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Marsh, William B. 424.
Martense, Gerrit L .- 325.
Martense, J. V. B .- 327. Martense, Roelof. 310.
Marrying among the early Dutch families .- 111. Mason, Rev. E .- 160.
Maspeth .- 539; 546. Mather, Rev. Cotton .- Quoted, 144.
Matinicock village .- 934.
Matthews, A. D .- Sketch of, 510.
Matthews, David, Mayor .- 196; 230; 323.
Mattituck Village .- 581, 1023.
Maujer, Daniel, of Williamsburgh .- 350. Maxwell, James H., Bushwick speculator .- 342; 343. Mayo, Samuel .-- 89. McCloskey, Henry, of The Eagle .- 424.
McConnell, Rev. S. D .- 428. McCormick, Governor R. C .- 522; 565. McCue, Alexander. 638. McGarron, Hugh .- 314. McKane, John Y .- Sketch of, 370; death, 371. McKelway, St. Clair, of The Eagle .- 424. Mckibben, John S .- Williamsburgh, 347.
McMaster, Prof. J. B .- On causes of War of 1812, 250; 499.
McNish, Rev. George .- 553.
Medical Profession, The .- 585.
Megapolensis, Rev. Johannes .- 147; 157; 317; 362.
Meigs, Return Jonathan .- 248.
Memorial Arch, Prospect Park Plaza .- 480.
Menhaden Fishery .- 5.
Merrick .- Sketch of, 895; early settlers, 896; Mr. C. N. Kent's historical paper, 895.
Merrill, F. J. H., on Geology of Long Island-6 et. seq.
Meserole, Jean, of Bushwick. 337.
Meserole, John A .- 340; 341.
Meserole, Abraham .- 340; secretary of village of Wil- liamsburgh, 345.
Meserole, Col. J. V .- 466.
Methodist Episcopal Church in Brooklyn .- 162.
Metropolitan Police Act .- 446.
Mexican War .- Veterans of, in Brooklyn, 764.
Mey, Cornelissen .- 45.
Michelius, Dominie .- 146.
Middleton, Thomas .- 79.
Middle Village .- 547.
Military Iorce on Long Island in 1776 .- 215.
Miller, Charles Henry .- 502.
Miller, David, of Bushwick .- 340.
Mills, Rev. Lawrence H. 427.
Mills, old, on Long Island .- 879.
Mineola .- village of, 916; agricultural society, 917.
Minister's Salary-How paid, 142.
Minto, Dr. Walter .- 273.
Minuit, Peter .- 53.
Moll, Lambert, of Bushwick .- 337.
Mongotucksee, Indian bero .- 31.
Monroe, President .--- In Brooklyn, 402.
Montauk Point .- 26; Indians of, 30; 583.
Montauk Point .- 1056; 1072.
Montgomery, John, Governor .- 74.
Moody, Lady (Deborah) .- 22; arrives at Gravesend, 355; sketch of, 356; supposed grave of, 364.
Moody, Sir Henry. 355; Library of, 357.
Moors Indian charity school .- 35.
Moore, Benjamin .- 710.
Moore, Rev. T. Lambert .- 887.
Moore, Sir Henry, Governor .--- 74.
Moore, Judge Henry A .- 638.
Moore, John, of Newtown .--- 709; family, 710.
Moore, Rev. John, second minister of Hempstead .- 143.
Moriches .- village of, 996.
Morrell, Thomas, of Newtown .- 343.
Morris, Judge S. D .- 638.
Morton, General Jacob .- 262.
Mount Sinai .- village of [Old Man's], 997.
Mowatt, Mrs .- 234.
Mulford, Captain, and his troubles .- An early patriot, 730. Mulligan, Rev. John .- 273; 276.
Municipalities. - Forty-eight merged into Greater New York, 526.
Murphy, Henry C .- 24; Mayor of Brooklyn, 411; sketch of, 413; list of works, 416; 422.
Murray, Lindley .- 234; mother entertains Howe while Putnam's troops retreat, 235; Walter Barrett's story of the Murray family, 235.
