechten]  -  for  the  sum 
of  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty  guilders. 

We,  the  undersigned,  present  ourselves  as  sureties  for  the  principal  for 
payment  for  the  aforesaid  house  under  obligation  according  to  law,  this 
11th  of  January,  1655. 

The  mark  -f  set  by  Theunis  Dikrickse,  with  his  own  hand. 

As  sureties, 

A.  Van  Curler. 
Rutger  Jacobse. 


1  Jacob  Hendrikse  Maats. 

2  Tennis  Dirkse  Van  Vechten  came  out  in  1638,  witli  wife,  child,  and  two  servants,  in  the  Arms 
of  Norway,  and  had  a  farm  in  1648,  at  Greenbush,  north  of  that  occupied  by  Teunis  Cornelise 
Van  Vechten.  He  is  referred  to  in  1663,  as  an  old  inhabitant  here.  —  0' Callaghaii' s  History  of 
New  Netherland,  i.  438.  Perhaps  he  was  called  "  Poentie"  in  1649.— 2>MteA  Manuscripts,  m,  37. 


Albany  County  Records.  217 

Willem  Frederickse  [Bout]  proposes  to  sell,  on  the  followino;  condi- 
tions, a  lot  and  some  timber  for  a  house,  adjoining  to  the  north  Volckert 
Janse  [Douw],  and  to  the  south  Sander  Leendertse  [Glen],  to  the  west 
a  public  road,  to  the  east  the  path  to  the  river  side ;  upon  the  following 
conditions  ;  that  the  payment  for  the  same  shall  be  made  in  good  whole 
beavers  or  hard  grain  (hart  koren).  *         *         *         * 

[This  paper  is  unexecuted.] 

Jochem  [Wesselse]  Becker  desires  to  sell,  at  public  sale,  a  piece  of  wood- 
land lying  behind  Fort  Orange,  with  a  house  of  a  board  long,  just  as  they  lie 
and  stand  ;  the  breadth  of  the  land  is  according  to  the  patent  thereof, 
which  shall  be  delivered  to  the  buyer  when  the  payment  is  made,  bounded 
south  upon  the  Beaver  kiljWestthe  woodland,  north  the  hill,  east  the  thicket 
{creupelbosch^,  is  in  breadth  on  the  south  side  50  rods,  on  the  north  side 
36  rods,  length  105  rods,  with  the  fence  set  round  about  the  same  and  the 
house  also  there  built;  upon  the  following  conditions,  to  wit,  that  the 
payment  shall  be  made  in  three  installments  of  a  third  part  each  ;  the  first 
in  the  month  of  May,  next,  the  second,  six  months  after,  and  the  third, 
six  months  following.  The  payment  must  be  made  in  good  whole 
beavers,  or  grain,  at  the  choice  of  the  buyer.  The  auction  fees  shall  be  a 
charge  against  the  buyer ;  provided  that  the  buyer  shall  be  holden  to 
furnish  sufiicient  sureties  to  the  content  of  the  seller,  for  the  payment. 
Philip  Pieterse  [Schuyler],  was  the  buyer,  on  the  aforementioned  condi- 
tions, for  the  sum  of  four  hundred  and  sixty-eight  guilders. 

Philip  Pietersen. 

As  sureties  according  to  laiv, 
Johan  Baptist  Van  Renselaer. 
A   Van  Curler. 

11  Jan.,  1655. 


Worshipful,  valiant,  most  noble  lord  and  right  honorable  sirs.  Heer 
general  and  right  honorable  sirs  : 
The  Mohawks,  or  some  of  them,  have  been  here  with  us,  asking  us  that 
some  Dutchmen  may  go  to  the  Sinekens,i  to  compose  the  difficulties  which 
have  arisen  between  them  and  the  Sinekens,  but  through  the  unfitness  of 
the  times  no  one  has  been  found  (?);  and  moreover  as  one  of  the  leaders 
of  the  Sinekens  has  been  killed  by  the  Mohawks,  they  are  indisposed  (?). 
So  that  we  have  thought  it  needful  to  write  to  your  honor  and  the  right 
honorable  [council],  since  we  judge  the  same  to  be  a  matter  of  state,  for 
if  the  Mohawks  drive  out  the  Sinekens,  or  whilst  war  exists,  no  trade  here 
will  yield  any  returns  from  that  time  on.  If  this  war  begins  we  shall 
expect  your  honor  and  the  right  honorable  [council],  in  their  wise  judg- 
ment, to  take  this  matter  into  consideration,  and  our  humble  petition  is 
that  your  honor,  etc.,  will  please  send  by  the  bearer  of  this,  their  resolu- 
tion upon  this  weighty  point,  to  wit,  the  slaying  of  the  chief  of  the 
Sinekens  of  Onnedaego,  which  Indians  as  aforesaid  are  threatening  to 
make  war  upon  the  Mohawks.  *         *         *     It  is  a  dangerous  thing 

for  us  to  interfere  with  this  exciting  quarrel  on  such  an  occasion.     The 


■  Senecaa. 

Hist.   Col.  iv.  28 


218  Albany   County  Records. 

Mohawks  came  to  us  with  a  gift,  saying  that  they  thought  counsel  nearly 
at  an  end,  and  therefore  sought  our  intervention  with  the  excited  parties, 
and,  if  possible,  to  remove  the  difl&culty.  We  answered  them  that  the  time 
of  the  year  was  not  propitious  for  the  Dutch  to  undertake  such  a  journey, 
even  if  it  were  needful,  and  a  fit  time  beforehand  were  had,  so  then  they 
ordered    what  might   be   fitting    therein.  *  *         *         *     \ye 

beseech  your  honor,  to  please  send  up  the  accounts  of  the  six  soldiers,  and 
other  honorable  company's  servants,  stationed  here,  and  to  order  the 
traders  to  contribute  so  much  as  amounts  to  a  bale  of  clothing,  else  we 
must  at  once  demand  their  license.  We  shall  now  await  your  honor's 
good  orders  ;  our  power  alone  avails  nothing         *  *         *  *  tji^t 

so  both  the  honorable  company,  and  we,  may  thereby  render  better  service. 
Wherefore  expecting  your  honor's  good  orders,  Heer  general  and  right 
honorable  sirs,  we  commend  your  honors  to  God's  protection,  and  remain, 
right  honorable  sirs, 

Your  humble  and  trusty  servants. 

The  court  of  Fort  Orange  and  Beverwyck. 
Fort  Orange,  6  January,  1654. 

Honorable  Jan  Dirrickse  Van  Bremen  : 

As  divers  creditors  of  yours  have  shared  with  us  in  the  grain,  therefore 
we  have  ordered  that  you  sell  no  grain  before  the  after  following  persons 
shall  have  been  fully  paid,  Evert  Bils  (?),  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
and  twenty,  and  Pieter  Hertgerts,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  seventy 
guilders.         ***** 

The  court  of  Fort  Orange  and  Beverwyck. 

13  January,  1655. 

On  this  the  l3th  day  of  January,  1655,  appeared  before  me  Joannes 
Dyckman,  in  the  service  of,  etc.,  Adrian  Dirickse  De  Vries,  who  declared 
that  he  had  sold  to  Pieter  Adriaansen  Soogemacklyck,i  a  certain  lot  (to 
be  determined  and  delivered  on  the  first  of  May),  lying  in  Beverwyck, 
provided  that  the  seller  shall  *  *  the  house  standing  thereupon, 
adjoining  easterly  and  westerly  on  the  *  *,  southerly  and  north- 
erly, provided  that  the  seller  (sic)  shall  be  holden  to  pay  to  the  buyer 
(sic)  the  sum  of  a  hundred  and  twelve  guilders,  the  remaining  eight  guil- 
ders to  pay  for  the  patent,  to  remain  a  charge  to  the  buyer.  *  * 
*  *  The  payment  must  be  made  *  *  *  ^\\  j^ 
good  faith,  and  under  pledge  of  their  persons  and  estates,  personal  and 
real,  present  and  future. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  same,  signed  with  their  own  hands,  as  well 
by  the  buyer  as  the  seller. 

The  mark  of  Adrian  Dirrickse  De  Vries,  with  +  his  own  hand  signed. 

On  this  the  17th  day  of  January,  1655,  appeared  before  me  Joannes 
Dyckman  in  the  service  of,  etc.,  the  virtuous  (eerbaar)  Femmetje  Albertse 
widow  of  the  late  Hendrick  Janse  Westerkamp,  and  declared  that  she 


1  Pieter  Adriaansen  Soogemackelyck  was  an  innkeeper.  In  1660  he  was  called  voorsoon  of 
Anna  Pieterse  Soogemackelyck,  widow  of  the  late  Barent  Janee  Bal.  In  1664,  he  received  a 
patent  for  a  bouwery  in  Schenectady,  which  he  sold  in  1670  to  Helmer  Otten,  from  whom  it 
passed  to  Ryer  Schermerhorn,  by  marriage  to  Otten's  widow.  He  is  perhaps  the  same  person 
as  P.  A.  Van  Woggeliim,  often  spoken  of  in  the  ancient  records. 


Albany   County  Records.  219 

had  sold  to  the  Honorable  Jan  Thomase  [Mingael],  Pieter  Hertgerts  and 
Volckert  Janse  [Douw],  a  certain  corner  (Jioeck)  of  her  lot  lying  in 
Beverwyck,  in  length  five  rods  and  six  feet  and  in  breadth  six  rods  and 
eight  feet  just  as  it  lies  there^  for  which  the  seller  shall  receive  in  cash 
the  sum  of  three  hundred  guilders,  to  be  paid  in  beavers  or  hard  grain, 
at  the  choice  of  the  buyer,  whereupon,  she,  the  seller,  of  the  aforesaid  lot, 
(as  well  in  its  length  as  in  its  breadth),  promises  a  full  release  of  the 
same  to  them  and  their  heirs  forever. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth  this  is  signed  with  their  own  hand,  in 
Fort  Orange,  on  the  date  aforesaid. 

The  mark  set  by  Femmetje  Albertse  X  with  her  own  hand. 
As  buyers, 

Jan  Thomas. 
Pieter  Hertgerts. 
As  witnesses, 

Pieter  Ryverdingh. 
Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

Their  honors  of  the  court  having  learned  that  certain  persons,  on  the 
solemn  festivals  of  yesterday  and  Shrovetide  evenings,  in  this  jurisdiction, 
having  clothed  themselves  in  strange  habiliments,  and  put  on  women's 
clothes,  therein  publicly  marched  as  mountebanks,  through  the  city  and 
streets,  in  the  sight  of  the  inhabitants,  and  besides  did  other  scandalous 
and  unseemly  things,  *  *  *  ^\^^^  ^^  ^^^  during  the  whole 
*  *  draw  [a  knife]  or  shoot  off  a  gun,  under  any  pretext  whatso- 
ever, for  the  reason  that  not  only  many  improprieties  thereby  take  place, 
but  the  farm  and  other  servants  not  only  cease  from  their  service,  and  by 
that  means  lose  their  time,  but  fights,  blows,  blasphemy,  oaths  and  other 
irregularities  happen;  so  is  it  that  their  honors  of  the  court,  hereby  ex- 
pressly forbid  such  things  to  be  done,  on  penalty  that  those  who  are  found 
doing  contrary  hereto,  shall  pay  to  the  behoof  of  the  officer  here,  the  sum 
of  twenty-five  guilders,  for  the  first  offense. 

Thus  done  in  Fort  Orange  this  26th  of  January,  1654. 


Appeared  before  me,  Joannes  Dyckman,  in  the  service  of,  etc.,  in  the 
presence  of  the  honorable  magistrates  of  the  court  here,  Sander  Leen- 
dertse  [Grlen]  and  Pieter  Hertgerts,  Firstly  —  Jacob  Janse  StoU  [cilias 
Hap]  who  declared  that  he  had  granted,  conveyed,  and  transferred,  for  him- 
self and  his  successors,  two  certain  houses  standing  in  Fort  Orange,  with 
the  gardens  thereto  belonging  at  present,  adjoining  on  the  east  upon  Arent 
Van  den  Bergh,  and  to  the  west  on  the  angle  {punt)  of  said  fort,  for 
which,  in  exchange,  he  has  agreed  with  Claas  Hendrickse  Van  Utrecht, 
that  in  real  ownership  he  (Stoll)  shall  again  receive  a  certain  house 
standing  in  Manathans,  according  to  conveyance  of  date  the  17th  of  May, 
1054,  delivered  in  the  presence  of  Messieurs  Nicasius  de  Sille  and  La 
Montague  in  Niew  Amsterdam,  lying  and  standing  on  the  island  of  Mana- 
thans in  Niew  Amsterdam,  bounded  easterly  on  the  river,  in  breadth  on 
the  road  or  south  side  three  rods  and  three  and  a  quarter  feet,  breadth  in 
the  rear,  on  the  north  side,  one  rod,  seven  and  a  half  feet,  length  on  the 
east  side,  ten  rods,  two  and  a  half  feet,  length   on  the  west  side,  twelve 


220  Albany   County  Records. 

rods ;  and  the  grantors  declare,  that  they  confirm  both  sales,  and  also  for 
themselves  and  their  heirs  will  warrant  and  defend  the  same  forever  ; 
promising  to  hold  this  conveyance  secure,  and  said  grantors  acknowledge 
what  has  been  done  above  by  way  of  exchange,  annulling  the  former 
exchange  forever,  and  that  what  is  aforesaid  is  fast  and  done  in  good 
faith,  thus  holding  this  agreement,  honestly,  and  in  good  faith :  in  pre- 
sence of  us,  signed  by  both  the  grantors  with  their  own  hands,  and  by 
the  honorable  commissaries  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  January,  1655. 

Jacob  Janse  Stoll. 

Claes  Hendryckse. 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

Saunder  Lenrsn. 

PlETER  HeRTOERTS. 


1655,  5  February,  at  the  house  of  Marselis  Janse. 
Cornells  Wouterse  desires  to  sell,  at  this  public  sale,  the  following 
goods  upon  these  conditions,  to  wit :  The  payment  shall  be  made  within 
the  time  of  three  weeks,  or  at  the  outside  one  month,  in  good  whole 
beavers.  The  buyer  shall  be  holden  to  furnish  security  for  the  above 
payment,  to  the  content  of  the  seller,  and  failing  so  to  do,  the  articles 
shall  again  be  oflFered  at  his  cost  and  charge.  Moreover,  the  seller  puts 
all  upon  this  footing,  that  no  reduction  or  increase  of  price  shall  be 
allowed  for  any  reason  whatever  after  the  sale. 

Andries  Herpertse,  a  bed  with  pillows  and  bolsters,  for /  65.00 

Keesie  Wouters,  a  cloak, /  64.00 

do               a  petticoat,   /  36.00 

Eldert  Gerritse,  a  little  cloak, /  17.00 

Cornells,  a  ditto,  with  a  stomacher, f  25.00 

Pieter  Adreansen  [Soogemackelyck],  an  upper  petticoat, f  25.00 

Barent  [Coeymans],  the  miller,  an  upper  petticoat,  /  21.00 

Cornells  Teunise,  a  pair  of  sleeves, f  9.00 

Barent  the  miller,  a  Turkish  (?)  coat, /  37.00 

Lambert  Albertsen  [Van  Neck],  a  cloak,  /  49.00 

Andres  Herpertse,  two  loockeas, /  22.00 

Andres  Herpertse,  two  do, /  25.00 

Corn.  Bos,  two  pillows, /  11.00 

Grietje  Teunise,  two  pillows,  /  12.00 

Lambert  Albertse,  three  pillows,  /  12.00 

Janne  Mon,  two  napkins  {servetten),  /  8.00 

do          five  napkins, /  13.00 

Lambert   Albertse  [Van  Neck],  two  napkins. /  10.00 

Pieter  Meesen  [Vrooman]  two  napkins, /  9.00 

Cornells  Teunis,  two  napkins, /  8.00 

Pieter  So  Mackelyck,  two  napkins, /  9.00 

Pieter  Bronck,  two  napkins, /  9.00 

do                    do             /  10.10 

do                    do              /  9.00 

Claes  Henderickse  [Van  Schoonoven],  two  napkins,  /  8.06 

P.  Ryverdingh,  two  napkins,  /  8.00 

do             six  pewter  plates,  for /  12.00 


Albany  Comity  Records.  221 

Hendrick  Jocliemse,  six  pewter  plates,  for , /    11.00 

Cornells  Teunisse,  a  chest,  /    21.00 

Tgerck,  a  sum  of  money  (een  j>emmi<jJi)^ /    18.00 

591.00 

Marcelis  Janse   [Van  Bommel]  sold  a  cloak  exposed  for  sale  a  second 

time,  for /  40.00 

Evert  Pels,  a  gun, /  6.70 

Pieter  Ryverdingh  sold  the  following  rolls  of  tobacco  :    Gerrit 

Segerse]  Van  Voorhoudt]  8  rolls, /  31.00 

Jan  Andriesse  De  GraflF,i  4  ditto, /  10.00 

Willem,  3  rolls,  for /  8.30 

Cornells  Theunise,  6  rolls, /  35.00 

Klaes  Hendrickse    [Van  Schoonhoven  or  Van   Utrecht]   stood 

security  for  Gerrit  Segerse  for  6  rolls,  for /  25.00 

Elbert  Gerritse  stood  security  for  Gerrit  Segerse,  for  14  rolls  of 

tobacco, / 

Eldert,  6  rolls, /.  24.10 

Gerrit  Reyerse,'- 6  rolls, /  25.10 

Mr.  Johan  De  Hulter  desires  at  this  sale  to  sell  the  following  goods, 
underwritten,  upon  the  following  conditions,  to  wit:  The  payment  of 
the  goods  sold  shall  be  made  punctually,  within  two  months  from  this 
day.  The  payment  shall  be  made  in  good  whole  beavers  or  wheat. 
Moreover  the  buyer  shall  be  holden,  at  or  shortly  after  the  sale,  to  fur- 
nish sufficient  sureties  to  the  content  of  the  seller,  if  not,  the  articles  shall 
again  be  oflPered  at  the  buyer's  expense  and  charge,  and  if  they  sell  for 
less,  he  shall  be  holden  to  make  good  the  loss. 

An  iron  vise  to  Cornells  Vos, /  36.00 

An  iron  vise  to  Pieter  Hertgerts, /  6.17 

Three  saw  (j^aye)  irons,  to  Jan  Van  Aecken,..- /  25.00 

A  drill  (dril'iser),  to  Mr.  Rensselaer, /  8.02 

A  cloak,  Pieter  Hertgerts, /  20.01 

A  silk  camlet  robe,  Pieter  Hertgerts, /  30.00 

A  child's  coat,  Goosen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick], /  5.01 

A  boimetgen,  Jan  Thomase  [Mingael], /  17.00 

An  old  woman's  gown,  Rutger  Jacopsen, ./  28.00 

Two  napkins  {servetten),  Mr.  Rensselaer, /  .  9.10 

Two  napkins,  Seger  Cornelise  [Van  Voorhoudt], /  9.10 

Two  napkins,  Mr.  Rensselaer, /  8.17 

Two  napkins,  Cornells  Vos, /  9.13 

Mr.  Rensselaer,  two  napkins, /  9.00 

1  Jan  Andriesse  De  Graff,  son  of  Andries  De  Graff,  was  a  brickmaker.  In  1658,  he  was  fined  with 
two  others  500gl.  for  selling  liquor  to  the  Indians.  With  one  Roseboom  he  went  to  New  York, 
and  commenced  the  making  of  bricks.  His  brother  Claas  settled  in  Schenectady,  and  is  the 
ancestor  of  the  families  of  this  name  there. 

2  Gerrit  Reyerse  of  Utrecht,  was  a  trader,  and  made  two  voyages  to  Holland  in  1660  and  1662. 
On  his  first  return  in  July,  1661,  a  complaint  was  made  against  him  for  smuggling.  His  two 
logs  are  still  in  existence. 

In  1078  he  owned  a  lot  on  the  west  side  of  Broadway  on  the  Vosseukill,  4  rods  north  of  Colum- 
bia street.  —  Deeds,  i,  414.  By  his  wife  Aunatie,  he  had  at  least  five  children  ;  made  his  will  15 
February,  169?^  ;  was  not  living  in  1700. 


222  Albany   County  Records. 

Griertgen  Bouts,i  two  napkins, /  9.13 

Two  napkins,  Jonge  Gees, /  9.12 

/  232.11 
18  Feb.,  1655. 

Brought  from  the  other  side, /  241.11 

Two  napkins,  yo?i^e  Kees, /  9.12 

do.           Cornelis  Vos, /  9.16 

do.           Giergen  Bouts, /  9.10 

do.           Cornelis  Vos, /  9.12 

do.           Dicke  Gees, /  9.14 

Six  napkins,  Giergen  Bouts, /  31.00 

Six  napkins,  Kutger  Jacobsen, /  24.00 

One  rix-dollar,  Claes  Janse  Van  Boere  (?), /  5.06 

One  rix-dollar,  Goosen  Gerritse  [Van  Schaick],..., /  4.08 

One  rix-dollar.  Soger  Gornelise, /  4.01 

One  piece  of  money  (stuch  gelts),  Jannemon, f  3.16 

One  piece  of  money,  Louys, /  15.00 

One  piece  of  money,  Thomas  Janse, /  4.08 

One  piece  of  money,  Segar  Gornelis,  /  4.00 

One  piece  of  money,  DirrickBensick, /  4.80 

do.                 Soger  Gornelise, /  5.15 

do.                 Mr.  Rensselaer, /  5.15 

do.                 Thomas  Janse, /  4.00 

do.                Pieter  Meuwse  (?) /  4.05 

do.                 Mr.  Rensselaer, /  5.11 

do.                 William  Janse  Shut, /  5.10 

do.                                do.               /  4.13 

do.                Seger  Gornelise, /  5.05 

do.                 Gornelis  Theunise, /  4.14 

do.                Seger  Gornelise, /  4.05 

do.                 Jannemon, /  4.05 

do.                Mr.  Rensselaer, /  4.05 

do.                         do.              f  5.06 

do.                DolleGiet(?)  /  5.10 

do.                      do.              /  5.12 

do.                Pieter  Meuwse,- /  4.11 

do.                 Arent  Van  Gurlee, /  3.02 

do.                 Mr.  Rensselaer, /  3.05 

do.                Keesie  Wouterse,  ,. /  3.02 

do.                 Jeremias  Rensselaer,  f  3.06 

do.                Kees3  Wyncoop, /  3.06 

Seger  Gornelis,  scissors,  /  2.10 

[Arent  Van]  Curler,  scissors, /  2.05 

A  piece  of  gold,  Seger  Gornelise, /  12.50 

do.                    do.                 /  14.15 

do.                    do.                /  12.02 

1  Geertje  Bouts's  adopted  son  Stephen,  was  carried  away  captive  to  Canada,  by  the  French, 
after  the  destruction  of  Schenectady. 
-  Pieter  Meese  Vrooman  ? 
3  Kees  and  Keesie  are  nicknames  for  Cornelius. 


Albany   County  Records.  223 

Curler,  a  fmc^:,  (.?)  y  39.0O 

Thomas  Janse,  two  Icoogte,  (J) f  I7.OO 

Rutger  Jacobsen,  a  tinck,  (?) f  31.10 

Cornelis  Vos,           do.               /  61.10 

Curler,  two        •*         *         a  thick,  (?) /  24.00 

Cornells  Theunise,  a  gold,         *         y  92.00 

Robbert  Engelse,  a  piece  of  gold, /  20.13 

do.                        do /  13.30 

Lambert  Albertse  [Van  Neck]  do /  11.10 

Barent  Pieterse,  [Coeymans]  the  miller,  two         *         *         .../  26.00 

Rut  Jacobse,  same         *          y  24.00 

do.         a  cloak, y  148.00 

Jan  Gowen,  (?)  y  §  oo 

Cornelis  Vos,  two  napkins, y  9.11 

Filip  Pieterse  [Schuyler],  6  napkins, f  29.00 

Rem  Janse  [Smit],  4  napkins, y  20.10 

/  1349.50 

On  this  22d  day  of  February,  1655,  appeared  before  me  Joannes  Dyck- 
man,  in  the  service  of,  etc.,  the  honorable  Jan  Labatie  and  Lambert  Van 
Valkenborgh,!  who  declared,  by  these  presents,  at  the  request  of  Steven 
Janse  [Coninck],  that  it  is  a  fact,  that  these  deponents,  yesterday  evening, 
were  at  the  house  of  said  Janse,  and  among  other  things,  saw,  while  said 
deponents  were  at  the  house  of  said  Steven  Janse,  Jacob  Hendrickse 
Maat  come  into  the  house  throwing  out  many  abusive  words,  whereupon 
said  Janse  *  *  *  *  a  loaded  gun  he  would  shoot  him 
through,  afterwards  going  to  close  the  door,  Jacob  Hendrickse  Maat 
following  drew  his  knife,  then  Steven  Janse  exclaimed  "  Strike  with  your 
fists;"  which  these  deponents  heard,  and  also  declared  that  Jacob 
Hendrickse  Maat  further  abused  him  with  many  ungracious  words,  whilst 
said  Janse  was  so  far  as  he  could  be,  patient  and  remained  quietly  within 
his  house.  By  this  deposition  enough  has  been  said  about  what  said 
Janse  was  complaining,  especially  about  what  was  done  to  him  as  well 
within  as  without  his  house.  This  deposition  being  presented,  is  of 
necessity  and  by  request,  strengthened  by  oath. 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  truth,  this  is  subscribed  by  their  own  hands, 
in  Fort  Orange,  of  date  aforesaid. 

Jan  Labatie. 
The  mark  set  by  +  Lambert  Van  Valkenborgh  with  his  own  hand. 

Which  I  attest, 

Joannes  Dyckman. 

Appeared  before  me  Pieter  Ryverdingh,  clerk  in  the  service  of  the 
privileged  West  India  company,  the  honorable  Arent  Vandenberch  and 
Hendrick   Biermans,-  who   declared,  as   by  these  presents  they  do,  at  the 


i<-(P  n'^f  ,^,^"  Valkenburgh  bought  a  house  and  25  morgens  of  land  in  Manhattans,  29  July, 
1044.—  Duteh  3Ianusc?tpts,  ii,  121.  From  thence  he  removed  to  Beverwyck,  in  104.5.  By  his  wife 
Annatie,  he  had  two  sous,  Jochem  and  Lambert,  wto  settled  in  Kinderhook.  In  1697,  his  widow 
was  living,  but  died  before  1704,  when  his  heirs  owned  his  house  and  lot  in  "  ye  Voddemark  "  on 
the  west  corner  of  Green  and  Beaver  stveeta.— Annals  of  Albany,  ii,  21 ;  iv,  180. 
-  ncndrck  Biermans  was  collector  of  the  excise  in  1057.—  Dutch  Manuscripts. 


224  Albany   County  Records. 

request  of  Steven  Janse  [Coninck],  the  fact,  that  these  deponents,  yester- 
day evening,  the  20th  of  this  month,  were  tarrying  at  the  house  of  said 
Janse,  and  among  other  things,  saw  and  heard  Jacob  Losorecht,i  utter 
many  abusive  words  against  the  aforesaid  Janse,  and  soil  (?)  a  handker- 
chief of  said  Janse,  exclaiming  "  Come  with  me  out  into  the  woods,  and 
there,  with  a  gun  or  guns  fight ; "  whereupon  said  Losorecht  further  invited 
him,  Steven,  out  of  doors,  and  Steven  answered  that  he  would  fight  with 
fists,  "  as  I  am  content  without  sharp  fighting,"  complaining  further  of 
violence  done  in  his  house.  Appearing  against  the  aforesaid  Jacob,  we 
being  required  of  necessity,  strengthen  this  by  an  oath. 
This  22d  of  February,  1655,  in  Fort  Orange. 

The  mark  of  X  Arent  Vandenberch 

with  his  own  hand  set. 
The  mark  HB  of  Hendrick  Biermans 
with  his  own  hand  set. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Pr.  Ryverdingh. 

Appeared  before  me  Pieter  Ryverdingh,  clerk,  etc.,  the  honorable 
Ryck  Ridders,  aged  about  thirty-seven  years,  and  Klaas  Andriese  [De 
Graaf]  ~  aged  about  twenty-seven  years,  who,  upon  the  request  of  Steven 
Janse,  declared  that  it  is  a  fact,  they  were  yesterday  evening  the  21st 
of  this  month,  at  the  house  of  the  complainant  [Janse],  where  was  pre- 
sent Harmen  N.  '^  whose  surname  is  unknown ;  which  Harmen  uttered 
many  words  against  the  complainant,  without  said  complainant's  provok- 
ing him  thereto ;  and  after  many  words,  said  Harmen  pulling  oif  his 
coat  wished  to  strike  this  complainant  in  his  own  house.  Stephen 
aforesaid  answered,  "  Strike  on  :  "  After  this  answer,  he  went  after  the 
oflBcer,  complaining  of  the  force  and  violence  used  against  himself  by 
said  Harmen.  Appearing  against  the  aforesaid  Harmen  from  necessity 
and  being  required  to  make  afiirmation  with  an  oath,  this  is  done  this 
22d  of  February,  1655,  in  Fort  Orange. 

The  mark  of  -f  Ryck  Ridderse.     * 
Claes  Andries. 
.    Acknowledged  before  me, 

Pieter  Ryverdingh,  Clerk. 

On  this  third  day  of  February,  1654,  in  the  forenoon,  appeared  before 
me  Joannes  Dyckman,  in  the  service  of,  etc.,.  the  honorable  Stofi'el  Janse 
Abeels,  aged  about  thirty-two  years,  and  Jacob  Hendrickse  Sibinck,^  aged 
about  twenty-six  years,  and  testified  and  declared,  as  by  these  presents 
they  do  testify  and  declare,  that  Jan  Verbeeck  had  said  that  the  fire 
at  the  house  of  Aert  Jacobse  was  set  by  young  Paulus,  at  another  time, 
by  Pieter,  the  Fleming,  and  that  the  said  young  Paulus  had  brought 
some  fire  by  which  it  was  kindled  (?). 


1  Jacob  Loserecht,  alias  Maat. 

2  Claas  Andriese  De  Graaf  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Schenectady.    By  his  wife,  Elizabeth 
Willemse  Broiiwer,  he  had  a  large  family  of  children  who  settled  in  and  about  Schenectady. 

3  By  Harmen  N.  is  probably  meant  Jacob  Hendrikse  Maat,  alias  Loserecht,  of  the  two  pre- 
vious depositions. 

'Jacob  Hendrikse  Sibinck  received  a  patent  for  a  lot  in  Beverwyck,  25  Oct.,  1653.—  Deeds,i,19^. 


[  225  ] 


NOTES  FROM  THE  NEWSPAPERS. 


1865. 

January  1.  New  year's  day  fell  upon  a  Sunday,  to  the  great  dissatis- 
faction of  many  persons. 

2.  Governor  Fenton  inaugurated  at  the  Capitol Jacob  La  Grange 

died,  aged  74.     John  McCann  died,  aged  23. 

3.  William  Peck  died,  aged  50.  Mary,  wife  of  Patrick  Mohan  died, 
aged  52. 

4.  The  river  was  so  strongly  bridged  with  ice  that  the  steam  boats 

ceased  to  run,  and  the  heaviest  laden  teams  crossed  in  safety Michael 

Joseph  Malone  died,  aged  19.     John  C.  Spencer,  of  the  13th  N.  Y. 
Heavy  Artillery,  died  at  Fort  Hazelton,  Va.,  aged  58. 

5.  William  T.  Cuyler  died  suddenly  at  the  house  of  his  son,  in  Cuyler- 
ville.  He  was  born  in  this  city  in  1802,  but  removed  to  Rochester  at  an 
early  age,  where  he  soon  became  engaged  in  active  business,  and  occupied 
a  prominent  position  as  an  energetic  and  public  spirited  citizen.  In  1830 
he  removed  to  Cuylerville,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  1860, 
when  he  went  back  to  Rochester.  He  was  a  man  of  great  energy  and 
enterprise ;  was  one  of  the  earliest  advocates  and  projectors  of  the 
Genesee  Valley  canal ;  and  was  actively  concerned  in  several  rail  road 
enterprises  in  the  western  part  of  the  state.  He  was  a  man  of  genial 
nature,  and  was  greatly  beloved  in  the  community  where  he  had  so  long 
resided. —  Times.  James  C.  Briggs  died,  aged  34.  Margaret  Roche 
died,  aged  23. 

6.  Bridget  Weir  died,  aged  18.  Nancy,  widow  of  Seth  Jarvis,  died 
in  Brooklyn,  aged  58. 

8.  James  T.  Lennox  died,  aged  42.  Michael  Finn  died.  Dr.  Alex. 
W.  McNaughton,  formerly  of  this  city,  died  at  sea,  aged  38.  The 
deceased,  for  several  years  after  the  death  of  his  father,  lived  with  his 
uncle.  Dr.  James  McNaughton,  with  whom  he  studied  his  profession. 
He  graduated  at  the  Albany  Medical  College  in  1848.  In  the  spring  of 
1849  he  connected  himself,  as  surgeon,  with  the  Albany  Gold  Mining 
Company,  and  went  with  the  company  to  California,  around  Cape  Horn. 
The  company  did  not  find  mining  either  pleasant  or  profitable,  and  soon 
disbanded.  Subsequently  he  was  appointed  surgeon  to  one  of  the  United 
States  Pacific  mail  steamers,  in  which  service  he  continued  until  his 
death  ;  preferring  that  kind  of  life  to  the  monotony  of  professional  ser- 
vice ashore.  His  skill  as  a  physician,  his  attention  and  kindness  to  his 
patients,  and  his  gentlemanly  manners  endeared  him  to  many  persons, 
who  will  mourn  his  early  and  unexpected  death. 

9.  The  Albany  Dental  Association  elected  its  officers :  President,  Dr. 
Robert  Wilson  ;  vice  president,  Dr.  J.  A.  Perkins ;  recording  secretary. 
Dr.  W.  F.  Winne;  corresponding  secretary.  Dr.  B.  Wood;  treasurer, 
Dr.  J.  C.  Austin Mary  White  Walker,  wife  of  James  Arnott,  died, 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  29 


226  Notes  from  the  Neivspapers.  [1865. 

aged  61.  Joliu  McCormick  died,  aged  48.  Mrs.  Mary  Mullaly  died, 
aged  26. 

10.  Rain  all  day Anna  M.  Lagrange,  wife  of  Calver  Pulver,  died. 

11.  The  following  named  gentlemen  were  elected  directors  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  this  isity  :  Thomas  Schuyler,  Matthew  H.  Head,  Adam 
Van  Allen,  Charles  H.  Adams,  Frank  Chamberlain,  G.  A.  Van  Allen, 

N.  H.  Johnson,  Horace  D.  Hawkins,  Samuel  Schuyler Elizabeth 

Wilson  died,  aged  78.  Lyman  G.  I)art  died,  aged  37.  Owen  Kilboy 
died,  aged  70. 

12.  Warren  H.  Chase  died,  aged  19.  Mary,  widow  of  Isaac  McMurdy, 
died  in  Brooklyn,  aged  64. 

13.  John  J.  Callanan  died,  aged  53. 

15.  Ellen  Barrett,  wife  of  Thomas  Crawford,  died,  aged  40.  Hannah 
Maria,  wife  of  Daniel  Childs,  died. 

16.  Margaret  Coyle  died,  aged  38.  Mary  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Warren 
S.  Kelly,  died.  William  J.  Mackay  died,  aged  40.  James  Campbell 
died,  aged  49. 

18.  Thermometer   2°  above   zero Catharine    Ann    Bowne    died, 

aged  38.     Patrick  Kelly  died,  aged  67. 

19.  The  installation  of  the  llev.  James  M.  Ludlow,  successor  of  Dr. 
John  N.  Campbell,  as  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  took  place 
in  that  edifice  in  the  presence  of  a  large  audience.  The  opening  prayer 
was  ofi"ered  by  the  Kev.  B.  H.  Pitman.  The  181st  hymn  was  read  by 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Twombly,  of  the  State  street  church,  and  sung  with  effect 
by  the  choir.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Halley,  of  the  Third  Church,  preached  an 
able  and  eloquent  discourse.  Dr.  Sprague,  of  the  Second  Church,  pro- 
nounced the  charge  to  the  pastor,  in  his  usual  able  and  impressive  manner. 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Barnard,  of  Kingsboro,   pronounced  the  charge  to  the 

people,  and  offered  up  the  closing  prayer  and  benediction Margai'et 

E.,  widow  of  Nathaniel  Hyde  Hall,  and  daughter  of  the  late  Francis 
Bloodgood,  died  at  Plattsburgh.  Peter  Albert  died,  aged  62.  John 
Krank  died,  aged  23,  of  the  44th  Regiment. 

20.  The  Jews  having  purchased  the  Methodist  church,  corner  of 
Franklin  and  South  Ferry  streets,  dedicated  it  as  the  synagogue  of  the 
congregation  of  Beth-El.  This  congregation  is  the  oldest  of  that  faith  in 
the  city,  and  was  organized  twenty-eight  years  ago.  Its  first  place  of 
worship  was  at  a  private  dwelling  in  Basset  street,  and  after  a  time,  the 
congregation  becoming  sufficiently  large,  they  purchased  the  church 
property  on  Herkimer  street,  which  was  until  this  time  occupied  by  them. 
It  is  one  of  three  congregations,  the  other  two  being  the  Anshe-Emeth 
congregation,  worshiping  on  Pearl  sti'eet,  and  the  Beth-El  Jacob  con- 
gregation, whose  synagogue  is  on  Fulton  street.  The  Methodist  society 
having  built  the  Ash-grove  church,  sold  this  edifice  to  the  congregation 
of  Beth-El  for  $8,000,  who  fitted  it  up  for  their  service.  It  is  a  substan- 
tial brick  building,  about  40  by  120  feet;  on  entering  the  front  door,  the 
first  thing  observable,  of  any  peculiarity,  is  a  marble  tablet,  bearing 
besides  a  Hebrew  inscription,  the  words  :  "  In  grateful  remembrance  of 
his  munificence,  this  testimonial  is  erected  to  the  memory  of  Judah  Touro." 
It  was  originally  placed  in  the  old  synagogue  as  a  testimonial  to  Judah 
Touro,  a  wealthy  Israelitish  resident  of  New  Orleans,  who,  in  1865,  died, 
bequeathing  among  other  charitable  and  religious  bequests  to  this,  the 
oldest  congregation  in  Albany,  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars.     The 


Jan.]  Notes  from  the  NeiDspapers.  227 

tablet  was  removed  from  the  old  and  placed  in  the  new  church.  Upon 
entering  the  church,  one  is  at  once  struck  with  the  peculiar,  but  beauti- 
fully arranged  tapestry,  at  the  south  end  of  the  building,  which  is  the 
sanctum  sanctorum  of  Jewish  churches,  and  the  shrine  or  tabernacle 
wherein  is  deposited  the  Pentateuch  or  Sapher-Torah,  from  which  read- 
ings are  made  every  sabbath  and  holiday.  This  Pentateuch  is  of  an 
interesting  character,  being  a  parchment  scroll,  written  with  an  iron  pen, 
in  the  Hebrew  language,  and  contains  only  the  original  five  books  of 
Moses.  It  is  regarded  with  reverence  by  Israelites,  as  being  their  reli- 
gious and  civil  code.  It  is  written  without  punctuation,  so  that  no 
innovations  may  be  made  as  to  its  character  or  words,  and  can  only  be 
read  by  the  skilled.  The  readings  from  it  are  made  by  the  chazan,  or 
readers,  in  a  peculiar  chaunt.  This  synagogue  possesses  three  copies, 
which  are,  of  course,  valuable.  The  almenomer,  or  altar,  is  beautifully 
decorated  with  the  rich  brocatelle  tapestry  of  the  shrine,  beneath  which 
is  the  blue  velvet  curtain,  trimmed  with  silver,  which  conceals  the 
Pentateuch  from  view  when  not  in  use.  The  shrine  was  beautifully 
decorated  with  flowers,  and  from  each  side  were  suspended  the  national 
colors.  It  is  surmounted  by  a  beautiful  stone  tablet,  containing  the 
Decalogue,  in  Hebrew,  the  tenets  of  Judaism,  shaped  to  represent  the 
tablets  of  stone,  upon  which  were  written  the  Holy  Law  of  God,  and 
which  Moses  broke  before  the  eyes  of  the  people.  The  church  contains 
all  the  modern  improvements,  and  is  a  very  neat  and  beautiful  place  of 
worship,  and  reflects  credit  on  the  trustees  and  members  of  the  congre- 
gation, who  have  spared  no  time  and  energy  to  make  the  afi"air  complete. 
The  dedication  of  a  synagogue  is  made  among  Israelites  a  great /e^e,  and 
no  pains  are  spared  to  render  the  occasion  as  festive  and  happy  as  is  in 
their  power.  The  festivities  are  sometimes  kept  up  for  a  whole  week, 
and  the  whole  population  of  that  faith  make  it  a  holiday.  The  ofiicers 
and  members  of  this  congregation,  anxious  to  do  their  duty  and  contribute 
towards  making  this  dedication  a  pleasant  and  worthy  affair,  had  spared 
neither  money  nor  pains  since  the  church  came  into  their  possession. 
The  ladies,  even  (and  to  them  is  due  the  neat  and  beautiful  appearance 
of  the  church)  entered  into  the  work  with  zeal,  and  prepared  with  their 
own  hands  the  tapestry  and  curtains  and  coverings  of  the  shrine  and 
scrolls.  Invitations  had  been  extended  to  many  of  our  leading  citizens 
to  be  present  at  the  ceremonies,  which  were  fixed  at  two  o'clock,  and 
before  one  o'clock  the  church  was  filled,  and  long  before  the  hour  for  the 
commencement  of  the  ceremonies  there  was  a  dense  throng  in  all  parts  of 
the  house,  and  the  dense  crowd,  the  peculiar  but  beautifully  tapestried 
shrine,  the  evergreen  and  floral  decorations  of  the  church,  together  with 
the  many  lights,  the  chandeliers  and  altar  lights  being  lit,  presented 
indeed  a  strange  sight.  Meanwhile,  the  older  members  of  the  congrega- 
tion, with  the  readers  and  ministers  assembled  at  the  Herkimer  street 
church,  where,  after  appropriate  ceremonies,  the  line  of  march  was  taken 
up.  Rev.  Dr.  Gotthold,  of  the  congregation,  at  the  head,  escorted  by  the 
president  and  vice  president,  followed  by  Rev.  Dr.  Schlessinger,  rabbi 
of  the  Pearl  street  congregation,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Ritterman,  of  the  Fulton 
street  congregation,  each  of  which  clergymen  carried  one  of  the  Penta- 
teuch scrolls,  which  was  clad  in  blue  velvet  trimmed  with  silver  lace,  and 
surmounted  by  crowns.  As  the  procession  approached  the  new  synagogue, 
they  were  met  by  the  remaining  members  of  the  congregation  with  a  band 


228  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1865. 

of  music,  and  under  their  escort  the  procession  entered  the  church.  As 
it  entered,  the  choir,  which  was  that  of  the  Pearl  street  congregation, 
who  had  kindly  volunteered  for  the  occasion,  Mr.  George  Doelker,  the 
popular  and  able  musician,  leader,  commenced  singing,  in  Hebrew,  the 
chant,  '■'■Leu  sheorim  7'osrhechem,"  "Lift  up  your  heads,  0  ye  gates." 
The  procession  proceeded  up  the  aisles  to  the  altar  where  the  Pentateuch 
scrolls  were  deposited  in  the  shrine,  the  choir  singing  in  Hebrew,  "J/aA 
tohu,"  "  How  beautiful  are  thy  tabernacles."  The  scene  at  this  momeqt, 
the  rabbi  and  readers  at  the  shrine  in  their  robes,  wearing  each  the  talith, 
the  peculiar  garment  of  the  Israelite  during  divine  service,  depositing 
the  elegantly  clad  scrolls  in  the  beautiful  shrine,  the  whole  audience 
rising  and  the  choir  chanting,  was  as  striking  and  picturesque  as  it  was 
interesting.     After  reading  Psalms  84  and  122,  the  choir  sang: 

When  the  Lord  shall  build  up  Zion 

He  shall  appear  in  his  glory. 
O,  pray  for  the  peace  of  Jerusalem ! 

They  shall  prosper  that  love  thee. 
Peace  be  within  thy  walls, 

Ajid  plenteousness  within  thy  palaces.     Amen. 

Then  followed  Rev.  Dr.  Gotthold,  the  reader  of  the  congregation,  in  a 
most  solemn  and  impressive  prayer,  after  which  the  choir  sang  : 

Bow  down  tliine  ear,  O  Lord,  Be  gracious,  Lord,  to  me, 
O  Lord,  aud  answer  me ;  Be  gracious,  Lord,  to  me, 

For  daily  I  will  call,  O  Lord,  For  daily  I  will  call,  O  Lord, 
O  Lord,  will  call  on  thee.  O  Lord,  will  call  on  thee. 

The  solos  were  sung  by  Mr.  Doelker,  in  his  usual  perfect  and  pleasing 
style,  and  Miss  Hannah  Sporborg,  who  possesses  a  clear  and  powerful 
voice  which  would  require  but  very  little  cultivation  to  render  it  one  of 
the  best  soprano  voices  in  the  city.  Then  followed  the  dedication  sermon 
by  Rev.  Dr.  Schlessinger,  rabbi  of  the  Pearl  street  congregation,  which 
was  listened  to  with  a  great  deal  of  attention  by  the  vast  audience,  after 
which  donations  were  received.  After  a  few  remarks  by  Mr.  Charles 
Smith,  one  of  the  trustees,  his  honor  the  mayor,  who  was  present,  con- 
gratulated the  congregation  in  a  short  speech,  in  his  usual  manner.  The 
donations  netted  very  handsomely,  and  after  a  short  but  impressive  prayer 
by  the  minister  of  the  congregation,  the  usual  sabbath  evening  services 
were  commenced  (sabbath  commencing  at  sunset  of  Friday  in  this  church). 
It  was  to  be  regretted  that  Rev.  Dr.  Isaacs,  of  New  York,  who  was 
expected  to  deliver  the  dedication  sermon  in  English,  disappointed  the 
congregation.  The  sermon  and  services  being  in  German  and  Hebrew, 
detracting  much  from  their  interest  to  a  great  number  present.  Quite  a 
number  of  prominent  persons  were  present,  among  whom  we  noticed  his 
excellency  Governor  Fenton,  Mayor  Perry,  Recorder  Paddock,  and  a 
number  of  others.  The  services  were  concluded  about  half  past  five 
o'clock,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  congratulation  to  the  trustees  that  all  passed 
ofi"  so  pleasantly,  and  without  anything  to  mar  the  order  and  arrangement 
of  the  programme.  The  festivities  were  continued  during  the  evening, 
by  a  sociable  soiree  at  Tweddle  Hall,  under  direction  of  the  trustees, 
where  a  galaxy  of  youth  and  beauty  assembled,  and  in  social  enjoyment 
ended  so  eventful  and  memorable  a  day. — Journal. 


Jan.]  Notes  from  the  Neios^papers.  229 

21.  Dr.  Mason  F.  Cogswell  died,  aged  54.  He  was  a  native  of  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  where  his  father  was  an  eminent  physician.  He  graduated 
at  Yale  College,  and  began  practice  in  Albany  in  1833.  He  attained  to 
great  skill  and  eminence  in  his  profession,  and  his  private  character  was 
unimpeachable.  Besides  having  had  a  large  and  most  respectable  medical 
practice,  he  occupied,  at  different  periods,  various  important  public  posts 
of  professional  responsibility.  He  had  been  the  physician  of  the  city  hos- 
pital ever  since  its  organization.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion  he 
was  appointed  examining  surgeon  at  this  post,  an  office  of  no  small  delicacy 
and  difficulty,  and  he  actually  examined  several  thousands  of  volunteers 
in  respect  to  their  capabilities  for  military  duty.  He  was  appointed  sur- 
geon of  the  Post  hospital  in  1862 ;  and  when  in  1864,  this  became  a 
United  States  general  hospital,  he  had  the  place  of  assistant  surgeon  of 
volunteers,  and  subsequently  he  received  the  appointment  of  surgeon, 
which  was  waiting  for  the  ratification  of  the  United  States  senate  a't  the 
time  of  his  decease.  After  the  battles  of  Williamsburg  and  West  Point, 
in  the  summer  of  1862,  a  call  was  made  for  volunteer  surgeons  to  meet 
the  exigency  of  the  service.  Dr.  Cogswell,  fired  by  a  spirit  of  lofty  patri- 
otism, was  among  those  who  responded  to  the  call.  He  directed  his  course 
first  to  Fortress  Monroe,  and  then  up  the  Pamuuky  river  to  the  White 
House  in  Virginia.  General  McClellan,  having  then  just  advanced  with 
his  forces  from  the  last  mentioned  point  towards  Richmond,  had  left  the 
sick  and  disabled  of  his  army  behind  him;  and  for  the  relief  and  accom- 
modation of  these  afield  hospital  was  provided,  and  Dr.  Cogswell  was  very 
efficient  in  its  establishment.  Here,  probably  from  insufficient  diet  and 
impure  water,  in  connection  with  his  arduous  labors  and  constant  exposure, 
he  contracted  an  insidious  disease  that  was  never  afterwards  fully  dislodged 
from  his  system.  For  some  time  after  his  return  he  was  actually  confined 
by  illness ;  and  though  he  was  soon  able  to  attend  to  his  accustomed  pro- 
fessional duties,  he  always  felt  that  the  vigor  of  his  constitution  had  been 
materially  impaired  in  consequence  of  his  visit  to  Virginia.  Since  that 
time,  however,  the  office  that  he  held,  under  the  United  States  government, 
had  kept  the  energies  of  his  mind  and  body  in  constant  requisition;  and 
notwithstanding  his  imperfect  health,  he  probably  performed  a  greater 
amount  of  labor  than  during  any  previous  period  of  equal  length  in  his 
whole  life.  And  the  result  of  his  labors  is  a  monument  of  both  his  skill 
and  his  fidelity.  No  hospital  in  the  department  of  the  east,  which  includes 
the  whole  of  New  England,  the  state  of  New  York,  and  part  of  New  Jer- 
sey, was  conducted  with  so  much  order,  neatness  and  general  efficiency, 
as  this  of  which  Dr.  Cogswell  had  the  charge.  In  addition  to  his  other 
more  public  medical  services,  he  was  associated  with  one  of  his  brethren 
in  this  city,  in  February,  1863,  under  the  direction  of  the  Sanitary  com- 
mission, to  ascertain  the  general  condition  of  the  hospitals  in  the  west. 

22.  John  J.  Schuyler  died  at  Amsterdam,  aged  74.  Andrew  J.  Hagan 
died,  aged  31. 

23.  Mrs.  Sarah  Sickles  died,  aged  66. 

24.  Bridget  McNally  died,  aged  31.  John  Vana  died,  aged  59. 
Mrs.  Margaret  Anderson  died,  aged  33.  Miss  Burbanks,  actress  at  the 
Academy  of  Music,  died. 

25.  Dr.  James  H.  Armsby  was  appointed  surgeon  to  the  United  States 
hospital  in  this  city  in  place  of  Dr.  Cogswell,  deceased. 


230  Notes  from  (lie  Newspapers.  [1865. 

26.  The  Albany  Exchange  Bank  having  organized  as  a  national  bank, 
the  oflficers  elected  were  William  Gould,  president,  C.  P.  Williams,  cashier. 

27.  Thermometer  at  zero Albertis  B.  Brower,  died,  aged  50. 

Henry  W.  Meade,  committed  suicide  in  New  York  city,  where  he  had 
long  resided,  by  taking  laudanum.  He  left  letters  for  his  wife  and  other 
relatives,  in  which  he  gave  directions  for  his  burial,  and  asked  God  and 
them  to  forgive  him  for  the  act.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  engage  in  the 
daguerrean  business  in  this  city,  some  years  ago,  occupying  rooms  in  the 
Exchange  building.  He  removed  from  this  city  to  New  York,  and  with 
his  brother,  Charles  Meade,  established  an  extensive  gallery  on  Broadway, 
opposite  the  park.  He  made  many  improvements  in  the  art,  and  for  a 
time  was  the  leading  artist  in  the  city.  What  prompted  him  to  the  com- 
mission of  the  suicide  is  not  known.  Elizabeth,  wife  of  James  Cum- 
mings  died,  aged  26.  Aaron  J.  Becker  died,  34.  Ellen  M.,  wife  of 
Alexander  Beaver,  died,  aged  41. 

28.  Thermometer  6°   below  zero William    McHarg,   died    at 

Albion,  Orleans  Co.,  aged  87.     He  was  born  in  Galway,  Saratoga  Co.,  in 
1778.     His   father,  with   eleven    other  heads  of  families,  came  to  this 
country  from  Galway,  Scotland,  in  1774,  and   settled  the  town  to  which 
they  gave  the  name  of  their   old   country  home.     In    1786,  the  family 
came  to  Albany,  and  for  many  years  occupied  the  house  which  stood  on 
the  site  of  the   present   store  of  the   Messrs.   Cushraan,   in   Broadway. 
William  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  in  very  early  life,  and  continued 
thus  engaged  (part  of  the  time  as  a  partner  with  Bufus  H.  King)  until 
1830,  when    he  took   the   place  of  bookkeeper  in  the  State  bank,  which 
he  held  until  1855,  since   which  time   he  has  resided  with  his  daughter, 
where  he  died.     In  1810,  Mr.  McHarg,  with  Archibald  Mclntyre,  Peter 
Boyd,  and  others  of  that  day,  formed  the  St.  Andrew's  society,  and  was 
one  of  its   earliest   officers.     Although  born   in   this   country,  he  always 
loved  the  land  of  his  fathers,  and  was  always  proud  to  be  recognized  as 
one  of  her  sons.     In  early  life,  he  served  in  the  common  council  of  this 
city,  and  was  active  in  promoting  whatever  seemed  necessary  for  the  good 
of  the  city.     It  was  through  his  active  agency  that  the  mail  route  between 
this  city  and  New  Y^ork  was  established  as  within  one  hundred  and  fifty 
miles,  a  fact  which  secured   the   reduction  of  the  then  heavy  postage  of 
18|cts.,  to  12Jcts.      Mr.  McHarg  was  a  man  of  decided  religious  senti- 
ments, and  he  carried  his  religion   with  him  as  a  constant  and  pleasant 
companion.     It  was  made  manifest  in  all  that  he  said  and  did,  and  gave 
consistency  and  dignity  to  his  whole   business  and  social  life.     He  was 
connected  with  the   First  and  Fourth  Presbyterian  churches  of  this  city 
for  more  than  fifty  years.     In   manners,  he  was  unassuming,  modest  and 
retirino-j  but  he  was,  with  intimate  friends,  kind,  social  and  entertaining. 
He  was  kind  hearted  and  gentle,  and  as  pure  as  he  was  upright  and  con- 
scientious.    Besides  several  sisters,  he   leaves  behind  him  four  sons  and 
one  daughter.     Two  of  the  sons   are   clergymen,  and  two  are  engaged  in 
mercantTle  pursuits.     They  inherit  from    their  father   no  rich  estate,  for 
the  deceased  never  had  either  the  desire  or  the  tact  to  amass  wealth ^ — 
but  they  inherit  what  is  of  more  value,  the  rich  legacy  of  an  unsullied 
name.     He  had  a  strong  constitution,  and  he   maintained  his  full  bodily 
vigor,   almost  unimpaired,    to   within  a   week  of  his   decease.     Oue  can 
hardly  mourn    the    death  of  such  a  man.     He   was   ready  for   the   great 
change,  for  his   life  was   an  unclouded  day  of  preparation,  and  his  death 


Jan.]  Notes  from  the  Netvspapers.  231 

was  as  peaceful  as  his  life  had  been  pure.... Thomas  Fitzsimmons  died, 

aged  23.     Michael  Dohany  died,  aged  21. 

29.  Edward  H.  Boyd,  died,  aged  35. 

80.  Ann,  wife  of  Owen  O'Hare,  died,  aged  34.  Peter  Murphy  died, 
aged  65.     Margaret  E.,  wife  of  Edward  A.  Going,  died,  aged  24. 

31.  Ann  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Felix  McCann,  died,  aged  38. 

February  1.  A  hundred  guns  were  fired  on  the  reception  of  the  news 
that  the  house  of  representatives  at  Washington  had  passed  the  bill  for 

the  abolition  of  slavery A  span  of  horses  ran  away  in  Broadway, 

throwing  out  the  driver,  and  killing  a  Mrs.   Gary Mary  Lee,  wife  of 

John  Jay  Cole,  died  at  LaCrosse,  Wisconsin.  Richardson  Thurman 
died,  aged  74.  Margaret,  wife  of  Patrick  Leary,  died,  aged  48.  Samuel 
T.  Thorn,  who  arrived  in  this  city  from  England,  in  1819,  died  in  Utica, 
where  he  had  long  resided,  aged  68.  He  was  a  forwarder,  and  established 
the  Albany  Canal  Line. 

2.  Edward  D.  Marvin,  died  at  Cohoes,  aged  24. 

3.  Thermometer  2°   above  zero At  the  annual  meeting  of  St. 

George's  Society,  William  Lacy  was  elected  president Charlotte,  wife 

of  Peter  S.  Wyckofi",  died. 

4.  With  the  beautiful  spring  weather  are  introduced  many  new  faces 
and  things  upon  our  public  thoroughfares,  that  have  been  somewhat 
scarce  and  secluded  during  tbe  winter  months.  Among  the  most  promi- 
nent features  is  the  street  bootblacks.  These  ingenious  little  fellows  have 
become  one  of  the  institutions  of  our  city.  They  were  few  and  far 
between  a  few  years  since,  but  at  the  present  time,  are  as  numerous  almost 
as  flies  in  a  sugar  hogshead  about  midsummer.  You  see  them  on  the 
sidewalks,  in  and  around  hotels,  and  frequently  on  the  ferry  boats.  They 
carry  a  box  containing  their  kit  of  implements,  the  brushes,  blacking 
boxes,  etc.  This  is  suspended  by  a  strap  over  the  shoulders,  and  when 
a  customer  nods  assent  to  their  generally  polite  invitation,  "  Black  yer 
boots,"  or  "  Shine  up,  sir,"  they  quickly  set  down  the  box  for  your  foot 
to  rest  on,  drop  on  their  knees  on  the  pavement,  and  work  as  rapidly  as 
possible,  so  as  not  to  detain  their  patrons.  They  first  turn  up  the  pants, 
to  keep  them  from  being  soiled,  then  with  one  brush  they  clean  the  boots, 
with  another  apply  the  blacking,  and  with  two  others,  one  in  each  hand, 
polish  away.  They  return  a  "  Thank  ye  "  for  the  half  dime,  given  for 
their  labor.  These  boys  are  generally  so  polite  and  so  industrious  that 
we  rather  like  them,  and  sometimes  take  a  shine  uj)  just  to  see  them 
work  and   to    chat    with  the  smart  little   fellows. —  Times  and  Courier. 

..The  Washington   Avenue   Baptist   Church,   on   Monday  evening 

changed  its  name  to  the  Calvary  Baptist  Church,  and  authorized  its 
trustees  to  purchase  of  its  owners  the  house  now  occupied  by  the  State 
Street  Baptist  Church,  which  purchase  was  eifected  Tuesday  evening. 
Material  alterations  and  improvements  will  be  made  in  the  building,  prior 
to  the  Calvary  Church  taking  possession.  It  is  understood  that  the  State 
Street  Church  will  disband,  and  that  many  of  its  members,  with  other 
Baptists  residing  on  the  hill,  now  connected  with  the  Pearl  Street,  and 
First  Churches,  will  unite  with  the  Calvary  Church,  thus  creating  a  sub- 
stantially new  interest.  This  will  furnish  a  strong  and  influential  Baptist 
Church  on  the  hill,  while  it  will  also  strengthen  the  other  two  churches 
named,  now  really  weakened  by  their  numerical  strength.  In  making 
this  purchase  the  Avenue  Church   have  but  fulfilled  the  wishes  of  the 


232  Notes  frmn  the  Newspa2)ers.  [1865. 

late  lamented  Samuel  Patten,  using  for  that  purpose,  in  part  payment,  a 
generous  legacy  of  S10,000  which  he  left  them.  The  owners  of  the  pro- 
perty had  the  opportunity  of  disposing  of  it  to  great  pecuniary  advan- 
tage, but  preferred  to  keep  it  in  the  hands  of  their  denomination.  The 
principal  owner  was  Wm.  Newton,  Esq.,  who  sold  his  interest  for  about 
one-half  its  original  cost.  The  remaining  owners  were  S.  M.  Fish,  Esq., 
Hon.  Eli  Perry  and  Mrs.  Wilson.     Mayor  Perry  donated  his  interest. 

6.  William  Gillespie  died,  aged  71.  Maria  McCrea,  wife  of  David 
Cameron,  died,  aged  54.  Margaret  McLoughlin  died,  aged  60.  John 
Murphy  died,  aged  80.  Terrence  Hagan  died,  aged  28.  Lieven  Kry- 
ger  died,  aged  42. 

7.  The  largest  snow  storm  of  the  season  began  at  night  fall ;  the  trains 

were   detained  nearly   two  days Mary  Johns,   wife  of  Joseph   II. 

McBride,  died  aged  24.  Matthew  McNally  died,  aged  26.  Smith 
Waterman,  clerk  of  the  county,  died  at  West  Troy,  aged  42. 

8.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Komaine  died,  aged  50.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Case  died, 
aged  56.  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Col.  Samuel  Conner,  and  daughter  of  the 
late  Isaac  Denniston,  died,  aged  76.  Lieut.  Col.  Frederick  L.  Tremain 
died  at  City  Point  Hospital,  of  wounds  received  in  battle  at  Hatcher's 
Run  on  the  6th,  being  nearly  22  years  of  age. 

9.  No  express  trains  left  this  day  for  the  west  on  account  of  the  block- 
ade by  snow Hattie  Burleigh,  wife  of  Augustus  C  Cole  died. 

10.  Col.  John  Sharts  died,  aged  66.  He  came  to  Albany  from  Hudson, 
was  a  printer  in  his  youth,  and  was  connected  with  several  of  the  news- 
papers of  the  city  ;  and  at  one  time  published  a  city  journal.  He  was 
prominently  connected  with  the  militia  of  the  state ;  and  was  assistant 
adjutant  general  under  Gen.  Temple. 

11.  The  ice  in  the  river  was  28  inches  in  thickness  in  some  places,  and 
there  was  18  inches  in  the  running  stream. 

12.  Eliza  Murtaugh,  widow  of  Patrick  Mulcahy,  died,  aged  66. 

13.  Temperature  at  some  places  in  the  city  16°  below  zero.  As  there 
had  been  a  steadily  cold  winter  from  the  first  of  December,  without  any 
thaw  that  could  be  counted,  at  least  no  interruption  of  sleighing  for  a  day, 
it  was  hoped  that  the  season  had  now  reached  its  climax Clement- 
ina, wife  of  Charles  Bailey,  died,  aged  51. 

14.  Maisella  Bigelow  died,  aged  30. 

15.  Funeral  of  Lieut.  Col.  Frederick  L.  Tremain,  at  St.  Peter's  church, 

which  was  numerously  attended Moses  Brown  died,  aged  75.      Mrs. 

Abby  C.  Booth  died,  aged  22.  Susan,  wife  of  John  S.  Belcher,  died, 
aged  38. 

16.  John  V.  R.  Elmendorf  died,  aged  57. 

17.  No  man  has  seen  a  skating  carnival  who  has  not  witnessed  those 
which  take  place  at  the  Van  Rensselaer  Park  in  Albany ;  for  of  all  places 
in  this  country  winter  is  in  its  glory  in  Albany.  It  is  cold  and  steady, 
and  the  snow  and  the  ice  stay  white  and  pure,  and  are  enduring.  All  the 
pleasant  appendages  to  comfort  are  at  the  park.  It  is  a  parlor  for  those 
who  look  on,  and  a  great  field  of  ice  for  those  who  skate.  The  Albany 
park,  when  lighted  by  the  arches  of  lamps,  by  decorative  signals  and 
legends,  by  its  one  tall  beacon  light  rising  gracefully  out  of  a  mound  of 
snow  ;  with  its  crowd  of  artists  ■ —  for  these  Albanians  are  masters  of  all 
the  intricacies  of  this  movement  —  is  a  picture  which  it  is  worth  a  long 
journey  to  see.     Other  cities  may  emulate  the  brilliancy  of  the  illumina- 


Feb.]  Notes  from  tlie  Neiospapers.  233 

tions,  but  very  few  can  show  such  ice.  It  is  the  gift  of  the  winter  in 
compensation  for  the  difficulty  by  which  the  integrity  of  bone  is  preserved 
in  the  descent  of  the  hills.  The  winter,  since  the  Van  Rensselaer 
park  was  organized,  has  lost  its  gloom,  and  all  Albany  feels  as  if  it  was 
their  carnival  season  indeed. —  Anonymous Wm.  Wrightson,  for- 
merly of  this  city,  was  killed  by  the  Indians  in  Arizona.  He  was 
an  Arizonian  pioneer,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  superintendent  of 
the  Santa  Rita  silver  mines. 

18.  Thomas  J.  Lee,  of  the  175th  regiment,  died,  aged  28. 

19.  The  remains  of  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Stackhouse,  of  the  91st  N.  Y.  S.  V., 
arrived  here  under  the  charge  of  his  brother,  Lieut.  James  Stackhouse,  of 
the  same  regiment.  Major  Stackhouse  was  born  in  this  city,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  was  second  lieutenant  in  the  old  and  honored  Albany 
Republican  Artillery.  At  the  first  call  of  his  country  for  troops,  he  and 
his  company  entered  the  service  in  the  25th  Albany  regiment,  under  the 
command  of  Col.  Bryan,  and  remained  with  the  regiment  for  the  term 
they  enlisted  in  the  defense  of  the  capital  at  Washington.  On  his  re- 
turn, Lieut.  Stackhouse  raised  a  company  for  the  91st  regiment,  N.  Y. 
S.  v.,  mostly  from  the  9th  ward,  where  he  resided,  and  received  the 
appointment  of  captain,  and  went  to  the  defense  of  the  gulf  He  was  with 
the  regiment  in  the  campaign  on  the  Terche,  acting  as  major,  participat- 
ing and  rendering  valuable  services  in  the  several  engagements  in  which 
the  regiment  took  part  in  the  memorable  march  from  Donaldsonville  to 
the  Red  river.  While  on  this  march,  Capt.  Stackhouse  received,  for  his 
heroic  conduct  and  experienced  qualifications,  his  promotion  as  major  of 
the  regiment.  On  the  27th  of  May  last,  was  fought  the  terrible  battle  in 
front  of  Port  Hudson,  in  which  he  was  shot  through  both  legs,  while 
gallantly  leading  on  the  regiment  in  the  defense  of  his  country.  He  was 
taken  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  died  from  the  effects  of  his  wounds.  He 
leaves  a  wife  and  four  children  to  deplore  his  loss.  His  remains  will  be 
buried  on  Monday,  Feb.  22d,  the  common  council,  25th  regiment.  Col. 
Church,  and  the  Fire  Department  participating  in  the  funeral  obsequies. 
His  remains  will  lie  in  state  at  the  City  Hall,  from  10  until  2  o'clock  on 
that  day,  under  a  guard  of  honor  detailed  from  the  Albany  Republican 
Artillery. 

20.  Watts  Sherman  died  on  the  island  of  Madeira,  aged  about  50.  He 
was  for  many  years  cashier  of  the  Albany  City  Bank,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death  was  of  the  firm  of  Duncan,  Sherman  &  Co.  He  was  the  son 
of  Henry  Sherman  of  Utica.  He  commenced  his  career  as  teller  of  the 
Ontario  County  Bank  at  Canandaigua,  and  was  cashier  of  the  Livingston 
County  Bank  at  Geneseo,  before  coming  to  Albany,  at  the  organization  of 
the  Albany  City  Bank  in  1834.  In  1851,  Mr.  Sherman  removed  to  New 
York,  where  he  became  the  active  manager  of  the  well  known  banking 
house  of  Duncan,  Sherman  &  Co.  His  first  wife  was  an  adopted  daughter 
of  Hon.  Krastus  Corning,  of  Albany.  He  married,  after  the  death  of  his 
first  wife,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Henry  B.  Gibson,  and  received  with  her 
a  large  fortune,  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  million  of  dollars,  and  she  sur- 
vives him,  and  was  with  him  at  Madeira  when  he  died  This  large 
accession  to  his  alreadjr  large  fortune  was  received  less  than  two  years  ago. 
Mr.  Sherman  was  a  man  of  the  most  rare  qualifications  for  his  position. 
His  course  was  strictly  governed  by  commercial  integrity,  unswayed  by 
any  bias  but  the  interests  of  his  firm  ;  and  which  he  knew  could  be  best 

Uist.  Coll.  in.  30 


234  Notes  from  the  Newspa]pers.  [1865. 

subserved  by  a  strict  adhereuce  to  business  principles.  His  age  at  his 
death  could  not  have  exceeded  fifty  years,  if  it  were  so  much,  and  hence 
the  most  of  his  business  career  happened  while  he  was  a  young  man  ;  but 
the  maturity  of  his  judgment  was  constantly  apparent,  and  no  man  ever 
possessed  a  keener  appreciation  of  the  character  of  those  with  whom  he 
had  dealings.  In  his  personal  appearance,  he  was  slender,  but  his  face 
was  peculiarly  striking  for  its  delicacy  and  masculine  beauty.  His  hospi- 
tality was  munificent,  and  a  gentleman  who  knew  him  well,  and  had 
traveled  extensively  in  Europe,  told  the  writer  that  in  the  highest  society 
of  France  and  England,  he  had  never  seen  more  elegant  hospitality  than 

he  had  found  at  the  New  York  residence  of  Mr.  Sherman  Bridget, 

wife  of  Thomas  llhatigan,  died,  aged  44.  Mrs.  Mary  Murphy  died,  aged 
56. 

22  The  celebration  of  the  133d  anniversary  of  the  birthday  of  Wash- 
ington was   unusually  imposing;  the   military  display  being   large   and 

brilliant John   H.   Chadwick  died,  aged  49.      George   Monteath, 

died.     Richard  Atkinson  died,  aged  38. 

23.  The  old  subject  of  removing  the  capitol  from  Albany  was  agitated 
in  the  legislature,  growing  out  of  the  movement  for  a  new  edifice,  which 
the  progress  of  time  demanded.  The  correspondent  of  The  World,  Mr. 
Wm.  H.  Bogart,  thus  wrote  upon  the  subject :  There  seems  to  be  an  in- 
genious satire  in  the  off'er  of  the  New  York  city  authorities  of  a  capitol 
in  New  York,  as  if  they  were  asking  that  the  power  that  regulated  all 
their  aflFairs  should,  at  least,  be  situated  in  their  midst.  The  state  is  to 
be  so  much  embarrassed  by  the  magnitude  and  multitude  of  the  proposals 
made  to  it  about  these  public  buildings  that  it  will  do  nothing.  The 
charge  about  insufficient  social  courtesies  is  partially  well  founded,  but  all 
those  who  recollect  the  elegant,  and  indeed,  profuse  hospitality  which  the 
Hon.  J.  V.  L  Pruyn  to  a  large  circle  of  legislative  gentlemen  has  so 
freely  dispensed,  will  not  lightly  make  this  accusation,  and  although  his 
house  was  oftenest  thrown  open,  it  has  not  been  the  only  one.  Mr. 
Weed's  home  witnessed  for  a  series  of  years  the  most  agreeable  entertain- 
ments. I  mention  these,  because  these  are  public  men.  I  am  quite  sure 
that  nothing  would  give  citizens  of  this  old  city  —  hospitable  since  the 
days  that  it  welcomed  the  great  union  convention  of  1754,  with  Benjamin 
Franklin  at  its  head — greater  pleasure  than  to  meet  the  gentlemen  of  the 
legislature  in  every  form  of  social  kindness.  There  was  charming  hospi- 
tality last  evening,  by  a  gentleman  whose  residence  is  between  Albany 
and  Troy,  and  who  brought  beneath  the  chandeliers  the  pleasant  people 
of  both  cities.  It  was  a  superb  evening;  the  light  of  the  gr.eat  furnace- 
fires  gleamed  over  the  snow,  and  the  solid  Hudson  reflected  these  blended 
illuminations  of  industry  and  opulence,  as  the  guests  passed  forge  and 
mansion.  The  gentlemen  of  the  two  cities  forgot  that  they  had  any 
differences,  and  remembered  only  that  they  were  the  guests  of  a  large 
hearted  hospitality.  Albany  at  last  stirs  up  itself  about  the  location  of 
the  Capitol.  As  it  is  said  to  be  a  peculiarity  of  their  ancestors  to  be  very 
slow  in  wakinir,  so  once  aroused  they  prove  themselves  invincible.  The 
very  beautiful  situation  which  is  found  here  at  the  head  of  State  street, 
is  of  itself  too  valuable  to  be  lightly  thrown  aside.  It  has  all  that  belongs 
to  the  traditions  of  the  age,  all  that  is  associated  with  history,  and  to  re- 
move the  Capitol  would  be  to  put  aside  the  settled  judgment  of  the 
people  as  expressed  in  a  long  series  of  years.     The  great  block  of  ground 


March.]  Note^  from  the  Neiospapers.  235 

from  State  street  to  Washiagton  avenue,  and  from  Eagle  to  Hawk  streets, 
would  be  a  site  for  an  edifice  of  which  the  State  would  soon  be  proud. 
Albany  has  great  hotels ;  it  is  in  the  very  network  of  all  public  convey- 
ance by  all  forms  of  water  or  earth  or  iron  ;  it  has  libraries,  and  in  the 
peculiar  accompaniments  which  belong  to  ice  and  snow,  is  unrivaled.  It 
is  a  city  just  large  enough  and  not  over  large.  The  legislature  is  neither 
obtruded  upon  nor  forgotten. 

26.  John  McMurray  died,  aged  71.  Mrs.  Mary  Livingston  Crofts 
died,  aged  76. 

27.  Thomas  R.  Smith,  of  the  2d  Veteran  Cavalry,  N.  Y.  S.  V.,  died. 
Mary,  wife  of  Henry  Rigley  died,  aged  41. 

28.  John  Fairburn  died,  aged  38. 

March  1.  Mrs.  Margaret  Gr.  Thompson  died,  aged  43.  She  was  born 
at  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  England,  and  was  occupied  as  a  practical  phre- 
nologist during  most  of  the  time  of  her  residence  in  Albany. 

2.  Bridget  O'Neill  died,  aged  36.  John  Kastendike  died,  aged  88. 
He  was  an  unusually  active  man,  and  did  not  take  his  bed,  until  within 
fifteen  minutes  of  his  death.  The  day  before  he  died  he  even  went  into 
the  garret  of  his  house,  and  to-day  walked  about,  apparently  as  well  as  he 
had  been  for  a  long  time.  He  died  very  easily,  not  from  any  disease,  but 
really  from  old  age.  He  was  a  soldier  under  Napoleon  for  eleven  years, 
and  remained  in  his  service  until  he  went  to  Russia.  The  old  gentleman 
felt  a  peculiar  pride  in  claiming  to  be  the  oldest  German  settler  in  this  city. 

4.  The  heavy  rain  of  twenty-four  hours  duration  abated. 

5.  John  R.  McCollum,  alderman  of  the  sixth  ward,  died  suddenly,  aged 
38.  Catharine  Kenelty  died,  aged  52.  Anna,  widow  of  Francis  Blood- 
good,  died  at  Philadelphia. 

7.  John  Gaff'ney  died,  aged  28.     Daniel  Duggan  died,  aged  74. 

8.  At  half-past  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  a  very  serious  accident  oc- 
curred in  Clinton  Avenue,  caused  by  the  great  body  of  water  that  had 
accumulated  in  the  pond  at  the  head  of  the  street  The  water  had  risen 
until  it  was  several  feet  higher  than  the  large  drain  through  which  it 
passes  into  the  main  drain  in  the  street,  and  thence  to  the  river.  It  ap- 
pears that  the  great  pressure  thus  produced  caused  the  street  drain  to 
burst  in  several  places,  and  the  private  drains  were  rapidly  overflowed  to 
the  great  destruction  of  property  on  the  north  side  of  the  avenue,  and  to 
the  consternation  of  the  occupants  of  the  dwellings.  About  twenty  houses 
were  more  or  less  damaged,  as  well  as  the  sidewalk  and  street  in  front  of 
the  buildings.  It  being  about  tea  time,  many  of  the  families  were  at  tea 
in  their  basements,  and  the  first  intimation  they  had  of  the  accident  was 
a  rumbling  noise  under  the  floor,  followed,  in  some  instances,  by  the  up- 
heaving of  the  planks,  a  rush  of  water,  and  in  an  instant  the  water  was 
ankle-deep,  then  knee  deep,  and  in  several  basements  it  rose  to  the  height 
of  two  feet  and  upwards.  Of  course  they  only  had  time  to  get  out  them- 
selves, with  wet  feet,  leaving  their  furniture  to  float  about  in  the  muddy 

water The  body  of  Edward  Marks,  who  had  been  missing  since  the 

6th  of  December,  was  found  floating  in  the  river  and  supposed  to  have 
been  murdered.  Lucy  W.  widow  of  Chester  Judd,  died  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio.     Robert  Swain  died  at  St.  Louis,  aged  73. 

9.  At  the  annual  election  of  the  Young  Men's  Association,  Franklin 

Edson  was  elected  president  Bridget  Murray  died,  aged  67.     Mrs. 

McCarthy  died,  aged  21. 


236  Notes  from  the  Neicspapers.  [1865. 

10.  Spencer  S.  Kittle  died,  aged  29.  David  Pick  died,  aged  25. 
William  Vanderzee  died,  aged  20. 

11.  On  the  9th  the  atmosphere  was  quite  wintry  in  its  character. 
Saturday  the  wind  changed  to  the  south  blowing  very  fresh  all  day,  with 
indications  of  more  rain.  During  the  night  the  wind  changed  to  the  west 
blowing  great  guns,  and  we  had  quite  a  snow  storm.  Sunday  morning 
the  atmosphere  was  very  keen,  and  during  the  entire  day  a  high  west 
wind  prevailed.  The  sudden  change  in  the  weather  having  checked  the 
flow  of  water  from  the  tributary  streams  of  the  river,  the  freshet  subsided 
somewhat,  but  still  the  water  had  not  receded  a  very  great  distance  below 

the  top  of  the  docks Maria  Kirnan,  wife  of  Edward  White,  died, 

aged  26.     John  Feeley  died  at  Alexandria,  aged  20. 

12.  M.  Augusta  Allen,  wife  of  William  McDonald,  died,  aged  21. 
Catharine  Eliza,  died,  aged  48  wife  of  John  H.  Leonard. 

13.  James  Roach  died,  aged  36.  Elizabeth  Buerger  died,  aged  54. 
Samuel  Whalen  died,  aged  22. 

14.  The  vote  of  the  city  against  the   constitutional  amendment  for  a 

change  in  the  court  of  appeals  was  890  for,  1522  against Ralph  Pratt 

died,  aged  89.  He  was  born  at  Spencertown,  Columbia  county,  on  the 
12th  day  of  x\pril,  1776;  so  that  the  whole  revolutionary  war  came  within 
the  period  of  his  Hie.  His  early  years  he  spent  partly  at  home,  working 
upon  his  ftither's  farm,  and  partly  with  his  uncle,  who  lived  in  the  same 
neighborhood;  and  at  a  later  period  he  went  to  live  with  a  Mr.  Root  at 
Kinderhook,  as  a  clerk  in  his  store.  Here  he  continued  until  about  the 
year  1800,  when  he  came  to  this  city  and  became  a  clerk  in  the  office  of 
the  late  venerable  and  excellent  Stephen  Van  Rennselaer.  After  remain- 
ing in  this  position  until  he  had  earned  three  hundred  dollars,  he  expressed 
a  wish  to  the  patroon  to  engage  in  some  permanent  business  for  himself; 
and  his  wish  was  generously  responded  to  by  a  loan  of  a  sufficient  sum  of 
money  to  enable  him  to  accomplish  it.  Accordingly  he  commenced  mer- 
cantile business  with  a  Mr.  Daniel,  who,  however,  died  after  about  two 
years;  and  then  he  became  a  partner  with  Mr  Durant,  and  the  firm 
thus  constituted,  was  for  many  years,  one  of  the  most  respectable  and  suc- 
cessful mercantile  establishments  in  the  city.  Mr.  Pratt  retired  from 
active  business  some  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  about  the  same  time  his 
vision  began  perceptibly  to  fail,  and  but  for  an  operation  that  was  per- 
formed upon  his  eyes,  his  last  years  would  probably  have  been  spent  in 
total  darkness.  His  vision,  however,  enabled  him,  for  the  most  part  to 
walk  about  the  streets,  when  his  health  otherwise  would  permit,  and  to 
read  occasionally  the  daily  papers;  and  this  continued  till  near  the  close 
of  his  life.  On  Monday  evening  he  retired  in  his  usual  health ;  feeble 
indeed,  but  very  comfortable,  and  when  a  member  of  his  family  entered 
his  room  Tuesday  morning,  he  had  almost  ceased  to  breathe,  and  very 
soon  died  without  a  struggle.  Mr.  Pratt  was  of  a  more  than  ordinarily  im- 
posing personal  appearance,  and  so  marked  was  his  resemblance  to  Presi- 
dent Nott,  that  he  was  not  unfrequently  mistaken  for  him.  He  possessed 
business  talents  of  a  high  order,  and  was  perfectly  upright  and  honorable 
in  all  his  dealing.  His  mind  was  stored  with  many  facts  and  incidents 
pertaining  to  the  olden  time,  that  were  of  great  interest,  and  of  some  of 
which  he  was  perhaps  the  only  depositary.  He  enjoyed  the  company  of 
his  friends  to  the  last,  and  of  none  perhaps  more  than  his  distinguished 
elative    Bishop   Upfold,  who  for  many  years,  it  is  believed,  favored  him 


March.]  Notes  from  the  NeiDspa;pers.  237 

with  an  annual  visit.     He  had  been  a  member  of  the  common  council  of 

the  city,  and   was  greatly  respected  by  all  classes Charles   Smith 

died,  aged  25.  Julietta  A.  Snyder  died,  aged  21.  James  Vandenburgh 
Jr.,  died,  aged  36. 

15.  Mary  Lynch  died,  aged  17. 

16.  The  ice  moved  away  in  front  of  the  city,  and  as  usual  the  water  rose 
above  the  docks.  The  pressure  from  above  by  the  breaking  up  of  the  ice 
in  the  vicinity  of  Troy  forced  it  to  move  in  front  of  this  city.  The  ice 
at  the  time  was  quite  thick  and  strong,  but  the  abutments  of  the  Hudson 
river  bridge  stood  the  test.  The  ice  ran  up  the  breakers  to  a  certain 
height,  when  it  crumbled  and  fell  by  its  own  weight.  This  solid  masonry, 
as  fine  a  work  as  can  be  found  in  the  United  States,  could  not  be  moved. 
The  abutments,  doubtless,  kept  the  ice  from  moving  as  rapidly  as  it  other- 
wise would,  but  nothing  more.  There  was  a  rapid  current  in  the  river, 
and  floating  ice  continued  to  run  rapidly  down  for  a  day  or  two.  At  night 
we  were  visited  by  a  violent  gale  from  the  south,  accompanied  by  rain  and 
hail,  which  raged  for  upwards  of  two  hours  with  almost  unprecedented 
violence.  Towards  morning  the  wind  subsided  and  the  rain  turned  into 
snow.  During  the  night  the  inundation  extended,  and  in  the  morning  a 
goodly  portion  of  the 'city  adjacent  to  the  river  was  covered  with  water. 
At  Maiden  lane  the  water  was  up  to  Dean  street,  and  at  the  Steam  boat 
landing  it  covered  Broadway.  The  water  had  gained  an  outlet  through 
the  Schodack  channel.  The  Hudson  River  rail  road  train  which  left  the 
next  morning  was  obliged  to  return,  and  the  passengers  and  mails  were 
forwarded  by  the  Harlem  rail  road.  Between  Castleton  and  Schodack  the 
track  of  the  Hudson  River  rail  road  was  not  only  submerged,  but  buried 
over  with  ice  which  came  down  the  river.  A  bridge  sixty  feet  long,  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  latter  place,  was  carried  away.  The  stone  bridge  of  the 
Delaware   turnpike  on  the   Beaver  kil,  which  had  been  some  time  in  a 

dilapidated   condition,  fell   into   the   stream ..Emeline  F.    Williams 

died.  ElonComstock  died,  aged  50 The  time  of  the  openingand  clos- 
ing of  the  river  as  stated  frequently  in  the  newspapers,  is  found  to  vary, 
because  some  of  the  tables  are  made  up  from  the  time  of  actual  closing  or 
opening,  others  from  the  time  of  arrival  or  departure  of  steam  boats. 
Some  allowance  is  also  due  for  typographical  errors.  Volume  i,  of 
Annals  of  Albany  contains  a  table  of  closing  and  opening  of  the  river 
derived  from  various  sources  supposed  to  be  authentic.  A  table  of  open- 
ings is  here  given  from  one  of  the  papers  : 

1845 February  24         1855 March  27 

1846 March  18         1856 April    11 

1847 April  7         1857 March  18 

1848 March  22         1858 March  20 

1849 March  18         1859 March  13 

1850 March  10         1860 March     6 

1851 February  25         1861 March    5 

1852 March  28         1862 April       3 

1853 March  23         1863 AprU       7 

1854 March  17         1864 March  11 

17.  St.  Patrick's   day  celebrated Patrick  Seery  died,  aged  40, 

Margaret,  widow  of  John  Sullivan,  died,  aged  72 

18.  The  river  seemed  to  be  clear  of  ice,  and  had  all  day  continued  to 
fall.     The  little  steamer  May-Flower,  reached  here  from   Coxsackie  last 


238  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1865. 

evening,  Captain  Staats  reporting  that  he  came  up  through  the  regular 
channel,  but  that  there  was  considerable  ice  below  the  latter  place.  The 
water  in  the  river  at  7  o'clock  this  morning  was  not  by  three  feet  ten 
inches  as  high  as  it  was  in  1857,  yet  this  inundation  covered  a  good 
portion  of  our  city  adjacent  to  the  river.  The  river  continued  to  rise 
during  the  night,  and  at  sunrise  this  morning  had  reached  the  highest 
point.  The  water  at  that  time  was  up  to  Broadway  in  Maiden  lane,  and  in 
South  Ferry  street  reached  a  point  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  west  of 
Green  street.  All  South  Broadway  was  navigable  for  boats,  and  the  base- 
ments of  almost  every  house  south  of  Lydius  street  were  inundated.  Most 
of  the  occupants  anticipated  and  prepared  for  it;  consequently  but  little 
property  has  been  destroyed  by  water. 

Higher  Water. —  The  following,  not  by  Longfellow,  is  applicable  to 
the  rampant  condition  of  the  Hudson  river  : 

Be  not  weary  and  I'll  tell  you, 
Tell  you  if  you  are  not  weary, 
Of  the  mighty  High  Water ; 
Higher  Water  swelling  proudly. 
Proudly  swelling  down  the  valley, 
Of  the  grand,  majestic  Hudson ; 
On  0-wa-te-paw  the  white  wave, 
With  him  came  the  whirling  eddies, 
Came  with  him  Ker-chuck  the  big  stump; 
Came  the  rolling  logs  O-wah-ses, 
Came  the  snags  the  Jag-ger-nag-gers ; 
Came  Sca-wot-che-te  the  drift  wood. 
Came  Ka-rick-e-ty  the  fence  rails. 
Came  the  cornstalks,  came  the  bark  wood ; 
Came  a  pitching  mass  of  plunder. 
Big  sticks,  little  sticks  and  shavings. 
Swimming,  driving,  butting,  pitching. 
Rolling,  piling,  thumping,  smashing. 
Heaving,  tumbling,  spinning,  crushing. 
Hither,  thither,  this  side,  that  side  — 
What  a  confusion,  what  a  tumult, 
"WTiat  a  roaring,  what  a  surging, 
What  a  mighty  rush  of  waters. 
What  an  army  of  destruction, . 
Coming  down  in  wrath  and  fury. 
Coming  do^vn  the  handsome  river. 
Coming  down  with  a  Higher- Water, 
Filled  with  raging  and  with  fury. 
Rushing  down  to  fight  the  big  rats. 
To  overwhelm  the  skulking  wharf-rats. 

The  high  price  of  milk,  10  cents  a  quart,  was  now  the  subject  of  com- 
plaint. Butter  had  fallen  from  50  to  33  cents  a  pound,  and  although  milk 
could  be  procured  within  a  few  miles  of  the  city  at  about  one-third  of  that 
price,  no  one  entered  into  the  business,  but  the  entire  supply  came  in  by 
carts  from  the  immediate  vicinity. 

19.  Joseph  Boyle  died,  aged  80.  Richard  James  died,  aged  26  years, 
at  Federal  Hill  Hospital,  Baltimore. 

20.  Solomon  Buckley  died,  aged  79.  Wm.  Hopper,  aged  29,  was 
drowned  by  falling  into  the  basin  at  the  foot  of  Hamilton  street. 

21.  The  propeller  Erastus  Corning  arrived,  the  first  boat  from  New 
York,  although  the  river  had  been  open  two  days Charles  U.  Burt, 


March.]  Notes  from  the  Neiospapers.  239 

brewer,  aged  45,  was  killed  while  lie  was  superintending  some  repairs  to 
one  of  his  buildings  on  Centre  street,  a  stone  or  coping  fell  from  the  top 
and  striking  upon  his  head,  knocked  him  senseless  to  the  walk.  Surgical 
aid  was  immediately  summoned,  but  all  efforts  to  restore  him  proved  una- 
vailing, and  he  expired  within  an  hour  or  two.  Mr.  Burt  had  been  long 
engaged  in  the  brewing  business,  first  with  his  father,  the  late  Uri  Burt, 
and  since  the  death  of  that  ■estimable  citizen,  conducting  the  business 
extensively  and  successfully  on  his  own  account.  James  J.  Gray  died, 
aged  31.  Matthew  McCarty  died,  aged  68.  Michael  Loonam  died, 
aged  60. 

22.  The  melting  of  the  great  body  of  snow  ttiroughout  the    country 

raised  the  water  in  the  river  above  the  docks  again. Alice  Reynolds 

died,  aged  24. 

23.  James  M.  Albright  died,  aged  52.  Elizabeth  Lansing  died,  aged 
79.  Margaret  McDonald,  wife  of.  James  Kelly,  died,  aged  24.  Simon  J. 
Jacobsen  died,  aged  46. 

24.  James  Stuai't  died,  aged  77.  Joseph  Taylor  died,  aged  34.  Mary 
Brower,  widow  of  James  Wilkinson  died,  aged  73.  Michael  Gordon  died, 
aged  45.  Susan  Gates  died,  aged  74.  Sarah  Monaghan,  wife  of  Frank- 
lin J.  Alot,  died,  aged  19. 

25.  Mary  Martin  died,  aged  69.  Peter  Donahue  died,  aged  49.  Ce- 
leste G.  Backus,  wife  of  Samuel  Rork,  died. 

26.  Otis  Allen  died,  aged  61.     George  Maul  died,  aged  56. 

27.  Robert  Taylor,  died  aged  74. 

28.  Margaret  Young,  widow  of  Isaac  Winnie,  died  aged  72.  John  E. 
Thomas  of  Co.  H,  5th  N.  Y.  Heavy  Artillery,  an  exchanged  prisoner,  died. 

29.  Albert  Coppinger  died.  John  O'Reily  died,  aged  42.  Alexander 
Hamilton  died,  aged  50.  John  Devery  died,  aged  57.  J.  Howard  Rath- 
bone  died,  aged  27. 

30.  Peter  J.  Mosher  died,  aged  28,  of  Co.  C,  7th  N.  Y.  Artillery. 
John  G.  Weaver  died,  aged  18.  Alexander  Slawson  died,  aged  17. 
Thomas  Newitt  was  killed  by  being  run  over  by  the  train  at  West  Albany, 
aged  53. 

31.  Francis  Campbell  died,  aged  65. 
April  1.  Maria  Stiles  died. 

2  The  rector  of  St.  Peter's  church  announced  to  the  congregation 
that  a  subscription  of  $20,000  had  been  completed  to  liquidate  the  entire 
indebtedness  of  the  church.. Patrick  Cary  died,  aged  56.  Syl- 
vester D.  Willard  died  after  a  very  brief  illness,  aged  40.  Sunday  week 
he  attended  church,  in  apparent  good  health.  Early  in  the  week  he  was 
attacked  with  typhoid  fever  under  the  effects  of  which  he  failed  quite 
rapidly.  Dr.  Willard  was  surgeon  general  of  the  state,  and  was  secretary 
of  the  State  Medical  Society.  He  had  devoted  many  years  to  that 
society,  was  the  editor  of  its  transactions,  the  biographer  of  its  members, 
the  patient  chronicler  of  its  progress  and  history.  To  his  labors  it  is 
indebted  for  the  revival  of  its  spirit  and  the  extension  of  its  usefulness. 
He  was  prominent  in  all  similar  works,  in  all  that  tended  to  elevate  the 
profession  and  minister  to  its  objects.  He  volunteered  early  to  go  to  the 
front,  to  assist  in  the  hospitals,  and  was  constant  in  his  labors  for  the  sol- 
dier. He  had  traits  of  personal  character  that  bound  many  hearts  to  him 
in  ties  of  affection  and  friendship.  Pierce  Nolan  died,  aged  38.  Ben- 
jamin P.  HiltO'i  died  in  New  York,  aged  56.] 


240  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1865. 

3.  Ichabod  Lewis  Judson  died,  aged  80.  He,  for  more  than  half  a 
century,  maintained  a  high  character  as  a  citizen,  a  man  of  business  and  a 
Christian.  He  was  a  lieutenant  and  captain  in  the  war  of  1812  j  was  for 
many  years  president  of  the  Albany  Exchange  Bank  ;  several  times 
alderman  and  supervisor  ;  president  of  the  trustees  of  Rev.  Dr.  Halley's 
church,  and  in  every  department  of  life,  one  of  the  best  and  purest  of 
men.  Joel  Munsell,  Sen.,  died  at  Auburn,  aged  83.  Wm.  M.  Graves 
died  at  Fort  Prebel,  Me.,  aged  38.     Col.  Levi  Chapman  died,  aged  84. 

4.  Patrick  Madock  died.  James  Madden  died,  aged  22.  William 
Whalen  died,  aged  21.  Nathaniel  Berry,  son-in-law  of  Gen.  Stephen  Van 
Rensselaer,  died  at  Parjs,  where  he  had  resided  30  years,  and  was  brought 
to  Albany  for  interment. 

5.  Bridget,  wife  of  A.  Hearn,  died,  aged  38.  Sarah  E.,wife  of  Joseph 
Blackwall,  died  at  Saratoga  Springs,  aged  75. 

6.  Jane  Tate,  wife  of  Robert  McHaffie,  died,  aged  75 The  funeral 

of  the  late  Surgeon  General  Willard  took  place  and  was  very  imposing.  The 
body  was  escorted  from  the  late  residence  of  deceased  in  Swan  street,  to  Dr. 
Sprague's  church,  by  Company  B,  10th  Regiment.  The  services  in  the 
church  were  of  a  very  impressive  character.  At  the  conclusion  of  the 
services  the  remains  were  taken  out,  placed  in  the  hearse,  and  escorted  to 
their  last  resting  place  in  the  Rural  Cemetery,  by  Governor  Fenton  and 
staff,  state  officers,  members  of  the  medical  profession,  Tenth  and  Twenty- 
fifth  regiments,  and  a  large  concourse  of  citizens.  John  Hickey  died, 
aged  75. 

7.  Rose  V.  Dooner  died,  aged  19.  Henry  Wright  died,  aged  56. 
Mrs.  Cordelia  Soney  died,  aged  63. 

8.  The  bell  recently  placed  in  the  tower  of  the  Middle  Dutch  Church  fail- 
ing to  give  satisfaction,  was  taken  down  and  replaced  by  a  new  one 

An  unhappy  feud  having  existed  during  the  past  year  in  the  Young 
Men's  Association,  a  compromise  was  efiected,  by  the  consent  of  the 
dominant  party  to  the  admission  of  negroes  to  the  privileges  of  the  associa- 
tion. 

9.  Robert  H.  King  died  in  this  city,  aged  18  years.  He  was  a 
son  of  the  late  Samuel  W.  King,  and  enlisted  in  the  navy  last  September, 
and  was  one  of  the  five  sailors  under  the  command  of  Lieut.  Gushing, 
on  the  torpedo  boat  that  sunk  the  rebel  ram  Albemarle,  in  October  last. 
He  was  taken  prisoner  on  that  occasion,  and  confined  four  or  five  months 
in  prison  at  Salisbury,  N.  C.  On  the  advance  of  Sherman,  he  and  three 
others  escaped  from  prison  and  reached  Washington,  where  they  were 
each  rewarded  with  a  medal  for  their  bravery.  Only  a  few  days  since  he 
reached  home,  and  soon  died,  a  victim  to  his  sufferings  while  confined  in 
prison.     Jeremiah  H.  Gage  died,  at  Sacramento  city,  Cal 

10.  The  news  of  the  surrender  of  Lee's  army  having  reached  the  city, 
a  midnight  celebration  took  place  As  the  town  clock  pealed  forth  the 
solemn  hour  of  midnight,  Capts.  Harris  Parr  and  Archy  Young  were  on 
State  street  with  their  guns,  and  commenced  firing  a  salute  —  the  church 
bells  began  to  ring;  the  fire  department  turned  out;  a  grand  assemblage 
was  concentrated  upon  State  street,  where  a  scene  followed  that  almost 
beggars  description.  The  steamers  fired  up  and  blew  their  whistles,  the 
bells  and  gongs  of  the  smaller  apparatus  sounded  their  peals  of  joy,  while 
the  people  shouted  and  cheered  for  Grant,  Sheridan  and  Sherman,  and 
the  brave  soldiers  under  them.     Friends  congratulated  friends  upon  the 


April.]  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  241 

glorious  news,  and  at  the  corner  of  State  and  Green  streets,  the  crowd 
joined  in  singing  Old  Hundred,  Rally  Round  the  Flag,  etc.  Bonfires 
were  kindled,  public  buildings  lighted,  and  joy  was  unconfined.  Between 
one  and  two  o'clock  Schreiber's  band  came  up  street,  followed  by  i]ngine 
8.  On  State  street  the  different  companies  fell  into  line  and  joined  in  a 
procession.  Every  one  was  glorious,  and  shouting  and  blowing  of  horns 
were  kept  up  till  nearly  daylight.  For  an  impromptu  affair  it  was  a 
grand  one. —  Times. 

II.  George  Guest  died  at  Ogdensburg,  aged  78.  Mr.  Guest  was  born 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  on  the  15th  of  October,  1787.  He  first  went 
to  Ogdensburg  from  Albany,  to  reside,  in  the  year  1809,  and  engaged  in 
mercantile  pursuits,  but  during  the  war  of  1812,  his  goods  having  been 
destroyed  by  the  British,  he  returned  to  Albany  —  afterwards  went  to 
Elmira,  and  returned  to  Ogdensburg  in  1822,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
While  the  unsold  lands  of  Canton  and  Lisbon  were  owned  by  the  late 
Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  he  was  appointed  the  attorney  and  agent  of  that 
gentleman  for  their  sale  and  disposition  —  was  continued  in  the  same 
trust  by  the  successor  to  the  title,  the  late  Hon.  Henry  Van  Rensselaer, 
and  remained  in  charge  of  the  same  estate  till  his  decease.  In  this  capa- 
city, he  possessed  the  confidence  and  affection  of  the  settlers,  many  of 
whom  will  long  remember  his  kindness,  and  cherish  the  memory  of  one 
who  was  their  true  friend.     Sarah  E.,  wife  of  0.  E.  Green,   died,  aged 

39 Charter  election  —  total   number  of  votes  8,389,  being  4,326 

less  than  last  fall;  democratic  majority  1,365 ....Frances  Ari'etta  Or- 

cutt  died,  aged  39.  David  Vaughan,  who  had  been  for  many  years  em- 
ployed in  the  various  departments  at  the  State  House,  died.  He  was  62 
years  of  age,  a  worthy  and  exemplary  man,  and  was  famous  for  his  excel- 
lent penmanship.  Many  very  beautiful  specimens  of  his  work  are  in 
our  public  offices. 

12.  Mrs.  McDonald  died,  aged  65.  John  Disney  died,  aged  52.  So- 
phia, wife  of  John  Dauphin  died,  aged  33.  Mary  Jane  Sawyer,  wife  of 
John  P.  Blood,  died  at  Athens,  Penn.,  aged  28.  John  Couch  died,  aged 
59.     James  McEwen  died,  aged  24. 

13.  Lydia  H.  Gale,  wife  of  Rev.  Charles  J.  Shrimpton,  died,  aged  27. 

14.  Lewis  Wiles  died,  aged  44  ;  for  the  last  eight  years  receiver  of 
taxes.  Edna  A.,  wife  of  Harvey  R.  Watson,  died,  aged  35.  Thomas 
Nolan  died,  aged  29.     Timothy  Ryan  died,  aged  29. 

15.  At  an  early  hour  in  the  morning,  news  of  the  assassination  of  the 
president,  reached  the  city.  The  streets  began  to  fill  up  rapidly,  and  in 
.a  short  space  of  time,  large  crowds  were  collected  about  the  various  news- 
paper offices  and  bulletin  boards  Flags  throughout  the  city  were  soon 
draped  in  mourning  and  suspended  at  half  mast.  Nor  was  this  all.  Signs 
of  mourning  were  exhibited  in  every  conceivable  way.  The  dry  goods 
stores  were  besieged  for  white  and  black  cloth,  and  in  a  few  hours  there 
was  scarcely  a  street  in  the  city  that  did  not  give  evidence  of  sorrow  in 
view  of  the  great  national  calamity.  The  Capitol,  City  Hall,  State  Hall, 
State  Library,  Agricultural  Rooms,  and  other  public  buildings  were  hung 
in  black.  All  the  banks,  printing  establishments,  hotels,  and  the  stores 
on  Broadway,  State  street  and  Pearl  street,  were  draped  in  mourning  in 
a  like  manner,  as  were  also  hundreds  of  private  residences  in  every  part 
of  the  city  Capt.  John  Maguirc,  of  the  175th  regiment,  N.  Y.  V., 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  31 


242  Notes  from  tlw  Newspapers.  [1865. 

was  killed  by  guerrillas  near  Goklsborough,  N.  C,  while  in  the  perform- 
ance of  his  duty.  Capt.  Maguire  was  born  in  the  town  of  Belturbet, 
county  of  Caven,  Ireland,  in  the  year  1829.  He  came  to  this  country  in 
1845,  and  for  a  long  time  was  employed  as  clerk  for  Mr.  Kerr,  at  the 
corner  of  Pearl  and  Howard  streets.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion, 
on  the  19th  of  April,  1861,  when  the  summons  came  from  the  govern- 
ment for  defenders  to  save  the  national  capital,  Capt.  Maguire  was  a 
private  in  the  25th  regiment,  N.  Y.  S.  M.,  commanded  by  the  lamented 
Col.  Bryan.  He  left  his  business  at  a  sacrifice,  and  accompanied  his  regi- 
ment to  Washington,  and  thence  to  Virginia.  He  was  promoted  to  a 
sergeant  in  the  Worth  Guards,  and  is  remembered  by  those  who  were 
with  the  25th  regiment  in  its  first  campaign  as  a  good  and  prompt  soldier, 
worthy  of  imitation.  Upon  the  return  of  the  regiment  to  Albany  he  re- 
sumed his  occupation  as  a  clerk,  in  a  clothing  store  in  New  York  city. 
When  his  regiment  was  again  called  to  the  field  in  May,  1862,  he  joined 
them  at  New  York  city,  and  was  at  once  selected  by  Colonel  Bryan  as 
sergeant  major  of  the  regiment,  which  position  he  filled  with  credit. 
Upon  the  return  of  Col.  Bryan's  command  from  Sufl'olk,  Va.,  to  Albany, 
in  September,  1862,  he  at  once  joined  the  175th  regiment,  N.  Y.  V., 
which  was  being  raised  by  Col.  Bryan  for  the  war,  and  was  promoted  to 
a  first  lieutenancy.  He  went  with  the  regiment  throuj^h  many  battles, 
and  was  present  at  the  bloody  assault  on  Port  Hudson,  in  which  his 
commander  fell.  He  continued  with  the  regiment,  after  being  promoted 
captain,  till  his  death,  on  the  15th  of  April.  1865,  when  he  was  shot  by 
the  enemy  with  three   balls,  one  through  the  head  and  two  through   the 

breast John  Bame,  of  Schenectady,  drove   his  mare   Lady    Fisher 

from  this  city  to  Schenectady,  in  fifty-eight  minutes  !  taking  an  extra 
Atlas  &  Argus.  He  did  this  on  a  wager  of  two  hundred  dollars  that  the 
space  couldn't  be  gone  over  in  one  hour  and  fifteen  minutes,  having, 
therefore,  seventeen  minutes  to  spare.  The  distance  is  sixteen  miles. 
Mr.  Bame  must  have  made  every  mile  in  a  trifle  less  than  four  minutes  ! 
The  story  seems  incredible,  but  we  are  assured  that  it  is  true.  And  we 
have  to  add  to  it  that  he  drove  the  Lady  Fisher  to  this  city  in  the  morn- 
ing. The  judge  and  stakeholder  arrived  in  the  city  on  the  express  train, 
and  the  purse  of  four  hundred  dollars  was  duly  delivered  up  to  Mr. 
Bame. — Argus. 

16.  Cornelius  W.  Groesbeeck  died,  aged  88.  Annie  Ross,  wife  of 
James  Seath,  died,  aged  63.  Brown  S.  Spencer  died,  aged  57.  Ade- 
laide Theresa  Lodge,  died,  aged  70 

17.  Maria,  wife  of  John  M.  Kubler,  died.  Ellen,  wife  of  John  C. 
Peyton,  died,  aged  25.     George  W.  Gamble  died. 

18.  Susan  Anthony  died,  aged  63.  Cornelius  H.  Young,  late  of  the 
91st,  died,  aged  19.  Michael  Connors  died,  aged  65.  Wm.  E.  Quigley 
died,  aged  15.  Mary  A.,  wife  of  G.  J.  Holm,  died,  aged  45.  Mary, 
wife  of  Thomas  Robinson,  died,  aged  28.  Eliza  Rice,  died,  aged  35. 
Joseph  Gladding,  of  the  18th  N.  Y.  Cavalry,  died,  aged  20.  T.  W.  Con- 
verse, Esq.,  the  well  known  flour  and  commission  merchant  of  this  city, 
committed  suicide  at  his  residence  in  Worcester,  Mass.  Mr.  Converse 
was  about  60  years  of  age,  and  has  for  twelve  years  past  been  one  of  our 
most  extensive  merchants.  He  was  a  gentleman  who  was  esteemed  for 
his  many  noble  qualifications,  and  leaves  a  wife  and  a  son  to  mourn  his 
loss.     We  could  not  learn  the  exact  cause  of  his  death,  but  know  that  it 


April.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  243 

was  sudden,  as  in  a  correspoodeace  he  expected  to  be  in  the  city  in  a  day 
or  two. 

19.  Although  the  sun  shone  bright  and  beautiful,  yet  the  gloom  was 
there,  and  could  not  be  extinguished.  Sorrow  was  predominant  every- 
where, on  the  street,  on  the  houses,  in  the  churches,  and  upon  the  coun- 
tenance of  every  body.  Almost  every  house  bore  some  evidence  of  the 
grief  that  our  whole  nation  felt.  Several  places  of  business  did  not  open 
yesterday  morning,  but  at  11  A.  M.,  there  was  a  general  suspension  of 
business  throughout  the  city.  The  churches  were  thrown  open,  the  bells 
tolled  solemn  peals,  and  every  body  was  downcast  and  sorrowful,  for  the 
chief  of  our  nation  was  being  borne  to  his  last  resting  place.  The  solemnity 
and  suspension  of  business  continued  to  a  great  degree  during  the  afternoon 
and  evening,  and  the  day  passed  out  in  a  quiet  and  undisturbed  manner 
like  the  end  of  a  funeral  procession  from  the  portals  of  a  church  The 
mourning  habiliments  in  which  our  city  is  at  present  attired,  will  no 
doubt  be  worn  until  the  funeral  obsequies  are  performed  at  Springfield, 
Illinois,  and  in  many  cases  longer. 

20.  The  majority  of  the  places  of  business  continued  closed  during  the 
day,  and  services  were  held  in  the  churches  under  the  governor's  procla- 
mation, which  puzzled  many  to  understand  whether  it  was  intended  as  a 
day  of  fast  or  feast, Elizabeth,  wife  of  John   Riely,  died,  aged  42. 

21.  Thomas  F.  King  died,  aged  25.     James  Merrigan  died,  aged  26. 

22.  Mrs.  Helena  Baker  died,  aged  64.  Wm.  Scott  died,  aged  35. 
J.  H.  Gilkerson  died  at  Washington,  aged  20,  of  a  wound  received  at 
Hatcher's  run,  Va. 

23.  Julia  Finn  died,  aged  21. 

24.  Betsey  Luddingtou  died,  aged  62.  Michael  Brown  died,  aged 
39.     William  Bouner  died,  aged  39. 

25.  The  remains  of  President  Lincoln  were  received  at  11  o'clock  at 
night  by  an  escort,  and  borne  to  the  Capitol  with  ceremony. 

26.  The  remains  of  the  president  were  visited  by  an  immense  concourse 
of  people  from  6  o'clock  in  the  morning  till  half-past  one,  when  the  coffin 
was  closed,  and  thousands  who  had  come  many  miles  for  the  purpose, 
failed  to  get  a  sight  of  them.  The  coffin  was  borne  to  the  cars  at  3  p.  M  , 
accompanied  by  the  largest  procession  that  had  ever  been  seen  in  Albany. 

27.  Margaret  Joraleman  died,  aged  68. 

28.  The  legislature  passed  a  law  appropriating  two  millions  of  dollars 

to  the  building  of  a  new  capitol   at  Albany Mrs.  Mary   F.    Connor 

died,  aged  65. 

29.  The  legislature  adjourned  at  1  o'clock  in  the  morning Mi- 
chael MuUally  died,  aged  61. 

30.  Maria  Hoffman  Davidson  died.  Altia  D.,  wife  of  J.  Wesley  Smith, 
died  at  Auburn,  aged  36  Edward  Shirley  died,  aged  78.  Moses  Doc- 
tor died The  following  statement  shows  the  amount  of  taxes  re- 
turned on  the  assessor's  monthly  list  for  April,  1865,  and  also  the  amount 
of  tax  returned  on  the  collector's  detailed  list  for  the  same  month  : 

Manufactures   and    produc-  Distilled  spirits ...    .  , 0.00 

tions $65,722.67  Collector's  list,  ale,  etc $  47,780.78 

Slaughtered  animals 284.60  

Gross  receipts,  carts,  etc 441.14            Total  April,  1865 |114,356.60 

Auction  sales 127.41             Total  April,  1864 124,945.09 


Total  monthly  list $66,575.82  Decrease $10,588.49 


244  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1865. 

May  1.  Mrs.  Margaret  Ridder  died,  aged  34. 

2.  Patrick  Ginane,  died,  aged  26. 

3.  The  clerks  of  the  post  office  presented  to  Charles  Skinner,  a  member 
of  the  force  of  that  institution,  a  pair  of  gold  spectacles  and  silver  case, 
inscribed  Charles  Skinner.  The  present  was  awarded  as  a  slight  token  of 
the  regard  entertained  by  the  other  attaches  for  the  old  man.  After  twenty 
years  service  in  the  post  office  department  of  this  city,  he  retires  from 
labor  to  go  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  born,  there  to  end  his 
days.  He  is  now  about  80  years  old.  Charles  Skinner  was  one  of  the 
institutions  of  Albany  in  days  gone  by.  He  was  the  last  survivor  of  the 
printing  firm  of  Websters  &  Skinners  that  existed  half  a  century  ago. 
He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  old  Daihj  Advertiser,  printed  under 
the  old  elm  tree.  The  above  firm  also  printed  Webster's  Spelling  Book  and 
Almanac,  and  several  other  standard  works  for  household  use.  The 
Almanac  was  a  book  that  was  known  from  one  end  of  the  state  to  the 
other,  and  our  ancient  Dutch  friends  swore  by  it  altogether,  They 
seemed  to  believe  there  were  only  two  books  in  the  world  worthy  of 
notice.  One  was  the  Bible,  the  other  Webster's  Almanac.  Even  to  this 
day  our  Helderberg  neighbors  hold  Webster's  Almanac  as  an  indispen- 
sable article. —  Knickerbocker. 

4.  Margaret  Louisa  Burdick  died,  aged  20. 

6.  The  steam  boiler  in  James  Quinn's  brewery  in  North  Ferry  street, 
exploded,  by  which  two  persons  lost  their  lives.  Loss  of  property  esti- 
mated atS30,000 Mary  F.,  widow  of  William  Brown  died,  aged  39. 

Isaac  White  died,  aged  23.  31rs.  Glorana,  widow  of  Cicero  Loveridge, 
and  daughter  of  C.  W.  Groesbeck  died.  James  Burns  died,  aged  53. 
Philip  McCafi'rey  died,  aged  36.  John  M.  Dempsey  died  at  at  City  Point, 
Va.,  of  wounds  received  in  battle. 

7.  John  Smith  died,  aged  65.  Mr.  P.  Malburn  died,  at  Freeport,  HI., 
aged  23. 

9.  John  Henry  Townsend  died,  aged  23.  Mrs.  Mary  Mclntyre  died. 
Mary  E.,  wife  of  Charles  Goodrich,  died. 

10.  The  ruins  of  Quinn's  brewery   took  fire   during  the   gale  in  the 

evening,  and  destroyed   his  dwelling  house   also A  peddler  by  the 

name  of  Rice  was  knocked  down   in  Green   street  near   Westerlo,   and 

robbed  of  $1,000  in  money  and  jewelry,  at  9  o'clock  in  the  evening 

Thomas  Walsh  died,  aged  21. 

11.  Pamela  B.,  wife  of  Edward  Robinson,  died. 

12.  Water  over  the  docks  and  pier,  the  result  of  heavy  rains  of  nearly 
a  week's  duration William  H.  Bancroft  died,  aged  31. 

13.  The  pond  at  the  head  of  Clinton  Avenue,  near  Lark  street,  over- 
flowed and  caused  much  damage  to   property  at   the  upper   end  of  Canal 

street George   Wilkinson  of   the    18th   New    Vork   Cavalry,    died 

in  St.  Louis  Hospital,  New  Orleans,  aged  29.  Peter  G.  Van  Zandt  died, 
aged  68.     Anna,  wife  of  Charles  Kane,  died,  aged  36. 

14.  Two  gangs  of  boys  on  Arbor  hill,  known  from  their  respective 
rendezvous  as  the  Hills  and  the  Greeks,  fought  about  two  hours  on  Mr. 
Kinney's  orchard,  and  many  of  them  were  badly  injured.  They  num- 
bered about  200.  Edward  Graham,  a  ring-leader  was  arrested  and  com- 
mitted  Jane,  wife  of  Charles   Rodgers,    died,  aged   28.     Thomas 

O'Reardon,  aired  38,  died  of  injuries  received  by  the  falling  of  a  derrick 
at  Ransom's  foundery. 


May.]  Notes  from  the  Neiospapers.  245 

15.  Polly,  widow  of  Abraham  Austin,  died,  aged  65. 

16.  Maggie  E.  Prime,  wife  of  Louis  Scliutter,  died,  aged  24.  Jacob 
G-eorge  died.     Emeline,  widow  of  Germaiue  Lamoure,  died. 

18.  John  T.  Groeway,  first  lieutenant  170th  Reg.,  Co.  D,  died,  aged  23. 

22.  James  Ryan  died,  aged  24.  Catharine,  widow  of  Arlond  Carroll, 
died.     Mary  Doyle  died,  aged  80. 

23.  The  steamer  C.  Vibbard  made  her  first  trip  up  this  day.  The  Vib- 
bard  was  most  beautifully  painted,  and  opened  the  season  with  a  new 
cylinder  622  inches  in  diameter.  The  old  one  was  55  inches.  This  in- 
crease of  power  made  her  about  three  miles  an  hour  faster  than  she  was 
last  season.  The  ofl&cers  of  the  Vibbard  are  :  Commander  Dave  Hitch- 
cock;  Clerk,  Alfred  Harcourt ;  Steward,  James  Fairchild ;  Engineers, 
L.  W.  Nelson  and  George  Travers  ;  Pilot,  Phil.  Elmendorf ;  Superintend- 
ent of  the  .Restaurant,  Wm.  Wallace Catharine,  wife  of  Christo- 
pher Wallace,  died.  George  Stevens,  Co.  D,  7th  Heavy  Artillery,  N. 
Y.  S.  v.,  died,  aged  40.  George  G.  Hart  died.  Catharine  E.,  wife  of 
James  Ten  Eyck,  died,  aged  23. 

25.  The  Sunday  School  building  erected  by  the  Broadway  M.  E.  Church, 
corner  of  Broadway  and  Lawrence  street,  entrance  on  Lawrence  street,  was 
dedicated  to  the  service  of  Almighty  God.  Preaching  at  10'}  A.  M.  by 
R.  S.  Forster,  D.  D.,  of  New  York.  Sunday  School  gathering  at  3  p.  M. 
Addresses  by  Rev.  R.  R.  Meredith,  of  Cohoes,  and  Rev.  A.  J.  Jutkins, 
of  Schenectady.  Singing  by  the  school.  Preaching  at  7}  P-  M.  by  Rev. 
C.  W.  Gushing,  of  Auburndale,  Mass.  This  was  the  handsomest  house 
of  the  kind  in  the  city  or  vicinity;  the  walls  are  of  brick,  the  aisles 
neatly  carpeted,  the  seats  of  the  rail  road  pattern  and  was  handsomely 
covered.  There  was  a  gallery  at  the  end  of  the  building  nearest  the  street, 
for  the  use  of  the  choir  and  the  infant  department,  when  occupied  by  the 
latter,  it  was  enclosed  on  the  side  toward  the  interior  of  the  building  with 
handsome  glass  sliding  doors.  The  school  was  in  a  highly  flourishing  con- 
dition, and  was  doing  agreat  deal  ofgood Willie  Wilson  died,  aged  20. 

26.  Thomas  Hennes;jey  died,  aged  66. 

27.  Mary  L.,  wife  of  Robert  L.  Patrick,  died,  aged  24.  Mary  Barbara 
Carmody  died,  aged  19.     Albinus  S.  Dole  died,  aged  46. 

28.  Catherine  Ten  Eyck,  wife  of  William  M.  Burr,  died  at  Cazenovia. 

29.  The  fiirm  of  Hiram  Secor  of  the  town  of  Berne  was  sold  under  an 
execution  of  the  supreme  court,  after  judgment  obtained,  nearly  three  years 
ago,  at  the  suit  of  Van  Rensselaer.  It  was  a  manorial  farm,  and  the  claim 
against  it  was  for  an  accumulation  of  back  rents  and  the  costs  of  a  pro- 
tracted litigation.  The  time  to  redeem  having  passed,  two  brothers. 
Finch,  were  put  in  possession  by  Colonel  Church.  On  Wednesday  twenty 
or  thirty  persons,  disguised  as  Indians,  with  masks,  &c.,  entered  upon  the 
premises,  turned  Messrs.  Finch  out  of  doors,  and  replaced  the  goods  and 
furniture  of  Secor.  On  Saturday  Colonel  Church  again  undertook  to  put 
the  Finch  brothers  in  possession,  but  was  resisted  and  forced  to  come 
back  to  town.  He  immediately  called  on  the  sheriff,  who  ordered  an 
armed  force  to  aid  him  in  executing  process.  Colonel  Church,  with  the 
sheriff  and  his  posse,  a  company  of  the  25th  regiment  and  a  company  of 
National  Guards  from  Bethlehem,  left  this  morning  to  put  the  Finch 
brothers  in  possession  of  the  premises Eliza  Cantine  died. 

30.  Julia  Kohoe  died-,  aged  84.  James  Daily  died,  aged  60.  Mary 
M.,  widow  of  George  Campbell,  late  of  Albany,  died  at  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa, 


246  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  [1865. 

aged  67.  Elizabeth,  wife  of  W.  H.  Watson,  died.  She  attended  the 
funeral  services  of  Miss  Carmody  at  the  Cathedral,  and  left  the  church 
just  before  12  M.  enjoying  good  health,  and  at  1  p.  M.  she  was  dead. 
Disease  of  the  heart  is  supposed  to  be  the  cause. 

31.  Thomas  E.  Lee,  late  of  Albany,  died  in  New  York.  John  J.  Gor- 
don of  the  8th  N.  Y.  Artillery,  stationed  at  Alexandria,  died  of  accidental 
poisoning. 

June  1.  Congress  Hall,  Albany. — Congress  Hall,  which  to-day  closes 
its  mortal  eyes  forever,  and  the  dwellings  on  the  Pirk  which  it  had  ab- 
sorbed, has  a  history  that  deserves  to  be  commemorated.  In  the  follow- 
ing communication  to  the  World,  Wm.  H.  Bogart  has  undertaken  in  part 
this  office,  and  has  suggested  how  it  may  be  more  completely  fulfilled  : 
The  people  of  Albany  respond  at  once  to  the  request  of  the  people  of 
the  state,  and  are  preparing  a  beautiful  site  for  the  new  Capitol.  That 
Albany,  and  only  that  city,  would  be  chosen  for  this  good  fortune,  this 
correspondence  avowed  as  its  belief,  while  other  cities  seemed  about  to 
grasp  the  prize  —  and  yet  it  is  settled  to  be  at  Albany  ;  not  from  any 
popularity  of  the  place,  for,  in  their  hearts,  the  legislature  wanted  to  de- 
cide to  go  to  the  metropolis  at  oncej  but  the  act  of  giving  up  all  the 
property  the  state  already  owned,  and  to  sanction  such  a  thricegilt  chap- 
ter in  architecture  as  the  casting  of  such  contracts  before  the  city  would 
have  been,  was  too  far,  too  much  ;  and  Albany's  choice,  reluctantly,  was 
made  a  fixed  fact.  The  first  step  was  to  do  just  what  was  done  with  the 
old  Capitol  —  to  go  into  partnership  with  the  corporation  of  Albany. 
Then,  as  now,  the  building  was  to  owe  something  of  its  existence  to  both 
state  and  city;  which  was  wrong  in  1796,  and  is  wrong  in  1865;  for  the 
state  will  pay  tremendous  interest  on  all  it  wins  out  of  any  locality.  The 
state  could  best  aff"ord  to  do  all  its  work  itself.  But  in  the  shape  of  a 
gift  of  the  land,  the  municipal  authorities  have  quite  rapidly  done,  and 
are  in  the  act  of  doing  their  duty.  The  famous  Congress  Hall  block,  so 
famous  in  all  the  collateral  history  of  the  capital,  is  the  selected,  and 
indeed  the  indispensable  property.  This,  and  the  estate  in  the  rear, 
secured,  and  all  that  square  bounded  by  Eagle,  State,  Hawk,  and  Wash- 
ington streets,  is  the  location  of  the  new  Capitol — whose  beginning  we 
see,  but  the  close  of  whose  construction  account  it  shall  not  be  for  many 
a  long  year  to  behold.  As  it  is  decreed  that  a  new  Capitol  is  to  be  built, 
it  would  be  folly  to  construct  any  other  than  such  an  one  as  will,  by  its 
convenience  and  its  beauty,  be  a  perpetual  favorite  of  the  people — repay- 
ing their  eyes  the  expenditure  of  their  pockets — a  fair  business  transac- 
tion. The  old  Capitol  originally  cost  ^115,000.  It  is  only  facetious  to 
mention  that  sum  in  view  of  the  certain  expenditure  on  the  new  edifice. 
The  buildings  now  known  as  Congress  Hall  were  a  few  years  since,  only 
in  a  section  devoted  to  the  purposes  of  a  hotel.  The  necessities  of  the 
increasing  business,  and  the  energies  and  enterprise  of  Mr.  Mitchell, 
have  from  time  to  time  absorbed  the  dwellings  of  Messrs.  Gregory,  Bene- 
dict and  Wing.  I  doubt  if  the  new  Capitol,  whose  marble  may  occupy 
this  place,  will  in  its  record  furnish  any  scene  more  interesting  than  that 
which  was  witnessed  just  here  upon  an  August  day  in  1843,  when  John 
Quincy  Adams,  standing  on  the  steps  of  the  house  of  the  venerable  Mat- 
thew Gregory,  addressed  the  citizens  of  Albany,  and  told  them  in  such 
felicity  of  language,  such  result  of  wisdom,  as  belonged  only  to  that 
greatest  of  our  statesmen,  his  judgment  of  the  grandeur  of  New    York. 


June.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  247 

It  was  a  proud  hour  for  Albany.  Its  people  were  declaring  by  their 
welcome  that  they  anticipated  the  plaudit  that  history  would  utter  to  this 
grand  old  man.  In  the  political  horizon,  the  clouds,  not  large,  but  dark, 
were  even  then  gathering,  and  when  Mr.  Adams  declared  himself  the 
unchangeable  friend  of  the  right  of  Americans  to  ask  their  government 
whatever  of  public  duty  thoy  believed  that  government  should  perform 
for  them,  the  summer  day  was  vital  in  that  cheering  of  the  crowd.  Of 
all  the  private  and  public  festivity  that  has  made  itself  heard  and  felt  in 
Congress  Hall,  the  chronicles  would  be  as  varied  and  as  voluminous  as 
the  record  of  the  Nights  at  Ambrose's,  which  have  made  their  mark  so 
deeply  in  literature.  I  have  seen  a  quick  and  hurried  gathering  at  two 
in  the  morning  —  short,  lively  speech,  in  voices  of  a  most  unfeigned  feel- 
ing—  with  a  look  as  of  men  whose  labor  had  been  of  the  heart,  when 
after  the  wearying,  vexing  vicissitudes  and  cares,  and  watchfulness  and 
conflict  of  a  day — such  a  day  !  —  a  good  and  true  man — a  gentleman, 
had  found  his  victory  as  United  States  senator.  It  was  a  midnight  hour 
when  the  fervor  did  not  make  itself  visible  in  Albany,  alone.  As  men 
made  congratulations  near  the  Capitol,  so  did  men  exult  in  New  York. 
But  some  in  their  good  hearted  zeal  went  beyond  others.  "  You  take  it 
very  coolly,"  said  the  telegraph  messenger,  as  he  watched  the  efi"ect  on 
Hamilton  Fish  of  the  news  he  was  conveying  to  him  at  this  depth  of  the 
night  "When  I  told  it  to  Mr.  Greeley,"  he  continued,  "  Ae  jumped 
over  the  stove  pipe."  There  is  a  narrative  of  wit  and  brilliant  incident 
which  distinguished  Congress  Hall  when  it  was  managed  by  that  genial 
and  remarkable  man,  Leverett  Cruttenden,  and  this  narrative  no  one 
could  write  half  so  well  as  could  Mr.  Weed.  My  recollections  of  it  are 
of  the  era  of  Mr.  Landon  and  Mr.  Mitchell,  and  it  has  seen  in  that  time, 
so  much  of  kind  and  pleasant  and  dignified  social  life,  that  its  history 
will  long  outlive  its  demolition.  Grreat  public  measures  and  private 
schemes  have  been  taken  thence  to  the  Capitol.  The  evening  of  the  19th 
February,  1852,  saw  that  superb  party  given  by  the  eleven  ladies. 
There  were  at  Congress  Hall  that  winter  a  charming  society,  and  one 
which  brought  to  it  a  pleasant  attention  from  the  hospitalities  of  families 
in  Albany.  These  eleven  ladies  determined  that  it  was  their  duty  to 
return  these  courtesies  by  opening  the  great  hall  of  the  hotel  to  a  brilliant 
festival,  and  their  wish  found  full  accomplishment.  The  scene  was  long- 
remembered  The  hostesses  of  the  evening  presided  in  the  metropolis 
and  in  other  places  over  elegant  homes  themselves.  They  brought  to 
their  duties  of  the  evening  an  accustomed  grace,  and  in  all  that  could  be 
gathered  for  an  evening's  cultured  festal  hours  this  was  distinguished. 
We  cannot  see  Congress  Hall  depart,  if  the  fates  will  it  to  go  out  of  ex- 
istence, without  some  genial  th:)ught  of  the  glad  hours  that  in  various 
forms  it  has  moulded.  Time  to  us,  too,  has  its  chapter  of  the  serious,  of 
the  playful,  of  the  wealthy,  the  witty  and  the  wise,  and  its  memories  shall 
be  the  theme  of  comment  far  and  wide,  when  we  shall  be  told  that  its 
timber  and  its  mortar  have  been  scattered  as  a  ruin.  1.  do  not  know 
when  the  existence  of  Congress  Hall  as  a  delightful  home  for  the  traveler 
shall  cease.  For  many  a  year  it  has  given  the  welcome  that  Shenstone 
thought  of  all  we  receive  was  warmest,  but  whenever  the  exit  takes  place, 
let  men  believe  that  a  friend  has  left  our  accustomed  life.  Albany  has 
grown  larger  and  richer  far  beyond  its  older  day,  but  its  hotels  have 
gradually  concentrated  in   the  elegance  and   extent  of  the    few  what  was 


248  Notes  from  the  NeiDspapers.  [1865. 

once  found  in  the  many.  Not  a  great  cycle  of  years  lias  gone  since  the 
two  mansion  houses  of  Mr.  Rockwell  and  Mr.  Skinner  made  a  gateway 
of  comfort  for  North  Market  street  (Broadway),  and  he  had  no  right  to 
say  that  he  had  known  what  the  hospitalities  of  a  host  could  be  till  he 
had  been  at  the  Eagle  tavern.  These  may  seem  to  be  only  Albany  remi- 
niscences, but  as  homes  for  winter  weeks,  as  resting  places  while  en  route 
for  Saratoga,  they  were  as  familiar  as  the  sunlight  to  New  York  So  it 
fairly  belongs  to  our  columns  to  say  a  kind  word  of  farewell  to  Congress 
Hall.  Sentinel. 

2.  Mary,  wife  of  Michael  Kennedy,  died,  aged  59.  John  Thomas,  Jr., 
died,  aged  49. 

3.  Mary  Marshall,  wife  of  William  Orr,  died,  aged  56. 

5.  Catharine,  widow  of  George  Griffith,  died,  aged  75.  David  Thomas, 
died,  aged  68. 

6.  Bernard  M.  Tague,  died.     Dirk  Knock,  died,  aged  61. 

7.  Martha  J.,  wife  of  Richard  Ross,  died,  aged  65. 

8.  V/illiara  F.  Croswell,  died  at  New  Haven.  He  was  the  son  of  Sher- 
man Croswell,  formerly  editor  of  the  Albany  Argus,  and  a  grandson  of  the 
late  Rev.  Harry  Croswell.  He  has  resided  here  about  ten  years,  graduated 
from  the  Yale  Law  School  in  July,  1862,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
the  following  term  of  the  superior  court.  He  met  with  flattering  success 
in  practice.  His  health  being  quite  delicate  he  went  to  St.  Paul,  Minn  , 
last  December,  and  returned  a  few  weeks  since  somewhat  improved  A 
few  days  before  his  death,  however,  he  had  a  severe  hemorrhage,  and  from 
that  time  he  sank  rapidly  till  death  ensued.  He  was  a  young  man  of  fine 
abilities,  amiable  and  warm  hearted,  and  had  many  friends,  who  deeply 
lament  his  untimely  demise. 

10.  Great  rain  storm  mit  diinder  en  hliksem.  About  8  o'clock,  and  when 
the  storm  was  about  over,  one  of  Mr.  iVndrew  Hunter's  large  hay  barns, 
at  his  West  Albany  cattle  yards,  was  struck.  There  was  a  lightning 
rod  on  the  building,  but  the  lightning  did  not  touch  that.  It  seemed  to 
enter  the  ground  near  the  foundation  of  the  building,  and  passing  under, 
set  fire  to  the  hay.  In  a  short  time  the  barn  and  its  contents,  about  100 
tons  of  hay,  were  consumed.  There  was  no  insurance  on  either,  and  Mr. 
Hunter  loses  about  $4,000  by  the  accident.  A  drove  of  cattle  was  stand- 
ing in  the  yard  near  by,  and  one  steer  that  stood  at  least  twenty  feet  from 

the  barn,  was  struckand  instantly  killed Theophilus  Roessle,  farmer 

and  landlord. —  A  traveling  correspondent  of  the  Rochester  Democrat, 
writing  from  Albany,  has  the  following  account  of  its  notabilities:  As 
the  traveler  approaches  Albany  from  the  west,  he  may  notice  the  change 
in  the  face  of  nature  as  he  passes  from  the  rich  flats  of  the  Mohawk  to 
to  the  sandy  wastes  which  separates  Schenectady  from  this  city.  These 
wastes  have  been  either  utterly  neglected,  or  else  occupied  by  a  wretched 
class  of  squatters,  until  at  last  it  has  been  found  that  they  are  capable  of 
cultivation.  One  of  the  most  striking  features  in  this  much  contemned 
reo-ion  is  an  Italian  villa,  which  within  a  year  past  has  reared  its  tower 
and  flagstaff",  and  which  stands  as  a  witness  of  what  may  be  done  by 
energy  and  perseverance.  The  spot  where  this  villa  stands  was  bought 
by  a  young  German  who  was  in  search  of  a  location.  He  was  bred  a 
farmer,  and  had  come  from  Wittenberg.  After  landing  in  New  York  he 
went  to  Rochester  ;  but  not  succeeding  there  he  turned  his  steps  eastward, 


June.]  Notes  from  the  News'papers.  249 

and  under  the  pressure  of  economy,  he  walked  the  entire  distance  to 
Albany.  Here  he  commenced  a  market  garden,  purchasing;  land  at  thirty- 
dollars  per  acre,  and  clearing  it  of  its  wood  (stunted  pine)  and  breaking  up 
the  wilderness.  Such  was  the  commencement  of  Theophilus  Roessle,  the 
proprietor  of  the  Delavan  House,  and  occupant  of  the  above  mentioned 
villa.  Mr.  Roessle  devoted  much  attention  to  the  celery  culture,  and 
introduced  such  improvements  as  gave  him  the  lead  in  this  specialty. 
Among  other  of  his  customers  was  the  newly  established  Delavan  House, 
whose  proprietors,  however,  could  not  make  it  pay.  Roessle  noticed  the 
leaks  of  the  concern,  and  thought  that  it  could  be  made  profitable,  and 
^ence  became  the  next  lessee.  In  his  hands  it  has  become  one  of  the 
best  hotels  in  the  world.  In  this  house  Mr.  E.  C.  Delavan  invested  over 
a  half  million  of  dollars,  and  it  brings  him  an  annual  rent  of  $25,000. 
Mr.  Delavan's  original  intention  was  that  it  should  be  a  temperance  house, 
and  Mr.  Roessle's  clerk  states  that  the  former  has  no  complicity  in  this 
change  which  has  taken  place  in  this  feature  in  its  character.  Mr. 
Roessle  has  .continually  enlarged  his  farming  operation,  and  now  cultivates 
nearly  two  hundred  acres,  whose  product  is  consumed  by  his  hotel.  This 
may  be  explained  by  the  fact  that  eleven  hundred  guests  are  frequently 
entertained  beneath  its  roof  at  a  time.  Five  hundred  head  of  celery  is  a 
daily  item,  and  a  patch  of  some  eight  acres  is  devoted  to  its  culture. 
Five  thousand  fruit  trees  find  room  in  the  various  orchards,  and  more 
than  half  are  in  bearing  condition.  Most  of  these  trees  are  from  the 
EUwanger  and  Barry  nurseries.  Mr.  Roessle  has  discovered  that  these 
sandy  barrens  are  the  best  lands  for  fruit  in  the  world,  and  his  success 
has  largely  increased  their  value.  He  is  now  putting  up  a  grapery,  and 
this,  with  his  other  conservatories,  and  the  long  array  of  flowers  which 
grace  the  avenue,  renders  the  establishment  a  scene  of  bearing  in  the 
midst  of  a  wilderness.  Mr.  Roessle  expended  nearly  $30,000  on  the 
villa  alone,  and  will  continue  his  improvements  as  fast  as  may  be  pro- 
fitable. 

11.  John  Henry  Morris  died,  aged  19. 

12.  John  J.  McGee  died,  aged  24. 

13.  Isaac  Annesley  died.     Mrs.  Adeline  Fefler  died,  aged  20. 

14.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Hudson  River  Baptist  Association  it  appeared 
that  the  additions  to  the  Albany  churches  by  baptism  were  as  follows  :  First 
church  112,  Pearl  street  76,  Tabernacle  82.  The  report  of  membership 
was:  First  church  664,  Pearl  street"  520,  Tabernacle  280,  Calvary  215, 
Hamilton  street  40,  German  70 Addison  G.  Courtney  died,  aged  17. 

15.  The  old  Ninety-first  regiment  reached  the  city  this  morning.  A 
large  crowd  of  people  were  on  the  landing  to  welcome  them,  and  Captain 
Bowden's  gun  squad  fired  a  salute  in  honor  of  their  arrival.  The  crowd 
was  immense,  as  nearly  all  of  those  who  arrived  belonged  here  and  con- 
sequently drew  out  their  relatives  and  friends.  But  there  were  some 
among  that  crowd  who  looked  wistfully  for  their  friends,  while  others 
looked  gloomy  and  sad,  deeply  attired  in  mourning.  The  joy  with  which 
the  living  are  welcomed  home  again,  safe  from  pestilence  and  violent 
death,  will  find  its  painful  contrast  in  the  feelings  inspiredin  many  hearts 
as  the  vacant  places  in  the  ranks  bear  testimony  to  separations  from  many 
who  went  out  from  among  us  in  the  strength  and  hope  of  manhood.  In 
the  far  fields  of  the  South  many  of  the  sons  of  his  country  have  yielded 
up  life  in  the  performance  of  patriotic  services,  and  the  sorrow  of  friends 

Hist.  Coll.  in.  32 


250  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1865. 

and  relatives  were  freshened  as  the  companions  of  the  fallen  return  to 
receive  the  welcome  of  their  fellow  citizens.  While  we  give  the  sur- 
vivors words  and  tokens  of  approval,  let  us  not  forget  the  sacrificed  aspects 
of  the  day,  or  the  wounds  in  mourning  hearts,  touched  into  keener  sensi- 
tiveness as  old  scenes  come  back  upon  memory  with  the  returning  regi- 
ments. It  was  intended  to  have  the  members  parade  to  the  City  Hall, 
but  they  no  sooner  struck  the  dock  than  they  were  carried  oflF  by  their 
friends.  As  many  as  could  be  collected  together,  were  by  Aid.  Mulhall 
and  City  Marshal  Ten  Eyck,  escorted  to  the  Stanwix,  Merchants  and 
Exchange  Hotels,  also  to  John  Evans's  saloon,  and  furnished  with  break- 
fast. The  number  that  returned  was  666.  These  were  all  one  year  men,* 
yet  they  participated  in  the  spring  campaign  and  saw  some  hard  service 
before  Lee  surrendered.  Capts.  Herworth  and  Stewart,  also  Lieut. 
Dederick,  were  the  only  officers  who  returned  with  the  regiment.  Lieut. 
Delamater  accompanied  the  regiment  on  leave  of  absence.  The  veterans 
were  to  remain  in  service  and  be  consolidated  with  the  One  Hundred  and 
Forty-seventh  New  York.  The  ladies  of  New  York  were  sadly  disap- 
pointed on  Wednesday.  A  number  of  them  learnino:  that  the  Ninety-first 
New  York  regiment  would  arrive  there  during  the  day,  prepared  a  gene- 
rous reception.  Large  quantities  of  strawberries,  cherries,  lemons,  flowers 
&c.,  were  purchased,  together  with  substantial  edibles  provided  by  the 
New  York  State  Agency  in  Howard  street,  and  arranged  in  tasteful 
order  for  them  ;  but  when  the  soldiers  came,  they  were  hurried  to  a  boat 
and  started  for  Albany,  much  to  the  disappointment  of  the  patriotic  ladies. 

16.  Sarah  D.  Lasher  died,  aged  76. 

18.  William  Hyatt  died,  aged  87.  Dr.  J.  H.  Case  died,  aged  58. 
Lucinda,  wife  of  Nelson  H.  Salisbury,  died,  aged  27. 

20.  Michael  McCabe  died,  aged  73. 

22.  Charles  Skinner,  the  last  survivor  of  the  house  of  Websters  & 
Skinners,  begun  in  1782,  as  printers  and  booksellers,  died  in  Hartford, 
aged  81.  He  had  been  employed  in  the  Albany  Post  Office  since  the 
firm  was   dissolved  in  1845,    and  had   recently  returned   to   his   native 

city Margaret    Elizabeth  Betteger,  wife  of  Charles    Keeler   died, 

aged  29. 

24.  James  Douglass,  formerly  of  Albany,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Lydia  N.  Howard,  wife  of  Charles  A.  Burns,  formerly  of  Albany,  died  at 
Newport,    Herkimer    county.    New    York.     John    McGraw    died,   aged 

47 A  game  of  base  ball    was  played  between  the  Knickerbocker 

club  of  Albany,  and  the  Williams  College  club,  resulting  as  follows  : 

Knickerbocker,       123  000000   6 

Williams  College,  033016313   ......  18 

25.  Jane  Lynan  died,  aged  65.     Nehemiah  Smith  died,  aged  73. 

26.  The  common  council  after  much  controversy  and  a  severe  struggle, 
appropriated  two  thousand  dollars  for  the  expenses  of  celebrating  the 
Fourth  of  July. 

27.  Jane  Byrnes  died,  aged  45. 

28.  James  S.  Connelly  died,  aged  31.  The  5th  New  York  artil- 
lery encamped  on  the  steam  boat  landing,  and  Howard  W.  Arthur  in 
spreading  his  blanket  for  the  night's  repose,  fell  ofi'  the  dock  and  was 
drowned. 

29.  Mary,  wife  of  Thomas  Hughes,  died,  aged  46. 


July.]  Notes  from  tlie  Neiospapers.  251 

30.  An  eleo-ant  and  valuable  service  of  silver  was  presented  by  the 
directors  of  the  New  York  State  Bank  to  Mr.  Rufus  H.  King  (when  the 
bank  was  reorganized  under  the  national  system),  in  token  of  their  apprecia- 
tion of  his  services  for  more  than  thirty  years  as  presiding  officer  of  the 

bank The    new  police   force  entered    upon  duty Michael 

Artcher  died  of  apoplexy.  He  was  some  years  proprietor  of  the  Eagle 
Street  Hotel,  and  subsequently  sheriff  of  the  county ;  and  of  late  years 
was  engaged  in  the  flour  business. 

July  1.  Three  regiments  of  returning  soldiers  arrived,  numbering 
about  sixteen  hundred,  among  them  the  43d,  which  was  an  Albany  regi- 
ment. It  was  mustered  in  September  16,  1861,  with  seven  hundred  and 
six  men,  and  with  the  recruits  it  has  received,  has  numbered  within  its 
rank  two  thousand  three  hundred  and  twenty-seven.  It  returns  with  two 
hundred  and  ninety-one  men  and  thirteen  officers.  By  general  order,  it 
is  permitted  to  wear  on  its  banner  the  names  of  the  following  battles,  in 
which  it  has  particularly  distinguished  itself :  Yorktown,  William.sburg, 
Seven  Days'  Battle,  Fredericksburg,  Marye's  Heights,  Salem  Church, 
Gettysburg,  Antietam,  Rappahannock  Station,  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania, 
Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg,  Ream's  Station,  Winchester,  Fisher's  Hill,  Cedar 
Run,  Siege  of  Richmond,  Sailor's  Creek  ;  also.  Surrender  of  Lee.  The 
regiment  was  received  by  the  Burgesses  Corps,  and  at  the  armory  of  the 
corps  they  were  welcomed  home  on  behalf  of  that  company  by  Col. 
Church,  who  eloquently  and  feelingly  alluded  to  their  brilliant  record 
and  to  the  pride  that  all  our  citizens  take  in  it.  None  of  the  original 
officers  remain  with  the  regiment.  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  present 
officers  :  brevet  colonel,  Charles  A.  Milliken  ;  went  out  as  private  : 
brevet  lieutenant  colonel,  W.  H.  Terrell;  went  out  as  first  lieutenant: 
surgeon,  H.  H.  Carpenter:  adjutant,  Thomas  Lynch  j  went  out  as 
private:  quartermaster,  Miles  Goodyear;  went  out  as  private.  Com- 
pany A  :  captain  E.  B.  Goodyear ;  went  out  as  sergeant :  first  lieu- 
tenant, Hiram  Van  Buren;  went  out  as  private.  Company  B  :  first 
lieutenant,  John  Ahern  ;  went  out  as  private.  Company  C  :  captain, 
Wm.  Russell ;  went  out  as  private.  Company  D  :  second  lieutenant, 
Nicholas  A.  Swartz;  went  out  as  sergeant.  Company  E:  captain, 
Richard  L.  Annesley ;  went  out  as  first  lieutenant :  first  lieutenant, 
James  McGraw  ;  went  out  as  private:  second  lieutenant,  Frank  Shubert ; 
went  out  as  private.  The  following  have  been  the  field  officers  of  the  regi- 
ment :  Colonel  F.  H.  Vinton,  promoted  to  brigadier  general ;  Colonel  B.  F. 
Baker,  went  out  as  major ;  Colonel  John  Wilson,  went  out  as  captain,  killed 
May  6th,  1864;  Lieutenant  Colonel  Pierson;  Lieutenant  Colonel  James  D. 
Visscher,  went  out  as  captain,  killed  at  Fort  Stevens;  Lieutenant  Colonel 
John  Fryer,  went  out  as  sergeant,  killed  May  6th,  1864;  Major  William 
Wallace,  went  out  as  captain,  killed  May  6th,  1864  ;  Major  John  L.  New- 
man, went  out  as  captain  ;  Major  Samuel  A.Davidson,  went  out  as  lieutenant. 
The  following  line  officers  have  been  killed  in  action  :  Captain  Knick- 
erbacker,  Company  D  ;  Captain  Lodge,  Company  A  ;  Captain  Gilfillian, 
Company  A  ;  Captain  Burhans,  Company  H  ;  Lieutenant  Koonz,  Company 
D  ;  Lieutenant  Bailey,  Company  A  ;  Lieutenant  Mead,  Company  A  ;  Lieu- 
tenant   Carter,  Company  K;  Lieutenant  Dempsey,  Company  B 

Mrs.  Bridget  Keernan  died,  aged  56. 

2.  Miss  Margaret  Radcliff  died,  aged  82.  Charles  Barnard  died, 
aged  18. 


252  Notes  from  the  Neiospapers.  [1865. 

4.  The  celebration  of  the  day  was  rendered  more  than  usually  interest- 
ing by  the  exercises  of  the  Young  Men's  Association  at  the  Washington 
Parade  Ground,  where  a  building  capable  of  seating  five  thousand  persons 
had  been  erected,  and  the  state  collection  of  battle  flags  was  presented,  in  the 

presence  of  Gen.  Grant,  who  honored  the  city  on  the  occasion A  Queen 

Anne  gun,  two  hundred  and  thirty  five  years  old,  which  went  through  the 
revolution  and  the  war  of  1812,  was  fired  by  Arch.  Young  at  the  Van 
Rensselaer  Mansion  on  the  4th.  It  was  fired  two  years  ago  by  the  same 
gunner,  both  times  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Van  Rensselaer.  With  these 
exceptions,  it  has  not  been  fired  since  the  war  of  1812. 

5.  Charles  Dillon  died  in  Philadelphia,  aged  27. 

6.  The  Ash  Grove  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  dedicated.  The  south- 
west corner  of  Broad  and  Westerlo  street  has  many  historic  associations 
connected  with  it,  as  the  site  of  the  Yates  Mansion,  and  the  residence  of 
several  governors,  including  Governors  Clinton  and  Seward.  This  ancient 
dwelling  has  now  given  way  to  one  of  the  finest  church  edifices  to  be  found 
anywhere  in  the  country.  The  old  mansion  was  situated  back  from  the 
street,  in  the  midst  of  a  fine  grove,  and  its  site  is  included  within  the 
foundations  of  the  present  church.  As  the  edifice  is  approached  the 
beauty  of  its  situation  at  once  charms  the  beholder.  The  grounds  are 
elevated  above  the  level  of  the  street,  and  with  its  nice  green  sward  and 
tall  ash  trees,  it  becomes  by  far  the  most  attractive  church  location  in  the 
city.  Entering  the  grounds  by  the  main  gateway,  on  Westerlo  street, 
and  the  church  through  its  front  entrance,  the  visitor  steps  into  a  neat 
unpretending  hall,  covered  with  cocoanut  matting,  and  from  thence 
through  one  or  the  other  of  two  entrances,  into  the  main  audience  room. 
The  exquisite  simplicity  and  perfect  harmony  of  this,  the  principal  portion 
of  the  church,  at  once  imposes  the  spectator.  The  style  of  architec- 
ture is  Romanesque,  and  it  is  harmoniously  carried  out.  The  entire  floor 
of  the  church,  both  aisles  and  pews,  is  carpeted,  and  the  seats  and  backs 
of  the  pews  are  cushioned.  There  are  galleries  on  either  side  of  the 
house,  and  an  orchestra  separate  for  the  choir,  in  which  there  is  a  fine 
organ,  manufactured  by  E.  L.  Holbrook,  East  Medbury,  Mass.  During 
the  inspection  the  choir  entertained  the  visitors  with  many  sacred  melo- 
dies, which  were  exceedingly  well  executed.  The  main  portion  of  the 
church  is  sixty-nine  by  sixty-one  feet,  and  contains  on  the  floor  one  hun- 
dred and  sixteen  pews,  and  in  the  galleries  sixty-six.  It  will  seat  one 
thousand  persons.  The  mode  of  lighting  is  novel,  and  very  pleasing,  gas 
jets  being  placed  around  each  column,  near  the  top.  There  are  in  all 
one  hundred  and  sixty-six  of  these  jets.  Underneath  the  entire  edifice 
there  is  a  spacious  cellar,  seven  feet  deep,  with  cement  flooring.  In  this 
there  is  one  stationary  furnace  and  four  portable.  I'he  foundations  are 
very  massive,  and  being  imbedded  in  red  clay  will  last  for  ages.  They 
were  laid  a  little  over  a  year  ago.  The  beauty  of  the  main  edifice  is  fully 
equalled  by  the  transept,  which  is  most  admirably  adapted  to  the  pecu- 
liarties  of  Methodism  and  for  Sunday  school  purposes.  Entering  this 
from  Broad  street  we  have  on  the  left  a  study  for  the  pastor,  furnished 
with  a  black  walnut  case  twelve  feet  long  and  filled  with  valuable  works.  It 
is  easily  ventilated  and  is  adapted  to  the  purposes  of  a  study,  and  not  to 
entertain  visitors.  While  sitting  in  this  room  thinking  of  the  church  and 
also  of  the  fine  parsonage  which  stands  on  the  same  grounds,  we  could  not 
help   the   thought  arising   that  it   must  test  to  the  utmost    tension   the 


July.]  Notes  from  the  Neimpapers.  253 

pastor's  devotion  to  itinerancy.  Passing  along  a  spacious  tall,  we  have 
on  the  same  side  with  the  study  three  neat  class  rooms,  and  in  the 
opposite  corner  a  large  and  commodious  ro  im  for  prayer  meetings,  capable 
of  seating  one  hundred  and  fifty  persons,  and  on  the  side  of  this  a  very 
convenient  room  for  the  official  board  of  the  church.  On  this  floor  there 
is  also  a  store  room  for  the  sexton.  Passing  from  this  floor  up  a  flight 
of  stairs,  we  stand  in  one  of  the  most  attractive  school  rooms  we 
ever  witnessed,  neatly  furnished,  extending  across  the  transept,  capable 
of  seating  three  hundred  and  fifty  persons  and  a  still  larger  number  of 
Sunday  school  scholars.  On  the  south  end  of  the  transept  a  raised  plat- 
form, or  altar,  runs  the  width  of  the  room,  and  with  a  small  desk,  completely 
furnishes  the  outfit  for  Sunday  school  purposes.  To  the  right  of  this 
platform  there  is  a  large  infant  school  room,  which  will  seat  two  hundred 
children,  and  is  capable  of  being  connected  or  disconnected  from  the  main 
room  by  means  of  glass  sliding  doors.  The  school  room  connects  with 
the  galleries  in  the  church  on  either  side,  thus  rendering  it  easy  at  any 
time  to  transfer  the  school  to  the  church.  We  have  thus  endeavored  to 
describe  this  ornament  to  our  city,  as  best  we  could,  but  no  description 
can  give  an  adequate  conception  of  it.  Those  who  wish  to  see  a  hand- 
some church  edifice,  without  extra  adornment,  simple  but  neat,  should 
visit  it.  It  is  a  perfect  gem.  The  church  is  located  in  a  section  of  the 
city  where  it  is  imperatively  needed,  and  will  doubtless  accomplish  great 
good.  Including  the  grounds,  it  could  not  have  cost  less  than  S75,000, 
and  the  energy,  enterprise  and  liberality  of  Mr.  Thomas  Schuyler  has  con- 
tributed largely  to  the  success  of  the  enterprise.  Messrs.  Woolett  & 
Ogden  were  the  architects  and  superintendents,  and  the  following  were 
the  contractors  :  mason,  Jas.  Ballentine ;  carpenter,  John  Clemshire  ; 
stone  cutters,  Laing  &  Stormont;  slater,  J.  W.  Osborn ;  stucco  worker, 
A.  Boyle;  fresco.  Rice  &  Mickel;  painting,  S.  E.  Gray;  gas  fixtures  and 
pipes,  Robinson  Bros.;  furniture,  B.  Wooster ;  upholstering,  Watson  & 
Koonz  ;  stained  glass,  Sharp  of  New  York  ;  furnaces,  Michael  Delahanty; 
iron  fencing,  Simeon  Conliff";  flagging,  grading  and  sodding,  Thomas 
Lynch.  The  church  was  crowded  to  its  utmost  capacity,  and  many  went 
away  unable  to  obtain  admittance.  Many  of  the  clergymen  of  the  city  were 
present.  The  exercises  were  very  interesting  and  impressive.  The  fol- 
lowing was  the  order  observed  :  prayer  by  Rev.  H.  L.  Starks  ;  reading  of 
the  address  prescribed  in  the  discipline ;  reading  of  scripture  lessons, 
by  Rev.  C.  F.  Burdick.  Bishop  Simpson  then  preached  the  sermon ; 
presentation  of  the  chnrch  by  the  trustees.  The  consecration  services 
then  took  place,  consisting  of  a  declaration  on  behalf  of  the  congregation. 
7.  Anne,  wife  of  James  Sewell,  died.  John  Connor  died,  aged  28. 
Peter  Passenger,  formerly  of  Albany,  died  at  Brady,  Mich. 

9.  Richard  Dwyer  died,  aged  18.     Maria  D.,  wife  of  Nathaniel  Grullup, 
died. 

10.  Christian  D.  Lang  died,  aged  88. 

11.  Agnes  Kilmer  died,  aged  16. 

12.  Wm.  Regan  died,  aged  19.     Wm.  Lynch  died,  aged  54.     Nancy, 
widow  of  Gerrit  Vosburgh,  died,  aged  80. 

14.   Ann  Jane,  wife  of  Michael  Leonard,  died,  aged  38. 
16.   Mrs.  Pamelia  Maben  died,  aged  74.     Nelson  T.  Arms,  formerly  of 
Albany,  died  at  Nassau,  aged  60. 


254  Notes  from  tJie  Newspapers.  [1865. 

17.  The  large  pond  at  the  head  of  Canal  street,  west  of  Lark,  over- 
flowed in  consequence  of  the  heavy  rains,  and  more  or  less  damage  re- 
sulted to  several  houses  on  the  south  side  of  Canal  street,  near  the  locality 

known  as  Gander  bay James  Jackson,  (colored)  who  had  been  head 

waiter  on  the  steamer  Daniel  Drew  since  she  first  came  on  the  river,  died 
suddenly  of  heart  disease.  He  was  one  of  the  most  popular  waiters  on 
the  river  boats,  and  was  a  great  favorite  of  Capt.  Tallman.     His  remains 

were  brought  to  this  city,  where  his  family  resides. — Argus John 

Schreiber  died,  aged  75. 

18.  Mary,  widow  of  John  McDole,  died,  aged  74.  Jacob  Quilhart 
died,  aged  37.     Susan,  wife  of  Jacob  Grifl&n,  died,  aged  76. 

19.  Elida  Saulsbury  died,  aged  101. 

20.  The  People's  Line  placed  upon  the  route  between  Albany  and 
New  York  the  new  and  splendid  steam  boat  Dean  Richmond.  This  float- 
ing palace  was  a  trifle  smaller  than  the  St.  John,  but  cost  some  $200,000 
more  than  the  latter,  making  her  total  cost  as  delivered  at  the  dock  ready 
for  service,  a  little  over  $700,000.  In  point  of  workmanship  and  finish 
she  outrivaled  all  of  the  Hudson  river  steamers.  The  Dean  Richmond 
had  superior  accommodations  for  nine  hundred  first-class  and  six  hundred 
second-class  passengers,  the  vessel  being  so  arranged  that  the  most  per- 
fect ventilation  was  secured,  and  also  great  pains  had  been  taken  to  make 
the  rooms  large  and  airy. 

21.  Betsey  Ann  Northrup  died,  aged  52. 

23.  Rev.  Dr.  Darling  preached  his  last  sermon  in  the  Fourth  Presby- 
terian church  previous  to  its  demolition,  its  dimensions  being  inadequate 
to  the  increasing  numbers  of  the  congregation  since  Dr.  Darling's  advent. 
The  edifice  was  built  in  1830.     See  Annals  of  Albany,  ix,  210. 

24.  The  work  of  taking  down  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  church  was 
begun. 

25.  Church  Movements. —  Our  city  is  fast  assuming  the  front  rank  in 
religious  enterprise.  New  churches,  the  beautifying  of  old  ones,  and  the 
erection  of  mission  chapels  are  progressing  on  every  hand.  This,  with 
the  renewed  interest  and  activity  manifested  in  the  Young  Men's  Christ- 
ian Association,  indicate  a  new  era  in  rehgious  afi"airs  in  x\lbany,  which, 
if  not  short-lived,  will  result  in  a  more  rapid  growth  of  the  churches  than 
has  prevailed  of  late  years.  The  Fourth  Presbyterian  congregation  has 
commenced  the  most  important  movement,  in  the  tearing  down  of  their 
old  building,  which  was  begun  yesterday  by  John  Bridgford.  It  will 
take  about  fifteen  months  to  erect  the  new  edifice.  In  the  meantime  the 
congregation  will  worship  with  Dr  Halley's.  When  completed,  it  will 
be  one  of  the  most  commodious  of  churches,  and  one  of  the  finest  ornaments 
of  our  city.  It  will  cost  about  $60,000.  Then  we  have  also,  among  the 
Presbyterians,  a  movement  to  build  a  large  mission  chapel  in  the  Bowery, 
near  its  intersection  with  Washington  avenue,  which  will  be  occupied  by 
the  Spring  Street  Mission.  This  chapel  is  much  needed,  and  will  of 
course  be  attractive  and  neat.  Extensive  improvements  are  contemplated 
by  various  Methodist  congregations.  The  Washington  avenue  church 
having  purchased  a  lot  on  the  corner  of  Lark  and  Lancaster  streets,  pro- 
pose to  erect,  as  soon  as  their  arrangements  are  perfected,  a  building 
somewhat  on  the  model  of  the  Ash  Grove  church  (just  completed),  but 
which  shall  be  an  improvement  on  that  very  fine  aifair.  The  North 
Pearl  street  congregation  are  replacing  their  common  windows  by  stained 


July.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  255 

glass,  and  are  otherwise  beautifying  their  house  of  worship.  The  Hud- 
son street  church  are  making  extensive  alterations.  The  pulpit  is  to  be 
placed  on  the  Plain  street  side,  the  seats,  of  course,  to  be  reversed,  and 
the  side  galleries  to  be  taken  out.  The  Hudson  Street  Baptist  Church 
have  given  them  the  use  of  their  house  a  portion  of  the  time  while  these 
and  other  improvements  are  being  made.  The  brotherly  love  which  this 
indicates  as  existing  between  the  different  denominations,  is  not  the 
least  auspicious  sign  of  the  day.  Besides  these  movements,  the  Metho- 
dist Sunday  School  Union  contemplate  the  erection  of  a  new  mission 
chapel  for  Bath,  to  supply  the  growing  wants  of  that  section.  Among 
the  Baptists,  we  have  first,  the  very  extensive  repairs  on  the  State  street 
edifice,  now  approaching  completion.  These  consist  in  the  fi-eseoing  of 
the  ceiling,  the  blocking  of  the  side  walls,  altering  and  cushioning  the 
seats,  so  as  to  make  them  comfortable,  painting  and  oak  graining  the  in- 
terior, remodeling  the  entrance,  and  repairing  the  basement.  The  exte- 
rior is  also  to  be  painted.  These  repairs  have  made  the  audience  room 
one  of  the  most  handsome  and  commodious  in  the  city.  The  Calvary 
Church  will  take  possession  of  the  building  the  first  Sunday  in  August. 
The  Baptist  JMissionary  Union  have  about  perfected  arrangements  for 
the  erection  of  mission  chapels  at  Paigeville,  North  Albany  and  Ken- 
wood ;  the  growing  wants  of  all  these  stations  rendering  them  impera- 
tively necessary.  At  the  two  latter  stations,  the  meetings  of  the  schools 
and  congregations  have  been  held  in  school  houses  kindly  granted  for 
that  purpose,  but  the  accommodations  are  inadequate.  At  Paigeville  the 
present  chapel  has  been  entirely  outgrown  by  the  Sunday  school,  and  a 
commodious  and  attractive  chapel  there,  is  an  indispensable  want.  In 
addition  to  these  movements,  the  Pearl  Street  church  is  agitating  with 
fresh  vigor  the  question  of  removal  to  the  hill.     Improvements  are   also 

being  made  by  other  churches. — Journal At  this  time  Hon.   John 

V.  L.  Pruyn  was  putting  in  two  stained  windows  on  the  east  side  of  St. 
Peter's  church,  representing  the  crucifixion   and  taking   down  from   the 

cross John  A.  Livingston  died  in  New  York,  where   he   had   long 

resided.  His  remains  were  brought  to  this  city  for  interment.  Mayor 
Talk  died,  aged  42. 

