Records current events for posterity; 9. A cotton mill had a brief existence here. The Quaker Meeting House at Clinton Corners was built in 1777. For a time Dutchess County was annexed to Ulster County and some genealogical records up to 1713 may be found in Ulster County. It was incorporated December 31, 1895. N. O. The depot at South Dover is known as Wing's Station. It became a National Bank in 1865. Wood, map between 330 and 331, and 348-49. The early members have long since passed away, leaving their descendants to unite and to conform to the manners and discipline of other sects. Millbrook owes its birth to the building of the railroad in 1869. Peter Contine and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of Jacob Heermance of Kingston, lived at Upper Red Hook previous to the Revolution. Early Settlers of New York State, Vol. Halcyon Hall, built in 1893, was used as a summer hotel until 1907, when the property was purchased and transformed into a school for girls by Miss M. F. Bennett. The historic Oblong Meeting House, which is still standing, bears a tablet containing these words: "OBLONG MEETING HOUSE of the Society of Friends Erected in 1742 South of This Road. NOTE: Additional records that apply to Dutchess County are also on the New York Histories and Genealogies page. It depicts a winter forest-clearing scene on the land of Jacobus Stout In the central portion is a good agricultural region. EARLY AMERICAN HISTORIES The original thirteen colonies were: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia. 4 were here. They had their council-fire at what is now present-day Fishkill Hook, and also held gatherings along the Danskammer. The capital which was then $75,000 has been increased to $300,000. A large flour mill, operated by the late Starr B. Knox, stood on the dock. 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. Daniel is my first cousin, six generations removed. On the west side there once dwelt the ancestors of the families by the name of Worden, Moshier, Dentory, Dibble, Davis and Turner. 6,388 Views . In the succeeding decade some forty families from the North of Ireland settled in the country west of the Hudson in what became Orange and Ulster counties. The Bank of Rhinebeck was organized in 1853, with a capital of $125,000. First federal census of all Dutchess County, New York: 123: The records of Christ Church : Poughkeepsie, New York: 918: Notes On the Ancestry of Major Wm. The plant employs about 250 persons. It lies in the extreme northwest corner of Dutchess, bordering Columbia county. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent series, by Frank J. Doherty, contains data on over thirteen hundred families who settled in the Beekman Patent, an original land grant given to Col. Henry Beekman in 1697 by the English Crown and the second largest patent in present-day Dutchess County, New York. The Episcopal Church at Hopewell 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. The property was purchased from Joseph Mabbett. William Traphagen was one of the largest taxpayers in 1718. Much of the land is still in possession of the Rowe family. The "Old Union Church" at Green Haven, frequently referred to in the ecclesiastical documents of the county, and which was called the "Old Union" as early as 1820, when there was not a house of worship in the present town limits of Union Vale, is described as a large building for the time, with a gallery at one end, a high pulpit with seven or eight steps leading up to it, and a sounding-board poised over the preacher's head. Among the earliest settlers were the Swartwouts, Storms, Emans, Montforts, Stockholms, Rapeljes, Van Wycks, Baileys and Van Vlackrens. Central Hudson said 35 customers in Dutchess County and 25 customers in Orange County are without power. New London County, Connecticut was one of four original Connecticut counties and was established on May 10, 1666, by an act of the Connecticut General Court. John D. Rockefeller and Frederick F. Thompson have also been large benefactors. The valleys are very fertile and well adapted to grain and grass culture. October 14, 1832, a number of Catholics residing in Poughkeepsie formed the Catholic Association, to raise a fund for the erection of a church, with the result that St. Peter's Church was built and dedicated November 26, 1837. II Match all terms exactly First & Middle Name (s) Last Name Any Event Year Location Keyword e.g. The Pine Plains Bank was organized in 1839, and closed its doors in 1857, voluntarily, but maintained its good name. Wassaic is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States. Upon their attempt to escape, the Yankees gave them a broadside and killed several. 