Nassau County .- Description and history, 869; whale- fishing, 871; shipwrecks, 875; piracy, 876; Rev- olutionary troops, 877; old mills, 879; Popula- tion, 3; Queens County Agricultural Society, 917.
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Nassau Water Company .- 443. National Banks .- Brooklyn, 490.
National Guard .- See War of 1812; early Brooklyn companies, 422; the Fourteenth and Thirteenth Regiments, 422; 462; other regiments, 462; first call for troops, 464; the gallant Twenty-eighth, 465; the Red-legged Devils, 465; enlistments from Brooklyn, 467; all Brooklyn regiments at the front save one, 471; honoring the veterans, 480; Grand Army of the Republic, 481; U. S. Grant Post, 481; after the war, 508.
Navy Yard .- Established, 397; in operation, 400; dry dock, 439; list of ships, 439; 469; 508. Neilson, Judge Joseph .- 633; on Justice Coke, 634. New Lots .- 318; 513.
Newspapers, Brooklyn .- The Courier and Long Isl- and Advertiser, 395; The Long Island Weekly Intelligencer, 395; The Long Island Star, 395, 423; The Long Island Patriot, 423; The Brook- lyn Advocate, 423; the Brooklyn Evening Star, 423; a group of short-lived organs, 424; another group, 455; Standard, Standard-Union, 499; Brooklyn Citizen, 499; other newspapers, 499. Newton, R. V. B., Gravesend .- 371.
Newtown .- Slaves, 126; the step-child of the metropol- itan era, 538; cemeteries, 539; first settlers, 539; story of the village, 540; first house of worship, 540; punishment of a ne'er-do-well, 540; local government, 541; In the Revolution, 542; Rev. Mr. Leverich and other ministers, 543; means of travel, 545.
Newtown creek .- 341; 538.
New Utrecht .- Slaves, 124; general history, 328; first bathing resort on Long Island, 329; land boom- ers, 329; land grants issued by Stuyvesant, 329; list of patentees, 330; descendants of patentees, 330; visit of Capt. Scott, 331; D)ongan's patent, 332; church, 332; ministers, 333; old grave- yard, 333; Revolutionary memories, 334; de- fense in War of 1812, 335; churches, 335; an- nexed, 336.
Nichois, Charles .- 276. Nicholson, Francis, Lieutenant-Governor .- 70.
Nicoll family, of Shelter Island .- 1029; 1031. Nicolls, Gov., patent to Shelter Island .- 1028. Nicolls, Matthias .- 986.
Nicolls, Matthias .-- Sketch of, 65; author of The Duke's Laws, 65; appointed speaker, 69. Nicolls, William .- 986.
Nicolls, Sir Richard .-- Captures New Amsterdam and assumes government of New Netherland, 63; letter to Magistrates, 64; treaty of capitulation, 728; address of deputies, 64; patent to Flatbush, 317: 321; fac simile of Brooklyn charter, 386; 524. Ninnecraft, Sachem .- 26. Noka, John .- 41. Noka, Joshua .- 41.
Noll, Rev: F. M .- strange quarters of, 994.
North Hempstead .- History, 903; Pioneers [904, Revo- lutionary details, 904; loyalists and confiscation, 903; Churches, 906; William Cullen Bryant, 907. Northport .- railroad communication, 14, 291; village of, 974. North Sea. village of, 1046. Northwest .- village of, 1072. Nostrand Family .- 703. Nott, Dr. Eliphalet .- 352. Nyack (Fort Hamilton) .- 335.
Oakdale, a baronial estate .-- 579. Oblenis, Albert .- 273.
Occom, Rev. Samson .- 23; sketch of, 36. Oceanic Hotel, Coney Island .- 372. Olympia, village of .- Boomed, 98; 395. Onderdonk, Henry, Jr .- Sketch of, 276; 563.
Orient Point .--- 14.
Orient, village .- 582, 1024. Overbaugh, Voorhies .- 315.