26.  The  steam  boat  Dean  Richmond  made  her  first  appearance.  Her 
length  was  three  hundred  and  seventy  feet,  and  she  had  accommodations 
for  fifteen  hundred  passengers. 

27.  Ira  Jenkins  died,  aged  80.  He  was  for  many  years  in  the  dry 
goods  business,  one  of  the  firm  of  Jenkins  &  Hazard,  but  had  for  some 
years  kept  a  clock  and  watch  store  in  Broadway.  He  was  colonel  of  the 
89th  regiment  in  the  war  of  1812  (?)  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Albany  Artillery  Company,  which  attended  his  funeral.  Cara  E.  Jagger, 
wife  of  Henry  W.  Corbett,  died  at  Portland,  Oregon,  aged  35.  Mrs. 
Rebecca  Wheelwright  Clark,  died,  aged  81.  Mrs.  Connelly  died,  aged 
64.     Margaret  A.,  widow  of  Loring  Gilbert  (of  Troy)  died,  aged  55. 

28.  Charles  McCarthy  died,  aged  36.  He  was  singing  a  song  in  his 
own  house,  and  died  instantaneously. 

29.  John  McCulloch  was  drowned  at  Schenectady,  aged  30. 

30.  Kdward  D.  Wait,  lost  at  sea.  The  sad  and  sudden  death  of  this  pro  • 
mising  young  officer,  by  shipwreck  on  the  Pacific  ocean,  in  the  steamer 
Brother  Jonathan,  en  route  from  San  Francisco  to  Oregon,  adds  another  to 
the  list  of  the  gallant  young  men  of  Albany,  whose  loss  our  city  mourns. 


256  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

Lieutenant  W.  was  in  his  twenty-ninth  year  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  born  and  reared  in  this  city,  and  was  a  graduate  of  the  Albany 
Academy  in  1856,  twice,  during  his  course  there,  leaving  his  name  on  its 
honorary  record ;  receiving,  in  1855,  the  Gannon  (Philosophical)  Gold 
Medal,  and  in  1856,  the  Caldwell  (Mathematical)  Gold  Medal.  He  de- 
signed to  become  a  merchant ;  and  served  in  this  city  with  his  father 
(George  Wait)  and  afterward  with  a  prominent  East  India  house  in  New 
York.  But  when  the  war  began,  his  attention,  in  common  with  many 
others  of  our  best  young  men,  was  turned  to  the  service  of  his  country. 
He  applied  for  and  received  a  commission  in  the  regular  army  as  second 
lieutenant  of  infantry,  and  was  ordered  for  duty  to  the  Ninth  United 
States  Infantry  in  January,  1862,  then  stationed  at  Presidis  Barracks, 
four  miles  from  San  Francisco,  California.  In  March,  1863,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  a  first  lieutenantcy,  and  in  August,  1864,  was  transferred  to  the 
staflF  of  Brigadier- General  Wright  (also  lost  on  the  same  steamer),  as 
acting  assistantadjutant-general.  Remaining  thus  on  the  Pacific  coast,  he 
had  no  opportunity  to  distinguish  himself  in  the  more  active  service  of 
the  east,  but  was  at  once  ordered  in  charge  of  a  company  to  Panama,  to 
guard  the  steamers  from  pirates.  By  an  order  of  the  war  department  in 
June,  1865,  General  Wright  (one  of  the  oldest  and  best  ofiicers  in  the 
regular  service)  was  transferred  to  the  Northern  Pacific  Division,  con- 
sisting of  Oregon,  Washington  and  Idaho,  with  headquarters  at  Fort  Van- 
couver. He  sailed  with  part  of  his  staff  (including  Lieutenant  Wait)  in 
July  last,  in  the  ill  fated  Brother  Jonathan  The  voyage  was  nearly 
completed,  when,  on  the  30th  of  July,  the  steamer  struck  a  sunken  rock, 
about  twelve  miles  from  shore,  and  not  far  from  Crescent  City,  California, 
and  out  of  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  souls  on  board,  but  twenty  were 
saved.  The  body  of  Lieutenant  Wait  was  washed  on  shore,  and  found 
some  time  after,  by  a  patroling  party,  unmutilated,  recognized  by  a 
brother  officer,  and  suitably  interred.     It  has  by  this  time  been  disinterred 

and  prepared  for  transit  home Patience,  widow  of  Nehemiah  Smith, 

died,  aged  61.    Sarah  Borden  died,  aged  44. 

31.  TJie  Old  Eejmblkrai  Artillery^  created  in  1806,  was  mustered 
out  of  the  Twenty-Fifth  Regiment,  and  mustered  in  as  an  independent 
battery  of  artillery,  to  be  attached  to  the  ninth  brigade.  One  hundred 
and  twenty  men  were  in  line  for  the  purpose.  So  the  Old  Republican 
xlrtillery  is  among  the  things  that  were.  There  are  many  recollections 
connected  with  the  company  that  will  forever  remain  green  in  the  memory 
of  our  citizens  ;  prominent  among  which  is  its  participation  in  the  war  of 
1812,  when  the  gallant  Mills,  of  this  company,  fell  mortally  wounded,  and 
whose  remains  now  lie  in  the  Capitol  Park  awaiting  the  erection  of  some 
mark  to  note  where  the  gallant  hero  lies.  The  flag  which  has  been  carried 
by  the  old  company,  bears  the  stains  of  Mills's  blood.  The  new  battery 
is  to  have  five  pieces,  and  will  be  a  grand  feature  in  all  future  military  de- 
monstrations in  this  city  Delia   Olmsted,  wife  of  Capt.  William 

Adams,  died,  aged  76. 

Aug.  1.  The  census  returns  showed  a  city  population  of  62,825.  This 
was  a  depopidation  undoubtedly  of  more  than  10,000,  which  arose  from  de- 
fective canvassing Allen  Adams  died,  aged  66.     Martha,  wife   of 

Levi  Relyea,  died,  aged  62.  John  Randel,  Jr.,  died,  aged  79,  and  was 
interred  at  Orange,  N.  J.     Alonzo  P.  Wands  died,  aged  27.    ■ 

2.   Bridget  Shanahan,  died,  aged  30. 


Aug.]  Notes  from  the  Newsjpapers.  257 

6.  William  Muddle  committed  suicide  by  hanging  himself  from  the 
bannisters ;  aged  42.  Richard  H.  Northrup  died  at  Concord,  Cabarra 
county,  N.  C,  aged  45.     John  Hart  died,  aged  64. 

7.  Maria  Vosburgh  died,  aged  58.  Mara,  wife  of  Wm.  Ellery,  died, 
aged  44.  Thomas  A.  Burke  died,  aged  29.  James  J.  Morlan  died, 
aged  17.  Paul  Keating  died,  aged  55.  Philip  Morgan  died,  aged  47. 
Sarah  E.  Lloyd  died.  Mary  Chase,  wife  of  Greorge  A.  Wood,  died  at 
Jamaica,  L.  I.,  aged  35. 

8.  Richard  Williams  died,  aged  78. 

9.  George  W.  Hogeboom  died  at  Ballston,  aged  30. 

10.  The  following  were  the  prices  received  for  the  articles  named,  in  State 
street.  Fruits  —  peaches  of  a  fair  quality  sold  for  ^2.75  per  basket,  and 
of  an  inferior  quality  12  cents  per  quart.  Plums  of  an  inferior  quality 
sold  for  12  cents  per  quart.  Pears,  supply  small  but  good,  S6  per  bushel. 
Apples,  fair  supply,  price  from  $3.50  to  $5.50  per  barrel.  Huckleberries 
15  cents  per  quart,  $4  per  bushel.  Blackberries  25  cents  per  quart. 
Water  melons  40  to  75  cents  each.  Vegetables  —  tomatoes  5  cents  per 
quart.  Potatoes  12  and  13  shillings  per  barrel,  20  to  25  cents  per  peck. 
Corn  20  cents  per  dozen.  Cabbage  62  cents  and  $1.12  per  dozen. 
Meats — best  cuts  of  beef,  porter  house  and  sirloin  25  cents  per  pound. 
Coarse  cuts  10  and  12  cents  per  pound.     Lamb   18  and   20   cents   per 

pound.     Fish  —  unsettled  and  fluctuating Mary,  widow  of  Patrick 

Malone,  died,  aged  68.     Eliza  Armstrong  died,  aged  26. 

11.  J.  H.  Sherman,  the  United  States  consul  for  Prince  Edward  island, 
died  at  his  resi(3ence,  in  Charlottetown,  of  congestion  of  the  lungs,  in  the 
63d  year  of  his  age.  The  deceased  was  a  native  of  Albany,  and  previous 
to  his  appointment  as  consul,  in  1861,  was  a  resident  of  Vermont.  He 
was  an  accomplished  and  liberal-minded  gentleman,  and  there  are  few  men 
who  were  more  ardent  in  their  attachment  to  their  country  than  he  was. 
Flags  floated  at  half  mast  from  the  City  Hall,  and  other  prominent  build- 
ings, between  the  interim  of  his  death  on  the  11th,  and  his  interment  on 
the  14th  inst.,  when  the  principal  stores  of  the  city  were  partially  closed 
and  his  remains  were  followed  to  their  last  resting  place  in  the  Protestant 
cemetery,  Malpeque  road,  by  a  large  and  most  respectable  concourse  of 
persons. 

12.  Mary,  widow  of  Daniel  Doncaster,  died,  aged  67.  Wm.  Lutz  died, 
aged  24,  member  of  Co.  D,  7th  N.  Y.  heavy  artillery. 

14.  The  official  order  detaching  the  Republican  Artillery  from  the 
25th  regiment  and  organizing  it  as  an  independent  battery  was  issued. 
The  battery  is  termed  Independent  Battery  A,  it  being  the  first  of  the 
kind  in  the  state.  It  has  been  recruited  up  to  about  the  maximum 
number.  They  will  take  the  first  rank  in  the  militia  artillery  of  the 
state Elizabeth  Wood,  formerly  of  Albany,  died  at  Bergen,  N.  J. 

15.  Charles  Todd  died,  aged  20. 

L6.  William  Castle  was  killed  at  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  by  being  thrown  from 
a  wagon.  John  ^IcNurney  died,  aged  25.  Elizabeth  Strain,  wife  of 
Smith  P.  Burton,  died  in  Boston,  aged  44.  Harriet,  wife  of  Stephen 
Myers  died,  aged  60. 

17.  Christian  Houck  died,  aged  70.  Mrs.  Ellen  O'Connor  died,  aged 
45.     Mary,  wife  of  Wm.  Akins,  died,  aged  25. 

Hist.  Coil.  in.  33 


258  Notes  from  the  Neivspapers.  [1865. 

18.  The  periodical  complaint  of  the  impurity  of  the  aqueduct  water 
agitated  the  city,  and  found  vent  through  the  newspapers.  The  common 
council  ordered  the  opening  of  the  old  wells,  a  retrograde  expedient. 

19.  Mrs.  Abigail  Blanchard,  died,  aged  89. 

20.  Maj.  Heman  A.  Fay  died  at  Bennington,  Vt.,  aged  87.  He 
was  formerly  a  resident  of  this  city,  but  removed  to  B.,  in  1856.  He 
was  born  at  Bennington  in  1779.  His  father,  Dr.  Jonas  Fay,  was 
secretary  of  the  council  of  safety,  and  author  of  the  declaration  of  in- 
dependence of  Vermont;  also  a  surgeon  under  Col.  Ethan  Allen  at  the 
taking  of  Ticonderoga.  Maj.  Fay  graduated  at  West  Point  in  1810, 
as  an  officer  of  artillery,  and  was  connected  with  the  United  States  army 
for  thirty-six  years,  in  different  capacities.  He  was  deacon  and  elder  of 
the  Fourth  Presbyterian  church  in  this  city,  a  true  gentleman  of  the  old 
school.  His  urbanity  of  manner,  intelligence  and  strict  integrity,  gained 
for  him  a  large  circle  of  friends,  both  in  military  and  social  life.  At  a 
silvery  old  age  he  entered  into  the  "  rest  that  remains  for  the  people  of 
God."     His  remains  were  deposited  in  the  Albany  Rural  Cemetery. 

21.  Margaret  McGlashan,  widow  of  John  Browne,  died,  aged  72. 
Mary  Thompson  died. 

25  The  following  statistics  of  the  Sunday  schools  of  those  churches 
styling  themselves  evangelical,  were  gathered  by  Mr.  H.  S.  McCall. 
Owing  to  the  unfortunate  propensity  of  parents,  and  adults  generally, 
to  neglect  this  institution,  and  the  great  ambition  of  children  from  15 
to  20  to  be  considered  of  age,  this  class  is  practically  lost  to  the  Sunday 
school,  and  will  be  until  adults  learn  that  they  are  never  too  old  to  study 
the  Bible,  in  the  Bible  class  at  Sunday  school.  This  will  account  for  the 
absence  of  about  seven  thousand  children  from  the  Sunday  school ;  but 
there  may  be  of  that  number  one  thousand  who,  despite  the  bad  example 
of  their  seniors,  still  remain  in  the  schools.  Making  a  deduction  in  ac- 
cordance with  this  estimate,  of  6,000,  we  have  15,000  left. 


Baptist  — 

First  Church 

Poo7>l   S+rppt 

Officers 

and 

Teachers. 

58 

28 

Scholars. 
573 
134 
275 
150 
30 
40 
130 

364 
186 
205 

370 
386 
288 
340 
182 
53 

200 
180 
244 
320 
703 

Presbyterian  — 

United* 

Second  Street 

Officers 

and 

Teachers. 

Scholars. 
125 
150 

Tabernacle 

Calvary 

Spring  Street 

Rensselaer  Street  *. 
Lutheran  — 

First  (Ebenezer)  . . . 

State  Street  

German  (Nucella  st 
Reformed  Dutch  — 

North 

Second 

Third 

Fourth 

Congregational 

Central  Mission  .... 

26 

24 

28 

,.),  . .   18 

50 

44 

40 

16 

....  42 
8 

250 
250 

Hamilton  Street  . . 

German 

Paigeville 

Methodist  — 

Hudson  Street 

North  Pearl 

3 

10 

17 

49 

.^3 

130 
200 
160 

400 

Washington  Avenue. . .   33 

Ash  Grove 47 

Swan  Street 45 

Broadway 32 

West  Mission 35 

Bowery 20 

West  Albany 12 

Presbyterian  — 

First 38 

Second    33 

467 
594  ■ 

80 
406 

70 

Episcopal  — 

St.  Peter's ." — 

St.  Paul's* — 

Trinity 21 

Holy  Innocents  * — 

Grace  * — 

Total 

*  Estimated. 

150 
353 
125 
150 

Third 

Fourth 

State  Street  

42 

50 

53 

150 
9,360 

Aug.]  Notes  from  the  News]pa;pers.  259 

Deducting  this  total  from  the  15,000,  it  will  be  seen  that  there  are 
about  six  thousand  children  between  5  and  15  not  in  the  evangelical 
schools,  of  which  number  the  Catholics,  Jews  and  non-evangelicals  will 
doubtless  cover  a  large  proportion.     The  average  attendance  is  not  over 

eight  thousand Henry  Gr.  Wheaton  was  instantly  killed  near  York- 

ville,  by  being  run  over  by  a  New  Haven  train.  It  is  supposed  he 
attempted  to  cross  the  track  as  a  train  was  approaching,  and  was  caught 
by  it.  Mr.  Wheaton  practiced  law  in  this  city,  and  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  and  able  men  of  the  profession.  As  a  criminal  lawyer  he  then 
ranked  among  the  most  distinguished  in  the  country.  He  at  one  time 
held  the  office  of  district  attorney  of  the  county,  and  also  represented  the 
city  district  in  the  legislature.  About  1828,  then  a  young  man,  just  from 
college,  with  its  highest  honors,  he  studied  and  commenced  the  practice  of 
law  in  the  city  of  Albany.  He  was  accomplished  in  mind  and  manners, 
irreproachable  in  character  and  habits,  patriotic  in  principles,  elevated  in 
aspirations.  All  who  saw  him  enter  upon  the  battle  of  life  anticipated  for 
him  a  prosperous,  brilliant,  honorable  and  useful  career.  He  married  an 
attractive  young  lady,  descended  from  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  wealthy 
Dutch  families,  and  lived  in  a  style  becoming  his  position  and  prospects, 
devoting  himself  most  industriously  to  his  profession,  in  which  he  soon 
achieved  a  high  rank.  An  able  advocate,  he  was  retained  in  as  many 
causes  as  he  could  manage.  He  had  a  large  business,  and  gave  himself 
up  to  hard  work.  The  management  of  considerable  real  estate,  which  his 
wife  inherited,  drew  him  into  some  unprofitable  speculations ;  and  after 
fifteen  or  twenty  years  it  became  evident  that  things  were  not  going 
smoothly;  why,  was  not  apparent,  for  there  was  nothing  wrong  in  himself. 
Then  his  health  failed,  his  spirit  sinking  with  his  impaired  health.  And 
finally,  some  ten  or  more  years  ago,  he  removed  to  New  York,  where,  at  first, 
his  friends  heard  that  he  was  mending ;  but  meeting  him,  as  we  did  occa- 
sionally, his  subdued  manner  and  care  worn  expression  revealed  too  much. 
For  two  or  three  years  those  who  had  know  him  best  saw  little  of  him,  and 
we  now  apprehend  that  these  were  years  of  sickness,  if  not  of  destitu- 
tion.    Mr.   Wheaton  was  buried    in  Albany,   in   the  Lush  vault 

Charles  T.  Mansfield,  formerly  principal  of  one  of  the  public  schools, 
died  suddenly  at  Point  Pleasant,  Va.,  aged  38. 

26.  Catharine,  wife  of  Abram  Sawyer,  died,  aged  58  Bridget,  wife 
of  John  Reilley,  died,  aged  26,  Bridget,  wife  of  Michael  Cavanaugh, 
died,  aged  49. 

27.  Michael  McManus  died,  aged  42. 

29.  Air,  highest  67°,  lowest,  51° The   Susquehannah   rail    road 

being  now  finished  to  Oneonta,  an  excursion  was  got  up  by  the  directors 
of  the  road,  and  a  train  of  eight  cars  filled  with  invited  guests  left  the 
city  at  8  o'clock  in  the  morning,  to  hold  a  jubilee  at  Oneonta. 

30.  Air,  h.70, 1.  53  Mary,  wife  of  William  Lynch,  died,  aged  35. 

31.  Air,  h.  73,  1.  67 Maria  Stewart,  wife  of  Alexander  Garvin, 

died,  aged  42.  James  A.  Watts  died,  and  was  taken  to  Carmel  for  burial. 
Margaret,  wife  of  James  Mitchell,  died,  aged  39.  Hugh  O'Hare  died, 
aged  35. 


260 


Notes  from  the  Neiaspapers. 


[1865. 


Albany    County    War  Loan  Bonds  —  Principal  and  Interest  —  Payable 

Yearly  from  1866  to  1876.    Interest  pmjable  semi-annually  on  the  first  days  of  September  and 
March.    $SO,000  of  Loan  Commission  payable  second  Tuesday  in  October. 


March  1. 

Principal. 

Interest. 

March  1. 

Principal. 

Interest. 

1866. 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

Interest 

Total 

1867. 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

Interest 

Total 

1868. 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

Interest 

Total 

1869. 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

6  percent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

Interest 

Total 

1870. 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

Interest 

Total 

1871. 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

6  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

7  per  cent 

Interest 

Total 

$29,000  00 

$3,480  00 
26,071  50 
44,058  00 
2,280  00 
2,100  00 
9,994  25 

1872. 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

Interest 

Total.... 

1873. 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

Interest 

Total.... 

1874. 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

Interest 

Total.... 

1875. 

6  per  cent.  .. 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

Interest 

Total.... 

1876. 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

Interest 

Total.... 

Total. 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

6  per  cent.  . . 

7  per  cent.  . . 
7  per  cent.  . . 

Interest 

Total.... 

'$i'24',6o6'6o 

$34,783  00 

■■■■4,566'66 

652,100  00 

19,000  00 

630  00 

$700,100  00 
87,983  75 

$87,983  75 

$124,000  00 
39,973  00 

$39,973  00 

$788,083  75 
$29,000  00 

$163,973  00 

$5,220  00 
52,143  00 
42,469  00 
4,560  00 
2,100  00 
18,658  50 

$124,000  00 

$26,103  00 

143,900  00 

4,560  00 

138,000  00 

630  00 

$310,900  00 
125,150  50 

$125,150  50 

$124,000  00 
31,293  00 

$31,293  00 

$436,050  50 
$29,000  00 

$155,293  00 

$3,480  00 
52,143  00 
32,396  00 
4,560  00 
2.100  00 
8,998  50 

$124,000  00 

$17,423  00 

175,000  00 

4,500  00 

50,400  00 

9,000  00 

630  00 

$254,400  00 
103,677  50 

$103,677  50 

$133,000  00 
22,613  00 

$22,613  00 

$358,077  50 
$29,000  00 

$155,613  00 

$1,740  00 
52,143  00 
20,146  00 
4,560  00 
2,100  00 
5,470  50 

$121,900  00 

$8,743  00 
■"■■4,560'66 

287,800  00 

30,000  00 
31,700  00 

$378,500  00 
86,159  50 

$86,159  50 

$124,900  00 
13,303  00 

$13,303  00 

$464,659  50 

$138,203  00 

$123,000  00 

$52,143  00 

■'$76,oo6'66 

4,560  00 

$4,560  00 

25,900  00 

3,251  50 

$148,900  00 
59,954  50 

$59,954  50 

$76,000  00 
4,560  00 

$4,560  00 

$208,854  50 

$80,560  00 

$116,000  00 
744,900  00 
1,2.58,800  00 
76,000  00 
30,000  00 
285,550  00 

$13,920  00 
365,228  50 
139,069  00 

47,880  00 
8,400  00 

49,701  75 

$125,000  00 

$43,533  00 

4,560  00 

11,550  00 

1,438  50 

$136,550  00 
49,531  50 

$49,531  50 

$2,511,250  00 
624,199  25 

$624,199  25 

$186,081  50 

$3,135,449  25 

Sept.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  261 

Sept.  1.  [The  notices  of  the  temperature  of  the  atmosphere,  which  are 
given,  are  from  the  observations  of  Mr.  Joel  W.  Andrews.]     Air,  h  82,  1. 

71 September  came  in  carrying  a  portable  furnace  upon  her  shoulder, 

with  which  she  baked  the  air  on  Friday,  Saturday  and  Sunday  to  a  kitchen 
heat.  On  Friday,  when  the  thermometer  stood  at  82  deg.,  the  day 
seemed  as  warm  as  though  the  mercury  was  100  deg.  It  was  a  stifling, 
sticky  heat,  a  great  enemy  to  sound  sleep  and  good  temper. —  Times  and 

Courier Arrival  of  the  New    York  Veteran    Volunteers. —  This  old 

Albany  regiment,  which  left  this  city  in  May,  1861,  under  command  of 
Colonel  Fred.  Towusend,  reached  the  city  this  morning,  and  was  received 
and  fittingly  entertained  by  the  Citizens'  committee.  The  regiment  went 
out  200  strong,  and  recruited  during  the  first  term  some  200  men.  It  re- 
organized for  the  war  at  Fortress  Monroe  in  1863,  about  200  reenlisting, 
and  the  Ninth  New  York  (Hawkins's  Zouaves)  being  consolidated  with  it. 
From  this  source  it  received  about  400  men,  making  its  total  strength  at 
the  beginning  of  its  service  as  a  veteran  regiment  about  800.  It  has 
since  received  some  700  conscripts  and  two  hundred  recruits.  It  returns 
with  630  men  and  20  officers.  During  its  first  term  of  service  (two  years) 
the  regiment  did  garrison  duty  at  Forts  McHenry,  Federal  Hill  and 
Marshal,  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  at  Fortress  Monroe,  Va.,  where  it  was  sta- 
tioned at  the  time  of  its  reorganization.  It  participated  in  the  following 
battles  :  Big  Bethel,  Suffolk,  Va.,  Siege  of  Longstreet,  Hanover  Junction, 
Siege  of  Charleston  and  Wagner,  S.  C,  Swift  Creek,  Proctor's  Creek, 
Drury's  Blufi",  Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg  Heights,  Bermuda  Hundred, 
in  front  of  Petersburg,  Petersburg  Mine,  Fort  Gilmore,  Chapin's 
Farm,  Darbytown  Roads,  first  and  second  Fort  Fisher,  and  Wilmington, 
N.  C.  The  regiment  achieved  an  enviable  fame  for  bravery,  devotion, 
and  endurance.  At  Fort  Gilmer,  four  color  bearers  were  wounded,  and 
all  the  color  guard  killed  or  wounded.  At  Fort  Fisher  the  state  color 
which  it  carried  was  the  first  regimental  color  hoisted  on  the  works. 
It  was  carried  by  Color  Sergeant  F.  0.  Wallace.  Its  officers  were  : 
lieutenant-colonel,  Gr.  W.  Warren,  commanding;  first  lieutenant  and 
acting  adjutant,  S.  C.  Pitt;  first  lieutenant  and  regimental  quartermaster, 
T.  C.  O'Brien.  Company  A :  captain,  G.  H.  Dixon ;  second  lieu- 
tenant, A.  M.  Green.  Company  B:  first  lieutenant,  Peter  Oaks.  Com- 
pany C:  captain,  James  Ryall.  Company  D:  captain,  G.  E.  Fordham ; 
first  lieutenant,  J.  T.  Williams  ;  second  lieutenant,  A.  Cobb.  Company 
E  :  first  lieutenant,  P.  McDermott.  Company  F  :  captain,  G.  E.  Avent ; 
first  lieutenant,  W.  H.  Wright;  second  lieutenant,  Benj.  F.  Whip- 
ple. Company  G  :  captain  E.  A.  Bohan.  (Jompany  H  :  first  lieutenant 
M-  J.  Brown.  Company  I:  captain,  J.  W.  Knowles,  first  lieutenant,  J. 
Hawley;  second  lieutenant,  Chas.  A.  McKevitt.  Company  K:  captain,  E. 
W.  Raynsford.  The  lieutenant  colonel  went  out  as  a  private  in  the  First 
Vermont.  All  the  officers,  also,  entered  the  service  as  privates,  and  had 
risen   to  their   respective   positions   by    the    force  of  their   own   energy 

and  patriotism John    B.    Barnard  died,    aged    47.       F^velina    C. 

Bogart  died. 

2.  Air,  h.  84,  1.  72 As   the  train  which  was   due  in  this   city  at 

nine  o'clock,  was  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Centre,  about  eight  miles  from 
this  city,  the  axletree  of  the  baggage  car  broke  while  the  train  was  in 
rapid  motion,  upsetting  the  car  and  throwing  it  from  the  track,  instantly 
killino;  the   baogase-master,  Matthew  Smith,  residing  at  No.  263  North 


262  Notes  from  the  Newsxjapers.  [1865. 

Pearl  street,  and  injuring  the  person  who  was  in  the  car  with  him 

Henry  Goffe  died,  aged  40. 

3.  Air,  h.  80,  1.  61 Fredus  Van  Horn  died,  aged  76. 

4.  Air,  h.  81,  1.  67 The  Eighty-first  New  York  Veteran  Vo- 
lunteers arrived  this  morning.  The  first  that  was  known  of  its  arrival 
was  its  appearance  marching  up  Broadway.  It  was  cared  for  as  quickly 
as  possible  by  the  Citizens'  committee.  The  regiment  was  organized  in 
this  city  December  20,  1861,  and  consisted  of  one  thousand  one  hundred 
men,  mostly  from  Oswego  county,  under  command  of  the  late  lamented 
Edwin  Rose  as  colonel  and  Jacob  J.  De  Forest  of  this  city  as  lieutenant 
colonel.  It  left  in  February,  1862,  landed  at  Fortress  Monroe,  and  par- 
ticipated in  General  McClellan's  campaign  on  the  peninsula.  In  the 
battle  of  Seven  Pines  it  lost  heavily,  and  a  large  number  in  the  Seven 
Days'  Fight.  After  the  retreat  to  Harrison's  Landing,  it  went  to  New- 
bern,  N.  C,  and  joined  Foster's  expedition,  and  from  thence  to  Hilton's 
Head,  and  took  part  in  the  bombardment  of  Fort  Sumter.  It  then  went 
back  to  Newport  News,  Va.,  and  from  there  to  North  West  Landing,  a 
place  28  miles  from  Norfolk.  Here  it  reenlisted — some  five  hundred 
of  them  came  home  on  a  veteran  furlough,  and  recruited  up  to  a 
thousand  strong.  As  the  expiration  of  their  furlough,  the  veterans  went 
to  Yorktown,  and  were  organized  in  the  Eighteenth  Corps  (Baldy  Smith's). 
The  regiment  was  at  Bermuda  Hundreds,  Swift  Creek  and  Violent  Sta- 
tion. In  the  three  days  at  Cold  Harbor  it  lost  more  than  half  its  men, 
eight  out  of  nine  captains,  and  three  lieutenants.  It  was  at  the  success- 
ful storming  of  Petersburg  Heights,  where  sixteen  guns  were  captured, 
and  then  lay  before  Petersburg  under  fire  for  twenty-two  days.  On  the 
24th  of  June  the  rebels  made  a  terrible  charge  and  were  repulsed,  leaving 
eighty-one  of  their  dead  in  front  of  the  Eighty-first  alone.  From  here  it 
went  over  to  the  north  side  on  a  surprise,  captured  Fort  Harrison,  and 
was  at  Fair  Oaks.  It  then  aided  in  keeping  the  Chapin's  Farm  line, 
until  the  night  of  the  2d  April,  when  the  word  was  received  "  On  to 
Richmond,"  and  on  the  3d  it  entered  that  renowned  capital  of  the  late 
Rebeldom.  It  aided  in  putting  out  the  conflagration,  marched  to  Libby 
prison  and  liberated  some  three  or  four  hundred  of  our  soldiers,  placing 
2,500  rebels  in  their  stead,  over  which  it  stood  guard  for  two  weeks,  when 
it  was  sent  to  Williamsburg,  where  it  has  remained  until  sent  home.     It 

has  a  most  noble  and  glorious  record The  common  council  did  a 

wise  act,  in  ordering  the  erection  of  a  suitable  dead  house  on  the  Alms 
House  farm.  Frequently,  when  a  pauper  died  his  remains  were  placed 
in  the  dead  house,  to  await  the  coming  of  his  friends.  Sometimes  the 
remains  were  left  there  a  week,  and  even  longer  in  the  winter  time,  and 
common  humanity  demanded  that  such  a  receptacle  should  be,  at  least,  of 
decent  fashion  and  substantial  material.  The  little  building  that  had 
been  used  for  this  purpose  was  very  much  dilapidated,  and  for  some  time 
the  rats  have  found  easy  access  to  it.     It  has  occurred  that  during  one 

night  these  vermin  have  nearly  succeeded  in  gnawing  through  a  cofiin 

Mary  Elizabeth  Girvan  died,  aged  23.  Minerva  Whitney  died,  aged  20. 
William  H.  Bowhall  died,  aged  24. 

5.  Air,   h.   83,  1.  68 Margaret,  wife  of  George  Anderson,  died, 

aged  60.     Harriet  Putnam,  wife  of  William  H.  Ross,  died. 

6.  Air,  h.  83,  1.  71 Thomas  Butler  died,  aged  53.  Joseph  Gil- 
son  died,  aged  59. 


Sept.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  263 

7.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  64 Dr.  Wm.  Bay  died,  aged  92.     He  was  born  in 

this  city  on  the  14th  day  of  October,  1773.  He  descended  from  the  noble  race 
of  Huguenots  who  fled  from  France  to  preserve  their  religious  rights  and 
privileges,  during  the  persecution  under  the  French  monarch,  Louis  the 
Fourteenth.  Dr.  Bay's  ancestry  went  to  Holland,  and  thence  to  Ireland. 
In  1720  his  great  grandmother  came  to  America,  with  her  two  sons,  Andrew 
and  William,  and  settled  in  Maryland.  Xhe  Rev.  Andrew  Bay  preached  for 
a  time  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Beaver  street,  in  this  city.  His 
brother  William  remained  in  Maryland,  and  had  a  son  John,  the  father 
of  Dr.  Bay,  who  was  born  in  1743,  and  died  in  1818.  He  was  an  edu- 
cated lawyer,  and  distinguished  for  his  integrity,  courteous  and  generoua 
hospitality.  The  mother  of  our  departed  friend,  Ann  William  Bay,  a 
woman  of  great  intelligence,  sterling  worth,  and  Christian  virtues,  at- 
tained to  the  great  age  of  one  hundred  years.  In  a  refined  and  religious 
home,  formed  by  such  parents,  the  youthful  faculties  of  our  friend  were 
developed,  and  his  character  fitted  for  his  career  of  honorable  usefulness, 
and  high  moral  integrity.  In  1777  the  parents  of  Dr.  Bay  removed  to 
Claverack,  Columbia  county,  in  this  state,  where  he  prosecuted  his  studies 
until  he  entered  Princeton  College  in  New  Jersey.  On  reaching  his 
senior  year  his  health  failed,  and  in  1794  he  went  to  New  York  to  study 
medicine  under  the  eminent  Dr.  William  Pitt  Smith.  Soon  after,  this 
distinguished  physician  fell  a  victim  to  the  laborious  and  exhausting 
duties  of  a  large  practice,  and  of  the  responsible  office  that  he  held  as 
health  officer  of  the  port  of  New  York.  In  the  early  part  of  Dr.  Bay's 
practice  he  was  at  different  times  prostrated  by  nearly  every  disease  that 
he  was  called  to  prescribe  for,  among  his  patients.  His  strength  was 
wasted  by  several  severe  fevers.  Twice  he  had  the  cholera,  and  once  was 
almost  in  a  state  of  collapse.  In  the  year  1797,  just  as  he  commenced 
the  practice  of  medicine  at  Claverack,  he  had  such  decided  symptoms  of 
consumption,  that  he  was  obliged  to  take  a  voyage  to  the  East  Indies  for 
the  restoration  of  his  health.  Yet  he  rallied  from  these  various  attacks 
and  the  last  thirty  years  of  his  life  he  enjoyed  better  health  than  he  had 
at  any  former  period.  In  the  year  1810  Dr.  Bay  removed  from  Claverack 
to  this  city,  bringing  with  him  a  high  reputation  as  a  skillful  and  success- 
ful physician.  He  became  connected  with  Dr.  McClelland,  who  soon 
after  died,  leaving  him  a  large  field  of  practice  to  be  occupied  at  once. 
He  continued  to  discharge  the  active  duties  of  his  profession  for  a  period 

of  sixty-eight  years The  Times  and   Courier  which   had   been   a 

morning  paper   from   its    commencement,   on   this   day  appeared  as    an 

evening  paper,  under  the  title  of  Evening  Times Blanche  Molinard, 

wife  of  Wm.  H.  Elliot,  died   in  New  York,  formerly  of  Albany. 

8.  Air,  h.  78,  1.  57 Jacob  Loatwall,  Jr.,  died,  aged  19. 

9.  Air,  h.  64,  1.  61 Grant  Weed  died,  aged  78. 

10.  Air,  h.  63,  \.  58  The  Boston  ferry  boat,  Thomas  W.  Olcott, 

was  partially  destroyed  by  fire The  last  marks  of  respect  were  paid 

to  the  remains  of  the  late  venerable  Dr.  Bay,  from  the  North  Dutch 
church,  llev.  Drs.  Sprague,  Clark,  and  Wyckoff,  took  part  in  the  solemn 
and  impressive  services.  Beside  a  large  number  of  our  more  aged  citi- 
zens, the  entire  medical  faculty  of  the  city  were  present  —  thus  indicat- 
ing their  respect  for  the  memory  of  the  much  loved  senior  of  the  profes- 
sion in  this  city.  No  man  ever  lived  or  died  amongst  us  more  universally 
respected  than  Dr.  Bay.     He  had  reached   the  great    age  of  ninety-two 


264  Notes  from  tJie  Newsimpers.  [1865. 

without  a  stain  upon  his  personal  or  professional  character.  He  was  in 
active  practice  in  this  city  for  more  than  fifty  years,  and  during  this 
protracted  period,  he  was  the  trusted  friend  and  counsellor  of,  as  well  as 
the  professional  attendant  upon,  most  of  the  leading  families  of  the  city. 
Of  most  genial  temperament,  and  always  in  full  and  kindly  sympathy 
with  his  patients,  he  was  ever  welcome  in  the  sick  chamber  and  in  the 
family  circle.  The  tears  of  two  generations  will  bedew  his  honored 
grave. — Journal Marv,  wife  of  William  Roarke,  died,  aged  50. 

11.  Air,  h.  69,  1.  67. 

12.  Corner-stone  of  the  new  edifice  for  the  congregation  of  the  Fourth 

Presbyterian  was  laid The  People's  Line  folks  laid  the  keel  of  a 

new  steam  boat.  She  is  to  be  fifteen  feet  longer  than  the  St.  John,  five 
feet  wider,  and  will  contain  one  hundred  more  state  rooms.  She  is  to 
have  three  tier  of  the  latter,  one  more  than  any  other  steamer  ever  built, 
"With  one  hundred  additional  state  rooms  and  other  appointments  to  match 
the  new  boat  should  be  able  to  supply  with  rooms  all  the  passengers  who 
present  themselves.  This  is  more  than  the  St.  John  and  Dean  Richmond 
has  been  able  to  do  for  the  past  two  months.  Although  the  new  boat  will 
have  three  tier  of  state  rooms,  she  will  be  only  four  feet  higher  than  the 
St,  John.  The  dining  hall  is  to  be  greatly  improved,  and  so  supplied 
with  ventilation  that  suppers  may  be  partaken  of  with  a  comfort  which 
you  look  for  in  vain  on  any  boat  now  on  the  river.  The  new  boat  will  be 
furnished  in  the  best  possible  style,  and  will  cost  nearly  one  million  of 
dollars.  This  is  a  large  sum,  and  yet  as  the  new  boat  will  able  to  earn 
^5,000  per  day,  it  will  be  seen  that  she  will  earn  money  enough  to  pay  for 
her  construction  in  two  hundred  nights.  Steam  boating  was  never  more 
profitable  than  at  this  very  moment.  In  the  way  of  passengers  and 
freight,  the  People's  Line  were  never  more  crowded  than  at  the  present 

time.     The  day  boats,  Vibbard  and  Drew,  are  also  coining  money 

Jeremiah  Coakley  died,  aged  40.  Catharine  Moran  died,  aged  39.  Catha- 
rine Brady  died,  aged  86. 

13.  Mrs.  Catherine  Bigelow  died.     Patrick  Dempsey  died,  aged  60. 

Otis Tingley  died  atNaugatuck,  Conn.,  aged  60 David  H.  Carydied, 

aged  60. 

14.  William  Feely  died,  aged  53. 

15.  Catherine,  widow  of  Peter  Johnson,  died,  aged  84. 

16.  Elizabeth  Latimer,  wife  of  Weare  C.  Little,  died. 

17.  Henry  McKenna  died.  Wotkyns  Vanderlip  died  at  Annapolis, 
Md.     Mrs.  Mary  Hallenbeck  died,  aged  80. 

18.  James  Murray  died,  aged  68.     Jane,  widow  of  Lewis  Lewis,  died. 

19.  John  Allen  died,  aged  69.  Mary  Courtney  died,  aged  70.  Mrs. 
Mary  Morris  died,  aged  70.  Catharine,  wife  of  Christopher  Lewis,  died, 
aged  23. 

20.  Air,  h  58,1.  47 John  McGrovern  died  at  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

21.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  59.  Henry  W.  Webster  died,  aged  49.  John  D. 
Carroll  died,  aged  62. 

22.  Air,  h.  73,  1.  60. 

23.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  61. 

24.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  61  Rev.  Charles   G.  Ames,  of  the  Unitarian 

church,  preached  his  farewell  sermon. 

25.  Air,  h.  71,  1.  54 Twenty  years  ago   the  basin   was  of  some 

importance,  floating  nearly  all   the  commerce   that  was   carried  over   the 


Sept.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  265 

Erie  canal,  amounting  to  many  millions  annually.  At  that  time  it  was 
kept,  ordinarily,  in  a  clean  condition,  as  it  was  the  receiving  reservoir 
of  all  the  filth  from  the  sewers  of  the  middle  and  north  part  of  the  city. 
it  was  presumed  that  it  was  one  of  the  causes  of  the  cholera  that  visited 
our  city  in  the  year  1832.  It  is  well  known  that  the  disease  first  made 
its  appearance  in  the  lower  part  of  Columbia  street.  Be  that  as  it  may, 
of  late  years  nearly  all  navigating  boats  sailing  the  Erie  canal  enter  and 
leave  the  river  at  West  Troy ;  as  a  consequence,  the  contractor  of  this 
section  of  the  canal  has  failed  to  keep  the  basin  properly  cleansed,  as  he 
should  have  done,  causing  the  filth  to  accumulate  so  that  at  the  present 
time  from  Columbia  street  bridge  north,  it  is  nearly  all  dry  land  at  low 
water,  except  a  small,  narrow  channel  in  the  centre,  emitting  anything 
but  a  healthy,  pleasant  odor.  Rank  and  sickly  vegetation  is  in  several 
places  growing,  and  before  long,  if  not  properly  cleaned  and  improved, 
the  basin  will  be  among  the  things  that  were  —  a  vast  swamp  and  lazaar 
place,  from  which  will  ooze  forth  miasmatic  vapors  that  will  spread  terri- 
ble pestilence  to  all  in  its  vicinity ;  and  inasmuch  as  the  cholera  is  ex- 
pected to  visit  us  next  year,  we  call  upon  the  board  of  health  to  examine 
the  matter  and  insist  upon  the  auditor's  drawing  the  attention  of  the 
canal  board  to  the  omission  of  the  contractor  in  not  keeping  the  basin  in 

proper   repair. —  Times Andrew  Williamson  died   at  Utica   on   his 

way  to  Ohio,  aged  61. 

26.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  55 John  Gilligan  died,  aged  46. 

27.  Air,   h.  58,  1,42. Ralph  Smith  died,  aged  79.     Mr.  Smith 

was  a  native  of  England.  He  came  to  this  country  about  the  year  1800 
and  settled  in  the  city  of  Albany,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  his 
death.  He  commenced  life  for  himself  at  a  very  early  age.  Having 
chosen  mercantile  pursuits  as  best  adapted  to  his  tastes,  he  entered  the 
store  of  the  late  James  Grourley,  then  an  extensive  merchant  on  Wash- 
ington avenue,  and  remained  with  him  in  the  capacity  of  clerk  until 
about  the  year  1806,  when  he  took  a  lease  of  a  lot  on  Washington  avenue 
from  the  late  Gov.  Taylor,  erected  the  store  now  still  upon  it,  and  con- 
tinued to  do  business  there  with  but  slight  interruptions  until  his  death. 
From  the  commencement  and  throughout  a  series  of  consecutive  years  he 
did  a  prosperous  business  and  accumulated  a  handsome  fortune.  But  the 
close  of  the  war  of  1812  left  our  merchants  with  large  stocks  of  goods 
upon  their  hands,  at  prices  which  proved  ruinous  to  many,  and  Mr. 
Smith  suifered  largely  in  consequence.  But  whether  as  principal  or 
security,  all  the  paper  containing  his  name  was  paid  to  the  utmost.  He 
struggled  hard  through  many  years  to  pay,  as  security,  the  debts  of  others, 
and  nobly  he  accomplished  his  undertaking.  Those  who  have  had  busi- 
ness relations  with  him  during  any  part  of  his  protracted  mercantile  career, 
will  accord  to  him  the  high  but  merited  praise  of  being  an  honest  man. 
It  can  be  said  of  him  as  truly  as  of  any,  that  he  fought  the  great  battle  of 
life  as  bravely  and  as  much  for  the  good  of  others,  as  any  one  amongst  us. 
He  lived  to  become  one  of  our  most  aged  citizens;  and  when  his  time 
had  come  to  go  hence  to  return  no  more,  he  died  calmly  and  without  a 
struggle.  None  were  with  him  in  his  last  moments  but  the  children  of 
his  adoption ;  but  he  had  the  satisfaction  to  receive,  and  they  to  bestow 
those  kind  and  unremitting  attentions  which  throw  a  hallowed  lustre 
around  the  scenes  of  death,  and  soften  all  its  pangs.  His  loss  is  sincerely 
mourned,  and  his  memory  will  be  most  aifectionately  enshrined  in  the 

Hist.  Col.  Hi.  34 


266  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1865. 

loving  hearts  of  those  whose  happiness  ever  seemed  to  be  the  highest 
wish  of  his  heart. —  Journal Patrick  Riely  died,  aged  79. 

28.  Air,  h.  59, 1.44 William  Leonard,  of  Wheeling,  Va.,  was  found 

drowned.  He  left  Richmond  in  the  year  1862,  to  prevent  being  pressed 
in  the  rebel  service,  came  to  this  city  and  worked  at  his  trade,  that  of 
a  tailor,  for  the  firm  of  Parker  &  O'Brien,  clothing  merchants,  on  Broad- 
way. Some  time  since  he  went  to  Saratoga  Springs  for  the  purpose  of 
engaging  in  work,  and  nothing  was  heard  of  him  again  until  he  was  found 
in  the  basin  at  the  foot  of  Spencer  street. 

29.  Air,  h.  65,  1.  47 This  being  Michaelmas,  the  board  of  alder- 
men, under  the  requirements  of  the  city  charter,  met  to  elect  a  chamber- 
lain and  receiver  of  taxes.  The  present  incumbents,  Mr.  J.  C.  Y.  Paige 
and  James  Mclntyre  were  reelected Martin   Melvin  died,  aged  40. 

30.  Air,  h.  68,  1.  51 The  final  and  sad  end  of  anti-rentism  in 

this  county  was  reached  last  week  by  a  judgment  confirmed  in  a  suit  of 
Van  Rensselaer  against  Martinus  Lansing,  a  respectable  and  wealthy 
farmer  of  Greenbush.  The  papers  were  filed  in  the  county  clerk's  office 
in  this  city  at  four  hours  twenty  minutes  P  M.,  Tuesday,  and  about  the 
same  time  Deputy  Sherifi"  G-riggs,  with  a  party  entered  the  premises, 
drove  out  the  inmates,  and  took  complete  possession.  The  farm  is  proba- 
bly worth  $20,000.  This  is  probably  a  final  and  complete  loss  of  the 
premises  to  Mr.  Lansing,  and  is  a  forerunner  of  what  is  likely  to  occur  in 
other  cases  now  in  litigation.  Anti-rent  put  itself  above  the  law.  It 
went  into  politics,  and  was  ruined.  It  elected  governors,  judges,  congress- 
men, senators,  legislators,  sherifl's,  and  town  and  county  officers,  ruined 
the  Van  Rensselaers,  and  worried  them  out  of  their  handsome  estate,  was 
petted  and  patronized  as  long  as  it  had  votes  to  give,  and  now  after  long 
years  of  struggle  the  law  finally  puts  its  broad  hand  upon  anti-rentism, 
and  hopelessly  squelches  it.  The  lawyers  who  have  grown  rich  out  of 
it,  and  the  politicians  who  have  been  boosted  into  office  by  its  help 
abandon  it,  and  none  are  so  poor  as  to  do  it  reverence,  least  of  all  those 

who  have  profitted  most  by  it. —  Troy  News The  valuation  of  real 

estate  in  Albany  county  was  $33,666,516;  of  personal  estate,  $10,939,880; 
real  estate  in  Rensselaer  county,  $21,373,077;  of  personal  estate, 
$8,107,931. 

October  1.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  65 Catharine,  widow  of  Jesse  Peters, 

died,  aged  72.  John  Hamill  died,  aged  38.  William  Bray  died,  aged  25. 
Margaret,  wife  of  Alexander  H.  Schultz,  died. 

2.  Air,  h.  64,  1.  53 Alanson  Lewis  died,  aged  38.     Eliza  Daly, 

wife  of  James  McFadden,  died.     Emma  S.  M.  Olcott  died,  aged  17. 

3.  Air,  h.  59,  1.  43, Gas  pipes  were  laid  across  the  State  street 

bridge  to  light  the  pier. 

4.  Air,  h.  64, 1.  40 Lydia,  widow  of  William  Truax,  died,  aged  66. 

5.  Air,  h.  49,  1.  42 The  price  of  coal  was  $12  to  $14  a  ton. 

6.  Air,  h   50,  1.  42 Phebe  A.  Chatterson,  wife  of  John  G.  Hota- 

ling,  died.     Mrs.  Elsie  Laraway  died,  aged  63. 

7.  Air,  h.  52,  1.  40. Elizabeth,  wife   of  William   Pevers,   died, 

aged  39.  Matthew  Flanagan  died,  aged  50.  Rose,  wife  of  Patrick 
Smith,  died,  aged  41.     Charlotte,  wife  of  Robert  Powderly.  died. 

8.  Air,  h.  58,  1.  55 Gen.  E.  B.  Bigelow  died,  aged' 64.     George 

C  Green  of  Company  G,  31st  Mass.  Reg.,  died,  aged  24.  Rose,  wife 
of  Thomas  McFadden,  died,  aged  25.     Michael  Burns,  drowned,  aged  47. 

9.  Air,  h.  57,  1.  49 William  McCaskie  died,  aged  7.8.     Cynthia 


Oct.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  267 

Shaw    died.     Stephen    Haggeny  died,    aged   24.     Maggie  Lynch    died, 

aged  17.     William  Cassidy  died,  aged  26.     ,  wife  of  Rev.  Barnes 

M.  Hall,  formerly  pastor  of  the  Garretson  Station  M.  E.  Church,  died  at 
Newtonville. 

10.  Air,  h.  61.  1.  53 William  Lynch  died,  aged  40. 

11.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  42 Honora  Houlihan  died,  aged  57. 

12.  Air,  h.  53,  1.    46 Letter  boxes    were  placed    in  the    street 

lamp    posts,  for  drop    letters The    rear    wall    of    the   old    Grreen 

street    theatre    fell    while    some    repairs    were     being    made The 

Soldier's  Refreshment  Committee  reported  that  they  had  fed  from 
the  18th  of  June  to  the  12th  of  October  inclusive,  fifteen  thousand 
and    fifteen   men,    on    their    return    from    the    war,    at   an    expense    of 

$7,642.94;  which  sum   had  been   obtained    by  private   donations 

George  Victor  Tycho  Emerson,  alias  Holm,  died  in  the  Albany 
Hospital.  He  was  born  at  Rykawyck,  Iceland,  September  30,  1839, 
and  was  the  son  of  a  Danish  naval  captain.  Educated  in  the  best 
schools  of  Denmark,  he  became  a  telegraph  operator,  and  came  to  Ame- 
rica when  a  lad  of  seventeen,  to  join  an  enterprise  for  laying  a  line  of 
telegraph  around  the  world,  which  had  been  projected  by  American  par- 
ties. The  crisis  of  1857  threw  him  upon  the  world  destitute,  and  he 
became  a  cigar  maker.  When  the  war  of  1861  broke  out,  he  joined 
Company  I,  1st  N.  Y.  Vols.,  and  served  two  years  as  sergeant.  Taken 
prisoner  at  Bull  Run,  he  was  paroled  and  sent  to  Annapolis  where  he 
barely  escaped  alive  from  an  attack  of  fever.  Subsequently  he  acted  as 
captain  of  Company  F,  53d  Pennsylvania  Militia  for  three  months  at 
Gettysburg.  After  traveling  through  the  western  states  he  returned 
eastward,  and  by  chance  stopped  at  Albany  in  the  fall  of  1864,  in  feeble 
health  and  dependent  upon  strangers.  Subsequently  he  recovered  some- 
what, and  was  employed  in  the  census  bureau  in  the  spring  of  1865,  but 
finally  yielded  to  the  disease  which- for  two  years  had  been  wasting  his 
constitution,  and  died  of  consumption  on  the  date  above  mentioned.  He 
had  acquired  a  large  fund  of  knowledge  from  books  and  observation,  and 
excelled  in  scientific  information,  especially  in  mathematics  and  the 
physical  sciences.  He  left  his  effects  and  papers  to  Dr.  F.  B.  Hough, 
superintendent  of  the  census  bureau.  His  remains  were  removed  to 
Lowville,  Lewis  Co.,  for  burial. 

13.  Air,  h.  47,  1.  34 Charles  J.  Baker   died,  aged  21.     James 

McCall  died,  aged  42.     Margaret,  wife  of  Henry  Patzig,  died,  aged  23. 

14.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  32. 

15.  Air,  h.  51,  1.  45 Consecration  of  Bishop  John  J.  Conroy  at 

the  Cathedral,  of  which  full  proceedings  may  be  found  in  the  Argus   of 

the  16th  instant Mary,  widow  of  John  Slack,  died,  aged  77.     John 

Talbot  died,  aged  43. 

16.  Air,  h.  47,  1.  43 Allen  F.  Peck  died,  aged  48. 

17.  Air,  h.  45, 1.  46  Prudence  Wells,  wife  of  George  W.  Welsh, 

died,  aged  88.  Annie  Robertson,  wife  of  Adam  Cowieson,  died,  aged 
62.     Elizabeth  Smith  died,  aged  19.     Thomas  Callendar  died,  aged  91. 

18.  Air,  h.  48,  1.44 Sarah  E.  Storey   died,  aged   24.     Patrick 

Flynn  died,  aged  57. 

19.  Air,  h.  55, 1.  50  Mary,  wife  of  James  McClane,  died,  aged  27. 

20.  Air,  h.  62,  1.  49 David  Ransom  died,  aged  91.     Mary  Ann 

Beatty,  wife  of  Thomas  Henry,  died,  aged  29.  Thomas  Welsh  died, 
aced  38. 


268  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  [1865. 

21.  Air,  h.  50,  I.  40 Elizabeth  Lewis,  wife  of  Abram  Pinckney, 

died,  aged  (33.  John  McGovern  died  at  the  hospital  in  Petersburg,  Va., 
aged  37. 

22.  Air,  h.  45,  1.  34 The  North  Albany  mission  chapel  was  dedi- 
cated, the  sermon  by  Rev.  Mr.  Alden.  pastor  of  the  Tabernacle   Baptist 

church Michael  McGrath  died,  aged  21.     Oliver  Thompson  died, 

aged  4(3. 

23.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  42 The  steam   boat   Chauncey   Vibbard  made 

her  last  trip  of  the  season  as  a  day  boat  to  New  York A  grotesque 

spectacle  appeared  on  State  street  yesterday  morning.  A  body  of  men 
in  masks  and  in  all  sizes,  colors,  shapes  and  fits  of  garments,  with  accou- 
trements of  divers  kinds,  and  muskets  carried  in  all  fashions,  paraded 
previous  to  going  on  a  target  shoot.  They  styled  themselves  the  Water- 
fall Guards  —  why,  no  one  knows,  unless  it  is  by  ridicule,  to  shame  their 

female  friends  out  of  a  fashion  regarded  by  many  as  ridiculous The 

Albany  Evening  Post  made  its  first  appearance  as  an  evening  paper,  pub- 
lished by  M.  &  E.  Grifiin.  at  one   cent  a   copy,  claiming   to  be    the  only 

penny  paper  in  the  state ...Mary,  wife   of  John    McNamara,  died, 

aged  42.     Charles  M.  Brower  died  at  Fort  Snelling,  aged  19. 

24.  Air,  h.  48,  1.  30 Mrs.  Lucy  Harris  died,  aged  85.     Harriet 

Pearse,  wife  of  John  Ward,  died,  aged  39.  Isabella  Madden,  wife  of 
Richard  Canavan,  died,  aged  27.  Olivia  0.  Sheldon,  wife  of  Nelson 
Martell,  died,  aged  24. 

25.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  30 Jane,  widow  of  Robert   Brew,  died,   aged 

78.     Marietta,  wife  of  O.  E.  Culver,  died,  aged  29. 

26.  Air,  h.  41,1.  34 Augusta  Thies,  wife  of  Nicholas  Thauer, 

died,  aged  27.     Lawrence  Lamb  died,  aged  84. 

27.  Air,  h.  44,  1,  32 A  snow  storm  set  in  early  in  the  morning 

and  continued  throughout  the  day.  There  was  two  inches  of  snow  at 
daylight,  but  the  temperature  being  above  freezing  point  it  did  not 
accumulate  during  the  day,  and  wholly  disappeared  under  a  warm  rain  the 
next  day John  Walsh  died,  aged  36, 

28.  Air,  h.  35,  1.  32. 

29.  Air,  h.  43,  1.  36..... The  steam  boat  St.  John,  on  her  down  trip 

exploded  a  boiler,  killed  11  passengers,  and  wounded  15  severely.  Of 
the  persons  killed,  a  Mrs.  Wallaber  and  her  two  children  belonged  to 

Albany., Ellen,  wife  of  Arthur  Laughren,  died.     Charles  Whitney 

died,  aged  80. 

30.  Air.  h.  39, 1.  33 Bridget  Carlin  died,  aged  75.     Sandford  W. 

Northrup  died  of  wounds  by  the  explosion  of  the  St.  John  boiler,  aged 
31 Mrs.  Mary  Deal  died,  aged  103. 

31.  Air,    h.    42,  1.    36 City    Finances. — The  state  of  our   city 

finances  at  the  close  of  the  last  fiscal  year  was  set  forth  in  the  reports  of 
the  Chamberlain  and  Finance  Committee,  as  follows  : 

Receipts  and  Dishiirsements  at  the   Chamherlain  s   Office  of  the  City  of 
Albany,  from  November  1,  1864,  to  November  1,  1865. 

Balance  of  cash  on  hand,  Nov.  1,  1864, $66,555  70 

Receipts  from  Nov.  1,  1864,  to  Nov.,  1,  1865, 905,457  60 

Disbursements  from  Nov.  1, 1864,  to  Nov.  1, 1865,  $883,210  77 

Cash  on  hand,  Nov.  1,  1865, 88,802  53 

$972,013  30    $972,013  30 


Nov.] 


Notes  from  the  Newspapers. 


269 


Receipts. 

City  Water  Works, $91,218  49 

Alms  House 332  57 

Assessments  for  streets  and 

drains, 32,292  29 

City  Poor, , 1,534  96 

Contingents, 5,002  11 

Street  contingents, 1,717  20 

District  Schools, 18,949  76 

Interest,    12,046  10 

Court  Special  sessions,  .  . .  924  50 

Police  Court, 2,173  94 

Rents  and  quit  rents, 346  51 

Commutations, ...      553  52 

Markets, 1,077  00 

Trustees  general  debt  sink- 
ing fund, 300  00 

Surveyor's  office, 37  00 

Justices'  court, 1,017  58 

Redemptions, 1,308  99 

Bonds  and  mortgages,  ....  1,000  00 

Real  estate, 1,085  01 

Dividends, 431  75 

City  taxes, 422,080  60 

County  of  Albany,  32,779  12 

Costs  on  assessments, 194  00 

Temporary  loans, 185,000  00 

New  York  Central  raU  road 

loan, 100,000  00 

Ferry, 1,962  50 

Certificate  of  city  indebted- 
ness,   92  10 


$905,457  60 


Disbursements. 

City  water  works, $33,628  67 

City  water  debt,  interest  ac- 
count,    51,000  00 

Alms  House, 30,417  08 

Assessment  for  streets, ....  44,877  58 

Assessment  for  drains,  ....  6,298  19 

City  poor 50,477  52 

Contingents, 30,120  90 

Street  contingents, 29,816  02 

Police  department, 45,235  34 

Fire  department 34,016  02 

District  schools, 58,864  19 

Interest, 44,657  63 

City  Hall 5,981  14 

Court  of  special  sessions, .  .  100  00 

Police  court, 4,016  96 

Markets, 2,064  33 

Trustees  general  debt  sink- 
ing fund, 100,600  00 

Ferry, 18,759  76 

Surveyor's  ofiice, 2,931  03 

Printing  and  advertising,.  7,266  27 

Justices'  court, 3,412  86 

Salaries,   14,437  53 

County  of  Albany, 8  25 

Elections, 2,312  00 

City  lamps, 41,344  43 

Wells  and  pumps, 1,599  09 

Industrial  schools 527  50 

Costs  on  assessments, 586  00 

Temporary  loans, 90,000  00 

Certificates  of  city  indebted- 
ness,    738  45 

Congress  Hall  block, 125,555  00 

Redemptions, 1,561  03 


$883,210  77 

The  amount  of  tax  returned  to  collector  of  this  district  by  United  States  Asses- 
sor Treadwell,  for  the  month  of  October,  1865,  including  also  the  Collector's 
special  list  for  the  same  month,  was  : 

Manufactures  and  productions, $133,520  70 

Slaughtered  animals, 960  47 

Gross  receipts, 0  00 

Auction  sales, 30  97 

Total  monthly  list, $134,512  14 

Collector's  list, 51,283  20 

Total  October,  1865, $185,795  34 

Total  October,  1864 147,069  87 

Increase, $38,725  47 

November  1.  Air,  h.  43,1.  32 Funeral  of  Mrs.  Harriet  E.  Isdell, 

wife  of  Henry  P.  Vi/'allaber,  who,  with  her  two  children,  was  killed  on  the  St. 
John  ;  her  age  26.     Eliza,  wife  of  Nicholas  Bartlett,  died,  aged  21. 

2.   x\ir,  h.  45,  1.  36 Mrs.  Anna  Eaton  died,  aged  29.     Ann,  wife 

of  James  Vandenburg,  died,  aged  60.  Louisa  Hill,  wife  of  Howard  Mar- 
vin, died  at  Port  Jervis.     John  C.  McLyman  died,  aged  84. 


270  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1865. 

3.  Air,  h.  48,  1.  44. 

4.  Air,  h.  47,  1.  11 L.  A.  Sheldon  died,  aged  44,  and  was  buried 

at  East  Worcester,  N.  Y. 

5.  Air,  h    46,  1.  42 Bradford    Rowe  died,  aged    60.     Michael 

Cherry  was  killed  by  being  run  over  by  the  Central  locomotive  near 
Broadway. 

6.  Air,  h.  39, 1.  27 Nicholas  A.  Finagan  died,  aged  28.     William 

Fitzpatrick  died,  aged  45.     Henry  Quayle  died,  aged  27. 

7.  Air,  h.  39, 1.  35 Election  day.     Ira  Shafer  was  elected  to  the 

senate,  Clarke  B.  Cochran  and  Lyman  Tremain  to  the  assembly,  Giles  K. 

Winne   county  clerk The   weather  was   decidedly  winterish.     The 

strong  north-west  wind  that  blew  all  day  appearing  to  come  directly  from 
the  north  pole.     Ice   was  visible  all  along  the  flats  in  the  river.     This  is 

quite  early  in  the  season  for  its  appearance Jacob  Henry  died,  aged 

64.     Julia  Weaver  died,  aged  22. 

8.  Air,  h.  36,  1.  20 Elizabeth  Fitch  died,  aged  80. 

9.  Air,  h.  36,  1.  28 The  St.  John  steam  boat  made  her  appearance 

again,  looking  as  good  as  new  after  the  great  disaster  of  her  exploded  boiler. 
Up  to  this  time  15  had  lost  their  lives  by  the  casualty. 

10.  Air,  h.  42,  1.  32 John  W.  Conklin  died,  aged  53. 

11.  Air,  h.  33, 1.  24 Mary  E.  Parke,  wife  of  Isaac  H.  Pangburn 

died,  aged  33.     John  Sager  died,  aged  74. 

12.  Air,  h.  30,  1.26 The  mission  chapel  recently  erected  at  Paige- 

ville  by  the  Baptist  Missionary  Union,  was  dedicated  this  afternoon,  with 
appropriate  exercises.  The  dedicatory  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Bridgman,  and  the  dedicatory  prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  Mr.  Alden.  Rev. 
Mr-.  Twombly,  pastor  of  the  State  street  Presbyterian  Church,  also  partici- 
pated in  the  exercises.  The  edifice  is  large  and  commodious,  and  was 
crowded  to  its  utmost  capacity.     It  is,  beyond  question,  the  neatest  mission 

chapel  in  the  vicinity  of  this  city Anna  Rathbone,  widow  of  David 

M.  Jewett,  died. 

13.  Air,  h.  37,  1.  35. 

14.  Air,  h.   50,   1.  30 Mrs   Margaret  Douglas   died,  aged  77. 

Francis  Flynn  died,  aged  61. 

15.  Air,  h.  54,  1.  35 Everyone  is  crying  out  against  the  expen- 

siveness  of  living.  What  with  the  price  of  butter  at  fifty-four  cents  a 
pound,  flour  at  twelve  dollars  a  barrel,  coal  fourteen  dollars  a  ton,  and  wood 
upwards  of  ten  dollars  a  cord,  prices  have  indeed  reached  the  maximum. 
Life  is  frightfully  expensive  at  this  time ;  costly  in  necessaries,  and  costly 
in  show,  but  more  costly  for  such  appliances  as  are  held  to  be  indispensable 
to  one's  appearance  and  position.  A  respectable  suit  of  clothes  is  beyond 
the  reach  of  many  a  man's  purse,  while  the  procurement  of  fine  clothing 
is  a  matter  of  impossibility.  According  to  the  laws  of  modern  society, 
fashion  is  as  absolute  in  her  demands  as  are  the  demands  of  meat  and 
bread,  so  that  between  the  high  price  of  undeniable  needs  and  the  extra- 
vagance of  social  requirement,  economy  is  driven  to  the  wall,  and  mode- 
rate incomes  find  themselves  at  a  heartrending  disadvantage.  No  one  can 
get  behind  the  scenes  of  most  ordinary  middle  class  families,  without  being 
made  aware  of  the  hard  hand-to-hand  fight  going  on  between  inadequate 
means  and  the  prevalent  passion  for  luxury  and  display. —  Times. 


NOY.] 


Notes  from  the  Newspapers. 


271 


Billofima. 
1  piece  of  muslin,  34  yards 
6  lbs.  of  coffee,  13c , 

24  yds.  calico,  10c 

1  lb.  pepper 

10  lbs.  sugar,  8c. 


10c. $3  40 

72 

2  40 

10 

80 


5  yds.  Canton  flannel,  15c 75 

1  silk  handkerchief 1  00 


BilloflSm. 
1  piece  of  muslin,  34  yards,  70c  $23  80 


lbs.  of  coffee,  50c. 
24  yds.  of  calico,  35c 

1  lb.  of  pepper 

10  lbs.  sugar 

5  yds.  Canton  flannel,  75c. 

1  silk  hankerchief 


00 
8  40 
75 

2  00 

3  75 
3  50 


Total $9  17  Total $45  20 

Same  kind  and  quality  of  goods  bought  in  1860  for 9  17 

The  difference  now $36  03 

Catharine,  wife  of  Patrick    Maloney,  died,  aged  46.      Edward  Cahill 
died,  aged  39.     Elizabeth  Kegan  died,  aged  72. 

16.  Air,  h.  53,  1.  38  William  Stevens  died,  aged  51. 

17.  Air,  h.  57,  1.  50 We  are  now  in  the  enjoyment  of  truly  de- 
lightful weather  —  the  Indian  summer  —  as  enchanting  and  lovely  as  was 
ever  experienced  in  this  climate.     A  heavy  dew  fell  last  night,  completely 

drenching  the  streets,  leading  many  to  infer   that  rain   had  fallen 

Hugh   Clark   died,  aged   73.     Mary  Beresford  died,  aged   70.     John  J. 
Ross,  formerly  of  Albany,  died  in  New  York. 

18.  Air,  h.  45,  1.41 John  Carmody  died,  aged  96.     John  Madison 

Moyrton  died  at  Owasco,  Mich,  aged  38. 

19.  Air,    h.   48,    I.    38  Rose,    wife  of  James    McNally,    died. 

Jemima,  widow  of  Sartelle  Prentice,  died  in  Brooklyn,  aged  92;  late  of 
Albany. 

20.  Air,  h.  39,  1.  37  Mrs.  Mary  Jones  died,  aged  48. 

21.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  39. 

22.  Air,  h.  38,  1.  35 Margaret  R.  Lape,  wife  of  James  M.  Percy, 

died.     Ellen  Flanigan  died,  aged  55. 

23.  Air,  h.  39,  1.  36 Edward  Hand,  superintendent  of  the  Bank- 
ing department,  died,  aged  51.  Mr.  Hand  was  a  native  of  Durham, 
Greene  county,  N.  Y.  His  father,  Mr.  Alfred  Hand,  was  well  known 
as  an  enterprising,  public-spirited,  and  prominent  citizen  and  merchant, 
and  at  an  early  day,  the  subject  of  this  notice  exhibited  a  capacity  which 
gave  assurance  of  future  usefulness  and  distinction.  Soon  after  he  be- 
came of  age  he  entered  into  business  at  Buifalo,  as  a  merchant,  but  after 
continuing  it  for  a  few  years,  with  a  promise  of  remarkable  success,  the 
great  commercial  crisis  and  revulsion  of  '37-8  overwhelmed  him.  He 
then  returned  to  his  former  residence  in  Durham,  and  continued  for  a 
short  time  in  business  with  his  father.  In  1839,  he  sought  for  and  ob- 
tained a  position  under  Millard  Fillmore,  comptroller  of  the  state,  in  the 
Banking  department,  which  was  then  under  the  superintendence  and 
control  of  the  comptroller.  Soon  afterwards,  the  banking  department 
was  organized  as  a  separate  and  independent  department,  when  Mr.  • 
Hand  was  appointed  deputy  superintendent,  and  continued  to  hold  that 
position  until  August  last,  when  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Fenton 
superintendent  in  place  of  Mr.  Van  Dyck.  While  engaged  in  his  official 
duties  at  New  York  city,  he  contracted  a  cold  which  resulted  in  pneu- 
monia, and  after  a  painful  and  severe  illness  of  four  or  five  weeks, 
terminated  his  life.  Mr.  Hand  was  a  model  of  diligence  and  faithful 
attention  to  official  duties.     He  enjoyed   the   entire  confidence  of  the 


272  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  [1865. 

bankers  of  the  state,  who  had   the  best   means  of   knowing  his   capacity  ^ 
and  worth.     He  possessed  fine    natural   abilities,  which    had  been    im- 
proved by  thorough  education  and  culture. 

24.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  39 Michael  Lyons  died,  aged  26. 

25.  Air,   h.   41,  1.    38 Nicholas    Cunningham    died,    aged   40. 

Theresa,  wife  of  Henry  A.  Hisgen,  died,  aged  46. 

26.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  37 Bridget,  wife  of  John  Tallcut,  died,  aged 

26.     Eliza,  wife  of  Thomas  McLaughlin,  died,  aged  29 

27.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  30 Edward  Leslie  died,  aged  35. 

28.  Air,  h.  39,  1.  29. 

29.  Air,  h.  31,  1.  23. 

30.  Air,   h.    29,  1.    25 Patrick  Martin    died,  aged    23.     Owen 

Gallagher  died,  aged  23. 

December  1.  Air,  h.  37,1.36 Bertha  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John 

Henry  Bradt,  died,  aged  24.  Sarah  Anderson  died,  aged  45.  Stephen  0. 
Parks  died  of  an  overdose  of  chloroform  administered  by  himself  to  alle- 
viate the  pain  of  neuralgia. 

2.  Air,  h.  36,  1.  30 Myndert  Van  Schaick,  one  of  the  oldest, 

wealthiest,  and  most  respected  citizens  of  New  York,  died  at  his  residence, 
corner  of  Fourteenth  street  and  Fifth  avenue,  after  a  short  illness,  aged 
84.  In  1825  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  John  Hone  &  Co., 
dry  goods  auctioneers,  in  which  business  he  acquired  a  considerable  for- 
tune, which  was  afterwards  increased  by  judicious  investments  in  real 
estate.  In  1832  he  was  elected  to  the  assembly.  The  following  year  he 
was  returned  to  the  senate,  and  was  reelected  in  1835.  He  also  held  the 
offices  of  alderman  of  the  Fifth  Ward,  in  1833,  and  of  assistant  alderman 
in  1835.  In  1855  he  was  elected  president  of  the  board  of  Croton  Aque- 
duct commissioners,  which  position  he  retained  until  1859.  During  Mr. 
Van  Schaick's  term  of  office,  the  afi"airs  of  the  Croton  department  were  ad- 
mirably administered.  Mr.  Van  Schaick  was  descended  from  an  old  Dutch 
family,  who  first  settled  in  Albany.  He  was  a  man  of  sterling  integrity 
of  character,  and  was  possessed  of  great  administrative  ability.  A  mem- 
ber of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church,  he  took  a  lively  interest  in  its 
sabbath  schools,  and  by  his  wealth  and  influence,  greatly  promoted  their 

efficiency.     Mr.  Van   Schaick  leaves  a  widow  and  a   large   family 

Matthew  Brumaghim,  on  trial  for  the  murder  of  Charles  Phillips  at  the 

Delavan  House  in  November,  1864,  was  acquitted Anna  Maria,  widow 

of  Alexander  Sheldon,  died  at  Amsterdam.  Mrs.  Lucinda  C.  Simons 
wife  of  John  B.  Witbeck,  died,  aged  55. 

3.  Air,  h.  40,1.  36 The  Rev.  Dr.  Clark  preached  his  third  anni- 
versary sermon  at  the  North  Dutch  Church,  reciting  the  following  sta- 
tistics :  Membership  added  during  the  three  years,  116  ;  total  membership, 
650 ;  connected  with  church  and  congregation,  295  families,  embracing 
1360  persons.     The  pastor  has  made   over  2,000  calls  during  the  three 

•years.  The  rite  of  baptism  has  been  administered  to  49  children  and  18 
adults,  and  he  has  officiated  at  53  funerals.  Contributions  for  benevolent 
objects  and  church  purposes,  including  rentals  of  pews,  amounted,  in  round 
numbers,  to  $65,000.  The  sabbath  school  is  in  a  high  state  of  prosperity, 
numbering  345  scholars,  50  officers  and  teachers,  and  a  library  of  1,000 
volumes David  Terry  died,  aged  83. 

4.  Air,  h   44,  1.  40 Patrick  Horan  died,  aged  53. 

5.  Air,  h.   48,  1.   44 Phebe  A.  Long  died,   aged  24.     Joseph 

Mittaner  died,  aged  18. 


Dec] 


Notefi  from  the  Newspapers. 


273 


6.   Air,  h.  38,  1.  28 The  County  Budget.— The  following  is. the 

county  budget,  as   prepared  and  reported  to  the  board  of   supervisors  by 
Thos.  Kearney,  county  treasurer  : 

State  school  tax $321,550  00 

Support  of  poor  at  Alms 
House,  under  contract 
with  the  city  of  Albany, 
as  per  estimate  of  the 
chamberlain 

Payment  of  jurors,  justices, 
constables  and  court 
orders 

Support  of  patients  in  Lu- 
natic Asylum 

PajTuent  of  supervisors 
and  officers 

Salary  of  district  attorney 

Salary  of  assistant  district 
attorney 

Salary  of  supt.  of  Peniten- 
tiary   

Salary  of  recorder  of  Al- 
bany      


20,000  00 


17,000  00 
6,000  00 


12,000  00 
2,800  00 


1,000  00 
2,500  00 


00 


Salary  of  coimty  judge. . . 

2,300  00 

Salary  of  county  treasurer 

1,500  00 

Expenses  of  clerk  hire  in 

county  treasurer's  office 

1,200  00 

Salary  of  county  physician 

200  00 

Salary  of  jailor 

900  00 

Night-watch  at  jail 

650  00 

Rent  of  county  treasurer's 

office 

300  00 

Salary  of  chaplain  to  jail 

100  00 

Salary  of   excise   marshal 

800  00 

Salary  of  surrogate 

2,500  00 

Advance  on   county  taxes 

in  1865  to  pay  bounties 

19,822  00 

Salary  of  recording   clerk 

county  court 

375  00 

Correcting  enrollment 

555  00 

Total $315,352  00 


Principal  and  Interest  of  County  Bonds. 
Deficiency  of  interest  on  county  bonds  (six  month's  interest,  Sept. 

1,  1865,) $77,987  75 

Interest  on  $285,550  couuty  bonds,  issued  in  1865,  unprovided  for 

in  tax  levied  in  1864 13,105  75 

Principal  of  county  bonds  coming  due  March  1,  1866 700,100  00 

Interest  on  county  bonds  for  1866.  . .' 147,409  00 

Interest  on  $30,000  loan  of  commissioners 2,100  00 

Total $1,256,054  50 

Less  balance  of  cash  and  state  stock  on  hand 472,190  68 


$783,863 


George  Cullen  died,  aged  70.     Maria  Elizabeth  Van  Rensselaer  died. 

7.  Air,  h.  37,1.  31 Thanksgiving  day.     Snowstorm  all  day 

Joel  Marble,  who  for  the  past  eight  years  had  been  superintendent  of 
the  Albany  Orphan  Asylum,  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev. 
Timothy  Fuller,  of  Rochester.  In  a  letter  published  herewith,  the 
managers  of  the  Asylum  render  a  tribute  of  gratitude,  which,  generous 
as  it  is  in  expression,  is  fully  deserved,  to  "  the  wise,  faithful,  assiduous 
and  energetic  superintendence  "  of  Mr.  Marble;  and  not  less  warm  and 
respectful  acknowledgment  to  Mrs.  Marble.  Our  citizens  share  in  this 
feeling ;  and  their  obligations  extend  beyond  the  time  and  the  acts  to 
which  the  managers  so  gratefully  refer.  Mr.  Marble,  who  came  here  in 
1838,  and  took  charge  of  School  No.  2,  on  State  street,  was  the  first  to 
advocate  the  present  educational  system,  adopted  in  1844,  by  which  the 
schools  were  placed  under  the  charge  of  a  board,  and  opened  free  to 
pupils.  In  1854  he  relinquished  the  school  (in  which  he  bad  found 
fifty  pupils  and  left  three  hundred),  and  retired  on  a  farm  in  Massa- 
chusetts ;  but  after  four  years  resumed  his  residence  here,  taking  charge 
of  the  Asylum  at  the  head  of  Washington  avenue,  whose  blooming 
grounds  and  smiling  children  attest  his  paternal  care.     This   charge   he 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  35 


274  Notes  from  the  NetDfi]pai}ers.  [1865. 

has  now  resigned,  in  order  to  take  up  his  residence  in  New  York 

Mary  Hinds,  sister  of  the  late  Jacob  Henry,  died.  Mary  Maheta  died, 
aged  48.     John  Smith  died,  aged  80. 

Air,  h.  35,  1.  15 Wintry  morning ...Under   an    order   from 

the  provost  marshal  general,  Capt.  S.  H.  H.  Parsons,  provost  marshal 
of  this  district,  made  a  full  report  of  the  work  performed  by  him  and  his 
subordinates  since  the  office  was  instituted.  The  office  was  organized  on 
the  27th  of  May,  1863,  Captain  John  0.  Cole  being  appointed  provost 
marshal.  Captain  Parsons  succeeded  Captain  Cole  on  the  11th  of  Jan- 
uary, 1861.  There  have  been  four  calls  for  troops  and  one  draft  since 
the  creation  of  the  office. 

The  total  number  of  men  drafted  in  the  district  was 4,244 

The  number  of  drafted  men  held  was 1,674 

The  number  of  drafted  men  discharged  for  various  causes 

of  exemption  was 1,889 

The  number  of  drafted  men  that  paid  commutation  was.  .   1,161 

The  number  that  rendered  personal  service  was 2 

The  number  that  were  arrested  for  failing  to  report  and 

forwarded  to  the  service  was 6 

The  number  of  substitutes  for  drafted  men  enlisted  by 

Captain  Cole  was 388 

The  number  enlisted  by  Captain  Parsons 76 

The  total  amoimt  paid  to   sucli  substitutes  by  principals 

as  their  boimty  was,  under  Captain  Cole $60,100  00 

Ditto  imder  Captain  Parsons 18,000  00 

The  number  of  substitutes  enlisted  before  a  draft  and  to 

the  credit  of  principals  liable  to  a  draft,  all  under  Cap- 
tain Parsons,  was 232 

The  amount  of  money  paid  to  them  by  their   principals, 

and  as  exclusively  their  own,  was 150,360  00 

The  total  number  of  volunteers  enlisted  and  mustered  by 

Captain  Cole  was 413 

The  total  number  of  volunteers  enlisted  and  mustered  by 

Captain  Parsons 3,555 

Making   the  total  number  of  substitutes  and  volunteers 

enlisted  by  both  marshals 4,664 

The  total  amount  of  money  raised  by  the  district  for  the 

payment  of  bounties  and  the  presentation  money  for 

volunteers  and  substitutes  (not  including  the  amount 

raised  by  voluntary  subscription)  and  which  has  become 

a  tax  upon  the  property  of  the  district,  is 4,205,065  45 

The  total  amount  of  the  above  money  (not  including  the 

presentation  fees)  wliich  has  been  paid  to  volunteers 

and  substitutes  imder  the   supervision  of  the  provost 

marshal,  has  been,  under  Captain  Cole 123,900  00 

Ditto  under  Captain  Parsons 2,603,000  00 

Total $2,726,900  00 

The  total  number  who  escaped  from  the  head-quarters  here  under  both 
marshals  was  33.  The  total  number  who  escaped  en  route  to  the  rendez- 
vous was  21.  At  least  one-half  of  the  above  number  were  retaken.  The 
largest  number  of  recruits  mustered  in  upon  one  day  was  183.  In  a 
period  of  ten  days  there  were  mustered  in  932.  The  greatest  number 
forwarded  in  any  day  to  the  general  rendezvous  was  135.  For  several 
days  there  were  as  many  as  one  hundred  forwarded  each  day.  The 
greatest  number  of  guards  sent  in  command  of  any  detachment  of  re- 
cruits, was  12.     It  was  the  practice  of  the   marshal  to   refuse   to   enlist 


Dec]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  275 

any  man  who  was  believed  to  be  dishonest  in  his  purposes,  and  whose 
intention  was  supposed  to  be  to  desert  after  receiving  a  bounty.  A  re- 
cord was  kept  of  such  cases.  The  number  thus  rejected  swells  up  to  the 
enormous  figure  of  fifteen  hundred.  And  yet,  as  the  report  states,  this 
number  would  have  been  much  larger  had  not  the  well-known  practice 
of  the  marshal  deterred  hundreds  from  offering  themselves  at  all.  In 
thus  refusing  to  enlist  men  the  marshal  always  gave  them  an  opportunity 
of  establishing  their  integrity  by  certificates  or  other  proof,  and  offered 
to  furnish  the  means  to  do  it;  but  out  of  the  above  large  number  rejected 
not  a  dozen  ever  came  back  with  any  such  proof.  As  an  instance  of  the 
fearful  extent  of  bounty  jumping,  it  is  stated  that  one  of  the  men  con- 
victed of  desertion,  and  now  in  our  penitentiary,  has  voluntarily  and 
boldly  stated  that  he  "  has  jumped  the  bounty  thirti/-tioo  times."  The 
total  number  of  deserters  arrested  was,  under  Captain  Cole  235 ;  under 
Captain  Parsons,  856 ;  total,  591.  The  aggregate  amount  paid  for 
rewards  and  expenses  in  arresting  deserters  was  $9,896.22.  Since  Jan- 
uary last  all  the  flagrant  cases  of  desertion  have  been  tried  before  the 
court-martial  ordered  here  by  General  Dix  at  the  request  of  the  provost 
marshal.  There  have  been  tried  thus  far  twenty-eight  cases,  in  all  but 
one  of  which  a  conviction  has  followed,  and  in  all  but  three  a  sentence  to 
the  state  prison.  Some  cases  remain  yet  to  be  tried.  There  have  been 
but  three  escapes  of  deserters  within  a  year  past,  all  of  whom  have  been 
retaken Bernard  McCormick  died,  aged  51. 

9.  Air,  h.  25,  1.  21 Anna,  wife  of  Simon  Stroebel,  died,  aged  40. 

10.  Air,  h.  81,  1.  25 The  Rev.  Dr.  Wyckoff  preached  his  fare- 
well sermon  to  the  church  over  which  he  had  so  long  presided.  For 
twenty-nine  years  he  had  ministered  in  the  pulpit  of  the  Middle  Dutch 
church,  and  his  sermon  upon  leaving  the  accustomed  place  was  full  of 
touching  tenderness  and  pleasant  reminiscences.  Among  other  thin.o-s 
the  venerable  preacher  said  he  had  never  during  all  his  ministration  here 
been  absent  from  the  pulpit  a  single  Sunday  in  consequence  of  sickness. 

His    successor.    Rev.    Joachim    Elmendorf,    was    installed  Albert 

liathbone  died  in  New  York,  aged  24.     George  W.  Welsh  died,  aged  90. 

11.  Air,  h.  88,  I.  25 Sabina  Miller  died,  aged  19. 

12.  Air,  h.  89,  1.  33 The   canals  were  closed   by  order,  but   the 

weather  being  mild,  boats   that  were  en  route  were  allowed  to  proceed    to 

their  destination Dr.  David  Boyd  died.     Catharine,  wife  of  Daniel 

Carroll,  died,  aged  68. 

Air,  h.  46,  1.  82 The  assessed  valuation  of  the  real  and  personal 

property  of  the  city  and  county  of  Albany  was  stated  as  follows  : 

WARDS.  REAX.  PERSONAL.  TOTAL. 

First  Ward $1,144,799         $ $1,144,799 

Second  Ward 1,154,150  92,290  1,246,446 

Third  Ward 1,621,638  166,800  1,788,438 

Fourth  Ward 3,204,065  1,214,086  4,418,151 

Fifth  Ward 3,560,898  4,012,035  7,572,933 

Sixth  Ward 2,068,510  593,350  2,661,866 

Seventh  Ward 1,258,306  104,000  1,359,306 

Eighth  Ward 1,295,625  238,100  1,533,725 

Nintli  Ward 1,944,478  572,100  2,516,578 

Tenth  Waid 3,367,005  291,700  3,658,705 

Total $20,619,474        $7,281,461      $27,900,935 


276  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1865. 

TOWNS.        ACRES.  REAL.       PERSONAL.         TOTAL. 

Berne 38,851  I    374,138  $  79,977  $    454,115 

Betlilehem....   88,117  1,937,666  156  250  3,098,916 

Coeymans  ....   30,566  1,045,075  181,946  1,227,021 

Giiilderland...   32,501  745,373  94,388  839,760 

Knox 26,191  271,530  71,137  343,667 

New  Scotland..  36,086  1,083,015  108,104  1,191,119 

Eensselaerville.  36,840  587,185  143,040  729,225 

Westerlo 35,441  536,485  114,828  651,313 

Watervliet.  . .     34,869  2,237,865  321,300  2,559,165 

"    West  Troy.  1,240,845  296,988  1,537,283 

"   Colioes,....  1,958,920  118,206  2,077,126 

Total  Towns $12,017,596     $1,685,114      $13,702,710 

Total  Wards 20,619,474       7,281,461         37,900,985 

Grand  Total .$33,637,070    $8,966,575      $41,608,645 

Assetsed  Valuation  for  1864. 

Wards $30,803,388     $8,514,993      $28,817,275 

Towns 12,115,266      1,524,888        13,640,154 

Grand  Total $32,417,549  $10,039,880     $42,457,429 

A  comparison  of  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  present  year  with  that 
of  1864  shows  an  increase  in  real  estate  in  this  city  of  #317,191,  and  a 
decrease  in  personal  of  ^1,233,531.  There  is  a  decrease  in  the  valuation 
of  the  real  estate  in  the  towns,  compared  with  last  year's  valuation,  of 
$97,670,  and  an  increase  in  personal  of  $160,226.  Compared  with  the 
grand  total  valuation  in  the  wards  and  towns  for  1864,  there  is  a  decrease 
in  the  valuation  for  1865  of  $853,784. 

14.  Air,  h.  38,  1.  30 The  inspectors  of  the  penitentiary  appeared 

before  the  board  of  supervisors  with  their  annual  report.  It  appeared  that 
the  gross  earnings  of  the  penitentiary  for  the  past  year  were  $67,648,  and 
the  expenses  of  carrying  on  the  institution  $46,268;  leaving  a  profit  of 
$21,380.    The  number  of  prisoners  in  confinement  was  506,  of  which  nearly 

half  were  negroes.     They  were  mostly  employed  in  making  shoes 

Annie  E.  Scrafi"ord  died,  aged  17.  Michael  Clarke  died.  He  had  re- 
presented the  Fifth  Ward  in  the  board  of  supervisors. 

15.  Air,h.  30, 1.  15 Thursday  afternoon  (14th)  there  was  a  sudden 

change  in  the  weather,  and  during  the  night  it  was  intensely  cold  and  con- 
tinued so  all  this  day.  At  11  o'clock  Thursday  night  the  river  was  as  free 
from  ice  as  in  July.  After  that  time  ice  commenced  making,  and  at  daylight 
this  morning  the  river  was  covered  with  floating  ice  which  kept  increasing 
in  quantity  and  thickness  all  day.  The  Dean  Richmond  arrived  at  the  usual 
hour  and  left  again  with  a  large  load  of  freight,  not  to  come  up  again  unless 

the  weather  should  change Lucy,  widow  of  Timothy  B'assett,  died, 

aged  84. 

16.  Air,  h.  21,  1.  12  Navigation  on  the  Hudson  was  virtually  at 

an  end.  The  cold  weather  of  the  past  forty-eight  hours  had  the  effect  of 
giving  the  river  a  winter  overcoat,  which  looked  very  likely  to  wear  well 
for  a  month  to  come.  Consequently  a  number  of  boats  were  icebound 
several  miles  below  the  city. 

17.  Air,  h.  19,  1.  16. 

18.  Air,  h.  23, 1.  16 Ruth  Ann,  wife  of  Wm.  H.  Buck,  died,  ased 

49.     Bridget  O'Hanlon  died,  aged  68.     Sidney  Smith,  died  at  Cincinnati 


Dec]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  277 

of  consumption.  He  was  stage  manager  of  the  Academy  of  Music,  during 
its  opening  season.  He  began  his  theatrical  career  in  the  old  Albany 
Museum.  His  death  occurred  after  a  protracted  illness.  Mr.  Smith  was 
a  talented  actor,  an  accomplished  manager  and  a  genial  gentleman. —  Ex- 
press. 

19.  Air,  h.  32,  1.  23 The  heavy  rains  of  the  previous  night,  and 

the  strong  southerly  winds  of  this  morning  broke  up  the  ice  in  the  river, 
rendering  navigation  difficult,  but  not  impossible.  The  steamer  Norwich 
came  up  the  river  and  after  lauding  two  laden  barges,  turned  about  and 

steamed  down  the  river Thomas  Lyons  died,  aged  21,  late  of  Co.  D., 

91st  Reg. 

20.  Air,  h.  38,  1.  32 The  following  persons  were  elected  directors 

of  the  Albany  and  Schenectady  Turnpike  Company,  for  the  ensuing  year, 
viz  :  Jacob  H.  Ten  Eyck,  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  Richard  Van  Rens- 
selaer, John  Tayler  Cooper,  Volkert   P   Douw,  David  I.   Boyd,  Orlando 

Meads,  Norman  Dings,  and  Andrew  E.  Brown Mrs.  Elizabeth  Plumb 

died,  aged  84.  Maria  Lange  died,  aged  36.  Philip  Ford,  late  of  Albany, 
died  at  Little  Falls,  aged  77.     Robert  Stephens  died  at  sea,  aged  45. 

21.  Air,  h.  29,  1.  24 Three  or  four  inches  of  snow  having  fallen 

during  the  night,  and  the  ground  being  well  frozen,  winter  seemed  to  have 

fairly  set  in,  and  the  sleighing  was   good James   Muir  died,  aged 

78.  Ann,  widow  of  William  Connersdied,  aged  45.  Harrison  L.  Kewin 
died,  aged  24, 

22.  Air,  h.  30,  1.  9 Michael  Moran  died,  aged  48. 

23.  Air,  h.  20,  1.  12 The  river  was  now  completely  closed  for  a 

considerable  distance  down  the  river;  but  the  ice  was  not  strong  enough 

to  cross  on,  and  the  ferries  were  still  running Margaret  Beattydied, 

aged  27. 

24.  Air,  h.  21,  1.  15  The  Rev.  J.  S.  Kennard  was  installed  pastor 

of  the  Calvary  Baptist  Church. 

25.  Air,  h.  33,  1.  29 The  Pine  Grove  Presbyterian  Church,  situ- 
ated on  the  Schenectady  Turnpike,  was  dedicated  Sunday  morning.  A 
large  concourse  of  citizens  were  present.  Rev.  Dr.  Darling  preached  the 
sermon Amelia,  wife  of  Seth  Griffin,  died,  aged  58. 

26.  Air,  h.  38,  1.  28 Catharine,  widow  of  Matthew  Naley,died. 

27.  Air,  h.  47,  1.  33  The  property  lately  owned  and  occupied  by 

the  Washington  Avenue  Baptist  Church,  was  sold  to  Anthony  John- 
son, who  proposed  to  convert  it  into  a  piano  forte  manufactory For 

several  days  prior  to  Christmas  the  weather  was  all  that  a  reasonable  per- 
son could  desire.  The  air  was  sufficiently  frosty  to  render  it  invigorating 
and  keep  the  snow  in  good  sleighing  condition  ;  but  that  capricious  gentle 
man,  the  clerk  of  the  weather,  ordered  us  a  spell  of  slush,  mud  and 
London  fog.  The  ice  on  the  river  was  rotten  and  unsafe,  and  skating 
received  a  death  blow  ;  the  wind  got  round  to  the  north,  and  the  weather  be- 
came colder,  but  not  sufficient  to  stiffen  the  mud  in  the  streets Andrew 

Joy  died,  aged  65.  Elisha  McDonald  died,  aged  21.  Mary  E.,  wife  of 
Joseph  Lyon,  died.     Mary  Lyall  died,  aged  26. 

28.  Air.  h.  52, 1.  35. The  mild  weather  and  the  rain  that  had  fallen, 

caused  quite  a  freshet  in  the  river,  and  the  ice  broke  up  and  commenced 
moving  down.  The  water  was  three  to  five  feet  below  the  level  of 
the  pier,  and  a  breaking  up  was  not  anticipated.  The  ice,  however,  had 
been  so  greatly  weakened  that  the  pressure  of  water  caused  it  to  give  way. 


278  Notes  from  tli  e  Newspapers.  [1866. 

Just  before  the  breaking  up,  a  large  number  of  men  were  at  work  on 
the  western  span  of  the  new  rail  road  bridge,  the  span  next  west  of  the 
draw,  which  is  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  in  length.  A  large 
number  of  piles  had  been  driven  in  the  river  on  which  a  working  platform 
had  been  built  to  enable  the  men  to  work.  The  trestle  work  across  the  span 
which  was  of  very  heavy  timber,  was  nearly  completed,  but  the  piles  had 
not  been  removed.  When  the  ice  moved  down  against  the  piles  the  pres- 
sure was  so  great  that  they  could  not  resist  it  and  were  quickly  carried 
away.  The  tressle  work,  being  in  some  way  attached  to  the  piles,  gave 
way  with    a  crash  and  was  precipitated  into  the  river.     As  it  fell   the 

timber   was    badly    broken    and    floated  down   the   river Benedict 

Lewis  died  in  New  York. 

29.  Air.  36.  1.32 Mary  Ryckman,  wife  of  Alex.  W.  Gregory, 

died,  aged  46.     Catherine  Ann  Jacobs  died,  aged  20. 

30.  Air.  h.  35,  1.  21. 

31.  Air.    h.    21,    1.    20 The    total    receipts    of   the    year,     at 

the  Chamberlain's  ofiice  was  $905,457.60.  The  disbursements  were 
$883,210.77.  The  city  debt  was  $1,483,250,  the  water  debt  being 
$850,000. 

1866. 

January  1.  Air,  h.  33,  1.  23  ...The  time  honored  customs  of  the 

day  were  observed  with  great  hilarity Harriet  H.,  wife  of  George 

W.  Butts,  died.  Mary,  wife  of  John  Ryan,  died,  aged  35.  James  S. 
Gould,  son  of  Job  Gould,  formerly  of  this  city,  died  at  King's  Ferry, 
Cayuga  Co.,  aged  66. 

2.  Air,  h.   37,  1.   27 Meeting   of  the   legislature;   Hon.  Lyman 

Tremain  elected  speaker  of  the  house  of  assembly Mary  Selick  died, 

aged  22. 

3.  Air,  h.  30,  1.  16 Some  time  since,  the  proprietor  of  the  De- 

lavan  House,  Theophilus  Roessle,  rendered  to  the  city  a  bill  of  some 
fourteen  hundred  dollars  for  the  feeding  of  troops,  then  on  their  way  to 
the  seat  of  war.  The  bill  was  regarded  as  excessively  exorbitant,  and 
payment  was  refused.  Mr.  Roessle  sued  the  city  for  the  amount.  This 
morning  the  case  was  decided  against  the  city,  and  deputy  sherifi"  McGinty 
took  possession  of  the  common  council  chamber  and  all  the  property 
therein,  consisting  of  the  portraits  of  the  governors  of  the  state,  desks, 

chairs,  etc.,  to  satisfy  the  amount  of  the  judgment The  Baptist  Church 

in  Washington  avenue  was  bought  by  the  catholics.  Price  $8,000.  If 
the  catholics  keep  on  they  will  own  all  the  churches  in  the  city,  forcing  our 
protestant  friends  to  do  up  their  services  in  the  park  or  on  the  State  street 
bridge.  By  the  way,  why  do  our  church  people  build  beyond  their  means, 
and  give  mortgages  which  must  sooner  or  later  end  in  a  forced  sale  or  a 

foreclosure. —  Eveniny  Post James  McGregor,  formerly  of  this  city, 

died  at  Johnstown,  aged  70. 

4.  Air,  h.  28,  1.  22. 

5.  Air,  h.  29, 1.  4  below  zero  ;  other  thermometers  indicated  — 5° 

Levi  Phillips  died,  aged  66.  Mrs.  Ann  Gilligan  died,  aged  21.  Hannah 
Rowe  died,  aged  76. 

6.  Air,  h.  12,  1.    b;  thermometer   indicated — 6° The  river  was 

now  strongly  bridged,  and  teams  could  safely  cross  on  the  ice  for  the  first 
time  this  winter Bridget  Markey  died,  aged  50. 


Jan.] 


Notes  from  the  Newspapers. 


279 


'7.  Air,  b.  10.  1. — 7 Thermometer  indicated  10°  below  zero  at 

noon. 

8.   Air,  h.  2,  1. — 14 This  was  a  bitter  cold  day  and  the  previous 

night  was  by  far  the  coldest  of  the  season.  Many  of  the  early  risers 
felt  the  keen  atmosphere  creeping  in  their  houses,  and  upon  examina- 
tion found  the  water  pipes  frozen.  Colder  weather  has  been  experienced 
in  this  latitude,  but  yesterday  and  this  morning  the  atmosphere  was  by 
far  too  cold  for  comfort.  At  sun-rise  this  morning  the  thermometer 
ranged  16°  below  zero,  and  in  some  parts  of  the  city  thermometers  ranged 
as  low  as  26°  below  zero.  In  glancing  over  the  record  of  past  years,  we 
find  the  following : 


1857,  January  21, —18 

1835,  December   16, 23 

1840,  January  17, 23 

1859,  January  10, 18 


1859,  December  2J 
1861,  January  13, 
1861,  February,  .  . 
1866,  January  8,.. 


-16i 
16 


16 


At  10  o'clock  this  morning,  says  Mr.  Joel  W.  Andrews,  the  true  height 
of  the  standard  barometer  after  applying  the  usual  corrections,  stood  at 
31.130  inches.  This  shows  a  greater  elevation  of  the  barometer  column 
than  I  have  ever  known  recorded  in  this  locality.  On  the  17th  of  Janu- 
ary, 1859,  it  was  recorded  at  30.992  inches  in  this  place,  and  at  other  sta- 
tions, Boston,  Mass.,  and  New  York,  very  nearly  the  same,  but  no  reports 
over  thirty-one  inches.  The  observation,  to-day,  is  one  of  very  rare 
occurrence  in  any  locality  on  the  general  level  of  earth's  surface. 

9.   Air,  h.  5, 1. —  4 Some  ten  years  ago  a  society  connected  with  the 

Academy  resolved  to  have  an  annual  supper  (and  sleigh  ride  if  possible) 
every  9th  of  January,  until  only  one  member  was  left  alive.  The 
members  pledged  themselves  to  lay  aside  all  engagements,  save  those 
arising  from  sickness,  and  to  attend  the  annual  supper.  Time  rolled 
on,  the  9th  of  each  January  came  and  was  celebrated  :  some  members 
left  the  city.  That  lessened  the  number  present  at  the  reunion.  By-and- 
by  came  a  death,  the  first.  Then  more  members  departed  from  the  Aca- 
demy to  seek  their  fortunes.  Then  came  more  deaths.  Still  the  annual 
meeting  was  large,  and  the  society  assumed  the  task  of  erecting  a  monu- 
ment to  Dr.  Beck.  At  the  reunion  on  January  9th,  1865,  twelve  mem- 
bers were  alive  and  well,  and  present.  On  the  evening  of  January  9th, 
1866,  two  men  sat  in  solitary  state  at  the  familiar  board.  The  members 
were  all  young  in  years,  apparently  destined  to  live  a  long  and  happy  life, 
yet  the  two  sat  drearily  looking  at  ten  empty  chairs,  their  memory  peo- 
pling them  with  familiar  forms.  The  usual  order  was  gone  through  with  ; 
correspondence  from  distant  members  was  read,  the  Rallying  Song  was 
sung.  And  the  grim  humor  of  an  election,  one  being  chosen  president, 
the  other  secretary  and  treasurer,  took  place.  And  when  the  two  shook 
hands  and  separated,  each  one  said  in  his  heart  :  "  Shall  I  be  alone  at  the 
reunion  next  year ;  or  will  my  comrade  be  alone  ;  or  will  there  be  no 
meeting  ?"     It  was  a  solemn  question. 

First  National  Bank. —  Directors  :  Thomas  Schuyler,  Matthew  H.  Read, 
Adam  Van  Allen,  Charles  H.  Adams,  Frank  Chamberlain,  G.  A.  Van 
Allen,  Noble  H.  Johnson,  Horace  D.  Hawkins,  Samuel  Schuyler.  In- 
spectors :   Alfred  Van  Santvoord,  Edward  Robinson,  William  H.  Taylor. 

Commercial  National  Bank  —  Directors  :  James  I).  Wasson,  Robert 
H.  Pruyn,  Ezra  P.  Prentice,  Eliphalet  Wickes,  James  N.  Ring,  Archibald 


280  Notes  from  the  News]japers.  [1866. 

McClure,  Peter  Cagger,  Peter  Monteath,  Robert  L.  Johnson,  Benjamin 

C.  Raymond,  Thomas  P.  Crook,  Jeremiah  J.  Austin,  Alfred  Van  Sant- 
voord. 

Merchants'  National  Bank  of  Alhany. — Directors :  John  Tweedle, 
Richard  Vdn  Rensselaer,  Robert  A.  Forsyth,  Joseph  H.  Bullock,  A.  C 
Puling,  Borden  H.  Mills,  Charles  B.  Redfield,  Geo.  A.  Wolverton,  Nathan 

D.  Wendell.  Inspectors:  Jesse  C.  Potts,  C.  W.  Armstrong,  James 
McMartin. 

Union  National  Bank.—  Directors  :  Billings  P.  Learned,  Wm.  N.  Strong, 
Charles  W.  Durant,  Amos  P.  Palmer,  William  L  Learned,  Daniel  T. 
Charles,  Alfred  Wild,  Chauncey  Vibbard,  James  W.  Eaton,  Chas.  E. 
Gifford,  Edwin  Andrews,  A.  E.  Stimson,  B:  A.  Sweet.  Inspectors: 
James  C.  Cook,  J.  A.  Post,  J.  H.  Rice. 

New  York  State  National  Bank. — Directors  :  Rufus  H.  King,  Franklin 
Townsend,  William  Adams,  John  H.  Van  Antwerp,  J.  Howard  King, 
Samuel  H.  Ransom,  David  I.  Boyd,  Harmon  Pumpelly,  Jeremiah  Water- 
man, Franklin  Edson,  Charles  B.  Lansing.  Inspectors:  George  Dexter, 
Ernest  J.  Miller  and  Jesse  C.  Potts. 

At  a  subsequent  meeting  of  the  directors,  Messrs.  Rufus  H.  King  and 
Franklin  Townsend  were  reelected  president  and  vice  president. 

National  Mechanics  and  Farmers'  Bank  —  Directors:  Thomas  W. 
Olcott,  Alanson  Sumner,  George  B.  Hale,  Theo.  F.  Humphrey,  Charles 
Newman,  John  J.  Olcott,  Alden  March  James  B.  Jermain,  Wm.  H. 
DeWitt,  Jacob  H.  Ten  Eyck,  Thos.  Olcott. 

National  Albany  Exchange  Bank. — Directors  :  James  McNaughton, 
Wm.  McElroy,  William  Gould,  Christopher  W.  Bender,  Amos  Pilsbury, 

Lansing  Merchant,  S  B.  McCoy,  Wm.  G.  Thomas,  Lemon  Thomson 

John  O'Connell  died,  aged  33.  Catharine,  wife  of  Roger  McGrath  died, 
aged  36. 

10.  Air,  h.  9,  1.  6. 

11.  Air,  h.  26,  1.  15 Annie  Adair,  wife  of  W.  W.  Smith,  died, 

aged  25.  Honorah,  widow  of  Jeremiah  Coockley,  died,  aged  70.  Eliza 
Jane  McKown,  wife  of  George  S.  Hamill,  died.  William  Tingle  died, 
aged  21. 

12.  Air.  h.  37,  1.  27 David  Gillan,  died,  aged,  79.     James  Mur- 

taugh  died,  aged  33.  John  D.  Turnbull  died  aged  58.  Honora  Gorman 
died,  aged  28. 

18.  Air,  h.  35,  1.  31 Fillmore  G.  Hulse,  died,  aged  38.     Abram 

J.  Johnson  died,  aged  69.     Andrew  J.  Clicker  died,  aged  36. 

14.  Air,  h.  39,1.  20 ..AbbieE.    Lee,  wife  of  Lyman  E.    Cline, 

formerly  of  Albany,  died  at  Phelps,  N.  Y. 

15.  Air,  h.  21,  1.  — 5 Ann,  wife  of  Michael  Hageny,  died,  aged 

30.    Augusta,     wife    of  Peter    J.    McGoddrick. wife    of 

Oscar  Tyler  died,  aged  62. 

16.  Air,  h.  13,  1.  — 5 A  few  inches  o  fsnowfell,  covering  the  bare 

earth Philip  Mills  died,  aged  76.  He  was  one  of  the  few  surviv- 
ing veterans  of  the  battle  of  Waterloo,  and  was  one  of  the  recipients  of  a 
silver  medal  from  his  majesty's  government  for  his  bravery  on  that 
memorable  day.  He  served  nine  years  in  the  Grenadier  Guards,  which 
regiment  was  in  attendance  at  the  funeral  of  Princess  Charlotte,  only 
child  of  George  the  Fourth,  in  the  year  1817.  He  likewise  served  five 
years    on  the    metropolitan  police  of  London.     Mr.    Mills   was  born    in 


Jan.]  Notes  from  the  Newspa]jers,  281 

England,  town  of  Hamilton,  county  of  Surrey,  and  emigrated  with  the 
intention  of  going  to  Canada,  but  settled  in  Albany  in  1835.  He  brought 
letters  of  introduction  from  the  officers  of  his  regiment,  from  his  superin- 
tendent of  police  to  Major  G-eneral  Colgrave  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  W, 
Rowan,  then  on  duty  in  Upper  Canada.  At  the  urgent  request  of  his 
friends  he  was  introduced  to  the  Prince  of  Wales  while  sojourning  in 
this  city.  Two  of  the  prince's  suit  were  attached  to  the  regiment  to 
which  Mr.  Mills  formerly  belonged.  These  letters  were  then  opened  for 
the  first  time,  and  contained  very  flattering  evidences  of  his  conduct  as  a 
soldier  and  member  of  the  police  force.  The  prince,  the  Duke  of  New- 
castle, and  Lord  Lyons,  then  British  minister  at  Washington,  felt  deeply 
interested  in  meeting  with  the  old  soldier,  who  shed  tears  at  such  an  out- 
burst of  expressions  of  sympathy  in  his  behalf,  as  he  was  the  only  veteran 
of  Waterloo  they  hq,d  met  with  in  their  travels  through  the  states.  He 
left  a  widow,  a  much  respected  and  esteemed  lady,  who  has  enjoyed  his 
social  companionship  for  nearly  fifty  years.  Though  in  humble  circum- 
stances, he  enjoyed  the  respect  of  all  classes  of  our  citizens  who  had  the 
pleasure  of  his  acquaintance.  Almira  Beebe,  wife  of  Denice  Cady,  died, 
aged  41.  Thomas  Gr.  Spencer  died  at  Richmondville,  aged  58,  formerly 
of  Albany. 

17.  Air,  h.  25,  1.  17, James  Tiernan   died,   aged  52.     Edward 

Kimmey  died,  aged  23.     Hugh  J.  Rowland  died,  aged  53. 

18.  Air,  h.  29,  1.  27 We  are    sorry  to    hear  that    Mr.  Chas.    T. 

Smyth  is  about  to  remove  from  Albany  and  take  up  his  residence  in  one 
of  the  eastern  towns.  Mr.  Smyth  is  one  of  our  oldest  merchants,  having 
been  engaged  in  business  on  the  dock  upwards  of  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  not  one  has  retired  with  a  more  honorable  record  for  probity  and 
liberality.  He  has  been  president  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  has  re- 
ceived from  his  fellow  merchants  many  other  evidences  of  their  confi- 
dence   and    friendly    consideration. — Argus Sarah    Ann     Patrick, 

wife  of  John  J.  Bradt,  died,  aged  34.  Sarah  Lawton  died,  aged  66. 
Patrick  Welsh  died,  aged  95.     Patrick  Hanlan  died,  aged  47. 

19.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  27 Richard  O'Connell  died,  aged  50.     Bridget, 

wife  of  Thomas  O'Brien,  died,  aged  53.  Mary  Elizabeth  Wise  died,  aged 
15.  On  Thursday,  after  returning  to  her  dinner  she  asked  her  mother  if 
she  could  not  go  skating,  stating  at  the  same  time  that  she  had  a  headache, 
and  that  she  thought  a  little  exercise  would  make  her  feel  better.  She 
went,  and  after  coming  home  remarked  that  she  had  not  benefited  much 
by  the  time  spent  on  the  ice,  as  she  still  had  a  severe  headache.  Her 
mother  then  advised  her  to  go  to  bed,  and  she  went,  and  never  rose  again. 
Yesterday  morning,  after  nine  o'clock,  the  unfortunate  girl  expired. 

20.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  33. 

21.  Air,  h.  43,  1.  14 Carrie,  daughter  of  the  late  Philo  K.  Cole, 

died,  aged  24.  Sarah  Stuart,  wife  of  Robert  Daly,  died,  aged  73.  Patrick 
Matthews  died,  aged  36. 

22.  Air,  h.   18,  1.  13  Peter  Fitzpatrick  died,  aged  57.     Ellen, 

wife  of  Thomas  Welsh,  died,  aged  63. 

23.  Air,  h.  24,  1.  19. 

24.  Air,  h.  26,  1.  16. 

25.  Air,h,  25,  1.23  Margaret  Murray,  formerly  of  Albany,  died 

in  New  York. 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  36 


282  Notes  from  the  NeiDspapers  [1866. 

26.  Air,  h.  28,  1.26 Sarah,  wife  of  TerrenceReily,  died,  aged  43. 

27.  Air,  h.  28,  1.  19 The  Cohoes  Cataract  of  the  27th,  speaking 

of  Albany,  says :  "  There  are  said  to  be  40,000  persons  in  the  city  who 
are  reached  by  neither  the  church  nor  the  sabbath  school.  Measures  are 
about  to  be  taken  to  Christianize  this  heathen  element.  If  the  above  be 
true  the  city  really  needs  a  reenforcement  of  clergymen,  Sunday  school 
teachers  and  good  and  benevolent  people  generally,  or  else  Cohoes  needs 

a  more  truthful  editor. — Argus .Dr.  C.  B.  O'Leary,  who  went  off  in 

1861  with  the  lamented  Col.  Bryan,  and  who  has  been  all  through  the 
war  acting  as  surgeon  and  physician  for  government,  and  since  the 
capture  of  Savannah  has  been  there  acting  as  assistant  post  physician, 
now  returns  to  his  old  friends  and  reopens  his  office  in  Herkimer  street 

for  the  practice  of  his  profession. — Arg\is Mrs.  Catherine  Davidson 

died,  aged  86.     Andrew  Tracy  died,  aged  52. 

28.  Air,  h.  22,  1.  4 The  Reverend  Father  Duffy,  of  St.  Mary's 

Church,  preached  his  farewell  sermon  yesterday.  It  was  brief  and  stir- 
ring, and  there  was  hardly  a  dry  eye  in  the  church.  He  leaves  for  Salina 
this  week,  and  is  about  to  take  charge  of  the  next  oldest  church  to 
St.  Mary's  in  the  diocese  of  Albany.  May  his  field  of  labor  be  pleasant. — 
Argus Sophia,  wife  of  B.  Reitzenberg,  died,  aged  42. 

29.  Air,h.  17,  I  12 Rev.  Eliphalet  Nott,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  president 

of  Union  College,  and  for  several  years  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  in  this  city,  died  at  Schenectady,  aged  93.  He  was  born  of  highly 
respectable  parentage,  in  Ashford,  Conn.,  on  the  25th  of  June,  1773. 
His  father  was  a  country  merchant  on  a  moderate  scale,  but  was  able  to 
earn  a  respectable  support  for  his  family.  His  earliest  intellectual  deve- 
lopments were  quite  extraordinary.  When  he  was  but  four  years  old,  he 
had  read  through  the  Bible,  and  had  committed  considerable  portions  of 
it  to  memory.  His  father,  being  now  a  farmer,  designed  to  train  the  son 
to  the  same  occupation  ;  and  several  of  his  early  years  were  actually  spent 
on  his  father's  farm ;  but  his  insatiable  desire  for  knowledge  led  him  to 
devour  every  book  that  came  within  his  reach.  He  lost  his  mother  at 
the  age  of  about  twelve,  and  shortly  after  returned  to  Franklin  to  live  with 
his  brother,  who  meanwhile  had  become  possessed  of  a  small  farm.  Here 
he  worked  during  the  summer,  and  studied  in  the  winter  under  his 
brother's  instruction.  At  sixteen  and  seventeen  he  taught  a  school  for 
two  successive  winters  in  the  neighboring  parish  of  Portapang,  and  at 
eighteen  took  charge  of  the  Plainfield  Academy,  and  at  the  same  time 
prosecuted  his  classical  studies  under  the  Rev.  Dr.  Benedict,  to  whose 
daughter  he  was  subsequently  married.  Here  he  remained,  it  is  believed, 
for  a  year  or  two,  until  he  entered  Brown  Univ<-rsity.  His  connection 
with  the  college  continued  but  about  one  year  ;  but,  during  that  time,  he 
was  at  the  head  of  his  class  both  in  mathcniatics  and  the  languages.  He 
graduated  out  of  due  course  in  1795.  He  returned  now  to  his  brother's 
at  Franklin,  and,  after  studying  theology  under  his  direction  for  about 
six  months,  was  assigned  to  preach  by  the  Congregational  association  of 
New  London  county.  He  was  immediately  sent  on  amission  by  the  asso- 
ciation which  had  licensed  him,  into  the  then  destitute  part  of  New  York, 
bordering  upon  Otsego  lake.  After  laboring  a  c  uple  of  months  in  dif- 
ferent places  in  that  thinly  inhabited  region,  he  accepted  an  invitation  to 
settle  at  Cherry  Valley,  in  the  double  capacity  of  preacher  and  teacher. 
The  flourishing  academy  which  still  exists  in  that  town  he  was  instru- 


Ej;?  t.yAIlJlurand. 


WMWo  miLllWMMMT  m(BTT   BM.  ILILm 


Jan.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  283 

mental  in  establishing.  After  having  remained  two  or  three  years  at 
Cherry  Valley,  he  had  occasion  to  visit  his  friends  at  the  east,  and  on  the 
way  stopped  at  Schenectady  to  pass  the  night.  As  it  happened  to  be 
the  evening  of  the  weekly  lecture,  he  attended  and  consented  to  perform 
the  service;  and  Dr.  John  Blair  Smith,  then  president  of  the  college, 
happening  to  be  present,  and  much  interested  in  his  discourse,  proposed 
to  him  to  become  a  candidate  for  the  pulpit  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  in  Albany,  and  through  his  influence  an  invitation  to  supply  that 
pulpit  was  soon  after  sent  to  him.  After  preaching  two  sabbaths,  a  call 
to  become  their  pastor  was  presented  to  him  ;  and  though  not  entirely 
unanimous,  on  account  of  a  prejudice  which  some  of  the  Scotch  had 
against  Yankee  ministers,  he  accepted  it,  in  the  hope  of  being  able  to 
conciliate  those  who  were  disposed  to  stand  aloof  from  him.  At  the  time 
of  his  settlement,  he  had  but  two  or  three  written  sermons,  having  been 
accustomed  to  preach  from  short  notes ;  but  as  the  sight  of  any  manu- 
script, no  matter  how  brief,  was  offensive  to  Scotch  hearers,  he  abandoned 
his  notes  altogether,  and  began  to  commit  his  sermons  to  memory,  and 
this  practice  he  continued  through  his  whole  subsequent  life.  From  the 
commencement  of  his  labors  here,  he  had  a  well  nigh  unprecedented 
popularity,  and  among  his  greatest  admirers  were  Alexander  Hamilton, 
Brockholst  Livingston,  and  others  of  the  same  class.  After  having  served 
this  congregation  most  acceptably  for  five  yeais,  he  was  chosen,  in  1804, 
president  of  Union  College.  This  appointment  he  accepted,  and  has 
filled  the  place  with  great  honor  during  the  long  period  of  sixty-one 
years.  To  give  an  account  of  all  the  plans  of  public  usefulness,  in  the 
way  of  intellectual  improvement  and  moral  reform,  with  which  he  has 
been  connected,  would  require  a  volume.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that 
he  has  been  emphatically  one  of  the  great  spirits  of  his  time.  His  stu- 
dents, scattered  all  over  the  country,  have  regarded  him  with  an  affection 
and  veneration  bordering  upon  idolatry.  His  occasional  efforts  in  the 
pulpit,  whether  in  the  country  or  in  the  city,  have  always  attracted,  and 
sometimes  well-nigh  entranced,  his  hearei's.  The  vigor  of  both  his  mind 
and  body  continued  until  a  very  late  period,  but  for  the  last  two  or  three 
years  he  has  been  gradually  declining,  and  for  some  months  past  has  been 
reduced  to  nearly  the  mental  imbecility  of  childhood.  His  long  and 
splendid  career  has  closed  amidst  the  most  affectionate  and  grateful 
attentions  and  benedictions.     He  had  held  the  ofllice  of  president  of  the 

college  sixty  two  years. — Evening  Journal A  deep  religious  interest 

is  prevailing  in  many  sections  of  the  country.  We  are  glad  to  observe  strong 
indications  that  Albany  is  not  to  be  passed  over  in  the  general  awakening. 
A  few  days  since  we  directed  attention  to  the  neglected  portion  of  our 
city,  and  mission  movements  are  already  in  active  operation.  A  consulta- 
tion of  city  pastors  and  active  laymen  has  been  had,  from  which  good 
results  are  already  apparent.  The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  is 
not  to  be  left  longer  a  burden  on  the  hands  of  a  few.  The  good  already 
accomplished  will  be  continued  by  a  strong  and  earnest  band,  who  will 
receive  the  hearty  cooperation  of  hundreds  of  active  Christians.  The 
North  Dutch  has  voted  to  employ  a  city  missionary,  and  its  young  men 
are  aroused  to  the  necessity  of  energetic  action.  The  State  street  Presby- 
terian Church,  also,  proposes  to  enter  into  the  mission  work,  and  employ 
a  city  missionary.  The  First  Presbyterian  Church  has  resolved  to  esta- 
blish and  maintain  a  Mission  Sunday  school  south  from  the  church.     la 


284  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

every  direction,  the  churches  are  moving.  The  Baptists,  who  are  fre- 
quently alluded  to  in  all  consultations  on  this  subject,  as  the  pioneers  in 
this  mission  work,  are  strengthening  their  stakes,  and  the  Methodists  are 
widening  the  influence  of  their  numerous  and  successful  mission  schools. 
The  churches  themselves  cannot  long  remain  uninfluenced  by  this  awaken- 
ing. Indeed,  already,  in  the  Calvary  Baptist  Church,  a  strong  interest 
prevails,  and  several  inquiring  ones  have  arisen  in  the  prayer  meetings. 
There  has  been  no  extra  efi"ort;  the  meetings  being  confined  to  the  two 

usually    held    on    Wednesday    and    Friday    evenings. —  Journal 

Michael  Ryan  died,  aged  60. 

30.  Air,  h.  23,  1.  21  The  receipts  of  flour  and  grain  at  this  port 

during  the  years  1864  and  1865,  were  as  follows  : 

1864.  1865.                                         1864.  1865. 

Flour,  bbls.,..   1,190,000  1,014,600  Barley,  bu.,.. .  3,169.200  4,551.600 

Wheat,  bu.,..  15,916,700  10,579,200  Rye,  bu., 647,200  1,350,900 

Corn,  bu.,. . .  .10,352,400  18,699,900  Oats,  bu., 13,730,100  10,847,500 

Henry  C,  son  of  the  late  Solomon  Southwick,  died,  aged  58. 

31.  Air,  h.  31,  1.  24 The   amount   of  tax  collected   as   internal 

revenue  for  the  month  of  January,  in  this  district,  was  as  follows  : 

Manufactures  and  productions, $120,889  53 

Slaughtered  animals 947  38 

Gross  receipts,  rail  roads,  theatres,  etc., 29,623  72 

Sales,  auctions  and  brokers, 84  19 

Licenses, 1,544  50 

Incomes, 3,365  28 

Legacies  and  successions, 4,644  67 

Articles  in  schedule  A,  watches,  etc., 13  00 

Unassessed  penalties  returned  by  the  collector,...  .  474  23 


Total,  January,  1866, $161,586  44 

Total,  January,  1865, 149,288  25 


Increase, $12,298  19 

February  1.  Air,  h.  32,  1.  20 John  Armiston  died,  aged  24. 

Mary  Callanhan  died,  aged  18. 

2.  Air.  h.  29,  1.  15 At  an  election  of  ofl^icers  of  the  St.  George's 

Society,  the  following  persons  were  chosen  for  the  ensuing  year  :  William 
Lacy,  president;  Wm.  H.  Taylor,  first  vice-president;  Eichard  Bygate, 
second  vice  president;  John  H.  Ingmire,  treasurer;  Thomas  P.  Way, 
recording  secretary ;  Henry  Rowland,  financial  secretary;  William  Tay- 
lor,  physician;  Rev.   William  Tatlock,  chaplain John  Armstrong 

died,  aged  23.  Philander  Coley  died  in  Brooklyn,  aged  69 ;  formerly 
alderman  of  the  10th  ward. 

3.  Air,  h.  22,  1.  9 Virginia  Ensign  died,  aged  15.     Ann  Fitz- 

patrick  died,  aged  80. 

4.  Air,  h.  22,  1.  11 Sophia  Moss  died,  aged  80. 

5.  Air,  h.  19,  1.  2 The  weather  had  changed  from  a  moderate  to  a 

decidedly  cold  temperature  ;  the   snow  had   almost  entirely  disappeared, 

and  sleighing  was   done  on  bare  stones Mary,   widow  of  Charles 

Enus,  died,  aged  43.     Susan  S.  Irons  died,  aged  55. 

6.  Air,  h.  14,  1.  6 Annual  election  of  the  board  of  trade.     Charles 

T.  Shepard,  president;  Wm.  H.  Taylor,  first  vice  president ;  John  H. 
Russell,  second  vice   president;  William  Lacy,   secretary;  Edmund   L. 


Feb.]  Notes  from  the  Newspaijers.  285 

Judson,   treasurer ;   Stephen    B.    Congdon,    Charles   H.  Requa,  Bradley 

Nichols,  Harvey  A.  Dwight,  Samuel  Rankin,  A.  Combs,  managers 

Margaret  Feenan  died,  aged  68.  David  V.  N.  Radcliff  died,  aged  67. 
He  was  apparently  in  his  usual  health  and,  we  are  told,  was  on  the  streets. 
While  in  his  house  last  evening  he  was  taken  suddenly  ill,  and  at  11^  o'clock 
died  from  disease  of  the  heart.  Many  years  since  he  came  to  this  city 
from  Poughkeepsie  (where  he  had  been  judge  of  Dutchess  county),  and 
rapidly  gained  eminence  and  a  fortune  in  his  profession,  that  of  the 
law.     He  had  been    a  member  of  the  assembly,   and  supervisor  of  the 

Sixth  ward  for  a  number  of  years. —  Times Anna  Euphemia,  wife 

of  Rev.  E.  A.  Huntington,  D.D.,  died  at  Auburn,  aged  49.  Mrs.  Hunt- 
ington was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Van  Vechten,  of  Albany,  and  grand- 
daughter of  the  late  distinguished  Dr.  John  M.  Mason,  of  New  York. 
The  first  sixteen  years  of  her  married  life  was  spent  in  the  city  of  Albany, 
where  her  husband  was  pastor  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  now 
under  the  care  of  Dr.  Halley.  From  there  she  removed  in  the  year 
1855  to  Auburn,  Dr.  Huntington  having  been  elected  to  the  chair  of 
Biblical  criticism  in  the  Theological  Seminary.  She  was  not  of  very 
robust  constitution ;  her  health  had  been  delicate  for  some  years,  and 
since  November  last  she  had  been  confined  to  her  bed.  She  met  her 
end  with  the  utmost  tranquillity,  expressing  with  her  latest  articulate 
accents  her  unwavering  hope  and  trust  in  her  Redeemer. 

7.  Air,  h.  23,  1.  zero Catharine  E.,  wife  of  Jacob  M.  Slinger- 

land,  died,  aged  25. 

8.  Air,  h.  22,  1.  12 Snow  began  to   fall  in  the  previous  night, 

and  continued  all  this  day,  leaving  a  bed  of  eight  or  ten  inches,  the  most 
that  had  fallen  during  the  winter. 

9.  Air,  h.  30,  1.  22 David  Moore  died, aged  68.     Annie  Arkels, 

wife  of  George  W.  Simond,  died  at  Youngstown,  Ohio,  a^ed  22. 

10.  Air,  h.  29,  1.  27 James  Callahan,  died,  aged  53. 

11.  Air,  h.  36,  1.  31 The  semi  centennial  celebration  of  the  Second 

Presbyterian  Sunday  school  v/as  held.  The  fiftieth  anniversary  of  any 
Sunday  school  in  this  country  is  a  rare  thing  j  for  fifty  years  ago,  such 
schools  were  a  comparative  novelty;  for  not  many  churches  had,  so  long  ago, 
become  imbued  with  the  spirit,  or  impressed  with  the  greatness  of  the  work. 
The  Second  Presbyterian  church  of  this  city  was  an  exception  to  the  general 
rule.  The  work  was  entered  upon  with  zeal  and  hope,  and  has  been  con- 
tinued from  that  day  to  this,  with  results  which  will  only  be  revealed  in  the 
last  day.  The  Second  Presbyterian  church  was  organized  iu  181 6,  under  the 
pastoral  supervision  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Chester,  who  was  succeeded,  in  1829,  by 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Sprague,  who  still  survives,  the  venerable  and  beloved  pastor 
of  the  flock.  From  their  first  organization,  the  members  of  this  church 
evinced  marked  zeal  iu  the  cause  of  religion,  and  readily  engaged  in  the 
Sunday  school  work.  In  October,  1816,  the  session  formally  endorsed 
the  system,  and  adopted, as  its  own,  the  school  for  some  months  previously 
held  in  a  carpenter's  shop,  on  the  corner  of  Chapel  and  Steuben  streets, 
under  the  supervision  of  Messrs.  Dillingham,  James  McClure  and  Hutton. 
The  school  was  transferred  to  the  Lancaster  school  room  ;  thence  to  the 
Uranian  Hall,  on  the  site  of  the  present  Female  Academy;  thence  to  the 
Mechanics'  Academy,  corner  of  Chapel  and  Columbia  streets;  thence  to 
the  old  Albany  Library  building,  corner  of  Chapel  and  Steuben  streets  ; 
thence  to    Masonic   Hall,  corner  of  State  and  Lodge   streets,  and  from 


286  Notes  from  the  Newspa;pers.  [1866. 

thence  to  the  rooms  of  the  church.  When  Mr.  Dillingham  removed  from 
the  city,  Benjamin  F.  Butler  became  its  superintendent.  During  the 
attempt  to  break  down  the  prejudices  against  Sunday  schools,  which 
existed  in  the  minds  of  many  respectable  lamilies,  Mrs.  Governor  Clinton 
sent  her  children  to  the  school.  But  it  was  a  long  time  before  these 
schools  were  looked  upon  as  anything  higher  than  places  of  instruction 
for  the  very  poor.  This  school  had  no  library  until  1826,  and  Archibald 
McClure,  still  a  teacher,  was  the  first  librarian.  Two  others  of  the 
teachers  of  that  day  are  still  in  the  school,  viz  :  John  Winne  and  George 
C.  Treadwell.  The  contributions  of  the  school  since  1847,  have  resulted 
in  the  organization  of  five  hundred  schools  in  the  southwest.  Mr.  Mc- 
CuUoch,  of  Kentucky  (of  the  American  Sunday  School  Union),  is  one  of 
its  most  zealous  almoners.  Tbe  school  will  soon  rejoice  in  the  possession 
of  its  new  chapel,  a  spacious  and  beautiful  edifice,  now  nearly  completed. 
As  it  has  waited  for  it  fifty  years,  it  deserves  to  enjoy  it. — Journal. 
Catharine,  wife  of  John  Dunn,  died. 

12.  Air,  h.  42,  1.  34 A  thaw  followed  the  snow  fall  of  the  8th, 

which  continued  till  this  morning,  when  the  wind  changed  to  the  north, 

and  rain  began  to  fall,  which  continued  throughout  the  day Frank 

C.  Griswold  died,  aged  20. 

13.  Air,  h    35,  1.  28 A   new   military   company   has  just  been 

organized  in  this  city.  It  is  to  be  attached  to  the  Twenty-fifth  regiment 
to  take  place  of  the  Republican  Artillery,  which  has  been  converted  into 
a  battery.     The  captain  of  the  new   organization  is  John   Barnett,  for 

merly  an  ofiicer  in  the  Forty-third  New  York  Volunteers. — Express 

Mary,  widow  of  Richard  Winslow,  died,  aged  83.  George  W.  Burdick 
died,  aged  47.  He  was  formerly  assistant  engineer  of  the  fire  department, 
and  deputy  sherifi"  of  this  county.  A  large  circle  of  friends  will  mourn 
his  loss.  The  funeral  takes  place  this  afternoon.  John  O'Brien  died, 
aged    63.     Peter  Sheridan  died,  aged  28. 

14.  Air,    h.  30,    1.      29 Upwards    of   5,000    valentines    passed 

through  the  post  office. 

15.  Air,  h.  31,  1.  20 The  Albany  bridge  was  crossed  by  a  loco- 
motive for  the  first  time.  The  event  marks  an  era  in  the  history  of 
progress  and  Albany.  The  locomotive  was  the  Augustus  Schell.  The 
engineer  Michael  Burns  of  Greenbush.  Connected  with  the  engine 
were  two  platform  cars  loaded  with  Inmber.  The  Troy  Times  in  speaking 
of  the  bridge  said  it  was  an  accomplished  fact,  after  a  thirty  years'  con- 
troversy, in  which  Troy  had  borne  the  brunt  of  the  fight  in  opposing 
the  work,  spending  large  sums  of  money,  and  exerting  her  most  vigorous 
efforts  against  what  the  Times  says  was  originally  the  unanimous  purpose 
of  the  people  of  Albany,  and  of  a  powerful  moneyed  and  railway  combi- 
nation. The  Trojans  took  ground  against  the  measure  on  a  question  of 
unconstitutionality,  spending  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  to  defeat  it, 
fearful  that  if  successful  it  would  prove  disastrous  to  the  interests  of  Troy. 
It  said  lawyers  were  still  heavily  feed  with  a  view  to  ultimately  procuring 

a  decision  that  the  bridging  of  the  river  is  unconstitutional  Ellen 

Heslin  died,  age  21 . 

16.  Air,  h.  20,  1.  zero. 

17.  Air,  h.  10,  1.  7 The  ice  boat  fleet  arrived.     It  left  Pough- 

keepsie  at  nine  o'clock  Friday  morning,  reached  Hudson  between  four 
and  five   in   the  afternoon,   remained  there   over   night,   leaving   in   the 


Feb.]  Notes  from  the  Neiospapers.  287 

morning  at  nine  o'clock  and  arriving  here  at  half-past  eleven.  The  re- 
spective crews  were  handsomely  entertained  by  the  Beaverwyck  Club,  and 
then  returned.  An  accident  occurred  to  the  fleet  upon  the  return  trip. 
While  the  Haze  was  dashing  along  at  the  rate  of  more  than  a  mile  a 
minute,  when  opposite  Castleton,  the  gale  was  so  heavy  that  her  spar  was 
carried  away,  completely  disabling  her,  but  not  injuring  any  of  the  excur- 
tionists.  The  Snow  Flake  being  but  half  a  mile  astern,  sailed  up  along- 
side of  the  wreck,  and  taking  the  Haze  in  tow  proceeded  to  Stuyvesant, 
where  the  adventurers  took  the  cars  of  the  Hudson  River  rail  road  for 
home,  leaving  the  vessels  to  he  brought  down  the  next  day.  The  Min- 
nehaha also  met  with  an  accident  just  below  the  city,  by  the  breaking  of 
her  runner  plank Isaac  Redstone  died,  aged  52. 

18.  Air,  h.  23,   1.   18 Edmond   Charles   Kirnan   died,  aged  20. 

Sarah  Capron  died,  aged  74. 

19.  Air,  h.  34,   1.   28 Edward  S.  Swain  died,   aged  20.     James 

Bassett  died,  aged  70.  Nelson  Weeks,  formerly  of  Rouse's  Point, 
died,  aged  62. 

20.  Air,  h.  38,  1.   28 The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 

found  it  necessary  to  legislate  against  the  monopolies  of  the  young  women, 
who,  with  their  accustomed  commendable  interest  in  all  that  relates  to 
the  welfare  of  young  men,  attended  the  lecture  course  in  such  numbers 
as  to  deprive  many  young  men  of  even  entering  some  of  our  largest 
churches.  It  was,  therefore,  deemed  imperatively  necessary  to  reserve 
seats  for  those  for  whom  the  course  was  specially  designed.  The  Pearl 
Street  Baptist  Church  was  nearly  filled  with  ladies,  and  a  hose  company 
that  went  there  in  a  body,  was  thus  prevented  from  even  entering  the 
church,  and  returned  disappointed  to  their  house.  It  was  enacted  that 
the  central  seats  in  the  house  be  reserved  for  the  exclusive  use  of  young 
men,  until  fifteen  minutes  before  the  commencement  of  the  exercises, 
and  any  organization  of  young  men  desiring  to  attend,  have  seats  specially 
reserved  for  them  on  sending  information  of  their  numbers  to  the  presi- 
dent of  the  association. 

21.  Air,  h.  36,  1.  19 There  was   a  remarkable  display  of  aurora 

early  in  the  morning,  which  was  thus  described  by  Prof.  G-.  W.  Hough, 
of  the  Dudley  Observatory.  During  a  portion  of  last  night  and  this  morn- 
ing, a  peculiar  aurora  appeared  in  the  northern  heavens.  At  12p.  m.,  of  the 
20th,  an  auroral  cloud  was  visible  near  the  northern  horizon,  and  occasional 
streamers  were  given  ofi"  from  the  cloud  ;  being  mostly  confined  to  the 
east  and  west  limits.  But  it  was  not  until  5  A.  M.  of  the  21st  that  we 
noticed  anything  unusual  in  this  phenomenon.  At  that  time  a  black 
auroral  cloud  lay  piled  up  in  the  north,  extending  along  the  horizon  about 
120  degrees.  This  cloud  increased  in  darkness  as  we  approached  the 
horizon,  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  it  was  an  auroral  cloud ;  since  the 
sky  was  perfectly  clear,  and  not  a  single  vapor  cloud  was  in  any  other 
portion  of  the  heavens.  This  cloud  had  an  altitude  of  about  30  degrees 
on  the  meridian,  and  the  upper  margin  was  fringed  with  the  auroral  light, 
forming  at  times  a  complete  arch.  The  streamers  or  flakes  of  light  were 
thrown  off  from  the  north-east  and  north-west  ends  of  the  cloud  with 
astonishing  rapidity.  We  estimated  the  motion  from  the  horizon  to  the 
zenith  at  less  than  the  one-tenth  of  a  second  of  time.  At  5h.  10m.  the 
streamers  seemed  to  jet  in  one  constant  stream  from  the  north-west  and 
north-east  portion  of  the  cloud,  while  all  along  the  north  the  auroral  arch 


288  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

threw  off  waves  of  light  every  two  or  three  seconds.  At  this  time  it  was 
truly  a  grand  and  magnificent  phenomenon.  These  detached  flakes  formed 
in  such  a  rapid  stream  from  the  cloud  as  almost  to  hewilder  one  in  trying 
to  follow  them.  At  5h.  20m.  the  flakes  and  streamers  continued  to  appear 
and  disappear  in  remarkably  quick  succession.  And  occasionally  an  im- 
mense wave  of  light  was  rolled  from  the  whole  northern  horizon  and 
disappeared  in  the  zenith.  At  6h.  30m.  the  aurora  continued,  but  with 
not  such  striking  characteristics.  In  the  early  evening  until  nearly  8 
o'clock  the  sky  was  clear  and  the  moon' shone  with  unusual  brilliancy. 
About  this  time  a  snow  squall  suddenly  came  up,  which  continued  for 
half  an  hour  or  longer.  This  squall  was  accompanied  with  a  violent  gust 
of  wind  from  the  north-west.  Immediately  preceding  this  squall  the 
registering  and  printing  barometer  showed  a  sudden  rise  of  0.06  inch, 
in  less  than  three  minutes.  The  barometer  continued  to  rise  until  noon 
of  the  21st,  when  its  height  was  30.37  inches.  That  the  aurora  is  an 
electrical  phenomenon  is  pretty  generally  admitted,  but  whether  it  has 
any  connection  with  the  atmospheric  pressure,  and  the  fluctuations  of  the 

barometer,  has  not  yet  been  fully  determined Jane  S.,  wife  of  Joseph 

Arnold,  died.     Matthew  J.  Hallenbeck  died  at  Columbus,  Ga.,  aged  65. 

22.  Air,  h.  32,  1.  19 The  legislature  of  1865  having  enacted  that 

the  22d  of  February  should  thereafter  be  held  as  a  public  holiday,  it  was 
now  for  the  first  time  observed  as  such  by  the  closing  of  the  public  ofiices. 
The  day  was  observed  with  unusual  display.  The  weather  has  been  de- 
lightful, and  all  the  city  and  its  country  cousins  have  been  in  the  streets, 
while  the  American  colors  have  floated  gaily  from  every  flagstaff".  The 
military  display  was  the  finest  we  have  witnessed  in  this  city  in  a  long 
time.  The  Tenth  and  Twenty-fifth  vied  with  each  other  in  the  display. 
Both  of  them  turned  out  in  large  numbers,  and  looked  exceedingly  well  : 
it  would  seem  impossible  for  them  to  excel  this  demonstration.  The  de- 
tachment of  police  which  preceded  the  military  appeared  to  excellent 
advantage.  The  cavalry  and  the  battery  of  artillery  made  a  highly 
creditable  appearance. — Journal.  In  the  evening  John  Van  Buren  spoke 
at  Tweddle  Hall  to  a  full  house.  Taking  Washington's  Farewell  Address 
as  his  text,  and  commenting  upon  its  warning  against  geographical  parties, 
and  the  dangers  which  factions  threatened  to  the  Republic,  he  spoke 
of  the  reelection  of  Andrew  Johnson  as  the  best  means  of  avoiding  these 
dangers,  and  uniting  parties  and  sections  in  tranquil  and  harmonious 
efi'orts  to  restore  the  union  to  its  normal  condition,  and  advance  the 
people  in  constitutional  liberty  and  material  prosperity.     His  remarks 

were  received  with  evident  favor. — Argus After  the  meeting  of  the 

directors  of  the  Hudson  River  Bridge  Company,  and  shortly  after  three 
o'clock,  a  train  consisting  of  four  cars,  drawn  by  the  locomotive  Lyman 
J.  Lloyd,  belonging  to  the  Central  Rail  Road  Company,  started  from  the 
depot  on  Maiden  lane  for  a  trip  across  the  bridge.  The  director  of  the 
Bridge  company,  several  of  the  directors  of  the  Central  rail  road,  and  a 
number  of  the  employes  of  the  company,  together  with  officers  of  the 
Hudson  River,  Harlem  and  Boston  rail  roads,  were  passengers  on  the  train. 
A  large  number  of  persons  assembled  on  the  pier  and  ice  to  witness  the 
passage  of  the  train,  which  was  successfully  accomplished.  The  train  was 
drawn  back  by  the  locomotive,  James  H.  Banker,  belonging  to  the 
Hudson  River  Rail  Road  Company.     Subsequently  a  freight  train,  con- 


Feb.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  289 

sistino;  of  eight  cars,  loaded,  belonging  to  the  Red  Line  thi-ougli  cars  from 
Chicago  to  New  York,  passed  over  the  bridge  safely. —  Journal. 

The  New  Rail  Road  Bridge. —  To-day  the  celebration  of  the  great 
rail  road  bridge  over  the  Hudson  is  corning  off.  This  is  another  completed 
link  in  the  matter  of  a  continuous  avenue  between  Boston  and  the  great 
west.  The  city  is  full  of  visitors,  taking  advantage  of  the  holiday,  and 
the  vicinity  of  the  structure  is  crowded  with  observers.  The  first  train 
of  passenger  cars  crosses  to-day ;  the  first  locomotive,  with  a  couple  of 
long  cars  laden  with  lumber,  went  over  yesterday,  and  the  chief  ofiicers 
and  managers  of  the  several  rail  road  lines  that  operate  through  this 
city  lend  the  charm  of  their  presence  to  the  occasion.  The  day  will  be 
festive,  if  not  gay.  This  old  Dutch  town  enters  upon  a  new  career  of 
greatness  at  this  hour;  for  the  advantage  of  the  freight  and  passenger 
transfers  being  withdrawn,  nothing  remains  but  to  inaugurate  a  system  of 
manufacturing  industry  that  shall  give  employment  and  support  to  the 
people. 

The  Foundation. —  Twenty-one  stone  piers  support  this  enormous 
structure.  Commencing  at  the  Albany  side  of  the  river  a  solid  pier  of 
masonry  is  built  up  from  a  foundation  fifteen  feet  below  the  bottom  of  the 
river,  32  feet  long  and  6  feet  wide,  in  which  were  driven  150  piles,  and 
in  and  upon  the  tops  of  them  was  built  a  solid  pediment  of  concrete 
masonry,  or  cement  and  broken  rock  combined,  and  then  was  erected  the 
pier  of  solid  limestone,  7?  wide  on  the  top,  as  the  coping  projected  over 
9  inches.  In  this  manner  the  whole  number  of  piers,  except  two  or  three 
are  built,  and  these  exceptions  differ  only  in  size.  One  standing  on  the 
old  business  pier  in  the  river,  is  not  far  from  30  feet  by  24,  and  the  one 
at  the  east  side  of  the  river  is  furnished  with  two  wings  additional  to  the 
main  pier,  that  connect  it  with  the  main  banks  of  the  river.  The  central 
pier,  on  which  the  draw  rests  and  turns,  is  about  260  feet  long  and  over 
30ieetwide,  and  built  up  not  only  in  the  centre  under  the  bridge  but 
extends  each  way  up  and  down  the  river,  far  enough  to  give  the  required 
length,  and  on  each  end  is  built  a  shoulder  for  a  point  of  rest  for  the  ends 
when  the  draw  is  swung  open.  .  On  the  top  of  this  central  pier  is  placed 
the  system  of  wheels  and  rollers,  on  which  the  whole  rest  and  revolves. 
The  cost  of  the  piers  was  immense,  the  work  occupying  about  two  years. 
The  stone  is  well  cut,  and  the  ends  rounded  on  the  smaller  piers,  but  is  left 
rough  and  square  on  the  two  largest.  They  are  too  narrow  for  the  ice 
to  have  serious  effect  on,  as  in  striking  so  sharp  or  narrow  a  ridge  of  rocks 
it  will  be  broken  or  ground  into  small  pieces.  They  are  near  50  or  60 
feet  high  from  their  base,  and  contain  probably  not  far  from  ten  thousand 
cubic  yards  of  masonry,  including  crippling  and  concrete. 

The  West  End. —  Commencing  at  the  rail  road  avenue,  near  the  junc- 
tion of  Colonic  street,  a  grand  series  of  trestle  work  extends  to  the  river, 
and  terminates  at  the  first  pier.  This  trestle  work  rests  upon  some  150 
bents  of  timber  placed  for  a  large  portion  of  the  way  at  8  feet  distance 
and  the  rest  at  26  feet.  Under  each  bent  a  trench  was  dug,  from  five  to 
eight  feet,  and  a  timber  laid  down  across  said  trench,  directly  under  each 
post,  and  then  a  stick  of  timber,  some  10  or  12  inches  square,  was  laid 
over  and  fastened  to  them,  and  on  this  base  was  erected  the  bent.  Each 
bent  consi.sts  of  five  posts,  10  by  12  inches  square,  and  framed  into  the 
Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  37 


290  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  [1866. 

timber  at  the  bottom,  and  besides  being  securely  braced  at  the  sides,  is 
held  in  place  by  heavy  cross  timber  at  the  top,  some  12  inches  square, 
and  an  additional  heavy  post  is  placed  as  a  brace  at  each  end  of  the  bent. 
The  bottom  being  held  by  the  framework  embedded  in  the  earth,  and  the 
top  secured  by  the  superincumbent  weight  of  its  own  cross  timbers,  and 
the  four  stringers  that  form  the  bed  proper  for  the  iron  rails,  and  the  rails 
themselves,  forbids  any  idea  of  their  ever  being  moved  out  of  their  places. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  trestle  work  the  posts  are  cut  oflF  at  the  surface 
of  the  ground,  but  with  a  level  or  slant  upwards  towards  the  river  of 
10  inches  in  the  hundred  feet,  or  about  41  feet  to  the  mile.  Each  suc- 
cessive bent  carries  the  ascent  higher  and  higher,  till  the  maximum  is 
reached  at  or  near  Centre  street.  From  that  point  across  the  river  the 
surface  is  as  near  a  level  as  may  be. 

The  East  End  is  built  in  a  more  temporary  style,  resting  wholly  on 
piles.  The  nature  of  the  bank,  and  the  business  of  the  town  here,  did 
not  require  the  extensive  trestle  work  of  the  west  end,  and  this  800  feet 
will  by  another  year  be  all  filled  in  with  gravel  and  made  a  solid  em- 
bankment up  to  the  first  stone  pier  on  that  side.  As  we  said  above,  this 
pier  is  built  with  a  wing  at  each  end,  for  the  better  security  of  the  em- 
bankment. 

The  Shape  of  the  Bridge  is  that  of  the  letter  S.  Standing  at  no  point 
is  the  eye  able  to  look  through  the  whole  length  of  it.  And  while  this 
adds  much  to  the  length  and  expense,  yet  the  eye  can  detect  a  careful 
attention  to  the  quality  of  beauty  in  giving  the  curves  a  graceful  sweep. 
And  now  we  come  to  the 

Main  Bridge. —  The  How  pattern,  which  is  of  almost  universal  use  in 
bridge  building,  is  adopted  in  this.  The  great  peculiarity  in  this  style  is 
that  the  railing  or  sides  of  the  bridge  is  framed  into  and  with  the  founda- 
tion, so  as  to  make  the  structure  self-supporting  for  any  convenient  length 
of  span.  The  longer  the  span  the  higher  the  railing  is  carried.  In  this 
bridge  it  is  twenty-four  feet  in  height.  The  system  is  somewhat  like 
this :  A  strong  timber,  or  series  of  parallel  timbers  of  great  strength 
and  of  given  length  are  bolted  together^  and  this  is  called  the  lower 
chord,  and  designed  for  the  bottom  of  the  sides  of  the  bridge,  and  which 
must  support  all  the  cross  ties.  Parallel  to,  and  of  equal  size  with 
this,  runs  the  upper  chord  framed  in  like  manner.  Between  these  two 
run  a  multitude  of  slanting  or  diagonal  double  braces  of  great  strength, 
the  foot  of  each  resting  upon  a  cast  iron  shoulder  block,  weighing 
in  the  main  bridge  three  hundred  and  sixty  pounds,  into  which  it  is 
fastened  by  a  wrought  iron  bolt,  an  inch  and  a  half  in  diameter,  and 
which  pin  passes  down  into  the  timber  below,  slanting  in  one  direction 
for  four-fifths  of  the  distance,  and  in  the  opposite  direction  for  the  bal- 
ance, and  right  up  between  these  double  braces  runs  another  single  brace 
of  smaller  dimensions  but  inclining  in  an  opposite  direction,  resting  .its 
foot  upon  the  same  iron  block.  At  the  head  these  braces  are  bolted 
securely  into  the  upper  chord,  or  just  against  a  head  block  of  iron  or  oak, 
which  latter  clasps  or  holds  the  upper  claords  secure  and  fast.  The  bind- 
ing force  of  these  braces  prevents  any  sag  in  the  bridge,  and  insures  it 
against  breaking  down  when  properly  made. 

Iron  Rods. — ^^ Besides  the  diagonal  wooden  braces  above  named,  two 
upright  iron  rods,  one  and  three-quarter  inches  in  diameter,  and  bolted 


Feb.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  291 

into  the  iron  shoulder  blocks,  and  running  down  through  the  upper  chord, 
and  fastened  at  each  end  with  a  nut  and  screw,  or  a  shoulder  of  iron  that 
enables  these  rods  to  take  their  share  of  the  load  to  be  borne,  and  this 
constitutes  another  security  against  settling  or  falling.  When  these 
bents  or  spans  are  properly  framed  and  bolted  together,  they  are  raised 
to  the  position  each  is  to  occupy,  each  end  resting  upon  an  abutment. 
Besides  these  upright  iron  rods,  hundreds  of  bolts  are  put  through  the 
timbers  that  compose  the  chords,  giving  the  main  support  of  the  bridge 
the  most  formidable  security  against  disasters. 

Number  of  Spans. —  There  are  four  spans  172  feet  each,  and  14  of  72 
feet,  and  257  feet  in  the  draw,  making  in  all  of  the  bridge  proper  1953. 
Add  to  this  1500  feet  of  trestle  work  on  the  Albany  side,  and  800  feet 
for  the  embankment  and  pile  work  on  the  East  Albany  side,  and  we 
obtain  for  the  whole  length  of  the  bridge  4253  feet  as  the  whole  length 
of  the  work.     The  width  is  about  twenty  feet.     This  brings  us  to 

The  Draw,  which  is  the  eminent  portion  of  the  whole  affair.  This,  as 
we  said  above,  is  257  feet  long,  suspended  at  the  centre  on  a  pile  37  feet 
wide,  and  swings  out  in  a  span  of  110  feet  on  each  side  of  the  pile.  The 
general  outline  of  this  part  of  the  bridge  is  similar  to  the  rest,  except  the 
turret  for  supporting  the  ends  when  suspended  over  the  stream,  and 
endangered  by  their  own  weight.  It  is  put  in  motion  by  a  lever  or  a  set  of 
levers  inserted  in  a  circular  iron  wheel,  which  connects  with  the  other 
wheel  work,  and  easily  moves  the  superincumbent  mass.  This  machinery 
for  swinging  the  draw  was  furnished  by  the  Boston  Machine  Company, 
and  will  no  doubt  redound  to  their  fair  fame. 

The  Turret  is  raised  over  the  centre  of  the  draw,  and  directly  over 
the  centre  of  the  supporting  pier.  Two  pairs  of  upright  posts,  some 
10  inches  square,  are  set  up  on  each  side,  and  strongly  fastened  by 
extended  braces,  till  they  reach  a  height  of  six  feet.  At  the  top  of  these 
posts,  and  on  each  side  of  the  turrets,  a  framework  of  iron  is  placed, 
strongly  bolted  to  the  supporting  timbers,  and  sustaining  an  arrange- 
ment of  iron  wheel  work,  designed  for  special  use.  A  wheel,  some 
five  or  six  feet  in  diameter,  is  fastened  to  a  shaft,  on  which  is  cut  an 
endless  screw,  which  screw  works  into  an  eccentric  wheel,  and  the  turn- 
ing of  this  eccentric  elevates  for  one  or  two  feet  the  cross-bar  to  which 
is  attached  the  upper  ends  of  eight  chains  constructed  in  a  novel 
manner.  They  consist  each  of  a  number  of  links  of  wrought  iron,  seven- 
eighths  of  an  inch  thick,  five  inches  wide  and  some  twenty  feet  long, 
fastened  together  at  the  ends  by  a  huge  bolt  passing  through,  and  having 
been  attached  to  the  iron  framework  at  the  top  of  the  turret,  are  carried 
down  to  near  the  extremity  of  each  lower  chord  and  then  attached  to  the 
other  end.  Two  of  these  chains  run  down  on  each  side  of  the  turret,  and 
on  both  sides  of  the  bridge.  Chain  work  descends  from  the  large  per- 
pendicular wheel  spoken  of  above,  and  being  attached  to  the  machinery 
on  the  bridge  proper,  is  turned  at  will,  till  by  elevating  the  upper  end  of 
this  heavy  chain,  sufiicient  strain  is  brought  upon  it  to  lift  tlae  extremi- 
ties of  the  draw  a  little  from  the  abutments,  and  thus  reduce  the  friction 
in  starting,  as  well  as  support  the  pendant  ends.  This  plan  proving  a 
success  will  materially  assist  similar  enterprises  where  navigation  is  to  be 
cared  for  and  a  swino;  draw  constructed. 


292  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

Amount  of  Timber. —  Over  two  and  a  quarter  millions  of  square  feet, 
inch  measure,  have  been  consumed  in  building  the  work,  including  three 
minor  bridges  yet  to  be  spoken  of. 

The  Cost  of  the  whole,  so  far,  has  been  about  three-quarters  of  a  million 
dollars  ',  but  the  extensive  purchases  of  real  estate  on  the  Albany  side  has 
created  an  investment  including  the  cost  of  the  bridge,  of  $1,100,000. 

Minor  Bridges  had  to  be  erected  over  Water,  Centre  and  Montgomery 
streets.  At  the  last  the  Saratoga  rail  road  passes  under  this  bridge,  and 
the  small  bridge  placed  across  this  street  is  built  on  the  same  plan  as  the 
large  one.  Four  timbers  strongly  bolted  and  supported  by  truss  iron  rods 
of  If  inches  diameter,  and  these  series  of  timber  and  iron  repeated  some 
six  or  eight  times,  forms  the  bed  work  of  the  bridge  82  feet  wide.  The 
upper  and  lower  ends  are  framed  as  in  the  large  bridge,  only  the  railing 
is  but  12  feet  high  ;  over  Centre  street  it  is  8  feet  and  over  Water  street 
9  feet  high.  These  bridges  are  so  strong  and  firm  that  the  passing  of  a 
locomotive,  with  several  heavily  loaded  lumber  cars  attached,  produced 
only  a  slight  jar,  but  no  perceptible  depression. 

How  the  Rail  RoadTrackis  laid. — All  the  science  of  bridgebuilding  lies 
in  the  knowledge  of  how  to  use  braces  to  most  advantage.  Cross  bracing, 
diagonal  bracing,  upper  bracing,  under  bracing,  inter-bracing  at  sides, 
bottom  and  top,  with  wood,  wrought  and  cast  iron  complete  the  description 
of  this  art.  So  all  that  we  have  described  so  imperfectly  is  only  the  simple 
preparation  for  the  support  of  the  stringers  that  support  the  rails  and 
ties.  These  stringers  are  square  sawed  pine  timber,  12  by  14  inches,  and 
closely  spliced  at  the  meeting  ends,  and  four  are  laid  down,  two  for  each 
track,  which  is  to  be  double  to  the  edge  of  the  river,  and  single  over  the 
river.  After  these  stringers  or  sills  are  in  position,  white  oak  ties,  two 
feet  apart,  are  laid  across  as  on  any  railroad,  and  spiked  with  wrought  iron 
spikes  to  the  stringers.  On  these  ties  are  laid  the  heavy  iron  rails,  except 
over  the  street  bridges,  where  a  broad  white  oak  timber  some  four  inches 
thick  is  laid  transversely  of  the  bridge  and  on  it  are  placed  and  to  it,  all 
spiked,  the  rails  that  cross  the  bridge. 

The  Spikes  used  are  of  two  kinds ;  one  the  common  spike  five-eighths 
of  an  inch  square^  that  is  driven  in  after  an  orifice  a  little  smaller  than  itself 
has  been  bored ;  the  other  screw  nearly  an  inch  in  diameter,  with  a  bar- 
head  large  enough  to  lap  on  the  edge  of  the  rail,  is,  after  being  slushed, 
forced  into  the  timber  and  turned  to  hold  the  rail  in  its  place.  This  last 
one  is  to  our  mind,  an  excellent  improvement. 

Charter. —  The  legislature  of  New  York  gave  a  charter  to  this  company 
for  an  iron  bridge,  to  be  erected  in  three  years  The  wooden  structure 
now  completed,  is  only  of  a  temporary  nature,  and  as  soon  as  the  financial 
matters  become  settled  so  that  the  price  of  iron  will  be  within  the  reach 
of  the  company's  purse,  they  intend  to  replace  one  span  of  the  bridge 
with  it,  and  eventually  to  replace  the  whole  bridge  with  the  same  material. 
The  trestle-work  will  probably  remain  as  it  is  for  many  years,  if  not  till 
worn  out. 

The  Owners  are  the  New  York  Central  Rail  Road  Company,  one-half; 
the  Western  Rail  Road  Company  of  Massachusetts,  one-quarter;  the 
Hudson  River  Rail  Road  Company,  one-quarter.  The  original  joint  stock 
company,  on  finding  it  rather  difficult  to  raise  the  money,  transferred  all 
right  and  title  to  the  above  named  proprietors. 


Feb.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  293 

Mechanics. —  Charles  Newman  was  overseer  of  the  mechanical  construc- 
tion, and  a  competent  man  for  the  place.  John  Holmes  was  master  of  the 
framing,  and  Edward  Sheffer  boss  of  the  trestle  work.  One  hundred  and 
sixty-three  carpenters  were  employed,  and  a  great  number  of  laborers. 
A.  F.  Smith  was  superintendent  of  the  whole  business,  Mr.  Fairchild  trea- 
surer of  the  company. 

General  Remarks. —  The  completion  of  this  work  and  opening  of  con- 
tinuous, uninterrupted  railway  accommodations  between  the  east  and 
west,  on  this  route,  it  is  supposed  by  the  Trojans,  will  sensibly  affect  the 
railway  interests  of  their  city,  which,  until  now,  has  enjoyed  a  monopoly 
of  said  accommodations.  Consequently  there  is  said  to  be  considerable 
bitterness  of  feeling  on  their  part  in  regard  to  it.  This  is  natural.  Peo- 
ple are  usually  inclined  to  oppose  all  projects  that  seem  to  conflict  with 
their  present  pecuniary  interest,  without  stopping  to  inquire  whether  the 
new  improvement  will  not  open  up,  or  make  available  some  other  sources 
of  profit  much  more  lucrative  and  satisfactory;  and  if  no  public  improve- 
ments were  ever  undertaken  till  the  unanimous,  or  even  general  assent  of 
those  whose  business  is  to  be  affected  could  be  obtained,  there  never 
would  be  a  project  undertaken.  Many,  if  not  most  places,  now  flourish- 
ing from  some  paying  enterprise,  have  been  forced  to  give  up  some  fancied 
or  real  advantages  and  adopt  a  new  course  of  business.  The  advantage 
could  not  be  wholly  foreseen,  but  the  new  facilities  brought  it  distinctly 
into  view.  So  it  will  ever  be  with  an  inddstrious  and  intelligent  people. 
They  will  accommodate  themselves  to  new  conditions.  They  will  apply 
the  new  forces  within  reach.  If  driven  from  staging  they  will  go  into 
the  rail  road  business;  if  deprived  of  trucking  in  Albany  they  will  turn 
their  hands  to  another  department  of  industry.  The  wide  domain  of 
manufacturing  effort  is  open  to  every  town,  and  the  market  grows  wider 
every  day.  Troy  is  at  present  a  large  and  prosperous  centre  of  manufac- 
tures. She  is  not  dependent  on  river  or  railway  transit  for  her  wealth, 
and  the  bridge  won't  harm  her.  Albany,  too,  feels  a  little  restless  in  the 
expectation  that  her  business  will  be  disturbed  by  this  new  arrangement, 
but  she  is  too  old  to  fear  such  slight  changes,  and  not  "too  old  to  learn 
new  tricks,"  at  money  making.  Any  city  of  65,000  inhabitants  with  a 
long  list  of  rich  men,  with  large  accumulated  capital,  with  a  splendid 
river  at  its  feet  and  railway  connections  with  all  creation  in  her  possession, 
ought  to  die  a  natural  death  if  she  can't  turn  all  these  advantages  to  good 
account,  and  compete  in  the  markets  of  the  world.  So  go  ahead  goodly 
capital  of  the  Empire  State.  Let  us  see  you  put  out  in  all  directions, 
and  our  Yankee  neighbors  will  stop  on  their  way  to  the  west  to  see  how 
you  prosper  and  leave  that  extra  quarter  of  a  dollar  behind  them  also. 

Final. —  We  congratulate  Boston  on  the  completion  of  an  enterprise 
among  the  last  needed  to  put  her  in  ready  connection  with  the  world's 
granary,  and  all  the  traveling  public  that  the  unpleasant  ferriage  over 
the  Hudson  disappears  from  the  highway  to  the  west.  The  freighter 
will  rejoice,  and  we  trust  the  universal  republic  of  New  England  will 
share  the  diffusive  joy. 

