Other early settlers were the Hughes, Mulford and Russel families . The extant records of the village begin in 1803, when Andrew Billings was president. The early residents included Dutch and French settlers and migrants from New England and Westchester County, New York. 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. There are in the town six villages. International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free, Dutchess County New York Historical Facts, Dutchess County New York Genealogy Resources, Dutchess County New York Genealogy Websites, Dutchess County New York Genealogy References, Wikipedia contributors, "Duchess, New York" in, Wikipedia contributors, "Dutchess County, New York," in "Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia. 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. In that year the stone house was built, now standing, on the Emigh homestead, at present in possession of a grandson of William. The town of Dover lies on the southeastern border of the county. The name of the town is derived from Col. Henry Beekman, who in 1697 obtained a grant of all the land east of Rombout's patent to the Oblong. Its surface is a hilly upland, intersected by a broad valley extending north and south. Riverview Military Academy was opened in 1867 by Otis Bisbee. Services were continued for some years in the school house as often as a supply could be obtained. The earliest settlements in the town were made in the Oblong tract of Spencers Corners. For a time, was annexed to Ulster County, separated in 1713. Little Wappinger Creek flows southerly through the center of the town. Among them were the Marshalls, Bakers, Briggs, Hoags, Halsteads, Moshers, Stringhams, Watters, Lamorees, Nelsons and Williams. An important event was the establishment of the first central village water supply by the building of the reservoir on top of Cannon street hill in 1835, at a cost of $30,000. Festal gathering of the early settlers and present inhabitants of the town of Virgil, Cortland County, N.Y., held at Virgil village, on Thursday, the 25th of August, 1853, embracing a historic sketch of the town, supplemented with a brief historical account of events from that time to 1878 DELAWARE COUNTY It was formed as a town March 17, 1788. Churches. 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. He enjoyed the friendship of Washington, who, in his diary, mentions stopping with him to take dinner, when on a hasty visit to Hartford . The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York I am doing a series of books on the Beekman Patent settlers, all 17th and 18th century information, (plus early 19th century NYS probate for many Beekman Surnames). Death entry content: Name, age, sex, color, marital status, month and day of death, native state or country, occupation and cause of death. The eastern half of the stub of land in northeast Dutchess County containing Rudd Pond and Taconic State Park is the northernmost extension of The Oblong. Those for Dutchess county are as follows vizt. The town received its name from its geographical position in the county. Isaac Rysdyck, 1765 to 1790. 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. Dutchess County Clerk Among the earliest settlers were the Swartwouts, Storms, Emans, Montforts, Stockholms, Rapeljes, Van Wycks, Baileys and Van Vlackrens. The fine old estates in this town overlooking the Hudson include "Rokeby," "Blithewood," the Callendar House and "Chateau Tivoli," elsewhere described in this volume. Back to Table of Contents A coal and lumber yard was established in 1869 by R. C. Horton, and the following year Lawrence C. Rapelje built a hotel, which he leased to Edward Lasher. This town is described as the southeast corner town in Dutchess county. It is a spacious structure, and was erected in 1907 by Hon. In 1720 Scotch-Irish settlers in the vicinity of Goshen, Orange County, New York, were numerous enough to form a congregation. 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. Nicholas Bonesteel and Anna Margretha Kuhn, his wife, with some of their children, were among the early settlers. Simon Cole was the first merchant in the town; John Kip was a carpenter; Ananias Teel, a wheelwright; Laurence Teder, a mason; Henry Shop, a harness-maker; Jacob Van Ostrander, a linen weaver. Hunt, Selleck and Collins. Tried to use year, where stated, person and where they were from. 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. The road network continued to grow throughout the nineteenth century, eventually being eclipsed by the railroad, which reached Poughkeepsie in the 1830s. The boundaries of the village as then fixed remain the limits of the city of Poughkeepsie today. land grant given to Col. Henry Beekman in 1697 by the English Crown and the second largest patent in present-day Dutchess County, New . In 1748 a church was organized near the center of the town. In 1967, Dutchess voters passed a county charter that created the Office of the County Executive and the Dutchess County legislature to provide dedicated service for county-wide needs. South Dutchess County expanded rapidly, growing from fewer than 50 families in 1740 to nearly 1,400 in 1790. It is said that there was quite an influx into the town about 1740. John Barkalo, Dr. Thomas De Witt, Rev. The materials of this were removed to the farm of Vincent Williams, and converted into a barn, where it still stands, good to battle with the storms of a half century to come. In 1910 the property was sold to the Deering Co. St. James Episcopal Church was built in 1904. About thirty in number were captured and marched to Sharon, from whence they were taken to New Hampshire and held until the close of the war. Their son Jonathan married Anna Wood, daughter of Daniel Wood, in 1774. Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. 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 . Over 20,000 names have been added to this database. and History, Historical and Genealogical Record Dutchess and Putnam Counties. Poughkeepsie has long been known as a city of schools. 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 Pine Plains Bank was organized in 1839, and closed its doors in 1857, voluntarily, but maintained its good name. 060, p. 306] Gilbert FERGUSON. The Episcopal Church at Hopewell Schultz mountain rises 780 feet above tide. The village contains several large manufacturing plants, notably the Fishkill Landing Machine Co., incorporated in 1853; The Dutchess Hat Works, organized in 1873 by Lewis Tompkins; and the Dutchess Tool Co., which has been in existence since 1886. "Belfield" is the home of Hon. The Patents, in the twelve years 1685-1697 lawful patents had been granted securing for their purchasers every foot of Hudson River shoreline in the original county. In 1865 it was changed to a National Bank, Pawling Savings Bank was incorporated in 1870. Red Hook is a town in Dutchess County. Among those recorded from 1748 to 1756 are Nathan Bull, Moses Harris, Isaac Germond, Dirck Van Vliet, Jacob Spricor, John Earll, Lieut. Loren Clarke officiated. 