In 1847 Father Kelly of Connecticut ministered to the Catholics in this section. Search terms should be focused on First and Last names. Charles F. Dietrich, whose estate is the most extensive and with its many beautiful features is worth a long journey to see; the late H. J. Davison, who built Altamont; and the late and much lamented Col. Daniel S. Lamont, so widely known in public affairs, both in this State and in the Nation; Roswell P. Miller, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, who has built a fine "Colonial" mansion; H. R. McLane, a Brooklyn gentlemen of literary and artistic taste; Harry Harkness Flagler, whose interest and co-operation in local affairs has been constant, and who is a member of the Board of Education, an active trustee of the Library Association, president and chief promoter of the Millbrook Choral Society, and a supporter of everything that pertains to the general good of the community; the late Captain R. S. Hayes, in whose memory the library was erected; Miss Mary Lenox Kennedy, whose mother was a member of that fine old family so identified with the religious, literary, educational, philanthropic and civic life of New York City; Charles Clinton Marshall, whose ancestors have been in Dutchess county since Revolutionary days; G. Howard Davison, whose stock farm is famous for its horses, cattle and sheep:these are some of the "Millbrook Colony" to whom the town has proved attractive on account of its healthy climate and scenic beauty. 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. Dover was taken off and made into a separate township in 1807. 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. The metal was of superior quality. Pamela J. Sears, Who was Catrina: wife of Stephen Jansz Van Voorhees of Jamaica?, New Netherland. Beekman's patent to land in this vicinity was granted in 1697. In 1811 the Episcopalians decided to build a separate house of worship, and Dr. Bard gave the central part of the present St. James churchyard, and the building was erected in that year. They were: The Settlers of Beekman Patents, 13 volumes. I LDS Genealogy, History of Little Nine Partners of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess county, Vol. Pawling village, incorporated in 1903, has about 800 inhabitants. 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. Early in the twentieth century, Dutchess County regained political prominence as the home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Captain Charles P. Adriance, Solomon P. Hopkins and Gilbert S. Hopkins conducted a freighting business from Low Point until 1856. Owing to its secure position at the head of the Highlands, and being on a direct route of communication with the New England States, it was selected as a natural depot for army supplies in this section. Levi P. Morton, as a memorial to his deceased daughter. At this place was built a Friends' meeting house, and Oswego monthly meetings were held here as early as 1761. This latter period of improvement included the building of the new water works, pumping from the Hudson River with sand filtration; the installation of a complete sewerage system; the Fallkill improvement by which the old mill ponds on the kill were abolished and the stream was walled in; the Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railroad; the building of the city railroad, and the beginning of the Poughkeepsie Bridge. About 1735 Jacob Stoutenburgh, a Hollander and trader from Westchester, became interested in lands now comprised within the bounds of this town. That there is now in subcriptions $450.". It has always been an industrial center. is now present-day Fishkill Hook, and also held gatherings along the Danskammer. These include the Elmendorph Inn at Red Hook and the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck. William Seward. Matteawan. In 2013, Dutchess County celebrated its 300th anniversary of democracy based upon a legislative resolution sponsored by County Legislator Michael Kelsey from Salt Point. It was in this church building that a band of Tories, in the summer of 1777, assembled. The Millerton Telegraph, a weekly publication, was started in 1876 by Cooley James, and subsequently became the property of Colvin Card. Its surface is a rolling upland, and the soil a gravelly loam. Brendan Morrow, Staff Writer. It was established in 1797, and was the first public library in Dutchess county. It originally included all the territory covered by the Rombout Patent, granted by James II, in 1685, confirming the deed of land made to Francis Rombout and GulianVerplanck by the Wappinger Indians in 1683. It was reduced to its present limits of about sixty square miles, when the northern part was erected into the town of Stanford, March 12, 1793. The Harlem Railroad, which traverses north and south, was built through the town of Dover in 1849. A new court house was erected in 1809, and replaced by the present building in 1903. This series is an invaluable resource for researching the early settlers of Dutchess county, New York. This land he gave to his son Luke in 1758. A Presbyterian Society was organized at Pleasant Plains in 1785. Another deed of 1686 conveys land to Hendrick Kip. This village has grown up around the original Five Corners and become a place of importance within the last thirty years. For Sale: 280 Jeremy Swamp Rd, Southbury, CT 06488 $124,900 MLS# 170551724 1 Acre Lot, Approved Building Lot, Approved for and Will Accommodate a 4 - 5 Bdrm Home , Lot is Mostly Clear and Jus. This volumn covers the segment between Geneva and Utica, New York. Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 203-205. FDR was the only President to win a fourth term in the White House: when Thomas E. Dewey from Pawling ran against him in 1944, it was the only time in American history when two men from the same county vied for the Presidency. 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. Develops programs and educational projects in conjunction with area educational institutions and historical societies; 6. Circuit Court Southern District, 1846-1876, U.S. District Court Eastern District, (Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties), 1865-1906, U.S. District Court Southern Court Southern District, (New York, Bronx and also Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Sullivan and Westchester counties), 1824-1906. It was soon rebuilt with substantial brick structures. Their son Jonathan married Anna Wood, daughter of Daniel Wood, in 1774. The building they had erected in 1873 was destroyed by fire in 1876. Dutchess County was one of the first 12 counties that were established in the Province of New York in 1683. Dutchess Franklin Ellis 342. A strip of about five thousand acres was taken from it March 1, 1827, to form part of the town of Union Vale. 