John  Long  died,  aged  75.  Rachel  Ruso,  wife  of  Francis  Kennedy,  died, 
aged  48.  Hugh  Collins  died,  aged  25.  Max  Schuster  died.  Mrs.  Catharine 
King  died,  aged  62. 


294  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

23.  Air,  h.  42,  1.  38 President  Taylor  called  the  Board  of  Trade 

to  order  this  morning,  and  announced  the  death  of  one  of  its  members, 
Matthew  I.  Hallenbeck,  which  occurred  recently  in  Columbus,  Georgia. 
On  motion,  the  chair  appointed  a  committee  of  five,  consisting  of  Messrs. 
A.  E.  Gifi"ord,  Glazier,  PuUen,  Rankin  and  Bender  to  draft  and  report 
resolutions  of  condolence. .....Thomas  Maher  died,  aged  56. 

24.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  38 Andrew  White  died,  aged  42. 

25.  Air,  h.  49,  1.  30 The  ice  in  the  river  in  front  of  the  city 

moved  early  in  the  morning,  and  being  as  usual,  firm  in  the  gorges  below, 
the  water  began  to  rise  rapidly.  The  yearly  moving  of  the  ice  on  the 
river  is  looked  forward  to  by  merchants  and  boatmen  with  anxiety,  on 
account  of  the  great  damage  sometimes  done  by  the  freshets  that  follow. 
On  Saturday  night,  about  a  quarter  to  twelve  o'clock,  the  last  sleigh  load 
of  passengers  from  the  Hudson  river  rail  road  train  had  but  barely  crossed 
the  river  when  the  efi"ect  of  the  freshet  in  the  Mohawk  was  felt  here  in 
the  breaking  up  of  the  ice  above  and  below  the  city.  It  did  not  move 
far,  however,  until  about  ten  minutes  to  nine  o'clock  this  morning,  when 
the  water  commenced  to  rise  very  quickly,  and  the  ice  below  the  city  was 
noticed  slowly  moving  down  the  river.  The  water,  at  this  time,  at 
Maiden  lane,  almost  touched  Broadway,  and  the  Steam  boat  landing  was 
five  feet  under  water.  The  ground  floors  of  stores  along  Quay  street  were 
submerged,  and  parts  of  South  Broadway,  near  the  South  ferry,  were  not 
available  for  foot  passengers.  The  current  in  the  river  was  carrying  the  ice 
down  at  the  rate  of  fully  six  miles  per  hour,  and  the  water  receded  somewhat 
until  ten  o'clock,  when  a  jam  formed  at  the  first  island  below  the  city, 
across  the  river  to  the  Greenbush  side.  The  current  then  set  through 
the  Island  creek  at  a  rapid  rate,  but  the  passage  was  not  sufficiently  large 
for  the  great  body  of  water,  and  it  commenced  again  to  rise.  In  the  jam 
a  pile  driver  and  a  large  river  boat  were  firmly  wedged,  having  been 
carried  from  their  moorings.  In  the  morning  the  prevailing  high  wind 
was  favorable  to  the  current,  and  somewhat  aided  the  ice  in  its  career. 
The  bridge  crossing  the  Island  creek,  near  the  Susquehanna  rail  road 
track,  was  completely  carried  away.  Many  large  timbers,  resembling 
pieces  of  dock  and  bridge  structures,  were  seen  floating  down  with  the 
ice.  Notwithstauding  the  many  unfavorable  predictions,  the  new  bridge 
piers  ofl'ered  no  barrier  to  the  passage  of  the  ice,  which  struck  them  and 
went  on  its  way.  The  train  on  the  Hudson  river  rail  road  which  arrived 
in  East  Albany  at  9  A.  M.,  passed  over  the  bridge  and  proceeded  on  its  way 
to  Cincinnati,saving  the  unpleasant  delay  usually  caused  by  the  breaking  up 
of  the  ice.  Comparatively  little  damage  resulted.  Our  merchants  on  the 
piers  and  dock  were  fully  prepared  for  the  freshet,  having  been  abundantly 
warned  by  the  warm  rains  and  strong  winds  of  the  past  week.  The  usual 
number  of  cellars  were  inundated,  but  it  took  nobody  by  surprise,  and 
found  none  unprepared  for  the  visitation.  Indeed,  of  late  years,  it  has  been 
the  later  spring  freshets,  caused  "by  heavy  rains  in  April  and  May,  when 
the  ground  was  thoroughly  wet,  and  the  water  flowed  quickly  off"  instead 
of  penetrating  the  earth,  that  have  brought  most  serious  loss  to  our  mer- 
chants, and  to  occupants  of  dwellings  in  the  southern  section  of  the  city. 
This  is  the  earliest  break  up  we  have  had  in  fifteen  years.  In  1851,  the 
ice  broke  up  on  the  25th  of  Februarv ;  in  1845,  it  occurred  February 
24th  ;  1812,"  February  4th  ;  1840,  February  25th  •  1834,  February  29th  ; 
1828,   February   8th;    1825,  February    25 — Argus.     The  weather   this 


March.] 


Notes  from  the  Newspapers 


295 


morning  became  quite  cold,  cliecking  the  freshet,  and  nearly  freezing  over 
the  newly  opened  water.  As  a  matter  of  interest  we  give  the  date  of  the 
opening  of  the  river  for  the  last  twenty  years  : 


1847 April  7 

1848 March  22 

1849 do  18 

1850 do  10 

1851 February  25 

1852 March  28 

1853 do  28 

1854 do  17 

1855 March  27 

1856 April  11 


1857 

1858 

1859 

1860 

1861 ... 

1862 

1868... 

1864 

1865 

1866 February   24 


March 

18 

do 

20 

do 

13 

do 

6 

do 

5 

April 

8 

do 

7 

March 

11 

do 

21 

The  journal  of  the  Eighty-second  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church  in  the  diocese  of  New  York,  presents  the  following  figures  in 
reference  to  the  churches  in  this  city : 


Bap-    Confirm-  Commimi-    Sunday 


Grace, 

Holy  Innocents, 

St.  Paul's, 

St.  Peter's, 


Trinity, 46 


tisms.     ations. 
18  22 

88  20 

25  38 

29  20 

24 


cants. 
168 


208 
391 
114 


School. 
100 
100 
353 
199 
125 


Contribu- 
tions. 
$1,667 

22.749 


Ellen  Stapleton  died,  aged  72.  Eliza  Wilson,  wife  of  Lithan  Algie,  died, 
aged  63. 

26.  Air,  h.  30,  1.  8 William  Humphrey  died  at  Kasoag,  Oswego 

county,  aged  80.  During  his  residence  in  Albany  he  was  connected  with 
Erastus  Corning  and  John  Spencer  in  the  hardware  business,  and  con- 
ducted it  for  many  years  alone.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  great  integrity 
and  excellence  of  character.  He  leaves  two  sons,  George  and  James 
Humphrey,  in  business  at  the  place  of  his  late  residence.  Gilbert  C.  David- 
son, late  of  this  city,  was  a  son-in-law  of  the  deceased Mrs.  Margaret 

Barnard  died,  aged  47.  Bridget,  wife  of  Patrick  Caughlan,  died,  aged 
29.     Henrietta  Brown,  wife  of  Peter  Webster,  died,  aged  39. 

27.  Air,  h.  20,  1.  13 The  river  was  again  frozen  over,  although 

the   ferry   boats   continued  to  cross Annie   E.   Ableman,   wife  of 

George  W.  Bulson,  died,  aged  21.  Salema  H.,  wife  of  J.  J.  Roff,  died, 
aged  40. 

28.  Air,  h.  28,  1.  24 Patrick  Sweeney  died,  aged  37. 

March  1.     Air,  h.  33,  1.  29 Hon.  Erastus  Corning  turned  over 

the  remainder  of  his  extensive  business  to  his  son  and  to  three  other 
young  gentlemen  who  had  been  connected  with  him  for  some  years  past: 
and  withdrew  from  business  life.  Over  a  year  ago  Mr.  Corning  made 
over  the  general  business  of  his  store  to  Edward  Wilson  &  Co.,  young 
men  brought  up  to  mercantile  life  and  educated  at  his  counter.  This 
was  the  anniversary  of  the  fiftieth  year  since  Mr.  Coming's  commencement 
of  business  life  in  Albany.  On  March  1,  1816,  he  entered  into  the 
firm  of  John  Spencer  &  Co.,  Wm.  Humphrey  (whose  death  at  the  vene- 
rable age  of  80  we  have  just  chronicled),  being  third  partner.  Mr. 
Humphrey  retired  in  1818 ;  and  in  1825  Mr.  Spencer  withdrew,  and 
John  T.  Norton  became  the  partner,  under  the  firm  of  Corning  &  Norton. 
In  1829  John  T.  Norton  retired  and  James  Horner  became  a  partner, 


296  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

under  the  title  of  Corning  &  Horner,  and  so  continued  for  fifteen  years, 
when  in  1844  Gilbert  C.  Davidson  was  admitted;  and  in  1848  Mr.  Hor- 
ner retired,  giving  way  to  Erastus  Corning,  Jr.,  the  title  of  the  firm  being 
E.  Corning  &  Co.,  which  was  retained  when  Mr.  Davidson  retired  in 
1862.  We  dwell  upon  these  changes  and  these  names  because  they  bring 
up  grateful  recollections  to  the  minds  of  our  citizens.  They  suggest  the 
memory  of  business  enterprises,  financial  struggles,  the  fluctuations  of 
speculation,  the  development  of  great  industries  and  the  social  and  po- 
litical changes  dependent  on  them.  They  recall  not  less  impressively  the 
pleasant  amenities  of  social  life,  in  which  these  names  have  been  in  vari- 
ous ways  connected,  of  political  associations,  and  also  of  patriotic  labors 
for  city,  and  state,  and  country.  The  semi-centennial  anniversary  of  a 
business  life  like  this,  deserves  a  commemoration  like  a  golden  wedding. 
In  that  space  of  time  what  has  not  been  accomplished  !  The  canals  built, 
the  west  developed,  the  rail  road  system  inaugurated  and  extended,  the 
net-work  of  telegraphic  communication  following,  and  all  the  wondrous 
steps  in  progress  taken,  which  have  quickened  the  march  of  humanity 
towards  its  glorious  future,  are  embraced  in  that  comparatively  brief 
record.  Of  Mr.  Coming's  share  in  all  this  —  the  rail  road,  the  express 
and  telegraph  system  particularly — we  will  not  speak,  except  to  say  that 
they  owed  more  to  his  urgency  and  directing  and  constant  mind  than  to 
that  of  any  one  man.  Nor  shall  we  dwell  upon  other  traits  of  character; 
except  to  say  that  he  has  been  the  helper  and  friend  of  all  within  the 
circle  of  his  business  connection — lifting  up  young  men  to  place,  and 
aff'ording  to  the  enterprising  the  opportunity  that  commanded  fortune  — 
and  has  been  the  fast  friend  of  this  good  old  city  of  Albany,  which,  in  re- 
turn, has  honored  him  with  every  gift  in  its  power.  Mr.  Corning  will, 
we  trust,  enjoy  for  many  years  the  tranquillity  that  follows  an  active  life 
devoted  to  energetic  work  and  crowned  by  the  largest  measure  of  success. — 
Argus.  Mr.  Corning  was  succeeded  by  E.  Corning,  Jr.,  Townsend  Fon- 
dey,  William  H.  Nichols,  James  E.  Walker  and  Clarence  H.  Corning, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Corning  &  Co.  These  gentlemen,  long  connected 
with  him,  succeed  to  a  business  of  great  magnitude,  and  which  will  enable 
them  to  early  enjoy  a  competency  as  the  result  of  their  devotion  to  the 
interest  of  their  employer  and  benefactor.  What  changes  has  not  Mr. 
Corning  witnessed,  participated  in,  and  promoted  during  the  last  century 
of  active  business  life  !  Since  March  1st,  1816,  what  man  has  been  more 
deeply,  daily  and  hourly  interested  in  all  the  great  enterprises  of  the 
century  than  has  Erastus  Corning  ?  To  a  great  extent  has  he  been  the 
chief  architect  of  many  of  these  enterprises.  It  has  been  said  of  Mr.  C, 
because  he  did  not  invest  in  real  estate  in  this  city,  that  he  did  not  have 
the  interests  of  Albany  at  heart.  This  is  not  the  case,  as  instance  his 
influence  in  securing  the  transfer  of  the  repairing  and  building  of  locomo- 
tives from  various  points  along  the  line,  to  West  Albany.  But  for  Eras- 
tus Corning  the  large  interests  now  at  West  Albany  would  have  been 
located  at  Kochester  or  Buffalo.  It  required  a  giant's  strength  to  over- 
come the  western  influence  that  prevailed  at  that  juncture.  West  Albany 
is  the  creation  of  Erastus  Corning. —  Times. 

2.  Air,  h.   35,  1.  34 Ann,  wife  of  James  O'Ncil,  died,  aged  55. 

Isaac  S.   Clements,  of  Half  Moon,  died,  aged  57. 

3.  Air,  h.  39,  1.  34 All  the  trains  left  this  city  from    the  New 

York    Central  depot  near   the   Delavan    House.     The    Hudson  river,  the 


March.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers .  297 

Harlem  and  the  Boston  trains  all  landed  their  passengers  on  this  side  of 
the  river,  and  all  the  trains  leaving  this  city  for  New  York  or  Boston 
started  from  the  same  locality.  Passengers  going  east  or  west  had  only  to 
Btep  from  one  train  to  another.  The  trains  of  the  New  York  Central  and 
the  other  roads  named  all  started  from  the  same  depot.  Trains  were  also 
run  from  New  York  to  Buffalo  and  Suspension  Bridge  without  any 
change  whatever.  Passengers  from  either  of  the  points  named  retained 
their  seats  through  the  whole  route.  These  trains  were  called  the  Red 
Line,  the  cars  being  painted  red  to  distinguish  them  from  the  other  trains. 
They  were  elegantly  fitted  up  and  provided  with  all  the  comforts  and  con- 
veniences possible  to  furnish  for  such  a  long  journey.  This  arrangement 
involved  important  changes  in  connection  with  travel  through  this  city. 
The  ferry  boats  would  necessarily  be  almost  entirely  relieved  from  business, 
except  so  far  as  local  traffic  is  concerned.  The  crowds  of  carts,  and  drays, 
and  passengers,  at  the  foot  of  Maiden  lane,  be  no  longer  witnessed.  The 
ticket  and  baggage  offices  of  the  Boston  rail  road  be  transferred  to  the 
New  York  Central  rail  road  yard,  and  from  that  locality  tickets  be 
sold,  and  baggage  checked,  for  all  points  leading  from  the  city  by  rail 
road,  except  the  Albany  and  Susquehanna  route.  This  great  revolution 
has  been  efiected  by  the  construction  of  the  Hudson  river  bridge.  For 
years  the  crossing  of  the  ferry  of  Albany  has  been  a  great  inconvenience 
to  the  traveling  public.  Especially  has  this  been  the  case  during  the 
fall  and  winter  months. —  Argus. 

4.  Air,  h.  41,  1.   33 Mrs.   Anne   Townsend,  wife  of  Henry  H. 

Martin,  died,  aged  50.  She  was  a  daughter  of  the  late  Isaiah  Townsend, 
and  was  a  lady  who  added  to  the  accomplishments  of  social  life,  great 
strength  of  character  and  a  truly  Christian  spirit.  Joseph  Corbiere  died, 
aged  47.  '  ■ 

5.  Air,  h.  34,  1.  18 Ann,  wife  of  Thomas  Kite,  died,  aged  51. 

6.  Air,  h.  25,  1.  19 Rev.  Father  McCurry,  formerly  assistant 

pastor  of  St.  John's  church  in  Ferry  street,  died  at  Cooperstown. 

7.  Air,  h.  27,  1.  21 The  ice  on  the  river  was  sufficiently  strong 

to  admit  of  crossing  upon  it  by  pedestrians.  The  weather  for  a  week  was 
severe  even  for  March,  the  winds  being  keen  and  throwing  up  clouds  of 
dust. 

8.  Air,  h.  27,  1.  17 Isabella  Taylor,  wife  of  Timothy  A  Knower, 

died.  George  Ovens  died  at  Red  Bank,  N.  J.  Patrick  Brally  died,  aged 
55.     Mary  A.,  wife  of  John  W.  Scott,  died,  aged  56. 

9.  Air,  h.  24,  1.  18 Thomas  J.  Gray  died,  aged  24.      Gray  was 

drum-major  of  the  25th  Regiment.  He  was  a  member  of  Schreiber's 
band,  and,  with  the  Ellsworth  Avengers  (44th  N.  Y.  V.), passed  through 
a  great  many  of  the  hardships  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

10.  Air,  h.  27,  1.  16 ..Catherine  Wickham,  wife  of  James  Rourk, 

died.     Richard  V.  R.  Ketchum  died,  aged  48. 

11.  Air,  h.  27,  1.  16  After  a  long  spell  of  cold  weather,  with  rain 

and  winds  from  the  north,  there  sprang  up  a  strong  gale  from  the  south, 
which    filled    the    atmosphere    with    dust,  then    with    snow,    then    with 

rain. John  McCarty  died,  aged  60.     Nicholas  Conherty,  died,  aged 

80.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Bloomer,  died,  aged  86.  Mrs.  Abigail  Page,  died, 
aged  70. 

12.  Air,  h.  36,  1.  32. 

13.  Air,  h.  44,  1.  40. 

Hist.  Coll  Hi.  38 


298  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

14.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  34 At  a  large  and  influential  meeting  of  the 

iron  founders  from  all  sections  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  convened 
at  the  rooms  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  the  city  of  Albany,  pursuant  to  a 
call  in  that  behalf,  made  by  several  of  the  most  prominent  iron  founders 
of  our  state,  Charles  Eddy,  Esq.,  of  Troy,  was  by  the  unanimous  vote  of 
the  said  convention,  elected  president,  and  John  F.  Rathbone,  Esq  ,  vice 
president;  and  after  the  formal  organization  of  the  convention,  the  follow- 
ing preamble  and  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted : 

Preamble  —  Whereas  the  iron  moulders  in  different  sections  of  the 
country  are  seeking,  by  concert  of  action  and  union  among  themselves, 
to  change  the  relations  which  naturally  exist  between  the  employer  and 
employed,  assuming  arbitrarily  to  dictate  the  prices  which  shall  be  paid 
by  the  employer,  and  to  direct  the  government  of  the  workshop  and  the 
management  of  the  business  of  their  employers,  as  will  more  fully  appear 
by  a  reference  to  some  of  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  iron  moulders' 
international  union,  which  are  sought  to  be  enforced  in  every  iron  foundery 
in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  through  the  agency  of  its  local  unions, 
and  which  are  substantially  as  follows:  First,  That  one  apprentice  only 
shall  be  permitted  to  every  ten  moulders  employed.  Second,  No  moulder 
shall  be  permitted  to  work  in  any  establishment  unless  he  be  a  member  in 
good  standing  of  an  iron  moulders'  union.  Third,  Shop  committees 
shall  be  appointed  by  each  local  union  for  each  foundery  within  its  dis- 
trict, for  the  purpose  of  controlling  prices  and  enforcing  the  necessary 
rules  and  regulations  therein.  Fourth,  It  is  especially  the  duty  of  such 
shop  committee  to  give  all  necessary  information  to  applicants  for  work 
and  whether  their  services  are  required,  and  if  so,  whether  it  be  proper 
for  such  applicant  t )  apply  either  to  the  employer  or  his  foreman  for 
employment.  Fifth,  Should  such  applicant  presume  to  make  direct 
application  to  the  employer  or  his  foreman  for  work  without  first  consult- 
ing the  said  committee,  he  shall  be  fined  the  sum  of  two  dollars  for  such 
offense.  Sixth,  Should  any  employer  presume  to  exercise  a  control  of 
his  own  business,  and  thereby  infringe  upon  any  of  the  aforesaid  rules 
and  regulations,  as,  for  example,  to  employ  one  or  more  apprentices  exceed- 
ing the  number  dictated  by  the  union  or  shop  committee,  or  should  he 
persist  in  furnishing  employment  to  a  moulder  who  is  not  a  member  of 
the  moulders'  union,  such  action  on  the  part  of  the  employer  shall  be 
deemed  sufficient  cause  for  a  strike,  and  such  shop  is  immediately  declared 
a  struck  shop,  and  work  is  discontinued,  until  the  rules  and  regulations 
aforesaid  shall  be  reestablished  and  observed. 

The  iron  founders  of  this  country  have  ever  maintained  the  principle 
that  organizations  for  the  purpose  of  arraying  capital  as  a  force  of  element 
hostile  to  labjr,  are  as  obnoxious  to  the  principles  of  a  sound  political 
economy  as  they  are  to  the  true  spirit  of  our  republican  institutions  We 
seek  not,  by  the  organization  which  we  contemplate,  to  degrade  the 
mechanic  or  oppress  the  workingman  ;  but,  on  the  contrary,  we  aim  to 
dignify  labor,  and  to  elevate  those  who  are  compelled  by  the  sweat  of 
their  brow  to  earn  their  bread.  We  aim  to  emancipate  the  workingman 
from  those  arbitrary  restrictions  upon  his  manhood,  to  which  he  has  been 
subjugated  by  this  moulders'  union,  a  device  of  selfish  men,  more  shrewd 
but  less  honest  than  himself,  and  to  allow  to  him  what  we  claim  for  our- 
selves, the  right  to  the  exercise  of  his  own  free  will  and  of  that  judgment 
with  which  God  has  endowed  him,   to  exchange  his  own   labor  for  such 


March.]  Notes  from  the  Neivspapers.  299 

remuneration,  and  with  such  persons,  and  upon  such  terms,  as  his  own 
judgment  shall  dictate  to  be  for  his  advantage,  free  from  the  interfei'ence 
of  the  crafty  and  the  designing  among  his  fellows,  and  untrammelled  by 
the  insolent  dictation  of  a  power  often  as  arbitrarily  exercised  as  it  was 
inconsiderately  created.  And  we  especially  seek  the  restoration  and  the 
maintenance  of  those  personal  rights  which  legitimately  belong  to  us  as 
men  and  American  citizens ;  the  right  to  control  and  direct  our  own 
business,  as  our  own  discretion  may  dictate,  and  the  right  to  make  our 
own  contracts  for  labor,  and  with  whomsoever  we  may  deem  proper.  And 
whereas,  the  odious  and  oppressive  regulations  of  the  moulders'  union,  to 
which  we  have  alluded,  and  which  by  no  means  embrace  all  that  is  ob- 
noxious in  their  organization,  aim  to  divest  us  of  these  rights,  which 
belong  to  us  at  least  equally  with  our  employes ;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  and  necessary  to  the  protection  of  the 
interests  of  the  iron  founders  of  this  country  to  organize  themselves  into 
a  national  association  for  the  protection  of  their  general  interests,  the 
promotion  of  a  friendly  feeling  and  mutual  confidence  among  the  members, 
and  especially  for  the  purpose  of  resisting  any  and  all  action  of  the 
moulders'  union,  which  shall  in  any  manner  interfere  with  our  right  to 
the  control  of  our  workshops  and  to  manage  our  own  business. 

And  in  accordance  with  the  foregoing  resolution,  and  the  unanimous 
sentiment  of  the  said  convention,  a  national  organization  of  the  iron 
founders  and  stove  manufacturers  of  the  United  States  was  established. 
After  the  completion  of  the  said  organization,  the  following  resolution 
was  unanimously  adopted  by  the  said  association  : 

Resolved,  That  we  will  proceed  to  introduce  into  our  shops  all  the 
apprentices  or  helpers  we  deem  advisable,  and  that  we  will  not  allow  any 
union  committees  in  our  shops,  and  that  we  will  in  every  way  possible,  free 
our  shops  from  all  dictation  or  interference  on  the  part  of  our  employes. 

The  following  individuals  and  firms  were  personally  present,  and  very 
many  letters  were  received  from  others  of  the  most  influential  individuals 
and  firms  from  all  sections  of  the  country,  who  were  unable  to  attend  in 
person,  expressing  their  hearty  approval  of  the  measures  contemplated, 
and  entire  sympathy  with  the  purpose  of  the  proposed  organization  :  S. 
H.  Ransom  &  Co.,  J.  F.  Kathbone  &  Co.,  Shear  Packard  k  Co.,  S.  B. 
McCoy,  Wm.  Doyle,  Littlefield  Stove  Co  ,  J.  McB.  Davidson  &  Co.,  John 
A.  Gowey,  Hilan  Seabury,  Albany;  Jewett  &  Root,  Bufi"alo ;  Woolson, 
Hitchcock  &  Carter,  Myers,  Rouse  &  Co.,  Akron  Stove  Co.,  Cleveland,  O. ; 
William  Resor&Co.,S.  H.  Burton  &Co.,  Cincinnati;  William  Buck,  Brant, 
ford,  C.  W. ;  James  Stuart  &  Co.,  D.  Moore  &  Co.,  Hamilton,  C.  W.;  J.  &  0. 
McClay,  London,  C  W. ;  Barr,  Johnson  &  Co..  Tibhals,  Shirk  &  Whitehead, 
Erie,  Pa.  ;  Hunt  &  Miller,  Hudson;  Munsell  &  Thompson,  S  W.  Gibbs- 
National  Stove  Works,  J.  L.  Mott,  New  York  ;  Abbott  &  Noble,  Lei- 
brandt  &  McDowall,  Stuart,  Peterson  &  Co  ,  Chase,  Sharpe  &  Thompson, 
Smith,  Wells  &  Co.,  Isaac  A.  Shepard  &  Co.,  Philadelphia;  A.  Bradley 
&  Co.,  Grafi"&  Hugus,  John  B.  Herron  &  Co.,  Mitchell,  Stevenson  & 
Co.,  Pittsburg;  March,  Sisler  &  Co.,  Limerick  Bridge,  Pa.;  Frost  & 
Southard,  R.  R.  Fiuche's  Sons,  Peekskill,  N.  Y. ;  E.  E.  Sill,  Rochester, 
N.  Y.  ;  Ingraham,  Phillips  &  Co.,  Russy  &  McLeod,  Sheldon  &  Greene, 
Wager  &  Fayles,  Morrison  &  Colwell,  Fuller,  Warren  &  Co.,  Cox,  Church 
&  Co.,  G.  W.  Eddy,  C.  Eddy  &  Co.,  Ruswell  &  Durand,  Hicks,  Wolfe 
&  Co.,  Potter,  Paris  &  Co.,  M.  L.  Filley,  Sweet,  Quimby  &  Co.,  Troy; 


300  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

J.  S.  &  M.  Peckham,  B.  Wheeler,  Utica,  N.  Y The  ice  moved 

down  to  a  point  below  the  city,  and  the  river  reached  to  the  top  of  the 
docks. 

15    Air,  h.  46,  1.  41. 

16.  Air,  h.  50,  1.  40 John  F.  Gaffney  died,  aged  23. 

17.  Air,  h.  44,  1.  28  St.    Patrick's   day  was   duly  celebrated  and 

honored  by  our  Irish  citizens  by  a  grand  military  display  and  procession. 
In  view  of  the  recent  trouble  in  Ireland,  every  Irishman  in  the  country 
determined  to  celebrate  the  anniversary  day  of  his  patron  saint  with 
becoming  eclat^  and  the  arrangements  for  grand  celebrations  were  made 
long  since  in  all  the  cities  of  the  Union.  Albany,  therefore,  had  her 
procession,  and  may  well  be  proud  of  it.  Early  in  the  morning  the 
different  military  companies  met  at  their  respective  armories,  and  the 
civic  societies  at  their  rooms,  and  proceeded  to  the  Cathedral,  where 
high  mass  was  celebrated.  The  panegyric  was  delivered  by  Rev.  Father 
O'Hara,  of  Syracuse.  After  mass,  the  procession  formed  in  the  order 
previously  arranged  on,  the  military  under  command  of  Capt.  Terrence 
Quinn,  the  civic  societies  being  effectively  marshaled  by  Capt.  Joseph 
Clinton.  The  procession  moved  in  the  regular  order,  Schreiber's  brass 
band  heading.  The  companies  of  the  25th  Regiment,  in  their  neat  uni- 
form, looked  exceedingly  fine,  and  marched  well.  The  Hibernian  Pro- 
vident Society,  too,  made  a  good  appearance,  and  turned  out  in  goodly 
numbers.  The  delegations  from  the  companies  of  the  fire  department 
marching  in  military  order  with  muskets,  attracted  much  attention,  and 
their  red  and  black  costume  formed  a  good  contrast  to  the  dark  civilian 
dress  of  the  Hibernian  Society,  which  immediately  preceded  them. 
Taken  altogether,  St.  Patrick's  day  has  never  before  been  celebrated  in 
Albany  in  better  style,  and  much  credit   is  due  the   movers  in  the  affair, 

who  worked  so  energetically  to  secure  a  good  turn  out. —  Times Jane 

Brooksby,  wife  of  George  S.  Lansing,  died. 

18.  Air,  h.  30,  1.  11. 

19.  Air,  h.  24,  1.  20 The  river  was  conquered  by  the  steam  boat 

City  of  Hudson,  which  broke  through  the  last  barrier  of  ice,  and  reached 

the   dock A  train  of  invited  passengers  left  the  Susquehanna  rail 

road  depot  on  the  first  trip  to  Unadilla  by  steam  ;  100  miles  of  the  road 
being  completed Patrick  Burns  died,  aged  30. 

20.  Air,  h.  30, 1.  20 The  steam  boat  St.  John,  the  first  of  the  pas- 
senger boats,  arrived At  noon  it  began  to  snow,  and  everything  had 

the  appearance  of  midwinter Frank  Lathrop  died  in  New  York,  aged 

52  years.  Many  will  remember  him  as  keeper  of  the  old  Mansion  House, 
North  31arket  street.  He  volunteered  with  the  three  months'  men  in 
Washington,  1861 ;  was  with  the  army  that  marched  into  Petersburgb, 
and  at  the  surrender  of  Lee  in  Virginia.  His  last  strength  was  given 
in  the  service  of  his  country. 

21.  Air,  h.  30,  1.   26 The   moulders  employed    in  Rathbone  & 

Co.'s  foundery  quit  work,  and  all  the  stove  founderies  in  the  city  were  now 
closed.  If  a  cessation  of  business  must  occur,  perhaps  no  time  could  be 
more  opportune  than  the  present.  Everything  is  falling  in  price. 
Iron,  and  all  the  materials  used  by  the  founderies,  sympathize  with  the 
general  downward  tendency.  The  founders  have  all  a  fair  stock  on  hand 
now.  Should  prices  continue  downwards,  and  they  keep  in  operation, 
they  might  find  themselves  with  a  large  amount  of  stock  which  they  would 


March.]  Notes  from  the  News^papers.  301 

be  compelled  to  sell  at  a  loss.  They  can  well  aiford  a  suspension  of  sixty 
days,  or  even  longer,  and  actually  profit  by  it.  When  they  resume,  it 
will  be  on  a  system  of  reduced  expenditure,  and  the  country  at  large  will 
profit  by  the  reduction.  The  throwing  out  of  employment,  however,  of  so 
large  a  number  of  men  is  a  matter  of  deep  regret,  not  only  to  the  com- 
munity but  also  to  their  employers;  but  after  all,  the  men  themselves  are 
the  most  vitally  interested,  and  should  weigh  well  the  question,  before 
entering  on  a  formal  strike.  Many  of  them  confess  that  the  resolution^"of 
the  convention  is  not  unreasonable.  Should  prudent  councils  prevail  in 
the  meeting  of  the  union,  which  we  understand  is  to  be  held  to-night,  there 
can  be  no  reason  why  labor  cannot  be  speedily  resumed,  with  noninfringe- 
ment on  the  rights  of  the  moulders. — EvcMing  Journal Eweretta 

Moore,  daughter  of  the  late  Benj.  Vernor  Clench,  died.  Sarah  Edwards, 
wife  of  George  B.  Griffin,  died  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

22.  Air,  h.  36,  1.  25 Charles  D.,  son  of  the  late  Thomas  Gould, 

died  in  New  York,  aged  51.  Katie  R.  Graff,  wife  of  F.  0.  Harvey,  died 
in  Mexico,  Mo.,  aged  22. 

23.  Air,  h.  34,  1.  25 Rhoda  Wells,  wife  of  Sylvester  Topping, 

died,  aged  74. 

25.  The  Hudson  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  church  edifice  was  origin- 
ally erected  in  1844  at  an  expense  of  $30,000.  It  had  been  for  about 
eight  months  past  undergoing  very  extensive  alterations  and  improvements, 
which  were  now  completed,  at  an  expense  of  $15,000.  The  arrangement 
of  the  entire  basement  was  changed,  the  lecture  and  Sunday  school 
room  enlarged,  refrescoed,  reseated  aud  otherwise  greatly  beautified  and 
improved.  The  most  extensive  changes,  however,  appeared  in  the  audience 
room.  The  galleries  and  pulpit  had  been  removed,  and  the  room  extended 
in  length  twelve  feet.  An  organ  loft  was  erected  at  the  northern 
extremity,  a  new  pulpit  built  at  the  south  end,  and  the  seats  turne(J 
facing  the  pulpit.  The  pulpit  and  altar  rail  were  of  heavy  black 
walnut-  and  the  design  and  workmanship  very  elaborate.  The 
splendid  new  organ  was  from  the  establishment  of  Johnson,  of  West- 
field,  Mass.  The  room  was  lighted  by  new  patent  gas  lights,  suspended 
Irom  the  ceiling,  which  produced  not  only  a  soft  pleasant  light  without 
glare  to  the  eyes,  but  accomplished  the  most  perfect  system  of  ventilation. 
The  ceiling  was  frescoed  in  admirable  taste.  The  main  entrance  was 
enlarged  and  ornamented,  and  handsome  iron  fences  erected  on  each  street. 
The  work  was  conducted  under  the  immediate  charge  of  James  W.  Eaton. 
The  architects  were  Wollett  &  Ogden  ;  mason  work  by  James  W.  Eaton  ; 

.  carpenter  work  in  basement,  John  Kennedy,  Jr. ;  carpenter  work  in 
audience  room,  John  N.  Parker;  painting,  Robert  Coburn  ;  frescoing, 
0.  S.  Rice  ;  iron  work,  Pruyn  &  Lansing;  upholstering,  Watson  &  Kelley ; 
carpets,  A.  &  J.  C.  Koonz ;  furniture,  John  Winne;  excavating  and 
flagging,  Thomas  Lynch  ;  gas  fixtures  and  patent  lights.  Tucker  &  Craw- 
ford ;    heaters,    etc.,    Crandell  &  Weller Mrs.  Catharine,  wife    of 

Anthony  McMurdy,  died,  aged  73.  Wm.  Chambers  died,  aged  53. 
Philip  A.  Cogburn  died,  aged  42. 

26.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Kean  appeared  for  the  first  time  at  the 
Academy  of  Music.  The  plays  selected  for  the  evening's  entertainment 
were  Henry  VIII,  and  the  Jealous  Wife,  both   of  which  were  given  as 

only  great  artists  can  perform  them Sarah,  widow  of  Ira  Porter, 

died,  ased  83. 


302  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  1866.] 

27.  The  early  days  of  March  gave  delusive  indications  of  spring. 
Blue  birds  appeared,  and  the  Dutch  church  yard  robin,  that  builds  on  the 
Middle  Dutch  trees,  made  his  annual  appearance  ;   but  it  is  said  they  all 

threw  away  their  flutes  and  returned  south The  water  in  the  river  was 

lower  than  had  been  known  in  twenty-five  years.  The  Dean  Richmond, 
which  left  the  previous  evening,  touched  ground  at  Douw's  point, 
and  returned  to  the  city  this  afternoon.  The  St.  John  got  aground  also, 
but  succeeded  in  reaching  her  dock,  and  left  this  evening,  the  Dean 
Richmond  lying  over.  A  new,  dangerous,  but  not  a  lasting,  obstruction  to 
river  navigation  appeared  within  two  miles  of  the  city.  When  the  ice 
moved  in  January,  an  ice  barrier  was  formed  in  the  river  nearly  opposite 
to  Douw's  point,  by  which  the  current  of  water  was  forced  into  the  creek 
and  an  outlet  made  west  of  the  dyke  and  over  the  main  land  near  Van 
Wie's  point.  By  this  barrier  of  ice,  a  bar  was  formed  over  the  cross- 
over, extending  nearly  three-quarters  of  the  distance  from  Douw's  point 
to  the  dyke,  and  where  there  was  last  year  sixteen  feet  of  water  at 
ordinary  tides.  It  is  thought  that  this  bar  cannot  be  of  long  duration, 
and  many  are  of  the  belief  that  the  ordinary  spring  freshets  will  remove 
it.  But  should  this  fail,  it  will  be  dredged  out.  River  men  say  that 
where  the  new  dykes  are,  the  depth  is  fully  adequate,  but  that  the  ice 
dammed  on  the  old  Bucken  plaat,  and  threw  up  a  body  of  sand,  which  has 
formed  a  temporary  bar,  easily  removed  by  the  current.  Another  is 
formed  at  Castleton,  where  it  is  contemplated  to  make  a  new  dyke. 
These  impediments  are  temporary,  and  will  be  removed  in  a  short  space 
of  time Christopher  Lavender  died,  aged  54. 

28.  Margaret  Wickham  died,  aged  40.  Andrew  Yorke  died,  aged 
64.  Hiram  S.  Coe  died,  aged  31.  Bridget,  wife  of  George  Lester,  died, 
aged  48.     Francis  Garrett  died,  aged  80 

30.  Total  eclipse  of  the  moon Peter  Bradt  died,  aged  85.     Alex. 

W.  McLean  died,  aged  20. 

31.  Minnie  W.  Root,  daughter  of  Arthur  H.  Root,  died  at  Geneva, 
aged  22. 

April  1,  Air,  h.  42,  1.29 The  semi-centennial  anniversary  of  the 

Middle  Dutch  Sunday  school  took  place.  The  church  was  filled  to  overflow- 
ing, and  the  exercises  were  very  interesting.  On  the  one  side  of  the  pulpit, 
in  gas  jet,  were  the  figures  1816,  and  on  the  other,  1866.  Ralph 
Wells,  the  well  known  Sunday  school  speaker,  and  the  pastor  of  the  church, 
Rev.  Dr.  Elmendorf,  delivered  addresses  From  the  report  of  the  superin- 
tendent, R.  V.  De  Witt,  we  derive  many  interesting  reminiscences  of  the 
history  of  the  school  during  the  past  half  century.  The  North  and  Middle 
Dutch  churches  were  originally  one  organization,  but  had  for  a  number  of 
years  two  pastors  and  two  houses  of  worship.  A  separation  took  place  in 
1815.  In  the  monthof  June,  1816,  three  Christian  ladies, members  of  the 
church,  whose  memory  will  ever  be  cherished  in  our  city,  felt  themselves 
called  to  do  something  for  the  souls  of  the  children.  Those  ladies  were  Mi'S. 
Charles  D.  Cooper,  Mrs.  Christian  Miller  and  Mrs.  David  Pruyn.  The 
father  of  Mrs.  Cooper,  Lieut.  Gov.  John  Tayler,  fitted  up  a  room  for  the 
purpose  in  his  storehouse  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  Cooper's  building. 
Here  was  commenced  a  sabbath  school,  either  the  second  or  third  of  which 
we  have  any  knowledge  in  the  city,  and  so  well  did  it  prosper  that  87 
scholars  were  soon  enrolled,  with  an  average  atteudence  of  50.  Of  the 
teacheiSjin  1810,  the  only  one  surviving  is  Mrs.  Sarah  Waterman,  then  Miss 


April.]  Notes  from  the  Neiospapers.  303 

Sarah  Van  Wie.  Mrs  Douglas,  lately  deceased,  was  also  a  teacher  during 
that  year.  After  having  continued  about  a  year,  the  school  was  suspended 
on  account  of  a  severe  winter.  In  1818  or  '19  it  was  revived  and  opened 
in  the  western  lobby  of  the  church,  by  Messrs.  Richard  Varick  De  Witt 
and  William  C.  Miller,  who  had  then  just  graduated  from  Union  College. 
The  school  commenced  with  four  girls  and  three  boys,  but  was  rapidly 
reinforced  by  new  scholars  and  teachers,  and  was  soon  removed  into  the 
galleries  of  the  church,  where  it  was  held  for  about  ten  years,  when,  in 
1828,  it  was  transferred  to  the  basement  of  the  parsonage  on  Beaver 
street,  adjoining  the  church  grounds,  on  the  lot  where  the  house  lately 
occupied  by  Thurlow  Weed  now  stands.  The  library  was  commenced  in 
1825.  Among  the  teachers  attached  to  the  school  in  earlier  years,  we 
find  the  names  of  Geo.  Young,  now  an  elder  of  the  church  at  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich. ;  G.  V.  S.  Quackenbush,  the  well  known  merchant  of  Troy  ;  S.  H. 
Lloyd,  a  present  elder  of  the  church,  Harmanus  Wendell,  F  J.  Hosford, 
now  of  New  York,  Nicholas  Van  Schaack,  E.  E.  Spencer,  E.  Bunker,  J. 
F.  Linacre,  Miss  Talmadge,  now  Mrs.  Hoyt,  of  Ithaca;  Miss  Groesbeck, 
now  Mrs.  Robert  Thompson  ;  and  Miss  E.  Brooks.  It  is  recorded  that 
in  1822,  when  the  enrollment  was  86  and  the  average  attendance  60 
scholars,  26,749  verses  were  recited,  being  334  verses  to  each  scholar 
enrolled.  In  1827,  a  number  of  the  members  of  the  church  founded  a 
school  in  Fayette  street,  which  was  afterwards  removed  to  a  district  school 
house  on  State  street,  where  it  was  continued  for  about  eleven  years,  and 
then  was  merged  into  other  schools  that  had  been  started  in  the  neighbor- 
hood. Among  the  superintendents  and  teachers  were  Philip  Phelps, 
Frederick  J.  Hosford,  N.  Van  Schaack,  E.  E.  Bunker,  George  Fonda  and 
J.  F.  Linacre.  About  the  same  period  or  somewhat  latter,  we  find  a  brief 
account  of  a  separate  school  for  colored  persons,  chiefly  adults,  which  was 
held  in  the  school  building.  How  long  this  school  was  maintained  is  not 
known,  but  it  is  stated  to  have  been  blessed  with  a  number  of  conversions. 
The  school  was  removed  to  the  building  it  now  occupies,  in  December, 
1845.  Two  sessions  of  the  school  were  held  until  1850,  when  the 
afternoon  session  was  abandoned.  The  school  has  had,  during  the  fifty 
years  of  its  existence,  fifteen  superintendents,  viz:  Wm.  C.  Miller, 
Richard  Varick  De  Witt,  Harmanus  Wendell,  Nicholas  Van  Schaack, 
James  F.  Linacre,  x\braham  F.  Lansing,  Benjamin  Nott.  Josephus  Brock- 
way,  Philip  Phelps,  John  A.  Johnson,  Adam  Van  Allen,  William  L.  M. 
Phelps,  and  the  present  incumbent,  Abraham  V.  De  Witt.  Mr.  Nott 
held  the  ofiice  five  years  and  Mr.  Van  Allen  eight  years,  these  being 
the  longest  terms  of  office.  The  church  has  had  but  three  pastors,  prior 
to  the  present  incumbent,  viz  :  Rev.  Drs.  John  De  Witt,  Isaac  Ferris  and 
Isaac  N.  Wyckoff".  Seven  of  the  former  pupils  of  the  school  have  entered 
the  gospel  ministry,  viz.  :  Rev.  Ph.  Phelps,  president  of  Hope  College, 
Mich.  ;  Rev.  C.  N.  Waldron,  of  Cohoes ;  Rev.  J.  L.  Pearse  of  Bethle- 
hem;  Rev.  M.  Steele,  and  Rev.  M.  Burroughs  (Baptist)  in  the  south,  and 
the  lamented  deceased  Theodore  Wyckofi"  and  A.  Miller.  The  number  of 
persons  enrolled  is  406,  classified  as  follows  :  principal  department.  221 
scholars  ;  infant  department,  139  scholars  ;  total  number  of  scholars.  360  ; 
officers  6,  teachers  40.  Teachers  admitted  during  the  year,  13;  scholars 
in  the  principal  department,  63;  infant  department,  66;  total,  129. 
Scholars  who  have  left  the  principal  department,  90;  inf\int  department, 
49  ;  total,  139.     Five  scholars  have  died  during  the  year,  and  two  have 


304  Notes  from  the  Newspa;pers.  [1866. 

become  teachers.  The  largest  attendance,  45  teachers  and  254  scholars; 
smallest,  15  teachers  and  38  scholars  5  average,  37  teachers  and  190 
scholars.  Seven  members  of  the  school  have  united  with  the  church,  and 
more  than  the  same  number  are  known  to  have  found  Christ  as  their 
Saviour.  Volumes  in  the  library,  865.  Total  receipts,  including  amount 
in  the  treasury  at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  $447.01.  Total  disburse- 
ments :  for  the  expenses  of  the  school,  $268.97 ;  missionary  purposes, 
$150  ;  on  hand,  $29.04  ;  amount  of  sabbath  collections,  $266.22.  monthly 
concert  collections,  $21.91 '.Andrew  J.  Lloyd  died,  aged  43. 

2.  Air,  h.  43,  1.  35 Mary  J.,  wife  of  Elmore  J.  Northrop,  died, 

aged  32.  Margaret  F.  Riley  died,  aged  18.  Catherine  Ann,  wife  of 
David  Palmer,  died,  aged  30. 

3.  Air,  h.  47,  1.  32 Mrs.  Anna  Spelman  died,  aged  90.  Eliza- 
beth M.,  wife  of  Christian  Jacobs,  died,  aged  72.  Mary,  widow  of  Peter 
Albert,  died,  aged  59.     Nicholas  N.  Groot,  Jr.,  died,  aged  29. 

4.  Air,  h.  49,  1.  38 James  Toole  died,  aged  60. 

5.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  52 Solomon  P.  Mork  died,  aged  19. 

6.  Air,  h.  68,  1.  53  Colonel  William  A.  Thornton,  of  the  ord- 
nance department  of  the  army,  died  at  Governor's  island,  where  he  had 
long  been  on  duty,  aged  64.  He  was  born  at  Albany,  entered  West 
Point  with  Alexander  Bache,  Daniel  S.  Donnelson,  Robert  Anderson, 
Charles  F.  Smith  and  other  distinguished  men,  in  1821,  and  graduated 
No.  12  in  1825.  He  was  brevetted  second  lieutenant  of  the  First  artillery 
on  bis  graduation,  and  rose  through  the  various  grades  of  the  regular  army 
until  he  became  colonel  in  September.  1863.  He  served  in  the  Black 
Hawk  and  Florida  wars,  and  was  with  General  Scott  at  Charleston  in  the 
nullification  troubles.  He  has  been  in  the  ordnance  corps  ever  since  its 
organization,  and  almost  always  on  constant  duty  as  inspector  of  small 
arms.  He  had  charge  of  several  arsenals,  at  Watertown,  Watervliet,  and 
the  ordnance  department  at  Fort  Columbus,  New  York  harbor.  He  was 
recently  brevetted  brigadier  general  for  his  long  and  faithful  services  in 
the  army.  He  never  received  a  furlough.  When  Jeff.  Davis  was  secretary 
of  war,  he  sent  Colonel  Thornton  to  New  Mexico,  and  here  he  lost  his 
health.  Returning  over  the  plains  he  took  cold,  contracted  a  bronchial 
aflPection,  which  brought  on  asthma,  which  harassed  the  remainder  of 
his  life,  and  was  the  indirect  cause  of  his  death. 

7.  Air,  h.  53,  1.  36. 

8.  Air,  h.  37,  1.  32 Oliver  Mead  died  at  Bridgewater,    Conn., 

aged  75. 

9.  Air,  h.  38,  1.  28 William  L.  Henry  died,  aged  46.     Charlotte 

Kastendike  died,  aged  59.  Susannah,  widow  of  John  Vrooman,  died, 
aged  62. 

10.  Air,    h.    42,    1.    29 Annual    charter    election;    George    H. 

Thacher  elected  mayor  by  738  majority  over  Robert  H.  Pruyn.  The 
republicans  carried  7  of  the  10  wards,  and  claimed  a  majority  of  4  in  the 
common  council.     The  democrats  elected  6  supervisors  which  gave  them 

a  majority  in  the  board The  blacksmith  shop  of  Patrick  Powers, 

No.  72  Bowery,  was  burnt.  It  was  a  frame  structure,  one  story  in  height, 
and  was  owned  by  a  German  named  Andrew  Muhlick,  residing  at  280 
Washington  avenue.  During  the  progress  of  the  fire  it  was  discovered 
that  a  man  was  burning  in  the  rubbish.  Upon  examination  it  turned 
out  to  be   Mt.   Muhlick,  the  owner  of  the  premises.     He  was  speedily 


April.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  305 

taken  from  the  ruins,  but  not  before  life  was  extinct,  his  body,  arms, 
shoulders  and  face  being  horribly  burned  and  almost  beyond  recogni- 
tion   Mrs.  Delia  Carberry  died,  aged  51.     Ann  Banan  died,  aged  65. 

Mary  Kearns  died,  aged  18. 

11.  Air,  h.  50,  1.  35 John  Roff  died,  aged  31. 

12.  Air,  h.  55,  1.  42 Thomas  Galvin  died,  aged  56. 

13.  Air,  h.  58,  1.  87. 

14.  Air,  h.  58,  1.  37 In   expectation  of  a  visitation   of  cholera, 

efforts  were  made  to  cleanse  the  foul  places  about  town,  and  the  pond  on 
Canal,  Lark  and  Sand  streets  came  under  notice.  It  may  interest  posterity 
to  know  what  sort  of  a  place  existed  there  at  this  time.  A  correspondent. 
Citizen,  in  the  Journal  of  last  evening,  in  calling  attention  to  the  very 
dangerous  condition  to  health  of  this  pond,  implies  censure  of  the  board 
of  health  for  its  remissness  in  not  having  taken  action  in  the  pi-emises. 
Citizen  is  respectfully  informed  that  some  two  weeks  ago  the  board  visited 
the  locality  referred  to,  and  found  that  the  pond  was  in  a  condition 
highly  dangerous  to  the  public  health  ;  that  it  needed  attention  and  that 
immediate.  The  city  surveyor,  who  accompanied  the  board,  was  appealed 
to  for  information  as  to  what  should  be  done  in  the  premises.  From 
Knox  street  up  the  Bowery  to  Robin,  all  the  sewerage  runs  into  Sand 
street,  which  has  no  drain  at  all.  There  it  lays  in  stagnated  pools  until 
a  rain  storm  overflows  the  bed  of  the  street,  and  then  it  is  carried  into 
this  pond.  Though  there  is,  in  some  parts  of  it,  from  twelve  to  twenty 
feet  of  water,  the  drain  under  the  extension  of  Knox  street  is  higher  than 
the  surface  of  the  water  in  the  pond.  It  is,  therefore,  the  receptacle  of 
the  sewerage  and  excrement  from  the  Bowery,  besides  holding  in  bond 
the  carcasses  of  dogs,  cats,  &c.  This  year  much  alarm  has  been  created 
by  the  intense  and  peculiar  blackness  of  the  water;  but  the  matter  is  easy 
of  explanation.  When  the  buildings  used  at  the  Sanitary  fair,  held  in 
the  Academy  park,  were  demolished,  the  water  proof  roofing,  composed  of 
coal  tar,  &c.,  was  thrown  into  this  pond.  Its  decomposition  has  colored 
the  water,  and  the  atmosphere  of  that  locality  is  impregnated  with  an 
effluvia  similar  to  that  surrounding  the  gas  works  buildings.  To  this  is  su- 
peradded the  noxious  odor  of  other  decomposing  foreign  matters  in  the 
pond.  The  only  question  debated  by  the  board  of  health  has  been  not 
the  necessity  so  much  as  the  expense.  Surveyor  Bingham  estimates  the 
laying  of  a  drain  in  Sand  street,  and  the  proper  and  permanent  improv- 
ing of  the  pond  at  from  $75,000  to  880,000.  A  law  for  the  improving 
of  Sand  street  was  noticed  some  three  months,  and  it  was  the  duty  of  the 
board  to  take  action  in  the  premises.  Yesterday  Mr.  Bingham  was  in- 
structed to  prepare  a  plan  for  the  improvement  of  the  pond,  which  when 
reported  to  the  board  of  health  —  which  it  is  expected  he  will  do  to-day  — 
will  be  acted  upon  promptly  and  effectually.  The  proposition  to  drain  the 
pond  will  not  in  Mr.  Bingham's  opinion,  remedy  the  evil ;  for  the  expo- 
sure of  the  causes  which  have  grown  the  complaint  to  the  sun  will  the 
more  speedily  generite  malaria  than  though  covered  with  ten  or  twelve 
feet  of  water.  It  is,  indeed,  a  vexed  question,  the  solution  of  what  is 
best  to  be  done. —  H.  L.  Godfrey,  Secretary  Board  of  Health. 

15.  Air,  h,  57,  1.  52 The  Rev.  Ray  Palmer,  D.D.,  pastor  of  the 

First  Congregational  Society,  worshiping  in  the  ancient  brick  church, 
corner  of  Beaver  and  South  Pearl  streets,  preached  his  farewell  sermon 
to  his  congregation.     The  Evening  Journal  thus  alludes  to  the  withdrawal 

Hist.  Coll.  m.  39 


306  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

of  Dr.  Palmer  from  the  cliurcb  :  We  had  occasion  two  or  three  weeks 
since  to  notice  the  fact,  that  the  Rev.  Dr.  Palmer,  of  this  city,  had  been 
invited  to  a  highly  responsible  and  honorable  position,  as  general  super- 
intendent of  some  of  the  more  important  interests  of  the  Congregational 
church.  We  have  to  announce  now,  and  so  far  as  the  interests  of  our 
city  are  concerned,  we  do  it  with  deep  regret,  that  he  has  thought  it  his 
duty  to  accept  this  appointment.  It  is  now  fifteen  years  since  he  came  to 
live  among  us,  and  during  this  period  he  has  earned  a  reputation  which 
any  minister  of  the  gospel  might  be  thankful  to  possess.  While,  as  a 
preacher,  he  has  never  aimed  at  the  sensational  or  the  startling,  he  has 
always  presented  the  plain  truths  of  the  gospel  in  a  correct  and  graceful 
style,  and  with  great  logical  accuracy,  and  yet  with  such  simplicity  and 
directness  as  to  come  within  the  range  of  the  humblest  intellect.  In  the 
pastoral  relation,  we  understand  that  he  has  been  a  model  of  affectionate  and 
dignified  fidelity;  and  we  are  not  surprised  to  hear  of  the  deep  and  general 
sorrow  which  the  resignation  of  his  charge  has  occasioned  among  his 
people.  His  uncommonly  diversified  talents,  in  connection  with  his  fine 
moral  constitution,  and  particularly  his  genial  spirit,  have  rendered  him 
a  general  favorite  in  our  community.  We  cannot  dissemble  our  apprehen- 
sions that  it  will  not  be  an  easy  matter  to  fill  the  place  which  his  removal 
from  us  will  vacate;  while  we  have  no  doubt  that  he  will  be  found  admira- 
bly adapted  to  the  place  he  goes  to  fill.  We  congratulate  him  that  his 
ministry  closes  here  in  a  manner  every  way  honorable  to  himself,  while  he 
carried  with  him  the  warm  regards  and  kind  wishes  of  all  the  churches  in 
our  city John  McCabe  died,  aged  40. 

16.  Air,  h.  50,  1.  44 Susan  Evertsen,  wife  of  Harvey  Parsons,  died, 

aged  68.  Mary  A.  Finnegan,  wife  of  J.  B  Barnard,  died.  Peter  Martin 
died,  aged  66.     Gerrit  W.  Bell  died  at  San  Francisco,  aged  50. 

17.  Air,  h.  56,  1.  39 Owen  Johnson,  died. 

18.  Air,  h.  57,  1.  39 Adeline  Cole  died,  aged  63.     Betsey,  widow 

of  Henry  Briggs,  died,  aged  82.  Wm.  Langrish  died,  aged  64.  Peter 
Boyle  died,  aged  23.  Maria  Lloyd  died,  aged  81.  Wm.  Bristol  died, 
aged  69. 

19.  Air,  h.  62,  1.  55 Azariah  E.  Stimson  died,  aged  57. 

20.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  47.  Ellen,  wife  of  James  McFarland,  died,  aged 

34. 

21. 'Air,  h.  76,  1.  64 Sarah,  wife  of  John  Gannon,  died,  aged  41, 

Patrick  Fox  died,  aged  48.  Sarah  A.  Burch,  wife  of  Gilbert  Weeks, 
died,  aged  44. 

22.  Air,  h.  77,  1.  60 Mary  Mackenzie  died,  aged   50.     Dr.  Leo- 
nard G.  Warren  died  at  Newburgh,  aged  63. 

23.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  50 Mary  Margaret,  daughter  of  the  late  Amos 

Fassett,  died,  aged  61.     Terence  Mulligan  died,  aged  38. 

24.  Air,  h.  71,  1.  46 James  Gallagher  died,  aged  64. 

25.  Air,  h.41,  1.  37. 

26.  Air,  h.  47,  1.  37  Edward  Lee  died,  aged  34. 

27.  Air,  h.  41,  1.  33 The  Rev.  John  Kelly,  Catholic  priest,  died 

suddenly  in  Jersey  city.  He  was  found  dead  in  his  bed.  Father  Kelly 
was  seventy  years  of  age,  and  was  well  known  in  this  city,  having  been 
pastor  of  St.  John's  Catholic  congregation.  After  leaving  here  he  was 
for  three  years  a  missionary  in  Africa,  and  returning  settled  in  Jersey 
city.     Elizabeth  Morrisson  died  ,aged  33. 


April.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  307 

28.  Air,  h.  51,  1.  36 Charles  L.  Austin  died  in  Mexico,  aged  50. 

He  had  left  this  city  about  the  20th  of  March,  on  a  sea  voyage,  in  one  of 
the  Panama  steamers,  of  which  his  son,  Edward  Austin,  was  one  of  the 
officers.  Landing  at  Vera  Cruz,  he  went  to  the  capital  of  the  empire,  on 
a  brief  visit,  awaiting  the  return  trip  of  the  vessel.  His  letters  from  the 
Mexican  capital  were  marked  by  buoyancy  of  spirits,  and  were  full  of 
assurances  of  enjoyment  and  health.  The  circumstances  of  his  death 
have  not  reached  us.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  rare  excellence  of  cha- 
racter. He  was  a  student,  but  his  bent  of  mind  sought  the  recondite  and 
unaccustomed  paths  of  literature.  He  was  deeply  impressed  with  reli- 
gious sentiments,  yet  cultivated  a  gay  and  cheerful  spirit.  He  was  a 
rio-id  business  man  ;  yet  was  generous  and  even  lavish,  in  the  cause  of 
religion,  or  charity,  or  of  country.  He  was  sedulous  in  his  care  of  city 
interests  when  recorder,  and  was,  above  all,  a  just  judge,  tempering  mercy 
with  justice,  but  never  swerving  from  right.  He  was  born  in  Orwell, 
Vt.,  in  1816,  studied  at  Chambly,  and  graduated  at  Burlington  college. 
He  married  in  1835,  a  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Robert  Elliott,  of  this  city, 
and  then  went  to  Europe,  where  he  pursued  a  course  of  studies  at  one  of 
the  German  universities.  While  there,  the  philosopher  Schelling  was 
his  constant  associate  and  friend.  On  his  return,  he  entered  the  law 
office  of  Col.  McKown,  whom,  at  an  interval  of  many  years,  he  succeeded 
in  the  office  of  recorder.  The  Mexican  correspondent  of  the  New  York 
Times^  gives  these  particulars,  in  which  it  will  be  perceived  there  are 
some  errors  of  date  :  Judge  Austin  had  only  been  here  a  few  days,  yet 
he  had  the  entree  of  the  palace,  and  the  heads  of  the  bureau  of  govern- 
ment officials  welcomed  him  to  their  head-quarters.  He  arrived  here  on 
the  11th  ult.,  intending  to  remain  until  it  was  time  to  return  to  Vera 
Cruz,  to  take  passage  on  the  steam  ship  Manhattan,  from  Vera  Cruz,  on 
the  8th  instant.  A  slight  affection  of  the  throat,  caused  by  exploring  the 
historical  canals  surrounding  this  city  during  the  day  of  the  22d  ult., 
made  him  think  of  leaving  for  Vera  Cruz  sooner  than  it  was  necessary, 
in  order  to  embark  on  the  steamer  on  the  8th  instant.  He  had  con- 
cluded to  start  yesterday  morning,  but  when  Monday  morning  came  he 
was  lying  near  the  spot,  where  only  one  week  before,  exiled  con- 
federates had  buried  H.  W.  Allen.  Friday  evening  last  he  retired, 
suffering  severely  with  palpitation  of  the  heart.  Saturday,  those  who 
visited  him,  thought  all  danger  was  over,  and  none  were  so  confident  as 
the  deceased  himself.  Saturday  evening  he  had  another  severe  attack, 
but  at  midnight  he  rallied  so  much  that  his  physician,  Dr.  Luis  Hassel, 
thought  that  all  immediate  danger  had  passed,  yet  recommended  extreme 
quiet,  that  he  might  the  sooner  be  able  to  get  out  of  Mexico,  and  away 
from  this  elevated  country.  At  6  A.  M.,  Sunday  morning,  he  was  seized 
with  another  attack,  too  severe  even  for  his  strong  constitution,  and  died 
in  a  few  minutes.  Sunday  evening  he  was  followed  by  quite  all  the 
Americans  in  IMexico,  to  the  American  burying  ground,  situated  west  of 
the  city,  and  not  far  from  Chapultepec  castle.  John  F.  Jenkins  died, 
aged  81.     Clarissa  Cantine  died.     Patrick  Carroll  died,  aged  64. 

29.  Mary  Joralemon  died,  aged  85. 

The  following  are  the  remarks  made  and  the  resolutions  offered  by  Re- 
corder Paddock,  in  common  council,  Monday  night,  on  the  death  of  the 
late  Recorder  Austin  : 


308  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

Mr.  Mayor  —  The  sad  intelligence  of  the  death  of  our  highly  esteemed 
citizen,  ex-Recorder  Austin,  brings  sorrow  and  mourning  to  a  loving  family, 
and  to  a  large  circle  of  friends,  all  of  whom  had  confidently  anticipated 
that  a  relaxation  of  the  cares  of  business  and  a  change  of  climate  would 
restore  his  impaired  health.  But,  sir,  Providence  ordered  otherwise. 
Mr.  Austin  left  this  city  but  a  few  weeks  since  with  high  hopes  of  a  speedy 
return  in  health,  but  instead  of  his  return  comes  the  startling  intelligence 
of  his  death.  He  died  in  the  city  of  Mexico  on  the  28th  day  of  April 
last,  where  his  remains  are  buried.  The  friends  that  knew  him  will  know 
him  no  more  this  side  of  the  grave.  To  you,  gentlemen,  and  to  the  citizens 
of  Albany  it  will  be  unnecessary  to  allude  to  the  able,  impartial,  honorable 
and  beneficial  manner  in  which  he  performed  the  duties  of  the  several 
honorable  and  responsible  offices  which  he  held  in  this  city  and  county.  His 
record  is  an  honor  to  his  memory,  and  his  name  will  be  held  in  kindly  remem- 
brance by  the  citizens  of  Albany.  I  cannot  do  justice  to  the  memory  of 
Mr.  Austin,  but  a  brief  statement  of  his  history  may  not  be  uninteresting 
to  us  who  had  learned  to  regard  him  as  one  of  Albany's  most  esteemed 
citizens.  Mr.  Austin  was  born  at  Orwell,  in  the  state  of  Vermont,  in  the 
year  1816.  He  was  sent  early  to  Canada  to  school,  and  after  having 
finished  his  studies  there,  graduated  at  Burlington  College.  In  1887  he 
went  to  Europe,  where  he  pursued  a  course  of  studies  in  one  of  the  Ger- 
man universities.  After  returning  from  Europe,  in  1837,  he  commenced 
the  study  of  law  in  the  law  office  of  McKown,  Van  Buren  &  Robinson, 
and  has  since  been  a  resident  of  this  city.  After  completing  his  studies 
he  was  admitted  to  practice  as  attorney  and  counsellor  at  law  in  the  courts 
of  this  state,  and  in  his  practice,  by  his  courtesy,  learning  and  ability,  he 
secured  and  retained  the  respect  and  friendship  of  the  members  of  the 
legal  profession,  and  of  his  clients  by  his  devotion  to  their  true  interests. 
He  was  for  several  years  senior  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Austin  & 
McMahon.  In  1857  he  was  elected  supervisor  of  this  county  from  the 
Tenth  ward  of  this  city,  and  was  at  once  chosen  the  presiding  officer  of 
that  body,  an  office  which  he  filled  with  ability,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  public.  In  1860  he  was  elected  recorder  of  this  city  by  a  large 
majority,  which  office  he  filled  for  four  years  with  great  ability,  and  with 
faithfulness  to  the  true  interests  of  the  city  of  Albany.  He  was  an  up- 
right magistrate,  and  an  honorable,  honest  and  faithful  representative  of 
the  people  in  this  board,  and  to  his  wisdom  we  are  indebted  for  many 
benefits  to  our  city.  Mr.  Austin  was  also  appointed  by  the  common 
council  as  member  of  the  board  of  education,  which  office  he  held  many 
years  with  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  associates.  And  he  was  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  and  had  been  for  many  years,  a  highly  esteemed 
member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  State  Normal  School.  That 
he  could  not  have  lived  longer  among  us  is  to  be  regretted,  for  we  cannot 
alFord  to  lose  men  like  Mr.  Austin. 

30.  The  following  statistics  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  this 
city  and  county,  are  derived  from  minutes  of  the  Troy  conference  :  Mem- 
bership—  Hudson  street,  360;  Ash  Grove,  285;  Washington  avenue, 
263;  Garretson  Station,  212;  Arbor  Hill,  173;  Broadway,  121;  Green- 
bush,  195;  Watervliet,  165 ;  Bethlehem,  126  ;  Guilderland  and  Rotter- 
dam, 195.  Deaths — Washington  avenne,  12;  Ash  Grove,  8  ;  Hudson 
street,  5  ;  Garretson  station,  5  ;  Arbor  Hill,  2 ;  Broadway,  1 ;  Greenbush, 
6;  Watervleit,  2;  Bethlehem,  2.     Probationers — Ash  Grove, 90;  Hudson 


Mat.]  Notes  Jrom  the  Neiospapers.  309 

street,  70;  Arbor  Hill,  45;  Washington  avenue,  40;  Garretson  Station, 
29;  Broadway,  20;  Greenbush,  13;  Watervliet,  5;  Bethlehem,  29; 
Guilderland  and  Rotterdam,  65.  Baptisms — Adults  :  Arbor  Hill,  27  ; 
Hudson  street,  20  ;  Broadway,  20;  Washington  avenue,  17;  Ash  Grove, 
10;  Garretson  Station,  6;  Greenbush,  12;  Bethlehem,!;  Guilderland 
and  Rotterdam,  35  ;  Watervliet,  none.  Infants  :  Ash  Grove,  44 ;  Wash- 
ington avenue,  19;  Broadway,  10  ;  Arbor  Hill,  9  ;  Garretson  Station,  4  ; 
Hudson  street,  3 ;  Greenbush,  2  ;  Watervliet,  10  ;  Bethlehem,  3;  Guilder- 
land  and  Rotterdam,  IB.  Sunday  Schools —  Scholars  :  Ash  Grove  (two 
schools),  806  ;  Hudson  street  (two  schools),  709  ;  Washington  avenue 
(two  schools),  410 ;  Broadway  (two  schools),  410 ;  Arbor  Hill  (one 
school),  325;  Garretson  Station  (one  school),  200;  Greenbush  (two 
schools),  422  ;  Watervliet  (two  schools),  200  ;  Bethlehem  (two  schools), 
220  ;  Guilderland  and  Rotterdam  (5  schools),  385.  Conversions  :  Ash 
Grove,  60  ;  Hudson  street,  40  ;  Broadway,  29  ;  Washington  avenue,  25  ; 
Garretson  Station,  14;  Arbor  Hill,  13;  Greenbush,  4;  Bethlehem,  20; 
Guilderland  and  Rotterdam,  50  ;  Watervliet,  none.  Estimated  value  of 
Churches  — Ash  Grove,  S93,000  ;  Hudson  street,  $36,000;  Broadway, 
S20,000;  Garretson  Station,  $17,000;  Washington  avenue,  $12,000; 
Arbor  Hill,  $10,000  ;  Greenbush,  $8,000  ;  Watervliet,  $2,500  ;  Bethle- 
hem, $3,000  ;  Guilderland  and  Rotterdam,  $10,400.  Estimated  value  of 
Parsonages  —  Ash  Grove,  $7,000;  Hudson  street,  $1,000;  Garretson 
Station,  $3,000;  Washington  avenue,  Arbor  Hill  and  Broadway,  none  ; 
Greenbush,  $2,000  ;  Watervliet,  $500  ;  Bethlehem,  $1,500  ;  Guilderland 
and  Rotterdam,  $1,000.  Missionary/  Contributions  —  Ash  Grove,  $666- 
.77 ;  Hudson  street,  $468.36 ;  Garretson  Station,  $316  ;  Washington 
avenue,  $190.75;  Arbor  Hill,  $53.05  ;  Broadway,  $104.50  ;  Greenbush, 
$156;  Watervliet,  $101;  Bethlehem,  $35;  Guilderland  and  Rotterdam, 
$117.25. 

May  1.  Mrs.  Margaret,  widow  of  Wm.  N.  Sill,  died  at  Cedar  Hill, 
aged  78.     Eneas  Daley  died,  aged  26. 

2.  Matthew  Usher  died,  aged  61.  Jane,  wife  of  James  Gurney,  died, 
aged  42.  George  VV.  Piatt  died  in  Brooklyn,  aged  59,  sometime  a 
printer  in  Albany. 

3.  The  new  bell  of  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  church  was  placed  in  the 
tower,  weighing  4,500  lbs.,  the  largest  bell  in  the  city;  the  munificent 
gift  of  William  B.  Conant,  who  made  this  splendid  present  wholly  unso- 
licited on  the  part  of  the  congregation,  and  whose  public  spirit  deserves  com- 
mendation.    The  bell  was  from  the  foundery  of  Jones  &  Co.,  Troy 

Three  men  were  found  floating  in  the  water  between  the  Greenbush  ferry 
slip  and  Schuyler  street,  and  Coroner  Bullock  held  the  inquest.  One 
body  was  identified  as  that  of  Patrick  Roach,  who  six  weeks  since  fell 
overboard  from  the  steamer  Redfield.  A  verdict  was  rendered  that  the  de- 
ceased was  found  drowned.  The  second  body,  that  of  John  Dunning,  was 
identified  by  his  friends,  and  a  verdict  of  found  drowned  was  also  rendered 
in  this  case.  The  third  body  was  identified  by  his  friends  as  that  of  Patrick 
Shea,  a  man  sixty-five  years  of  age,  who  gained  his  living  by  working  on 
farms.  He  habitually  spent  a  few  months  in  this  city,  and  it  was  while 
enjoying,  one  of  these  intervals  that  he  lost  his  life.  A  verdict  of  found 
drowned  was  rendered  by  the  jury.  These  three  bodies  being  all  found 
within  a  few  minutes  of  each  other,  and  near  the  same  spot,  caused  some 
excitement,  and  rumor's  busy  tongue  soon  increased  the  number  of  bodies 


310  Notes  from  the  Neivspapers,    .  [1866. 

found  to  nine Patrick  Roche  died,  aged  26.     Nicholas  Commes- 

ford,  died. 

6.  Air,  h.  55,  1.  46. 

7.  Air,  h.  63,  1.  40 Edward  Butler,  died,  aged  89. 

8.  Air,  h.  57,  1.  42. 

9.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  52 Belinda  J.  Radliff,  died,  aged  39.     Mary, 

wife  of  Hugh  McNamara,  died,  aged  38. 

10.  Air,  h.  61,  1.  46 Elizabeth  Hewitt,  died,  aged  61.     Hannah, 

wife  of  Patrick  Grady,  died,  aged  47.  Giles  Sandford  died,  aged  20. 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  Thomas  Enos,  died,  aged  78.  Jacob  F.  Wentworth 
died,  aged  28. 

11.  Air,  h.  65,    1.  50 James  D.  Wasson  died,   aged   75.     The 

death  of  Jas.  D.  Wasson,  removes  another  of  the  landmarks  of  Albany. 
His  life  was  wholly  passed  in  this  city,  prosperous  and  respected. 
Starting  life  with  the  rudiments  of  education,  and  with  no  other  means  of 
fortune  than  the  determined  will  to  achieve  one,  he  soon  acquired  position 
and  influence.  He  was,  from  1826  to  1839,  doorkeeper  of  the  senate; 
in  which  position  he  acquired  the  confidence  of  leading  men  in  the  state, 
and  much  influence.  He  was  often  consulted  by  the  leader?  of  the  demo- 
cratic party,  and  was  considered  as  a  representative  man  in  its  ranks. 
Subsequently  he  became  alderman  and  supervisor,  and  later,  postmaster 
of  the  city.  He  was  a  prominent  director  in  one  of  our  banks,  was  active 
in  religious  matters,  and  associated  in  some  of  the  most  useful  organiza- 
tions of  charity.  His  sterling  common  sense,  firmness,  integrity  and 
uncommon  administrative  capacity,  made  his  cooperation  in  all  public 
aflfairs,  whether  of  politics,  or  business,  or  benevolence,  of  great  value. 
He  died  possessed  of  ample  fortune,  surrounded  by  friends,  and  carrying 
to  his  grave  an  untarnished  reputation. — Argus.  Something  more  than  a 
passing  record  of  the  death  of  this  highly  esteemed  and  justly  valued  citi- 
zen is  due  to  his  life  and  virtues.  No  truer  illustration  of  the  nature  of 
our  institutions  and  the  tendencies  of  goodness  and  an  ever  prompting 
kindness  of  heart,  can  be  presented,  than  these  afi"ord  Devoid  of  all  pre- 
tensions, or  display,  or  guile,  he  carried  into  practical  eff'ect  that  divine 
injunction,  which  is  second  only  to  the  first  and  great  commandment, 
"  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself."  James  Duane  Wasson  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Duanesburgh,  in  the  then  county  of  Albany,  on  the  24th 
of  April,  1792.  He  was  the  youngest  of  eight  children  of  George  Wasson 
and  Agnes  Sullivan,  his  wife.  He  was  left  an  orphan  at  the  early  age  of 
seven  years,  without  patrimony,  and  was  bound  out  to  John  Oliver  of  that 
town,  to  learn  the  trade  of  tanner  and  currier,  and  to  do  chores  generally. 
It  may  be  mentioned  that  he  was  named  after  the  mayor  of  the  city  of 
New  York,  at  that  time  the  owner  of  the  manor  of  Duanesburgh.  His 
means  of  education  were  extremely  limited,  scarcely  beyond  the  attain- 
ment of  reading.  His  master,  Mr.  Oliver,  proving  a  severe  one,  and  his 
task  being  very  onerous,  he  concluded  to  quit  that  pursuit,  and  come  to 
Albany  and  seek  his  fortune,  thinking,  to  adopt  his  own  language,  "  he 
could  get  his  living  easier  than  to  pull  hides  out  of  a  vat."  Self-relying, 
as  he  ever  has  been,  he  put  this  thought  into  practical  execution,  and 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  arrived  in  Albany,  with  his  entire  eartlily  pos- 
sessions in  his  hand,  consisting  of  a  change  of  shirts  and  stockings 
in  a  cotton  handkerchief.  His  first  step  was  to  enter  into  an  engage- 
ment with  one  Thomas  Campbell,  grocer,  on  the  hill,  now  Washington 


May.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  311 

avenue,  for  three  years,  at  ninety  dollars  a  year,  and  live  in  the  store. 
At  the  end  of  this  term,  with  about  two  hundred  dollars  in  his  pocket,  he 
and  a  partner  engaged  in  business  as  grocers,  in  which  pursuit  he  was 
successful,  until  the  close  of  the  war  of  1812,  when  being  overstocked  with 
tea  and  sugar  at  very  high  prices,  the  unexpected  termination  of  the  war 
compelled  him  to  stop  payment.  He  compromised  with  his  creditors  at 
fifty  cents  on  the  dollar;  and  it  maybe  mentioned  as  a  proof  of  his  incor- 
ruptible integrity  that  he  devoted  over  fifteen  industrious  years  to  fully 
discharge  his  compromise  debts.  After  the  war  he  engaged  in  the  livery 
business,  having  for  his  partner  Mr.  V.  D.  Jewell,  a  worthy  and  respect- 
able citizen,  who  survives  him.  In  this  he  was  successful.  His  intuitive 
knowledge  of  the  horse  was  wonderful,  and  in  that  trait  and  as  a  lover  of 
that  noble  animal,  he  was  without  a  rival.  In  the  outset  of  active  life 
he  attached  himself  to  the  democratic  party,  not  as  a  mere  partisan,  but 
from  a  fixed  conviction  of  the  truth  and  stability  of  its  principles,  and  the 
patriotic  impulses  which  he  believed  controlled  its  action.  But  in  his 
politics,  as  in  his  course  of  life,  he  was  tolerant  and  liberal,  awarding  to 
others  the  right  of  opinion  he  claimed  for  himself,  and  avoiding  as  far  as 
possible  any  personal  prejudices  which  political  or  religious  difi"erences  are 
too  apt  to  engender.  His  first  vote  was  for  Gov.  Tompkins,  and  he  gave 
to  that  eminent  patriot,  literally  a  war  democrat  in  that  exigency  of  our 
country's  affairs,  an  earnest  and  effective  support.  In  1828  he  was  elected 
sergeant  at  arms  of  the  assembly,  and  the  next  year  to  the  same  office  in 
the  senate,  and  subsequently  doorkeeper  to  the  same  body,  which  duty  he 
discharged  until  the  memorable  political  campaign  of  1840,  when  he  was 
displaced.  He  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  association  of  the  leading  men 
of  the  state.  It  became,  indeed,  in  the  course  of  his  long  sei'vice,  a  bye- 
word  with  the  minority,  that  the  senate  was  ruled  through  the  tall  man  in 
blue  (his  uniform  color  of  dress  in  those  days),  alluding  to  the  influence 
he  was  supposed  to  exercise  in  the  senate  over  appointments  to  office,  etc. 
In  1842,  he  was  appointed  by  President  Tyler  postmaster  at  Albany,  and 
served  in  that  ofiice  through  the  administration  of  Mr.  Polk,  and  until 
removed  by  Gen.  Taylor.  During  the  most  of  that  period  this  position 
was  one  of  peculiar  importance  and  responsibilty,  Albany  being  a  large 
distributing  and  collecting  office  and  his  judgment,  discretion  and  fidelity 
were  implicitly  relied  on,  not  only  in  the  ordinary  management  of  the 
office,  but  in  the  performance  of  instructions  not  strictly  official  require- 
ments, involving  the  collection  and  custody  of  considerable  sums  of  money, 
but  for  which  he  neither  sought  nor  received  commission  nor  emolument. 
But  he  was  tendered  the  unusual  compliment  of  an  official  expression  of 
the  approval  and  thanks  of  the  department.  During  the  most  of  his  active 
life,  he  was  leading  and  promiueot  in  the  municipal  affairs  of  Albany, 
serving  as  assessor,  alderman,  excise  commissioner,  supervisor,  &c.,  &c., 
giving  to  the  public  interest  the  same  diligence,  considerate  attention  and 
uniform  kindness  of  manner  that  were  characteristics  of  his  daily  life  in 
his  business  and  personal  relations.  In  1850  he  associated  himself  with 
his  friend,  the  indefatigable  and  successful  Mr.  John  Butterfield,  in  the 
express  organizations,  which  have  since  grown  into  collossal  proportions ; 
and  was  prominent  in  the  recent  consolidation  of  the  great  companies,  to 
which  his  forecast  and  judgment  gave  an  impetus.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Albany  Orphan  Asylum,  and  for  several  years,  and  at 
his  death,  its  president.     An  orphan  boy  himself,  his  sympathies  were  in 


312  Notes  from  tlie  Newspa;pers.  [1866. 

unison  with  the  objects  and  proper  management  of  this  noble  charity,  and 
it  was  much  indebted  to  his  active  efforts  to  advance  its  interest  and  efl&- 
cieucy.  The  presence  of  his  wards  at  his  funeral  was  a  touching  tribute 
to  the  memory  of  their  honored  head.  It  was  one  of  the  most  natural 
impulses  of  his  nature  that  he  should  feel  a  warm  interest  in  those  who, 
like  himself,  had  been  thrown  on  the  charities  of  the  world.  One  of  his 
modes  of  doing  good  was  in  lending  a  helping  hand  to  young  men  at 
the  entrance  on  business  life,  as  also  in  affording  aid  and  encouragement 
to  those  of  more  mature  years  who  had  fallen  into  difficulty.  His  indorse- 
ments and  loans,  in  comparatively  small  individual  amounts,  but  .large  in 
the  number  of  instances,  were,  perhaps,  unexampled  in  the  history  of  a 
business  man  ;  and  it  was  rare  that  his  benevolence  was  abused.  His  heart 
was  large,  active,  benevolent,  not  lifted  up  by  the  acquisition  of  wealth, 
but  to  the  last  the  poor  man's  friend,  both  with  advice  and  purse.  He 
was  married  in  October,  1814,  to  Miss  Harriet  E.  Benjamin,  by  whom  he 
had  six  children.  His  first  wife  dying  in  1839,  he  married  Miss  Clarissa 
Eddy,  by  whom  he  had  three  children,  four  of  his  children  and  widow 
surviving  him.  Mild,  genial,  affectionate,  he  was  a  model  in  all  the  rela- 
tions of  domestic  life;  and  never  happier  than  when  contributing  to  the 

happiness  and  relief  of  others. — Argus Margaret  Courtright  died, 

aged  24.     Daniel  O'Brien  died,  aged  68. 

12.  Air,  h.  73,  1.  53  William  James  Gourlay  died,    aged  23. 

William  J.  Gourlay  was  born  and  educated  in  the  city  of  Albany.  At  an 
early  age  he  won  a  high  reputation  at  school  as  an  essayist  and  poet. 
One  of  his  first  successes  was  at  the  Albany  Academy,  where  he  took  the 
gold  medal  of  the  Beck  Literary  Society.  Shortly  after  that  time,  he  was 
awarded  the  gold  medal  of  the  Young  Men's  Association,  for  an  English 
essay,  and  the  year  following,  received  from  the  same  institution,  the 
prize  for  a  poem  of  deserved  merit.  All  his  writings,  prose  and  in  verse, 
evinced  a  high  and  refined  order  of  talent,  and  a  distinguished  position  in 
the  literary  world  doubtless  would  have  been  his,  had  life  been  spared. 
Mr.  Gourlay,  entering  an  advanced  class  at  Williams'  College,  Massachu- 
setts, graduated  in  the  summer  of  of  1863.  The  following  fall  he  began 
the  study  of  divinity,  under  Bishop  Whipple  of  Faribault,  Minnesota,  and 
remained  there  nearly  two  years.  Being  deprived  of  many  advantages  at 
the  Western  Seminary,  he,  about  three  months  since,  came  east  and  entered 
the  Episcopal  Seminary  in  New  York  city,  with  the  intention  of  there 
finishing  the  prescribed  course  of  three  years,  and  of  taking  orders  in 
June.     James  P.  Crombie  died  at  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  aged  21. 

13.  Air,  h.  75,  1.  57  The  Rev.  William  Tatlock,  associate  rector 

of  St.  Peter's  church,  resigned  that  position  and  accepted  the  rectorship 
of  St.  John's  church,  Stamford,  Conn.  Mr.  Tatlock,  during  the  four 
years  of  his  connection  with  St.  Peter's,  greatly  endeared  himself  to  the 
people  of  that  parish,  by  his  untiring  devotion  to  the  duties  of  his  holy 
office,  and  by  the  ability  and  discretion  which  have  been  constantly  shown 
in  the  discharge  of  all  its  important  functions. — Journal. 

14.  Air,  h.  74,  1.  42 Sarah    Bradley,  wife  of  Alfred   Edwards, 

died.     Angus  Cameron  died,  aged  62.     Milton  F.  Jones  died,  aged  29. 

15.  Air,  h.  68,  1.  38 The  prices  of  all  commodities  in  the  mar- 
ket were  firm.  Eggs  from  23c.  to  25c.  per  dozen  ;  fresh  butter  from  4oc. 
to  55c.  per  pound,"  poultry  16c.  per  pound,  and  SI. 75  and  S2  per  pair; 
veal,  8c.  and  10c.  per  pound  ;   lamb,  12c.  to  14c.  per  pound  for  the  hind 


May.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  313 

quarter,  and  from  8c.  to  10c.  for  the  fore  quarter;  hind  quarter  of  beef,  14c. 
per  pound,  and  the  fore  quarter  at  10c.  and  lie;  potatoes,  $3.50  and  U 

per  barrel;  peachblows,  $4  per  hm^.— Argus William  W.  Wolford 

formerly  keeper  of  the  Bull's  Head  Hotel,  died,  aged  63.  ' 

15.  Margaret  C  ,  widow  of  Israel  Smith,  died,  aged  81. 

16.  Air,  h.  60,  1.  53 The  body  of  William  Cullen  was  found 

drowned  in  the  river,  near  the  foot  of  Arch  street.  He  had  been  missino- 
since  the  8th  instant,  and  it  is  believed  that  by  some  mischance  he  walked 

off  the  dock  on  the  night  of  that  day William   Yates,  residing  at 

No.  37  Ten  Broeck  street,  came  home  from  his  business  apparently  as 
well  as  usual.  He  sat  down  in  a  chair,  and  suddenly  fell  over  and  ex- 
pired; death  caused  by  heart  disease.  Mr.  Yates  was  a  clerk  in  one  of 
the  Central  rail  road  offices,  and  was  about  64  years  of  age. 

17.  Air,  h.  60,  1.  42 Belinda  Benny,  wife  of  John  V   Marshall 

died,  aged  32.  Anna  Maria  Lynch  died,  aged  27.  Cornelius  Korman 
died,  aged  55.  Caroline  M.,  widow  of  James  Taylor,  late  cashier  of  the 
Commercial  bank,  died  at  Utica. 

18.  Air,  h.  60, 1.  43 There  was  no  branch  of  business  conducted 

in  this  city  that  assumed  more  extensive  proportions,  than  the  trade  in 
lumber.  For  many  years  Albany  had  been  the  largest  lumber  market 
in  the  world,  and  while  the  receipts  of  lumber  are  now  the  greatest  at 
Chicago,  yet  the  Albany  market  is  comparatively  none  the  less  important, 
in  view  of  the  position  occupied  with  reference  to  the  character  of  the 
trade  affected.  All  the  foreign  shipments  are  negotiated  from  this  point 
The  lumber  for  South  America,  the  West  Indies,  and  other  foreio-n 
countries,  is  all  assorted  here,  and  much  of  it  is  actually  manufactured  into 
doors,  ceilings,  etc.,  so  as  to  be  ready  for  immediate  use  when  it  reaches 
its  destination.  The  trade  with  Australia  is  very  extensive;  millions  of 
feet  of  prepared  lumber  being  sent  to  the  island  from  here  every  season. 
The  facilities  afforded  for  this  traffic  iu  this  city  are  already  great,  and 
important  additions  are  to  be  made  during  the  coming  summ'er.  Con- 
tracts have  been  let  for  the  construction  of  three  new'^slips  and  piers  at 
the  north  end  of  the  district,  and  the  work  is  to  be  completed  at  the 
earliest  day  possible.  If  three  times  that  additional  number  of  piers  were 
now  ready  for  use,  not  one  of  them  would  be  left  unoccupied.  3Iore 
space  is  needed,  and  it  is  evident  that  it  will  be  necessary,  eventually,  to 
extend  the  slips  over  all  that  portion  of  ground  between  the  present 
boundaries  of  the  district  and  lock  number  two.  At  present,  the  district 
occupies  about  one  mile  of  river  front,  and  embraces  twenty-one  slips 
running  east  and  west  from  the  Erie  canal  to  the  wharf  Upon  the 
spaces  between  these  slips  is  discharged  from  canal  boats  the  lumber 
from  the  region  of  Lake  Champlain,  Glen's  Falls,  and  the  rivers  comin<' 
down  from  the  northern  wilderness,  the  Black  river,  and  St.  Lawrence 
country,  by  the  way  of  the  Black  river  canal  and  the  Kome  and  Water- 
town  rail  road ;  Canada  lumber,  by  way  of  Oswego ;  lumber  from  Ohio 
and  Michigan,  as  far  west  as  the  Saginaw  region,  and  also  from  the 
southern  tier  of  counties  in  this  state,  by  the  way  of  the  Genesee  valley, 
Chemung,  Crooked  Lake,  and  Cayuga  and  Seneca  canals.  It  will  thus  be 
seen  that  our  canal  system  is  well  calculated  to  drain  an  immense  region, 
and  concentrate  the  products  at  this  point,  through  water  channels^and 
at  comparatively  cheap   transportation.     Lumber   is   now  brought  to  this 

Hist.  Coll.  in.  40 


314  Notes  frcrni  the  Newspa'pers.  [1866. 

market  from  Green  Bay,  Indiana,  Ohio,  from  Canada  on  Lake  Ontario, 
by  way  of  Oswego,  and  from  the  Ottawa  region,  and  all  the  tributaries  to 
the  St.  Lawrence,  by  way  of  Lake  Champlain  and  the  Champlain  canal. 
These  facilities  brought  to  this  market  last  year  about  three  hundred  and 
fifty  million  feet  of  lumber,  involving  money  transactions  to  the  amount 
of  about  ten  millions  of  dollars.  This  immense  business  was  distributed 
among  about  forty  wholesale  lumber  firms,  all  located  within  the  limits 
named.  This  vast  amount  of  lumber  was  unloaded  from  canal  boats, 
carted   across   the   wharf,  and  shipped   upon    river   vessels.     About  one 

hundred  carmen  are  constantly  employed  at  this  work  alone. — Argus 

Bridget,  wife  of  J.  C.  Meyer,  died,  aged  35. 

19.  Air,  h.  62,  1.  49 Clark  Chamberlain  died,  aged  65.     Henry 

Stromeyer  died,  aged  37. 

20.  Air,  h.  76,  1.   55 Robert   C   Martin  died,  aged  37.     Ann 

Barker  died,  aged  76.  Charles  Mclntyre  died  in  Brooklyn.  Thomas 
Alvin  died,  aged  90,     Ellen,  widow  of  Daniel  Behan,  died,  aged  45. 

21.  Air,   h.  74,  1.  58 Mrs.  Mary  McLoughlin   died   at   Saratoga 

Springs,  aged  77.  Frederick  Hart  died  at  Canastota,  aged  30,  late  of 
Albany.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  responded  to  the  call  for 
volunteers,  and  enlisted  in  the  navy. 

22.  Air,  h.  69,  1.  42. 

23.  Air,  h.  51,  1.  42 At  a  fire  in   Brooklyn,  Thomas  I.  Jones, 

son  of  the  late  Joshua  I.  Jones,  of  Albany,  aged  28  years,  was  riding 
on  Engine  No.  3,  and  when  near  Pearl  street,  was  knocked  off  by  Truck 
4,  which  came  in  collison  with  the  engine.     The  truck  ran  over  him;  also 

the  tender  of  Engine    19,  killing  him   instantly Susan  S.Leonard, 

wife  of  John  D.  Burnop,  died,  aged  44.     Wm.  K.  O'Neil  died,  aged  38. 

24.  Air,  h.  54,  1.   41 The  common  council  held  a  special  session 

upon  the  Lark  street  pond  and  passed  a  law  for  filling  it  in.     The  city 

surveyor  estimated  that  it  would  require  20,000  cubic  yards  of  soil 

At   a   meeting  of  the  board   of  trade   it  was   recommended   to  buy  and 

sell  grain  by  weight,  instead  of  measure George   Davidson  died, 

aged  67.  Jacob  Sharp  died,  aged  78.  James  Coates  died,  aged  44. 
Mrs.  Catharine  Clexton  died,  aged  82.  Anna  M.  Cureton,  wife  of  Francis 
W.  Cox,  died,  aged  29. 

25.  Air,  h.  61,  1.  50 Mrs.   Nancy    Smith,   widow  of  John  N. 

Quackenbush,  died,  aged  82. 

26.  Air,  h.  59,  1.  46 ..Ann  Eliza,  widow  of  James  Ten  Eyck,  and 

eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Abram  R.  Ten  Eyck,  died.  Ellen,  wife  of 
Thomas  Harrigan,  died,  aged  36.     Daniel  Tierney  died,  aged  58. 

27.  Air,  h.  68,  1.  57 Capt.  John  T.  Deforest  died  at  Willowvale, 

Oneida  county,  aged  36,  of  disease  contracted  in  the  army. 

28.  Air,  h.  60,  1.  56 Catharine   Gremmler,  wife  of  Jacob  Etsel, 

died,  aged  38.  Elizabeth  Blackburn  died,  aged  59.  James  Hall  died, 
aged  64. 

29.  Air,  h.  60, 1.  50 Catharine,  wife   of  Richard   Sennett,  died, 

aged  29. 

30.  Air,  h.  62,  1.  48. 

31.  Air,  h.  61,1.53. 

June  1.   Air,  h.  60,  1.  28 Delegates  from  the  Christian  Associa- 
tions in  the  United  States  and  in  Canada,  held  a  convention  in  this  city. 


June.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  315 

Representatives  were  present  from  the  east,  west  and  south,  from  several 
states  shut  out  from  national  conventions  for  years  past.  Acquiescing  in 
the  result  of  the  war,  and  the  reestablishment  of  the  unity  of  the  nation, 
they  now  meet  in  fraternal  accord  with  those  engaged  in  a  common  object. 
It  was  pleasant  to  find  representatives  from  the  Christian  associations, 
from  all  sections,  thus  mingling  together  and  seeking  to  promote,  accord- 
ing to  the  best  of  their  ability,  the  cause  of  morality,  and  the  dissemina- 
tion of  religious  sentiments.  The  delegates  from  the  British  possessions 
present,  give  to  the  meeting  the  character  of  an  international  convention, 
and  all  were  expected  to  join  in  such  appropriate  exercises  as  will  tend  to 

promote  fraternal  feeling  and  religiousconcord.  —  Argus A  considerable 

force  of  Fenians  came  up  on  the  morning  boat  from  New  York.  They 
made  great  havoc  during  the  night  among  the  radishes  that  were  intended 
to  supply  the  vegetable  stands.     During  the   day  a  body  of  Fenians  left 

this  city  under  Col.  O'Neilfor  the  Canada  border There  was  a  meeting 

at  Tweddle  Hall  of  the  Christian  Commission,  a  convention  of  Young 
Men's  Christian  Associations  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  which  was 
largely  attended Mary  E.  Cooney,  wife  of  James  Maguire,  died. 

2.  Air,  h.  65,  1.  56 Mrs.   Eunice   Ten   Broeck    died,   aged   61. 

Mary  Day  died,  aged  22.  Ellen,  widow  of  James  Byrnes,  died  in  New 
York. 

3.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  57 Mrs.  Ann  Sharkey  died,  aged  64 

4.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  59  Catharine  J.,  wife  of  Joseph  W.  Baker,  died, 

aged  38.     Richard  Ross  died,  aged  90. 

5.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  62 Susan  A.  Geary,  wife  of  Walter  W.  Briggs, 

died,  aged  34.  Timothy  Callahan  died,  aged  34.  Mary  A.  Babcock 
died,  aged  16.  Ann  Moyston  died,  aged  84.  John  Rodgers  died, 
aged  57. 

6.  Air,  h.  70,  1  66 The  Pennsylvania   Hose  company,  No.  21, 

from  Philadelphia,    arrived   here,   and   were  received   hospitably 

Robert  Stack  died,  aged  59. 

7.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  60  The  Rochester  Blues,   the  guests  of  the 

Albany  Zouave  Cadets,  arrived  at  an  early  hour  this  morning.  They  were 
addressed  by  the  mayor  at  the  City  Hall,  after  which  they  proceeded  to 

Hudson,  returning  in  the  evening About  two  hundred   delegates 

to  the  International  Christian  Association  left  the  city  on  an  excursion  to 
Montreal.  For  an  account  of  their  proceedings,  and  how  they  were 
detained  in  Canada  by  reason  of  the  troubles  there  with  the  Fenians,  see 
the  newspapers. 

8.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  60 Grand  promenade  concert  at  Tweddle  Hall, 

in  honor  of  the  Rochester  Blues;  duly  chronicled  in  the  papers. 

9.  Air,  h.  69,  1.  58  James  Davis  died,  aged  64. 

10.  Air,  h.  65,  1.  54 Eight  passengers  cars  laden  with  returning 

Fenians  arrived  from  Malone,  and  spent  the  night  in  the  depot,  destitute 
of  food  and  money.     Their  friends  assisted  them   to   return  home,  most 

of  them  being  taken  in  tow  of  a  barge Thomas  Kenary  died,  aged 

83.  Augustus  G.  Cole  died,  aged  29.  Caroline  Wasserback,  wife  of 
Charles  Albert,  died,  aged  25.  Mary  Cunningham,  wife  of  Michael 
Scott,  died,  aged  30.  Mary  A.,  widow  of  James  Dey  Ermand,  died, 
aged  66.     Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Azariah  C  Flagg,  died. 

11.  Air,  h.  71,  1.  68 Mrs.  Hannah  Ogden   died.     Thomas  Mc- 

Lain  died,  aged  40. 


316  Notes  from  the  News]^>a]pers.  [1866. 

12.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  53 There  was  a  time  when  sturgeon  was  omni- 
potent in  our  city.  It  furnished  the  shrine  at  which  every  epicure  knelt, 
it  was  the  god  that  every  stomach  worshiped.  It  was  a  divinity  whose 
sanctity  every  denizen  acknowledged.  Its  rights  were  omnipotent,  and 
no  one,  not  even  a  public  officer,  dared  invade  them.  But  those  days 
have  passed.  It  has  lost  its  sceptre,  and  there  are  few  now  "  so  poor  as 
to  do  it  reverence."  Yesterday  a  sturgeon  was  complained  of  at  the 
police  court,  or  at  least  its  owner  was.  It  was  alleged  that  the  sturgeon 
took  up  too  much  of  the  sidewalk,  and  that  the  owner  had  even  the 
temerity  to  skin  it  there,  to  the  manifest  annoyance  of  the  public.  In 
vain  did  the  fishmonger  set  up  the  ancient,  and  as  he  claimed,  the  inalien- 
able rights  of  his  fish.  In  vain  did  he  ofi'er  to  show  its  historical  record 
of  sovereignty,  and  how  that  once  our  worthy  corporation  had  sent  a  depu- 
tation down  the  river  to  see  a  monstrous  specimen  that  had  been  caught, 
and  tobestow  a  reward  for  catching  it.  All  these  oifers  were  of  no  avail.  The 
obdurate  court  decided  that  sturgeon  had  ceased  to  have  any  more  rights 
than  any  other  fish,  and  that  hereafter,  it  must  not  encumber  the  ground. 
With  this  annunciation  and  judicial  threat,  the  defendant  was  let  off,  and 
the  fine  was  remitted  upon  his  promise  to  skin  his  sturgeon  within  his 
house. — Argus. 

13.  Air,  h.  64,  1.  54 Rose  Logue,  wife  of  Patrick  Meegan,  died, 

aged  49.  Capt.  Patrick  O'Brien  died,  aged  57.  James  Meehan  died, 
aged  19.  James  Drum  died.  William  F.  McCarty  died  at  Tumaco, 
South  America,  aged  47. 

14.  Air,  h.  64,  1.  57 Daniel  Bedell  died,  aged  76.  Henry  Per- 
due died,  aged  36. 

15.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  61. 

16.  Air,  h.  73,  1.  56 Johanna  McCarthy  died,  aged  83. 

17.  Air,  h.  73,  1.   60 Mrs.  Margaret  Mason  Easterly  died,  aged 

72.  Emily  Elizabeth  Jeroloman  died,  aged  17.  Andrew  Tommany  died, 
aged  50. 

18.  Air,  h.  71,  I.  53. 

19.  Air,  h.  73,  1.  58 Philip  Clundt  died,  aged  50.     Hugh  Mc 

Goun  died  at  Poughkeepsie,  aged  32.     Anne  White  died,  aged  18. 

20.  Air,  h.  65,  1.  58. 

21.  Air,  h.  73,  1.  61 Madame  Julie  De  Marguerites,  the  well- 
known  authoress  and  dramatic  critic,  died  suddenly  in  Philadelphia  of 
heart  disease.  Madame  Marguerites  will  be  remembered  by  citizens  of 
Albany,  as  at  one  time  proprietor  and  manager  of  the  old  Green  street 
theatre.  She  has  also  made  considerable  reputation  by  her  contributions 
to  light  literature,  and  to  widely  circulated  periodicals.  She  was  once 
possessed  of  considerable  wealth  ;  but  we  believe  had  in  late  years  become 
somewhat  reduced  in  circumstances.  Her  romantic  intimacy  with  the 
gifted,  erratic  and  unfortunate  Gas-light  Foster,  at  one  time  furnished  a 
prolific  theme  for  Bohemian  gossip.  A  brilliant,  strong-willed  and  im- 
petuous woman,  quite  regardless  of  the  restraints  of  society,  she  in  her 
day  exerted  a  very  considerable  influence  upon  the  class  of  which  Lola 
Montez,  Clara  Wortley,  and  others  of  that  school,  were  conspicuous  mem- 
bers.— Journal Catharine,  wife  of  Aaron  De  Graff,  died.     George 

F.  Bigley  died,  aged  51. 


July.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  317 

22.  Air,  h.  80,  1.  66 Mrs.  Jane,  widow  of  David  Newlands,  died, 

aged  85.  Mrs.  Ann,  widow  of  John  Forby,  died,  aged  77.  Hannah, 
wife  of  Martin  Finnegan,  died,  aged  65. 

23.  Air,  h.  82,1.  65 John  C.  Van  Alstyne  died,  aged  73.     Philip 

Cronley  died,  aged  52.  Mary  Campbell  died,  aged  23.  John  L.  Kirk 
died,  aged  17.  James  Ambrose  Townsend  died,  aged  24.  Bessie  Clark, 
widow  of  Joseph  Booth,  died,  aged  34. 

24.  Air,  h.  79,  1.  65. 

25.  Mrs.  Jane  Bassett  died,  aged  63.     Joseph  Benton  died,  aged  57. 

26.  Mrs.  Eliza  Sickles  died,  aged  51. 

27.  The  fourth  day  of  great  heat  succeeded  a  spring  and  summer  of 
unusually  low  temperature.  About  noon  occurred  a  remarkable  electrical 
shock,  preceding  a  storm,  the  sky  bein<^  cloudless  overhead.  It  took  effect 
upon  one  of  the  turrets  of  St.  Joseph's  church.  The  immense  spherical 
ornament  that  surmounts  the  northern  turret,  on  Second  street,  was  not 
only  displaced  but  carried  into  Hall  place.  The  slate  roofing  was  ripped 
up  and  carried  away  like  shavings.  A  lad  named  Patterson,  residing  on 
Second  street,  was  electrified  so  badly  that  he  had  to  be  carried  home.  It 
is  stated  to  us  that  the  turret  is  so  badly  shattered  that  it  has  an  inclina- 
tion of  several  degrees. —  Times Mary,  wife  of  Robert  Welsh,  died, 

aged  79.     Harriet  N.,  wife  of  Andrew  Hoffman  died,  aged  38. 

28.  Anna  Kells  died,  aged  27. 

29.  Edward  Flynn  died,  aged  39. 

30.  Charles  A.  Valliant,  died  at  San  Francisco,  aged  33. 

July  1.  Louisa  M.  Maxwell,  wife  of  H.  S.  Johnson,  died,  aged  26. 
Richard  Hoyt  died  at  Portland,  Oregon,  aged  78. 

2.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  56. 

3.  Air,  h.  76,  1.  64 Wm.  J.  Lansing  died,  aged  59.     Catharine 

Grilroy  died,  aged  48.  Louis  R.  Gregory  died,  aged  23.  Patrick  Ken- 
nelty  died,  aged  53. 

4.  Air,  h.  82,  1.  70 The  90th  Anniversary  of  American  Inde- 
pendence was  celebrated  as  usual.  The  common  council  appointed  the 
unprecedented  sum  of  S2,000  for  the  occasion.  The  procession  moved 
soon  after  9  o'clock  A.  M.,  under  General  Franklin  Townsend.  The  civic 
societies  did  not  turn  out,  and  a  feud  in  the  fire  department  sadly  thinned 
their  ranks.  The  Declaration  was  read  by  S.  W.  Rosendale,  and  the 
Oration  pronounced  by  Edward  de  Forrest.  In  the  afternoon  the  Young 
Men's  Association  held  their  celebration  at  Tweddle  Hall,  the  oration  by 
Attorney  General  Martindale.  At  a  later  hour  the  Fenians  turned  out 
as  a  separate  parade,  and  at  4  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  came  up  a  tremen- 
dous shower,  which  drenched  the  fire  works,  and  abridged  that  portion  of 

the  day's  festivity James  McKie   died,  aged   77.     George  Erwin 

died,  aged  43.  Ellen  Van  Wie,  wife  of  David  Young,  died,  aged  47. 
Mrs.  Abigail  Miller  died,  aged  76. 

5.  Air,  h.  80,  1.  68 Catharine  G.  Vissher  died,  aged  81. 

6.  Air,  h.  80,  1.  72 Mary,  wife  of  Martin  Sivers,  died,  aged  37. 

7.  Air,  h.  85,  I.   74 Thermometer  99°    in  the  shade Eve 

Vernar,  widow  of  Barnet  C.  Humphrey,  died,  aged  75.  Sanfond  B. 
Young,  formerly  of  Albany,  died  in  New  York. 

8.  Air,  h.  80,  1.  72 Sarah  B.,  widow  of  Jonas  Wickes,  died,  aged 

77.  Mrs.  Anna  M.  Simpson,  daughter  of  the  late  Col.  P.  P.  Schuyler 
of  Natchez,  died  at  Catskill,  aged  59. 


318  Notes  from  the  Newsjjapers.  [1866. 

9.  Air,  h.  86,  1.  72. 

10.  Air,  h.  75,1.  58. Subscriptions  were  taken  up  in  aid  of  the  suf- 
ferers by  the  great  fire  in  Portland,  Maine,  and  upwards  of  $6,000  obtained 
the  first  day Margaret,  wife  of  Patrick  Hayes,  died,  aged  47. 

11.  Air,  h.  76,  1.  62 Hugh  Lynch,  a  policeman,  was  killed  on 

the  Hudson  river  bridge  by  falling  under  the  wheels  of  a  car Harriet 

M.,  wife  of  S.  M.  Taft,  died,  aged  39. 

12.  Air,  h.  80,  1.  66 Robert  Hunter  died,  aged  52.     Margaret 

Williamson,  wife  of  Wm.  Manson,  died,  aged  42.  Capt.  Jasper  S.  Keeler 
died,  aged  85.  He  was  born  at  Norwalk,  Ct.,  May  8th,  1781.  While  yet  a 
boy  he  removed  to  New  Baltimore,  Grreene  county,  where  he  settled.  He 
soon  engaged  in  business  upon  the  river,  and  the  few  old  river  men  still 
living  well  remember  the  beginning  of  his  career.  He  built  the  sloop 
Confidence,  and  ran  it  to  New  York  for  passengers.  It  was  before  the 
era  of  steam  boats,  and  the  sloops  were  the  popular  and  the  fastest  way  of 
traveling,  although  their  trips  occupied  several  days  and  they  often  lay 
becalmed  in  wide  Tappan  sea  or  in  full  view  of  the  romantic  scenery  of 
the  Palisades.  Capt.  Keeler  married  in  New  Baltimore  and  removed  to 
this  city  in  1805.  Here  he  again  engaged  in  the  sloop  business  with  the 
Marvins,  well  known  in  that  day.  They  kept  several  constantly  carrying 
passengers  and  freight  to  New  York.  In  1812  he  engaged  in  the  mercan- 
tile business  with  his  brother  under  the  firm  name  of  James  Keeler  & 
Co.  Their  store  was  at  the  corner  of  Quay  and  Division  streets.  At  the 
same  time  he  was  also  concerned  in  the  forwarding  business  of  sloops.  At 
a  later  period  he  with  others  formed  the  Albany  and  Canal  line  of  tow- 
boats.  In  all  these  enterprises  he  was  most  energetic  and  active.  He 
had  been  engaged  in  the  river  business  since  he  was  sixteen  years  old,  and 
his  vigor  never  flagged.  He  was  never  sick  a  day  until  within  the  past 
two  weeks,  and  then  for  the  first  time  he  showed  signs  of  failing.  But 
aged  as  he  was  he  apparently  recovered  from  this,  and  on  Wednesday  was 
again  quite  smart  and  active.  At  10  o'clock  on  the  evening  of  that  day 
he  was  a  second  time  taken  ill,  and  at  once  remarked  to  his  wife  that  he 
felt  certain  he  was  to  die.  But  death  inspired  no  fear.  He  expressed 
himself  as  fully  prepared,  and  with  great  calmness  arranged  all  his  busi- 
ness, and  even  gave  directions  regarding  his  monument.  He  was  conscious 
to  the  hour  of  death,  and  in  the  presence  of  many  who  revered  and  hon- 
ored him  his  spirit  tranquilly  passed  away  as  if  he  had  but  fallen  asleep. 
He  had  been  married  sixty-seven  years  and  had  nine  children,  all  of  whom 
as  also  his  wife,  are  still  living.  It  is  a  singular  and  unusual  fact  that  he 
was  the  first  of  his  own  large  family  to  die.  He  lived  to  see  the  third 
generation  of  his  descendants,  and  ninety  children,  grand-children  and 
great  grand-children  are  now  living.  In  all  of  those  who  looked  up  to 
him  as  their  father  he  took  the  deepest  and  the  kindest  interest,  and  their 
attachment  to  him  was  of  the  strongest  character.  The  open  candor  of 
his  nature,  the  warmth  and  sincerity  of  his  friendship,  the  glow  of  his 
hearty  and  earnest  manner  were  such  as  to  inspire  all  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact  with  a  lasting  regard  and  love  for  him.  Many  of  our  oldest 
and  most  honored  citizens  were  his  esteemed  friends,  and  there  are  sturdy 
men  who  will  drop  a  tear  at  the  announcement  that  their  old  companion 
and  associate  has  passed  away.  Capt.  Keeler  was  a  good  man.  Temper- 
ate and  correct  in  his  habits,  he  enjoyed  the  most  perfect  health,  and  the 


July.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  319 

beautiful  serenity  of  his  mind  and  spiiits  was  in  keeping  with  his  bodily 
vigor.  Upon  his  deck  or  in  his  counting  room  he  was  the  life  of  busi- 
ness, and  when,  throwing  aside  that  care,  he  came  among  the  children 
who  looked  with  such  love,  mingled  with  childish  veneration,  upon  his 
aged  locks,  he  was  a  child  with  them.  His  life  has  been  an  unchecked 
career  of  activity  and  usefulness,  and  his  serene,  and  untroubled  death  is 
its  fitting  termination. 

13.  Air,  h.  81,  1.  73 Mrs.  Elizabeth  C.  Purdy  died,  aged  61. 

'  Jane  Batey,  wife  of  James  Moffatt,  died  in  Philadelphia. 

14.  Air,  h.  88,1.  70.... .....Simeon  De  Witt  Bloodgood  died  in  New 

York,  aged  66.  He  resided  many  years  in  this  city,  having  married  a 
daughter  of  Col.  Gozen  Van  Schaick.  He  was  a  descendant  of  Francis 
Bloetgoet,  "  chief  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  Dutch  nation  residing  in  the 
villages  of  Vlissengen,  Heemsteede,  Rustdorp,  and  Middleburg,"  on  Long 
Island,  and  was  a  magistrate  and  member  of  the  privy  council  of  the 
governorof  the  province  of  New  York,  about  1683.  His  father,  Francis  A. 
Bloodgood,  was  a  man  of  note  in  the  western  part  of  the  state,  having 
held  numerous  offices  of  state  during  the  administrations  of  Madison 
and  Tompkins.  The  subject  of  this  notice  enjoyed  an  ample  fortune, 
was  a  public  spirited  citizen  of  this  city,  and  foremost  in  many  important 
enterprises.  He  was  private  secretary  of  De  Witt  Clinton;  was  one  of 
the  committee  entrusted  with  the  erection  of  the  public  school  houses  of 
the  city,  which  used  the  public  money  so  honestly  that  a  balance  was 
returned  to  the  public  treasury.  In  connection  with  the  late  Richard 
Varick  De  Witt,  he  constructed  the  Ithaca  and  Owego  rail  road,  at  a 
great  loss,  and  was  a  director  of  the  Albany  and  West  Stockbridge  rail 
road.  He  was  for  several  years  a  member  of  the  common  council,  and  lost 
his  election  as  mayor,  on  one  occasion,  by  a  single  vote.  Much  of  his  time 
was  devoted  to  literary  pursuits ;  he  was  some  time  editor  of  the  Albany 
Daily  Advertiser,  and  afterwards  of  the  True  Sun  in  New  York.  He  was 
besides  either  editor  or  writer  for  numerous  weekly  and  daily  papers,  and 
author  of  several  books,  among  which  were  The  Sexagenary,  The  English- 
man's Sketch  Book,  and  a  work  on  roads.  Sir  John  Franklin,  in  his  first 
book  of  travels  to  the  Arctic  region,  made  honorable  mention  of  his  ser- 
vices rendered  the  expedition,  and  all  the  distinguished  foreigners  who 
visited  Albany,  were  indebted  to  him  for  hospitable  attentions.  He  is 
mentioned  in  Hammond's  Political  History  as  having  played  an  import- 
ant part  in  politics.  Gen.  Harrison,  whose  early  and  staunch  friend  he 
was,  said  of  him  that  if  he  owed  his  election  to  the  presidency  to  any  one 
man,  it  was  to  him,  who  "had  led  the  front  of  his  battle."  He  was  one 
of  the  originators  of  the  Albany  Institute,  and  of  the  American  Statistical 
and  Geographical  Society.  He  was  also  one  the  founders  of  St.  Paul's 
church  in  this  city,  to  which  he  contributed  very  largely  in  funds, 
and  of  which  he  was  an  efficient  vestryman  for  many  years.  The  New 
York  Tribune,  noticing  his  death,  said :  '•  Mr.  Bloodgood  died  from  sun- 
stroke. On  Saturday  he  came  down  town,  and  remaining  a  short  time  ia 
the  office  of  the  Rail  Road  Journal  in  Spruce  street,  went  out  and  took 
some  refreshments.  As  he  left  the  restaurant  a  colored  waiter,  seeing 
that  he  was  about  to  fall,  caught  him  ;  and  he  was  conveyed,  at  his  own 
request,  to  the  counting  room  of  the  New  York  Tribune,  whence  he  was 
afterward  conveyed  to  his  home,  No.  29  Ijast  Twenty-eighth  street.  Mr. 
Bloodgood  was  a  well  known  and  generally  respected  citizen,  and  formerly 


320  Notes  frcnn  the  Neiospapers.  [1866. 

held  a  prominent  place  in  the  public  view.  In  politics  he  was  a  whig, 
and  exercised  a  large  influence  in  this  city  under  Mr.  Tyler's  administra- 
tion. Latterly  he  was  a  republican,  earnestly  sustaining  the  war.  A  few 
months  ago  he  was  appointed  the  consular  representative  in  New  York  of 
the  United  States  of  Colombia. 

15.  Air,  h.  80,  1.  69  A  gentlemanin  North  Pearl  street,  who  has 

kept  a  correct  record  for  thirty-five  years,  says  that  yesterday  was  the 
warmest  day  we  have  had  since  1848.  The  thermometer  in  the  shade 
yesterday  morning  at  7  o'clock  stood  at  75°,  at  2  J  p.  M.  at 97°,  and  at  7  P. 

M.,  90°.     In  other  localities  thermometers  indicated  98°  and  99° 

Edward  T.  Buckbee,  Jr  ,  died,  aged  19. 

16.  Air,  h.  96,  1.  75 Thermometers  ranged  from  98  to   105°  in 

shade Janet  Wornham  died,  aged  17.     Wm.  Wylie  died,  aged  36. 

Patrick  Cox  died,  aged  30. 

17.  Air,  h.  93,  1.  77 Several  men  and  animals  were  prostrated  by 

the  heat  of  the  sun,  and  died.     Temperature  in  Broadway  105°  in   the 

shade Ogden  H.  Osborn  died,  aged  39.     Julia  Hickey  died,  aged 

28.  Patrick  Quinn  died,  aged  77.  Sarah,  widow  of  Wm.  Radley,  died, 
aged  66.     Mary  Dunn,  wife  of  Archibald  Brew,  died,  aged  34. 

18.  Air,  h.  94,  1.  73 The  sheriff",  having  been  thwarted  in  his 

attempt  to  serve  process  on  a  farmer  named  Werner  in  Knox,  for  rent, 
took  with  him  100  militia  to  aid  and  protect  him  in  the  duties  of  his 
office.  It  had  the  appearance  of  the  beginning  of  another  antirent  war. 
Yesterday  afternoon  the  sheriff"  served  an  order  on  Captain  McFarland, 
(Colonel  Woodhall  being  absent),  who  is  in  command  of  the  Tenth  Regi- 
ment, National  Guard,  calling  for  a  detail  of  one  hundred  men,  fully  armed 
and  equipped,  to  proceed  with  him  to  the  town  of  Knox,  to  aid  him  in 
enforcing  the  laws  of  the  state.  In  accordance  with  this  order.  Captain 
McFarland  issued  an  order  on  the  commandants  of  companies  to  make  a 
detail  therefrom  of  ten  men  each  to  constitute  the  force  required.  The 
men  were  furnished  and  started  for  the  locality  where  the  resistance  was 
off"ered,  this  morning  at  7J  o'clock  by  the  Susquehanna  rail  road.  They 
are  all  old  veterans,  have  seen  hard  service  during  the  war,  and  under- 
stand guerrilla  warfare  to  perfection.  They  took  supplies  and  ammunition 
for  one  week's  service,  and  are  fully  prepared  to  meet  any  emergency  that 
may  arise. —  Journal. 

Anti-Rent  Troubles. —  Again  we  have  received  the  intelligence 
from  the  interior  of  the  county,  of  unlawful  gatherings,  and  of  the  disper- 
sion and  capture  of  persons  for  their  resistance  to  the  mandates  of  the  law. 
A  large  party  assembled  near  Werner's  house,  yesterday,  and  several  were 
captured  by  the  sheriff  and  his  officers.  Below  will  be  found  a  complete 
account  of  the  expedition  and  its  success.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that 
force  had  to  be  employed  for  the  furtherance  of  the  precepts  of  the  courts, 
and  it  is  hoped  that  the  good  sense  of  the  lease-holders  will  cause  them 
to  make  test  cases  only,  and  leave  indiscriminate  resistance  behind  as  an 
unjustifiable  proceeding. 

Origin  of  the  Disturbance. —  The  reason  for  the  violent  proceedings 
we  have  hitherto  chronicled  is  different  views  of  law.  All  the  land  in 
this  neighborhood,  it  is  said,  was  once  included  in  the  manor  of  Rensse- 
laerswyck,  conferred  on  the  Van  Rensselaers  in  consideration  of  their  set- 
tling it  with  a  colony,  and  they  have  since  claimed  the  right  of  proprie- 
torship, refusing  to  alienate  their  lands  until  lately,  and  taking  tithes  and 


July.]  NoteR  from  the  Newspapers.  321 

quarter-sales,  fat  fowls,  and  bushels  of  grain,  always  distasteful  to  Ameri- 
can farmers.  For  two  hundred  years  the  people  in  this  vicinity  paid 
their  rents  quietly,  but  a  new  interpretation  of  law  convinced  them  that 
they  had  rights  of  wliich  they  had  not  dreamed  before.  They  claimed 
to  have  discovered  flaws  in  the  original  grant,  and  failures  to  fulfill  neces- 
sary conditions  in  subsequent  confirmations ;  they  claimed  to  show  that 
the  land  as  given  to  them  by  Holland,  was  not  a  third  of  that  over  which 
they  claim  possession  now  ;  and  lastly,  they  claim  that  by  the  original  con- 
stitution of  this  state,  and  by  subsequent  revisions  of  that  instrument, 
these  kinds  of  leases  were  declared  to  be  of  a  feudal  nature,  and  therefore 
were  abrogated,  as  the  constitution  expressly  limits  their  existence.^  On 
this  and  similar  arguments,  skilled  lawyers  have  built  a  fabric  which  is 
seemingly  impregnable,  and  the  tenants,  relying  upon  their  construction, 
and  confident  that  their  views  will  be  sustained  by  the  courts  and  people 
of  the  state,  carry  out  their  views  with  force,  if  need  be.  Quite  a  number 
of  disturbances  similar  to  this  have  happened  heretofore,  and  the  military 
have  been  several  times  called  out. 

The  Military  leave  Town. —  Yesterday  morning,  about  half  past  seven, 
all  the  necessary  arrangements  had  been  made.  Capt.  McFarland,  a 
veteran  of  the  war,  and  who  was  in  temporary  command  of  the  Tenth 
Regiment,  in  the  absence  of  Col.  Woodhall,  was  indefatigable  in  his  exer- 
tions, and  went  out  in  command.  Every  soldier  who  had  been  detailed 
and  there  were  a  hundred  of  them,  had  forty  rounds  of  cartridge  served 
to  him,  and  with  their  gay  uniform,  their  shining  muskets,  and  their 
soldierly  looks,  the  Tenth  took  its  place  on  the  cars.  Each  company  in  the 
regiment  had  ten  men  to  represent  them.  Two  days'  provisions  were  also 
taken  along.  With  the  military  were  Col.  Walter  S.  Church,  the  agent 
of  the  owners,  Sheriff'  Fitch,  with  six  of  his  deputies.  Sergeants  Kelley  and 
Hale,  of  the  Capital  Police  Detective  force,  two  or  three  reporters  for  the 
press,  and  one  or  two  other  persons.  Justice  Cole  had  issued  warrants 
against  nineteen  persons  in  the  town  of  Knox  for  violent  proceedings  the 
day  before,  and  the  force  were  determined  to  execute  them  if  possible. 

Arrival  at  Knowersville. —  But  in  the  meantime  the  people  of  Knox  had 
not  been  idle,  and  a  warrant  was  issued  for  Col.  Church,  charging  him 
with  assault  and  battery  with  intent  to  kill.  The  specification  was  in  his 
action  of  the  day  before.  As  soon  as  he  landed  from  the  car,  the  warrant 
was  served  on  him  and  one  of  the  deputies  of  the  sheriff.  The  posse  re- 
ceived directions  to  halt  at  a  certain  place,  and  the  colonel,  with  a  friend 
went  to  the  village  of  Knoxville,  in  custody  of  an  officer.  Justice  Bo- 
gardus,  who  had  issued  it,  had  suffered  a  loss  in  the  death  of  his  father-in- 
law,  and  they  were  obliged  to  wait  a  short  time  for  him.  He  finally  gave 
them  an  examination,  and  the  friend  from  Albany  became  bail  for  both. 
On  going  back  to  the  station,  they  followed  the  troops  up  to  where  they 
found  them  taking  their  mid-day  meal,  cooking  their  own  coffee,  and  en- 
joying what  comfort  they  might,  for  the  day  was  very  warm. 

The  March  to  Werner's. —  Werner's  was  the  objective  point,  and  Know- 
ersville the  base  of  supplies  for  this  Army  of  the  Helderbergs.  With 
bayonets  fixed,  canteens  flapping,  and  shoes  covered  with  dust,  the 
Tenth  moved  along  in  orderly  array.  Skirmishers  were  deployed  to  the 
right  and  left  of  them,  and  scouts  were  sent  in  advance.  It  was  not 
known  whether  they  would  be  fired  on  or  not,  and   they  observed   a  wise 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  41 


322  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

caution  in  making  things  sure.  After  a  wearisome  march  they  arrived 
in  sight  of  the  house.  The  skirmishers  were  reinforced,  with  directions 
to  close  in  and  prevent  the  escape  of  stragglers  beyond. 

The  Battle  of  Helderherg. —  Everything  being  ready,  the  troops  moved 
forward  in  quick  time.  According  to  the  best  computation,  there  were 
between  seventy  and  eighty  persons  ready  to  resist  the  execution  of  the 
process.  On  seeing  the  number  brought  against  them,  they  thought  dis- 
cretion the  better  part  of  valor,  and  fled.  They  fled  to  the  right  and  left, 
in  front  and  diagonally,  but  all  who  ran  did  not  succeed  in  getting  away. 
"By  active  work,  seven  of  them  were  secured  without  offering  resistance, 
but  two,  one  a  man  named  Ryan  and  the  other  Pitcher,  fought  despe- 
rately. Detective  Kelley  had  hold  of  one  of  them,  and  a  series  of  grand 
and  lofty  tumbling  took  place,  Kelley  retaining  his  prisoner,  but  hav- 
ing the  misfortune  to  have  his  coat  torn.  Both  Kelley  and  Hale  are 
spoken  of  in  the  highest  terms,  both  for  their  skillful  plans  in  circum- 
venting the  enemy,  and  their  gallantry  in  encountering  them.  One  man 
undertook  to  run  away  by  the  high  road,  but  Col.  Church,  with  a  light 
wagon  he  had  there,  succeeded  in  overtaking  him  after  going  about  half 
a  mile.  The  skirmishers  worked  well,  also  ;  being  drawn  in  on  the  flanks 
of  the  opposing  force. 

Wounded,  Prisoners,  etc. —  No  fire-arms  were  used  in  the  encounter, 
and  but  little  bodily  resistance  given.  Nine  prisoners  were  taken,  among 
them  one  man  sixty-three  years  of  age,  and  one  justice  of  the  peace. 
Their  names  are  as  follows  :  William  Quay,  John  Oliver,  Hiram  Hane, 
George  Pitcher,  James  Ryan,  Matthias  Werner,  George  A.  Batcher, 
William  Zeh.  They  were  sent  to  town  under  escort  of  a  squad  of  five 
soldiers,  together  with  Sergeant  Kelley,  and  Sergeant  Hale,  and  a  reporter 
also  followed  in  a  wagon,  which  arrived  here  at  a  late  hour  last  night. 

The  Army  of  Occiqiation. —  An  entrance  was  made  in  Werner's  house, 
and  the  execution  satisfied.  No  great  damage  was  done  in  effecting  an 
entrance,  which  was  by  one  of  the  windows.  The  battalion  is  now  quar- 
tered in  the  several  barns  of  the  Werner  place,  and  are  making  themselves 
as  easy  as  possible.  The  time-honored  amusements  of  the  tented  field,  we 
suppose,  will  be  introduced,  and  pickets  and  guards  are  kept  up  to  guard 
against  the  possibility  of  surprise.  Altogether,  there  are  worse  things 
than  amateur  campaigning  in  the  month  of  July  in  Albany  county.  It 
is  the  intention  of  the  command  to  stay  out  there  several  days. 

What  was  Done  with  the  Prisoners. — The  prisoners  seemed  a  very  re- 
spectable looking  lot  of  men,  and  capable  of  taking  their  own  part  very 
well.  Col.  Church  engaged  in  conversation  with  one,  and  succeeded  in 
getting  some  pretty  warm  expressions  from  him.  After  their  arrival  here 
last  night,  the  friends  of  the  accused  parties  endeavored  to  find  Justice 
Cole  or  Parsons,  but  were  unable  to,  so  they  were  compelled  to  pass  the 
night  in  the  Station  house. — Argus. 

18.   Air,  h   86,  1.  63 Great  rain  storm  began  at  half-past  3  p.  M., 

accompanied  by  sharp  and  continuous  lightning  and  heavy  thunder.  The 
rain  fell  in  torrents  for  upwards  of  three-quarters  of  an  hour.  The  hill 
streets  were  flooded,  and  very  great  damage  was  done  to  the  pavements 
in  different  sections  of  the  city.  Hudson  street  from  Pearl  street  to  the 
basin  was  filled  with  a  rapid  stream  reaching  to  the  doorways  of  the 
houses  on  either  side.  Many  of  the  cellars  were  flooded,  and  no  small 
amount  of  damage  was  done   in   this  way.     Upwards  of  $200  worth  of 


July.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  323 

timber  and  lumber  belonging  to  John  Kennedy,  Jr.,  carpenter,  was  swept 
away.  The  sidewalk  on  Pearl  street  in  front  of  the  Congregational 
church  was  impassable.  The  sewer  opposite  was  insufficient  to  carry  off 
the  flood,  and  the  water  was  several  inches  deep  on  the  walk.  We  think 
we  have  never  before  seen  so  large  a  body  of  water  on  State  street.  It 
rushed   down   that  avenue  with   great  velocity,   carrying   timbers,    large 

building  stone  and  cobbles  to  the  basin. — Express Michael  Hughes 

died,  aged  88.  Margaret  McKenzie,  widow  of  H.  E  Ewing,  died,  aged 
38.  Catharine  Dale,  widow  of  George  Kilbourn,  died,  aged  78.  Bridget 
Feeney,  wife  of  James  McCarthy,  died,  aged  37. 

19.  Sarah  Newitt  died,  aged  48. 

20.  Air,  h.  73,  1.  59 Hannah,  widow  of  John  Cunningham,  died, 

aged  58. 

21.  Air,  h   73,  1.  62 Margaret,  widow  of  Alex.  W.  Beatty,  died, 

aged  51. 

22.  Air,  h.  74,  1.  63  Mrs.  Mary  Hamilton  died,  aged  66.     Ellen 

Reed  died,  aged  26. 

23.  Air,  h.  73,  1.  67 Henry  Mulholland  died,  aged  46.     Susan, 

widow  of  Thomas  Johnston,  died,  aged  60.  Deborah,  widow  of  Stephen 
Harris,  died,  aged  64. 

24.  Air,  h.  73,  1.  60. 

25.  Air,  h.     1.65 The  military  returned  from  Knox,  leaving  a 

posse   to   hold  the    property   distrained Mrs.   Annabella  Hoffman 

died.     Catharine  Conway,  widow  of  James  Foaly,  died,  aged  26. 

26.  Air,  h.  79,  1.  64 The  street  cars  commenced  running  through 

to  Kenwood. 

27.  Air,  h.  76,  1.  69 Honoria  Reilly  died,  aged  27. 

28.  Air,  h.  78,  1.  68 John  B.  Sanders  died,  aged  55.     No  man 

was  better  known  or  more  highly  respected  by  his  fellow  citizens.  Mr. 
S.  has  been  in  business  some  thirty-two  years.  He  commenced  operations 
as  a  dry  good?  merchant  in  Broadway,  in  the  building  now  occupied  by 
Dr.  McMurdy  as  a  drug  store.  The  firm  was  Sanders  &  Groot.  In  1836 
he  abandoned  the  dry  goods  trade,  and  became  a  produce  merchant,  at  the 
corner  of  Quay  and  Division  streets,  being  the  successor  to  John  Fay. 
On  the  same  block  in  that  year  were  the  following  merchants,  all  dead  at 
the  present  time :  E.  C.  Aiken,  Ralph  Pratt,  Peter  Roggin,  J.  &  R,  F. 
Slack,  and  I.  &  J.  Tuffs.  Sanders  &  Brother  remained  at  the  corner  of 
Quay  and  Division  from  1836  till  May,  1866.  They  then  moved  to 
Broadway,  the  store  now  occupied  by  the  firm.  John  B.  Sanders  was  an 
honest,  upright  merchant,  a  good  neighbor  and  an  intelligent  man.  As  a 
conversationist  he  had  few  superiors.  His  virtues  will  be  long  remem- 
bered by  his  numerous  friends. — Post John  A.  Vose,  formerly  of 

Albany,  died  at  Brooklyn,  aged  20.     James  Cassidy  died,  aged  39. 

29.  Air,   h.   82,    1.   63 The   capital  of  the    Albany   City   Fire 

Insurance  Company  having  been  greatly  impaired  by  recent  heavy  losses, 
a  call  was  made  upon  the  stockholders,  to  replace  the  capital.  The  call 
was  promptly  responded  to.  Mr.  William  Tillinghast  resigned  the  pre- 
sidency of  the  company,  and  Mr   Robert  L.  John.son  waselected  to  the 

vacancy. —  Journal Agnes  R.  Costigan,  wife  of  James  H.  Durnan, 

died,  aged  23. 

30.  Air,  h.  75,  1.  64. 

31.  Air,  h.  76,  I.  61. 


324  Notes  frcmi  tlie  Newspapers.  [1866. 

August  1.     Air,  h.  76. 

2.  Air,  h.   80,   1,   70 Goldsborough  Le   Roy  Banjar  died    at 

Hellgat,  N.  Y.,  aged  65.     Sarali  Moore  died,  aged  71. 

3.  Air,  h.   78,   1.   68 John   Meighaa    died,   aged  57.      Nancy 

Stuart,  wife  of  James  Simpson,  died,  aged  71.     Jane  Clench  died. 

4.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  57 Lt.  Col.  Washington  Schiffer  died,  aged  25. 

Col.  S.  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Zouave  Cadets.  He  went  to  the 
war  as  1st  lieutenant,  in  1862,  with  the  91st  regiment.  Col.  Van  Zandt. 
He  was  in  many  severe  battles  and  fought  his  way  up  to  the  ofl&ce  of 
lieut.  colonel.     He  was  a  most  worthy  young  man  and  well  deserved  the 

esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  his  fellow  citizens. —  Post M.  A. 

Griffin  died,  aged  36.  Abraham  E.  Jackson  died,  aged  45.  Elizabeth, 
wife  of  Charles  J.  Stremple,  died,  aged  45. 

5.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  60 William  Birmingham,  died,  aged  22. 

6.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  60.  Alfred  Chapman,  Esq.,  freight  agent  for  the 
Peoples  Line  steamers  in  New  York,  died  after  a  brief  illness  of  only 
four  hours.  He  was  attending  to  the  duties  of  his  office  as  late  as  3 
P.  M.  Mr.  Chapman  has  been  connected  with  the  line  for  over  20  years. 
No  steam  boat  agent  had  more  acquaintances  or  more  friends.  He  was 
active,  energetic,  obliging,  faithful  and  courteous.  No  man  ever  became 
acquainted  with  the  deceased  without  at  once  becoming  an  admirer  of 
his  many  golden  virtues.  The  line  could  lose  no  man  who  will  be  more 
missed.  In  addition  to  his  connection  with  the  Peoples  Line,  he  was 
general  shipping  agent.  In  this  latter  capacity  he  forwarded  goods  to 
Europe  to  the  extent  of  millions  of  dollars  every  year.  He  was  as  well 
known  by  reputation  in  Liverpool  and  Havre  as  he  was  in  New  York. 
As  a  token  of  respect  to  his  memory  the  flags  of  the  Peoples  Line  boat, 
as  well  as  the  flag  on  the  Steam  boat  square  in  this  city  were  hoisted  at 
half  mast  to  day. —  Post.  Elizabeth  Broughall,  widow  of  Peter  Martin, 
died,  aged  68. 

7.  Air,  h.  72,   1.   64 A  young  man  named  James  Cheeney,  a 

brakeman  on  the  Central  rail  road,  was  killed  at  West  Albany.  He  fell 
ofi"  the  top  of  the  cars  while  attempting  to  connect  the  bell  cord,  and  nine 
cars  passed  over  his  body,  literally  cutting  him  into  pieces.  His  remains 
were  gathered  up  and  conveyed  to  this  city.     He  resided  with  his  mother 

in    Montgomery   street. —  Post William   H.   Pinson   was   drowned 

near  Montreal.  1st  Lieutenant  Wm.  H.  Pinson,  late  of  the  18th  New 
York  (Corning)  Cavalry,  was  drowned  on  a  lake  near  Montreal,  C.  E., 
while  sailing  with  two  friends,  both  of  whom  were  lost.  At  the  outbreak 
of  the  rebellion  Lieut.  Pinson  entered  the  service,  enlisting  in  the  18th, 
New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  where  he  served  with  distinction  during 
his  term  of  service.  Not  willing  to  remain  an  inactive  spectator  to  the 
scenes  around  him,  he  reinlisted  in  the  18th  N.  Y.  Cavalry  as  a  private, 
and,  in  the  spring  of  1865,  was  promoted  to  1st  lieutenant  for  merito- 
rious conduct.  His  sad  and  sudden  death  has  cast  a  gloom  over  a  wide 
circle  of  friends,  but   none   feel   it  more  keenly   than   his  late  comrades, 

many  of  whom   reside  in  this  city. — Argus Jeremiah  Kinna  died, 

aged  48. 

8.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  60 Ann   Crymal,   widow  of  George  A.  Noble, 

died,  aged  82. 

9.  Air,  h,  62,  1.  62  Mary  Hadden  died,  aged  28.     Edgar  Way 

died,  aged  18.  James  W.  Jackson  died  at  Parkersburgh,  Va.,  of  typhoid 
fever,  aged  54. 


Aug.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  325 

10.  Air,  h.  68,  1.  58. 

11.  Air,   h.  68,  1.   58 ..Solomon  Southwick,  Jr.,  died,  aged  57. 

He  had  been  an  inmate  of  the  asylum  at  IJtica  for  more  than  a  quarter  of 
a  century,  and  was  the  last  surviving  son  of  his  father.  Henry  Pruyn 
died  in  New  York,  aged  32. 

12.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  62 Catharine  F.,  wife  of  William  F.  Steven- 
son, died  at  Pittsfield,  aged  35.     Michael  Kehe  died,  aged  56. 

13.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  65..  James  G.  Pierce  died,  aged  63. 

14.  7  A.  M.,  air,  64;  wind  S  ;  sky  cloudy  obscured;  and  rains  on  the 
mountains  all  this  morning.  Noon,  air  68;  wind  brisk  S. ;  sky  heavy, 
clouiJy,  obscured,  and  rains  on  the  summits  of  the  mountains  north,  south 
and  east  all  this  forenoon.  At  this  station  I  have  had  an  interesting 
observation  on  a  dividing  line  which  has  separated  the  rainy  from  the 
rainless  day.  Here  the  ground  has  not  been  wet  to-day  and  the  farmers 
are  getting  in  their  hay  and  grain  of  yesterday's  cut,  while  under  a  cloudy 
and  threatening  sky.  About  five  miles  distant,  toward  the  N.E.,  to  the 
base  of  the  mouutains  and  along  a  line  from  N.,  N.W.  to  S.,  S.E.,  the  rain 
has  been  falling  all  this  part  of  the  day,  or  up  to  2  p.  m.  This  morning 
at  about  5  o'clock,  or  before  the  sun  was  visible  from  behind  the  mountains 
in  the  east,  it  cast  its  light  through  a  narrow  space  of  fair  sky  to  the 
western  horizon,  exhibiting  four  shooting  arcs  of  four  rainbows,  as  ob- 
served by  another  individual. —  J.   W.  Andrews. 

15.  Air,  h.  76,1.  62 Robert  Townsend  died,  aged  47.     He  was 

the  son  of  Isaiah  Townsend,  and  was  in  command  of  the  United  States 
steamer  Wachusett,  in  one  of  the  Chinese  ports  near  Shanghai.  He  died 
of  congestion  of  the  brain,  caused  by  exposure  to  the  excessive  heat  then 
prevailing  there.  Captain  Townsend  was  born  in  this  city  in  the  year 
1819,  and  entered  the  navy  in  1837.  He  continued  in  active  service  un- 
til after  the  close  of  the  war  with  Mexico,  when  he  resigned  and  returned 
to  civil  life.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion  in  1861,  he  imme- 
diately tendered  his  services  to  the  government,  which  were  accepted,  and 
he  was  at  once  put  on  duty  as  a  volunteer  lieutenant,  in  which  capacity 
he  remained  for  two  years,  when  he  was  reinstated  in  his  original  position 
in  the  navy,  which  gave  him  the  rank  of  commander.  Throughout  the 
rebellion  he  was  in  active  service  in  the  North  Atlantic,  the  gulf,  and  the 
Mississippi  squadrons,  and  having  taken  a  distinguished  part  in  the  attacks 
on  the  forts  below  New  Orleans,  Vicksburg,  Port  Hudson,  and  in  the 
Red  River  expedition,  he  commended  himself  so  favorably  to  the  govern- 
ment that  he  was  recently  selected  for  promotion  in  the  full  rank  of 
captain.  Captain  Townsend  sailed  in  command  of  the  Wachusett  in 
March,  1865,  from  Boston,  to  join  the  East  India  squadron,  under  Ad- 
miral Bell.  Capt.  Townsend  was  a  gentleman  and  a  scholar,  and  had 
collected  the  most  valuable  private  library  in  this  city. — Knickerhocker. 

•  16.  Air,  h.  60, 1.  48. 

17.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  40. 

18.  Air,  h.  80,  1.  54    Kate  Campbell,  wife  of  James  W.  Gillen, 

died,  aged  27. 

19.  Air,  h.  76,  1.  60 Julia,  widow  of  John  Cassell  died,  aged 

62.     Charlotte  J.  Loomis  died,  aged  82.     Patrick  Gilligan  died,  aged  41. 

20.  Air,  h,  70,  1.  56  Ellen,  wife  of  William  V.  Many,  died. 

21.  Air,  h.  46. 

23.  Greorgiana  Booth,  wife  of  Charles  E.  Spooner,  died,  aged  16. 


326  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  [1866. 

24.  Charles  Skerritt  died,  aged  63. 

25.  S.  Sidney  Smith  died,  aged  47.  Marcella  Dunn  died,  aged  33. 
Michael  Ray  died,  aged  66.  Patrick  Coughlin  died,  aged  70.  Mary 
Ryan  died,  aged  77. 

26.  The  new  catholic  churchyard  at  West  Albany  was  consecrated.     A 

large  concourse  of  people  attended  the  ceremonies Ann,  wife  of 

Christopher  Taylor,  died,  aged  29.  Emma,  wife  of  Francis  Carron,  died, 
aged  23.  Mary,  wife  of  Michael  Eager  died,  aged  85.  Louis  Everhard 
died,  aged  23. 

27.  The  flags  of  the  city  were  lowered  to  half  mast  for  the  death  of 

Dean  Richmond,  president  of  the  Central  rail  road David  Winne 

died,  aged  42.  James  Durham  died,  aged  35.  Mrs.  Margaret  Purvis 
died,  aged  46. 

28.  Margaret,  widow  of  Daniel  Dargan,  died,  aged  68.  Joseph  Carey 
died,  aged  68. 

29.  Michael  Kearney  died,  aged  28.  Johanna,  wife  of  Wm.  Murphy, 
died,  aged  48. 

30.  The  president  of  the  United  States,  Andrew  Johnson,  and  his  mili- 
tary and  civil  suite,  arrived  at  8  o'clock  in  the  evening,  and  was  escorted 
to  the  Capitol,  where  he  was  addressed  by  Gov.  Fenton,  and  was  after- 
wards feted  at  the  Delavan   House,  where  he  made  a  speech  which  is 

recorded  in   the    Argus    newspaper Thos.    CuUin    died,  aged    58. 

Lydia  A.  Palmerton,  wife  of  James  C.  Johnson,  died,  aged  33.  Jeffrey 
Powers  died,  aged  40.  Caleb  Johnson  died,  aged  83  Alexander  C 
Lloyd  died,  aged  52. 

31.  Ellen  M.  Ryan,  wife  of  Augustus  Hagan,  died,  aged  17.  She  and 
some  other  young  people  were  laughing  and  enjoying  themselves  on  the 
front  stoop  when  all  of  a  sudden  she  gave  two  unearthly  screeches  and 
fell  like  a  stone  on  the  sidewalk.  She  was  immediately  picked  up  and 
carried  into  the  house  where  she  died  in  a  few  minutes  after  the  awful 
occurrence.  She  was  in  robust  health  and  was  married  some  eight 
weeks.  Her  death  was  at  once  sudden  and  inexplicable.  Her  husband 
was  present  at  the  time  she  was  struck  down.  The  event  caused  great 
excitement  in  Orange  street,  the  death  being  one  of  those  dreadful  occur- 
rences so  well  calculated  to  arrest  the  attention  of  all  thoughtful  people. 

She  had  deliberately  taken  strychnine. — Post Eugene   McCormick 

died,  aged  20.  Ann  McCluskey  died,  aged  42.  Mary  Conlin  died,  aged 
65. 

The  summer  just  closing  is  said  by  the  oldest  inhabitant  to  be  the  most 
remarkable  that  has  occurred  in  many  years,  in  three  particulars  :  It  was 
in  its  earliest  portion  the  hottest ;  in  its  middle  part  the  wettest ;  and  in 
its  latter  portion  the  coldest  of  any  summer  within  the  memory  of  the 
oldest  inhabitant.  We  have  had  this  summer  the  hot  and  rainy  seasons 
of  the  torrid  zone,  and  we  have  recently  had  a  touch  of  the  cold  of  the 
frigid  zone. 

September  1.    Air,  h.    73,    1.    61  Mrs.   Ann    Finnegan  died. 

Nathaniel  Miller  died,  aged  84. 

2.  Air,  h.  78,  1.  70 Ellen  Sharp,  wife  of  Peter  Moore,  died,  aged 

29.     Jane,  widow  of  James  Abbott,  died,  aged  70. 

3.  Air,   h.   80,  1.  67 Ellen    Stephens  died,  aged  29.     Michael 

Campbell  died,  aged  56.  David  C.  Jackson  died,  aged  52.  Lucy,  wife 
of  Rev.  S.  D.  Brown,  died  at  Burlington,  Vt. 


Sept.]  Notes  from  the  Neiosjpa'pers.  3'27 

4.  Air,  h.  78,  1.  67.     Rev.   Mr.  Wilson   resigned  the  rectorship  of  St. 

r  PtPT*  S   olllircll 

5.  Air,  h.  72,  1.   66 Abraham   A.   Van  Vlack  died,  aged   90. 

Ellen  J.  Morgan  died,  aged  23.     William  Reilly  died,  aged  51. 

6.  Air,  h.  76,  1.  59 Margaret  O'Neil  died,  aged  56. 

7.  Air,  h.   70,   1.    56 Elizabeth    M.    Crippen    died,  aged    73. 

Edward  Stevens  died,  aged  26.     James  Monroe  Jacques  died,  aged  50. 

8.  Air,  h.  68,  1.  64 John  Hoysradt  died,  aged  35. 

9.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  53 Messrs.  Goold  &  Co.  were  now  turning  out 

a  handsome  lot  of  cars,  destined  for  Lima,  the  capital  of  Peru.  They 
were  richly  furnished  inside  with  panels  of  bird's-eye  maple,  a  rosewood 
framework,  relieved  by  gilt  mouldings.  On  the  exterior  the  cars  were 
painted  a  brilliant  scarlet  color,  on  which  was  shown  to  advantage  taste- 
ful lettering  and  elegant  ornamentations.  The  first  railway  cars  used  in 
South  America,  we  believe,  were  built  in  their  manufactory  for  the  Arica 
and  Tacna  railway  in  Peru.  Cars  of  their  make  are  also  running  in 
Chili.  For  the  last  two  years  past  they  have  made  cars  for  the  Argen- 
tine   republic,    at  Buenos  Ayres  and  Rosario William   V.    Many, 

died.  He  was  for  many  years  the  leading  stove  manufacturer  in  the 
city,  and  retired  from  business  about  twelve  years  ago  with  a  moderate 
fortune. 

10.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  45. 

11.  Air,  h.  63,1.  51 Jacob  Wilkinson  died,  aged  79. 

12.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  66 The  boiler  in  the  steam  planing  and  saw 

mill  of  S  &  G.  Rork  exploded,  destroying  the  building  and  damaging 
those  adjoining.  All  the  bodies  missed  were  accounted  for.  The  follow- 
ing is  a  correct  list  of  the  dead  :  John  Rork,  James  Elliott,  Godfred  Luft, 
John  Heffernan,  Elisha  Vandermore,  James  McConville,  James  Brennan, 
James  O'Neil,  John  Cullen,  Cornelius  Byer,  James  McByrne,  eleven  in 
all. —  [The  number  of  deaths  was  12.]  The  coroner's  jury  empanelled  by 
Coroner  Gillespie,  to  ascertain  the  cause  of  death  to  the  above  named  par- 
ties, last  evening  returned  the  following  verdict :  The  jury  in  each  case 
find  that  the  parties  killed  came  to  their  death  by  the  explosion  of  a  steam 
boiler  at  the  sawing  and  planing  mills  of  Mrs.  S.  &  G.  Rork,  corner  of  Law- 
rence and  Water  streets,  in  the  city  of  Albany;  and  the  jury  further  say 
that  from  the  evidence  produced  before  them  they  find  that  such  boiler 
was  old  and  so  weakened  by  long  use  as  to  be  unfit  to  carry  the  amount 
of  steam  which,  it  appears,  had  been  customary  to  be  raised  therein.  We 
are  creditably  informed  by  Mr.  George  Rork  that  $35,000  will  not  cover 
the  loss  sustained. —  Knickerhocker A  parade  of  fantastical  charac- 
ters called  the  Waterfall  Guards,  was  made,  numbering  about  100.  James 
Brennan  died,  aged  19;  John  Rork,  aged  24;  James  Elliott,  aged  26; 
John  H.  Featherly,  aged  26;  James  Lee  died,  aged  59.  William  Adams 
died  at  Elizabethport,  N.  J.,  aged  63  ?  Mrs.  Louisa  Lay  died,  aged  48; 
Elizabeth  Hallett,  wife  of  John  Brown,  died,  aged  65;  Theophilus 
Watkins  died,  aged  69. 

13.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  63 Wm.  C.  Brown,  captain  of  the  sloop  Al- 
chemist, of  Cold  Springs,  Long  Island,  died  suddenly.  John  Dunnigan 
died,  aged  55. 

14.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  58 Christopher  Mosher  died,  aged  72.     Anne, 

wife  of  Peter  Sewards,  died,  aged  32. 

15.  Air,  h.  60,  1.  49  Aaron  Houghtaling  died,  aged  70. 


328  Notes  from  the  NeiDspa])ers.  [1866. 

15.  Air,  h.  55,  1.  41 A  mission  chapel  having  been   erected  by 

the  First  Presbyterian  church  in  Alexandria  street,  it  was  dedicated  this 
day.     The  building  is   in  the  Gothic  style,  plain  but  neat,  50  feet  by  35, 

capable  of  seating  about  250,  and  was  built  by  Francis  Clark John 

Chambers  died,  aged  44. 

17.  Air,  h.   56,  1.  52 The  street  cars    made  their  first  trip  over 

the  rails  laid  through  North  Pearl  street  to  Von  Woert ..The  law  com- 
mittee of  the  common  council  reported  adversely  to  removing  the  front 
yards  on  the  west  side  of  North  Pearl  street  from  Maiden  lane  to  Steuben 
street.  At  the  same  meeting  Patrick  McCarty,  builder,  presented  to  the 
city  some  relics  of  the  old  stockade  found  in  excavating  the  lot  belonging 

to  Hose   Company  No.  7,  in    Hudson  street The  golden  wedding 

of  Agur  Wells,  Esq.,  was  celebrated  at  his  residence  No.  40  Wes- 
terlo  street.  He  was  77  years  of  age.  In  1816,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Abigial  Hitchcock.  The  fruits  of  this  union  were  seven  children,  six 
sons  and  one  daughter,  whose  children  number  upwards  of  forty.  There 
were  upwards  of  seventy-five  relatives  present.  Mr.  Wells  commenced 
business  in  this  city  about  1812,  and  has  always  borne  an  unblemished 
reputation ;  which  can  also  be  said  of  all   the  members  of  the  family. — 

Times Thomas  F.  Monaghan  died,  aged  23.     Julia,  wife  of  Thomas 

Melliday,  died,  aged  46.  Hobart  P.  Cook,  Jr.,  died,  aged  22.  The  Rev. 
William  B.  Lacey,  formerly  rector  of  St.  Peter's  church,  died  at  Okolona, 
Miss.,  aged  85. 

18.  Air,  h.  65,  1.  58 The  Fourth  Presbyterian  church,  which  had 

been  in  progress  of  reconstruction  for  over  a  year,  was  dedicated.  Dr. 
Darling,  the  pastor,  preached  the  dedication  sermon.  Dr.  Clark  ofi"ered 
the  opening  prayer,  and  Dr.  Sprague  the  second.  In  the  evening  the 
exercises  were  conducted  by  Rev.  Dr.  Kirk,  in  whose  strenuous  efforts 
the  church  had  its  beginning.  The  church  is  a  large  one,  and  is  built  in 
the  early  English  style,  with  several  original  and  novel  features.  The 
roof  seems  to  be  divided  into  three  parts,  and  the  light  which  is  shed 
below  is  aff"orded  by  some  powerful  combination  of  gas  near  the  roof  No 
flaming  gas  now  obstructs  the  vision  of  the  pulpit.  The  house  is  lit  by 
seven  windows  on  each  side,  narrow,  and  rising  to  a  great  height,  divided 
by  the  gallery,  which  runs  around  the  whole  room.  It  is  handsomely 
furnished  in  black  walnut,  and  the  space  aff"orded  by  it  is  very  consider- 
able The  centre  of  the  building  is  very  rich,  and  in  front  is  the  preacher's 
desk.  On  the  platform,  last  night,  were  a  half  dozen  well  known  clergy- 
men, who,  with  the  venerable  ofl&ciating  clergyman,  added  dignity  to  the 
impressive  scene.  Over  the  preacher's  head  are  the  words  :  "  Let  the  people 
praise  Thee,  0  God  ;  let  all  the  people  praise  Thee."  They  are  painted 
in  "-old,  in  a  handsome  gothic  letter.  Over  this  is  the  place  for  the  choir 
ancf  the  organ  is  immediately  in  the  rear.  Its  golden  pipes  are  very  beau- 
tiful, and  it  presents  a  handsome  appearance.  Over  this  again  is  a  circu- 
lar window,  divided  by  interfoliations,  and  looking  at  night  as  if  the  moon 
was  just  peeping  through.  At  the  right  of  the  choir,  in  the  space  where 
a  window  might  have  been  put,  is  illuminated  the  Beatitudes,  commencing 
with  a  large  ornamented  letter,  and  on  the  left  the  choir  is  flanked  by  a 
similar  tablet,  giving  the  Lord's  prayer.  The  seats  are  finished  in  black 
walnut  and  crimson. "and  afford  a  good  view  of  the  pulpit  from  all  parts, 
Argm.  This  church,  which  was  commenced  scarcely  more  than  one 
year  ago,  is,  in  the  character  of  its  details  and  outlines,  of  the  early  Knglish 


Sept.]  Notes  from  the  Neiospapers.  o29 

style.  Its  accommodations  for  congregational  purposes  consist  of  the 
main  floor  64  by  90  feet  and  a  deep  gallery,  which  is  circular  in  form  at 
the  front,  and  will  with  the  main  floor  seat  1,350  persons.  The  seats  on 
the  main  floor  are  pews  without  doors,  and  arranged  with  a  view  of  afi"ord- 
ing  long  and  short  pews  in  any  position  that  may  be  required.  Those  in  the 
gallery  are  partly  of  the  same  shape  as  those  below,  and  the  remainder  of 
the  space  is  cut  up  into  box  pews,  each  containing  one  of  four  or  five  sit- 
tings and  space  for  as  many  chairs  with  table.  This  exceedingly  convenient 
arrangement,  together  with  the  absence  of  any  lights  on  the  front,  seems 
to  overcome  entirely  the  old  prejudice  against  gallery  pews,  and  in  this 
case  bids  fair  to  be  the  most  active  competition  for  the  possession  of  them. 
The  ceiling  is  of  peculiar  construction,  being  without  columns,  of  rather 
novel  form.  It  springs  on  the  side  from  columns  supp  irted  on  foliate 
corbels,  and  rises  with  arched  lunettes  and  many  ribs  to  the  aisle  beams, 
which  run  level  from  front  to  rear,  and  appears  to  receive  its  supports 
from  the  aisle  ceiling,  while  it  in  turn  supports  the  nave  ceiling  formed 
by  a  high  arch  broken  up  on  its  side  by  lunette  covered  clerestory  win- 
dows. The  intersections  of  the  ribs  are  ornamented  by  rich  and  appro- 
priate bosses  and  leaf  ornaments.  These,  as  well  as  every  other  detail, 
have  been  designed,  modeled  or  carved  especially  for  this  church,  with 
the  one  aim  of  producing  a  harmonious  whole. — Journal.  The  main  centre 
points  in  aisle  and  nave  are  occupied  by  the  patent  catoptic  lamps,  which 
light  the  church  by  night  and  ventilate  it  at  all  seasons.  The  beauty  and 
comfort  of  this  light  no  one  can  realize  without  personal  experience.  The 
audience  room  is  approached  by  spacious  lobbies  and  vestibules  on  both 
Broadway  and  North  Pearl  street.  The  pastor's  apartment  is  a  comfort- 
able room  in  the  rear  of  and  connected  with  the  pulpit.  Over  this  is  the 
organ  gallery,  in  which  stands  the  organ,  raising  its  fine  front  toward  the 
ceiling,  and  seeming  to  embrace  in  its  arms  the  rich  stained  glass  window 
of  the  rear,'filling  without  obscuring  the  beauty  of  the  recess  in  which  it 
is  placed.  In  front  of  the  well  fitted  pulpit  is  a  handsome  communion  table, 
with  deacons'  chairs  and  marble  font,  the  gift  of  Mr.  James  Wiuslow,  in 
memory  of  his  mother.  The  fine  bell,  weighing  4,500  pounds,  was  the 
magnificent  gift  of  Mr.  Wm.  B.  Conant.  This  cannot  be  closed  without 
mentioning  those  to  whose  exertions  our  city  is  indebted  for  this  addition 
to  its  already  long  list  of  fine  churches.  In  conversation  with  Messrs. 
Nichols  &  Brown,  the  architects,  they  speak  most  gratefully  of  the  kind 
and  cordial  cooperation  of  the  building  committee,  Messrs.  Ward,  Arnold, 
Carpenter  and  Anable,  without  whose  aid  many  of  their  choicest  concep- 
tions would  still  have  been  unrealized  dreams.  Of  those  connected  with 
the  erection  of  the  building,  the  following  are  among  the  principal ;  John 
Bridgford,  mason;  Clemshire  &  Co.,  carpenters;  Laing  &  Stormont, 
stone  cutters ;  Jas.  Jones,  modeler  ;  Morgan  &  Bros.,  glass  stainers ;  J. 
J.  Hefi'ernan,  painter,  and  M.  J.  Durkin,  carver.  The  trustees  having 
purchased  the  property  of  F.  J.  Barnard,  adjoining  their  old  lot  on  the 
south,  took  down  the  building  on  North  Pearl  street,  thereby  extending  their 
new  church  lot,  making  the  dimensions  eighty -five  feet  wide  on  Broadway 
and  North  Pearl  street,  by  two  hundred  and  twenty-seven  feet  deep.  The 
exterior  of  the  new  edifice  is  67  feet  wide  by  122  feet  deep.  The  style  of 
the  church  is  English  gothic.  The  building  consists  of  a  nave,  side-aisles, 
vestibulesat both  ends,  aloftytower,  and  spire  on  the  south-east  corner.  The 
Hist.   Coll.  in.  42 


330  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  [1866. 

nave  is  102  feet  long  (divided  into  8  bays)  and  32  feet  wide.  The  width  of 
aisles  on  each  side  of  nave  is  16  feet.  The  nave  52  feet  high,  and  the 
side  aisles  32  feet  high  from  floor  to  apex  of  ceiling,  which  is  pendent, 
springing  from  corbelled  columns  on  side  walls.  The  ceiling  is  groined, 
ornamented  with  ribs,  bosses,  &c.  The  pulpit  recess  is  18  feet  wide  by 
4  feet  deep,  in  the  rear  of  which  is  a  pastor's  apartments,  with  library, 
safe  and  other  appurtenances  attached.  Immediately  over  these  is 
the  organ  chamber  opening  into  the  church  through  handsome  pierced 
tracery.  The  tower  and  spire  rise  from  a  square  buttressed  base  26  feet 
external  dimensions.  The  tower  terminates  in  a  square  clock  section, 
from  which  rises  the  spire,  octagonal  in  form,  with  broach  windows, 
dormers  and  finial,  the  total  height  of  which  is  200  feet  from  the  ground. 
The  church  is  faced  externally  (front  and  rear)  with  Croton  brick,  with 
dressing  of  Lockport  limestone.  There  are  three  entrance  doors  in  front 
on  Broadway,  the  centre  doorway  having  a  crocketed  gablet,  with  carved 
finial,  over  which  (in  the  gable)  is  a  rose  window  14  feet  in  diameter. 
The  rear  has  two  entrance  doors  from  North  Pearl  street.  A  large  rose 
window  fills  the  rear  gable,  lighting  the  church  by  means  of  a  drum 
through  the  organ  chamber.  The  heads  of  the  windows  throughout  are 
filled  with  carved  tracery.  The  main  floor  provides  seatings  for  800  per- 
sons, together  with  ample  aisles  and  spaces  front  and  rear.  The  gallery 
is  four  pews  in  depth  along  the  side  walls  and  is  semicircular  in  form, 
with  entrances  from  front  and  rear  vestibules,  aflfording  seatings  for  500 
persons,  making  the  total  capacity  of  the  church  1,300  sittings.  The  pul- 
pit and  furniture  are  of  black  walnut.  The  church  is  lighted  at  night  by 
twenty-two  patent  catoptic  ventilating  gas  lights,  placed  in  the 
ceiling,  at  the  intersection  of  the  main  ribs.  The  clerestory  windows 
are  arranged  in  such  a  manner  as  to  give  the  most  perfect  ventilation  in 
the  warmest  weather.  The  total  cost  will  be  about  $60,000. —  Journal^ 
Oct.  9 William  Ellis  died,  aged  52.  He  was  an  eminent  archi- 
tect; some  of  our  finest  buildings,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  the 
Albany  City  Bank,  State  Library,  and  numerous  churches  in  this  city 
and  other  cities,  were  erected  under  his  supervision.  He  was  captain  of 
the  Scotch  Light  Infantry,  and  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion  he 
entered  the  service  of  his  country  as  captain  of  engineers,  in  the  Twenty- 
fifth  Regiment  N.  Y.  S.  M.,  and  in  company  with  another  engineer,  super- 
intended the  construction  of  Fort  x\lbany,  on  Arlington  heights.  In 
1862,  he  went  to  Mexico,  as  surveyor  of  a  rail  road  there  about  to  be  con- 
structed. While  there  he  endured  many  hardships,  which  broke  down  a 
naturally  strong  constitution,  and  was  the  source  from  which  emanated 

his  late  illness. —  Journal James  Schoonmaker  died,  aged  68. 

