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| J. Thomas Scharf (1886) | 916 | 173,521 | Original → |
| Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) | 572 | 106,421 | Original → |
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Abendroth, W. P., Portrait of 706 Acknowledgments of Deeds 680 Adams, Miles, Portrait of 564 Agate, Joseph, Residence of 123 Anderson, James \V., Portrait of 574 Anderson, John, Portrait of 308 Andre House, near Peekskill 37…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Colgate, James B., Residence of 79 Collins, R. S., Residence of 714 Conkling, William H., Portrait of 761 Corley, Rev. Charles R., Portrait of 74 Cornell, Nathaniel, Portrait of 460 Cornell, Thomas C, Portrait of 103 Cortlan…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] I »n or opposite-page 332 Dickey, Andrew, Reaideuce of Dunionib', Alfred H., Portrait of Dunham, John B., Portrait of Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow,.... Early Farm Map of Sing Sing East Chester, Draft of Bouudary 721 7:il 104 …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Talnier, Stephen, Portrait of 31!) Park, Charles, Residence of 712 Park, Joseph, Portrait of 7(17 Park, Joseph, Resilience of.... 672 Patterson, Rev. William, Portrait of 572 Paulding and Reqna Houses 26ft Peekskill, View of…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 19 458 Wells, Lemuel, Map of Estate, divided in 1843.... ", 21..' 448 661 Van Cortlandt, Catherine E., Autograph of... 436 394 436 272 118 274
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] CHAPTER II. Greenburgh, 172-283 By Rev. John A. Todd, D. D. CHAPTER III. Mount Pleasant, 283-321 By Rev. John A. Todd, D. D. CHAPTER IV. Ossining 321-365 By George Jackson Fisher, M. D. CHAPTER V. Cortlandt, 365-436 By Rev. …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] (1609-1(564.) The discovery of America is assigned to the year 14!>2. That of this locality, however, was reserved for more than a century later. No white man ever ascended the Hudson River till 160!». At that time the terri…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] All Indian tribes were divided into families, and each family had one or more villages. From Pough-keepsie southward, along the east side of the river, the Mohegan tribe had the Wappinger family above, and in the Highlands, …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Iu the same con-nection, still viewing objects from this point, he says, " On the west side (meaning Communipaw) are the Sanbickans... they dwell within the Sandy Hook, ami along the bay, as well as in the interior of the co…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] wigwams, scant attire, dark superstitions, implements of hunting and war and general habits of life. Let him set aside all present buildings and streets and restore the original conditions of the river-front. Let him bring b…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In his map of the Indian territory of Westchester County he contradicts it by carefully encircling the Saw-Mill to its very mouth with the word "Weckquaskecks" and by so turning off the word " Manhat tans" as to make it incl…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 13th, makes this clear. It is as follows : "Sept. 14th. — In the morning we sailed nii tlio river twelve leagues... and came to a strait between two points,... and it (the river) trended northeast by north one league.... The…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] in 1664. We have shown that down to 1623 all movements on Manhattan Island and along the Hudson were by private traders. In these the territory of the Weck-quaskecks did not become involved. Even down to the close of the Dut…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] to practice in his native country. His standing at home may be inferred from the fact that the Patroon Van Rensselaer selected him and brought him to this country to become sheriff of Rensselaerwyck. He came late in 1641, an…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] flict with the direction of the West India Company. In the spring of that year he was chosen one of Stuy-vesant's "Nine Men," an auxiliary and advisory company, to the constitution and annual popular election of which Stuyve…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Yet, while abroad, he received, in 1652, from the Uni-versity of Leyden, the honorary degree of " Juris utriusque doctor," or " Doctor of civil and canon law." And in the same year he secured the erection of bis Yonkers land…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The history of his connection with Rensselaerwyek, as detailed by O'Callaghan and others, shows that Van Rensselaer had fallen out with him for what he deemed dishonorable business acts. Hut we know no more about his persona…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Long Island. Before 1666 his widow married Hugh O'Neal of Patuxent, Maryland, and in 1(571 she went to Maryland to live-Colendonck remained in her possession till 1667, as we shall show. But whether she carried out Van Dei D…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] (1664-1783.) The length of this new period was one hundred and nineteen years. It began almost without practical shock to the people of New Netherland. The English noted their strong points, and especially the happy effects …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This is the introduction to Yonkers of Frederick Philipse, afterwards first lord of the his-toric Manor of Pliilipsburgh. He bought his first land here in November, 1(572. Before proceeding to the history of the Philipses, w…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It is said that Van Der Donck and his white settlers always treated them with good faith and kindness, and the natural result of this was that they kept their friend-ship to the end. Acquisition* of Land by Philipse.— And no…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 8 HISTORY OF W ESTCH ESTER COUNTY. ernor, a purchase from the Indians, a confirmation by the Governor and a subsequent quit-claim from the Indians. In speaking of the acquisition of a piece, sometimes the date of one of thes…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Taking the tracts in geo-graphical order from the north, those fronting on the Hudson and going back to the Saw-Mill River only were the Sintsinck (Sing Sing) tract, the Pocantico (Tarrytown) tract, the Bissightick (Irvingto…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Pocantico tract was granted to him by Gov-ernor Andros April 1, 1(180, bought from the Indians April 2:t, KiSl, and confirmed by Dongan December 23, 1(184. All the dates are from the charter. Bolton (vol. i. p. 506) give…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1684. Bolton gives the deed twice. The first time i (i. p. 270) he calls it " The Deedof Neppiran,':andthe second time (i. p. 507) " The Deed of Weckquaskeck." The tract lay along the Saw-Mill River and was Weckquaskeck terr…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the Hat beginning at the bridge at Kingsbridge, extend-ing northward to Cortland Station on the New York City and Northern Railroad, and encircled by Tib-bett's Brook on the west, Spuyten Duyvil on the south and a then exist…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The flat was granted to him, and also the right he asked for, and the family retained hothas long as the Philipae Manor continued. Uncertainty, how-ever, hangs over its acquisition by Philipse. Some have thought it really be…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] — With Yonkers the Phil-ipse family and property were controllingly identified from 1672 to the outbreak of the American Revolu-tion. Information respecting the family origin and history must therefore be given. It is said t…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The ne-cessity for this last step seems to have arisen again and again in the early days. -It is said that the earlier generations had been Hussites, and that their descendants continued firm in the faith. The famous " Thirt…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] If so, lie was twenty-one years old when he first saw America. It is now said that he began his life in this country poor, though there is also an oppo-site tradition. He had learned the carpenter's trade in Holland, and for…