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Dutch colonial documents, Van Cortlandt deeds, and early Westchester settlement
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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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)] viere that the well-learned, godly Do niniis Guilliaume BarthoiF has accepted according to request of the first inhabitants and re-spective congregation of Philipsburgh, in the year of onr Lord, 1697, to come to preach her…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] pear as said above. The receipt at two periods of the deaconship by said Jan Ecker has been and will amount to £288 17 0. The receipts of Jacobus Sie, deacon in 1701, were £254 1^. Credit expenditure for the church for bre…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] shall kill or destroy any buck, doe or fawn, or any sort of deer whatsoever, at any time of the year, except only between the first day of August and the first day of January, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty shiUin…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] the morning of the 3d of February, 1780, about 9 o'clock, (says » American State Papers on Revolutionary claims. Doc. 600, page 858. b See Westchester Spy, by Fennimore Cooper. 352 HISTORY OF THE General Heath,) ilie enemy…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Norton was promoted for his services on this occasion. — Editor. 1 Thachcr's Military Journal, 185., COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 355 " On this occasion," (says Samuel Young, in a letter written to Commodore Valentine Morris, da…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] scarcely arrived at See's store, when he found Emmerick again drawn up to dispute the passage. Hopkins a second time discover-ing his retreat terminated, decided upon a vigorous charge and suc-ceeded in cutting his way thr…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Hebby Brown, Sealer of weights and measures. Andrew Vincent, Constable. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 361 NEWCASTLE. This township is situated ten miles north of the village of White Plains, and distant one hundred and twenty-one…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] of "\^'esIchester, between Cioton's river and the south bounds of j\]r. Harrison's purchase, (fcc."' Twelve days after the date of the above license, occurs the fol-lowing deed from the Indians. "This inueiifure made on th…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] good and lawful money of New Y^ork to them in bands paid by the said Caleb Heathcote, at and before the ensealing and de-livery of these present'?, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, and themselves and each an…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] b In 1743 Robert Walters and Peter Fauconier had rights concerning quit-rents on the West Patent. « Field Book, Sec. of State's office. 366 HISTORY OF THE Wallers, Leigh Atwood, Cornelius Depeyster, Caleb Heathcote, Matthe…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] North Castle. This pond covers about fifty acres, and empties into the Byram (Armonck) River, Fish were never caught here until within a few years, when pike were put therein, which have multiplied exceedingly.* Upon the w…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] North Castle. This pond covers about fifty acres, and empties into the Byram (Armonck) River, Fish were never caught here until within a few years, when pike were put therein, which have multiplied exceedingly. a Upon the …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] transparent, but in its course deposites a reddish yellow powder. The salts held in solution are said to be sulphate of lime, chlo-ride of calcium, and the muriate of iron, and manganese. The water is supposed to possess m…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Pelham,) is situated on g the south-east side of i the county, distant eight miles south of the vil-lage of White Plains, and one hundred and Indian imagp stone a forty miles from Albany; bounded by Scarsdale on the north,…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] -b Testimony of Mr. Sands., ^ t Testimony of Mr. Merrill in 1826. 448 HISTORY OF THE rigines, for in 1660 we find the Indians again releasing them to John Richbell, of Mamaroneck. Upon the 19th of October, 1696, Caleb Heat…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] one hundred and twen-I ty two from Albany, W^^^^ bounded north by St. James's Church, Nortli Salem. DutchcSS COUUty, CaSt by the state of Connecticut, south by South Salem, and west by Somers. Its extent east and west is a…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] John, and other inhabitants of Norwalk, pur-chased a large tract of land lying between that town and Dan-bury, bounded west on the partition line between Connecticut and New York. This purchase was made of Catonah, the chi…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] mony to the fact, that the vast gorges of the Highlands and these vales once abounded with the buffalo. c Van der Donck, the patroon of Yonkers, writing in 1656, says of this animal — " Buffaloes are also tolerably plenty:…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Andrew Miller, Col. John Schuyler, and Stephen de Lancey, in the following order : north lot, No. 8, Andrew Miller; ditto, No. 9, John Schuyler; ditto. No. 10, Stephen de Lancey. The latter individual subsequently became v…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] This indenture, made the twenty-ninth day of December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and forty-four, between James de Lancey, Esq., chief justice of the province of New York, of the one part, and Stephen de Lan-ce…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] use or uses of all or any part of the said land and premises, any thing in these presents contained to the contrary notwithstanding. In witness whereof, the parties to these presents have interchangeably put their seals th…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Daniel Delavan, Pounder. William Rogers, Constable. Solomon Close, Collector. The surface of North Salem is in part covered with lofty hills; the soil, various, but chiefly composed of " a gravelly and clay loam, well adap…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Benedict, in 1783. Prior to this, the congregation must have de-pended on occasional supplies, or employed the services of a min-ister for a short period only. In the church register book (enti-tled the Records of the Cong…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Upon the old parsonage properly, west of the Presbyterian church, resides Epenetus WaHace. M. D., a distinguished member of the medical profession, and for many years a magistrate of this town. Dr. Wallace is the youngest …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] To those who have read Bunyan's Pilgrim's Pro-gress, it will bear strong resemblance to the " Delectable Moun-tains," mentioned in that beautiful similitude. «^ The Close family have long been seated here and descend from …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] : that all the injustices committed by the said nations again.st the Netherlanders, or by the Netherlanders against said nations, shall be forgiven and for-gotten for ever; reciprocally promising one another to cause no tr…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 1663, the Sint Sings appear to have been without a chief.c Between the Indian village of Sin-sing and the Kitchawanck, (Croton,) the early Dutch maps place another Indian settlement called in Van der Donck's map of 1656, K…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Soc. vol. i.; also Dutch map, printed by Thomas Starling, Wilmington Square, London, from the ori-ginal in the possession of S. Converse, publisher, IS Y.
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] "Weskenane, Crawman, Wappus, Keanarham, Weunicktanon, Aquaines, Mamannane, Weremenhore. Here followeth the schedule or particular of the goods paid by the grantee for the abovesaid lands. 60 feet of black wampum, 12 blanke…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 2 rolls of tobacco, 6 adz's 2 pistols. a-This Indian purchase was confirmed to his son Philip Philipse by royal patent, dated 12th January, 1686, under the hand and seal of his Excellency Thomas Dongan, Governor of the Pro…