19.  Air,  h.  61,1   53 Peter  H.  Brooks,  long  a  conductor  on  the 

Central  rail  road,  died,  aged  37.  Samuel  F.  Cranston  died,  aged  76.  Ann, 
wife  of  Thomas  Murray,  died,  aged  42.  Henry  Grebe  died,  aged  20. 
William  Crapo  died  at  Ballston,  aged  73.  Born  in  October,  1793,  in 
Ballston,  Saratoga  county,  he  came  to  this  city  in  the  year  1817,  commenc- 
ing on  the  hill,  in  Washington  street,  where  Congress  Hall  now  stands. 
Aljout  1822  he  moved  down  into  State  street,  below  Broadway,  then  known 
as  Peeler  street,  where,  with  the  exception  of  about  three  years,  he  con- 
tinued until  the  year  1850;  retiring  then  to  Ballston,  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life  in  the  midst  of  his  family  A  man  of  integrity  and 
purity  of  character,  preferring  always  the  home  circle,  a  companion  to  his 


Sept.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  331 

children,  he  was  loved  by  all  who  knew  him.  Passing  his  70th  year  signs 
of  feebleness  were  apparent  to  his  friends,  and  during  the  past  year  he 
failed  very  rapidly.  He  retained  much  of  his  strength,  and  could  visit 
his  neighbors  up  the  week  previous  to  his  death;  then  suddenly  struck 
down,  he  sank  rapidly  but  quietly  into  his  last  sleep,  with  a  full  hope  of 
a  glorious  resurrection. 

^■'20.  Air,  h.  56.  1.  50 Margaret,  wife  of  Andrew  McGovern,  died, 

aged  45. 

21.  Air,  h.  60.  1.  54 John  Payton  died,  aged  55.     Charles  H. 

Gillen  died,  aged  20. 

22.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  47 Maurice  Mead  died,  aged  22. 

23.  Air,  h.  64,  1.  86 J.  B.  Milner  died,  aged  35. 

24.  Air,  h.  53,  1.  39 Elihu  Russell  Moore  died,  aged  27.     Mary 

Dyer,  wife  of  L.  D.  Hutchins,  died.  Emeline,  wife  of  Jacob  Wetsell, 
died  at  Philadelphia,  aged  61.  Joseph  Wilkes  died  at  St.  Thomas  parish. 
South  Carolina,  aged  45. 

25.  John  Carlton  died,  aged  35.     Frances  C.  Van  Rensselaer  died  at 
Brooklyn. 

26.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  60 The  valuation  of  Albany  county  was  $42,403- 

645,  upon  which  the  state  tax  was  $235,870.28 Capt.  Thomas  Schuy- 
ler died,  aged  55.  He  was  taken  ill  while  on  his  way  to  his  office  Monday 
morning,  and  became  suddenly  so  much  indisposed  as  to  require  assistance 
to  return  to  his  house.  He  gradually  sunk  during  the  night,  and  expired 
Wednesday  morning.  Captain  Schuyler  began  life  as  a  cabin  boy  on  his 
father's  sloop,  and  passed  through  every  grade  of  his  profession.  In  1842, 
under  the  firm  of  Schuyler  &  Brainard,  he  engaged  in  the  tow-boat  business 
on  the  river,  and  soon  after  organized  the  Schuyler  line  of  tow  boats,  which 
is  still  in  successful  operation.  He  was  also  the  managing  owner  of  the 
passenger  boats.  Belle  and  Rip  Van  Winkle,  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  founders  of  the  Bank  of  the  Capitol,  of  which  he 
was  president  until  it  closed  business;  and  also  of  the  Commerce  Insur- 
ance Company,  of  which  he  was  vice-president,  and  of  the  First  National 
Bank,  of  which  he  was  president.  Although  he  had  uniformly  refused  to 
accept  any  political  office,  he  consented  a  few  years  since  to  take  the  office 
of  alderman,  which  he  held  through  one  term.  He  was  one  of  the  com- 
missioners for  the  improvement  of  the  Hudson  river,  and  gave  that  enter- 
prise a  large  share  of  attention.  Indeed,  he  was  the  master  spirit  of  tKe 
construction  of  that  work.  His  intimate  knowledge  of  the  river  channel 
enabled  him  to  locate  the  improvements  to  be  made  with  great  skill,  and 
the  benefits  derived  from  the  plans  adopted  are  greatly  owing  to  his  judg- 
ment, and  the  work  will  remain  a  monument  to  his  energy.  Blest  with 
large  means,  he  distributed  his  wealth  with  a  generous  hand.  Many  of 
our  citizens  can  date  the  hour  of  their  prosperity  from  the  aid  he  volun- 
teered to  give  them.  To  religious  and  charitable  objects  he  gave  largely, 
and  the  blessing  of  the  poor  was  his.  He  found  his  chief  recreation  and 
highest  satisfaction  in  the  discharge  of  his  religious  duties,  and  in  works 
of  philanthropy  and  benevolence.  He  organized  the  Mission  Sunday 
School  in  Groesbeckville  many  years  since,  purchased  a  house  for  its 
accommodation,  and  gave  to  it  his  personal  attention.  Much  of  his  time, 
for  the  last  three  years  (with  $20,000  of  his  money)  was  employed  in 
securing  the  erection  of  the  Ash  Grrove  Methodist  church,  an  edifice  which 
will  remain  as  a  perpetual  monument  of  his  zeal  and  liberality Erren 


332  ^0^66-  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

H.  Wilkins  died,  aged  51.  John  Simmons  died,  aged  86.  Bridget,  wife 
of  Michael  Roark,  died,  aged  62. 

27.  Air,  h.  57,1.48 Two  companies,  C  and  F,  of  the  Twenty-fifth 

regiment  went  out  to  the  antivent  district,  where  tenants  had  committed 
excesses  upon  persons  holding  property  of  tenants  ejected  for  nonpay- 
ment of  rent Sarah  F. ,  wife  of  William  Mullens,  died,  aged  63.  Mi- 
chael Foley  died,  aged  56. 

28.  Air,  h.  59,  1.  46 Andrew  Deering  died,  aged  56. 

29.  Air,  h.  62,  1.48 The   county   fair    closed;  receipts   ahout 

18,000,    which  barely  paid  expenses......... John   Ryan    died    at   Walla 

Walla,  Washington  territory.  Harriet,  wife  of  James  Holliday,  died, 
aged  44.  Annie  T.  O'Hagan  died,  aged  20.  Frances  Rebecca,  wife  of 
Stephen  Carhart,  died,  aged  33. 

30.  Air,  h.  64,  1.  52 It  was  estimated  that   the  expenses  for 

amusements  the  past  week  were  $16,000  at  the  county  fair,  the  theatre, 

and  Tweddle  Hall John    Milliman  died,  aged  72;   famous  as  the 

pioneer  of  the  root  beer  manufacturers.  He  was  born  in  North  Hoosick, 
Rensselaer  county,  and  came  to  Albany  forty  years  ago.  Previous  to 
that  time  he  was  a  brewer  of  beer  for  Mansfield,  in  Troy.  He  came  here 
and  established  business  for  himself  at  the  corner  of  Union  and  Hamilton 
streets,  and,  being  poor,  was  obliged  to  peddle  his  beer  in  a  basket.  By 
persevering  endeavors  he  built  up  a  nice  trade.  Mr.  Malaney  was  then 
the  only  manufacturer  in  the  city.  Mr.  Milliman  remained  at  the  above 
place  about  ten  years,  and  then  moved  to  the  corner  of  Nucella  and  Pearl 
streets,  where  he  has  resided  and  manufactured  ever  since.  By  his  in- 
dustry he  made  his  business  a  popular  and  prosperous  one,  and  acquired 
quite  a  nice  property  from  the  proceed  of  his  toils.  Milliman's  root  beer 
was  a  household  word  in  days  gone  by,  but  as  our  people  were  progres- 
sive, drinks  more  in  keeping  with  the  times  came  in  vogue,  and  root 
beer,  like  the  famous  Dutch  olikoek,  lost  its  popularity.  However, 
Mr.  Milliman  was  one  of  our  oldest  citizens,  and  was  highly  respected  for 
his  integrity  and  straightforwardness.  His  loss  will  be  deeply  mourned 
in  the  part  of  the  city  where  he  has  resided  so  long. — Knickerbocker. 

October  1.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  52 The  common   council  first  met  in 

their  newchamberin  the  City  Hall  .....The  military  forcesent  to  the  Hel- 
derberg,  brought  in  fourteen  antirenters  accused  of  resisting  the  sheriff's 
officers,  and  they  were  admitted  to  bail  in  S250  each  to  appear  on  the 
3d Lieut.  James  Flanigan  died,  aged  24.     William  Cain  died,  aged  42. 

2.   Air,  h.  64,  1.  52 The  Methodist  Sunday  schools  celebrated  the 

one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  introduction  of  Methodism  into  this 
country,  by  a  general  parade  and  exercise  of  teachers  and  scholars  be- 
longing to  the  churches  of  Albany  and  vicinity.  The  schools  formed  in 
the  Capitol  Park,  and  marched  to  the  Washington  parade  ground,  where 
the  exercises  took  place.     The  following  schools  were  present : 

Schools.  Organized.  Superintendents.  Nos. 

Hudson  street 1816  S.  R.  Earls 359 

Pearl  street 1827  Thomas  Fawell 200 

Greenbusli 1832  J.  S.  Hamlin 289 

Newtonville 1833  W.  H.  Rockenstyne 108 

Washington  av 1835  Nelson  Bailey 251 

Bethlehem    1838  D.  Couse 108 

Arbor  Hill 1844  James  Tompkins 365 

Guilderland 1852  C.  M.  Denison 175 


Oct.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  333 

Schools.                              Organized.  Superintendents.  Nos. 

Broadway 1853     S.  A.  Stratton 350 

West  Mission 1854     D.  G.  Staley 433 

South  Mission 1854    G.  J.  Hopkins 344 

East  Albany 1854    Harvey  Wendell 151 

Bowery 1856     J.  E.  Weaver 158 

Giiilderland 1856     Henry  Swan 133 

Pine  Grove 1856    James  W.  Enos 48 

Bath 1857    J.  H.  Palmer 114 

West  Albany 1863     J.  Eoth 53 

The  Ash  G-rove  school,  450  strong,  did  not  appear  in  a  body,  owing  to 
the  recent  death  of  their  lamented  superintendent,  Thomas  Schuyler. 
The  festival  was  concluded  by  exercises  at  Tweddle  Hall. 

3.  Air,  h.  67,1.  57 The  steamer  North  Star  foundered  off  Tybees 

and McGuire,  Joseph  Smith,  and  G-eorge  Hillman,  Albanians,  lost  their 

lives.  The  two  former  were  on  their  way  to  Texas ;  the  latter  had  resided 
some  time  in  New  Orleans,  and  had  his  son  and  daughter  with  him  on 
their  return  from  Albany,  who  were  also  lost.      Of  250  persons  on  board 

only  18  were  saved Martha  Townsend,  widow  of  Isaac  Fondey,  died, 

aged  74.     Eliza  D.  Bennett  died,  aged  69.     Sarah  Pruyn  died,  aged  70. 

4.  Air,  h.  51,    1.  34. At    a   meeting    of  the    common    council, 

Alderman  Carmichael  offered  the  following  resolution:  Whereas,  the 
burying  grounds  between  State  and  Hudson  streets  have  not  been  used  as 
a  place  of  interment  for  several  years,  and  they  have  been  almost  entirely 
neglected,  the  fences  being  destroyed  and  the  grounds  used  for  pasturing 
purposes ;  and  whereas,  this  desecration  of  so  sacred  a  spot  is  in  the 
highest  degree  discreditable  to  the  city  authorities  and  the  churches  in- 
terested ;  therefore,  resolved,  that  a  special  committee  of  five  be  appointed 
by  his  honor  the  mayor  to  confer  with  the  trustees  of  the  various  churches 
holding  possession  of  and  interested  in  the  grounds  for  burial  purposes, 
with  a  view  to  cause  the  removal  of  the  remains  of  the  neglected  dead  to 
cemeteries  where  they  can  be  properly  interred  and  cared  for  in  a  suitable 
manner.     Adopted.     Committee  appointed  as  follows :  Aid.  Carmichael, 

Recorder  Paddock,  Aid.  Taylor,  Judson,  and  Mulhall James  Crani- 

gon  died,  aged  76. 

5.  Air,  h.  47,  1.  32 Mary  McCormick  died,  aged  60. 

6.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  33 James  B.  Cozzens  died,  aged  18. 

7.  Air,  h.  52,  1.  40 Edward  Hannigan  died,  aged  20. 

8.  Air,  h.  61,  1.  51 Patrick  Masterson  died,  aged  61.     Samuel 

F.  Butterfield  died,  aged  20.  Patrick  Campion  died,  aged  50.  Ann, 
wife  of  John  Martin,  died,  aged  36.  Carrie  A.  Hawley,  wife  of  Daniel 
S.  Young,  died  at  Cincinnati. 

9.  Air,  h.    70,   1.   57 Robert  Laude    McEwen   died,   aged   18. 

Bridget  Tobin  died,  aged  60.     Edward  Rawnsley  died,  aged  37. 

10.  Air,  h.  61,  1.  48 Edmund  Deady  died,  aged  32. 

11.  Air,  h.  65,  1.  44  James  Little  died,  aged  58.     Mary,  widow 

of  Matthew  McCarthy,  died,  aged  61.     ' 

12.  Air,  h.  57,  1.  49 John  J.  Maher  died,  aged  22. 

13.  Air,  h.  57,  1.  45 Timothy  McGraw  died,  aged  32.  Marga- 
ret, wife  of  Hugh  Flatery,  died,  aged  31.  Josephine  Bergeron  died,  aged 
18.  Jennie  J.  Jones,  wife  of  T.  Jefferson  Wells,  died  in  New  York, 
aged  30.     John  Van  Buren  died  at  sea,  aged  56. 

14.  Air,  h.  58,  1.  45 Margaret,  widow  of  Isaac  P.  Hand,  died. 


334  Notes  from  tliG  News2)apers.  [1866. 

15.  Air,  h.  51,   1.  46  Owen    McDonald   died,   aged    67.     Mrs. 

Betsey  Wait  died  at  South  Orange,  N.  J.,  aged  81.  Lucy  A.  Herring, 
widow  of  Elisha  N.  Pratt,  died  in  New  York. 

16.  Air,  h.  57,  1,  45 John  Fitzpatrick  died.     Michael  McNally 

died,  aged  74.     Francis  Van  Epps  died,  aged  47. 

17.  Air,  h.  61,  1.  50 Edward  Mitchell  died,  aged  40. 

18.  Air,h.  65,1.41 Mary  McCorniick  died,  aged  43.    John  Field 

died,  aged  34.     George  Young  died,  aged  47. 

19.  Air,  h.  58,  1.  42 Thomas  Carey  died,  aged  19. 

20.  Air,  h.  65,  1.    52 A  delegation  of  antirenters  entered  the 

city  in  great  force,  and  a  meeting  was  held  at  the  City  Hall  ostensibly  for 

the  purpose   of  ventilating  their  theory  of  nonpayment The  two 

large  grindstones  used  in  Hoffman's  furnace,  Daniel  street,  burst  almost 
simultaneously  from  excess  of  speed,  and  demolished  all  the  machinery 
with  which  they  came  in  contact.  Mr.  Hoffman  was  standing  at  the 
time  between  the  two  stones,  but  was  not  injured  ;  nor  was  any  one  hurt. 
A  portion  of  the  building  was  also  destroyed ;  loss  about  $600. 

21.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  54 Richard  Lawlor  died,  aged  45. 

22.  Air,  h.  67,  1  60 Peter  Reynolds  died,  aged  64. 

23.  Air,  h   67,  1.  47 Celia,  wife  of  Peter  McGuire,  died,  aged 

86.     Frederick  Switzer  died,  aged  35. 

24.  Air,  h.  59,  1.  39  .The  total  cost  of  the  new  edifice  of  the 

Fourth  Presbyterian  church  was  $86,574,  on  which  there  was  a  debt  of 
$24,000.  Under  the  provisions  of  the  will  of  the  late  Otis  Allen,  his 
executors  were  directed  to  pay  over  $5,000  to  the  trustees  of  the  church 
whenever  that  amount  would  render  the  church  free  of  debt.  The  sum 
of  $19,000  was  raised  in  the  congregation  a  few  evenings  since,  which, 
with  this  bequest,  places  the  church  entirely  free  from  debt.  The  entire 
property  of  the  church,  including  the  chapel  on  North  Pearl  street,  is 

valued  at  $129,000 Lucy  Morgan  Parke,  wife  of  John  Shauer,  died 

in  Jersey  city,  aged  41. 

25.  Air,  h.  43,  1.  36 An  indignation  meeting  was  held  by  a  por- 
tion of  the  citizens  of  the  first  ward,  on  account  of  a  portion  of  Schuyler 

street,  near  the  river,  being  fenced  in  by  Messrs.  Ransom Elizabeth, 

wife  of  Timothy  Sullivan,  died,  aged  51.     William  G-aynor  died,  aged  31. 

26.  Air,   h.   42,   1.  31 John   O'Sullivan   died,  aged   60.     Mary 

Agnes  Hayes,  wife  of  Charles  McGuire,  died,  aged  25.  Mrs.  Helena 
Hallock  died,  aged  71.     Charles  U.  Burt  died  at  Elmira. 

27.  Henrietta  Mansion,  wife  of  Isaac  Davids,  died,  aged  56.  Francis 
Bradish  died,  aged  46.  John  M.  Gowey  died,  aged  27.  John  Bolan 
died,  aged  70. 

28.  Margaret,  wife  of  James  McCabe,  died,  aged  66.  Mary,  wife  of 
Richard  O'Shey,  died,  aged  30.     Louisa  Butts  died,  aged  26. 

31.   John  A.  Van  Leuven  died  at  Augusta,  Ga.,  aged  21. 

November  1.  Wheat  sold  at  the  unprecedented  price  of  $3.45  per 
bushel;  corn  $L34.  These  were  said  to  have  been  the  highest  prices 
ever  paid.     Ehza,  wife  of  Thomas  Beaty,  died,  aged  22. 

2.  Stephen  Wilson  died,  aged  64.     Peter  McGuire  died,  aged  84. 

3.  Air,  h.  51,  1.  35 Mary,  widow  of  Joseph   Arkels,  died,  aged 

89.     Ellen  Lillis  died,  aged  26. 

4.  Air,  h.  43,  1.  31 John  Butler  died,  aged  43.  Caroline  Zim- 
merman died,  aged  16. 


Nov.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  335 

5.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  27 Martha   M.   Frost  died,   aged  71.     Anna 

Maria,  wife  of  William  Lansing,  died.  Margaret,  wife  of  Capt.  David 
Martin,  died  at  Newburg.  Edward  Smyth  died,  aged  55.  Honora 
Waters  died,  aged  22. 

6.  Air,  h.  35,  1.  27 Election  day;  John  V.  L.  Pruyn  elected  to 

congress  by  a  majority  of over  Ramsey Wm.  D.  Cochran  died, 

aged  59,  and  was  buried  in  Schenectady.  Michael  O'Brien  died,  aged 
72. 

7.  Air,  h.  .39,  1.  27 John  H.  Hutson  died,  aged  22.    James  Moffat 

died,  aged  60.     Anastasia  Cashman  died,  aged  45. 

8.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  35 Rachel,  widow  of  Horan   Merchant,   died, 

aged  72.  Miriam  Julia  Thompson,  widow  of  Allen  B.  Hyatt,  died,  aged 
41.  Mary  Keeling  died.  Barbara,  widow  of  Wm.  N.  Graham,  died, 
aged  73.     Mary  Hanly  died,  aged  40.     Henry  B.  Holmes  died. 

9.  Air,  h.  53,  1.  39 James  Whalen  died,  aged  20.     Ann,  wife  of 

Charles  Miller,  died,  aged  30. 

10.  Air,  h.  54,  1.  44 Mrs.  Margaret  McCormick  died,  aged  67. 

Michael  Hart  died,  aged  72. 

11.  Air,  h.  51,  1.  41 Susan,  wife  of  Samuel  H.  Clay,  died,  aged 

39.  Leonard  Gr.  Warren  died,  aged  33.  Bridget,  wife  of  Robert  Mahar, 
died,  aged  46.     James  Nolan  died,  aged  73. 

12.  Air,  h.  49,  1.  39 John  McCarthy  died,  aged  22.     Stephen 

Cromwell  died,  aged  56. 

13.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  32. 

14.  Florence  Crowley  died,  aged  59. 

15.  Lucy  Malvina  Ackerman  died,  aged  20.  Daniel  Carpenter  died 
in  New  York,  aged  51. 

16.  Air,  h.  57, 1.  44 Daniel  Flynn  died,  aged  66.     He  came  to 

Albany  in  1825,  and  was  engaged  in  the  flour  and  feed  trade.... Ann 

Gammet  died,  aged  58.  John  F.  Porter  died  in  New  York.  He  removed 
from  Albany  to  Detroit  about  1830,  and  was  long  engaged  in  the  affairs 
of  the  Michigan  southern  rail  road. 

17.  Air,  h.  50,  1.  39 Daniel  Mcintosh  died,  aged  71.     He  was  a 

soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 

19.  Mary  Elizabeth  Mitchell,  wife  of  Wm.  J.  Cunningham,  died. 
Francis  Bearup  died,  aged  37. 

20.  John  Stremple  died,  aged  70. 

21.  Anna  M.,  wife  of  William  Lighthall,  died,  aged  41.  Cornelius 
Seaman  died,  aged  85.  Charlotte,  wife  of  Thomas  J.  Burke,  died,  aged 
54.     Helen  P.,  wife  of  Alexander  Lyall,  died  aged  60. 

22.  Patrick  Mclntyre  died,  aged  68. 

24.  Anthony  Blanchard,  formerly  of  Albany,  died  at  Salem,  Wash, 
county,  aged  36. 

25.  Mrs.  Ann  Brown  died,  aged  67.  Mary  McElwee,  wife  of  Thomas 
Kaine  died,  aged  40.     Mary,  wife  of  Patrick  Simmons,  died,  aged  66. 

26.  Thomas  Fayles,  Sr.,  died,  aged  69. 

28.  Dalinda  Clarke  died,  aged  83.  Robert  Anderson  died,  aged  86. 
Reuben  Reels,  baggageman  on  Central  rail  road  fell  dead  while  having 
his  boots  polished  at  the  Merchants'  Hotel. 

29.  A  service  of  silver  worth  $1,100  was  presented  by  the  firemen  to 
Visscher  Ten  Eyck,  18  years  treasurer  of  the  fire  department.  The  pre- 
sentation was  made  in  a  speech  by  Hale  Kingsley,  Esq.,  and  in  the  course 


336  Notes  from  the  Netospapers.  [1866. 

of  his  response,  Mr.  Ten  Eyck  said:  The  department  was  organized  in 
the  year  1818,  from  that  period  to  the  date  of  my  election  as  your  trea- 
surer, 1849,  eleven  persons  had  been  chosen  to  that  office,  and  of  that 
number  Joseph  Fry,  David  Newlands,  Joseph  W.  Clark,  Elisha  N.  Pratt, 
Alexander  H.  Brown  and  John  Dey  Ermand,  have  gone  to  their  silent 
rest.  The  first  investment  by  the  trustees,  $154,  was  made  in  the  year 
1820,  in  the  stock  of  the  Mechanics  and  Farmers'  Bank,  and  it  is  still  in 
their  possession  ;  and  in  connection  with  this  subject,  and  not  for  the 
purpose  of  self-praise,  I  would  state,  that  prior  to  the  introduction  of 
concerts  as  a  means  of  revenue,  I  was  enabled  to  save  from  our  small 
annual  income  and  add  from  time  to  time  to  the  investment  previously  held, 
nearly  three  thousand  dollars.  In  the  year  1826  two  orders  for  relief  were 
issued  by  the  board  of  trustees,  amounting  to  the  sum  of  $20,  and  from 
that  period  to  the  present  the  applications  for  relief  have  been  steadily 
increasing.  During  the  year  1865  the  number  of  orders  issued  was  175, 
amounting  to  $1,413.32,  and  the  orders  paid  the  present  year  already  ex- 
ceed that  sum.  From  this  statement  it  is  clearly  apparent  that  the 
department  should  take  prompt  and  efficient  action  and  adopt  every  lauda- 
ble   measure  which   would   tend   to   increase  its   annual    income 

Augustus  James  died  in  New  York,  aged  60.  Bridget,  wife  of  Patrick 
Donovan,  died,  aged  60. 

30.  The  heavy  rains  in  the  west  and  north  caused  a  flood  that  submerged 
the  docks,  and  drove  the  merchants  out  of  the  stores John  Flem- 
ing died,  aged  66. 

December  1.  Large  quantities  of  lumber  came  down  the  river,  giving 
active  employment  to  wreckers.  A  pile  of  lumber  started  from  the  upper 
pier  with  John  Coleman  upon  it.  He  was  rescued  by  persons  in  a 
boat Mary  Ryan  died,  aged  27.     Anthony  Lasher  died,  aged  56. 

2.  Corner  stone  of  St.  Patrick's  Cathedral  laid,  corner  of  Bowery  and 
Perry  streets.  The  foundation  of  the  edifice  was  already  laid,  and  all  that 
was  necessary  was  to  lay  the  corner-stone,  and  consecrate  the  altar  and 
grounds,  to  allow  the  good  work  of  construction  to  proceed.  These 
events  took  place  on  this  day,  and  attracted  to  the  scene  an  immense  con- 
course of  people.  The  day  was  bright  and  beautiful,  but  cool  and  brac- 
ing. It  was  full  time  that  the  old  structure  was  replaced.  It  was  a 
dilapidated  concern,  and  unfit  for  the  progressive  ideas  entertained  by  its 
popular  young  pastor,  Father  McGinn.  We  are  glad  to  know  that  he  is 
now  to  have  an  edifice  that  will  not  only  be  an  ornament  to  the  hill  and  a 
credit  to  the  Catholic  church,  but  also  one  worthy  of  his  intelligence  and 
enterprise.  The  demonstration  was  a  brilliant  one.  As  early  as  three 
o'clock  a  procession  reached  the  ground,  comprising  the  following  organ- 
izations, which  had  made  preparations  to  participate  in  the  aff"air  :  Kline's 
Brass  Band;  Emmet  and  Sarsfield  Guards,  under  command  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Michael  Cassidy;  Hibernian  Provident  Society;  St.  Joseph's 
and  St.  Peter's  (German)  Societies ;  Young  Men's  Catholic  Institute  of 
the  Cathedral  ;  Sodality  of  St.  Joseph's ;  altar  boys  and  St.  Vincent  de 
Paul  Societies  of  the  several  Catholic  churches;  Engine  Company  No. 
15  and  members  of  St.  Patrick's  parish.  Soon  after  the  arrival  of  these 
upon  the  ground,  the  bishop  and  clergy  came  from  the  old  edifice  and 
formed  in  procession  as  follows:  Cross  bearers,  acolytes,  thurifer  of  incense, 
altar  boys  of  the  Cathedral  and  St.  Joseph's,  and  the  following  clergy  : 
Father  James   Keveny,  of  Troy ;  Father  Thomas   Keveny,  of  Cohoes ; 


Dec]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  337 

Father  Fitzpatrick,  of  St.  John's;  Father  Noethan,  of  the  Holy  Cross  ; 
Fathers  JJurk  and  Smith  of  St.  Joseph's;  Fathers  Wadhams,  Ludden 
and  Doran,  of  the  Cathedral ;  Father  O'Neil  and  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Conroy,  of  this  diocese.  The  procession  moved  to  the  point  where  the 
altar  of  the  new  edifice  is  to  rest,  and  then  to  the  spot  where  the  corner- 
stone was  laid.  The  ceremonies  at  each  of  these  places  consisted  of  sing- 
ing Psalms  83,  126  and  128,  which  were  chanted  at  intervals.  Father 
Noethan  taking  a  leading  part.  The  bishop  in  the  meantime  recited  the 
prayer  of  invocation  and  benediction.  The  litany  of  the  saints  was  also 
sung,  and  incense  and  holy  water  used  according  to  the  rubrics.  In  the 
corner-stone  was  placed  a  box  containing  the  difierent  newspapers  of  the 
city,  several  coins,  bits  of  different  denominations,  the  pastor's  name, 
trustees  of  the  church,  and  prominent  contributors  to  its  construction. — 
Argus.  The  laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  St.  Patrick's  church,  in  the 
Bowery,  has  brought  out  the  following  reminiscences,  handed  to  us  by  an 
old  friend  who  takes  pleasure  in  treasuring  up  the  religious  notices  of  the 
past.  Some  of  these  items  copied  from  the  Albany  and  New  York  papers 
will  be  particularly  interesting  to  the  Catholics  of  Albany  at  the  present 
day.  The  following  is  from  the  Albany  Religious  Monitor  of  1829: 
"  There  is  certainly  an  alavming  increase  of  popery  in  these  United  States. 
In  this  city  (Albany)  ten  years  ago  the  Catholics  could  not  number  100. 
Now  they  number  2,000,  and  are  building  a  splendid  chapel  on  the  site 
of  their  old  one."  The  following  is  the  address  delivered  by  Aid.  John 
Cassidy,  taken  from  the  New  York  TriUh  Teller,  at  the  laying  of  the 
corner-stone  of  St.  Mary's  church,  Albany,  Oct.  13,  1829  : 

Felloxo  citizens  and  members  of  the  Catholic  Church  and  Congrega- 
tion.—  We  are  assembled  on  an  interesting  and  solemn  occasion  to  lay  the 
foundation  of  an  edifice  that  is  to  be  consecrated  and  set  apart  for  holy 
purposes.  As  the  presiding  officer  over  the  temporal  affairs  of  this 
church,  it  is  right  and  proper  that  I  should  join  with  you  in  congratula- 
tions on  the  prosperous  and  improving  condition  of  the  society.  It  is  left  to 
others,  who  are  more  especially  devoted  to  ministration  in  sacred  things, 
to  point  out  the  high  and  serious  obligations  that  are  imposed  upon  us  by 
the  continued  manifestations  of  a  beneficent  providence  in  advancing  our 
spiritual  and  secular  concerns.  The  first  Catholic  church  in  this  city  was 
erected  in  1798,  on  the  spot  where  we  are  now  assembled.  It  is  a  source 
of  pleasing  recollection  that  among  its  founders  can  be  enumerated  many 
reputable  and  honorable  names.  Under  the  influence  of  the  free  and 
equal  privileges  extended  to  all  classes  of  citizens  in  our  highly  favored 
country,  no  sect  has  a  legal  preference  over  another.  We  all  worship 
according  to  the  dictates  of  conscience,  and  are  ourselves  amenable  for 
our  tenets  and  conduct  only  to  the  Creator  and  Saviour  of  the  whole 
human  family.  Since  its  foundation,  our  church  has,  with  few  interrup- 
tions, continued  to  increase  and  improve,  and  our  future  prospects  are 
bright  and  cheering.  In  founding  a  Catholic  church  at  the  seat  of 
government  of  one  of  the  most  powerful  of  our  republics,  it  cannot  but 
afford  to  the  Christian  and  the  patriot  a  source  of  high  gratification,  that 
the  principles  of  religious  and  political  freedom  and  equality,  promulgated 
in  the  declaration  of  our  country's  independence,  and  incorporated  in 
her  constitution,  are  fast  gaining  proselytes  throughout  the  civilized 
world ;  as  citizens  of  the  United  States,  we  may  properly  indulge  an  hon- 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  43 


338  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

est  pride  in  witnessing  the  extension  of  free  and  liberal  sentiments.  The 
same  spirit  that  won  our  civil  liberties  has  recently  been  extended  in 
Great  Britain,  in  the  achievement  of  a  moral  triumph.  (The  alderman 
alludes  to  the  Irish  emancipation  in  1829).  According  to  established 
usage,  I  now  lay  this  corner-stone  and  deposit  beneath  it  these  memorials 
of  the  age  in  which  we  live,  and  the  transactions  of  this  day.  I  declare 
this  stone  well  laid  true  and  trusty.  May  this  church  be  faithful  in  bless- 
ings to  many  future  generations — Ar^tts The  flood  in  the  river 

subsided,  leaving  the  docks  bare  of  water,  and   redolent  of  mud 

Jesse,  wife  of  Robert  Scott,  died.     Peter  Sullivan  died,  aged  55. 

8.  At  a  meeting  of  the  common  council,  Mr.  Carmichael,  from  a 
special  committee  appointed  to  confer  with  the  trustees  of  the  various 
churches  owning  burying  grounds  between  State  and  Hudson  streets, 
easterly  of  Knox,  reported  that  they  had  communicated  with  the  trustees 
of  said  churches,  and  that  said  churches  and  congregations  had  consented 
to  the  removal  of  the  dead  from  said  burial  grounds,  on  condition  that  the 
city  would  pay  the  expense  thereof  and  provide  suitable  grounds  in  the 
Albany  Rural  Cemetery,  or  elsewhere  under  their  direction,  and  upon 
such  removal  being  consummated  they  will  release  to  the  city  all  such 
grounds  as  they  may  occupy.  The  following  resolution  contains  the  re- 
sponse of  most  of  the  churches  to  the  proposition  : 

Resolved,  That  we  consider  the  action  of  the  common  council  in  this 
matter  eminently  proper  and  judicious,  and  upon  condition  that  suitable 
grounds  are  furnished  for  the  reinterment  of  the  remains  in  our  burial 
grounds  in  the  Albany  Rural  Cemetery,  under  our  directions  and  at  the 
expense  of  the  city,  this  corporation  does  hereby  consent  to  the  removal 
of  the  remains  in  our  said  burial  ground,  such  removal  to  be  done  under 
our  direction,  and  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  and  on  such  removal  being 
consummated,  as  above  expressed,  this  corporation  will  release  to  the  city 
all  such  grounds  as  are  now  used  for  burial  purposes. 

The  resolution  is  signed  as  follows :  J.  H.  Ten  Eyck,  president  board 
of  trustees,  R.  P.  D.  church;  James  B.  Saunders,  secretary  of  the 
Second  R.  P.  D.  church  ;  Alden  March,  president  board  of  trustees 
First  Presbyterian  church  ;  Thomas  W.  Olcott,  president  board  of  trustees 
Second  Presbyterian  church  ;  John  T.  Fraser,  president  board  of  trus- 
tees Third  Presbyterian  church,  and  Robert  Strain,  clerk  ;  Wm.Brooksby, 
president  board  of  trustees  United  Presbyterian  church,  and  James 
Kingsbury,  clerk;  George  I.  Amsdell,  Theodore  M.  Amsdell,  Archibald 
Crawford,  Cornelius  Smith,  Hiram  Hotaling,  John  W.  Russell,  and 
James  R.  Hadley,  trustees  of  First  Baptist  Society;  Joseph  Cary,  Samuel 
Gary,  and  Thomas  D.  Bennett,  committee  of  Society  of  Friends;  Joel  Mun- 
sell,  president,  G.  W.  Knowlton,  secretary,  Jasper  Van  Wormer,  Henry 
Falke,  Thomas  Van  Aernam,  Peter  Foland,  trustees  of  Lutheran  Ebenezer 
church  ;  James  W.  Eaton,  president,  and  George  Downing,  secretary,  board 
of  trustees  M.  E.  church  ;  Frank  B.  Hine  president,  and  George  Peltham, 
secretary  of  board  of  trustees  of  Garretson  Station  M.  E.  church;  James 
Pettit,  David  Zeh,  Robert  Williams,  and  H.  T.  Cooper,  trustees  of  Uni- 
versalist  church,  and  Nathan  Hawley,  treasurer;  W.  H.  Anthony,  trustee 
of  African  M.  E.  church  ;  William  0.  Gardner,  trustee  of  African  Bap- 
tist church  ;  John  S.  Williams,  trustee  of  African  Wesleyan  church. 
The  Second  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch  church  does  not  include  the  lot 
east    of   Snipe    street,    between    Lancaster    and    Hudson.     The  -Second 


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Notes  from  the  Newspaper, 


339 


Presbyterian  church  is  on  condition  that  all  the  other  churches  make 
the  same  conveyance.  The  Society  of  Friends  require  not  less  than  one- 
fourth  of  an  acre  for  the  future  wants  of  that  society.  St.  Peter's  church 
will  be  willing  tp  consent  to  the  release  of  the  grounds,  provided  the 
other  congregations  do  the  same,  on  the  conditions  in  the  above  reso- 
lution, and  with  the  following  additional  stipulation  :  Third,  That  such 
reasonable  additional  ground,  connected  with  that  required  for  such  rein- 
terment, be  procured  and  placed  under  the  control  of  the  church,  as  may 
enable  it  to  continue  to  fulfill  its  accustomed  duty  of  furnishing  a  suitable 
burial  place  for  those  of  its  members  who  are  not  otherwise  provided  for. 
The  answer  of  St.  Peter's  church  is  signed  by  0.  Meads,  John  Tayler 
Cooper,  and  J.  C.  Potts,  committee  of  vestry.  Rev.  Clarence  Walworth, 
pastor  of  St.  Mary's  church,  responds,  that  pursuant  to  notice  in  all  the 
churches,  by  the  Right  Reverend  Bishop  John  J.  Conroy,  to  those  inte- 
rested in  the  removal  of  St.  Mary's  cemetery,  a  meeting  was  held  at  the 
pastor's  residence,  No.  14  Lodge  street,  to  obtain  an  expression  of  their 
views  and  wishes.  No  objection  being  made,  Father  Walworth  was 
authorized  by  the  bishop  to  respond,  giving  their  assent ;  reserving  for 
future  and  more  special  agreement,  all  details  in  regard  to  the  place  or 
places  to  which  these  bodies  may  be  removed,  and  the  mode  of  their 
removal.  The  committee  of  the  common  council  conclude  :  "  The  several 
congregations  having  with  such  unanimity  assented  to  the  proposition,  your 
committee  trust  that  this  arrangement  can  be  fully  consummated,  which 
will  be  honorable  to  the  churches  and  creditable  to  the  city."  Si^-ned  by 
Peter  ]\I.  Carmichael,  Wm.  S.  Paddock,  Wm.   H.  Taylor,  E.  L.  Judsou, 

and    Thomas  Mulhall,    committee Alderman    Mills  presented  the 

annual  report  of  the  chamberlain,  showing  the  receipts  and  disbursements 
from  November  1,  1865,  to  November  1,  18G6: 

Balance  of  cash  on  hand  Disbursements  from  Nov. 

November  1.  1866, $88,802.53         1, 1865,  to  Nov.  1, 1866,.     $978.037  71 

Receipts  from  November  1 ,  Cash  on  hand  November  1 

1865,  to  Nov.  1, 1866, . . .  961,026.75         1866, 71,791.57 


$1,049,829.28 

Receipts. 

Fire  department $1,020.01 

City  water  works, 92,729.62 

Alms  House, 512.20 

Assessments  for  streets  and 

drains, 23,481.69 

City  poor 2.395.00 

Contingents 2,878.63 

Street  contingents 100.00 

District  schools, 19,105.96 

Interest, 3,743.88 

Court  of  special  sessions, 2,076.00 

Police  court, 2,503.15 

Eents  and  quit  rents, 1,727.08 

Commutations, 1,010.00 

Congress  Hall  block, '     4.00 

Markets, 936.00 

Trustees  general  debt  sink- 
ing fund, 12,900.00 


$1,049,829.28 

Receipts. 

Surveyor's  office, $30.00 

Justices'  court, 1,058.18 

Redemptions, 1,461.73 

Bonds  and  mortgages 682.75 

Real  estate, 525.00 

Dividends, 224.50 

City  taxes, 455,143.11 

County  of  Albany, 32,981.52 

Temporary  loans, 110,000.00 

Bonds  issued  for  purchase  of 

Congress  Hall  block, .  . .   190,000.00 

Ferry, 1,700.00 

Certiticates  of  city  indebted- 


$961,026.75 


340 


Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers. 


[1866. 


Disbursements. 

City  water  works, $35,084.65 

City  water  debt  interest  ac- 
count,   51,000.00 

Alms  house 47,439.16 

Assessment  for  streets, 34,484.53 

Contingents, 51,834.09 

Assessment  for  drains, 3,962.80 

Street  contingents, 22,903.17 

Police  department 120  09 

Fire  department, 46,622.36 

City  Hall, 10,256.76 

Court  of  special  sessions,. . . .  100.00 

Police  court, 3,962.61 

Markets, 2,070.79 

Ferry, 10,796.47 

Surveyor's  office, 2,972,39 

Trustees  general  debt  sink- 
ing fund, 75,750.00 

Printing  and  advertising, . . .  3,870.64 


Disbursements. 

Justices'  court, 

Salaries, 

County  of  Albany, 

Elections, 

Wells  and  pumps, 

Industrial  school, 

City  lamps 

Certificates  of  city  indebted- 


Redemptions,  

City  poor, •  •  • ' 

Temporary  loans, 

Congress  Hall  block, . . 
Board  of  capitol  police. 

District  schools, 

Interest, 


$3,429.95 

15,725.00 

16,461.48 

2,590.00 

1,663.16 

220.32 

44,257.97 

74.90 

.  1,095.26 

.  42,612.05 

.  185,000.00 

.  68,858.75 

.  80,123.61 

.  64,296.30 

.  48,398.45 

$978,037.71 


Elihu  Browne  died,  aged  63. 

4.  Emma  Turner,  wife  of  Robert  Lenox  Banks,  died.  Ruhamah  Wil- 
liams died,  aged  17.  Margaret  McNeil,  wife  of  Nicholas  Hacket,  died, 
aged  33.     Henry  O'Gradj  died,  aged  26. 

5.  Air,  h.  49,  1.41 Catharine  Welsh,  widow  of  Thomas  Ryan, 

died,  aged  26.  Edward  Welch  died,  aged  72.  Catharine  Keegan,  wife 
of  Brine  Farrell,  died,  aged  34.  Patrick  Ryan  died,  aged  25.  Thomas 
Colgan  died,  aged  40.     Esther  Linton,  wife  of  John  Madden,  died,  aged  73, 

6.  Air,  h.  47,  1.  32. 

7.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  35 Through  the  liberality  of  our  esteemed  towns- 
man, William  H.  De  Witt,  the  school  house  connected  with  the  church 
of  the  Holy  Innocents  has  been  much  enlarged  and  improved.  The 
front,  of  rubble  masonry,  with  dressings  of  Portland  stone,  is  the  best 
thing  of  the  kind  extant ;  but  the  stained  glass  windows,  particularly 
those  of  the  east  and  west,  transcend  everything  of  the  kind  we  have 
seen.  They  are  in  the  modern  style  of  glass  painting,  and  are  real  works 
of  art,  far  exceeding  those  costly  imported  memorial  windows  found  in 
some  of  our  churches.  These  windows  are  the  work  of  George  Morgan 
&  Brothers,  of  New  York,  who  stand  at  the  head  of  the  profession.  The 
improvements  are  under  the  supervision  of  Wollett  &  Ogden,  architects  ; 
John  Bridgeford,  builder ;  McMurray  &  Weidman,  stone  cutters.  The 
improvements  will  cost  as  much  as  would  have  been  deemed  necessary  to 

build  a  parish  church  a  few  years  ago. — Argus John  Dillon  died, 

aged  55. 

8.  Air,  h.  48,  1.  43 The  weather  during  the  past  week  has  been 

of  the  most  extraordinary  character.  The  atmosphere  has  been  spring- 
like. In  portions  of  the  state  we  learn  the  fruit  buds  are  starting  out. 
In  some  of  the  towns  about  us,  the  farmers  have  been  engaged  in  plowing 
their  sward  land.  There  has  been  no  frost,  as  yet,  to  penetrate  the 
ground,  and  in  many  places  the  grass  is  still  as  green  and  fresh  looking 

as  in  summer. — Exjyress The  bones  of  the  Cohoes  mastodon  were 

received  at  the  Geological  Hall  Eliakim  Ford  died,  aged  31.  Pat- 
rick Cassidy  died,  aged  37. 


Dec]  Notes  from  the  Newsjgapers.  341 

9.  Air,  h.  46,   1.  33 Abraham   Herbot  died,   aged   59.     Noah 

J.  Keeler  died,  aged  51.  IMary  Louisa  Hubler,  wife  of  Joseph  Fisher, 
died,  aged  23. 

10.  Air,  h.  38,  1.  27 William  Ne.ary  died,  aged  27. 

11.  The  first  ice  in  the  river  this  month,  was  formed  during  the  night, 
to  the  thickness  of  half  an  inch. 

12.  Air,  h.  25,  1.  20 The  canals  were  closed   for  the  winter 

Martha  N.  Newton,  wife  of  F.  S.  Parker  of  New  Haven,  died. 

13.  Air,  h.  25,  1.  19 Abby,   widow   of  Wm.  Ostram,  died,  aged 

51.     Hanna  Colwell  died,  aged  64.     Patrick  Nolan  died,  aged  54. 

14.  Air,  h.  24,  1.  17 The  river  was  filled  with  ice.     E.  Brainerd 

launched  a  side  wheel  steam  boat  a  little  after  midnight  and  placed  it  in 
winter  quarters  in  the  basin.  The  Dean  Richmond  went  down  on  her 
last  trip,  and  telegraph  orders  were  sent  down  not  to  start  out  the  St. 
John.  The  City  of  Hudson  went  into  winter  quarters  at  Catskill,  and  the 
Metamora  at  Newburg.     The  basin  was  filled  with  river  craft,  snugly  laid 

up The  penitentiary  officers  made  their  annual  report  to  the  board 

of  supervisors,  showing  the  net  profit  of  $24,412  for  the  fiscal  year 

George  M.  Ford  died,  aged  21.  William  Dorney  died.  Patrick  Joyce 
died,  aged  30. 

15.  Air,  h.  20,  1.  8. 

16.  Air,  h.  20,  1.   13. First  snow  of  the   season,    commenced   at 

1  o'clock  p.  M.,  without  wind. 

17.  Air,  h.  29,  1.  26 Jacob   Lewis  died,  aged   78.     Bernard  J. 

Riley  died,  aged  24. 

18.  Air,  h.  20,  1.  21 Asa   B.  Nelligar  died,   aged   68.     Patrick 

Burns  died,  aged  68.  Elizabeth,  wife  of  James  Sayles,  died,  aged  82. 
Sophia,  wife  of  E.  S.  Harris,  died,  aged  42.  Ann  Eliza,  wife  of  James 
Hadden,  died,  aged  80. 

19.  Air,  h.  32,  1.  21. 

20.  Air,  h.  30,  1.  11 Simon  Carroll  died,  aged  62. 

21.  Air,  h.  9,  1.  9 Thermometers   indicated  a   temperature    10° 

and  12°  below  zero  in  different  portions  of  the  city Sanders  Lansing, 

Jr.,  died. 

22.  Air,  h.  4,  1.  3  Temperature   6°  below  zero.     Began  to  thaw 

at  night Robert  Waterman  died,  aged  74.     Anna  Phillips,  wife  of 

Samuel  H.  Cook,  died.     J.  W.  Jollie  died. 

23.  Air,  h.  35,  1.  34 Snow  nearly  all  disappeared  under  the  rain 

and  mild  temperature Mary  Jane  Scott,  wife   of  Frederick  Grain, 

Jr.,  died  at  Jersey  city,  aged  44,  and  was  buried  at  Albany. 

24.  Air,   h.  43,  1.  36 The    34th   annual   commencement   of  the 

Medical  Department  of  the  University  was  held  in  the  As.sembly  Chamber, 
Judo'e  Parker  presiding,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Darling  delivered  the  address. 
The  graduates  numbered  50. 

25.  Air,   h.    40,    1.    33 Christmas.       The    weather   spring-like, 

scarcely  a  vestige  of  snow  left. George  Brown  died,  aged  78.  Ber- 
nard Lennon  died,  aged  50.  Anastasia  Brennock  died.  Michael  Feeney 
died,  aged  81. 

26.  Air,  h.  36,  1.  24 Robert  Page  died,  aged  32. 

27.  A  very  great  fall  of  snow  continued  all  day,  and  when  it  ceased 

a  strong  wind  sprang  up  which   made  a  hideous  night A  span  of 

horses  was  found  in  a  snow  bank  on  the  Troy  road  this  morning.     One 


342  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1866. 

of  the  horses  was  dead.  The  owner  could  not  be  found.  It  is  supposed, 
that,  finding  it  impossible  to  get  along  with  his  team,  he  tried  to  make 
his  way  to  a  house  on  foot  and  perished.  Men,  as  we  go  to  press,  are 
digging  into  the  drifts  to  find  his  body.  Last  night,  two  parties  started 
from  the  cars  at  West  Albany,  for  this  city.  One  company  was  supplied 
with  lanterns  and  the  other  was  not.  A  gentleman  who  formed  one  of 
the  latter  party,  became  bewildered,  lost  his  way,  and  fell  down,  benumbed 
with  cold.  When  found  life  was  nearly  extinct.  He  was  left  in  the  first 
house  they  reached,  when  proper  restoratives  were  applied  and  he  re- 
covered. The  storm  was  the  severest  which  has  visited  this  part  of  the 
country  since  1835.  Nearly  all  the  telegraph  wires  west  were  down,  and 
the  few  remaining  up  worked  badly.  The  storm  moved  westward.  A 
number  of  snow  birds  were  picked  up  lifeless  this  morning,  and  probably 
many  more  of  these  hardy  creatures  were  overcome  by  the  unusual 
severity  of  the  storm.  The  New  York  train,  due  at  1,  reached  here  at  3. 
All  the  blocked  passengers  east  of  Schenectady,  were  also  in.  The  Bos- 
ton train  due  here  last  evening,  was  at  Chatham  at  2  p.  M.,  to-day. — Even- 
ing Journal Peter  F.  de  Tiere  died,  aged  77.     Lucinda  Coonradt 

died,  aged  40. 

28.  The  snow  yesterday  fell  in  large  flakes,  covering  the  houses  and 
shrouding  the  trees  heavily,  and  presenting  a  handsome  appearance.  The 
snow  that  fell  during  the  night  was  very  light  and  dry.  During  the  day 
the  wind  blew  from  the  south,  but  toward  nightfall  it  changed  to  the 
north-west,  causing  heavy  drifts.  The  storm  prevailed  principally  east, 
north  and  south,  detaining  all  the  rail  road  trains  in  those  directions,  and 
stopping  effectually  the  horse  cars  during  the  afternoon.  The  train  due 
on  the  Central  at  half-past  four  yesterday  afternoon,  was  blocked  at  West 
Albany,  about  four  o'clock,  and  eight  trains  were  lying  there  this  morn- 
ing. Every  train  reached  Schenectady  on  time,  all  the  trouble  on  the 
road  being  between  that  point  and  this  city,  and  principally  between  here 
and  Roessle's.  The  track  was  not  drifted  so  much,  but  the  snow  fastened 
to  it  and  the  car  and  locomotive  wheels  moved  heavily.  There  were  some 
five  hundred  passengers  on  the  trains,  many  of  whom  had  had  nothing  to 
eat  since  leaving  Syracuse  yesterday  morning.  Much  suffering  prevailed 
especially  among  the  ladies.  Every  pains  was  taken  by  the  conductor  to 
afford  relief.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  first  detention  yesterday 
afternoon,  six  locomotives  undertook  to  propel  two  passenger  cars  to 
West  Albany,  but  were  unable  to  accomplish  it.  A  number  of  the  pas- 
sengers walked  down  this  morning.  A  passage  was  forced  through  this 
forenoon,  and  the  first  installment  of  passengers  were  brought  down 
reaching  here  about  ten  o'clock.  The  Boston  road  was  drifted  to  the  depth 
of  fourteen  or  fifteen  feet  at  many  points.  The  trains  on  the  Hudson  were 
detained  since  yesterday  afternoon,  and  were  lying  along  the  track  from 
here  to  Poughkeepsie.  The  Susquehannah  trains  all  came  through  here 
on  time.  No  communication  could  be  had  with  Troy.  The  three  o'clock 
train,  on  the  Troy  and  Greenbush  road,  yesterday  afternoon,  came  through 
in  an  hour,  while  the  four  o'clock  train  was  three  hours  on  the  way.  The 
first  train  that  arrived  this  morning  was  the  Harlem,  due  at  5.20  last 
evening.  It  had  been  stopped  two  miles  out  at  eight  o'clock  last  night. 
It  was  shoveled  out,  md  reached  here  at  half-past  eleven.  Three  trains 
on  the  Hudson  river  road  were  lying  at  High  bridge,  one  mile  below 
Greenbush.     Three   engines  left  here  this  morning  for  Schenectady,  to 


Jan.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  343 

bring  down  four  trains  lying  there.  All  the  country  roads  were  blocked 
up,  and  it  was  impossible  to  get  either  in  or  out  of  the  city  this  morning, 
in  any  direction.  A  few  sleighs  worked  their  way  into  town  this 
afternoon  having  dug  their  way  through  huge  snow  embankments.  The 
.  cashier  and  teller  of  the  Union  Bank  live  a  few  miles  from  this  city. 
They  took  the  keys  home  with  them  as  usual  last  night,  but  were  unable 
to  get  to  the  city  this  morning.     The  result  was  tliat  the  funds  of  the 

bank  were  noncomatable The  opening  of  the  new  chapel  attached  to 

the  church  of  the  Holy  Innocents  was  celebrated  by  a  festival.  The 
church  was  densely  crowded.  The  rector,  Rev.  Mr.  Boardman,  delivered 
an  address,  and  the  carols  were  beautifully  sung.  A  Christmas  tree  pro- 
vided with  a  bountiful  supply  of  handsome  presents  for  the  children  of 
the  Sunday  school,  adorned  the  chapel,  to  which  the  assemblage  adjourned 
after  the  exercises  in  the  church.  Here  the  presents  were  distributed. 
The  superintendent  of  the  school  received  a  copy  of  Christ  and  the 
Twelve,  and  the  rector  a  communion  set,  a  beautiful  dressing  gown  and 
case Emily  Van  Benthuysen,  widow  of  Thomas  W.  Harmon,  died. 

29.  Louisa,  widow  of  Hezekiah  Fairchilds,  died,  aged  78. 

30.  Mrs.  Mary  C.  Coogan  died.     Ellen  Hane,  wife  of  Michael  Dignum, 
died,  aged  32. 

1867. 

January  2.  Cold  day,  thermometer  at  zero Ann  Callahan  died, 

aged  24. 

3.  Air,  h.  23,  1.  6. 

4.  Air,  h.  18,  1.  5  Catharine   Van  Rensselaer,  widow   of  John 

Fay,  Jr.,  died,  aged  84.  Charlotte  Bowman  died,  aged  64.  Addin  C. 
Be  Witt,  wife  of  George  W.  Casseday,  and  daughter  of  the  late  Andrew 
H.  Be  Witt  of  this  city,  died  at  Jersey  City. 

5.  Air,  h.  17,  1.  13 Johanna,  widow  of  John  Bolan,  died,  aged 

71.     Thomas  Kenny  died,  aged  64. 

6    Air,  h.  28,  1.  21 Mrs.  Penelope  Avery  died,  aged  75. 

7.  Air,  h.  30, 1.  23. 

8.  Air,  h.  23,  1.  14 Catharine  Martin,  wife  of  Samuel  H.  Mar- 
sham,  died,  aged  56.     James  Caffrey  died,  aged  45. 

9.  Air,  h.  20,  1.  15 Olive  Benedict,  widow  of  Addison  S.  Warner, 

died,  aged  28. 

10.  Air,  h.  23,  1.  20 The  first  train  for  Boston  since  the  5th  left 

to-day,  the  road  having  been  obstructed  by  snow.     The  trains  from   all 

other    directions    were    running   regularly    on    time Mrs.    Martha 

Simpson  died,  aged  70. 

11.  Air,  h.  28,1.  17 John  C.  Cunningham  died,  aged  25.  Catha- 
rine, wife  of  James  McConnen,  died,  aged  35.  Tyler  Sabbaton  died  at 
San  Francisco,  aged  35. 

12.  Air,  h.  24,  1.  15 Ellen,  wife  of  Walter  Doyle,  died,  aged  21. 

13.  Air,  h.  20,  1.  9 At  a  fire  in   Grreen   street  one  of  the  steam 

fire  engines  froze  up,  so  intense  was  the  cold,  and  the  fronts  of  the  build- 
ings   on    fire    were    completely    encrusted    with    ice Charlotte    B. 

Whipple,  wife  of  Capt.  D.  F.  Lansing,  and  daughter  of  the  late  Barnum 
Whipple,  died  at  Mandocino,  Cal. 


344  Notes  from  tlie  NeiDspaxjers.  [1867. 

14.  Air,  h.  11,  1.  8 Dora  Fitzgerald,  wife  of  Andrew  Delehanty, 

died,  aged  49.  John  H.  Sharp  died,  aged  31.  Annie  Bame,  wife  of 
Cornelia  J.  Heermance,  died. 

15.  Air,  h.  13,  1.  0 Thomas  Whalen  died,  aged  29. 

16.  Air,  h.  13,  1.  5 Dr.  Howard  Townsend  died,  aged  43.     Dr. 

Howard  Townsend  was  a  son  of  Isaiah  Townsend^  and  a  prominent  member 
of  the  faculty  of  the  Albany  Medical  College.  He  died  of  an  organic 
disease  of  the  brain.  Few  men  wore  better  known  or  more  highly  es- 
teemed. He  was  professor  of  materia  medica  at  the  Medical  College, 
and  acknowledged  by  all  to  be  one  of  the  best  read  men  in  the  profession. 
There  were  no  points  in  any  books  that  be  was  not  perfectly  familiar  with  ; 
and  he  was  often  sought  after  to  furnish  information  by  the  ablest  of  our 
physicians.  Dr.  Townsend  was  a  straight-forward,  honorable  gentleman. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  judgment,  and  never  moved  forward  before  he 
fathomed  the  course  he  was  to  pursue.  Once  satisfied  he  was  right,  he 
went  ahead.     The  medical  profession  of  Albany  has  sustained  a  great  loss 

in  his  death. —  Knickerbocker Margaret  Callighan   died,  aged  86. 

Wm.  Gray  died,  aged  51.     John  M.  Newton  died,  aged  71. 

17.  Air,    h.    10,    1.    1 Great    snow    storm,    obstructed    the    rail 

roads Mrs.  Sarah  Mack  died.     John  T.  Frisbee  died,  aged  31. 

^    18.  Air,  h.  17,  1.  7 Bridgetina,  wife  of  Teddy  Hart. 

19.  Air,  h.  6,  1.  3. 

•20.  Air,  h.  12,  1.  8 Lydia  A.  Near,  wife   of  Wm.  H.  Woodruff, 

died,  aged  37.  George  H.  Bradt  died,  aged  19.  Wm.  J.  Harrison  died, 
aged  42.  Elizabeth  G.,  wife  of  Wm.  R.  Pearce,  formerly  of  Albany, 
died  in  Philadelphia. 

21.  Air,  h.  13,1.  15 Alonzo  Wheeler  died,  aged  62. 

22.  Air,  h.  26,  1.  21. 

23.  Air,  h.  26,  1.   22 It  was  announced  that  the  Rev.  W.  C. 

Doane  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  had  accepted  the  rectorship   of  St.  Peter's 

church  Mrs.  Margaret  Rhatigan  died,   aged  73.     Edwin  Beekman 

died,  aged  32.     Dr.  John  J.  Mitchell  died,  aged  70. 

24.  Air,  h.  28,  1.   25 David  Hilts,  Jr.,  died,  aged  50.     Agnes 

McDuffie  died,  aged  34. 

25.  Air,  h.  30,  1.  9. 

26.  Air,  h.  25,  1.  15. 

27.  Air,  h.  30,  1.  25 The  State  street  Presbyterian  church  (late 

Dr.  Twombly's)  last  week  was  in  debt  $18,000.  Some  of  its  most  wealthy 
and  liberal  members  had  left,  in  consequence  of  a  slight  difiiculty  in  the 
congregation.  The  remaining  members  had  a  meeting  and  resolved  to 
pay  off  their  debt.     One  memlaer  subscribed  $7,500,  and  the  balance  was 

made  up  at  once Catharine,  wife  of  Christopher  C.  Higgins,  died, 

aged  24.     Catharine  Hays  died,  aged  80.     Enoch  Palmer  died,  aged  55. 

28.  Air,  h.  27,  1.  19 Jennie  T.  Gibson  died, 

29.  Air,  h.  23,  1.   14 William  Scott  died,  aged  69.     Thomas 

Tinnany  died,  aged  52. 

30.  Air,  h.   19,  1.   2 Eliza,  widow  of  John  D.    Hewsen,  died, 

aged  71. 

31.  Air,  h.   10,    1.  2 There   was   no  sign  of  a  thaw  during  the 

whole  month  ;  said  to  have  been  the  first  January  in  seventy  years  which 
had  passed  without  a  thaw Ellen  Thomson  died. 


Feb.]  Notes  from  the  Neiospapers.  345 

February  1.  Air,  h.  33,  1.  17 First  mild  weather  since  Christ- 
mas  James  McGuire  died,  aged  40. 

2.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  25 Mr.  Smith  introduced  in  the  assembly  a  bill, 

which  made  it  unlawful  thereafter  to  inter  in  the  burial  grounds  on  the 
hill,  made  it  the  duty  of  the  common  council  to  remove  remains  now 
buried  there,  and  legalized  the  stipulations  that  had  been  made  between 

the  various   religious  societies  and  the  common  council John  E. 

Brooks  died,  aged  26. 

3.  Air,  h.  85, 1.  29 Rev.    Theodore  Noethen    celebrated   at  the 

church  of  the  Holy  Cross,  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  his  elevation  to 
the  priesthood.     Descended  from  a  most  excellent  and  respectable  family 
in  the  city  of  Cologne,  Mr.  Noethen  early  received  a  liberal  and  thorough 
education,  which,  with  his  fine  natural  abilities,  his  many  accomplish- 
ments, and  his  genial,  though  always  dignified  bearing,  have  merited  the 
abiding  love  and  confidence  of  his  flock,  and  the  respect  and  good  will  of 
iis  fellow  citizens.     That  superb  voice,  which  has  so  often  in  our  Cathe- 
dral and  elsewhere,  added  a  new  majesty  to  the  grand  ceremonial  of  the 
Catholic  church,  and  whose  sweetness  and  power  have  become  identified 
in  many  memories,  with  the  magnificence  of  occasional  services,  was  early 
devoted  to  religion  ;   and  when  Jenny  Lind  reached  Albany,  in.  her  cele- 
brated tour  through  America,  the  warm  and  hearty  greeting  she  gave 
Father  Noethen,  evinced  her  delight  in  renewing  acquaintance  with  the 
old  friend,  who,  years  before,  had  sung  side  by  side  with  her,  in  the  fa- 
mous cathedral  of  Cologne.     It  is  now  twenty-five  years  in  full,  since  he 
entered  into   holy  orders.     To   those  whose    memory   can  compass  that 
period,  it  is  hardly  necessary  to   detail   the  changes  that  have  occurred, 
or  to  trace  the  history  of  his  labors  here.     It  is,  however,  proper  to  say, 
that  the  whole  Catholic  population,  and  the  Grerman  portion  especially, 
owe  him  a  debt  of  gratitude*  and  of  thanks,  for  the  untiring  zeal  and 
fidelity  which  have  signalized  his  mission  in  this  city  and  vicinity.     The 
large  and  influential  congregation  that  has  grown  up  under  his  ministra- 
tion, including  many  well   known    German   families,   look  back  with  un- 
mingled  satisfaction  upon  his  services,  and  largely  identifies  its  prosperity 
and  happiness  with  his  presence  and  counsels.     Mr.  Noethen  was  ordained 
at  St.  John's  college,  Fordham,  in  the  year  1841,  by  the  late  archbishop 
of  New  York,  then  Right  Reverend  Bishop  Hughes.     His  first  mission, 
we  learn,  was  at  Bufi"alo.     After   a  few  years  sojourn  there,  he   visited 
Europe,   was  subsequently   for   a   short  time  stationed  at  Syracuse,  and 
afterwards  reached  Albany,  his  actual   transfer  to  this  city  dating  some 
twenty-one  years  ago.     He  found  here  an  ample  field  for  the  exercise  of 
all   the  talent   and   energy   with  which  nature  has  endowed  him.     The 
German  Catholic  population  was  almost   without  any   place  of  worship, 
and  in  an  incredibly  short  time  his  efi'orts  and  influence  reared  the  ele- 
gant and  admired  edifice  which  stands  on  Philip  and  Hamilton  streets, 
and  which  is  a  transcript  of  a  favorite  church  in  his  native  city.     It  was 
erected  in  the  year  1851,  the  late  William  Ellis  being  the  architect,  and 
shortly  after  its  completion,  was  dedicated  with  imposing  ceremonies,  by 
the    then   vicar  general,   very  Reverend  John  J.  Conroy,  now  bishop  of 
Albany,  the  then   Bishop  McClosky  being  ill  or  absent.     The  organ  then 
itt  use  was  a  small  afi"air,  and  even  under  the  hands  of  Mr.  Carmody,  was 
rather  timid  in  its  contest  with  the  robust,  if  not  entirely  classical  vocali- 

Hi^t.  Coll  in.  44 


346  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1867. 

zation,  in  which  the  whole  congregation  joined  at  times  Its  place  has 
since  been  supplied  by  an  instrument  of  more  respectable  proportions. 
It.  was  in  this  church,  that  the  first,  and  we  believe  the  only  midnight 
mass  ever  celebrated  in  Albany,  drew  together  a  large  congregation  at 
Christmas,  the  year  of  its  dedication.  Since  its  erection,  and  the  con- 
centration of  the  scattered  German  Catholic  people,  their  increase  has 
become  noticeable.  Already  there  is  a  pressing  demand  for  additional 
churches,  at  least  one,  perhaps  two,  may  soon  be  started  Of  the  enor- 
mous personal  labor  performed  by  this  distinguished  and  energetic 
clergyman,  we  do  not,  of  course,  propose  to  offer  a  detailed  account,  but 
when  it  is  known  that  his  duties  embrace  not  only  the  city,  but  the  ad- 
jacent neighborhood,  including  Nassau,  Sandlake,  and  many  interior 
villages  and  remote  localities  requiring  a  periodical  attendance,  in  spite  of 
wind  or  weather,  his  industrial  zeal  may  be  in  part  appreciated.  Here, 
and  other  points,  he  has  frequently  to  preach,  or  exhort,  in  French,  Ger- 
man, English  or  Italian,  according  to  the  nationality  of  his  auditors,  and 
many  of  our  readers  can  bear  testimony  to  the  eloquence  of  his  discourses 
in  our  own  tongue.  In  addition  to  his  imperative  pastoral  labors,  Mr.  iNoe- 
then  has  assumed,  for  some  years,  the  onerous  duties  of  authorship,  and 
has  enriched  our  literature  with  many  important  contributions.  Among 
other  volumes  of  acknowledged  merit,  are  Legends  of  the  Saints,  and 
Good  Thoiujhts  for  Priest  and  People,  both  masterly  and  widely  circu- 
lated translations  from  the  German,  and  the  last  named  of  which  has 
received  the  autograph  commendation  of  Pius  IX.  The  contribution  of 
his  sonorous  and  cultivated  voice  to  the  sacred  purpose  of  a  religion  and 
charity  in  numerous  church  concerts,  has  familiarized  our  citizens  with 
his  musical  accomplishments,  and  no  doubt  he  is  better  known  to  many 
in  his  musical  capacity,  than  singled  out  for  energy  or  literary  merit. 
We  are  gratified  at  the  opportunity  of  sketching,  however  rapidly,  his 
valuable  life  and  services,  and  of  presenting  in  a  lull  and  proper  light,  the 
solid  and  substantial  excellence,  to  which  his  many  accomplishments  only 

add  additional  graces. — Argus Mrs  Agnes  Moore  died,  aged  80. 

4.  Air,  h.   40,  1.  32. Our    venerable    and    universally    respected 

fellow  citizen,  John  0.  Cole,  Esq  ,  was  last  week  the  recipient  of  a  most 
generous  gift  from  his  fellow  masons.  Mr.  Cole  has  occupied  the  posi- 
tion of  grand  secretary  of  the  grand  chapter  of  Royal  arch  masons  of  the 
state,  for  a  period  of  forty-two  years.  He  entered  upon  the  duties  of  this 
position  when  James  Monroe  was  president  of  the  United  States,  and 
De  Witt  Clinton  was  governor  of  the  state.  The  order  was  in  its  infancy 
in  this  country.  He  has  seen  it  grow  from  the  smallest  beginnings, 
through  various  vicissitudes,  including  that  exciting  period  when  anti- 
masonry  became  a  political  element,  until  its  members  number  hundreds 
of  thousands,  embracing  all  classes  and  conditions  of  society.  During 
all  that  protracted  period,  Mr.  Cole  has  been  one  of  the  conspicuous  lights 
of  the  masonic  order,  illustrating  in  his  own  life  and  character,  the  benign 
principles  of  charity  and  practical  Christianity  which  are  its  tenets,  and 
devoting  himself  assiduously  to  the  duties  of  his  position  as  a  member  and 
an  officer.  At  the  last  meeting  of  the  chapter,  after  having  been  unani- 
mously chosen  to  fill  the  position  of  grand  secretary,  he  felt  called  upon 
to  decline  it,  being  admonished  by  his  advancii;g  years  that  he  ought 
not  longer  to  attempt  to  perform  its  duties.  In  grateful  appreciation  of 
these  long  continued  services,  the  grand  chapter  have  presented  Mr.  Cole 


Feb.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  347 

with  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars.     It  is  a  munificent  gift  worthily 
bestowed. — Argus. 

5.  Air,  h.  38,  1.  33 Rosa  Rourke  died,  aged  45. 

6.  Air,  h.  36,  1.  30  Sarah  A.  Hallenbeck,  wife  of  Peter  C.  Bain, 

died,  aged  23.     Caroline  C.  Pohlman  died. 

7.  Air,  h.  36,  1.  25 George  Shauer  died,  aged  65. 

8.  Abbie  Russell,  wife  of  Henry  Edick,  died,  aged  57.  G-aylor  S. 
Wilcox  died,  aged  43. 

9.  Workmen  began  to  take  down  the  tower  of  St.  Joseph's  church  in 
North  Pearl  street,  the  church  having  been  sold,  and  the  purchasers  de- 
signing to  convert  it  into  a  bakery Theodore  M.  Dickerman  drowned 

aged  32. 

10.  Mrs.  Bridget  Gordon  died,  aged  83.  Mrs.  Sarah  Lawrence  died, 
aged  83. 

12.  William  P.  McKean  died,  aged  29,  and  was  taken  to  Cherry  Val- 
ley for  burial. 

13.  The  common  council  passed  a  bill  looking  to  the  appropriation  of 
five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  for  the  purpose  of  furnishing  to  the  city 
an  additional  supply  of  pure  water.  An  appropriate  committee  was 
directed  to  make  application  to  the  legislature  for  authority  to  raise  this 
sum,  for  which  municipal  bonds  are  to  be  i.ssued,  bearing  interest  at  the 
rate  of  six  per  cent.  The  necessity  for  this  action  is  very  pressing  and 
immediate.  It  may  astonish  those  who  have  not  given  the  subject  atten- 
tion, to  know  that  within  a  short  time  past,  the  supply  of  water  in  the 
reservoirs  was  so  small,  that  it  was  liable  to  be  exhausted  within  two 
days.  Nothing  prevented  this  catastrophe,  but  the  recent  mild  weather 
and  accompanying  thaw,  which  unlocked  the  streams  and  filled  the 
basins  to  a  considerable  degree.  Danger  of  exhaustion  has  thus  for 
the  present  been  escaped ;  but  it  is  likely  to  occur  again  at  any  time, 
during  a  protracted  season  of  extreme  cold  weather,  or  a  prolonged 
drought.  It  is  not  needed  to  argue  that  the  water  supply  of  a  city  should 
be  secured  beyond  peradventure  or  contingency.  The  evils  resulting 
from  its  failure  are  so  multifarious  and  extended  ;  they  reach  into  so 
many  departments  of  business  and  afiect  so  seriously  the  domestic  com- 
forts of  the  community,  that  the  question  is  comprehended  everywhere  at  a 
glance  and  without  argument.  We  have  only  to  remind  water  consumers 
what  annoyances  they  endure  when  the  supply  is  cut  off  for  twenty-four 
hours,    and   then    ask    them    how    the    case   would  be    if  a    suspension 

were  to  occur  for  several  days,  or  even  weeks. — Evening  Journal 

The  plan  proposed  is  to  tap  the  Hungerkil,  the  line  extending  from 
the  west  branch  of  that  stream  near  Lydius  street  bridge  to  Rensselaer 
lake,  a  distance  of  a  little  more  than  six  and  a  half  miles.  Experi- 
enced engineers  have  carefully  surveyed  the  route,  and  taken  observa- 
tions of  the  amount  of  supply  which  will  thus  be  secured.  They  are  of 
opinion  not  only  that  it  is  the  cheapest  plan  feasible,  but  that  it  will  give 
the  city  at  all  times  an  inexhaustible  reserve,  which  will  be  adequate  to 

the  increased  consumption  for  very  many  years  to  come. —  Argus 

Isabel  P.  Fish,  wife  of  H.  H.  Carpenter,  died.  John  R.  Stranahan 
died,  aged  38.  Jacob  J.  Winne  died,  aged  48.  Anna  Maria  Ford,  died, 
aged  75. 

15.   Air,  h.  47,  1.  29 The  ice  in  the   Schoharie  creek   broke  up, 

and  rushing  into  the   Mohawk    carried  the   ice  out  of  that   stream  also. 


348  Notes  from  the  News^japers.  [1867 

On  reaching  the  Hudson  river  it  moved  the  ice  down  to  Bath.  The  north 
wind  and  the  ceasing  of  the  rills  to  run,  allowed  the  water  to  subside, 
and  prevented  what  promised  to  be  an  excessive  inundation. 

16.  Air,  h.  29,  1.  27. 

17.  Air,   h.  33,   1.32 Catharine,  wife  of  John   McGuirk,  died, 

aged  52. 

18.  Air,  h.  37,  1.  23 James  Carmichael  died,  aged  43. 

19.  Air,  h.  34,  1.  30 Maria  E.  Hartman,  wife  of  William  Kuso, 

died,  aged  30. 

20.  Air,  h.  31,  1.  18 John  Simpson  committed  suicide  by  shoot- 
ing himself  through  the  lungs  with  a  gun  ;  aged  47. 

21.  Air,  h.  24,  1.  16 ..Catharine  Jones  died,  aged  70. 

22.  Freelove,  wife  of  Samuel  S.  Barnes,  died,  aged  61.  Ellen,  wife  of 
Wm.  H.  Stubbings,  died,  aged  27. 

23.  Lucretia,  widow  of  Greene  C.  Bronson,  died  in  New  York.  Lucy, 
wife  of  Henry  Kingsworth,  died,  aged  50. 

24.  William  Parks,  the  drummer,  died,  aged  55.  A  few  years  ago 
Albany  possessed  the  best  coterie  of  drummers  of  any  city  in  the  Union. 
A  singular  fatality,   however,  seems  to  possess  them,  and  they   have  all 

.passed  away  but  one,  to  another  and  better  world,  we  hope.  Those  that 
have  passed  away  are  Henry  McCauley,  William  Martin,  John  Hutson, 
Thomas  Gray  and  William  Parks.  The  last  remaining  one  of  the  list  is 
John  T.  Kellcy,  of  Schreiber's  band,  who,  as  a  sheep-skin  tormentor,  is 

without  a  superior   hereabouts. —  Times Ann,   widow   of  Patrick 

Glenny,  died,  aged  37.  Phylenia  C.  Gordon  died,  aged  19.  Michael 
Carey  died,  aged  41.  Agnes  McNaughton  died,  aged  29.  Hannah 
Flansburgh  died.     Robert  Strain  died  at  Kinderhook,  aged  60. 

25.  A  locomotive  belonging  to  the  Central  rail  road  exploded  near  the 
crossing  at  Broadway,  and  shattered  the  buildings  in  the  vicinity,  wound- 
ing four  persons  seriously,  and  throwing  several  to  a  considerable  dis- 
tance  John    P.    Sugden    died,    aged    22.      At   the    early    age    of 

sixteen  he  enlisted  in  the  30th  Regiment,  at  the  first  breaking  out  of 
the  war.  He  was  at  the  second  battle  of  Bull  run,  and  was  present 
when  the  gallant  Col.  Prisbie  fell.  Finally  disease  fastened  on  him,  and 
he  was  discharged  for  disability.  After  recruiting  his  health,  the  ap- 
palling scenes  of  civil  war  through  which  our  country  was  passing, 
induced  him  to  reenlist.  The  engagements  he  t:)ok  part  in  —  the  peril- 
ous scenes  through  which  he  passed  during  the  closing  up  of  the  war  — 
his  strength  of  purpose  and  endurance,  in  his  delicate  constitution  —  was 

the   admiration    of   all. —  Knickerbocker Mrs.   Margaret   Bi'annion 

died,  aged  72. 

26.  John  O'Brien  died,  aged  45. 

27.  As  the  marketable  prices  of  food  become  matter  of  interest  after  a 
lapse  of  time,  the  following  statement  is  put  on  record,  as  published  in 
the  Evening  Journal  of  this  date  :  The  market  has  been  well  attended 
by  farmers  during  the  week  and  well  supplied  with  all  seasonable  articles. 
The  weather  for  the  most  part  was  favorable  and  the  roads  very  good  for 
the  closing  winter  month.  For  the  leading  articles,  prices  have  under- 
gone some  change,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  subjoined  report.  Meats  are  in 
fair  supply,  but  rather  dearer.  Beef  has  advanced  Ic.  per  lb.,  with  sales 
of  fore-quarters  at  10al3c.,  and  hind  do.  13al6c.  Pork  in  good  supply. 
Sales  of  hogs  at  lOalOic,  and  in  quarters   llal3c.  per  lb.     Mutton  and 


Feb.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  349 

lamb  less  plenty  and  higher,  with  sales  fore  quarters  at  Salic,  and 
hind  llal4c.  Veal  plenty  at  9al4c.,  as  in  quality.  Buckwheat  flour 
plenty,  dull  and  much  lower,  selling  at  $1.87a$2  per  100  lbs.  Apples  are 
also  more  plenty  and  lower,  the  best  grafted  having  been  sold  at  $5.5UaS6 
per  bbl.,  and  common  down  to  §3.50.  Western  poultry  of  all  kinds,  ex- 
cepting geese,  is  plenty,  and  selling  at  18a22c.  per  lb.  for  all  grades. 
Poultry  from  the  immediate  vicinity  of  tliis  city  is  much  scarcer  than 
it  was  last  week,  and  sells  at  higher  prices.  Turkeys  are  wanted  at 
25a28c.  per  lb.  Ducks  are  scarce  and  wanted  at  25a30c.  Chickens 
are  very  scarce  and  sell  quickly  at  25a30c.,  while  geese  are  in  good 
supply  and  dull  at  15al6c.  per  lb.  Butter  is  very  plenty,  lower  in 
price  and  dull.  In  rolls  it  sells  slowly  at  25a30c.  ;  choice  pails  and  tubs 
36c.,  and  ordinary  qualities  in  packages  18a29c.  Eggs  are  in  good  supply 
and  dull  at  25a30c.  1^  dozen.  Potatoes  are  not  in  as  large  supply  as  was 
reported  last  week,  but  are  unchanged  in  value.  Peachblows  and  Prince 
Alberts  are  selling  at  $2.25a2.50  ^  bbl.,  Chillies  82a2.25,  Western  Reds 
$1.75a2.  and  inferior  kinds  S1.50a2.  Quail  are  less  plenty  than  last  re- 
ported and  are  selling  at  §2.75a3  '^  doz.  Grouse  have  become  scarce, 
but  with  a  moderate  inquiry,  last  week's  prices  rule.  Sales  at  S0.75a90c. 
■^  pair.  Wild  turkeys  are  unchanged  in  value,  with  a  very  limited  sup- 
ply, at  25a30c.  per  lb.  The  season  for  them  will  probably  close  with  tlie 
ensuing  week.  Vension  is  in  large  supply  and  prices  are  easier.  The 
ruling  prices  are  18c.  for  saddles  and  25a3Uc.  for  choice  cuts.  Rabbits  in 
abundant  supply.  American  sell  at  50c.  per  pair  and  Canada  75c.  Hares 
are  scarce  at  75c.  per  pair.  Marrowfat  peas  are  saleable  at  $3  25  per  bu., 
and  at  retail  12c.  per  quart.  Medium  beans  S3  and  small  do.  §3  50  per 
bu,,  and  both  12c.  per  quart.  Pried  fruits. —  The  market  is  well  supplied 
with  all  kinds.  Pried  apples  sell  at  12al6c.  "^  lb.  quartered,  18a20c.  for 
do.  sliced  J  dried  prunes,  18a25c.  '^  lb.;  raisins,  20a  25c. ;  peaches,  40c., 
plums,  50c.;  black  raspberries,  55c.;  blackberries,  25a30c.  ;  cherries 
(pitted)  60c.,  with  pits  (Lorguary)  20c.  All  kinds  of  grain  have  receded 
in  value  with  an  abundant  supply.      Oats  54a55c,  measure  60a61c,  weight. 

llye,  81.15.     Barley,  QUca^l.     Corn,  S1.12al.l3 Hannah,  wife  of 

Wm.  B.  Hall,  died,  aged  58.  Mary  Farrell,  wife  of  James  Cornell,  died, 
aged  34.     Bridget  Ellis,  wife  of  Francis  Conboy,  died,  aged  23. 

28.  The  Burgesses  gave  a  ball  for  charity,  in  which  $1,200  was  realized 

above  expenses John   Dickson   died,  aged  59,     Prominent  among 

the  older  citizens  of  Albany,  few  men  were  more  widely  known  or  more 
highly  respected  than  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Born  in  the  county  of 
Peebleshire,  Scotland,  he  came  to  this  country  when  quite  a  young  man. 
Engaging  in  business  in  Quebec,  he  resided  there  but  a  short  time  until 
a  visit  to  the  city  of  Albany  determined  him  upon  making  it  the  city  of 
his  adoption  and  his  future  home.  For  more  than  thirty  years  with  a 
brief  interregnum  spent  in  the  city  of  New  York,  he  abided  here,  where 
he  gained  the  respect  of  his  fellow  citizens,  won  many  warm  friends,  and 
established  a  name  distinguished  for  its  sterling  honesty,  its  incorrupti- 
ble integrity,  and  its  unobtrusive  worth.  Well  known  for  his  benevolence, 
conspicuous  only  in  befriending  the  needy,  and  alleviating  the  distressed, 
he  held  many  important  ofiices  in  most  of  our  charitable  institutions.  He 
was  for  several  years  president  of  the  St.  Andrew's  Society  —  in  the  wel- 
fare of  which  he  took  the  deepest  interest  —  and  for  a  long  period,  up  to 
his  decease,  was  one  of  its  most  active  members,  and  influential  managers. 


350  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1867. 

Extensively  known  throughout  the  state  among  prominent  Scotchmen, 
his  name  was  held  in  especial  regard,  and  cherished  with  a  degree  of 
veneration  characteristic  of  that  clanish  people,  who  revere  qualities  of 
head  and  heart  calculated  to  awaken  their  admiration  and  foster  their 
respect.  He  also  filled  with  honor  to  himself  and  credit  to  the  masonic 
order,  the  high  and  responsible  position  of  master  of  Temple  lodge. 
He  had  retired  from  business  but  a  short  time,  his  failing  health  compell- 
ing him  to  relinquish  the  pursuits  of  active  life. 

March  1.  Air,  h.  35,  1.  25 James  Quinn  died,  aged  53. 

2.  Air,  h.  35,  1.  33 Rev.  William  Croswell  Doane  was  instituted 

rector  of  St.  Peter's  church.  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Potter  and  twenty-six 
clergymen  were  present.  Rev.  Dr,  Haight  preached  the  installation  ser- 
mon  By  an  act  of  congress  Albany  became  aport  of  delivery 

Maurice  McGrath  died,  aged  85.     Lindley  Higham  died,  aged  48. 

3.  Air,  h.  42,  1.  16 Leonard  D.  Shawdied  in  New  York. 

4.  Air,  h.  23,  1.  20 ...One  of  the  most  enthusiastic  demonstrations 

made  in  this  city  in  a  long  while,  occurred  at  Tweddle  Hall  last  evening. 
That  immense  edifice  was  densely  crowded  with  the  sons  and  daughters 
of  temperance,  attracted  thither  from  all  sections  of  the  city.  The  several 
lodges,  appropriately  ofl&cered  and  attired  in  regalias,  were  in  attendance. 
The  banner  of  the  cause  was  suspended  on  the  staging,  and  many  distin- 
guished citizens  were  present.  The  scene  presented  was  one  to  command 
the  admiration  of  all  beholders.  The  temperance  reform  movement, 
inaugurated  in  our  city  with  the  hope  of  securing  a  more  rigid  excise  law 
and  an  appropriate  observance  of  Sunday  by  a  suspension  of  the  retail 
business  carried  upon  the  Lord's  day  in  the  liquor  traffic,  is  meeting  with 
great  success.  The  meeting  last  evening  was  addressed  by  Mr.  Edward 
Carswell,  the  distinguished  Canadian  orator,  whose  eloquence  was  listened 
to  with  marked  attention  and  repeatedly  applauded.  Action  was  taken  to 
secure  the  passage  of  the  law  now  before  the  legislature  and  the  meeting 

adjourned. —  Knickerhocker Elizabeth  P.,  wife  of  Charles  Loomis, 

formerly  of  this  city,  died  at  South  Windsor,  aged  T5. 

5.  Air,  h.  28,  1.  25 Clark  B.  Cochrane  died,  aged  52.  Mr.  Coch- 
rane was  born  in  Boston,  N.  H.,  on  the  31st  day  of  May,  1815.  He  gave 
early  evidence  of  intellectual  superiority,  and  after  passing  through  all  the 
schools  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  his  home,  he  entered  Union 
College  and  graduated  in  1839.  He  immediately  entered  upon  the  study 
of  the  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1841.  He  began  practice  at 
Amsterdam,  where  he  speedily  acquired  distinction.  He  was  subsequently 
associated  in  business  with  Judge  Potter,  of  Schenectady,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  with  Messrs.  Reynolds  &  Harris,  of  this  city.  He  entered 
public  life  as  a  Democrat,  and  was  elected  to  the  assembly,  by  that  party, 
from  Montgomery  county,  in  1844.  But  he  was  early  imbued  with  the 
spirit  of  freedom,  and  broke  away  from  the  democracy  when  he  discovered 
that  it  was  indissolubly  linked  to  the  slave  power.  He  was  nominated  in 
1856,  for  congress,  as  the  representative  of  the  free  soil  sentiment  of  his 
district,  and  elected.  Being  one  of  the  earliest,  most  eloquent  and  cfi^ective 
originators  of  the  Republican  party,  he  was  renominated  to  congress  by 
that  party  in  1860,  and  triumphantly  elected,  after  one  of  the  severest 
contests  which  was  ever  known  in  the  district.  At  the  close  of  his  con- 
gressional term,  which  included  the  initiation  of  the  war,  he  took  up  his 
residence  in  this  city,  as  a  partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Reynolds,  Cochrane  & 


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March.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  351 

Harris,  and  at  once  assumed  here,  as  he  had  elsewhere,  a  leading  position 
at  the  bar.  In  1866,  he  was  elected  to  the  assembly  from  the  central  dis- 
trict of  this  city,  having,  overcome,  by  his  conceded  fitness  and  popularity 
a  democratic  majority  of  700.  He  was  renominated  last  November;  but, 
in  the  new  apportionment,  an  additional  democratic  majority  was  thrown 
into  the  district,  too  large  to  be  overcome.  He  was  beaten  by  less  than 
one  hundred,  although  the  autirepublican  majority  in  the  district  is  full 
one  thousand.  Mr.  Cochrane  was  a  man  to  be  loved,  generous,  genial  and 
noble  hearted. —  Journal Moses  Fogel  died. 

6.  Air,  h.  32,  1.  21 Ellen  Olena  died,  aged  75. 

7.  Air,  h.  29,  1.  22 Margaret,  wife  of  Edward  Ryan,  died,  aged 

40.  Luther  Morgan  died,  aged  21.  William  Lawless  died,  aged  45. 
Carrie  E.  Dodge  died,  aged  19.     Jeremiah  Toomey  died,  aged  88. 

10.  The  ice  disappeared  in  front  of  the  city Ellen,  wife  of  Jere- 
miah O'Connell,  died,  aged  18.  Margaret  Riley  died,  aged  48.  Fanny 
L.,  wife  of  George  B.  Burrow,  died,  aged  28.  Wm.  Henry  Jephson, 
formerly  of  Albany,  died  in  New  York,  aged  85. 

11.  Nancy  Lockwood,  widow  of  Allen  Brown,  died  at  Ithaca,  aged  82. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  James  Lockwood  long  a  merchant  on  the  dock, 
whose  residence  was  the  present  site  of  the  Mechanics  and  Farmers' 
Bank,  corner  of  Broadway  and  Exchange  street.  He  died  23  of  August, 
1823,  aged  65.  Mr.  Allen  Brown  came  to  this  city  in  June,  1788.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  New  York  State  Bank,  of  which  he  was  many  years 
a  director  ;  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  was  trustee  ; 
of  the  Albany  Insurance  Company ;  was  inspector  of  pot  and  pearl  ashes 
in  1800-1802.  In  1802  he  was  married  by  Dr.  Nott  to  Miss  Lockwood, 
on  her  16th  birthday,  who  was  through  life  a  superior  woman.  He  was 
president  or  treasurer  of  the  Citizens'  committee  for  the  celebration  of  the 
opening  of  the  Erie  canal.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  New  York 
Steam  Boat  Association,  which  owned  the  Constitution,  Constellation  and 
Chief  Justice  Marshall,  the  great  boats  of  their  day.  He  was  the  intimate 
friend  and  adviser  of  Grovernors  Tompkins,  Clinton,  and  Yates.  He  was 
the  second  foreman  of  fire  engine  company  No.  7  (his  brother  Edward 
having  been  the  first),  when  the  fire  engines  were  manned  by  tlie  first  class 
citizens;  was  president  of  the  fire  department,  and  chief  engineer  of  the 

same.     He  died  22d  of  April,   1852,  aged  74 Mary  A.   Hopkins 

died,  aged  19. 

12.  Caroline  Pepoon,  wife  of  Thomas  W.  Olcott,  died,  aged  71. 

13.  Erasmus  H.  Robinson  died,  aged  22.  Rebecca  Monk  died,  aged 
47.     Philip  Brady  died,  aged  69.     Calvin  Cooley  died,  aged  67. 

14.  Election  of  Young  Men's  Association,  great  excitement ;  of  2100 
votes  only  871  were  cast,  owing  to  the  crowd,  and  delays  arising  from 
challensing  votes,  etc.  The  ticket  headed  by  Edward  De  Forest  for  pre- 
sident, was    successful  throughout Ann,  wife  of  Thomas  Fayles, 

died,  aged  62.     Mary  Jane,  wife  of  Charles  Rogers,  died,  aged  23. 

15.  Air,  h.  24,   1.  16 Joseph    Henry   Loughren   died,   aged    18. 

Harriet,  widow  of  Louis  Boyer,  died,  aged  44.  Michael  Quinn  died, 
from  the  effects  of  a  locomotive  explosion,  aged  33.  Amanda  Van  Valken- 
burgh  died,  aged  67. 

16.  Air,  h.  25,  1.  17 Elizabeth,  wife  of  James  Swartwout,  died, 

aged  52.     Mary  Ann  Fortune,  wife  of  Richard  Connick,  died,  aged  33. 


352  Notes  from  tlie  Newsjpapers.  [1867. 

17.  Air,  h.  27,  1.  23 Wintry  day,  snowed  over  a  vast  region 

The  Albany  Sunday  Arena,  said  to  have  been  printed  in  Troy,  was  first 

offered  for  sale  here,  the  File  Brothers  publishers Michael  Lynch  died, 

aged  25. 

18.  Air,    h.    28,    1.    20 St.    Patrick's    falling    on    Sunday,    the 

Hibernian  Provident  society  and  the  Fenians  paraded  the  streets,  and  had 

a  supper  at  Tweddle   Hall    in  the   evening The    common    council 

met  in  the  evening  and  resolved  to  apply  to  the  legislature  for  the  passage 

of  a  law  to  annex  a  partof  the  town  of  Bethlehem  to  the  city Hugh 

Ward  died,  aged  57. 

19.  Air,  h.  26,  1.  20 Richard  Fisher  died,  aged  45.     Elizabeth, 

wife  of  Patrick  Quinlan,  Sr.,  died,  aged  53. 

20.  Air,  h.  30,  1.  20  John  Jennings  died,  aged  20.     Archibald 

Mclntyre  died,  aged  70. 

21.  Air,  h.  33,  1.  27 The  Catholic  congregations  of  Albany  pur- 
chased the  property  of  Joseph  D.  Badgley,  immediately  south  of  the 
Albany  Rural  Cemetery,  as  a  burial  place  for  members  of  that  denomina- 
tion. The  property  consisted  of  fifty  acres  of  land,  admirably  adapted  for 
the  purpose.  When  properly  graded  and  laid  out,  it  was  thought  that  it 
would  fully  equal  the  Rural  Cemetery,  which  is  not  surpassed  anywhere  in 
point  of  natural  beauty. 

22.  Maurice  McGrath  died,  aged  34.  John  W.  Donahoe  died,  aged 
36.  M.rgaret  Lyman,  wife  of  Timothy  Hennessy,  died,  aged  49.  William 
Kiernan  died,  aged  43. 

23.  The  fire  and  hose  companies  dismantled  their  rooms,  which  were 
furnished  in  the  most  splendid  and  costly  manner,  selling  the  furniture 
at   auction,  in    consequence  of   the    new    fire    law,  adopting    the  steam 

engines Frederick  S.  Pease  died,  aged  63,  thirty  years  bookkeeper 

in  the  Commercial  Bank,  and  long  treasurer  of  the  Albany  Institute. 
Patrick  S.  Quest  died,  aged  29.     Orrin  H.  Robb  died,  aged  30. 

24.  The  steam  propeller  John  Taylor  forced  its  way  through  the  bar- 
rier of  ice  at  Coxsackie  and  reached  its  dock  in  this  city  at  an  early  hour 

in  the  morning Father   Baird  assumed  his    duties  as  pastor  of  St. 

John's  Catholic  church;    Father  Fitzpatrick  removed  from  the  city 

Ann  Eliza,  wife  of  John  K.  Van  Buskirk,  died,  aged  30. 

25.  Patrick  Downy  died,  aged  56.  Mary  Ann  Dowd,  died,  aged  22. 
Patrick  Kenny  died,  aged  63.     Mrs.  Russell  W.  Coney  died,  aged  30. 

26.  The  St.  John,  the  first  of  the  regular  night  boats,  arrived  at  her 

dock  in  this  city Excluded  from  the  Evening  Journal,  drowned  out 

in  the  watery  columns  of  the  Times,  denounced  by  journals  of  all  kinds,  and 
having  no  mouthpiece  for  reply,  Thurlow  Weed  took  possession  of  the 
New  York  Commercial  Advertiser,  and  on  this  day  blew  his  first  war  note 
through  that  old  trumpet.  The  long  resounding  strain  shows  that  the 
old  trumpeter  still  retains  the  full  power  of  his  buccinator  muscle. — Argus. 
Jacob  G.  Sanders  died,  aged  78.     Mary  F.  Nott  died,  aged  31. 

27.  Thomas  Powers  died,  aged  44. 

28.  Henry  Stratton,  died. 

29.  Air,  highest  35,  1.  24 For  a  long  time  a  large  flock  of  crows 

was  seen  every  morning  after  daylight  flying  over  the  city  from  the  east. 
It  was  found  that  they  were  attracted  to  a  dense  wood  near  the  Schen- 
ectady turnpike,  owned  by  Christopher  Rapp.  He  leased  the  farm  to  a 
bone  dealer,  who  purchased  from  all  the  bone  gatherers  in  the  city.   Attimes, 


April.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  353 

immense  quantities  of  bones  were  accumulated,  which  attracted  crows  to 
the  spot.  Imagine  the  surprise  of  Mr.  Rapp,  to  find  on  the  ground  of  the 
wood  the  bodies  of  about  two  thousand  dead  crows.  In  fact,  the  ground 
of  that  tuft  of  wood  was  literally  covered  with  them.  It  is  believed  that 
the  crows  perched  upon  the  trees  of  the  wood;  a  snow  storm  set  in,  which 
covered  the  bones,  and  the  crows  lingered  in  the  hopes  of  securing  prey. 

A  cold  snap  followed,  and  their  death  was  the  result. — Knickerbocker 

Catharine  Crall.  wife  of  Augustus  Garloff,  died,  aged  40. 

30.  Air,  h.  34,  1.  30 Owen  T.  Owens,  died. 

31.  Air,  h.  44,  1.  36 Rev.  J.  S.  Kennard  preached  his  farewell 

sermon  to  the  congregation  of  Calvary  Baptist  Church John  H. 

Conners  died,  aged  44.      Catharine  Lee  died,  aged  44. 

April  I.  Air,  h.  51,  1.  47. 

2.  Air,  h.  45,  1.  39., For  the  first  time  in  some  years,  the  city 

crier  for  lost  children,  John  Shepard,  made  his  appearance  on  the  street, 
bell  in  hand,  in  search  of  a  lost  boy.  His  appearance  created  as  much 
surprise  and  amusement  as  did  that  of  Rip  Van  Winkle,  after  his  twenty 
years'  sleep  on  the  Catskills.  Shepard  had  a  crowd  of  rag-tags  and  bob- 
tails at  his  heels  all  day. — Knickerhocker Magdalene,  wife  of  Conradt 

La  Grange,  died,  aged  90.  Johanna,  widow  of  Thomas  MuUaly,  died, 
aged  62.     Wm.  J.  Clexton  died  at  St.  Louis,  aged  41. 

3.  Air,  h.  48,    1.   34 John  Cusick   died,  aged   60.     Dr.  John 

Brinckerhoof,  late  of  Albany,  died  at  Chicago,  aged  63. 

4.  Air,  h.  45,  1.  34 Jacob  Phillips  died,  aged  64. 

5.  Air,  h.  60,  1.  41 James  W.  Bell  died  in  California. 

6.  Air,  h.  42,  1.  35. 

7.  Air,  h.  40,  1.  30 Susan  Clark  died,  aged  23. 

8.  Air,  h.  51, 1.  37 Honora  Williams  died,  aged  32.     Mary  Wing, 

wife  of  Edward  A.  Frost,  died  at  Rochester.  Nancy,  wife  of  William 
McRoberts,  died,  aged  54. 

9.  Air,  h.    59,  1.   49 Charter   election,   democratic   majorities, 

about  1,600,  a  gain  of  1,000  since  last  election.  Thomas  Carney  died, 
aged  41.     Henry  E.  MuUaly,  died. 

10.  Air,  h.  59,  1.  35 Elizabeth,  widow  of  Alexander  Gray,  died 

in  Chicago,  aged  73. 

11.  Air,  h.  49,  1.  40. 

12.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  32 A  new  kind  of  rail  road  car  made  its  ap- 
pearance here,  called  the  Pullman  sleeping  car.  It  was  65  feet  long, 
mounted  upon  16  wheels,  being  nothing  less  than  a  hotel  upon  rollers, 

having  kitchen,  wine  cellar,  parlors  and  sleeping  rooms Joseph  M. 

Lovett  died  in  Brooklyn,  aged  50. 

13.  Air,  h.  54,  1.  38 There  was  another  trial  of  the  extraordinary 

fire  quencher  in  front  of  the  City  Hall.  A  very  large  crowd  of  persons 
were  present  to  witness  its  wonderful  achievements.  The  most  amusing 
portion  of  the  programme  was  to  see  Mayor  Thacher  strap  one  of  the 
machines  to  his  back  and  attack  the  flames.  He  performed  the  work 
nobly  and  extinguished  a  roaring  fire  with  as  much  ease  and  grace 
as  did  Mr.  Levey  himself.  The  mayor  was  loudly  cheered.  Somebody 
said  he  was  "  a  bully  boy  with  a  glass  eye."  — Knickerhocker. 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  45 


354  Notes  from  the  Newsijapers.  [1867. 

14.  Air,  li.  48,  1.  30    Ellen  M.  Riley,  wife  of  J.  A.  Waddy,  died, 

aged  33. 

15.  Air,  li.  51,  1.  53 Elijah   Simmons,  died  aged    52.     Edward 

Lawson  died,  aged  54. 

16.  Air,  h.  65,  1.  57 Charles  D.  Brown  died,  aged  42. 

17.  Air,  h.  59,  1.  48 Two  mail  bags  lost  in  January  were  found 

by  dredging  the  ferry  slip  at  the  foot  of  Maiden  lane The  stores  on 

the  dock  and  pier  were  inundated John  Leonard  died,  aged  45 

18.  It  was  now  the  fashion  for  young  ladies  to  wear  their  hair  done  up 
in  huge  knots  upon  the  tops  of  their  heads,  where  their  hats  used  to  be, 

and  their  jockies  were  pitched  down  upon  their  noses Edward  K. 

Johnson  died,  aged  85. 

19.  Air,  h.  50, 1.  33 The  demolition  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  corner 

of  Chapel  and  Pine  streets  was  begun John  McGinnis   died,   aged 

62.  Michael  Hogan  died,  aged  52.  Ellenor  D.  Hand,  wife  of  Parker 
Sergeant,  died  at  Binghamton,  aged  64. 

20.  Air,  h.  50,  1.  42 The  legislature  adjourned Catharine, 

widow  of  Peter  Owens,  died. 

21.  Air,  h.  55,  1.  46 The  new  chapel  of  the  Penitentiary  was 

dedicated Peter  V.  Bennett  died,  aged  26. 

22.  Air,  h.  54,  1.  41 Eliza  Sloot,  wife  of  Noah   S.  Dean,  died, 

aged  56.     W.  J.  Campbell  died,  aged  35. 

23.  Air,  h.  54,  1.  38 Mary,  widow  of  Stephen  Schuyler,  died, 

aged  62.     Ellen  Hays  died,  aged  45. 

24.  Air,  h.  41,  1.  35 The    steam   boat   Drew   made   her   first 

appearance,   the  most  magnificent  boat  that  had  ever  been  seen  here. 

Length  of  boat  400  feet;  breadth  80  feet James  W.  Radley  died, 

aged  57.     Robert  Boyd  died,  aged  91.     Edwin  C.  Bounds  died,  aged  37. 

25.  Air,  h.  42,  1.37 Ellen,  wife  of  Edward  Maher,  died,  aged  41. 

Mrs.  N.  Treadwell  died,  aged  81.  Ann  Duffy  died,  aged  60.  Catharine, 
wife  of  Richard  Harker,  died. 

26    Air,  h.  48,  1.  34 Lawrence  Smith  died,  aged  36. 

27.  Air,  h.  58,  1.  42. 

28.  Air,  h.  48,  1.  30 Capt.  Levinus  Dobbs  was  drowned  by  the 

sinking  of  his  vessel  at  Helgat. 

29.  Air,  h,  42,  1.  31 Elizabeth  Binier  died,  aged  38. 

30.  Air,  h.  45,  1.  39 Anne,  wife  of  James  Guman,  died,  aged  30. 

George  R.  Vanderlip,  late  of  Albany  died  at  Menominee,  Mich.,  aged  73. 

May  1.  Air,  h.  55,    1,  48 Messrs.    Roessle   &   Son,   who  had 

occupied  the  Delavan  House  18  years,  vacated  the  premises  and  were  suc- 
ceeded by  the  Messrs.  Leland John  Shepard  died,  aged  87.  Catha- 
rine Tracy  died,  aged  38. 

5.  Air,  h.  61,  1.  40. 

3.  Air,  h   50,  1.  59 Fredina  Vincent  Lanthaum  died,  aged  40. 

4.  Air,  h.  44,  1.  29 J.  W.  Netterville   died,  aged   65.     Susan 

Wiley  died,  aged  62.  Patrick  Mohan  died,  aged  60.  Marion  wife  of 
Jacob  Roberts,  died. 

5.  Air,  h.  52,  1.  39 Mrs.  Jane  Wilson  died,  aged  60.     Schuyler 

Osterhout  died,  aged  39.    James  Schernierhoin  died  in  New  York,  aged  43. 

6.  Air,  h.  52,   1.  43 Erie  canal  opened,  Champlain  nut  ready. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Ward  died,  aged  53. 


May.]  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  355 

7.  Air,  h.  63,  1.  50 Superfine  flour  was  now  $18   a  barrel,  and 

wheat  $3.50  a  bushel.     The  bakers  raised  the  price  of  one  pound  loaves 

to  11  cts John  G.  Gresham  died,  aged  32.     Mary  Ann   McCarty, 

wife  of  James  Doyle,  died,  aged  28. 

8.  Air,  h,  53,  1.  47 Long  continued  rains  brought  on  a  freshet, 

and   the    docks   were  submerged Maggie  Sager,  wife  of  George 

Baumis,  died,  aged  33.  Wm.  M.  Cassidy  died,  aged  51.  James  P. 
Quinn  died,  aged  26.     Charles  E.  Hawley  died,  aged  32. 

9.  Air,  h.  56,  1.  45. 

10.  Air,  h.  53, 1.  46 Cyrus  Stevens  died,  aged  58.     An  obituary 

notice  of  the  briefest  stereotyped  form,  a  hearse  met  at  the  gate  of  the 
cemetery  by  a  few  humble  friends,  the  deposit  of  the  remains  m  the 
tomb  with  no  pomp  of  secular  parade  or  religious  ceremonies,  and  the  event, 
heralded  only  by  the  tolling  of  the  funeral  bell  that  custom  makes  the 
requiem  for  all,  without  respect  of  person,  that  pass  thither  to  their  last 
resting  place  on  earth,  and  that  is  the  mortal  end  of  Cyrus  Stevens. 
There  are  those,  however,  with  whom  his  history  will  not  thus  close,  nor 
his  memory  pass  into  the  oblivion  of  forgetfulness.  There  was  a  time 
when  the  death  of  Cyrus  Stevens  would  have  left  a  greater  void  among 
men,  and  been  the  theme  of  more  extended  chronicle.  It  was  when  he 
was  a  prominent  lawyer  of  the  city,  connected  with  a  firm  of  wide  cele- 
brity, a  skillful  practitioner,  a  man  of  most  generous  impulses,  and  one 
who  was  cherished  by  a  multitude  of  friends.  Then  he  was  a  lawyer  of 
marked  ability  and  recognized  standing  among  his  fellows.  His  peculiar 
forte,  both  by  taste  and  education,  was  in  the  equity  branch  of  the  law, 
and  in  the  technical  and  profound  practice  in  chancery  he  had  few  equals. 
His  opinion  was  regarded  as  wise  and  safe  as  that  of  any  solicitor  in  the 
city,  and  it  may  almost  be  said  in  the  state.  There  are  those  among  his 
professional  brethren  who  will  ever  fondly  cherish  his  memory  for  the 
unselfish  liberality  with  which  he  dispensed  his  counsel  and  aid  to  those 
who  sought  it.  To  the  younger  members  of  the  profession,  struggling 
in  their  inexperience  against  the  skill  of  matured  ability,  he  was  kind 
and  generous  to  an  extent  unexcelled  by  any  member  of  the  bar.  A 
dark  shadow  has  rested  upon  the  later  years  of  his  life.  Misfortune  cast 
a  pall  over  his  pathway.  A  generous  heart  and  a  confiding  faith  stripped 
him  of  the  fruits  of  his  industry.  He  lost  those  habits  that  had  marked 
the  successful  pursuit  of  his  profession,  and  given  him  position  and  caste. 
But  in  his  severest  humiliation,  the  instincts,  the  taste,  and  the  education 
of  the  gentleman  marked  his  conduct.  Let  the  vail  of  forgetfulness  and 
the  mantle  of  charity  clothe  his  faults.  They  may  be  forgiven  at  the 
throne  of  eternal  mercy,  for  they  were  sins  that  did  no  violence  or  wrong 
to  his  fellow  men.     His  good   deeds,  his   merits,  and  his  virtues  will  be 

cherished  by  those  who  knew  him   best. — Journal Maria  Fitzpat- 

rick  died,  aged  26.     Anne  M.  Davis  died,  aged  22. 

11.  Air,  h.  58,  1.  42 George  CuUen  died,  aged  18.     Caroline  N., 

wife  of  Baruet  C.  Humphrey,  died. 

12.  Air,  h.  59,  1.  44 Sarah,  wife  of  John  Morrow,  died,  aged  88. 

Daniel  Capron  died,  aged  57. 

13.  Air,  h.  56, 1.41 Catharine  A.,  widow  of  Michael  Artcher,  died, 

aged  49. 

14.  Air,  h.  59,  1.  51 The   city  was  visited  by  a  severe  storm  of 

wind,  rain  and  hail,  accompanied  by  lightning  and  thunder.     State  street 


356  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1867. 

was,   as  usual  on   such  occasions,  converted  into  a  mouYitain  torrent. 

Robert  Taylor,  a  moulder,  was  shot  at  Stuyvesant,  whither  he  went 

to  look  for  employment. 

15.  Air,  h.  60,   1.    53 Nancy  Halpin   died,  aged  110.     Sabina 

Cosgrove,  wife  of  James  Flynn,  died,  aged  53.    Roxana  Beebe  McDuffie, 
died,  aged  32. 

16.  Air,  h.  54, 1.45 Whoever  scans  the  map  of  the  city  of  Albany, 

will  find  upon  the  extreme  western  boundaries  a  piece  of  ground  designated 
as  Lot  Number  Forty-two.  It  is  about  ten  miles  from  the  City  Hall, 
and  without  damaging  the  interests  of  its  owners,  or  the  owners  of  lands 
for  miles  around  it,  we  may  call  it  as  forlorn,  miserable  and  unsatisfactory 
a  combination  of  sand,  swamp  and  aridity,  as  the  Union  can  produce. 
So  entirely  mean  are  the  acres  embraced  in  the  whole  lot,  that  no  de- 
risive or  villainous  epithets  are  sufficient  to  describe  its  utter  worthlessness. 
As  those  who  have  seen  it  say,  it  is  a  mistake  in  nature,  an  enormous  fraud 
on  the  worms  and  bugs  which  usually  get  a  living  somewhere  on  ordinary 
bad  land ;  and  the  common  verdict  of  the  community  is,  that  not  even  a 
diseased  dog  ought  to  be  allowed  to  die  on  the  premises,  out  of  respect  to 
the  dog.  Will  it  be  credited  that  out  of  this  land  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  dollars  have  been  made,  judging  from  the  various  conveyances  of  por- 
tions of  it  on  record,  and  that  it  is  even  now  a  subject  of  continual  trans- 
fer. In  the  year  1859,  the  swindling  traffic  in  this  wretched  land  was 
exposed,  in  a  well  written  article  entitled  a  City  on  the  Sand  Plains.  The 
considerations  expressed  at  that  date  in  the  various  deeds  of  record,  con- 
veying portions  of  Lot  Forty-two,  amounted  in  the  aggregate,  even  then, 
to  an  enormous  sum;  and  now  the  total  is  absolutely  fabulous.  The 
actual  value  of  the  premises,  consisting  of  seventy-five  acres,  as  assessed 
upon  the  corporation  books,  is,  we  believe,  at  the  outside,  eight  hundred 
dollars.  In  1858,  the  lot  came  into  the  possession  of  one  James  Ferguson, 
An  elegant  map,  tastefully  bound  with  red  ribbon,  was  during  the  summer 
of  1858,  filed  in  Albany  county  clerk's  office,  purporting  to  have  been 
made  by  one  Joseph  L.  M.  Smith,  city  surveyor.  The  fact  is  the  original 
survey  and  map  were  actually  made  by  some  one  else,  and  Smith  must 
have  fathered  the  job.  This  map,  entitled  A  Map  of  Great  Lot  No.  42, 
etc.,  etc.,  exhibited  the  worthless  sand  acres,  ten  miles  away  from  God 
and  civilization,  divided  into  860  building  lots,  and  the  agreeable  and  tidy 
paper  scheme  make  one  almost  forget  the  depravity  of  its  devisers.  Not 
long  after  the  filing  of  this  map,  evidences  of  negotiation  in  these  building 
lots  began  to  accumulate  among  the  records;  and  as  the  title  to  the  pro- 
perty could  be  fairly  deduced,  it  was  a  capital  thing  to  be  used  for  insur- 
ance, real  estate  securities,  etc.,  etc.  We  are  pleased  to  believe  that  no 
Albanian  has  been  a  party  to  the  swindling  transaction,  in  this  isolated 
Schenectady  sahara,  either  as  biter  or  bitten,  the  whole  scheme  being,  we 
believe,  in  the  hands  of  foreign  speculators  of  the  most  reckless  and  unscru- 
pulous cast.  Our  attention  has  been  called  to  the  matter,  in  consequence 
of  the  recent  recording  of  the  following  papers  in  the  clerk's  office  : 

John  J.  Swiggart,  of  Davidson  county,  Tennessee,  to  Gabriel  G.  Farmer, 
of  Tippecanoe,  Indiana.  Warranty  deed,  conveying  21  lots  in  Great  Lot, 
42.  Date,  May  14,  1866.  Consideration,  $50,000.  Stamp  affixed,  f  50. 
(This  instrument  is  without  a  seal,  and  consequently,  though  in  other 
respects  apparently  regular,  is  worthless  as  a  conveyance  of  real  estate  in 
New  York). 


Mat.]  Notes  from  (lie  Newspapers.  357 

Gabriel  Gr.  Farmer  to  Warwick  Martin,  of  Chicago.  Deed  conveying 
10  lots  of  Great  Lot,  42.  Date,  May  24,  1866.  Consideration,  ^50,000. 
Fifty  dollar  revenue  stamp  affixed.  This  instrument  is  also  without  a 
seal,  and  like  the  first  mentioned,  though  otherwise  properly  executed,  is 
not  a  valid  conveyance  of  real  estate  in  this  state. 

Warwick  Martin  and  wife  to  Wm.  W.  Walker.  Consideration,  $67,000. 
Revenue  stamp,  $67.  Conveys  41  lots  of  Great  Lot,  42.  There  are  other 
conveyances,  but  we  fancy  the  foregoing  are  sufficient  for  the  present. 
Of  course  in  all  matters  of  this  kind  whoever  gets  bitten,  and  somebody 
always  does,  must  bite  back,  or  get  square  by  biting  all  round.  We  have 
no  doubt  a  volume  of  revelations  could  be  made  of  the  bites  given  and 
received  in  this  Great  Lot  42,  business.  If  the  present  allusion  to  it, 
and  exposure  of  the  fraud,  some  western  man  who  reads  may  save  his 
dollars,  some  good  at  least  may  be  accomplished. —  Argus. 

17.  Air,  h.  54,1.44 James  C.  Ott  died,  aged  74. 

18.  Air,  h.  56,  1.  47 George  W.  Emery  died,  aged  37.     Stephen 

Clark  was  killed  at  Fort  Sanders,  Dakota,  aged  19. 

19.  Air,  h.  56,  1.  45 The    St.  Agnes   Catholic    Cemetery    was 

dedicated  by  Bishop  Conroy,  assisted  by  Father  Wadhams  and  others. 

20.  Air,  h.  58,  1.  50 The  steam  boats  St.  John  and  Drew,  which 

had  been  placed  on  the  Athens  line,  were  again  placed  on  the  Albany  and 

New  York  line,  the  Athens  experiment  proving  a  failure Amelia 

King  Van  Antwerp,  wife  of  John  McMurray,  died,  aged  23.... The 

common  council  committed  another  outrage  upon  the  landmarks  by  chang- 
ing the  name  of  Lydius  street  to  Madison  avenue. 

Madison  avenue. —  Lydius  street,  by  a  resolution  of  the  common  council 
on  Monday  night  was  changed  to  Madison  avenue.  Those  who  regard 
themselves  as  the  especial  friends  of  progress  and  modern  enlightenment 
and  whose  fierce  struggle  with  the  slow  Dutch,  has  been  as  purely  ima- 
ginary as  is  the  real  influence  of  the  slow  Dutch  upon  this  locality,  may 
congratulate  themselves,  if  they  choose,  upon  their  success  in  obliterating 
one  more  old  Dutch  landmark,  and  giving  the  southern  district  of  Albany 
a  new  start.  There  was  no  perceptible  earthquake  in  Lydius  street  on 
Monday  evening,  and  precious  few  of  the  inhabitants  knew  or  cared  about 
the  mighty  business  enacting  at  the  City  Hall.  The  deed  was  done 
quietly,  a  long  roll  of  paper,  a  hasty  vote,  a  flourish  of  the  pen,  and 
Lydius  street  was  a  title  of  the  past.  James  Madison  might  have  been 
imagined  standing  triumphant  in  a  tableau,  waving  his  bloody  and  aristo- 
cratic sword  over  the  prostrate  form  of  the  defunct  Domine  Lydius,  amid 
the  cheers  of  angelic  aldermen  and  supervisors,  and  a  blaze  of  blue  and 
red  fire  (from  above,  of  course).  Now  that  the  thing  is  done,  we  may, 
without  fear  of  ofi"ense  to  any,  venture  to  enquire  why  this  change  was 
made  ?  Last  week,  upon  an  intimation  that  such  action  was  contem- 
plated, we  ofi"ered  one  or  two  suggestions,  but  did  not  care  to  indulge  in 
much  controversy  upon  the  subject.  It  is  by  no  means  the  first  time 
that  the  authorities  have  seen  fit  to  change  street  names,  but  in  most  cases 
there  have  been  reasons.  In  this  case  we  fail  to  perceive  them.  We 
have  heard  it  said  that  Lydius,  after  whom  the  street  was  named,  was 
nothing  but  a  drunken  old  Dutch  shoemaker,  but  whether  the  objection 
went  to  his  drunkenness,  his  age,  his  nationality  or  his  trade,  was  not 
distinctly  made.  The  fact  is,  however,  the  street  was  named  after  the  Rev. 
John  Lydius,  a  very  respectable  Dutch  clergyman.      Whatever  else  may  be 


358  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1867. 

said  of  its  recent  title,  there  was  no  other  Lydius  street  in  the  union. 
There  are  a  hundred  Madison  streets  or  avenues,  and  though  naming  streets 
after  them  is  an  eminently  proper  tribute  of  respect  and  admiration  for 
our  great  statesman,  some  other  opportunity  might  have  been  chosen  to 
honor  Madison,  instead  of  obliterating  in  his  behalf  a  designation  in  point 
of  respectability  quite  equal,  and  in  novelty  and  euphony  far  preferable. 
The  name  Lydius  is  a  pleasant  sounding  one,  and  it  is  a  very  diminutive 
objection  that  the  letters  from  foreign  parts  dub  it  Leddy  street,  Lydia 
street,  &c.,  &c.  For  this  matter,  the  chances  are  ten  to  one,  that  the  new 
avenue  will  in  a  short  time  be  better  known  as  Medicine  avenue  than  by 
its  presidential  appellation,  in  which  case  we  hope  our  friend  Matt  Winne 
will  get  the  full  benefit  of  the  change.  If  the  assertion  that  the  new 
name  will  enhance  the  value  of  property  be  correct,  why  not  call  Van 
Zandt  street  by  some  aristocratic  appellation?  Why  not  rebaptize  a 
multitude  of  similar  petty  avenues  ?  According  to  Webster,  Walker,  Wor- 
cester and  the  whole  tribe  of  lexicographers,  the  term  avenue  as  applied  to 
streets  in  this  country,  is  an  Americanism,  without  perhaps  that  sanction 
of  reason  and  propriety  which  is  at  the  foundation  of  many  Americanisms. 
According  to  Worcester  it  is,  1st.  A  way  by  which  a  place  may  be 
entered ;  a  passage,  an  entrance.  2d.  An  alley,  a  walk  before  a  house 
or  in  a  garden  generally  lined  with  trees.  3d.  A  broad  street  as  Penn- 
sylvania avenue.  According  to  Walker  it  is  an  alley,  or  walk  of  trees 
before  a  house,  a  way  by  which  any  place  may  be  entered.  According  to 
Webster  it  is,  1st,  A  way  or  opening  for  entrance  into  a  place;  any 
opening  or  passage  by  which  a  place  may  be  entered.  2d,  An  alley  or 
walk  in  a  park  or  garden,  usually  planted  on  each  side  with  trees.  3d.  A 
wide  street  as  the  5th  avenue,  New  York  (an  Americanism).  On  the 
other  hand,  what  is  the  meaning  of  the  term  street  (sc.  via)^  from  the 
Latin  sternere,  stratum^  to  spread,  pave.  It  is,  according  to  Webster,  a 
paved  way  or  road ;  hence  a  main  way,  in  distinction  from  a  lane  or  alley. 
A  road  with  which  street  is  synonymous,  is  defined  by  Webster  to  be  a 
place  where  we  may  ride ;  an  open  way  or  public  passage ;  a  track  for 
travel,  ibrming  a  communication  between  one  city,  town  or  place,  and 
another.  If  by  converting  Lydius  street  into  Madison  avenue,  it  was 
intended  that  strangers  should  imagine  it  a  broad  street  or  a  wide  street, 
citizens  at  least  will  know  better.  It  isn't  a  wide  street,  or  if  it  has  any  pre- 
tensions in  that  way,  nobody  knows  it  till  you  get  out  of  town,  on  your 
way  to  Schenectady. — Argus. 

"  It  is  vain  to  kick  against  the  pricks."  We  have  murmured  our  dis- 
sent to  the  changes  which  have  displaced  the  names  of  Market  for 
Broadway,  Fox  for  Canal,  Patroon  street  for  Clinton  avenue,  and  Lydius 
street  for  Madison  avenue  ;  but  it  has  been  in  vain.  A  proposition  of 
change  seems  always  acceptable.  E]ven  that  old  Virginian,  whose  state 
no  longer  has  a  name,  that  old  slave  holder,  that  concoctor  of  the  "  com- 
pact with  hell  "  called  the  constitution,  Madison,  displaces  the  clerical 
name  of  Lydius,  and  the  newly  baptized  thoroughfare  is  raised  to  the 
dignity  of  an  avenue.  We  must  yield  to  the  fashion  ;  but  we  have  a  right 
to  ask  that  the  new  dispensation  shall  have  some  rule  of  uniformity  in  it. 
The  old  nomenclature  had  significance.  Lydius,  Van  Tromp,  Orange, 
and  the  Colonic  spoke  of  the  Dutch  period;  King  and  Court  of  English 
colonial  times.  The  names  of  beasts  designated  the  streets  running  east 
and  west :    Beaver,  Lion,  Fox,  Elk  ;   of  birds,   those  running   north  and 


Mat.]  Notes  from  the  Newsjpapers.  359 

and  south  :  Eagle,  Hawk,  Swan,  Dove,  Kobin,  etc.  This  system,  however, 
has  been  lost  sight  of,  and  the  modern  christening  has  been  made  at 
random.  But  are  we  quite  up  to  the  latest  fashion  in  adopting  such  names 
as  Madison  avenue  ?  The  boulevard  is  the  last  expression  of  the  mode  in 
the  designation  of  streets  in  the  metropolis.  Not  many  years  will  elapse 
before  we  shall  be  compelled  to  submit  to  a  new  baptism  of  streets,  and 
our  boulevards  will  give  us  quite  a  Parisian  air  —  on  paper.  We  should 
anticipate  the  event,  and  rise  at  once  above  avenues.  An  old  fogy  corre- 
spondent, evidently  not  up  to  the  times,  asks  to  be  heard  on  the  other  side. 
He  speaks  too  late. 

Madison  avenue  vs.  Lydius  street. —  The  haste  with  which  the  law  was 
passed  by  the  common  council,  changing  the  name  of  one  of  our  oldest 
streets,  merits  a  rebuke  from  our  sober  minded  citizens,  and  we  are  glad 
to  see  the  article  in  your  paper  of  this  morning.  It  is  usual,  when  such 
measures  are  proposed  in  any  legislative  body,  to  refer  it  to  a  committee, 
or  postpone  action  upon  it,  at  least  over  one  meeting,  so  that  the  reasons 
for  the  proposed  change  may  be  discussed,  and  the  opponents  of  the  mea- 
sure have  a  chance  to  be  heard.  In  this  case  it  would  seem  as  if  it  were 
feared  that  some  of  the  property  owners  on  that  street  would  object  if 
they  knew  what  was  going  on.  It  is  very  easy  to  say  there  were  a  ma- 
jority of  the  residents  of  the  street  in  question,  in  favor  of  the  change, 
but  every  one  knows  how  readily  petitions  are  signed,  even  without  know- 
ing what  they  are  for,  when  presented  by  a  friend,  or  by  any  respectable 
citizen;  and  we  venture  to  say  that  there  cannot  be  found  a  majority  of 
the  residents  of  Lydius  street  in  favor  of  the  change  of  name.  Even  if 
there  was,  have  not  the  residents  of  other  parts  of  the  city  an  equal  inte- 
rest in  the  matter  ?  There  are  many  objections  that  might  be  urged 
against  a  change  of  name.  Besides  the  difficulties  in  law  that  may  arise 
in  regard  to  titles  to  property,  there  are  many  old  associations  connected 
with  these  time  honored  names,  which  remind  us  of  the  early  days  of  our 
ancient  city.  We  have  Lydius,  Dallius,  Westerlo,  Ten  Broeck,  Van 
Schaaick,  Van  Tromp,  Van  Woert,  Steuben,  and  others,  which  are  pecu- 
liar to  Albany,  and  can  be  found  nowhere  else  ;  and  if  you  commence 
changing  old  names  of  streets,  where  will  you  end  ?  If  the  word  street 
is  objected  to,  Lydius  avenue  sounds  quite  as  well  as  Madison  avenue, 
and  we  cannot  see  any  possible  advantage  to  be  derived  from  a  change. 
Rather  let  us  cultivate  a  spirit  of  respect  for  our  ancestors,  and  hold  ou 
to  old  things  till  we  can  do  better.  If  our  honorable  common  council 
would  busy  themselves  about  something  that  would  be  a  decided  advan- 
tage to  our  city,  such  as  giving  us  a  decent  pavement,  and  plentiful 
supply  of  pure  water,  it  would  be  more  to  their  credit  than  wiping  out  the 
old  landmarks  that  connect  us  with  the  past,  and  if  our  enterprising  friend 
who  circulated  the  petition  for  changing  the  name  of  Lydius  street  would 
work  as  hard  over  a  matter  of  real  importance  to  the  business  interests  of 
our  city,  he  would  confer  a  great  favor  on  the  community,  as  well  as  on 
the  residents  of  Lydius  street. — Argus. 

Changing  the  name  of  Lydius  Street. —  The  common  council,  at  its 
last  meeting,,  changed  the  name  of  Lydius  street  to  that  of  Madison  ave- 
nue. The  unanimity  of  the  vote  of  the  council  reflected  the  wishes  of  the 
residents  of  the  street.  The  change  therefore  having  been  asked  for  so 
generally  by  those  more  immediately  interested,  and  having  been  made 
by  the  sovereign  authority  of  the  city  council,  must  be  acquiesced  in,  let 


360  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  [1867. 

those  who  may  find  fault  with  it.  The  readiness  and  unanimity  with 
which  the  change  has  been  made,  shows  that  any  notions  of  veneration 
for  the  past  must  give  way  speedily  to  the  march  of  improvement.  There 
was  a  time,  years  since,  when  the  abolition  of  the  time  honored  name  of 
a  principal  street  in  our  city  would  have  been  resisted  with  spirit,  as  being 
an  act  of  sacrilege  upon  the  work  of  our  fathers.  That  day  is  passed  and 
progress  is  the  rule  of  the  present.  This  act  suggests  some  reminiscences 
in  relation  to  the  names  of  our  city  streets.  Many  of  them  derived  their 
titles  from  the  names  of  eminent  citizens.  Such  was  the  fact  in  regard  to 
Lydius  street  It  was  named  in  honor  of  the  Rev,  Johannes  Lydius,  the 
good  and  esteemed  domine  of  the  old  Dutch  Reform.  The  good  pastor 
came  to  the  city  in  1700.  He  performed  his  ministrations  in  the  church 
edifice  then,  and  for  many  subsequent  years  in  the  centre  of  State  street, 
at  its  intersection  with  Broadway.  He  brought  with  him  from  Holland 
brick,  tile,  iron  work,  &c.,  wherewith  to  erect  a  dwelling,  and  built  for 
himself  a  habitation  on  the  corner  of  State  and  North  Pearl  streets,  now 
so  well  known  as  Dexter's  corner.  This  was  the  first  brick  building 
erected  in  the  city.  That  property  remained  with  his  descendants  till 
1833,  when  it  passed  into  its  present  ownership,  and  the  original  edifice 
was  taken  down.  Domine  Lydius  died  in  1710,  leaving  behind  him  the 
name  of  an  able  clergyman,  a  kind  adviser,  and  a  public  spirited  citizen. 
During  his  residence  here  he  was  active  in  all  good  works,  secular  as  well 
as  religious.  His  descendants  by  blood  as  well  as  name  remained  here 
till  1815,  when  the  last  one,  Balthazar,  or  Bait  Lydius,  died.  The  street, 
at  the  time  it  was  named,  was  the  extreme  southern  avenue  of  the  city 
running  in  that  direction,  and  the  outpost  of  population.  Its  great  length, 
its  extreme  width  as  compared  with  most  streets,  and  its  promise  of 
future  beauty,  gave  great  distinction  to  its  name.  Attention  to  this  sub- 
ject suggests  a  reflection  in  relation  to  the  change  of  names  of  some  of  our 
other  streets.  During  the  present  century  many  such  changes  have  been 
made,  and  whether  for  the  better  or  no  can  be  judged  of  by  noticing 
them.  These  several  changes  have  been  made  one  by  one  at  intervals  of 
time.  There  has  never  been  any  period  when  there  was  an  epidemic 
upon  the  subject,  and  thereby  a  general  onslaught  made  upon  old  names. 
This  fact  illustrates,  as  it  was  the  fruit  of,  the  staid  old  habits  of  our 
ancient  town.  Among  the  earlier  changes  in  this  century  were  the  giv- 
ing to  South  Pearl  street  its  present  name,  it  having  theretofore  been 
called  Washington  street,  and  transferring  the  latter  to  what  is  now 
Washington  avenue,  that  street  having  been  called  Lyon  street.  What  is 
now  Broadway  north  of  State  street,  was  Market  street,  and  it  was  changed 
to  North  Market  street;  and  that  lying  south  of  State  street  was  changed 
from  its  original  name  of  Court  street  to  South  Market  street.  The 
present  pretentious  name  of  Broadway,  adopted  from  New  York,  was 
given  a  legal  existence  some  eighteen  years  ago.  In  the  early  part  of  the 
century.  Dean  street  acquired  its  designation  from  Captain  Dean,  a  brave 
and  enterprising  skipper,  who  fitted  up  and  sailed  an  ordinary  North  river 
sloop  from  here  to  China,  and  returned  with  a  successful  venture  in  tea. 
The  patriotism  of  our  fathers  was  evinced  in  naming  Montgomery 
street,  then  a  fashionable  thoroughfare,  after  the  heroic  soldier  who  fell 
before  Quebec.  Steuben  street  obtained  its  title  from  that  bluff  and 
brave  German  soldier  of  the  revolution,  who  aided  so  much  in  giving  dis- 
cipline to  our  army.     The  chivalrous  Lafayette  lives  in  our  history  by 


May.]  Notes  from  the  Neiospapers.  361 

like  means.  The  Dutch  Admiral  Van  Tromp,  who  swept  the  seas  with 
his  broom,  has  a  street  named  to  his  memory,  humble  though  it  be  in  its 
pretensions.  Next  in  order  of  time  to  the  first  above  mentioned  streets, 
Mark  lane  had  to  submit  to  the  Juggernaut  of  progress  and  give  up  the 
ghost  to  his  successor  Exchange  street.  Hallenbake  street  could  not  any 
longer  maintain  its  existence,  because  we  suppose  its  godfather  had 
ceased  to  have  influence  with  the  sovereign  powers  of  the  city,  and  so  the 
grandiloquent  designation  of  Grand  street  was  given  to  it.i  Capitol  street 
had  begun  to  acquire  an  unenviable  reputation  from  the  character  of  its 
residents,  and  therefore,  in  the  hope  to  improve  the  value  of  its  lots  if 
not  the  character  of  their  occupants,  the  present  title  of  Park  street  was 
given  to  it.  For  some  reason  the  change  of  name  speedily  effected  the 
result  sought  for.  Bass  street  was  changed  to  Bleecker,  Middle  lane  to 
James  street,  Store  lane  to  Norton  street,  that  part  of  North  Pearl  lying 
north  of  what  is  now  Clinton  avenue,  dropped  the  name  of  Orchard  street, 
and  assumed  that  of  its  more  fashionable  neighbor,  North  Pearl;  and 
Malcomb  street,  to  get  rid  of  a  bad  name,  took  that  of  Clinton.  The 
denizens  of  Fox  street  indulged  in  great  expectations  from  a  transition  to 
that  of  Canal,  but  whether  they  have  been  realized  and  whether  the  ave- 
nue comes  up  to  its  patronymic  in  New  York,  we  will  not  now  speculate. 
The  last  change  in  a  street  of  any  prominence  was  that  made  some  half 
dozen  years  since  in  that  of  Clinton  avenue  from  Patroon  street.  The 
street  from  its  character  merited  a  good  name,  as  it  now  has,  but  there 
are  those  who  will  cling  to  the  notion  that  its  former  name  ought  to  have 
been  preserved,  from  its  ancient  and  honored  association  with  the  history 
of  the  city,  and  the  powerful  reason  that  the  patroon  gave  one-half  of  the 
land  throughout  its  entire  length,  fourteen  miles,  in  consideration  of 
which  it  took  its  name. —  Journal. 

21.  Air,  h.  57, 1.  43 Augustus  R.  Gage  died,  aged  28. 

22.  Air,  h.  62,1.  48 John  Dwyer  died,  aged  36.     Thomas  Mc- 

Kenna  died,  aged  20. 

23.  Air,  h.  50,  I.  48 Margaret  A.,  wife  of  George  Lester,  died, 

aged  38.     Mrs.  Caroline  Hensel  died,  aged  54. 

24.  Excavations  begun  upon  the  grounds  provided  for  the  new  capitol. 

25.  The  eastern  end  of  the  Schenectady  turnpike,  at  the  head  of  Wash- 
ington street,  had  for  some  years  enjoyed  the  unmeaning  name  of  Bowery. 
It  had  become  populous  with  Germans,  and  dwellings  and  small  stores 
gradually  stretched  out  towards  West  Albany.  It  was  now  proposed  to 
call  it  Central  avenue,  whereupon  a  correspondent  of  the  Evening  Journal 
gave  the  following  account  of  it :  The  Bowery  -  has  undergone  many 
remarkable  changes  within  the  last  half  century.  Before  the  completion 
of  the  Erie  canal  in  1825,  it  was  the  great  thoroughfare  to  the  west, 
through  which  all  conveyance  of  persons  or  property  had  to  pass.  There 
was  no  competing  road.  Albany  was  the  focus  to  which  all  the  traffic 
bound  westward  concentrated,  and  Bowery  street  and  the  Schenectady 
turnpike  were  the  only  avenues  through  which  it  could  pass.  All  trans- 
portation of  produce  was  done  in  large  six-horse  teams.     The  depot  for 

»  There  is  a  tradition  amonfj  the  descendants  of  Heudrik  Hallenbeck  that  he  gave  this  street 
to  the  public  from  the  west  side  of  his  farm,  which  extended  from  Plain  to  Arch  street. 

2  The  term  is  derived,  or  aped,  from  the  street  called  Bowery  in  New  York,  which  was  so  called 
when  it  began  to  be  built  upon,  because  it  led  to  Gov.  Stuyvesant's  ancient  bouwery,  or  farm,  and 
to  which  it  had  for  many  years  previous  been  the  common  road. 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  46 


362  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  [1867. 

the  keeping  of  the  teams  for  the  transshipment  of  much  of  the  produce 
and  as  the  starting  point  for  the  long  journey  to  the  west,  was  in  this 
street.  Some  of  the  large  storehouses  now  remaining  about  Townsend 
park  attest  the  commercial  character  of  the  street  at  that  time.  The 
Schenectady  turnpike,  constructed  and  improved  with  great  expense, 
swarmed  wfth  busy  life.  A  continuous  line  of  vehicles  crowded  its  path- 
way every  day.  Some  fifteen  or  twenty  taverns  alomg  its  line  were 
crowded  with  business.  The  Bowery  was,  as  stated,  the  terminus  for  all 
this  great  traffic.  In  the  very  zenith  of  the  prosperity  of  the  street,  the 
Erie  canal  was  built,  and  in  a  twinkling  the  glory  of  the  Bowery  was 
gone,  and  from  being  such  a  busy  mart  of  trade,  it  and  the  turnpike 
became  a  desert.  What  little  business  might  have  been  left  to  them  in 
the  winter  season  and  otherwise,  was  finally  utterly  destroyed  by  the 
building  of  the  Mohawk  and  Hudson  rail  road  to  Schenectady.  Not  till 
within  three  or  four  years  has  the  street  in  any  wise  recovered  from  the 
blows  thus  given  it.  It  now  begins  to  recuperate  a  little.  Its  consort, 
Washington  avenue,  begins  to  become  a  great  point  of  attraction  for  gen- 
teel residences.  One  influence  of  this  improvement  is  being  felt  to  some 
degree  by  Bowery  street.  The  grading  and  paving  of  the  street  two  years 
ao-o  has  had  a  great  tendency  to  improve  its  character  and  condition,  and 
the  day  may  not  be  distant  when  it  shall  assume  the  features  of  one  of 
our  most  prominent   and   fashionable   streets.     There  may  be  those  who 

imagine  that  the  change  of  name  will  tend  to  precipitate  that  result 

Lizzie  H.  Stover,  widow  of  George  W.  Emery,  died,  aged  27.  On  Mon- 
day afternoon  George  W.  Emery  was  buried  from  his  late  residence  on 
Beaver  street.  His  wife  was  entirely  prostrated  by  the  sad  event.  Every 
efi"ort  to  reconcile  her  to  the  afiliction  and  compose  her  mind  proved 
fruitless.  Her  bodily  health  gave  way,  and  she  exhibited  signs  of  a  rapid 
decline.  She  had  no  desire  to  partake  of  any  nourishment,  and  Saturday 
afternoon  she  went   into  convulsions,  and  before   midnight  she  expired. 

She  died  of  grief. —  Times Margaret  Riley  died,  aged  77.     Henry 

Stacpole  died,  aged  31. 

26.  Catharine,  widow  of  Thomas  Kitt,  died,  aged  45. 

27.  The  corner-stone  of  the  old  St.  Mary's  church  was  exhumed.     The 

deposits   were    much    decayed Catharine    Heenan,   wife    of  John 

Donnelly,  died,  aged  25.  Eugene  McCarthy  died,  aged  53.  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Wm.  Radley,  died,  aged  92. 

28.  Robert  W.  Harvey  died,  aged  42.  Peter  Van  Bergen  died,  aged 
70,     Libbie,  wife  of  Henry  J.  Hoyland,  died,  aged  25. 

29.  The  congregation  of  the  Washington  street  Methodist  Church 
broke  ground  on  the  north-west  corner  of  Lark  and  Lancaster  streets,  for 
their  new  edifice Sylvester  Topping  died,  aged  79. 

30.  Rev.  W.  S.  Smart,  the  new  pastor  of  the  Congregational  society, 
corner  of  South  Pearl  and  Beaver  streets,  was  installed.  The  church  was 
densely  crowded  with  members  of  that  congregation,  and  a  large  number 
who  were  deeply  interested  in  the  event.  Several  of  our  city  clergy,  and 
many  from  abroad,  were  present,  some  of  whom  took  part  in  the  exercises. 
The  rostrum  was  tastefully  decorated  with  natural  flowers,  and  presented 
a  picturesque  scene.  The  ceremonies  consisted  of  an  invocation  prayer, 
which  was  delivered  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Cordell,  of  Schenecta(Jy ;  a  charge 
to   the  pastor,  delivered  by  the   Rev.  Dr.  Todd  of  this  city ;  a  charge  to 


June.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  363 

the  people,  whicli  was  made  by  the  Rev.  David  Dyer.  The  right  hand 
of  fellowship  was  extended  to  the  new  pastor,  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Fisher,  of 
Saugerties.  The  ceremonies  closed  by  a  prayer  from  the  Rev.  Dr.  Clark, 
and  a  benediction  by  the  new  pastor.  Rev.   Mr.  Smart. —  Knickerhocker. 

John  Hanrihan  died,  aged  56.     Catharine  McGann  died,  aged  26. 

31.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  52 The  letter  carriers  delivered  in  the  month 

of  May  89,656  mail  letters;  8,463  drop  letters,  and  17,233  newspapers; 

they  also  collected  39,693  letters  from  the  lamp-post  letterboxes Great 

improvements  were  completed  at  the  Lumber  district.  An  additional 
tract  of  land  amounting  to  thirteen  acres,  had  been  added,  and  four  new 
slips  made.  These  gave  an  additional  water  front  of  5,000  feet  on  the 
canal  side,  and  600  feet  on  the  river  side.  The  cost  of  these  improve- 
ments amounted  to  about  150,000,  which  was  incurred  by  Gen.  Van 
Rensselaer,  the  owner  of  the  property.  The  water  pipes  were  extended 
a  distance  of  about  700  feet,  under  direction  of  the  Water  Commission- 
ers. The  new  ground  was  already  occupied  by  lumber  dealers,  embracing 
some  old  and  several  new  firms.  These  are,  Messrs.  Sage,  McGraw  & 
Co.,  H.  W.  Sage  &  Co.,  Carter  &  Henry,  Clark,  Sumner  &  Co.,  and  Sum- 
ner &  Hascy.  It  is  but  a  few  years,  comparatively,  since  this  territory 
was  first  occupied  as  a  lumber  depot.  Formerly  the  business  was  trans- 
acted upon  the  pier  and  in  that  vicinity.  The  land  now  occupied  was 
then  used  for  agricultural  purposes,  and  many  of  our  readers  will  recol- 
lect when  most  of  what  is  now  the  Lumber  district  was  a  broom  corn 
field.  The  rise  in  the  value  of  the  property  has  been  very  great,  and 
the  whole  of  it  is  probably  worth  more  at  the  present  time  per  foot,  than 
it  was  twenty-five  years  ago  per  acre.  The  lumber  trade  of  Albany  had 
become  one  of  the  greatest,  if  not  the  greatest  business  interest  of  the 
city,  and  instead  of  laeing  withdrawn  from  the  city,  as  had  been  threat- 
ened a  year  or  two  before,  it  was  rapidly  increasing  in  extent  and  import- 
ance.— Argus William  Gearey  died,  aged  24. 

June  1.  Air,  h.  64,  1.  51. 

2.  Air,  h.  71, 1.  58 Mrs.  Ellen  Hogan  died,  aged  57.     Jane,  wife 

of  James  Grady,  died,  aged  42.     John  Madden  died,  aged  69. 

3.  Air,  h.  69,  1.  62. 

4.  Air,    h.  76,  1.  60 The   first    through  train    from  Albany    to 

Omaha  started  out  this  morning L.    Harris   Hiscox,  a  member   of 

the  constitutional  convention,  was  shot  at  Stanwix  Hall   by  Gen.   George 

W.  Cole Jane,  wife  of  Thomas  McManus,  died,  aged  71.     Wm.  Dl 

Coughtry  died  in  New  York,  aged  53. 

5.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  56. 

6.  Air,  h.    71,1.56 Charles   C.    Rowley   died,  aged    66 

Sarah  McChestney,  wife  of  Gardner  Scriven,  died,  aged  68. 

7.  Air,  h.  79,  1.  68 J.   M.  Trimble,   lessee   of  the  Academy  of 

Music,  died,  aged  54.  Mr.  Trimble  has  been  well  known  to  many  of  our 
citizens  for  some  years  past  as  a  theatrical  architect.  But  his  more 
general  acquaintance  has  been  obtained  during  the  last  few  years  that  he 
has  managed  the  Academy  of  Music.  He  was  born  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  and"  at  his  death  was  54  years  of  his  age.  In  early  life  he  was  in 
the  navy  for  a  short  period.  After  that  he  essayed  to  become  a  carpenter, 
but  not  having  the  tuition  of  an  apprenticeship,  he  made  little  progress  in 
learning  the  trade  in   its  general  branches.      He   became  at   length  stage 


364  Notes  from  the  News]Dapers.  [1867. 

carpenter  for  the  Bowery  Theatre  in  New  York,  and  from  this  must  be 
dated  his  advent  into  the  theatrical  world,  in  which  he  figured  so  promi- 
nently. Heat  once  evinced  a  taste  for  occupation  in  and  about  a  theatre. 
From  the  Bowery  he  went  to  the  National  Theatre  when  it  was  opened 
in  all  the  promise  of  success  and  fame.  Here  he  got  up  the  gorgeous 
scenery  and  stage-trappings  that  added  so  much  to  the  lustre  of  that  bril- 
liant but  unfortunate  place  of  amusement.  After  the  destruction  of  that 
theatre  by  fire  he  became  an  architect  and  builder  of  public  places  of 
amusement,  making  it  his  special  study  and  specialty.  As  such  he  has 
been  famous.  And  the  aid  of  his  genius  and  skill  has  been  eagerly 
sought  for.  He  has  in  all  built  thirty-four  such  places  of  amusement, 
doubtless  exceeding  in  this  respect  the  amount  of  work  done  by  any  other 
man  in  the  country.  Among  others,  he  built  the  New  Bowery,  the 
Olympic,  Broadway  and  Tripler  Hall,  and  remodeled  the  old  Park  Thea- 
tre in  New  York.  He  remodeled  the  Albany  Museum,  some  sixteen 
years  ago.  He  built  the  BuiFalo,  Richmond  and  Charleston  theatres,  and 
sundry  other  well  known  structures.  In  1863  his  attention  was  directed 
to  this  city  as  being  a  good  field  in  which  to  revive  the  drama,  then  for 
some  time  without  a  local  habitation  or  a  name.  While  all  others  lacked 
the  energy  and  courage  to  undertake  the  building  of  a  theatre,  he  saw 
the  opportunity  to  achieve  success.  The  result  has  shown  how  wise  was 
his  judgment  and  well  founded  his  hopes.  From  the  day  of  its  opening 
on  the  22d  December  of  that  year  to  the  present  hour,  the  place  has  been 
a  marked  success,  and  has  well  repaid  his  efforts  and  enterprise.  His 
management  of  the  Academy  of  Music  has,  making  due  allowance  for  his 
infirmities,  been  marked  with  great  good  judgment,  taste  and  refinement. 
Most  unfortunately,  Mr.  Trimble  has  for  several  years  been  totally  blind. 
This  infirmity  was  brought  about  directly  by  the  disease  of  neuralgia, 
though  the  latter  was  induced  by  his  severe  mental  and  physical  labor. 
Despite  this  calamity,  Mr.  T.  has  worked  steadily  along  with  all  the 
energy  of  a  man  fully  possessed  of  all  his  senses.  His  very  energy  of 
character,  hampered  as  it  was  by  his  blindness,  caused  him  at  times  to 
manifest  a  seeming  acerbity  of  disposition  not  natural  to  him,  and  which 
those  who  knew  and  appreciated  his  infirmity,  were  ever  ready  to  pardon 
and  forget.     As  a  man,  he  leaves  behind  him  a  good  name  and  memory. — 

Evening  Journal Thomas  Smith  died,  aged  62.     Gerardus  Clute, 

died,  aged  70. 

8.  Air,  h.   83,  1.   60 The  common    council  appropriated   $2,000 

towards  the   expenses  of  celebrating  the  fourth  of  July John   J. 

Mesick  died,  aged  40.  Elizabeth  Cooper,  wife  of  Benjamin  Nott,  died, 
aged  60.  Susan,  wife  of  Andrew  Dell,  died,  aged  29.  Hugh  Davy 
died,  aged  43. 

9.  Air,  h.  62,  1.  52 Harriet  A.,  wife  of  Isaac  V.  W.  Grant,  died, 

aged  31.     James   Kelly  died,   aged  36.     Thomas  Barret,  died,   aged  40. 

10.  Air,  h.  68,  1.  55 John  Sullivan  died,  aged  67. 

11.  Air,  h.  71,  1.  53 We   prophesied  some  weeks   since  that  the 

Athens  cut-oif  would  bring  upon  the  river  an  opposition  line  of  steamers, 
to  be  followed  by  low  fares  and  losses  generally.  This  opposition  has 
commenced.  Commodore  Vanderbilt  has  induced  the  owners  of  the 
steamers  Connecticut  and  Hero  to  ruu  between  New  York  and  Albany, 
with  the  price  of  passage  fixed  at  one  dollar.  This  opposition  is  to  be 
kept  up  by  Vanderbilt  &  Co.,  just  so  long  as  the  Athens  folly  is  kept  up. 


June.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  365 

As  soon  as  the  Athens  folly  is  abandoned  by  Drew  &  Co.,  Vanderbilt  & 
Co.  will  agree  to  withdraw  the  Connecticut  and  Hero.  These  boats  will 
be  run  without  any  regard  to  their  profits.  Vanderbilt  &  Co.  say  they 
will  sink  a  million  of  dollars  rather  than  not  break  up  the  suicidal  policy 
which  Keep  &  Co.  have  induced  Drew  &  Co.  to  adopt  at  Athens.  Van- 
derbilt &  Co.  are  on  their  ugly,  and  intend  to  win  the  horse  or  lose  the 
saddle.  The  Connecticut  is  commanded  by  Capt.  L.  D.  Demming  a  well 
known  Albanian.  The  clerk  is  C.  Ambler.  The  Hero  is  commanded  by 
Capt.  F.  Teson.  Clerk,  Wm.  Downs.  The  Connecticut  leaves  Albany 
Tuesday  and  Thursday  evenings  at  eight  o'clock  and  on  Sunday  evening  at 
six    o'clock.      The   Hero  will   leave   Albany   Monday,    Wednesday  and 

Friday  evenings  at  eight  o'clock. —  Times Anastasia,  wife  of  John 

Ryan,  died,  aged  37.     Robert  N.  Magilton  died,  aged  19. 

12.  Air,  h.  71,  1.  56 Emeline  Cadwell  died,  aged  56.     William 

Donovan  died,  aged  20.  Abel  Shaw  died,  aged  46.  John  McAnesby 
died,  aged  45.     Timothy  H.  Knower  died,  aged  45. 

13.  Air,  h.  71,  1.  65. 

14.  Air,  h.  79,  1.  61 James  L.  Wendell  died. 

15.  Air.  h.  78,  1.  62 Workmen  began  laying  the  first  Nicholson 

pavement  in  Broadway  below  Maiden  lane Elizabeth,  wife  of  Daniel 

Boyle,  died,  aged  54.  Mrs.  Ann  Frearer  died.  Patrick  Ryan  died,  aged 
36.     Luke  Marlow  died,  aged  65. 

16.  Air,  h.  77,    1.  70 Rev.  S.  A.  Hyatt  began    his  pastorate  of 

the  Park  Chapel,  corner  of  Hudson  and  Lark  streets A  terrific  rain 

storm  burst  upon  the  city  in  the  afternoon,  inundating  houses,  and  doing 
great  damage  to  drains  and  pavements. 

17.  Air.  h.  76,  1.  68 Margaret  Mulligan,  wife  of  James  Howard, 

died,  aged  29. 

18.  Air,  h.  76,  1.  70 Bridget  Abbot,  wife  of  Thomas  Sheridan, 

died,  aged  85. 

19.  Air,  h.  77,  1.  57 Abram  Dyer,  familiarly  known  as  Brommy, 

who  for  fifty  years  had  been  connected  with  the  Troy  ferries,  died.  Few 
have  been  better  known  to  the  local  travelers  thereabouts  than  he.  He 
had  grown  up  with  the  ferry  since  the  day  when  pole-scoWS  were  used  till 
this  advanced  era  of  steam.  He  has  made  his  last  voyage  across  the 
Hudson  —  and  now  himself  has  been  ferried  over  the  Styx. —  Jour- 
nal  ..Ann  Burns  died,  aged  69.     Margaret  C  Ring,  wife  of  George 

Kaley,  died. 

20.  Air,  h.  68,  1.  57 The  County  Medical  Society  had  a  dinner  at 

the  Delavan  House  in  honor  of  three  of  its  oldest  members,  who  had 
passed  their  50th  anniversary  as  practicing  physicians,  namely,  Dl-.  James 

McNaughton,  Dr.  Barent  P.  Staats,  and  Dr.  James  Wade Edward 

Moran  died,  aged  50.     Mary  Cahill  died,  aged  58. 

21.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  60 David  W.  Gibson  died,  aged  31.     Mary 

Day  died,  aged  87.     Mary  He&eberry  died,  aged  80. 

22.  Air,  h.  75,  1.  72 Peter  G.   Sharp  died  in  New  York.     Jane, 

wife  of  James  H.  Grant,  died  at  Worcester,  aged  37. 

24.  Elizabeth  O'Brien  died,  aged  67.     Thomas  Smith  died,  aged  64. 
John  Carls  died,  aged  79. 

25.  Bridget  Donohue,  wife  of  John  Dowe,  died. 


366  Notes  frcym  the  Newspapers.  [1867. 

27.  Gertrude  Wynkoop  died,  aged  58.  Eveline  Ertzberger,  wife  of 
Leggett  Davis,  died,  aged  31.  Bridget,  wife  of  Patrick  McShea,  died, 
aged  28.     John  Zimmerman  died,  aged  23. 

30.  Carolina  A.  Sargent,  wife  of  Dr.  T.  J.  Gardiner,  died  at  Wilton,  Ct. 

July  1.  Air,  h.  82, 1,  71 David  C.  Briggs  died,  aged  24. 

2.  Air.  h.  78,  1.  60 LetitiaErvin,  wile  of  Michael  Uerrick,  died, 

aged  51. 

3.  Air,  h.  77,  1.  64.     Thermometer  95°. Virginia  E.  Thomas, 

wife  of  Richard  W.  Allen,  died,  aged  19.  Catharine  Shaddock,  wife  of 
Alpheus  Bemis,  died,  aged  49. 

4.  Air,  h.  81,  1.  72  The  celebration  of  the  day  was  of  unusual 

extent.  First  the  general  celebration,  the  usual  procession  conducted  by 
Gen.  Woodball,  Reading  of  Declaration  by  John  W.  Mattice,  Oration  by 
Rufus  W.  Peckham,  Jr.,  which  was  published  in  the  Argus  and  pro- 
nounced a  superior  effort.  The  Young  Men's  Association  held  their  cus- 
tomary celebration  at  Tweddle  Hall  at  half-past  one ;  the  Waterfall 
Guards,  a  comical  procession,  at  half-past  three,  and  the  Regatta  at  four. 
The  rain  prevented  the  usual  display  of  fire-works.  Jane  E.,  wife  of 
Richard  Brown,  died. 

5.  Air,  h.  85,  1.  65. 

6.  Air,  h.  68,1.63 Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  H.  Scott,  died,  aged  39. 

7.  Air,  h.  76,  1.  67 Peter  Smith  died,  aged  40. 

8.  Air,  h.  78,  1.  61. 

9.  Air,  h.  74,  1.   60 Rufus  H.  King  died,   aged  73.     He  was 

born  in  Ridgefield,  Ct.  His  father  was  an  ofl&cer  in  the  revolutionary 
war,  and  after  its  close  a  brigadier  general  of  the  state  militia.  The 
early  years  of  Mr.  King's  life  were  passed  in  a  store  at  Ridgefield. 
When  twenty  years  old,  he  came  to  Albany.  Here  he  engaged  in  the 
dry  goods  business  with  William  McHarg.  After  a  continuance  of  seve- 
ral years,  the  firm  was  dissolved,  and  Mr.  King  established  himself  inde- 
pendently in  a  wholesale  dry  goods  establishment  on  State  street.  He 
was  very  successful  as  a  merchant,  and  some  twenty  years  ago,  having 
accumulated  an  ample  fortune,  retired,  devoting  his  remaining  years  to 
the  management  of  his  estate,  and  of  the  several  institutions  with  which 
he  was  connected.  Mr.  King  was  president  of  the  New  York  State  Bank, 
of  the  Albany  Savings  Bank,  and  of  the  Albany  Insurance  Company. 
The  marked  prosperity  which  has  attended  all  these  institutions,  fur- 
nishes sufiicient  evidence  of  his  financial  ability.  Mr.  King  married  in 
early  life  Miss  Laverty,  of  New  York,  with  whom  he  maintained  relations 
of  uninterrupted  domestic  felicity,  and  who  survives  him.  They  had 
three  sons,  and  one  daughter,  Mrs,  Franklin  Townsend,  all  of  whom  are 
still  living.  In  his  temperament,  Mr.  King  was  peculiarly  a  man  of 
business.  He  devoted  himself  sedulously  to  those  occupations  for  which 
he  was  especially  fitted,  and  though  having  many  opportunities  for  public 
preferment,  avoided  them  with  almost  morbid  dislike.  He  was  a  kind 
and  faithful  husband,  a  loving  father,  a  true  friend,  an  upright  and 
honored  citizen.  The  most  scrupulous  integrity  marked  every  transac- 
tion in  which  he  was  engaged.  He  made  hosts  of  friends,  and  no  enemies. 
Generous  to  the  last  degree,  he  always  saw  the  best  qualities  of  those 
with  whom  he  came  in  contact,  and  was  probably  incapable  of  cherishing 
such  a  sentiment  as  animosity.     Though  he  had  lived  beyond  tlie  mea- 


July,]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  367 

sure  of  time  usually  allotted  to  man,  his  habits  were  so  active  and  his 
intellect  so  clear  that  his  friends  had  hoped  he  might  still  be  spared  to 
them  many  years;  and  he  will  be  keenly  missed  in  the  circles  he  has  so 

long   adorned  with  his  presence. —  Journal Mary    SmuUen   died, 

aged  60.     Lizzie.  A.  Lawler  died,  aged  27. 

10.  Air,  h.    75,  1.  60 The   Susquehanna  rail   road   having  been 

completed  to  Bainbridge,  an  excursion  of  invited  guests  went  out  to  that 

point John  Phillips  died,  aged  51.     S.  L.  Thompson  died.     Patrick 

McNamara  died,  aged  77.     Lydia  Jane  Van  G-uysling  died,  aged  35. 

11.  Air,  h.  71,  1.  63 Fanny  Daley,  wife  of  Thomas  Maloy,  died, 

aged  36. 

12.  Air,  h.  78,1.70 Johanna  Enright   died,  aged  39.     Julia, 

wife  of  Edward  Dougherty,  died,  aged  36. 

13.  Air,  h.  76,  1.  56. 

14.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  53 Andrew  Burns  (or  Byrnes)  died,  aged  64. 

Bridget  Mooney  died,  aged  55. 

15.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  59 The  steam  boat  Drew  left  New  York  at  6 

o'clock  and  reached  her  dock  in  this  city  at  2.25,  making  the  passage  in 

8h.  25m.     She  reached  Poughkeepsie,  80  miles,  at9h.  55m Thomas 

Thornton  died,  aged  74.  Timothy  Mahony  died,  aged  40.  John  Mar- 
shall died,  aged  66. 

16.  Air,  h.  75,  1.  61 Mrs.  Harriet  Smith  died,  aged  85. 

17.  Air,  h.  71,  1.  60  John  F.  Zumdieck  died,  aged  63. 

18.  Air,  h.  75,  1.  58 Nancy  McHarg,  daughter  of  the  late  Alex- 
ander McHarg,  who  kept  an  herb  and  clock  and  watch  store  on  Green 
street,  died  very  suddenly.  The  young  lady  was  a  cripple,  and  was  very 
industrious  and  persevering.  She  was  attending  to  her  business  yester- 
day morning,  and  while  thus  engaged  dropped  down  and  expired.  After 
the  death  of  her  father,  she  continued  the  business  up  to  this  day. — 
Knickerbocker. 

19.  Air,  h.   66,  1.    57 Eliza  Kay  died      Laura  Augusta  Mack 

died,  aged  18.     Sarah  Radley  died,  aged  45. 

20.  Air,   h.  70,  1.  61 John   Capps  died,  aged  47.      Jeremiah 

Barber  died,  aged  56.     Hugh  Barrett  died,  aged  50. 

21.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  61 Alexander  Selkirk  died,  aged  59.  Catha- 
rine Johnson  died,  aged  71.  Sarah  A.  Parsons,  widow  of  John  Thomas, 
Jr.,  died,  aged  48. 

22.  Air,  h.  68,  1.  60 John  Nolan  died,  aged  55. 

24.  Charles  H.  Rodgers  died,  aged  35. 

25.  James  R.  Harris  died,  aged  33.  Mrs.  Annie  (Dillow)  Wilkes 
died,  aged  33.     James  White  died,  aged  55. 

26  Patrick  Ryan  died,  aged  42.  John  A.  Walsh  died,  aged  55. 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Jeremiah  Murphy,  died,  aged  62. 

