Meeting Divided in 1828. This series of books is an invaluable resource for researching the early settlers of Dutchess county, New York. 1870 also has parents' birthplace. The village of Pleasant Valley with a population of about seven hundred is the commercial center of the town. The advent of graded schools rendered the existence of such an institution unnecessary, and the buildings have been closed since 1888. A paper mill was established previous to 1840, and in 1844 was burned down. It is a large, two-story structure, in good repair, notwithstanding its age. 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. Before 1870 the second great period of growth, comparable to that of the days of the old improvement party between 1830 and 1837, was in full sway. Genealogy Trails This village has grown up around the original Five Corners and become a place of importance within the last thirty years. It abounds in wild and beautiful scenery. 1 Family History Library, History of Little Nine Partners of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess county, Vol. Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent by Frank J. Doherty Hardcover | Frank J. Doherty | Pub. Mr. Rothery was the first to manufacture new files in America. As a natural consequence the Junction has become the business center of the town. In consideration of Dutchesss predominantly rural character, county government has assisted in the creation of agricultural districts preserving more than 200,000 acres of farmland. Millbrook is the principal village. He had four sons John, Sebastian, Philip, and Mark, who settled around on the land of their father's purchase, and to each of whom he gave a farm. If you have some time and would like to get involved please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at [email protected]. The first president was David R. Gould, who was conspicuous in its organization. The valleys are very fertile and well adapted to grain and grass culture. Ontario Settlers United Empire Loyalists were Americans who remained loyal to King George III and the British Empire. The Bank of Rhinebeck was organized in 1853, with a capital of $125,000. 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. 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. Among the pupils of this school was Jacob Willetts, whose arithmetic passed through many editions and was widely used in the schools of the country. Harvey G. Eastman, George Innis, Mark D. Wilbur and George P. Pelton were leaders in this latter improvement era. 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 Wappingers creek is the principal stream. Collections of the Dutchess County . Shortly after the completion of this building Roger Brett was drowned from a sloop, and the care of his estate was left to his widow who became known as "Madam Brett." His son, Virgil D., was Surrogate of Dutchess county in 1844. The town of Union Vale was erected March 1, 1827, and includes territory formerly comprised in the towns of Beekman and "Freedom," now La Grange. It originally extended westward to the Hudson and comprised over 66,000 acres, with a population in 1790 of 4,607. The Church of the Sacred Heart at Barrytown, and St. Sylvia's Church at Tivoli, were erected by the Catholics in 1875 and 1903 respectively. The first town meeting was held at the house of Stephen Thorne, April, 1818. Early settlements in Dutchess County, New York Family History Library General History of Dutchess County, New York, 1877 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry General history of Duchess County from 1609 to 1876 Index LDS Genealogy General history of Duchess County from 1609 to 1876 Index Internet Archive Among the descendants of Gen. Lewis still resident in Staatsburg is the family of the late Lydig M. Hoyt. 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. The Christian Church of Stanfordville was established in 1840; and the Methodists built a house of worship in 1843. Colonists from New England founded communities throughout the disputed areas of eastern Dutchess in the opening decades of the eighteenth century. Thomas and Alice Casey, from Rhode Island, emigrated here about 1750, and located on what is now known as Chestnut Ridge, Derrick Dutcher and Jacob VanCamp came here previous to 1731, and located near Plymouth Hill. You may select a specific volume to restrict your search results. 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. In 1709 the settlers numbered thirty families. Washington, Arnold, Marquis de Chastellux and La Fayette lodged at this tavern. The earliest concentration of settlers was in an area called the "Union", a Quaker settlement in the vicinity of the present Keese Homestead and Quaker Cemetery on what is now Union Road. Death entry content: Name, age, sex, color, marital status, month and day of death, native state or country, occupation and cause of death. He purchased the ninth "water lot" of the Nine Partners patent, on which the village of Hyde Park is now situated. The extant records of the village begin in 1803, when Andrew Billings was president. Its surface is a hilly upland, intersected by a broad valley extending north and south. 1776-1805 Dutchess County, New York Marriage Records. They erected a stone cotton mill in 1814. In 1810 the town had 4,669 inhabitants and the village 2,981. The sons built the Methodist church there, and were generous supporters of local enterprises. Three brothers, Samuel, Amos and Enos Thompson, great grandsons of Anthony Thompson, original planter in the New Haven Colony, came into Dutchess county about 1750. 