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 trail would become the means by which settlers would access the frontier. Quaker Hill and West Mountain were probably settled long before the lands in the valley. The precinct records shed some light upon the names of the first dwellers in the original town. Colonists from New England founded communities throughout the disputed areas of eastern Dutchess in the opening decades of the eighteenth century. 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. The spring itself is seventy-five feet across. 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. Among the pastors who served this church were Rev. 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. 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. document.write(cy); (Source: Historical and Genealogical Record Dutchess and Putnam Counties New York, Press of the A. V. Haight Co., Poughkeepsie, New York, 1912; pp. It was rebuilt and leased by the Rotherys to Messrs. Rockwell & Son for a silk factory. One of them established twelve counties, as follows: New York, Kings, Queens, Suffolk, Richmond, Westchester, Albany, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Duke's and Cornwall. 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. John Carman represented the precinct at Supervisors' meetings from 1739 to '42. It originally extended westward to the Hudson and comprised over 66,000 acres, with a population in 1790 of 4,607. 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. A church at Washington Hollow was erected in 1747 by the Presbyterian society. Extensive deposits of hematite ore are found in the north part of the town, and have been mined considerably. Prepares genealogy tables of early settlers; 7. The estate of Gen. Morgan Lewis is now owned by his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Ogden Mills. Upon their attempt to escape, the Yankees gave them a broadside and killed several. In 1683, the colonial assembly established the twelve original counties of New York. It has always been a good agricultural and fruit growing section. This town was formed from the town of Clinton January 26, 1821, and covers an area of 20,255 acres almost equally divided by Wappinger's creek. The Shekemeko runs in a northerly direction through its western portion. Peter Montfort bought 370 acres of land in the vicinity of Fishkill Plains in 1735. First Effective Action Against Slavery Taken Here in 1767. They numbered about four hundred, and came principally from the southern part of the county. The official headquarters of General Washington, during his sojourn with his army in Pawling in 1778, were at the house of John Kane, now the site of the Roberts' residence. When the railroad extending from Dutchess Junction to Pine Plains was completed in 1869, a hamlet sprang up near Hopewell station, and when the New England road was built, intersecting the Dutchess and Connecticut at this point, the hamlet was called Hopewell Junction. Charles Slevin. and History, Historical and Genealogical Record Dutchess and Putnam Counties. Clinton Corners, Clinton Hollow, Schultzville and Pleasant Plains are hamlets. 22 Market Street The two towns comprised the greater part of Rynbeck precinct, organized December 16, 1737. 1877. It has in 1911 about 1200 inhabitants, four churchesFriends, Methodist, Catholic and Episcopal. They had their council-fire at what is now present-day Fishkill Hook, and also held gatherings along the Danskammer. The Ebenezer Methodist Church was built in 1837, the original cost, exclusive of labor, being about $800. At Dover Furnace are the ruins of the works of the South Boston Iron Company, established in 1881, principally for the manufacture of iron for government cannon. They died, respectively, in 1881 and 1888, and left the college considerable sums of money. Education. 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. Over 20,000 names have been added to this database. The county's name derives from the seventeenth-century spelling of "duchess," as preserved in the original November 1, 1683, law that established the first twelve counties of New York. William Traphagen was one of the largest taxpayers in 1718. THE town of Amenia, erected in 1823, embraces some forty square miles on the extreme eastern border of the county. Channingville, that part of Wappingers Falls north of the creek, accounts for several hundred of the town's population. 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. 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. There are no incorporated villages in the town. Matthew Vassar died in 1868, and his nephews, Matthew, Jr., and John Guy, continued his interest in the institution. Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. A Presbyterian church was organized in Poughkeepsie as early as 1749, but failed to maintain itself or erect a building. 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. The first town meeting was held at the house of William Wolven in April, 1821. Wassaic is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States. 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The present church, dedicated May 26, 1869, is the third edifice of the Society in the town. Genealogy Trails The town contains no villages of commercial importance. 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. Paul Upton and Christopher Dibble were early settlers herethe former coming from Massachusetts, the latter from Long Island. In 1748 a church was organized near the center of the town. 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. 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. The records of the present society state that the Presbyterian church of Pleasant Plains was organized March 28, 1837, by Rev. The College opened in 1865, with 353 students. Wassaic. It was formed as a town March 17, 1788. The plant employs about 250 persons. It is said that there was quite an influx into the town about 1740. Its members were composed of adherents of the Church of England, and of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, which continued this form of worship until the early part of the 19th century. Many of these moved in from Albany and Ulster Counties. 