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Dutch colonial documents, Van Cortlandt deeds, and early Westchester settlement
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| E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856) | 1005 | 189,431 | Original → |
| Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) | 325 | 61,761 | Original → |
| Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) | 236 | 43,115 | Original → |
| E.B. O'Callaghan (1849) | 153 | 26,639 | Original → |
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Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] hane or Tnphanne, (a Delaware word for cold stream^ from which the whites have derived the name Tnppan,) to the ex-tent of tide water up this river; here was the uppermost town. From thence our towns were scattered through…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] In the language of the Indian priests or medais, a mystical use of the names of various objects in the animated creation is made, in order to clothe their arts with the degree of respect and authority, which ignorant natio…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] YoL. I. B X INTRODUCTION. country '' lying between two rivulets called the Smt Sinck and ArtJionck, lying between the East and North rivers." The Si NT Sincks occupied the present town of Ossin ing, and its immediate vicin…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Towns. Total population. Bedford, 2725 Cortlandt,. 6738 Green burgh, 3205 Eastchester, 1369 Harrison,
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] » Name changed to Ossin-ing in 1846. See Sess. Laws, chap. 30, sec. 5. b Part of Somers annexed to Newcastle. See Laws of 1846, chap. 249. * West Farms erected from part of Westchester. See Sess. Laws, 184, chap. 279. xiv …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] "Tarrytown, Sing Sing, and some others, are charming positions on the Hud-son, where are small villages and landings, with considerable trade. Tappan Bay, a wide place in the Hudson, is here three miles in width, where cro…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] July 8, 1819 to 1821 Feb. 17, 1821 to 1823 1823 to 1839 1839 to 1844 1844 to 1847 1847 to 1852 Deputies from Westchester County to the Provincial Congress, met at New York, May 23d, 1775. Gouverneur Morris • Philip van Cor…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] SALEM. Northern District. Thaddeus Crane, Captain. Ezekiel Hawley, 2d Lieutenant. Jesse Truesdale, 1st Lieutenant. Ebenezer Brown, Ensign. A List of the Officers chosen in the several districts of the North Battalion^ of W…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Gideon Selah, Captain. Caleb Hobby, 2d Lieutenant. i Samuel Lawrence, 1st Lieutenant. Abraham Todd, Ensign. The Company commanded by David Montross refused to choose officers. ^. A List of Officers chosen in the several Di…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Gilbert Budd, Lieutenant-Colonel. Ebenezer Lock wood, 1st Major. Thaddeus Crane, 2d Major. Jonathan G. Tompkins, Adjutant. -... John Thomas, 2d Quarter Master. Third Regiment. ' ' Pierre van Cortlandt, Colonel. ' Gilbert D…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] John Pine, Michael Dyckman, John Odell, James Oakley, Abraham Dyckman, Frederick Martin Post, Isaac Odell. COUNTY PAPERS. The " Westchester Herald," edited by Mr. Caleb Roscoe, published at Sing Sing. The " Westchester Spy…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] William Bayard, Robert L. Archibald, John P. Descaso. Charter granted June 15, 1843. •• ' ^ Instituted June 22d, 1843..;. V ■ -■ ''^ Names of the Petitioners for Ossinsin Lodge, L O. of O. F. No. 97, located at Sing Sing. …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] warns in 1640, were Ponus, sagamore of Toquams, and Wascus-sue. sagamore of Shippan. Cornelius van Tienhoven, (an early Dutch authority.) in de-scribing the bounds of the Indian territory of Wechquaesqueck, says, "tiiis la…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] The first account we have of the English dealing in this currency was in 1627."<i A. D. 1650, the following act was passed by the Dutch council of the New Netherlands, in consequence of " the corruption of loose seawant, a…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] therefore no loose seawant shall be current, nor be a lawful tender except that the same shall be strung. Comniercial seawant to consist of six white or three black seawants for one stuyver; the base strung seawant shall p…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 6 HISTORY OF THE the brilliant success which attended the New Nelherland arms.* " The late punishment (continues the same authority,) inflicted upon these Indians, and the approach of spring, made them desirous of peace, a…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] "JMamaranack, chief of the Indians residing on the Kicktawanc, or Croton River, Mongockonone, Pappenoharrow from the ^Veckquaesqueecks and Nochpeem, and the Wappings from Stam-ford, presented themselves in a few days (Apri…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] ^ '•'The consideration was twelve coats, twelve hoes, twelve hatchets, twelve glasses, twelve knives, two kettles, and five fathoms of white wampum." The liberty of liunting and fishing on the land, was reserved by the Ind…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] said tract of 23,000 acres called ye town of Bedford, &c. Witness our right trusty and right well beloved cousin, Edward Vicount Cornbury, Captain Gene-ral and Governor in chief of our province of New York and New Jersey, …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Upon the 12th of October, 1705, John Dibble,^ by a bill of sale conveyed all his right, title and interest in the town of Bedford to Jacobns Van Cortland; the latter individual subsequently became invested in the rights of…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] To Frederick Van Cortlandt, was allotted 1424 acres, to Abraham De Peyster 1110 acres, to John Chambers 1282 acres, and to Peter Jay 1299 acres. a The original in possession of William Jay of Bedford. ^ The ancestor of Joh…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Bedford beino-a half shire town with White Plains, (which is located sixteen miles south.) The courts are held alternately at both places. Court House, Bedford. As early as 16S0, the proprietors of the Hop ground (then re-…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] should build a house and not inhabit it for three years, should forfeit his right to the town. January 29th, 1688. The town by vote doth order, that every one here present at the town meeting shall have a piece of land con…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] throughout the year 1728. Tiie Rev. Timothy VVetmore officiated here, and the Rev. Mr. Lampson in 1745; at this date there ap-pear to have been four hundred families within the two precincts of Bedford and North Castle. In…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 1745, baptisms 14, communicants 00 1810, ditto OS, ditto 10 1815, ditto 19, ditto 24 1844, ditto 09, ditto 88 The burying ground adjoining the church contains memorials to the families of the Amblers, Guions, Olmsteds, CoU…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] and five other inhabitants prisoners; burnt five houses, plunder-ed and stript several other inhabitants, and returned; they were pursued by Capt. Pritchard, but could not be overtaken. ^ One of the most prominent objects …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] common deer."^ The wolf appears to have abounded in proportion to the other wild game. So destructive had this ferocious animal become in 1694 that the town of Bedford offered " twenty shillings bounty for the killing of w…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] the heart of every true friend of liberty, virtue and the honor and prosperity of the state of New York and her civil institutions, as long as the history of this state and nation shall be known and read."a A little east o…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] " The several tributaries of the Croton in this town supply a great abundance of mill seats. There is also a small stream that runs north from tfie village of Bedford to Long Island Sound » Hammond'fi Polilical Hist, of N.…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] by Zachariah Roberts, recorder, in the year 1699. No. 3 commences April 30, 1708. No. 4, 1786. Vol. I. 5 -34 HISTORY OF THE CORTLANDT. fc=t. PctQi's Church, PeekskHl. This town formerly-belonged to the great manor of Cortl…