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. Fishkill-on-Hudson. Following the division in the Society in 1828 the Hicksites built a meeting house at Moore's Mills, where meetings are regularly held. The foundations alone mark the spot from which the buildings have been removed. These include the Elmendorph Inn at Red Hook and the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck. A paper mill was established previous to 1840, and in 1844 was burned down. John Barkalo, Dr. Thomas De Witt, Rev. It is not definitely known by whom the town was first settled, but it is supposed that the first settlements were made by the Dutch who came here from the vicinity of Hudson's River. Lent of Lagrangeville. In that year the stone house was built, now standing, on the Emigh homestead, at present in possession of a grandson of William. 4 April 1786: the towns of Clermont and Germantown were transferred to Columbia County when the county was created. The territory comprising the town of La Grange was formed from portions of the towns of Fishkill and Beekman, February 9, 1821, under the name of Freedom. Genealogy Trails 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. 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. The Dutch Church here, which was used as a military prison during the Revolution, was erected in 1731. The College opened in 1865, with 353 students. The oldest religious organization in the town is that of the Society of Friends of Arthursburg. ^ P A^ P E R S NEW HAVEN COLONY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Through June and July 1788, the Dutchess County Courthouse at Poughkeepsie provided the scene for New Yorks Ratification Debates on the United States Constitution. Near the western border is Sylvan Lake, covering over one hundred acres. 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. Whaley Pond, Lake Norton, Green Mountain Lake and Lake Hammersley are considerable bodies of water. The town of Pine Plains is one of the northern tier of towns in Dutchess, bordering the county of Columbia. Samuel Thorne and Oakleigh Thorne have returned to the land of their ancestors. Among the early settlers are the names familiar at the present timeWinans, Smith, Harris, Reynolds, Hoffman, Pulver, Deuel, Dibblee, Husted, Stevenson, Rau (Rowe), Seldon, and others. Daughter of Wyellem Heocken and Annatje Andries Willjards. For thisland he paid 750 pounds, on which, in 1766, he built a stone homestead. Thompson Pond and Upton Lake are considerable bodies of water. There are in the town six villages. Harvey G. Eastman, George Innis, Mark D. Wilbur and George P. Pelton were leaders in this latter improvement era. There is also a Catholic and a Pentacostal church in this village. Poughkeepsie as a county seat dates from May 27, 1717, and the county records of 1722 state that meetings are now held in the court house. He built his tavern, which is still standing, about the year 1768, on the A. C. Briggs farm. It has changed hands several times, and is now successfully conducted by Morgan H. Hoyt. 4. 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. The Astors, Rogers, and Vanderbilts were among the families whose vast and beautiful properties dotted the landscape along the river and in the eastern highlands. The name is supposedly derived from the red foliage . Vassar College, founded by Matthew Vassar, was chartered by the Legislature January 18, 1861. 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The Poughkeepsie Public Library was formed under the school library law in 1835. 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 With the granting of a patent known as Minnisinck to Robert Sanders and Myndert Harmans, October 24, 1686, the site of the city of Poughkeepsie began to acquire settlers enough to determine the location of a center or hamlet. Copyright Among the earliest landholders within the present town limits were the Van Benschotens at New Hackensack. North of this is "The Locusts," the estate of William B. Dinsmore, now owned by his widow and children. Joseph Wing of do Farmer. Among the early settlers were the families of Newcomb, Filkins, Humphreys, Halls, Jacksons, Aliens, Flaglers, Formans, Marshalls, Beadles, Deans, Sellecks, Abbotts, Van Voorhees, Harris and Frost. Records of Crum Elbow precinct, Dutchess county, New York, 1738-1761, together with records of Charlotte precinct, 1762-1785, records of