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 Dutch Church here, which was used as a military prison during the Revolution, was erected in 1731. The hamlet contains a hotel built in 1858, two stores and a few dwellings. This page has been viewed 74,075 times (4,778 via redirect). It has changed hands several times, and is now successfully conducted by Morgan H. Hoyt. It was opened in 1869 by Albert Tower, who owned and operated it for many years. 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 first deed for lands in Rynbeck precinct bears date of June 8, 1686, recorded in Ulster County Clerk's office. The Clove Spring Iron Works was organized in 1873. Several Quaker families resided in this vicinity. The first town meeting was held at the house of William Wolven in April, 1821. After the burning of Kingston in October 1777, Poughkeepsie served as the state capitol until the conclusion of hostilities. The population was 9,953 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 11,319 in 2010. In 1859 a Catholic Church was built at Sylvan Lake, and another at Clove Valley, forming a part of the Parish of St. Denis. Charles B. Whitehead and Rev. As this leisure class with money and time to pursue learning and culture emerged, literary and historical societies, schools, and institutions of higher learning emerged. 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. 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. The estate of Gen. Morgan Lewis is now owned by his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Ogden Mills. It was established in 1797, and was the first public library in Dutchess county. I expect there will be sixteen or more volumes before this series is finished. This website requires a paid subscription for full access. 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Extant tax lists chronicle the area's significant growth, with taxable households expanding from 47 in 1741 to 849 in 1779. Vassar College, founded by Matthew Vassar, was chartered by the Legislature January 18, 1861. This winter has been moderate and . C37, JMM "10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834." 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). 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. Records of Crum Elbow precinct, Dutchess county, New York, 1738-1761. This territory was a portion of the Beekman patent, and settlement is supposed to have begun about the year 1716. As noted in the book (see here .). The foundations alone mark the spot from which the buildings have been removed. It continues to prosper. One half of the business section was destroyed by fire May 8, 1864. 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. The community was set off from the Town of Poughkeepsie when it became an incorporated village in 1799. The families of Carman, Brill, Noxon, Baker, Pleas, Uhls from Germany, Cary, Dennis, Haxtun, Sweet and Gardner, were among the earliest known settlers. They were freighters, storekeepers and millers before and after the Revolution. 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. Johannes Rowe died in 1771, and was buried in the family ground across the road from the church which bears the family name. He returned the following statistics: Population, 2,300; electors, 431; taxable property, $547,106. Extensive deposits of hematite ore are found in the north part of the town, and have been mined considerably. 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. The Christian Church at Schultzville was erected in 1866 on land donated by T. A. Schultz, who also contributed $3,000 towards the cost of the building. North of this is "The Locusts," the estate of William B. Dinsmore, now owned by his widow and children. A broad and fertile valley runs through the central portion. Paul Upton and Christopher Dibble were early settlers herethe former coming from Massachusetts, the latter from Long Island. It later became the property of John LeRoy, who, with his son Abraham, ran it for upwards of forty years. It is the only public building in Rhinecliff. 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. 1880. 4 April 1786: the towns of Clermont and Germantown were transferred to Columbia County when the county was created. The Baptists organized and built a church at Fishkill Plains in 1782. It depicts a winter forest-clearing scene on the land of Jacobus Stout The present church, dedicated May 26, 1869, is the third edifice of the Society in the town. A freshet in 1841 swept away Given's cotton mill and the print works dam. VOL. Parties were sent to the bordering settlements to intimidate the patriots, and obtain supplies for the British army. Canaan, Columbia County, New York. It was replaced in 1852 by a stone bridge, thirty feet wide, which in 1884 was widened to sixty feet. In 1813 a postoffice was established, and two years later the village was incorporated; it was reincorporated March 21, 1903. Dutchess County was one of the first 12 counties that were established in the Province of New York in 1683. Ontario Settlers United Empire Loyalists were Americans who remained loyal to King George III and the British Empire. Much of the land is still in possession of the Rowe family. 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. Meetings Discontinued in This House 1885.". The Clove Spring Trout Company, an association of New York gentlemen, have utilized the waters of this spring in the construction of ten ponds, each fourteen by sixty feet, in which are twenty-two thousand trout, assorted into five sizes; the last pond containing two thousand two-pound trout. Many emigrants from New England lived in and passed through the Beekman Patent on their way west. In 1790 there was formed in Hyde Park the Stoutsburgh Religious Association. One of the early aldermen was Henry W. Shaw (Josh Billings). 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. Poughquag, Green Haven, Clove Valley and Beekmanville are hamlets. Alonzo Welton of Poughkeepsie, with twenty-one members. That there is now in subcriptions $450.". From 1683 to 1715 most of the settlers in Dutchess . He built his tavern, which is still standing, about the year 1768, on the A. C. Briggs farm. 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. 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