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Dutch colonial documents, Van Cortlandt deeds, and early Westchester settlement
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)] George McChain, who behaved with the utmost gallantry on this occasion, was killed; the rest of the party effected their escape on the ice. A beautiful lane leads from the ferry-house east to the Croton bridge, which cross…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] putting his trust in the living God, and with full assurance of salvation in the redeeming love of Jesus Christ, retaining his recollection to the last, and calling upon his Saviour to take him to himself. Near the Lieuten…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] aged ' '^. -''-', i. ::•' 73 years, 9 months, and 3 days, ri • '. ' -" Beside the above tombs, there is a small pedestal surmounted with a chaste urn, inscribed as follows: — To the memory of Catharlve, wife of Col. Pierre…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] May death's best slumbers occupy thy urn — The heap that hides thee nature's livery wear; O be ihou sacred in the silent bourne, Till time rolls round the great Sabbatic year. born at New London the 5th November, 1770, she…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Nothing can be more romantic and beautiful than its locality, *'a clear proof of the good taste of those who selected and consecra-ed it for that object." There was formerly a current belief in the COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 1…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Underhill, M.D., stands upon an elevated position near the extremity of the latter, commanding a very extensive view of the Hudson River (nearly twenty-seven miles in length) and adjacent country, in which Vredideka Hook f…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Underbill's residence is con-jectured to have originally formed the bed of the Croton River, from the fact that trunks of trees have been discovered four or five feet beneath its muddy sediment. The southern declivities of…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] For this purpose they concealed themselves behind the large rocks which still lie on the beach; and as the barge catne sweeping along towards the shore, Petterson fired. ^ See Greenburnfh. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 117 His ai…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Many of theni now hastened to the scene of action with a field piece, which they had obtained of Col. Livingston, who was in command at Verplanck's Point; and after erecting their little battery on the Point, ihey opened a…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] the 30ili of October, 1677, " to go to our governor to meet Mr. Justice Pell, Esq., where it is intended that our governor is to decide any ditferefice that may arise betwixt us concerning the bounds of our Patent.''^ In t…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] son or persons laying claime, right, title, or demand, unto any part or parcel of the abovesaid tract of land, above mentioned, in witness whereof, we ihe said Woariatapus, Annhook, and Porrige, have hereunto put to our ha…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] On the 6th of April, 1705, Patthunck, Sagamore, Hopescoe alias Porrige, Anne Hook, and Elias, Indian proprietors, sold to George Booth, joiner, of the city of New York, and his associates, "All that our right of land which…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] John Drake, Thomas Pinckney, Joseph Drake, Edmund Ward, Henry Fowler, and Roger Barton, a grant for a tract of land in Westchester Co., beginning at Hutchinson's brook, at the end of the half mile mentioned in Eastchester …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] On the 13th of February, 1672, Samuel Drake was voted in constable for the year ensuing. April 24th, 1673, the inhabitants nominated William Haiden, for the first man to be presented to our commander for our magis-trate. M…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] In memory of Mrs. Mary Gregg, obt. Janry. 2d, 1844. yE 71 years. The chalices are inscribed as follows : 1st. St. Paul's Church, Eastchester, N. Y., from Mrs. John Q^uincy Adams, 1829. 2d. The gift of Frederick van Cortlan…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] to Eastchester, cir. 1C89. On the I2th of ]May, 1690, Isaac Law-rence was chosen by the inhabitants of this town, one of the pound-masters for the year ensuing. In 1700, he appears to have been town treasurer, and in 17'2l…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] PKDIGREE OF LAWRENCE OF EASTCHESTER. aguly, gu Crest, a demi tarbot, tail upwards. Motto, Qiioero, Iiiven 3 of Lancashire, England. Joliti Lawrence eniigriiied from England lo ihe colunyof New Amsterdam in HiM; one of ihe …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 1702-n n, judge of court of of C. P., ancestor of N. J. branch. Isaac, nat. 166&-7, reinoved_.Anna Ironi Long Island to East-I Squii Chester, cir. 1689, oh. cir. _=2 E 1730. Ca John nat. 1668,^ Eliza' ob. 17;^2, remov-I _2…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] to Eastchester, cir. I(i89. On the r2th of ]\Lay, 1690, Isaac Law-rence was chosen by the inhabitants of this town, one of the pound-masters for the year ensning. In 1700, he appears to have been town treasurer, and in 172…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] this mansion Henry Pinckney was shot before the ryes of his family, (by a party of soldiers,) whilst endeavoring to effect his escape on horseback, April 2d, -3780. The Pinckneys of Eastchester descend from Philip Pinckney…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] this mansion Henry Pinckney was shot before the ryes of his family, (by a party of soldiers,) whilst endeavoring to effect his escape on horseback, April 2d, -3780. The Pinckneys of Eastchesler descend from Philip Pinckney…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] former supplied the material for the construction of the New York custom house, and is now fulfilling a heavy contract for the city hall, Brooklyn. ^ Upon the eastern side of Long Reach lies the estate of the late James So…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] William-Th< I I I I I I J J. Isaac Abijah, Nathan-Mnj. Gen. Fran=Jame3 Sally— Will Thomas Mary ob. iel.ob. Aaron, of ces Pugs-Ann Carpen-8. p. Sing Sing ley ter Hannah=Elijah Elizabeth Ann=Levi Rcbecca=Dr. Scrib-Jemima=Geo…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] I sell I dy Rebecca—Naihani-Freelove^OIiver EIi2abeth=Gilbert U'ider-Torra Tomp-Hannah=Jame3 Phffibe— Wiltiatn Naihan-Maj. Gen. ] iel.ob. Aaron, of S-P-Sing Sing Hannah=EIijah Elizabeib Ann=Lev riiomaa Mary=G. uJbe ca=:Dr.…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] ces plantation, a name undoubtedly derived from one of its original proprietors. At the period of the Dutch discovery, this town formed a part of the Indian territory of Wikagyl, as laid down in the Dutch carte of 1614. «•…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] by the English called afterwards Wickers creek or William Por-tugues creek. At the mouth of this beautiful stream the powerful tribe of the Wichquaesqueecks, had erected a village which was standing in the time of Nicholas…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] e These canoes of bark were sewed together with thongs made from the dry sinews of the deer. One of them was capable of holding from twelve to fourteen men, or one hundred and fifty bushels of corn. ' O'Callaghan's Hist. N…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] And one year la-ter Wessickenaiuw, sachem of Weckquaskeck, and Conarhand-ed his brother. The descendants of the aboriginal proprietors appear to have been very numerous in this town, A. D. 1731, nearly half a cen-tury afte…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] He returned home brooding over the wrong, and vowed to take vengeance when he should arrive at the years of manhood; a vow he too faithfully fulfilled years afterwards, the Dutch having neglected to expiate the crime by a …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] him dead, and then wiihdreWj having rifled the house of all its contents. • O'Callaghan's Hist. N. N. p. 105. lb Raadmaker (wheelright.) COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 167 *• This aggression on an old and helpless man excited, whe…