Clinton precinct, 1786-1788, and records of the town of Clinton, 1789-1799. In 2013, Dutchess County celebrated its 300th anniversary of democracy based upon a legislative resolution sponsored by County Legislator Michael Kelsey from Salt Point. Gulian Verplanck, the co-patentee, did not come to live or build on the land set off to him. Dover Plains is the most important village in the town. The McDermott Milk Co. have a large factory here, handling about 100 cans of milk per day; and the Hall & Ferguson Cold Storage plant has a capacity of 15,000 barrels of fruit. Its surface is a hilly upland, intersected by a broad valley extending north and south. St. James Episcopal Church was built in 1904. Municipal Historians of Dutchess County. One half of the business section was destroyed by fire May 8, 1864. Search Free Dutchess County New York Genealogy and Family History Records Online . These owners subsequently sold lots or rented out allotments to tenants, leading to fraught relations that presaged the American independence movement. The Matteawan Evening Journal was started in 1869 by Charles G. Coutant under the name of the Daily Herald. The Bethel Baptist Church at Shenandoah was dedicated in 1835, mainly through the efforts of Isaac Knapp and Abram Pulling. George Clinton, was formed from the precincts of Charlotte and Rhinebeck, March 13, 1786. Aaron Van Vlackren settled at Gayhead, where his son Tunis built a grist mill in 1768. The charitable institutions of Poughkeepsie include the Home for the Friendless, built in 1887; The Old Ladies' Home; the Vassar Brothers' Home for Aged Men, and Vassar Brothers' Hospital. Until the American Revolution, much of Dutchess County was organized into large land patents owned by a few rich men, including the Rombout Patent, the Beekman Patent, and the Nine Partners Patent. Records for the time period of 1683-1713 are in Ulster county. At the mouth of Stony creek was the mill of Jannetje Bradt, Park's mill at Myersville (Madalin), Cook's factory, and Zachariah Hoffman's mill. Poughquag, Green Haven, Clove Valley and Beekmanville are hamlets. The Methodist Church at Johnsville was organized in 1826. Alonzo Welton of Poughkeepsie, with twenty-one members. The minutes of the society contain no records of the early pastors, except for the year 1851, when Rev. Abraham Polhemusfamiliar names in the annals of the Reformed Church of New York. Samuel Dor-land and wife, Allen Moore and wife and Andrew Moore are recorded as being present at this meeting. The village of Rhinebeck was incorporated April 23, 1834, and the act amended in 1867. Gomez, 23, will soon be among the first Peace Corps volunteers to return to overseas service since the agency's global evacuation in March 2020. The village then had something like 1,500 inhabitants, and the population of the whole town in 1800 was 3,246. The Bank of Pawling was organized in 1849 by Albert J. Aikin. Records of Crum Elbow Precinct, Dutchess County, New York, 1738-1761, Together With Records of Charlotte Precinct, 1762-1785, Records of Clinton Precinct, . The principal streams are Ten Mile River, Wassaic Creek, and West Brook. The town of Rhinebeck embraces 18,945 acres in the northwestern part of the county bordering the Hudson River. By Capt. James De Long, who was town clerk in 1802-'03, is said to have been a descendant of the settler of that name. The Quakers established a meeting house on Clover street in 1802. The First Settlement. Note that this database has a name only index, derived from the book index itself. The village of Pine Plains had an official name as a postoffice a few years prior to its organization as a town. The town was formed from the western section of Clinton, January 26, 1821. Artsen, with a family of ten children, came to live upon and cultivate his land in 1702. The Province of New York and the Connecticut Colony negotiated an agreement on November 28, 1683, establishing their border as 20 miles (32 km) east of the Hudson River, north to Massachusetts. II. The grist mill at Pleasant Plains, which has been operated by water power over one hundred and thirty years, is an interesting landmark. Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 203-205. The Methodists organized in 1804 and built a church in Jefferson street. The village lies on both sides of the creek, having been made to include the village of Channingville, in the town of Poughkeepsie, by its incorporation, September 22, 1871. It continues to prosper. Annandale is the site of St. Stephen's College, chartered March 20, 1860. The town of Washington occupies a central position in the county. It was rebuilt and leased by the Rotherys to Messrs. Rockwell & Son for a silk factory. Counties included are Oneida, Madison, Chenago, Onondage, Chemung, Brooms, Elmira, and parts of Ontario. Early settlers of New York State : their ancestors and descendants by Foley, Janet Wethy Publication date 1934 Topics New York (State) -- Genealogy -- Periodicals Publisher Akron, N.Y. : T.J. Foley Collection findmypastpersi; americana Digitizing sponsor findmypast.com Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Language English Volume Colonial homesteads, gothic cottages, clapboard farmhouses, Victorian villas, Beaux Arts mansions, stone churches, country inns--all stand in silent witness to past lives and events that have shaped the distinctive character of Dutchess County. In 1855 when the city had been taken out, the town had left but 3,110 people. Of their descendants, Philip N. Bonesteel was a merchant, magistrate and post-master in Red Hook for many years. On October 23, 1713 Queen Anne gave permission for Dutchess County to elect its own officers from among their own population including a Supervisor, Tax Collector, Tax Assessor and Treasurer. The present edifice waserected in 1837, enlarged in 1859, and the parsonage built in 1866. The village of Pleasant Valley with a population of about seven hundred is the commercial center of the town. 8 Aug., 1702. The road leading south from Pawling village, now called the State road, was laid out in 1745, and is described as running from Beekman's Patent into Westchester. The church property was sold in 1893. The company eventually gave up the business, as they could not compete in price with machine made files. Over 20,000 names have been added to this database. The 61,660 acres (249.5 km2) east of the Byram River making up the Connecticut Panhandle were granted to Connecticut, in recognition of the wishes of the residents. March 27, 1799, Poughkeepsie was incorporated as a village, the charter providing for a board of five trustees to be elected on the third Tuesday in May. It is a spacious structure, and was erected in 1907 by Hon. Entituled an Act for Regulating the militia fo the Colony of New York. Johannes Rowe died in 1771, and was buried in the family ground across the road from the church which bears the family name. Peter Montfort bought 370 acres of land in the vicinity of Fishkill Plains in 1735. VOL. Be the first one to write a review. It is the only public building in Rhinecliff. 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. Mr. Card's introduction to this transcription reads: "These marriages are taken from some minister's personal record, entered in a small ( 5 x 8 ) memorandum book. At one time the destruction of a very large section of the village seemed inevitable, as buildings on the north side of the street were several times on fire, but the force pump which supplied water to the reservoir had been started and water came down through the pipes at the critical time, so that the flames were controlled. A hotel was built here by William Waltmier, who, ten years later, disposed of the property to Jacob Knickerbacker. Rev. In early times there was much trouble over water privileges, and June 4, 1789, Dr. Samuel Bard deeded four small parcels of land to Richard de Cantillon and James Stoutenburgh, thereby adjusting the water privileges. Conrad Ham was another early settler, and the old home he built six generations ago still stands on a lot adjoining the present home of the family. Amenia Seminary was built in 1835, and the school opened in the same year. A Presbyterian church was organized in Poughkeepsie as early as 1749, but failed to maintain itself or erect a building. St. Paul's Church was built in 1843, and the Westminster Presbyterian Church at Salt Point in 1862. 1717, a portion of Albany County transferred to Dutchess County. During the Revolutionary War, the Village of Fishkill hosted the primary supply depot for the entire Northern Department of the Continental Army, including barracks, a hospital, and workshops. In 1891 the village was bonded for a sum not to exceed $15,000 to procure a water supply. The Starr Institute, which contains a free library, was built and furnished by Mrs. Mary R. Miller in 1862, at a cost of $15,000. The organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church of La Grange was effected July 14, 1849. Large flour mill, operated by the Legislature January 18, 1861, maintained... 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