John D. Rockefeller and Frederick F. Thompson have also been large benefactors. In 1910 the property was sold to the Deering Co. The congregation numbers about forty. He purchased the ninth "water lot" of the Nine Partners patent, on which the village of Hyde Park is now situated. Its members were composed of adherents of the Church of England, and of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, which continued this form of worship until the early part of the 19th century. 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It is said that the first namedthe Ousterhoutsand the Wilcoxes, Dutchers and Bensons were the first settlers, and that they located under the East Mountain; but there are no dates accessible to define the time of their incoming. Central Hudson said 35 customers in Dutchess County and 25 customers in Orange County are without power. That summer new bridges were built over streams at Mount Ross and Hoffman's Mill. The Carmans and Arkles settled near them, about the year 1758, and to the north, Isaac Adriance, "of Nassau Island, Queens County," purchased two hundred and fifty acres of land in May, 1743, and shortly thereafter George and Abraham Adriance purchased and settled. William Clark was half of the famous exploration team Lewis and Clark, who explored and mapped the unknown lands west of the Mississippi River. This town is included in the Great Nine Partners tract granted in 1697 to Caleb Heathcote and others, and was formed from the town of Washington March 12, 1793. William Seward. Kip built a stone house on his land in 1700. The 1890 Census is lost. A new court house was erected in 1809, and replaced by the present building in 1903. The "house of Israel Reynolds" (Stissing House) was designated in the early records as the place where town business was transacted, and where the first town meeting for Pine Plains was held. St. Paul's Church was built in 1843, and the Westminster Presbyterian Church at Salt Point in 1862. The Methodist Church at Johnsville was organized in 1826. 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. In 1813 a postoffice was established, and two years later the village was incorporated; it was reincorporated March 21, 1903. 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. 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. A hotel was built here by William Waltmier, who, ten years later, disposed of the property to Jacob Knickerbacker. Milan was formed from the town of Northeast March 6, 1818. Three additional patents, to 1706, laid claim to the remaining interior lands. It is a large, two-story structure, in good repair, notwithstanding its age. This village was incorporated in 1886, and now includes within its limits Byrnesville, Wiccopee and Tioronda. The village then had something like 1,500 inhabitants, and the population of the whole town in 1800 was 3,246. This volumn covers the segment between Geneva and Utica, New York. First Effective Action Against Slavery Taken Here in 1767. In that year the stone house was built, now standing, on the Emigh homestead, at present in possession of a grandson of William. His son, Virgil D., was Surrogate of Dutchess county in 1844. The town of Wappinger, originally a part of the town of Fishkill, was erected May 20, 1875, and lies wholly within the limits of the Rombout patent granted in 1685. Aaron Van Vlackren settled at Gayhead, where his son Tunis built a grist mill in 1768. Early settlers of New York State : their ancestors and descendants by Foley, Janet Wethy Publication date 1934 Topics New York (State) -- Genealogy -- Periodicals Publisher Akron, N.Y. : T.J. Foley Collection findmypastpersi; americana Digitizing sponsor findmypast.com Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Language English Volume A cotton mill had a brief existence here. The advent of graded schools rendered the existence of such an institution unnecessary, and the buildings have been closed since 1888. Its first pastors were Revs. The Shekemeko runs in a northerly direction through its western portion. 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. Frost. "By 1760 it was overpopulated," says James Mandracchia, the librarian at Akin Free Library and Oblong Meeting House. 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. They were freighters, storekeepers and millers before and after the Revolution. By 1826 the Presbyterians were permanently organized and built a church on Cannon street. The oldest mill in the town was built by Robert Thorne, two miles west of Lafayetteville. Crum Elbow creek formed a natural division between the property of the Bards on the north, and the Stoutenburghs on the south. His widow, who was formerly Miss Margaret Ackerman, survived him for many years, and A large flour mill, operated by the late Starr B. Knox, stood on the dock. In the County Clerk's office at Poughkeepsie there is a map made in 1812, entitled "A map of Carthage, in Dutchess County, at a place called Low Point, on the Hudson, or North River." In 1882 the Millerton National Bank was organized with G. S. Frink as President, and W. M. Dales as Cashier. Lewis, Jonathan Lyon, Isaiah Sherman. Mr. Doherty has published a total of 13 volumes in this series, we are now adding volume 11 in accordance with our agreement to make them available as searchable database after 7 years have passed. 