It has changed hands several times, and is now successfully conducted by Morgan H. Hoyt. 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. The location of the tavern on Colles map of 1789 places it about a mile and a half southeast of Sylvan Lake. Also on microfilm. 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. In 1899 the control of the library was given to a board of library trustees. 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. In 1728, three years before the New York-Connecticut boundary line adjustment, the first settlers had arrived in "the Oblong." The village contains four churches : Baptist, organized 1794, present edifice erected in 1833; Methodist Episcopal organized in 1852, church built in 1853 at a cost of $5,000; St. Charles Borromeo (Catholic) erected in 1859, during the pastorate of Rev. Joshua Shearman of Beekmans precinct Shoemaker. Back to Table of Contents The First Settlement. The freshet of 1865 swept the dam away. The Harlem Railroad, which traverses north and south, was built through the town of Dover in 1849. The capital which was then $75,000 has been increased to $300,000. The Dutch Church here, which was used as a military prison during the Revolution, was erected in 1731. Along the banks of the Wappingers stood several factories. The pulpit is now supplied by Rev. Land was added from time to time; a $10,000 endowment fund was secured, and the school prospered until 1828, when the unfortunate separation in the Friends' Society occurred. 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. Others, such as the Palatines and Quakers (almost all from New England), were early settlers and remained for several generations or more. Mr. Doherty has published a total of 13 volumes in this series, we are now adding volume 11 in accordance with our agreement to make them available as searchable database after 7 years have passed. Between 1830 and 1837 the village grew rapidly and a remarkable real estate boom was inaugurated by the Poughkeepsie Improvement Party, which included such men as Paraclete Potter, editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal, Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, United States Senator, Matthew Vassar, Walter Cunningham, George P. Oakley and Gideon P. Hewitt. Records current events for posterity; 9. A special dispensation required sparsely settled Dutchess County to maintain only a path or highway wide enough for horse and man. Wood, map between 330 and 331, and 348-49. In 1910 the property was sold to the Deering Co. In 1810 the town had 4,669 inhabitants and the village 2,981. Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: Historical records Frank J. Doherty F.J. Doherty, 1990 - History - 885 pages 2 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks. The oldest mill in the town was built by Robert Thorne, two miles west of Lafayetteville. The grist mill at Pleasant Plains, which has been operated by water power over one hundred and thirty years, is an interesting landmark. A short distance northeast of Poughquag was the home of Col. Vanderburgh, an officer of some prominence in the Revolution. National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a FamilySearch center. 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. Note: Affiliate links are used within the directory on this site and a small contribution goes to the website for some purchases made. New Volume for Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), New sketches: Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784, Vermont Genealogy: Volume 21 (2016) now available, The Connecticut Nutmegger: Volume 50 (2017) now available, The Essex Genealogist: Volume 37 (2017) now available, Suffolk, MA Probate File Papers: new records, Brimfield, MA: Deaths and Burials, 1808-1850 Now Fully Indexed and Browsable, New Database: The Genealogical Advertiser. The Dutch church was organized October 10, 1716, by Rev. 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. The City of Poughkeepsie was chartered in 1854. The school was closed in 1863, and John D. Wing bought the property. Dutchess County Government. . Poughkeepsie has long been known as a city of schools. Swamp fevers were feared by the pioneers. 4 were here. It is said that there was quite an influx into the town about 1740. Early European settlements clustered along the Hudson River at modern Beacon, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, and Red Hook. In 1873 this church was affiliated with the Presbyterian denomination, and a new house of worship was built in Millerton in 1905, at an expense of $7,800. The Sawkill flows through the center of the town. A Baptist church was built here in 1777. It lies in the extreme northwest corner of Dutchess, bordering Columbia county. 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 The village then had something like 1,500 inhabitants, and the population of the whole town in 1800 was 3,246. Large quantities of stores from Dutchess and adjacent counties were there accumulated for use of the Continental army. Early settlers in the Town of DeRuyter taken from 1784 History of Chenango & Madison Counties, NY by James H Smith; pub. See the FamilySearch Library line in the above State Census Chart. Box 708, Poughkeepsie NY 12602 www.dcgs-gen.org for the Study of FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH Town Historian with more to come! He enjoyed the friendship of Washington, who, in his diary, mentions stopping with him to take dinner, when on a hasty visit to Hartford . 20-62; Transcribed by Terri Griffiths). The building was enlarged and remodelled in 1853. Wurtemburg. Matteawan. His name appears in the official record of Supervisors in 1754, and that of Bartholomew Noxon in 1761. He built a house about 1712, near the place known as the Steel Works, where he lived and died. 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. The Rosa tracts were occupied by an Osterhout, a Van Etten and an Ostrander. Copyright This winter has been moderate and . His grandson, Gulian, came about 1730, and built the house still standing known as Mount Gulian. Pine Plains has a public library of nearly 3,000 volumes. William Coe and Peter Emigh settled on adjoining farms here in 1740. Z. The Green Fuel Economizer Co. is one of the important industries in the village, and was established in 1891. In 2013, Dutchess County celebrated its 300th anniversary of democracy based upon a legislative resolution sponsored by County Legislator Michael Kelsey from Salt Point. The "Christian Denomination" was composed of Methodists, Presbyterians and Baptists, who held meetings in the town as early as 1820. A grist mill was established in 1850 by Seaman & Northrup. We are very happy to add Volume 11 to our database Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent. The village was incorporated June 30, 1875, with N. C. Beach, President. The Shekemeko runs in a northerly direction through its western portion. Territorially it is the smallest town in Dutchess county, covering 16,025 acres, but in point of population and industrial activity it is one of the most important. The college grew out of the Church of the Holy Innocents and its parish school. There is also a Catholic and a Pentacostal church in this village. 