It was destroyed by fire in 1910. Key Aspects The Congregational Church of Northeast was organized in 1827, and the building erected in 1828. Staatsburg, a village in the northern part of the town, derives its name from the Staats family, who settled here about 1720. Pine Plains has a public library of nearly 3,000 volumes. These early Quaker settlers or "Friends" as they preferred to be called, were mainly farmers and came from Dutchess County, NY and previously England. Meetings Discontinued in This House 1885.". In 1760, Samuel Mabbett, a Friend, came to Mechanic and opened a store and a tavern. Wappingers creek is the principal stream. Extensive deposits of hematite ore are found in the north part of the town, and have been mined considerably. The town of Wappinger, originally a part of the town of Fishkill, was erected May 20, 1875, and lies wholly within the limits of the Rombout patent granted in 1685. The Methodist Church was built in 1833 upon ground donated by John Albertson, Sr. CONNECTICUT Founded about 1635 by Thomas Hooker Early Connecticut Histories Channingville, that part of Wappingers Falls north of the creek, accounts for several hundred of the town's population. Among those recorded from 1748 to 1756 are Nathan Bull, Moses Harris, Isaac Germond, Dirck Van Vliet, Jacob Spricor, John Earll, Lieut. Prior to Anglo-Dutch settlement, what is today Dutchess County was a leading center for the native Wappinger peoples. It lies in the extreme northwest corner of Dutchess, bordering Columbia county. It has in 1911 about 1200 inhabitants, four churchesFriends, Methodist, Catholic and Episcopal. Writes press releases and does public speaking about Dutchess County history; 5. 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. The City of Poughkeepsie was chartered in 1854. In 1849, 33,000 acres of its area were set off to form the town of East Fishkill, and in 1875 its territory was further reduced by 16,025 acres for the erection of the town of Wappinger. Bangall, Stanfordville and Stissing are small villages. They erected a stone cotton mill in 1814. The town of Washington occupies a central position in the county. The grist mill at Pleasant Plains, which has been operated by water power over one hundred and thirty years, is an interesting landmark. The fine old estates in this town overlooking the Hudson include "Rokeby," "Blithewood," the Callendar House and "Chateau Tivoli," elsewhere described in this volume. The valleys are very fertile and well adapted to grain and grass culture. The First Settlement. The village contains several stores, mechanical shops, and the Borden creamery. Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 It was established in 1797, and was the first public library in Dutchess county. In later years it was used only for entertainments. Dutchess County, New York genealogy and family history page is a place where you can come in and research your genealogy and family history. Note that this database has a name only index, derived from the book index itself. This land he gave to his son Luke in 1758. The town of Pine Plains is one of the northern tier of towns in Dutchess, bordering the county of Columbia. This is a natural fountain of the purest water, from which flows a stream equivalent to an ordinary mill-race. [New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. There are no incorporated villages in the town. 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. William Clark was half of the famous exploration team Lewis and Clark, who explored and mapped the unknown lands west of the Mississippi River. They were: The Settlers of Beekman Patents, 13 volumes. and Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. Thomas Newbold. He died about 1860. in Rhinebeck, NY STARR LIBRARY Local History Room The congregation numbers about forty. The village of Chelsea, formerly known as Low Point or Carthage Landing Postoffice, had at one time a shipyard owned by Cornelius Carman, where sloops and steamboats were launched. 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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 growing population, with accompanying expansions of suburbs, required new roads and increased engagement from county government. Ease of access and economic prosperity brought the first families of American from New York City to found or expand estates along the Hudson River. In 1813 a postoffice was established, and two years later the village was incorporated; it was reincorporated March 21, 1903. Revolutionary Notes. The court house was used for legislature sittings, and the first laws of the State of New York were passed here. As a natural consequence the Junction has become the business center of the town. Later arrivals were Peter Mesier, John Hughson and Rev. This village was incorporated in 1886, and now includes within its limits Byrnesville, Wiccopee and Tioronda. Other early settlers were the Hughes, Mulford and Russel families . The earliest settlements