27.  William  Seymour  died,  aged  74.  Mr.  ^'eymour  was  in  his  seventy- 
fifth  year,  but  though  always  dignified  and  scrupulously  exact  in  manner, 
retained  so  much  of  the  animation  and  elasticity  of  early  life,  that  it  will 
be  difficult  to  remember  him  as  so  advanced  in  years.  Always  cheerful, 
cordial  and  polished  in  his  bearing,  agreeable  in  conversation,  and  tho- 
roughly informed  on  topics  of  general  interest,  he  will  long  be  missed 
and  sincerely  regretted  by  old  and  young.  In  all  the  relations  of  an 
active  and  not  uneventful  life,  he  was  distinguished  for  a  suavity  and  grace, 
unaff"ected  and  eminently  becoming,  and   which  recalled  the  traditional 


368  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  [1867. 

ease   and    courtly   style   of    the    gentleman  of    the   old    school.       He 
was  a  native  of  Albany,  and  was  born  in  what  is  now  Canal  steet.     After 
having  learned  the  trade  of  a  book  binder,  with  his  uncle,  Benjamin  D. 
Packard,  who  for  a  long  time  kept  a  book  store  at  number  71  State  street, 
now  the  site  of  the  National  Bank,   Mr,  Seymour  commenced  business 
as  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Van  Vechten  &  Seymour,     The  book  store  of 
the  firm  was  in  State  street,  in  the  vicinity  of  Association   Hall.     The 
bindery  was  established  upon  the  corner  of  Mark  Lane  and  Dock  streets, 
or  what  is  now  the   corner  of  Exchange   and   Dean   streets.     Aided  and 
encouraged  by  the  friendly  assistance  of  the  late  Hon.  Charles  E.  Dudley, 
Mr.  Seymour  subsequently  opened  a  bindery  upon  the  well  known  corner 
of  State  and  North  Market  streets,  then  known  as  Johnny  Robison's  cor- 
ner, afterwards  as  Thorp  &  Sprague's,   more   recently  and   even  now,  as 
the  Museum  corner.      Here,  for   an   extended   period,   he   conducted  an 
establishment  famous  for  the  perfection  and  finish  of  its  work,  and  justly 
so,  as  many  of  the  strong,  though  well  used  volumes  in  our  public  offices 
will  bear  testimony.     Upon  the   dissolution  of  the  firm  of  Van  Vechten 
&  Seymour,  and  upon   starting  in  business  for  himself,  he  gave  a  signifi- 
cant indication  of  the  scrupulous  integrity  and  fine  sense  of  honor  which 
accompanied  his  whole  life,  by  conscientiously  discharging  sundry  debts 
against  the  old  firm,  which  neither  law  nor  equity  would  have  required 
of  him.     Like  many  of  our  old  citizens,  Mr.  Seymour  could  exhibit  his 
war  record,  having  in    1814,  joined  in  the   capacity  of  orderly   sergeant, 
the  Creek  Company,  which  left  this  city.     His  military  record  would  be 
imperfect  did  we  omit  to  state  that  he  was  one  of  the  founders  and  first 
members  of  the  celebrated  Albany  Burgesses  Corps.     Always  proud  to 
boast  of  having  been   a   life   long   Democrat,  he  was  for  many  years  an 
active  and   influential  politician,  and  has  filled  with  credit  many  import- 
ant offices,  including  those  of  collector  of  the  port,  alderman  and    super- 
visor, both   at  once,  and  for  many  years,  city  chamberlain,  member  of  an 
assembly,  and  others.     He  was  twice  sent  to  Washington,  to  urge  certain 
improvements  in  the  navigation  of  the  Hudson  river,  and  succeeded  where 
many  influential  citizens  had  failed.     It  was  largely  owing  to  his  personal 
exertions   that  Albany  was    recently  made  a   port  of  entry.     Apart  from 
political   associations,  he  was  honored  with  many  evidences  of  esteem. 
He  has  been  a  director   in    the   Albany  City  Bank  since  its  organization. 
Always  an  earnest  and  zealous  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  he  has  held 
the   office  of  treasurer  of  the   grand   chapter  of  Royal  Arch   Masons  of 
the  State  of  New   York,  for  a  period  of  over   seventeen   years,  having 
been  elected  in  February,  1850.     He   has   also  been  for  over  twenty-two 
years  a   trustee  of  the   property  of  Master's   lodge.  No.    5,  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  instituted    March   5,  1767.     Mr.   Seymour  was  twice 
married,  first  to   Miss   Jane   Bradt,  by  whom   he  had   one   son  and  two 
daughters ;  afterwards  to  a  daughter  of  David  Newland,  Esq.     He  was 
always  a  regular  attendant,  and  of  late  years,  a  member  of  the  Reformed 
Protestant  Dutch  Church,  and  has  occupied  positions  of  prominence  in 
his  congregation.     In  early  life  an  upright,  industrious  and  skilled  me- 
chanic ;  in   maturer  years   honored  and  distinguished  by  public  station. 
Time  gathered  round  him  as  he  neared  the  dark  valley, 

All  that  Bhould  accompany  old  age, 

As  honor,  love,  obedieuce,  troops  of  friends, — Argus. 


July.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  ^69 

Rosanna,  wife  of  John  Burns  died,  aged  32.     Abiram  North  died,  aged 
77.     Harvey  E.  Parsons  died  at  Piermont,  aged  32. 

28.  The  cornCT-stone  of  the  new  Catholic  church  corner  ofNucellaand 
Franklin  streets,  was  laid  yesterday  afternoon  at  5  o'clock,  with  imposing 
ceremonies.  The  procession  consisted  of  several  companies  of  the  Twenty- 
fifth  regiment,  headed  by  Kline's  band,  numbering  nineteen  pieces.  The 
companies  were  the  Sarsfield  Guard,  Capt.  Quinn ;  the  Emmett  Guards, 
Capt.  Carlin,  and  the  Worth  Guards,  Capt.  Thompson.  Following  these 
were  the  Hibernian  Provident  Society,  numbering  120  members,  Patrick 
McCarthy,  president;  St.  Joseph's  and  St.  Peter's  German  societies, 
attached  to  the  church  of  the  Holy  Cross;  the  Young  Men's  Catholic 
Institute  of  the  Cathedral ;  the  St.  John's  Literary  Institute,  the  St. 
Vincent  de  Paul's  Society ;  the  parish  of  St.  Patrick's  numbering  three 
hundred  men,  headed  by  Rev.  Father  McGinn ;  Young  Men's  Sodality, 
St.  Joseph's  church  ;  Children  of  Mary,  from  the  Cathedral,  St.  John's 
and  St.  Mary's;  the  sanctuary  boys  of  St.  John's,  the  Cathedral,  and  St. 
Anne's  ;  the  rev.  clergy,  consisting  of  Very  Rev.  Father  Wadhams,  Father 
Doran,  Rev.  P.  Carraher,  of  Utica;  C  Walworth,  of  Albany;  Jas.  Keveny, 
of  Troy,  Thomas  Keveny,  of  Cohoes;  Father  Bayard,  Griffiths,  Thos.  A.  M. 
Burke,  of  Albany,  and  Father  McKee,  of  Utica.  The  procession  moved 
down  Madison  avenue  to  Dallius,  down  Dallius  to  Nucella,  and  up  Nucella 
to  Franklin,  where  the  corner-stone  was  blessed  and  laid.  The  sermon  was 
preached  by  Rev.  P.  Carraher,  of  St.  Patrick's  church,  Utica.  It  was  an 
eloquent  and  appropriate  discourse,  and  was  listened  to  with  profound 
attention  by  the  vast  concourse.  Prior  to  the  sermon,  the  clergy  and 
sanctuary  boys  sang  the  in-vocation  to  the  Holy  Ghost.  After  the  sermon 
the  procession  of  clergy  went  to  the  corner-stone  and  sang  the  83d  Psalm. 
"  How  lovely  are  Thy  tabernacles,  0  Lord  of  Hosts,"  concluding  with  a 
prayer  ;  after  which.  Father  Wadhams  blessed  the  stone  and  sprinkled  it 
with  holy  water;  taking  in  his  hand  the  trowel,  he  made  a  cross  upon 
the  stone,  saying  :  "  In  the  name  of  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Amen  !"  Afterwards,  the  litanies  of  the  saints  were  chanted,  concluding 
with  an  antiphon,  and  the  chanting  of  the  126th  Psalm.  "  Unless  the 
Lord  shall  build  the  house,  in  vain  do  they  labor  who  build  it."  The 
celebrant  standing,  then  put  his  hand  upon  the  stone  and  placed  it  in  its 
foundation,  saying  :  "In  the  faith  of  Jesus  Christ,  we  place  this  stone 
in  this  foundation,  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost." 
The  builder,  Mr.  John  Bridgeford,  then  placed  the  stone,  with  cement,  in 
its  place.  After  which  the  celebrant  sprinkled  it  with  holy  water.  The 
psalm  Miserere  was  then  chanted,  the  altar  boys  and  clergy  going  around 
the  foundation  and  the  celebrant  sprinkHng  it  with  holy  water.  The 
ceremony  concluded  with  the  chanting  of  the  86th  Psalm  and  an 
appropriate  prayer.  The  attendance  was  immense,  notwithstanding  the 
almost  unendurable  heat  of  the  day.  Considering  the  vastness  of  the 
crowd,  admirable  order  was  maintained.  Nichols  &  Brown  are  the  archi- 
tects of  the  new  church.  The  plan  is  beautiful  and  novel..  Mr.  John 
Bridgeford  is  the  builder.— ^?-(/?<s John  Cady  died,  aged  75. 

29.  Ann,  wife  of  Matthew  Kelly,  died,  aged  45.  Eleanor,  widow  of 
Stanley  O'Grady,  died,  aged  63. 

30.  Bridget  Fitzpatrick  died,  aged  45.  Catharine  Weaver,  wite  ot 
Lawrence  Grattan  died,  aged  38. 

Mist.  Coll.  m.  47 


370  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1867. 

31.  Edward  Bloodgood  died  about  this  time  at  Fort  Larned,  of  cholera. 
The  deceased  removed  from  Albany  to  Milwaukie  some  years  ago,  and 
upon  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  went  out  as  lieutetiant-colonel,  and 
was  afterwards  promoted  to  be  colonel  of  the  Twenty-second  Wisconsin 
reo-iment.  About  six  months  since,  he  was  commissioned  as  captain  in 
the  regular  service,  and  it  was  while  en  route  to  join  his  command  in  the 
Thirty-fourth  regiment  of  United  States  infantry,  that  he  was  stricken 
with  the  dreadful  scourge  which  was  making  such  havoc  on  the  Western 
plains.  Captain  Bloodgood  attached  to  him  a  large  circle  of  friends  here, 
and  in  his  late  home  at  Milwaukie,  by  his  kind  heart  and  genial  manner ; 
and  his  death,  at  the  outset  of  a  career  that  promised  him  distinction, 
will  cause  general  sorrow.  He  leaves  a  young  wife,  to  whom  he  had  been 
but  recently  married.  The  deceased  was  a  son  of  Major  W.  Bloodgood, 
late  of  this  city,  and  a  grandson  of  the  late  Francis  Bloodgood,  mayor  of 

Albany. — Arg^ls Mrs.    Elizabeth    Shields    died,    aged    86.     Mary 

Elizabeth  Johnson  died,  aged  17. 

August  1.  William  Newton  Kenwood  died,  aged  70.  Ann  Maca- 
spirits  died,  aged  35.     John  T.  Maher  died,  aged  23. 

2.  Cattle  arrived  from  the  west  at  the  rate  of  about  4,500  head  a  week, 
and  sold  at  $7  to  SIO  per  cwt.  In  the  State  street  market  beef  sold 
by  the  quarter  9  to  lie. ;  Lamb  14  to  16c. ;  Mutton  8  to  lOc. ;  Eggs  28c. 
doz.;  Butter  10  to  28c. ;  Potatoes  40c.  a  peck ;  Chickens  $1  to  ^1,50  a  pair; 
Berries  of  all  kinds  12  to  35c.  quart;  Beans  6c.  quart;  Peas  50c.  quart; 
Tomatoes  10  to  20c.  quart ;  Corn  50c.  dozen ;  Oats  90  to  94c.  bushel ; 
Rye  $1.65  bushel. 

4.  Patrolman  Lovejoy  died  suddenly. 

7.  Moses  Wood  died,  aged  70.  Mary  Josephine  Smith  died,  aged  18. 
Ellen  Gearney  died,  aged  68. 

8.  Margaret  M.  Easterly  died,  aged  25.  Ann,  wife  of  James  Steven- 
son died,  aged  56.     John  Lennon  or  Lemon  died,  aged  60. 

10.  Alice,  wife  of  Philip  Thornton,  died,  aged  85.  Michael  Costillo 
died,  aged  20.     John  P.  Coyle  died,  aged  26. 

11.  The  corner-stone  of  St.  Mary's  Church  was  laid,  on  Lodge  and 
Pine  streets.  This  was  the  third  edifice  on  this  site  since  1798,  and  is 
the  ground  of  the  first  Catholic  church  in  Albany.  A  large  concourse 
gathered  to  witness  the  ceremony.  The  stone  was  laid  by  Father 
Wadhams,  vicar  general.  Persons  who  contributed  money  had  their 
names   placed  in  the   box.     The  address  was   made   by  Father  O'Neil. 

11,235  was  contributed  on  the  occasion Mrs.  Jane  Johnson  died, 

aged  79.     Wm.  H.  Streeter  died  at  Fairfield,  Mich.,  aged  31. 

13.  Robert  Hennessy  died,  aged  22.     John  Noble  died,  aged  70. 

14.  Great  rain  storm  during  the  early  hours  of  the  morning.  Large 
quantities  of  a  gelatinous  matter  fell,  resembling  glue.  Viewed  through 
a  microscope  it  resembled  grains  of  wheat,  -^-i  inch  in  length  and 
-A-jj  inch  thick,  filled  with  granular  particles  from  which  they  derived  their 
color.     They  were  supposed  to  have   been   brought  a  great  distance  by 

the  wind Robert  Waterman  died,   aged  46.     Ellen,  wife  of  James 

Walker,  died,  aged  70.     Julia,  wife  of  James  Hart,  died,  aged  60. 

15.  James  Dexter  died,  aged  73.  He  had  charge  of  the  Banyar  estate 
for  a  great  number  of  years,  and  was  an  upright  and  charitable  man.  He 
graduated  at  Union  College,  and  having  studied   his  profession   in  the 


Aug.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  371 

office  of  Bleecker  &  Sedgwick,  then  eminent  lawyers  in  this  city,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar.  His  qualifications  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that 
he  discharged  the  responsible  duties  of  deputy  attorney  general  during 
the  terms  of  office  successively  of  attorney  generals  Oakley,  Talcott  and 
Bronson.  Admirably  fitted  as  he  was  for  office  business  by  the  thoroughness 
and  exactness  of  his  habits,  his  gentle  and  sensitive  nature  shrunk  from 
the  stern  conflicts  of  his  profession,  and  he  ultimately  withdrew  from  gene- 
ral practice  and  gave  himself  almost  exclusively  to  the  care  of  a  large 
estate  and  of  some  other  important  trusts  that  were  placed  in  his  charge. 
To  these  he  gave  the  benefit  of  his  sound  judgment  and  unsurpassed  fidelity 
up  to  the  last  hour  he  was  able  to  hold  his  pen.  All  for  whom  he  has 
thus  labored,  will  bear  witness  to  the  rare  integrity,  conscientiousness 
and  thoroughness  with  which  every  duty  was  discharged.  Severe  to 
himself,  he  was  always  kind  and  considerate  to  others,  and  had  no  harsh 
word,  except  for  wrong  and  injustice.  He  was  never  married,  but  he 
made  his  name  to  be  loved  and  reverenced  in  many  a  household.  The 
widow  and  the  orphan  ever  found  in  him  a  friend,  and  the  most  generous 
and  faithful  of  guardians.  To  the  appeal  of  the  poor  and  the  suffering 
his  ear  and  his  purse  were  ever  open.  He  might  have  been  rich  in  this  world's 
goods,  but  his  disregard  of  self  and  his  unfailing  charities  kept  him  com- 
paratively poor  ;  but  he  was  not  poor  in  that  which  is  far  better  than 
money.  Wherever  he  went,  children's  love  was  sure  to  greet  and  attend 
him.  For  years  he  was  accustomed  to  keep  on  hand  a  large  stock  of  books, 
toys  and  other  suitable  gifts  for  children,  and  on  his  annual  tours  of 
business  through  the  southern  counties  of  this  state,  he  never  failed  to 
take  with  him  some  remembrance  for  each  of  his  numerous  youthful 
friends,  and  it  was  always  one  of  his  greatest  enjoyments  to  look  forward 
to  the  happiness  he  thus  conferred.  Many  of  his  young  friends  among 
us  could  mark  each  year  from  infancy  to  womanhood  by  the  unbroken 
succession  of  Good  Uncle  James's  Christmas  gifts.  To  do  his  duty,  to 
make  others  happy  and  win  their  love,  was  to  him  more  than  wealth  or 
worldly  honors.  It  is  hardly  needful  to  say,  that  such  a  life  and  character 
could  rest  only  on  the  solid  foundation  of  true  Christian  principle.  In 
his  religious  faith  and  profession  he  was  an  earnest  and  decided  church- 
man, baptized  in  St.  Peter's  Church  in  this  city,  of  which  his  father 
was  a  member — from  an  early  period  of  his  life  a  devout  communicant 
and  for  many  years,  and  until  his  growing  infirmities  compelled  him  to 
withdraw  from  its  active  service,  one  of  its  most  faithful  and  efficient 
vestrymen.  His  whole  life,  quiet  and  uneventful  as  it  was,  is  a  record 
of  daily  duties  well  and  faithfully  done,  blessing  others    while   he  lived, 

and  bringing  him  peace  at  the  Xa&L— Journal John  Drought  died, 

aged  30. 

18.  Richard  Stafford  died,  aged  88.  Margaret  M.  Grain  died,  aged 
36.     James  Regan  died,  aged  26. 

19.  William  Godson  died.  Rose,  wife  of  John  Reilly,  died,  aged  52. 
Abraham  Hooghkirk,  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Burgesses  corps, 
died  at  Valatie. 

20.  Mrs.  Maria  Luther  died,  aged  84.  Margaret  Waters,  widow  of 
John  Waters,  died,  aged  72.  ^Richard  Anderson  died  at  Galveston, 
Texas,  of  yellow  fever. 

21.  Anna  M.  A.  Swift  died,  aged  21.  Joseph  Cornock  died,  aged  63. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Graves  died,  aged  75: 


372  Notes  from  tlie  NeiDspapers.  [1867. 

22.  Lucy  Fouth,  wife  of  John  Yunger,  died,  aged  23. 

23.  Francis  McGovern  died,  aged  30. 

24.  Henry  Gary,  formerly  of  Albany,  died  in  New  York  city,  aged  26. 

25.  William  H.  Clark,  formerly  at  the  head  of  the  Commercial  college 
in  this  city,  died  at  Brooklyn. 

26.  Air,  h.   69,   1.  58 Jane  Ann  Campbell  died  at  Stamford, 

Conn.     Daniel  Barton  died,  aged  24. 

27.  Air,  h.  73,  1.  63 Alexander  Girvin  died,  aged  56. 

28.  Air,  h.  75,  1.  65 James  H,  McDonald  died,  aged  22.  Cath- 
arine Bryan,  wife  of  Alston  B.  Estes,  died  in  New  York.  Peter  E. 
Ward  died  at  Galveston,  Texas,  of  yellow  fever,  aged  29. 

29.  Air,  h.  77,  1.  66. 

30.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  58 J.  Layton  Conley  died  at  Indianola,  Texas, 

of  yellow  fever,  aged  28. 

31.  Air,  h.  64, 1.  48 Elizabeth  Alicott  died,  aged  48.     Sarah  A. 

Short,  wife  of  Wm.  Boyle,  died,  aged  23. 

September  1.  Air,  h.  65,  1.  62 Bridget,  wife  of  Wm.  Doran, 

died,  aged  62.  Millicent  S.  Olmstead  died  in  Troy,  aged  60.  James 
Doyle  died,  aged  31. 

2.  Air,  h.  67, 1.  56 Adele  H.,  wife  of  George  H.  Van  Pelt,  died, 

aged  24. 

3.  Air    h.   65,*  1.  60 Hon.  James  A.  McDougal  of  California, 

died  at  No.  11  Park  street,  and  was  buried  from  St.  Peter's  Church :  age 
about  50.  He  was  a  native  of  Albany,  where  he  was  educated  as  a  law- 
yer, reading  law  with  Mr.  James  Lamoreux,  and  afterward  with  Louis  B. 
Woodruff.  °  He  married  the  daughter  of  Murray  McConnell,  late  auditor 
of  the  United  States  treasury.  He  had  some  skill  as  a  civil  engineer, 
and  assisted  while  quite  young,  in  the  survey  of  the  Albany  and  Sche- 
nectady rail  road,  the  first  built  in  this  state.  In  1840,  while  in  Illinois, 
he  proposed  and  carried  out  an  expedition  to  explore  the  Rio  Del  Norte, 
Gila  and  Colorada  rivers.  "  In  his  public  career  he,  at  times,  demon- 
strated an  ability  which  was  acknowledged  to  be  not  only  powerful,  but, 
if  sustained,  superior  to  that  of  many,  if  not  most,  of  his  compeers  in  the 
senate,  and  social  qualities  of  that  eminence  which  drew  around  him  a 
host  of  personal  friends,  without  reference  to  political  afiinities.  Warm- 
hearted and  generous  to  a  fault,  as  eloquent  as  if  his  lips  had  been 
touched  with  the  honey  of  Hymettus,  Mr.  McDougal  might  have  been 
the  leader  of  the  senate  if  his  ambition  and  his  self-control  had  equaled 
his  ability.  He  has  left  the  walks  of  men  without  a  single  enemy,  but 
with  the  mournful  regrets  of  thousands  of  personal  friends." —  Argus.  At 
an  early  period  in  the  history  of  California,  he  emigrated  thither,  and 
soon  attained  a  high  position  by  virtue  of  his  remarkable  talents  and 
great  energy.  He  was  a  member  of  the  legislature,  and  took  a  prominent 
part  in  th'e  organization  of  the  state.  Afterwards,  he  served  in  the 
federal  house  of  representatives,  with  great  acceptance  to  his  party  and 
his  constituency.  In  1860,  he  was  elected  to  the  United  States  senate. 
In  that  body,  he  took  a  foremost  rank.  The  same  fervid  eloquence  which 
had  made  him  a  lion  of  the  masses  in  California,  rendered  him  powerful 
in  the  deliberate  body;  and  some  of  his  speeches  will  be  long  remem- 
bered as  masterpieces  of  oratory.  He  was  a  firm  and  devoted  friend,  and 
thousands  will  hear  of  his  death  with  deep  regret.     Mr.  McDougal  left 


Sept.]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  373 

this  city  when  about  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  settled  in  Illinois.  He 
soon  distinguished  himself  in  that  state,  and  when  twenty-three  years  of 
ase  was  made  attorney-general.  In  May  last,  he  distinguished  himself 
in  an  argument  before  the  supreme  court  of  the  United  States  at  Wash- 
ington.—  Journal Lucy  Brown  died,  aged  45. 

4.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  64 Lizzie  Lyons  died,  aged  25.     John  Coates 

died,  aged  79.  ,.    ,  i  ^^      ht 

5.  Air,  h.  72,  1.  59 Cornelius  Heermance  died,  aged  24.     Mrs. 

Sarah  Stevens  died,  aged  73.  _     ,    ,.    ,  ,  ^^ 

6.  Air,  h.  74,  1.  60 Ann,  wife  of  James  S.  Wood,  died,  aged  50. 

7.  Air',  h.  76,  1.  60.  -,  .  . 

8.  Air,  h.  65,  1.  57 One  of  the  most  imposing  and  impressive 

religious  ceremonies  that  has  transpired  in  this"  city  lately,  was  that  per- 
formed at  the  Cathedral  in  honor  of  the  return  of  Bishop  Conroy  from 
Europe.  The  crowd  of  people  in  attendance  was  truly  immense.  Seldom 
if  ever  was  the  edifice  more  thronged.  Haydn's  Twelfth  Mass  was  ex- 
ecuted by  the  choir,  accompanied  by  the  powerful  organ,  and  an  orchestra 
composed  of  a  cornet,  violin,  and  violincello.  This  part  of  the  pro- 
gramme was  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  Prof  Carmody,  and  was 
creditable  to  his  ability  as  a  musician.  The  high  mass  was  officiated  over 
by  Father  Wadhams,  administrator,  assisted  by  Fathers  O'Neil  and 
McGee.  The  bishop  addressed  the  multitude  at  length,  giving  a  brief 
history  of  his  journey,  and  what  he  saw  at  Rome.  He  concluded  his 
remarks  by  administering  to  the  congregation  the  apostolical  benediction. 
He  also  stated  that  all  bishops  are  now  granted  permission  to  give  to  the 
people  all  indulgences  usually  granted  by  the  pope  on  certain  occasions.— 
Knickerhocker Frances  Ann  Pinckney  died  in  Troy,  aged  36. 

9.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  56 The  laborers  struck  for  $2.25  a  day. 

10.  Ai'r,  h.  67,    1.    62 The    Congregational    church,    corner  of 

South  Pearl  and  Beaver  streets,  was  sold  for  $38,000.  It  was  built  by  the 

Presbyterian  congregation  in  1792 An  old  man  named  Joseph  Cum- 

mings  was  drowned  at  the  foot  of  Hamilton  street David  Scott  died, 

aged  73.  August,  wife  of  Christian  Sausser  died.  David  E.  S.  Bedford 
died  at  Norwich,  Chemung  Co.,  aged  68 ;  he  was  born  in  Albany,  and 
afterwards  removed  to  Wilmington,  N.  C.  He  afterwards  returned  to 
Albany,  and  remained  till  1820,  when  he  married  and  removed  to  Nor- 
wich, where  he  died.  n   -nw      , 

11.  Air,  h.  64,  1.  46 It  used  to  be  said  by  our  old  Dutch  resi- 
dents, that  the  martins  are  always  seen  in  Albany  on  the  10th  of  Septem- 
ber, but  never  on  the  11th.  They  leave  for  the  south  all  at  once, 
generally  disappearing  between  two  days,  or  early  in  the  morning.  Those 
who  are  curious  on  the  subject  may  have  an  opportunity  of  testing  the 

truth  of  the  old  saving  in  a  few  days Helen  E.  Hickcox  died. 

James  B.  Harris  died,  aged  64.     David  F.  Benne  died,  aged  50. 

12.  Air,  h.  61,  1.  50 Thomas  Clapperton  died.     Martin  Shana- 

han  died,  aged  23.  p    i  i? 

13.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  57 John   Schroeder,  a  veteran  oi   the  war  ot 

1812,  and 'one  of  the  last,  if  not  the  last,  survivor  of  the  war  who  served 
under  Perry  on  Lake  Erie,  died  this  morning  at  No.  387  State  street. 
He  was  born  in  Holland,  and  had  been  impressed  by  the  British.  He 
was  a  gunner  on  the  flagship  of  the  American  fleet  at  the  time  of  the  vic- 
tory on  Lake  Erie,  and  there  lost  his  right  arm.     He  was  very  aged,  but  re- 


374  Notes  from  the  News]pa^ers.  [1867. 

tained  his  mental  faculties  almost  to  the  last,  and  was  a  very  devout  and 

constant  communicant  of  the  Episcopal  church Thomas  Curley  died, 

aged  29. 

14.  Air,  h.  74,  1.  50 Robert  H.  Sherman,  deputy  state  engineer, 

died  of  injuries  received  by  falling  under  the  rail  road  car  wheels  at 
Utica R.  M.  D.  Sweet  died  of  yellow  fever  at  New  Orleans,  aged  34. 

15.  Air,  h.  58,   1.   42 The   first   anniversary  of  the   Alexander 

street  mission,  under  the  superintendency  of  Mr.  Joseph  F,  Winne,  was 
celebrated.  This  chapel  was  founded  by  the  young  men  of  Mr.  J.  M. 
Ludlow's  church  (the  First  Presbyterian),  a  little  more  than  a  year  ago, 
and  had  at  this  time  36  teachers  and  236  scholars,  which  had  been 
gathered  in  a  neglected  locality. — See  Evening  Journal,  16th. 

16.  Air,  h.  59,  1.  52 Jane  Black  died,  aged  79. 

17.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  64 A   party  of  Indians   which   had   for   some 

years  been  accustomed  to  encamp  on  the  island  opposite  the  city,  made 
their  annual  visit,  and  opened  the  sale  of  their  wares,  consisting  of  bead 

work,  etc Brother  Urban,  for  seven  years  director  of  the  Christian 

Brothers  in  this  city,  died  at  Pass  Christian  in  Louisiana.  He  had  esta- 
blished several  catholic  schools,  and  was  interested  in   other   educational 

movements David  E.  S.  Bedford,  a  former  Albanian,  died  at  Norwich, 

Chenango  county,  about  this  time,  aged  68.  Mr.  Bedford  was  born  in 
Albany,  in  1799,  where  he  spent  his  early  days,  and  after  a  short  resi- 
dence in  Wilmington,  N.  C,  he  returned  to  this  city,  where  he  resided 
until  1820.     During  that  year  he  married  and  moved  to  Norwich,  where 

he  has  resided  until  his  death. — Knicherhocker William  Mix  died, 

aged  68. 

18.  Air,  h.  78,  1.  68. 

19.  Air,  h.   79,  1.66..  Julia  Cafferey  died,  aged   77.     Matthew 

Ledwitch  died,  aged  36.  Oliver  Simpson  died  in  New  Orleans,  whither 
he  went  from  Albany  in  1864. 

20.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  60 Collision  of  the  Vanderbilt  aTid  Dean  Rich- 
mond steam  boats,  when  the  latter  was  sunk Chauncey  Dunham 

died,  aged  18.     Rosa  Dempsey  died,  aged  68.     Volkert  Dingman  died. 

21.  Air,  h,  75,  1.  59 John  Fitzsimmons  died,  aged  22.     He  was 

shot   by   a    policeman   in   self-defense,   fully    reported   in    the   Knicker- 

hocker Patrick  Devaurix  died,  aged  45.     Joseph  Burgess,  died  at 

Eugene  city,  Oregon,  aged  45. 

22.  x\ir,  h.  65,  1.  51 At  our  county  fair,  Elder  Hazen  exhibited 

a  new  hive,  with  an  arrangement  of  eighteen  boxes,  of  the  capacity  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  pounds  or  more.  In  connection  with  the  hive 
he  exhibited  eighteen  boxes  of  white  clover  honey  so  near  filled  as  to  weigh 
one  hundred  and  twenty-one  pounds,  and  12  boxes  placed  on  the  hive 
after  the  removal  of  the  first  eighteen,  with  buckwheat  honey,  to  make 
up  one  hundred  and  seventy-four  pounds  taken  from  one  colony  of  bees, 
in  one  season.  The  honey  was  of  such  quality  as  to  take  the  first  premium 
at  the  fair.  Elder  Hazen  informs  us  he  placed  four  colonies  in  four  of 
these  hives,  in  June,  1866,  and  that  the  four  have  given  him  in  the  ag- 
gregate, four  new  colonies,  and  five  hundred  pounds  of  surplus  honey,  an 
average  of  one  swarm  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  pounds  of  surplus. 
Three  of  the  colonies  were  native  bees,  and  one  Italian.  The  colony  that 
had  given  one  hundred  and  seventy-four  pounds  surplus  was  the  native 
black  bee. 


Oct.]  Notes  f rem  the  Newspajjers.  375 

23.  Air,  h.  64,  1.  46 Harriet  Eleanor  Dunham  died,  aged  21. 

Ann  Atkinson,  widow  of  E.  McGregor,  died,  aged  38. 

24.  Air,  h.  55,  1.  40. 

25.  Air,  h.  64,  1.  53. 

26.  Air,  h.  66,  1.  50. 

27.  Air,  h,  54,  1.  40 John  J.  Carmody  died,  aged  24. 

28.  Air,  h.  59,  1.  42. 

29.  Air,  h.  62,  1.  51 ...James  Ferguson  died  at  Washington.     For 

some  time',  he  had  been  assistant  astronomer  at  the  university  in  that 
city.  Before  his  appointment  to  that  position  he  was  prominently  con- 
nectcd  with  the  coast  survey  at  different  periods  under  Professors  Hassler 
and  Bates.  He  was  born  in  Albany,  and  spent  the  early  part  of  his  life 
here.  He  was  educated  to  the  profession  of  surveying,  and  was  in  the 
bureau  of  the  state  surveyor  general,  Simeon  DeWitt.  He  left  behind  him 
an  extended  reputation William  Ryan  died,  aged  34. 

30.  Air,  h.  68,  1.  43 The  Jews  celebrated  the  new  year  of  their 

era,  rosli  hashana,  5628 The  weather   underwent  an  extraordinary 

change  during  the  night,  from  summer  to  winter,  the  temperature  falling 

about  thirty  degrees  in  a  few  hours Jane  Byrne  died,  aged  84. 

Caroline  M.,  wife  of  Dr.  Wm.  J.  Young  of  New  York,  died,  aged  56. 

October  1.     The  milkmen   raised  the  price  of  milk  to  ten  cents  a 

quart According  to  the  almanac,  the  dog  days  end  at  the  first  of 

September.  But  besides  this  astronomical  period  we  have  another  sea- 
son of  a  like  title,  whose  duration  is  determined  by  human  and  not 
natural  laws.  Neither  the  sun,  the  moon,  nor  the  planets  affect  it.  We 
may  study  the  signs  of  the  zodiac  in  vain  to  learn  anything  of  it.  The 
sun  may  cross  the  equinox,  the  moon  may  be  in  perigee  or  apogee,  Venus 
may  be  the  morning  or  the  evening  star ;  imperial  Jupiter  may  sit  upon 
the  zenith  of  the  heavens,  and  Mercury  may  bare  his  unblushing  face 
to  the  nearest  presence  of  the  burning  sun,  and  yet  these  days,  fixed  by 
the  fiat  of  mere  man,  shall  not  vary  a  tittle  from  the  duration  given  to 
them  by  the  omnipotent  law  of  our  supreme  magnates,  "  the  mayor,  re- 
corder and  aldermen  in  common  council  convened."  By  an  ordinance  so 
ancient  that  the  memory  of  the  oldest  inhabitant  runs  not  to  the  contrary, 
there  is  a  fixed  space  of  time  within  which  the  canine  element  of  our 
city's  population  shall  be  shorn  of  a  part  of  that  liberty  that  our  venerable 
charter  assures  to  all  biped  inhabitants.  That  period  is  from  the  first  of 
June  to  the  first  of  October,  and  is  as  well  known  as  the  dog  days  as  any 
other  cycle  of  time.  During  all  that  period,  dogdom  is  "  curtailed  of  the 
fair  proportions"  of  its  natural  freedom  by  the  remorseless  muzzle  that 
the  corporation  edict  puts  about  its  throat.  It  may  now  walk  the  streets 
in  the  indulgence  of  its  natural  right  to  forage  and  to  bite,  without  in- 
curring the  hazard  of  having  its  head  blown  off  or  its  jugular  severed,  as 
well  as*  subjecting  its  master  to  the  prescribed  penalty  of  five  dollars  and 
the  costs.  But  upon  the  first  of  October,  the  law  ceases  to  be  operative, 
and  curs  of  all  degrees  may  take  the  freedom  of  the  town,  without  hin- 
drance or  molestation.  The  muzzle  ceases  its  ungracious  office,  the  pistol 
and  the  bludgeon  have  lost  their  functions,  and  universal  dogdom  may 
walk  the  streets,  and  snap  and  bite  with  the  same  unlicensed  freedom 
that  do  other  curs  that  have  votes,  nominate  our  candidates  for  office,  fill 
some  of  our  public  stations,  and  control  our  political  destinies.— ^o?ir- 


376  Notes  frmn  the  Newspa'pers.  [1867. 

nal John  Kanney  died,  aged  27.     Nancy,  wife  of  Edwin  J.  Moray, 

died,  aged  42.  Mrs.  Mary  Ryan  died,  aged  75.  Michael  Earles  died, 
aged  45. 

2.  The  State  Temperance  Convention  met  at  Tweddle  Hall.  John 
McCotter  died,  aged  39.  Patrick  Lyman  died,  aged  53.  Catharine, 
widow  of  Christian  Bowman,  died,  aged  59. 

3.  Mary,  widow  of  Patrick  McQuade,  died,  aged  76. 

5.  Patrick  Dorsey  died,  aged  45. 

6.  Anna  Maria,  wife  of  Anthony  Marsh,  died,  aged  47.  Mark  W. 
White  died,  aged  21.     Edward  Elliott  Austin  died,  aged  30. 

7.  Mary  E.  Feltham  died,  aged  21.  George  Hinckley,  formerly  of 
this  city,  died,  at  Minden,  Conn.     Dolly  Redmond  died,  aged  35. 

8.  Air,  h.  49,  1.  32 Mary  Francis  Brown  died,  aged  19.     James 

Duff  died,  aged  40.  James  Murray  died  of  injuries  by  a  rail  road  col- 
lision, aged  19. 

9.  Air,  h.  51,  1  40 Gen.  Philip  H.  Sheridan  arrived  in  the  city, 

and  wa^  escorted  to  the  residence  of  Gov.  Fenton,  whose  guest  he  was 

Catharine,  wife  of  John  Cochran,  died,  aged  34.  Julia  D.  Philleo,  wife  of 
J.  W.  Hyatt,  Jr.,  died  at  Portlandville,  N.  Y.,  aged  26. 

10.  Air,  h.  55,  1  52 Gens.   Sheridan    and  Sickles,  accompanied 

by  Gov.  Fenton  and  staff,  made  the  rounds  of  the  city,  escorted  by  the 
military,  and  accompanied  by  the  firing  of  cannon.  In  the  evening  the 
democrats    had    a    demonstration    on   occasion    of  the    election    returns 

from  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio Mary  Corcoran  died,  aged  55.    Margaret, 

widow  of  Patrick  Flynn,  died,  aged  51.  Sarah,  wife  of  Henry  McDuffie, 
died,  aged  29.     Mary,  widow  of  Hon.  Hugh  Swift,  died,  aged  74. 

11.  Air,  h.  61,  1.  52 Thunder  showers  during  the  day,  commenc- 
ing  at   7  o'clock  in    the  morning More   three  masted  schooners 

have  been  introduced  into  our  harbor  this  season  than  ever  before.  Two 
have  just  arrived.  They  were  built  at  Portland,  Conn.,  by  S.  Gildersleeve 
&  Sons,  for  a  joint  stock  company,  composed  of  gentlemen  residing  iu 
this  city  and  Boston,  and  named  after  two  young  ladies  resident  in  this 
city.  These  vessels  were  built  expressly  for  the  coasting  trade,  with 
centre  boards,  strongly  built  of  white  oak,  and  copper  fastened.  These 
vessels  measure  each  125  feet  on  deck,  9  feet  hold,  80  feet  breadth  of 
beam ;  and  rates  at  450  tonnage.  The  cabins  are  fitted  up  in  handsome 
style,  both  for  comfort  and  convenience.     They  were  laden  with  corn  and 

lumber  for  Boston. — Knickerbocker .Thomas   Burns  died,  aged  36. 

Addie  Tooker  died,  aged  25. 

12.  Air,  h.  57,  1.48  Archibald  Brownlow  died,  aged  34. 

13.  Air,  h.  50,  1.42 Jane  D.  Porter,  wife  of  Thomas  Craig,  died, 

at  London,  Canada,  aged  44. 

14.  Air,  h.  50,  1.45. 

15.  Air,  h.  54,  1.  42 Robert  P.  Wiles  died,  aged  22.     Timothy 

Mahony  died  at  East  Saginaw,  Mich.,  aged  40. 

16.  Air,  h.  60,  1.  39 Jabez  P.  T.  Haddock  died,  aged  53.  Tho- 
mas McCormick  died,  aged  43.     Ann  Reilly  died,  aged  55. 

17.  Air,  h.  54,  1.  42 Thomas  Bulger  died,  aged  76. 

18.  Air,  h.  76,  1.  45 George  Leach  died,  aged  65.     Lydia  Regan 

died,  aged  19.     Catharine,  wife  of  James  Roach,  died,  aged  22. 

19.  Air,  h.  70,  1.  52 The   transfer  of  the   Beaver  street  portion 

of  the  property  of  the    Beverwyck    club   to   the    Christian   Brothers, 


Oct.]  Notes  fr(yin  the  Neiospapers.  377 

or  persons  designated  by  them,  was  completed,  and  the  Hudson  street 
portion,  occupied  for  the  purpose  of  an  engine  house,  passed  into  the 
possession  of  the  city.  The  price  paid  for  the  Beaver  street  lots  was 
^15,000;  for  the  Hudson  street  portion  $7,000.  The  dissolution  of  the 
well  known  Beaverwyck  club  will  be  a  probable  result  of  this  disposal 
of  their  real  estate.  A  sale  of  the  personal  property  of  the  club  is  shortly 
to  be  made  on  the  premises,  after  which,  we  suppose,  a  grand  division  of 
the  assets  will  be  made  among  the  members  of  the  club.  The  real  estate 
referred  to  has  its  quiet  history  like  most  old  city  residences,  and  the 
usual  budget  of  stories  can  be  told  of  the  fair  women  and  brave  men,  the 
dainty  robes  and  shining  broadcloth  that  in  the  not  very  olden  time  were 
wont  to  gather  here.  Immediately  adjoining  the  spot,  in  earlier  times,  was 
the  burial  place  of  the  congregation  of  the  old  Dutch  Church,  which  stood 
at  the  foot  of  State  street.  This  is  the  property  now  owned  and  occupied 
by  the  Middle  Dutch  Church.  The  Beaver  street  portion  of  the  premises 
under  consideration,  belonged  part  to  John  C.  Hartwick,  part  to  John  D. 
P.  Douw,  part  to  Garret,  Rachel  and  Sarah  Hoogkirk,  and  part  to  Nicholas 
Bleecker  From  these  parties  the  most  of  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  John 
Stillwell,  who  in  the  year  1829  transferred  it  to  Lyman  Root.  John  Still- 
well  was  a  prominent  auctioneer,  and  occupied  a  store  in  State  street.  We 
believe  he  erected  the  dwelling  house  on  Beaver  street,  to  which  additions 
were  made  by  Mr.  Root,  and  still  further  improvements  by  the  Beaverwyck 
club.^  At  the  time  the  building  was  erected,  Beaver  street,  in  that 
vicinity,  was  a  nest  of  rookeries.  From  the  heirs  of  Root  the  Beaver 
street  portion  passed  into  the  possession  of  Gilbert  C.  Davidson  in  1853, 
and  the  Hudson  street  portion,  which  in  1815  was  the  property  of  Thomas 
Lennington,  and  after  him  of  Elbert  Willett,  who  devised  it  to  his 
daughter  Cathalina  W.  Abeel  (afterwards  Clark),  was  also  conveyed  by 
her  to  Davidson  in  1854.  In  1861  the  whole  property  became  vested 
in  John  McB.  Davidson,  by  whom  it  was  transferred  to  the  Beaverwyck 
club.  The  premises  are  admirably  located  for  business  purposes,  and  the 
situation  is  not  unfavorably  adapted  to  the  educational  purposes  to  which 
the  purchase  is  to  be  devoted.  Protected  by  the  press  on  the  west  side, 
by  the  church  on  the  east,  and  fortified  by  the  steam  engine  in  the  rear, 
the   occupants   may  pursue   the  even    tenor  of  their   way  in   peace  and 

quietude. — Argiis Michael  Ronan  died,  aged  67.     Catharine  Myn- 

derse^  widow  of  Robert  Payne,  died,  aged  87. 

20.  Air,  h.  67,  1.  53 Ellen  Leonard,  wife  of  Frederick  Johnson, 

died,  aged  25.  Jane  Agnes  Center,  wife  of  Verdun  Ellsworth,  died  at 
Blackrock,  <:it. 

21.  Air,  h.  69,  1.  53 Thomas  Hutchinson  died,  aged  36.     There 

are  few  among  our  readers  who  have  not  heard  of  Thomas  Hutchinson, 
or  rather  Hutchy,  by  which  he  was  better  known.  In  days  gone  by 
Hutchy  was  a  ballad  singer  of  considerable  note,  and  thrilled  many  a 
soul  with  joy  by  his  sweet  voice  at  serenades;  but  that  voice,  once  so 
sweet  and  clear,  is  now  stilled  in  death.  He  was  attacked  with  bleeding 
yesterday  morning,  and  died  almost  immediately.  He  resided  at  175 
Jeiferson  street,  and  worked  on  the  ftirm  of  Mr.  Humphrey.  When  the 
late  rebellion  broke  out,  he  was  one  of  the  early  patriots  who  enlisted 
in  the  91st  Regiment,  and  nobly  did  he  serve  during  the  whole  campaign 
of  that  gallant  body  of  men.     He  was  a  young  man  greatly  respected  by 

Eist.  Coll.  Hi.  48 


378  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [  1 8 G  7 . 

all  who  knew  him,  and  his  death  will  be  deeply  mourned. — Knickerbocker . 
Alexander  Swinton  died,  aged  33.     Daniel  Daley  died,  aged  28. 

22.  Air,  h.  62,  1.  55 John  T.  Maher  died,  aged  67. 

23.  Air,  h.  63,  1.  40 Margaret,   wife  of  John   Finnegan,  died, 

aged  69.  Maria  A.,  wife  of  Benjamin  Thomas,  died  at  Houston,  Texas, 
of  yellow  fever,  two  of  their  children  having  died  a  few  days  before. 

24.  Air,   h.   47,  1.   30 Alida   M.,  wife  of  Joel   Palmer,    died, 

aged  64. 

25.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  32 Ann  Shields  died,  aged  25. 

26.  Air,  h.  49,  1.  33 Charlotte  Ann  Ford,  wife  of  Edward  Scan- 

nell  died,  aged  24.     Martin  Connor  died,  aged  47. 

27.  Air,  h.  50,  1.  35 A  lineal  descendant  of  the  aborigines  was 

present  in  the  city,  Sunday,  and  attended  divine  service  at  St.  Peter's 
Church.  He  was  attired  in  the  full  dress  and  complete  armor  of  a  chief, 
and  claimed  to   be  chief  of  the  Mohawks.     He  assumed   also  to   be  a 

grandson  of  the  famous  Sir  William  Johnson,  residing  in  Canada 

Absalom  Anderson  died,  aged  57.  Abbie,  widow  of  Richard  Vanden- 
burgh,  died,  aged  70. 

28.  Air,  h.  52,  1.  36 At  an   election   for  president  of  the   New 

York  State  National  Bank,  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  death  of 
Rufus  H.  King,  the  selection  fell  upon  Franklin  Townsend,  who  had 
been  vice  president  of  the  institution  for  the  last  nine  years.  It  was  a 
deserved  compliment  to  a  gentleman  whose  high  personal  character  and 
financial  ability  eminently  qualified  him  for  a  position  of  so  much  respon- 
sibility and  trust.  J.  Howard  King  was  unanimously  elected  vice-presi- 
dent  ,.Dr.  John  T.  Myers,  late  surgeon  of  the  59th  N.  Y.  Volunteers, 

died  at  Key  West,  Florida.  He  was  born  at  Burlington,  Vermont;  was 
educated  at  Chamlaly  College,  Canada,  studied  his  profession  under  Dr. 
March,  and  graduated  with  distinction  at  the  Albany  Medical  College. 
After  a  brief  and  promising  practice  here,  upon  the  formation  of  the 
91st  regiment  in  1861,  he  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  that  organ- 
ization, and  in  that  capacity  served  creditably  in  Florida  and  Louisiana 
until  August,  1862,  when  he  was  promoted  to  the  surgeoncy  of  the  59th 
regiment,  New  York  Volunteers,  joined  the  army  of  the  Potomac,  and 
followed  Grant  through  the  Wilderness,  and  up  to  the  surrender  of  Lee's 
forces.  Upon  the  expiration  of  the  war,  he  at  first  resumed  the  practice 
of  his  profession  here,  but  afterwards,  and  under  most  favorable  auspices, 
settled  in  the  city  of  New  York.  Laudably  ambitious,  possessed  of  rare 
professional  skill,  with  winning  manners  and  influential  friends,  every- 
thing seemed  to  assure  this  estimable  young  man  of  a  brilliant  and  suc- 
cessful future.  A  severe  attack  of  bronchitis,  however,  soon  compelling 
him  to  seek  refuge  in  a  more  genial  climate,  he  accepted  the  position  of 
contract  surgeon  to  the  United  States  engineers  corps  at  Key  West,  and 
was  returning  there  after  a  brief  furlough  spent  in  the  north,  when  seized 

by  the  malady  which  terminated  his  life Martin  Conner  died,  aged 

47.     Mary  Louisa  Smalley,  wife  of  George  E.  Ainsworth,  died,  aged  23. 

29.  Air,  h.  51,  1.  44 Capt   David  P.  Marshall  died,  aged  38. 

30.  Air,  h.  49,  1.  47 Lucy  Ann,  wife  of  Theodore  J.  Keeler, 

died.     Jacob  Evertsen,  Jr.,  died,  aged  78. 

31.  Air,  h.  50, 1.  47 Eliza  Pillion  died,  aged  39.     Thomas  Neary' 

died,  aged  32. 


ALEXANDER  W.  BRADFORD. 


Nov.]  Notes  frcym  the  Newspapers.  381 

November  1.  Air,  h.  53,  1.  37.  ,    .,.   , 

2.  Air,  h.  47,  1.  43 Mary  Ann,  wife  of  Henry  R.  Howard,  died, 

aged  49.  ,  , 

3.  Air,    h.  59,  1.    38 Rev.    George  C.    Heckman  entered  upon 

his  duties  as  pastor  of  the  State  Street  Presbyterian   Church Rev. 

E.  L.  Magoon,  who  had  filled  the  pastorate  of  the  Hudson  Street  Baptist 
Church  ten  years,  gave  notice  to  his  congregation  that  he  resigned  his 

office Thomas  Feeny  was  killed  in  Bufi'alo,  aged  35.     Rose  Kehoe 

died,  aged  84.     Maria  De  Witt  died,  aged  27. 

4.'  Air,  h.  55,  1.  45  Mary  S.,  wife  of  Henry  J.  Dodge,  died,  aged 

40.  '  .  . 

5.  Air    h.  47*,  1.  32 Election   day;    the  Democratic  nominees 

elected..' Alexander  W.  Bradford  died  in  New  York  city,  aged  53. 

The  loss  of  few  men  in  the  community  will  be  more  widely  felt  or 
lamented.  As  a  private  citizen,  an  eminent  lawyer,  and  the  firm  supporter 
of  the  Union  and  of  freedom,  he  had  become  equally  distinguished  ; 
while  his  ready  benevolence  and  general  good-will  endeared  him  to  a 
wide  circle  of  friends.  Judge  Bradford  was  born  in  Albany,  ia  this 
state,  in  the  spring  of  1815  ;  he  was  the  eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  John 
Bradford  of  that  city,  and  at  an  early  age  developed  a  mind  of  no  common 
order.  After  completing  his  primary  studies  he  was  entered  as  a  student 
in  Union  College,  Schenectady,  in  1832,  where  he  graduated  in  1835, 
receiving  his  diploma  as  Master  of  Arts,  and  of  LL.D.,  in  1852,  at  which 
time  he  was  elected  a  trustee,  a  position  he  filled  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  also  a  trustee  of  Columbia  College  for  some  years.  After 
leaving  college  he  removed  to  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  study  of  law,  with  the  view  of  adopting  it  as  a  profession.  In  1838 
he  graduated,  receiving  his  degree  in  the  superior  court,  and  immediately 
commenced  the  practice  of  the  law.  This  position  he  filled  with  con- 
siderable success,  and  in  1843  was  elected  corporation  attorney,  discharg- 
ing the  important  duties  of  the  office  with  ability  and  honor.  In  1848, 
Mr.  Bradford  was  chosen  as  surrogate  of  the  city  and  county  of  New 
York,  which  office  he  filled  with  honor  to  himself  and  satisfaction  to  the 
whole  community  until  the  year  1858,  when  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  legislature.  After  serving  out  his  regular  term  he  resumed  his  pro- 
fession in  the  city,  and  again  became  engaged  in  a  lucrative  practice 
which  he  retained  until  his  death,  at  which  time  he  was  trustee  of  Union 
.  College,  member  of  the  Historical  Society,  vestry-man  of  Trinity  Church, 
and  president  of  the  Law  Institute  of  this  city.  He  entered  into  public 
affairs  at  a  very  early  period  of  his  life,  and  before  his  majority  was  known 
as  one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  supporters  of  the  old  Whig  party.  He  was 
many  years  the  chairman  of  the  Whig  committee.  As  surrogate,  Mr. 
Bradford  lent  dignity  to  the  office.  His  learning,  prudence  and  humanity 
joined  to  unspotted  integrity,  made  him  the  most  eminent  of  all  those 
who  have  filled  that  important  station.  His  decisions,  indeed,  are  looked 
upon  as  the  foundation  of  American  ecclesiastical  law.  They  were  pre- 
pared with  great  labor  and  research,  and  unite  everywhere  an  equitable 
interpretation  of  the  strict  observance  of  the  well  established  rules  of 
legislation.  In  early  life  he  published  a  work  upon  American  Antiqui- 
ties, which  drew  considerable  attention  at  the  time,  and  which  is  still 
one  of  the  authorities  upon  that  subject.  He  was  always  fond  of  litera- 
ture, particularly  of  poetry  and  romance,  and  would   perhaps  have  ex- 


382  Notes  from  the  News'pa'pers.  [1867. 

celled  in  the  path  of  letters  had  he  not  given  his  chief  energies  to  his 
profession. —  Harper's  Weekly.  It  is  our  painful  duty  to  record  the 
death  of  Hon.  Alexander  Warfield  Bradford,  late  surrogate  for  this 
county.  He  died  about  twenty  minutes  before  nine  o'clock  at  night,  at 
the  residence  of  Professor  Nairne,  in  Thirty-fifth  street,  of  typhoid  fever, 
after  an  illness  of  something  more  than  a  month,  during  the  last  ten  or 
twelve  days  of  which  he  was  almost  entirely  unconscious.  He  returned 
from  a  tour  in  the  country  in  the  latter  part  of  September,  and  went  to 
Professor  Nairne's  to  spend  the  night.  The  following  morning  he  was 
seized  with  the  malady,  which  has  terminated  his  brief  but  useful  life. 
His  wife  and  daughter  were  present  during  the  latter  part  of  his  illness, 
and  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  leaves  a  widow,  a  s'on,  and  a  daugh- 
ter, the  latter  married.  Within  three  years  three  sons,  who  had  attained 
men's  estate,  have  died ;  one  in  China,  about  three  years  ago ;  another 
here,  about  one  year  ago  ;  and  the  third  and  youngest  son  within  the  past 
two  or  three  weeks.  Judge  Bradford's  death  is  deeply  felt  by  many 
whose  privilege  it  was  to  come  within  the  charmed  circle  of  his  friends, 
for  none  enjoyed  that  privilege  without  forming  the  warmest  attachment 
to  him.  His  personal  appearance,  his  genial  spirit  and  honorable  nature 
won  all  who  approached  him,  and  his  uniform  gentleness  bound  them  in 
friendship  nearer  akin  to  love.  His  career  as  a  member  of  the  New 
York  bar  is  fresh  in  the  minds  of  the  public,  and  his  services  and  decisions 
as  surrogate  have  fixed  his  position  as  an  authority  in  law,  especially  in 
will  cases,  which  is  recognized  not  only  here  but  in  England  and  France. 
He  was  elected  surrogate  in  1849,  and  held  the  office  for  three  successive 
terms,  ending  in  1858,  when  he  was  defeated  for  the  fourth  term  by  a 
small  majority,  by  Mr.  West.  His  legal  knowledge  both  before  and  after 
his  official  career,  was  mainly  devoted  to  testamentary  cases,  in  which  he 
was  singularly  successful,  perhaps  because  he  never  lent  himself  to  the 
support  of  a  defective  or  dishonest  claim.  Among  the  cases  with  which 
his  name  is  associated  as  counsel,  were  the  Rose  will  case,  the  will  case  of 
Commodore  Levy,  United  States  navy,  in  which  he  successfully  contested 
the  validity  of  the  will  by  which  the  commodore  sought  to  establish  a 
school  for  disabled  seamen ;  the  Gardiner  and  Tyler  will  case,  involving 
the  property  of  ex-President  Tyler;  the  E.  P.  Christy  case,  in  which  he 
obtained  the  setting  aside  of  the  will  made  after  Mr.  Christy  had  received 
terrible  injuries  by  jumping  from  a  window,  and  by  which  the  first  wife 
and  her  children  were  disinherited.  During  Judge  Bradford's  term  the  . 
celebrated  Parrish  will  case  and  the  Dr.  Burdell  will  case  were  finally  de- 
cided. He  edited  a  work  on  American  Antiquities ;  and  Bradford' s 
Reports,  a  work  of  six  volumes,  are  standard  authority  in  American,  Eng- 
lish and  French  courts.  He  was  at  the  time  of  his  death,  a  njember  of 
the  law  committee  of  Columbia  College,  and  one  of  the  commissioners 
appointed  by  the  legislature  to  codify  the  laws  of  this  state.  He  was 
also,  and  had  been  for  many  years,  one  of  the  church  officers  of  Trinity 
parish.  In  the  many  positions  of  trust  he  had  held,  and  in  all  the  confi- 
dence of  his  profession,  he  was  always  governed  by  patriotic,  honorable, 

and  Christian  motives. —  iV.    Y.    Com.  Advertiser Margaret,  wife 

of  John  M.  Gass,  died,  aged  66. 

6.  Air,  h.  43,  1.  84 A.  flurry  of  snow,  lasting  ten  minutes,  when 

the   cloud   disappeared  and  left  the   sky   cerulean James  Carroll, 

comedian,  died  in  New  York.     He  was  sometime  manager  of  the  Albany 


Nov.]  Notes  rom  the  Newspapers.  383 

Museum,  and  subsequently  connected  with  the  police  force  of  New  York 
city,  where  he  died,  aged  50.     Edward  T.  Spears  died,  aged  21. 

7.  Air,  h.  38,  1.  22. 

8.  Air,  h.  36,1.  28.... Yesterday  was  the  first  significant  premoni- 
tion of  winter.  The  bright  skies  and  genial  air  that  had  gladdened  us 
during  all  the  fall  were  succeeded  by  a  wintry  temperature  that  was 
strikingly  suggestive  of  overcoats  without  and  generous  fires  within 
doors.  To-day,  though  it  be  somewhat  more  moderate,  gives  further  as- 
surance of  the  approach  of  winter.  It  is,  however,  the  theme  of  popular 
remark,  that  we  have  been  blessed  with  an  autumn  whose  beauty  has  not 

been  excelled  within  the  memory  of  the  oldest  inhabitant. —  Journal 

Dr.  James  Romeyn  Stafford  died  in  Brooklyn,  aged  60.  Ellen,  widow  of 
Robert  Hayes  Burgess,  died,  aged  75.  Caroline  Louise,  wife  of  George 
H.  Burbank,  died,  aged  37.     Bernard  Farrell  died,  aged  31. 

9.  Air,  h.  58,  1.  37. 

10.  Air,  h.  58,  1.  51 Thomas  Poe  died,  69. 

11.  Air,  h.  59, 1.  43 Mary  Schuyler,  wife  of  Charles  W.  Kelley, 

died  at  East  Glenville. 

12.  Daniel  C.  Martland  died,  aged  67  Gertrude,  widow  of  Earl 
Bridges,  died  aged  74. 

13.  Air,  h.  37,  1.29 An  unusual  display  of  meteors  was  observed 

between  four  and  five  o'clock  in  the  morning Hannah  M.,  wife  of 

John  K.  Finch,  died,  aged  41. 

14.  Air,  h.  32,1.   23 John  McGuire  died,  aged    51.      Charles 

Koll  died,  aged  58.  Michael  Cleany  died  aged  25.  Winnifred,  wife  of 
Thos.  O'Connell,  died. 

15.  Laura  D.  Bingham,  wife  of  Edward  P.  Jaques,  died,  aged  21. 

16.  Russell  M.  White,  formerly  presidentof  the  Albany  fire  department, 

died,  aged  49 Mary  E    Latham  died,  aged  24.     Edward  Boland 

died,  aged  43. 

17.  Thomas  Farrell,  alderman  of  the  2d  ward,  died,  aged  46.  Mary 
GriflFeth  died,  aged  62. 

18.  Thermometer  15°. 

19.  Moses  W.  Patten  died,  aged  74.  He  was  a  native  of  Belfast,  Maine, 
and  settled  at  Berne,  in  this  county,  and  practiced  law  for  several  years. 
He  was  appointed  surrogate  of  the  county  by  Governor  Seward  in  1840. 
Since  then  he  resided  in  this  city,  and  was  known  as  a  prominent  mer- 
chant largely  engaged  in  the  grain  business.  Mr.  Patten  was  born  in 
Derry,  Rockingham  county,  New  Hampshire,  in  the  year  1793.  He  was 
a  graduate  of  Union  College,  and  shortly  after  finishing  his  studies,  he 
took  up  his  residence  in  the  town  of  Rensselaerville,  in  this  county,  and 
studied  law.  He  began  to  practice  in  the  town  of  Berne,  and  continued 
there  until  appointed  surrogate.  That  ofiice  he  occupied  four  years,  after 
which  he  devoted  his  attention  to  mercantile  pursuits.  It  is  almost  need- 
less to-  add  that  with  his  scholarly  attainments  and  sterling  honesty  he 
served  the  public  with  marked  satisfaction. 

20.  The  General  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch  Church  of 
North  America  met  in  extraordinary  session  in  the  North  Dutch  Church 
of  this  city,  to  ratify,  what  has  been  a  foregone  conclusion  for  the  last 
year,  the  striking  out  of  the  word  Dutch  from  their  corporate  name. 
The  Dutch  church  is  one  of  the  oldest  church  organizations  in  this  coun- 
try.    It  has  lived  and  worked  for  over  250  years  under  its  present  name, 


384  Notes  fro^n  the  Newspapers.  [1867. 

and  has  been  sound  in  doctrine,  conservative  in  its  views,  and  maintain- 
ing relations  of  amity  and  good  will  with  all  other  Christian  denomina- 
tions. Until  within  the  last  twenty-five  or  thirty  years,  its  ministry  had 
been  chiefly  supplied  from  its  members  and  nationality.  But  of  late 
years  a  majority  of  those  who  have  been  called  to  its  pulpits  have  been 
taken  from  churches  of  Scotch  and  New  England  presbyterian  proclivities, 
and  to  such  an  extent,  that  to-day  we  a  see  majority  of  those  to  whom  the 
honor  of  the  church  had  been  confided,  have  become  ashamed  of  its 
ancient  name  and  meet  to  strike  it  out.  The  Dutch  church  was  origin- 
ally  organized  as  a  close  corporation,  and  hag  always  remained  so.  Each 
church  has  a  consistory,  composed  of  four  elders  and  four  deacons,  four 
of  whom  (two  elders  and  two  deacons)  retire  every  year — but  not  until 
they  have  voted  for  their  successors  in  office.  The  consistories  send 
delegates  from  their  own  number  to  the  classes  to  the  particular  aod 
general  synod.  Neither  the  members  of  the  church  nor  congregation 
have  any  voice  in  the  selection  of  the  consistory  nor  in  any  matter  apper- 
taining to  the  welfare  of  the  church.  This  whole  question  of  striking  out 
the  word  Dutch  originated  with  consistories  without  consultation  with, 
or  opportunity  aff'orded,  members  of  congregations  to  express  their  views 
or  wishes  upon  the  subject — the  majority  of  the  synod  evidently  fearful 
of  allowing  an  expression  of  the  people  in  reference  to  it.  But,  as  I  said 
before,  the  conclusion  is  a  foregone  one.  Let  those  who  have  become 
ashamed  of  the  name  of  their  church  strike  it  out,  and  if  the  glory  of 
their  achievement  is  not  surpassed  by  the  humiliation  it  imposes,  for  one 

I    shall  be    satisfied. — Knickerbocker.. The    first  snow  storm    that 

covered  the  earth  fell  at  noon,  after  a  couple  of  days  of  cold  weather. 

Cyrene  M.,  wife  of  John  R.  Street,  died  at  Yonkers,  formerly  of 

Albany.     Huldah  Smith  died,  aged  71. 

22.  John  Collins  died,  aged  35.     James  Stephens  died,  aged  77. 

23.  Philip  Grimes  died,  aged  42.  Conger  Sherman  died  in  Phila- 
delphia. At  the  age  of  seventy-four  years,  with  a  constitution  that  should 
have  carried  him  on  to  the  age  of  a  hundred,  died  in  Philadelphia  the 
well-known  printer.  Conger  Sherman,  who  was  born  in  the  year  1793,  in 
the  vicinity  of  Albany.  His  sire,  Job  Sherman,  fought  in  the  army  of 
the  revolution,  and  followed  the  plough  until  the  end  of  1832,  when  he 
died.  Conger  left  his  home,  and  became  connected  with  the  printing 
establishment  of  the  publishers  of  the  Albany  Register.  The  duty  de- 
volving upon  him  was  to  carry  the  printed  bills  and  journals  of  the  pre- 
vious day's  proceedings  printed  at  the  office  where  he  worked  to  the  legisla- 
ture. In  the  year  1811,  after  a  short  stay  of  two  months  in  the  city  of 
New  York  seeking  for  employment,  he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  where 
from  1812  to  1830,  he  pursued  the  occupation  of  a  journeyman  printer. — 
Journal. 

24.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  41. 

25.  Air,  h.  48,  1.  41 Frederick  Brickner  died,  aged  24.     Jane 

Corbally  died,  aged  63. 

26.  Air,  h.  50,  1.  46 Patrick  O'Donally  died,  aged  44. 

27.  Air,  h.  50,  1.  35. 

28.  Air,  h.  35,  1,  50 Thanksgiving  day.     The   poultry  was  all 

taken  by  noon  of  Wednesday,  27th,  and  none  could  be  found  in  the 
market  this  day  by  those  who  had  neglected  to  provide  the  supplies. 
This  was  an  unprecedented  state  of  afi'airs  in  the  poultry  market 


Dec]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  385 

Dr.  Robert  Nelson  died.  Dr.  Nelson  was  well  known  to  a  large  number 
of  our  citizens.  This  acquaintanceship  grew  out  of  his  profession,  for 
he  was  a  man  of  such  singular  quietude  of  habit,  modesty  of  demeanor, 
that  but  for  his  business  avocations  he  would  have  been  little  known  in 
the  great  world  of  bustle  and  show.  He  came  to  our  city  with  his  twin 
brother  in  1833.  Since  then  they  have  pursued  the  practice  of  dentistry 
with  unremitting  toil,  and  with  the  success  that  such  toil  merited.  Their 
skill,  as  well  as  their  assiduity  and  courteous  deportment,  have  made  them 
eminent  in  their  profession.  Death  has  now  dissolved  that  long  copart- 
nership, and  the  many  friends  of  the  deceased  now  mingle  their  sorrow 
with  that  of  the  surviving  brother — Journal. 

29.  Air,  h.  38,  1.  35 Mary  Gunison,  wife  of  Thomas  McBride, 

died,  aged  49.  Thomas  Woods  died,  aged  69.  James  Phillips  died,  aged 
41.  Mercy  Franks  died,  aged  105;  she  was  a  black  woman,  had  been  a 
slave  in  early  life. 

30.  Air,  h.  46,  1.  29 Mary,  widow  of  Gerrit  Gates,  died. 

December  1.  Temperature  18  degrees The  two  corporations,  the 

Western  rail  road  and  the  Boston  and  Worcester  were  merged  in  the  Boston 
and  Albany  rail  road.  The  Western  rail  road  was  chartered  in  1833. 
The  corporation  was  organized  in  January,  1836.  The  first  train  of  cars 
ran  through  to  Albany  on  the  4th  of  October,  1841,  arriving  at  the 
Greenbush  ferry,  where  the  road  first  terminated.  It  was  the  first  whistle 
of  the  locomotive  heard  by  our  citizens.  At  a  meeting  of  the  stock- 
holders of  the  road  in  1841,  Mr.  Degrand  presented  the  following  estimate 
of  annual  income  from  its  business : 

From  300,000  tlirougli  passengers  at  $3  each $900,000 

From  167,000  through  tons  of  freight  at  |4  per  ton 668,000 

Way  travel  and  freight 784,000 


Gross  income 2,352,000 

Expenses  including  toll  to  Boston  and  Worcester  Rail  road,     852,000 


Net  revenue 1,100,000 

The  condition  of  the  road  in  1842,  the  first  year  of  through  trafiic, 
and  in  1867,  the  last  year  of  the  existence  of  the  company  : 


Cost 

Gross  income 

Working  expenses  . . 

Net  earnings 

Sinking  fund 

Passengers  carried. . 

Tons  of  freight 

Number  of  mUes  run 


1842 

1867 

$7,398,936 

$12,603,613 

512,688 

4,086,707 

266,619 

2,837,411 

346,069 

1,249,296 

177,529 

3,611,164 

190,436 

1,028,221 

39,820 

934,605 

397,295 

1,840,291 

The  shares  in  the  Western  rail  road  sold  as  low  as  $40  in  1842,  and  as 
high  as  $171  in  1863.  Present  price  of  shares  in  the  Boston  and 
Albany  rail  road,  S146.  In  1846  a  proposition  to  unite  the  Western 
with  the  Boston  and  Worcester  rail  road,  rating  the  stock  of  the  Western 

at  $100,  and  the  Worcester  at  $120,  was  declined  by  the  Worcester 

Lucien  B.  Laney  died,  aged  52.     Peter  J.  Mclntyre  died,  aged  21. 

2.  Air,  h.  29,  1.20 Snowfellduring  the  morning,  and  a  few  sleighs 

were  sent  out,  but  it  proved  hard  sledding,  and  the  weather  moderating 

Bist.  Coll.  in.  49 


386  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  [1867. 

the  hopes  of  an  early  winter  were  postponed Phebe  Ann  Tilling- 

hast,  wife  of  Dr.  H.  Courtney  Atwood,  of  New  York,  died.  Mary  Tobin, 
wife  of  Capt.  Wm.  L.  Thompson,  died  in  New  Orleans,  of  yellow  fever, 
aged  26. 

3.  Air,  h.  30,  1.  25. 

4.  Air,  h.  35,  1.  17 George  Searles  died,  aged  45. 

5.  Air,  h.  20,  1.  16 At  an  election  for  directors  of  the  New  York 

and  Albany  rail  road  company,  the  following  were  chosen  :  Joseph  H. 
Ramsey,  Thomas  W.  Olcott,  Robert  H.  Pruyn,  Erastus  Corning,  Jr., 
Samuel  Schuyler,  John  Tracey,  of  Albany;  George  Talbot  Olyphant, 
Robert  H.  Kennedy,  John  McB.  Davidson,  of  New  York ;  Homer 
Ramsdell,  of  Newburgh  ;  David  Butterfield,  of  Esopus  :  Thomas  Cornell, 
of  Rondout ;  Edmund  Eltinge,  of  New  Paltz.  Inspectors  of  election, 
John  W.  Harcourt,  John  A.  Goewey,  William  L.  M.  Phelps.  At  a 
meeting  of  the  directors,  held  the  same  day,  the  following  officers  were 
elected  :  Joseph  H.  Ramsey,  president ;  Daniel  Butterfield,  vice  president, 
Thos.  W.  Olcott,  treasurer  ;  Erastus  Corning,  Jr.,  secretary. 

6.  Air.  h.  28,  1.  19 James  D.  Pinckney  died,  aged  61.     Francis 

Hunt  died,  aged  68. 

7.  Air,  h.  39,  1.  29. 

8.  Air,  h.  33,  1  10 The  Rev.  Dr.  Clark  preached  his  fifth  anni- 
versary sermon  before  the  First  Reformed  Dutch  church  in  North  Pearl 
street,  in  which  he  stated  that  during  the  five  years  of  his  ministry,  226 
persons  had  been  added  to  the  church,  making  the  total  number  716. 
He  had  administered  the  rite  of  baptism  to  114  children  and  adults,  and 
officiated  at  93  funerals.  The  total  amount  contributed  to  benevolent  ob- 
jects, and  collected  from  the  pews,  during  the  period  under  consideration 
was  $9,674.56,  The  Sunday  school  numbers  450  officers,  teachers  and 
scholars ;  and  during  the  last  two  years  had  contributed  for  missionary 
and  other  purposes,  $2,335.74.  In  the  Park  Chapel,  founded  and  sus- 
tained by  the  Sunday  school  and  the  church  the  gospel  was  preached 
every  Sunday  morning  and  evening  ;  a  weekly  prayer  meeting  was  held, 
a  Sunday  school  had  been  gathered,  numbering  over  300  members.  The 
Young  People's  prayer  meeting,  established  about  two  years  since,  con- 
tinued to  be  very  prosperous  and  useful Catherine  Quirk  died,  aged 

24. 

9.  Air,  h.  21,1.  0 Work  was  begun  on  the  New   Capitol  under 

the  superintendence  of  John  Bridgford.  A  hundred  men  were  set  at 
work  in  excavating  that  portion  of  the  ground  on  the  corner  of  State  and 
Hawk  streets.  The  thermometer  at  the  time  was  below  zero.  The  earth 
was  dumped  in  Canal  street Navigation  was  effectually  closed  dur- 
ing the  day,  the  last  tow  of  the  season  having  succeeded  in  getting  up  at 
6  o'clock  in  the  morning.  So  large  a  number  of  canal  boats  were  still  on 
the  canal,  that  great  efforts  were  made  to  get  them  forward,  though  the 
water  in  the  canal  had  in  some  places  become  solid  ice Sarah  Kid- 
ney, wife  of  Peter  R.  Clute,  died,  aged  64. 

10.  Air,  1.  4 The  double  track  of  the  Hudson  river  rail  road  was 

completed  throughout  from  Albany  to  New  York. 

11.  Air,  h.  26,  1.  12 The  Hon.  John  V.  L.  Pruyn  called  the  at- 
tention of  congress  to  the  want  of  a  government  building  at  Albany  for 
the  public  offices. 


Dec]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  387 

12.  Air,  h.  27,  1.0 Cold  day,  thermometer  6°  below  zero 

No  trains  reached  this  city  from  New  York  after  dark,  that  city  having 
18  inches  of  snow  on  the  streets,  and  a  heavy  wind. 

13.  Air,  h.  0,  1.  — 3 No  mails  from  New  York  to-day;  ther- 
mometer 4°  below  zero Valentine  French  died,  aged  57.  Catha- 
rine McAllister  died,  aged  49. 

14.  Air,  h.  5, 1.  14  below  zero.  The  many  warm  and  personal  friends  of 
Hugh  J.  Hastings,  editor  of  the  Knickerbocker^  recently  returned  from 
a  trip  over  the  continent,  assembled  in  the  evening,  and,  accompanied 
by  Schreiber's  band,  visited  the  residence  of  Mr.  Hastings  on  State  street 
and  honored  him  with  a  serenade.  Mr.  Hastings  reciprocated  the  compli- 
ment paid  him,  by  inviting  his  friends  inside,  when  Aid.  Wm.  H.  Taylor 
welcomed  Mr.  Hastings  back  to  his  home  in  a  neat  and  appropriate  speech. 
This  was  responded  to  by  Mr.  H.,  after  which  the  hospitalities  of  the  house 
were  extended  and  a  general  good  time  had.  During  the  evening  speeches 
were  made  by  Hon.  Hamilton  Harris,  Hon.  Francis  H.  Woods,  Aid.  John 
N.  Parker,  Major  D.  S.  Benton,  Walter  Dickson,  Dr.  Herrick,  Charles 
Craft,  Frank  Vosburgh,  and  others.  The  serenade  and  welcome  was  a 
most  cordial  one,  and  was  duly  appreciated  by  the  recipient — Enicker- 
hocker.     Ellen,  wife  of  Bryan  White,  died,  aged  67. 

15.  Air,  h.  9, 1.  5.  ........Simon  Rosengarden  died,  aged  20.     James  W 

Carter  died,  aged  26. 

16.  Air,  h.  18,  1.  9 Mrs.  Ann    Taylor  died,  aged  64.     Hattie 

Fitch,  wife  of  S.  H.  Earls,  died,  aged  25.     James  Allen  died,  aged  37. 
Lieutenant  James  Mulcahy  died,  aged  34. 

17.  Air,    h.    21,     1.     l4 Justus     Harwood,    principal    manager 

of  the   Shaker  village   in   Watervliet,  died,  aged  78.     Few    men  were 
better   known   by   the  aged  and   medium  aged   classes   of  Albany  than 

'  was  Justus  Harwood.  He  was  born  in  Cummington,  Berkshire  county, 
Mass.,  the  20th  of  August,  1789,  making  him  at  the  time  of  his  death  a 
few  months  over  seventy-eight  years  of  age.  He  became  a  Shaker  in 
1802,  sixty-five  years  ago,  and  has  been  a  firm  upholder  and  a  zealous 
upbuilder  of  the  faith  and  principles  of  the  society.  With  the  thousands 
he  came  in  contact  with  in  Albany,  none  speak  or  have  ever  "spoken  but 
in  terms  highly  eulogistic.  Hundreds  of  anecdotes  might  be  told  of 
Justus,  which  had  their  scene  in  Albany;  among  others  we  will  narrate 
the  following  :  A  certain  bank  of  Albany,  being  at  the  time  pretty 
heavily  run,  Justus  exerted  himself  in  its  behalf,  and  elbowing  himself 
through  the  ravenous  crowd,  he  with  considerable  bluster  deposited  a  few 
thousand  dollars,  which  was  no  sooner  heard  than  the  run  ceased.  The 
extensive  brewer,  Ballantiue,  now  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  but  formerly  of 
Albany,  was  once  on  the  point  of  suspending  business  by  a  failure  of 
funds  to  meet  a  large  indebtedness.  Walking  up  North  Market  street 
(now  Broadway),  almost  or  quite  in  despair,  he  met  with  Justus  to  whom 
he  opened  the  burden  of  his  heart.  Among  other  things,  he  stated  that  he 
believed  he  could  pay  the  amount  he  at  present  needed  in  twenty  days. 
Justus  immediately  gave  him  the  check  for  the  amount  (which  was 
several  thousand  dollars),  and  as  Ballantine  told  us  a  few  years  ago, 
"  that  money  saved  me,  and  it  has  always  been  a  wonder  to  me  that  he 
never  even  took  my  note  for  the  amount."  This  man,  whom  Justus 
saved  from  commercial  ruin,  is  now  worth  his  hundreds  and  thousands. 
Several  years  ago  he  sufiiered  a  stroke  of  paralysis.     This,  with  neuralgia 


388  Notes  from  tlie  Newspapers.  [1867. 

and  cancer,  has  njade  him  a  helpless  sufferer  almost  ever  since 

Michael  McClure  died,  aged  67.     Michael  Ferguson  died,  aged  63. 

18.  Air,    h.    24,   1.    17 Teams    crossed    the   river    safely    upon 

the  ice A.  L.  Van  Buren,  president  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 

Association,  perished  by  a  disaster  on  the  Lake  Shore  rail  road. 
The  remains  were  so  fearfully  burned  as  to  be  unrecognizable.  Thus 
suddenly  and  terribly  terminated  the  life  of  a  good  man,  whose  life  has 
been  devoted  to  active  religious  labor.  He  was  ready  for  the  change ; 
but  his  friends  and  those  who  best  knew  how  ardently  he  loved  to  be 
engaged  in  his  master's  business,  will  none  the  less  mourn  the  sudden  and 
sad  manner  of  his  departure.  Last  sabbath  week  he  spoke,  as  usual,  at 
one  of  the  mission  stations  of  the  Association.  In  the  course  of  his  re- 
marks he  expressed  the  fear  that  he  would  not  be  again  permitted  to  address 
those  who  heard  him,  as  he  had  a  premonition  that  his  contemplated 
journey  would  be  his  last.  How  truthfully  was  his  end  foreshadowed  to 
him.  All  who  knew  him  will  mingle  their  tears  with  those  of  his 
bereaved  family  —  whose  deep  sorrow  is  intensified  by  the  harrowing 
record  of  the  disaster  by  which  he  perished.  It  is  a  slight  consolation 
to  know  that  those  whom  he  so  dearly  loved  are  not  left  unprovided  for. 
Although  in  very  moderate  circumstances,  he  had  a  life  policy  of  S5,000, 
and,  we  are  told,  an  accident  policy  of  the  same  amount  —  the  latter  re- 
newed at  Cleveland  on  the  day  of  his  death.  We  have  no  heart  at 
present  to  do  more  than  thus  briefly  refer  to  the  death  of  this  good  man. 
Few  better  men  have  ever  lived  or  died,  and  the  record  of  his  life  will 
prove  a  rich  legacy  to  those  who  survive  him.  Happy  will  they  be  who 
are  equally  prepared  for  the  great  change  which  awaits  all  of  us. —  Jour- 
nal...  Bridget,  wife  of  John  Eahal,  died,  aged  47.     Cornelia,  wife  of 

G-erret  Hotaling,  died,  aged  68.  James  Burke  died,  aged  84.  John 
Sullivan  died,  aged  29. 

19.  Michael  Finn  died,  aged  21.  James  Dooley  died,  aged  54.  Eliza 
Mulligan  died,  aged  20. 

20.  James  McCann  died,  aged  63.  Catharine,  wife  of  Donald  Mc- 
Donald, died,  aged  27. 

21.  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Jonathan  Burdick,  died,  aged  87. 

22.  Michael  Scannel  died,  aged  26.  Mary  L.,  wife  of  Richard 
Schmidt,  died,  aged  48.  Sarah  M.  Gardenier,  wife  of  Elliot  Parrott, 
died.     John  Fauth  died,  aged  39. 

23.  The  Mastodon,  which  had  been  mounted  at  the  Geological  rooms, 

was    put   on  exhibition    and    attracted    numerous    visitors Henry 

Ruelle  died,  aged  26.     Sarah  Richards  died,  aged  85. 

24.  The  Hon.  J.  V.  L.  Pruyn  having  broached  the  subject  of  a  go- 
vernment building  at  Albany  for  custom  house,  post  office,  the  United 
States  courts,  &c.,  the  Board  of  Trade  this  day  took  action  on  the  subject 
and  appointed  a  committee  to  report  upon  it. 

25.  Mild  day,  a  rain  in  the  afternoon  rendered  the  streets  dangerous 

to  pedestrians John  D.  Bartley  died,  aged  35.     John  Boyd  died, 

aged  56.     Thomas  Acheson  died,  aged  45. 

26.  The  weather  more  resembled  April  than  December,  the  little  ice 
and  snow  that  lay  upon  the  earth  was    converted  into  water    and  ran 

down    the    streets  like  spring-tide  rivulets ..Bridget    Farley    died, 

aged  43. 


Dec]  Notes  from  the  Newspapers.  389 

28.  The  soutli  wind  and  rains  of  the  last  few  days  raised  the  water 
in  the  Mohawk  and  broke  up  the  ice.  The  skaters  still  kept  upon  the 
ice  in  front  of  this  city,  although  teams  began  to  be  wary  of  crossing. 

Wm.    Poe    died,  aged  23.     Mrs.  Ann   Calaghan  died,  aged  64. 

Michael  Cushman  died,  aged  46.  Catharine  Doran,  wife  of  Thomas  D. 
Coleman,  died,  aged  35. 

29.  The  Mohawk  freshet  reached  the  Hudson,  and  cleared  the  ice 
before  the  city  of  Troy.  The  water  in  rising  poured  through  the  open- 
ing at  the  upper  end  of  the  pier,  and  nearly  carried  away  one  of  the 
abutments  of  the  Columbia  street  bridge.  This  obstruction  saved  a  vast 
amount  of  property  lying  in  the  basin  below.  The  whole  body  of  ice  in 
the  river  moved  about  a  hundred  feet  without  breaking  up,  and  lodged 
again Mary,  wife  of  Dennis  Grogan,  died,  aged  49. 

30.  John  Ilaynes  died,  aged  73.     Eliakim  F.  Williams  died,  aged  52. 

31.  There  were  76  fires  duriug  this  year,  involving  a  loss  of  $73,052. 

According  to  a  report  just  made,  the  lumber  trade  for  the  year 

1867  has  been  marked  by  more  fluctuations  than  is  usual  in  the  business. 
The  stock  held  over  in  Albany  from  1866  was  estimated  at  65,000,000 
feet,  and  at  the  sources  of  supply  there  was  also  wintered  a  large  quantity. 
The  winter  of '66  and  '67  was  not  very  favorable  for  stocking,  but  so  anxious 
were  manufacturers  to  avail  themselves  of  the  high  prices  which  had 
been  obtained  for  the  last  few  years,  that  extraordinary  exertions  were 
made,  and,  at  increased  cost,  a  full  stock  was  got  in.  So  the  supply  of 
lumber  was  large.  The  official  receipts  by  canal  at  Albany  during  1867 
were  boards  and  scantling,  382,883,955  feet,  shingles  M.  26,880;  timber 
62,705  cubic  feet;  staves,  31,460,271  pounds.  The  official  receipts  by 
canal  at  tide-water  were :  Board  and  scantling,  675,055,455  feet  ; 
shingles,  M.  44,392;  timber,  3,369,800  cubic  feet ;  staves  273,889,571 
pounds.  We  have  no  means  of  ascertaining  the  receipts  at  Albany 
by  the  river  and  by  rail  roads.  The  canal  auditor's  estimate  of  the  value 
of  the  above  receipts  at  Albany  is  Sll, 853,086.  The  stock  on  hand 
in  Albany,  January  1st,  1868,  is  estimate  at  85,000,000  feet,  and  there 
is  a  heavy  stock  held  over  at  the  mills  and  in  transitu.  Manufacturers  all 
talk  about  reducing  their  operations  for  the  present  year,  so  as  to  mate- 
rially decrease  the  supply,  but  to  what  extent  this  will  be  done  cannot 
at  this  time  be  definitely  determined.  The  demand  for  the  coming 
season  depends  so  much  upon  the  action  of  congress  in  relation  to  the 
currency  and  other  matters,  that  no  satisfactory  estimate  of  it  can  be 
given  although  the  demand  for  houses,  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  was 
never  greater,  and  there  is  a  probability  of  larger  foreign  shipments, 
particularly  if  prices  rule  low. — Knickerbocker. 


[  390  ] 


THE  CRUISE  OF   THE  KATY-DID. 


The  Hudson  above  Waterford  has  always  been  an  aqua  incognita,  an 
unknown  water,  to  our  boatmen  here.  To  Waterford  the  Phantom  went  a 
month  ago,  being  the  first  Albany  club-boat  that  ever  disturbed  the  Hud- 
son's waves  above  the  Troy  dam ;  and  Hills  once  rowed  a  race  past  Lan- 
singburgh;  but  above  Waterford  all  was  unknown.  No  one  could 
get^  any  definite  account  of  the  impediments  to  shell-boat  navigation, 
which  existed  in  that  far-ofi"  country.  Only  this  could  be  extracted 
from  the  various  statements  :  A  universal  belief  that  no  boat  could  go 
more  than  three  miles  above  Waterford.  However,  two  members  of 
the  Pioneer  boat-club,  having  three  days  to  spare,  went  on  an  ex- 
ploring expedition,  last  week,  in  the  Katy-did,  a  canvas  covered 
double  scull.  Never  did  an  expedition  start  on  such  light  marching 
order.  Its  baggage  consisted  of  two  tooth-brushes,  one  rubber  blanket, 
and  six  handkerchiefs.  Groing  away  at  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon 
they  slept  the  first  night  at  Waterford,  the  second  at  Stillwater,  and  the 
third  at  Schuylerville.  Thence  they  shipped  their  shattered  bark  to 
Troy  by  canal-packet  and  pulled  her  from  there  to  Albany,  where  a  re- 
ception, by  their  club,  closed  as  pleasant  a  fifty  mile  excursion  as  ever 
was  pulled,  comprising  the  roughest  traveling  that  ever  doublescull  wit- 
nessed. They  penetrated  a  region  where  shell-boats  were  as  unknown  as 
steam  boats  to  Mr.  Lo,  the  indigent  savage  of  Hendrik  Hudson's  time. 
Being  clad  in  club  uniform  they  were  generally  taken  for  sailors  on  fur- 
lough, and  were  asked  if  the  Pioneer,  which  name  was  on  their  hat 
fronts,  was  a  steamer  or  sailing  vessel.  Four  miles  above  Waterford  a 
scene  occurred,  which  if  it  had  been  photographed  and  inscribed  ''•  The 
first  shell-boat  on  the  Hudson,"  would  have  made  the  photographer's  for- 
tune. The  boat  was  at  the  shore,  one  of  the  crew  having  gone  in  search 
of  some  milk,  when  an  old  man  toddled  to  the  bank.  He^had  probably 
never  seen  a  steam  boat  or  a  railway  train.  He  sat  down  and  clasped  his 
hands  on  his  cane,  rested  his  chin  on  them,  and  looked  long  and  fixedly 
in  silence  at  the  boat.  Then  he  spoke  :  "  Mought  I  ask  if  that  is  a  reve- 
nue cutter  ?  "  When  the  bow-oar  was  perambulating  Schuylerville  he 
was  hailed  by  a  man  :  "  When  are  you  going  away  ?  "  "  To-night." 
"Oh,  thunder!  why  don't  you  stay  here  to-night  and  give  the  boys 
some  fun  ?  "  Whether  he  took  the  Pioneers  for  a  menagerie,  or  what 
he  did  take  them  for,  no  one  will  ever  know. 

Ten  miles  of  the  channel  from  Waterford  to  Stillwater  consist  of  rapids, 
more  or  less  swift  and  shallow.  Up  these,  rowing,  wading,  dragging, 
splashing,  tumbling,  wet  from  the  breast  downward,  the  crew  of  the 
Katydid  worked  their  way  from  ten  in  the  morning  till  six  at  night. 
Then  an  accident  occurred,  which  will  give  some  idea  of  the  strength  of 
the  current  they  were  fighting.  Their  mode  of  proceeding  was  this  : 
Having  dragged  the  boat  into  a  spot  where  rowing  a  little  was  practicable, 


The  Cruise  of  the  Katy-Did.  891 

the  stroke  would  crawl  into  the  Katy  (no  easy  matter  when  waist  deep 
in  water)  then  he  would  get  a  little  way  on  the  boat,  so  as  to  keep  her 
from  drifting  back  on  the  rocks,  while  the  other  man  was  getting  in. 
Then  the  bow  man  would  tumble  in  and  the  two  would  pull  for  dear  life 
till  the  Katy  grounded  again,  when  the  same  performance  was  repeated. 
Just  at  dusk  the  stroke  had  tumbled  in  and  had  put  out  his  oars  when  the 
current  dragged  the  blade  of  one  from  his  control.  It  literally  stripped 
the  thread  of  the  brass  screw  off  the  brace  where  it  enters  the  row-lock  ; 
and  then  twisted  the  row-lock  off  as  easily  as  one  would  pull  out  a  pear- 
stem.  Thus  disabled  the  crew  found  themselves  at  the  foot  of  an  im- 
passable fall  just  at  night-fall. 

In  detailing  the  treatment  they  then  received  they  are  giving  an 
example  of  how  they  were  always  treated  on  their  trip.  No  one  could 
do  too  much  for  them.  A  desire  to  further  their  undertaking,  blended 
with  an  astonishment  at  their  undertaking  it,  was  universally  found.  The 
news  that  they  were  coming  was  passed  up  the  river  before  them,  and  the 
population  were  on  the  lookout  to  greet  them.  Their  hotel  bills  were  re- 
duced, their  meals  furnished  them  at  unusual  hours,  and  no  one  wished 
payment  for  labor  performed  for  them.  Well,  we  left  them,  broken  down, 
at  night-fall.  To  go  forward  or  back  was  equally  impossible.  So  they 
landed  on  an  island,  wet  from  head  to  foot,  without  a  change  of  clothing; 
hungry  without  a  morsel  of  food;  sleepy  without  even  a  barn  to  sleep  in; 
their  boat  broken  and  leaking  like  a  sieve.  This  was  their  condition 
at  six  o'clock  p.  m.  Now  compare  it  with  their  situation  at  ten 
o'clock  next  morning.  They  beached  their  boat,  pocketed  their 
traps  and  explored  the  island.  They  found-  a  solitary  house  thereon 
whose  proprietor  had  gone  over  to  Stillwater  and  might  not  be  back  for 
hours.  A  call  across  the  water  might  possibly  bring  him  over.  So  they 
uplifted  their  voices  in  sweet  accord,  and  presently  they  heard  an  answer- 
ing shout  and  then  the  sound  of  oars.  The  proprietor  feared  that  some- 
thing had  happened  to  his  family,  so  he  hurried  over.  As  his  boat 
touched  the  bank  the  prospects  of  the  Katy's  crew  brightened.  His  name, 
is  Quackenbush.  Among  the  many  friends  and  helpers  that  the  Pioneers 
met  on  their  pilgrimage,  he  and  the  clerk  of  Baucus's  hotel  at  Stillwater 
(whose  name  but  not  his  kindness  is  forgotten)  stands  first.  Quackenbush 
quickly  ferried  them  over  the  river,  dragged  the  next  morning  the  Katy 
across  his  island  and  launched  her  in  smooth  water,  refused  all  compensa- 
tion therefor,  and  joined  the  procession,  which  afterward  carried  the  boat 
through  Stillwater.  The  clerk  at  Baucus's  was  obliging  to  a  degree  that 
possibly  incommoded  the  other  guests,  for  afire  in  a  sitting  room  on  a  warm 
evening  is  pleasant  to  dry  wet  people  with,  but  it  is  not  so  comfortable  for 
dry  ones. 

The  next  morning  when  the  Katy  reached  Stillwater  landing,  the 
blacksmith  left  his  tire,  the  carpenter  dropped  his  work,  and  the  boat 
was  speedily  repaired.  Then  the  trustees  and  solid  men  of  Stillwater 
put  her  in  procession  above  the  dam ;  and  whereas  the  Katy  and  crew 
were  dilapidated  at  six  o'clock  the  night  before,  they  started  off  at  ten 
that  morning,  repaired  and  refreshed,  and  wished  a  lucky  voyage  by  a 
party  of  as  clever  fellows  as  ever  lived  in  a  small  village  off  the  rail  road,  or 
anywhere  else.  From  Stillwater  to  Schuylerville  is  only  sixteen  miles  in 
splendid  water ;  but  a  leak  having  been  overlooked  one  man  had  to 
sponge  while  the   other  pulled,  which  made  the  row  a  tedious   one.     On 


392  The  Cruise  of  the  Katy-Did. 

the  way  they  landed  on  the  wreck  of  a  steamer,  whose  nucleus  was 
Tremper's  Julia.  At  a  farm-house  where  they  had  some  pie,  for  which, 
as  usual,  payment  was  refused,  they  saw  a  pet  hen  with  a  hell  around  its 
neck  !  Arrived  at  Schuylerville  they  could  go  no  farther,  firstly  because 
their  boat  was  so  badly  demoralized,  and  secondly  because  they  were  due  in 
Albany  the  next  night.  So,  as  we  have  said,  they  shipped  the  Katy  to 
Troy  on  a  canal-packet  and  engaged  passage  thereon  themselves.  The 
moving  of  the  Katy-did  from  the  river  to  the  canal  was  a  laughable 
scene.  The  boat  was  laid  across  a  truck,  the  driver  straddled  it  in  a 
most  ludicrous  attitude,  while  at  each  end  marched  solemnly  a  sailor. 
The  procession  passed  a  base  ball  ground.  The  umpire  called  time,  and 
the  crowd  lined  the  fence  in  respectful  silence,  undoubtedly  supposing 
the  affair  was  the  funeral  of  some  distinguished  naval  hero.  A  pull  from 
Troy  to  Albany  (stopping  at  Headlam's  Ranche)  where  the  Pioneers  re- 
ceived them,  terminated  a  little  trip,  which  was  perfect  of  its  kind.  On 
looking  back  upon  it  the  crew  cannot  remember  a  single  occurrence  which 
they  could  have  desired  omitted.  They  report  to  their  brother  boatmen 
that  clever  fellows  abound  up  the  river  beginning  with  Howard,  of 
Howard's  hotel  at  Waterford,  and  ending  with  Chase  at  Schuvlerville. — 
Times,  Sept.,  1867. 


[  393  ] 


NOTES  OF  TRAVELERS. 


[S.  A.  Ferrall  published  ia  London  a  book  of  Travels  in  America  in 
•1832.  The  work  has  no  preface,  nor  any  date  by  which  it  can  be  ascer- 
tained what  year  his  travels  were  performed  in,  but  it  may  be  surmised 
about  1831.     He  thus  speaks  of  Albany  :] 

Having  determined  on  quitting  "  the  London  of  the  States,"  as  my 
friends  the  Yankees  call  New  York,  I  had  bag  and  baggage  conveyed 
on  board  a  steamer  bound  for  Albany.  The  arrangements  and  accommo- 
dations on  board  this  boat  were  superb,  and  surpassed  any  thing  of  the 
kind  I  ever  met  with  in  Europe,  on  the  same  scale ;  and  the  groups  of 
well-dressed  passengers  fully  indicated  the  general  prosperity  of  the 
country. 

The  distance  between  New  York  and  Albany  is  about  165  miles.  The 
scenery  on  the  Hudson  is  said  to  be  the  most  beautiful  of  any  in  America, 
and  I  believe  cannot  be  surpassed  in  any  country.  Many  of  the  beauties 
of  rich  European  scenery  are  to  be  found  along  the  banks  of  that  noble 
river.  In  the  highlands,  about  fifty  miles  from  New  York,  is  West 
Point,  on  which  stands  a  strong  fortress,  containing  an  arsenal,  a  military 
school,  and  a  garrison.  It  is  romantically  situated  among  lofty  crags  and 
mountains,  which  rise  above  the  level  of  the  water  from  1100  to  1500 
feet.  There  are  many  handsome  country  seats  and  villages  between  West 
Point  and  Hudson,  where  the  river  is  more  than  a  mile  wide. 

After  a  passage  of  about  sixteen  or  seventeen  hours,  we  arrived  at 
Albany.  The  charge  for  passage,  including  dinner  and  tea,  was  only 
three  dollars  ;  and  the  day  following  the  cost  was  reduced,  through  the 
spirit  of  opposition,  to  one  dollar. 

Albany  is  the  legislative  capital  of  New  York.  It  is  a  handsome  city, 
and  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  Union.  Most  of  the  houses  are  built  of 
wood,  which,  when  tastefully  painted  (not  often  the  case)  have  rather  a 
pleasing  appearance.  The  situation  of  this  city  is  advantageous,  both 
from  the  direct  communication  which  it  enjoys  with  the  Atlantic,  by 
means  of  sloops  and  schooners,  and  the  large  tract  of  back  country  which 
it  commands.  A  trade  with  Canada  is  established  by  means  of  the  Erie 
and  Hudson  canal.  The  capitol,  and  other  public  buildings,  are  large 
and  handsome,  and  being  constructed  of  either  brick  or  stone,  give  the 
city  a  respectable  appearance. 

Albany,  in  1614,  was  first  settled  by  the  Dutch,  and  was  by  them 
called  Orange.  On  its  passing  into  the  hands  of  the  English,  in 
1664,  its  present  name  was  given  to  it,  in  honor  of  the  Duke  of  York. 
It  was  chartered  in  1686. 

From  Albany  I  proceeded  along  the  canal,  by  West  Troy  and  Junction, 
and  near  the  latter  place  we  came  to  Cohoes  Falls,  on  the  Mohawk.  The 
river  here  is  about  250  yards  wide,  which  rushing  over  a  jagged  and  un- 

Hist.  Coll.  in.  50 


394  Notes  of  Travelers. 

even  bed  of  rocks,  produces  a  very  picturesque  effect.  The  canal  runs 
nearly  parallel  with  this  river  from  Junction  to  Utica,  crossing  it  twice, 
at  an  interval  of  seven  miles,  over  aqueducts  nearly  fifty  rods  in  length, 
constructed  of  solid  beams  of  timber.  The  country  is  very  beautiful,  and 
for  the  most  part  well  cultivated.  The  soil  possesses  every  variety  of 
good  and  bad.  The  farms  along  the  canal  are  valuable,  land  being 
generally  worth  from  fifty  to  a  hundred  dollars  per  acre. 

Above  Schenectady,  a  very  ancient  town,  the  bed  of  the  canal  gave 
way,  which  of  course  obliged  us  to  come  to  a  dead  halt.  I  hired,  my- 
self and  two  others,  a  family  wagon  (dignified  here  with  the  appellation 
of  carriage)  to  take  us  beyond  the  break,  in  expectation  of  being  able 
to  get  a  boat  thence  onwards,  but  unfortunately  all  the  upward  bound 
boats  had  proceeded.  We  were,  therefore,  obliged  to  wait  until  next 
morning.  My  fellow  travelers  having  light  luggage,  got  themselves  and 
it  into  a  hut  at  the  other  side  of  the  lock  ;  but  I,  having  heavy  baggage, 
which  it  was  impossible  to  carry  across,  was  compelled  to  remain  on  the 
banks,  between  the  canal  and  the  Mohawk,  all  night.  On  the  river 
there  were  several  canoes,  with  fishermen  spearing  by  torch-light ;  while 
on  the  banks  the  boatmen  and  boys,  mulattos  and  whites,  were  occupied 
gambling.  They  had  tables,  candles,  dice,  and  cards.  With  these,  and 
•with  a  quantum  sufficit  of  spirits,  they  contrived  to  while  away  the  time 
until  day-break  ;  of  course  interlarding  their  conversation  with  a  reason- 
able quantity  of  oaths  and  imprecations.  The  breach  being  repaired 
early  in  the  morning,  the  boats  came  up  and  we  proceeded  to  Utica. 


[Thomas  L.  McKenney  of  the  Indian  department,  and  joint  commis- 
sioner with  Lewis  Cass  in  negotiating  a  treaty  with  the  north-west  In- 
dians, made  a  tour  of  the  lakes  in  1826,  and  published  a  book  of  travels. 
He  visited  Albany  in  June,  and  sojourned  with  Leveret  Cruttenden,  who 
appears  in  the  Directory  as  having  a  boarding-house  on  Park  place,  now 
Congress  Hall.  In  view  of  the  steam  boats  of  the  present  time  his  pane- 
gyric of  the  Lady  Clinton,  of  which  he  gives  an  engraving,  will  be  found 
quite  comical.]! 

Albany,  Tuesday,  June  6,  1826.  I  left  New  York,  as  I  wrote  you  it 
was  my  intention  to  do,  in  the  Lady  Clinton,  yesterday  morning  at  nine 
o'clock.  It  was  the  first  time  I  had  seen  one  of  these  barges.  I  must 
confess  I  was  struck  with  the  admirable  invention,  and  with  the  extent 
and  variety,  and  perfection,  of  the  accommodations.  You  have  seen  steam 
boats.  This  barge,  in  all  respects,  except  breadth  of  beam  and  the  ma- 
chinery, resembles  the  finest  you  ever  did  see.  It  took  me  the  first  half 
hour  after  getting  on  board,  to  look  through  this  floating  palace.  It 
certainly  exceeds  every  thing  I  have  ever  yet  seen  in  all  that  enters  into 
the  composition  of  safety  and  comfort.  Indeed,  there  is  a  splendor  too  in 
the  ornamental  parts  which  is  very  striking  :  and  as  if  the  inventive  genius 
of  the  owners  was  apprehensive  that  the  ear  might  grow  jealous  of  the  eye, 
that  organ  has  been  provided  for  also,   in  a  fine  band  of  music.     I  have 

'  There  were  sixteen  steam  boats  plying  the  river  at  this  time,  taking  passengers 
only.  The  sloops  still  naonopolized  the  freight  business.  The  berths  were  en- 
tirely below  deck,  and  numbered  from  fifty  to  one  hundred.  The  smallness  of 
the  boats  and  the  noise  of  the  machinery,  together  with  the  bustle  and  excitement 


Notes  of  Travelers. 


395 


heard  some  question  the  security  of  this  barge,  by  saying  her  buoyancy 
and  great  elevation  above  the  surface  of  the  water  rendered  her  liable  to 
turn  over.  But  I  doubt  whether  if  she  and  her  sister,  the  Lady  Van 
Rensselaer,  were  to  glide  up  and  down  the  North  river  for  a  century, 
that  such  an  occurrence  would  happen.  Were  they  visitants  of  the  sea 
the  swells  of  the  ocean  might  rock  them  over,  but  never,  in  my  opinion, 
will  the  North  river  roll  so  as  to  occasion  such  a  disaster. 

This  beautiful  barge  is  towed  by  the  Commerce,  an  unusually  fine  steam 
boat,  and  of  great  power.  The  connection  is  by  means  of  two  pieces  of 
timber  some  six  feet  long.  These  are  fastened  to  either  side  of  the  bow 
of  the  barge,  and  uniting  in  the  form  of  a  pair  of  compasses,  the  upper  or 
joint  part,  receives  a  bolt  of  iron  which  rises  out  of  the  stern  of  the  Com- 
merce. The  connecting  parts  work  on  swivels,  hence  none  of  the  motion 
of  the  steam  boat  is  commnicated  to  the  barge.  Communication  is  had 
between  the  two,  by  means  of  a  movable  platform  some  two  and  a  half 
feet  wide,  with  hand-rails  on  either  side.  Openings  are  made  in  the 
stern  of  the  Commerce,  and  in  the  bow  of  the  barge,  in  which  this 
platform  rests.  I  enclose  you  a  drawing,  and  must  refer  you  to  it  for  a 
better  conception  of  the  exterior  appearance  of  these  boats  than  I  can  give 
you  by  an  attempt  at  description.  There  is  nothing  in  an  affair  of  this 
sort  like  an  appeal  to  the  eye. 

Some  of  the  advantages  which  the  barge  possesses  over  the  steam  boat, 
are,  in  the  security  from  the  effects  of  a  bursted  boiler — freedom  from 
the  heat  and  the  steam,  and  from  the  smell  of  grease  and  the  kitchen,  and 
from  the  jar  occasioned  by  the  machinery,  and  in  the  enlarged  accommoda- 
tions—  the  whole  barge  being  set  apart  for  eating,  and  sleeping,  and 
walking.  The  cabin  in  which  we  dine,  is  below,  and  is  the  same  in 
which  the  gentlemen  sleep :  and  one  hundred  and,  eighty  persons  can  sit 
down  at  once,  and  each  one  have  elbow-room  suflBcient  for  all  the  purposes 


of  frequent  landings,  rendered  tliem  quite  uncomfortable  compared  witb  the 

of  tlie  present  day.     The  following  is  a  list  of  the  steam  boats  that  competed  for 

the  traveling  patronage  of  the  river  in  1826  : 


Union  Line. 


Olive  Branch 
Niagara, 
Wm.  Penn, 


Capt.  H.  Moore. 
"  Foimtain. 
"     C.  Benton. 


North  River  Line. 

Chancellor  Livingston,    Capt.  Cochran. 
James  Kent,  Capt.  T.  Wiswall. 

Richmond,  "      S.  Wiswall. 

Saratoga,  "     Benton. 


Connecticut  Line. 
Hudson,  Capt.  Bartholomew. 


North  River  Association  Line. 
Constellation,  Capt.  Cruttenden. 


Constitution, 


Wiswall. 


Steam  Navigation  Company. 
Swiftsure,  Capt.  D.  Peck. 

Commerce,  "      Seymour. 

Or.  &  D.  Co.  Transp.  Co. 
Henry  Eckford,  Capt.  Peck. 


Sun, 


Drake. 


Troy  Line. 
Chief  Justice  Marshall,  Capt.  Sherman. 
New  London,  "      Fitch. 


It  is  believed  that  Captain  Robert  G.  Cruttenden  is  the  only  survivor  of  these 
commanders.  The  paddle  wheels  of  the  boats  themselves  have  ceased  to  revolve. 
A  table  of  the  time  of  their  construction,  tonnage,  and  ultimate  destiny,  will  be 
found  in  Annals  of  Albany,  vol.  vi,  p  40. 


396  Notes  of  Travelers. 

of  figuring  with  the  knife  and  fork  in  all  the  graces  of  which  these  two 
instruments  are  susceptible.  At  the  termination  of  this  immense  dining 
apartment,  and  towards  the  bow,  is  a  bar  most  sumptuously  supplied  with 
all  that  can  be  desired  by  the  most  fastidious  or  thirsty.  The  berths  oc- 
cupy the  entire  sides  of  this  vast  room  ;  these  are  curtained,  and  in  such 
way  as  to  aflFord  retirement  in  dressing  and  undressing  —  there  being 
brass  rods  on  which  the  curtains  are  projected,  and  these  are  thrown  out 
at  night.  In  the  day,  the  curtains  hang  close  to  the  berths  as  is  usual. 
Next  above  this,  are  the  ladies'  cabin  and  apartments  —  state  rooms  rather, 
furnished  in  the  most  splendid  style,  and  in  which  a  lady  has  all  the 
retirement  and  comfort  which  the  delicacy  and  tenderness  of  her  sex 
requires.  Over  the  bar  and  upon  this  middle  apartment  or  tier  is  an 
apartment  where  the  gentlemen  dress,  and  shave,  and  read.  All  around 
this  second  story,  it  being,  I  should  judge,  not  over  two-thirds  the  width 
of  the  boat,  and  resting  on  the  middle  of  the  deck,  is  a  fine  walk,  with  settees, 
where  you  can  sit  when  you  please,  or  lounge,  Then  comes,  and  over 
all,  the  grand  promenade,  with  an  awning,  when  the  sun  or  rain  requires 
it,  over  the  whole. 

It  is  not  possible  for  New  York  to  furnish,  in  her  best  hotels,  a  better 
dinner  than  we  set  down  to  yesterday  nor  in  a  better  style  of  preparation. 
I  suppose  our  company  numbered  one  hundred.  The  captain  is  highly 
qualified,  no  less  by  his  masterly  knowledge  of  his  duty,  than  by  his  gen- 
tlemanly courtesy,  for  so  splendid  a  charge;  and  the  attendance  appeared 
to  be  of  the  best.  Taken  altogether,  I  question  whether  the  world  ever 
witnessed  anything  so  perfect  in  all  that  relates  to  the  accommodation,  and 
comfort,  and  pleasure  of  passengers. 

Where  shall  I  begin  with  Albany  ?  Shall  I  go  back  to  its  infancy,  and 
trace  out  its  growth  from  that  helpless  period  to  its  present  state  of  man- 
hood and  of  vigor?  Or  just  pluck  from  its  whitened  head  a  lock,  and 
tell  you  of  the  appearance  of  the  form  and  figure  to  which  it  belongs,  and 
as  I  saw  it  ?  It  is  best,  perhaps,  although  at  the  hazard  of  being  incor- 
rect in  some  things  to  commence  with  the  morning  of  its  youth.  Albany 
as  you  know,  was  settled  by  the  Dutch.  These  early  adventurers  were 
led  up  to  this  point  in  pursuit  of  commerce,  and  so  long  ago  as  the  year 
1612,  when  they  obtained  footing  on  the  flat  land  near  the  river,  and  not 
far,  (perhaps  some  hundred  yards,  or  so,)  above  the  steam  boat  landing. 
To  guard  themselves  from  the  danger  of  Indian  incursions,  they  built  a 
stockade  fort,  and  for  ten  years  after,  they  occupied  this  fort  without  so 
much  as  thinking,  so  far  as  we  know,  how  reasonable  a  thing  it  would 
have  been  to  have  given  it  a  name.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time,  the 
old  fort  needing  repairs,  it  being  deemed  inadequate  for  their  security, 
they  renewed  and  enlarged  it,  and  made  it  stronger.  To  this  they  gave 
the  name  of  Fort  Orange. 

For  nearly  forty  years  did  these  industrious,  and  plodding,  and  per- 
severing people  retain  both  their  position  and  their  power,  when,  in  1664, 
I  think  it  was,  Fort  Orange  was  surrendered  to  Carteret,  who  had  been 
commissioned  by  Sir  Robert  Carr,  then  commanding  in  the  Delaware, 
and  who  changed  its  title  to  Albany.  This  was  a  famous  year  for  the 
English.  In  it  the  Dutch  power  was  broken  in  all  this  region,  and  the 
whole  country  fell  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  English  crown.  The 
Dutch,  however,  held  on;  though  powerless,  they  maintained  their  posi- 
tion, being  unwilling  either  to  leave  the  country,  or   seek  a  new  location. 


Notes  of  Travelers.  397 

The  channels  for  their  trade  had  been  cut ,  they  had  acquired  a  know- 
ledjje  of  both  the  nature  and  advantages  of  the  Indian  trade,  and  according 
to  "Knickerbocker,  no  people  ever  knew  better  how  to  weigh  a  pack  of 
beaver  than  they.  It  was  the  understanding,  according  to  this  writer, 
that  a  Dutchman's  hand  weighed  one  pound,  and  his  foot  two.  So  when 
the  pack  was  put  in  one  scale  and  the  hand  of  a  Dutchman  in  the  other, 
if  the  scales  balanced,  the  pack  went  for  one  pound  ;  but  if  the  hand  wa.s 
too  light,  and  the  foot  had  to  be  resorted  to,  (which  never  failed  to  bring 
up  the  scale)  it  went  for  two.  This,  doubtless,  was  a  profitable  trade, 
even  supposing  Knickerbocker  to  have  been  mistaken  in  his  account  of 
the  weights,  and  so  Fort  Orange,  then  Albany,  continued  still  to  be  occu- 
pied by^the  Dutch.  I  suppose  it  was  thought  by  these  industrious  peo- 
ple, that  if  the  same  sun  rose  and  set,  and  the  same  rains  fell,  and  the 
earth  brought  forth  as  plentifully,  and  the  Indians  could  be  traded  with 
as  successfully,  under  English  as  Dutch  rule,  it  was  of  but  little  conse- 
quence who  wore  the  crown,  or  swayed  the  sceptre. 

It  was  well  for  the  English  that  the  body  of  the  Dutch  population  was 
so  indiiferent  about  power  ;  for  had  there  been  among  these  early  settlers 
a  reasonable  number  of  such  fiery  spirits  as  Stuyve-sant ;  or  had  the  mass 
of  these  people  cherished  a  love  of  rule,  with  any  thing  like  as  much  of  the 
love  of  it  as  he  carried  in  his  wooden  leg,  there  would  have  been  some- 
thing else  to  do  besides  sailing  up  to  a  fort  and  demanding  its  surrender. 
What  they  cared  most  about  was  what  the  knowing  ones  of  the  present 
day  denominate  the  main  chance,  which  means  a  certain  reaching  after 
gains,  which  every  now  and  then,  in  these  times^  at  least,  springs  the 
snare,  for  you  know  "those  who  will  be  rich  fall  into  a  snare,  &c  ,"  and 
hence  it  was  no  hard  matter  to  capture  a  fortress.  But  this  neutral  dis- 
position in  matters  of  occupancy  and  power  j  this  quiet  yielding  up  the 
right  to  the  one,  and  utter  disregard  of  the  other,  fretted  the  last  of  the 
Dutch  governors  so,  as  to  hasten  him  to  his  grave.  Stuyvesant  could 
never  brook,  with  the  least  composure  of  spirits,  this  gradual  decay  of  his 
power  :  and  when  it  all  fell,  he  fell  with  it.  There  are  evidences  yet  re- 
maining in  Albany,  which  would  demonstrate  without  the  aid  of  either 
history°or  tradition,  that  it  was  of  Dutch  origin.  These  are  to  be  found 
in  the"  older  streets  which  turn  and  twist  in  all  manner  of  ways,  and  in 
the  little  fierce-looking  houses,  with  their  sterrated  gable  ends,  which 
here  and  there  meet  the  view.  It  was  never  intended  by  those  early  set- 
tlers, that  the  solid  parts  of  the  materials  of  which  they  built  their  houses 
should  decay.  And  as  every  thing  was  best  that  came  from  Holland, 
those  very  bricks  of  which  these  gable  ends  are  made,  were  burned  in 
the  old  country,  and  until  they  were  black  and  blue,  and  then  to  defend 
them  from  the  action  of  the  American  elements,  they  were  glazed  —  and 
there  they  are,  as  perfect  and  as  fresh,  as  if  they  had  been  discharged 
from  the  polishing  process  but  yesterday.  Time,  I  do  verily  believe,  has 
been  baffled  here  ;  for  I  have  no  conception  that  he  has  the  power  to 
make  the  slightest  impression  upon  these  little  black  and  blue  bricks.  I 
think  the  corporate  authorities  of  both  New  York  and  Albany,  ought  to 
purchase  every  one  of  these  ancient  houses,  and  preserve  them  as  relics. 
Judging  from  the  Maiden  lane  parts  of  New  York,  and  from  some  of 
the  older  parts  of  Albany,  one  would  think  that  it  had  never  entered  into 
the  heads  of  their  early  settlers  to  build  upon  any  methodized  or  regular 
plan.     The   case  is    now  altered  with  Albany,  as   it  has  long  been  with 


398  Notes  of  Travelers. 

New  York.  The  streets  of  more  modern  times,  are  straight  and  wide  ; 
for  example,  State  street,  in  Albany,  and  which  would  be  beautiful  but 
for  its  steep  ascent,  which  is  enough,  in  a  hot  day,  to  make  one  sweat  to 
look  at  it,  is  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  sixty  feet  wide,  nor  short^of 
two  thousand  feet  in  length.  The  buildings  upon  it  are  fine,  as  is  the 
state  house  which  ornaments  its  termination,  aud  which  is  built  immedi- 
ately in  its  front.  Indeed,  the  houses  and  style  of  building  in  Albany, 
are  both  fine ;  and  it  is  not  possible  to  walk  through  it  without  feeling 
the  impression  that  it  is  a  rich  city.  The  public  square  in  front,  inclin- 
ing a  little  to  the  east  of  the  capitol,  is  a  beautiful  spot;  and  some  of  the 
best  houses  in  Albany  grace  this  high  elevation,  from  which  a  view  of 
the  surrounding  country  is  enchanting.  The  city  rests  upon  an  inclined 
plane,  descending  from  the  capitol  to  the  flat  lands  bordering  the  river. 
This  level  is,  I  should  judge,  nearly  a  mile  in  length,  and  is  built  upon 
for  nearly,  if  not  quite,  that  distance;  its  width,  (I  mean  the  width  of 
this  flat  land)  being  from  one  hundred,  to  five  hundred  yards.  From 
the  river  to  the  top  of  the  eminence,  on  which  the  state  house  rests,  is 
nearly  three-fourths  of  a  mile,  and  the  elevation  in  that  direction,  cannot 
be  short  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet. 

I  had  not  time  to  take  such  an  observation  of  the  city  as  to  enable  me 
to  describe  it  minutely.  The  general  impression  which  I  have  received 
is,  that  Albany  is  now  in  a  most  flourishing  condition.  I  infer  this  from 
the  number  and  extent  of  the  warehouses,  and  from  the  activity  and 
show  of  business  in  and  about  them  all ;  from  the  shipping,  from  the 
number  of  buildings  that  are  going  up,  and  from  the  rich  and  varied 
display  of  merchandise  which  the  stores  make.  But  I  have  something 
more  conclusive  still.  In  1820,  if  I  mistake  not,  the  population  of 
Albany  was  only  a  little  more  than  12,000; — in  1825  it  had  increased 
to  nearly  16,000;  and  now  there  is  reason  for  believing,  (and  I  say  so  on 
the  authority  of  a  very  intelligent  citizen  of  the  place,)  it  is  at  least 
17,500.  The  same  gentleman  assured  me  the  rents  had  greatly  increased  ; 
and  that  there  were  no  unoccupied  houses.  The  domestic  manufactures 
flourish  here,  especially  the  morocco  and  the  breweries.  Fifty  thousand 
skins,  at  least,  were  manufactured  last  year ;  and  nearly  200,000  dollars 
worth  of  beer  brewed.  It  is  said  that  upwards  of  150,000  travelers  ar- 
rived at  Albany  this  year,  and  diverged  from  it  upon  the  various  routes 
of  pleasure  and  of  business,  as  the  one  or  the  other  claimed  their  atten- 
tion ;  and  to  look  at  them  and  listen  to  their  rattle  and  noise,  there  appear 
to  be  stages  enough  to  accommodate  as  many  more.  The  canal  navigation 
is  increasing  rapidly.  It  is  said  there  has  been  an  increase  of  upwards  of 
2000  boats  since  1824.  I  was  told,  and  the  appearance  of  business 
justified  the  statement,  that  five  millions  of  dollars  worth  of  goods  were 
sold  the  last  year,  by  not  more  than  fifty  houses  !  The  agriculture,  and 
the  timber  that  find  a  market  here,  if  the  quantity  of  the  one,  and  the 
cubic  feet  of  the  other,  were  ascertained,  would,  I  was  informed,  exceed 
all  calculation. 

Besides  the  capitol,  there  is  in  Albany  an  academy,  a  Lancaster  school, 
said  to  be  the  largest  in  America ;  four  banks,  one  of  them  a  beautiful 
specimen  of  architectuie;  a  museum  ;  a  theatre  and  circus,  and  twelve 
churches  —  one  Episcopal,  that  on  State  street;  one  Presbyterian;  one 
Baptist ;  one  Lutheran  ;  one  Dutch  Reformed  ;   one  Catholic,  &c.  &c.  &c. 


Notes  of  Travelers.  399 

Every  stranger  on  nearing  a  place,  feels  solicitous  to  ascertain  where 
he  may  be  best  accommodated;  and  although  I  had  allotted  to  leave 
Albany  this  afternoon,  (giving  myself  only  nine  hours  to  look  at  the  city 
and  write  to  you,)  still  I  wished  to  get  into  the  best  quarters,  and  espe- 
cially as  I  was  not  certain,  from  the  state  of  my  health,  whether  I  should 

not  have  to  rest  awhile  there.     On  inquiring  of  Judge  M s,  who  had 

been  a  boarder  at  Park  Place  house,  and  who  came   up   with   me  in  the 
Lady  Clinton,  I  was  recommended  to  go  to  Cruttenden's.     I  did  so,  and 
as  you  may  travel  this  way  some  of  these  days,   I  should   not  be   doing 
either  you  or  my  landlord  justice,  not  to  recommend  you  to  the  same 
place.     The  house  is  one,  and  the  east  corner,  of  a  beautiful  row  in  front 
of  the  capitol  square,  and  from  which  the  finest  view  of  the  city,  and  of 
the  surrounding  country,  is  to  be   had.     But  this,  though  interesting,  is 
not  the  only  reason  that  made  the  house  so  acceptable  to  me.     The  land- 
lord himself  is  every  way  accommodating  —  his  house  is  sweet  and  clean 
and  in  all  respects  ;  and  his  table  is  excellent,  as  I  found  his  wine  to  be. 
I  have  half  a  mind  to   describe  Cruttenden.     Were  I    to   attempt    it,   I 
should  .say  he   is  portly,  and  something  after    the  make  of  Vantwiller, 
though  in  all  respects  well  proportioned  and  active.     He  has  a  full   and 
expressive  eye,  and  in  a  word,  a  face  that  resembles,  in   all  respects,  the 
likeness  I  once  saw  you  have  of  the  celebrated  Fox  of  England.    I  had  not 
time  to  ascertain  what  sort  of  likeness  he  bore  that  distinguished  orator  within, 
but  inferred  he  had  some  wit,  but  know  nothing  of  its  quality.    I  understood 
the  public  houses  in  Albany,  generally,  are  very  fine,  and  judging  from  their 
exterior,  I  should  infer  as  much.     But  as  I  was  well  pleased  with  Crutten- 
den's, I  recommend  it  to  you.     I  forgot  to  mention  that  the  country  round 
about  Albany,  as  seen  in  the  approach  to  it,  is  picturesque,  and  to  my  eye, 
very  beautiful.     The  mountains  in  that  neighborhood  appear  to  have  grown 
tired  of  an  upright  position,  and  to  have  reclined  themselves  as  if  for  re- 
pose, forming  a  handsome  semi-circular  back-ground  to   the    city,  on  the 
west  and  north-west,  and  as  they  approach  the  river,  they  gradually   sink 
till  they  dip  into  it,  interlocking  with  the  east  shore,  so  as  to  give  it  the 
appearance  of  the  heading  of  the  river  within  the  bounds  of  the  view.  _  I 
should  not  have  attempted  to  give  you  even  this  summary  of  the  statistics 
of  Albany,  did  I  not  look  upon  the  increase  in  its  wealth  and  population 
to  be  great;  and  did  I  not  believe  that  it  is  only  just  now   beginning  to 
feel  the  vast  benefits  which  the  canal  is  destined  to  confer   upon  it  —  nor 
then,  but  for  the  fact  that  in  the  opinion  of  many  persons  who   argued 
stoutly  in  its  defence,  the  canal  was' to  prove  the  ruin  of  Albcvny  !     I  could 
not  resist  the  disposition  to  give  you  this  specimen  of  what  a  city  feels  when 
the  vast  products  of  our  western  regions  are  permitted  even  to  pass  it  ;  for 
let  it  be  observed,  it  is  to  New  York  that  all  this  world  of  produce   tends, 
yet  Albany  like  a  plant  by  the   side   of  the   stream,    feels  the   enriching 
effects,  and  flourishes  in  tenfold  strength  and  loveliness. 

Wednesday,  June  7,  182G.  I  had  j  ust  time  to  close  my  letter  yesterday, 
[at  Schenectady],  and  step  into  the  boat  as  she  moved  off.  It  was  at  the  set- 
ting of  the  sun.  The  bugle  was  still  sending  forth  its  notes,  and  givingthe 
signal  of  departure,  and  setting  every  body  in  motion  who  felt  an  inclina- 
tion to  see  the  boat  leave  her  moorings;  whilst  the  windows  of  the  hotel 
opposite  the  landing  were  crowded,  and  at  these  I  recognized  my  North 
river  traveling  companions.  The  horses  were  soon  off  in  a  trot,  three  in 
number;  the  bugle  yet   flourishing,  and    filling  the  town,  and  the  sur- 


400  *         Notes  of  Travelers. 

rounding  country  with  its  echoes.  The  sun's  rays  were  gilding  the  high 
places,  the  spires  and  the  mountains,  with  their  last  radiance,  just  ready 
to  fade  away  in  the  twilight.  So  hope  often  lingers,  and  so  it  often 
expires  !  I  exchanged  adieus  by  the  waving  of  the  hands  with  those 
interesting  travelers  at  the  windows,  and  then  looked  about  me  to  see  in 
what  kind  of  a  conveyance  I  had  embarked  for  the  seventy-nine  and  a 
half  miles  of  canal  traveling  which  lay  between  Schenectady  and  Utica, 
and  which  was  entirely  new  to  me. 


[Timothy  Dwight,  president  of  Yale  College,  made  a  series  of  annual 
journeys  during  college  vacations,  through  New  England  and  New  York, 
beginning  in  1796,  and  ending  in  1815.  From  his  published  travels,  the 
following  extracts  of  what  he  observed  and  noted  by  the  way,  respecting 
the  vicinity  of  Albany,  are  given  in  his  own  words  and  figures.  His 
orthography  of  names  of  persons  and  places  do  not  accord  with  modern 
usage  in  all  cases.] 

Oct  ,  1798.  Schenectady  is  situated  on  the  south  side  of  the  Mohawk  : 
fifteen  miles  north-west  of  Albany;  and  about  the  same  distance  from  the 
confluence  of  the  Mohawk  with  the  Hudson.  It  is  built  on  an  interval, 
anciently  overflowed  by  the  river,  and  now  very  little  elevated  above  its 
highest  freshets.  On  three  sides  it  is  nearly  enclosed  by  the  brow  of  a 
lofty  pine  plain )  always  an  unsightly,  disagreeable  object.  The  surface 
as  you  would  suppose,  is  level,  and  the  soil  rich.  The  streets  cross  each 
other  often,  and,  in  many  instances,  at  right  angles;  yet,  from  the  differ- 
ence of  the  distances  between  some,  and  the  obliquity  of  other  streets,  the 
eye  receives  no  impression  of  regularity.  The  houses  are  chiefly  ancient 
structures  of  brick,  in  the  Dutch  style :  the  roofs  sharp;  the  ends  toward  the 
street ;  and  the  architecture  uncouth.  A  great  number  of  them  have  but 
one  story.  There  are  three  churches  here ;  a  Dutch,  a  Presbyterian,  and 
an  Episcopal  :  all  of  them  ordinary  buildings.  The  town  is  compact,  and 
one  or  two  of  the  streets  are  paved.  The  number  of  inhabitants  in  this 
township  was,  in  1790,  4,228 ;  and  in  1800,  5,289. 

The  people  of  Schenectady  are  descendants  of  the  Dutch  planters, 
mixed  with  emigrants  from  Scotland,  Ireland,  England  and  New-England. 
The  government  of  this  city  is  vested  in  a  mayor,  aldermen,  and  com- 
mon council.  Schenectady  formerly  became  wealthy  by  engrossing  most 
of  the  trade  in  furs  and  peltry,  carried  on  with  the  Indians.  In  conse- 
quence of  the  revolutionary  war,  and  the  settlement  of  the  interior  country, 
this  trade  has  for  many  years  ceased  ;  and  with  it,  that  accumulation  of 
property,  of  which  it  was  the  source.  Within  a  few  years  past  the  inha- 
bitants have  begun  to  throw  off"  the  burthen  of  discouragement,  under 
which  they  had  long  labored,  and  to  apply  themselves  to  other  business 
with  considerable  success.  Since  I  passed  through  this  place  in  1792.  a 
number  of  the  old  houses  have  been  pulled  down,  and  a  great  number 
of  new  ones  built  in  the  English  style.  Should  this  spirit  increase, 
their  wealth,  which  is  still  considerable,  may  become  an  active  capital, 
and  restore  to  Schenectady  a  part  of  its  former  prosperity.  The  morals 
of  the  inhabitants,  particularly  of  the  inferior  classes,  are,  extensively, 
upon  a  low  scale.  Among  other  causes,  this  is  one.  The  merchandise 
which  passes  into  the  western  country,  is  usually  embarked  here  on  the 
Mohawk.     Of  course,  the  numerous  boatmen  employed  in  transporting  it, 


Notes  of  Travelers.  401 

make  this  their  place  of  rendezvous  ;  and  few  collections  of  men  are  more 
dissolute.  The  corruption,  which  they  contribute  to  spread  among  the 
ordinary  inhabitants,  is  a  greater  evil  than  a  stranger  can  easily  imagine. 

In  the  year  1794  a  seminary  was  begun  in  this  place,  styled  Union 
College;  a  name,  said  to  be  given  to  it,  because  men  of  the  several  religi- 
ous denominations  united  in  furnishing  the  means  of  its  existence.  The 
principal  contributors  to  it  were,  however,  the  Dutch  inhabitants  of 
Albany,  Schenectady,  and  the  surrounding  country.  These,  as  I  have 
been  informed,  agreed,  that  the  college  should  be  located  where  the  largest 
contributions  were  made.  The  people  of  Schenectady  won  the  prize.  A 
college  for  the  reception  of  this  institution  was  at  the  time  of  our  journey 
raised  to  the  base  of  the  third  story.  It  is  built  of  leaden-colored  stone, 
dug  up  in  the  neighborhood,  and  fortunately  discovered  since  the  edifice 
was  projected.  The  windows  are  arched  with  a  brown  free-stone,  and 
based  with  a  dark-colored  marble  of  a  fine  texture,  lately  found  here  also. 
It  is  intended  to  contain  a  hall,  library,  a  public  room  for  the  commence- 
ment exhibitions,  recitation  rooms,  a  philosophical  chamber,  and  rooms 
for  the  residence  of  the  faculty  and  their  families.  The  students  are  to 
board  and  lodge  in  the  city.  This  arrangement  must,  I  think,  be  un- 
happy; and  cannot  have  been  devised  by  persons  experienced  in  the 
management  of  such  a  seminary.  Private  buildings  would  be  far  more 
agreeable  residences  for  the  families  of  the  faculty;  while  the  students, 
located  in  the  college,  under  the  eye  of  their  instructors,  would  be  secured 
from  a  multitude  of  evils,  to  which,  while  lodging  abroad,  they  cannot 
fail  of  being  exposed.  The  country,  from  which  Union  College  will 
naturally  derive  its  students,  particularly  on  the  west  and  north,  is  very 
extensive,  and  rapidly  increasing  in  wealth  and  population.  Its  funds  are 
already  considerable,  and  the  state  appears  disposed  to  give  it  liberal  aid. 

The  prospects  in  the  near  neighborhood  of  the  city  are,  in  several  re- 
spects, pleasant.  The  river  is  a  noble  stream,  nine  hundred  feet  in 
breadth.  The  intervals  are  very  handsome.  On  the  north  side  particu- 
larly, directly  opposite  to  the  city,  there  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  farms, 
which  I  have  seen  ;  the  property  of  the  Hon.  John  Saunders.  It  consists 
of  a  spacious  and  delightful  interval,  and  an  extensive  tract  of  upland, 
declining  easily  towards  the  south;  and  yields  on  its  various  soils  most  of 
the  productions  found  in  this  climate.  At  the  same  time  it  commands  a 
rich  view  of  the  Mohawk,  both  above  and  below;  of  its  beautiful  inter- 
vals ;  of  Schenectady,  and  of  the  surrounding  country. 

In  the  year  1690,  Schenectady  was  destroyed  by  a  party  of  Canadian 
French  and  Indians ;  most  of  them  Mohawks,  whom  the  French  had 
seduced  from  their  attachment  to  the  English.  This  party  consisted  of 
three  hundred  men  ;  and  was  one  of  three,  sent  by  the  Count  De  Fron- 
tenac  to  distress  the  British  colonies.  The  other  two  proceeded  against 
New  Hampshire  and  the  province  of  Maine,  where  one  of  them, 
under  Hertel  De  Rouville,  destroyed  Dover  in  the  manner  already  related. 
The  body  which  attacked  Schenectady  was  commanded,  according  to 
Colden,  by  Monsieur  De  Ourville;  according  to  Dr.  Trumbull  (for  which 
he  quotes  the  letters  of  Colonel  Schuyler  and  Captain  Bull),  by  D'Aille- 
bout,  De  Mantel,  and  Le  Moyn.  The  Mohawks  were,  or  had  lately  been, 
inhabitants  of  Caghnawaga ;  a  village  up  the  river,  about  twenty-five 
miles  from  Schenectady.     Of  course  they  had  been  familiarly  acquainted 

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402  Notes  of  Travelers. 

with  the  town,  and   often  entertained  by  its  citizens.     The  French  were 
chiefly  what  are  called  Indian  traders.     They  arrived  in  the  neighborhood 
on  the  8th  of  February ;  when    the  season  was  so  cold,  and  the   snow  so 
deep,  that  it  was  thought  to  be  impossible  for  an  enemy  to  approach.     The 
French  commander  sent  some  of  the  Indians,  as  spies,  to  discover  the 
state  of  the   town.     These  men  were  seen  lurking  in  the  neighborhood, 
and  this  fact  was  publicly  announced ;  but  the  people  were  so  satisfied  of 
their  safety,  that  they  paid  no  regard   to  the   information.     Not  even  a 
sentinel  was  employed  to  watch  the  advent  of  the  supposed  enemy.     This 
negligence  was  fatal  to  them.     The  French  afterwards  confessed,  that  they 
were  so  reduced  by  cold,  hunger,  and   fatigue,  as  to  have   formed  the  re- 
solution  to  surrender  themselves  prisoners,  if  they  found  the  least  prepa- 
ration for   resistance.     But   learning  from  the   spies,  that  the   town   was 
perfectly  defenseless  and  secure,  they  marched  into  its  centre  the  follow- 
ing evening;  raised  the  war-whoop;  and,  having  divided  themselves  into 
little  parties,  broke  open  the  houses,  set  tlaem  on  fire,  and  butchered  every 
man,  woman,  and  child,  on  whom  they  could  lay  hands.     "  No  tongue," 
says  Colonel  Schuyler,  "can  express  the  cruelties,  which  they  committed." 
Some  of  the  inhabitants  sought  for  safety  in  flight,  and  ran  naked  through 
the  snow  into  the  fields  and  forests.     Others  endeavored  to  hide  themselves 
within  the  town  from  the  fury  of  their  murderers ;  but  were  forced  from 
their  retreats   by  the  flames,  and   either  killed    or  carried  into  captivity. 
Sixty-three    were   butchered    in    this    inhuman   manner.     Twenty-seven 
more  were  made  prisoners.     Of  those  who  escaped,  twenty-five  lost  their 
limbs  by  the  severity  of  the  cold.     The  cruelties,  perpetrated  here,  were 
only  the  customary  consequences  of  a  Canadian   irruption.     The  French 
stimulated  the  savages   to  every  inhuman   act;  and,  when    charged  with 
these  fiend-like  violations  of  every  law  and  every  principle,  apologized  for 
themselves  by  declaring,  that  they  were  unable  to  restrain  their  barbarity, 
I  cannot  quit  this  town  without  paying  a  merited  tribute  of  respect  to 
three  gentlemen,  in  whose  company  we  found  not  a  little  pleasure  while 
we  were  here.     The   Rev.  Doctor  Romeyn  was  a  native  ot  Schenectady. 
He  was   educated  at  Princeton,  was  settled   in  the  Dutch  church  in  the 
year   1766,  and  continued  here  in   the  ministry  many  years.     His  mind 
originally  vigorous,  was  enlarged  by  extensive  acquisitions  of  solid  learn- 
ing ;  and  his  life  was  adorned  with  the  virtues  of  the  ministerial  charac- 
ter.    Dignified  in  his  deportment,  catholic  in  his  disposition,  zealous  and 
faithful  in  his  labors,  eminent  for  his  wisdom,  and    distinguished  for  his 
piety,  his  character  was  highly  respected  throughout  this  country;  and 
his  memory  is  held  in  great  veneration  wherever  he  was  known,  particu- 
larly by  the  church  and  congregation   over  which  he  presided.     Doctor 
John  Blair  Smith  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  brother  of  President  Smith 
of  Nassau   Hall,  and   son  of  the   Rev.  Doctor  Robert  Smith,  of  Pequea, 
Pennsylvania.     He  was  educated  at  Princeton,  took  the  degree  of  A.  B. 
in  the  year  1773.     He  was  first  settled  in  the  ministry  at  Hampden  and 
Sidney,  in  Virginia,  in  the  year  1779;  and  was,  at  the  same  time,  made 
president  of  an  infant  seminary,  called  Hampden  Sidney  College.     After 
some   time,  however,  he  relinquished  his   presidency,  because   he   found 
a  faithful  discharge  of  its  duties  incompatible  with  those  of  his  ministry. 
In  1791  he  was  invited  to  the  third  Presbyterian  church  in  Philadelphia. 
Here  he  continued  until  the  year  1795,  when  he  was  chosen  president  of 
Union  College.     His  principal  inducements  to  each  of  these  removals  was 


Notes  of  Travelers.  403 

the  hope  of  establishing  his  health.  While  he  resided  here  he  actually 
regained  it ;  and  in  answer  to  the  repeated  solicitations  of  his  congrega- 
tion in  Philadelphia,  returned  to  that  city  in  May,  1799.  Here  he  was 
seized  with  the  yellow  fever,  and  died  on  the  22d  of  the  following 
August.  Doctor  Smith  was  an  excellent  minister  of  the  Gospel.  His 
understanding  and  his  acquisitions  were  respectable  ;  his  imagination 
brilliant ;  his  affections  fervid  ;  and  his  eloquence  ardent,  impassioned, 
and  persuasive.  His  character  and  life  were  also  in  an  eminent  degree, 
amiable  and  exemplary.  To  the  employments  of  a  minister  he  was 
intensely  devoted  ;  and  while  he  gained  in  this  office  distinguished  repu- 
tation, he  had  the  satisfaction  to  see  "  the  pleasure  of  the  Lord  "  un- 
usually "  prosper  in  his  hands."  The  Rev.  Robert  Smith  was  placed 
over  the  Presbyterian  congregation  in  this  town  in  the  year  1796.  His 
character  resembled  in  many  traits  that  of  the  gentleman  last  mentioned;' 
but  he  excelled  him,  and  most  other  men,  in  amenity  and  tenderness  of 
disposition,  and  sweetness  of  deportment.  So  engaged  was  he  in  dis- 
charging the  duties  of  his  function,  that  neither  the  remonstrances  of  his 
friends,  nor  the  encroachments  of  disease,  could  induce  him  to  remit 
them  in  any  such  degree  as  a  due  regard  to  his  health  obviously  de- 
manded. In  an  employment  so  important,  he  scarcely  thought  that  he 
could  expend  his  strength  too  freely.  That  he  was  justified  in  these  opi- 
nions by  his  own  mind  cannot  be  questioned ;  although  it  cannot  be  doubted 
by  others,  that  they  were  seriously  erroneous.  To  this  zeal,  cherished 
by  the  best  intentions,  he  sacrificed  a  considerable  number  of  years, 
through  which  he  might  otherwise  have  lived  ;  and  added  his  own  name 
to  the  melancholy  list  of  those  worthy  men,  who  have  found  an  untimely 
grave,  because  they  were  in  too  much  haste 'to  do  good.  After  Mr.  Smith 
had  resided  here  a  few  years,  finding  his  health  still  declining,  he  ac- 
cepted a  call  from  the  Presbyterian  congregation  in  Savanqah  in  the 
year  1801,  where,  a  short  time  after  he  died.  He  was  greatly  beloved  and 
respected,  wherever  he  resided;  and  will  be  remembered  only  with 
esteem,  affection,  and  sorrow. 

Tuesday,  October  4th,  we  left  Schenectady  in  the  morning,  and  rode 
to  Albany;  sixteen  miles.  I'he  road  passes  over  a  pitch-pine  plain, 
nearly  a  perfect  flat,  chiefly  covered  with  a  forest ;  the  soil  miserably 
lean,  the  houses  few  and  poor,  and  the  scenery  remarkably  dull  and  dis- 
couraging. The  road  also  is  encumbered  with  sand;  and,  unless  imme- 
diately after  a  rain,  covered  with  an  atmosphere  of  dust.  Albany  is  the 
second  town  in  this  state.  From  New  York  it  is  a  distant  one  hundred 
and  sixty  miles  ;  from  Boston  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  ;  from  New 
Haven  one  hundred  and  seven  ;  and  from  Quebec,  south  by  west,  three 
hundred  and  forty.  It  was  first  settled  about  the  year  1612;  and  the 
spot  where  it  was  afterwards  built,  was  visited  by  the  celebrated  English 
navigator,  Hudson,  in  1609.  It  was  first  called  Beverwyck,  then  Fort 
Orange,  then  Williamstadt.  ^     The  name  of  Albany  it  received  in  1664. 


*  When  Gov.  Stuyvesant  took  possession  of  Fort  Orange  and  forced  the  settlers 
around  it  to  remove,  in  order  to  give  room  for  the  sweep  of  hia  guns,  the  settle- 
ment of  Beverwijk  clustered  around  the  foot  of  State  street,  where  a  church  was 
built,  and  the  hamlet  extended  gradually  west  and  north.  The  patroon  removed 
from  the  vicinity  of  the  fort,  and  formed  a  settlement  afterwards  called  the  Colo- 
nic. There  were  then  three  nuclei,  Fort  Orange  belonging  to  the  government, 
the  village  of  Beverwijk,  and  Rensselaerswijk.  It  was  called  Willemstadt  only 
during  the  short  time  of  the  reconquest  by  the  Dutch. —  M. 


404  Notes  of  Travelers. 

Albany  was  a  Dutch  colony,  and,  until  within  a  few  years,  the  inhabit- 
ants have  been,  almost  without  an  exception,  descendants  from  the 
original  settlers.  From  this  fact  it  has  derived  its  whole  aspect  and 
character.  The  houses  are  almost  all  built  in  the  Dutch  manner,  stand- 
ing endwise  upon  the  street,  with  high,  sharp  roofs,  small  windows,  and 
low  ceilings.  The  appearance  of  these  houses  is  ordinary,  dull,  and  dis- 
agreeable. The  house  first  erected  in  this  town  is  now  standing,  and  was 
built  of  bricks  brought  from  Holland.  If  I  were  to  finish  this  picture 
according  to  the  custom  of  poets  and  painters,  and  in  obedience  to  the 
rules  of  criticism,  by  grouping  with  it  animated  beings,  I  should  subjoin 
that  the  master  of  the  house,  and  often  one  oj-  two  of  his  neighbors,  are 
regularly  seen  sitting  in  a  most  phlegmatic  composure  in  the  porch  and 
smoking  with  great  deliberation  from  morning  until  night. 

The  site  of  Albany  is  an  interval  on  the  western  side  of  the  Hudson, 
and  the  brow  of  an  elevated  pine  plain,  rising  rapidly  at  a  small  distance 
from  the  river.  The  soil  of  the  elevation  is  clay.  Both  grounds  easily 
imbibe  and  retain  water.  The  streets,  therefore,  few  of  which  have  been 
paved  until  very  lately,  have  been  usually  encumbered  with  mud,  so  as  at 
times  to  render  traveling  scarcely  practicable.  When  I  was  in  the  city,  io 
the  year  1792,  a  wagon,  pas.=ing  through  the  heart  of  it,  was  fairly  mired 
in  one  of  the  principal  streets.!  Since  that  period,  an  essential  change  has 
taken  place  in  Albany.  A  considerable  number  of  the  opulent  inhabit- 
ants, whose  minds  were  enlarged  by  the  influence  of  the  revolutionary 
war,  and  the  extensive  intercourse  which  it  produced  among  them  and 
their  countrymen,  and  still  more  by  education  and  traveling,  have  reso- 
lutely broken  through  a  set  of  traditionary  customs,  venerable  by  age,  and 
strong  by  universal  attachment.  These  gentlemen  have  built  many  hand- 
some houses  in  the  modern  English  style ;  and  in  their  furniture,  man- 
ners, and  mode  of  living,  have  adopted  the  English  customs.  To  this 
important  change  the  strangers,  who  within  a  few  years  have  become  a 
numerous  body  of  the  inhabitants,  have  extensively  contributed.  All 
these,  from  whatever  country  derived,  have  chosen  to  build  and  live  in 
the  English  manner.  The  preference,  given  to  the  customs  of  the 
English,  must  descend  with  increasing  influence  to  their  children.  In  the 
English  language  all  accompts,  instruments  of  conveyance,  records,  and 
papers  employed  in  legal  processes  must  be  written.  The  attainment  of 
this  language  has,  therefore,   now  become  indispensable  to  the  safety, 

as   well  as   to    the   prosperity  of  every  individual The  streets  of 

Albany  are,  in  a  loose  sense,  parallel  and  right  angled  to  the  river.  The 
ground  admitted,  very  happily,  of  a  regular  location;  but,  as  in  other 
places,  this  beautiful  object  was  unthought  of  by  the  first  settlers. 
Market,  Pearl,  and  State  streets,  the  principal  ones,  are  straight  and 
handsome.  The  two  former  are  parallel  with  the  river,  the  latter  meets 
them  at  right  angles.  The  public  buildings  are  a  state-house,  two  Dutch, 
two  Presbyterian,  one  Episcopal,  one  German  Lutheran,  one  Methodist, 
and  one  Roman  Catholic,  churches;  a  building,  containing  the  ofiices  of 
state ;  two   banks ;  a  prison ;  an  arsenal ;  a  hospital ;  a  city  hall ;  and  a 

'  The  late  Christian  Miller  told  me,  many  years  ago,  that  there  was  a  miry 
place  in  State  street,  in  front  of  Green,  and  that  he  once  assisted  in  extricating 
the  carriage  of  Philip  Schuyler,  which  had  mired  there.  This  was  in  the  last  cen- 
tury.—  M. 


Notes  of  Travelers.  405 

tontine  coffee  house.  One  of  the  Dutch  churches  is  new,  handsome,  and 
ornamented  with  two  towers,  crowned  with  cupolas.  None  of  the  other 
public  buildings  claim  any  particular  attention. 

Since  I  visited  this  city  in  1792,  it  has,  fortunately,  I  think,  been  rav- 
aged by  two  fires,  one  of  them  supposed,  the  other  known  to  be  kindled 
by  incendiaries.  The  tenants  of  the  houses  which  were  burned  have  in 
many  instances  been  sufferers,  but  the  town  and  the  proprietors  have 
gained  much.  The  house  lots  have  commanded  a  higher  price  than 
could  have  been  obtained  both  for  houses  and  lots  antecedently  to  the 
fires,  and  the  town  has  already  been  improved  not  a  little  in  its  appearance, 
and  will  probably  be  much  more  improved  hereafter.  At  the  head  of  Market 
street  stands  the  mansion  of  the  Hon.  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  late  lieu- 
tenant governor  of  this  state.  Mr.  Van  Rensselaer  is  the  eldest  male 
heir  of  the  first  branch  of  the  Rensselaer  family,  one  of  the  most  numer- 
ous and  respectable  in  the  former  province  of  New  York,  and  among  the 
most  distinguished  at  the  present  time.  The  mansion  house  in  which  he 
resides  struck  my  eye  as  exhibiting  an  appearance  remarkable  comporting 
with  the  fact,  that  for  a  long  period,  it  had  been  the  residence  of  an 
ancient  and  distinguished  family.  The  situation,  though  not  much  ele- 
vated, is  fine,  cheerful,  and  prospective.  It  is  the  front  of  a  noble  inter- 
val in  the  township  of  Watervleit,  containing  seven  hundred  acres. 
East  of  this -interval  flows  the  Hudson;  and  beyond  it  is  seen  a  handsome 
acclivity  rising  from  its  margin,  upon  which  stands  the  neat,  sprightly 
village  of  Bath.  The  house  is  large  and  venerable,  and  looks  as  if  it 
were^'the  residence  of  respectability  and  worth.  The  hospitality  which 
reigns  here  has  ever  been  honorable  to  the  successive  proprietors.  At  a 
small  distance  from  this  house  westward  is  the  most  extensive  collection 
of  manufactures  which  I  have  seen  in  the  possession  of  a  single  man. 
The  proprietor  is  James  Caldwell,  Esq.  In  these  works  barley  is  hulled, 
peas  are  split,  and  hair  powder,  starch,  snuff,  tobacco,  mustard,  and  cho- 
colate are  manufactured.  I  visited  them  in  the  year  1792,  and  thought 
the  manner  of  performing  the  business  ingenious  and  happy.  In  1794 
they  were  burnt.  The  loss  was  estimated  at  37,000  dollars.  Within 
eleven  months  they  were  rebuilt,  and  ready  for  their  respective  opera- 
tions.    In  these  works  forty  boys  find  employment,  besides  other  workmen. 

The  trade  of  Albany  is  extensive.  It  consists  in  the  exchange  of  fo- 
reign commodities  for  the  produce  of  a  large,  fertile  country,  and  must,  I 
think,  continue  to  increase  through  a  long  period.  Heretofore  the  inha- 
bitants pursued  a  profitable  commerce  with  the  Indians,  and  were  for 
many  years  still  more  profitably  employed  in  the  lucrative  business  of 
supplying  successive  armies  with  almost  everything  which  armies  con- 
sume. Many  of  the  inhabitants  have  of  course  become  rich.  This  has 
been  the  fact  particularly  since  the  formation  of  the  present  American 
government.  I  know  not  that  Albany  has  ever  suffered  any  serious  evils 
from  the  savages. 

I  ought  not  to  leave  this  town  without  paying  a  tribute  of  respect  to 
the  Hon.  Philip  Schuyler,  major  general  in  the  American  army  during 
the  revolutionary  war.  This  gentleman  was  born  at  Albany,  in  the  year 
1731,  of  an  ancient  and  respectable  family.  In  very  early  life  he  was  distin- 
guished for  superior  talents,  and  an  energy  and  activity  almost  singular.  He 
was  an  officer  in  the  army  in  which  the  war  commenced  at  Lake  George, 
1755.     At  an  early  period  of  life  he  became  a  member  of  the  New  York 


406  Notes  of  Travelers. 

legislature  ;  and  was  soon  distinguished  for  his  intelligence  and  influence. 
To  him  and  Governor  Clinton  it  was  chiefly  owing,  that  this  province 
made  an  early  and  decided  resistance  to  those  British  measures,  which 
terminated  in  the  independence  of  the  colonies.  When  the  revolutionary 
war  commenced  he  was  appointed  a  major-general,  and  was  always  an 
active,  useful  ofiicer  wherever  he  was  stationed.  After  the  retreat  of 
St  Clair  from  Ticonderoga,  he  contributed  largely  to  the  defense  of  his 
country  by  his  prudent  and  vigorous  exertions.  In  the  senate  of  New 
York  he  contributed,  probably  more  than  any  other  man  to  the  code  of 
laws  adopted  by  this  state.  Of  the  old  congress  he  was  a  useful  member  ; 
of  the  new  he  was  a  senator  from  its  commencement,  and  was  chosen  a 
second  time  in  1796.  He  died  at  his  own  seat,  just  below  Albany, 
November  18th,  1804. 

In  the  year  1790,  this  city  contained  3,498  inhabitants;  in  1800, 
5,387  :  in  1810,  9,356. 

1804.  We  rode  in  the  morning  to  Albany.  This  city  is  improving  fast. 
Many  of  the  old  Dutch  houses  have  been  destroyed  by  fires ;  others  have 
been  pulled  down;  and  new  ones,  built  in  the  English  manner,  occupy 
their  places.  The  number  is  also  greatly  increased.  Several  public 
buildino-s  have  been  erected,  and  the  whole  appearance  of  the  city  is 
changed  for  the  better. 

Albany  is  rapidly  improving.  Its  population,  and  the  number  of  its 
buildings,  have  greatly  increased  during  the  last  four  years.  The  new  build- 
ings are  generally  handsome.  Among  them  is  a  large  and  elegant  church 
of  stone,  with  a  handsome  steeple,  built  in  Chapel  street  by  a  new  Pres- 
byterian congregation.  This  is  one  out  of  many  instances  of  enterprise  and 
public  spirit  manifested  by  the  inhabitants.  Another  is  the  establishment 
of  an  academy,  on  a  broad  foundation,  with  the  design  of  furnishing 
every  degree  of  education  short  of  that  which  is  obtained  at  colleges. 
The  corporation  of  the  city,  which  is  rich,  liberally  lend  their  aid  to  every 
useful  public  object,  in  a  manner  which  is  highly  honorable  to  the  cha- 
racter of  its  members.  Both  the  morals  and  the  manners  of  its  inhabit- 
ants are  also  not  a  little  improved.  On  Monday  I  left  Albany,  and  on 
the  following  Thursday  reached  New-Haven.  Four  miles  west  of  Albany 
I  was  thrown  out  of  my  sulkey  by  the  fall  of  my  horse ;  but,  although 
in  imminent  danger,  escaped  with  very  little  injury.  I  mention  this,  I 
hope,  with  some  degree  of  gratitude  to  that  good  Providence,  which, 
throuo-h  excursions  amounting  to  but  little  less  than  eighteen  thousand 
miles,  has  permitted  no  other  accident  to  befall  me  or  my  companions. 

1811.  We  took  an  early  dinner  and  proceeded  to  Troy.  The  country 
between  Schenectady  and  the  Cohoes  (the  first  object  of  our  attention)  is 
sufiiciently  dull,  a  fair  counterpart  to  that  through  which  we  had  tra- 
veled the  preceding  afternoon.  The  first  thirteen  miles  our  road  was  a 
turnpike,  the  rest  of  the  way  amounting  to  five  more,  was  winding,  diffi- 
cult to  find,  and  m?re  difficult  to  travel.  Throughout  the  whole  distance 
we  scarcely  met  with  an  agreeable  object.  This  uninviting  region  is 
principally  in  the  township  of  Watervliet,  an  extensive  tract  between 
Albany  and  the  Mohawk,  bounded  on  the  eastern  side  by  the  Hudson. 
In  the  year  1790,  it  contained  7,419  inhabitants;  in  1800,  having  been 
sub-divided,  it  contained  5,092;  and  in  the  year  1810,  having  been  again 
sub-divided,  it  contained  2,365.  After  a  tedious  ride  we  reached  the 
Cohoes  where  we  made  a  long  pause  in  our  ride,  for  the  purpose  of  con- 


Notes  of  Travelers.  407 

templating  this  fine  scene.  The  river  was  low,  but  I  was  better  pleased 
with  the  appearance  of  the  cataract  than  at  any  time  heretofore.  The 
face  of  the  precipice  was  sensibly  worn  since  the  year  1802,  and  pre- 
sented more  and  bolder  varieties  to  the  view  than  at  that  time.  There 
was  visibly  less  water  running  here  than  we  found  at  Salisbury.  A  great 
part  of  the  precipice  was  naked.  After  we  had  satisfied  our  curiosity  we 
crossed  the  Mohawk,  and,  passing  through  Waterford,  crossed  the  Hud- 
son also  on  a  handsome  bridge  to  Lansingburgh.  In  the  evening  we 
rode  to  Troy. 

Lansingburgh  is  built  on  a  handsome  plain  upon  the  border  of  the 
Hudson.  The  principal  street  lies  parallel  with  the  river.  The  number 
of  houses  is  perhaps  two  hundred  and  fifty,  generally  decent  buildings. 
It  contains  two  churches,  a  Presbyterian  and  an  Episcopal.  The  bed  of 
Hudson  against  Lansingburgh  is  obstructed  by  a  rift  of  rocks.  The 
inhabitants,  who  were  collected  to  this  spot  by  high-raised  expectations 
of  prosperous  trade,  have  been  seriously  disappointed  in  their  hopes  of 
clearing  the  river  of  these  obstructions.  Yet  they  are  not  discouraged, 
the  legislature  having  lately  made  them  a  grant,  which  they  believe,  will 
go  far  towards  accomplishing  their  wishes.  The  road  from  Lansingburgh 
to  Troy,  three  miles,  is  a  continued  village.  In  the  year  1810,  Lansing- 
burgh contained  1,658  inhabitants.  In  the  census  of  1800  it  was  in- 
cluded in  the  township  of  Troy. 

Troy  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  well  built  towns  which  I  have 
seen.  From  Water  street,  which  extends  one  or  two  miles  along  the 
river,  five  others  proceed  in  a  southern  direction  obliquely  to  the  river, 
which  here  bends  towards  the  west.  These  are  crossed  by  eight  others 
at  right  angles.  The  streets  are  wide,  straight,  and  spacious;  and  the 
town,  independently  of  the  direction  of  Water  street,  perfectly  regular. 
In  the  year  1789,  the  ground  on  which  Troy  stands  was  a  field  belonging 
to  a  Dutch  gentleman,  whose  name  was  Vanderheyden.  Originally  the 
township  was  large.  It  is  now  only  three  miles  in  length  on  the  river, 
and  scarcely  a  mile  in  breadth.  The  houses  in  it  must  of  course  be  new. 
The  number  of  them  is  a  little  short  of  six  hundred.  They  are  chiefly  of 
brick,  generally  very  neat,  and  often  handsome.  The  public  buildings 
are  a  Presbyterian,  an  Episcopal,  a  Baptist,  and  a  Methodist  church,  and 
a  Friends'  meetinghouse;  a  court-house,  a  gaol,  and  two  banks.  The 
new  bank  is  a  handsome  building;  the  other  public  buildings  are  decent. 
The  streets  are  prettily  set  with  trees,  and  the  houses  ornamented  with 
gardens  and  other  neat  appendages.  Upon  the  whole,  there  is  hardly  a 
town  in  the  country,  forming  the  subj^t  of  these  letters,  which  makes 
so  cheerful,  brilliant,  and  beautiful  an  appearance.  Water  street,  on  the 
side  towards  the  river,  is  lined  with  large  stores,  many  of  which  are  of 
three  and  four  stories,  and  are  all  furnished  with  wharfs.  The  river  to 
this  place  holds  the  same  depth  as  to  Albany.  The  site  of  Troy,  and  of 
Lansingburgh  also,  is  an  elevated,  hard,  gravelly  plain.  The  scenery 
around  it  is  delightful.  Behind  it  is  Mount  Ida,  a  very  handsome  emi- 
nence. Before  it  is  the  Hudson;  here  a  noble  stream,  with  its  islands, 
and  beautiful  western  shore.  Above,  at  the  distance  of  three  miles,  are 
the  villages  of  Lansingburgh  and  Waterford.  Below,  at  the  distance  of 
six,  is  the  city  of  Albany.  Troy  and  Lansingburgh  are  both  settlements, 
formed  for  the  purposes  of  trade.      Antecedently  to  the  embargo  in  1809 


408  Notes  of  Travelers. 

Troy  was  one  of  the  most  prosperous  towns  in  the  American  Union. 
The  inhabitants  had  engrossed  most  of  the  trade  carried  on  by  the  county 
of  Washington,  part  of  the  county  of  Rensselaer,  and  the  western  half  of 
Vermont.  That  disastrous  measure,  and  those  which  followed  it,  drove 
the  people  of  Vermont  to  Montreal.  This  channel  of  commerce  having 
been  thus  fairly  opened,  the  stream  will  not  probably  return  to  its  former 
bed  without  extreme  difficulty.  I  was  assured,  in  Troy,  that  real  pro- 
perty had  by  these  measures  already  lost  one-fourth  part  of  its  value. 
Troy,  in  the  year  1800,  then  a  large  township,  contained  4,926  inhabit- 
ants.    In  1810,  the  present  Troy  contained  3,895. 

The  next  morning,  Saturday,  September  28th,  wo  proceeded  to  Albany. 
Here  we  continued  until  Tuesday  morning,  in  a  circle  of  friends,  from 
whom  we  received  every  pleasure  which  can  spring  from  enlightened 
and  refined  society.  This  city  is  exceedingly  improved.  In  the  year 
1792,  there  were  very  few  houses  built  in  the  modern  English  manner. 
The  body  was  composed  of  clumsy  Dutch  buildings,  a  great  number  of 
which  had  been  erected  from  eighty  to  one  hundred  years.  Seven  suc- 
cessive fires,  five  of  which  were  kindled  by  incendiaries,  have  swept 
away  a  large  part  of  these,  as  well  as  many  other  buildings,  so  that  the 
inhabitants  have  been  compelled  to  build  a  considerable  part  of  the  town 
anew.  In  the  year  1790,  Albany  contained  3,498  inhabitants ;  in  the 
year  1810,  9,356.  The  little  town  of  Colonic,  which  lies  on  its  northern, 
skirt,  separated  only  by  a  legal  line,  and  inseparable  by  the  eye  (so  that 
it  is  really  as  much  a  part  of  this  city  as  the  same  number  of  houses  in 
any  other  quarter),  contains  1,406;  making  together  10,762.  Albany 
therefore  has  more  than  tripled  its  population  in  twenty  years;  Colonic 
not  having  been  separated  from  it  in  the  census  of  1790.  Two-thirds  of 
its  houses  must,  of  course,  have  been  added  since  the  first  of  these  dates. 
Besides,  a  considerable  number  of  houses  have  been  pulled  down  to 
make  way  for  better  buildings,  to  furnish  convenience,  gratify  ambition, 
or  satisfy  the  calculations  of  avarice.  From  these  causes  Albany  is  be- 
come in  its  appearance  a  new  town,  and  is  certainly  a  very  handsome  one. 
The  public  buildings  have  been  as  much  improved  as  the  private  ones. 
These  are  the  state-house,  a  house  for  the  great  offices  of  state,  ten 
churches,  an  arsenal,  a  prison,  and  three  banks.  The  state-house  is  a 
handsome  building  at  the  head  of  State  street,  in  a  noble  situation,  and 
furnishes  from  its  cupola  a  rich  and  extensive  prospect.  It  contains 
chambers  for  the  senate  and  the  house  of  representatives,  a  court-room, 
jury -rooms,  offices,  and  lobbies  Its  external  appearance  would  have  been 
much  improved  by  the  addition  of  a  third  story.  The  churches  are 
generally  good  buildings.  The  Episcopal  church  stands  on  State  street, 
in  a  commanding  situation,  and  is  a  rich,  expensive  structure,  but  heavy 
to  the  eye.  The  Dutch  church  in  Pearl  street  I  mentioned  heretofore. 
The  new  Dutch  church,  on  Hudson  street,  is  one  of  the  best  and  most 
beautiful  edifices  of  this  nature  which  I  have  seen.  The  streets  are 
generally  well  paved.  Upon  the  whole,  few  towns  in  this  country  appear 
so  advantageously  to  the  eye  as  Albany.  The  inhabitants,  you  will  per- 
ceive from  the  account  which  I  have  given  of  its  population,  are  chiefly 
immigrants,  derived  from  many  countries  and  diff"erent  nations.  Most  of 
them,  however,  are  from  the  United  States;  particularly  from  New  York 
and  New  England.  The  state  of  society  must  of  course  be  various. 
Extensively,  it  is  intelligent  and  refined,  and  we  found  it  uncommonly 
agreeable.     The  inhabitants  deserve  much  credit  for  their  public  spirit. 