20-62; Transcribed by Terri Griffiths). Enos came direct from New Haven. Among the early settlers on the east side we find the names of Sherman, Merrit, Birdsall, Irish, Akin, Craft, Chase and Osborn. On October 23, 1713 Queen Anne gave permission for Dutchess County to elect its own officers from among their own population including a Supervisor, Tax Collector, Tax Assessor and Treasurer. This latter period of improvement included the building of the new water works, pumping from the Hudson River with sand filtration; the installation of a complete sewerage system; the Fallkill improvement by which the old mill ponds on the kill were abolished and the stream was walled in; the Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railroad; the building of the city railroad, and the beginning of the Poughkeepsie Bridge. Early European settlements clustered along the Hudson River at modern Beacon, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, and Red Hook. Settlements within the present town limits are supposed to have been made early in the eighteenth century, but records relating thereto have been lost or destroyed, A man by the name of De Long is credited with keeping an inn near the present village of Green Haven as early as 1725, but his name does not appear in the list of freeholders of 1740. Matteawan. Barracks were erected on the plateau southeast of the village, and frequently large bodies of troops were stationed there. Territorially it is the smallest town in Dutchess county, covering 16,025 acres, but in point of population and industrial activity it is one of the most important. These early Quaker settlers or "Friends" as they preferred to be called, were mainly farmers and came from Dutchess County, NY and previously England. Crum Elbow Creek and the Fallkill flow in a southwesterly direction through the town. Z. Much of the land is still in possession of the Rowe family. 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. Later arrivals were Peter Mesier, John Hughson and Rev. We regret that are unable to do personal research for you. The Church of the Sacred Heart at Barrytown, and St. Sylvia's Church at Tivoli, were erected by the Catholics in 1875 and 1903 respectively. Among them were the Marshalls, Bakers, Briggs, Hoags, Halsteads, Moshers, Stringhams, Watters, Lamorees, Nelsons and Williams. Adjoining Hyde Park village on the north is the country seat of Mr. F. W. Vanderbilt, who purchased the property in 1895. It had a capacity of 250,000 yards of cloth per week. Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 203-205. Dutchess The Sawkill flows through the center of the town. The building they had erected in 1873 was destroyed by fire in 1876. The establishment of ferry service at Rhinebeck in 1752, brought the inhabitants in closer connection with Rondout. The sons built the Methodist church there, and were generous supporters of local enterprises. Early settlements in Dutchess County, New York Family History Library General History of Dutchess County, New York, 1877 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry General history of Duchess County from 1609 to 1876 Index LDS Genealogy General history of Duchess County from 1609 to 1876 Index Internet Archive The second Mayor was Charles W. Swift, Apart from some notable political meetings on Forbus Hill, the space which remained open for many years between Union and Church streets, back of the Forbus House, nothing of great importance took place in Poughkeepsie down to the Civil War. Supervises subordinate staff members; 8. There are two churchesBaptist and Methodist. Washington, Arnold, Marquis de Chastellux and La Fayette lodged at this tavern. She set about establishing mills and invited settlers to come upon her land and develop it. Tried to use year, where stated, person and where they were from. The charitable institutions of Poughkeepsie include the Home for the Friendless, built in 1887; The Old Ladies' Home; the Vassar Brothers' Home for Aged Men, and Vassar Brothers' Hospital. Records of Crum Elbow precinct, Dutchess county, New York, 1738-1761. For a substitute, see. In the central portion is a good agricultural region. Canaan, Columbia County, New York. Circuit Court Southern District, 1846-1876, U.S. District Court Eastern District, (Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties), 1865-1906, U.S. District Court Southern Court Southern District, (New York, Bronx and also Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Sullivan and Westchester counties), 1824-1906. 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