Oyster Bay .- Neither Dutch nor English, 919: first land patent, 919; the Andros patent, 920; the disposal of the land, 922; the unpopular pio- neer merchant, 923; troubles in the time of the Revolution, 924; the sad fate of George Town- send and George Kirk, 926; military operations. 927; the whaleboat campaign, 927; oystering, 931; religious life, Quakers, and others, 932; Syosset, 934; villages, 939.
Oyster Bay .- Slaves, 123; academy, 277; railroad ex- tended to, 302; early Masonic lodge at, 648. Oyster trade .- The, 931.
Packer, William F .- 503. Packer Institute for Girls .- 422.
Paine, Elijah Freeman, patriot and schoolmaster, 270.
Parker, George .- 314. Parker, Rev. W. H .-- 39.
Parsons, Col. S. H .- 248.
Parsons, Samuel .- 533.
Patchen, Andrew .- 270.
Patchogue as a summer resort .- 580.
Patterson, Charles J .- 641. Payne, John Howard, author of " Home, Sweet Home " -271; bust in Prospect park, 448; sketch of, 711.
Payne, William .- 271.
Payne family .- 712.
Pearsall, Thomas E .- 639.
Pearsalls village .- 895.
Peconic Bay .- 580.
Pelletreau family .- 721. Penewit, Thomas .- 60. Penny, Rev. Joseph .- 273, 274.
Perry, J. A .- Comptroller of Greenwood .--- 336.
Pierrepont, H. B .- 99; family, 100; 404.
Pierson, Rev. Abraham, of Southampton .- 140. Pietersen, Jacob, New Utrecht .- 330.
Pitkin, John R .-- 513.
Plank Road Craze, The .- 282.
Platt, Isaac .- 68. Platt, Epenetus .- 68.
Plum Island (Island of Patmos) .- 1025.
Polhamus, Daniel Mr .- 320.
Polhemus, Rev. Mr .- Buys a slave, 119; 148, 157, 159.
Polhemus, Theodorus, of Bushwick .- 339.
Poppenhausen, Conrad .- 297.
Port Jefferson .- Railroad communication, 291; 580; Suffolk lodge No. 60, 650.
Port Jefferson .- Origin of, 995; story of John Paul Jones, the naval hero of the Revolution, 995; John Wilsie begins shipbuilding, 995; churches, 995; modern conditions, 995.
Port Washington-8; railroad to, 303; old mill at, 879; village, 915. Potter, Cornelis de .- 96. Powell, Samuel S., Mayor of Brooklyn .- 443.
Powers, William P .- Williamsburgh, 347. Poyer, Rev. Thomas .- 531; letters from, 553.
Praa (Pratt), Peter .- 568.
Pratt, Calvin E .- 638.
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Pratt, Charles .- 505. Pratt Institute .- 504.
Prime, Dr .- Account of Queens and Suffolk counties, 790.
Prince, William .- 532. Prison ship martyrs .- 450; 755; story of survivors, 756. Privateers in War of 1812 .- 251; 252.
Prospect Park laid out .- 447.
Provoost, David Schout, in Breuckelen .- 320; 385. Provost, John. patriot, 340.
Prudden, Rev. John .- 551. Public Parks, Brooklyn. 449; driveways, 450.
Putnam, General .- Defense of, 754.
Putnam, Harrington. quoted, 383.
Quakers at Oyster Bay .- 932.
Queen, Montgomery .- city stages, 419.
Queens, Borough of .- population, 3; 521; progress since consolidation, 522; a place for home- building, 523; Revolutionary story, 526; inner story of consolidation, 526.
Queens County .- Slaves, 126; boundaries, 521; Dr. Prime on, 790. Queens .- village, 565. Quogue .- village of, 1046.
Race. The, 1026. " Rain Water Doctor," 396.
Rapalye, Jacob Joris, grant of land at Wallabout .--- 46; 55; 58; family, 36; 381.
Rapalye, Jan .- 280. Rapalye, John .- 103; 229.
Rapalje, Mrs .- Scheme to block the retreat from Long Island, 229.
Ravenswood .- 538; 568; charity establishments at, burned by mob, 569.