Notes  of  Travelers.  409 

A  general  disposition  prevails  among  them  to  increase  the  beauty  of  the 
town,  and  add  to  the  number  of  its  conveniences,  the  fruits  of  which  are 
extensively  visible.  Among  other  improvements,  they  have  begun  to 
supply  the  city  with  water  by  aqueducts,  the  water  of  their  wells'"  being 
hard  and  disagreeable.  In  my  own  opinion,  the  people  of  Albany  are  acU 
vancing  in  their  moral  and  religious  character.  The  commerce  of  this 
city  has  become  very  great,  and  many  of  its  merchants  are  wealthy. 
Such  are  its  advantages  for  trade,  that  it  must  become  a  large  commer- 
cial town,  and  have  a  very  numerous  population. 

[Davison's  Traveler's  Guide  for  1840,  hdd  the  following  account  of 
Albany:] 

Albany  is  the  capital  of  the  state  of  New  York  and  in  point  of  wealth, 
population,  trade  and  resources,  is  the  second  city  in  the  state,  and  the 
sixth  or  seventh  in  the  union.  It  is  situated  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Hudson  river,  and  near  the  head  of  tide  water.  It  was  settled  in  1612 ; 
and  next  to  Jamestown  in  Virginia,  is  the  oldest  settlement  in  the  United 
States.  In  1614,  a  small  fort  and  trading  house  were  built  by  the 
Dutch  on  an  island  half  a  mile  below  the  site  of  the  present  city;  and 
soon  afterwards  Fort  Orange  where  the  city  now  stands.  The  place  was 
first  called  Aurania;  then  Beverwyck,  till  1625;  then  Fort  Orange  till 
1647,  and  Williamstadt  till  1664.  For  a  long  time  after  its  foundation 
it  was  enclosed  with  palisadoes  or  pickets,  as  a  defence  against  the  In- 
dians, who  were  then  numerous  and  powerful  in  its  vicinity. 

Though  the  first  appearance  of  this  city  is  not  prepossessing  to  a 
stranger,  still  the  taste  which  has  been  displayed  in  the  construction  of 
its  public  and  private  buildings — the  constant  din  of  commercial  business 
which  assails  the  ear  of  the  traveler — the  termination  of  the  Erie  canal 
and  the  Mohawk  and  Hudson  rail  road  at  this  place,  and  many  other 
attendant  circumstances,  render  Albany  an  important  and  interesting  spot. 

The  city  is  divided  into  five  wards,  and  contains  many  superb  and 
elegant  buildings.  The  principal  avenues  are  Market,  Pearl,  and  State 
streets.  The  two  former  run  parallel  with  the  river,  and  the  latter  is 
very  spacious,  extending  from  the  Capitol  to  the  Hudson,  nearly  east 
and  west.  Besides  these,  there  are  many  other  streets,  less  considerable 
in  extent,  but  populous  and  crowded  with  shops  and  stores. 

The  Capitol,  which  contains  the  legislative  halls,  the  supreme  and 
chancery  court  rooms  of  the  state,  the  state  library,  and  other  apartments 
for  public  business,  stands  at  the  head  of  State  street,  on  an  elevation  of 
130  feet  above  the  level  of  the  river.  It  is  a  substantial  stone  edifice, 
erected  at  an  expense  of  $120,000.  It  is  115  feet  in  length,  90  in  breadth^ 
and  50  feet  high,  consisting  of  two  stories  and  a  basement. 

The  Public  Square,  fronting  the  Capitol,  is  arranged  in  the  style  of  a 
park,  and  is  surrounded  by  a  costly  iron  railing,  having  several  delight- 
ful walks  and  avenues. 

North  of  the  Capitol  stands  the  Academy,  one  of  the  most  elegantly 
constructed  buildings  in  the  city.  It  consists  of  free  stone,  3  stories 
high,  and  90  feet  of  front. 

The  City  Hall,  fronting  the  foot  of  Washington  street,  and  near  the 
Capitol  square,  is  a  costly  edifice  of  white  marble,  displaying  much  taste 
in  its  structure,  and  is  ornamental  to  the  part  of  the  city  in    which  it 
Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  52 


410  Notes  of  Travelers. 

stands.  The  dome  is  gilded,  and  is  a  conspicuous  object  at  some  distance 
from  the  city. 

The  new  State  Hall,  located  north  of  the  City  Hall,  is  constructing 
of  white  marble,  and,  when  finished,  will  not  be  surpassed  by  any  edifice 
in  the  city.  It  will  contain  the  offices  of  the  secretary  of  state,  comp- 
troller, treasurer,  surveyor  general,  attorney  general,  register  in  chancery 
and  clerk  of  the  supreme  court. 

The  Female  Academy,  in  North  Pearl  street,  a  beautiful  and  classical 
edifice,  commanding  a  view  of  the  eastern  part  of  the  city  and  opposite 
shore  of  the  Hudson,  under  its  popular  principal,  Mr.  Crittenden,  receives 
an  extensive  patronage. 

The  Baptist  Church,  on  the  same  side  of  the  street,  and  but  a  few 
doors  from  the  Academy,  is  also  a  very  elegant  structure.  The  pedi- 
ments of  both  buildings  projecting  at  suitable  distances  from  each  other, 
give  a  very  fine  appearance  to  the  street,  by  relieving  the  monotony  of 
the  long  line  of  dwelling-houses  in  the  neighborhood,  without  materially 
obstructing  the  view  of  the  whole.  There  are  also  20  other  houses  of 
public  worship,  several  of  which  exhibit  much  taste  in  their  architecture, 
six  banks,  and  one  of  the  best  museums  in  the  country. 

The  Merchant's  Exchange,  built  of  granite,  is  located  on  the  corner 
of  State  and  North  Market  streets. 

Hotels. — The  principal  hotels  in  Albany,  are  the  Eagle  Tavern,  South 
Market  street ;  American  Hotel,  State  street ;  Congress  Hall,  Capitol 
square ;  Mansion  House,  City  Hotel  and  Temperance  House,  North 
Market  street.  These  are  all  first  rate  establishments,  handsomely  fur- 
nished and  well  kept.  On  a  less  expensive  scale,  are  the  Fort  Orange 
Hotel,  Columbian  Hotel,  and  Montgomery  Hall,  South  Market  street; 
and  the  Franklin  House  and  Rail  Road  Hotel,  State  street.  During  the 
sessions  of  the  New  York  legislature,  Albany  is  crowded  with  strangers, 
and  contains  much  of  the  legal  talent  and  learning  of  the  state.  The 
city  is  eligibly  situated  for  trade,  being  a  great  thoroughfare  for  the 
northern  and  western  sections  of  the  country. 

The  Albany  basin,  where  the  waters  of  the  Erie  canal  unite  with  the 
Hudson,  consists  of  a  part  of  the  river  included  between  the  shore  and 
an  artificial  pier  erected  80  feet  in  width  and  4,300  feet  in  length.  The 
pier  contains  about  8  acres,  and  is  connected  with  the  city  by  draw- 
bridges. It  is  a  grand  and  stupendous  work,  on  which  spacious  and  ex- 
tensive stores  have  been  erected,  and  where  an  immense  quantity  of 
lumber  and  other  articles  of  trade  are  deposited.  The  basin  covers  a 
surface  of  32  acres. 


[411  ] 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  ANCIENT  ACCEPTED  SCOTTISH 
RITE  IN  ALBANY. 


[It  seems  to  be  established  beyond  dispute,  that  this  Rite  was  first 
established  in  this  country  at  Albany,  in  the  year  1767.  The  institu- 
tion being  in  a  flourishing  condition  at  this  time,  and  embracing  in  its 
membership  all  classes  in  the  community,  and  the  ancient  lodge  being 
still  in  existence,  the  details  of  the  origin  and  progress  of  the  Ineffable  Lodge 
of  Perfection  is  of  sufficient  interest  to  merit  a  place  in  this  work.  From 
the  proceedings  of  a  council  held  at  Boston,  furnished  to  me  by  Mr. 
Robert  H.  Waterman,  the  following  particulars  are  copied  entire,  with  all 
the  technicalities  of  the  fraternity.  It  forms  a  portion  of  the  address  of 
the  presiding  officer  at  the  council  held  as  above  in  1869.] 

Scarcely  any  greater  service  for  the  Rite  could  be  done  than  the  pre- 
paration and  publication  of  the  history  in  detail  of  the  Rite  in  this  coun- 
try. As  now  existing,  it  came  immediately  from  several  independent 
sources.  It  was  unquestionably  first  established  in  Albany,  in  1767,  by 
Henry  x\ndrew  Francken.  In  an  address  delivered  in  1851,  111.  Bro. 
Giles  Fonda  Yates,  says  : 

"  My  intercourse  in  1822  with  several  old  Masons  in  the  city  of  Al- 
bany, led  to  the  discovery  that  an  '  Ineffable  Lodge  of  Perfection  '  had 
been 'established  in  that  ancient  city  on  the  20th  of  December,  1767.  I 
also  discovered,  that  not  only  the  Ineffable,  but  the  Superior  Degrees  of 
our  Rite,  had  been  conferred  at  the  same  time  on  a  chosen  few,  by  the 
founder  of  the  Lodge,  Henry  A.  Francken,  one  of  the  Deputies  of  Stephen 
Morin  of  illustrious  memory.  It  was  not  long,  moreover,  before  I  found 
the  orio-inal  warrant  of  this  Lodge,  its  book  of  minutes,  the  patents  of  111. 
Brothers  Samuel  Stringer,  M.  D.,  Jeremiah  Van  Rensselaer,  and  Peter 
W.  Yates,  Esquires,  Dep.  Inspectors  General  under  the  old  system  ;  also, 
'the  regulations  and  constitutions  of  the  nine  Commissioners,'  etc.,  1761, 
and  oth'er  documents  that  had  been  left  by  Bro.  Francken  with  the  Albany 
Brethren,  when  he  founded  their  Lodge.  With  the  concurrence  of  the 
surviving  members  of  said  Lodge  residing  in  Albany,  Dr.  Jonathan  Eights 
and  the  Hon.  and  R.  W.  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  P.  G.  M.  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  New  York,  I  aided  in  effecting  its  revival.  The  necessary  pro- 
ceedings were  thereupon  instituted  to  place  the  same  under  the  superin- 
tendence of  a  Grand  Council  of  Princes  of  Jerusalem  as  required  by  the 
old  Constitutions;  and  said  Grand  Council  was  subsequently  opened  in 
due  form  in  said  city." 

This  statement  of  111.  Bro.  Yates  has  been  called  in  question  :  but  I 
have  had  the  gratification  of  inspecting  documents  which  place  the  truth 
of  it  beyond  question.  For  this  I  am  indebted  to  the  zeal  and  energy  of 
111.  Robert  H  Waterman,  32°,  of  Albany,  and  the  courtesy  of  Bro.  John 
W.  Bay,  33°,  of  the  same  city.     I  deem  a  full  history  of  that  Lodge  worthy 


412  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany. 

of  your  attention ;  and  you  will  pardon  me,  therefore,  for  referring  to  it 
at  some  length. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  original  warrant : 

an      QT  (Illuminated) 

L^^-    ^-J  1    Triangle,    f 

By  the  Glory  of  the  Grand  Architect  of  the  Universe. 
LUX  EX  TENEBRIS. 

Unitas,  Concordia  Fratrum. 

At  the  East  where  shines  the  Great  Light  and  where  reigns  Silence,  Concord  and  Peace  the  29th 
of  the  ninth  Month,  called  Kislen  7767,  A.  M.  5528,  equal  to  20th  Dec'r,  1767. 

By  Virtue  of  a  full  power  and  authority  committed  to  me  by  the  Most 
Illustrious,  Most  Respectable  and  Most  Sublime  Brother  Stephen  Morin, 
G-rand  Inspector  of  all  Lodges  relative  to  the  Superior  degrees  of  Masonry, 
from  Secret  Master  to  the  29th  degree,  and  confirmed  by  the  Grand 
Council  of  Princes  of  Masons,  in  the  island  of  Jamaica,  &c.,  &c.,  &c., 
We,  Hen.-.  And'w  Francken,  Dep'y  Ins'r  Gen'l  of  all  the  Superior  de- 
grees of  Masons  in  the  West  Indies  and  North  America,  have  duly  exa- 
mined and  found  worthy  our  dear  Brethren  William  Gamble,  Francis 
Joseph  Von  Pfister,  Thomas  Swords,  Thomas  Lynott,  and  Richard  Cart- 
wriaht,  and  find  them  well  qualified  in  the  mysteries  of  Masonry,  to  the 
14th  degree  known  by  us  to  be  the  highest  degree  of  ancient  masonry  by 
the  name  of  Perfection  of  Masonry.  Now  know  ye  that  in  consequence 
of  such  power  we  have  constituted  and  by  these  presents  we  do  constitute 
our  said  worthy  Brethren  William  Gamble,  Francis  Joseph  Von  Pfister, 
Thomas  Swords,  Thomas  Lynott,  and  Richard  Cartwright  into  a  Regular 
Lodge  of  Perfection,  by  the  name  of  Inefi'able  ;  to  be  held  at  the  City  of 
Albany,  in  the  Province  of  New  York  ;  whereof  by  these  presents  we 
appoint  (p?'o  temfore)  our  worthy  Brother  William  Gamble  to  officiate  as 
Master,  with  power  to  appoint  his  ofiicers  until  another  Master  shall  be 
appointed  by  virtue  of  an  instrument  in  writing,  under  our  hand  and  seal 
for  that  purpose,  to  proceed  to  initiate  the  younger  Brethren  into  every 
degree  of  said  high  degrees  as  they  shall  be  found  worthy  to  the  14th 
degree,  or  Perfection,  having  a  due  care  and  regard  never  to  give  more 
than  one  degree  at  a  time,  to  regulate  themselves  according  to  their  well 
calculated  laws  and  regulations,  to  be  approved  of  and  signed  by  me  their 
founder  ;  taking  special  care  to  admit  none  who  have  not  been  or  are 
officers  of  a  regular  constituted  lodge,  and  that  their  number  never  exceed 
27  members  in  all,  who  shall  be  residents  in  this  Province,  but  with  a 
power  to  keep  said  number  up.  provided  death,  absence  from  this  province, 
or  a  removal  of  25  leagues  shall  render  it  impracticable  for  any  particular 
member  or  members  to  give  due  attendance.  That  in  case  of  our  removal 
from  this  province  we  authorize  the  said  members  of  said  Lodge  of  Per- 
fection, named  the  Inefi'able,  to  choose  every  year  their  own  Master,  (and 
he  his  officers),  by  a  majority  of  votes.  Further  that  said  Lodge  of  Per- 
fection, at  all  times  shall  pay  due  obedience  to  our  mandates  and  the 
mandates  of  the  Grand  Council  of  Princes  of  Masons,  (if  any  established 
in  this  province),  and  transmit  quarterly  to  us  a  list  of  the  members  and 
their  qualities  with  every  transaction  of  note  :  and  in  case  they  do  find 
and  should  conclude  on  any  Articles  for  the  benefit  of  said  Lodge,  such 
articles  are  to  be  sent  to  us  by  petition,  and  if  found  beneficial  shall  be 
granted  under  our   hand  and  seal.     And   further,  that   the   above-named 


Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany.  413 

Lodge,  the   Ineffable,  shall  fully  confirm  and   behave  themselves  to  this 
our  Constitution  and   Patent,  to  which   I  have   set  my  hand   and  seal  at 
arms  with  the   Grand  Seal  of  the   Perfection  of  Masonry,  in   the   place 
where  the   greatest  of  Treasures   are   deposited,   the   be- 
holding of  which  fills  us  with   comfort,  joy  and   acknow- 
[l.   s.]       ledgment  of  all  that's  good  and  great. 

Done  near   the  B.  B.  at  New  York,  the   Day  and   Year 
above  written. 

Hen'y  And'w  Francken, 

.   Sov'n  Pr'nce  of  Masons, 

Dep'y  Gr'd  Insp'r  Gen'l." 

I  copy,  also,  the  patent  of  Jeremiah  Van  Rensselaer  : 
health,  stability,  and  power. 
By  the  Glory  of  the  Grand  Architect  of  the  Universe. 
LUX  EX   TENEBRIS. 

From  The  East  of  the  Grand  Court  of  the  most  puissant  Council,  of 
the  most  Valiant  Princes,  and  Sublime  Masons  of  the  Royall  Secret  &c., 
&c.,  &c.,  under  the  celestial  canopy  of  the  Zenith  of  41  Degrees,  SOm's 
N.  L. 

To  our  Illustrious  and  most  Valiant  Brothers,  Knights,  and  Princes  of 
free,  accepted,  and  perfect  Masons  of  all  degrees  over  the  Hemispheres 
Greeting  : 

We  Henry  Andrew  Francken,  Gr'd  El't  Perf 't  and  Sub'm  Mason, 
Kn'tof  the  East,  and  Pi-ince  of  Jerusalem,  &c.,  &c.,  &c..  Patriarch  No- 
achite.  Sovereign  Ko't  of  the  Sun  and  K  —  H,  &c.,  &c.,  &c..  Deputy  Gr'd 
Insp'r  General,  over  all  Lodges,  Chapters,  Councills,  and  Grand  Councils 
of  the  Superior  degrees  of  Antient,  and  Modern  Masonry  on  the  Globe, 
by  Patent. 

From  the  Gr'd  Council  of  Princes  of  Masons  at  Kingston,  in  the 
Island  of  Jamaica,  &c.,  &c.,  &c.,  under  the  Special  protection  of  the  most 
puissant  Princes,  and  in  Their  Stead  Do  Certifie,  and  attest  to  all  Free 
and  Valiant  Princes  of  free  and  accepted  Masons,  &c.,  &c.,  &c..  That  we 
have  duly  examined  our  worthy  Brother  Jeremiah  Van  Rensselaer,  Na- 
tive of  Schenectady  in  the  Province  of  New  York,  now  an  Inhabitant  of 
the  City  of  Albany,  in  the  said  Province,  and  find  him  an  Expert  Master 
of  the  Blue  Lodge,  and  having  Given  us  the  most  Solid  proofs  of  his 
fervency,  constancy,  and  zeal  in  the  Support  of  the  Royal  Craft,  and  of 
his  Submission  to  the  Supreme  Tribunal  of  the  Sovereign  princes  of  the 
Royal  Secret,  &c.,  &c.,  &c.,  We  have  Initiated  him  Royal  Arch,  Gr'd 
El't  Perf't  and  Sublime  Mason,  Kn't  of  the  East,  and  Prince  of  Jeru- 
salem, &c.,  &c.,  and  Sovereign  Kn't  of  the  Sun.  We  Therefore,  Pray  all 
the  Respectable  Brethren,  Knights,  and  Princes  of  Masons,  to  receive  our 
said  Dear  Brother,  Jeremiah  Van  Rensselaer,  in  his  Respt'e  Qualities 
and  to  entertain  him  favorably  in  every  thing  Relative  to  them.  We 
promise  to  have  the  same  Regard,  to  those  who  shall  present  themselves 
to  Our  Lodge  and  Gr'd  Council,  furnished  with  Proper,  and  Authentick 
Titles. 

To  Which,  We  Henry  Andrew  Francken  have  heretofore  Subscribed  our 
name,  and  affixed  our  Seal  at  Arms  in  the  Place  where  the  greatest  of 
Treasures  are  deposited,  the  Beholding  of  which  fills  us  with  comfort,  Joy 
and  Acknowledgment  of  all   that  is   Great   and   Good,    near  the    B.   B. 


414  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany. 

This  Fourtli  day  of  the  ninth  month  called  Sevan   of  the  year   7768  of 
the  restor'n  2299,  Equall  to  the  1st  June  1768. 

Hen'y  And'w  Francken,  Pr'ce  of  Masons, 
[l.  s .]  Dep'y  Gr'd  Insp'r  Greneral." 

The  original  Book  of  Minutes,  extends  from  1767  to  1775.  It  opens 
with  a  memorandum  reciting  what  had  transpired  previously  to  forming 
the  Lodge.     I  copy  the  following  : 

"  Memorandum. 

About  the  7th  October,  1767,  Mess's  Pfister  and  Gamble  were  intro- 
duced at  New  York  to  Mr.  Henry  Andrew  Francken,  who  a  day  or  two 
after  by  Authority  invested  in  him  Initiated  them  in  the  11  degrees  of 
Ancient  Masonry,  from  the  Secret  Master  being  the  fourth  to  the  Perfec- 
tion which  is  the  14th  and  known  to  be  the  utmost  limits  of  Symbolick 
Masonry. 

About  a  week  after  the  above  date  Mr.  Francken  conferred  on  them 
the  2  first  Degrees  of  Modern  Masonry,  or  Masonry  Revived,  and  pro- 
posed to  them  that  if  they  chose  he  would  erect  A  Lodge  of  Perfection  at 
Albany  and  appoint  Wm.  Gamble  Master  thereof  (pro  tempore)  until  Sir 
Wm.  Johnson  should  have  the  refusal  of  it;  they  thankfully  accepted  of 
his  offer,  on  which  gave  them  a  Draft  of  a  Constitution  whereof  a  fair 
draft  was  to  be  made  when  they  arrived  in  Albany,  and  five  Brethren 
should  be  Initiated  into  the  14th  Degr's  about  the  Latter  end  of  October. 
Mr.  Swords  and  Lynot  were  Introduced  to  Mr.  Francken  by  Wm.  Gam- 
ble who  conferred  on  them  the  degrees  to  perfection  which  Completed  the 
Number  to  4  ;  and  as  Mr  Sword's  residence  was  at  a  considerable  distance 
from  Albany,  Mr.  Francken  gave  the  above  4  a  dispensation  to  Initiate  at 
Albany,  Brothers  Cartwright  and  Cuyler. 

Mr.  Richard  Cartwright  was  initiated  in  consequence  of  the  above  dis- 
pensation the  6th  December,  and  considering  of  the  Inconvenience  of  Mr. 
Cuyler's  situation  that  he  could  not  give  that  punctual  attendance  which 
will  be  absolutely  necessary  in  the  Infancy  of  the  Lodge,  it  was  agreed 
that  Mr.  Wm.  Gamble  should  write  Mr.  Francken  for  a  Dispensation  in 
favor  of  Mr.  Stringer,  and  at  the  same  time  Inclosed  him  A  fair  copy  of 
the  Constitution  to  be  signed  and  sealed  by  him.  By  the  same  post  wrote 
to  him  for  sundry  Jewels,  which  I  repeated  in  A  letter  of  the  14th  De- 
cember, in  which  Letter  A  Copy  of  the  By-laws  of  Union  Lodge  was 
Inclosed  with  some  additional  Articles  for  the  the  Ineffable  Body,  and  a 
Letter  from  Bro.  Cartwright  to  Mr.  Wetherhead  of  New  York,  wherein 
Mr.  Francken  has  credit  for  £8.10,  being  the  cost  of  the  following  Arti- 
cles, p'r  advice  of  Mr.  Francken  on  the  5th  Decemb'r 

One  Seal  for  the  Ineffable  Lodge, £2.10 

Two  do.  for  Mr.  Francken  as  the  founder  of  our  Lodge, 

which  we  made  him  a  present  of,  5.00 

K  Register  Book  of  our  Lodge,  1.00 

£8.10 


Which  sum  the  Brethren  who  have  received  prompt  Initiation  are  to 
pay  share  and  share  alike.     Said  Letter  to  Mr.  Wetherhead  Likewise  con- 


Ancient  Accented  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany.  415 

tained  a  credit  for  Mr.  Francken  for  whatever  Jewels  and  Necessary  the 
Lodge  may  write  for ;    the  Jewels  already  ordered  are  viz  : 

For  Pfister,  Gramble  —  2  Sabres  and  2  Aprons.  Swords  Lynott,  Cart- 
wright,  Cuyler  Stringer —  5  Jewels  of  Perfection,  and  six  Sets  of  Jewels 
for  Candidates  of  the  4  Deg'r.  Wrote  at  the  same  time  for  Raising  a 
Worthy  Master  to  the  Degree  of  Perfection  to  serve  the  Lodge  in  the 
Capacity  of  Tyler,  proposing  to  allow  him  4s,  for  each  lodge  he  Tyles, 
and  a  Dollar  from  each  person  who  shall  attain  the  Degr.  of  Perfection 
in  this  Body. 

On  Saturday  evening  the  19th  December,  1767. 

Received  a  dispensation  from  Mr.  Francken  for  Initiating  Brother 
Sam'l  Stringer  into  the  Highest  Degrees  of  Ancient  Masonry.  Accord- 
ingly the  next  evening  he  was  regularly  raised  to  the  degree  of  Perfection 
in  the  presence  of  Wm.  Gramble,  Fr.  Pfister  and  Rich'd  Cartwright. 

Wrote  Mr.  Francken  the  21st  Decem'r  an  answer  to  his  of  the  11th 
and  14th,  and  inclosed  him  a  petition  in  favor  of  Lieut.  Augustine  Pre- 
vost,  to  have  him  consent  to  Initiate  him  in  the  several  degrees  of  Ancient 
Masonry  as  far  as  the  Perfection. 

Saturday,  the  26th  December. 

Received  from  Mr  Francken  p'r  Teller  the  post  the  following  articles, 
viz  : 

5  Jewels  of  Perfection,  cost,  £8.15.0 

6  Triangles, 3.00.0 

2  Sabres, 3.10.0 

£15.05.0 

And  A  Seal  1  for  the  Ineffable  Lodge,  cost,  £2.10.0 

Also  advice  that  he  had  received  the  2  Seals  which  were  presented  him 
by  our  Body,  which  Seals  cost,  £5.0.0 

Mr.  Francken  sent  us  by  same  Conveyance  our  Constitution  Signed 
and  Sealed. 

Monday  the  28th,  the  members  of  the  Ineffable  Body  that  were  in  town 
went  in  Procession  with  their  Brethren  of  Union  Lodge  :  the  members 
were  Bro.  Stringer,  Bro.  Lynott,  Bro.  Cartwright,  Bro.  Gamble  and  Bro. 
Pfister. 

The  Order  of  Procession  was  — Tyler,  Music,  Apprentices,  Fellow  Craft, 
2  Deacons,  Masters,  Past  Masters,  Wardens,  Secretary,  Master,  Masons  9 
Degree,  Masons  14  Degree,  Princes  of  Jerusalem  and  2  Stewards. 

On  Saturday,  the  2d  Janu'ry,  1768,  Brother  Jeremiah  Van  Rensselaer 
gave  Bro.  Gamble  a  petition  for  the  Master  &c.  of  the  Ineffable  Lodge, 
praying  to  be  Initiated  into  the  highest  degrees  of  Ancient  Masonry,  to 
be  laid  before  the  Body  the  first  time  they  meet. 

The  same  day  received  a  Letter  from  ^Ir.  Francken  inclosing  Bro.  Pre- 
vost's  petition  Granted.  He  likewise  Inclosed  the  Laws  of  Ineffable 
Lodge,  signed  and  sealed.     The  members  in  town  were  Immediately  As- 

'  The  original  seal  is  still  in  existence,  and  now  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  R.  H. 
Waterman,  and  is  said  by  engravers  to  be  of  very  superior  workmanship. 


416  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany, 

sembled  and  the  Bye  Laws  opened  and  read  to  the  General  Satisfaction 
all  present. 

On  Sunday,  3d  Janu'ry,  Bro.  Henry  Cuyler  was  Initiated  as  far  as  Per- 
fection, in  presence  of  Wm.  Gamble,  F.  J.  V.  Pfister,  and  Richard  Cart- 
wright'j  when  Thursday,  the  7th  instant  was  appointed  for  the  formal 
opening  of  the  Lodge  of  Perfection. 

Tuesday,  5th  Janu'ry,  wrote  Mr.  Fraucken  an  answer  to  his  3  favors  of 
the  14th  and  the  21st  ult'o,  and  the  2Sth  following  acknowledged  the 
receipt  of  the  Constitution,  the  Jewels  and  Bye  Laws,  desiring  him  not  to 
Express  any  more  Jewels  than  what  may  be  in  hand  as  we  can  get  them 
made  here.  Acquainted  him  with  our  Procession.  Inclosed  him  a  Peti- 
tion from  the  Body  in  favor  of  Bro.  J.  Van  Rensselaer ;  acquainted  him 
with  the  Raising  Bro.  Cuyler,  and  that  the  Lodge  was  to  be  formally 
opened  on  Thursday  next. 

The  same  day  at  12  o'clock,  we  Initiated  Bro.  Henry  Beazly  into  the 
4th  degree  of  Masonry  Agreeable  to  the  Laws,  Gratis  to  Serve  the  Body 
in  quality  of  Tyler,  in  the  Presence  of  Bro.  Gamble,  Bro.  Pfister,  Bro. 
Stringer,  and  Bro.  Cartwright. 

The  Expenses  were  as  viz  : 

For  the  1st  five  Steps, £2.10.0 

Triangle, 0.10.0 

Ivory  Key,  0.08.0 

Apron  and  Order,  20s.  6d.,  Tyler,  4s.,  1.05.6 

£4.13.6 

Bro  Prevost's  dues  Br't  forward, £4.13.6 

of  which  he  paid  at  same  time, 3.05.0 

Remains  due,  £1.08.6 

Bought  of  John  Glen,  3  y'ds  Black  Strouds  at  10s  8d  p'r  y'd,     £1.12.0 
and  6th  Janu'ry  paid  him  p'r  Receipt. 

The  9th  Bespoke  of  Jacob  G.  Lansing  a  Jewel  of  Perfection,  for  the 
Tyler  a  Triangle  of  4th  degree  and  a  Jewel  of  5th  by  way  of  Experiment. 
Lent  him  a  Jewel  of  Perfection  for  a  Pattern  ;  the  same  day  Bespoke  of 
Stephen  March  four  Colums  for  Lodge  of,  P.  Master;  in  the  evening  the 
s'd  Stephen  March,  a  native  of  Newark  in  the  Jersey,  and  a  Carpenter  by 
trade  gave  a  Petition  to  be  laid  before  the  Lodge  at  their  first  meeting; 
praying  to  be  Initiated  into  the' highest  degree  of  Ancient  Masonry. 

The  11th  wrote  Mr.  Francken,  and  acquainted  him  we  had  communi- 
cated his  proposals  to  Sir  William  Johnson,  and  that  he  might  expect  his 
sentiments  the  Next  post.  Inclosed  him  a  Petition  in  favor  of  Bro.  Ste- 
phen March,  and  acquainted  him  we  had  Bespoke  Collums  for  the  P't 
Master's  Lodge,  and  by  way  of  Experiment  a  Jewel  of  Pefc'n,  of  S't  M'r 
and  of  Perf  t  M'r,  and  promised  to  acquaint  him  with  the  price  and 
quality.  "" 

Albany,  11th  Janu'ry,  1768. 

Lodge  in  due  form  of  Perf 'n.  Present — William  Gamble,  Thomas 
Lynott,  Richard  Cartwright,  Henry  Cuyler,  Samuel  Stringer  and  Thomas 
Beazly,  Tyler.  Absent  —  Francis  J.  V.  Pfister,  Thomas  Swords,  Au- 
gustine Prevost. 


Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany.  417 

The  Constitution,  Dispensation,  Laws,  and  the  founders  Instruction  to 
the  Master  ware  read,  as  Likewise  a  proposal  to  the  Union  Lodge  that 
the  Ineffable  Body  should  have  a  Joint  Right  into  the  Intended  Building 
to  which  they  are  principle  subscribers. 

The  Master  appointed  his  Officers  viz  : 

Samuel  Stringer,  S'r  G.  W.,  Thomas  Lynott,  Jun.  Gr.  W.,  Richard 
Cartwright,  Gr.  Treas'r,  Henry  Cuyler,  Gr.  Sec'y,  Thomas  Swords,  Au- 
gustine Prevost,  Gr.  Stewards. 

It  was  proposed  that  the  members  of  this  Body  should  contribute  its 
support,  20s.  p'r  an'm  and  agreed  to;  it  was  Likewise  proposed  that  a 
member  desirous  of  Being  raised  faster  than  the  Laws  allow,  and  under  a 
Necessity  of  Leving  the  Province  should  pay  for  each  degree  to  the  Il- 
lustrious Knights  20s.,  for  the  R.  Arch  40s.  and  for  the  Perfection 
£3.0.0  and  agreed  to. 

It  was  also  proposed  that  a  member  in  Case  of  a  Procession  if  in  town 
and  able  to  walk  and  refuses  to  Joyn  in  the  Solemnity  shall  pay  a  fine  of 
£3.4.0.     Agreed  to. 

It  was  proposed  that  a  candidate  shall  pay' 50s.  at  his  Admission  for 
the  first  5  steps  from  S't  M.  to  the  Int.  of  Building,  40s.  on  his  Initiation 
into  the  9th  degr.  for  that  and  the  3  following  steps  to  the  Illustr's 
Knt's,  and  50s.  on  receiving  the  degree  of  royal  arch,  for  that  and  the 
Perfection. 

Being  on  the  whole, £7.0.0 

And  to  the  Tyler, , 0.8.0 


£7.8.0 
It  was  then  proposed  that  the  members  of  this  Body  shall  pay  Bro. 
Cartwright  Is.  each  for  the  use  of  the  Room  and  fire  every  Lodge  Night, 
and  that  the  Body  shall  provide   their  own  Candles  and  have  the   use  of 
one  Closet  entirely  —  likewise,  it  shall  be  at  his  own  cost. 

It  was  unanimously  agreed   the  Monday  night  of  every  week  shall  be 
the  ordinary  Lodge  night,  at  6  o'clock  during  the  winter. 

Each  member  paid  his  dues  to  the  Grand  Treasurer  for  the  am't  of  his 
Order  Jewels  and  other  matters  viz  : 

Gamble, £5.1.7^ 

Pfister, : 5.7.4J 

Swords, , 5.4.0^ 

Lynott, ^.        5.4.0 

Cartwright, 5.4.0 

Cuyler, 5.L3J 

Stringer, 5. 5.1  J 


£36.7.6 
The  Gr.  Treas'ry  has  remitted  to  New  York  to  pay  for  Jewels,  £23.12.0 

Lodge  closed  till  Monday  next. 

Albany,  18th  Jan'y,  1768. 

Lodge  of  fourth  degree  in  Due  Form.  Broth'r  Jeremiah  Van  Rensse- 
laer was  Initiated  into  this  degree  agreeable  to  Bro.  Francken's  Grant, 
in  presence  of  V/illiam  Gamble,  Francis  Pfister,  Richard  Cartwright, 
Thomas  Lynott,  Sam'l  Stringer,  Augustine  Prevost. 

Hist.  Coll.  iii.  53 


416  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany. 

sembled  and  the  Bye  Laws  opened  and  read  to  the  General  Satisfaction 
all  present. 

On  Sunday,  3d  Janu'ry,  Bro.  Henry  Cuyler  was  Initiated  as  far  as  Per- 
fection, in  presence  of  Wm.  Gamble,  F.  J.  V.  Pfister,  and  Richard  Cart- 
wright^  when  Thursday,  the  7th  instant  was  appointed  for  the  formal 
opening  of  the  Lodge  of  Perfection. 

Tuesday,  5th  Janu'ry,  wrote  Mr.  Francken  an  answer  to  his  3  favors  of 
the  14th  and  the  21st  ult'o,  and  the  2Sth  following  acknowledged  the 
receipt  of  the  Constitution,  the  Jewels  and  Bye  Laws,  desiring  him  not  to 
Express  any  more  Jewels  than  what  may  be  in  hand  as  we  can  get  them 
made  here.  Acquainted  him  with  our  Procession.  Inclosed  him  a  Peti- 
tion from  the  Body  in  favor  of  Bro.  J.  Van  Rensselaer ;  acquainted  him 
with  the  Raising  Bro.  Cuyler,  and  that  the  Lodge  was  to  be  formally 
opened  on  Thursday  next. 

The  same  day  at  12  o'clock,  we  Initiated  Bro.  Henry  Beazly  into  the 
4th  degree  of  Masonry  Agreeable  to  the  Laws,  Gratis  to  Serve  the  Body 
in  quality  of  Tyler,  in  the  Presence  of  Bro.  Gamble,  Bro.  Pfister,  Bro. 
Stringer,  and  Bro.  Cartwright. 

The  Expenses  were  as  viz  : 

For  the  1st  five  Steps, £2.10.0 

Triangle, 0.10.0 

Ivory  Key,  0.08.0 

Apron  and  Order,  20s.  6d.,  Tyler,  4s.,  1.05.6 

£4.13.6 

Bro  Prevost's  dues  Br't  forward, £4.13.6 

of  which  he  paid  at  same  time, 3.05.0 

Remains  due,  £1.08.6 

Bought  of  John  Glen,  3  y'ds  Black  Strouds  at  10s  8d  p'r  y'd,     £1.12.0 
and  6th  Janu'ry  paid  him  p'r  Receipt. 

The  9th  Bespoke  of  Jacob  G.  Lansing  a  Jewel  of  Perfection,  for  the 
Tyler  a  Triangle  of  4th  degree  and  a  Jewel  of  5th  by  way  of  Experiment. 
Lent  him  a  Jewel  of  Perfection  for  a  Pattern  ;  the  same  day  Bespoke  of 
Stephen  March  four  Colums  for  Lodge  of,  P.  Master;  in  the  evening  the 
s'd  Stephen  March,  a  native  of  Newark  in  the  Jersey,  and  a  Carpenter  by 
trade  gave  a  Petition  to  be  laid  before  the  Lodge  at  their  first  meeting; 
praying  to  be  Initiated  into  the  highest  degree  of  Ancient  Masonry. 

The  11th  wrote  Mr.  Francken,  and  acquainted  him  we  had  communi- 
cated his  proposals  to  Sir  William  Johnson,  and  that  he  might  expect  his 
sentiments  the  Next  post.  Inclosed  him  a  Petition  in  favor  of  Bro.  Ste- 
phen March,  and  acquainted  him  we  had  Bespoke  Collums  for  the  P't 
Master's  Lodge,  and  by  way  of  Experiment  a  Jewel  of  Pefc'n,  of  S't  M'r 
and  of  Perf't  M'r,  and  promised  to  acquaint  him  with  the  price  and 
quality.  "* 

Albany,  11th  Janu'ry,  1768. 

Lodge  in  due  form  of  Perf'n.  Present — William  Gamble,  Thomas 
Lynott,  Richard  Cartwright,  Henry  Cuyler,  Samuel  Stringer  and  Thomas 
Beazly,  Tyler.  Absent  —  Francis  J.  V,  Pfister,  Thomas  Swords,  Au- 
gustine Prevost. 


Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany.  417 

The  Constitution,  Dispensation,  Laws,  and  the  founders  Instruction  to 
the  Master  ware  read,  as  Likewise  a  proposal  to  the  Union  Lodge  that 
the  Ineffable  Body  should  have  a  Joint  Right  into  the  Intended  Building 
to  which  they  are  principle  subscribers. 

The  Master  appointed  his  Officers  viz  : 

Samuel  Stringer,  S'r  G.  W.,  Thomas  Lynott,  Jun.  Gr.  W.,  Richard 
Cartwright,  Gr.  Treas'r,  Henry  Cuyler,  Gr.  Sec'y,  Thomas  Swords,  Au- 
gustine Prevost,  Gr.  Stewards. 

It  was  proposed  that  the  members  of  this  Body  should  contribute  its 
support,  20s.  p'r  an'm  and  agreed  to;  it  was  Likewise  proposed  that  a 
member  desirous  of  Being  raised  faster  than  the  Laws  allow,  and  under  a 
Necessity  of  Leving  the  Province  should  pay  for  each  degree  to  the  Il- 
lustrious Knights  20s.,  for  the  R.  Arch  40s.  and  for  the  Perfection 
£3.0.0  and  agreed  to. 

It  was  also  proposed  that  a  member  in  Case  of  a  Procession  if  in  town 
and  able  to  walk  and  refuses  to  Joyn  in  the  Solemnity  shall  pay  a  fine  of 
£3.4.0.     Agreed  to. 

It  was  proposed  that  a  candidate  shall  pay' 50s.  at  his  Admission  for 
the  first  5  steps  from  S't  M.  to  the  Int.  of  Building,  40s.  on  his  Initiation 
into  the  9th  degr.  for  that  and  the  3  following  steps  to  the  Illustr's 
Knt's,  and  50s.  on  receiving  the  degree  of  royal  arch,  for  that  and  the 
Perfection. 

Being  on  the  whole, £7.0.0 

And  to  the  Tyler, 0.8.0 


£7.8.0 
It  was  then  proposed  that  the  members  of  this  Body  shall  pay  Bro. 
Cartwright  Is.  each  for  the  use  of  the  Room  and  fire  every  Lodge  Night, 
and  that  the  Body  shall  provide   their  own  Candles  and  have  the   use  of 
one  Closet  entirely  —  likewise,  it  shall  be  at  his  own  cost. 

It  was  unanimously  agreed   the  Monday  night  of  every  week  shall  be 
the  ordinary  Lodge  night,  at  6  o'clock  during  the  winter. 

Each  member  paid  his  dues  to  the  Grand  Treasurer  for  the  am't  of  his 
Order  Jewels  and  other  matters  viz  : 

Gamble, £5.1.7^ 

Pfister, : 5.7.4i 

Swords, , 5.4.0^ 

Lynott,  ^.        5.4.0 

Cartwright, 5.4.0 

Cuyler, 5.L3J 

Stringer, 5. 5.1  J 


£36.7.6 
The  Gr.  Treas'ry  has  remitted  to  New  York  to  pay  for  Jewels,  £23.12.0 

Lodge  closed  till  Monday  next. 

Albany,  18th  Jan'y,  1768. 

Lodge  of  fourth  degree  in  Due  Form.  Broth'r  Jeremiah  Van  Rensse- 
laer was  Initiated  into  this  degree  agreeable  to  Bro.  Prancken's  Grant, 
in  presence  of  Vi^illiam  Gamble,  Francis  Pfister,  Richard  Cartwright, 
Thomas  Lynott,  Sam'l  Stringer,  Augustine  Pi-evost. 

Hist.  Coll.  in.  53 


418  Ancient  Accevted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany. 

Albany,  1st  February,  1768. 

******* 

The  same  day  wrote  Mr.  Francken  to  purchase  10  pair  of  the  Best 
Brass  Candlesticks,  to  be  ready  with  the  first  Sloop. 

The  11th  Rec'd  a  Letter  from  Mr.  Francken,  Inclosing  4  Ivory  Keys. 

Albany,  23d  Febru'ry,  1768. 

Lodge  of  5th  Degree  due  form.  Present —  William  Gamble,  Francis 
Pfister,  Rich'd  Cartwright,  Samuel  Stringer,  Augustus  Prevost,  Jer. 
Van  Eensselaer,  Henry  Beasely. 

Bro.  Jer.  Van  Rensselaer  was  Raised  to  the  degree  of  P't  Master  this 
evening  and  is  to  be  charged  with  his  dues  of  this  degree  £1.7.0. 

It  was  agreed  that  a  proposal  from  Mr.  Peter  Sharp  to  Build  a  Lodge 
house  agreeably  to  a  plan  Laid  before  the  Lodge  this  night  should  be  ac- 
cepted at  £300;  and  Bro.  Gamble,  Stringer  and  Rensselaer  engaged  to 
contract  for  the  same  upon  the  Lodge  engaging  to  endemnify  them  as 
fast  as  the  money  towards  erecting  the  said  Building  comes  in,  the  direc- 
tion whereof  they  are  to  have.     Lodge  closed  till  Monday  next. 

Febr'y  27,  Br.  Sam'l  Stringer  paid  Union  Lodge  for  the  deed  of  the 
Lot  to  Build  the  Lodge  on,  ...' £4.0.0 

Albany,  7th  May,  1768. 
Lodge  in  due   Form.     This  night  by   Dispensation  from  the  Founder, 
dated  28th  April,  Br's  Rennselaer,  March  and  Beaseley  were  raised  to  the 
sublime  degree  of  perfection  by  William  Gamble,  in  the  presence  of  Sam- 
uel Stringer,  who  was  likewise  present  last  night.     Lodge  Closed. 

Ascension  Day,  Albany,  May  12th,  1768. 
The  Corner  Stone  of  the  Foundation  of  the  Ineffable  Lodge  was  Laid,i 
for  which  purpose  the  Body  went  in  Procession. 

'  This,  so  far  as  we  now  recollect,  was  the  first  masonic  Lodge  House  ever  built 
in  America.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  on  the  12th  of  the  following  May.  On 
the  24th  of  June  in  the  same  year,  the  members  of  the  lodge  dined  together,  at 
which  were  present  as  visitors  Henry  A.  Francken,  Dr.  John  Constable,  and  three 
others,  making  in  all  a  company  of  fifteen. 

The  location  of  this  building  was  on  the  north-west  corner  of  Maiden  lane  and 
Lodge  street,  and  fronted  on  Maiden  lane.  The  lodge  still  owns  the  premises, 
eighty  feet  square,  and  have  leased  it  for  a  term  of  years  to  St.  Peter's  parish  at  a 
ground  rent  of  $500  a  year.  The  following  particulars  relating  to  the  conveyance 
of  the  lot  by  the  corporation  to  the  lodge,  are  found  in  the  minutes  of  the  common 
council  of  1766.   See  also  Hist.  Collections  of  Albany,  vol.  i,  p.  171,  et  seq.,  as  follows  : 

At  a  Common  Council  held  at  the  City  Hall  on  Saturday  18th  October,  1766. 

Resolved  by  this  Board  that  the  Mayor  in  behalf  of  the  Corporation  sign  the 
following  Deeds,  viz.,  one  to  Peter  Binneway  for  one  hundred  and  eighty-seven 
acres  of  wood  land  adjoining  the  line  of  Saratoga  Pattent,  as  also  one  to  Samuel 
Stringer,  for  a  Lott  of  Ground  on  the  Hill  near  the  Fort  adjoining  the  English 
Burying  Place. 

At  a  Common  Council  held  for  the  City  of  Albany  at  the  City  Hall  of  the  said 
City  on  the  first  of  April  1768.  A  Petition  being  presented  to  this  Board  is  as 
follows : 

To  the  worshipfull  Mayor,  Alderman  and  Commonalty  of  the  City  of  Albany,  in 
Common  Council, 

The  Petition  of  Samuel  Stringer  Humbly  Sheweth,  That  on  Mr  Bleeckers 
measuring  the  Lot  lately  granted  by  the  Corporation  to  Samuel  Striuger,  situated 
between  the  Fort  and  Hospital  and  adjoining  to  the  English  Burying  Place,  there 
appeared  to  be  still  vacant  about  eleven  feet  on  the  east  side  of  sd  Lot  between  it 


Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany.  419 

Albany,  St.John's  Day,  24th  June,  1768.1 
Lodge  of  p]nter'd    Apprentice.     Present  —  William   Gamble,   Samuel 
Stringer,  William  Hogan,  Tho's  Smith  Diamond,  Thomas  Swords,  Thomas 
Lynott,  Jer.  Van  Rennselaer,  Rich'd  Cartwright,  Stephen  March,  Henry 

and  the  street  laid  out  parallel  to  it,  Your  Petitioner  therefore  being  greatly 
Pinched  in  Ground  to  erect  the  intended  Building  on,  which  building  the  work- 
man are  now  actually  employed  iu  and  by  Contract  is  to  be  finished  by  the  24tli 
of  June  next  Prays  that  the  said  Eleven  feet  or  as  many  as  shall  be  found  vacant 
may  be  included  in  the  aforesaid  Grant  and  confirmed  to  him  without  any  addi- 
tional Quit  rent,  as  that  is  supposed  to  be  already  greater  in  Proportion  than  is 
paid  for  any  Lot  besides  in  the  City  and  the  Building  being  for  Publick  use  and 
in  no  wase  lucrative  to  those  concerned,  Your  Petitioner  further  prays,  that  as  the 
time  in  which  the  aforesaid  building  is  to  be  finished  is  limited,  it  may  be  taken 
as  soon  as  possible  into  consideration,  and  he  will  for  ever  pray. 

Saml  Stringer. 

Besohed  by  this  Board  that  there  shall  be  granted  to  the  said  Samuel  Stringer, 
Six  feet  along  the  East  part  of  the  said  Lott  heretofore  granted  to  'him  and  to 
contain  the  Seventy  feet  in  length  northerly  along  his  said  Lott  and  that  the 
Mayor  sign  his  hand  for  that  purpose  under  the  Deed  where  this  addition  is  to  be 
inserted. 

At  a  Common  Council  held  for  the  City  of  Albany  at  the  City  Hall  of  the  said 
City  on  Monday  the  llth  of  July  1768,  A  Petition  of  "the  Minister,  Church  Wardens 
and  Vestry  of  St.  Peters  Church  in  the  said  City  being  represented  to  this  Board 
which  is  in  the  following  manner : 

To  the  Worshipfull  Mayor  Eecorder  and  Commonalty  of  the  City  of  Albany  in 
Common  Council  convened 

The  Petition  of  the  Minister  Church  Wardens  and  Vestry  of  St.  Peters  Church 
in  the  City  Humbly  Sheweth  That  Your  Petitioners  intend  when  their  circum- 
stances will  permit,  to  erect  a  Parsonage  House  for  their  Minister,  and  would 
willingly  in  season  secure  as  proper  and  commodious  a  Scituation  for  that  purpose 
as  they  can  and  if  possible  of  such  an  exteat  and  bigness  as  to  afford  a  small  spot 
for  a  Glebe  and  having  fixed  in  their  own  minds  upon  a  piece  of  Ground  belonging 
to  this  Board  that  in  some  measure  may  be  answerable  for  the  intended  desifi^n 
being  the  vacancy  scituated  between  the  Free  Masons  building  and  the  street 
leading  down  past  the  Hospital  in  rear  adjoining  to  the  Burial  place  of  the  said 
Church  May  it  therefore  please  the  Gentlemen  of  this  Board  to  grant  unto  your 
Petitioners  the  said  piece  of  Ground  for  the  use  aforesaid,  And  your  Petitioners  as 
in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray  &c 

Harry  Mo>^ro  Mini'  Christopher  Hegerman, 

Daniel  Hewson  JunR  John  Barckxey,  ' 

WiLLM  Benson,  Cornelius  Cadmus, 

Isaac  Fryer. 

7th  August  1781. 

Bro  McClellan  moved  the  im  that  Bi-o  Wendell  draw  a  conveyance  for  the  Lot 
of  Ground  and  Lodge  Room  built  thereon  from  Bro  Stringer  a  member  of  this 
body  to  Brother  Van  Rensselaer,  John  Lansing  Jr.  &  R  McClellan  Trustees  of  the 
Lodge,  agreeable  to  a  resolution  entrd  by  this  body  the  6*^  February  ^781. 

21st  September  1791 

On  Motion  a  Committee  of  Three  be  appointed  for  the  purchasing  the  Lot  west 
of  the  Lodge  &  a  small  gore  of  Land  on  the  north  and  also  one  east  to  the  line  of 
Lodge  Street  belonging  to  St.  Peters  Church  Bros  McClellan  Prichard  &  Phil  s. 
Van  Rensselaer  were  appointed  accordingly. 

25tli  September  1791 

Committee  appointed  last  Lodge  night  for  the  purchase  of  the  ground  adjoining 
the  Lodge  report  they  have  purchased  the  same  for  £100. 

Resolved  the  Conveyance  of  the  same  be  made  to  the  said  Committee  in  trust 
for  the  Lodge. 

■  In  1768,  Master's  Lodge  No.  3,  (York  Rite)  was  organized  at  Albany,  and  has 
continued  in  uninterrupted  existence,  to  the  present  time.  With  this"  body,  the 
Lodge  of  Perfection  has  been   from  the  beginning  on  terms   of  intimacy."    The 


420  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Mite  in  Albany. 

Beasley.  Visitors  —  Our  Rt.  Worp'l  Founder  Henry  Andrew  Francken, 
Doctor  John  Constable,  James  Phyn,  William  Pemberton,  Daniel  Shaw. 
Went  in  Procession  to  Church  where  an  excellent  Discourse  was 
Preached  by  the  Revr'd  Mr.  Munro,  and  from  thence  to  Brother  Cart- 
wright's  where  the  Body  dined,  and  Proceeded  from  thence  to  the  Lodge 
and  Closed.     Dinner  bill  unp'd  £6.5.0. 

Albany,  27th  March,  1769. 

******* 

Bro.  Samuel  Stringer  produced  to  the  Lodge  a  Warrant  from  our 
Worp'l  Founder,  Constituting  him  a  Dep'y  Gr'd  Inspector,  which  was 
read  and  admitted  of  by  the  Body. 

Johnson  Hall,  April  12,  1769. 

Bro.  Sir  William  Johnson  was  by  Dispensation  from  our  Worshipful 
Founder  raised  to  the  Sublime  Degr.  of  Perfection  in  presence  of  Bro's 
Stringer  and  Gamble,  and  signed  the  Bye-Laws.  Sir  Wm.  Johnson  paid 
to  Br.  Gamble  6  half  Joanne's  £19.4.0. 

Albany,  3d  Sept'r,  1770. 

Lodge  in  due  Form.  Present — Samuel  Stringer,  Jer.  Van  Rensselaer, 
James  Bain,  David  Smith,  Henry  Beasley.     Absent — William  Gamble. 

Bro.  Stringer  Dep'y  Insp'r  acquainting  the  Body  that  he  had  received 
an  order  from  the  Founder  to  transmit  the  minutes  of  the  Lodge  and  the 
State  thereof  to  be  forwarded  to  Berlin,  in  order  that  minutes  and  ac- 
counts might  regularly  enter'd  and  Posted  in  their  proper  Books  pur- 
chased for  that  use,  which  has  hitherto  totally  neglected.  The  Tiler  is 
ordered  to  wait  on  Bro.  Gamble,  who  has  them  in  Possession,  with  Bro. 
Stringer's  Compliments,  and  request  that  he  would  send  them.  His  an- 
swer to  the  Tyler  was  he  would  bring  them  himself,  which  he  has  not 
done." 

This  minute  book,  the  charter,  and  other  documents  have  for  many 
years  been  in  the  hands  of  Bro.  John  W.  Bay,  of  Albany.  He  married 
a  grand-daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Stringer,  (who  died  in  1817),  and  has 
occupied  the  house  in  which  Dr.  Stringer  lived. 

As  early  as  1827,  Bro.  Bay  was  connected  with  this  Lodge,  and  in 
1841  was  at  the  head  of  it,  and  in  1745  was  a  member  of  the  Supreme 
Council.  (See  Freemason  s  May.,  vol.,  iv,  p.  319).  The  Lodge  afterwards 
suspended  labor  ;  and  was  revived  in  1866. 

Thus  these  documents  are  found  in  the  custody  of  the  proper  person, 
whether  we  consider  his  official  character,  or  his  family  connection  with 
Dr.  Stringer. 

The  intrinsic  evidence  is  sufficient  to  establish  the  authenticity  of  these 
documents;  but,  happily,  we  are  not  limited  to  this:  we  have  evidence 
from  other  sources. 

Master's  Lodge,  No.  2  (York  Rite),  was  organized  in  Albany  in  1768, 
and  has  continued  in  uninterrupted  existence  to   the  present  time.     Wil- 

members  of  both  bodies  united  in  their  contributions  towards  the  building  of  the 
new  liall  above  referred  to,  and  which  was  occupied  by  them  both,  when  completed, 
as  appears  from  the  following  Article  from  the  original  By-Laws  of  the 
Master's  Lodge. 

"  Art.  3rd.  —  The  Body  shall  continue  to  meet  once  every  week  and  that  on 
Monday's  in  Building  being  erected  by  our  Brethren  of  the  '  Ineffable  Lodge  of 
Perfection '  (as  p'r  written  Agreement  made  between  the  Two  Bodies  dated  the 
March,  1768.)     As  long  as  any  three  Members  shall  choose  it  shall  be  held  there." 


Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Mite  in  Albany.  421 

Ham  Gamble  was  its  first  Master,  and  Samuel  Stringer  and  Jeremiah  Van 
Rensselaer  its  first  Wardens.  In  June,  1768,  Stringer  was  elected  Mas- 
ter, and  so  continued  till  1781,  except  during  1775. 

In  176G,  Samuel  Stringer  purchased  of  the  city  a  lot  upon  which  it 
was  intended  to  build  a  lodge  room.  The  records  of  the  city  show  that  a 
petition  was  presented  by  him  on  the  first  day  of  April  A.  D.  1768,  for 
an  addition  to  the  lot,  in  which  he  says  that  the  workmen  are  already 
employed  on  the  building  which  "  by  contract  is  to  be  finished  by  the 
24th  of  June  next  '^         *         *         "  the  building  being  for  publick  use." 

Among  the  documents  shown  to  me  is  a  subscription  on  parchment,  of 
which  the  following  is  a  copy  : 

We,  the  subscribers,  do  give  the  sums  opposite  our  Respective  names  towards 
completing  a  House  now  Building  at  Albany  for  the  accomodation  of  the  IneiFa- 
ble  Lodge  and  the  Masters  No.  2,  of  Free  Accepted  Masons. 

Names.  Sums. 

Frederick  W.  Heckt..  . .   £3.5.0  paid. 

Thomas  Swords, 5.0     paid. 

Col.  John  Reid, 5.0     paid. 

Jno.  Farrell, 5.0     paid. 


Names.  Sums. 

William  Gamble, £5.0  paid. 

Francis  Pfister, 5.0  paid. 

Samuel  Stringer, 10.0  paid. 

Jacob  Gr.  Lansing, 5.0  paid. 

Jeremiah  Van  Rensselaer,  10.0  paid. 

Thomas  Lynott, 5.0  paid. 

Peter  Schuyler, 5.0  paid. 


Thomas  S.  Diamond^...      5.0     paid. 

Stephen  March, 5.0     paid. 

Thomas  Shipboy, 3.4.0  paid. 


It  bears  the  following  endorsement  : 

"  Such  well  disposed  Brethern  as  choose  to  contribute  as  within  will 
please  to  pay  their  Benefactions  to  Bro.  Sharp. 

Signed  William  Gamble,  Master. 

Samuel  Stringer, 
Jeremiah  Van  Rensselaer, 

Wardetis. 

There  are  fourteen  signatures  to  the  subscription  many  of  which  (as 
well  as  those  of  the  endorsement)  are  recognized  at  this  day  as  the  genu- 
ine signatures  of  the  subscribers.  They  all  are  undoubtedly  genuine,  but 
some  of  them  are  not  as  well  known  as  the  others.  This  document  is  not 
dated  ;  but  as  Gamble  was  Master,  and  Stringer  and  Van  Rensselaer  War- 
dens only  from  its  first  organization  till  June,  1768,  the  subscription 
must  have  been  made  before  the  latter  date. 

The  following  are  a  portion  of  the  original  By-Laws  of  Master's  Lodge  : 

Art.  3rd. — The  Body  shall  continue  to  meet  once  every  week  and 
that  on  Mondays  in  Building  being  erected  by  our  Brethren  of  the  '  In- 
efi"able  Lodge  of  Perfection'  (as  p'r  written  Agreement  made  between  the 
Two  Bodies  dated  the  March  1768.)  As  long  as  any  three  Members 
shall  choose  it  shall  be  held  there. 

Art.  4. —  In  consideration  of  the  many  Advantages  and  Conveniences 
this  Body  will  enjoy  by  virtue  of  the  above  mentioned  agreement,  the 
Dues  of  Initiation  and  of  Brothers,  joining,  as  well  as  of  transient  Breth- 
ren advanced  together  with  Quarter  Dues  and  Fines  and  all  other  monies 
except  what  the  Body  may  acquire  to  defray  the  Contingent  Expences, 
shall  go  to  the  IneflPable  Body  towards  paying  the  expence  of  the  Build- 
ing, untill  the  same  shall  be  entirely  paid  for  and  no  longer  And  after- 
wards the  Dues  of  Entrance,  of  Brothers  joining  and  transient  Brethren 
advanced,  together  with  Legacies,  are  to  compose  a  Charity  Fund,  to  be 
let  out  upon  the  best  security;  and  the  Interest^ thereof,  if  any  applied 
to  such  Charitable  purposes  as  the  Body  shall  think  fit,  &C.5  &c. 


422  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany. 

Art.  5. —  Every  Member  of  this  Body,  except  sncli  as  are  exempted 
by  agreement  with  the  Ineffable  Lodge,  shall  pay  quarterly  towards  its 
support." 

The  following  are  extracts  from  the  records  of  Master's  Lodge  : 
"  January  9,  1771_. —  Proposed  that  this  body  shall  meet  for  the 
future  every  other  Monday  commencing  from  Monday  next  in  conformity 
to  a  verbal  proposal  from  the  Ineffable  Lodge  to  hold  their  Lodges  on 
every  other  Monday  that  does  not  interfere  with  this,  and  that  said 
bodies  so  continue  to  meet  until  the  Ineffable  body  have  occasion  to  meet 
on  every  Monday  as  usual,  when  this  body  shall  again  meet  on  every 
other  Wednesday  as  before,  and  that  the  conformity  shall  subsist  until 
the  body  shall  think  proper  to  discontinue  it.  The  same  was  agreed  to 
and  ordered  to  be  minuted  accordingly." 

"23d  June,  1777. — The  Lodge  took  into  consideration  .the  propriety 
of  uniting  the  funds  of  the  Ineffable  Lodge  and  Master's  Lodge,  and 
ordered  that  Brothers  Stringer,  Gransvoort,  Vernor  and  Gansvoort,  Jr., 
be  a  Committee  for  the  regulating  the  funds  and  make  a  report  thereon 

to  this  body  next  Lodge  night. 

*  *  *  *  *  * 

"  August  2,  1790. —  On  motion  of  Br.  Gansvoort,  seconded  by  Bro. 
Ellison,  Bros.  T.  Ellison  and  P.  S.  Van  Rensselaer  were  appointed  a 
Committee  to  take  such  measures  as  to  them  shall  seem  expedient  to 
examine  into  the  situation  of  the  Ineffable  Lodge  connected  with  this 
Lodge,  and  make  report  next  regular  Lodge  night." 

"  Sept.  6,  1790. — Bros.  Van  Rensselaer  and  Ellison,  from  the  Com- 
mittee appointed  last  regular  Lodge  night,  reported  —  That  they  had 
seen  Brother  Stringer's  dispensation  which  fully  authorized  him  to  grant  the 
like  dispensation  to  other  brethren  so  as  to  open  Ineffable  Lodges." 

"  August  6,  1792. —  Resolutions  passed  in  this  Lodge  in  the  year 
1777  respecting  certain  differences  at  that  time  subsisting  between  this 
Lodge  and  Union  Lodge  were  read.  Br.  Richard  Lush  informs  the 
Lodge  that  previous  to  the  late  Revolution,  a  procession  was  had  in 
Schenectady,  that  Peter  W.  Yates  was  summoned  by  the  Ineffable  Lodge 
to  attend  with  them,  and  that  he  refused  to  obey;  that  he  had  about  the 
same  time  on  a  visit  at  Mr.  Ab'm  Eights  spoken  something  derogatory  of 
the  Ineffable  degrees  of  Masonry  :  that  consequently  Mr.  Eights  had 
informed  this  lodge  of  the  same,  and  that  Henry  Van  Wort  being  a 
witness  of  the  same  was  called  into  this  lodge  and  examined,  but  answered 
nothing. 

Brs.  Stringer  and  Jer.  V.  Rensselaer  confirm  the  same  and  affirm 
that  Peter  W.  Yates  had  violated  an  obligation  in  one  of  the  sublime 
degrees,  and  that  in  consequence  of  the  conduct  of  Mr.  Yates  in  the  above 
mentioned  particulars  he  was  excluded  Master's  Lodge. 

Brothers  Ten  Broeck,  Verner  and  McClellan  were  appointed  a  Com- 
mittee to  interrogate  Messrs.  Eights  and  Jacob  J.  Lansing  respecting  the 
same  subject. 

Bro.  Ten  Broeck  from  the  Committee  reports  that,  having  interrogated 
Brothers  Eights  and  Lansing,  both  confirm  the  information  of  Bros.  Lush, 
Stringer  and  Van  Rensselaer,  saying  that  they  perfectly  recollect  and 
know  that  Peter  W.  Yates  had  violated  his  sacred  obligations  in  one  of 
the  higher  degrees. 


Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany.  423 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Ellison,  seconded  by  P.  S.  Van  Rensselaer,  it  was 
resolved  unanimously  that,  upon  mature  consideration  and  investigation, 
the  minutes  and  resolutions  of  this  Lodge  of  the  evening  of  April  8th, 
1777,  cannot  be  rescinded,  but  stand  confirmed. 

Ordered  that  a  copy  of  the  vrhole  proceedings  of  this  Lodge  this  even- 
ing and  on  the  8th  April  1777,  be  made  by  the  Secretary  and  forthwith 
transmitted  to  the  Secretary  of  Union  Lodge." 

I  am  informed  that  the  original  records  of  Master's  Lodge  show  that  the 
Ineffable  Lodge  was  in  existence  as  late  as  1794.  But  the  records  of 
Master's  Lodge  from  1795  to  1824,  except  for  1806,  1815  and  1816,  are 
lost,  so  that  it  cannot  be  traced  further  by  those  records. 

On  April  4,  1769,  St.  Patrick's  Lodge  No.  4.  at  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,held 
a  Funeral  Lodge,  which  the  record  shows  was  attended  by  three  mem- 
bers of  the  Inefiable  Lodge  at  Albany,  one  of  whom  was  the  Master. 

In  the  order  of  the  Procession  as  given  in  the  Records,  we  find : 
"  Worshipful  Master  of  the  Ineffable  Lodge; 
Two  Brethren  of  the  same." 

The  record  of  May  4,  1769,  says  : 

"  The  Master"  (Sir  William  Johnson)  "  observed  that  he  had  received 
a  commission  as  Master  of  a  Lodge  of  Superior  degrees,  which  would 
require  his  attendance  occasionally  at  Albany." 

On  December  27,  1769,  the  record  of  the  meeting  (Sir  William  John- 
son presiding),  is  in  part  as  follows: 

"  The  two  Bodies,  St.  Patrick's  and  the  Ineffable,  with  visiting  Breth- 
ren, went  in  procession  to  Church,  where  after  prayers,  a  suitable  dis- 
course was  read  by  a  brother;  the  Bodies  returned  to  the  Lodge  and 
celebrated  the  festivities  with  great  harmony  and  temperance.  The  form 
of  the  procession  was  : 

Tyler  of  St.  Patrick's, 

Entered  Apprentices,  pair  and  pair, 

Fellow-Crafts, 

Masters, 

Past  Masters, 

Wardens, 

Secretary  and  Treasurer, 

Master, 

Deacons, 

Tyler  of  the  Ineffable 

Bre^thren,    pair   and    pair, 

Secretary 

Deputy  Grand  Master, 

The  Two  Grand  Inspectors,  viz.: 

Sir  William    Johnson   and    Dr.  Stringer, 

Two  Stewards." 

On  July  5,  1770,  the  record  states  : 

"The  Master"  (Sir  William  Johnson)  "addressed  the  Lodge,  express- 
ing his  concern  that  the  duty  of  Master  of  the  Ineffable  Lodge  did  not 
render  it  convenient  for  him  to  continue  Master  of  this  Lodge,  etc." 

In  accordance  with  this  recommendation.  Col.  Guy  Johnson  was 
elected  Master  in  his  stead. 

It  appears  from  the  records  of  St.  George  Lodge,  at  Schenectady,  that 
on   December  27,  1774,  it  held  a  celebration  of  the  Evangelist's  day  to 


424  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  Albany. 

■which  St.  Patrick's  Lodge,  Union  Lodge,  Master's  Lodge,  and  the  Ineflfa- 
ble  Lodge  of  Albany  were  invited. 

The  Patent  of  Jer.  Van  Rensselaer  is  endorsed  with  his  name  in  his 
own  handwriting.     I  herewith  submit  a  photographic  copy  of  it. 

In  1790  (Sept.  13),  Dr.  Stringer  gave  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer  a 
Patent,  which  is  still  preserved,  and  of  which  I  have  a  photographic  copy. 
The  signature  of  Dr.  Stringer  is  genuine,  the  date  is  in  his  handwriting, 
and  there  is  no  doubt  of  the  genuineness  of  the  document.  Ooe  of  the 
seals  upon  it  is  a  crowned  Prussian  eagle,  standing  on  a  sword,  which  is 
the  last  step  of  a  ladder  of  seven  steps.  From  the  fact  of  the  issuing  of 
this  Patent,  it  seems  certain  that  the  Lodge  of  Perfection  was  then  in 
existence. 

The  original  seal  of  the  Ineffable  Lodge  has  been  recovered :  it  is  fully 
identified  by  Bro.  Bay  as  the  one  which  came  to  him  from  Bro.  Stringer. 

Another  book  of  minutes  of  this  lodge  (in  a  mutilated  condition)  has 
recently  been  recovered.  It  has  at  various  times  suspended  labor,  but 
its  existence  has  been  nearly  continuous  from  its  organization  to  the  pre- 
sent time. 

From  a  manuscript  letter  from  Moses  Holbrook  33°  Sov.-.  Gr.-.  Com.-, 
of  the  Southern  Supreme  Council  to  Giles  Fonda  Yates  33°,  under  date 
of  Feb'y,  1825,  I  extract  the  following: 

"  With  regard  to  seventy-five  miles,  I  observe  your  charter  from  Br. 
Francken  forbids  in  strong  terms  to  have  them  nearer.  But  I  would  have 
you  put  it  upon  the  footing  of  what  will  serve  the  good  of  the  cause  in 
the  long  run  in  the  best  manner,"  &c. 

****** 

"  We  shall  at  all  times  feel  happy  to  hear  from  you  —  the  oftener  the 
better.  Accept  my  thanks  for  the  copy  you  furnished :  we  had  conscien- 
tiously thought  that  Sublime  Masonry  was  first  planted  in  South  Carolina, 
but  you  have  proved  an  earlier  date,  and  truth  is  our  object." 

In  1827,  the  Lodge  was  placed  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Council  of 
Princes  of  Jerusalem  at  Albany,  which  also  issued  charters  to  other  Lodges 
of  Perfection. 

The  work  used  by  Francken  is  still  preserved,  having  been  transmitted 
from  Dr.  Stringer  directly  to  Bro.  Bay. 

It  is  scarcely  possible  to  conceive  of  a  stronger  chain  of  evidence  to 
support  an  event  which  transpired  more  than  one  hundred  years  ago.  The 
importance  of  the  formation  of  this  Lodge  in  its  bearing  upon  our  Rite 
can  scarcely  be  overestimated. 

It  has  also  been  established  that  a  Lodge  of  Perfection  was  organized  in 
Philadelphia  in  1781,  by  Solomon  Bush,  and  constituted  under  a  charter 
in  1785.  But  in  1789,  it  seems  that  Bro.  Bush  went  to  Europe  and  took 
with  him  the  books,  &c.  (except  the  records),  and  in  consequence  the 
Lodge  closed  its  doors.  A  full  compilation  of  the  records  prepared  by 
111.-.  Bro.  Alfred  Creigh  33°,  was  made  public  in  1854  in  the  Mirror 
and  Keystone,  a  masonic  periodical  published  in  Philadelphia  by  Bro. 
Leon  Hyneman.     The  records  were  then  in  existence. 

It  is  believed  that  there  are  many  books  of  records,  documents,  &c.,  in 
the  hands  of  individuals,  which  should  be  deposited  in  our  archives  and 
which  would  be  of  great  value,  if  collected.  Now  that  all  branches  of  the 
Kite,  from  whatever  source  they  originated,  have  been  united  in  this 
Supreme  Council,  everything  tending  to  throw  any  light  upon  our  early 
history  should  be  scrupulously  preserved. 


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ALBANY  COUNTY  IN  THE  YEAR  1813. 


[The  first  edition  of  Spafford's  Gazetteer  of  the  State  of  New  York,  pub- 
lished more  than  half  a  century  ago,  gives  the  following  interesting 
description  of  the  state  of  the  county  at  that  period,  when  the  nation  was 
carrying  on  a  war  with  Great  Britain,  and  when  the  project  of  the  canals 
had  only  begun  to  be  agitated,  and  the  other  vast  improvements  since 
invented  and  completed,  were  in  embryo.] 

Albany  county  is  of  very  ancient  date.  In  the  first  legislative  assem- 
bly of  this  state,  then  colony,  in  1691,  Albany  county  had  two  delegates 
There  were  then  but  9  counties,  and  Albany  included  all  north  of  Ulster 
and  Dutchess.  By  successive  subdivisions,  this  county  is  now  restricted 
to  an  area  of  462  square  miles,  or  295,680  acres.  It  is  bounded  north  by 
Schenectady  and  Saratoga  counties,  east  by  the  Hudson  or  Rensselaer 
county,  south  by  Greene  county,  and  west  by  Schoharie  county. 

Topographical  and  Statistical  Table. 

Fop.  Sen.  Elec-  Slaves.                         -RpTnark-s 

Towns.            1810.  tors.  1810.  Kemaiks. 

...          „.^         ^    „oKfl        acK  OKA    i  Albany  city,  1450  houses  and  stores,  the 

Albany  City  P.  0.9356        665  254    -j     Capitol,  10  churches. 

Bern,                        5136        531  35    jBeaWam.^Helderberg  Mils,   an^ 

Bethlehem,            4430  415  137  New  Scotland,  Bethlehem,  Norman's  kill. 

Coeymans,     P.  O.  3574  279  101  Coeymans  Landing,  14  miles  from  Albany. 

Colonie,                   1406  108  30  Colonie  V.,  inc.  a  borough  of  245  h.  &  stores. 

^   ., ,    ,      ,,           ntnn  nAo  en    (  Hamilton  V.  56  h.  &  3  glassworks  8  m. 

Gmlderlandt,          2466  243  66    |      from  Albany. 

EensselaerviUe,      5928        515  21  Eensselaerville,  the  City,  a  small  village. 

„  „.p  ^no   j  Gibbonsville   opposite  Troy,  Washing- 

Watervliet,  2365        215  128   j     ton,  the  Cohoes,  the  Boght. 

34,661      2971         772 

The  soil  and  surface  of  Albany  county,  are  very  much  diversified. 
Along  the  Hudson,  which  forms  its  eastern  boundary,  are  some  pretty 
extensive  alluvial  flats,  as  there  are  also  on  the  Norman's  kil ;  but  along 
the  Mohawk,  which  washes  its  northern  extremity,  the  land  is  rugged, 
broken  and  mostly  barren  and  sterile.  The  western  part  is  broken  by  the 
Helderberg  hills,  where  the  soil  is  principally  a  calcareous  loam.  The 
interior  is  principally  occupied  by  elevated  sandy  plains,  wooded  with 
pine,  with  many  small  marshes  and  tracts  of  cold  and  wet  sand  or  clay, 
producing  little  else  than  dwarf  shrubbery  and  sedge  grass.  From  the 
Helderberg  hills  to  the  Hudson,  a  soft  blue  fetid  clay  forms  the  general 
substratum,  at  various  depths,  and  surmounted  by  sand,  loam,  or  an  indif- 
ferent species  of  marl.     Some  little  blocks  of  calcareous,  and  one  or  two 

Hist.  Coll.  Hi.  54 


426  Albany  County  in  the  Year  1813. 

samples  of  silicious  granite  appear,  but  tlie  rocks  are  principally  fragile 
shistus,  as  at  the  Cohoes,  and  at  Norman's  kil.  Althougli  this  county 
contains  the  political  capital  of  the  state,  the  general  centre  of  immense 
commerce,  trade  and  intercourse,  a  large  share  of  the  lands  are  yet  uncul- 
tivated. Between  Albany  and  Schenectady,  are  extensive  pine  plains, 
covered  with  wood,  and  the  soil  offers  little  encouragement  to  agricultural- 
ists at  the  present  day.  Of  the  mineralogy  and  geology,  little  else  can  be 
said,  except  that  it  affords  peat,  marl  and  limestone,  several  small  mineral 
springs,  either  weak  chalybeates  or  sulphuretted  hydrogen,  of  some  use  in 
scorbutic  affections.  Report,  indeed,  has  said  that  lead  has  been  found  in 
this  county,  and  that  mineral  coal  is  lately  discovered,  but  in  what  quan- 
tity or  with  what  indications  I  do  not  learn.  There  are  several  small 
creeks,  the  largest  of  which  is  Norman's  which  receives  Bouza  kil  or 
creek  from  Schenectady  county  ;  and  Coeymans  creek,  and  Bethlehem 
creek,  are  also  small  mill  streams,  with  one  or  two  others.  Catskill  creek 
rises  in  the  south-west  part  of  this  country,  and  runs  through  Greene 
county ;  and  Schoharie  creek  receives  also  some  small  waters  from  the 
western  part.  Albany  county  has  been  settled  since  about  1610 ;  and  the 
late  rapid  increase  of  population  is  seen  by  a  comparison  of  the  census  of 
1810,  with  that  of  1800.  In  1800,  the  population  was  34.043;  1810, 
34,661  ;  and  that  of  Schenectady  county,  which  has  been  erected  from 
Albany  since  1800,  10,247;  making  an  aggregate  increase  of  10,855. 
persons  in  10  years. 

Albany,  tlie  capital  of  the  state,  is  also  the  capital  of  the  county,  and 
has  been  incorporated  as  a  city  since  1  686.  It  is  situated  on  the  west  bank 
of  the  Hudson,  160  miles  north  of  New  York,  and  the  site  is  peculiarly 
uneven.  The  city  charter  extends  but  one  mile  along  the  river;  but  in 
this  general  view,  the  whole  compact  population  may  be  regarded  as 
belonging  to  Albany,  through  the  incorporated  village,  or  the  borough  of 
Colonic,  be  in  another  town.  But  excluding  these  nice  legal  distinctions 
a  stranger  sees  at  Albany,  a  town  and  suburbs,  comprising  a  population 
of  12,000  inhabitants,  about  1800  houses,  and  10  churches  or  houses  for 
public  worship,  some  of  which  are  very  large  and  elegant,  besides  a  great 
number  of  public  buildings,  and  an  immense  trade  carried  on  by  the  Hud- 
son, and  with  the  surrounding  country.  He  finds  himself  also,  at  a  city 
of  the  most  ancient  date  of  any  of  the  United  States,  and  one  command- 
ing the  most  wealth,  in  proportion  to  its  population.  From  this  spot, 
turnpikes  and  other  roads  lead  off  in  every  direction,  so  that  the  county 
of  Albany  has  roads  in  profuse  abundance. 

As  a  manufacturing  county,  Albany  takes  a  high  rank,  as  it  does  in 
every  species  of  enterprise  and  improvement.  There  are  in  this  county, 
39  grain-mills,  which  grind  257,860  bushels  of  grain  in  a  year  ;  69  saw- 
mills, producing  4,900,220  feet  boards  ;  8  carding  machines,  10  fulling- 
mills  or  clothieries,  31  tanneries,  4  distilleries,  10  batteries,  3  copper-smiths, 
5  breweries,  a  gun  factory,  a  bell  foundry,  where  are  also  made  surveyors' 
instruments,  and  plated  wares  of  superior  workmanship;  2  air  furnaces, 
3  glass  furnaces,  and  many  other  smaller  establishments,  besides  many 
large  ones  for  the  manufacture  of  leather  into  boots,  shoes,  saddles,  harness, 
&c.,  to  a  very  great  amount.  It  appears  also,  by  the  late  census,  that 
there  are  1169  looms,  6484  spinning  wheels,  and  34,342  sheep;  while 
the  product  of  household  industry  yields  87,272  yards  of  woolen  cloth  ; 
and  145,282  of  cotton   and  linen  cloth.     Pleasure  and  other  wheel-car- 


Albany  County  iti  the  Year  1813.  427 

riages  are  annually  made  to  a  great  amount ;  considerable  shipping,  and 
there  are  many  artificers  in  metals,  excluded  from  the  above  enumera- 
tion. Castings  of  iron  are  done  in  a  superior  style  at  the  air-furnaces, 
and  to  a  very  great  amount,  establishments  that  do  honor  to  the  place, 
and  are  very  productive  to  their  proprietors.  The  large  tobacco  manu- 
facturing establishment  owned  by  Mr.  James  Caldwell,  an  eminent  mer- 
chant of  this  city,  has  long  been  regarded  with  peculiar  interest;  as  well 
that  it  is  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States,  as  that  it  has  been 
twice  destroyed  by  fire,  and  immediately  rebuilt  by  its  enterprising  pro- 
prietor. Dr.  Morse,  the  celebrated  American  geographer,  visited  this 
establishment  some  years  since,  when  the  manufactories  embraced  a  much 
greater  variety  than  at  this  time.  At  present  the  manufacture  of  mustard, 
pease,  starch,  hair  powder,  are  principally  discontinued,  while  those  of 
tobacco,  snufi*,  segars,  chocolate,  and  barley,  are  proportionably  extended. 
The  whole  capital  invested,  exceeds  $150,000,  and  employs  about  60 
persons.  The  buildings  and  yards  occupy  an  acre  of  ground  ;  and  the 
machinery,  which  is  very  extensive  and  ingenious,  is  put  in  motion  by  a 
fine  stream  of  water.  This  establishment  is  about  one  mile  from  the 
Capitol,  near  the  Manor  house  of  the  honorable  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer. 
It  is  worthy  of  remark  that  the  proprietor  of  these  works  lost  by  various 
fires,  about  175,000,  in  8  years.  Albany  county  sends  4  members  to  the 
house  of  assembly. 


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ALBANY  CITY  IN   THE  YEAR   1813. 


Albany  City,  the  capital  of  the  state  of  New  York,  and  of  the  county 
of  Albany,  is  situated  on  the  west  bank  of  Hudson  river  near  the  head  of 
tide  water,  160  miles  north  of  the  city  of  New  York,  30  miles  north  of 
Hudson,  6  miles  south  of  Troy,  and  15  about  south-east  from  Schenectady. 
In  wealth,  population,  trade  and  resources,  it  is  next  in  rank  to  the  city 
of  New  York,  in  this  state,  and  takes  about  the  sixth  or  seventh  rank 
among  the  principal  towns  in  the  United  States.  The  city  of  Albany, 
agreeable  to  the  charter,  is  one  mile  wide  on  the  river,  and  extends  due 
north-west  to  the  north  line  of  the  manor  of  Rensselaer,  holding  its  width  of 
one  mile,  and  is  about  131  miles  long,  the  right  of  soil  of  which  is  the 
absolute  property  of  the  corporation  in  perpetuity.  It  is  bounded  northerly 
by  the  townships  of  Colonic,  Watervliet,  and  by  the  county  of  Schenectady  ; 
southerly  by  Guilderlandt  and  Bethlehem  ;  easterly  by  the  Hudson  or  the 
county  of  Rensselaer;  and  the  boundaries  have  never  been  altered  from 
the  original  charter  granted  in  1686.  The  area  is  about  6840  acres,  which 
also  constitutes  a  township  for  all  the  purposes  of  civil  governmeYit.  Of 
this  extent,  only  a  small  proportion  is  under  populous  improvement  or  any 
kind  of  cultivation,  the  western  part  having  sterile  clay  or  sandy  soil  prin- 
cipally in  wood,  while  the  compact  population  is  immediately  on  the  margin 
of  the  Hudson.  To  the  view  of  a  stranger,  the  situation  of  Albany  is 
seldom  thought  pleasing;  for  the  ground  is  singularly  uneven,  and  there 
is  a  peculiar  dissonance  of  taste  in  the  plan  of  the  city,  as  well  as  in  the 
style  of  its  architecture.  A  low  alluvial  flat  extends  along  the  river,  and 
in  the  rear  of  this  rises  the  river-hill,  abruptly,  to  near  the  height  of  the 
plain  which  extends  to  Schenectady.  This  flat  is  from  fifteen  to  one 
hundred  rods  wide  ;  and  the  hill,  which  is  composed  of  alternate  strata 
of  fine  blue  fetid  clay  and  silicious  sand,  though  deeply  gullied  by  some 
small  water  courses,  rises,  within  half  a  mile  of  the  river  in  the  direction 
of  State  street,  till  it  gains  an  elevation  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-three 
feet;  thence,  for  another  half  mile,  the  ascent  is  about  sixty;  making 
about  two  hundred  feet  above  the  level  of  the  river  in  the  distance  of 
one  mile.  The  principal  streets  of  Albany  are  parallel  with  the  river,  ex- 
cept State  street,  a  spacious  and  central  one  that  extends  from  the  Hud- 
son to  the  Capitol,  being  nearly  east  and  west,  with  several  others,  less 
considerable,  intersecting  the  main  streets  nearly  at  right  angles.  Court 
street  extends  from  the  ferry,  at  the  southern  extremity  of  the  compact 
part  and  near  the  south  bounds  of  the  city  to  State  street,  and  has  a  large 
share  of  population  and  business.  Market  street  opens  opposite  this,  and 
extends  from  State  street  to  the  northern  bounds  of  the  city,  though 
continuous  except  in  name,  through  the  township  and  village  of  Colonic, 
to  near  the  Mansion  House  of  Major  General  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer. 
These  streets  thus  extend  across  the  city,  nearly  parallel  with  the  Hudson, 

'  From  Stafford's  Oazetteer. 


[Albany  City  in  the  Year  1813.  429 

between  which  there  are  several  other  streets,  less  extensive,  as  Dock 
street,  Quay  street,  &c.,  populous,  principally  occupied  with  store- 
houses, shops,  &c.,  the  seat  of  immense  commercial  business.  State 
street  extends  from  the  river  in  a  narrow  avenue  to  the  open  area  at  the 
meeting  of  Court  and  Market  streets,  where  it  opens  to  the  liberal  width 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  one  hundred  and  seventy  feet,  and  extends 
one  thousand  nine  hundred  feet  to  the  Capitol,  with  an  average  ascent  of 
six  and  a  half  feet  in  one  hundred.  The  public  square,  an  open  space  of 
liberal  extent,  spreads  a  handsome  area  on  the  east  side  of  the  Capitol; 
and  from  the  west  side  of  this,  Lyon  street,  spacious  and  level,  extends 
westward  in  a  right  line  on  a  commanding  plain,  to  the  junction  of  the 
Great  Western  turnpikes.  These  streets  have  been  laid  out  in  a  style 
which  may  be  characterized  as  being  modern  in  Albany,  are  spacious, 
straight,  and  elegant;  and  forming  the  grand  avenue  into  the  heart  of  the 
city,  they  will  probably  continue  to  command  the  most  extensive  trade. 
State  street  may  be  regarded  as  the  grand  central  point  of  Albany,  where 
its  opulence  is  to  be  displayed,  where  taste  shall  ever  vie  with  taste,  and 
architect  with  architect,  age  with  age,  in  perpetual  succession.  Pearl 
street  extends  north  from  State  street  to  the  northern  extremity  of  the 
city,  just  on  the  brow  of  the  river  hill,  and  next  west  of  Market  street. 
And  Washington  street  opens  on  the  south  side  of  State  street  opposite 
Pearl  street,  extending  south  to  the  south  bounds  of  the  city,  ranging  just 
at  the  foot  of  the  river  hill.  Between  this  and  Court  street  are  several  other 
streets,  and  a  compact  population,  crowded,  on  the  north  towards  State 
street,  but  thin  in  the  southern  part  where  Washington  street  divero-es 
westward  from  the  river,  between  which  lie  the  grounds  formerly  denomi- 
nated the  Pasture,  from  their  being  appropriated  to  grazing.  The  flats 
here  were  originally  subject  to  annual  inundation,  and  though  recently 
raised  some  feet,  are  now  hardly  above  high  water  mark.  Of  all  the 
principal  streets,  Market  street  is  at  present  the  most  compact,  populous 
and  probably  the  most  wealthy.  But,  through  the  compact  population  on 
each  side  of  State  street,  other  streets  extend  from  the  hill  to  the  river 
parallel  to  State  street,  which  are  closely  built,  and  contain  many  very 
valuable  brick  houses  and  stores :  these  are  intersected  by  others  also  in 
opposite  directions,  a  bare  enumeration  of  which  would  be  useless  and  un- 
interesting, while  it  would  swell  this  article  far  beyond  the  limits  assio-ned 
to  it. 

Agreeable  to  the  census  of  1810,  the   whole  population  of  the  city  of 
Albany  was  9355,  of  which  number  4444  white  males,  4157  white  females 
501  other  free  persons  not  taxed,  and  254  slaves ;  and  the  whole  number  of 
houses  within  the  city  1450;  but  it  must  be  recollected  that  this  enume- 
ration excludes  the  populous  village  of  Colonic,  because  in  another  town 
though  that  part  necessarily  belongs  to  Albany  in  a  general  view  of  its 
population,  resources,    wealth,   trade  and  general   character.     There  are 
other  suburbs,  also  excluded  in  that  estimate,  which  would  justly  swell 
the  population  to  about   12,000,  and   the  houses  to    1800,  within  a  little 
more  than  one  mile  square.     Nor  must  we  omit  to  notice  the  little  villao-e 
of  Bath,  or  that  of  G-reenbush,  rapidly  increasing  in  extent  and  population 
though  on  the  opposite  shore  of  the  Hudson,  and  in  another  county.     At 
Greenbush   are   about  eighty  buildings;    here  is   the   landino-   from  the 
Albany  Terry,  and  near  here  are   the  extensive    Barracks  for   the  United 
States'  army,  erected  in    1812.     But,   there  are  many  other  small  coUec- 


430  Albany  City  in  the  Year  1813. 

tions  of  bouses  in  the  vicinity  of  Albany,  on  tbe  same  side  of  tbe  river 
also,  that,  to  tbe  view  of  a  stranger,  form  parts  of  its  improvements. 
And  there  are  about  one  hundred  dwellings  built  every  year,  according 
to  the  increase  of  three  or  four  years  past.  Having  been  thus  minute  in 
topographical  notices,  I  shall  now  speak  of  Albany  more  generally,  with 
its  population,  &c.,  including  a  view  of  those  improvements  that  surround 
and  belong  to  it  geographically,  though  legally  attached  to  other  towns. 

The  position  of  Albany  was  first  chosen  by  a  commercial  people,  for  a 
military  post,  that  should  extend  the  trade  with  the  Indians,  and  give  to 
that  trade  a  better  security  and  character.  Here  seemed  the  head  of  the 
tide,  and  of  sloop-navigation  ;  and  here  the  adventurers  found  a  good 
ship-channel  so  close  in  with  the  shore  as  to  save  docking  —  and  a  fertile 
intervale  of  low  and  rich  alluvion,  where  they  erected  a  stockade  to  guard 
against  surprise  by  the  Indians.  This  was  about  1614.1  The  charter  of 
Albany,  incorporating  "  the  ancient  settlement  there  as  a  city,"  was 
granted  in  1686,  a  few  months  previous  to  that  of  New  York,  and  Albany 
has  now  the  oldest  charter  of  any  city  in  the  United  States. 

The  plan  of  this  city,  the  style  of  its  public  and  private  works,  with 
the  whole  character  of  its  police  and  muncipal  regulations,  are  much  im- 
proved within  the  last  ten  years.  Originally,  the  inhabitants  had  to  con- 
sult present  convenience  rather  than  taste  and  future  elegance,  more 
congenial  too  with  the  Dutch  character;  though  if  English  ostentation, 
enjoying  the  ease  and  luxury  of  opulence  and  progressive  improvement, 
reproach  with  parsimony  the  ancient  character  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Albany,  a  just  discrimination  may  find  the  happy  medium,  perhaps  some- 
where between  these  extremes  of  national  character.  With  these  improve- 
ments and  a  more  enlightened  taste,  principally  introduced  by  a  rapid 
influx  of  people  from  the  Eastern  states,  there  has  been  a  correspondent 
increase  of  trade,  commercial  activity  and  enterprise.  Situated  on  one 
of  the  finest  rivers  in  the  world,  at  the  distance  of  two  hundred  miles 
from  the  ocean,  whose  tides  it  enjoys,  with  an  uninterrupted  sloop  navi- 
gation, and  in  the  centre  of  an  extensive  and  fertile  country  of  which  it 
becomes  the  natural  mart,  Albany  carries  on  an  immense  trade  already, 
and  seems  destined  to  become  one  of  the  greatest  inland  towns  in  America. 
There  are  now  at  Albany  about  12,000  inhabitants,  1800  houses  and 
stores,  many  of  which  are  very  extensive,  large  and  elegant,  and  a  large 
proportion  of  which  are  of  brick,  ten  houses  for  public  worship,  the  Capitol 
or  State  House,  and  another  for  the  public  ofiices,  an  old  City  Hall,  an 
elegant  new  jail,  the  old  one  of  brick,  which  is  to  be  demolished,  three 
banks,  with  two  elegant  banking  houses,  an  alms  house,  a  mechanic  hall, 
Uranian  hall,  library  house,  a  powder  house  belonging  to  the  state,  and 
one  also  for  the  city,  a  large  state  arsenal  for  public  stores,  2  market 
houses,  a  theatre  now  building,  and  many  elegant  private  mansions  and 
gentlemen's  seats,  with  a  great  variety  of  manufactories,  some  of  which 
are  very  extensive. 

'  This  establishment  was  on  the  bank  of  the  river,  in  what  has  since  been  called 
the  Pasture,  immediately  below  the  Steam  boat  dock.  About  1623  it  was  en- 
larged, better  stockaded,  and  called  Fort  Orange,  according  to  the  best  accounts. 
A  later  work  was  erected  on  the  river  hill,  in  a  more  commanding  position  but 
retained  the  same  name,  except  in  a  very  limited  circle  where  it  was  called  Wil- 
liamstadt,  till  1664,  when  the  whole  country  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  English, 
wlio  gave  the  present  name  in  compliment  to  the  Duke  of  York  and  Albany,  then 
lord  proprietor. 


Albany  City  in  the  Year  1813.  431 

Of  the  shipping  belonging  to  Albany,  I  am  not  precisely  informed  ; 
but  agreeable  to  information  derived  from  the  dock  master,  there  are  fifty 
Albany  sloops  that  pay  wharfage  by  the  year ;  sixty  belonging  to  Troy, 
Lansingburgh  and  Waterford  ;  twenty-six  from  Tarry  town  and  New  York  ; 
seventy  from  New  Jersey  and  the  Eastern  states,  including  twenty 
schooners;  in  all  two  hundred  and  six;  and  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
from  difi'erent  places  have  paid  wharfage  by  the  day,  being  engaged  in 
different  kinds  of  trade,  during  the  season  of  1812  ;  making  a  total  num- 
ber of  three  hundred  and  fifty-six.  The  quantity  of  wheat  purchased 
annually  in  Albany,  is  immensely  great ;  and  good  judges  have  estimated 
it  at  near  a  million  bushels.  Other  grain,  and  every  article  of  the  agri- 
cultural and  other  common  products  of  this  country,  nearly  in  the  same 
proportion,  swell  the  aggregate  of  exports  from  this  city  to  an  enormous 
amount.  It  will  be  observed  that  the  great  roads  of  communication 
between  the  Eastern  states  and  the  Western  country,  centre  more  exten- 
sive intercourse  at  Albany,  than  at  any  other  place  between  the  Eastern 
and  Western  sections  of  the  Union. i  And  it  is  doubted  if  there  be  a 
place  on  this  continent  which  is  daily  visited  by  so  many  teams ;  and 
Albany  probably  possesses  greater  wealth,  more  real  capital,  than  any 
other  place  in  the  United  States,  containing  the  same  population. 

There  are  three  banking  companies  in  this  city,  the  Bank  of  Albany, 
the  New  York  State  Bank,  and  the  Mechanics  and  Farmers'  Bank,  with 
an  aggregate  capital  of  1,?.80, 000  dollars;  and  the  Albany  Insurance 
Company  is  incorporated  with  a  capital  of  500,000  dollars.  The  city  is 
supplied  with  water  by  aqueducts  of  considerable  extent;  and  a  new  reser- 
voir of  hewn  stone,  recently  erected  on  the  hill  near  the  Capitol,  which  is 
designed  to  ensure  a  more  abundant  supply,  is  an  excellent  work  of  the 
kind.  This  reservoir  is  filled  with  water  from  a  spring  about  three  miles 
distant,  which  it  discharges  through  smaller  aqueducts  to  furnish  a 
separate  supply  to  each  fiimily. 

x\mong  the  public  buildings,  the  Capitol  challenges  distinguished  at- 
tention. This  building  stands  at  the  head  of  State  street,  adjoining  the 
public  square,  and  on  an  elevation  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  feet  above 
the  level  of  the  Hudson.  It  is  a  substantial  stone  building,  faced  with 
free-stone  taken  from  the  brown  sand-stone  quarries  on  the  Hudson  below 
the  Highlands.  The  east  front,  facing  State  street,  is  ninety  feet  in  length  ; 
the  north,  one  hundred  and  fifteen  feet;  the  walls  are  fifty  feet  high, 
consisting  of  t\yo  stories,  and  a  basement  story  of  ten  feet.  The  east  front 
is  adorned  with  a  portico  of  the  Ionic  order,  tetrastyle;  the  columns,  four 
in  number,  are  each  three  feet  three  inches  in  diameter,  thirty-three  feet 
in  height,  exclusive  of  the  entablature  which  supports  an  angular  pedi- 
ment, in  the  tympanum  of  which  is  to  be  placed  the  arms  of  the  state. 
The  columns,  pilasters,  and  decorations  of  the  door  and  windows,  are  of 
white  or  grey  marble,  from  Berkshire  county  in  Massachusetts.     The  north 

'  The  Ferry  across  the  Hudson,  between  Albany  and  Greenbush,  belongs  to  the 
city  by  charter,  and  the  established  rates  of  ferriage  are  thought  to  be  compara- 
tively low  ;  for  a  single  person  two  cents  ;  every  cart  or  wagon,  and  every  chair, 
chaise,  &c.,  twelve  and  a  half  cents.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  corporation  that  the 
ferry  shall  j  ust  jaay  its  own  expenses,  and  not  to  make  it  a  source  of  revenue ; 
but  the  receipts  of  the  year  1812,  will  fall  little  short  of  7,000  dollars ;  and  they 
are  considerably  increased  in  amount  by  the  operation  of  the  war.  There  is  also 
another  ferry  across  the  Hudson,  from  the  north  ])art  of  Colonie  to  Batli. 


482  Albany  City  in  the  Year  1813. 

and  south  fronts  have  each  a  pediment  of  sixty-five  feet  base,  and  the 
doors  are  decorated  with  columns  and  angular  pediments  of  free-stone. 
The  ascent  to  the  hall  at  the  east  or  principal  front,  is  by  fifteen  stone 
steps,  forty-eight  feet  in  length.  This  hall  is  fifty-eight  feet  in  length, 
forty  feet  in  width,  and  sixteen  in  height,  the  ceiling  of  which  is  sup- 
ported by  a  double  row  of  reeded  columns;  the  doors  are  finished  with 
pilasters  and  open  pediments  ;  the  floor  vaulted,  and  laid  with  squares  of 
Italian  marble,  diagonally,  chequered  with  white  and  grey.  From  this 
hall,  the  first  door  on  the  right  hand  opens  to  the  common  council  cham- 
ber of  the  corporation  of  Albany ;  opposite  this,  on  the  left,  is  a  room  for 
the  council  of  revision.  On  the  right,  at  the  west  end  of  the  hall  you 
enter  the  assembly  chamber,  which  is  fifty-six  feet  long,  fifty  wide,  and 
twenty-eight  feet  in  height.  The  speaker's  seat  is  in  the  centre  of  the 
longest  side,  and  the  seats  and  tables  for  the  members  are  arranged  in 
front  of  it,  in  a  semi-circular  form.  It  has  a  gallery  opposite  the  speaker's 
seat,  supported  by  eight  antiq[ue  fluted  Ionic  columns;  the  frieze,  cornice 
and  ceiling  piece  (eighteen  feet  diameter),  are  richly  ornamented  in 
stucco.  From  this  hall,  on  the  left,  you  are  conducted  to  the  senate 
chamber,  fifty  feet  long,  twenty-eight  wide,  and  twenty-eight  feet  high,i 
finished  much  in  the  same  style  as  the  assembly  chamber.  In  the  furni- 
ture of  these  rooms,  with  that  of  the  council  of  revision,  there  is  a  liberal 
display  of  public  munificence,  and  the  American  eagle  assumes  an  impe- 
rial splendor.  There  are  two  other  rooms  on  this  floor  adjoining  those 
first  mentioned,  which  are  occupied  as  lobbies  to  accommodate  the  mem- 
bers of  the  legislature.  From  the  west  end,  in  the  centre  of  the  hall,  you 
ascend  a  staircase  that  turns  to  the  right  and  left  leading  to  the  galleries 
of  the  senate  and  assembly  chambers,  and  also  the  supreme  court  room, 
which  is  immediately  over  the  hall ;  its  dimensions  are  fifty  feet  in  length, 
forty  in  breadth,  and  twenty-two  in  height.  This  room  is  handsomely 
ornamented  in  stucco.  An  entresole  or  mezzazine  story,  on  each  side  of 
the  court  room,  contains  four  rooms  for  jurors  and  the  uses  of  the  courts. 
The  attic  story  contains  a  mayor's  court  room,  a  room  for  the  Society  of 
Arts,  and  two  other  rooms  yet  unappropriated.  This  building  is  roofed 
with  a  double  hip,  or  pyramidal  form,  upon  the  centre  of  which  is  erected 
a  circular  cupola  twenty  feet  in  diameter,  covered  with  a  domical  roof, 
supported  by  eight  insulated  columns  of  the  Ionic  order,  and  contains  a 
small  bell  for  the  use  of  the  courts.  The  centre  of  the  dome  sustains  a 
pedestal,  on  which  is  placed  Themis,  facing  State  street,  a  carved  figure 
in  wood  of  eleven  feot  in  height,  holding  a  sword  in  her  right  hand,  and 
a  balance  in  her  left.  The  whole  cost  of  the  building,  115,000  dollars; 
and  I  regret  to  say  that  the  roof  is  covered  with  pine  instead  of  slate,  with 
which  the  state  abounds,  and  of  an  excellent  quility. 

The  house  erected  by  the  government  for  the  chief  ofiices  of  state,  is  a 
large  substantial  brick  building,  situated  on  the  south  side  of  State  street. 
The  Albany  Bank  is  a  brick  edifice  of  three  stories,  elegantly  faced  in 
front  with  white  marble  from  Massachusetts  ;  situated  on  the  east  corner 
of  Market  and  State  streets,  opposite  the  post  office,  and  facing  the  Capi- 
tol, at  the  distance  of  one  thousand  nine  hundred  feet.     The  New  York 

'  This  violation  of  architectural  proportions,  is  a  deviation  from  the  design  of 
the  architect,  Mr.  Philip  Hooker,  of  this  city,  whose  abilities  and  correctness  in 
the  line  of  his  profession  are  universally  acknowledged. 


Albany  City  in  the  Year  1813.  433 

State  Bank  is  situated  on  the  north  side  of  State  street,  between  Pearl  and 
Market  streets,  and  presents  a  modestly  ornamented  brick  front,  conceived 
in  the  happiest  style  of  ornamental  elegance.  Of  the  churches  or  houses 
dedicated  to  religious  purposes,  that  called  the  South  Dutch  Church, 
situated  between  Hudson  and  Beaver  streets,  exhibits  unquestionably  the 
finest  specimen  of  the  arts  to  be  found  in  this  city,  in  any  public  building. 
And  it  may  be  questioned,  indeed,  whether  any  public  building  in  the 
state  will  better  bear  close  examination,  when  finished  according  to  the 
design.  This  building  belongs  to  the  Reformed  Dutch  congregation, 
very  numerous  and  respectable,  and  probably  the  richest  in  the  state, 
next  to  one  or  two  in  the  city  of  New  York.^  The  old  Dutch  Church 
that  formerly  stood  in  State  street,  was  taken  down  in  1806,  and  the 
stone  and  other  durable  materials  from  that  are  employed  in  the  erection 
of  the  South  Church,  which  is  not  yet  quite  finished.  A  portico,  steeple 
bell,  and  town  clock  are  to  be  added,  when  it  will  have  cost  about  100,000 
dollars.  Its  pews  now  yield  an  annual  income  of  770  dollars.  The  North 
Dutch  Church,  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Pearl  street,  has  been  erected 
some  years,  and  belongs  to  the  same  congregation  as  the  above.  It  is  a 
large  brick  edifice,  of  good  proportions,  and  has  two  steeples,  in  which 
are  a  bell  and  a  town  clock.  The  rent  of  its  pews  yields  an  annual  income 
of  620  dollars.     Whole  cost  of  the  building  about  50,000  dollars. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  is  a  plain  brick  edifice,  and  has  a  steeple, 
bell  and  town  clock.  It  is  a  neat  building  in  modern  style,  sufficiently 
elegant,  standing  at  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Beaver  streets. 

The  Episcopal  Church  is  on  the  north  side  of  State  street,  a  durable 
stone  building  of  good  appearance,  and  very  just  proportions.  Its  steeple 
is  unfinished,  but  it  has  an  elegant  church  organ. 

The  German  Lutheran  Church  is  a  small  building  with  a  steeple,  bell 
and  organ,  standing  nearly  opposite  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in  Wash- 
ington street. 

A  Roman  Catholic  Chapel,  and  a  small  Presbyterian  Church,  with  the 
City  Library  and  Mechanic  Hall,  are  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Chapel 
street.  A  Methodist  Meeting  House  stands  on  the  east  side  of  Pearl 
street,  opposite  the  North  Dutch  Church ;  and  there  is  a  Seceder's 
Church  in  the  north  part  of  the  city  or  in  Colonic. 

The  Arsenal  is  a  large  brick  edifice,  filled  with  military  stores  belong- 
ing to  the  state  of  New  York  and  the  United  States,  situated  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Colonic.     The  City  Powder   House  stands  on   the  plain  at  the 

'  This  is  the  congregation  noticed  under  Manners  and  Customs,  page  438.  The 
first  church  was  founded  in  1656,  and  stood  at  the  junction  of  State,  Market,  and 
Court  streets,  the  pulpit  of  which  was  imported  entire  from  Holland,  and  is  still  so 
preserved.  In  1715,  as  the  congregation  increased  in  numbers,  the  chiu-ch  was  en- 
larged by  a  new  one  enclosing  the  smaller,  which  was  then  removed.  The  second 
one  was  in  the  Gothic  style,  one  story  liigh,  and  the  glass  of  its  antique  windows 
were  richly  ornamented  with  coats  of  arms,  those  fixed  heralds  of  the  pride  of 
ancestry.  Tliis  is  the  church  which  was  demolished  in  1806,  and  the  stone  em- 
ployed in  the  new  South  Church  noticed  above.  It  is  a  novel  thing  in  this  country 
that  one  congregation  worship  in  two  places,  though  there  is  at  present  but  one 
settled  minister,  who  preaches  alternately  in  the  North  and  South  Churches  ;  but 
having  thus  gradually  attained  such  numbers,  and  from  so  small  and  ancient  a 
beginning,  to  continue  united  seems  preferable  to  a  separation.  The  bell  which 
is  now  placed  on  the  Capitol,  was  sent  from  Holland  to  the  congregation  of  the 
Dutch  church. 

Jlist.   Coll.  in.  55 


434  Albany  City  in  the  Year  1818. 

Washington  Square ;  and  a  Powder  House  erected  in  1811,  by  the  state 
at  the  expense  of  3000  dollars,  stands  on  an  eminence  of  the  plain,  near 
the  three  mile  stone.  The  Alms  House  is  also  on  the  plain,  near  the 
Washington  Square,  the  annual  expense  of  which,  with  the  support  of 
the  poor,  is  about  6000  dollars.  The  theatre,  now  building,  at  an  ex- 
pense of  about  10,000  dollars,  is  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Greene  street. 
And  in  this  general  enumeration,  it  may  be  well  to  notice  the  extensive 
barracks  recently  erected  at  Greenbush,  opposite  this  city,  for  the  use  of 
the  United  States'  army,  though  in  the  county  of  Rensselaer. 

Of  the  houses,  stores,  &c.,  a  very  large  proportion  are  of  brick,  with 
slate  or  tile  roofs,  well  guarded  against  fire  ;  and  the  style  of  building  in 
this  city,  very  much  improved  within  a  few  years,  is  now  as  good  as  iu 
any  part  of  United  America. 

From  the  ferry,  the  quays  extend  northward  along  the  river,  with  a 
good  depth  of  water,  nearly  one  mile;  and  the  street  forming  this 
is  pretty  compactly  built  for  the  most  of  that  distance.  Here  are  usually 
seen  from  eighty  to  two  hundred  sloops  and  schooners,  with  a  scene  of 
activity  honorable  to  the  character  of  the  place.  The  usual  tides  at 
Albany  are  from  one  to  three  or  four  feet;  but  variable  according  to  the 
wind,  and  the  strength  of  the  current  in  the  Hudson.  To  this  city,  the 
sloop  navigation  may  be  said  to  be  very  good,  though  some  trifling  rapids 
and  shoals,  which  now  occasion  some  little  difficulty,  will  yield  in  time  to 
complete  removal.  The  streets  are  pretty  well  paved,  with  sidewalks, 
and  are  sufficiently  lighted  by  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  fixed  lamps. 

Agreeable  to  the  report  of  a  committee  of  the  common  council,  on  the 
city  accounts  for  1811,  the  whole  expenditures  of  that  year  amounted  to 
53,320  dollars.  Several  items  of  these  expenditures  are  subject  to  varia- 
tion, but  the  lamps  and  night-watch  which  cost  6795  doUirs,  the  support 
of  the  Alms  House,  Lancaster  School,  salaries  of  officers,  &c.,  &c.,  are 
either  permanent  in  amount,  or  increasing  with  the  population  of  the  city; 
and  a  large  part  of  the  expenditures  were  on  account  of  public  improve- 
ments. With  an  eye  to  the  future  greatness  of  this  city,  it  were  well  to 
found  its  public  works  on  a  liberal  scale.  And  the  corporation  is  rich  in 
means,  having  other  lands  than  those  within  the  charter  of  Albany,  beside 
the  customary  sources  of  internal  revenue.  The  revenue  of  that  year, 
derived  from  rents,  and  sales  of  lands,  36,730  dollars;  excise,  1375  dol- 
lars ;  city  taxes,  ^7000;  county  do.  $1037;  the  ferry,  $1690;  fines, 
dividends  on  stock,  &c.,  &c. 

The  city  of  Albany  is  governed  by  a  mayor,  recorder,  eight  aldermen 
and  eight  assistant  aldermen,  denominated  in  the  laws,  "  the  mayor,  alder- 
men and  commonalty."  The  common  council  must  consist  of  four  alder- 
men, four  assistants,  and  the  mayor  or  recorder,  to  be  competent  to  the 
enactin"-  of  laws.  For  the  better  admioistration  of  justice,  the  city  is 
divided  into  four  wards,  each  of  which  elects  two  aldermen  and  two 
assistants,  with  such  other  officers  as  are  found  necessary  to  the  purposes 
of  o^overument.  The  mayor,  recorder  and  clerk  are  annually  appointed 
by  the  state;  and  the  election  for  the  other  charter  officers  is  held 
annually  on  the  last  Tuesday  in  September,  in  each  ward.  The  election 
for  town  officers  is  held  annually  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May,  when  one 
supervisor,  two  assessors,  one  collector  and  two  constables,  for  each  ward, 
are  chosen  by  the  inhabitants,  by  ballot,  in  town  meeting.  The  mayor's 
court  is  held  in  the  Capitol,  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  every  month,   by  the 


Alhdny  City  in  the  Fe«r  1813.  435 

mayor,  recorder,  and  aldermen,  who  are  styled  "judges  of  the  said  court," 
by  law. 

There  are  many  companies  of  firemen,  well  regulated,  and  well  provided 
for  engines  and  other  means  of  effective  operations.  But  while  a  well 
timed  vigilance  guards  against  the  ravages  of  the  fire  of  the  elements,  it 
were  well  to  check  the  destruction  arising  from  that  of  the  mind.  A  de- 
plorable defect  in  the  system  of  public  guardianship,  exists  somewhere, 
and  the  small  groceries  and  shops  that  retail  ardent  and  other  spirits  are 
so  numerous  as  to  call  loudly  for  reform. 

As  a  manufacturing  town,  Albany  is  entitled  to  a  very  respectable 
rank  ;  and  among  its  various  establishments  connected  with  manufactures, 
the  extensive  tobacco  works  of  Mr.  James  Caldwell,  an  eminent  merchant 
of  this  city,  attract  early  notice.  This  manufactory  is  situated  in  the 
northern  suburbs  of  Albany,  about  one  mile  from  the  Capitol,  and  in  the 
township  of  Watervliet,  near  the  mansion  house  of  the  honorable  Stephen 
Van  Kensselaer,  just  at  the  foot  of  the  river  hill,  and  on  the  margin  of 
Mill  creek.  It  was  first  erected  about  1785,  and  was  the  first  considera- 
ble tobacco  manufactory  in  the  United  States;  but  it  was  destroyed  by 
fire  in  1794,  and  immediately  rebuilt  —  again  destroyed  since,  and  again 
rebuilt,  by  its  enterprising  and  indefatigable  founder.  These  works  are 
now,  and  have  been  for  several  years,  in  very  successful  operation,  em- 
ploying a  capital  of  150,000  dollars,  and  about  sixty  persons.  The  build- 
ings and  yards  occupy  an  acre  of  ground  ;  and  the  machinery  which  is 
very  ingenious  and  extensive,  is  all  driven  b}-  water,  performing  the  whole 
operations  with  very  little  manual  labor.  Every  manufacture  of  tobacco 
is  carried  on  here,  besides  the  making  of  chocolate  and  hulling  of  barley 
to  a  great  extent,  and  in  a  high  degree  of  perfection.'  There  are  other 
tobacco  manufactories  here  also,  but  on  a  much  smaller  scale.  There  are 
three  air  furnaces  in  this  .city,  which  furnish  castings  to  a  very  great 
amount,  and  in  an  approved  style  of  excellence.  The  third  one  was 
erected  in  1812,  and  stands  on  the  plain  one-half  mile  west  of  the  Capi- 
tol, connected  with  which  is  an  extensive  manufactory  of  machinery  in 
wrought  iron  and  brass  also,  with  blacksmith's  and  other  tools  and  imple- 
ments of  trades,  husbandry,  &c."  Of  the  various  other  kinds  of  manufac- 
tures and  mechanical  establishments,  I  might  take  a  wide  range  of 
enumeration,  but  the  bare  list  of  names  could  serve  no  valuable  purpose. 
But  it  may  be  said,  that,  in  the  common  arts  and  trades,  this  city  is  very, 
well  supplied  ;  and  there  is  little  difiiculty  in  procuring  skillful  work- 
men or  ingeniously  wrought  work  in  any  of  the  branches  of  necessary 
mechanical  industry.  Iron,  brass,  and  other  metals  are  extensively 
wrought,  in  various  ways,  and  into  a  great  variety  of  forms.  Leather  is 
extensively  manufactured,  and  there  is  a  very  considerable  variety  of 
manufacturing  in  wood.     In  a  port  of  so  much  trade,  there  is  necessarily 

'  Mr.  Caldwell  sustained  losses  by  various  fires,  to  the  amount  of  75,000  dollars 
in  eight  years,  and  wholly  declined  the  proflfered  contributions  of  his  friends  in 
the  principal  towns  of  America,  generously  subscribed  without  his  knowledge, 
and  to  a  very  large  amount ;  nobly  confiding  in  bis  own  exertions  to  sustain  his 
own  losses,  though  fully  sensible  of  the  kindness  thus  designed  for  him.  The 
state  granted  him  a  large  loan  of  money  on  liberal  terms,  which  he  accepted  with 
gratitude,  as  he  has  also  of  some  smaller  benefits  from  his  liberal  friend  and  land- 
lord, the  opulent  proprietor  of  the  Manor  of  Rensselaer. 

^  Mr.  Rogers,  a  joint  proprietor  of  these  works,  is  a  practical  mechanic,  of  rare 
mechanical  talents,  deserving  of  public  patronage. 


436  Albany  City  m  the  Year  1813. 

considerable  shipping  annually  built,  though  Albany  sends  no  manufac- 
tures of  this  sort  to  foreign  markets.  There  is  one  distillery  of  spirits,  and 
there  are  five  breweries  that  produce  annually  about  10,000  barrels  of  beer, 
There  are  four  extensive  tallow  chandlery  works,  and  about  25,000  hats  of 
different  descriptions  are  annually  made  at  four  hat  manufactories.  To 
the  south  of  Albany  about  two  and  a  half  miles,  on  the  Norman's  kil,  are 
exensive  grain  and  some  other  mills ;  and  on  the  north  are  mills  erected 
on  Mill  creek  about  one  mile  from  the  Capitol. 

Among  those  of  the  finer  arts,  we  may  enumerate  five  printing  offices, 
two  of  which  are  very  extensive  establishments,  and  which  issue  semi- 
weekly  gazettes.  Connected  with  these  are  several  large  book  stores, 
and  the  printing,  binding,  &c.,  of  books,  is  done  in  a  very  good  style,  and 
to  a  great  amount.  A  manufactory  of  looking  glasses  must  not  be  omitted, 
because  useful,  rare  in  this  country,  productive,  and  the  work  is  well  exe- 
cuted. The  plates  only  and  the  leaf  for  gilding  are  imported  ;  but  a 
manufactory  of  leaf  is  about  to  be  added  to  the  establishment.  The  carv- 
ing of  the  ornamental  work  in  the  South  Dutch  Church,  is  an  honor  to 
the  ingenuity  of  a  self  taught  artist;  and  in  engraving,  Albany  has  a 
genius  of  the  first  order  in  America.  In  portrait  painting  we  show  the 
gallery  of  Ames,  and  the  evidences  of  a  master  hand,  fast  rising  to  the 
highest  rank  in  his  profession. 

The  reading  room  established  by  Mr.  Cook,  is  an  elegant  convenience, 
yet  in  a  promising  infancy,  where  are  to  be  found  a  library  of  select  books, 
the  public  journals,  domestic  and  foreign,  a  manuscript  journal  of  the 
times ;  and  the  celebrated  medicinal  waters  of  Saratoga,  fresh  from  the 
fountains,  and  in  excellent  order. 

The  museum  of  Mr.  Trowbridge,  kept  in  the  third  story  of  the  old  City 
Hall,  is  a  large  collection  of  the  productions  of  nature  and  art,  and  only 
wants  a  proper  display  and  arrangement,  to  give  it  the  third  if  not  the 
second  rank  among  collections  of  this  kind  in  America.  Nor  must  the 
public  garden  of  Mr.  Buckmaster  in  the  Colonic  be  omitted,  or  his  zealous 
attempts  to  render  it  a  pleasing  resort  for  an  evening  entertainment. 

But  in  this  survey  of  Albany,  we  must  not  forget  the  elegant  conve- 
niences afforded  by  steam  navigation  on  the  Hudson.  There  are  now  three 
steam  boats  employed  on  this  river,  between  Albany  and  New  York,  (the 
largest  of  which  is  one  hundred  and  seventy  feet  long  and  twenty-eight 
wide,  its  burthen  three  hundred  and  fifty  tons),  which  perform  their  pas- 
sages to  Albany  in  the  average  time  of  tliirty  to  thirty-six  hours.  Their 
periods  are  very  regular  and  uniform,  and  they  have  excellent  accommo- 
dations, being  designed  for  passengers  exclusively.'  And,  independent 
of  the  novelty  and  ingenuity  of  the  mode,  unknown  in  Europe,  the  dis- 
patch, certainty  of  time  and  entire  security,  with  the  perfect  conveuiency 
and  ease  with  which  we  pass  so  rapidly  from  place  to  place,  we  enjoy  the 
proud  reflection  that  the  invention  is  American  ;  and  that  no  other  por- 
tion of  the  world  enjoys  such  facilities  for  intercourse.-     There  is  also  a 

*  They  leave  Albany  on  stated  days,  one  on  each  Wednesday,  Saturday  and 
Monday,  at  9  o'clock  A.  m.  ;  and  New  York  every  succeeding  Saturday,  Tuesday 
and  Thursday,  at  5  P.  M.,  in  the  same  order.  Passage  and  board,  seven  dollars 
each  way. 

^  Could  the  bold  and  intr('i)id  Hudson  liavc  known  what  two  centuries  would 
XJroduce  on  the  newly  discovered  wateiw  whicli  liis  little  boat  first  explored  in  1609, 
liow  would  his  heart  have  glowed  with  great  emotions  ! 


Albany  City  in  the  Yeai-  1813.  437 

steam  boat  constantly  running  between  this  city  and  Troy,  for  the  accom- 
modation of  passengers,  performing  four  passages  every  twenty-four  hours. 
The  public  stages  are  very  numerous  that  centre  in  Albany ;  and  the 
facilities  which  these  afford  of  traveling  by  laud,  correspond  with  the 
importance  of  the  place  and  the  intercourse  with  every  part  of  the  country. 
The  line  for  Utica  runs  through  every  day ;  for  New  York  in  two  days ; 
for  Burlington  in  Vermont,  two  days  ;  and  there  are  stages  for  every  part 
of  the  country,  with  little  delay  of  conveyance. 

The  Society  of  the  Albany  Library,  is  of  long  standing,  and  there  is 
also  a  society  of  the  Albany  Water  Works,  besides  many  others  connected 
with  manufactures,  turnpikes  and  other  pecuniary  enterprises,  a  very 
large  amount  of  capital  being  so  vested. 

The  city  of  Albany  has  a  school  on  the  plan  of  the  benevolent  Lancas- 
ter, first  established  by  individual  zeal  to  do  good,  patronized  by  the  cor- 
poration and  ultimately  by  the  state,  and  now  pretty  liberally  endowed. 
The  company  was  incorporated  in  1812,  and  intends  soon  to  erect  a  suitable 
building  for  the  school,  which  is  now  kept  in  the  Mechanic  Hall.  This 
is  a  very  useful  institution,  humanely  designed  for  the  more  general  diffu- 
sion of  the  blessings  of  learning  to  all  classes  of  people  ;  and  its  founders 
and  patrons  deserve  well  of  the  rising  generation.  It  is  good  to  lay  in 
such  claims  to  the  gratitude  of  posterity. 

There  are  many  humane  and  other  societies;  and  the  Ladies'  Society 
maintains  a  woman's  school,  in  which  are  educated  twenty-five  to  forty 
poor  girls,  with  admirable  economy.  They  are  clothed  alike  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  society,  instructed  in  useful  industry,  and  form  a  very 
pleasing  spectacle  to  the  heart  of  benevolence.  There  is  a  Humane 
Society,  a  Mechanics'  Society,  a  Bible  Society,  a  Bible  and  Common 
Prayer  Book  Society,  a  St.  Andrew's  Society,  several  Free  Masons'  Socie- 
ties, a  Washington  Benevolent  Society,  and  several  others  less  known. 

Albany  is  not  yet  distinguished  for  its  public  walks,  and  elegant 
promenades,  those  usual  lounging  elegancies  of  great  cities  —  but  its 
suburbs  display  considerable  of  individual  taste  and  opulence  in  the 
gardens  of  the  wealthy  inhabitants.  Among  those  that  of  Mr.  James 
Kane  is  entitled  to  eminent  notice,  and  a  taste  for  this  kind  of  useful 
elegance  is  happily  increasing. 

The  first  settlement  of  this  city  was  made  by  some  Hollanders  about 
1612,  and  next  to  Jamestown  in  Virginia,  it  is  the  oldest  settlement  in 
the  United  States;  and  in  1614  a  temporary  fort  was  erected.  Fort 
Orange  was  built  about  1628.  Albany  received  its  charter  in  1686. 
And  it  is  worthy  of  remark  that  this  city  was  enclosed  by  a  stockade 
defense  against  the  Indians  about  1745,  when  there  were  six  block  houses 
erected,  the  last  of  which  with  the  last  remaining  vestige  of  that  work, 
was  destroyed  by  fire  in  the  summer  of  1812.      (See  also  Albany  county.) 

Albany  is  situated  in  north  latitude  42°  39',  west  longitude  73°  32' 
from  London,  and  16'  east  longitude  from  the  city  of  New  York.  It  is 
about  394  miles  from  Quebec,  230  from  Montreal,  257  from  Philadel- 
phia, 404  from  Washington  city,  320  from  Niagara  Falls,  171  from  Bos- 
ton, 654  from  Detroit,  and  173  from  Burlington  in  Vermont. 


438  Manners  and  Customs. 


MANNERS  AND  CUSTOMS. 


These  are  rendered  somewhat  peculiar  by  the  varied  character  of  the 
original  population ;  and  by  a  distinct  preservation  of  their  national  cha- 
racteristics to  this  time.  Among  those  who  planted  the  colony  of  New 
York,  and  of  those  who  became  settlers  during  many  years,  a  very  large 
proportion  were  Dutch  families  from  the  Dutch  Netherlands.  Arriving  in 
considerable  numbers,  with  many  entire  families,  they  formed  Dutch 
societies  here  as  soon  as  they  arrived,  and  thus  merely  translated  the 
rural  economy  of  the  population  of  the  Netherlands,  of  Holland,  and  of 
the  banks  of  the  Rhine,  to  those  of  the  Hudson.  As  yet,  the  spirit  of 
general  migration  had  not  appeared;  and  the  father  and  son,  with  the 
whole  family  connection,  must  either  emigrate  together,  or  remain  so  at 
home.  The  object  was  to  colonize  a  far  distant  country,  and  whole  colo- 
nies embarked  together,  bringing  with  them  brick  faithfully  burnt  with 
Dutch  peat,  to  a  country  of  clay  and  wood,  with  other  prepared  materials 
for  their  houses.  They  were  a  trading,  commercial  people ;  ships  were 
freighted  with  brick  ;  and  every  habitation  was  furnished  at  first  with  a 
dwelling  modelled  from  those  they  had  left,  and  with  store  rooms  for 
trade  like  those  of  Amsterdam,  and  of  the  trading  towns  at  home.  And 
thus  at  New  Amsterdam,  now  New  York,  at  Beaver  Wyck,  Fort  Orange, 
or  Williamstadt,  now  Albany,  were  to  be  seen  in  a  few  years  after  the 
arrival  of  these  colonists,  rows  of  houses  exactly  like  those  of  Holland, 
built  of  imported  brick,  peopled  by  Dutch  families  from  there,  with  all 
their  love  of  neatness,  order,  industry,  and  frugality,  with  the  same  long 
pipes,  and  all  the  implements  of  domestic  economy.  There  are  yet  standing 
in  Albany,  many  of  those  houses  built  of  the  best  of  small  red  bricks ;  i 
and  there  are  also  some  in  New  York,  and  at  a  few  other  early  settle- 
ments along  the  Hudson.  These  colonists  may  well  be  characterized  as 
a  pious,  devout  people ;  and  the  church  was  in  the  Gothic  style  of  build- 
ing, one  story  high,  and  stood  in  the  open  area  formed  by  the  angle  of 
State,  Market,  and  Court  streets,  about  ninety-two  years,  and  was  only 
demolished  in  1806.  The  stone  has  been  since  employed  in  the  erection 
of  the  South  Dutch  church,  a  most  superb  edifice.  But  these  minutiae 
of  detail  belong  to  the  topographical  part  of  this  work,  while  the  traits  of 
character  that  we  learn  from  them,  are  important  in  this  article.     There 

'A  half  century  later  than  the  time  of  writing  the  above,  these  houses  had 
almost  entirely  disappeared.  The  principal  ones  still  remaining  fifty  years  after 
Mr.  Spafford  printed  his  book,  were  the  one  on  the  south-east  corner  of  State  and 
Pearl  streets,  and  another  on  the  corner  of  North  Pearl  and  Columbia  streets. 
One  stands  at  98  State  street  with  a  modern  front,  and  another  adjoining  the 
Female  Academy  in  North  Pearl  street,  similarly  disguised.  There  were  no 
others  but  two  or  three  in  the  Colonic,  as  it  used  to  be  called,  and  they  were 
quite  inferior  houses  in  their  best  day.  Indeed,  it  is  doubtful  if  any  of  the  mate- 
rial for  these  remaining  houses  was  brought  from  Holland. —  M. 


Manners  and  Customs.  439 

are,  probably,  in  this  state,  more  men  of  opulence,  whose  wealth  is  de- 
rived from  confirmations  of  colonial  possessions  in  the  descendants  of  the 
ancient  colonists,  than  in  any  other  portion  of  the  United  States.  And 
this  circumstance  has  also  been  conducive  to  the  preservation  of  national 
habits,  throuf^h  a  longer  succession. 

The  accession  of  numbers  after  the  conquest  by  the  English,  in  1664, 
gave  a  new  turn  to  affairs,  and  immigrants  flocked  from  all  the  nations  of 
Europe.  From  this  period,  less  can  be  learnt  of  the  origin  of  national 
habits,  as  immigrants  became  more  numerous,  and  cherished  less  of  their 
foreign  and  national  distinctions.  The  arrival  of  the  French  protestants, 
about  1685,  proved  a  considerable  acquest  of  knowledge,  as  did  that  of 
numbers  of  merchants  from  Bermudas,  about  1740,  of  wealth,  commer- 
cial knowledge,  and  enterprise.  The  Scotch,  during  the  early  periods, 
settled  about  Albany,  and  in  Washington  county.  As  the  Dutch  were 
the  original  proprietors  and  first  colonists,  so  their  numbers  were  the 
greatest,  as  were  their  possessions  also,  and  the  most  valuable.  No 
foreign  emigrants  selected  for  richness  of  soil  with  so  much  care ;  and 
next  in  this  respect,  were  the  Germans.  Nor  have  any  others  preserved 
their  ancient  possessions  so  entire,  in  the  line  of  posterity  as  those ;  not 
their  distinct  national  manners  and  habits.  With  the  exceptions  above 
noticed,  we  may  regard  the  choice,  and  especially  the  alluvial  tracts  along 
the  Hudson,  as  originally  occupied  by  the  Dutch,  and  a  considerable  por- 
tion of  those  tracts  formed  by  its  small  tributary  streams.  The  patents 
of  iand,  granted  to  the  Dutch,  were  numerous,  and  in  many  instances  of 
vast  extent.  And  these  facts  explain  the  origin  and  etymology  of  a 
numerous  class  of  our  names  of  things  and  places ;  nor  are  they  without 
importance  in  settling  their  orthography.  The  Mohawk,  unnavigable  at 
its  lower  extremity,  and  sterile,  was  left  to  the  later  German,  with  some 
exceptions,  principally  about  Schenectady,  though  their  long  pipe  sa- 
gacity, as  it  was  significantly  styled  by  the  Mohawk  Indians,  led  them 
early  to  settle  at  Rome,  the  western  navigable  extremity  of  that  river. 

But  the  revolution  produced  great  changes  in  this  state,  which  was 
constantly  a  principal  theatre  of  the  war,  and  often  that  of  its  sanguinary 
conflicts.  No  part  of  the  union  felt  more  of  its  immediate  consequences, 
or  better  sustained  its  American  character  in  that  period.  And  the 
changes  produced  by  the  revolution,  were,  in  general,  favorable  to  the 
character  of  the  state  at  large.  The  prosperity  that  succeeded  the  peace, 
widely  diffused  a  spirit  of  enterprise  and  of  emigration ;  and  the  succes- 
sive increase  of  population  and  wealth  in  this  state,  is  without  a  parallel 
in  modern  history.  Of  the  immigrants  added  to  our  population  during 
this  period,  a  large  portion  have  come  from  the  eastern  states,  principally 
agriculturists,  to  settle  the  new  lands  of  the  western  region,  though  many 
others  are  mechanics,  merchants,  traders,  and  professional  characters. 
Every  part  of  the  state  has  received  them;  and  Europe  has  also  yielded 
considerable  numbers,  from  all  parts.  These  detailed  views  of  our  ori- 
ginal population,  will  serve  to  exhibit  the  various  traits  of  national  cha- 
racter, and  the  origin  of  those  diversified  habits,  manners  and  customs, 
justly  ascribed  to  us  by  accurate  observers. —  Spafford's  Gazetteer. 


442  The  Stafford  Famihj. 

Spencer  *  of  Khode  Island,  born  Sept.  17,  1729,  and  of  the  ten  children 
by  this  marriage,  seven  were  born  in  Greenwich  and  Coventry,  R.  I., 
prior  to  the  year  1767.  We  find  him  called  "  Captain  "  in  1762,  and 
elected  a  deputy  for  Coventry  to  the  general  court.  The  disruption  of 
family  ties,  occasioned  by  the  death  of  his  father  in  1765,  doubtless  made 
it  easier  for  him  to  join  his  neighbors  in  seeking  a  new  home  :  accordingly, 
we  find  that  he  bought,  Nov.  5,  1766,  of  Nicholas  Coke,  Esq.,  of  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  and  Joseph  Bennet,  Esq.,  of  Coventry,  R.  I.,  three  several 
lots  of  land,  in  all  three  hundred  and  ninety-six  acres,  in  the  county  of 
Berkshire,  province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  between  East  Hoosick  and 
Williarasburgh,  so  called.  He,  "  Joab  Stafi"ord,  Esq.,  of  Coventry,  R.  I.," 
paid  for  these  lands  the  sum  of  £150.  Other  Rhode  Island  families 
purchased  land  in  the  same  locality  at  this  time,  and  the  new  plantation 
received  the  name  of  New  Providence  in  commemoration  of  Providence, 
R.  I.  The  settlement  of  Cheshire,  the  town  in  which  this  tract  lay,  was 
efi"ected  the  following  year  (1767).  "  Some  of  the  earliest  and  principal 
settlers  were  Joseph  Bennett,  Col.  Joab  Stafl'ord  (from  whom  Stafi'ord 
Hill,  in  the  northeast  part  of  the  town,  is  named),  and  John  Buckland, 
Esq.',  from  Coventry,  R.  I.  (vide  Dewey's  Hist,  of  Berks  Co.,  Mass.,  p. 
292).  Dr.  Holland,  in  his  History  of  Western  Massachusetts,  mentions 
"  Col.  Joab  Stafford,  Joseph  Bennet,  and  Gov.  Cook  as  the  first  proprietors 
of  New  Providence."  It  is  safe  to  conclude  that  John,  eighth  child  of 
Spencer  and  Susannah,  was  born  in  Chesiiire,  Oct.  16,  1768.  A  daughter 
in  1770  was  followed  in  May,  1772,  by  Spencer,  the  principal  subject  of 
this  sketch. 

We  have  already  spoken  of  the  probable  sources  of  Col.  Joab  Stafford  s 
early  success,  but  we  have  omitted  to  say  that,  at  a  period  still  earlier  in 
life  he  made  several  voyages  to  foreign  countries,  and  articles  of  curious 
material  and  workmanship  which  he  brought  home  are  still  preserved  by 
his  descendants.  After  his  settlement  at  Stafford  Hill,  he  engaged  in 
trade.  His  goods  were  purchased  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  drawn  from 
thence  by  ox-teams,  a  distance  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  miles.  Holland 
affirms  that  Gov.  Cook  once  accomplished  the  distance  on  horseback  in 
twenty-one  hours. 

Col.  Joab  was  a  member  of  the  religious  sect  called  Anabaptists,  and 
is  mentioned,  June  2,  1760,  as  a  trustee  of  that  society  in  Coventry. 
Soon  after  the  settlement  of  New  Providence,  Mass.,  Elder  Peter  Warden 
assumed  the  charge  of  the  newly  formed  Baptist  church.  He  had  min- 
istered to  the  church  in  Coventry  from  xipril,  1757  to  1769,  when,  "as 
a  large  part  of  his  people  had  emigrated,  he  also  went  and  settled  in 
Berkshire."  The  ground  upon  which  the  church  and  parsonage  were 
erected,  and  also  the  farm  attached  to  the  parsonage  were  the  gift  of  Col. 
Joab  Stafford. 


*  John  Spencer  of  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.,  was  freeman  of  Newport  in  1668,  and 
is  coniectured  to  be  one  of  the  few  that  came  to  New  England  after  the  restoration 
of  Charles  II  He  had  a  wife,  Susannah,  and  son  John  born  at  East  Greenwich, 
who  married  Audrey,  daughter  of  John  (deputy  governor)  and  Anne  (Almy) 
Greene  Audrey  was  born  Dec.  27,  1667  ;  and  her  son  John,  born  June  10,  1693, 
I  conclude  was  the  father  of  Susannah,  born  Sept.  17,  1729,  and  who  married  Col. 
Joab  Stafford  Oct.  6,  1751.  John  and  Audrey  had  also  one  other  son,  William, 
born  May  15,  1695,  and  this  I  assume  was  the  father  of  Thomas  Spencer,  who 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joab  and  Susannah  (Spencer)  Stafford. 


Tlie  Staford  Family.  443 

At  this  distance  of  time  it  is  impossible  for  us  to  ascertain  whether 
the  title  of  "  Captain,"  which  we  have  seen  Joab  StaflPord  enjoyed  in 
1762,  was  won  in  the  troubles  with  the  fierce  Narragansetts,  or  was 
merely  a  courteous  distinction  given  him  as  leader  of  a  train  band.  In 
the  revolution,  however,  he  gave  unmistakable  evidences  of  patriotism 
and  devotion.  On  the  advance  of  Gen.  Burgoyne's  forces  towards  Ben- 
nington, he  promptly  marched  to  the  field  of  battle.  It  is  quite  probable 
that  Col.  Joab  and  his  company  were  of  the  Berkshire  militia  or  minute 
men,  who  fought  that  day  under  Col.  Symonds.  The  temper  of  these 
men  is  well  illustrated  by  a  colloquy  which  Lossing  says  took  place 
between  Rev.  Mr.  Allen  of  Pittsfield,  one  of  their  number,  and  Gen.  Stark : 
"  General,"  said  Mr.  Allen,  "  the  people  of  Berkshire  have  often  been 
summoned  to  the  field  without  being  allowed  to  fight,  and  if  you  do  not 
now  give  them  a  chance  they  have  resolved  never  to  turn  out  again." 
"  Well,"  said  Stark,  "  do  you  wish  to  march  now  while  it  is  dark  and 
raining?"  "No,  not  just  this  moment,"  replied  the  minister  of  peace. 
"  Then,"  said  the  general,  "  if  the  Lord  shall  once  more  give  us  sunshine 
and  T  do  not  give  you  fighting  enough,  I'll  never  ask  you  to  come  out 
again." 

In  this  fight  the  Colonel  showed  himself  more  than  the  quiet  farmer  of 
Coventry  and  Cheshire;  with  steadiness  and  enthusiasm  he  cheered  on 
his  men,  shouting  "  At  them,  boys,  they  are  retreating  like  devils." 
Wounded  in  the  foot  by  a  musket  ball,  he  was  carried  on  a  litter  by  the 
victors  to  Stafi"ord  Hill.  "  Capt."  Joab  was  placed  on  the  list  as  an  invalid 
pensioner,  June,  1794,  and  soon  after  he  must  have  been  appointed  a 
colonel  of  Massachusetts  militia,  for  in  a  conveyance  of  property,  dated 
May  22,  1779,  he  is  styled  "  Colonel,"  prior  to  which  date  he  is  spoken  of 
as  "  Esquire."  The  sword  sheathed  at  Bennington  was  probably  never 
drawn  again  ;  and  it  was  reserved  for  his  son  Samuel  to  sustain  the  family 
honor  under  Montgomery  at  Crown  Point  in  1775,  under  Arnold  before 
Quebec  in  1776,  and  finally  under  Stark  in  the  campaign  of  1781.* 

A  story  is  told  of  the  Colonel  which  shows  that  his  valor  was  tempered 
by  justice  almost  romantic.  When  the  Colonel  was  brought  from  the 
battle-field  wounded,  he  found  that  a  noted  Tory  had  taken  refnge  in  his 
house  ;  the  militia,  exasperated  at  the  sight  of  the  traitor,  proposed  to 
hang  him,  but  the  Colonel  saved  his  life,  taking  the  ground  that  his  house 
was  a  sanctuary  for  all  men  in  distress.  Such  actions  as  these  were  very 
uncommon  in  revolutionary  times,  and  when  we  remember  the  bitter  hatred 
entertained  towards  southern  sympathizers  in  our  late  war,  we  may  form 
some  idea  of  the  feelings  with  which  the  stern  minute-men  of  '76  regarded 
American  partisans  of  foreign  tyranny.  This  chivalrous  act,  on  the  part 
of  a  man  even  then  sufi"ering  from  wounds  inflicted  by  hirelings  and  tories, 
was  gratefully  remembered  by  the  children  of  the  traitor. 

The  resources  of  the  country  proved  so  amply  adequate  to  supply  the 
sinews  of  war  to  our  armies  in  the  rebellion,  that  we  can  with  difliculty 
appreciate  the  sacrifices  and  difliculties  which  attended  the  task  of  sup- 

*  Col.  Joab  had  several  great  grandsons  in  tlie  service  during  the  late  rebellion, 
viz. :  Bvt.  Brig.  Gen.  Lewis  Benedict,  Col.  Spencer  Hallenbake  (son  Spencer,  Jr.) 
StaflFord,  Col.  David  Elmore  Gregory,  Capt.  Spencer  Stafford  Lansing,  Lt.  (Qr. 
Master)  Spencer  Stafford  Gregory,  Lt.  and  afterwards  Surgeon  James  Romeyn 
Gregory  and  Lt.  and  Bvt.  Major  Wm.  J.  Worth,  U.  S.  A. 


414  TJie  Stafford  Family. 

porting  the  Continental  armies.  "  Immense  draughts  were  especially 
made,"  says  Holland,  "  upon  the  physical  resources  of  western  Massachu- 
setts. Food,  clothes,  shoes,  stockings  and  blankets  could  not  be  purchased 
of  the  dealers  in  sufficient  quantity,  so  committees  went  to  houses  and 
made  up  their  minds  whether  the  house  was  good  for  one,  two  or  three 
blankets,  and  then  informed  the  householder  that  he  must  produce  the 
article  and  take  his  pay  for  them.  In  many  instances  blankets  were  taken 
directly  from  beds  in  use,  and  were  often  given  up  with  a  cheerfulness 
that  showed  how  hearty  was  the  sympathy  felt  in  the  cause  which  called 
for  the  sacrifice."  So  prominent  and  liberal  a  citizen  as  Col.  Joab  Staf- 
ford, failed  not  to  respond  often  and  freely  to  the  calls  and  levies  made  by 
his  country.  The  worthlessness  of  Continental  money  made  the  distinc- 
tion between  purchase  and  gift  almost  null,  and  the  close  of  the  war  found 
Col.  Joab  rich  in  specimens  of  an  exploded  currency,  but  poor  in  sub- 
stantial goods.  This  fair  exchange  was  no  robbery,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
patriot,  and  after  peace  was  declared  he  continued  to  assist  destitute  sol- 
diers, as  far  as  possible,  for  little  more  than  his  real  estate  was  left  of  a 
property  by  no  means  small. 

Having  become  a  revolutionary  pensioner  in  1794,  he  applied  to  con- 
gress for  back  pay  during  the  interval  between  that  date  and  1777,  but 
his  request,  like  many  others  of  the  same  nature,  was  denied.  Feb.  15, 
1783,  "Joab  Stafford,  Gentleman,  of  Adams,"  sold  a  portion  of  his  pro- 
perty, and  with  his  family  removed  to  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  and  Nov.  4,  1785, 
he  parted  with  the  remainder,  in  consideration  of  £372  10s.  He  con- 
tinued in  business  in  Albany  for  a  short  time,  and  his  name  appears  re- 
peatedly in  connection  with  the  deputy  secretary  of  state,  as  commissioner 
to  partition  large  land  patents.  After  the  death  of  his  wife,  Sept.  1, 
1795,  he  resided  with  his  son-in-law,  just  outside  the  city  limits,  in  the 
town  of  Bethlehem.  Here  he  lived  until  1800,  when,  nearly  overcome 
by  disease,  the  veteran  returned  to  Cheshire,  and  died  at  the  house  of  his 
son  Richard,  Nov.  23,  1801.  He  was  buried  at  Cheshire.  The  remains 
of  his  wife,  twice  disturbed  by  the  growth  of  the  city,  have  recently  been 
deposited  in  the  grave  of  her  son  Spencer,  in  the  Albany  Rural  Cemetery. 

The  children  of  Joab^  and  Susannah  (Spencer)  Stafford,  were : 

I.  MARY,  born  Aug.  10,  1753. 

II.  ISABEL,  born  Oct.  21,  1755. 

III.  RUTH,  born  Aug.  23,  1757 ;   died  unmarried,  aged  18. 

IV.  SAMUEL,  born  Aug.  2,  1759. 

V.  DAVID,  born  Nov.  6,  1761. 

VI.  RICHARD,  born  Sept.  24,  1763. 

VII.  JOAB,  born  Sept.  16,  1765. 

VIII.  JOHN,  born  Oct.  16,  1768. 

IX.  SUSANNAH,  born  July  10,  1770;  died  Aug.  28.  1770. 

X.  SPENCER,  born  May  10,  1772. 

I.  MARY  STAFFORD,  was  born  at  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.  She 
married  Thomas  Spencer,  merchant  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  died  there  in 
Sept.  1797. 

II.  ISABEL  STAFFORD,  born  at  Coventry,  R.  I. ;  married  Joab 
Edmonds,  and  died  after  1825,  at  Cheshire,  Mass. 


^'^' 


The  Stafford  Family.  445 


Spencer  Stafford. 

It  is  stated  in  Recollections  of  Albany,  that  "  in  the  year  1789  not 
more  than  four  New  England  families  were  residents  of  the  city ;  "  * 
consequently  the  families  of  Col.  Joab  Stafford  and  Thomas  Spencer  were 
of  this  number.  The  latter,  a  '•  merchant  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  in  1783," 
had  migrated  from  Rhode  Island;  first  to  Berkshire  Co.,  Mass.,  and 
thence,  perhaps  in  company  with  his  father-in-law,  to  Albany.  He  was 
of  the  Quaker  faith,  as  was  also  his  aunt  Susannah,  Joab's  wife.  These 
New  Eng'anders  were  progressive  people,  and  were  regarded,  to  quote 
from  the  same  work,  as  "  meddling  eastern  Saxons,  who  had  crept  in  and 
were  daily  guilty  of  innovations  upon  the  cherished  habits  and  venerated 
customs  of  the  ancient  burgers."  The  establishment  of  a  newspaper, 
The  Gazette,  March  28,  1784,  was  doubtless  a  principal  and  highly  cen- 
surable innovation.  Thomas  Spencer  appears  by  its  columns,  to  have 
opened  a  store  at  49  Market  street  (now  north  Broadway),  Sept.  4,  1788, 
and  if  it  be  fair  to  judge  of  his  prominence  by  the  frequency  of  his  ad- 
vertisements, his  must  have  been  one  of  the  principal  stores  in  the  city 
for  the  sale  of  hardware,  groceries,  dry  goods  and  the  like.  At  this  time 
Albany,  then  and  long  after,  the  most  important  city  (New  York  and 
Boston  excepted)  in  the  north,  was  a  most  promising  theatre  for  business 
enterprise,  uniting  the  traffic  of  the  Hudson  with  that  of  the  wilderness 
lying  to  the  north  and  west.  It  is  not  strange,  therefore,  that  Spencer 
decided  to  be  a  merchant.  At  the  early  age  of  fifteen  he  was  apprenticed 
to  Thomas  Spencer,  his  brother-in-law,  and  then  commenced  to  learn  the 
mysteries  of  a  business,  which  already  multiform  in  its  nature,  assumed 
still  another  phase  in  1789,  in  the  manufacture  of  tin-plate  and  copper. 
This  latter  feature  of  trade  received  especial  attention  from  the  young 
man,  though  he  ultimately  chose  hardware,  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other 
branches  of  business.  Sept.  7,  1790,  he,  then  in  his  nineteenth  year, 
married  Dorothea,  fourth  child  of  Bernardus+  and  Ellen  (Clark)  Hallen- 
bake  of  Albany.  Here,  again,  the  audacity  of  a  Yankee  was  conspicuous 
in  carrying  away  a  beautiful  daughter  from  a  carefully  guarded  Dutch 
fireside.  Their  first  child  Susan,  afterwards  the  wife  of  Lewis  Benedict, 
was  born  July  1,  1791.  His  apprenticeship  having  expired  in  1792, 
Spencer  proceeded  with  his  wife  and  daughter  to  Deerfield,  a  small  settle- 
ment in  the  wilderness  opposite  the  present  site  of  Utica,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  potash.  His  home  was  a  log  house,  oiled 
paper  serving  as  window  glass,  and  by  the  light  of  pine  torches  he  read 

*  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  most  of  the  early  settlers  of  Albany  from  New  Eng- 
land were  Rhode  Islanders,  viz  :  Col.  Joab  Stafford,  Thomas  Spencer,  Elkauah 
Watson,  Solomon  Southwick,  the  Barbers,  Thomas  Gould,  Walter  Clarke  and 
John  Spencer. 

f  Beruardus  Halenbake,  father  of  Dorothea  StaflFord,  was  a  son  of  Hendrik,  who 
was  a  son  of  Isaac  Casparse,  who  was  a  son  of  the  original  settler  Caspar  Jacobse 
Haleubeek,  who  made  his  will  in  1685.  The  estate  of  Hendrik  Halenbake  origin- 
ally comprised  what  is  now  the  southern  section  of  Albany,  extending  from  Plain 
to  Arch  street,  where  it  adjoined  the  farm  of  Gen.  Schuyler,  and  ha^aug  the  river 
for  its  eastern  and  Eagle  street  for  its  western  boundaries.  This,  Avith  an  island 
in  the  river,  and  lands  in  other  places,  in  all  1800  acres,  constituted  the  Haleubeek 
estate. — MunseU's  Hist.  Calls.,  vol.  ii,  pp.  410-410. 


446 


TJie  Stafford  Family. 


the  books  received,  with  other  necessaries,  in  exchange  for  his  goods 
(ashes,  tinware  and  maple-sugar),  which  he  transported  by  batteaux 
down  the  Mohawk  to  Albany.  The  privations  and  exposures  incident  to 
a  frontier  life  were,  however,  intolerable  to  his  wife,  and  he  yielded  to  her 
wishes  and  returned  to  the  city  in  1793.  June  21,  1794,  he  advertised 
in  the  Albany  Register,  the  opposition  (Republican)  paper,  the  Gazette 
having  become  identified  with  the  Federal  party,  a  resumption  of  busi- 
ness in  the  old  line,  viz  :  "  Tinplate,  sheet-iron,  copper  and  brass  manu- 
facture at  his  shop,  east  side  of  Market,  a  few  doors  north  of  the  Dutch 
church." 

In  1795,  he  became  associated  in  business  with  James  Minze  (formerly 
of  Lansing  &  Minze,  a  kindred  establishment).  This  copartnership  was 
dissolved  by  mutual  consent.  May  18,  1796.     His  place  of  business  then, 


No.  1.  Store  op  John  Stafford. 


Store  of  Spencer  Stafford. 


and  for  many  years  afterwards,  was  No.  45  Court  street,  now  South 
Broadway.  He  had  at  this  time  a  branch  in  Schenectady.  John,  his 
brother,  was  his  partner  thereafter  until  Jan.  1798.  Aug.  13,  1802,  Mr. 
Stafford  bought  of  Thomas  Gould  a  lot  of  land  and  the  storehouse  thereon, 
a  light  structure  of  brick,  three  stories  high,  known  as  No.  9  Court  street, 
and  also  one-half  of  Ruttenkill  on  the  north  boundary  of  said  lot.  He 
demolished   this   building    because   it  was  too  frail  for  the  character  and 


The  Stafford  Family. 


447 


quantity  of  his  goods,  and  in  1814-15  erected  in  its  place  the  substantial 
five-story  store,  subsequently  known  as  420  South  Broadway,  and  now 
(1870)  occupied  by  Taylor,  Wendell  &  Co. 
The  north  wall  of  this  store  was  built  upon 
a  massive  arch  thrown  over  the  creek  and 
resting  upon  piles;  and  in  every  other  re- 
spect care  was  taken  to  make  the  building 
commodious  and  substantial.  There  are 
many  living  who  remember  it  in  its  palmy 
days  with  the  sign  of  the  gilt  stove.  Here 
the  brothers  Stafford  acquired  name  and  for- 
tune. John,  the  elder  brother,  was  only 
nominally  the  head  of  the  firm.  Broken  in 
health,  he  had  given  up  the  business  which 
he  conducted  alone  at  33  Court  street,  from 
January,  1798,  until  the  spring  of  1799,  and 
it  was  upon  his  return  from  a  sea  voyage  that 
his  brother  generously  offered  him  an  interest 
in  his  own  well-established  concern.  They 
soon  became  "men  of  extensive  business  con- 
nections," and  are  mentioned  in  the  Recol- 
lections of  Albany  as  among  the  "  principal 
merchants  of  the  city  —  those  who  gave  life 
and  character  to  its  business  interests." 
Mrs.  Stafford  died,  after  a  brief  illness,  July  11,  1806.  The  mother, 
taken  away  in  the  prime  of  life,  was  deeply  lamented  by  her  children,  but 
their  sorrow  was  softened  by  pleasant  memories  of  her  gentleness,  dignity 
and  discretion. 

Mr  StaflFord  married  again  in  1807,  Harriet,  second  daughter  of  Rev. 
James  Van  Campen  Romeyn,*  of  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  and  the  year  fol- 
lowing removed  to  his  newly  completed  dwelling  on  Lydius  just  east  of 
Pearl  street,  and  here,  where  his  children  by  his  second  wife  were  born, 
he  continued  to  reside  until  his  death  in  1844.  Greorge  B.  Spencer,  a 
nephew  and  partner  (the  firm  then  being  Staffords,  Spencer  &  Co.)  built 
the  house  adjoining  on  the  east,  and  John  Stafi'ord  that  next,  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Franklin  street;  the  two  former  were  substantial  and  the  latter, 
afterwards  occupied  by  Gov.  Yates,  was  the  most  elegant  private  residence 
of  its  size  in  the  city.  Lydius  street  was  then  the  most  southern  avenue 
'of  the  city,  running  east  and  west,  the  very  outpost  of  population.  The 
ground  hereabout  was  flooded  during  freshets  to  the  depth  of  eight  or 
ten  feet.  A  number  of  steps  used  to  lead  to  the  platform  of  Spencer 
Stafford's  stoop,  but  the  filling  in  of  the  street  has  made  them  superfluous. 
Eastward  and  southward  towards  the  river  but  one  house. (that  of  Henry 
Guest)  intervened  ;  to  the  north  it  was  also  open  ground  as  far  as  Division 
street,  and  during  a  long  period  he  traversed  the  interval,  en  route  from 
his  house  to  his  store,  to  the  corner  of  Green,  diagonally.  VV^est  and 
south  he  had  ample  space  within  his  own  enclosures  for  the  culture  of 
flowers,  and  also  for  his  barns  and  outhouses ;  but  what  most  enhanced 
the  comfort  of  his  family  in  after  years  was  the  orchard  and  garden  at 


*  See  Sprague's  Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit,  vol.  ix,  p.  87,  for  Rev.  James 
Van  Campen  Romeyn. 


448 


Tlie  Stafford  Family. 


the  head  of  Lydius  street,  now  in  whole  or  part  Capt.  Taylor's  place.  An 
acre  nearer  the  city,  devoted  to  humbler  uses,  was  purchased  of  Solomon 
Southwick,  April  12,  1815,  at  a  price  of  $4,500.  This  was  apparently 
an  enormous  price  for  an  acre  of  o;round  on  the  top  of  a  clay  hill  outside 
the  city  limits,  but  when  speculation  in  west  end  lots  was  rife,  just  after 
the  war,  even  more  astonishing  transactions  occurred.  Mr.  Dudley  Walsh 
offered  James  Caldwell  $60,000  for  four  acres,  and  the  offer  was  declined; 
upon  the  settlement  of  Mr.  Caldwell's  estate,  years  afterwards,  the  four 
acres  were  sold  for  $1,400.  A  house  lot  at  the  mile  post  on  the  Schenec- 
tady turnpike,  whose  speculative  value  had  once  been  $16,000,  was  sub- 
sequently sold  for  $161.  The  Orphan  Asylum  property  was  sold  for 
$35,000  by  Matthew  Gregory  to  Wm.  Stead. 


Dwelling  of  Spencer  Staffokd  in  Lydius  Street. 


Between  the  houses  of  John  and  Spencer  Stafford  (afterwards  Staffords, 
Spencer  &  Co.)  and  that  of  John  Spencer  &  Co.,  there  always  existed  an 
active  but  generous  rivalry.  Geo.  B.  Spencer  (of  Stafford,  Spencer  &  Co.) 
was  a  son  of  Thomas  Spencer  before  mentioned,  and  consequently  a 
nephew  of  the  Staffords,  while  John  Spencer  was  a  cousin  (?)  of  Geo.  B. 
Spencer.  The  firm  of  John  Spencer  &  Co.  formed  about  1808,  occupied 
the  adjoining  store  to  the  south,  built  for  his  own  use  by  Thomas  Gould, 


The  Stafford  Family.  449 

a  hardware  mereliant.  At  a  later  period  the  Delavans  (H.  W.  and  E.  C.) 
conducted  a  similar  business  on  the  corner  below.  On  this  small  frontage 
on  the  east  side  of  South  Broadway,  between  State  and  Beaver  streets, 
long  known  as  the  Hardware  Row,  the  heaviest  business  in  this  line, 
north  and  west  of  New  York,  was  transacted  for  a  series  of  years. 
Spencer  Stafford,  it  is  believed,  was  the  first  to  engage  in  the  casting  of 
stoves  in  Albany.  We  have  already  alluded  to  his  sign;  that,  as  we 
remember  it,  was  a  great  improvement,  in  appearance  at  least,  on  the 
nine  plate,  box  stove,  the  first  one  manufactured,  and  which  became  so 
common  in  the  north  and  east  in  the  early  part  of  the  century.  Mr. 
Stafford's  stove  trade  was  heavy,  and  the  same  may  be  said  of  that  of 
John  Spencer  &  Co.  The  latter  firm,  in  connection  with  Warner  Daniels, 
afterwards  built  the  Eagle  foundery  on  Daniels  street.  Still  later,  the 
Townsend  furnace  was  built  upon  its  present  site.  Thus  was  laid  the 
foundation  of  a  business  which  to-day  exceeds  the  then  combined  trade 
of  the  city. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  which  assured  the  fortunes  of  the  brothers, 
John  left  the  firm  and  then  were  admitted  Hallenbake,  son  of  Mr.  Stafford, 
and  Lewis  Benedict,*  his  son-in-law.  A  temporary  removal  to  No.  5 
Hudson  street,  occurred  while  the  new  store  was  being  erected,  but  in 
1814  the  firm  entered  their  new  quarters,  known  as  387  South  Market 
street,  which,  until  1825,  was  as  has  been  remarked  the  theatre  of  an 
extensive  and  prosperous  business.  During  this  decade,  Spencer,  Jr.,  and 
Joab,  other  sons,  were  for  brief  periods  members  of  the  house.  Lewis 
Benedict  withdrew  from  the  firm  in  1825,  and  soon  after  Mr.  Stafford 
gave  up  his  business,  and  within  two  years  closed  other  business  relations 
(Stafford  &  Co.).  He  then  subsided  into  the  quiet  citizen,  although  his 
sons,  Hallenbake  and  Spencer,  resumed  the  hardware  business  and  con- 
tinued it  at  the  old  stand  until  they  were  bought  out  in  1831  by  Bene- 
dict &  Roby. 

Mr.  Stafford  was  essentially  a  practical  business  man.  Self-reliant, 
industrious,  enterprising,  he  possessed  in  a  great  measure  the  qualities 
essential  to  mercantile  success,  and  his  energy  enabled  him  to  secure  for 
his  family  the  comforts  which  their  social  position  demanded.  To  those 
who  invoked  his  aid  he  gave  not  only  sound  advice,  but  also  a  helping 
hand.  He  was  a  man  of  more  than  average  mental  endowments,  and  of 
considerable  culture;  fond  of  scientific  works,  a  constant  reader  of  the 
English  classics  as  well  as  the  journals  and  debates  of  the  day.  Politically 
an  ardent  democrat,  he  was  a  great  admirer  of  Andrew  Jackson  and  his 
policy.  In  manners  polite  and  courteous,  his  house  was  for  years  the 
seat  of  generous  hospitality,  and  during  the  ascendancy  of  the  republican 
party,  early  in  the  century,  it  was  the  frequent  resort  of  such  political 
leaders  as  Judge  Ambrose  Spencer,  Sol.  Southwick,  the  Barbers,  Benj. 
Knower,  Martin  Van  Buren,  Citizen  Genet  and  Gov.  Clinton. 

*  Lewis  Benedict,  born  in  Milton,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y..  Nov.  7,  1785,  came  to 
Albany  in  1805,  and  in  1806  was  taken  into  the  firm  of  Uriah  Marvin  and  Uriah. 
Benedict,  his  father.  The  firm  of  Marvin,  Benedict  &  Co.  became  Marvin  &.  Bene- 
dict upon  the  death  of  hie  father  in  1813.  This  business,  wholesale  grocery,  etc., 
was  closed  in  1814-15,  when  Mr.  Benedict  entered  the  hardware  firm  of  Spencer 
Stafford,  his  father-in4aw.     See  Munsell's  Hist.  Coll.,  vol.  ii,  p.  114. 

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450  The  Stafford  Family. 

