8 Aug., 1702. She set about establishing mills and invited settlers to come upon her land and develop it. Also on microfilm. Daniel Sherman of do Labourer. The Baptist Church was organized in 1844, and the building erected in 1863, at the expense of Mrs. Mortimer Livingston, and her daughter, Mrs. Drake, who married for her second husband Mr. Kirkpatrick. Dutchess County was one of the first 12 counties that were established in the Province of New York in 1683. Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 There have been not less than fifty private schools at various times in Poughkeepsie, notably; Poughkeepsie Military School, Lyndon Hall, Poughkeepsie Female Academy, Cottage Hill Seminary, State and National Law School, and Putnam Hall School, formerly Brooks Seminary. 1 But this expansion was not without problems. They came as far as Cooperstown on horseback, and thence by canoe down the Susquehanna, leaving Cooperstown May 2, 1786. Those for Dutchess county are as follows vizt. This page has been viewed 74,075 times (4,778 via redirect). The General Montgomery and the Governor Lewis mills were built in 1774 and 1800, respectively. South of this is the Catholic church, its attendants forming an outlying mission of the Sylvan Lake Church. Enter your email address here to receive a notification when we publish a new database. Alonzo Welton of Poughkeepsie, with twenty-one members. In 1785, New York State granted the first license for the Post Road, formally establishing a series of taverns and inns along modern Route 9, some of which still stand today. CONTENTS Page. 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. On November 1, 1683, the Province of New York established its first twelve counties, with Dutchess County being one of them. Annandale is the site of St. Stephen's College, chartered March 20, 1860. Three additional patents, to 1706, laid claim to the remaining interior lands. This land he gave to his son Luke in 1758. 1717, a portion of Albany County transferred to Dutchess County. Wassaic is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States. James De Long, who was town clerk in 1802-'03, is said to have been a descendant of the settler of that name. Dr. John Bard, the earliest physician in this locality, bought out the heirs of Fauconier, of whom his wife was a descendant. Dutchess County Historical Society 845-471-1630 54 Main Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Dutchess County Genealogical Society 845-462-4108 P.O. Among the early settlers on the east side we find the names of Sherman, Merrit, Birdsall, Irish, Akin, Craft, Chase and Osborn. "Belfield" is the home of Hon. In 1864 it was incorporated and given the name of Fishkill Landing, the post office having been established under that name in1804. The Highland Division of the N. Y. N. H. & H. Railroad running east and west through the central part of the town has stations at Poughquag and Green Haven. It was located on the then chief highway from Hartford to Fishkill. Harvey G. Eastman, George Innis, Mark D. Wilbur and George P. Pelton were leaders in this latter improvement era. Millbrook is the principal village. The only dwelling spared was the home of Gilbert Robert Livingston, who remained loyal to the crown during the Revolutionary War. 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. By the creation of the towns of Hyde Park and Pleasant Valley, January 26, 1821, it was reduced to its present area of 23,487 acres. Dover was taken off and made into a separate township in 1807. If you have some time and would like to get involved please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org. Akin Hall Association, was founded by Albert John Akin in 1882, for the promotion of benevolence, charity, literature and science. It was undenominational, and was named Carmel in the Nine Partners. On the west border of the town are several country estates of families prominent in the social and business world, including those of John A. Roosevelt, who owned Mount Hope, and Mrs. James Roosevelt, who has an estate a few miles further north. 1880 lists how long a resident of the county. In 1859 a Catholic Church was built at Sylvan Lake, and another at Clove Valley, forming a part of the Parish of St. Denis. It originally included all the territory covered by the Rombout Patent, granted by James II, in 1685, confirming the deed of land made to Francis Rombout and GulianVerplanck by the Wappinger Indians in 1683. As this leisure class with money and time to pursue learning and culture emerged, literary and historical societies, schools, and institutions of higher learning emerged. The minutes of the society contain no records of the early pastors, except for the year 1851, when Rev. John Carman represented the precinct at Supervisors' meetings from 1739 to '42. Some were long term tenants, while others resided a short time and moved on, going farther north into New York and . Poughkeepsie has long been known as a city of schools. Death entry content: Name, age, sex, color, marital status, month and day of death, native state or country, occupation and cause of death. The village of Rhinebeck was incorporated April 23, 1834, and the act amended in 1867. In 1812, Putnam County was detached from Dutchess. Matthew Vassar died in 1868, and his nephews, Matthew, Jr., and John Guy, continued his interest in the institution. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York I am doing a series of books on the Beekman Patent settlers, all 17th and 18th century information, (plus early 19th century NYS probate for many Beekman Surnames). Roe Van Voorhis of Fishkill, Duchess County, New York: 255: St. Paul's Church, Red Hook, Duchess [sic] County, New York : Rose Hill : De Peyster family: 74 The church property was sold in 1893. The Christian Church at Schultzville was erected in 1866 on land donated by T. A. Schultz, who also contributed $3,000 towards the cost of the building. Hopewell Junction is the only village of importance therein. He had four sons John, Sebastian, Philip, and Mark, who settled around on the land of their father's purchase, and to each of whom he gave a farm. In 1967, Dutchess voters passed a county charter that created the Office of the County Executive and the Dutchess County legislature to provide dedicated service for county-wide needs. The title to the soil dates back to 1705 when Peter Fauconier, one of the Little Nine Partner patentees, became sole owner of this grant. The town of Dover lies on the southeastern border of the county. By 1730 it was decided to have a church in the immediate vicinity, which was erected on the site of the present "Old Dutch Church.". Quaker Hill, Holmes and West Pawling are hamlets. Whaley Pond, Lake Norton, Green Mountain Lake and Lake Hammersley are considerable bodies of water. He built his tavern, which is still standing, about the year 1768, on the A. C. Briggs farm. It was in this church building that a band of Tories, in the summer of 1777, assembled. William Seward. The Methodist Church at Poughquag was erected in 1839, and in the same year the Baptist Society built a church at Beekmanville. In 1847 Father Kelly of Connecticut ministered to the Catholics in this section. The Bank of Rhinebeck was organized in 1853, with a capital of $125,000. The trail would become the means by which settlers would access the frontier. This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 21:11. From 1683 to 1715 most of the settlers in Dutchess . Pamela J. Sears, Who was Catrina: wife of Stephen Jansz Van Voorhees of Jamaica?, New Netherland. A Red Hook High School alum, Gomez graduated from . Westward are the buildings of the Millerton Iron Co., now in ruins. In 1811 the Episcopalians decided to build a separate house of worship, and Dr. Bard gave the central part of the present St. James churchyard, and the building was erected in that year. This hamlet was on the Post road from Northeast to Rhinebeck, and was a place of some business importance. By 1826 the Presbyterians were permanently organized and built a church on Cannon street. FDR was the only President to win a fourth term in the White House: when Thomas E. Dewey from Pawling ran against him in 1944, it was the only time in American history when two men from the same county vied for the Presidency. The road network continued to grow throughout the nineteenth century, eventually being eclipsed by the railroad, which reached Poughkeepsie in the 1830s. The earliest settlements in the town were made in the Oblong tract of Spencers Corners. Richard Sackett was the first settler in the town. The printed index is also available at the end of this volume, starting on page 845. DeRuyter was formed from Cazenovia March 15, 1798, and was named at the suggestion of John Lincklaen from Admiral DeRuyter of the Dutch navy. Abraham Polhemusfamiliar names in the annals of the Reformed Church of New York. The families of Ver Valin, De Groff, Sleight, Nelson and Cornell settled in the western part of the town previous to the Revolution. It is a frame building 35 by 55 feet, three stories high, and cost about $8,000. The Broughton and Rymph families have also been land owners in this section for many years. A Catholic Church at Bangall is a Mission of the Millbrook church. Wood, map between 330 and 331, and 363-64. The town was formed from the western section of Clinton, January 26, 1821. The village then had something like 1,500 inhabitants, and the population of the whole town in 1800 was 3,246. On the former