Raymond, Rossiter W .- 499. Red Hook .- value of real estate at, 405. Remsen, Abraham. pioneer dry-goods man, 397. Remsen, Mrs. Anthony .- reminiscences, 19.
Remsen, Derick .- 314.
Remsen, Joris. 99. Remsen, Henry, 99. Remsen, Peter .- 99.
Remsen, Philip. 99.
Revolution .- The story prior to 1776, 182; review of events, 185.
Revolution. Roll of Queens and Suffolk troops, 877; losses, 879, Long Island fined, 879.
Richards, Daniel. 418. Richardson, J. L. and Lemuel, Bushwick .- land specu- lators, 345. Richbill, John. 89.
Riverhead. Act constituting the township, 998; town- ship laws, 999; population statistics, 1000; be- ginning of the village, 1000 ; court house and other improvements, 1000; industries, 1001; Suf- folk County Agricultural Society, 1001; savings bank, 1005; Historical Society, 1005; villages, 1010; churches, 1012. Roads and Railroads. 279. Roberts' " History of New York."- quoted, 69. Robin's Island .- 79; 1025.
Rockaway Beach .- blockhouse on, 253; railroad, 292; 302.
Rockaways, Indian tribe .- 318. Rockville Center, village. 895. Roeloffse, Peter, New Utrecht .- 330. Rogers, Major Robert. - 220. Rogers, John. - 276.
Roman Catholic church in Kings county .- 163. Ronkonkoma, Lake. 11; 83.
Roosevelt, President Theodore. home at Oyster Bay, 934; sketch of, 939.
Rose, Judge A. T .- sketch of by Judge Hedges, 725. Roslyn .- 8; 908; Bryant library, 908.
Ross, Cbarley. supposed abductors killed at Bay Ridge, 335.
Ross, Dr. John D .- 499.
Rouse, Thomas .- 79.
Rowland, A. J .- shipbuilder. 469.
Royal arms defaced in 1697 .- 183.
Ryan, M. P., of Gravesend .- 371.
St. Alban's Masonic lodge, Brooklyn .- 651. St. Ann's church .- 427. St. Johnland. - Society of, 984. St. John's Episcopal church .- 427. Sabbath, laws relating to .- 115, 117.
Sabring, Cornelius, tries to break ferry monopoly .- 393. Sackley, R. B. 83.
Sag Harbor .- 31; Col. Meigs's expedition. 249; Col. Hardy's expedition, 251; in war of 1812, 254; railroad communication, 291.
Sag Harbor. Dr. Tooker on Indian names, 1041; history, 1043: Judge Hedges on "olden times," 1044; Fenimore Cooper's visit, 1043.
Sands, Col. Benjamin .- 194.
Sands, Comfort .- 97, 273.
Sands, Joshua .- 97.
Sands Brothers .- 395.
Sanford, Louis, treasurer of Williamsburgh village .-- 345.
Sanitary fair, the .- 472. Saunders, Frederick, "Salad for the Social."- 453. Savannal :.- wreck of, 874. Savings Banks, Brooklyn .- 493.
Saxe, John G .- 453.
Schenck, Martin .- 314.
Schenck, Rev. Dr. Noah H. - 427.
Schieren, Mayor, 486. School, early regulations in Brooklyn .- 268.
Schoonmaker, Rev. Dr. Jacob .- 262; 545. Schoonmaker, Rev. Martinus. 153; 154; 278; 363. Schroeder, William, M. D. 5:5.
Schuyler, Peter. 73.
Scott, Capt. John, invades Long Island .- 61: 331. Scudder Family .- 714.
Scudder, Thomas .- 1019. Scudder, Townsend, address in Congress .- 1011.
Seabury, Rev. Samuel .- 531; 560.
Sea Cliff. village of, 937.
Seaman, Capt. John. 888.
Sears, Capt. Isaac .- 190; 194.
Seawanhaka, destruction of steamer. 936.
Selyns, Rev. Henricus, Brooklyn's first preacher .- 384. Setauket. 7.