Mr.  Stafford  never  held  any  prominent  civil  office,  although  in  1816  he 
served  as  assessor  of  his  ward  and  1817  as  alderman,  honorable  positions 
half  a  century  ago.  He  was  active  in  procuring  the  charter  of  the 
Mechanics  and  Farmers'  Bank,  and  was  one  of  its  first  directors  in  1811. 
Mr.  Stafford  requested  Gov.  Tompkins  to  reinstate  him  as  director,  he 
having  been  displaced  the  following  year  by  the  appointment  (by  governor 
and  council)  of  a  federalist.  He  says  :  "  I  now  for  the  first  time  intrude 
myself  on  the  council ;  the  office  I  ask  is  in  your  gift,  it  is  an  honorable 
office  without  profit  or  emolument.  I  ask  it  as  justly  due  me  as  a  repub- 
lican, I  ask  it  as  a  descendant  of  a  revolutionary  officer,  who  fought  and 
bled  in  his  country's  cause  at  the  battle  of  Bennington,  I  ask  it  as  being 
the  originator  of  the  Albany  Volunteer  Regiment,  which  I  am  proud  to 
say  saved  Sackett's  Harbor  in  our  late  struggle,  and  lastly,  and  perhaps 
not  least,  I  ask  it  as  a  stockholder  to  a  large  amount."  During  the  war 
of  1812  Mr.  Stafford  partly  equipped  a  regiment  of  voluoteers,  a  fact 
which  he  refers  to  in  the  letter  just  quoted,  and  he  also  wrote  to  a  mem- 
ber of  the  cabinet  at  Washington  under  date  Jan.  6,  1822,  "  the  exer- 
tions and  contributions  made  by  me  towards  carrying  on  the  late  war  are 
well  known  here  (Albany),  and  were  such  as  to  entitle  me  to  the  confi- 
dence of  the  government."  In  1820  he  was  one  of  a  committee  who 
projected  an  Apprentices'  Library,  and  in  1824  he  was  made  a  director 
of  the  Merchants'  Insurance  Company. 

Mr.  Stafford  gradually  declined  in  health,  and  his  last  years  were 
necessarily  spent  in  great  retirement.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
Church.  He  died  Feb.  12,  1844.  The  Albany  Argus  thus  alludes  to  his 
death  :  "  Spencer  Stafford  expired  at  his  residence  in  this  city  on  Satur- 
day. He  had  attained  literally  a  good  old  age.  For  more  than  forty 
years  he  was  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  and  although  he  retired 
several  years  since  from  the  active  cares  of  business,  took  a  deep  interest 
in  the  prosperity  and  advancement  of  the  city.  He  was  an  enterprising 
merchant  and  a  citizen  of  intelligence  and  high  respectability.  He  leaves 
a  numerous  body  of  relatives  and  friends  to  mourn  his  death,  with  whom 
our  citizens  generally  will  unite  their  regards." 

Mr.  Stafford  was  buried  by  the  side  of  his  first  wife  in  the  Hallenbake 
burying  ground.  Subsequently  his  remains  were  removed  to  the  Albany 
Rural  Cemetery.     His  second  wife,  Harriet,  died  July  5,  1849. 

X.     SPENCER  5  (Col.  Joab,^  Thomas,-^  Samuel,"^  Thomas  '),  had: 

I.  Susan,  born  at  Albany,  July  1,  1791 ;    married  Lewis    Benedict, 

merchant  of  Albany,  Jan.  14,  1812,  and  died  at  No.  3  Park  place, 
Albany,  Pec.  30,  1869. 

II.  Hallenbake*^',    born  at  Deerfield,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  27, 

1793,  and  married  Aug.  30,  1824,  Maria,  daughter  of  James 
Gibbons  of  Albany,  who  was  born  Oct.  19,  1800,  and  died  April 
17,  1851.  He  entered  his  father's  store  as  a  partner  in  1815, 
and  was  subsequently  connected  with  one  or  more  of  his  brothers 
in  the  hardware  business  in  Albany  and  Utica.  He  died  of  con- 
sumption, April  17,  1851.  Hallenbake  and  Maria  had  : 
i.     Anna,   born  June  23,  1825,    and    married    William    McCoy, 

June  20,  1849. 
ii.     Sj)e7icer  Robinson,  born  March  20,  1828  ;   died  Feb.  23,  1847. 


The  Staffoixl  Family.  451 

iii.  Mary  Rohmson,  born  Jan.  27,  1830 ;  died  Feb.  20,  1860. 

iv.  James  Gibbons,'  born   March  30,   1832,  and  married  Fanny 

M.,  daughter  of  Tibbits  Briggs  of  Schaghticoke,  born  Aug. 

27,  1836.     They  have  1.  Wm.  Tibbits,  ^born  April  5,  1861. 
V.     Stafford  Benri/,  born  March,  1835  and  died  1836. 

III.  Spencer  Jr.,^  born  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  June  22,  1798,  and  mar- 

ried June  21,  1821,  Sarah  Sanger,  daughter  of  John  Fames  of 
New  Hartford,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  who  was  born  1803.  Spencer 
was  also  a  partner  of  his  father,  and  of  his  brother  Hallenbake, 
and  wa.s  at  one  time  a  dry  goods  merchant  in  New  York.  He  died 
at  Bobbins  Nest,  111.,  Oct.' 26,  1866.  They  had  : 
i.      Spencer  Hallenbake,  born  at  Utica,  April  7,  1822,  and  married 

Esther  Dudgeon  of  New  Hartford,  April  7,  1853.      He  is  a 

lawyer,  and  was  Col.  during  the  rebellion, 
ii.    John  Eames,    born  at  Utica,   Feb.  1,  1824,    and  died  at  San 

Francisco,  Cal.,  Aug.  10,  1860. 
iii.  Jedediah  Sanger,  born  at  Albany,  June  22,  1826  ;  died  there 

Feb.  24,  1828. 
iv.  Emelia  Anthon,  born  at  Albany,   Jan.  21,  1829;  died  there 

Feb.  4,  1829. 
V.     Walter  Sanger  Eames,  born  July  10, 1830  ;  lives  in  California. 
vi.  Sarah  Maria,    born  at  New  Hartford,    May  22,   1833,    and 

married  Rev.  Thomas  Newcomb  Benedict  (Epis.  church), 

Nov.  14,  1854. 
vii.  Cornelia  Winne,  born  at  New  Hartford,  May  21,  1836;  lives 

there. 
Mrs.  Stafford  is  living  at  New  Hartford,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y. 

IV.  Eleanor,  born  June  22,  1798,  and  married  June  22,  1819,  Jacob 

Lansing,  lawyer,  and  some  time  judge  of  the  Albany  county  court. 

V.  JoAB,''  was  born  Aug.  2,  1802 ;    married  Sept.  27,  1827,  Amelia, 

daughter  of  James  Gibbons  of  Albany,  born  July  1,  1809,  and 
died  March  7,  1843.  Mr.  Stafford  was  a  partner  of  his  father  and 
brothers  at  Albany  and  Utica  in  the  hardware  business.  His  life 
as  a  merchant  closed  at  Niles,  Mich.  He  died  at  Albany,  Dec. 
8,  1854.  They  had  : 
i.      Louisa  Esther,  born  Feb.  4,  1829;    married  March  2,  1848, 

Spencer,    son  of  Jacob  and  Eleanor  Lansing,    born  March 

29,  1820. 
ii.     ^?-</m?-,  born  Jan.22,  1831,  and  died  at  Albany,  July  13,  1849. 
iii.  Amelia  Elizabeth,  born  June  9,  1834. 
iv.    Emma  Sterling,  born  April  24,  1836  ;  married  at  Niles,  Mich., 

April  1,  1856,  Wm.  P.  Barrows  of  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

SPENCER  '  by  his  second  wife,  had  : 

VI.  James  Romeyn,"  born  at  Albany,  April  9,  1808,   and  married 

Augusta  Cooke,  June  20,  1831.  In  1824  he  entered  the  South 
American  navy,  and  was  under  Simon  Bolivar,  the  Liberator.  He 
was  the  inventor  of  many  useful  things,  and  the  discoverer  of 
several  valuable  processes.  A  kind  of  stove,  olive-tar,  a  process 
for  refining  oils  and  a  device  for  drying  corn  meal,  were  among 
his  inventions.     He  was,  also,   the  author  of  an  instructive  pamph 


452  The  Stafford  Family. 

let,   entitled  Observations  on   the  2^1'oduction^   manufacture^  trans- 
portation and  preservation  of  Cereal  Grains.     They  had  : 
i.       Harriet  Romeyn,  born  Dec.  9,  1832. 
ii.      Anna  Mary,  born  Feb.  10,  1835. 
iii.      Clara  Augusta^  born  March  25,  1837. 
iv.      Susan  Monroe,  born  March  1,  1839  ;    died  Oct.  9,  1846. 
V.      Howard  Lyster,  born  Oct.  23,  1842 ;  died  Sept.  13,  1843. 
vi.     Ella,  born  Sept.  13,  1844 ;    married  Feb.  10,  1863,  Henry 

E.  Hutchinson, 
vii.    Lilly  Gertrude,  born  Oct.  20,  1846;  married  Oct.  25,  1863, 

Charles  C.  Yeaton. 
viii.  Blanche  Andrews,  born  Aug   15,  1850. 
ix.      Guy  Romeyn  Beekman,  born  May  20,  1853. 
X.       Harry   Willard  Raymond,  born  Sept.  26,  1860. 

James  Eomeyn^  moved  in  1850  to  South  Brooklyn,  and  died 
tliere  Nov.  8,  1867. 

VII.  Harriet,  born  at  Albany,  Aug.  31,  1811,  and  married  Stephen 
B.  Gregory,  crockery  merchant,  Nov.  23,  1830 ;  she  now  resides 
at  Bergen,  N.  J. 

VIII.  Maria,  born  April  13,  1818,  and  married.  May  2,  1842,  Edwin 
A.  Doolittle,  lawyer  of  Albany.     Residence  South  Bergen,  N.  J. 

IX.  Samuel  Spencer,*^  born  Nov.  13,  1825,  and  married  in  New 
York.  Nov.  21,  1854,  Susan  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Mc- 
Lane  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  born  July  2,  1831.     They  have  : 

i.     William  Ashley  Hillyer,  born  Oct.  8,  1855. 
ii.  Louise  Bancker,  born  July  24,  1860. 

Mr.  Stafford  graduated  in  medicine,  but  forsook  its  practice  for 
merchandise.  He  resides  in  Brooklyn,  and  does  business  at 
No.  218  Pearl  St.,  New  York. 

VIII.  JOHN 5  {Col.  Joah,^  Thomas,^  Samuel,^  Thomas^),  born  Oct.  16, 
1768,  removed  with  his  parents  to  Albany,  where  he  probably  was 
apprenticed  to  his  brother-in-law,  Thomas  Spencer,  as  he  seems  to  have 
early  conducted  a  business  in  copper,  brass,  pewter  and  tin.  He  is 
mentioned  as  a  merchant  in  1793,  and  probably  occupied  the  store 
adjoining  his  brother  Spencer.  In  1797  John  and  Spencer  Stafford 
were  partners,  carrying  on  the  above  branches  very  extensively  at  45 
Court  street.  Jan.  18,  1798,  John  Stafford  advertises  for  sale  at  33 
Court  street,  oils,  codfish,  tar  and  steel. 

Mr.  Stafiord  was  residing  in  Glreenbush  when  he  married,  June  24, 
1793,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Hugh  Denniston,  of  Albany.  After  her 
death,  April,  1799,  he  gave  up  business  and  went  to  sea.  Exactly  how 
long  he  was  absent  is  not  known.  He  suffered  shipwreck  and  lived 
upon  a  barren  island,  sleeping  under  an  upturned  boat,  and  subsisting 
upon  seals.  In  December,  1802,  he  appears,  as  has  been  before  stated, 
as  a  partner  of  his  brother,  with  whom  his  connection  continued  until 
1815.  Thereafter  until  his  death  he  was  of  the  firm  of  Stafford  &  Weed, 
the  latter,  Edward  Weed,  being  his  brother-in-law.  His  first  wife, 
Margaret,  died  April  17,  1799,  aged  29  years  8  mouths,  leaving  one 
child,  Margaret,  born  Jan.  16,  1799.  In  1804  he  married  for  his 
second   wife,   Maro-aret  White  of  Ballstou.  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.     She 


The  Stafford  Family.  453 

died  1805,  leaving  one  child,  John,«  born  June  22, 1805.  He  married 
Aug.  27,  1807,  a  third  time,  Catharine,  daughter  of  Smith  Weed  of 
Stamford,  Ct.  She  was  born  April  5,  1784,  and  died  Oct.  8,  1860, 
having  married  for  her  second  husband  William  Brown  of  New  York. 
Mr.  StaflPord  built  his  fine  residence  corner  Lydius  and  Franklin  streets 
about  1810,  and  died  there  Oct.  12,  1819,  of  consumption. 

I.  His  daughter,   Margaret,   married   Sept.   18,  1818,  William  J. 

Worth,  late  Bvt.  Major  Gen.  U.  S.  A.,  and  died  Juae  21,  1869,  at 
St.  Augustine,  Florida. 

II.  JoHN,'^  born  June  22,  1805,  married  Maria  Hallenbeck  of  Hudson 

N.  Y.,  June  20,  1834.     They  had  : 

i.     John  Jr. ,7  born  May  13,  1835,  single  and   living  at  East  Chat- 
ham, N.  Y. 

ii.    Mary,  born  June  27,  1836,  married  Jan.  13,  1857,  Henry  W. 
Fry,  Mass. 

iii.  Margaret   M.,  born   March  8,    1838,   married  May  5,    1857, 
Louis  T.  Payne,  Chatham  Four  Corners. 

iv.   Spencer,"  born  Aug   20,  1840,  married  March  4,  1867,  Catha- 
rine GriflSn. 
John''  resides  at  Chatham,  N.  Y. 

IV.  SAM\J^h5  (ColJoab,^  Thomas,^  Samuel;'-  ^omas  i),  called  "Lieu- 
tenant," was  born  at  Coventry,  R.  I.,  Aug.  2,  1759.  At  sixteen  he  en- 
listed in  the  revolutionary  army,  serving  in  the  campaign  of  1775,  in 
the  northern  army  under  Gen.  Montgomery  at  Crown  Point.  In  1776 
he  was  again  in  the  same  army  under  Gen.  Arnold  before  Quebec,  and 
after  the  retreat  was  detailed  to  do  garrison  duty  at  St.  Johns.  In 
July,  1781,  he  entered  as  second  sergeant  in  Capt.  Clark's  company 
of  Williamstown,  Mass.,  and  served  under  Col.  Willett  (Stark's  Divi- 
sion) at  Fort  Plain.  The  term  of  service  of  his  company  having  ex- 
pired, it  nevertheless  remained  by  the  Colonel's  request,  who  said  he 
expected  the  enemy  down,  and  agreeably  to  his  expectations,  Col.  Butler 
and  Major  Ross  came  down  with  about  1,500  men.  "  We  engaged 
them  near  Johnstown,  made  between  forty  and  fifty  prisoners.  Our 
company  guarded  the  prisoners  to  Albany  and  was  discharged  there." 
This  was  the  battle  of  Fort  Plain,  fought  Oct.  24,  1781.  It  is  also 
probable  that  Samuel  was  present  at  the  battle  of  Bennington,  as  he 
was  not  a  regular  soldier  during  the  year  1777,  and  it  is  known  that 
Col.  Joab  was  accompanied  by  one  or  more  of  his  sons. 

He  married  Dora  Wells  March  28,  1778,  who  was  born  Dec.  18, 1757. 
Of  his  children,  Thomas  and  Amanda  were  married  at  Brutus,  Cayuga 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  but  all  the  rest  in  Massachusetts.  At  an  early  day  the 
whole  family  appear  to  have  resided  at  Sennett  (then  called  Brutus), 
and  here  the  "Lieutenant"  died  Nov.  25, 1830,  his  wife  having  preceded 
him  March  5,  1826.     They  had  issue  : 

I.  Mary,  born  1779,  married  Martin  Bowen. 

II.  Audrey,  born  Jan.  15,  1783,  married  Ebenezer  Brown. 

III.  Pamelia,  born  Oct.  7,  1789,  married  Hezekiah  Bowen  and  died 
April  10,  1831. 


454  The  Stafford  Family. 

IV.  Thomas, 0  born  June  16, 1792,  married  Susannah  Remington,  Sept. 
16,  1819,  and  died  Feb.  6, 1865.  She  was  born  Aug.  15,  1800,  and 
died  Jan.  13,  1867.     Tbey  had  issue  : 

i.  George,''  born  Nov.  80,  1823  ;  married  Oct.  18,  1847,  Rebecca 
Waits,  born  Aug.  13,  1824.  Res.  Centre  Road  Station,  Pa. 
They  had : 

1.  Florine,  born  Aug.  10,  1848. 

2.  Frank,  born  June  14,  1850. 

3.  Joab,  born  April  3,  1852 

4.  Orlando,  born  Feb.  14,  1854. 

5.  Wilber,  born  Feb.  7,  1856. 

6.  Clarence,  born  Feb.  20,  1859. 

7.  Newton,  born  May  30,  1861. 

8.  Minnie,  born  Nov.  7,  1864. 

ii.    Joah,  born  Jan.  9,  1826,  died  Feb.  25,  1831. 
iii.  Almira,  born  Sept.  27,  1829,  died  Oct.  4,  1858. 
iv.   Mary,  born  Aug.  15,  1836. 

V.  Amanda,  born  Sept.  14,  1784,  married Arnold. 

V.  DAVID, 5  (CoZ.  Joa&,'  Thomas;^  Samuel;^  Thomas^),  was  born 
Nov.  6,  1761,  and  married  Sarah  Baker  at  New  Providence,  May  2, 
1782.  She  was  born  at  the  same  place  Sept.  11,  1767.  David  died 
at  Hounsfield  March  6,  1813;  Sarah  at  Middlebury,  Summit  Co.  0., 
April  23,  1846.     They  had  :  " 

I.  Almy,  born    at  New  Providence,  Jan.  10,  1783,  married   David 

Bell,  July  8,  1798,  and  died  at  Utica,  July  6,  1817. 

II.  Wealthy,  born   at  Willsborough,  Lake   Champlain,  June   25, 

1785,   married   Augustus   Hickox,   of   Brooklyn,   and   died   at 
Utica,  July  6,  1817. 

III.  Mercy,  born   at  Fort  Schuyler  (Utica,  N.  Y.),  Dec.  20,  1789, 

and  married  Enos  Brown,  Feb.  26,  1820,  and  died  Jan.  5,  1869. 

IV.  John,  born  at  Fort  Schuyler,  March  30,  1792,  and  died  July  16, 

1793. 

V.  Susan,  born  at  Fort  Schuyler,  May  18,  1794,  and  married  Samuel 

Hecox,  June  14,  1814,  and  died  at  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  16,  1868. 

VI.  Sally,  born  at  Trenton,  Oneida  Co.,  Oct.  29,  1796,  and  married 

Stephen  W.  Palmer  at  Lyons,  Wayne  Co.,  Sept.  10,  1818.     She 

died  at  Middlebury,  Ohio. 
ViT.    Dorothea,  born  at  Trenton,  Feb.  20,  1800,  and  died  at  Utica, 

May  7,  1817. 
VIII.  Mariah,   born  at   Oldenbamauld,  July  7,  1802,  and  died  there 

July  27,  1803. 
IX      John  Spencer,  born  at  Utica,  Sept.  18,  1804,  and  died  there 

Jan.  2,  1805. 
X.      Horatio  Nelson,'-  born  at  Utica,  Dec.  29,  180G,  and  married 

Frances  Ann,  daughter  of  Wm.  Tippits,  at  Geneva,  Ontario  Co., 

May  2,  1833.     Mr.  Stafford  and  his  sons,  Nelson  and  Arthur, 

are  manufacturers  and  wholesale  dealers   in   stencil   stock,  66 

Fulton  street,  N.  Y.     They  had  : 


The  Stafford  Fnmily. 


455 


3Iary  Nicholas,  born  at  Lyons,  Feb.  1,  1833,  and  married 

May  7,  1857,  Thos  N.  Hickox,  of  Brooklyn. 
Charles  Hoffman,  born  at  Lyons,  Dec.  17,  1886,  and  died 

there  May  26,  1837. 
Nelson,'  born  at  Lyons,  Nov.  3,  1839,  and  married  Ellen  A., 

daughter  of  Wm.  G.  Mott,  of  Brooklyn,  Oct.  25,  1866. 

They  have : 

1.  Arthur  Nelson,  born  Jan.  3,  1868. 
iv.     George,  born  at  Middlebury,  Ohio,  July  18,  1842,  and  died 

there  Aug.  8,  1842. 
V.      William  Henry,''  born  at  Newark,  Ohio,  Sept.  26, 1843,  and 

married  at  New  York,  April  2,  1866,  Pauline  J.,  daughter 

of  the  late  Wm.  H.  Bedson. 
vi.    Frances  Helen,  born  at  Newark,  Ohio,  March  21,  1846; 

married  June  24,  1869,  William  H.  McNiel. 
vii.  Arthur,''   born  at  Newark,  Ohio,  Aug.  17,  1848,  and  mar- 
ried Linda  A.,  daughter  of  Mr.  Allen,  of  ,  Oct.  20, 

1868.     They  have : 

1.  Arthur  Allen,  born  Nov.  5,  1869. 

VI.  IlICHARD,-5  {Col.  Joah,^  Thomas,^  iSamuel;^  Thomas^),  hovn  at 
Coventry,  R.  I.,  Sept.  24,  1763,  and  died  at  Palatine  Bridge,  Oct.  19, 
1826,  having  moved  there  about  1815.  He  married  March  28,  1782, 
Susan  Brown,  who  was  born  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  April  3,  1766,  and 
died  at  Palatine  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  April  16,  1852.     They  had  : 

I.  Ellen,  born  at  Cheshire,  May  3,  1783.     She  married  first  Joel 

Richardson,  Jan.  4,  1801.  He  died  April  22, 1813.  She  married, 
second,  Jesse  Vincent,  Feb.  10,  1817,  at  Palatine  Bridge.  He 
died  in  Albany  about  January,  1866.  She  died  at  Palatine  Bridge 
July  26,  1851. 

II.  Elisha,'^  born  Jan.  26,  1785;  married  April  10,  1809,  in  Cheshire, 

Mass.,  Mercy  Blackmer,  who  was  born   Aug.  1,  1791,  and   died 
Aug.  1,  1822.     Elisha  died  Dec.  24,  1813,  at  Cheshire,  Mass.,  of 
disease  contracted  in  the  war  of  1812,  aged  28  years  10  months 
and  29  days.     They  had  : 
i.      Susan,  born  March  10,  1810.     She  married,  first,  Theodore 

Chapin,  a  merchant  of  Canajoharie,  who  died  in  1852;  and, 

second,   Jno.   R.   Hall,    merchant    of   Starkville,    Herkimer 

Co.,  N.  Y. 
ii.    John  B.,'<  born  Aug.  3,  1811;  married,  first,   Catharine  E. 

Ruby,  April  5,  1832.     She  died  Jan.  31,  1837.     They  had  : 

1.  Marcy,  died  young. 

2.  Robert,  died  young. 

He    married,    second,    Harriet    Elmore,    July    11,    1839. 
They  had  : 

3.  Theodora,  born  April  25,  1840;  died  Aug.  1,  1840. 

4.  Morris  T.,"'  born  Jan.  10,  1841.     Entered  the  service  as  a 

private,  served  nearly -the  whole  war ;  was  promoted  to 
lieutenant  and  adjutant;  resides  at  Rock  Island,  111. 
Married,  Oct.  4,   1865,  Julia  E.   Hurst.      They  have: 


456  The  Staff(yrd  Family. 

1.  Harvey  C,  bora  Aug.  1,  1866.     2.  Annabel,  born 

Nov.  8,  1867. 
5.  Susan  J.,  born  Sept.  29,  1852. 
iii.   Richard,  born  Dec.  1,  1812,     Enlisted  in  U.  S.  N.,  and  died, 
aged  20,  on  board  ship,  en  route  from  Baltimore  to  the  mouth 
of  Mississippi. 

III.  Mary,  born  Feb.  24,  1787,  at  Cheshire,   and  married  Aug.  13, 

1803,  Joshua  Reed,  who  was  born  Aug.  30,  1783,  and  died  Nov. 
25,  1866. 

IV.  JoAB,'5  born  April  11,  1789  ;  married,  at  Cheshire,  Nabby  Rice, 

who  was  born  March  11, 1790,  and  died  Nov.  23,  1813.     He  died 

at  Canajoharie,  N.  Y.,  May  31,  1863.     They  had : 

i.     Broion,-  born  Jan.  20,  1810;  married  Dec.  19,  1832,  Ann  E. 

Young,  who  was  born  Dec.  25,  1812,  and  died  Oct.  16,  1849. 

They  had : 

1.  Harvey,  born  Feb.  22,  1835;  died  Nov.  8,  1838. 

2.  Richard  B.,  born  Sept.  11,  1836;  single;  telegraph  opera- 

tor and  insurance  agent  at  Canajoharie. 
*3.  0.  Emerson,  born  May  30,  1839;  single;  telegraph  opera- 
tor at  St.  Johnsville. 

4.  Mary  E.,  born  June  20,  1841 ;  single. 

Brown,"'  married  March  12,  1850,  second  wife,  Phebe  Young, 
sister  of  first  wife,  born  March  4,  1819.     They  had : 

5.  Harvey  R.,  born  Aug.  19,  1852. 

6.  Phebe  A.,  born  May  15,  1859. 

7.  Florence  Venette,  Sept.  8,  1862. 

ii.    /Spencer,  born  March  20,  1812  ;  died  Aug.  22,  1814. 

Joab6  married  for  his  second  wife,  Oct.  14,1815,  LucyAnn,  widow 

of  Jesse  Brown  of  Cheshire,  who  was  born  June  20,  1789,  and 

died  May  25,  1849.      They  moved  to  Canajoharie  in  1815  or 

1816,  and  had: 

m.  Eghert  Elisha,  born  Oct.  19,   1819;    single;    died  at  BuflPalo 

March  20,  1865,  of  disease  contracted  in  the  rebellion. 
iv.  Joah,'  born  April  4,  1822,  and  married  Sept.  16,  1846,  Maria 
Swart,  who  was  born  March  5,  1828.     He  has  been  for  many 
years  deputy  U.  S.  marshal  for  northern  New  York      They 
live  at  Canajoharie,  and  had  : 

1.  Addison  Hopkins,  born   March  5,  1848;   dry  goods  mer- 
chant, Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

2.  Simon  Swart,  born  Nov.  21,  1850;  clerk,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

3.  Oscar  Joab,  born  June  6,  1854. 

4  Prosper  M.  born  July  28,  1857 ;  died  Aug.  28,  1857. 

5.  Edgar,  born  May  20,  1859;  died  Aug.  25,  1860. 

6.  Edwin,  born  May  20,  18-59. 

7.  Sarah  Kate,  born  Oct.  13,  1860;  died  July  9,  1861. 

8.  James  Henry  Ward,  born  April  8,  1862. 

9.  Andrew  Gilchrist,  born  June  3,  1865. 

10.  Maria  Louisa,  born  July  13,  1868  ;  died  July  26,  1869. 


The  Stafford  Family.  457 

V.  Joshua  R.,^  born  July  9,  1824,  and  married  June  27,  1852, 
Polly  S.  Bell,  who  was  born  June  16,  1836;  lives  at  BuflFalo, 
N.  Y.,  and  had  : 

1.  Lucy  A.,  born  Nov.  13,  1853. 

2.  Francis,  born  Aug.  30,  1857 ;  died  Sept.  5,  1857. 

3.  Frank,  born  May  10,  1859. 

4.  Franklin,  born  May  10,  1859 ;  died  May  31,  1859. 

vi.  Susan  E.,  born  April  25,  1827,  and  married  Feb.  8,  1848, 
John  P.  White  of  Willink,  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y. 

V.  Olive,  born    Feb.  27,  1795,  and  married  at  Canajoharie,  N.  Y., 

Feb.  15,  1818,  John  P.  Davis,  who  wad  born  April  15,  1795,  and 
died  Nov.  28,  1860.     She  died  at  Palatine  Bridge,  July  8,  1848. 

VI.  John, 15  born  Jan.  20, 1798;  married  Feb.  17, 1820,  Mary  Young, 

born  March  10,  1801.    He  is  still  living  at  Palatine  Bridge.    They 

had: 

i.     Misha  E.,  born  May  30,  1821;  died  Jan.  6,  1823. 

ii.  Johi  H.,''  born  April  4,  1823;  is  a  physician  and  druggist,  of 
the  firm  of  Hodge  &  Stafford,  Canajoharie.  He  married, 
Sept.  18,  1845,  M.  Hod^e,  bora  June  20,  1826.    They  have  : 

1.  Alice  J.,  born  Jan.  sT  1847. 

2.  Charles  T.,  born  March  2,  1851. 

iii.  Ann  M.,  born  July  12,  1826,  and  married  Jan.  2,  1845,  Elias 

C.  Mosher  of  Canajoharie,  N.  Y. 
iv.  Susan,  born  Aug.  24,  1828,  and  died  unmarried  1848. 
V.    Elle7i  J.,  born  Aug.  7,  1830,  and  married  July  4,  1849,  John 

L.  Ellithorp  of  Palatine  Bridge. 

VII.  JOAB '^  (Col.Joab^    Thomas'-^    Samuel '^    Thomas^),  was  horn  a.t 
Coventry,  R.  I.,  Sept.  16,  1765,  and  died  at  Utica,  May  10,  1810.     He 
married  Hannah  Biddlecomb  of  Deerfield,  N.  Y.,  who  died  at  Albany 
March  22,  1827,  in  the  60th  year  of  her  age.     They  had  : 
I.  Daniel, i*  born  Jan.  3,  1787;  married  Althenia  Makepeace  of  Nor- 
ton, Mass.,  July  22,  1810,  who  was  born  Jan.  29,  1793.      He  was 
a  hardware  merchant  at  Utica  1812,  '13;  he  died  March  14, 1836. 
They  had  : 

i.     George  Spencer,  born  Jan.  14,  1814,  and  died  Aug.  9,  1817. 
ii.   Emily  Hannah,  born  Feb.  17,  1816;  married  Albert  C.  Allen 

of  Utica,  March  22,  1838,  and  died  at  Utica  Feb.  23,  1849. 

He  died  Sept.,  1855. 
iii.  Daniel  Spencer,'    born    Dec.    21.   1822,    and    married  Sarah 

Roberts  June  16,  1846.     She  died  Sept.,  1859.     They  had  : 

Daniel  Spencer,  born  July,  1859  and  died  Dec,  1859. 
iv.  George  William,'  born   Aug.  7,  1825,   and  married   Mary  R. 

Brennan,  Dec.  24,  1846.     They  had  : 

1.  Emily  A.,  born  Jan.  13,  1849,  and  died  May  7,  1850. 

2.  Mary  L.,  born  March  17,  1851. 

3.  Sarah  E.,  born  Oct.  30,  1855. 

4.  Emily  F.,  born  Sept.  22,  1859. 

5.  George  H.,  born  Dec.  5,  1863. 

6.  Daniel  S.,  born  Dec.  14,  1866. 
Hist.  Coll.  iii.  58 


458  The  Stafford  Family. 

V.  John  Francis^   born  April  18,  1830,   and  died  single  Nov.  21, 
1854. 

II.  Isabella,  born  Aug.  19, 1788,  and  married  Enos  Brown  of  Utica, 

May  14,  1809,  and  died  tbere  July  18,  1815. 

III.  George, 0   married   Charlotte    H.,   daughter   of  John    Beddoe  of 

Geneva,  Jan.  24,  1828.     He  was  a  hardware  merchant  at  Geneva, 
N.  Y.,  and  died  there  June  28,  1833.     They  had : 
John^  born  Feb.  7,  1829,  at  Geneva;   unmarried   at  Branchport, 
Yates  Co.,  N.  Y. 

IV.  Hannah,  married  Rev.  Wm.  B.  Lacy,  D.  D.,  rector  of  St.  Peter's 

church,  Albany,  and  died  there  March  11,  1831,  aged  37  years, 
5  months,  23  days. 


CORRECTIONS. 

Page  441  for  '-a  parchmeut  copy^"  read  ■■  a  stamped  papw  copy."" 

443  to  note  at  bottom,  add  private  Edwin  A.  Doolittle,    Jr.,  37th  Kegt.,  N.  Y. 

Vols. 
44T  in  .5th  line  read  "  thrown  over  the  creek." 
447  in  2i»th  hue  read  '•  Mr.  Stafford  married  again  Feb.  3,  1807." 
450  in  -iSth  line  read  -^  Spencer  Stafford  died  Feb.  10,  1&44." 
450  for  notices  of  Lewis  and  Susan  (Stafford)  Benedict,  see  Benedict  Genealogy, 

pp.  23S--i33;  also.  Memorial  of  Lewis  and  Susan  Benedict,  pp.  53. 
450  in  4th  line  from  bottom,  read  "Hallenbake  died  March  15,  1835." 
453  Add  to  family  of  Samuel  Spencer,  Spencer  Romeyn,  born  March  5,  1870. 
453  in  3d  line  from  bottom  take  out  "aged  39  years  8  months,"  and  read  •'  Mar- 
garet (Denniston),  born  Jixly  4,  1769." 
453  in  10th  line  read  '-Maria,  dauahter  of  Jerome  Ilallenbake."" 

453  in  10th  line  from  bottom  read  David  married  Sarah  Baker,  April  4,  1783. 

454  in  35th  line  take  out  ''  died  at  Utica,  July  6, 1817." 

454  in  37th  line  read  Hickcox  for  Hickox  and  add  "  he  died  May  3,  ISGl,  at  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y." 

454  in  13th  line  from  bottom  read  "  Stephen  M."  for  "Stephen  W." 

455  in  1st  line  read  "  Mary  Nicholas  born  Feb.  1,  18:35." 
4.55  in  3d  line  read  Thos.  N.  Hickcox  for  Hickox. 

455  in  13th  hne  read  "April  34,  1866,"  for  "  April  3,  1866." 

455  in  17th  line  read  "  Linda  A.  daughter  of  William  Allen  of  Philadelphia." 

455  in  25th  line  read  Eleanor  for  Ellen. 

455  in  37th  line  read  "Jan.  1800,"  for  "about  Jan.  1866." 

455  in  I5th  line  from  bottom  add  "  married,  first,  March  3,  1828." 

4.55  in  16th  line  from  bottom  add  "  Chapin  b.  April  19,  1806.  and  d.  Feb.  3,  1853." 

455  in  17th  line  from  bottom  after  "second,"  add  "Dec.  11, 1861,"  and  after  "  Hall.' 

add   "  born  June  39,  1810." 

456  in  10th  line  after  "married,"  add  "Jan.  5,  1809." 

457  in  9th  line  after  "  White,"  add  "  born  Aug.  15,  1836." 

457  in  1.3th  line  read  "  Mary,  dau.  John  Young,"  for  "  Mary  Young."" 
4,57  in  33d  line  after  "Mosher,"  add  "born  Oct.  3.3,  1834."" 
457  in  24th  line  after  "unmarried,"  insert  "July  11,  1848." 
457  in  36th  line  after  "  Ellithrop,"  insert  "  born  April  31,  1830."' 

457  in  loth  line  from  bottom  read  "died  Sept.  .3,  1855,"  for  "  Feb.  33,  1849." 

458  in  5th  line  add  Chariotte,  his  wife  died  June  38,  1833. 
458  in  6th  line  read  "  Jan.  15,  18.33,"  for  "June  38,  1833." 


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ANNEKE  JANSE. 


This  famous  character  has  been  so  long  and  so  prominently  before  the 
public,  it  would  hardly  be  expected  that  much  of  interest  respecting  her 
could  be  found  at  this  day.  But  in  delving  among  the  public  records,  we 
continue  to  find  new  facts,  which  aid  in  developing  her  history.  She  was 
ftmong  the  first  immigrants  that  came  to  settle  the  manor  of  Rensse- 
laerswyk,  and  arrived  in  1630,  with  her  husband,  Roeloff"  Jansen  A^'au 
Maesterlandt,  who  came  out  with  his  family  as  farmer  to  the  patroon  at  a 
salary  of  seventy-two  dollars  a  year.i  Five  or  six  years  afterwards  the 
family  was  settled  at  New  Amsterdam,  now  New  York,  where  he  received 
a  patent  from  Governor  Van  Twiller  in  1636,  for  31  morgens,  or  62  acres, 
of  land,  lying  along  the  North  river.  About  this  time  he  died,  and  in 
1637  or  1638,  Anneke  married  the  Rev.  Everardus  Bogardus,  the  first 
settled  minister  of  the  place.  He  died  in  1647  and  she  returned  to  Albany, 
where-  her  residence  was  on  the  east  corner  of  State  and  James  streets. 
She  died  in  1663,  and  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  on  Beaver  and  Hud- 
son streets,  now  the  site  of  the  Second  or  Middle  Dutch  Church. 

Anneke-  had  eight  children,  four  by  each  husband,  of  whom  three 
daughters  and  three  sons  married  and  had  families,  and  their  descendants 
at  tliis  day  are  in  truth  a  multitude. 

The  children  of  Roeloif  and  Anneke  Janse  were  : 

1.  Sarah,  who  married  surgeon  Hans  Kierstede,  29  June,  1642.  After 
his  death  she  married  in  1669,  Cornelius  Van  Borsum,  of  Brooklyn  ferry, 
whom  she  outlived,  and  in  1683  married  Elbert  Elbertsen  of  New  York. 

2.  Catrina,  who  married  Lucas  Rodenburg,  vice  director  of  Curagoa, 
and  after  his  death,  Johannes  Van  Brugh,  a  prominent  merchant  and 
magistrate  of  New  Amsterdam. 

3.  Fytje  (or  Fijtie),  (in  English  Sophia),  who  married  Pieter  Hartgers 
Van  Vee.  He  came  over  in  1643,  and  was  commissaris  at  Fort  Orange, 
1651.  He  died  in  Holland  1670,  leaving  two  daughters,  Jannetje  and 
Rachel,  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Anneke. 

4.  Jan,  who  at  his  mother's  death  was  unmarried.  He  is  supposed  to 
have  been  the  person  that  accidentally  killed  Gerrit  Verbeek  in  Albany  in 
1665,  and  was  himself  slain  in  the  massacre  at  Schenectady  in  1690. 

The  children  of  Doni.  Bogardus  and  Anneke,  were  four  sons,  William, 
Cornelis,  Jonas,  and  Pieter. 

1.  William  Bogardus  was  appointed  clerk  in  the  secretary's  office  at 
New  Amsterdam  in  1656  ;  and  in  1687  was  postmaster  of  the  province. 
He  was  twice  married,  and  had  nine  children. 

'  O'Gallaglmn's  Neio  Netherland,  i,  433. 

"^  This  is  one  of  the  few  baptismals  that  liave  tlie  diminutive  ke  for  jc.  Annetje 
ii\ctm?ies  little  Ann  ;  imdi  Anneke,  or  Annekin,  is  the  siuno.  They  are  terms  of 
endearment,  boginninof  witli  childhood. 


460  Annelce  Janse. 

2.  Cornells  was  born  In  1640;  he  married  Helen,  a  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Teller,  of  Albany,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1666.  His 
hocdel,  or  personal  estate,  was  sold  by  public  vendue  in  the  same  year,  and 
the  proceeds  amounted  to  2015  guilders,  a  large  sum  for  the  time.  He 
left  one  son  Cornells,  who  died  1707,  and  the  descendants  of  this  son  were 
the  first  contestants  for  a  portion  of  the  grant  to  Trinity  church. 

3.  Jonas  was  baptized  in  January,  1643,  and  probably  died  unmarried. 

4.  Pieter  was  born  in  1645,  in  New  Amsterdam,  or  New  York.  He 
subsequently  settled  in  Albany,  where,  in  1673,  he  was  one  of  the  magis- 
trates, and  in  1690  was  commissioned  with  others  to  treat  with  tlie  Five 
Nations,  and  to  look  after  the  defense  of  the  town.  He  married  Wyntje 
Cornelise  Bosch,  and  had  eight  children.  He  made  his  will  Feb.,  1702, 
and  died  in  Kingston,  1703. 

A  table  of  a  portion  of  the  descendants  of  this  family  is  given  in  thfe 
second  volume  of  my  Historical  Collections  of  Albany.  It  has  been  cal- 
culated that  if  their  ancient  farm  in  New  York,  now  in  possession  of  Trinity 
church,  and  supposed  to  be  worth  several  millions,  was  recovered  and 
equally  apportioned  among  all  who  claim  to  be  the  descendants  of  Anneke 
Janse,  it  would  give  them  about  twenty  shillings  a  piece. 

Among  the  effects  of  the  late  Mrs.  Dudley  was  found  a  copy  of  a  trans- 
lation of  the  will  of  Anneke,  the  original  of  which  is  in  the  county  clerk's 
office,  and  is  as  follows  : 


The  last  Will  and  Testament  of  Anneke  Jans,  widow  of  Roeloff'e  Jans, 
and  lastly  loidow  of  the  Rev.  Everardus  Bogardus. 

In  the  name  of  the  Lord,  Amen  :  Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that 
this  day,  the  29th  of  January,  1663,  in  the  afternoon,  about  4  o'clock, 
before  me,  Dirk  Van  Schelluyne,  Notary  Public,  in  the  presence  of  the 
witnesses  hereafter  mentioned,  Anneke  Jans,  widow  of  Roeloffj  Jans,  of 
Masterland,  and  now  lastly  widow  of  the  Eev.  Everardus  Bogardus,  resid- 
ing in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  and  well  known  to  us.  Notary  and  wit- 
nesses ;  the  said  Anneke  Janse  laying  on  her  bed  in  a  state  of  sickness, 
but  perfectly  sensible,  and  in  the  full  possession  of  her  mental  powers, 
and  capable  to  testate  ;  to  which  state  of  mind  we  can  fully  testify  :  the 
said  Anneke  Jans,  considering  the  shortness  of  life,  the  certainty  of  death, 
and  the  uncertainty  of  the  hour  of  time  ;  she,  the  said  Anneke  Jans,  de- 
clared, after  due  consideration,  without  any  persuasion,  compulsion,  or  re- 
traction, this  present  document  to  be  her  last  will  and  testament,  in  manner 
following  :  First  of  all  ;  recommending  her  immortal  soul  to  the  Almighty 
God,  her  Creator  and  Redeemer,  and  consigning  her  body  to  Christian 
burial,  and  herewith  revoking  and  annulling  all  prior  testimony  disposition 
of  any  kind  whatsoever  :  And  now  proceeding  anew,  she  declared  to  nomi- 
nate, and  institute  as  her  sole  and  universal  heirs,  her  children,  viz  ,  Sarah 
lloeloffsen,  wife  of  Hans  Kierstede  ;  Katrina  Boeloffsen,  wife  of  Johannis 
Van  Brugh  ;  also  Jannetje,  and  Rachel  Hartgers,  the  children  of  her  de- 
ceased daughter,  Fytje  Roeloffsen,  during  her  life-time  the  wife  of  Pieter 
Hartgers  representing  together  their  mother's  place,  also  her  son  Jan  Roeloff- 
sen ;  and  finally,  William,  Cornells,  Jonas,  and  Pieter  Bogardus,  and  to  them 
to  bequeath  all  her  real  estate,  chattels,  credits,  moneys,  gold,  silver  coined 


Anneke  Janse.  461 

and  uncoined,  jewels,  cloths,  linen,  woollen,  household  furniture,  and  all 
property  whatsoever,  without  reserve,  or  restriction  of  any  kind,  to  be 
disposed  of  after  her  decease,  and  divided  by  them  in  equal  shares,  to  do 
with  the  same  at  their  own  will  and  pleasure,  without  any  hindrance 
whatsoever.  Provided,  nevertheless,  with  this  express  condition  and 
restriction,  that  her  four  first-born  children  shall  divide  between  them  out 
of  their  property,  the  sum  of  1000  gilders,  to  be  paid  to  them  out  of  the 
proceeds  of  a  certain  farm  situated  on  Manhattan  island,  bounded  on  the 
North  river,  and  that  before  any  other  dividend  takes  place :  and  as  three 
of  these  children  at  the  time  of  their  marriage  received  certain  donations, 
and  as  Jan  Roeloffsen  is  yet  unmarried,  he  is  to  receive  a  bed,  and  a  milch 
cow  ;  and  to  Jonas  and  Pieter  Bogardus,  she  gives  a  house  and  lot,  situated  to 
the  westward  of  the  house  of  her  the  testatrix,  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck, 
going  in  length  until  the  end  of  a  bleaching  spotj  and  in  breadth,  up  to 
the  room  of  her  the  testatrix's  house,  besides  a  bed  to  each  of  them,  and 
a  milch  cow  to  each  of  them :  the  above  to  be  an  equivalent  of  what  the 
married  children  have  received. 

Finally,  she  the  testatrix  gives  to  Roeloffe  Keirstede,  the  child  of  her 
daughter  Sarah,  a  silver  mug;  to  Annatie  Van  Brugh  (the  child  of  her 
daughter  Katrina,)  also  a  silver  mug,  and  to  Jannetje  and  Rachel 
Hartgers  (the  children  of  her  daughter  Fijtje)  also  a  silver  mug  :  all  the 
above  donations  to  be  provided  for  out  of  the  first  moneys  received,  and 
afterwards  the  remainder  of  the  property  to  be  divided  and  shared  as 
aforesaid.  The  testatrix  declares  this  document  to  be  her  only  true  last 
will  and  testament,  and  desiring  that  after  her  decease  it  may  supersede 
all  other  testaments,  codicils,  donations,  or  any  other  instrument  whatso- 
ever ;  and  in  case  any  formalities  may  have  been  omitted,  it  is  her  will  and 
desire  the  same  benefit  may  accrue  as  if  they  actually  had  been  observed  : 
and  she  requested  me,  notary  public,  to  make  one  or  more  lawful  instru- 
ments, in  the  usual  form  of  this,  the  testatrix's  last  will  and  desire. 

Signed,  sealed  and  delivered,  at  the  house  of  the  testatrix,  in  the  village 
of  Beverwick,  in  New  Netherland,  in  the  presence  of  Ruth  Jacobse  Van 
Schoonderwert,  and  Invert  Wendel,  witnesses. 

This  is  the  mark  X  of  Anneke  Jans  with  her  own  hand. 
Rutger  Jacobse. 
Evert  Janse  Wendell. 

D.  Van  Schelluyne,  Notary  Public.  1663. 

It  seems  that  in  1671,  the  heirs  of  Anneke  released  the  bouwery  in 
New  York  to  Governor  Lovelace,  as  appears  by  the  record  and  transfer  in 
the  words  and  figures  following : 

"  Anno  1670-71,  March  the  9th,  Heere  Johannes  Van  Brugh,  in  right 
of  Catrina  Roeloff"  his  wife,  and  attorney  of  Pieter  Hartgers,  William 
Bogardus  for  himself  and  his  brothers  Jan  Roeloffsen  and  Jonas  Bogar- 
dus, and  Cornelius  Van  Borsum,  in  right  of  Sara  Roelofi"  his  wife,  and  by 
assignment  of  Peter  Bogardus,  all  children  and  lawful  heirs  of  Anne- 
tie  Roelofi",  late  widow  of  Dom^  Bogardus  deceased,  for  a  valuable 
consideration,  transported  and  made  over  unto  the  Rijrht  Hon'^'e  Colonel 
Francis  Lovelace,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  their  farm  or  bouwery,  commonly 
called  or  known  by  the  name  of  Domine's  bouwery,  lying  and   being  on 


462  Annehe  Janse. 

Manhattan's  island,  towards  the  North  river,  the  quantity  of  ye  land 
amounting  to  about  sixty-two  acres,  as  in  the  former  grond  brief  from 
Governor  Stuyvesant,  bearing  date  the  4th  day  of  July,  1651,  and  the 
confirmation  thereupon  from  Governor  R.  Nicolls,  bearing  date  y^  27th 
of  March,  1667,  is  more  particularly  set  forth — which  transport  was 
signed  by  them  and  acknowledged  before  the  alderman,  Mr.  Oloff-Steven- 
sen  Van  Cortlandt  and  Mr.  John  Laurence." 

After  this  time,  the  tract  theretofore  known  as  the  Domine's  bouwery, 
and  Domine's  hook  became  a  part  of  the  Duke's  farm,  afterwards  called  the 
King's  farm,  and  finally  the  Queen's  farm  ;  which  in  1705  Trinity  church 
accepted  and  received  by  letters  patent  and  grant  of  Queen  Anne,  executed 
by  Governor  Cornbury,  was  delivered  by  him  to  the  corporation  of  that 
church,  and  duly  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state.  In  that 
instrument  the  boundaries  are  rather  loosely  described  as  the  Queen's  farm, 
bounded  on  the  east  partly  by  a  street  called  Broadwav ,  partly  by  the  common, 
and  partly  by  the  swamp,  and  on  the  west  by  Hudson's  river.  The  church 
seems  to  have  had  peaceable  possession  of  the  premises  until  the  close  of 
the  revolutiony  war,  when  Cornelius  Bogardus,  a  descendant  in  the  third 
generation  from  Cornells  the  son  of  Anneke,  laid  claim  to  a  sixth  part  of 
the  church  farm  as  it  was  then  called,  under  the  plea  that  his  ancestor  had 
never  transferred  his  right  and  portion  of  the  premises.  He  took  pos- 
session of  a  house  on  the  farm  and  built  a  fence  enclosing  a  portion  of  it. 
The  church  oflBcers  employed  persons  who  went  at  night  and  broke 
down  the  fence  and  burnt  it.  The  Bogardus  party  retaliated  by  destroy- 
ing some  of  the  fences  of  the  church.  The  church,  however,  was  too  power- 
ful for  the  widow's  son,  and  the  Bogarduses  moved  to  a  respectful  distance 
from  New  York,  and  left  the  church  triumphant  for  many  years. 

In  1830,  one  John  Bogardus  commenced  an  action  to  recover  this  pro- 
perty; but  signally  failed,  although  a  vigorous  efi'ort  was  made  for  the 
attainment  of  his  object.  The  report  of  the  case  occupies  130  pages  of 
the  4th  vol.  of  Sandford's  Chancery  Reports,  and  the  chancellor's  opinion 
on  the  case  closes  with  these  words  : 

"  And  now  that  I  have  been  enabled  to  examine  it  carefully,  and  with 
due  reflection,  I  feel  bound  to  say,  that  a  plainer  case  has  never  been  pre- 
sented to  me  as  a  judge.  Were  it  not  for  the  uncommon  magnitude  of 
the  claim,  the  apparent  sincerity  and  zeal  of  the  counsel  who  supported 
it,  and  the  fact  (of  which  I  have  been  oftentimes  admonished,  by  per- 
sonal applications  on  their  behalf),  that  the  descendants  of  Anneke  Jans, 
at  this  day,  are  hundreds,  if  not  thousands,  in  number;  I  should  not  have 
deemed  it  necessary  to  deliver  a  wa-itten  judgment  on  deciding  the  cause. 

"  A  hearty  dislike  to  clothing  any  eleemosynary  institution  with  either 
great  power  or  extensive  patronage,  and  a  settled  conviction  that  the  pos- 
session by  a  single  religious  corporation,  of  such  overgrown  estates  as  the 
one  in  controversy,  and  the  analogous  instance  of  the  Collegiate  Dutch 
Church,  is  pernicious  to  the  cause  of  Christianity;  have  disposed  me  to 
give  an  earnest  scrutiny  to  the  defence  in  this  case  ;  as,  in  the  instance  of 
the  Dutch  Church,  they  prompted  me,  in  my  capacity  of  counsel,  to  more 
zealous  efforts  to  overthrow  their  title  to  the  lands  devised  by  Jan  Habcr- 
dinck.  But  the  law  on  these  claims  is  well  settled  ;  and  it  must  be  sus- 
tained, in  favor  of  religious  corporations  as  well  as  private  individuals. 
Indeed,  it  would  be  monstrous,  if,  after  a   possession   such  as  has   been 


Annehe  Janse.  463 

proved  in  this  case,  for  a  period  of  nearly  a  century  and  a  half,  open,  no- 
torious, and  within  sight  of  the  temple  of  justice  ;  the  successive  claim- 
ants, save  one,  being  men  of  full  age,  and  the  courts  open  to  them  all  the 
time  (except  for  seven  years  of  war  and  revolution);  the  title  to  lands 
were  to  be  litigated  successfully,  upon  a  claim  which  has  been  suspended 
for  five  generations.  Few  titles  in  this  country  would  be  secure  under 
such  an  administration  of  the  law;  and  its  adoption  would  lead  to  scenes 
of  fraud,  corruption,  foul  injustice,  and  legal  rapine,  far  worse  in  their 
consequences  upon  the  peace,  good  order,  and  happiness  of  society,  than 
external  war  or  domestic  insurrection." 

Probably  more  than  a  hundred  books  and  pamphlets  have  grown  out  of 
this  controversy.  A  catalogue  of  them  properly  compiled  would  form  an 
interesting  bibliography. 

It  has  been  mentioned  that  the  residence  of  Anneke  at  the  time  of  her 
death  was  the  corner  of  State  and  James  streets.  The  authority  for  it  is  a 
deed  of  her  heirs  to  Dirk  Ten  Broek  in  1663,  among  the  Dutch  records 
in  the  county  clerk's  ofl&ce.  It  is  inserted  as  it  shows  the  form  of  con- 
tract at  that  day,  being  the  common  forms  of  a  bill  of  sale,  in  use  here 
two  centuries  ago.  The  Dutch  statutes  and  forms  were  based  on  those  of 
the  Romans. 

Appeared  before  me  Johannes  Provoost,  in  the  service  of  the  privileged 
West  India  Company,  clerk  and  vice-director  at  Fort  Orange  and  the 
village  of  Beverwyck,  the  heirs  of  the  late  Annetien  Bogardus  of  the 
one  side  and  Dirk  Wesselse  of  the  other  side,  who  declare  in  pre- 
sence of  the  afternamed  witnesses,  that  in  friendship  and  amity,  they 
have  agreed  and  contracted  with  each  other  that  the  aforesaid  heirs 
(being  the  surviving  children  of  said  Annetien  Bogardus,  deceased), 
have  sold  to  said  Dirk  Wesselse,  as  by  these  presents  tbey  do,  their  late 
mothe'-'s  house  and  lot  lying  in  the  village  of  Beverwyck,  adjoining  to  the 
east  Jonas  and  Pieter  Bogardus,  and  to  the  west  Evert  Janse  Wendels,i 
the  same  lot  which  she  occupied  to  the  day  of  her  death ;  length  to  the 
west  with  the  house  five  rods  nine  feet,  and  to  the  east  five  rods  eight  and 
a  half  feet,  breadth  to  the  north  two  rods  eight  and  a  half  feet,  and  to  the 
south  two  rods  seven  feet,  together  with  a  shed  {afdack)  to  the  east  side 
of  said  house,  that  has  been  rented  out  three  months  to  the  date  of  this 
purchase,  and  the  rent  of  which  the  buyer  shall  receive  ;  for  which  house 
and  lot  the  said  Dirk  Wesselse,  as  buyer,  promises  to  pay  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  guilders,''  payable  in  good  whole  merchantable  beaver  skins,  at 
eight  guilders  a  piece,  in  three  installments ;  the  first  immediately,  the 
second  on  the  first  of  July,  1664,  and  the  third  or  last  on  the  first  of  July, 
1665,  each  time  a  just  third  part  of  the  whole  sum  ;  the  buyer  shall,  with 
the  first  payment,  receive  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot,  and  in  the  mean- 
time said  house  shall  be  occupied  at  his  risk,  also  with  the  last  payment 
the  buyer  shall  receive  a  proper  conveyance,  all  of  which  the  parties 
aforesaid  mutually  promise  to  hold  good  and  true,  under  pledge  according 
to  law. 

'  Evert  Janse  was  the  progenitor  of  the  Wendels  in  this  country,  and  his  house 
and  lot  was  the  site  of  Hope  Bank. 
^  $400. 


464  Annehe  Janse. 

Done  in  Beverwyck,  in  presence  of  Wouter  Albertson  [Van  den  Uyt- 
hooflf]  and  David  Provoost,  as  witnesses  hereto  called,  on  this  21st  of  June, 
A.  D.  1663. 

w.  bogardus. 
Jan  Roeloffse. 
cornelis  bogardus. 

by  order  of  the  other  heirs, 
Dirk  Wesselse  Ten  Broeck. 
Wouter  Alberts. 
David  Provoost. 
Acknowledged  before  me, 

Johannes  Provoost,  Clerk. 

It  appears  that  in  July,  1667,  Ten  Broeck  had  complied  with  the  terms 
of  sale,  when  the  followino;  deed  was  executed,  which  being  briefer  than 
such  instruments  at  this  day  may  be  of  some  interest. 

Appeared  before  us,  the  undersigned,  commissaries  of  Albany,  etc., 
Messrs.  Pieter  Bogardus  and  Jonas  Bogardus,  for  themselves,  and  as 
attorneys  for  Pieter  Hartgers,  Mr.  Johannes  Van  Brugh,  Sara  RoeloflFse, 
widow  of  the  late  Mr.  Hans  Kierstede  in  his  life  time,  chirurgeon,  Jan 
Eoeloffse,  William  Bogardus,  and  on  the  part  of  the  widow  of  the  late 
Cornells  Bogardus,  all  children  and  heirs  of  their  mother,  Annetie  Bo- 
gardus, who  declare,  by  reason  of  the  bill  of  sale,  of  date  the  21st  of  June, 
1663,  passed  before  the  clerk,  Johannes  Provoost  and  certain  witnesses,  and 
by  virtue  of  patent  granted  first  by  the  Heer  director  general  and  council 
of  New  Netherland,  of  date  the  23d  of  April,  1652,  and  again  on  the 
10th  of  this  month  of  July,  by  the  right  honorable,  the  governor  general 
Richards  Nicolls,  that  in  true  rights,  free  ownership,  they  grant,  convey, 
and  make  over  by  these  presents  to  and  for  the  behoof  of  Dirck  Wesselse 
[Ten  Broeck],  in  the  aforenamed  Annetie  Bogardus's  certain  house  and 
lot  standing  and  lying  here  in  Albany,  and  occupied  by  said  Dirck 
Wesselse,  bounded,  built  upon,  and  enclosed  both  in  breadth  and  length 
according  to  the  tenor  and  contents  of  said  bill  of  sale  to  which  reference 
is  here  made,  without  the  grantors'  having  the  least  claim  thereto  any 
more,  likewise  acknowledging  that  they  are  fully  paid  and  satisfied  there- 
for, the  last  penny  with  the  first,  and  therefore  giving  plenam  actionem 
cessam,  and  full  power  to  the  aforesaid  Dirck  Wesselse,  his  heirs  and 
successors  or  assigns,  to  dispose  of  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot  as  he  could 
do  with  his  patrimonial  efi"ects  j  promising  to  protect  and  free  the  same 
from  all  trouble,  actions,  liens,  and  claims  of  every  person,  as  is  right, 
and  further,  never  more  to  do  nor  sufi'er  anything  to  be  done  against  the 
same,  either  with  or  without  law,  in  any  manner,  on  pledge  of  his  person 
and  estate,  nothing  excepted,  subject  to  all  laws  and  judges. 

Done  in  Albany  the  ^  of  July,  1667. 

Pieter  Bogardus. 
Jonas  Bogardus. 
J'eunis  Cornelisse. 
Ahram  Staes. 

In  my  presence, 

D.  V,  ScHELLUYNE,  Secretary,  1667. 


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[  465  ] 


COLONEL  LEWIS  BENEDICT. 


Lewis,  son  of  Lewis  aad  Susan  (StaiFord)  Benedict,  was  born  September 
2,  1817,  at  Albany,  N.  Y.  His  early  studies  were  prosecuted  at  Aurora, 
Cayuga  Co.,  but  his  preparation  for  college  was  made  mainly  at  the 
Albany  Academy.  In  1834  he  entered  the  sophomore  class  of  Williams 
College,  and  graduated  in  1837.  Three  years  after  he  delivered  the 
Master's  Oration.  As  a  boy  he  was  noted  for  his  zeal  and  diligence  in 
study,  and  not  less  for  enterprise  in  play.  The  records  of  the  Albany 
Academy  attest  his  success  in  competitive  examinations;  and  it  is  well 
remembered,  by  many  who  shared  in  them,  how,  after  sweeping  the  prizes 
for  scholarship  he  would  resort  to  the  play  ground,  and  exhibit  equal 
superiority  in  those  games  and  contests,  which  are  alike  the  peril  and 
delight  of  robust  and  ambitious  boyhood.  His  collegiate  career  resembled 
his  academic  —  it  was  successful  to  whatever  degree  he  chose  to  make  it. 
While  a  student  of  the  law,  he  maintained  sufficient  ardor  of  pursuit  to 
enable  him  to  acquire  a  knowledge  of  the  elements  of  that  science;  but 
his  taste  for  general  literature  was  decided  enough  to  save  him  from  en- 
grossment by  studies  purely  professional.  His  legal  studies  were  directed 
by  the  Hon.  John  C.  Spencer  at  Canandaigua,  and  on  his  admission  to 
the  bar,  in  January,  1811,  Marcus  T.  Reynolds,  then  at  the  zenith  of  his 
professional  fime  and  intellectual  vigor,  received  him  as  his  partner  in 
the  law.  He  was  subsequently  admitted  to  the  state  and  federal  courts.  In 
1845,  he  was  appointed  cityattorney,and  was  reappointed  for  a  second  term. 
In  1847  he  was  appointed  judge  advocate  general  on  the  staff  of  Gov.  John 
Young,  In  1848,  he  was  elected  surrogate  of  the  city  and  county  of 
Albany  for  four  years.  In  1849  he  was  appointed  judge  advocate  gene- 
ral by  Gov.  Hamilton  Fish.  In  1852,  and  again  in  1862  he  received  the 
whig  nomination  for  city  recorder.  In  1854  he  was  appointed  one  of 
three  commissioners  to  report  on  the  pecuniary  and  other  conditions  of 
the  several  state  prisons,  and  to  devise  laws  for  their  better  regulation 
and  discipline.  The  committee  made  a  voluminous  report  to  the  legisla- 
ture in  1855.  In  the  fall  of  1860  he  was  nominated  by  the  union  men 
of  the  district  for  member  of  assembly  and  was  the  only  union  candidate 
elected  from  the  county.  His  political  career  closed  in  1860.  He  was 
always  a  leader.  He  was  often  delegate  to  conventions,  state  and  county, 
chairman  of  committees,  general  and  local,  a  prolific  author  of  addresses 
and  resolutions,  and  a  frequent  speaker  at  political  assemblages.  As  a 
surrogate  the  clearness  of  his  mind  and  the  equity  of  his  convictions 
receive  some  illustration  from  the  circumstance  that  of  the  many  judg- 
ments pronounced  by  him,  during  his  considerable  term,  but  one,  and 
that  made  in  his  noviciate,  is  known  to  have  been  reversed  by  an  appel- 
late tribunal.     Ou   the  outbreak  of  the  rebellion,   he   early  offered  his 

Hist.  Cull.  iu.  59 


466  Colonel  Leiois  Benedict. 

services  to  the  governor.  Declining  offers  of  higher  positions,  to  which, 
as  a  civilian,  he  feared  himself  unsuited,  he  finally  accepted  the  lieuten- 
ant colonelcy  of  the  Second  Fire  Zouaves  (7od  N.  Y.  Vols.).  This  regi- 
ment made  a  part  of  the  Excelsior  Brigade  under  Gen.  Sickles,  took  part 
in  the  siege  of  Yorktown  and  was  the  first  to  plant  its  colors  upon  the 
ramparts  after  the  evacuation  of  the  place  by  the  rebels.  The  battle  of 
Williamsburg,  May  5th,  1862,  followed,  and  Col.  B.  was  taken  prisoner 
while  bringing  up  the  reserve  to  reinforce  the  extreme  left  which  was 
being  persistently  assailed  by  the  rebel  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston.  He 
was  taken  to  Libby  prison,  and  thence  to  Salisbury,  N.  C.  He  was  ex- 
changed August  10,  1862,  and  his  exchange  was  officially  announced 
September  30,  1862.  He  came  home  in  wretched  health,  but  careful 
nursing  saved  his  life.  He  was,  as  soon  as  his  condition  permitted,  ap- 
pointed by  Gov.  Morgan,  Colonel  162d  New  York  volunteers.  The 
regiment  was  ordered  to,  and  arrived  at  New  Orleans,  December  15,  1862. 
About  January  10,  1863,  Col.  Benedict  was  ordered  to  Donaldsonville, 
sixty  miles  above  New  Orleans,  and  was  acting  brigadier  general  at  that 
post.  He  commanded  a  brigade  at  the  battle  of  Port  Hudson,  June  14, 
1863,  where  his  calm  bravery  excited  the  admiration  of  all  who  witnessed 
it.  The  next  day  Gen.  Banks  called  for  one  thousand  volunteers  to  storm 
the  enemy's  works.  Col.  B.  volunteered  to  lead  one  of  the  two  battalions, 
but  the  fall  of  Vicksburg  made  the  attack  unnecessary,  and  the  forlorn 
hope  lost  the  opportunity  of  illustrating  its  bravery  and  patriotism. 
About  the  middle  of  August  Gen.  Banks  reorganized  the  army,  and  put 
Col.  Benedict  in  command  of  the  First  Brigade,  Third  Division,  of  the 
Nineteenth  Army  Corps.  Col.  B  was  engaged  in  the  expedition  against 
Sabine  city  under  Gen.  Franklin,  and  soon  afterward  was  ordered  to 
Brashear  city,  in  western  Louisiana.  In  the  skirmish  near  Vermillion 
Bayou,  he  had  the  satisfaction  of  stopping  the  advance  of  the  rebels  who 
were  driving  our  cavalry  before  them.  His  position  was  so  well  taken 
that  his  small  force  succeeded  in  repulsing  the  large  masses  of  the 
enemy  with  a  loss  of  but  five  killed  and  wounded.  February  24,  1864, 
he  arrived  at  Franklin,  La.,  where  the  army  was  concentrated.  Here 
was  organized  the  Red  River  expedition.  He  was  assigned  to  the  com- 
mand of  the  Third  Brigade,  First  Division  (Gen.  Emory)  19th  Army 
Corps.  The  army  moved  the  15th  of  March.  On  the  8th  of  April, 
fifteen  miles  beyond  Pleasant  Hill,  which  was  reached  by  the  main  army 
on  the  7th,  was  fought  the  sanguinary  battle  of  Pleasant  Grove,  which 
ended  in  a  victory  for  the  nationals,  just  as  darkness  covered  the  scene. 
"  Nothing,"  said  Gen.  Banks  in  his  report,  "  could  surpass  in  impetuosity 
the  assault  of  the  enemy  but  the  inflexible  steadiness  and  valor  of  our 
troops.  The  First  Division  of  the  19th  Army  Corps,  by  its  great  bravery 
in  this  action  saved  the  army  and  navy."  Col.  Benedict  was  especially 
commended  for  the  manner  in  which  he  handled  his  brigade,  which  was 
mainly  instrumental  in  effecting  this  repulse.  The  rebels  receiving  re- 
enforcements  renewed  the  fight  on  the  9th  at  Pleasant  Hill,  to  which 
place  our  army  had  fallen  back.  The  Third  Brigade  was  posted,  unsup- 
ported, on  the  extreme  left  of  the  line  of  battle.  Towards  evening  the 
enemy  made  a  desperate  attempt  to  carry  this  our  weakest  position,  falling 
with  several  brigades  upon  Col.  Benedict's  small  force  of  about  2,000 
men.  "  Outnumbered  as  well  as  outflanked,  and  being  without  any 
near  support,  his  brigade   fell   steadily    back,  fighting  gallantly  as   they 


Colonel  Lewis  Benedict. 


467 


were  pushed  up  the  acclivity  of  Pleasant  Hill.  In  the  conflict  down  the 
slope  at  the  first  shock  of  the  onset,  and  while  rallying  his  men  to  a 
charge,  Col.  Benedict  fell,  pierced  by  five  bullets."  Lossing  adds,  "  no 
better  or  more  beloved  soldier  and  citizen  than  he  gave  his  life  for  his 
country  during  the  war."  He  was  buried  with  civic  and  military  honors 
in  the  Albany  Rural  Cemetery,  May  2,  1864.  His  nomination  as  Brevet 
Brigadier  General  United  States  Volunteers,  "  for  gallant  conduct  at 
Port  Hudson,  to  date  from  March  13,  1865,"  was  confirmed  by  the  senate 
July  23,  1866.  (See  Memorial  Brevet  Brigadier  General  Letvis  Bene- 
dict, 1866,  80,  pp.  155;  Los&ing's  History  of  Civil  War,  vol.  ill,  pp.  261, 
262;  Greeley's  American  Conflict,  vol.  ll,  p.  514;  Clark's  Heroes  of  Al- 
bany, pp.  87-118).     For  portrait  of  Col.  Benedict,  see  vol.  ii,  p.  198. 


^. 


^^^^^ummMii 


Tomb  of  Col.  Benedict. 


INDEX 


Abbot,  Bridget,  died,  365 

Mrs.  James,  died,  326 
Abeel,  Cathfilina  W.,  377 
EUzabeth,  70,  78     ■ 
Johannes,  70,  78 
Magdalena,  70,  78 
Maria,  70,  78 

Stoffel  Janse,  83,   99,  100, 
104, 134, 191,  234 ;  location 
of  liis  liouse,  78;    sells 
house  and  lot,  130  ;  died, 
70,  78 ;  see  Janse 
Ableman,  Annie  E.,died,  295 
Abraham    Staets's  Alley,    111 
Abrahamse,    Jacob,     72 ;    see 
Cooper,  and  Cuyper  ;  also 
Vosburgh,  and  Van  Deu- 
een 
Matteuwes,  156 
Academy  club,  279 

of  Music,  229,  364 
Acheson,  Thomas,  died,  388 
Ackerman,  Lucy  Malvina,  died 

335 
Adair,  Annie,  died,  280 
Adams,  AUen,  died,  256 
Charles  H.,  226,  379 
John  Quincy,  246 
Mrs.  William,    died,  256 
Tanneke,  104 
Williams,  280  ;  died,  327 
Adriaen,  Dr.,  68,  88,  206 
Adriansen,  Jacob,  24  ;  see  Van 

Utrecht  Maryn,  9 
Aelten,  Ryck,  215 
Aertssen,  Rut,  101, 116, 117 
Aheru,  John,  first  lieut.,  251 
Aiken,  E.  C,  323 
Ainsworth,     Mrs.  George  E., 

died,  378 
Akins,    Mrs.    Wm.,  died,  257 
Albany  Academy,  409 

and  Schenectady  turnpike 

company,  election,  277 
basin,  410 

Burgesses  Corps,  368 
Canal  Line,  231 
Church  Records,  99 
defense  of,  committed  to 
Johannes  Wendell,  131 
its  settlement,  396 
City  Bank,  2*3,  368 
City  Fire  Ins.  Co.,  323 
County  population,    1813, 

425,  427 
Daily  Advertiser,  344,  319 
Dental  Association,  225 
Evening  Post  issed,  268 
Exchange  Bank,  230,  240  ; 

election,  280 
Institute,  352;  originator, 

319 
Insurance   Company,    366, 

431. 
Library,  437  ;  buildings,  285 
Museum,  364,  383 
Orphan  Asylum,  273 


Albany  Register,  384,  448 

Republican  ArtUlery,  233, 

Rural  Cemetery,  258,  338, 

Savings  Bank,  366 
Albert,  Mrs.  Charles,  died,  315 

Mrs.  Peter,  died,  304 

Peter,  died,  226 
Alberts,  Wouter,  464 
Albertse,  Eva,  50 

Femmetie,  218,  219 

Maria,  158 

Wm. ;  see  Van  Munichen- 
dam 
Albertseu,  — ,  189 

Hendrick,  ferrymaster,   24 

Wouter,  28 
Albright,  James  M.,   died,  239 
Alden,  Rev.    Mr.,  268,  270 
Alexander  street  Mission,  374 ; 

chapel,  328 
Algie,  Mrs.  Lithan,   died,  295 
Allen,  Albert  C,  457 

Col.  Ethan,    258 

H.  W.,  buried,  307 

James,  died,  387 

John,  died,  264 

Linda  A.,  455 

M.  Augusta,  died,  236 

Mr.,  455 

Mrs.  Richard  W.,  died,  366 

Otis,  died,  239 ;  bequest  to 
church,  334 

Rev.  Mr.,  443 
Allicott,  Elizabeth,  died,  372 
Alms  house,  434 
Alot,  Mrs.  Franklin  J.,   died, 

Alvin,  Thomas,  died,  314 
Ambler,  C,  365 
American  Hotel,  410 
Ames,  Rev.    Charles  G.,  fare- 
well sermon,  264 
Amsdell,  George,   I.,  trustee, 

Theodore  M.,  trastee,  338 
Amusement,  expense  of,  332 
Anable,  Mr.,  329 
Anderson,  Absalom,  died,  378 
John,  15 

Mrs.  George,  died,  262 
Mrs.  Margaret,  died,  229 
Richard,  died,  371 
Robert,  died,  335 
Sarah,  died,  272 
Andrews,  Edwin,  280  _ 

Joel  W.,  his  barometrical 
observations,  279  ;  his  re- 
cord of  weather,  269 ;  sin- 
giilar  observation  of,  325 
Andriessen,    Albert,  50;     see 
Bratt 
Andries,  47 
Arent ;  see  Bratt 
Hendrick,  0,  11, 14,  43  ;  see 
Van  Doesburg 


Andriessen,  Jan,    62;   known 
as  Jantie  the  Irishman, 
63;    sale   of  estate,  71; 
his  property,  68 ;  see  An- 
derson, John 
Meyndert,  196 
Anker,  measure  of  10  gallons, 
53;    103i  gallons,  55;    it8 
capacity,  10 
Annals  of  Albany,    82, 112,  114 
Annesley,    Capt.  Richard    L., 
251 
Isaac,  died,  249 
Annetje,  signification  of,  459. 
Anshe   Emeth   Congregation, 

226 
Anthouv,  Susan,  died,  242 
W.  H.,  president.  338 
Anti-rent  captives,  332,  demon- 
stration, 245 ;  meeting,  334; 
troubles,  320,  332. 
Anti-rentism  terminated,  266 
Appanewayett,  Indian,  173 
Appel,  Adrian  Janse,  10,  58; 
see  Van  Leyden,  211 
Johannes.  58 
William,  58 
Apples,  price  of,  349 
Aqueducts.  431 
Ai-borHillMeth.  Church,  308, 

309,  332 
Arentse,  Adriaantje,  122 

Rut,  201;  see  Schoenma- 

ker 
Wouter,  80 
Arizona,  pioneer,  233 
Arkels,  Annie,  died,  285 

Mrs.  Joseph,  died,  334 
Armiston,  John,  died,  284 
Arms,  Nelson  T.,  died,  253 
of  Amsterdam,  ship,  29 
of  Norway,  ship,  216 
Armsby,    Dr.    James  H.,  ap- 
pointed    army     surgeon, 
229 
Armstrong,  C.  W.,  280 
Eliza,  died,  257 
John,  died,  284 
Army  recruits,  274 

Arnold, ,  454 

General,  453 
Jane  S.,  died,  288 
Joseph,  died,  288 
Mr.,  329 
Arnott,  Mrs.  James,  died,  225 
Asaenal,  433 
Artcher,  Michael,  died,  251 

Mrs.   Michael,  died,  355 
Arthur.  Howard  W.,  drowned, 

250 
Artius ;  see  Orchard 
Ash    Grove    church,   226,  308, 
309,  331,    333;    dedicated, 
252  ;  Sunday  School,  258 
Assessed  valuation  for  1864,  276 
Athens  cutoff",  361;  line  steam 
boats,  357 


470 


Index. 


Atkinson,  Ann,  died,  375 

Richard,  died,  234 
Atwood,    Mrs.  H.    Courtney, 

386 
Auction  fees  defined,  11 ;  sale 

of  tobacco,  etc.,    231 
Aukes,    Douwe,  98;  see    De- 

Aurania,  Albany  so  called,  409 
Aurora,    remarkable    display, 

Austin,  Arent,  Captain  G.  E., 
261 

Charles  L.,  died,  307 

Dr  J  C    225 

Edward''Elliott,  died,  376 

Jeremiah  J.,  280 

Mrs.  Abraham,  died,  245 
Avery,  Mrs.  Penelope,  died,  343 

Babcock,  Mary  A.  C.  died,  315 
Backer,  Capt.  John,  105,  144, 
145 

Evert  Luycasse,  59,  64, 161, 
162  ;  account  of,  74  ;  see 
Luykasse 

Hans  Coenradtseu,  26,  81, 
148 

Jan,  146 

Jan  Harmanse,  101 

Jochem.  64,  78,  208 

Jochem  Wesselse,  78, 100  ; 
see  Becker,  Jochem  Wes- 
selse 

see  Bakker 
Backus,  Celeste  G.,  died,  239 
Badgley,  Joseph  D.,  352 
Bael,  J.  G.  V.,  84,  91 ;  see  Van 

Bael 
Bailey,  Mrs.  Charles,  died,  232 

Lieut.,  killed,  251 

Nelson,  S.  S.  Supt.,  332 
Bain,  James,  420 

Mrs.  Peter  C,  died,  347 
Bainbridge,     reached    by   rail 

road,  367 
Baird,  Father,  pastor,  352 
Baker,  Charles,  Jr.,  died^267 

Col.  B.  F.  251 

John,  146 

Mrs.  Helena,  243 

Mrs.  Joseph  W.,  died,  315 

Sarah,  454 
Bakker,  Hendrik  Willemse,  36, 

52,  75 ;  see  Backer 
Bal,  Barent  Janse,  64,  218 
Ballantine,  brewer,  387 

Jas.,  builder,  253 
Bambus,  Harmen  Jacobsen,  5, 

32,  41,  46,  49,  51 ;  account 

of,  17  ;  see  Bembus  and  Ja- 
cobsen 
Bame,  Auuie,  died,  344 

John,  foat  of  fast  driving, 
242 
Banan,  Ann,  died,  305 
Bancroft,    William    H.,    died. 

244 
Bank  of  the  Capitol,  331 
Banker,  Everts,  44 

Gerrit,  43,  60,  64,  05,  66,  80, 
89,  157;  account  of,  44; 
sells  his  house,  104 

Mrs.,  died,  44 

William,  44 
Banks,  1813,  430,  431 

Mrs.  R.  L.,  died,  340 
Banyar,  Goldsborough  Le  Roy, 

died,  324  ■  estate  of,  370 
Baptist  churches,  231 ;  commu- 
nicants,   249;    missionary 

union,  255,  270 


Barber,  Jeremiah,  died,  367 
Barbier,  Jacob,  206 
Barckley,  [Barclay]  John,  419  n. 
Barent  the  smith,  91 
Barentseu,  Annetje,  165 

Elsie,  84 
Frans,  25,  35,  36  ;  see  Pastoor 

Jan.,  34  ;  see  Wemp,  and 
Poest 

Tys,  75 
Barheit,    Andries  Hanse,  68  ; 


see 

Barker,  Ann,  died,  314 
Barley,  price  of,   349 ;  receipts, 

Barnard,  Charles,  died,  ^1 

F.  J.,  339 

John  B.,  died,  261 

Mrs.  J.  B.,  died,  306 

Mrs.  Margaret,  died,  295 

Rev.  Mr.,  226 
Barnes,  Mrs.  Samuel  S.,  died, 

348 
Barnett,  John,  captain,  286 
Barometer,  great  elevation,  279 
Baroquier,     Jacob     Symonse 
Clomp,    209,     210;    see 
Clomp 

Reyutyen  Pieterse,  209 
Barrack  street,  a  corruption,  of 

Berg  street.  141 
Barracks  at  Greenbush,  429,434 
Barret,  Thomas,  died,  364 
Barrett,  Ellen,  336 

Hugh,  died,  367 
Barrows,  Wm.  P.,  451 
Bartholomew,  Capt.,  395 
Bartlett,  Mrs.  Nicholas,  died, 

Bartley,  John  D.,  died,  388 

Barton,  Daniel,  died,  372 

Base  ball  game,  250 

Basin,  dimensions  of,  410;  see 
canal  basin 

Bass  lane,  changed,  361 

Bassett,  James,  died,  387 
Mrs.  Jane,  died,  317 

Bastiaense,  Harmen,  74,  137  ; 
see  Visscher 

Bat ;  see  Boer 

Batcher,  George  A.,  anti-rent- 
er, 333 

Batey,  Jane,  died,  319 

Bath,  405 
ferry,  431 

Baumis,  Mrs.  George,  died,  355 

Baxban,  Jurriaen,  4 

Bay,  Andrew,  263 

Dr.  William,  died,  263 
John  W.  411 

Beans,  price  of,  349,  370 

Bearup,  Francis,  died,  385 

Beasely,  Henry,  418,  420 

Beatty,  Margaret,  died,  277 
Mary  Ann,  died,  267 
Mrs.  Alex.  W.,  died,  323 
Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  334 

Beaver,  Mrs.  Alexander,  died, 
236 

Beaver,  138, 149, 158  ;  value  of, 
1 ;  as  currency,  3  ;  12  shil- 
lings a  piece,  141 ;  9  shillmgs 
a  pound,  141 ;  price  of,  12, 13, 
14  ;  to  be  reshipped,  207  ; 
value  of,  in  wheat,  179; 
value  of,  25  guilders,  86 ; 
frauds  in  weight  of,  397 

Beaverwyk  Club  disbanded, 
376;  see  Beverwyk 

Beazly,  Brother  Henry,  416 

Beck,  Dr.,  monument  to,  279  ; 
literary  society,  313 


Becker,  Aaron  J.,  died,  230 
Jochem  Wesselse,  306,  308, 
317  ;  surety  for  Baroquier, 
209 ;  see  Backer  and  Wes- 

Beddoe,  Charlotte  H.,  458 

John,  458 
Bedell,  Daniel,  died,  316 
Bedford,  David  E.  S.  died,  373, 

374 
Bedson,  Pauline  J.,  455 

Wm.  H.,  455 
Bee  hive,  new,  374 
Beebc,  Almira,  died,  281 
Beef,  price  of,  348,  370 
Beek,  Elizabeth,   69,   81,     94; 

widow  of  Capt.  Salisbury, 

97 
Beekman,  Edwin,  died,  344 

Jan  Martense,  account  of, 
21 ;  see  Martense 

Johanna,  148 

Marten,  21,  148 

Metie,  148 

Susanna,  148 

Willem,  195 
Beels,  Reuben,  died,  335 
Beer  excise,  farming  of,  15, 193, 

199 ;     regulations     about, 

209,  211 
Beeren  island,  56,  73  ;  see  Mac- 

hawameck 
Behan,  Mrs.  Daniel,  died,  314 
Belcher,   Mrs.   John  S.,   died. 

Bell,  David,  454 

Gerrit    W.,  died,  306 

James  W.,  died,  353 

Polly  S.,  457 

of  Queen    Anne,   used  in 
the  Capitol,  433 

taverns,  closed  at  ringing 
of,  67 
Bembo,  Jan.,  10 
Bembus,    Harmen     Jacobsen, 

15  ;  see  Bambus 
Bemis,  Mrs.  Alpheus,  died,  366 
Bender,  Christopher  W.,  280 

M.  W'.,  394 
Bendingh,  Claes,  190,  191,  205; 

see  Bordiu 
Benedict,  Brig.,  Gen.,  Lewis, 
443 ;  sketch  of,  465 

Lewis,  445,  449,  450 

Olive,  died,  343 

Rev.  Dr.,  282 

Rev.    Thomas    Newcomb, 
451 

Roby,  449 

Uriah,  449  n. 
Benevolent  societies,  1813,  437 
Benjamin,  Harriet  E.,  312 
David  F.,  died,  373 


Bennett,  Eliza  D.,  died,  333 

Joseph,  442 

Peter  v.,  died,  354 

Thomas  D.,  338 
Benny,  Belinda,  died,  313 
Bensing,  Dirck,  4,  6,  6,  11,  12, 

15,  27,  28,  34,  191,  215,  322  : 

written  also  Bensingh  and 

Beusick 
Benson  WiUem,  419  n. 
Bent,  Pieter,  59 ;  see  Bont  and 

Bout 
Bentdinck,  Dirrick,  202 
Benton,  Capt.  steam  boat,  395 

D.  S.  387 

Joseph,  died,  317 
Berck,  Altien,  4 

Catrina,  4  ;  see  Bercx 

Ueudrick,  4 


Index. 


471 


Borck,  Tamson,  4 

William,  4 ;  see  Berx 

Beresford,  Mary,  died,  271 

Berg  street  corrupted  to  Bar- 
rack, now  Chapel  street, 
141,  143,  183 

Bergeson,  Josephine,  died,  333 

Berkshire  county,  431 

Berne,  anti-rent  emeute  in, 
245 ;  population,  425 

Berries,  price  of,  349,  370 

Berry,  Nathaniel,  died,  240 

Beth  El  Jacob,  congregation, 
226;  synagogue  dedicated, 
226 

Bethlehem,    428 ;    annexation 
proposed,    352 ;    popula- 
tion, 425 
island,    77; 

kil     now     Norman's    kil, 
115,  171 

Betteger,  Margaret  Elizabeth, 
died,  250 

Bever,  see  Beaver 

Beverkil,  or  first  kil,  109,  110 

Beverwyck,  166,  464;  settle- 
ment at,  13  ;  village  of,  1 ; 
within  Van  Rensselaer's 
jurisdiction,  9  ;  Albany  so 
called,  403,  409,  438  ;  An- 
neke  Janse  died  at,  460 ; 
Club,  disbanded,  376 

Biddlecomb,  Hannah,  457 

Bierman,  Hendrick,  49 

Bigelow,  Gen.  E.   B.,  died,  266 
Maisella,  died,  232 
Mrs.  Catharine,  died,  264 

Bigley,  George  F.,  died,  316 

Bils,  Evert,  218 

Bingham,  Laura  D.,  died,  383 
R.  H.,  surveyor,  305 

Benier,  Elizabeth,  died,  354 

Binneway,  Peter,  418  n. 

Birds,  premature  appearance 
of,  302 

Birmingham,  William,  died,  334 

Black,  Jane,  died,  374 

Blackburn,  Elizabeth,  died, 
314 

Blackball,  Mrs.  Joseph,  died, 
240 

Blackmer,  Mercy,  455 

Blackrock,  Ct.,  377 

Blanchard,  Mrs.  Abigail,  died, 
258 
Anthony,  died,  335 

Bleecker  Hall,  6, 131 

Jan  Janse,  1,  88.   89,  144, 
145,  155, 170, 176  ;  account 
of,  88,  127 
Nicholas,  377 
Mr.,  surveyor,  418  h. 
&  Sedgwick,  371 

Blockhouses,  437 ;  firewood  and 
candles  to  be  furnished 
to,  250;  their  location, 
250  71. 

Bloemmert,  Adriaen,  34 

BloetMet,    Francis,   319 

Blood;  Mrs.  John   P.,  died,  241 

Bloodgood,  Edward,  died,  370 
Francis,  226,  370 
Francis  A.,  319 
Major  W.,  370 
Margaret  E.,  died,  226 
Mrs.  Francis  died,  235 
Simeon  DeWitt,  died,   319 

Bloomer,  Elizabeth,   died,  297 

Board  of  Trade,  advocate  i)ub- 
lic  building,  388;  election, 
2S4 

Boardman,  Rev.  Mr.,  343 


Boeckhout,  Philip  Hendrickse, 

27 
Boedel,  personal  estate,  460 
Boekhoven,  Claes  Janse,  174; 

see  Janse 
Boer,     Adriaen    Symonse,    45 

Paulus  de.  76 
Bogardus,  Anna,  93 

Annatie    Janse,    201 ;   see 

Anneke  Janse 
Annetie,  464 
Annetieu,  463 
Cornelia,  84,   90,   459,    460, 
462,  464  ;  sells  house,  87  ; 
account  of,  84 
Jonas,    459,  460,  461,  463, 

464 
Pieter,  97,  99,  100,  101,  116, 
122,  459,  460,  461,  463,  464 ; 
account  of,  97  ;  commis- 
saris,  or  magistrate,  103 
Rev.    Everhardus,  84,    93, 

97,  459,  460,  461 
Willem,  46,    459,  464;  ac- 
count of,  93 
Bogart,  Cornelia,  145 
Evelina  C,  died,  261 
Wm.  H.,  234 
Boght,  425 

Bohan,  Captain  E.  A.  261 
Bolan,  John,  died,  334 

Mrs.  John,  died,  343 
Boland,  Edward,  died,  383 
Bolivar,  Simon,  451 
Bonds  of  war  loan,  260 
Bonner,  William,  died,  243 
Book  stores,  1813,  436 
Boon,  Francoys,  46,  51,  78, 193, 

197  ;  account  of,  38 
Bootblacks,  spring  appearance 

of,  231 
Booth,  Georgiana,  died.  325 
Mrs.  Abby  C,  died,  232. 
Mrs.  Joseph,  died,  317 
Borden,  Sarah,  died,  256 
Bordin,  Klaas,  account  of,  206  ; 

see  Bendingh 
Borsboom,  Anna,  59. 
Cornells,  59. 
Fytie,  59. 
Maritle,  59. 

Pieter    Jacobse,    a  brick- 
maker,  50,  212  ;  account 
of,  59  ;  see  Jacobse  Tryn- 
tie,  59 
Bosboom,  see  Borsboom 
Bosch  (or  Bos),   Cornells,    80, 
220 
Cornells  Teunisse,  2,  56,  64, 
80,  81,  82,    84;   commis- 
saris,  57  ;  see  Van  West- 
brook 
Harmon  Janse,  91, 143 
Wyntie  Coruelis  97,  460 
Boslooper  (woodrunner),  73 
Boston,  distance  of,  437 ;  money 
121,    141 ;    union    of    rail 
road  companies,  385 
Bosyus,    Maria,  wife  of  Job. 

Dyckman,  188 
Boundaries  of  city,  428 
Boundary  commission,  94 
Bounds,  Edwin  C,  died,  354 
Bounty  jumpers,  275 
Bout  Giertgen,  88,  222 

Henderick  Lambertse.  ac- 
count of,  98;  see  Lam- 
bertse 
Jan,  98 
Pieter,  59. 
Stephen,  88,  222 
William,  67,  135,  137,  206 


Bout,  William  Frederick, farmer 
of  the  excise,  15,  22,  23, 
27,  40,  41,  49,  56,  67,  69, 
76,  89,  135,  138,  202,  216, 
217  ;  account  of,  66 
Boutsen,  Cors.,  210 
Bouwer,    Philip    Hendrickse, 

12,  42,  62 
Bouwery,   derivation  of  term, 

361 
Bouwknecht,  57 
Bouwmeester,  contract  for,  182 
Bowden's  gun  squad,  249 
Bowen,  Hezekiah,  453 

Martin,  453 
Bowery,  name  changed,  361 

Methodist     Church,    333 ; 
Sunday  School,  258 ;  mis- 
sion chapel,  254 
Bowhall,  William  H.,  died,  262 
Bowman,  Charlotte,   died,  343 

Mrs.  Christian,  died,  376 
Boyd,  David    I.,  277,  280 

Dr.  David,  died,  275 

John,  died,  388 

Peter,  230 

Robert,  died,  354 
Boyer,  Mrs.  Louis,  died,  351 

Joseph,  died,  238 

Mrs.  Wm.,  died,  372 

Peter,  died,  306 
Boyle,  A.,  stuccoer,  253 
Boyle,  Mrs.  Daniel,  died,  365 
Bradford,      Hon.       Alexander 

Warfield,  died,  381,  382 
Bradish,  Francis,  died,  334 
Bradley,  Sarah,  died,  312 
Bradshaw,  George,  69  ;  married 

the     widow  of    Dr.      Van 

Dyck,  87 
Bradt,  George  H.,  died,  344 

Jane,  368 

Mrs.  John  Henry,  died,  272 

Mrs.  John    J.,  died,  281 

Peter,  died,  302 

see  Bradt 
Brady,  Catharine,  died,  264 

Mich.,  253 

Philip,  died,  351 
Brainerd,  E.,  boat  builder,  341 
Brally,  Patrick,  died,  297 
Branuion,  Margaret,  died,  348 
Brant,  Gerritie,  47,  48 
Brantse,      Evert;      see     Van 

Amersfoort 
Bratt  (properly  written  Bradt) 

Albert,  50 

Albert  Andriesse,  50.  123, 

165,  166  ;  account  of,  76 
Arent  Andriesse,  25,  26,  91, 
166, 185,  201 ;  one  of  first 
proprietors  of  Schenec- 
tady, 122  ;  see  Andriesse 
Arentje,  50 

Barent  Albertse,  145;  his 
residence,    50 ;    see    Al- 
bertse 
Cornells,  50 
De  Noorman,  26,  75 ;   seo 

Andriesse 
Dirck  Albertse,  123,  181 
Engeltie  Albertse,  50 
Eva  Albertsen,  49 
Storm  Albertse,  75,  80;  see 
Van  der  Zee 
Bray,  William,  died,  266 
Bread,    price  of,    355 ;    selling 
underweight,  75;   making, 
wages  paid  for.  73 
Breestede,  Catharine,  69 
Brenan,  James,  killed,  327 


472 


Index. 


Brennan,  Mary  R.,  457 
Brennock,  Anastasia,  died,  341 
Brew,  Mrs.  Archibald,  died,  320 

Mrs.  Robert,  died,  268 
Breweries,  398,  42(i;  1813,  436 
Brewery  and  mill  house,  sold, 

11,  12,  20,  21 
Brewhouse,  at  Greenbush,  41 
Bricker,  Jan.,  64,  145 
Brickner,  Frederick,  died,  384 
Bricks,   early  manufacture    of, 

57 ;    imported    from    Hol- 
land, 404,  438 
Bridge,  accident,  278 ;  see  Hud- 
son river  bridge 
Bridges,  Mrs.  Earl,  died,  383 
Bridgford,  John,  builder,  254, 

329,  340,  369  ;  builds  new 

capitol,  386 
Bridgman,  Rev.  Mr.,  270 
Briggs,  David  C,  died,  366 

Fanny  M.,  451 

Mrs.   Henry,  died,  306 

James    C,  died,  225 

Tibbits,  451 

Mrs.  Walter   W.,  died,  315 
Brinekerhoof,  Dr.  John,  died, 

353 
Bristol,  Wm.,  died,  306 
Broadway,  called  Cow  street, 
150 

Methodist      Church,     308, 

309,  332  ;  Sunday  school, 

258  ;  building  dedicated, 

245 

Brockholes,  Capt.  Antho.,  151 ; 

account  of,  152 
Brockway,  Josephus,  303 
Broer,  Cornells  Van  Slyck,  so 

called,  58 
Brommy,  ferryman,  died,  365 
Bronck,  Jan,  67 

Jan    Pieterse,  account  of, 
106,  107 

Peter,  14,  22,  27,  36,  63,  64. 

65,  67,  68,  71,  73,  75,  144, 

191,  200,  220 ;  his  kil,  67 

Bronson,  Mrs.  Greene  C,  died, 

348 
Brooks,  John  R.  died,  345 

Miss  B,,  303 

Peter  H.,  died,  330 
Brooksby,  Jane,  died,  300 
Brother  Jonathan,  steamer,  255 
Broughall,  Elizabeth,  died,  324 
Brouwer,  Elizabeth  Willemse, 
224 

Hendrick,  account  of,  90 

Jacob,  93 

Jacobus  Gerritse,  141 ;  see 
De  Brouwer 

Jan  de,  20 

Schenectady,  42;  seeHen- 
drickse 

William,  90  ;  account  of,  42 
Brewer,  Albertis  B.,   died,  2.30 

Charles  M.  died,  268 

Mary,  died,  239 
Brown,    Alexander    H.,    trea- 
surer, 336 

Andrew  E.,  277 

Charles  D.,  died,  354 

Bbenezer,  453 

Enos,  454,  455 

George,  died,  341 

Henrietta,  died,  295 

Jesse,  456 

Lucy  Ann,  456 

Lucy,  died,  373 

M.  J.,  1st.  lieut.,  261 

Mary  Francis,  died,  378 

Michael,  died.  243 

Moses,  died,  232 


Brown,  Mrs.  Allen,  died,  351 
Mrs.  Ann,  died,  335 
Mrs.  John,  died,  327 
Mrs.  Richard,    died,  366 
Mrs.  S.D.,  died,  326 
Mrs.  William,  died,  244 
Susan,  455 
William,  453 
William  C,  died,  327 
Browne,  Elihu,  died,  340 
Mrs.  John,  died,  258 
Brownlow,  Archibald,  died,  376 
Brumaghim,  Matthew,  acquit- 
ted, 272 
Bruyn,  Jan  Hendricks,  73, 114, 
115, 116,  147,  158,  161  :  ac- 
count of,  74 ;  sells  his  land, 
119  :  see  Heudrickse 
Bruyn,  Hage,  6 

Jan  G.,  84,  88,  89, 
Bryan,  Catharine,  died,  372 

Col.,  233 
Buck,  Mrs.  Wm.   H.,  died,  276 
Buckbee,  Edward  T.,  Jr.,  died, 

320 
Bucken  plaat,  302 
Buckland,  John,  442 
Buckley,  Solomon,  died,  238 
Buckmaster's  public    garden, 

436 
Buckwheat,  price  of,  349 
Buerger,  Elizabeth,  died,  236 
Bui,  Christoflfel  Cornelise,  4 
Bulger,  Thomas,  died,  376 
Bull,  Captain,  401 
Bullock,  Joseph  H.,  280 

Robt.  J.,  coroner,  309 
Bunker,  E.,  303 
Burbauk,  Mrs.  George  H.,died, 

383 
Burbanks,  Miss,  died,  229 
Burch,  Sarah  A.,  died,  306 
Burdick,  George  W.,  died,  286 
Margaret  Louisa,  died,  244 
Mrs.  Jonathan,  died,  388 
Rev.  C.  F.,  253 
Burger,  blockhouse, where  situ- 
ated, 172 
Company,  6,  61 
Jan,  160, 161 
Burgess,  Joseph,  died,  374 
Mrs.  Robert  Hayes,  died, 
383 
Burgesses  ball,  349 
Burhans,  Captain,  killed,  251 
Burial    gromids,    removal    of, 

338,  339 ;  legalized,  345 
Burk,  Father,  337 
Burke,  James,  died,  388 

Mrs.  Thomas  J.,  died,  335 
Rev.  Thos.,  A.  M.,  369 
Thomas  A.,  died,  257 
Burleigh,  Hattie,  died,  232 
Burlington,  distance  of,  437 
Burnop,  Mrs.  John  D.,  died, 

314 
Burns     (or  Byrnes),  Andrew, 
died,  367 
Ann,  died,  365 
James,  died,  244 
Michael,     engineer,     286 ; 

drowned,  266 
Mrs.  Charles  A.,  died,  250 
Mrs.  John,  died,  369 
Patrick,  died,  300,  341 
Thomas,  died,  376 
Burr,  Mrs.  William    M.,  died, 

245 
Burroughs,  Rev.  M.,303 
Burrow,  Mrs.  George  B.,  died, 

351 
Burt-,   Charles    U.,  died,  334; 
killed,  238 


Burt,  Uri,  239 

Burton,  Mrs.  Smith    P.,  died, 

257 
Bush,  Solomon,  424 
Butler,  Benjamin   F.,  Sunday 
School  teacher,  286 

Col.,  453 

Edward,  died,  310 

John,  died.  334 

Thomas,  died,  262 
Butter,  price  of,  238,  270,  349, 

370 
Butterfleld,  John,  311 

Samuel  F.,  died,  333 
Butts,  Mrs.  George  W.,  died, 
278 

Louisa,  died,  334 
Bye,  Dirk  Hendrickse,  123 ;  see 

Sweed 
Byer,  Cornelius,  killed,  327 
Bygate,  Richard,  284 
Byrne,  Jane,  died,  375 
Byrnes,  Jane,  died,  250 

Mrs.  James,  died,  315 
Byvanck,  Jan,  84,  121 ;  of  01- 
denzee,  121 ;  account  of, 
84, 122 

Gerrit,  84, 121 

Hendricus,  84,  121 

Maria,  84, 121 


Cadmus,  Cornelius,  419  n. 
Cadwell,  Emeline,  died,  365 
Cady,  John,  died,  369 
Cady,  Mrs.  Denice,  died,  281 
Caffrey,  James,  died,  343 

Julia,  died,  .374 
Cagger.  Peter,  280 
Cahill,  Edward,  died,  271 

Mary,  died,  365 
Cahoes  island,  156 ;  see  Cohoes 
Cain,  William,  died,  332 
Calaghan,  Mrs.  Ann,  died,  389 
Caldwell,  James,  427,  448  ;  his 

tobacco  works,  405,  435 
Callahan,  Ann,  died,  343 
James,  died,  285 
Mary,  died,  284 
Timothy,  died,  315 
Callanau,  John  J.,  died,  226 
Callendar,  Thomas,  died,  267 
Callighan,  Margaret,  died,  344 
Calvary  Baptist  Church,    231, 
255,     277,     353;      Sunday 
school,  258 
Cameron,  Angus,  died,  313 

Mrs.  David,  died,  232 
Campbell,  Francis,  died,  239 
James,  died,  226 
Jane  Ann,  died,  372 
John  N.,  his  successor,  226 
Kate,  died,  325 
Mai-y,  died,  317 
Michael,  died,  326 
Mrs.  George,  died,  245 
Thomas,  grocer,  310 
W.  J.,  died,  354 
Campion,  Patrick,  died,  333 
Canada,    captives    carried  to, 
207 ;    expedition    against, 
6 ;  trade  with,  393 
Canal  closed,  275,  341 ;  opened, 
354 ;  Basin,  uncleanness  of, 
264  ;  navigation,  398  ;  trade 
with  Canada,  393;    street 
dumping   ground,  386;  in- 
undated, 244  ;  pond,    305  ; 
overflow,     254 ;    the     an- 
cient Vosseukil,  109,  151 ; 
Canastagieone,    now   Niskay- 
une,    107,     166,    167,    168, 
174 


Index. 


473 


Canavan,  Mrs.  Richard,  died, 
268 

Caniskek,  land  so  called,  73 

Cantine,  Clarissa,  died,  307 
Eliza,  died,  245 

Capitol  1&40,  409  ;  elevation  of, 
431 ;  legislative  appropri- 
ation for,  243  ;  new  begun, 
361;  removal  of  agitated, 
234 ;  street  name  changed, 
361 

Capps,  John,  died,  367 

Capron,  Daniel,  died,  355 
Sarah,  died,  287 

Captives  carried  to  Canada, 
207 

Carberry,  Mrs.  Delia,  died,  305 

Carding  machines,  426 

Careseu,  Hans,  64 

Carey,  Joseph,  died,  326 
Michael,  died,  348 
Thomas,  died,  334 ;  see  Gary 

Carhart,  Mrs.    Stephen,   died, 

Carlin,  Bridget,  died,  268 

Capt.,  369 
Carls,  John  died,  365 
Carlton,  John,  died,  331 
Carmichael,    Peter  M.,    alder- 
man, proposes  to  aban- 
don old  burial  grounds, 
333;     report    on    burial 
grounds,  338 ;  committee- 
man, 339 

James,  died,  318 
Carmody,  John,  died,  271 

John  J.,  died,  375 

Mary  Barbara,  died,  245 

Miss,  funeral,  246 

R.  J.,  organist,  345,  373 
Carney,  Thomas,  died,  353 
Carpenter,  Daniel,  died,  335 

H.  H.,  251,  329 

Mrs.  H.  H.,  died,  347 
Carr,  Sir  Robert,  changed  name 

Fort  Orange,  396 
Garraher,  Rev.  P.,  369 
Carroll,  Mrs.  Daniel,  died,  275 

James,  died,  382 

John  D.,  died,  264 

Mrs.  Arland,  died,  245 

Patrick,  died,  307 

Simon,  died,  341 
Carron,  Mrs.  Francis,  died,  326 
Carsten,  Frederickse,  account 

of,  90 
Carstensen,  Jan,  27 
Carswell,  Edward,  address  by, 

50 
Carter  &  Henry.  363 

James  W.,  died,  387 

Lieut.,  killed,  251 
Carteret,  Fort  Orange  surren- 
dered, to,  ,396 
Cartwight,  Richard,  412,   414, 

416,  417,  420 
Cary,  Henry,  died,  372 

David  H.,  died,  264 

Joseph,  3;38 

Patrick,  died,  239 

Samuel,  3.38;  see  Carey 
Case,  Dr.  J.  H.,  died,  250 

Mrs.  Elizabeth,  died,  2.32 
Cashman,  Anastasia,  died,  335 
Casparse,    (Hallenbake)    Hen- 
drik,  445  n. 

Isaac,  445  n. 

Jan,  28 ;  see  Halenbeek 
Case,  Lewis,  .394 
Casseday,  Mrs.  Geo.  W.,  died, 

.343 
Cassidy,  Aid.  John,  .337 

James,  died,  .3i3 

Hist.  Voll.  in. 


Cassidy,  Lt.  Michael,  336 

Patrick,  died,  340 

William,  died,  267 

Wm.  M.,  died,  3.55 
Castle  island  (or  Marten  Ger- 

retsen's  island),  9,  51 
Castle,  William,  killed,  257 
Caswell,  Mrs.  John,  died,  325 
Cathedral,  bishop  consecrated, 

267 
Catholic  Cemetery,  353 

church,  433 
Cato,  old  horse,  59 
Catskill,    182;    barn   built,  at 

169 ;  Indian  land  in,  179 
Cattle,  arrival  of,  370 
Caughland,  Mrs.  Patrick,  died, 

295 
Caughnawag'es,  56,  401 
Cavanaugh,  Mrs.  Michael,  died, 

259 
Celery,  Roessle's,  249 
Census,  1865,  256. 
Center,  Jane  Agues,  died,  377 
Central  Mission  Sunday  school, 

258 
Centre  market,  134 
Chadwick,  John  H.,  died,  234 
Chamberlain,  Clark,  died,  314 

Frank,  226,  279 

report  of,  1865,    268,    278; 
1866,  3.39,  340 
Chambers,  John,  died,  328 

Wm.,  died,  .301 
Chancellor  Livingston,   steam 

boat,  385 
Chapin,  Theodore,  455 
Chapman,  Alfred,  died,  324 

Col.  Levi,  died,  240 
Charles,  Daniel  T.,  280 

King,  122 
Charter,  1686,     4,30;    election, 

304,   353;   1865,   241;    1867, 

381 
Chase,  Mary,  died,  257 

Warren  H.,  died,  226 
Chatham    Four  Corners,  453 
Chatterson,  Phebe  A.  died,  266 
Cheeney,  James,  killed,  324 
Cherry,  Michael,  killed,  270 
Chester,  Rev.    Dr.,  organizes 

Sunday    school,  285 
Chief  Justice  Marshall,  steam 

boat,  395 
Chignons,  354 

Childs,  Mrs.  Daniel,  died,  226 
Christian  associations,    meet- 
ing of,  314,  315 
Christmas      festival,    scandal- 
ized, 219 

springlike,  341 
Church  enterprises,  254 
Church,  Col.    Walter    S.,  233  ; 

321 ;  resisted    by    antiren- 

ters,  245;     addresses    sol- 
diers, 251 
Churches,  398,404,    408;  1813, 

425,  430 
City,  debt.  1865,  278 ;  finances, 
1866.  339 

Hall,  409;   old,   430;   new 
council  chamber,  332 

hotel,  410 

of  Hudson,  ,341;  first  boat 
up,  1866  300 
Claas,  Graven*s  hook,  99 
Claerbout,  Pieter,  65,  66;  his 
house  sold,  101 

Tomas,  19 

Walrave,  76 
Claese,  Elizabeth,  160, 161 

Gerrit,  80 

Jacob,  124 

GO 


Claese,  Jillisje,  46 

Neeltje,  75 

Ryckse ;    see  Van  Vranke 
Claessen,  Carsten,  ,34 

Tjerck,  34;  see  De  Witt 
Clapperton,  Thomas,  died,  373 
Clark,  Capt.,  453 

Francis,  builder,  328 

Hugh,  died,  271 

Joseph  W.,  treasurer,  336 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Wheelwright, 
died,  255 

Rufus  W.,  263,  328,  363; 
anniversary  sermon,  272, 
386 

Stephen,  killed,  357 

Sumner  &  Co.,  363 

Susan,  died,  353 

William  H„  died,  372 
Clarke,  Dalinda,  died,  335 

Michael,  died,  276 

Walter,  445  w. 
Clauw  or  Klauw,  Hendrik,  65 

Frans  Pieterse,  65,  67 

Juriaen,  65 
Claverack,    36,    73;  98;    land 

sold  by  Indians,  173 ;  land 

sold  at,  93 
Clay,  Mrs.   Samuel    H.,    died, 

3,35 
Cleany,  Michael,  died,  383 
Clements,  Isaac  S.,  died,  296 
Clemshire  &  Co.,  carpenters, 
329 

John,  carpenter,  253 
Clench,  Benj.  Veruor,  301 

Jane,  died,  321 
Clexton,  Mrs.  Catharine,  died, 
314 

Wm.  J.,  died,  ,363 
Clicker,  Andrew  J.,  died,  280 
Cline,  Mrs.  Lyman  E.,  died,  280 
Clinton     avenue,     inundated, 
235 ;  pond  overflowed,  244 

Capt.  Joseph,  300 

De  Witt,  252,  319,  346,  449 

Gov.  George,  406 

Mrs.  De  Witt,  286 
Cloth  made  by  hand,  181,3,  426 
Clundt,  Philip,  died,  ,316 
Clute,  Frederick,   2,   107;    de- 
scendants, 107 

Gerardus,  died,  364 

Jan,  2,  5,  23,  27,  45,  63,  67, 
73,  74,  82,  83,  84,  85,  88, 

89,  90,  91,  106,  107,  143, 
167, 168,  179 ;  his  lot,  125  ; 
sells  land,  119 ;  account  of 
73;  seeKloet 

Johannes,  2,  23,  65,  67,  73, 

90,  180  ;  account  of,  107 
Mrs.  Peter  R.,  died,  386 

Coakley,  Jeremiah,  died,  264 

Coal  discovered,  426;  price  of, 
270 

Coates,  James,  died,  314 

Coates,  John,  died,  373 

Cobb,  A.,  2d  Lieut.,  261 

Cobes,  see  Cobussen 

Coburn,  Robert,  painting,  301 

Cobussen,  Ludovicus,  1,  28,  35, 
39,  40,  42,  47,  51,  54,  56, 
57,  58,  59,  68,  84,  85,  89, 
90,  91,  92,  93,  94,  134,  143, 
154,  173,  214  ;  account  of, 
11  ;  secretary,  95  ;  schout 
of  Schenectady,  172 

Cochran,  Capt.  steam  boat,  395 
Mrs,  John,  died,  376 
William  D.   died,  3,35 

Cochrane,  Clark  B.,  assembly- 
man, 270 ;  died,  350 

Coe,  Hiram  S.,  died,  302 


474 


Index. 


Coenradtse,  Hans,  27 

Matthys,  96 

Coeymana,  Barent  Pieterse,  25, 

68,  69,  60,  71,  83,  84,  127, 

206,  220,  223  ;  account  of, 

143 

Dirkje,  Pieterse,  71 ;  family, 

Gertje,  127 

Lucas  Pieterse,  68,  76 ;  no- 
tice of,  117 ;  purchased, 
143 ;  see  Pieterse 

population,  425 

see  De  Molenaer 
Cogburn,  Philip  A.,  died,  301 
CogsweU,  Dr.  Mason  F.,  died, 

229 
Cohoes,  425  ;  falls,    393  ;  mas- 
todon,    340;    visited     by 

Dwieht,  406 
Coke,  Nicholas,  442 
Cold  day,  226,  230,  231,  232,  270, 

274,  276,  278,  284,  286,  297, 

341,  343,  344,  376,  383,  386, 

387 ; record  of several  years, 

279 
Cole,  Adeline,  died,  306 

Augustus  G.,  died,  315 

Carrie,  died,  281 

Gen.  George  W.,  shoots 
Hiscox,  363 

John  O.,  provost  marshal, 
274  ;  masonic  gift  to,  346  ; 
issues  warrants  against 
antirenters,  321 

Mrs.  Augustus  G.,  died,  232 

Mrs.  John  Jay,  died,  231 

Philo  K.,  281 
Coleman,  John,  carried  away 
by  flood,  836 

Mrs.  Thomas  D.,  died,  389 
Coley,  Philander,  died,  284 
Colgan,  Thomas,  died,  340 
Collins,  Hugh,  died,  293 

John,  died,  384 
Colouie,  population,  425 
Columbian  Hotel,  410 
Colwell,  Hannah,  died,  341 
Combs,  A.,  285 
Commerce,  1813,  431,  434 

Insurance  Company,  331 

steam  boat,  395 
Commercial  Bank,  279,  352 
Comme8ford,Nicholas,died,  310 
Commissaris,  definition  of,  1 
Comstock,  Elon,  died,  237 
Conant,   William    B.,  donates 

bell,  309,  329 
Conboy,  Mrs.  Francis,  died,  249 
Coneel,  Jan  ;  see  Coneel,  John 

John,  99,  107,  108,  110,  120, 
123,  148, 151, 154,  169, 180, 
182,  199  ;  sells  his  house, 
102  ;  conveys  his  house, 
152 ;  sells  his  lot,  108  ;  see 
Corneal 

Margaret,  99 
Coney,  Mrs.  Russell  W.,  died, 


Congdon,  Stephen  B.,  285 
Congregational    church,    305  ; 

sold,  373  ;  Sunday    school, 

258 
Congress  Hall,  394, 410  ;  closed, 

246 
Conherty,  Nicholas,  died,  297 
Conklin,  John  W.,  died,  270 
Conliff,  Simeon,  253 
Conlin,  Mary,  died,  326 
Connecticut,    prevented  from 

purchasing  Half  Moon,  2 ; 

line,    steam    boats,    395 ; 

steam  boat,  301 


Connelly,  James  S.,  died,  250 

Mrs.,  died,  255 
Conner,  Mrs.  Samuel,  died,  232 
Conners,  John,  H.,  died,  353 

Mrs.   William,  died,  277 
Connick,  Mrs.  Richard,died,351 
Connor,  Martin,  died,  378 

Mrs.  Mary  F.,  died,  243 
Connors,  Michael,  died,  242 
Conroy,  Bishop,  337,  339,  345, 

357  ;  returns  from  Europe, 

373 ;  John  J.,  consecrated 

bishop,  267 
Constable,  Dr.  John,  418  n.,  420 
Constapel,  island,  119, 170 
Constellation,  steam  boat,  395 
Constitution,  steam  boat,  395 
Constitutional         amendment 

vote,  236 
Convention,  1764,  234 
Converse,  T.    W.,  committed 

suicide,  343 
Conway,  Catharine,  died,  323 
Conyn,  Caspar,  36 

Commetie  Leendertse,  106 

Leendert  Philipsen,  36,  37, 
130 ;  see  Philipse 

Marritie  Leendertse,  150 

Philip,  36 
Coockley,  Mrs.  Jeremiah,  died, 

280 
Coogan,  Mrs.  Mary  C,  died,  343 
Cook,  Gov.,  442 

HobartP.,  Jr.,died,  328 

James  C,  280 

Mrs.  Samuel  H.,  died,  341 
Cooke,  Augusta,  451 
Cook's  reading  room,  436 
Cooley,  Calvin,  died,  351 
Cooney,  Mary  E.,  died,  315 
Coonradt,  Lucinda,  died,  342 
Cooper,  Elizabeth,  died,  364 

H.  T.,  trustee,  338 

John  Tayler,  277;  vestry- 
man, 339 

Mrs.  Charles  D.  302 

Timothy, 186 ;  buys  a  house, 
127  ;  see  Kuyper,  120 
Coppiuger,  Albert,  died,  239 
Corbally,  Jane,  died,  384 
Corbett,  Mrs.  Henry  W.,  died, 

255 
Corbiere,  Joseph,  died,  297 
Corcoran,  Mary,  died,  376 
Cordell,  Rev.  Mr.,  362 
Corn,  price  of,    349,  370  ;  re- 
ceipts, 284 
Cornbury,  Governor,  462 
Comeel,  Jan,  81, 88 ;  see  Coneel 
Cornelise,  account  of,  75 

Claes,  199 

Cornelise,  41,  42,  79;  see 
Vanderhoven  and  Viele 

Elizabet,  38,  193 

Gysbert ;   see  Van  Wesp 

Lammert,  190,  191,  194 

Lodewyck,  210 

Maas ;   see  Van  Buren 

Pieter,  210 

Poulus,see  Van  Flensburgh 

Seger,  222 ;  killed,  1 

Teimis,  50,  66,  67,66,464; 
his  mark,    77;  see   Slin- 
gerland 
Comell,  Mrs.  James,  died,  349 
Corning,  Cavalry,  324 

&  Horner,  296 

&  Norton,  295 

Clarence  H.,  296 

Erastus,  233,  295;  retires 
from  business,  205 ;  his 
influence  for  West  Al- 
bany, 296 


Corning,  Erastus,  Jr.,  296 ;  Se- 
cretary, 386 
propeller,  first  boat  of  the 


Cornock,  Joseph,  died,  371 
Cosgrove,  Sabina,  died,  356 
Costigan,  Agnes  R.,  died,  323 
Costillo,  Michael,  died,  370 
Couch,  John,  died,  241 
Coughlin,  Patrick,  died,  326 
Coughtry,  Wm.  D.,  died,  363 
Countv  Medical  Society,  din- 
ner to  oldest  members,  365 
County  bonds,  1865,  273 

budget,  1865,  273 

divisions,  425 

fair,  332 

valuation  of  real  and  per- 
sonal estate,  275 ;  331 
Court  house,  location  of,    176 

messenger,  199,  209 

martial,  275 

street,  428  ;  changed,  360 
Courtney,  Addison  G.,died,  249 

Mary,  died,  264 
Courtrigh't,  Margaret,  died,  319 
Couse,D.,  S.  S.  Supt.,  332 
Cow  street,  150 
Cowieson,  Mrs.    Adam,  died, 

267 
Cox,  Mrs.  Francis  W.,  died, 
314 

Patrick,  died,  320 
Coxsackie,  36 ;  great  flat  at,  68 
Coyle,  John  P.,  died,  370 

Margaret,  died,  226 
Cozzens,  James  B.,  died,  333 
Craboat,  Abraham,  191, 192 
Craft,  Charles,  387 
Craig,  Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  376 
Crall,  Catharine,  died,  353 
Crandell  &  Weller,  301 
Cranigon,  James,  died,  333 
Cranston,  441 

Samuel  P.,  died,  330 
Crapo,  William,  died,  330 
Crawford,   Ai-chibald,  trustee, 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  226 
Creeks,  426 
Creigh,  Alfred,  424 
Cregier,  Frans,  93 
Cregier,    [Kregier]   Marten,  6, 
140 

Marten,  Jr.,  140 

Samuel,  140 
Crier  of  lost  children,  353 
Crippen,  Elizabeth  M.,  died,327 
Crittenden,  principal,  410 
Croesvelt,  Bay,  28 
Crofts,  Mary  Livingston,  died, 

235 
Crombie,  James  P.,  died,  313 
Cromwell,  Stephen,  died,  335 
Cronley,  Philip,  died,  317 
Crook,  Thomas  P.,  280 
Croon,  Dirk,  45 

Dirck  Janse,  45 

Jaunatie,  7 

Neeltje  Janse,  78 
Croswell,  Rev.  Harry,  248 

Sherman,  248 

William  P.,  died,  248 
Crowley,  Florence,  died,  335 
Crows,  mortality  of,  352 
Cruiff,  see  Cruyff 
Cruttenden,  Capt.  Robert  G., 
395 

Leverett,  394;  keeps  Con- 
gress Hall,  247,  399 
CruvfiT,   Eldert    Gerbertse,    80, 

"82,  114,  115,  171,  210,  211 
Cruyn,  Jan  Hendrickse,  65 


Index. 


475 


Crymal,  Ann,  died,  324 
Cullen,  George,  died.  273,  355 

John,  killed,  327 

Thos.,  died,  326 

William,  drowned,  313 
Culver,  Mrs.  O.  E.,  died,  268 
Cummmgs,  Mrs.  Jamea,  died, 
230 

Joseph,  drowned,  373 
Cunniugliam,    Jno.    C,    died, 
343 

Mary,  died,  315 

Mrs.  John,  died,  323 

Mrs.  Wm.  J.,  died,  335 

Nicholas,  died,  272 
Cureton,  Anna  M.,  died,  314 
Curicoa,  8 
Curler,   Heer  Arent,  223 

Thomas,  died,  374 
Gushing,  Rev.  C.  W.,  245 
Cushman,  Messrs.,  230 

Michael,  died,  389 
Cusick,  John,  died,  353 
Custom  house,  195 
Cuyler,  Abraham,  89 

Anna,  89 

Hendrick,  100, 168 ;  account 
of,  89  ;  his  lots,  100 

Henry,  414,  410,  417 

Johannes,  89 

Maria,  89 

Reynier,  89 

William  T.,  died,  225 

see  also  ICuyler 
Cuyper,    Jacob,     Abrahamse, 

163,  186, 187  ;  see  Van  Deu- 
sen 


D'Aillebout,  401 
Daily,  James,  died,  245 
Dale,  Catharine,  died,  323 
Daley,  Daniel,  died,  378 
Eneas,  died,  309 
Fanny,  died,  367 
Daly,  Eliza,  died,  266 

Mrs.  Robert,  died,  281 
Damens,  Maritie,  6,  44,  79 
Daniel  Drew,  steam  boat,  264, 
357  ;  splendid  appearance 
of,  354  ;  quick  trip,  367 
Daniel,  Mr.,  died,  236 
Daniels,  Warner,449 
Daukers    and    Sluyter,    their 

journal,  84,  89 
Dareth,  Jan,  39,  59 ;  account  of, 

74 
Dargan,  Mrs.  Daniel,  died,  326 
Darling,  Rev.  Dr.,  277  ;  addres- 
ses med.  students,  344 ;  last 
sermon  in  old  church,  254 ; 
new  church  dedicated,  328 
Dart,  Lyman  G.,  died,  226 
Daughters  of  Temperance,  350 
Dauphin,  Mrs.  John,  died,  241 
Davids,  Christoffel,  •^,  25,  26, 
36,  52 ;  accoimt  of,  35 
Cornelia,  26 
David,  25 
Joris  Christoflfelse,  account 

of,  94 
Kit,  24;  inventory  of  his 

goods,  25 
Mrs.  Isaac,  died,  334 
orders  to,  215 
Davidson,  Gilbert  C,  295,  296, 
377 
George,  died,  314 
J.  McB.  &  Co.,  299,  377 
Mrs.  Catharine,  died,  282 
Major  Samuel  A.,  251 
Maria  Hoffman,  died,  243 
Davidts,  Christoffelse  Joris,  94 


Davis,  Ann  M.,  died,  355 
James,  died,  315 
John  P.,  457 
Mrs.  Leggett,  died,  366 
Davy,  Hugh,  died,  364 

Mary,  died,  315,  365 
Deaconry,  convey  hop  ground, 

132 ;  sell  land,  151 
Dead  house  ordered,  262 
Deady,  Edmund,  died,  333 
Deal,  Mrs.  Mary,  died,  268 
Dean,  Captain,  360 

Mrs.  Noah  S.,  died,  354 
Dean  Richmond,  collision,  374 
street,  formerly  dock,  112, 

360 
Richmond,     steamer,    ap- 
peared, 254,  255,  264,  276, 
302,  341 
De  Baxter,  Pemmetie,  3 
De  Backer,  16 
Gerrit,  80 
Hendrick,  201 
Jochim  Wesselse,  89 
Johannes,  80 
Peter,  80 

Symon  Veeder,  80,  81 
Volkert,  80 ;  see,  Veeder 
De  Beavois,  Jacobus,  7 
De  Brouwer,  Jacob,  23  181 
De  Bruyn  ;  see  Bruyn 
Debt  of  city,  1865,  278 
De  Decker,  Johannes,  1,  9,  188  ; 

account  of,  29 
Dederick,  Lieut.,  250 
Deering,  Andrew,  died,  332 
Deforest,  Capt.  John  T.,  died, 
314 
Edward,  orator,  317  ;  presi- 
dent, 351 
Hendrick,  207 
Isaac,  37,  188,  207 
Jacob  J.,  262 
De  Garmeau,  Pieter,  75;   see 

Villeroy 
De  Goyer,  Jan  Roeloffse,  1, 15, 
24, 32,  50,  51,  60, 63,  75, 200 
Kleyn,  (the  thrower),  75 
Roeloffsen,  Jan,  1 
DeGraaf,    Andriese,    224;  ac- 
count of,  221 
Claas,  221 

Claes    Andriese,  59,  224 

Jan  Andriesse,  59,  221 

Mrs.  Aaron,  died,  316 

Degraud,  Mr.,  385 

De  Hinsse,   Jacob,  69,  81,  85, 

190;  account  of,  83 
De  Hooges,  Annaken,  50 

Anthony,  50,  193,  212 ;   su- 
perintendent of  the  co- 
lony of  Rensselaerswyck, 
49 
Catrina,  50 
Eleanora,  50 
Johannes,  50 
Marichen,  50 
De  Hulter,  Johan,  24,  56,  57, 
59,  189,  215;  sells  goods 
by  auction,  221 ;   widow 
of,  128 
Johanna,  56.  57,  58;    ac- 
count of,  56,  57  ;  see  Eb- 
bingh,  and  De  Lact 
De  Laet,    Johannes,  56,    128, 
129,  168 
see    De  Hulter,  and    Eb- 
ingh 
Delahauty,  Michael,  253 
Delamater,  Lieut,  250 
De  La  Montagne,  Johannes,  9  ; 
vice    director,  63 ;    see  La 
Montagne 


De  Laval,  Heer,  129 

Thomas,  108 ;  house  of,  125 ; 
sells  his  liouse,  95;   ac- 
count of,  95  ;  see  Laval 
Delavan,  E.  C,  builds  Delavan 
house,  249 
House   change  of  lessees, 


H.  W.  &  E.  C,  449 
De  La  Wardt,  Jan,  accoimt  of, 

99, 108 
Delehanty,  Mrs.  Andrew,  died, 

344 
De  Liemaker,  Mickial,  206 
Dell,  Mrs.  Andrew,  died,  364 
De  Mantel,  401 
De  Marguerites,     Julie,    died, 

316 
De  Metselaer,     Harmen,  192, 
207 
Jan,  213 
Demming,  Capt.  L.  D.,  365 
De    Molenaer,   Barent     Coey- 
maus,  206 ;  see  Coeymans 
Dempsey,  John  M.,  244 
Lieut.,  killed,  251 
Patrick,  died,  264 
Rosa,  died,  374 
Denison,  C.  M.,  S.  S.  supt.  332 

Hugh,  452 
Denniston,     Elizabeth,    died, 
2;B2 
Isaac,  232 
Margaret,  452 
De  Noormau,  Andriese  Bratt, 
75 
Albert   Andriese,  76;    see 
Bratt,  or  Bradt 
De  Ourville,  Monsieur,  401 
De  Peyster,  Abraham,  139 

Isaac,  63 
De  Poolt,  Dirkse  Teunis  ;  see 
Van  Vechten 
Hans,  85 
De  Rouville,  Hertel,  401 
De  Sille,  Nicasius,  219 

Walburga,  93 
De  Tiere,  Peter  F.,  died,  342 
Detroit;  distance  of,  437 
Devaurix,  Patrick,  died,  374 
Devery,  John,  died,  239 
De  Visser,  Frederick,  113 
De  Vos,  Andries,  25,  26,  35,  45, 
68,  71,  108,  132,  151,  166, 
172, 174, 175  ;  place  of  re- 
sidence,   25;     sells    his 
house,  109 
Catalyntje,  25,  26,  166 
Cornelia,  24,  25,  26,  35,  52, 

53 
Cornells    Cornelissen,    43, 

45,61 
David,  25  ;  killed,  35 
De    Vries,    Adrian    Derickse, 
189,  190 
Adrian  Janse,  8,  6,  207 
De   Vroome,  Huybert   Janse, 

150 ;  see  Janse 
De  Vyselaer ;  see  Visscher 
De  Wandelaer,  Johannes,  106 ; 
account  of,   105,  183 
Johannes,  Jr.,  183 
De  Wever,  Dirkie,  179 

Jan,  23,  45  ;  see  Wever 
Jan  Martense,  45 ;  see  Wea- 
ver and  Martense 
De  Willegen,  182 
De  Winter,  Sebastian,  207 ;  ac- 
count of,  205 
De  Witt,  Abraham  V.,  303 
Addin  C,  died,  343 
Andrew  H.,  died,  343 
James,  died,  370 


476 


De  Witt,  Juflfrouw,  89 
Maria,  died,  381 
Rachel,  84 
Kev.  Dr.  John,  303 
Richard  Varick,  303,   319  ; 

Sunday  school   pioneer, 

302 
Simeon,  375 
Tjerck   Classen,   34;    see, 


Index. 


Wm.  H.,  280 ;  builds  school 
house,  340 
Dey  Ermand,  Mrs.  James,  died, 
315 

John,  treasurer,  336 
Diamond,  Thos.  Smith,  419,421 
Dickerman,      Theodore      M., 

drowned,  347 
Dickson,  John,  died,  349 

Walter,  387  ,     ^.    , 

Dignum,  Mrs.  Michael,  died, 

343 
Dillingham,    Sunday      school 

teacher,  285,  286 
Dillon,  Annie,  died,  367 

Charles,  died,  252 

John,  died,  340 
Dingman,  Adam,  account  ol. 


Gerrit,  162 

Jacob,  162 

Volkert,  died,  374 
Dings,  Norman,  277 
Dirksen,  Jan,  169 

Mentie,  165 

Theunis,  80 ;  see  Van  Vech- 
ten,  and  Vinhagen 
Disney,  John,  died,  241 
DistiUery,  436 
Dix,    General,     orders    court 

martial,  275       _ 
Dixon,  Captain  G.  H.,  261 
Doane,Rev.  William  Croswell, 
rector,  344;  instituted,  350 
Dobbs,  Capt.  Levinus,  drown- 
ed, 354 

Dock  street,  now  Dean,  112 
Doctor,  Moses,  died,  243 
Dodge,  Carrie  E.,  died,  351 

Mrs.  Henry  J.,  died,  381 
Doelker,     George,     musician. 

Dogs,  law  for  destruction  of, 

Dohany,  Michael,  died,  231 
Dole,  Albinus  S.,  died,  245 
Dominie's  hoeki35 
Donahoe,  John  W.,  died,  352 

Peter,  died,  239 
Doncaster,  Mrs.  Daniel,  died, 

257 
Donchesen,  Margaret,  105 
Dongan,  Catharine,  61 
Donnely,  Mrs.  John,  died,  362 
Donohue,  Bridget,  died,  365 
Donovan,  Mrs.  Patrick,  died, 
336 
William,  died,  365 
Doolittle,  Edwin  A.,  452 
Dooner,  Rose  V.,  died,  240 
Doran,  Catharine,  died,  389 
Father,  337 ;  369 
Mrs.  Wm.,  died,  372 
Domey,  William,  died,  341 
Dorsey,  Patrick,  died,  376 
Dougherty,  Mrs.  Edward,  died, 

367 
Douglas,  Mrs.,  303 
James,  died,  250 
Mrs.  Margaret,  died,  270 
Douns,  Wm.,  365 
Douw,  Andries,  75 

Grietje  Volkertse,  179 


Douw,  Hendrick,  75 

Jan    Andriese,  notice  ot, 

187 
John  D.  P.,  377 
Jonas,  75 

Jonas  Volkertse,  127 
Volkert,  75 

Volkert  Janse,  74,  84,  114, 
118,  119,  161, 170,  187, 197, 
198,    206,     217,   219  ;    his 
brewery.  111;    sells   his 
brewery,  113 ;  account  of, 
75 ;  see  Janse 
Volkert  P.,  277 
Dowd,  Mary  Ann,  died,  352 
Dowe,  Mrs.  John,  died,  365 
Downing,    George,    secretary. 

Downy,  Patrick,  died,  352 
Dovle,  James,  died,  372 
Drake,  Capt.,  395 
Mary,  died,  245 
Mrs.  James,  died,  355 
Mrs.  Walter,  died,  343 
Wm.,299 
Dreper,  Hans,  99, 104 
Dressen,  Hendrick,  49,  204 
Dret,  John,  39  ;-  see  Dareth 
Dries  (Van  Driesbergen)  Ger- 
trude, 204 
Driving,  great  feat  of,  242 
Droit;  see  Dareth 
Drought,  John,  died,  371 
Drowne,  Thomas  Staflord,  440 
Drum,  James,  died,  316 
Drummers,  mortality   among, 

348 
Dudgeon,  Esther,  451 
Dudley,  Charles  E.,  368 

Observatory,  287 
Duff,  James,  died,  376 
Duffels,  defined,  140,  210 

sold,  121 
Duffy,  Ann,  died,  354 

Reverend  Father,  farewell 
sermon,  282 


Dwyer,  Richard,' died,  253 
^Tohannes,  67,  189,  191, 192, 
210,    211,    212,  213,  220; 
account  of,  188 
Mrs.,  riot  at  her  house,  37 
Dyer,  Abram,  died,  365 
Mary,  died,  331 
Rev.  David,  363 


Duggan,  Daniel,  died,  235 

Duke  of  York,  29 

Du  Moree,  123 

Duncan,  Sherman  &  Co.,  233 

Dunham,  Chauncey,  died,  374 

Harriet  Eleanor,  died,  375 
Doningan,  John,  died,  327 
Dunn.  Mrs.  John,  died,  286 

Marcella,  died,  326 

Mary,  died,  320 
Dunning,  John,  drowned,  309 
Durant,  Charles  W.,  280 

William,  236 
Durham,  James,  died,  326 
Durkin,  M.  J.,  carver,  329 
Duman,  Mrs.  James  H.,  died, 

Dutch  Church,  bequest  to  117: 

claimed  to  be  the  heir  of 

Elias  Van  Guy  sling,  205 ; 

records  of,  83;  in  State 

St.,  433 
churches,  1796,  404 
houses,  destruction  of,  406, 

408 
manuscripts,  29,  39,  41,  43, 

59 
power  in  America  broken, 

396 
stricken  out  of  church  title, 

Du  Trueux,  Sarah  [Truax]  207 
Duycking.  Belitje  Everse,  84  ; 

married,  121 
D wight,  Harvey  A.,  285 

Timothy,  traveler,  400 
Dwyer,  John,  died,  361 


Eager,  Mrs.  Michael,  died,  326 
Eagle  Street  Hotel,  251 

Tavern,  248,  410 
Eames,  John,  451 

Sarah  Sanger,  451 
Earles,  Michael,  died,  376 
Earis,  Mrs.  S.  R.,  died,  387 
S  R.,  S.  S.  superintendent, 
332 
Easterly,  Margaret  Mason,  316 ; 

died,  370 
Eaton,  James  W.,  builder,  280, 
301 ;  president,  338 
Mrs.  Anna,  died,  269 
Ebbinck,  Jeronimus,  104-  con- 
veys one-tenth  of  Rens- 
selaerswyck,  168  ;  sells  a 
bouwery,  129 ;  schepen  in 
New  York,  128 
Madam,  widow  of  De  Hul- 
ter,  128 ;  see  De  Hulter, 
and  De  Laet 
Ebenezer     Lutheran     Sunday 

School,  258 
Eccles,  Charies,  139 
Eclipse  of  moon,  302 
Eddy,  Charies,  298 

Clarissa,  312 
Edeman,  Evert,  48 
Edick,  Mrs.  Henry,  died,  347 
Edmons,  Joab,  444 
Edson,  Franklin,  280;    presi- 
dent, 235 
Edwards,    Mrs.  Alfred,    died, 
312 
Sarah,  died,  306 
Egbertse,  Egbertie.  44,  45 
Eggs,  price  of,  349,  370 
Eights,  Dr.,  422 
Eighty-first  New  York  Veteran 

Volunteers,  262 
Elbertse,  Reyer,  32,  109, 132 

Elbert,  110 
Elbertsen,  Elbert,  459 
Election,  381;  1866,  304,  335; 

1867,  353 ;  time  of,  434 
Electric  shocks  317 
Ellery,  Mrs.  Wm.,  died,  257 
Elliot,  Mrs.  Wm.  H.,  died,  263 
James,  killed,  327 
Robert,  307 
Ellis,  Bridget,  died,  349 

William,  architect,  330,  345 
Ellison,  T.,  422 
Bill  thorp,  John  L.,  457 
Ellsworth  Avengers,  297 
Elmendorf,  John  V.  R.,  died, 
232 
Phil.,  245 
Rev.  Dr.,  302 

Rev.    Joachim,    installed, 
275 
Elmore,  Harriet,  455 

Mrs.  Verdun,  died,  377 
Emerson,  George  Victor  Tycho, 

died,  267 
Emery,  George  W.,  died,  357, 

362 
Emmet  Guards,  334,  369 
Engel,  Jacob,  81 
Engelse,  Robert,  18,  223 
English  conquest,  439 
1         Manuscripts,  7,  93,  127 


Index. 


477 


Englishman's    Sketch    Book, 

319 
Enos,  James  W.,  S.  S.  Supt., 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  310 
Enright,  Johanna,  died,  367 
Ensign,  Virginia,  died,  S84 
Enus,  Mrs.  Charles,   died,  284 
Episcopal  church,  first,  4M 
Ertzber^er,  Eveline,  died,  366 
Erwin,  Letitia,  died,  366 
George,  died,  317 
jpus,  now  Kingston,    156; 
first  sherifl'of,  49;  kil,  67 
Estes,    Mrs.  Alston  B.,  died, 

372 
Etsel,  Mrs.  Jacob,  died,  314 
Evans,  John,  his  hotel,  250 
Evangelical  Sunday  School,  258 
Evening  Times,  263 
Everhard,  Louis,  died,  326 
Evertsen,  Elbertje,  96 
Gysbert,  215 
Jacob,  Jr.,  died,  378 
Jan,  76,  80 
Nicolaas,  63 
Susan,  died,  306 
Evnng,  Mrs.  H.  E.,  died,  323 
Exchange  Block,  site  of  Van 
Schaik's  brevs^ery,  178;  lot, 
formerly  the  site  of  a  brew- 
ery, 111 ;   diagram  of  lot, 
112 
Excise  of  wines  and  beer,  53, 
209,  211;   jurisdiction  ex- 
tended to  Catskill  and  Eso- 
pus,  55 ;  revenue  ot,  54,  55 

Fairburn,  John,  died,  235 

Fairchild.  James,  245 
Mr.,  treasurer,  293 
Mrs.  Hezekiah,  died,  343 

Falke,  Henry,  trustee,  338 

Farley,  Bridget,  died,  388 

Farmer,  Gabriel  G.,  356,  357 
of  the  excise,  53 

Farrell,  Bernard,  died,  383 
Jno.,421 
Mary,  died,  349 
Mrs.  Brine,  died,  340 
Thomas,  died,  383 

Fashion  for  young  ladies,  354 

Fassett,  Amos,  306 

Mary  Margaret,  died,  306 
Timothy,  died,  276 

Fauth,  John,  died,  388 

Fawell,  Thomas,  S.  S.  superin- 
tendent, 3.32 

Fay,  John,  successor  to,  323 
Dr.  Jonas,  258 
Maj.   Heman  A.,  died,  2.58 
Mr.  John,  Jr.,  died,  343 

Fayles,  Thomas,  died,  3.35 
Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  .351 

Featherly,  John  H.,  died,  327 

Feeley,  John,  died,  236 
William,  died,  2(54 

Peenan,  Margaret,  died,  285 

Feeny,  Bridget,  died,  .323 
Michael,  died,  341 
Thomas,  killed,  381 

Fefler,  Mrs.  Adeline,  died,  249 

Feltham,  Mai-y    E.,  died,  376 

Female  Academy,  410 

Fenian  army  arrived,  315  ;   re- 
turn from  Canada,  315 

Fenians,    celebrate    St.    Pat- 
rick's 252 

Fen  ton,    Gov'ernor,    228,  240, 
326,  376 :  inaugurated,  225 

Ferguson,  James,    356 ;   died, 
375 
Michael,  died,  388 

lUxt.  Coll.  Hi, 


Ferrall,    S.    A.,  traveler,    in 

Albany,  393 
Ferris,  Rev.  Dr.  Isaac,  .303 
Ferry,  to  Greeubush.  431 
Ferryman,  ancient,  died,  365 
Ferrymaster,  24 
Field,  John,  died,  334 
Fifth  N.  Y.  Artillery,  arrived, 

250 
Filipse ;  see  Phillipse 
Fillis,  Agritta,  9 
Filroy,  Pieter,  alias  De    Gar- 

meau,  153  ;  see  Villeroy 
Finagan,    Nicholas    A.,  died, 

270 
Finances,  1813,  4.34  ;   1865,  268, 

278 
Finck,  Mrs.    John  K.,   died. 

Pine  arts  in  1813,  436 

for   late  hours  at  tavern, 
67 ;  for  not  closing  tavern 
at  ringing  of  bell,  37 
Finn,  Julia,  died,  243 
Michael,  died,  225 
Pinnegan,  Mary  A.,  died,  306 
Mrs.  Ann,  died.  326 
Mrs.  John,  died,  378 
Mrs.  Martin,  died,  317 
Fire  and    light,  entitling    to 
right  to  trade,  74 
companies,  1813,  4.35 
Department  organized,  336 
Engine  Co.,  No.,    7,  351; 
houses,  dismantled,  352 ; 
engine,  froze  up,  343 
quencher,  trial  of,  353 
Fires,  1793,  and  1798,  405  ;  of 

1867,  389 
First  Baptist  Church  Sunday 
school,  258 
Dutch  church,  statistics  of, 

272 
January  observed,  278 
National    Bank,    election, 

226,  273 
or  Beverkil,  109 
Presb.   Ch.    mission,  374; 
ancient  pastor,  died,  283 ; 
installation,     226;   erect 
mission      chapel,     328 ; 
Sunday  school,  258 
Ref.  Church,  statistics  of, 
386 
Fisbeek,  Gerrit ;  see  Visbeeck 
Fish,  Gov.  Hamilton,  247,  465 
Isabel  P.,  died,  347 
S.  M.,  Esq.,  232 
Fisher,    Mrs.    Joseph,    died, 
341 
Rev.  Mr.,  363 
Richard,  died,  352 
Fitch,  Capt.,  395 

Elizabeth,  died,  270 
Hattie,  died,  387 
sherift',  321 
Fitzgerald,  Dora,  died,  344 
Pitzpatrick,  Ann,  died,  284 
Bridget,  died,  369 
Father,  337  ;  removed,  .352 
John,  died,  334 
Maria,  died,  355 
Peter,  died,  281 
William,  died,  270 
Fitzsimmons,  John,  shot,  374 

Thomas,  died,  231 
Five  Nations,  treaty  with,  97, 

131 
Flagg,  Azariah  C,  315 

Elizabeth,  died,  315 
Plauigan,  Ellen,  died,  271 
Lieut.  James,  died,  332 
Matthew,  died,  266 

()1 


Plansburgh,    Hannah,     died, 

348 
Flatbush.  schoolmaster  at,  26 
Flatery,  Mrs.  Hugh,  died,  333 
Fleming,  John,  died,  .336 
Plipsen ;  see  Phillipse 
Plodder,  Aleynas,  149 

Jacob  Jansen,  81, 146,  191, 

192,  194, 196 
Jan  Janse,  145;  see  Gar- 
denier 
Florin,  value  of,  40  cents,  79  ; 

see  guilder 
Flour,  high  price  of,  270,  .355 
mills,  436  ;  number  of,  426 
receipts  of,  284 
Flushing,  L.  I.,  10 
Flynn,  Daniel,  died,  335 
Edward,  died,  317 
Francis,  died,  270 
Mrs.  James,  died,  356 
Patrick,  died,  267 
Mrs.  Patrick,  died,  376 
Poaly,  James,  died,  323 
Fogel,  Moses,  died,  350 
Poland,  Peter,  trustee,  3.38 
Foley,  Michael,  died,  332 
Fonda,  Douwe,  214 

Gillis,  Douwese,  190,   191, 
214 
Pondey,  Mrs.  Isaac,  died,  333 

Townsend,  296 
Fontaine,  M.,  56 
Pood,  prices  of,  348 
Porby,  Mrs.  John,  died,  .317 
Ford,  Charlotte  Ann,  died,  378 
Eliakim,  died,  340 
George  M..  died,  341 
Philip,  died,  277 
Fordham,  Captain  G.  E.,  261 
Porster.  R.  S.,  245 
Forsyth,  Robert  A.,  280 
Fort  Albany,  73  ;  damaged  by 
water,  213 
built.  1614,  409,  430 
Good  Hope,  attacked,  9 
Orange,  1,  155,    194,    397, 
430 ;  named,  396 ;  Albany 
so  called  403,    409,  438; 
Hotel,  410 ;    houses    in, 
104';  where  located,    9; 
first  settlement  13 ;   fort, 
when  built,  437 
Fortune,  Mary  Ann,  died,  .351 
Forty-third  regt.  returned,  251 
Poster,  Gaslight,  316 
Fountain,  Capt.,  395 
Fourth    July,    appropriation, 
250, 364  ;  celebration,  252, 

Pres.   Ch.,  dedicated,  328; 
corner-stone  laid,    264  ; 
last     sermon,     in     old 
church,      254 ;      Sunday 
school,   258 ;    new  beU, 
.309  ;  cost  of,  334 
Reformed   Dutch    Sunday 
school,  258 
Fouth,  Lucy,  died,  372 
Fox  creek.  Third  kil,  132,  176  ; 
see  Vossen  kil 
Patrick,  died,  306 
street  name  changed,  358, 
301 
Franken,  Henry  Andrew,  411, 
412,  413,  414,  415,  410,  417, 
420 
Franklin,  Benjamin, at  Albany, 
2-34 
House,  410 
Sir  John,  319 
Franks.  Mercy,  died,  .385 
Fraus,  Sara,   84 ;  married,    121 


47; 


Index. 


Traser,  John  T.,  president,  338 
Frearer,  Mrs.  Ann,  died,  365 
Frederick,  skipper,  193 
Frederickse,  Carsten,  203,  204, 
206 

Cornelia,  48 

Myndert,  61,  72,  90,  104, 
203,  204,  206;  see  Myn- 
dertse 

William,  49 ;  see  Bout 
French,  98 ;  and  Indians,  172, 
209 

Valentine,  died,  387 
Freshet,  236,  237,  238,  239,  244, 

277,  294,  336,  354,  389 
Frisbee,  John,  T.,  died,  344 

Col.,  348 
Frizer,  Richard,  159 
Frontenac,  Count,  401 
Frost,  Martha  M.,  died,  335 

Mrs.  Edward  A.,  died,  353 
Fruits,  prices  of,  349 
Fry,  Henry  W.,  453 

Joseph,  treasurer,  336 
Fryer,  Isaac,  419  n. 

John,  Lieut.   Col.,  killed, 
251 
Fuller,  Eev.  Timothy,  super- 
intendent Orphan  Asylum, 

273 
Fulling  mills,  426 
Fulton  street  synagogue,    226 

Gaflfney,  John,  died,  235 

John  F.,  died,  300 
Gage,   Augustus  R.,  died,  361 

Jeremiah  H.,  died,  340 
Gale,  Lydia  H.,  died,  241 
Gallagher,  James,  died,  306 

Owen,  died,  272 
Gallup,  Mrs.  Nathaniel,  died, 

253 
Galvin,  Thomas,  died,  305 
Gamble,  George  W.,  died,  242 

William,  413,  414,  416 
Gambling  forbidden,  216 
Game,  prices  of,  349 
Gammet,  Ann,  died,  335 
Gander  bay  disaster,  254 
Gannon,    Mrs.    John,     died, 

306 
Gansevoort,  Harmen,  150,  152, 
154,   155,   169,   180,    182; 
sells  his  Catskill  bouw- 
ery,  180,  181 

Henderick,  150 

Leendert,  150 

Peter,  433 
Gantsch ;  see  Van  Slyck,  J.  C. 
Garden  sold,  90 
Gardenier,  Aeltie,  162 

Albert  Jacobse,  account 
of,  169 

Henderick,  75 

Jacob  Janse,  153, 153,  161, 
162 ;    account  of,  148, 149 

Josina  Janse,  99 

Mrs.  T.  J.,  died,  366 

Sarah  M.,  died,  388 

(see  Plodder),  81,  145 
Gardner,  William  C,  trustee, 

;i38 
Garlotr,  Mrs.  Augustus,  died, 

353 
Gan-etsou  Station  church,  267, 

308,  309 
Garrett,  Francis,  died,  302 
Garvin,  Mrs.  Alexander,  died, 

259 
Gary,  Mrs.,  killed,  231 
Gass,  Mrs.  John  M.,  died,  382 
Gate,  north,   where    situated, 

126,  131 


Gates,  Mrs.  Gerrit,  died,  385 

Susan,  died,  239 
Gauw,  Jan,  89  ;  see  Gouw 
Gaynor,  William,  died,  334 
Gearney,  Ellen,  died,  370 
Geary,  Susan  A.,  died,  315 

William,  died,  363 
Gelatinous  rain  storm,  370 
Genessee  Valley  canal,  225 
Genet,  Citizen,  449 
Geological  Hall,  receives  mas- 
todon, 340. 
Geology,  426 
George,  Jacob,  died,  245 
Gerbertsen,  Eldert,    65,    196; 

see  Cruif 
Gerdenyer  ;  see  Gardenier 
German  Baptist  Sunday  Sch., 
258 
immigrants,  439 
Lutheran    Sunday  school, 
258 
Gerritse,    Barent,    214;    hires 
out  to  Ab.  Staats,  213 
Claas,  172,  174, 175 
Elbert,  60,  220,  221 
Gerritse    Gerritje,  60,  163, 

164 
Goosen,  2,  41,  80,  300  ;  see 

Van  Schaick 
Lucas,  64 

Roeloff,  4 ;  see  Vander- 
werken 
Gerritsen,  Adri  en,  32,  39,  41, 
55,  92,  95,  96,  106,  107, 
109,  111,115,  118,  119,120, 
131,  135,  126,  127.  128, 129, 
133,  133;  grant  of  land  to, 
117 ;  see  Papendorp 
Albert,    37,    60,  203,    204; 

carpenter,  202 
descendants      of      Gerrit 

Ryerse,  176 
Henderick,  7,  9,  60,  74 
Jan,  76 
Martin,  98,  107;   see  Van 

Bergen 
Wynant,  104,  189,192;  see 
Vanderpoel 
Gezondheid,  defined,  77 
Gibbons,  James,  450,  451. 

Maria,  450 
Gibbonsville,  425 
Gibson,  David  W.,  died,  365 

Jennie  T.,  died,  344 
Giet,  Dolle,  223 
Gifford,  A.  E.,  294 

Chas.  E.,  280 
Gilbert,  Mrs.  Loring,  died,  255. 
Gilflllian,  Captain,  killed,  251 
Gilkerson,  J.  H.,  died,  243 
Gillan,  David,  died,  280. 
Gillen,  Charles  H.,  died,  331 
Mrs.  James  W.,  died,  325 
Gillespie,  coroner,  327 
William,  died,  233 
Gilligan,  John,  died,  265 
Mrs.  Ann,  died,  278 
Patrick,  died,  325 
Gillise,  Hendrick,  130 
Gilroy,  Catharine  died,  317 
Gilson,  Joseph,  died,  262 
Ginane,  Patrick,  died,  244 
Girvan,  Mary  Elizabeth,  died, 

262 
Girvin,  Alexander,  died,  372 
Gladding,  Joseph,  died,  242 
Glasemacker,  Juriaen     Then- 
nisse,  14,  18,  30,  31,  58,  73, 
84,  86,  94,  121,  128,  129  ;  ac- 
count of,  37,  67  ;   see  Tap- 
pen 
Glass  furnaces,  426 


Glazier,  David  N.,  294 
Glen,  Alexander   Leendersen, 
137 

Anna,  127 

Jacob,  61 

Jacob   Sanderse,  134,   144, 
176  ;  account  of,  127 

Johannes.  61 

John,  416 

Sander,  61 

Sander  Leendertsen,  62,  63, 
76,    217     219,    220;    ac- 
count of,  61 
Glenny,  Mrs.  Patrick,  died,  348 
Godfrey,  H.  L.,  secretary,  305 
Godson,  William,  died,  371 
Goewey,     Jacob     Salomonse, 
113 ;  sells  his  house,   110 

Jan  Salomonse,  110 

John  A.,  299 ;    inspector, 
386 

John  M.,  died,  334 

John  T.,  died,  345 
Goeweys    settled  in    Albany, 

110 
Gofle,  Henry,  died,  362 
Going,  Mrs.  Edward  A.,  died, 

231 
Goodrich,  Mrs.  Charles,  died, 

344 
Goodyear,  Capt.  E.  B.,  251 

Miles,  251 
Goold    &     Co.,    Messrs.,  car 

builders,  327 
Goosseu  Antony,  48 

Geertjeu,  48 

Gerrit,  48 

pronounced   Hozen,  114 

Sybrant,     48;     see     Van 
Schaick 
Gordon,  John  J.,  died,  346 

Michael,  died,  239 

Mrs.  Bridget,  died,  347 

Phylenia  C,  died,  348 
Gorman,  Honora,  died,  280 
Gosen  or  Goosen,  orthography 

of,  3,  114 
Gotthold,  Rev.  Dr.,  227,  238 
Gould,  Charles  D.,  died,  301 

James  S.,  died,  378 

Job,  278 

Thomas,  301,  445,  446,  448 

William,  280 ;  bank  presi- 
dent, 230 
Gourlay,  William  James,  died, 

312 

Gourley,  James,  merchant,  265 
Gouw,  Jan,  81,  99,  186, 187, 191, 

192;  see  Vyselaer 
Government  building  proposed 
386,  387 

of  city,  4S4 
Grace  Episcopal   church,  sta- 
tistics, 295 ;  Sunday  School, 

258 
Grady,  James,  died,  363 

Jane,  died,  363 

Mrs.  Patrick,  died,  310 
Graef,  56 

Graff,  Katie  R.,  died,  301 
Graham,  Edward,  244 

Mrs.  Wm.  N.,  died,  335 
Grain,  Mrs.  Frederick,  died, 
341 

Margaret  M.,  died,  371 

mills,  436;  price  of,  349; 
quantity  ground,  426;  to 
be  sold  by  weight,  314 
Grant,  Gen.,  in  town,  352 

Mrs.  Isaac  V.  W.,  died,  364 

Mrs.  James  H.,   died,  365 
Grattan,  Mrs.  Lawrence,  died, 

369 


Index. 


479 


Graves,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  died, 
371 
Wm.  M.,  died,  240 
Gravesend,  boundary  question, 

Gray,  Mrs.  Alexander,    died, 

James  J.,  died,  239 

S.  E.,  painter,  253 

Thomas,  drummer,  348 

Thomas   J.,  drum  major, 
died,  297 

William,  died,  344 
Great  Esopus,  24 
Grebe,  Henry,  died,  a30 
Green,  A.  M.,  2d  lieut.,  261. 

George  C,  died,  266 

Mrs.  O.  E.,  died,  %i\ 

street    theatre,  434;    wall 
fell,  267 
Greenbush,  429;    brewer,   79; 

house  sold  in,  113;    Van 

Vechtens    settle  at,    216 ; 

brewhouse,  41 ;  ferry,  431  n. 
Greene,  Audrey,  441,  442 

Anne,  441,  442 

James,  441  n. 

Job,  441 

John,  441,  442. 

Major     Gen.      Nathaniel, 
441  n 

Peter,  441  n. 

Phebe,  441 

Richard,  441 

(Sayles),  Eleanor,  441 
Gregory,  Mrs.  Alex.  W.,  died, 
278 

Col.  David  Elmore,  443  n. 

James  Romeyn,  443  n. 

Louis  R.,  died,  317 

Matthew,    his    residence, 
246,248 

Stephen  B.,  452 
Gremmler,     Catharine,    died, 

314 
Gresham,  John  G.,  died,  355 
Griet,  Dolle,  206 
Grifleth,  Mary,  died,  383 
Griffin,  Catharine,  453 

Mrs.  George  B.,  died,  301 

M.  A.,  died,  324 

M.  &  E.,  268 

Mrs.  Jacob,  died,  254 

Mrs.  Seth,  died,  277 
Griffiths,  Father  Bayard,  369 

Mrs.  George,  died,  248 
Griggs,  deputy  sherift',   seizes 

Lansing's  farm,  266 
Grimes,  Philip,  died,  .384 
Grind  stones  burst,  334 
Griswold,  Frank  C.,  died,  286 
Groenwout,    Juriaen     Janse, 
152,  154,  155  ;  account  of, 
122 ;  see  Janse 

Wyntje,  122 
Groesbeckville  Sunday  school, 

.331 
Groesbeeck,  Cornelius  W.,  244 ; 
died,  242 

Glorana,  died,  244 

Miss,  .303 
Grogan,  Mrs.  Dennis,  died,  389 
Groot,  Abraham,  207 

Claes,  207 

Dirk,  207 

Nicholas  N.  J.,  died,  304 

Philip,  207 

Symon,    207;    account  of, 
207 
Guatsh;  see  Akes  Com.  Van 

Slyck 
Gudscnhoven,  see    V'an  Gud- 

sciihovcu 


Guest,  George,  died,  241 

Henry,  447 
Guilder,  value  of,  3  ;  value  in 

sewant,  9. 
Guilderlandt,  428 ;  population, 

425 
Guman,  Mrs.  James,  died,  354 
Gunison,  Mary,  died,  385 
Gurney,  James,  died,  309 

Jane,  died,  309 
Gysbertse,  Neeltje,  145 
Gysen,  Gisbert,  191 

Haberdinck,  Jan,  462 
Hacket,  Mrs.  Nicholas,  died, 

340 
Haddeu,  Mary,  died,  324 

Mrs.  James,  died,  341 
Haddock,  Jabez    P.  T.,  died, 

376 
Hadley,  James  R.,  trustee,  338 
Hagan,  Andrew  J.,  died,  229 

Mrs.  Augustus  died,  326 
Hageman,  Adriaen,  12 
Hageii,  Terrence,  died,  232 
Hageny,  Mrs.  Michael,  died,  280 
Haggany,    Stephen,  died,  267 
Hate,  George  B.,  280 

Sergeant,  321,  322 
Half  moon,    foreland  of   156 ; 

see  Waterford 
Hall,    Mrs.    Barnes  M.,   died, 
267 

James,  died,  314 

Jno.  R.,  455 

Mrs.  Nathaniel  Hyde,  died, 
226 

Mrs.  Wm.  B.,  died,  349 
Halleman,  Mary,  441  n. 
Hallenbake,  Bernardus,  445 

Dorothea,  445 

Ellen,  445 

Susan,  445 
Hallenbeck,  Casper    Jacobse, 
16,  31,  191,  192,  445 

Isaac,  16,  .31 

Jan,  16,  31 

Maria,  453 

Matthew  I.,  died,  288,  294 

Mrs.  Mary  died,  264 

Sarah  A.,  died,  347 

see  Casperse 

street,  changed,  361 
Hallett,  Elizabeth,  died,  327 
Halley,  Rev.  Dr.,  226,  240,  285 
Hallock,  Mrs.     Helena,   died, 

334 
Halpin,  Nancy,  died,  356 
Hals,  Anna,  64  ;  married,  125 
Hambur^e,  tenant,  186 
Hamill,  Mrs.  George  S.,  died, 
280 

John,  died,  266 
Hamilton      Alexander,      283 ; 
died,  239 

Mrs.  Mary,  died,  323 

Robert,  152 

Street      Baptist     Sunday 
school,  258 
Hamlin,  J.    S..  S.    S.  Super- 
intendent, ,332 
Hand,  Edward,  died,  271 

Ellenor  D.,died,  354 

Mrs.  Isaac  P.,  died,  333 
Hane,  Ellen,  died,  343 

Hiram,  antirenter,  322 
Hanlan,  Patrick,  died,  281 
Hanly,  Mary,  died,  335 
Haunigan,   Edward,  died,  333 
Hanrihan,  John,  died,  363 
Hans  the  Norman,  75 
Hanse,  Andries,  married  Ger- 

ritie  Metselaer,  44 


Hanssen,  Anderies,  68 ;  assum- 
ed name   of    Hendrickse, 

131 ;  see  Scherp,  and  Bar- 

heit 
Hap,  Jacob  Janssen,  9,  24  ;  see 
Stoll 

Wm.  Janse  :  see  Stoll 
Harcourt,  Alfred,  a45 

John  W.,  inspector,  386 
Hardenberg,  Gerrit,  account  of, 

91,  144 
Hardenburgh,    Barendine,    91, 

144 
Barker,  Mrs.  Richard,  died,  354 
Harmen,  N.,  224 
Harmensen,  Jan,  101 
Harmon,    Mrs.    Thomas    W., 

died,  343 
Hai-perssen  ;  see  Herbertsen 
Harrigan,  Mrs.  Thomas,  died, 

314 
Harris,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  died,  311 

Hamilton,  387 

James  R.,  died,  367 

James  B.,  died,  373 

Mrs.  Lucy,  died,  268 

Mrs.  Stephen,  died,  323 
Harrison,  Wm.  J.,  died,  344 
Hart,  Frederick,  died,  314 

George  G.,  died,  245 

John,  died,  257 

Michael,  died,  335 

Mrs.  James,  died,  370 

Teddy,  died,  344 
Hartford,  expedition  against,  9 
Hartgers,  Jannetje,  460,  461 

Pieter,  2,  23,  97,  98,  125, 
194,  196,  197,  200,  206, 
460,  464  ;  house  overturn- 
ed by  the  ice,  86;  see 
Van  Vee;  written  also 
Hartgerts,  and  Hertgerts 

Rachel,  460,  461 
Hartman,  Maria  E.,  died,  348 
Hart  wick,  John  C,  377 
Harvey,  Mrs.  P.  O.,  died,  301 

Robert  W.,  died,  362 
Harwood,  Justus,  died,  387 
Hasselt,  Holland,  107 
Hastings,    Hugh    J.,    returns 

from  Europe,  387 
Hat  factories,  426,  436 
Haver  island,  1.56 
Hawkins,  Horace  D.,  226,  279 

Zouaves,  261 
Hawley,  Carrie  A.,  died,  333 

Charles  E..  died,  355 

J.,  1st  lieut.,  261 

Nathan,  treasurer,  3.38 
Hayes,  Mary  Agues,  died,  334 

Mrs.  Patrick,  died,  318 
Haynes,  John,  died,  389 
Hays,  Catharine,  died,  344 

Ellen,  died,  354 
Hazen,  Elder,  uew  bee  hive, 

374 
Headlam's  Ranche,  392 
Hearn,  Mrs.  A.,  died,  240 
Heathcote,  Caleb,  heir  of  Geo., 
135 

George,   136  ;  account  of, 
1.35  ;  his  allej',  141 
Heck,  Dirck,  165 
Heckmau,  Rev.  George  C,  pas- 
tor, 381 
Heckt,  Frederick  W.,  421 
Hecox,  Samuel,  454 
Hedeman,  Eberhardtt,  41, 46, 48 

Evert,  41,  46,  48 
Heenan,  Catharine,  died,  362 
Heermance,    Cornelius,    died, 
373 

Mrs.  Cornelia  J.,  died,  344 


480 


Index. 