stream at one time stood Judge Livingston's mill at the river; General Armstrong's mill at Cedar Hill; Van Benthuysen's mill, and a woolen factory in the same place; the Chancellor's mill in the interior, and Robert G. Livingston's mill on the Rock City branch. The town of Fishkill as constituted today is situated at the southwesterly corner of the county. In 1882 the Millerton National Bank was organized with G. S. Frink as President, and W. M. Dales as Cashier. Gilbert Budd had a lumber yard, and was interested in the freighting business. This town was formed from Rhinebeck June 2, 1812. . Born circa 1672. While the Tories were thus showing authority, they were surprised by a company of American soldiers from Sharon, Connecticut. Milan was formed from the town of Northeast March 6, 1818. 4. It stood close to the water at what was known as the Lower Landing, north of Dennings Point. In 1790 there was formed in Hyde Park the Stoutsburgh Religious Association. Lewis, Jonathan Lyon, Isaiah Sherman. Franklin Ellis 342. 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. He was a Tory and at the close of the Revolution moved to Lansingburgh, N. Y., and his son Joseph took the property and continued the business until 1795. Counties included are Oneida, Madison, Chenago, Onondage, Chemung, Brooms, Elmira, and parts of Ontario. It covers an area of about 33,000 acres, being the second largest town territorially in the county, exceeded only by the town of Washington. It was formed as a town March 17, 1788. Early Settlers of New York State, Vol. Bangall, Stanfordville and Stissing are small villages. His family's home is now managed by the National Park Service. It lies in the extreme northwest corner of Dutchess, bordering Columbia county. Deaths are included for the 12 months prior to the census, 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, and 1879-80 beginning 1 June and ending 31 May of the census year. The settlement grew quickly, and the Reformed Church of Poughkeepsie was established by 1720. A notable fire of the village days was the burning of the court house September 25, 1806. Clinton came to Poughkeepsie and the Council of Safety soon followed. Settlers Of The Beekman Patent Dutchess County New York Mills To Page by Frank J. Doherty The plant employs about 250 persons. The Bank of Pawling was organized in 1849 by Albert J. Aikin. They had their council-fire at what is now present-day Fishkill Hook, and also held gatherings along the Danskammer. Over 20,000 names have been added to this database. Get $10 off your first order with the promo code DUTCHESS How it Works We Collect After you place your order we collect it from your home, any day of the week including Sundays We Clean ClothesLyners are your partners in this. Dutchess County, New York City, County and Rural Directories (Source: Online Historical Directories) Early Shaftsbury (VT) Settlers Many came from Dutchess County (Source: Gateway to Vermont) Names of Palatine men above 21 years old in Livingston Manor, NY - winter of 1710 and summer of 1711 It has always been an industrial center. "To qualify for inclusion in this work a family had to have been in Beekman or Pawling by the time of the first census in 1790 [with] a few exceptions."--Intro. The Matteawan Evening Journal was started in 1869 by Charles G. Coutant under the name of the Daily Herald. Fishkill-on-Hudson. The Pine Plains Bank was organized in 1839, and closed its doors in 1857, voluntarily, but maintained its good name. From 1683 to 1715 most of the settlers in Dutchess County were Dutch. The village of Pine Plains had an official name as a postoffice a few years prior to its organization as a town. Volume 10 contains over 1,200 pages and is focused on families with last names between Paine to Rogers. 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 oldest mill in the town was built by Robert Thorne, two miles west of Lafayetteville. The Methodist Church was built in 1833 upon ground donated by John Albertson, Sr. The school was closed in 1863, and John D. Wing bought the property. In 1843 Silas Rogers founded a wagon axle manufacturing business, which was carried on until western competition became too strong. In 1709 the settlers numbered thirty families. Following the division in the Society in 1828 the Hicksites built a meeting house at Moore's Mills, where meetings are regularly held. The "Christian Denomination" was composed of Methodists, Presbyterians and Baptists, who held meetings in the town as early as 1820. ^ P A^ P E R S NEW HAVEN COLONY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Mesier came in 1777 and purchased 422 acres of land from Nicholas Brewer, which included the house now known as the Mesier Mansion in the village park at Wappingers Falls. Swamp fevers were feared by the pioneers. Since the construction of the Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut Railroad, in 1869, the mail has been carried by steam. A freshet in 1841 swept away Given's cotton mill and the print works dam. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York (Pleasant Valley, New York: Frank J. Doherty, 1990), 3:64. The precinct records shed some light upon the names of the first dwellers in the original town. 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. Derick Storm was the first to take up land here, and was soon followed by Isaac, George and Thomas Storm, whose descendants are still to be found upon the lands thus early purchased. Later arrivals were Peter Mesier, John Hughson and Rev. 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." There is a National and a Savings Bank in the village; a daily and a weekly newspaper. 12 June 1812: Putnam County was set off. The Ebenezer Methodist Church was built in 1837, the original cost, exclusive of labor, being about $800. Snowfall began around 8 or 9 p.m. Monday in the mid- and lower Hudson Valley and continued in various forms Tuesday morning with up to 8 1/2 inches in some areas. Upon their attempt to escape, the Yankees gave them a broadside and killed several. Others, such as the Palatines and Quakers (almost all from New England), were early settlers and remained for several generations or more. Henry Sleight, a native of Long Island, is credited with being the first innkeeper. Central Hudson said 35 customers in Dutchess County and 25 customers in Orange County are without power. Histories and genealogies are published books or collections that contain genealogical information. There is a general claim that the southern part of the town was settled in 1750, but we cannot learn anything about the parties that will warrant any such conclusions. The Episcopal Church at Hopewell It is one of the largest industries of this kind in the State. Settlement at Stormville was begun as early as 1739. Volume 11 contains over 1,000 pages and is focused on families with last names between Rood and Sly. The Reformed Church at Hopewell dates back to 1757. In 1728, three years before the New York-Connecticut boundary line adjustment, the first settlers had arrived in "the Oblong." A fulling mill east of the village was built by John Kenyon in 1808, and this is the site of the present plant of Garner & Co. His widow, who was formerly Miss Margaret Ackerman, survived him for many years, and It has changed hands several times, and is now successfully conducted by Morgan H. Hoyt. This embraced the present towns of Beekman, Union Vale, a portion of La Grange, and nearly all of Pawling and Dover, with the exception of a strip along their eastern border. It abounds in wild and beautiful scenery. These owners subsequently sold lots or rented out allotments to tenants, leading to fraught relations that presaged the American independence movement. Joshua Shearman of Beekmans precinct Shoemaker. Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, From 1662 to 1800 (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1873), . Previous to this date meetings were held occasionally in different neighborhoods by "circuit riders," and the inhabitants of the Morey vicinity attended chiefly at Potter's Hollow, where the first church edifice was built, and from which it was removed to Morey's in 1866, and called the "Trinity Church of La Grange." Junction was built in 1888. His name appears in the official record of Supervisors in 1754, and that of Bartholomew Noxon in 1761. Wurtemburg. Dover was formed as a town from Pawling, February 20, 1807. The property passed through several hands, and was finally purchased by John Falconer, who operated it under the name of the Seamless Clothing Manufacturing Company, in which he was associated with Mr. William Carroll. Three brothers, Samuel, Amos and Enos Thompson, great grandsons of Anthony Thompson, original planter in the New Haven Colony, came into Dutchess county about 1750. Riverview Military Academy was opened in 1867 by Otis Bisbee. This winter has been moderate and . Near the western border is Sylvan Lake, covering over one hundred acres. First Effective Action Against Slavery Taken Here in 1767. They settled along the Fishkill River and in the areas that are now Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck. It was rebuilt and leased by the Rotherys to Messrs. Rockwell & Son for a silk factory. The Hudson River Railroad was built through from New York to Poughkeepsie in 1849, the first train coming through to the site of the present station January 4, 1850. In 1748 a church was organized near the center of the town. North of Spencers Corners stands