Setauket .- village of, founded, 991 : Presbyterian church, 992; Caroline Episcopal, 993.
Settlement of Homes, A .- 523. Shad, enormous catch of, in 1749 .- 334.
Sharp, Thomas R .- 298.
Shearman, Thomas G .-- 138.
Sheepshead Bay, 369. Shelter Island,-Geology, 8: 11; 79.
Shelter Island .- Primitive sales, 1027; the Sylvesters and others, 1027; Gov. Nicolls' release, 1027; an asylum for Quakers, 1028; changes in owner- ship, 1029; the manor house, 1029; a quain
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burying ground, 1030; William Nicoll and his descendants, 1031; male inhabitants in 1730, 1031; Whitefield preaches, 1031.
Shepard. Edward M .- 642.
Shipbuilding at Sag Harbor. 1044.
Ships and Shipbuilding .- Monitors at Greenpoint, 469; at Setauket, 993; 994; at Port Jefferson, 995; at Greenport, 1022; see navy yard ref- erences.
Shipwrecks on Long Island coast, 874.
Siggelon, Johannes .- 314.
Sılliman, Benjamın D .- 635.
Skinner, Abraham, Jamaica .- 275.
Slavery on Long Island .- 119; laws of 1683, 119; negro plots, 120; value and number of, 121, 129; manu- missions, list of, 129; last auction sale in Brook- lyn, 133. Sloughter, Governor .- 32; 72. Slover, Isaac .- 314.
Smallpox in Brooklyn .- 391.
Smith, Claes Claessen, New Utrecht .- 330.
Smith, Cyrus P., mayor of Brooklyn .- 411.
Smith, Rev. Ralph .- 139.
Smith, Richard (Bull) .- 28; 82; sketch of, 83; family of, 83.
Smith, Samuel, mayor of Brooklyn .- 411; 412. Smith, William (Tangier) .- 83; sketch of, 84; family of, 85
Smith, William (2d), of Mastic .- 85.
Smith, William (3d), member of First Provincial Con- gress .- 85.
Smitb .- Various popular family designations .- 82. Smithtown .- Old mill at, 879; history, 978; Richard Smith, 977; Indian deed, 979; patents by Nicolls and Andros, 980; Smith family, 982; list of residents in 1774, 983: St. Johnland, 984.
Smithtown .- Slaves, 128; railroad opened, 291. Snedecor, Jan., tavern keeper in New Amsterdam, 317. Snediker, Jan .- 267; 702, family, 702.
Social World of Long Island .- 672; Royal Arcanum, 673; Odd Fellows, 674; Knights of Pythias, 676; Foresters of America, 676; smaller bodies, 679. Solyns (or Selwyn), Rev. Henry-148; 159. Sons of Liberty .- 188.
Southampton .- First purchase of, 26; 59; church at, 135; 140; some ministers of, 142.
Southampton .-- The "undertakers" and their troubles, 1034; Farret's patent, 1034; Gov. Winthrop's endorsement, 1035; the first Indian deed, 1036; the pioneers, 1036; laying out the land, 1037; the town meeting, 1037; Connecticut rule, 1037; patent of Andros' patent objected to, reasons, 1038; text of, 1039; the Rev. Abraham Pierson; the Rev. Robert Fordham and other ministers, 1040; Indian legends, 1041.
Southold .- 59; punishment for tattlers, 116; church at, 134; in War of 1812, 254.
Sonthold .- Rev. John Youngs and his associates, 1012; Mr. Pelletreau on the first settlers, 1013; con- firmatory Indian deed, 1020; Connecticut rule, 1020 ; Andros' patent, 1021 ; population, 1021; villages, 1022.
Spanish American War .- 693; President Roosevelt in, 945.
Spicer, Captain Elihu .- 503. Spicer, Thomas .--- 60. Spooner, Alden J .- Sketch, 630. Sprague, Joseph, mayor of Brooklyn .- 411. Stanton, Henry, Catharine street ferry-344. State Banks, Brooklyn .- 491.
Statues in Brooklyn. 512.