Hefferman,  J.  J.,  painter,  329 
John,  kiUed,  327 
Adriaen,  65 
Hegerman,  Christopher,  419  n. 
Heind,  Jan,  64 
Helderberg,  battle  of,  322 
Helderbergs,  character  of,  425 
Helena,  155 

Henderick,  the  Spaniard,  75 
Hendrickse,  Barentje,  23 

Claes,  2,  6,  13, 16,  20,  23, 
28,  29,  30,  31,  33,  41,  48, 
49,  191,  192, 197,  214,  220 ; 
see  Van  Schoonhoven, 
and  Van  Utrecht 
Elsje,  131 
Frederick,  59 

Geurt,  63  ;  see  Van  Schoon- 
hoven 
Hans,  130,  131 ;  see  Hans- 
sen 
Henderick,  75;    fined  75; 

account  of,  131 
Jacob,  194 ;  see  Maat 
■    Jennetie,  174 
Johannes,  131 ;  see  Hansen 
Margaretta,  131 
Mrs.  Dirk,  124 
Philip,  62 ;  see  Brouwer 
Heneberry,  Mary,  died,  365 
Hennessy,  Robert,  died,  370 
Mrs.  Timothy,  died,  352 
Thomas,  died,  245 
Henry   Eckford,  steam    boat, 

Jacob,  274  ;  died,  270 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  267 

WilUam  L.,  died,  304 
Hensel,  Mrs.    Caroliue,  died, 

361 
Herbertsen,  Andriese,   1,  2,  3, 

6,  7,  13,  14,  18, 21, 30,  33,  36, 

37,  38,  54,   57,  62,    191,  192, 

206,  207,  214  ;  kills   Seger 

Cornelisse,  60 
Herbot,  Abraham,  died,  341 
Hermense,  Dirckie,  179 
Hero,  steam  boat,  364 
Herpertse,  Harmen,  207 
Herpertsen,  Andries,  214,  216, 

220 ;  see  Herbertsen 
Herrick,  B.  R.,  387 

Mrs.  Michael,  died,  366 
Herring,  Lucy  A.,  died,  334 
Hertgerts,  Pieter,  208,  213,  218, 

219,  220,  221 ;  see  Hartgers 
Herworth,  Capt.,  250 
Heslin,  Ellen,  died,  286 
Hesselingh,  Dirck,  91,  105, 149, 
150  ;  account  of,  88  ;  sells 
his  lots,  118 

Robert,  killed,  88 
Hevick,  Jacob,  91, 118, 141,  143, 

149  ;  also  written  Gevick 
Hevin ;  see  Hevick 
Hewitt.  Elizabeth,  died,  310 
Hewsen,  Mrs.  John  D.,  died, 

344 
Hewson,  Daniel,  Junr.,  419  n. 
Hibernian  Provident  Society, 

336,  352 
Hickey  John,  died,  240 

Julia,  died,  320 
Hickox,  Augustus,  454 

Helen  E.,  died,  373 

Thos.  N.,  455 
Hieronimus,  Geertruy,  28 
Higgins,  Catharine,    died,  344 

Mrs.  Christopher  C.   died, 
344 
High  water,  16,  54,  213;   see 

freshet 
Highain,  Lindley,  died,  350 


HiU,  Louisa,  died,  269 

what  so  called,  13 
Hillman,   George,  lost  at  sea, 

333 
Hills  and  creeks,  fight  between, 

244 
Hilton,  Benjamin  P.,  died,  239 
Hills,  David,  Jr.,  died,  344 
Hinckley,  George,  died,  376 
Hinds,  Mary,  died,  274 
Hine,  Frank  B.,  president  of 

board  of  trustees,  3.38 
Hiscox,  L.  Harris,  shot,  363 
Hisgeu,  Mrs.  Henry  A.,    died, 

272 
History  of  New    Netherland, 

Hitchcock,  Abigail,  328 

Commander  Dave,  245 
Hodge,  M.,  457 

&  Stafford,  457 
Hoflman,  Mrs.  Andrews,  died, 
317 

his  grindstone  burst,  334 

Marten,  127, 148,  177  ' 

Mrs.  Annabella,  died,  323 
Hofimeyer,  Mary,  82 

William,  76,  82 :  account  of, 
52 
Hogan,  Mrs.  Ellen,  died,  363 

Michael,  died,  354 

WiUiam,  419 
Hogeboom,  George  W.,  died, 

257 
Hogs,  price  of,  .348 
Hogshead  to  contain  6  ankers, 

94 
Holland,  Dr.,  443 

exchange  on,  11 ;  money, 

162;   tradition  of  bricks 

and  tiles  brought   from, 

doubted,  57 

Holliday,   Mrs.    James,  died, 

332 
Holm,  G.  V.  T.,  died,  267 

Mrs.  G.  J.,  died,  242 
Holman,  Samuel,  121,  122,  128, 

136,  141,  142 
Holmes,  Henry  B.,  died,  335 

John,    builder  of    bridge, 
293 
Holy  Cross  church,  345 

innocents  church,  343 ;  im- 
provements, 340  ;  statis- 
tics, 295 ;  Episcopal  Sun- 
day school,  258 
Hondecoutre,  Daniel,  92 
Honey,  exhibition  of,  374 
Hoogeberg,  38 

Hoogenboom,  Meuwes,  wound- 
ed by  Lockermans,  65 
Hooghkirk,    Abraham,     died, 
371 

Garret,  377 

Rachel,  .377 

Sarah,  377 
Hooker,  Philip,  architect,  432 
Hoorn,  Reyndert,  47 

Reyndert  Janssen,  47 
Hopkins,  G.  J.,  S.  S.  Superin- 
tendent, 333 

Mary  A.,  died,  351 
Hopper,  Wm.,  drowned,  238 
Horau,  Patrick,  died,  272 
Horner,  James,  295 
Horse  mill,  66 

point  (Paerde  hook),  119 
Hosford,  F.  J.,  303 
Hoshipee,    Abraham    de,     164 
Hotaling,  Mrs.    Gerrit,    died, 
388 

Hiram,  trustee,  338 

Mrs.  John  G.,  died,  266 


Hotels,  1840,  410 

eulogy  on,  246,  247,  248 
Houck,  Christian,  died,  257 
Hough,  Dr.  F.  B.,  267 

Prf.   G.    W.,  describes  au- 
rora, 287 
Houghtaling,  Aaron,  died,  327  ; 

see  Hotaling 
Houlihan,    Honora,    died,    267 
Hounsfleld,  454 
House,  contract  for  building, 
215  ^' 

Houses,    1810,    429;    ancient, 
397 ;  last  of  the  old,   438 ; 
1813,  425  ;  style  of,  404 
Houtewell,  Celes,  191 
Houtrager,     Lucas      Pieterse 

117;  see  Coeymans 
Howard,  Mr.  Henry  R.,  died, 
381 
Mrs.  James   died,  365' 
LydiaN.,  died,  250 
Hoyland,  Mrs.  Hemy  J.,  died, 

362 
Hoysradt,  John,  died,  327 
Hoyt,  Mrs.,  303 

Richard,  died,  317 
Hubler,  Mary  Louisa,  died,  341 
Hudson  river  bridge,  286  ;  leads 
to    one    central    depot, 
296;    first  crossed  by  a 
train,  288;    celebration, 
289  ;  description  of  struc- 
ture, 289,  293 
steam  boat,  395 
Baptist  church,  255 
St.  Meth.  ch.  255,  308,  309, 
332 ;  repairs,  301 ;  Sunday 
School,  258 
unknown  above  Waterford, 
390 
Hues,  William  Martense,  49  ; 

also  Huis 
Hughes,  Michael,  died,  323 
Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  260 
Hulse,  Fillmore  G.,  died,  280 
Humphrey,  Mrs.    Barnet    C, 
died,  317,  355 
George,  295 
James,  295 
Theo.  P.,  280 
William,  died,  295 
Hunger  kil,  water  from,  347 
Hunt,  Francis,  died,  386 
Hunter,  Andrew,  barns  burnt, 
248 
Robert,  died,  318 
Huntiugton,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  died, 

285 
Hurst,  Julia  E.,  455 
Hutchinson,  Henry  E.,  452 

Thomas,  died,  377 
Hutchkins,  Mrs.  L.  D.,  died, 

331 
Hutson,  John,  drummer,  348 

John  H.,  died,  335 
Button,  Sunday  school  teacher, 

285 
Huybertsen,  Geertie,  75 
Huysman,  Cornells  Pietersen. 

46 
Hyatt,  Allen  B.,  died,  335 
Mrs.  J.  W.,  Jr.,  died,  376 
Rev.   S.  A.,    pastor  Park 

Chapel.  365 
William,  died,  250 
Hyueman,  Leon,  424 


formed,  388  ;  broke  up  vari- 
ous years,  294,  347,  389 ; 
in  March,  297. 

boat  fleet  arrived,  286 


Index. 


481 


Upendam,  Adrian,  195;  see 
\   Van  Upendam 

Immigrants,  early,  430 

Improvements,  1804,  406 

Independent  Battery  A.,  (late 
Republican    artillery),  957 

Indian,  interpreter,  TIS  ;  totems, 
74;  threaten  war,  217; 
prohibition  to  sell  them 
powder,  196  ;  selling  beer 
to  illegal,  75;  penalty 
for  selling  liquor  to,  921 ; 
Mohican,  74  ;  murder  Gys- 
bert  Philipse,  190;  trade 
right  how  acquired,  74 ; 
selling  brandy  to,  prohibit- 
ed, 195;  insolvent,  209; 
chief,  in  church,  378  ;  en- 
campment, 374;  summer, 
271 ;  traders,  402 

Ineffable  Lodge  of  Perfection, 
411 

Ingmire,  John  H.,  984 

Inn  not  to  be  a  tippling  house, 
912  ;  at  Beverwj'ck,  10 

Innkeeper,  Soogemackelyck, 
218 

Innocent  (an  old  coat).  88 

Interest,  rate  of,  45 ;  12  per  cent 
in  1674,  102;  rate  of,  10 
per  cent,  179 

Internal  revenue,  284 ;  tax,  969 

International  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, 315 

Intoxication,  fine  for,  37 

Inventory  (boedel),  of  personal 
effects,  25 

Iron  founders  meeting,  298 
furnaces,  427 

Irons,  Susan  S.,  died,  284 

Isaacs,  Rev.  Dr.,  298 

Isdell,  Mrs.  Harriet  E.,  269 

Jackson,  Abraham  E.,    died, 
324 

Andrew,  449 

David  C,  died,  326 

James,  died,  254 

James  W.,  died,  324 
Jacob,  192 

Jacobs,  Catharine  Ann,  died, 
978 

Mrs.  Christian,  died,  304 
Jacobse,  Albert,  see  Gardenier 
and  Plodder 

Claes,  136,  137,  138,  214; 
sec  Van  Rotterdam 
Geertruy,  156 

Rutger,  461 
Jacobsen,  Arent,  177,  178,  179, 
224 

Breje,  51,  60 

Casper;  see  Hallenbeck 

Frans,  45 

Gretie,  215 

Harmen,  5,  6,  17,  41,  46, 
49,  51 ;  see  Bambus 

Jan  the  little  cooper,  75 

Jannemon,  222 

Margaret,  88 

Pieter,  50 ;    see  Borsboom 

Roeloff,  215 

Rutger,  1.  2,  3,  7,  12,  13,  14, 
15,  17,  21,  22,  23,  25,  26, 
27,  30,  31,  35,  39,  43,  44, 
46,49,61,  83,86,88,  127, 
202,  207,  208,  214, 215,  216, 
291,  299,  223;  avails  of 
estate,  85 ;  see  Van  Woert 
and  Van  Schoenderwocrt 

Simon  J.,  died,  2;i9 
Jacques,  James  Monroe,  died, 

327 


Jagger,  Cara  E.,  died,  255 
James,  Augustus,  died,  336 
Kent,  steam  boat,  ;i95 
Richard,  died,  238 
Jans,  Anneke,  her  mark,  461 

Roeloff,  460 
Janse,  Albert,  27 

Anneke,  1,  2,  84,  86,  93,  97, 
110, 176, 179, 459 ;  descend- 
ants of,  460 ;  her  will,  460 ; 
see  Bogardus 
Anthony,  (M,  86 
Arent,  150 

Claes,      76,  78,     169;    see 
Boekhoven,  and  Stavast 
Evert,  120,  463;  see  Wen- 
dell 


Frans,  82 ;  see  Pruyn 
Gerrit,  7 
Gysbert,  43,  89 
Harmen,   192  ; 

Salsbergen 


see    Van- 


Hendrick,  211 ;  Vander  Vin 

Jacob,  l53;  see  Schermer- 
horn 

Jan,  58 
Lievens,  7 

Marcelns,  22,  32,  87,  43,  49, 
69, 900,  201,  990 ;  see  Van 
Bommel 

Michael,  9  ;  see  Van  Edam ; 
see  Van  Brockhuysen 

Myndert ;  see  Wemp 

Neeltie,  70 

Pieter,  915 

Rem,  6,  97,  35,  199,  293; 
see  Smit 

Roeloff,  1,  110,  190;  his 
kil,  67  ;  sells  his  house, 
99 

Steven,  224  ;  see  Coninck 

Symou,  27 

Thennis,  199 

Thomas,  222,  223 

Tryntje,  69,  115 

Volkert,   76,  84,  166;   see 
Douw 
Jantie  (Johnny),  the  Irishman, 

62,  65  ;  deceased  ;  see  An- 

driessen  Jantje,  64 
January  without  a  thaw,  344 
Jaques,  Mrs.  Edward  P.,  died, 

383 
Jarvis,  Mrs.  Seth,  died,  225 
Jennings,  John,  died,  352 
Jenkins,  Ira,  died,  255 

John  F.,  died,  307 

&  Hazard,  255 
Jephson,  Wm.     Henry,    died, 

351 
Jermain,  James  B.,  280 
Jeroloman,  Emily    Elizabeth, 

died,  316 
Jewell,  V.  D.,  311 
Jewett,  Mrs.  David  M.,  died, 

270 
Jewish  new  year  held,  375 
Jillise,  Maritie,  96 
Jochemse,  Auderies,  77 

Hendrick,  2,  6,  39,  61,  62, 
191,  194,  204,  214,  215; 
221;  lieutenant  of  the 
burger  company,  39 

William,  181 
Johnny,  the  Irishman,  71 
Johns,  Mary,  died,  232 
Johnson,  Abram  J.,  died,  280 

Andrew,  arrived,  326 

Anthony,  277 

Caleb,  died,  326 

Catharine,  died,  367 

Col.  Guy,  423 

Edward  K.,  died,  ;354 


Johnson,  John  A.,  303 

Mary  Elizabeth,  died,  370 
Mrs.  Frederick,  died,  377 
Mrs.  H,  S.,  died,  317 
Mrs.  James  C,  died,  326 
Mrs.  Jane,  died,  370 
Mrs.  Peter,  died,  264 
N.  H.  226 
Noble  H.,  279 
Owen,  died,  306 
Robert  L.,  280 ;  president, 

323 
Sir  William,  414    410,  420  ; 
descendants  of,  378 

Johnston,  Mrs.  Thomas,  died, 
323 

JoUie,  J.  W.,  died,  341 

Jomnius,  Festus,  206 

Jones,  Catharine,  died,  348 
&  Co.,  bell  founders,  309 
Jas.,  modeler,  329 
Jennie  J.,  died,  333 
Joshua  I.,  314 
Milton  F.,  died,  312 
Mrs.  MaiT,  died,  271 
Thomas  I    died,  314 

Jonker,  now  State  street,  44, 
129,  125,  143 

Joostens,     Jacob ;    see    Van 
Covelens 

Joraleman,  Margaret,  died,  243 

Joralemon,  Mary,  died,  307 

Josyna,  148 

Joy,  Andrew,  died,  277 

Joyce,  Patrick  died,  341 

Judd,  Mrs.  Chester,  died,  235 

Judson,  Aid.,  333 

Edmund  L.,  treasurer,  285  ; 

committeeman,  339 
Ichabod  Lewis,  died,  940 

Juriaense.  Volckie,  62 
Tryntje,  58 

Jutkins,  Rev.  A.  J.,  245 

Kaine,  Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  335 

Mrs.  Charles,  died,  244 

James,  437 
Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  451 
Kaley,  Margaret,  died,  365 
Kane's  walk,  437 
Kastendike,    Charlotte,    died, 
304 

John,  died,  235 
Katskill,  Indian  surety,   106 ; 

called  Schermerhorn,  106 ; 

land  sold  at,  107  ;  path,  73 
Katydid,  cruise  of,  390 
Kean,  Charles,  at  Academy  of 

Music,  301 
Kearney,  Michael,  died,  326 
Kearns,  Mary,  died,  305 
Keating,  Paul,  died,  257 
Keegan,  Catharine,  died,  340 
Keeler,  Capt.  Jasper  S.,  died, 
318 

James  &  Co.,  318 

Mrs.  Charles,  died,  250 

Mrs.  Theodore  J.,  died,  378 

Noah  J.,  died,  341 
Keeling,  Mary,  died,  335 
Keernan,  Mrs.  Bridget,  died, 

251 
Kees,  Dicke  (fat  Cornelis)  292 

Jonge,  (Young   Cornelis), 
229 
Keesie,  Wey,  Indian  sachem, 

73,  74 
Kegan,  Elizabeth,  died,  271 
Kehe,  Michael,  died,  325 
Kehoe,  Rose,  died,  381 
Kekantik,  a  piece  of  land,   182 
Kelley,  Mrs.  Charles  W.,  died, 
383 


482 


Index. 


Kelley,  John  T.,  drummer,  348 

Sergeant,  321,  332 
Kells,  Anna,  died,  317 
Kelly,  Mrs.  James,  died,  239 

James,  died,  364 

Mrs.  Warren  S.,  died,   226 

Patrick,  died,  226 

Rev.  Jotin,  died,  306 
Kenary,  Thomas,  died,  315 
Kenelty,  Catharine,  died,  235 
Kennard,  Rev.  J.  S.,  installed, 

277  ;  farewell  sermon,  353 
Kennedy,  Mrs.   Francis,  died, 
293 

John,  carpenter,  301 

John,  Jr.,  323 

Mrs.  Michael,  died,  348 
Kennelty,  Patrick,  died,  317 
Kenney,  Thomas,  died,  343 
Kenny,  Patrick,  died,  353 
Kenwood,    William    Newton, 
died,  370 

street  cars  ran  to,  333 
Ketchum,  Richard  V.  R.,  297 
Kettelhuyn,  Daniel,  71 

Joachin,  73,  73,  80,88,  186, 
187 ;  account  of  him,  71 

Willem,  71 
Keveny,  Father  James,  336 

Jas.,  369 
Keveny,  Father  Thomas,  336 
Kewin,  Harrison  L.,  died,  377 
Kidney,  Sarah,  died,  386 
Kieft,  Director,  9 
Kiernan,  William,  died,  353 
Kierstede,  Hans,  110,  460 

Mr.  Hans,  464 

Roeloffe,  461 
Kiesiewey's  kil,  173 
Kikebell,  Thomas  Davidtse,  23 
Kilbourn,  Mrs.  George,  died, 

Kilboy,  Owen,  died,  226 
Kilmer,  Ames,  died,  253 
Kimmey,  Edward,  died,  281 
Kinderhoeck,  45  ;  land  at,  sold, 

133,  133 
King,  J.,  Howard,  380,  378 

James  N.,  379 

Margaret  C,  died,  365 

Mrs.  Catharine,  died,  393 

Robert  H.,  died,  340 

Rufus    H.,   330,    380,   378; 
present  to,  251 ;  died,  366 

Samuel  W.,  240 

Thomas  F..  died,  343 
Kingsbury,    James,  clerk,  338 
Kingsley,  Hale,  335 
Kingston,  460 
Kingsworth,  Mrs.  Henry,  died, 

348 
Kinna,  Jeremiah,  died,  324 
Kinney's  orchard,  flght  in,  344 
Kip,  Jacob,  account  of,  53 
Kirk,  John  L.,  died,  317 

Kev.    Dr.,     dedicates    2d 
edifice,  328 
Kirnan,  E.  C,  died,  287 

Maria,  died,  236 
Kite,  Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  297 
Kitt,  Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  302 
Kittle,  modern  name  for  Ketel- 
huyn,  71 

Spencer  S.,  died,  236 
Kleyn,  Johannes,  11 

Ulderick,  80  ;  see  Kleju 
Kline's  band,  336,  369 
Kloet,  Jan,  64 ;  see  Clute 
Klouw,  Frans  Pieterse,   4,  65 

Henderick,  4 

Jurriaan.  4;  see  Clauw 
Knaep,    Mahikander,    Indian, 

1S2,  18.3 


Knickerbacker,  Captain,  killed, 
351 

base  ball  club,  250 
Knock,  Dirk,  died,  348 
Knower,  Benj.,  449 

Mrs.  Timothy  A.,  died,  297 

Timothy  H.,  died,  365 
Knowles,  Captain  J.  W.  361, 
Knowlton,  G.  W.,  trustee,  338 
Knox,  sheriff's  posse  went  to, 

320 ;  returned,  333 
Koetre,  Daniel  Houde,  165 
Kohoe,  Julia,  died,  345 
Koll,  Charles,  died,  383 
Kommies,  definition  of,  3 
Kommissaris,  definition  of,  1 
Koock,  Jan  Jellissen,  58,  59 
Koonz,  A.  &  J.  C,  301 

Lieut.,  killed,  251 
Korman,  Cornelius,  died,  313 
Koxhackung  ;    see  Coxsackie 
Krank,  John,  died,  226 
Kryger,  Lieven,  died,  233 
Kubler,  Mrs.   John  M.,     died, 

242 
Kuyper,  Evert  Janse,  130 

Labadists,  their  journal,  89 
Labatie,  Jan,  46,  47,   188,  190, 

192,  199,  205,   311,  214,  333  ; 

leases  his  house  in  the  fort, 

189 
Laborer's  strike,  373 
Lacey,  Rev.  William  B.,  458; 

died,  328 
Lacy,  William,  secretary,  284  ; 

piesident  St.  George's  So- 
ciety, 231,  284 
Lady  Clinton,    safety    barge, 
394,  395,  396 

Fisher,  speed  of,  243 

Van     Rensselaer,     safety 
barge,  395 
Lagrange,  Anna  M.,  336 

Jacob,  died,  325 

Mrs.  Conradt,  died,  353 

Omy,  63 ;  see  De  La  Grange 
Laing  &  Stormont,   stone  cut- 
ters, 353,  329 
Lake  Champlaiu,  56 
Lakens,  Elizabeth,  164,  165 

William,  165 
Lamb,  Lawrence,  died,  368 

see  mutton 
Lambertse,  Hendrick,  98 

Pieter,  34,  44 
La  Montague,    Johannes,  55; 

biographical  sketch  of,  9  ; 

see  Montague 
Lamoreaus,  James,  373 
Lamoure,      Mrs.       Germaine, 

died,  345 
Lancaster  School,  398,  437 
Landon,  William,  247 
Laney,  Lucien  B.,  died,  385 
Lang,   Christian  D.,  died,   353 
Lange,  Maria,  died,  277 
Langrish,  Wm.,  died,  306 
Lansing,  Abraham  F.,  303 

&  Miuze,  446 

Amelia  Elizabeth,  451 

Arthur,  451 

Charles  B.,  280 

Eleanor,  451 

Elizabeth,  died,  239 

Emma  Sterling,  451 

Gerrit,  107,  109,  128,  141; 
where  from,  88 ;  account 
of,  107 

Gerrit  Reyersen,  20 

Gysbertje,  69,  107 

Hendrick,  107 ;  account  of, 
88 


Lansing,  Hilletie,  107 

Jacob,  88,  451 

Jacob  G.,  416,  421 

Jacob  J.,  422 

Johannes,  107 

John,  419  «.. 

Martiuus,  antirenter,  366 

Mrs.  D.  F.,  died,  343 

Mrs.  George  S.,  died,  300 

Mrs.  William,  died,  335 

Pieter,  114 

Sanders,  Jr.,  died,  341 

Spencer,  451 

Wm.  J.,  died,  317 
Lansingburgh,  described,  407 ; 

sloops,  431 
Lansingh,  Aeltie,  87,  107 
Lanthaum,    Fredina   Vincent, 

died,  354 
Lape,  Margaret  R.,  died,  371 
La  Praire,  engagement  at,  6 
Laraway,  Mrs.  Elsie,  died,  266 
Lark  street  pond  to  be  filled, 

314 
Lasher,  Anthony,  died,  336 

Sarah  D.,  died,  250 
Lassen  ;  see  Lassing,    Pieter 

Pieterse 
Lassing,    Pieter  Pieterse,  113, 
178 

see  Janssen,  Albert 
Latham,  Mary  E.,  died,  383 
Lathrop,  Frank,  died,  300 
Latimer,  Elizabeth,  died,  264 
Latitude  of  Albany,  437 
Laughren,  Mrs.   Arthur,  died, 

268 
Laurence,  Mrs.  John,  462 
Laval,  129,  133 

Thomas  de,  157,  158;   see 
DeLaval 
Lavender,    Christopher,  died, 

302 
Lavertv,  Miss,  366 
Lawler,  Lizzie  A.,  died,  367 
Lawless,  William,  died,  350 
Lawlor,  Richard,  died,  334  ' 
Lawrence,    Mrs.    Sarah,  died, 

347 
Lawson,  Edward,  died,  354 
Lawton,  Sarah,  died,  281 
Lay,  Mrs.  Louisa,  died,  327 
Lea,  Indian  woman,  182 
Leach,  George,  died,  376 
Learned,  Billings  P.,  380 

William  L.,  280 
Leary,  Mrs.  Patrick,  died,  231 
Ledwitch,  Matthew,  died,  374 
Lee,  Abbie  E.,  died,  280 

Catharine,  died,  353 

Edward,  died,  306 

James,  died,  327 

Thomas  E.,  died,  246 

Thomas  J.,  died,  233 
Lee's  surrender,  news  of,  340 
Leendertse,  Annatie,  124 
Leepelmaker,  Indian,  106 
Legislative  assembly,  first,  425 
Legislature     1867     adjourned, 

243,  354 ;  met,  278 
Leland,  Messrs.,  lease  Delavan 

House,  354 
Le  Moyn,  401 
Lennon,  Bernard,  died,  341 

(or  Lemon)  John,  died,  370 
Lenuop,  James  T.,  died,  225 
Leonard,  Ellen,  died,  377 

John,  died,  354 

Mrs.  John  H.,  died,  236 

Mrs.  Michael,  died,  253 

Susan  S.,  died,  314 

William,  drowned,  266 
Leslie,  Edward,  died,  272 


Index. 


483 


Lester,  Mrs.  George,  died,  302, 

361 
Letter  carriers,  statistics  of,  363 

boxes  placed  ou  lamp  posts 
267 
Leuven,  John  A.,  died,  334 
Levey  fire  quencher,  353 
Lewis,  Alanson,  died,  366 

Benedict,  died,  278 

Elizabeth,  died,  268 

Jacob,  died,  134 

Mrs.  Christopher,  died, 
264 

Mrs.  Lewis,  died,  263 
Lievens,    Annetie,  2,  47,    48, 

140,  147,  148,   256,  157,   176, 

177 ;  sells  brewery,  178 
Lieverse,  Harmen,  44 

Maritie,  44 
Lighthall,  Mrs.  William,  died, 

335 
Lighting  city,  1813,  434 
Lillis,  Ellen,  died,  334 
Linacre,  J.  F.,  303 
Lincoln,    news    of  assassina- 
tion, 241 ;  funeral  of,  243  ; 

remains  arrived  in  Albany; 

W3 
Lind,  Jenny,  345 
Linton,  Esther,  died,  340 
Liquor  shops,  abuse  of,  435 
Liquors,    regulations    respect- 
ing, 209,  211 
Little,  James,  died,  333 

Mrs.  Weare  C,  died,  264 
Littlefield  Stove  Co.,  299 
Living,  expenses  of,  270 
Livingston,  Brockholsr,  283 

John  A.,  died,  255 

Robert,  116,  121,  122,  128, 
146,147,  149,  157,  178;  ac- 
count of,  108 

Robert,  Jr.,  109 
Lloyd,  Alexander  C,  died,  326 

Andrew  J.,  died,  304 

Maria,  died,  306 

S.  H.,  Sunday  scholar,  303 

Sarah  E.,  died,  257 
Loatwall,  Jacob,  Jr.,  died,  263 
Lock,  Claes,  83,  84 
Lockwood,  James,  died,  351 

Nancy,  died,  351 
Locomotive  exploded,  348 
Lodge,  Adelaide  Theresa,  died, 
242 

Captain,  killed,  251 

street,    west    boundary  of 
Lutheran  lot,  134 
Log  house,    appointments  of, 

445 
Logue,  Rose,  died,  316 
Long,  John,  died,  293 

Phebe  A.,  died,  273 

Island,  9;    Historical  So- 
ciety, memoirs.  89 
Longevity,  385 
Longitude  of  Albany,  437 
Lonley,  J.  Layton,  died,  372 
Loockermaus,   Goveri,  8,  210, 
211 ;  from  Turnhout,  57 

Jacob,  57,  65,  89, 179 ;  ac- 
count, of,  65 

Maria  Pieterse,  113 

Pieter,  7,  57,  61,  62,  63,  89, 
99,  133,  155,  170 

Pieter  Janse,  8 ;  see  Janse 

Pieter,  Jr.,  63 
Loomis,  Mrs.    Charles,   died, 
350 

Charlotte  J.,  died,  325 

Elizabeth  P.,  .3.50 
Looms  in  lbl3,  426 
Loonam,  Michael,  died,  239 


Loonenbnrgh,  now  Athens,  73 ; 

settlement  at,    158;    Jan 

Clute  at,  2 
Loserecht,  Jacob  (Maat),'224 
Lot  No.  42,  speculation  in,  356 
Lots,  scarcity  of,  16,  54,  209 
Loughren,  Joseph  Henry,  died, 

Lourense,  Lourens,  13,  92 
Louys,  232 

Lovejoy,  patrolman,  died,  370 
Lovelace,  Gov.  Francis,  1,  39, 


to,  461 
Loveridge,  Mrs.   Cicero,  died, 
244 
William,  146,  148 ;  account 

of,  126 
William,  Senr.,  179 
Wm.,  Jr.,  146,  180,  182;  ac- 
count of,  126  ;  hatter,  177, 
178 
Lovett,  Joseph  M.,  died,  353 
Lubbede's  land,  118 
Lucase,  Emmeke,  93 

Evert,  60  ;  see  Backer 
Maria,  134 
Ludden,  Father,  337 
Luddington,  Betsey,  died,  243 
Ludlow,  Hev.  James  M.,  374; 

installed,  336 
Luft.  Godfred,  killed,  337 
Lumber  carried  away  by  flood, 
336 
district  extended.  363 
trade,  account  of,  313 ;  1867, 
389, 398 
Lush,  Richard,  433 
Luther,  Mrs.  Maria,  died,  371 
Lutheran  church  in,  1674,  100; 
grave  digger  an  interlo- 
per, 88;  lot,  100;  grave 
yard,  134;  church,  first, 
404,  433 
Lutz,  Wm.,  died,  257 
Luyck,  Holland,  158 
Luyersen,  Jacob,  40,  41 
Lyall,  Mrs.    Alexander,   died, 
335 
Mary,  died,  277 
Lydius,  Balthasar,  died,  360 
Rev.  Johannes,  358,  360 
street,  changed  to  Madison 
avenue,  357 
Lyman,  Margaret,  died,  353 

Patrick,  died,  376 
Lynan,  Jane,  died,  250 
Lynch,  Adj.  Thomas,  351 
Anna  Maria,  died,  313 
Hugh,  killed,  318 
Maggie,  died,  367 
Marv,  died,  237 
Michael,  died,  352 
Mrs.  William,  died,  259 
Thomas,  253,  301 
Wm.,  died.  253,  267 
Lyudrayer,  Harme  Janse,  170; 

see  Van  Salsbergen 
Lynott,  Thomas,  412,  414,  415, 

416,  417 
Lyon,  John,  441 

Mrs.  Joseph,  died,  277 
street,  439 ;  name  changed, 
360 
Lyons,  Lizzie,  died,  373 
Michael,  died,  272 
Thomas,  277 

Maat,  Jacob  Hendrickse,  193, 
200,  205,  210,  216,  223,  224 ; 
farmer  of  excise,  194  ;  see 
Loserecht 


Maben,    Mrs.    Pamelia,    died, 

253 
McAlister,    Catharine,     died, 

387 
McAnesby,  John,  died,  365 
Macaspirits,  Ann,  died,  370 
McBride,  Joseph  H.    232 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  385 
McByrne,  James,    killed,  327 
McCabe,    Mrs.    James,     died, 
334 

John,  died,  306 

Michael,  died,  250 
McCaflrey,  Philip,  died,  344 
McCall,  James,  died,  267 

H.  S.,  258 
McCann,  Mrs.  Felix,  died,  231 

James,  died,  388 

John,  died,  225 
McCarthy,  Charles,    died,  255 

Eugene,  died,  362 

Johanna,  died,  316 

John,  died,  335 

Mrs.,  died,  235 

Mrs.  James,  died,  323 

Mrs.  Matthew,  died,  333 
McCarty,  John,  died,  297 

Mary  Ann,  died,  355 

Matthew,  died,  239 

Patrick,  328 

William  F.,  died,  316 
McCaskie,  William,  died,  266 
McCauley,    Henry,    drummer, 

;W8 

Patrick,  369 
McChestney,  Sarah,  died,  363 
McClaue,  Mrs.    James,   died, 

267 
McClellan,  422 

General,  229,  262 
McClelland,  Dr.,  succeeded  by 

Dr.  Bay,  263 
McCloskey,  Bishop,  345 
McClure,  Archibald,  279,  286 

James,      Sunday      school 
teacher,  285 

Michael,  died,  388 
MeCluskey,  Ann,  died,  326 
McCollum,  John  R.,  died,  235 
McConnell,  Murray,  372 
McConnen,  Mrs.  James,  died, 

343 
McConviile,  James,  killed,  327 
McCormick,    Bernard,     died, 
275 

died,  226 

Eugene,  died,  326 

Mary,  died,  3:33,  3.34 

Mrs.  Margaret,  died,  335 

Thomas,  died,  376 
McCotter,  John,  died,  376 
McCoy,  S.  B.,  280,  299 

William.  450 
McCrea,  Maria,  died,  232 
McCulloch,    John,    dro^vned, 

255 
McCurry,  Father,  died,  297 
McDermo  t.  P.,  Ist  lieiit.,  261 
McDole,  Mrs.  John,  died,  254 
McDonald,  Mrs.,  died,  241 

Elisha,  died.  277 

James  H.,  died,  372 

Margaret,  died,  2;39 

Mrs.  Donald,  died,  388 

Mrs.  William,  died,  236 

Owen,  died.  :334 
McDoiigal,    James    A.,    died, 

372 
McDuffle.  Agnes,  died,  344 

Mrs.  Ueurv.  died,  376 

Roxana  Beebe,  died,  356 
McEliov,  VVm.,280 
McElwee,  Mary,  died,  335 


484 


Index. 


McEwen,  James,  died,  241 

Robert  Lande,  died,  333 
McFadden,  Mrs.  James,  died, 
266 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  266 
McFarland,  Captain,  aids  she- 
riff, 320,  321 

Mrs.  James,  died,  306 
McGanu,  Catharine,  died,  363 
McGee,  Father,  373 

John  J.,  died,  249 
McGinn,  Eev.  Father,  336,  369 
McGinnis,  John,  died,  354 
McGinty,  deputy  sheriff,  278 
McGlashan,     Margaret,    died, 

258 
McGoun,  Hugh,  died,  316 
McGovem,  Mrs.  Andrew,  died, 
331 

Francis,  died,  372 

John,  died,  264,  268 
McGrath,    Maurice,  died,  350, 
352 

Michael,  died,  268 

Mrs.  Roger,  died,  280 
McGraw,  John,  died,  250 

2d  lieut.  James,  251 

Timothy,  died,  333 
McGregor,  Mrs.  E.,  died,  375 

James,  died,  278 
McGuire,  Mrs.  Charles,  died, 
334 

James,  died,  345 

John,  died,  383 

lost  at  sea,  SaS 

Mrs.  Peter,  died,  334 

Peter,  died,  334 
McGuirk,  Mrs.  John,  died,  348 
McHaflie,    Mrs.  Robert,  died, 

240 
McHarg,  Alexander,  367 

Nancy,  died,  367 

William,    merchant,    366 ; 
died,  230 
Machawmeck,  Indian  name  for 

Beeren  island,  73 
Mcintosh,  Daniel,  died,  335 
Mclntyre,  Archibald,  230  ;  died, 

Charles,  died,  314 

James,  tax  receiver,  366 

Mrs.  Mary,  died,  244 

Patrick,  died,  335 

Peter  J.,  died,  385 
Mack,  Laura    Augusta,   died, 
367 

Mrs.  Sarah,  died,  344 
Mackay,  William  J.,  died,  226 
McKeau,  William  P.,  died,  347 
McKee,  Father,  369 
McKenna,  Henry,  died,  264 

Thomas,  died,  361 
McKenney,  Thomas  L.,  travel- 

McKenzie,  Margaret,  died,  323 
Mackenzie,  Mary,  died,  306 
McKevitt,  Charles  A.,  2d  Lt., 

261 
McKie,  James,  died,  317 
McKown,  Eliza  Jane,  died,  280 

James,  307 

Van   Buren    &  Robinson, 
:i08 
McLain,  Thomas,  died,  315 
McLaue,  Susan  Elizabeth,  452 

William,  452 
McLaughlin,    Margaret,    died, 
232 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  272 
McLean,  Alex.  W.,  died,  302 
McLoughliu,  Mrs.  Mary,  died, 

314 
McLyman,  John  C,  died,  269 


McManus,  Michael,  died,    259 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  363 
McMartin,  James,  280 
McMurdy,  Mrs.  Anthony,  died, 
301 

Dr.,  323 

Mrs.  Isaac,  died,  226 
McMurray,  John,  died,  235 

Mrs.  John,  died,  357 

&  Weidman,  stone  cutters, 
340 
McNally,  Bridget,  died,  229 

Matthew,  died,  232 

Michael,  died,  334 

Mrs.  James,  died,  271 
McNamara,  Mrs.  Hugh,   died, 
310 

Mrs.  John,  died,  268 

Patrick,  died,  367 
McNaughton,  Agnes,  died,  348 

Dr.  Alex.  W.,  died,  225 

Dr.  James,  225,  280 ;  dinner 
to,  365 
McNeil,  Margaret,  died,  340 
McNiel,  William  H.,  455 
McNumey,  John,  died,  257 
McQuade,  Mrs.  Patrick,  died, 

376 
McRoberts,      Mrs.      William, 

died,  353 
McShea.  Mrs.  Patrick,  died,  366 
Madden,  Isabella,  died,  268 

James,  died,  240 

John  363 

Mrs.  John,  died,  340 
Madison  avenue,  Lydius  street 

so  named,  359 
Madock,  Patrick,  died,  240 
Magilton,  Robert  N.,  died,  365 
Magoon,  Rev.  E.  L.,  resigned, 

381 
Maguire,  Capt.  John,  241 

Mrs.  James,  died,  315 
Maher,  Mrs.  Edward,  died,  354 

John  J.,  died,  333 

John  T.,  died,  370,  378 

Mrs.  Robert,  died,  335 

Thomas,  died,  294 
Maheta,  Mary,  died,  274 
Mahikander  Indian,  182 
Mahony,  Timothy,    died,  367, 

376 
Maiden  lane,  called  Cow  street, 

150 
Mail  bag  found,  354 
Main  Guard,  145 
Makepeace,  Althenia,  457 
Malburn,  Mr.  P.,  died,  244 
Malaney,  root  beer  maker,  332 
Malone,  Michael  Joseph,  died, 
225 
Mrs.  Patrick,  died,  257 
Maloney,  Mrs.  Patrick,  died, 

271 
Maloy,    Mrs.    Thomas,   died, 

367 
Mangelsen,  Jan,  Indian,  47 
Manhattan  island,  462 

Anneke  Janse's  farm  on, 
461 
Manners   and    Customs,    438, 

Manning,  €apt.  John,  74,  127 
Mansfield,  Charles  T.,  died,  259 
Mansion,  Henrietta,   died,  334 

House,    hotel,  300,  410 
Manson,  Mrs.  Wm.,  died,  318 
Manufactures,  398;    1813,  426, 

4.35 
Many,  Mrs.  William  V.,  died, 

325,  327 
Marble,  Joel,    superintendent 

Orphan  Asylum,  273 


Marcelis,  Hendrick,    171,  172, 
174, 175  ;  account  of,  95 
Jansen,  16 
March,  Alden,  280;  president, 

Stephen,  416,  419,  421 
Marcken,  J.  G.  V.,  76 
Marguerites,   Julie   de,    died, 

316 
Maries,  David,  64 
Market  prices  of  food,  348 

Street,     428,    429;     name 
changed,  358 
Markets,  181.3,  4.30 
Markey,  Bridget,  died,  278 
Marks,  Edward,  murdered,  235 
Marlow,  Luke,  died,  365 
Marsh,   Mrs.    Anthony,    died, 

376 
Marshall,  Capt.  David  P.,  died, 
378 

chief  justice,  steamer,  351 

John,  died,  367 

Mary,  died,  248 

Mrs.  John  V.,  died,  313 
Marsham,     Mrs.    Samuel   H., 

died, 343 
Martell,    Mrs.     Nelson,    died. 

Marten,  Black,  91 

Gerretsen's  island,  97 

see  Martin 
Martense,  Catalyntje,  14 

Cornells  ;  see  Ysselstein 

Jan,  123 ;   see  Weevers  or 
de  Wevers  or  Beeckman, 

J  innetie,  97 

Paulus,  150,  156  ;   see  Van 
Benthuysen 
Martin,  Capt.  David,  died,  335 

Catharine,  died,  343 

Mary,  died,  2.39 

Mrs.  Henry  H.,  died,  297 

Mrs.  John,  died,  333 

Mrs.  Peter,  died,  324 

Patrick,  died,  272 

Peter,  died,  306 

Robert  C,  died,  314 

Warwick,  357 

WUliam,  drummer,  348 

see  Marten 
Martins,  disappearance  of,  373 
Martindale,  Attorney  General, 

317 
Martland,  Daniel  C,  died,  383 
Marvin,  Edward  D.,  died,  231 

Mrs.  Howard,  died,  269 

Uriah,  449  n. 
Masonic  Hall,  285 

lodge,  location  of  first,  418 ; 
built,  421 
Masscha,  Indian   sachem,    73, 

74 
Massie,  Samuel,  122,  123 
Masters  lodge  No.  2,  organized, 

420 
Masterson,  Patrick,  died,  333 
Mastodon   from    Cohoes,    340, 

388 
Mathahenaack,  156 
Matthews,  Patrick,  died,  281 
Mattice,  John  W.,  reader,  366 
Maul,  George,  died,  239 
Mawinate,  alias  Schermerhoor- 

en,  73,  74 
Maxwell,  Louisa  M.,  died,  317 
May  Flower,  steamer,  237 
Mead,  Lieut.,  killed,  251 

Maurice,  died,  331 

Oliver,  died,  304 
Meade,  Charles,  230 

Henry  W.,  committed  sui- 
cide, 230 


Index. 


485 


Meads,  Orbmdo,  277;   vestry- 
man, 339 

Mechanics  Academy,  285 

&  Farmers'  Bank,  280,  431 

Medical     College     commence- 
ment, 341 

Meegau,  Mrs.    Patrick,  died, 
316 

Meehan,  James,  died,  316 

Meese,  Hendrik ;  see  Vrooman, 
Pieter 

Megapolensis,  Domine,  58,  207 
Jan,  207,  208 

Meighau,  John,  died,  324 

Melger,  Tryntje,  104 

Melliday,  Mrs.  Thomas,  died, 

Melviu,  Martin,  died,  266 
Melyu,  colonist  of,'  95 
Merchant,  Mrs.  Horan,   died, 

Lansing,  280 
Merchants  Exchange,  410 
National    Banli    election, 
280 
Meredith,  Kev.  R.  R.,  245 
Merrigau,  James,  died,  243 
Mesick,  John  J.,  died,  364 
Mespachs  kil,  205 
Metamora,  steam  boat,  341 
Meteors  observed,  383 
Methodist  Centennial  anniver- 
sary, 3.32 
Chnrch,  first,  404,  4.33 ;  sta- 
tistics of,  308  ;  in  Frank- 
lin street  sold,  226 
Sunday  School  Union,  255 
Metschekamek,  Indian,  173 
Metselaer,  Dirkie,  44 
Egbert,  44 
Greetie,  68 
Harmen,  88,  191 
Pieter  Jellesen,  51 
Tennis  Teuuisse,  23,  44,45, 
62,  68,  191  ;  account  of, 
44 
Mens       [Bartholomeus]      the 

wheelwright,  190 
Meuwse,  Pieter; see  "Vrooman 
Meyer,  Eva  Jillise,  131 

Hendrick  Jillise,  130,  131 
Mrs.  J.  C,  died,  314 
Maritie  Jillise,  131 
Meyndersen,  Barent,  72 
Michaelmas  election,  266 
Michiel,  the  carpenter,  192 
Michielse,  Jan,  69,  70,  192 
Middle  Dutch  Church,  bell  re- 
placed, 240;  Sunday  Sch. 
semicentennial  anniver- 


sary, „, 
lane,  cha 


361 


Midnight  celebration,  240 
Military  display,  288 

march  to  Berne    to  quell 
anti-renters,  245 

organization,  new,  286 
Milk,  high  price  of,  238,  375 
Mill  creek,  Greenbush,  58 
Mills,  Aldei-man,  339 

Borden  H.,  280 

Capt.,  his  remains,  256 

Philip,  died,  280 
Miller,  Mi-s.  Abigail,  died,  317 

Christian,  404"m. 

Ernest  J.,  380 

Mrs.  Charles,  died,  335 

Mrs.  Christian.  302 

Nathaniel,  died,  .326 

Sabina,  died,  275 

Wm.    C,  Sunday     school 
pioneer,  303 
Milliken,  Charles  A.,  251 

Rht.  Coll.  Hi. 


Milliman,  John,  died,  332 
Milner,  J.  B.,  died,  331 
Milton,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y., 

449  w. 
Mineralogy,  426 
Mingael,  99 

Jan  Thomase,  2,  15,  29,  30, 
33,  36,  37,  52,  55,  60,  63, 
64,  75,  143,  182,  183,  185, 
194,  196, 197,  198,  209,  210, 
219,  221 ;  his  patent,  78 ; 
sells  his  brewery.  111 

Maritie  Thomase,  122 

Thomas  Jansen,  1,  2 
Minze,  James,  446 
Missions,  established,  283 
Mitchell,  247 

Dr.  John  J.,  died,  344 

Edward,  died,  3.34 

James  L.,  246,  ^47 

Mary  Elizabeth,  died,  335 

Mrs.  James,  died,  259 
Mittaner,  Joseph,  died,  272 
Mix,  William,  died.  374 
Moer,  William  Martense,  76 
Moffat,  James,  died,  335 

Mrs.  James,  died,  .319 
Mohan,  Mary,  225 

Mrs.  Patrick,  died,  225 
Mohawk  and  Hudson  rail  road 
409 

character  of  soil,  439 

chiefat  St.  Peter's,  378 

valle3%  425 

woman,  marriage  of,  182 
Mohawks  at  Caghnawaga,  401 ; 

treaty  with,  65  ;  Seuecas 

threaten  them  with    war, 

217 ;  friends  of  Jan  Clute,  2 
Mohegans,     convey    land    in 

Claverack,  173 
Molenaer,  Dirk  Pieterse ;  see 

Coeymans 
Molinard,  Blanche,  died,  263 
Mon,  Jauue,  220 
Monaghan,  Sarah,  died,  239 

Thomas  P.,  died,  328 
Money,  scarcity  of,  209 
Monjour,  Rachel,  9 
Monk,  Rebecca,  died,  351 
Monro,  Harry,  Minr.,  419  ?i. 
Montagne,  Johannes  de  la,  suc- 
ceeded De  Decker,  1 ;  fac 
simile  of  signature,  2 

Willhem,  60 ;  see  La  Mon- 
tagne 
Monteath,  George,  died,  234 

Peter,  280 
Montez,  Lola,  316 
Montgomery,  Gen.,  453 

Hall,  410 

street,  360 
Montreal,  distance  of,  437 
Moon  eclipsed,  302 
Mooney,  Bridget,  died,  367 
Moore,  Mrs.  Agnes,  died,  346 

Capt.  H.,  395 

David,  died,  285 

Elihn  Russell,  died,  3.31 

EvcL-etta,  died,  301 

Mrs.  Peter,  died,  326 

Sarah,  died,  324 
Moran,  Catharine,  died,  264 

Edward,  died,  365 

Michael,  died,  2ft 
Morey,  Mrs.  Edwin  J.,  died, 

376 
Morgan,  Ellen  J.,  died,  327 

George,  &  Bros.,  340 

Luther,  died,  .350 

Philip,  died,  257 
Morgeu,  measure  of,  68 
Morin,  Stephen,  411,  412 

02 


Mork,  Solomon   P.,  died,  304 
Morlan,  James  J.,  died,  257 
Morocco  manufacture,  398 
Morris,  John  Henry,  died,  249 

Mrs.  Mary,  died,  264 
Morrison,  Elizabeth,  died,  306 
Morrow,  Mrs.  John,  died,  355 
Morse,  Dr.,  427 
Mosher,  Christopher,  died,  327 

Elias  C,  457 

Peter  J.,  died,  239 
Moss,  Sophia,  died,  284 
Mott,  Arthur  Nelson,  455 

Ellen  A.,  455 

Wm.  G.,  455 
Moyston,  Ann,  died,  .315 

John  Madison,  died,  271 
Muddle,  William,  suicide,  257 
Muhlick,  Andrew,  burnt,  304 
Muir,  James,  died,  277 
Mulcahy,  Lt.  James,  died,  387 

Mrs.  Patrick,  232 
Mulhall,    Thomas,    alderman, 

250,  3.33,  339 
Mulholiand,  Henry,  died,  323 
Mullaly,  Henry  E.,  died,  353 

Michael,  243 

Mrs.  Mary,  died,  236 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  353 
Mullens,  Mrs.  Williams,  died, 

3.32 
Mulligan,  Margaret,  died,  365 

Terence,  died,  .306 
Muuick,    Lambert    Willemse, 
215 

Pieter,  215 
Munro,  Rev.  Mr.,  420 
Munsell,  Joel,  sen.,  died,  240 

Joel,  trustee,  338 
Murphy,  Jeremiah,  died,  367 

John,  died,  232 

Mrs.  Mary,  died,  234 

Mi-s.  Wm.,  died,  326 

Peter  died,  231 
Murray,  Bridget,  died,  2.35 

James,  died,  264,  376 

Margaret,  died,  281 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  330 
Murtaugh,  Eliza,  died,  233 

James,  died,  280 
Museum  corner,  369 ;  of  Trow- 
bridge, 436 
Musquamseeclc,  74 
Mutton,  price  of,  349,  370 
Mychgyelseu;  see  Michielsen 
Myers,  Dr.  John  T.,  died,  378 

Mrs.  Stephen,  died,  257 
Mynderse,  Catharine,  died,  377 

Maritie,  34,  75,  117, 172 

Neeltie,  97 ;  ^^^fe  of  Martin 
Gerritsen  Van    Bergen, 
107 
Myndertse,  Barent,  61,  72];  see 

Meynderse 

Nack.  Jan,  account  of,  75,  146 

Matthays,  75, 146 
Naerden,  minister  at,  163 
Naley,  Mrs.  Matthew,  died,  277 
Napoleon,  soldier  of,  died,  235 
Navigation,  new  obstructions, 

m 

Near,  Lydia  A.,  died,  344 
Neary,  Thomas,  died,  378 

William,  died,  341 
Negroes  admitted  to  member- 
ship of    Youn^    Men's 
Association,  240 

pledged  on  security,  149 
Nelligar,  Asa  B.,  died,  341 
Nelson,  L.  W.,  251 

Dr.  Robert,  died,  385 
Netterville,  J.  W.,  died,  354 


486 


Index. 


Neuten  hoek,  27 

New  Amsterdam,  68, 125 

New  York  so  called,  438, 
459 
New  Capitol  begun,  386 
Newlt,  Sarah,  died,  323 

Thomas,  died,  239 
Newlands,    David,  368;    trea- 
surer, 336 

Mrs.  David,  died,  317 

Margaret,  369 
New  London,  steam  boat,  395 
Newman,  Charles,  280;  over- 
seer of  bridge,  293 

Major  John  L.,  251 
New  Netherland,  24,  69,  216 ; 

register,  188 ;  emigrant  ves- 
sel Fortune,  95 
New    Orange,  New    York  so 

called,  102 
New  Scotland,  425 
Newton,    Martha    N.,     died, 
341 

John  M.,  died,  344 

Wm.,  Esq.,  232 
New  Year's  day,  225 
New  York,  distance  of,  437 

Bank,  280, 566, 431 ;  present 
to  president,  251 

Steam    Boat   Association, 
351 

Truth  Teller,  extract,  337 
Niagara,  steam  boat,  395 

Falls,  distance  of,  437 
Nichols,  Bradley,  285 

&  Brown,  architects,    329, 
369 

William  H.,  296 
Nicolls,  Governor  R.,  462 
Richard,  29,  56,  92,  93,  101, 

109,  118,  127,  130,  131,  132, 

134,  136,137,  141,  143,  145, 

147,  150,  154,  156,  162,  170, 

464 
Nicolson  pavement,  first  laid, 

Nieuville,  Daniel  de,  164 
Night  watch,  1813,  434 
NUes,  Mich.,  451 
Ninety-first  regiment  returns, 

249 
Ninth  New  York,  regt.,  261 
Niskata,  ancient  name  of  New 
Scotland,  50 ;  see  Onisqua- 
thaw 
Niskayuna,  99, 166, 167 ;  Cregier 
settled  at,  6;  Cregiers  at, 
140 ;  early  settlers  at,  80 ; 
grant  of  land  to  Van  Schel- 
lujTie,  90;    Jan  Clute  at, 
2 ;  land  bought  at  156 
Noble,  Mrs.  George  A.,  died, 
324 
John,  died,  370 
Noethan,  Rev.  Theodore,  337  ; 

anniversary,  345 
Nolan,  James,  died,  335 
John,  died,  367 
Patrick,  died,  341 
Pierce,  died,  239 
Thomas,  died,  241 
Nolden,  Evert,  44 
Normanskil,  425 

formerly    Bethlehem    kil, 
171 ;  so  called   from  Albert 
Andries  Bratt,  80 
North,  Abiram,  died,  369 

Albany     mission      chapel 

dedicated,  268 
Association     line,    steam 
boats,  395 
Northern      Indians,       selling 
powder  to,  126 


North  Pearl  street,  175;  cars, 
first  trip,  328 ;  court  yards 
eflfort  to  remove,  328 ;  Me- 
thodist church,  254:  Me- 
thodist Sunday  school, 
258 
Reformed  Dutch    Sunday 

school,  258 
river  line,  stenm  boats  395 
Northrup,  Betsey  Ann,   died, 
254  .    ,     , 

Northrup,  Mrs.  Elmore  J.,  died, 
304 
Richard  H.,  died,  257 
Sandford  W.,  died,  268 
Norton,  John  T.,  295 
Norwich,  steamer,  277 
Notary  public,  5 
Notes  of  Travelers,  395 
Nott,  Eliphalet,  died,  282 
Benjamin,  303 
Mary  F.,  died,  352 
Mrs.  Benjamin,  died,  364 
Nottingham,  Anue,  102 

William,  103,  135, 138,  139, 
140, 158 :  conveys  houses, 
137  ;  account  of,  102 
Nuremburg,  Jan  Clute  from,  2 

Oak  Tree  (Eykenboom),  49 

Oaks,  Peter,  1st  lieut.,  261 

Oats,  prices  of,  349,  370;  re- 
ceipts of,  284 

O'Brien,  Capt.    Patrick,  died. 
316 
Daniel,  died,  312 
Elizabeth,  died,  365 
John,  died,  286,  348 
Michael,  died,  335 
T.  C,  1st  lieut.,  261 
Thomas,  died,  281 

O'Callaghan  his  account  of  De 
Decker,  29 ;  Hist,  of  New 
Netheriand,  2,  9, 14,  38,  68, 
69,  71.  76,  77,  80,  81,  84,  86, 
87,  91,  94,  95,  97,  115,  122, 
188,  216,  459 

O'Connell,    Mrs.      Jeremiah, 
died,  351 
John,  died,  280 
Mrs.  Thos.,  died,  383 
Richard,  died,  281 

O'Connor,  Mrs.  Ellen,  died, 
257 

O'Donally,  Patrick,  died,  384 

Ogden,  H.,  died,  320 

Mrs.  Hannah,  died,  315 

O'Grady,  Henry,  died,  340 
Mr.  Stanley,  died,  369 

O'Hagan,  Annie  T.,  died,  332 

O'Hanlon,  Bridget,  died,  276 

O'Hare,  Hugh,  died,  259 
Mrs.  Owen,  died,  231 

Olcott,  John  J.,  280 

Emma  S.  M.,  died,  266 
Mrs.  Thomas  W.,  died,  351 
Thomas,  280 

Thomas  W.,  263, 280 ;  presi- 
dent, 338;  treasurer,  386 

Old  Brick  Church  (Congrega- 
tional) sold,  373 

O'Leary,  Dr.  C.  B.,  282 

Olena.  Ellen,  died,  350 

Olive  Branch,  steam  boat,  396 

Oliver,  John,  59,  310 
John,  antirenter,  322 

Olmstead,  Delia,  died,  256 
Millicent  S.,  died,  372 

Olney,  Thomas,  441  n. 

Omaha,  first  train  to,  363 

Oneil,  Wm.  K.,  died,  314 

O'Neil,  Col.,  departs  with  Fe- 
nians, 315 


O'Neil,  Father,  337,  370,  373 
James,  killed,  327 
Margaret,  died,  327 
Mrs.  James,  died,  296 
O'Neill,  Bridget,  died,  235 
Oneonta.  excursion  to,  259 
Onisquathaw,  now  New  Scot- 
laud,  50,  165;  see  Niskata 
Onnedaego,  chief  killed,  217 
Ooms,  Jan  (uncle  John),  182 
Oothout,  Hendrick.  79 
Jan,  42,  79,  80,  113 
Jan   Janse,    account  of,  79 
Oramp,  74 
Orange,  name  for  Albany,  393 ; 

see  Fort  Orange 
Orchard  street,  changed,  361 
Orcutt,  Francis  Arietta,  died, 

241 
O'Reardon,  Thomas,  died,  244 
O'Reily,  John,  died,  239 
Origin  of  the  Ancient  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite  in   Albany, 
411 ;  lodge  built,  421 
Orphan  asylum,  founder  of,  311 

masters,  25,  26 
Orphans  chamber,  164 
Or.  &  D.  Co.  Transp.  Co.,  395 
Orr,  Mrs.  William,  died,  248 
Orthography  of  words  ending 

in  en,  3 
Osborn,  J.  W.,  slater,  253 
O'Shey,    Mrs.  Richard,    died, 

334 
Osterhout,  Schuyler,  died,  354 
Ostram,  Mrs.  William,    died, 

341 
O'Sullivan,  John,  died,  334 
Ott,  James  C,  died,  357 
Otte,   Elmer;  widow  of,  185; 

see  Otten 
Otten,  Catharina,  91, 122 

Helmer,  64,  185,  218;  ac- 
count of,  91, 122 
Otterspoor,  Aert.  58 
Oudekirk,  Jan  Janse,  80,  81 ; 
account  of,  75 
Susanna,  76 
Ovens,  George,  died,  297 
Owego  rail  road,  319 
Owens,  Catharine,  died,  354 
Owen  T.,  died,  353 
Peter,  died,  354 

Paantachtnatt,  182 
Packard,  Benjamin  D.,  368 

Shear  &  Co.,  299 
Paddock,  Wm.  S.,  307,  339 

Recorder,  228,  333 
Paerde    hoek    (horse   point), 

119,  170 
Page,  Abigail,  died,  297 

Robert,  died,  341 
Paige,  J.  C.  Y.,  chamberlain, 

266 
Paigeville      Baptist      Sunday 
school,  258 

chapel,  255  ;  dedicated,  870 
Palmer,  Amos  P.,  280 

Enoch,  died,  344 

J.H.,  S.  S.  Supt.,  333 

Mrs.  David,  died,  304 

Mrs.  Joel,  died,  378 

Rev.  Ray,  D.  D.,  305 ;  fare- 
well sermon,  300 

Stephen  W.,  454 
Palmerton,    Lydia    A.,    died, 

326 
Pangburn,  Mrs.  Isaac  H.,  died, 

270 
Pantile  kiln  sold,  87 
Papendorp,  Adrian  Gerritsen, 

7,  29,  30,  31,  37,  38,  41,  55 


Index. 


487 


Papendorp,  contiimed  — 

63,  69,  70,  71,  92,  93,  94,  95, 

96,  99,  124, 133;  magistrate, 

104 ;  see  Gerritse 
Papeuiia,    Indian  sachem,  73, 

74 
Papsknee,  38  ;  bouweryat,  124; 

farm  at,  14;  island  settled 

by  Douw,  75 
Park  chapel,  365,  386 

place,  394 ;  house,  399 
Parke,  Lucy  Morgan,  died,  334 

Mary  E.,  died,  270 
Parker,  Mrs.  F.  S.,  died,  341 

&  O'Brien,  266 

John  N.,  carpenter,  301, 
387 

Judge,  president,  341 

William,  127,145,  146,  147, 
182 ;  see  I'ercker 
Parks,  Stephen  O.,  died,  272 

William,    drummer,  died, 
348 
Parr,  Harris,  gunner,  240 
Parrott,  Mrs.  Elliot,  died,  388 
ParsouB,  Mrs.    Harvey,    died, 
306 

Harvey  E.,  died,  369 

Sarah  A.,  died,  3  ' 

S.  H.  H.,  provost 
274 
Paskoecq,  Indian  land,  107 
Passenger,  Peter,  died,  253 
Pastoor,  Frans  Barentse,  6,  9, 

10,  12,  19,  21,  25,  26,  35,  36, 

52,  189,  194,  200,  201 :  mag- 
istrate, 6, 210 ;  see  Barentse 
Patents  to  first  settlers,  439 
Patrick,  Mrs.  Robert  L.,  died, 
245 

Sarah  Ann,  died,  281 
Patroon's  mill,  143 

street,  name  changed,  368, 
361 
Patten,  Moses  W.,  died,  383 

Samuel,  232 
Patzig,  Mrs.  Henry,  died,  267 
-Paiilus,   Thomas,  accused    of 

arson,  224  ;  see  Powell 
Paucischkan,  Indian   woman, 

182 
Pavements,  1813,  434 
Payne,  Louis  T.,  453 

Mrs.  Robert,  died,  377 
Payton,  John,  died,  331 
Pearce,    Mrs.  Wm.    R.,  died, 

344 
Pearl  street,  151 

Baptist  church,  410 

congregation,  228 

Meth.  church,  332 

Sunday  scliool.  Baptist,  258 
Pearse,  Harriet,  died,  268 

Jacob,  109 

Joliannes,  109 

Nehemiah,  109,  122,  123, 
128,  142 ;  sells  his  house, 
121 

Rev.  J.  L.,  303 
Peas,  price  of,  349,  370 
Pease,   Frederick  S.,  died,  358 
Peck,  Allen  F.,  died,  267 

Capt.  D.,  395 

William,  died,  225 
Peckham,  Rufus  \V .,  Jr.,  orator, 

366 
Peek,    Jacobus,     ancestor    of 
Schenectady  Peeks,    213 

Jan,  account  of,  213 
Peekskill,  first  settler  of,  213 
Pels,  Evert,  58,  213,  221 
Peltham,  George,  secretary,  338 
Pembertou,  William,  420 " 


Penitentiary  annual  report, 
276,  341 ;  chapel  dedicat- 
ed, 854 

report,  341 
Pennimau,  James,  102, 123, 152 ; 

conveys  his  house,  154 
Penny  newspaper,  268 
Pentateuch  used  by  the  Jews, 

227 
Peoples'  line  steam  boats,  264 
Pepoon,  Caroline,  died,  851 
Percker,  Willem,  102;  see  Par- 
ker 
Percy,  Mrs.  James  M.,   died, 

271 
Perdue,  Henry,  died.  316 
Perkins.  Dr.  J.  A.,  225 
Perry,    Eli,    church   donation, 

232;    mayor,  228 
Perry's  victory,  last  survivor, 

373 
Personal  estate  valuation,  266, 

275 
Peters,  Mrs.  Jesse,  died,  266 
Petticoat,  action  for  removing, 

214 
Pettit,  James,  trustee,  338 
Pevers,    Mrs.  William,    died, 

266 
Peyton,  Mrs.  John  C.  died,  242 
Phelps,  N.  Y.,  280 

Philip,  203 

William  L.  M.,  203 ;  inspec- 
tor, 886 
Philadelphia,  distance  of,  437 
Philipse,  Frederick,  125, 143 

Gysbert,  190  ;  see  Velthuy- 
sen 
Philleo,  Julia  D.,  died,  370 
Phillips,  Anna,  died,  341 

Charles,  murdered,  272 

Jacob,  died,  353 

James,  died,  385 

John,  died,  367 

Le^^,  died,  278 
Phyn,  James,  420 
Pick,  David,  died,  236 
Piece  of  eight  valued  at  6  shil- 
lings, 104 
Pier,  account  of,  410 ;  gas  ex- 
tended to,  266 
Pierce,  James  G.,  died,  325 
Pierson,  Lt.  Col.,  251 
Pieter  the  Fleming,  224 

the  Frenchman,  75 
Pieterse,  Anne,  64 

Barent ;  see  Coeymans 

Cornells,  190 

Dirkje,  68,  71 

Folkie,  10,  125,  212 

Geertruy,sells  her  saw  mill, 
104 

Gillis,  23,  72,  78,  130,  131, 
207  ;  see  Timmerman  or 
Meyer 

Lucas.  118 

Nathaniel,  59 

Philip,  45,  62;  see  Schuyler 

Reyndert,  92,  154 

Volkje,  124,  125 
Pillion,  Eliza,  died,  378 
Pilsbury,  Amos,  280 
Pinckney,  Mrs.  Abram,  died, 
268 

Frances  Ann,  died,  373 

James  D.,  died,  386 
Pine  Grove  Presbyterian  church 
dedicated,  277 

plains,  426 
Pinson,  William  II.,  drowned, 

324 
Pitcher,    George,    anti-renter, 

322 


Pitman,  Rev.  B.  H.,  926 

Pitt,  S.  C,  let  lieut.,  261 
Plain,  allusion  to  the,  125,  131 : 
its  location,  116;    what 
so  called,  13 

street,  125, 131,  132 
Piatt,  George  W.,  died,  309 
Plumb,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  died, 

277 
Poe,  Thomas,  died,  383 

Wm.,  died,  389 
Poentie,  name  for  Van  Vech- 

ten,  216 
Poesten  kil,  118 ;  bouwery  on, 

129 ;  defined.  118 
Pohlman,    Caroline   C,    died, 

347 
Police,  new  lorce,  251 
Pomereu,  Holland,  24 
Ponchones,  145 
Pontien,  the  sash  maker,  75 
Poor  of  the  Dutch  church,  205 
Population     1790  - 1810,     406  ; 

1810,  429  i  1813,  426 ;  at  difi-e- 

rent  times,  398 ;  of  1865,  256 
Pork,  price  of,  348 
Port  of  delivery,  350 
Porter,  Mrs.  Ira,  died,  301 

Jane  D.,  died,  376 

John  F.,  died,  335 
Portland  fire,  aid  to  sufferers, 
318 

Oregon,  317 
Post,  J.  A.,  2S0 
Postages,  reduction  of,  230 
Post  master,  Wm.    Bogardus, 

93 
Potatoes,  prices  of,  349,  370 
Potter,  Rev.  Bishop,  350 
Potts,  Jesse  C,  280 ;  vestryman, 

389 
Poughkeepsie,  patent  of,  100 ; 

purchased  by  Sanders  and 

Vanderbogert,  84,  89 
Poultry,  prices    of,    349,    370; 

scarcity  of,  384 
Poulussen ;    see    Powell    and 

Paulus 
Powder  house,  433,  434 
Powderly,  Mrs.  Robert,  died, 

266 
Powell,  Thomas  (Poidas),  27, 

61,62,  64,73,   83.  133,   134; 

see  Poulussen,  183 
Powers,  Jeftrey,  died,  326 

Patrick,  shop  burnt,  304 

Thomas,  died,  352 
Pratt,  Elisha  N.,  treasurer,  336 

Mrs.  Elisha  N.,  died,  334 

Ralph,  323 ;  died,  236 
Prentice,  Ezra  P.,  279 

Mrs.  Sartelle,  died,  271 
Presbyterian  Ch.,  1813,  433 
Pretty,  Richard,  75,  95,  97,  98, 

123,  124, 126,   129,   130,  132, 

183,  134,  135,   136,  137,   138, 

139,  140,  141,   142,  143,   144, 

145,  147,  148,   149,  150,  151, 

152,  153,  154,   156,  157,   158, 

160,  161,  163,   164,  171,   172, 

173,  174,  175,   177,  178,   179. 

180,  182,  183,  184,  185,  186, 

187  ;  collector  of  the  excise, 

75  ;  account  of,  95 
Prevost,  Lieut.  Augustine,  415, 

416,  417 
Prime,  Maggie  E.,  died,  245 
Printing  offices,  1813,  436 
Promenade  concert,  315 
Provoost,  David,  464 

Johannes,  1,  5,  21,  27,  28, 
39,  40,  41,  42,  43,  44,   46 


488 


Index. 


Provoost,  continued  — 

48,  50,  51,  54,  56,  57,  58, 
59,  60,  64,  68,  TO,  71,  73, 
84,  85,  88 ;  secretary,  67, 
99,  103;  clerk,  66,  464; 
vendue  master,  149 ;  re- 
cords in  handwriting  of, 
63 
Provost  marshal's  report,  274 
Pruyn,  Mrs.  Da^id.  302 

&  Lansing,  iron  workers, 

301 
Frans  Janse,  82,  84 
Henry,  died,  325 
John  v.  L.,  advocates  go- 
vernment   building     at 
Albany,  386,  388  ;  hospi- 
tality of,  234 ;  elected  to 
congress,  335;  puts  me- 
morial windows    in     St. 
Peter's,  255 
Maria,  60 

Robert  H.,  279,  304 ;  direc- 
tor, 386 
Sarah,  died,  333 
Public  buildings,  1796,  404 

Square,  409 
Pulling,  A.  C,  280,  294 
Pullman  sleeping  car,  353 
Pulver,  Mrs.  Calver,  died,  226 
Pumpelly,  Barmen,  280 
Purdy,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  C,  died, 

318 
Purvis,  Mrs.    Margaret,  died, 

326 
Putman,  Harriet,  died,  262 

Quackenboss,  Johannes,  145 
Neeltje,  115 
Pieter,  145 
Wouter  Pieterse,  145 
Quackenbush,  G.  V.  S.,  Sunday 
scholar,  303 
Mrs.  John  N.,  died,  314 
Quarp,  Joncker,  44 
7uay,  William,  anti-renter,  322 
luayle,  Henry,  died.  270 
iuays,  1813,  434 
Quebec,  distance  of,  437 
iueen  Anne,  462 ;  gun,  252 
Tuest,  Patrick  S.,  died,  352 
ey,  Wm.  E.,  died,  242 
iuilhart,  Jacob,  died,  254 
iuinlan,    Mrs.  Patrick,  died, 

352 
Quinn,  Capt.,  369 

Capt.  Terrence,  300 
James,  brewery,  explosion, 

244 ;  died,  350 

James  P.,  died,  355 

Michael,  died,  351 

Quirk,  Catharine,  died,  386 


Radcliff  Belinda  J.,  died,  310 
Rademaker,    Jacob    Adrianse, 
24 
Paulus  Martense  Van  Ben- 
thuysen,  170, 174, 176,  see 
Raemaker 
Radley,  James  W.,  died,  354 
Sarah,  died,  367 
Mrs.  Wm.,  died,  320,  302 
Radliff,     David   V.  N.,    died, 
285 
Miss  Margaret,  died,  251 
Raemaker,      Wouter      Aerse, 

184;  see  Rademaker 
Rahal,  Mrs.  John,  died,  388 
Rail  Road  Hotel,  410 
obstructed,  387 
passenger  trains,  depot  for, 
296 


Rail  Road  sleeping  car  intro- 
duced, 353 

trains  blocked,    342,    343, 
344 
Rain,  226,  235.  248,  286,  322,  341, 

355,  365,  376,  388  ;  singular 

storm,     325 ;       gelatinous 

matter  fell,  370 
Ramsey,  Joseph  H.,  candidate 
for  congress,  335  ;  presi- 
dent, 386 
Randel,  John,  Jr.,  died,  256 
Rankin,  Samuel,  285,  294 
Rauney,  John,  died,  376 
Ransom,  David,  died,  267 

Samuel  H.,  280 

S.  H.  &  Co.,  298 ;  fence  in 
Schuyler      street,     334 ; 
foundery,  accident,  244 
Rapp,  Christopher,  352 
Ratel  watch,  8 
Rathboue,  Albert,  died,  275 

Anna,  died,  270 

John  F.,  298 

J.  F.  &  Co.,  299  ;  foimdery 
closed  by  a  strike,  300 

J.  Howard,  died,  239 
Rawnsley,  Edward,  died,  333 
Ray,  Eliza,  died,  367 

Michael,  died.  326 
Raymond,  Benjamin  C,  280 
Raynford,  E.  W.,  Captain,  261 
Read,  Matthew  H.,  226,  279 
Real  estate  speculations,  356 

valuation,  266,  275 
Records,  break  in,  1657  to  1664, 

63 
Redfleld,  Charles  B.,  280 
Redmond,  Dolly,  died,  376 
Redstone,  Isaac,  died,  287 
Reed,  Ellen,  died,  323 

Joshua,  456 
Reeves,  Widow,  441  n. 
Ref.  Protestant  Dutch  Church 

Synod  abolished  the  word 

Dutch  in  its  title,  383 
James,  died,  371 

Lydia,  died,  376 

Wm.,  died,  253 
Reid,  Col.  John,  421 
Reilley,  Mi-s.  John,  died,  259 

Ann,  died,  376 

Honoria,  died,  323 

Mrs.  John,_died,  371 

Mrs.  Terrence,  died,  282 

William,  died,  327 
Religious     Monitor,     extract 

from,  337 
Relyea,  Mrs.  Levi,  died,  256 
Remington,  Susannah,  454 
Rensselaer   county  valuation, 
266 

Heer    35,  36,  52,  84,  195; 
violates  the  excise,  211 

Jeremias,  90,  221,  222 

Street  Presbyterian    Sun- 
day school,  2.58 
Rensselaersville,     population, 

425 
Rensselaerswyck,  171,  403 ;  di- 
rector of,    115;  one-tenth 

sold     to     Schuyler,     168; 

schout  of,  87 ;  immigrants 

to,  459  ;  manor  of,  320 
Republican  Artillery,  founder 

of,  255  ;  mustered  out,  255, 

257  ;  successor  of,  286 
Requa,  Charles  H.,  285 
Reservoir  for  city  water,  431 
Retzenberg,  Mrs.  B.,  died,  283, 
Reur,  Hendrick,  12,  43,  44,  118, 
149 

Hendrik  Janssen,  12 


Revolutionary  war  favorable  to 

the  country,  439 
Reyerse,  Annatie,  221 

Gerrit,  60  ;  ancestor  of  the 
Gerretsens,  176 ;  account 
of,  221 ;  see  Ryersen 
Reyersen,  Jan,  78;  deceased, 

inventory  of  his  goods,  77  ; 

administrators  of,  82  ;  sale 

of  his  effects,  79 
Reyudertse,  Barent,  61,  80,  83, 

166, 167, 171 ;  see  Smit 
Reynicks,  Skipper,  207 
Reynolds,  Alice,  died,  239 

&  Harris,  attorneys,  350 

M.  T.,  465 

Peter,  died,  334 
Reyser,  A.,  46 
Reyverding,  Maria,  212 

Peter,  199  ;  see  Rjwerdingh 
Rhatigau,  Thomas,  2.34 

Mrs.  Margaret,  died,  344 
Rhynderse ;  see  Ryndertse 
Rhynland  foot,   dimensions  of, 

5 ;  rod,  5,  6, 16,  31 ;  measure 

defined,  184 
Rice,  Eliza,  died,  242 

J.  H..  280    • 

O.  S.,  frescoer,  301 

&  Mickel,  frescoers,  253 

Nabby,  456 
Richards,  Sarah,  died,  383 
Richardson,  Joel,  455 
Richmond,  Dean,  died,  326 

steam  boat,  .395 
Ridder,  Mrs.  Margaret,    died, 

244 
Riddersen,  Ryck,  93,  224 
Riely,  Mrs.  John,  died,  243 

Patrick,  died,  266 
Rigley,  Mrs.  Henry,  died,  235 
Riley,  Bernard  J.,  died,  341 

Ellen  M.,  died,  354 

Margaret,  died,  351,  362 

Margaret  P.,  died,  304 
Religion,  state  of,  282,  283 
Ring,  James  N.,  279 

Margaret  C,  died,  365 
Rinkhout,  Aertmau,  24 

Daniel,  24,  43.  44, 
69,  82,  84,  86,  191,  206 

Jan,    account  of,  24 
Rip  Van  Winkle,   steamer,  331 
Rittermau,  Rev.  Mr.,  227 
River  opened,  237,  300,  352  ;  va- 
rious years,  295  ;  low,  302  ; 

closed    to  all    boats,  225, 

277,  341,  386 
Roach,  James,  died,  236 

Mrs.  James,  died,  376 

Patrick,  drowned,  309 
Roads,  426 
Roark,  Mrs.  Michael,  died,  332 

Mrs.  William,  died,  264 
Robb,  Orin  H.,  died,  352 
Robbery,  244 
Robbin's  Nest,  111.,  451 
Roberts,  Mrs.  Jacob,  died,  354 

Sarah,  457 
Robertson,  Annie,  died,  267 
Robinson    Bros.,   gas    fitters, 
253 

Ed\^■ard,  279 

Mrs.  Edward,  died,  244 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  242 

Erasmus  H.,  died,  351 
Robison,  Johnny,  his  corner, 

Roche,  Margaret,  died,  225 

Patrick,  died,  310 
Rochester  Blues,  concert,  315 
Rockenstyne,    W.   H.,    S.    S. 

Supt.,  332 


64,  65, 


Index. 


489 


Rockwell' 8  Mansion  House,  248 
Rodcuburg,  Lucas,  459 
Rodgere,  Mrs.    ClijU'les,  died, 
244 
Charles  H.,  died,  367 
John,  died,  315 
Roelofl",  Auuetie,  461 
Catrina,  461 
see  Van  Masterland 
Roeloffsen,  Fytje,  460 

Jan,  1,  2,  24,  34,  44,  51,  60, 
63,  191,  192,  193  ;  see  De 
Goyor,  460,  461,  464 
Sara,  daughter  of  Anneke 
Jause,  110.  450,  461,  464 
Roessle,  Theophilus,  Ms  farm, 
248,  249;  sues  the  city, 
278 ;     vacated     Delavan 
House,  354 
Roff,  Mrs.  J.  J.,  died,  295 

John,  died,  305 
Rogers,  Mr.,  435  n. 

Mrs.  Charles,  died,  351 
Thomas,  takes  oath,  124 
Roggin,  Teter,  323 
Romaine,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  died, 

Rome,  settled  by  Germans,  439 
Romeyn,  Rev.  Doctor,  402 

Rev.  James  Van  Campen, 
447 
Ronan,  Michael,  died,  377 
Rondweg,  the  passage  reserved 

within  the  stockadoes.  100 
Roomers,  Catharina,  75,  146 
Root,  Arthur  H.,  302 

Jan  Cornelisse,  181 

Lyman,  377 

Minnie  W.,  died,  302 

beer  pioneer,  332 
Roothaer,  Jan,  173 
Rork,  John,  killed,  327 

Sytje,  2,  86 ;  see  Jansen 

Katrina,  460 

S.  &  G.,  boiler  explosion, 
327 

Mi-8.  Samuel,  died,  239 
Rose,  Edwm,  262 

brickmaker,  221 

Gerrit,  69 

Hendrick,  69,  89,  91,  92, 
153,  154,  172,  174,  175; 
account  of,  69,  88 

Johannes,  69 

Myudert,    69;     city    gate 
near,  131 
Rosendale,  S.  W.,  reader,  317 
Rosengarden,  Simon,  died,  387 
Ross,  Annie,  died,  243 

John  J.,  died,  271 

Major,  453 

Richard,  died,  315 

Mrs.  Richard,  died,  248 

Mrs.  William  H.,  died,  262 
Roth,  J.,  S.  S.  supt.,  333 
Rourk,  Mrs.  James,  died,  297 

Rosa,  died,  347 
Rowc,  Bradford,  died,  270 

Hannah,  died,  278 
Rowland,  Henry,  284 

Hugh  J.,  died,  281 
Rowley,  Charles  C,  died,  363 
Roy,  Jacob,  207 
Royal,  Albany  sloop,  91,  144 
Ruby,  Catharine  E.,  455 
Ruelle,  Henry,  died,  3S8 
Rum,  price  of,  16,  74,  102 
Ruso,  Rachel,  died,  293 

William,  died,  348 
Russell,  Abbie,  died,  347 

Capl.  Wm.,  251 

John  H.,  2M 

John  W.,  trustee,  .338 


Rutgers,  Harmen,  76,  111,  112, 
113,  147,  157,  178  ;  sells  his 
brewery,  114  ;  account  of, 
75 

Rutgerson,  Ryckert,  177 

Rutse,  Margaret,  127 

Ruttenkil  or  Second  kil,  109, 
147,  151;  its  course,  116, 
151  ;  Com.  Schaets's  house 
near,  23 

Ruyter,  Claes  Janse,  81,  148 

Ruyven,  C.  V.,  29 

Ryall,  Captain  James,  261 

Ryan,  Mrs.  Edward,  died,  350 
Ellen  M.,  died,  326 
James,    anti-renter,     322 ; 

died,   245 
John,  died,  332 
Mary,  died,  326 
Michael,  died,  284 
Mrs.  John,  died,  278,  365 
Mrs.  Mary,  died,  376 
Mrs.  Tho'iias,  died,  340 
Patrick,  died,  340,  365,  367 
Timothy,  died,  241 
William,  died,  375 

Ryckman,  Albert,  114,  115,  171 
Albert    Jaussen,  27;     ac- 
count of,  115,  116;    see 
Jause 
Mary,  died,  278 

Rye  receipts,  284;  prices  of, 
349,  370 

Ryersen,   Gerrit,  20,   184;  Ma 
locality,   184; 
Jan,  goods  sold,  81;    see 
Reyerseu 

Rynderse ;  see  Rejmderse 

Ryverdingh,  Pieter,  212,  219, 
220,  221,  223;  clerk,  etc., 
224  ;  court  messenger,  209  ; 
see  Ryverdingh 

Sabbaton,  Tyler,  died,  343 
Sachamoes,  Indian  sachem,  73, 

74 
Sage,  H.  W.  &  Co.,  363 

McGraw  &  Co.,    Messrs., 
363 

trees,  19 
Sager,  John,  died,  270 

Maggie,  died,  355 
St.  Agnes' e  cemetery  dedicat- 
ed, .357 

church  corner  stone  laid, 

St  Andrew's  Society,  230 
St.  George's  society,  231 ;  elec- 
tion, 284 
St.  J  cob,  ship,  75 
St.  John  and  Arms  of  Amster- 
dam, 29 
steam  boat,  264,  341,  351 ; 
ac'roimd,      302;      boiler 
burst,  208;    steamer  re- 
appeared, 270 
St.  Joseph's  Church,  struck  by 
lightning,  317  ;  tower  taken 
down,  347 
St.     Mary's    Church,    corner 

stone,  337,  362,  370 
St.  Patrick,  352 

Cathedral,     corner    stone 

laid,  3.36 
day  celebrated,  237 
St.  Paul's  Church,  statistics, 
295 
Episcopal  Sunday   school, 
258 
St.  Peter's  Church,  232 

debt  liquidated,  239;  rec- 
tor, 344 
statistics,  295 


St.  Peter's  Episcopal  Sunday 
School,  258 
memorial  windows,  255 
St.  Tobyu,  Jan  Jansseu,  26 
Salisbury,  Capt.  Sylvester,  69, 
81,  91,  97,  98  ;  sheriff,  94 ; 
sells  his  house,  94;  ac- 
count of,  94 ;  commanded 
fort,  94,  95;  died,  97 
Juffrouw  Elizabeth,  97 
Mrs.  Nelson  H.,  died,  250 
Salmonse,  Jacob,  111 
Sanders,  Barent,  84 
&  Groot,  .323 
Jacob  G.,  died,  352 
John  B.,  died,  323 
Robert,  88,  89,  90,  100,  136, 
143, 158,  159,  160,  161, 172, 
174, 175, 180 ;  buys  Heath- 
cote's   house,    135;    ac- 
count of,  84 
Robert  Sanderson,  84 
Thomas,  Jr.,  84 
Sanderssen,  Thomas,   sells  Ma 
house,  203 
Robert,  89 
Sandford,  Giles,  died,  310 
Saudkil,  mill  built  on,  117 
Santee,  description  of,  77 
Sapher  Torah  used  by  the  Jews, 

227 
Saratoga,  steamboat,  395 

Vrooman  killed  at,  180 
Sargeant,  Carolina    A.,  died, 

Sarsfield  Guards,  336,  369 
Sassioncha,  Indian,  173 
Saulsbury,  Elida,  died,  254 
Saimders,  James  B,,  secretary, 

I         John,  401  .  ^ 

Sausser,  Mrs.  Christian,  died, 

273 
Savage,  Mr  ,  440 
Saverye,  Roeland,  198, 199 
SavLue,  John,  157 
Saw  mills,  number  of,  426 
Sa^vyer,  Mrs.  Abram,  died,  259 
Sawyer,  Mary  Jane,  died,  241 
Sayl'es,  Mrs.  James,  died,  341 
Eleanor,  441 
Phebe,  441  n. 
Scandalous  tree,  a  custom,  126 
Scannel,  Michael,  died,  388 
Mrs.  Edward,  died,  378 
Scepmoes ;  see  Schepmoes 
Schaets,  Anneke,  23 
Bartholomew,  23 
Rev.  Gideon,  2,23,72,  89, 
133,   188,    202,    206,    212, 
213  ;  account  of,  23 
Reynier,  killed,  23 
Schambert ;  see  Chambers 
Schelluyue,  secretary,  90,    92, 
118 
D.  v.,  464  _    „^ 

Schenectady,  8,  56,  59,  69,  90, 
425,    428  ;  first  settlers,    80, 
122,  180  ;  first    grist    mill, 
17 ;  burning  of,  1 ;  license 
to  tap  in,  79 ;  magistrate  of, 
87 ;  sacked,  21 ;  sheriff  of, 
75;     schout  of,    172;    ac- 
count  of.    400;  Germans, 
settled  above,  4.39;  Massa- 
cre at,  ^59 ;  population,  406 ; 
turnpike,  361,  400 
Schepel,  measurement  of,  179 
Schepmoes,  Jaepie,  91,  144 
Jau  Janse,  131,  184 
Sara,  105,  183 
Schennerhorn,    CatskiU,     106, 
107;  seeMarviuata 


490 


Index. 


Schermerhorn,  Helena,  100 

Jacob,  12,  33,  35,  38,  45,  51, 
54,  63,  64,  66,  70,  71,  72, 
76,  77,  78,  86,  89,  108,  109, 
112,  113,  114,  116,  144 

Jacob  Janee,  16,  20,  21,  28, 
29,  30,  33,  35,  36,  45,  51, 
52,  55,  89,  96,  100,  184, 
185,  193,  194,  196,  198; 
magistrate,  105 ;  goes  to 
Patria,  197  ;  died,  8  ;  see 
Janse 

James,  died,  354 

Machtelt,  21 

Eyer,  91,  218;  widow  of, 
married,  122 

Eyer  Jacobse,  account  of, 
185 ;  see  JacobBe 
Bchiflfer,  Lt.  Col.  Washington, 

died,  324 
Schlessinger,  Rev.  Dr.,  227,  228 
Schmidt,  Mrs.  Richard,  died, 

Schodac,    patent  of,    75;  see 

Schotack 
Schoemaker,  Jan  Evertsen,  68 

Harmen,  141 

Jan  Evertse,  81 ;  see  Evert- 

66 

Euth,  7 
Van  Edam,  75 
Schooners,  influx  of,  376 
Schooumaker,    James,     died, 

330 
Schotack,  land  sold  by  Indians 

173 ;  see  Schodac 
Schout  fiscal.  Van  Dyck,  19,  81 
Schreiber,    John,    died,    254; 

band,  241,  297 
Schrick,  Paulas,  188,  189,  190, 
212 
Susanna,  151 
Schroeder,  John,  died,  373 
Schultz,  Mrs.    Alexander   H., 

died,  266 
Schuster,  Max,  died,  293 
Schut,  William  Janssen,  37,  38, 

70,  192,  193,  222 
Schutter,    Mrs.    Louis,    died, 

245 
Schuyler,  Abraham,  64 
Alida,  109 
&  Braiuard,  331 
Capt.  Thomas,  died,  831 
Colonel,  401,  402 
Col.  P.  P.,  317 
David,  64,  100,  101, 132, 133, 

175 ;  commissaris,  102 
David  Pieterse,  8,  78,  96,  97 
Davidt,  64  ;  see  Schuyler 
Gen.  Philip,  405,  445  n. 
Jacobus,  64 
John  J.,  died,  229 
Mrs.  Stephen,  died,  354 
Peter,  421 

Philip,  88,  89,  90,  116,  121, 
123,  124,  128,  129,  153, 158, 
159,160,161,  165,166,  167, 
168,  169,   179,   186,    187; 
his    bouwery,    104;    see 
Pieterse 
Philip,  account  of,  404  n. 
Philip  Pietcrsen,  2,  8, 10, 13, 
18,  27,  28,  29,  35,  36,   38, 
45,   47,  48,  52,  54,  55,  60, 
62,  64,  83,  84,  85,  00,  154, 
163,164,194,196,206,223; 
purchases  laud  on  Keaver 
kil,  217  ;  see  Pieterse 
Pieter,  6,  64 
Pieter  Davidse,  176 
Samuel,  226,  279  ;  director, 
380 


Schuyler     street    indignation 
meeting,  334 
Thomas,  226,  279,  333 ;  aids 
Ash  Grove  church,  253 
Scotch  immigrants,  439 
Scotia,  settled  by  Glen,61 
Scott,  David,  died,  373 
Mary  A.,  died,  297 
Mary  Jaue,  died,  341 
Mrs.  Jessie,  died,  338 
Mrs.  John  H.,  died,  366 
Mrs.  John  W.,  died,  297 
Mrs.  aiichael,  died,  315 
William,  died,  243,  344 
Scottish  rite  in  Albany,  411 
Scrafford,  Annie  E.,  died,  276 
Scriven,  Mrs._   Gardner,  died, 

Seabury,  Hilan,  299 
Seaman,  Cornelius,  died,  335 
Searles,  George,  died,  386 
Seath,  Mrs.  James,  died,  242 
Seceders'  chiu-ch,  433 
Seckelse ;  see  Sickels 
Second  Dutch  Church,  change 

of  pastors,  275 
or  Rutten  kil,  109 

Presbyterian  Sunday  Sch., 
258  ;  50th  anniversary,  285 

Reformed   Dutch    Sunday 
school,  258 

street   Presbyterian     Sun- 
day school,  258 
Secor,  Hiram,  245 
Seery,  Patrick,  died,  237 
Seewant,  payments  to  be  made 

in,  193  ;  value  of,  3 
Segar,    derivation    of    family 

name,  51 
Segarson,  Cornells,  51,  64 

Gerrit,   58,  221 ;  see    Van 
Voorhout 
Selick,  Mary,  died,  278 
Selkirk,  Alexander,  died,  367 
Sen,    termination    of    proper 

names,  how  used,  3 
Seneca   Indians  threaten  Mo- 
hawks, 217 
Seunett,  Mrs,  Richard  died,  314 
Sentinel,  notice  of  hotels,  246 
September  heat,  261 
Sergeant,  ISlrs.    Parker,  died, 

354 
Service,  contract  for,  213 
Settlement  begun,  426  ;  early, 

437 
Settlers,  first,  438 
Seward,    Governor,    383;    his 

residence,  252 
Sewards,  Mrs.  Peter,  died,  327 
Sewell,  Mrs.  James,  died,  253 
Sexagenary,  319 
Seymour,  Capt.,  395 

William,  died,  367 
Shaddock,  Catharine,  died,  366 
Shafer,  Ira,  senator,  270 
Shaker   bonnets    among    the 

Dutch,  69 
Shanahan,  Bridget,  died,  256 

Martin,  died,  373 
Sharkey,  Mrs.  Ann,  died,  315 
Sharp,  Ellen,  died,  326 

Jacob,  died,  314 

John  H.,  died,  344 

Peter  G.,  died,  365 

(Scharp,  Scherp,    Schaap) 
Thomas,  127 
Sharts,  Col.  John,  died,  232 
Shauer,  George,  died,  .347 

Mrs.  John,  died,  334 
Shaw,  Abel,  died,  365 

Cynthia,  died,  267 

Daniel,  420 


Shaw,  Leonard  D.,  died,  350 
Shea,  Patrick,  drowned,  309 
Sheep  in  1813.  426 
Shefler,    Edward,    builder   of 

bridge,  293 
Sheldon,  Mrs.  Alexander,  died, 
272 

L.  A.,  died,  270 

Oliiia  O.,  died,  268 
Shepard,  Charles  T.,  president, 
284 

John,  crier,  353 ;  died,  354 
Sheridan,  Gen.  Philip  H.,  in 
town,  376  ' 

Mrs.  Thomas,  died,  365 

Peter,  died,  286 
SheriflT's  posse  march  to  Berne 
to     quell      anti-renters, 
245  ;  went  to  Knox,  320, 
321 
Sherman,  Capt.,  395 

Conger,  died,  384 

J.  h:,  died,  257 

Job,  384 

Robert  H.,  died,  374 

Watts,  died.  233 
Shields,  Ann,  died,  378 

Mrs.  Elizabeth,  died,  370 
Shipboy,  Thomas,  421 
Shirley,  Edward,  died,  a43 
Shoemaker,  Rut  Arentsen,  66 

Jan  Evertse,    69,  76;    see 
Evertse,       Schoemaker, 
and  Schoenmaker 
Short,  Sarah  A.,  died,  372 
Shrimpton,    Mrs.    Charles   J., 

died,  241 
Shrovetide  irregularities,  219 
Shubert,  Frank,  2d  lieut.,  251 
Siachemoes,  Indian,  107 
Sibinck,  Jacob  Hendrickse,  78, 

224 
Sickelsen ;  see  Sickels 
Sickles,  Mrs.  Eliza,  died,  317 

Gen.,  376 

Mrs.  Sara,  died,  229 

Zecharias,  8,  26,  48 
Sill,  Mrs.  Wm.  N.,  died,  308 
Simmons,  John,  died,  332 

Elijah,  died,  354 

Mrs.  Patrick,  died.  335 
Simoud,  Mrs.  George  W.,  died, 

285      . 
Simons,  Mrs.  Lucinda  C,  died, 

272 
Simonse,  Adriaen,  8 

Bishop,  253 

John,  suicide,  348 

Mrs.  James,  died,  324 

Mrs.  Martha,  died,  343 

Oliver,  died,  374 
Simpson,  Mrs.  Anna  M.,  died, 

317 
Sinekens ;  see  Senecas 
Sistou,  Michael,  139 
Sivers,  Martin,  died,  317 

Maiy,  died,  317 
Skating  park  described,  232 
Skaysse,  Christopher,  122,  123 
Skerritt,  Charles,  died,  326 
Skinner,  Charles,    post  office 

clerk,  244  ;  died,  250 
Skinner's  Mansion  house,  248 
Slack,  J.  &  R.  F.,  323 

Mrs.  John,  died,  267 
Slaghboom,  Antonia,  56 
Slave  trade  under  Dutch,  29 
Slavery,  abolition  of,  231 
Slawson,  Alexander,  died,  239 
Slichtenhorst,  Bata,  107 

Brant  Arentse,  19,  65 

Gerrit,  64,  66,  67,  90,  94,  98, 
99,  100,  103:  account  of, 


Index. 


491 


Slichtenhorst,  continued  — 

19;  sells  pantile  kiln,  87; 
commissaris,    108 ;     see 
Van  Slichtenhorst 
Margareta,   wife  of  Pieter 
Scliuyler,  8 
Slingerland,  Mrs.    Jacob    M., 
died,  285 
Tennis  Cornelise,  50;  Bee 

Coruelise 
Theunis,  13C,  165 
Sloops,  1813,  431 ;  to  be  search- 
ed for  wine  and  beer,  195 
Sloot,  Eliza,  died,  354 
Sluyter,  Peter,  Journal  of,  84; 

see  Bankers 
Slyckoten,  Willeni  Janse,  1 
Slyeu'iherlandt;    see  Slinger- 
land 
Smailey,    Mary   Louisa,  died. 

Smart,  Rev.  W.  S.,  installed, 

362 
Smit,  Barent  Eeyndertse,  31, 

167 ;  see  RejTidertse 
Myudert  Prederickse,  sells 

laud,  119  ;  see  Myndertse 
Rem  Jansen,  6,  7,  8,  34,  43, 

61,  64,  65,  195,  199,  223; 

see  Smith  and  Jansen 
Smith,  A.  P.,  superintendent 

of  bridge,  293 
Charles,  trustee,  228  ;  died, 

237 
Cornelius,  trustee,  338 
David,  420 

Dr.  William  Pitt,  263 
Elizabeth,  died,  267 
Father,  337 
Huldah,  died,  .384 
John  Blair,  283,  402 
John,  died,  244,  274 
Joseph    ii.    M.,    surveyor, 

356 
Joseph,  lost  at  sea,  333 
Lawrence,  died,  354 
Mary  Josephine,  died,  370 
_  Matthew,  killed,  261 
Mr.,  277 

Mrs.  Harriet,  died,  367 
Mrs.  Israel,  died,  313 
Mrs.  J.  Wesley,  died,  243 
Mrs.  Nehemiah,  died,  256 
Mrs.  Patrick,  died,  266 
Mrs.  W.  W.,  died,  280 
Myndert    Frederikse,    79: 

see  Myndertse 
Nancy,  died,  314 
Nehemiah,  died,  250 
Peter,  died,  366 
Ralph,  died,  265 
Rem   Jansen,   11,  12,    65; 

see  Smit ;  account  of,  65 ; 

see  Jansen 
S.  Sidney,  died,  .326 
Sidney,  died,  276 
Thomas,  died,  364,  365  ^ 
Thomas  R.,  died,  2.35 
Smuggling,  206  ;  complaint  of, 

75 ;  common,  199,  209 
Smullen,  Mai-y,  died,  367 
Smyth,    Charles  T.,    removed 

from  city,  281 
Edward,  died,  335 
Snow,    232,   2:i6,  268,   273,  277, 
280,  285,  300,  341,  342,  344, 
352,  .382,  384,  385,  387 
Snyder,  Julietta  A.,  died,  236 
Soil,  character  of,  425;  uncul- 
tivated, 1813,  426 
Soldiers  asked  for,  1654,  209; 
refreshment       committee, 
267 


I  Soney,  Mrs.  Cordelia,  died,  240 
Soogemakelyk,  Anna  Picterse, 


Adriaensen,  64,  91, 
218,  220 ;  sells  lot  at  Sche- 
nectady, 91  ;   see  Adria- 
euse 
South  Mission  Methodist  Ch., 

river,  acquisition  on,  9 

Southwick,  Henry  C,  died,  28 
Solomon,  284,  445,  448,  449 
Solomon,  Jr.,  died,  325 

Spafford,  Mr.,438;i,. 

Spears,  Edward  T.,  died,  383 

Specie,  scarcity  of,  3 

Spelmau,  Mrs.  Anna,  304 

Spencer,  Brown  S.,  died,  243 
E.  E.,  303 
George  B..  447,  448 
John,  295,  442,  445,  448 
John    &  Co.,    merchants, 

295  449 
Johu'c,  465  ;  died,  225 
Judge  Ambrose,  449 
Susannah,  441,  442 
Thomas,  442,  4-14,  445,  448 
Thomas  G.,  died,  281 

Spinning  wheels  in  1813,  426 

Spitsbergen,  Tenuis  Cornelisse 
119;  see  Cornelisse 

Spoouer,  Mrs.  Charles  E.,  died, 
325 

Sporborg,  Miss  Hannah,  328 

Sprague,  Rev.  Dr.  W.  B.,  226, 
263,  328 :  succeeds  Dr.  Ches- 
ter, 285 

Spring  street  mission,  254 

Presbyterian  Sunday  Sch., 
258 

Spuyting  Duyvil,  7 

Staats's  alley,  now  Slate  street, 
111  ;  diagram  of,  112 
Dr.  Barent  P.,  dinner  to, 

365 
see  Staes,  131 

Stack,  Robert,  died,  315 

Stackhouse,  George  W.,  buried 
233 
Lieut.  James,  233 

Stacpole,  Henry,  died,  362 

Staes,  Abram,  464 

Jacob,  30, 104,  177,  178 
Samuel,  30 
see  Staats 

StaetB   (Staes),  Abraham,  doc- 
tor, captain,    major  37; 
his  garden,  204;  his  alley 
now    State  street,  111 
Elizabeth,  96 

Stafford,  Addison  Hopkins,  456 
Alice,  457 
Almira,  454 
Almy,  441,  454 
Amanda,  453,  454 
Amos,  441 
&  Weed,  452 
Andrew  Gilchrist,  450 
Ann  M.,  457 
Anna,  450 
Anna  Mary,  452 
Aimabel,  456 
Anne,  441 
Arthur,  454,  455 
Arthur  Allen,  455 
Audrey,  441,  453 
Blanche  Andrews,  452 
Brown,  4.50 
Charles  Hoffman,  455 
Charles  T.,  4,57 
Clara  Augusta,  452 
Clarence,  454 


Stafford,  Col.  Joab,  442,  444, 446, 

450,  452,  453,  455,  457 
Col.   Spencer  llallenbake, 

443  n. 
Cornelia  Winne,  451 
Daniel,  457 

Daniel  Spencer,  457,  458 
David,  444,  454 
Deborah,  441 
Dorothea,  445,  454 
Dr.  James  Romeyn,  died, 

383 
Edgar,  456 
Edwin,  456 
Egbert  Elisha,  456 
Eleanor,  441,  451 
Elisha,  455 
Elisha  R.,  4,57 
Elizabeth,  441 
Ella,  452,  455 
Ellen  J.,  457 
Emelia  Anthon,  451 
Emily  A.,  457 
Emily  F.,  457 
Emily  Hannah,  457 
Florence  Venette,  456 
Florine,  454 
Frances  Helen,  455 
Francis,  457 
Frank,  454,  457 
Franklin,  457 
Freelove,  441 
George,  454,  455,  458 
George  H.,  457 
George  Spencer,  457 
George  William,  457 
Guy    Romeyn    Beekman, 

452 
Hallenbake,  450,  451 
Hannah,  441,  458 
Harriet,  450,  452 
Harriet  Romeyn,  4.52 
Harry   Willard   Raymond, 

452 
Harvey  C,  456 
Harvey  R.,  456 
Henry  Stafford,  451 
Horatio  Nelson,  454 
Howard  Lyster,  453 
Isabel.  444,  458 
James  Gibbous,  451 
James  Henry  Ward,  456 
James    Romeyn,   451,  452 
Jedediah  Sanger,  451 
Joab,    441,  442,  443,    444, 

451,  454,  456,  457 
Job,  441 

John,  441,  442,444,  446,  452, 

453,  454,  457,  458 
John  B.,  455 
John  Eames,  451 
John  Francis,  458 
John  H.,  457 
John,  Jr.,  453 
John  Spencer,  454 
Joseph,  441 
Joshua  R.,  457 
Lilly  Gertude,  453 
Louisa  Esther,  451 
Louise  Bancker,  453 
Lucy  A.,  457 
Marcy,  455 
^Slargaret,  452,  453 
Margaret  M.,  453 
Maria,  452 
Mariah,  454 

Marv,  442,  444,  453,  464,  466 
Mary  L.,  457 
Mary  Nicholas,  455 
Mary  Robinson,  451 
IMercy,  441,  454 
Minnie,  454 
Miriu  Lousia,  456 


492 


Index. 


.  Stafford,  Morris  T.,  455 

Mr.,  446,  449,  450,  452,  453 
Mrs.  Speucer,  447,  451 
Nelson,  454,  455 
Newton,  454 
Olive,  457 
Orlando,  454 
Oscar  Joab,  456 
Pamelia,  453 
Patience,  441 
Phebe,  441 
Phebe  A.,  456 
Prosper  Mr.,  456 
Richard,  441,  444,  455,  456  ; 

died,  371 
Robert,  440,  455 
Ruth,  444 
Sally,  454 
Samuel,  441,  444,  450    452, 

453,  454,  455,  457 
Samuel  Spencer,  452 
Sarah,  441 
Sarah  E.,  457 
Sarah  Kate,  456 
Sarah  Maria,  451 
Simon  Swart,  456 
Spencer,  442,  444,  445,  446, 
447,    448,   449,    450,   451, 
453,  456 
Speucer  &  Co.,  447 
Spencer  Hallenbeck,  451 
Spencer,  Jr.,  451 
Spencer  Robinson,  450 
Stukely,  441 

Susan,  450,  454,  455,  457 
Susan  E.,  457 
Susan  J.,  456 
Susan  Monroe,  452 
Susannah,  442,  444 
Theodora,  455 
Thomas,  440,  441,  450,  452, 

453,  454,  455,457 
Walter  Sanger  Eames,   451 
Wealthy,  454 
Wilber,  454 
William    Ashley    Hlllyer, 

452 
William  Henry,  455 
Wm.  Tibbits,  451 
Stages,  1813,  437 
Staley,  D.  G.,  S.  S.  superinten- 
dent, 333 
Stamford,  Ct.,  453 
Stanwix  Hall ;  ancient  site  of 

Harme  Gansevoort,  150 
Stapleton,  Ellen,  died,  295 
Stark,  Gen.,  443 
Starks,  Rev.   H.  L.,  253 
State  Bank,  founder,  351 
Hall,  410 

Medical  Society,  239 
St.  Pres.  Church,  debt  paid 

344 
street  Baptist  Church,  231 
below  Broadway  known 

as  Staats's  alley,  111 
Lutheran  Sunday  school, 

258 
Presbyterian         Sunday 

school,   258 
steep   ascent,  398 
Staten  Island,  9 
Stavast,  Claas  Janse,  109,  130, 
158 
Gerrit  Janse,  92,  95,  159 
Staves,  1810,  429 
Stead,  Wm.,  448 
Steam  boats,  1813,  436 ;  com- 
petition,    364 
boiler  burst,  244 
Drew,     quick     trip,    367; 
1826, 394,  395 ;  laid  up,  225 
fire  engines  adopted,  352 


Steam  Boat  Navigation  Com- 
pany, 395 
Steele,  Rev.  M.,  303 
Steenbakker,  59 
Steeudam,  Jacob,  198 
Steinwyck,  Cornells,  186,  206 ; 

account  of,  83 
Stephens,  Ellen,  died,  326 

James,  died,  384 

Robert,  died,  at  sea,  277 
Sterrevelt,  Cornells  Cornelisse, 

57,59 
Steuben  street,  151 ;  Fox  creek, 

174 
Stevens,  Cyrus,  died,  355 

Edward,  died,  327 

George,  died,  245 

Jonathan,  marries  Indian 
woman,  182 

Mrs.  Sarah,  died,  373 

William,  died,  271 
Stevense,  Oloff ;  see  Van  Cort- 

landt 
Stevenson,  Mrs.  James,  died, 
370 

Mrs.  William  P.,  died,  325 

Thomas,  94 
Stewart,  Capt.,  250 

Maria,  died,  259 
Stiles,  Maria,  died,  239 
Stillwell,  John,  377 
Stimson,  A.  E.,  280 

Azariah  E.,  died,  300 

Stockadoes,  437  ;  relics  of,  328 

Stoll,  Jacob  Jansen,  9,  24,  204, 

220 ;  ferrymaster,  24 ;  sells 

his   house   and    garden, 

219 ;  deceased 

Willem  Janse,  204,  205 
Stoney  point,  118 
Store  lane,  changed,  361 
Storm,  341,  355 
Story,  Robert,  137, 138, 140, 142. 

147,  148,  157 
Story,  Sarah  E.,  died,  267 
Stove  founderies  closed,  by  a 

strike,  300 
Stover,  Lizzie  H.,  died,  362 
Straetsmans,  Barentie,  81,  148 
Strain,  Elizabeth,  died,  257 

Robert,     president,     338 : 
died,  348 
Stranahau,  John  R.,  died,  347 
Stratton,  Henry,  died,  352 

S.  A.,  S.  S.  Supt.,  333 
Street,  Mrs.  John  R.,  died,  384 

name  changed,  358 
Streeter,  Wm.  H.,  died,  370 
Streets,  irregularity  of,  396 
Stremple,    Sirs.    Charles    J., 
died,  324 

John,  died,  335 
Stridles,    Gabriel    Tomassen, 

84,  88, 132;  account  of,  73; 

see  Thomase 
Stringer,  Samuel,  411,  415,  416, 

417,  420 
Strobel,  Mrs.  Simon,  died,  275 
Strong,  Wm.  N.,  280 
Stronmeyer,  Henry,  died,  314 
Stroudwaters  sold,  121 
Stuart,  Jan,  deceased,  120 

James,  died,  239 

Nancy,  died,  324 

Sarah,  died,  281 
Stubbings,  Mrs.  Wm.  H.,  died, 

348 
Stuiver,  value  of,  40 

geld,  definition  of,  11 
Sturgeon,  ommipotency  of,  316 
Stuyvesant,   Petrus,  10,  29,  40, 

41,  46,  56, 194,  208,  211,  462  ; 

claim  of,  9 ;  correspondence 


Stuyvesant,  continued  — 

of,  24 ;  his  mandate  to  Kit 

Davids,  315  ;  fiery  spirit  of, 

397 ;  Gov.,  takes  possession 

of  Fort  Orange,  403  n. 
Sugden,  John  P.,  died,  348 
Sullivan,  Agnes,  310 

John,  died,  364,  388 

Mrs.  John,  died,  237 

Mrs.  Timothy,  died,  334 

Peter,  died,  338 
Sumner,  Alanson,  280 

&  Hascy,  363 
Sun  steam  boat,  395 
Sunday  Arena,  352 

School      anniversary,     23  . 
Presb.  Ch.,  285 ;  semi-cen- 
tennial anniversary,  302 ; 
statistics,  258 
Susquehannah  rail   road,  fur- 
nished  to   Oueonta,    259; 

reached  Baiubridge,  367 
Swain,  Edward  S.,  died,  287 

Robert,  died,  235 
Swan,  Henry,  S.  S.  Superint., 
333 

Street  Methodist  Sunday 
school,  258 
Swaneken,  Tennis,  44 
Swart,  Gerrit,  91,  92,  118,  143, 
190,  191 ;  account  of,  91 ; 
schout  or  sherift"  of  Rens- 
selaerswyck,  76 ;  admin- 
istrator, 120 

Maria,  456 
Swartwout,  Mrs.  James,  died, 
351 

Roeloff,  49,  SO 

Thomas,  49.  50 
Swartz,  Nicholas  A.,  2dlieut., 

251 
Sweedt,  Dirk  Hendrickse,  123 
Sweeney,  Patrick,  died,  295 
Sweet,  R.,  M.  D.,  died,  374 

B  A  280 
Swift'  Anna  M.  A.,  died,  371 

M:r8.  Hugh,  died,  376 
Swiftsure,  steam  boat,  395 
Swiggart,  John  J    356 
Swinton,  Alexander,  died,  378 
Swits,  Claas  Cornelise,  12 
Switzer,  Frederick,  died,  334 
Swords,  Thomas,  412,  414,  416, 

417,  421 
Sybrantse,  Wyntje,  93 
Symonsen,  Pieter;    see    Van 

Oostsanen,  86 


Tabernacle,    Baptist     Sunday 

school,  258 
Taft,  Mrs.  S.  M.,  died,  318 
Tague,  Bernard  M.,  died,  248 
Tailler ;  see  Teller 
Talbot,  John,  died,  267 
Tallcut,  Mrs.  John,  died,  272 
Tallmau,  Capt.,  254 
Tallow  chandleries,  436 
Talmadge,  Miss,  303 
Tamschenkassik,     an    Indian 

woodland,  182 
Tanneries,  426 
Tappen,    Jnrriaen     Teunisse, 

121,  129,  206  ;  sold  his  bou- 

wery,  168 ;  see  Glasemaker 

and  Theunisse 
Tapster's  excise,  10  ;  wine  and 

beer  excise,  194,  199 
Tar,  contract  to  deliver,  159     ' 
Tate,  Jane,  died,  240 
Tatlock,    Rev.  William,    284 ; 

resigned,  312 
Tattersalle,  Joane,  441  n. 


Index. 


493 


Tavern,  fine  for  keeping  open 
late,  67 ;  closed  at  ringing 
of  bell,  37 
Tax  collected  by  government, 
264,  284  ;  returns,  1865  243 
Taxkichenok,  a  swale,  182 
Tayler,  Lt.  Gov.  John,  265,  302 
Taylor,  Aid.,  333 
Capt.,  448 

Caroline  M.,  died,  313 
Isabella,  died,  297 
John,    president  board  of, 
trade,  294 
steamer,  352 
Joseph,  died,  239 
Mrs.  Ann,  died,  387 
Mrs.  Christopher,  died,  326 
Mrs.  James,  died,  313 
Robert,  died,  239 ;  shot,  356 
William,  284 

William  H.,  279,  387;  com- 
mitteeman,    339,      vice 
president.  284 
Wendell  &  Co.,  447 
Teller,  Andries,   83,  85,  92,   39, 
94, 102,  103,  107,  109,  111, 
115,  117,  118,  119,  120,  123, 
124, 132,  134,  135,  136,  137, 
138,  139, 140, 141,  143,  143, 
144,  145,  147,  148,  149,  150, 
151,  152,  153,  154,  156,  157, 
159,  160,  161,  164,  169,  171, 
172,  173,  174,  175,  176,  177, 
178,  179,  185,  187,  189 ;  ac- 
count of,  83 ;  commissarls, 
109;  conveys  his  house, 
155 
Elizabeth,  120 
Helen,  460 

Johannes,  83,  105  I 

Lysbeth,  144 
Margareta,  83 
Willem,  2,  84,  128,  144,  182, 
460 ;  accused  of  being  a 
backbiter,  65;  first  set- 
tler at  Schenectady,  83 ; 
sells  his  house,  105 ;  ac- 
count of,  105 
Willem,  senior,  151 
Ten  Broeck,  Dirk,  463 

Dirk  Wessels,  67,  81,  89, 
111,  122,  138,  139,  148, 
151,  152,  154,  155,  158, 
165,  167,  168,  178,  182, 
183,  185,  164 ;  account  of, 
67;  purchases  lots  of 
Anneke  Janse,  459,  464  ; 
see  Wesselse 
Gen.,  422 

Mrs.  Eunice,  died,  315 
.  Ten  Eyck,  Abraham  R.,  314 
Andries,  127 
Barent,  127 
Catharine,  died,  245 
city  marshal,  250 
Coenrad,  127 
Hendrick,  127 
Jacob,  127, 
Jacob  Coenradse,  137 
Jacob  H.,  277,  280;  presi- 
dent, a38 
Mayke,  127 

Mrs.  James,  died,  245.  314 
Jenneke,  127 
Visscher,  treasurer,  335 
Tenipelier,  or  Temper,  Teunis 
Pietersen,  47  ;  his  property 
confiscated,  47 
Temperance  convention,  376 

Hotel,  410 
Temple,  Gen.,  232 
Tenth  regiment.  288 ;  called  out, 
330,  321 


Hist.  Coll. 


Terhaer,  Nicholas,  205 
Terrell,  W.  H.,  251 
Terry,  David,  died,  272 
Teson,  Capt.  F.,  365 
Teunissen,  Juriaen  ;  see  Tap- 
pen,  121 
Comelisse,  2,  14,  43,    44, 
190,  191, 192,  194,  206,  208, 
215,    220,    233,  223;    see 
Van   Vechten;  see  also 
Westbroeck 
Egbert,  68 
Grietje,  220 
Gerrit,  180  ;  sells  his  goods, 

206 ;  see  Van  Vechten. 
Jacob,  192 

Jurriaen,  49,  67,   119,   121, 
129, 169,  207 ;   see  Glase- 
maker  and  Tappen 
Sweer,  118;  see  Van  Vel- 
sen ;    see    also    Tunsen 
same  name,  and  Vylen- 
spiegel 
Teunissen,  Theunis  ;  see  Tap- 
pen,  121 
Teyssen,    Jurriaen,    108 ;    see 

Van  Amsterdam 
Tgerck  (Tjerk),  221 
Thacher,    George  H.,  elected 
mavor,  304;     feat  of  fire 
quenching,  353 
Thamokenik,  Mahikander  In- 
dian, 183 
Thanksgiving,  1865,  273,  384. 
Thauer,  Mrs.  Nicholas,  died, 

268 
Theatre,  1813,  430 

Green  street,  434 
Theatres,  398 
Theis,  Augusta,  died,  268 
Themis,  statue  of,  432 
Theunissen  ;  see  Teunise 
Theyseu,  Jacob,  181 
Third  or  Vossen  kil,  109,   132, 

151,  176 
Third  Presbyterian  chnrch,285; 
RefoiTued    Dutch    Sunday 

School,  258 
Sunday  School,  258 
This,  Klaes  ;  see  Thys 
Thomas,  Mrs.  Benjamin,  died, 

David,  died,  348 

John  E.,  died,  239 

John,  Jr.,  died,  248,  367 

the  drummer,  88 

Virginia  E.,  died,  366 

Wm.  G.,  280 
Thomase,  Gabriel,  84, 153 ;  see 
Stridles 

Jan,    185,    (Mingael),  111; 
John,  206 

Willem,  188;  see  Tomase 
Thompson,  Capt.,  369 

Mary,  died,  258 

Miriam  Julia,  died,  335 

Mrs.  Capt.  Wm.  L.,  died, 
386 

Mrs.  Margaret  G.,  died,  235 

Mrs.  Robert,  303 

Oliver,  died,  268 

S.  L.,  died,  367 

scandalized,  126 
Thomson,  Ellen,  died,  344 

Lemon,  280 
Thonissen,     Thonussen ;    see 

Teunissen 
Thorn,  Samuel  T.,  died,  231 
Thornton,  Mrs.   Philip,    died. 

Col.  William  A.,  died,  304 
Thomas,  died,  367 
Thorp  &  Sprague,  .368 

63 


Throgmorton,  John,  441  n. 
Thunissen ;  see  Teunissen 
Thurman,    Richardson,    died. 

231 
Tieman,  James,  died,  381 
Tierney,  Daniel,  died,  314 
Tiles,  early  manufacture  of,  57 
Tillinghast,  Phebe  Ann,  386 
William,  president  323 
Timmerman,  Arent  Jans,  163 
Careten  Claesen,  34 :  sells 

his  house,  77 
Gillis  Pieterse,  23,  27,  72, 

78 ;  see  Meyer 
see  Van  Schoonhoven 
Tingle,  William,  died,  280 
Tingley,  Otis,  died,  264 
Tinnauy,  Thomas,  died,  344 
Tippits,  Frances  Ann,  454 

Wm.,  454 
Tipstaff,  court  messenger,  11 
Tjerkse,  Bastian,  34 
Elsie,  12 
Frederick,  34 
Hester,  34 
Johannes,  34 
Nanning,  ai 
Tjerk,  34 
Tobacco,  auction  sale  of,  221 ; 
factory,  427 ;    of  Caldwell, 
435 
Tobin,  Bridget,  died,  333 

Mary,  died,  386 
Todd,  Charles,  died,  257 

Rev.  Dr.,  362 
Tomassen,  Gabriel,  73 

Jan,  5,  30,  31,  33,  39,  55,  66, 
127 ;  see  Hun,  also  Min- 
gael 
Tomatoes,  price  of,  370 
Tommany,  Andrew,  died,  316 
Tompkins,  Gov.,  450 

James,  S.  S.  Supt.,  332 
Tontine  Cofifee  house,  405 
Tooker,  Addie,  died,  376 
Toole,  James,  died,  304 
Toomey,  Jeremiah,  died,  351 
Toppmg,  Sylvester,  died,  362 
Mrs.  Sylvester,  died,  301 
Totems,  Mahickander  Indians, 

183 
Touro,  Judah,  tablet  to,  226 
Town  clerk,  5 ;  Van  Schelluyne, 
90 
fence  ;  see  Stockadoes,  131, 

132 
herder,  8 
Townsend,  Anne,  died,  297 
Col.   Fred.,  his    regiment 

returns,  261 
Dr.  Howard,  died.  344 
Franklin,   280,  317;    bank 

president,  378 
Isaiah,  297,  325,  344 
James  Ambrose,  died.  .317 
John  Henry,  died,  244 
Martha,  died,  33:3 
Mrs.  Franklin,  366 
park,  362 
Robert,  died.  335 
Tracy.  Andrew,  died,  282 
Catharine,  died,  .354 
John,  director.  386 
viceroy  of  Canada,  56 
Trade  in  1796,  405 ;  and  manu- 
factures, 398 
Trading  house,  1614,  409 
Trains  obstructed,  387 
Travers,  George,  245 
Tread  well,  Gi-orge  C,  286 

Mrs.  N.,  died.  354 
Tree,   scandalous,   set  up,  126 
Treeu wen  point,  93 


494 


Index. 


Tremain,   Lieut.    Col.   Frede- 
rick L.,  died,  232 
Lyman,  assemblyman,  270 ; 
speaker,  278 

Trimble,  J.  M.,  died,  363 

Trinity  church  case,  decision 
on,  462 
literature  of,  463 ;  statistics, 
295 

Trowbridge's  museum,  436 

Troy,  309 ;  Ebbingh's  bouwery, 
129 ;  early  proprietors,  118 ; 
line,  steam  boats.  395: 
sloops,  1813,  431;  visited 
by  Dwight,  407 ;  prosperity 
of,  1811,  408;  see  Lubber- 
de's  land 

Truax,  Cornells,  112 

Mrs.  William,  died,  266 

Tucker  &  Crawford,  301 

Tuffs,  I.  &  J.,  323 

Tunsen  (same  as  Teunissen), 
Juriaen,  37,  67,  68,  204 

Turkeys,  scarcity  of,  384 

Turner,  Emma,  died,  340 

TurnbuU,  John  D.,  died,  280 

Turnpikes,  426 

Tweedle,  John,  280 

Twenty-fifth  Regt.,  369  ;  regi- 
ment, 286,  288;  sent  into 
anti-rent  district,  332 

Twie,  Nicholas,  4 

Twombly,  Eev.  Mr.,  226,  270 

Tyler,  Mrs.  Oscar,  died,  280 

Tyssen,  Jacob,  account  of,  125  ; 
see  Vaudei-heydeu 
Jacques,  66,  76 


Union  College,  president  died, 
282 
line  steamboats,  395 
National    bank     election, 
280 
United    Presbyterian    Sunday 

School,  258 
Upfold,  Bishop,  236 
Uranian  Hall,  285,  430 
Urban,  Brother,  died,  374 
Usher,  Matthew,  died,  308 
Uthoff,  Wouter  Albertse,  28 
Uyleuspiegel ;  sec  Vylenspiegel 


Valentines,  286 
Valliant,  Charles  A.,  died,  317 
Vana,  John,  died,  229 
Van  Aecken,  Jan   Koster,  23 
54,  66,  77,  79,  80,  105;  see 
Koster 
Van  Aernam,  Thomas,  trustee, 

338 
Van  Aken.  Jan,  23,  64,  76,  203, 
204,  206,  221 
see  Van  Aecken 
Van  Ale  ;  see  Van  Alen 
Van  Alen,  Adam,  226,  279,  303 
G.  A.,  226,  279 
Laurens,  74,  147,  155,  170, 
175  ;  account  of  96 ;  buys 
Jan  Stuart's  house,  120; 
see  Lourens 
Pieter,  96,  133 
Van  Alstyne,  John  C,    died, 

317 
Van  Araersfort,  Evert  Brantse, 
soldier,  214 
see  Hun 
Van  Amsterdam,  Jurian  Thys- 
scn,  196,  197,  198 
see  Kyckman 
Van   Antwerp,   Amelia    King, 
died.  357 


Van  Antwerp,  John  H.,  280 
Van  Antwerpen,  Daniel  Janse, 

205 
Van     Baden,  Hans    Vos,    ac- 
count of,  27 
Van  Bael,  Hannah,  63 
Henry,  63 
Jan,  85 

Jan  Hendrickse,  105,  106, 
144 ;  account  of,  63 ;  sells 
his  house,  127 ;  location 
of  his  lot,  176  ;  see  Hen- 
drickse 
Margaret,  63 
Maria,  63 
patent,  144 
Rachel,  63 
Van  Ball,  J.  G.,  83 
Van  Benthuysen,  Baltus,  64,  81 
Barent,  64,  81 
Emily,  died,  343 
Martin,  64,  81 
Poulus  Martense,  64, 68,  69, 
109,  133,  150, 155, 170, 171, 
174,    176,    178,    190 ;    ac- 
count of,  81  ;    see  Mar- 
tense 
Van  Bergen,  Gerrit,  57 

Martin  Gerritsen,  107,  159; 
account   of,    97;    magis- 
trate. 104 ;  see  Gerritsen 
Myndert,  97 
Neele,  107 
Peter,  died,  362 
Van  Boekhoven,  Claes  Janse, 
26, 65, 167, 168, 173 ;  account 
of,  166. 
Van  Boere,  Claes  Janse,  222 
Van  Bommel,  Marcellis  Janse, 
1,  10,  17,  18,  26,  49,  54,  82, 
200,  221 ;  account  of,  16 
Van  Borsom,  Sara,  110 

Cornelis,  110,  459,  461 
Van  Brackelen,  Cornelis  Teu- 

nisse,  215 
Van  Bremen,  Jan,  58,  59 
Jan  Dirckse,  218 
Jan  Lambertse,  8 
Van    Bristede,    Tryntje   Jan- 
sen,  1 
Van     Brockhuysen,     Michael 

Janse,  9 
Van  Brugge,   Karel,  188;  pro- 
vincial secretary,  40 ;  died, 
10 
Van  Brugh,  Annatie,  461 

Johannes,    459,     460,   461, 

464 
Pieter,  89, 100 
Van  Buren,  A.  L.,  died,  388 
Christina  Cornelise,  67 
Cornelis   Maese,    57;    ac- 
count of,  14 
Hiram,  first  lieutenant,  251 
John,  public  speech,  288; 

died  at  sea,  333 
Maas  Cornelise,  account  of, 

99 
Martin,  449 

Martin  Coruelissen,  119 
Van  Buskirk,    Mrs.  John  K., 

died,  352 
Van  Cocland;  see  Van  Covelens 
Van    CoppernoU,    Claes    Wil- 

lemse,  account  of,  182 
Van  Corlaer,  Arnoldus  Arent, 

50  ;  see  Van  Curler 
Van  Cortlandt,  Olott",  83 

Oloff  Stevensc,  53,  115,  462 
Sophia,  83 

Stephanus,  director  of 
Rensselaerswyck,  115, 
171 ;  account  of,  115 


Van  Covelens,  Jacob  Joosten, 

39,  148 
Van  Curler,  Arent,  10, 59,  84, 85, 
216,  222;  superintendent 
of  the  colony  of  Rensse- 
laerswyck, 49 ;    account 
of,    56;    rescues    father 
Jogues,  56;    surety    for 
Pieter  Schuyler,  217 
Bennony,  140, 178 
Van  Uam,  Claes  Ripse,  143, 144  ; 

see  Ripse 
Van  De  Bogart,  Harmen,  46, 
88,  89 ;  account  of,  89,  100  ; 
one    of  the    patentees    of 
Poughkeepsie,  84 
Vandenberg,  Arent,  10,  40,  41, 
73,  89,  151,  204,  205,  219, 
223,  224 
Claes,  76 
Cornelis,  76,  91 
Gerrit,  76 
Gysbert;    account   of,    76, 

91 
Maritie,  91 
Wlllem,  91,  104 
Vandenburgh,  James,  Jr.,  died, 
237 
Mrs.  James,  died,  269 
Mrs.  Richard,  died,  378 
Vanden  Uythoff,   Wouter    Al- 
bertse, 28,  63,  202,  464 ;  see 
Albertse 
VanderBaast,  JorisAertse,  99, 

205 ;  see  Aertse 
Vanderbilt,  Commodore,  364 

steamer  collision,  374 
Vander  Blaes,  Constapel ;  see 

Herbertsen 
Vander  Donck,  51 
Vander  Heyden,  Jacob,  118 
David,  118 

Dirk,  64,  118, 125  ;  purchas- 
ed site  of  Troy,  129 
Jacob  Tyssen,  6,  64,  65,  66, 
67,   76,    91,   99,   126,   172, 
175, 194,  198  ;  account  of, 
125  ;  his  goods  sold,  192 ; 
see  Tyssen 
Jan  Cornelisse,  78 
Mattys,  118 
owner  of  Troy,  407 
Vander  Hoeve,  Cornelis  Cor- 
nelisse, 178,  197 ;  account 
of,  148 
Vander  Linde,  Harmauus  An- 
toiuisseu,  163 
Willemtie,  Harpers,  163 
see  Lendt ;  also  Van  OLin- 


327 
Van  der  Poel,   Anthony  Cor- 
nelise, 146 
Elizabeth,  140,  178 
Gerrit,  104 
Maria,  146 
Melgert,  104 
Melgert    Wyuantse,     120, 

144;  see  VVynantse 
Tenuis  Cornelise,  70 
Wynant  Gerritse,  120,  147, 
189,  190,  192  ;  account  of, 
104 ;  see  Gerritse 
Van  der  Sluys,  Anderies,  41 
Vanderspiegel,  L.,  5 
Vaiuler  \in,  Ilcnd.  Janse,  211 
Van  Der  Werkeu,  Albert,  156 
Gerrit,  156 
Hendrik,  156 
Jacob,  1.56 
I         Johannes,  156 


Index. 


405 


Van  Der  Werken,  Roelofi'  Ger- 
ritse,    157;    account    of, 
150 ;  see  Gerritse 
Vandei-zee,  Storm,  account  of, 
75,  80,  165;    see   Bradt, 
and  Bratt 
William,  died,  236 
Van  Deusen,  Abrahamse  Mat- 
teuwes  ;  account  of,*  155, 
170 ;  see  Abraliamse 
Isaac,  155 
Jacob, 155 
Jan, 155 
Melgert,  155 
Robert,  155 
Vande  water,  Hendrilc,  162 
Van  Ditmas,  Barent  Janso,  25; 
killed  at  Schenectady,  26; 
see  Janse 
Van  Doesburg,    Hendrik   An- 
driessen,  6,  11, 12,  14,  18, 
21,  43,  48,  49,  79,  213  ;  see 


Jannetie,  Hendrickse,  140 
Van  Dublin,  Jan  Andriesseu, 

65 ;  see  Andriesse 
Van    Dyck,   Dr.  Cornells,  69, 
74,  94,  97,  98,  99,  100,  101, 
102,  111,  113, 132,  147, 151, 
164,  182,  183 ;  account  of, 
09,  81 ;  commissaris,  102 ; 
grant  of   land    to,    110 ; 
died,  81 
H.  H.,271. 
Hendrick,  69;   schout  fis- 

caal,  81 
Jacobus,  69,  81 
Van  Eckelen,  Jan,  26,  60 

Johannes,  26 
Van  Edam,  Jan  Michielseu,  69, 
70,  193,  216 
Tys  Barentse  Schooumak- 
er,  75 
Van  Epps,  Francis,  died,  334 
Dirk,  6,  44,  79 
Elizabeth,  44 
,     Jannetje,  6 
Van  Eslandt,  Catelyutje,  162 

Claes,  163 
Van  Plensburgh,  Paulus  Cor- 

uelisse,  199 
Van  Gansevoort;    see  Ganse- 

voort 
Van  Gorcum,  Sarah  Cornelise, 

84 
Van  Gudsenhoven,  Jan  Sebas- 

tiansen,  76 
Van  Guysling,  Elias,  205 
Lydia  Jane,  died,  367 
Van  Hamel,  Dedrick,  secretary 

of  Rensselaerswyck,  58 
Van  Hoesen,  Anna,  02 
Anna  Janse,  64 
Catharina,  62 
Jacob,  02 
Jan,  31,  02 

Jan  Fransen,  62,  174  ;  ac- 
count of  him,  62 ;  first 
settler,  172 

see  Franse 
Johannes,  62 
Juriaen,  62 
Maria,  62 
Styntie,  02 

Volkert,  02,  172, 174,  175 
Van  Horn,  Fredus,  died,  262 
Van  Houten,  Dicke,  214 
Van  Upendam,  Adnaen,  7,  32, 
64,  05,  82,  92;   adminis- 
trator, 120 
Adriaen  Janse,  17,  57 
Van  KromenboBch,  Jan  Jans- 
sen,  36 


Van    Leyden,    Adrian    Janse 
Appel,  10,    58,   214;    ac- 
count of,  211,   212;    see 
Appel 
Jan,  205 
Jan  Bembo,  10 
Van  Loon,  Albert,  158 
Mattheus,  158 
Nicolaas,  158 
Van   Loosereght,  Jacob,   193; 

see  Maat 
Van  Maesterlaudt,  Catrina,  459 
Fytie,  459 
Jan,  459 

Roeloft',  Jausen,   husband 

of  Anueku  Janse,  459,  460 

Sarah,  459 

Van  Marcken,  Jan    Gerritse; 

account  of,  75 ;  see  Gerritse 

Van     Munichendam,    Willem 

Albertse,  205 
Van  Neck.  Lambert,  69 

Lambert    Albertsen,    220, 
223 
Van  Ness,  Cornelis,  6,  80 

Cornells  Hendrickse,  113 ; 

account  of,  79 
Hendrick,  91 
Jannitie,  113 
notice  of,  113 
Willem,  113 
Van  Nieuwenhuysen,  Anna,  5 

Dr.,  5 
Van  Nieuwkerke,  Brant  Pee- 

leu,  2,  47 
Van  Noorstrant.  Agniettc,  156 
Jacob  Janse,  202 
Jan  Jacobse,  157  ;  account 

of,  156 
Margariet,  156 
Van  O  Linda,  Pieter,  58 ;  patent 

182 
Van     Oostsanan,     Pieter    Si- 

monsen,  80 
Van  Otterspoor,  Jan  Janse,  58 
Van  Pelt,  Mrs.  George  H.,  died, 

372 
Van  Raveusteyn,  Elias,  75,  89, 

121 
Van  Rechteren,  Tryntie,  4 
Van  Rensselaer,  Heer,  19 
Catharine,  died,  343 
claims  Beverwyck,  9 
Francis  C,  died,  331 
Gen.,  improves  lumber  dis- 
trict, 363 
Henry,  241 

Jan  Baptist,  13,  20,  38,  84, 
195 ;  surety  for  Schuyler, 
217 
Jersmiah,    413,    416,    417, 

434;  P.  G.  M.,  441 
Jeremms,  64,  66,  67,  84,  85, 

124,  149 
jurisdiction  of,  resisted  in 

the  town  of  Knox,  330 
Kilian,13 

Maria  Elizabeth,  died,  273 
P.  S.,  432,  423 
Queen  Anne  gun,  account 

of,  252 
Rev.    Nicholaes,  122,  165, 
185;    colonic    pastor    et 
director,  171 ;  his  house, 
109 
Richard,  277,  280 
Rykert,  68,  69,  83  85 
skating    park    described, 

Stephen,  236,  241,  277,  405, 

437,  428 ;  house,  435 
title  resisted,  245 
vs.  Lansing,  266 


Van  Rotterdam,  Claes,  76,  107, 
109,  128,  i:85,  138 

Claas  Jacobse,  13(i,  137,141, 
194 ;  see  Jacobse 

Claas  Janse,  191,  214;  see 
Janse 
Van  Rytert,  Henderick  Jans- 
sen,  41 ;  see  Van  Wytert 
Van  Salsbergen,  Harmen,  93 

Barmen  Janse,  133 

Henrik,  93 

Jan,  93 

Jan  Hendrik,  77;  account 
of,  93 

Lucas,  93 
Van    Santvoord,    Alfred,    279, 

280 
Van  Schaack,  Nicholas,  303 
Van  Schaick,  Anthony,  2 

Anthony  Gooseu,  146 

Col.  Gozen,  319 

Geertruy,  2 

Gerrit,  2,  113,  173,  177 ;  ac- 
count of,  176 

Gerritie,  2 

Goosen  Gerritsen,  2,  3,  19, 
20,  .35,  30,  41,  47,  52,  55, 
80.  92,  102,  114,  140,  147, 
156,  200,  201, 202,  306,  208, 
209,  221,  222 ;  his  brewery 
sold,  178 ;  deceased,  176 ; 
see  Gerritsen 

Lourens,  113 

Margaret,  2 

Myudert,  died,  272 

Sybrant,  2,  112 

Sybrant  Antonissen,  his 
brewery,  178;  owned  a 
brewery,  114  ;  account  of, 
140 
Van  Schelluyne,  Cornelis,  90  ; 
account  of,  168 

Dirk,  91, 149,  108,  400,  461  ; 
account  of,  90 

Johannes,  90 

name  extinct  in  Albany,  90 

Tielman,  account  of,  90 
Van  Schoenderwoert,  Engel,  1 

Margaret,  1 

Rutger  Jacobsen,  1,  6,  19, 
20,  30,  35,  49,  09 ;  estate 
sold,  8:3, 90 ;  see  Jacobsen 
Rutger 

Ruth  Jacobse,  461 
Van  Schoonhoven,  Claas  Hen- 
drickse, 1,  5,  12,  13,  16, 
30,  33,  38,  39,  :»,  31,  33, 
48,  61,  190,  194,31.3,  320; 
account  of,  41 ;  see  Hen- 
drickse 

Guert  Hendrickse,  1,  41,  63, 
89 

Neeltie  Frederickse,  1 

see  Van  Utrecht 
Van  St.  Tobyn  ;  see  St.  Tobyn 
Van  Slichtenhorst,  Alida,  176 

Brant  Arentse,  87,  196 

Gerrit,  92,  93,  95,  96,  101, 
106,  107, 112,  113,  114, 116, 
131,  132,  143,  144,  173; 
account  of,  87 ;  see  Slich- 
tenhorst 
Van  Slyck,  Cornells  Anto- 
nissen, 58;  account  of, 
58 ;  see  Antonissen 

Hilletie,  58 

Jacques,  58 

Marten,  58 
Van  Steltyn,  Evert  Pels,  58 
Van  SwoU,  Gerrit  Janse,  207 
Van  Tricht,  Abraham,  130,  144 

Maria,  31,  01 
Van  Trighl  ;  see  Van  Tricht 


496 


Index. 


Van  Tromp,  Admiral,  361 

street,  361 
Van  'tWiller  (Van     Twiller), 
Johannes,  39,  46,  195,  203, 
904,  211,  459 
Van  Ulpendam,  Adriaen  Jane- 
sen  ;    see  Van  Ependam 
Van  Utrecht,  Claas  Hendrickse 
196,  197,  213,  219 
Jacob  Adriaense;  account 

of,  24 
see     Van      Schoonhoven, 
Claes  Hend 
Van    Valkenburgh,    Amanda, 
died, 351 
Annatie,  223 
Jochem,  223 

Lambert,  5,   199,   204  ;    ac- 
count of,  223 
Van  Vechten,  Comelis,  79 
&  Seymour,  369 
Comelis     Teunissen,    14, 

124 ;  see  Teunisse 
Dirck,  79,  124 
Dirck  Teunisse,  79 
Gerrit,  79 
Gerrit  Teunissen,  account 

of,  179 
Johannes,  179 
Leendert,  124 
Lucas,  124 
Pietertje,  79 
Eev.  Dr.,  285 
Salomon,  124 
Tennis     Cornelissen,     79, 

216 ;  see  Gornelisse 
TeuniB  Dirkse,  80,  124;  ac- 
count of,  14,  79,  216 ;  see 
Dirkse 
Teunisse,  79 
Volkert,  179 
Van  Vee,  Jannetie,  2,  86,  459 
Pieter  Hartgers,  2,  86,  459 ; 

see  Hartgers 
Rachel,  2,  86,  459 
Van  Velsen,  Sweer  Teunissen, 
34,  184;    account  of,   117; 
sells  his  saw  mill,  117 ;  see 
Teunissen 
Van  Velthuysen,  Gysbert  Phi- 

lipse,  46 
Van  Vlack,  Abraham  A.,  died, 

327 
Van  Voorhoudt,  Cornells    Se- 
gerse,  51,  64,  79 ;  account 
of  him,  51,  60 ;  see  Segers 
Gerrit  Segersej  221 
Lysbet  Cornelise,  38 
Seger  Cornells,    60,     207, 
221 
Van  Vranken,  Claas,  80 
Evert,  166 
Gerrit,  80,  166 
Maas,  160 

Eyck  Claese,  80;    account 
of  him,  80,166 
Van  Weenen,  Zacbarias  Sick- 
els,  8;  see  Slckels 
Van  Wesep,  Gysbert  Cornelise, 
38,  193,  206  ;  see  Cornelisse 
Van  Westbrook  (or  Bos),  Cor- 
nelise Theunise,  132,  204 
see  Van  Velsen 
Van  Witbeek,  Catharine,  127 
Van  Wie,  Ellen,  died,  317 
Gerrit,  6 
Hendrick  Gerritsen,  6,   8, 

74,  202  ;  see  Gerritse 
Jan,  6 
Sarah,  303 
Van  Wie's  Point,  35 
Van  Woert  street,  care  run  to, 
32,S 


Van  Woggelum,  Pieter   Adri- 
aense, 64,  118,  122,  218 
Pieter  Pieterse,   118,   129; 
see  Sogemackelyk 

Van  Wormer,  Jasper,  trustee. 

Van  Wort,  Henry,  422 

Van  Wout  Bergh,  Teunis  Wil- 
lemse,  174 

Van  Wytert,  Henderick  Jans- 
sen,  40,  41 

Van  Zandt,  Col.,  324 
Peter  G.,  died,  244 

Varleth,  Maria,  105 

Varravanger,  Dr.    Jacob  Hen- 
drickse, 98 ;  account  of,  92 

Vasterick,  Robert,  40,  41,  215 
Cornells,  206 

Vaughan,  David,  died,  241 

Veal  prices  of,  349 

Vedder,  Harmen,  20,    80,    83, 

88,  163,  166,  167,  174 ;  ac- 
count of,  21 

Gerrit  Symonse,  91,  122 
Harmen  Albertseu,  80 ;  see 

Albertse 
Johannes  Symonse,  63 
Symon  Volkert  se,  76,  202 
Velthuysen,  Gysbert  Philipse, 
190  ^    ' 

Verbeek,    Gerrit,    1;    killed, 
459 
Jan,  12,  13, 16,  19,  25,  26, 38, 
48,  50,  58,  63,    67,  71,  72, 
79,  80,  86,  188,   193,  200, 
202,  210,  212, 213,  224  ;  ac- 
count of  him,  25 ;  location 
of    his   house,    78;    his 
mark,  204. 
Verhale,  Sarah,  124 
Vernar,  Eve,  died,  317 
Verner,  Mr.,  422 
Verplanck,  Abraham  Isaacse, 
35,  38 
Ariaantje,  120 
Catalyn,  64 
Verveelen,  Daniel,  7,  15 

Johannes,  7 
Verwey ;  see  Van  Wie,  6 

Temiis  Gerrits,  85 
Vibbard,  Chauncy,  280 

steamboat,    264;  renewed, 
245 ;  last  trip,  268 
Vice  director  and  clerk,  188 
Viele,    Arnout    Cornelise,    88, 

89,  141,  162,  163,  164,  173, 
188 ;  account  of,  72 ;  see 
Cornelisse 

Arnout,  Indian  interpreter, 

180 
Cornells,  94 

Cornelise    Cornelisse,    98, 
184 ;  account  of,  79 ;  sells 
his  house,  97 
Villeroy ;  see  De  Garmeau,  75 
Vincent,  Adrian,  27,  202 

Jesse,  455 
Vinhagel,  Eva,  21 

Jan,    31,    83,    88,    89,   137, 

138 
Johannes,  Jr.,  31,  61 
Vinton,  Col.  F.  H.,  251 
Visbeeck,  Gerrit,  77,  98 
Visscher,  Bastiaen  ilarmense, 
married    Dirkie    Metse- 
laer,  44 
Catharine  G.,  died,  317 
Col.  James  D.,  killed,  251 
Geertie,  Harmense,  168 
Harmen    Bastiaensen,    40, 
51,  52,  i74,135,;i36, 176;  ac- 
count of,  33;  see  Baste- 


Visser,  Frederick  de,  now  Vis- 
scher, or  Fisher,  113 

Voddemart,  where  situated,  223 

Volckers,  Maria,  213 

Volkertse,  Simon,  76 ;  see 
Veeder 

Von  Pflster,  Francis  Joseph, 
412,  415,  416 

Voorlezer,  69,  88,  101 

Voorsinger,  65 

Vos,   Cornells,   45,   46,  68,  71, 
207,  221,  222,  223 
Hans,  27 ;  ^ee  De  Vos 

Vosburgh,  Abraham,  17,  32 
Abraham    Pieterse,  2,   17, 
18,  209;    deceased,  104; 
see  Pieterse 
Frank,  387 
Isaac,  17 
Jacob,  17 

Jacob  Abrahamse,  72, 163 
Maria,  died,  257 
Mrs.  Gerrit,  died,  253 
Pieter,  17,  61,  72,  104 
Pieter  Jacobse,  32,  104 

Vose,  John  A.,  died,  323 

Vossen  kil,  132, 151,  221 ;  name 
derived  from  Andries  de 
Vos,  174 ;  alias  Third  kil, 
189;  damage  by,  213 

Vote  of  1865,  241 

Voyage  of  Dutch  slavers,  29 

Vredendael,  bowery  of  La 
Montague,  9 

Vrooman,  Adam,  180;   notice 

Bartholomew,  180 
family,  account  of,  57 
Hendrickse  Meese,  account 
of,  180;  killed  at  Sche- 
nectady, 57,  82,  98 
Jacob,  57 
Jan,  180 
Jon  Meese,  82 
Matthays  Pieterse,  125 
Mrs.  John,  died,  304 
Pr.  Meese,  10,  67;  134,  153, 
159,  160,  212  220,  222 
Vroome;  see  De  Vroome 
Vryman,  Adrian  Claes,  209 
Vyselaer,  Jan  Cornelise,  117, 
118,  186,  187;  seeGow 

Waddy  Mrs.  J.  A.,  died,  354 
Wade,  Dr.  James,  dinner  to, 

365 
Wadhams,    Father,    337,   357, 

369,  370,  373 
Waggon  road,  6 
Wait,  Mrs.  Betsey,  died,  334 

Edward  D.,  lost  at  sea,  255 

George,  256 
Waits,  Rebecca,  454 
Waldron,  Rev.  C.  N.,  303 
Walker.  James  E.,  296 

Jonathan,  139 

Mary  White,  225 

Wm.  W.,  357 
Wallaber,  Mrs.  Henry  P.,  kill- 
ed, 269 

Mrs.,  killed,  268 
Wallace,     Mrs.     Christopher, 
died,  245 

Color  Sergeant  F.  O.,  261 

Major  William.  251 

Wm.,  245 
Walsh,  Mr.  Dudley,  448 

John,  died,  268 

John  A.,  died,  367 

Thomas,  died,  244 
Walworth,  Rev.  Clarence,  339 
Wandelaer,  Johannes  de,  123 
Wands,  Alonzo  P.,  died,  356 


Index. 


497 


War  loan  bonds,  260 

Ward,  Hugh,  died,  352 
Jan  (de  la),  108 
Mr.,  329 

Mrs.  John,  died,  268 
Mrs.  Margaret,  died,  354 
Peter  E.,  died,  373 

Warden,  Elder  Peter,  442 

Warm  days,  261,  317,  820,  366 

Warner,  Mrs.  Addison  S.,  died, 
343 

Warren,  Dr.  Leonard  G.,  died, 
306, 335 
G.  W.,  lieutenant  colonel, 
261 

Washington    Avenue   Baptist 
Church,  231;   sold,    277, 
278 
birthday  celebrated,    234; 
became  a  holiday  by  en- 
actment, 288 
city,  distance  of,  437 
in  Watervliet,  425 
Methodist  church,  254,  308, 
309,  332 ;  new  edifice  be- 
gun, 362 ;  Sunday  school, 
258 
street,  name  changed,  360 

Wasson,  George,  310 

James  D.,  279;  died,  310 

Wasserback,  Caroline,  died, 
315 

Water,  complaint  of,  258;  debt, 
1865,  278;  supply,  appro- 
priation for,  347;  works, 
437 

Waterfall  Guards,  268,  327; 
celebrate  4th  July,  366 

Waterfalls,  354 

Waterford,  bought  by  Schuy- 
ler and  Van  Schaick,  2; 
navigation  above,  390 ; 
sloops,  4.31 

Waterland,  Holland,  8 

Waterman,  Jeremiah,  280 
Mrs.  Sarah,  302 
Robert,  died,  341,  370 
Robert  H.,  411,  415 
Smith,  died,  2.32 

Waters,  Honora,  died,  335 
Margaret,  died,  371 
Mrs.  John,  died,  371 

Watervliet,  428;  patroou's  ma- 
nor house  in,  405  ;  popula- 
tion, 425 ;  sand  plains  of, 
406 

Watkins,  Theophilus,  died, 
327 

Watson,  Elkanah,  445  n. 
&  Kelly,  3  il 

&  Koonz,  upholsterers,  253 
Mrs.  Harvey  R.,  died,  241 
Mrs.  W.  H.,  died,  246 

Wattawit,  a  Mohican,  74,  161, 
173 

Watts,  James  A.,  died,  259 

Way,  Edgar,  died,  324 
Thomas  P.,  284 

Wealth  of  the  city,  431 

Weaver,  Catharine,  died,  369 
J.  E.,  S.  S.  Supt,  333 
John  G.,  died,  239 
Julia,  died,  270 

Webber,  Sarah,  5 

Webster,  Henry  W.,  died,  264 
Mrs.  Peter,  died,  295 

Websters    &    Skinners,     last 
survivors,  244,  250 
Spelling-book,   244;  Alma- 
nac, 244 

Weed,  Catharine,  453 
Edward,  452 
Grant,  died,  203 


Weed,  Smith,  453 

Thurlow,    303;    purchased 
N.  Y.  Com.  Advertiser, 
352;  hospitality  of,  234 
Weeks,  Mrs.  Gilbert,  died,  306 

Nelson,  died,  287 
Weelysburgh,  farm  of,  51 
Weir,  Bridget,  died,  225 
Welch,  Edward,  died,  340 
Wells,  Agur,  golden  wedding. 

Wells,  Dora,  453 

Mrs.    T.    Jefferson,   died, 

333 
Prudence,  died,  267 
Ralph,  302 
Rhoda,  died,  301 
superintendent  of,  43 
Welsh,  Catharine,  died,  340 
Ellen,  died,  281 
George  W.,  died,  275 
Mrs.  George  W.,  died,  267 
Mrs.  Robert,  died,  317 
Patrick,  died,  281 
Thomas,  died,  267,  281 
Wemp,  Jan   Barentse,  34,  75, 
117,  172 ;  account  of,  34 ; 
see  Barentse 
Johannes  172 
Myndert  Janse,  172 
Wemple  ;  see  Wemp 
Wendel,  Abraham,  25 
Ariantie,  25 
Elizabeth,  96 
Elsie,  25 
Evert,  25,  26,  50,  140, 461  ; 

see  Jausj 
Evert  Janse,  96,  107,   108, 
109,    110,   128,    131,    463; 
first  of  the  name  here,  25 ; 
his  place  of  residence,  25  i 
his    children,     25 ;    see 
Janse 
Harmanus,  25,  126 
Hieronimus,  25,  186 
Johannes,  25, 134, 169  ;  ac- 
count of,  96,  130,  131 
Philip,  25 
Thomas,  25 
Wendell,  Evert  Janse,  461 
Harmanus,  303 
Harvey,  S.  S.  Supt.,  333 
James  L.,  died,  365 
Nathan  D.,  280 
Wentworth,  Jacob    F.,    died, 

310 
Werner,   M.,    anti-renter,  320, 

321,  322 
Wesselse,  David,  60 

Dirk  (Ten  Broeck),  67,  81, 
113,121,122,149,151,  159, 
166,  176,  184;     see  Ten 
Broeck 
Dirk,  463 

Joachim,  38  ;  baker,    84 ; 
see  Backer 
West  Albauv,  aided  by  infiu- 
ence  of  Erastus  Corning, 
296 
fire  at,  248 

Methodist  church,  333 
Methodist  Sunday  school, 
258 
West  Mission  Methodist  Ch., 

333 ;  Sunday  school,  258 
Westcott,  Mercy,  441 

Stuckley,  441 
Westerkamp,    Hendrick    Jan- 
sen,  30,  35, 52, 188, 189,  218 ; 
see  Janseu 
Western  rail  road  united,  385 
Wetherhcad,  Mr.,  414 
Wctscll.  Mrs.  Jacob,  died,  331 


Wever,  Jan  Martense,  123, 179 ; 

see  De  Wever 
Weysluyp,  definition  of,  84 
Whalen,  James,  died,  335 

Samuel,  died,  236 

Thomas,  -died,  344 

William,  died,  240 
Wharfan,  1813,  431 
Wheat  market,  431  r  receipts, 

384 
Wheaton,    Henry    G.,    killed, 

359 
Wheeler,  Alonzo,  died,  344 
Whipple,  Baruum,  343 

Benj.    F.,    2d    lieutenant, 
261 
White,    Mrs.    Edward,    died, 
236 

Andrew,  died,  294 

Anne,  died,  316 

Isaac,  died,  244 

James,  died,  367 

John  P.,  457 

Margaret,  452 

Mark  W.,  died,  376 

Mrs.  Bryan,  died,  387 

Russell  M.,  died,  383 
Whitney,  Charles,  died,  263 

Minerva,  died,  262 
Wickes,  Eliphalet,  279 

Mrs.  Jonas,  died,  317 
Wickham,  Catharine,  died,  297 

Margaret,  302 
Wilcox,  Gaylor  S.,  died,  347 
Wild,  Alfred,  380 
Wileraan,  Henry,  63 
Wiles,  Lewis,  died,  241 

Robert  P.,  died,  376 
Wiley,  Susan,  died,  354 
Wilkes  (Dillow),  Mrs.  Anne, 
died,  367 

Joseph,  died,  331 
Wilkins,  Erreu  H.,  died,  332 
Wilkinson,  George,  died,  344 

J  acob,  died,  327 

Mrs.  James,  died,  239 
Willard,  S.  W.,  funeral,  340 

Sylvester  D.,  died,  239 
Willemsen,     Claes ;   see   Van 

Henderick,  100 

Teunis,  174 
Willemstadt,  Albany  so  called, 

95  ;  court  of,  97 
Willett,  Elbert,  377 

Capt.    Thomas,    103,    1.38, 
139,  157  ;  account  of,  94 

Col.,  453 
Williams,  C.  P.,  cashier,  230 

Eliakim  F.,  died,  389 

Emeline  F.,  died,  237 

Honora,  died,  353 

J.  T.,  1st  lieut.,  361 

John  S.,  trustee,  338 

Richard,  died,  357 

Robert,  trustee,  338 

Roger,  441  7i. 

Ruhamah,  died,  340 
Williamson,  Andrew,  died,  365 

Margaret,  died,  318 
Williamstadt,  430  n. 

Albany  so  called,  403,  409  ; 
438 
Willink,  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  457 
Wilson,  Edward  <&  Co.,  succeed 
E.  Corning,  295 

Col.  John,  killed,  251 

Dr.  Robert,  225 

Eliza,  295 

Elizabeth,  died,  226 

Mrs.  Jane,  died,  354 

Mrs.  John,  232 

Rev,  Mr. ,  resigned,  327 


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Index. 


Wilson,  Samuel,  123,  150,  153, 
155,  158,  160  ;  conveys  his 
house,  161 

Stephen,  died,  334 

WiUie,  died,  245 
Wine,  farmer  of,  15;  farming 

of,    193,    199;    regulations 

about  storing,  209,  211 
Wing,  Joel  A.,  his  residence, 
246 

David,  died,  326 

Giles  K.,  county  clerk,  270 

Mary,  died,  353 
Winnie,  Mrs.  Isaac,  died,  239 

Dr.  W.  F.,  225 

Jacob  J.,  died,  347 

John,  286,  301 

Joseph  H'.,  374 

Matt.,  358 

Pieter,  108,  118,  119,  123, 
124,  158, 170,  171 ;  magis- 
trate, 104 ;  notice  of  him, 
104 

Pieter,  Jr.,  account  of,  158 
Winslow,  James,  donation  to 
church,  329 

Mrs.  Richard,  died,  286 
Winter,  cold,  232,  270,  277 

mild,  340 
Wise,  Mary   Elizabeth,    died, 

281 
Wisselpenninck,   Reinier,  44; 

account  of,  24 
Wiswall,  Capt.  S.,  395 

Capt.  T.,  395 
Witbeck,  Mrs.  John  B.,  died, 

272 
Withart,  Jan  or  Johannes,  3, 

4, 125, 185 ;  account  of,  145 
Witmondt,  Jan,  41 
Wm.  Penn,  steam  boat,  395 
Wolford,  William  W.,  died,  313 
Wollett  &  Ogden,  architects, 

253,  301,  340 
Wolseugracht,  Jan,  88 
Wolverton,  George  A.,  280 
Wood,  Dr.  B.,  225 


Wood,  Elizabeth,  died,  257 

Moses,  died,  370 

Mrs.  George  A.,  died,  257 

Mrs.  James    S.,  died,  373 

price  of,  270 
Wood  foot,  dimensions  of,  6, 17 
Woodhall,    Colonel,    320,  321 

Gen.,  366 
Woodruff,  Louis  B.,  372 

Mrs.  W.  H.,  died,  344 
Woods,  Francis  H.,  387 

Thomas,  died,  385 
Woolen    cloth,    home    made, 

426 
Wooster,  B.,  upholsterer,   253 
Wornliam,  Janet,  died,  320 
Worth  Guards,  369 

Lt.  andBvt.  Major  Wm.  J., 
443  n. 

William  J.,  453 
Wortley,  Clara,  316 
Woutersen,  Keesie  (Cornelis), 

same  as   above,  57,    222 ; 

sells  his  goods  by  auction, 

220 
Wright,     Brigadier     General, 
256 

Henry,  died,  240 

W.  H.,  Istlieut.,  261 
Wrightson,  Wm.,  killed,  233 
Wyckoff",  Rev.  Isaac  N.,  263, 
303;  farewell  sermon,  275 

Mrs.  Peter  S.  died,  231 
Wylie,  Wm.,  died,  320 
Wynant,  Melgert,  120 ;  see  Van 

der  Poel 
Wynants  kil,  farm  on,  121, 129; 

why  so  called,  104 
Wynamus,  negro  boy,  149 
Wyngaard,  Lucas,  Gerritse,  64 ; 

see  Gerritse 
Wyngaart,  Gerrit  Luycasse,  his 

lot,  100 
Wynkoop,  Cornelis  (orKeese), 
17,  42,  82,  190,  222 

Gertrude,  died,  366 

Pieter,  17 


Wyttenhoff,  Wouter  Albertsen, 
101 ;  see  Uyttenhoff 

Yacht ;  see  Jacht 

Yankees,     their    temerity    in 

building,  112 
Yates,  Giles  Fonda,  411,  424 
Gov.,  447 
mansion,  252 
Peter  W.,  422 
William,  died,  313 
Yeaton,  Charles  C,  452 
Yonker  street ;  see  Jonker 
Young,    Archy,    gunner,    240 ; 
fires  Queen  Anne    gun, 
252 
Cornelius  H.,  died,  242 
George,  .303 ;  died,  334 
Gov.  John,  465 
Margaret,  died,  239 
Mary,  457 

Men's    Association,     235 ; 
admits  negroes  to  mem- 
bership, 240 ;  celebration, 
252;  celebrate  4th  July, 
366 
Mens'  Christian    Associa- 
tion, 254,  283;  great  at-- 
tendance  of  females,  287 
Mrs.  Daniel  S.,  died,  333 
Mrs.  David,  died,  317 
Mrs,  William  J.,  died,  375 
Phebe,  456 
8anford  B.,  died,  317 
Yorke,  Andrew,  died,  302 
Yunger,  Mrs.  John,  died,  372 

Zeegerson;  see  Segerson  and 

Van  Voorhout 
Zeh,  David,  trustee,  338 

William,  antirenter,  322 
Zimmerman,    Caroline,    died, 
334 

John,  died,  366 
Zumdieck,  John  F.,  died,  367 
Zwoll,  in  Overyssel,  107 


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