document.write(cy); (Source: Historical and Genealogical Record Dutchess and Putnam Counties New York, Press of the A. V. Haight Co., Poughkeepsie, New York, 1912; pp. Among the early settlers we find the names of Livingston, Potter, Abel, Morey, Reed, Uhl, Cline and Wilkinson. One of them established twelve counties, as follows: New York, Kings, Queens, Suffolk, Richmond, Westchester, Albany, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Duke's and Cornwall. It was located on the then chief highway from Hartford to Fishkill. It was a transfer on the part of three Indians, to Gerritt Artsen, Arie Rosa and Jan Elton. The religious denominations of the town are the Methodists, with churches at Red Hook and Tivoli; St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Red Hook; and the Episcopalians with a church in each village. Dutchess County, New York Quaker Records, Wikipedia contributors, "Old Albany Post Road" in. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent series, by Frank J. Doherty, contains data on over thirteen hundred families who settled in the Beekman Patent, an original land grant given to Col. Henry Beekman in 1697 by the English Crown and the second largest patent in present-day Dutchess County, New York. The Matteawan Manufacturing Co. was organized in 1864, with a capital of $150,000. The Dutchess County Genealogical Society was established in 1972 to help organize and direct genealogical work. Colonists from New England founded communities throughout the disputed areas of eastern Dutchess in the opening decades of the eighteenth century. A short distance northeast of Poughquag was the home of Col. Vanderburgh, an officer of some prominence in the Revolution. One of the early aldermen was Henry W. Shaw (Josh Billings). The business was discontinued with the failure of the first bridge project in 1873. Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent by Frank J. Doherty Hardcover | Frank J. Doherty | Pub. Franklin Ellis 342. VOL. Municipal Historians of Dutchess County. By Capt. The county was named for Mary of Modena, Duchess of York, second wife of James, Duke of York (later James II, King of England). In the year 1760, Johannes Rowe, a German by birth, located in this town north of what is now Lafayetteville, on nine hundred and eleven acres of land which he purchased of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston. Festal gathering of the early settlers and present inhabitants of the town of Virgil, Cortland County, N.Y., held at Virgil village, on Thursday, the 25th of August, 1853, embracing a historic sketch of the town, supplemented with a brief historical account of events from that time to 1878 DELAWARE COUNTY The earliest settlements in the town were made in the Oblong tract of Spencers Corners. 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Copyright . Samuel Dor-land and wife, Allen Moore and wife and Andrew Moore are recorded as being present at this meeting. The mills that were built subsequent to 1725 on the Sawkill and the White Clay Kill (now Stony creek) were a prominent feature of the earlier times. Tradition says they acquired 2,800 acres between them, around the shores of the beautiful sheet of water long known as Thompson's Pond. Nearby was a grist mill operated by one Schut. USA (1,373,456) > New York (69,842) > Dutchess County (1,870) > Dutchess County County Histories and Genealogies (96), USA (1,373,456) > New York (69,842) > New York Histories and Genealogies (5,143) > Dutchess County Histories and Genealogies (96). Milan was taken off in 1818, and Pine Plains was erected into a separate township in 1823. Note: Affiliate links are used within the directory on this site and a small contribution goes to the website for some purchases made. It stood close to the water at what was known as the Lower Landing, north of Dennings Point. pilot or "Flying Tigers" Chapter Page Number Clear search Browse this collection Table of Contents Title Page Contents to This Section July 1938, Title Page It was reduced to its present limits of about sixty square miles, when the northern part was erected into the town of Stanford, March 12, 1793. The name of Freedom was given to the town by Enoch Dorland, a Quaker preacher. The Dutch church was organized October 10, 1716, by Rev. 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A range of hills, locally known as Quaker Hill, extends along the east border. The printed index is also available at the end of this volume, starting on page 845. in Rhinebeck, NY STARR LIBRARY Local History Room October 14, 1832, a number of Catholics residing in Poughkeepsie formed the Catholic Association, to raise a fund for the erection of a church, with the result that St. Peter's Church was built and dedicated November 26, 1837. Key Aspects Bangall, Stanfordville and Stissing are small villages. [New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. The Poughkeepsie Collegiate School, a noted institution, founded in 1835, continued until 1867, when the property was sold to settle the estate of Charles Bartlett, its first principal; the Grecian temple still crowns College Hill. 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The eastern part of the town adjoining Pleasant Valley and Clinton was settled at an early day by Quakers from New England and Long Island. Mabbettsville, Oak Summit and Lithgow are hamlets. The General Montgomery and the Governor Lewis mills were built in 1774 and 1800, respectively. After the destruction of Kingston by the British, October 16, 1777, Gov. On the west side there once dwelt the ancestors of the families by the name of Worden, Moshier, Dentory, Dibble, Davis and Turner. This village has grown up around the original Five Corners and become a place of importance within the last thirty years. South Dutchess County expanded rapidly, growing from fewer than 50 families in 1740 to nearly 1,400 in 1790. In the succeeding decade some forty families from the North of Ireland settled in the country west of the Hudson in what became Orange and Ulster counties. The first record of the Methodist Episcopal church bears date of 1842, and under date of April 2, 1859, is found the following: "The trustees of Millerton beg leave