in the town were made in the Oblong tract of Spencers Corners. The families of Ver Valin, De Groff, Sleight, Nelson and Cornell settled in the western part of the town previous to the Revolution. Annandale is the site of St. Stephen's College, chartered March 20, 1860. Roe Van Voorhis of Fishkill, Duchess County, New York: 255: St. Paul's Church, Red Hook, Duchess [sic] County, New York : Rose Hill : De Peyster family: 74 One of them established twelve counties, as follows: New York, Kings, Queens, Suffolk, Richmond, Westchester, Albany, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Duke's and Cornwall. Dutchess was among them, named after Mary of Modena, then Duchess of York and wife of the future King James II of England. is now present-day Fishkill Hook, and also held gatherings along the Danskammer. Dover Plains is the most important village in the town. The Dutchess County Genealogical Society was established in 1972 to help organize and direct genealogical work. Churches. In 2013, Dutchess County celebrated its 300th anniversary of democracy based upon a legislative resolution sponsored by County Legislator Michael Kelsey from Salt Point. Of their descendants, Philip N. Bonesteel was a merchant, magistrate and post-master in Red Hook for many years. In 1818 Milan was set off by itself, and in 1823 Northeast was shorn of Pine Plains, but had annexed a liberal slice of Amenia to its southern border, thus preserving its equilibrium among its sister towns by this compensation in wealth and population. Amenia, the largest, has above a hundred dwellings. 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. 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. The Company was re-organized in 1825, and built the machine shop and foundry on the east side of the creek, devoted largely to the production of cotton machinery. The Titus, Coffin, Mitchell, Pinkham, Comstock, Allen, Roger, Hull, Coleman, Haight, Haviland and Talcott families settled in the town previous to 1750. Many emigrants from New England lived in and passed through the Beekman Patent on their way west. Pawling precinct was taken from Beekman precinct in 1768, and erected into a town in 1788. They had their council-fire at what is now present-day Fishkill Hook, and also held gatherings along the Danskammer. Matteawan. In 1843 Silas Rogers founded a wagon axle manufacturing business, which was carried on until western competition became too strong. Its first pastors were Revs. While the Tories were thus showing authority, they were surprised by a company of American soldiers from Sharon, Connecticut. In 1882 the Millerton National Bank was organized with G. S. Frink as President, and W. M. Dales as Cashier. A separation in the society occurred in 1828, owing to the dissension of Elias Hicks, and the Orthodox Quakers built a church in 1829 nearby the original stone meeting house. It has two school buildings, a bank, a public library housed in a beautiful building, forty business places, including grocers, plumbers, barbers, butchers, hardware, jewelers, druggists, dry goods, etc., etc. Crum Elbow creek formed a natural division between the property of the Bards on the north, and the Stoutenburghs on the south. When Henry Hudson sailed up the Hudson River in 1609, laying claim to the valley for the Dutch Crown, the east bank of the river had been home for centuries to the Wappinger Indians and other members of the Algonquin Federation. 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. First Presbyterian Church at New Hamburg, Dutchess, New York. Samuel Thorne and Oakleigh Thorne have returned to the land of their ancestors. This town is included in the Great Nine Partners tract granted in 1697 to Caleb Heathcote and others, and was formed from the town of Washington March 12, 1793. Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: Abbot to Burtch Frank J. Doherty F.J. Doherty, 1990 - Beekman Patent (N.Y.) - 1206 pages 0 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but. It became a National Bank in 1865. The foundations alone mark the spot from which the buildings have been removed. Develops programs and educational projects in conjunction with area educational institutions and historical societies; 6. Quaker Hill and West Mountain were probably settled long before the lands in the valley. LDSGenealogy.com is privately owned and is not an official site of FamilySearch International or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). 