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The Friends house of worship here was for many years called the "Crom Elbow Meeting House," erected about the year 1774. Gilbert was a Revolutionary Soldier applied for and received a pension #S6851 He was b 24 or 28 Feb 1762 at Bethlehem in Dutchess Co., NY & lived at Beekman in Dutchess Co. at enlistment. Its boundaries at that time included the present Putnam County, and a small portion of the present Columbia County (the towns of Clermont and Germantown). Pine Plains has a public library of nearly 3,000 volumes. The villages of Red Hook and Tivoli-Madalin are the chief centers of population, and Barrytown is of some importance as a railroad depot. Municipal Historians of Dutchess County. The Ebenezer Methodist Church was built in 1837, the original cost, exclusive of labor, being about $800. Amenia, the largest, has above a hundred dwellings. for the manufacture of fine wool hats. From 1715 to 1730 most of the new settlers in Dutchess county were Germans. Dover Plains is the most important village in the town. The 1890 Census is lost. Tradition says they acquired 2,800 acres between them, around the shores of the beautiful sheet of water long known as Thompson's Pond. Note that this database has a name only index, derived from the book index itself. The Poughkeepsie Collegiate School, a noted institution, founded in 1835, continued until 1867, when the property was sold to settle the estate of Charles Bartlett, its first principal; the Grecian temple still crowns College Hill. Many of these moved in from Albany and Ulster Counties. President James M. Taylor took charge in 1886, and the growth of the college has been continuous, until in 1905 the trustees found it necessary to limit the number of students for a term of five years to one thousand. Another deed of 1686 conveys land to Hendrick Kip. Colonists from New England founded communities throughout the disputed areas of eastern Dutchess in the opening decades of the eighteenth century. Thomas Garner became the principal owner. It covers an area of about 33,000 acres, being the second largest town territorially in the county, exceeded only by the town of Washington. They began operations on Staten Island, and in 1857 removed to the present location in Matteawan. The town added population very slowly down to 1900, when the growth of one of the suburbs of the city, called Bull's Head, East Poughkeepsie, and more recently Arlington, had made much progress chiefly because of the growth of Vassar College. The present bank building was erected in 1903. Dutchess is an archaic form of the word duchess. On the west border of the town are several country estates of families prominent in the social and business world, including those of John A. Roosevelt, who owned Mount Hope, and Mrs. James Roosevelt, who has an estate a few miles further north. 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Schryvers, Justice of the Peace, 1830-1831, 1834-1840 Family History Library, La Grange : an historical review Ancestry, History of Little Nine Partners of North East Precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Dutchess County, vol. A fulling mill east of the village was built by John Kenyon in 1808, and this is the site of the present plant of Garner & Co. It was a transfer on the part of three Indians, to Gerritt Artsen, Arie Rosa and Jan Elton. The Legislature was in session at Poughkeepsie when the news of the surrender of Cornwallis was received, in October, 1781. Other early settlers were the families of Winegar, Delamater, Paine, Hopkins, Wheeler, Benton, Carpenter, Reed and Swift. This page has been viewed 74,075 times (4,778 via redirect). The following year the Citizens' Bank was organized, and in 1865 it was changed to a National Bank. During the post-Revolutionary era, the county began a slow climb to economic prosperity. This embraced the present towns of Beekman, Union Vale, a portion of La Grange, and nearly all of Pawling and Dover, with the exception of a strip along their eastern border. The reservoir happened to be empty on May 12, 1836, when Poughkeepsie was visited by the greatest fire in its history, a fire which burned nearly all the buildings on the south side of Main street, between Liberty and Academy streets. North of this is "The Locusts," the estate of William B. Dinsmore, now owned by his widow and children. This is the estate to which the name of Hyde Park originally applied. He resigned in 1856 to become a Justice of the Supreme Court, as his father had been before him. 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. Along the banks of the Wappingers stood several factories. In 1855 when the city had been taken out, the town had left but 3,110 people. 060, p. 306] Gilbert FERGUSON. This is one of the southern tier towns of Dutchess, its southern angle extending almost to the north line of Putnam county. During his service as governor and subsequently as President of the United States, Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor made Dutchess an experimental laboratory for New Deal ideas. Other early settlers were: Hans Hufcut and Martin Preston, who settled on what is known as Preston Mountain, and the latter is said to have been the . The village contains several stores, mechanical shops, and the Borden creamery. The Sawkill flows through the center of the town. This town was formed from Rhinebeck June 2, 1812. Among the earliest landholders within the present town limits were the Van Benschotens at New Hackensack. 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. 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