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. Adjoining Hyde Park village on the north is the country seat of Mr. F. W. Vanderbilt, who purchased the property in 1895. 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. His son, Virgil D., was Surrogate of Dutchess county in 1844. Search Free Dutchess County New York Genealogy and Family History Records Online . The second Mayor was Charles W. Swift, Apart from some notable political meetings on Forbus Hill, the space which remained open for many years between Union and Church streets, back of the Forbus House, nothing of great importance took place in Poughkeepsie down to the Civil War. One of them established twelve counties, as follows: New York, Kings, Queens, Suffolk, Richmond, Westchester, Albany, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Duke's and Cornwall. The first president was David R. Gould, who was conspicuous in its organization. Trinity Church, erected about 1760, was used as a hospital by the army of General Washington until disbanded in 1783. Beekman's patent to land in this vicinity was granted in 1697. Celebrated luminaries including Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and NY Governor George Clinton argued alongside local notables like Melancton Smith. They moved to Canada after the American Revolution. Nicholas Bonesteel and Anna Margretha Kuhn, his wife, with some of their children, were among the early settlers. They called one of their encampments Poughkeepsie, the reed-covered lodge by the little water place.". The Dutchess County Academy, founded at Fishkill, was removed to Poughkeepsie in 1792. Later an industry for the manufacture of cement, for use in the first Poughkeepsie bridge, was started here. That, however, was only for the first election, all subsequent elections for many years coming in April. 8 Favorites. That there is now in subcriptions $450.". In 1812, Putnam County was detached from Dutchess. The Town of Red Hook. Entituled an Act for Regulating the militia fo the Colony of New York. Thomas Newbold. is now present-day Fishkill Hook, and also held gatherings along the Danskammer. The name is supposedly derived from the red foliage . Philip had a son, William P. Rowe, who served as a soldier in the war of 1812. It became a National Bank in 1865. The overall factory of Sweet, Orr & Co. was founded by James Orr in 1871. The early members have long since passed away, leaving their descendants to unite and to conform to the manners and discipline of other sects. From 1683 to 1715 most of the settlers in Dutchess . 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. . The Baptists organized and built a church at Fishkill Plains in 1782. All genealogical and family history records we come across are being added to this website. There is a National and a Savings Bank in the village; a daily and a weekly newspaper. On the former stream at one time stood Judge Livingston's mill at the river; General Armstrong's mill at Cedar Hill; Van Benthuysen's mill, and a woolen factory in the same place; the Chancellor's mill in the interior, and Robert G. Livingston's mill on the Rock City branch. Dutchess County remains a community rooted in deep history and facing forward towards new opportunities. North of this is the estate which has been in the possession of Mr. Archibald Rogers for the past twenty-two years, and is known as " Crumwold." 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. Later arrivals were Peter Mesier, John Hughson and Rev. Samuel Thorne and Oakleigh Thorne have returned to the land of their ancestors. He was a Tory and at the close of the Revolution moved to Lansingburgh, N. Y., and his son Joseph took the property and continued the business until 1795. They erected a stone cotton mill in 1814. 1880 lists how long a resident of the county. Dutchess was among them, named after Mary of Modena, then Duchess of York and wife of the future King James II of England. 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. Develops programs and educational projects in conjunction with area educational institutions and historical societies; 6. Get $10 off your first order with the promo code DUTCHESS How it Works We Collect After you place your order we collect it from your home, any day of the week including Sundays We Clean ClothesLyners are your partners in this. On the west side there once dwelt the ancestors of the families by the name of Worden, Moshier, Dentory, Dibble, Davis and Turner. The Episcopal Church at Hopewell Date: 2003-01 ISBN: 0962644315 | ISBN-13: 9780962644313 More Details Similar Books Compare Prices It was undenominational, and was named Carmel in the Nine Partners. In later years it was used only for entertainments. VOL. 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.". 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. On this Emigh homestead is the far-famed Clove Spring. After the destruction of Kingston by the British, October 16, 1777, Gov. The Bogarts from Holland were among the early settlers at Green Haven. The Hudson River Railroad was built through from New York to Poughkeepsie in 1849, the first train coming through to the site of the present station January 4, 1850. Its capital stock is $45,000. The two towns comprised the greater part of Rynbeck precinct, organized December 16, 1737. The Quaker Society was also organized at an early date. Meetings Discontinued in This House 1885.". He purchased the ninth "water lot" of the Nine Partners patent, on which the village of Hyde Park is now situated. In the central portion is a good agricultural region. It depicts a winter forest-clearing scene on the land of Jacobus Stout This town was formed from Rhinebeck June 2, 1812. His step-son Josias Crego was also one of the patentees. By the erections of precincts in the county in 1737, Poughkeepsie had a slice taken off its northern end, and was given a definite eastern boundary. Genealogy Trails 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." The Morehouse Tavern at Wingdale, torn down in 1877, was a noted hostelry during the Revolution. "To qualify for inclusion in this work a family had to have been in Beekman or Pawling by the time of the first census in 1790 [with] a few exceptions."--Intro. This town occupies a central position upon the west border of the county, and has an area of 22,395 acres of rolling and hilly upland. Near the western border is Sylvan Lake, covering over one hundred acres. Poughquag, Green Haven, Clove Valley and Beekmanville are hamlets. Red Hook was taken off in 1812. 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