Stearns, John M., historian of Williamsburgh. 342. Steers, Henry, shipbuilder .- 469.
Steinway Village .- 569.
Stelman, Jan, of Bushwick. 338.
Stevens, Gen. Ebenezer .- 570; 571.
Stevens family .- W"hittemore's record, 570.
Stevensen, Coert. 62.
Stewart. A. T .- 889; Purchase at Hempstead, 294. Stewart, Commodore .- 263.
Stewart, Rev. W. H .- 39.
Stiles, Dr. Henry R .- 499.
Stille, Cornelius Jacobse .- 337.
Stillman Jan Hendricksen .- 96.
Stillwell, Nicholas .- 58.
Stillwell, Nicholas, of Gravesend. 361.
Stillwell, William H .- Quoted, 376.
Stirling, Sir William Alexander, Earl of. 46; 49; 59; sketch of, 77. Stirling, Lady .- Agent of, 47.
Stirling, Lord (General Alexander) .- 192; 195.
Stockwell, Rev. A. P .- Quoted, 359; 363.
Stony Brook .- village of, 996.
Storms .- some remarkable, 1025.
Storrs, Rev, John .- 139.
Storrs, Rev. Dr. R. S .- 139; sketch of, 430; 477.
Stranahan, J. S. T .- 368; defeated for mayor, 412; some public services, 447.
Street, Charles R .- Quoted, 276.
Strong, George D., Williamsburgh speculator .- 347.
Strong, Rev. T. C .- 545.
Strong, Rev. Robert G .- 275.
Strong, Dr., of Flatbush .- 148; 266; 317.
Strycker, Jan .- 60; 62; 267.
Stryker, Captain Burdett, of the Katydids .- 256.
Stryker, Francis B., mayor of Brooklyn .- 411; 412. Stuyvesant, Governor .- 20; 47; sketch of, 59; 147; 157; 163; reprimanded by home government, 170; De Bevoise a protege of, 268; farm at Flatlands, 310; issues patent to Midwont, 317; to New Utrecht, 331; surveys the site of Boswijck (Bush- wick), 328; regard for Lady Moody, 357; angry with Brooklyn dwellers, 384; 385; his rule on Long Island, 390; his lien on the ferry earn- ings, 392.
Sudam, Yan .- 314. Sueberingh, Jan .- 321.
Suffolk county .- Population, 3; military in 1776, 216; early Masonic lodge, 648; in war of 1812, 251; Dr. Prime's account of, 790; Characteristics, 955; in the Revolution, 935; Rev. Dr. Whitaker's paper on "Fifty Years of Suffolk County," 957; Suffolk count .. authors, 962; churches, 963; emi- nent lawyers, 963; professional men, 964; His- torical Society, 1005.
Summer resorts .-- 577. Supreme court justices, list of .- 626.
Sutherland, Kenneth F., Gravesend, 371.
Sutphen, Rev. David S .- 333. Suydam, Capt. Lambert .- 224.
Swearing, statute against .- 115.
Swedenborgians on Long Island .- 164.
Syiph .- wreck of, 874.
Sylvester .- family of, 1028.
Sylvester, Constant .- 79.
Sylvester, Grizzel, married James Floyd, Boston .- 89. Sylvester, Nathaniel .- 79; 89.
Syosset .- 7; railroad to, 288.
Talleyrand, a resident of Brooklyn .- 402.
Tallmadge, Col. Benjamin .- 244; his brilliant services
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in the Revolution, 245; the Tallmadge family, 247. Talmadge, Thomas G., mayor of Brooklyn .- 411.
Talmage, Rev. T. DeWitt .- 458: 1068.
Tammany Society in War of 1812 .- 262.
Tanner, Corporal James .- 481; 678.
Tariff duties, early .- 69.
Taxation without representation condemned at early town meetings .- 67.
Taylor, Rev. John-141.
Temperance society in Brooklyn .- 404.
Tenney, Asa W .- 638.
Terry Family, The .- 1019.
Teunissen, Guisbert, of Bushwick .- 338.