to report that they have purchased a lot on which they have erected a church edifice which costs, with the said lot, the sum of $4,500. The hamlet contains a hotel built in 1858, two stores and a few dwellings. The Company was re-organized in 1825, and built the machine shop and foundry on the east side of the creek, devoted largely to the production of cotton machinery. His widow, who was formerly Miss Margaret Ackerman, survived him for many years, and About thirty in number were captured and marched to Sharon, from whence they were taken to New Hampshire and held until the close of the war. Records are drawn from the marriage and death columns of central New York newspapers published prior to 1850. Among the early residents of the neighborhood was Jacob Sebring, who lived in a large white house overlooking the river, and built a dock where he kept a yacht. Migration routes for early European settlers to and from North East, Dutchess County, New York Genealogy included: [3] Alford and Egremont (MA) Turnpike [4] 1812 Ancram (NY) Turnpike [5] 1805, also sometimes called the Catskill Road, from Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut Genealogy to Catskill, Greene County, New York Genealogy The freshet of 1865 swept the dam away. The first Oblong Meeting House, as it came to be known, was finished in 1742. In exchange, Rye was granted to New York, along with a 1.81-mile (2.91 km) wide strip of land running north from Ridgefield to Massachusetts alongside the New York counties of Westchester, Putnam then Dutchess, known as "The Oblong". The village of Chelsea, formerly known as Low Point or Carthage Landing Postoffice, had at one time a shipyard owned by Cornelius Carman, where sloops and steamboats were launched. William Thorne, great-great-grandfather of Samuel Thorne, the present owner of Thorndale, was one of the first settlers of Nine Partners, and was a merchant and large landholder. James Emans obtained a grant of land from Madam Brett near the present hamlet of East Fishkill. William Humphrey held this office in 1763. DOWNLOAD OPTIONS download 1 file . Channingville, that part of Wappingers Falls north of the creek, accounts for several hundred of the town's population. After the burning of Kingston in October 1777, Poughkeepsie served as the state capitol until the conclusion of hostilities. Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 The Quakers established a meeting house on Clover street in 1802. A Baptist church was built here in 1777. Supervises subordinate staff members; 8. The production of milk is probably the largest industry in this section. It later became the property of John LeRoy, who, with his son Abraham, ran it for upwards of forty years. From 1683 to 1715 most of the settlers in Dutchess County were Dutch. The Starr Institute, which contains a free library, was built and furnished by Mrs. Mary R. Miller in 1862, at a cost of $15,000. 1880 lists how long a resident of the county. Little Wappinger Creek flows southerly through the center of the town. The Reformed Church at Hopewell dates back to 1757. I LDS Genealogy, History of Little Nine Partners of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess county, Vol. "Each family had 10 to 14 kids, and . The church property was sold in 1893. The oldest religious organization in the town is that of the Society of Friends of Arthursburg. The product of the company consists of an apparatus for utilizing waste gases passing from steam boilers and for re-heating water, thus affording a great saving in coal. Joseph Doty of the do Blacksmith. The county's name derives from the seventeenth-century spelling of "duchess," as preserved in the original November 1, 1683, law that established the first twelve counties of New York. Of their descendants, Philip N. Bonesteel was a merchant, magistrate and post-master in Red Hook for many years. Wing was one of the early settlers in New England, and his son Benjamin married Rhoda Rogers, a descendant of John Rogers the martyr, who was burned at Smithfield, England, Feb. 4, 1555. The Rothery File Works was established in 1835, by John Rothery, who came from Yorkshire, England. Conrad Ham was another early settler, and the old home he built six generations ago still stands on a lot adjoining the present home of the family. The Quaker Meeting House at Clinton Corners was built in 1777. Landscape painters Frederick Church and Thomas Cole gained fame and patronage as the Hudson River School flourished, while landscape architects including Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux selected Dutchess County as the canvass for several remarkable projects, including Springside in Poughkeepsie. The Treaty of Dover of 1731stabilized the border zone. Many emigrants from New England lived in and passed through the Beekman Patent on their way west. This village was incorporated in 1886, and now includes within its limits Byrnesville, Wiccopee and Tioronda. Isaac Blauvelt, Rev. Gen. Joseph Howland, who was much interested in the development and improvement of the village of Matteawan, established and perpetually endowed a library here which bears his name. The Rosa tracts were occupied by an Osterhout, a Van Etten and an Ostrander. 1, History of Little Nine Partners of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess county, Vol. They came as far as Cooperstown on horseback, and thence by canoe down the Susquehanna, leaving Cooperstown May 2, 1786. First Name (optional) Locality: Accessions to the Presbytery of Dutchess County 1760-1788 (Source: Awesome Genealogy) Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1639-1989 includes Fishkill, New Hackensack, Poughkeepsie (The Flats), Red Hook, Reyn Beeck (now Red Hook), Tivoli and Upper Red Hook (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($) Dutchess County Church . The building was finished in 1723. A Red Hook High School alum, Gomez graduated from . The early members have long since passed away, leaving their descendants to unite and to conform to the manners and discipline of other sects. Also on microfilm. Of Freedom was given to the town by Enoch Dorland, a Van Etten and an Ostrander in 1886 and! 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