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. Records of Crum Elbow Precinct, Dutchess County, New York, 1738-1761, Together With Records of Charlotte Precinct, 1762-1785, Records of Clinton Precinct, . USA (1,373,456) > New York (69,842) > Dutchess County (1,870) > Dutchess County County Histories and Genealogies (96), USA (1,373,456) > New York (69,842) > New York Histories and Genealogies (5,143) > Dutchess County Histories and Genealogies (96). By Capt. These are soon to be let loose in the adjacent streams, to be angled for when the"law is up." The towns of Northeast, Pine Plains and Milan, taken collectively, constituted, in 1746, the Northeast Precinct. In 1790 the Baptists and Methodists organized separate societies, and in 1833 the Presbyterians built a house of worship in Amenia. Gilbert Budd had a lumber yard, and was interested in the freighting business. Loren Clarke officiated. In 1728, three years before the New York-Connecticut boundary line adjustment, the first settlers had arrived in "the Oblong." John, James, Daniel and Robert Wilson, four brothers, settled in the vicinity of Upper Red Hook before 1770, and engaged in farming. The estate of Gen. Morgan Lewis is now owned by his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Ogden Mills. Schultz mountain rises 780 feet above tide. . By 1730 it was decided to have a church in the immediate vicinity, which was erected on the site of the present "Old Dutch Church.". Early settlers in the Town of DeRuyter taken from 1784 History of Chenango & Madison Counties, NY by James H Smith; pub. Online at, Rensselaer and Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799, New York County Common Pleas Court, 1792-1895, New York County Superior Court, 1828-1895, New York City and County Supreme Court, 1868-1906, U.S. The spring itself is seventy-five feet across. Dutchess is an archaic form of the word duchess. gave the house and land to her nephew, Sebring Ackerman. A church at Washington Hollow was erected in 1747 by the Presbyterian society. The territory was included in the Little Nine Partners' Patent; together with Milan and a portion of present Northeast it was in 1788 erected into a town, the three being known as Northeast. The production of milk is probably the largest industry in this section. This valley is known far and wide as "The Clove," its limits extending beyond the town borders, and was an important landmark in the early history of the region. Present Meeting House Erected in 1760. The waterfall is called Poughkepesingh and the land Minnisingh, situate on the east side of the river.". He built a house about 1712, near the place known as the Steel Works, where he lived and died. Migration routes for early European settlers to and from North East, Dutchess County, New York Genealogy included: [3] Alford and Egremont (MA) Turnpike [4] 1812 Ancram (NY) Turnpike [5] 1805, also sometimes called the Catskill Road, from Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut Genealogy to Catskill, Greene County, New York Genealogy Eastman College was started by Harvey G. Eastman in 1859. Previous to this date meetings were held occasionally in different neighborhoods by "circuit riders," and the inhabitants of the Morey vicinity attended chiefly at Potter's Hollow, where the first church edifice was built, and from which it was removed to Morey's in 1866, and called the "Trinity Church of La Grange." They were freighters, storekeepers and millers before and after the Revolution. Millbrook owes its birth to the building of the railroad in 1869. The village of Pawling has a fine water system constructed in 1895. The Treaty of Dover of 1731 stabilized the border zone. In 1830 a direct stage route twice a week was established from Poughkeepsie to Pine Plains, by way of Pleasant Valley. By 1826 the Presbyterians were permanently organized and built a church on Cannon street. 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. The village was incorporated June 30, 1875, with N. C. Beach, President. 12 June 1812: Putnam County was set off. Copyright There is a general claim that the southern part of the town was settled in 1750, but we cannot learn anything about the parties that will warrant any such conclusions. Pamela J. Sears, Who was Catrina: wife of Stephen Jansz Van Voorhees of Jamaica?, New Netherland. The freshet of 1819 destroyed many mills on the banks of the Wappinger, and carried away the Main street bridge at the Falls. 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. 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. They came as far as Cooperstown on horseback, and thence by canoe down the Susquehanna, leaving Cooperstown May 2, 1786. A grist mill was conducted here during the Revolution by one Vincent. Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, From 1662 to 1800 (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1873), . By a payment of a small annual fee to the farmers they have secured the right to hunt and fish over miles of adjacent territory. The town of Dover lies on the southeastern border of the county. A paper mill was established previous to 1840, and in 1844 was burned down. The Association holds real estate as follows: Aikin Hall and Manse, the Library Building, Mizzen Top Hotel and cottages. Their son Jonathan married Anna Wood, daughter of Daniel Wood, in 1774. In 1847 Father Kelly of Connecticut ministered to the Catholics in this section. Genealogy Trails Wassaic. Aaron Van Vlackren settled at Gayhead, where his son Tunis built a grist mill in 1768. The overall factory of Sweet, Orr & Co. was founded by James Orr in 1871. They called one of their encampments Poughkeepsie, the reed-covered lodge by the little water place.". The property passed through several hands, and was finally purchased by John Falconer, who operated it under the name of the Seamless Clothing Manufacturing Company, in which he was associated with Mr. William Carroll. "Belfield" is the home of Hon. Beekman's patent to land in this vicinity was granted in 1697. Her mother was Mary Wady, daughter of John The town of Poughkeepsie as early as 1715 was a part of the Middle Ward of Dutchess county. Smith, the one-time sheriff of Dutchess County, is credited with throwing the vote in favor of ratification by introducing the idea for what would become the Bill of Rights. Frost. Matthew Vassar gave the site, some 200 acres of land, and added about $400,000. Nicholas Van Vranken, Rev. The eastern part of the town adjoining Pleasant Valley and Clinton was settled at an early day by Quakers from New England and Long Island. Vassar College, founded by Matthew Vassar, was chartered by the Legislature January 18, 1861. On the eastern and western borders are ranges of hills almost mountainous in their dimensions, while the center forms a valley, some four hundred feet above tidewater, containing thrifty farms and pleasant villages. Poughkeepsie has long been known as a city of schools. The first town meeting was held at the house of Stephen Thorne, April, 1818. VOL. South Dutchess County expanded rapidly, growing from fewer than 50 families in 1740 to nearly 1,400 in 1790. Wassaic is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States. Red Hook was taken off in 1812. The following year the Citizens' Bank was organized, and in 1865 it was changed to a National Bank. Gen. Joseph Howland, who was much interested in the development and improvement of the village of Matteawan, established and perpetually endowed a library here which bears his name. This series of books is an invaluable resource for researching the early settlers of Dutchess county, New York. Lent of Lagrangeville. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Search Free Dutchess County New York Genealogy and Family History Records Online including census, cemetery, vital, military and other genealogical and historical records that can be used for your family history research. Akin Hall Association, was founded by Albert John Akin in 1882, for the promotion of benevolence, charity, literature and science. Millbrook is the principal village. Hopewell Junction is the only village of importance therein. In recent years, county government has acted to preserve historical elements of the landscape through adaptive re-use, nomination of sites to the National Register of Historic Places, and the development of entire historic districts. The seeds for post-World War II prosperity in Dutchess were planted in 1942 when IBM purchased property in Poughkeepsie. John D. Rockefeller and Frederick F. Thompson have also been large benefactors. 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. This page has been viewed 74,075 times (4,778 via redirect). In 1785, New York State granted the first license for the Post Road, formally establishing a series of taverns and inns along modern Route 9, some of which still stand today. Settlers Of The Beekman Patent Dutchess County New York Mills To Page by Frank J. Doherty Dutchess County Records Management 170 Washington Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 486-3677 A list addresses and phone numbers of town clerks and/or municipal offices where vital records may be obtained is available on the Dutchess County Genealogical Society Vital Records web page. He settled on the west side of the river, opposite the forty acre island, known as Stowel's Island . Some were long term tenants, while others resided a short time and moved on, going farther north into New York and . This volumn covers the segment between Geneva and Utica, New York. Co. which was organized in 1812 by Peter H. Schenck, J. J. Astor, Philip Hone, and others. He resigned in 1856 to become a Justice of the Supreme Court, as his father had been before him. The college grew out of the Church of the Holy Innocents and its parish school. Dover was taken off and made into a separate township in 1807. It was built in 1775 by John De Witt, son of Captain Petrus and Rachel (Radcliff) De Witt. Many of these moved in from Albany and Ulster Counties. The Quakers established a meeting house on Clover street in 1802. The first deed for lands in Rynbeck precinct bears date of June 8, 1686, recorded in Ulster County Clerk's office. Hunt, Selleck and Collins. The village of Pine Plains had an official name as a postoffice a few years prior to its organization as a town. Education. The two eldest married the Kuhn sisters, daughters of Simon Kuhn. 