Teunissen, Jan .- 59; 320; appointed schout of Breuck- elen, 384.
Thayre, William .- 273.
Theaters in Brooklyn .- 507.
Thomas, Rev. John .- 144; 162.
Thompson, Col. Benjamin (Count Rumford) .- 222; desecrates graves at Huntington, 971
Thompson, B. F .- Sketch of Kings county, 767.
Thompson, Richard Whyte .-- 273.
Thorburn, Grant .- 569; sketch of, 572.
Thorn, Lieut. Jonathan .- 397.
Three-Mile Harbor .- Townsend Scudder on, 1069.
Throop, Rev. William .- 139.
Tilje, Jan, of Bushwick .- 338.
Tilton, John, pioneer settler of Gravesend .-- 362; be- queaths a plot for burying ground, 364.
Tilton, Theodore .- 456.
Titus, Charles, Bushwick .- 342.
Titus, Francis J .- estate, 342.
Titus, Major Francis .- 257.
Titus, Samuel .- 68.
Tompkins, Gov. Daniel D .- 253; 263.
l'onneman, Pieter, Schout in Breuckelen .- 385.
Tooker, Dr. W. Wallace .- 39; quoted; Indian place names in Brooklyn, 40; on Rev. Robert Ford- ham, 142; Indian names around Sag Harbor- 1041.
Tooker, John .-- 1000.
Townsend, Madam Sarah .- 933.
Tracy, Gen. Benjamin F .- 682.
Tredwell, Daniel M .- 500. Trotter, Jonathan, Mayor of Brooklyn .- 411. Tryon, Governor .- 190; 323.
Tull, Pieter .- 314.
Turnpike, Brooklyn and Jamaica .- 281. Tyler, President, married to Julia Gardiner .- 80.
Underhill, Capt. John, defeats Indians at Fort Neck, 21; Schout of Flushing, 529; 1018. Underhill, J. S., shipbuilder .- 469. Union Hall, Jamaica .- 275. Urquhart, Rev. W .- 161; 531; 553.
Van Anden, Isaac, of the Eagle. 424. Van Boerum, William Jacobse .- 267. Van Borsum, Egbert, ferryman .- 392.
Van Brunt, Major Albert C .- 257. Van Brunt, Rutgert Joosten .- 330.
Van Brunt family .- 330. Van Buskirk, Rev. P. V .- 363.
Van Cleef, Jan .- 62. Van Corlaer, Jacob .- 46, Van Cortlandt, Stephen .- 986.
Van Couwenhoven, Wolfert Gerritsen .- 54; 95; 311; 314. Van der Boek, Paulus .- 54; 60; 385.
Vanderbilt, Aries Jansen .- 319.
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Gertrude L .- 146.
Vanderbilt, Jansen. 319.
Vanderbilt, Hon. John .- 154; 155; 273; 323.
Vanderbilt, John J .- 273: 327.
Vanderbilt, William K .- 989.
Vanderveer, Dr. Adrian .- 325. Vanderveer, Cornelius .- 320.
Vandervoort, John, schoolmaster .- 270.
Vandewater, Benjamin .- 280.
Vanderwyck, Cornelius .- 319.
Van Duyn, John .- 323.
Van Dycke, Johann Tomasse .- 330.
Van Eckelen, Johannes, schoolmaster .- 268.
Van Giesen, Reynier .- 267.
Van Hatten, Arent .- 60.
Van Kleeck, Rev. Richard D .- 274.
Van Nest, Rev. Reynier .- 275; 561. Van Nostrand, Jan Hansen .- 333.
Van Pelt, Magdalena .- 332.
Van Pelt, Gysbert T., New Utrecht .- 332.
Van Pelt, Manor .- 329.
Van Sickelen, Fernandus .- 58.
Van Sinderen, Dominie .- 152.
Van Tienhoven, Cornelius .- 49.
Van Twiller, Governor .- 46; 53: 119; erects first church in New Netherland, 134; secures lands at Flat- lands, 311; lands at Red Hook, 382.