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. 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. Present Meeting House Erected in 1760. It lies in the extreme northwest corner of Dutchess, bordering Columbia county. Many people every season make a pilgrimage to this relic of bygone days. Phone: (845) 486-2120 Supervises subordinate staff members; 8. Moses Shearman of do Labourer. Deaths are included for the 12 months prior to the census, 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, and 1879-80 beginning 1 June and ending 31 May of the census year. Dutchess County Historical Society 845-471-1630 54 Main Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Dutchess County Genealogical Society 845-462-4108 P.O. 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. As a natural consequence the Junction has become the business center of the town. The Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club is another association of wealthy gentlemen of sportsman taste, as the name implies. The waterfall is called Poughkepesingh and the land Minnisingh, situate on the east side of the river.". The town of Washington is fortunate in the men who have come to make their home within its limits in recent years. From 1730 until 1775 New Englanders were the main new settlers in Dutchess County. On November 1, 1683, the Province of New York established its first twelve counties, with Dutchess County being one of them. In 1728, three years before the New York-Connecticut boundary line adjustment, the first settlers had arrived in "the Oblong." 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. CountyNew YorkGenealogy Located in southeastern New York in the valley of the Ten Mile River, Wassaic is bordered to the east and west by mountain ranges. During the Civil War the name of the post office was changed to Fishkill-on-Hudson. Adjoining Hyde Park village on the north is the country seat of Mr. F. W. Vanderbilt, who purchased the property in 1895. 1880 lists how long a resident of the county. 1 Family History Library, History of Little Nine Partners of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess county, Vol. 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. Gilbert Budd had a lumber yard, and was interested in the freighting business. About eighty pounds of fresh beef is ground up daily for their consumption. Another "Old Union" stood on the Amos Denton farm, perhaps older than the one at Green Haven. Schultz mountain rises 780 feet above tide. Lent of Lagrangeville. A growing population, with accompanying expansions of suburbs, required new roads and increased engagement from county government. Dutchess County, New York genealogy and family history page is a place where you can come in and research your genealogy and family history. Swamp fevers were feared by the pioneers. The freshet of 1819 destroyed many mills on the banks of the Wappinger, and carried away the Main street bridge at the Falls. The first of the clan to come to America and settle in northern New York was Captain Laughlin Campbell, a soldier of great courage, who visited Washington county in 1737 in response to the invitation of the New York authorities to Scotch Highlanders to settle here. Dutchess County Government. Dr. John Bard, the earliest physician in this locality, bought out the heirs of Fauconier, of whom his wife was a descendant. The Beekman mill, built in 1710, near the river, was followed in 1715 by the Beekman-Livingston mills, below "the flatts." In that year the stone house was built, now standing, on the Emigh homestead, at present in possession of a grandson of William. Franklin D. Roosevelt lived in his family home in Hyde Park, overlooking the Hudson River. That summer new bridges were built over streams at Mount Ross and Hoffman's Mill. Poughquag, Green Haven, Clove Valley and Beekmanville are hamlets. 4 were here. Barracks were erected on the plateau southeast of the village, and frequently large bodies of troops were stationed there. 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. 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. Be the first one to write a review. Wassaic, the next in size, has above eighty dwellings. Includes marriages and deaths for the 12 months prior to the census, ending 1 June of the census year. A notable fire of the village days was the burning of the court house September 25, 1806. For a substitute, see. There is also a Catholic and a Pentacostal church in this village. They called one of their encampments Poughkeepsie, the reed-covered lodge by the little water place.". He returned the following statistics: Population, 2,300; electors, 431; taxable property, $547,106. Its territory belonged to the tract known as the Great Nine Partners Patent. for the manufacture of fine wool hats. You may select a specific volume to restrict your search results. Of the valley there occur Shaw, Cary, Hunt, Sabin, Salmon, Pearce and Slocum. 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. Nicholas Bonesteel and Anna Margretha Kuhn, his wife, with some of their children, were among the early settlers. 060, p. 306] Gilbert FERGUSON. Construction of the Borden Milk Companys headquarters at Wassaic in Amenia insured the long prominence of the dairy industry in that region. On November 1, 1683, the Province of New York established its first twelve counties, with Dutchess County being one of them. Samuel Thorne and Oakleigh Thorne have returned to the land of their ancestors. As early as 1755 a Baptist Society was organized in the town which had an interesting career. Genealogies of the Early Settlers of Dover, Dutchess, NY and Collateral Families Mission Statement Dover Dutchess Genealogy is a research project to study, compile and share the genealogies and histories of the families that settled the area that is now the Township of Dover in Dutchess County, New York. History of Duchess county, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. 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. 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. The Church of England, predecessor of the present Episcopal church, was organized in 1766, and erected a building. 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 organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church of La Grange was effected July 14, 1849. 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. 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