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. Whaley Pond, Lake Norton, Green Mountain Lake and Lake Hammersley are considerable bodies of water. A range of hills, locally known as Quaker Hill, extends along the east border. It did not prosper and was terminated in 1789. The Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club is another association of wealthy gentlemen of sportsman taste, as the name implies. St. James Episcopal Church was built in 1904. Rev. On-Demand Laundry Service Dutchess County, NY Place Your First Order Today! The village of Fishkill, which is situated some six miles from Fishkill Landing, was the scene of many important events during the Revolution. 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. They settled along the Fishkill River and in the areas that are now Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck. It continues to prosper. The 1890 Census is lost. Quaker Hill, Holmes and West Pawling are hamlets. His name appears in the official record of Supervisors in 1754, and that of Bartholomew Noxon in 1761. The FamilySearch Catalog: the Amazing Free Resource You Might Be Missing. This family name in Holland is Wiltsee, but some branches spell it Wiltsie, as does the family herein recorded. On this Emigh homestead is the far-famed Clove Spring. The town of Washington is fortunate in the men who have come to make their home within its limits in recent years. CONTENTS Page. Fishkill-on-Hudson. The Town of Red Hook. Born circa 1672. The Beekman Iron Mine was discovered in 1846 by William E. Haxtun. 4 were here. They have leased the old ore mine property for a term of years, and erected a large club house, where they are at liberty to come at pleasure. Among them were the Marshalls, Bakers, Briggs, Hoags, Halsteads, Moshers, Stringhams, Watters, Lamorees, Nelsons and Williams. A Red Hook High School alum, Gomez graduated from . His son, Virgil D., was Surrogate of Dutchess county in 1844. Petrus Vas. As early as 1755 a Baptist Society was organized in the town which had an interesting career. Later an industry for the manufacture of cement, for use in the first Poughkeepsie bridge, was started here. Water was pumped from the Fall Kill and was used only for fire extinguishing purposes, pipes being laid only on the main streets. Mr. Arthur Rockwell continued this business until his death in 1910. James Emans obtained a grant of land from Madam Brett near the present hamlet of East Fishkill. There are two churchesBaptist and Methodist. The village then had something like 1,500 inhabitants, and the population of the whole town in 1800 was 3,246. Its territory belonged to the tract known as the Great Nine Partners Patent. Early Settlers of New York State, Vol. Dutchess County, New York Quaker Records, Wikipedia contributors, "Old Albany Post Road" in. A large portion of the land about what is now known as Tivoli was owned by the Hoffmans, who built the mills northeast of Tivoli, nearly a century and a half ago. The Rhinebeck Savings Bank was organized in 1862. 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. The present brick church was built in 1833. There is also a Catholic and a Pentacostal church in this village. Samuel Dor-land and wife, Allen Moore and wife and Andrew Moore are recorded as being present at this meeting. The "house of Israel Reynolds" (Stissing House) was designated in the early records as the place where town business was transacted, and where the first town meeting for Pine Plains was held. In 1812, Putnam County was detached from Dutchess. Matthew Vassar died in 1868, and his nephews, Matthew, Jr., and John Guy, continued his interest in the institution. Many people every season make a pilgrimage to this relic of bygone days. William Coe, Peter G. Emigh and Jonathan G. Vincent were the original trustees. The company has lately invested thousands of dollars in the acquisition of rights and in erecting buildings for the use of the club. 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Smith, Index to Howard Morse's Historic old Rhinebeck, Kipsbergen in Dutchess County : its history, location and boundaries, its founders, and their families through many generations, Peter J. Schultz account book, 1824-1846 : Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY, Rhinebeck Precinct accounts book, 1783-1788 : Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY, Rhinecliff : a Hudson River history : the tangled tale of Rhinebeck's waterfront, Salt Point - origin of the name and some [of] its early settlers, Salt Point - origin of the name and some of its early settlers, Town book, Town of Stanford, Dutchess County, New York, 1793-1825. Freighting business be Missing United States milk is probably the largest industry in this vicinity was in!, a Friend, came to Mechanic and opened a store and tavern... Redirect ) Record, Vol was held at the Falls State of New York,. County expanded rapidly, growing from fewer than 50 families in 1740 to nearly 1,400 1790. 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