the old-fashioned house of the Dakins, built by Orville Dakin, when the country was a wilderness. Land was added from time to time; a $10,000 endowment fund was secured, and the school prospered until 1828, when the unfortunate separation in the Friends' Society occurred. They were freighters, storekeepers and millers before and after the Revolution. The earliest settlers within the present town limits were the families of Van Vliet, Schultz, Sleight, Garrison, Cookingham and Traver, some of whose descendants reside upon the ancestral acres. Among the earliest landholders within the present town limits were the Van Benschotens at New Hackensack. The property was purchased from Joseph Mabbett. C37, JMM "10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834." 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. The expansion of their operations in the 1950s and 1960s introduced an era of tremendous growth in the Information Technology field and further transformed the county landscape. This village has grown up around the original Five Corners and become a place of importance within the last thirty years. He settled on the west side of the river, opposite the forty acre island, known as Stowel's Island . At this place was built a Friends' meeting house, and Oswego monthly meetings were held here as early as 1761. New Volume for Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), New sketches: Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784, Vermont Genealogy: Volume 21 (2016) now available, The Connecticut Nutmegger: Volume 50 (2017) now available, The Essex Genealogist: Volume 37 (2017) now available, Suffolk, MA Probate File Papers: new records, Brimfield, MA: Deaths and Burials, 1808-1850 Now Fully Indexed and Browsable, New Database: The Genealogical Advertiser. In 1832 James Ingham established a plant for calico printing, subsequently known as the Dutchess Print Works. Their son Jonathan married Anna Wood, daughter of Daniel Wood, in 1774. The city of Poughkeepsie was incorporated by the act of the Legislature, March 28, 1854, and the first city election was held the following April, when James Emott, Jr., became the first Mayor. Staatsburg, a village in the northern part of the town, derives its name from the Staats family, who settled here about 1720. Isaac Blauvelt, Rev. It was a transfer on the part of three Indians, to Gerritt Artsen, Arie Rosa and Jan Elton. The earliest concentration of settlers was in an area called the "Union", a Quaker settlement in the vicinity of the present Keese Homestead and Quaker Cemetery on what is now Union Road. His son, Virgil D., was Surrogate of Dutchess county in 1844. This town occupies a central position upon the west border of the county, and has an area of 22,395 acres of rolling and hilly upland. Supervises subordinate staff members; 8. Search terms should be focused on First and Last names. The Association holds real estate as follows: Aikin Hall and Manse, the Library Building, Mizzen Top Hotel and cottages. In 1683, the colonial assembly established the twelve original counties of New York. These barracks became the retreat for wounded and naked soldiers. This town, which was named for Gov. It became widely known throughout the country, and students were enrolled from every State in the Union. In 1910 the property was sold to the Deering Co. The towns of Northeast, Pine Plains and Milan, taken collectively, constituted, in 1746, the Northeast Precinct. First Presbyterian Church at New Hamburg, Dutchess, New York. In 1891 the village was bonded for a sum not to exceed $15,000 to procure a water supply. In 1899 the control of the library was given to a board of library trustees. Aaron Van Vlackren settled at Gayhead, where his son Tunis built a grist mill in 1768. Tried to use year, where stated, person and where they were from. Occupied as Hospital in 1778 By Revolutionary Soldiers Many of Whom Are Buried South of This Road. The Colonial boundaries of the precinct of Amenia included a large part of the present town of North East. Most of the first settlers in Dutchess County were Dutch. They are The Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club is another association of wealthy gentlemen of sportsman taste, as the name implies. Among the pupils of this school was Jacob Willetts, whose arithmetic passed through many editions and was widely used in the schools of the country. 1877. James Emans obtained a grant of land from Madam Brett near the present hamlet of East Fishkill. Education. For Sale: 280 Jeremy Swamp Rd, Southbury, CT 06488 $124,900 MLS# 170551724 1 Acre Lot, Approved Building Lot, Approved for and Will Accommodate a 4 - 5 Bdrm Home , Lot is Mostly Clear and Jus. 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