Van Wyck, Abraham H .- 513.
Van Zuren, Rev. Casparus .- 148; 332,
Verazzano, John, voyage of 1524 .- 43.
Von Rossem, Huyck Aertsen .- 59.
Voorhees, Abram .- 314.
Voorhees, Adrian. 322.
Voorhees, Isaac .- 314.
Voorhees, Luykas .- 314.
Wading River .- +: 1010; railroad extended to, 302. Wainscott .- village of, 1071.
Walker, Rev. Zachariah .- 550.
Wall, William, last mayor of Williamsburgh .- 351.
Wallabout, The .- 382; 397; market, 511.
Wampum .- 25, 49.
Wantenaer, Albert Cornelis .- 62.
Ward, Richard, chief of the Poosepatucks .- 39.
Waring. Nathaniel F .- 653.
War of 1812-250; defenses at New Utrecht, 335; skirmish near Wading river .- 1010.
Warren, Gen. G. K .- Statue of, 448. Washburn, William .- 60.
Washington, George .- Address from Provincial Con- gress, 190; arrives in New York and assumes command of forces there, 197: Loyalist plot, 196; address from Bushwick, 340; visits Flushing, 532; visits Jamaica, 563. See also local refer- ences.
Water Supply, Brooklyn .- 450.
Waterbury, Noah, "Father of Williamsburgh."-344; first president of village, 345.
Webb, Capt. Thomas .- 162.
Webb, W. S .- 314.
Webster, Daniel .- at Babylon, 977.
Wells, Benjamin Horton .- 1023.
Wells, Capt. John .- 1010.
Wells, John .- 626.
Werckhoven, Cornelius Van .- 24; 329.
Westbury .- village of, 917.
West Brooklyn, New Utrecht .- 328. West End Coney Island .- 374. Westervelt, Abram .- 315.
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West India Trading Company .- 45. Whaleboat campaign .- The, 927.
Whalefishing .- 871; R. M. Bayles on, 872; at Green- port; list of ships, 1022. Whalefishing, early .- 90; Sag Harbor, 1043. Whaley, Alexander, of the Boston Tea Party .- 340. Wheelock, Rev. Eleazar .- 35.
White (railroad) Line .- 295.
White, Rev. Sylvanus .- 142.
Whitehead, Daniel .- 89.
Whitestone .- 534.
Whiting, Rev. Joseph .- 142. Whitlock, Thomas .- 314. Whitman, Walt .- 424; sketch of, 425.
Whitney, Mayor .- 485.
Whittaker, Rev. Epher, D. D .- 139; sketch of, 140. Wicks, Thomas .- 68.
Wilkins, William, of Gravesend .- 362.
Williamsburgh .- 341; Woodhull's first speculation,342; Morrell's cpposition, 343; early road to Brook- lyn, 342; the ferry, 342; first church, 343; the father of Williamsburgh, 344; village organiza- tion, 345; rapid progress, 346; wild land specu- lation, 346; the crash, 347; healthful recovery, 348; churches, newspapers, literary societies and banks, 348; a city charter, 348; history in street names, 349; the first mayor, 350; the curse of politics, 350; annexation, 351.
Williamsburgh and Brooklyn .- Story of consolidation, 440.
Williamsburgh Democrat, The, started .- 348.
Wills .- Cornelis Van Catts, 114; Benjamin Conkling, 114; Pelletreau's volume of "Abstracts" re- ferred to, 114; William Ludlam, of Southamp- ton, 114; John Foster, of Rustdorp, 114; John Hart, of Maspeth Hills, 114; Ralph Hunt, of Newtown, 114; Rev. Thomas James, 1060.
Wilmot, Rev. Walter .- 553. Wilson, Capt. John .- 257. Wilson, Dr., Flatbush .- 273.
Windsor Terrace, village .- 326.
Witchcraft .- Trial of Mary Wright, 173; trial of Ralph Hull and wife, 174; trial of Goody Garlicke, 174.
Withers, Reuben, of Houston street ferry .- 349.
Woertman, Dirch Janssen .- 99.
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