Bi-centennial history of Albany. History of the county of Albany, N. Y., from 1609 to 1886. With portraits, biographies and illustrations, Part 184

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co.
Number of Pages: 1452

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In 1849 he was again solicited to take a third interest, in connection with Lawton & Willis, in the freighting business, the freight being then car - ried by barges and steamboat, and, on Mr. John- son's consenting to take an interest in the concern, Mr. Colvin became a partner therein. This new firm continued for four years, and, on the with- drawal of Mr. Johnson, who formed a connection with Mr. Schoonmaker, of Albany, in the same business, Mr. Colvin withdrew also, and, not wishing to be further interested in the freighting business himself, he consented to take charge as captain of the barges, and act as salesman in New York for the firm of Johnson & Schoonmaker, and was so employed for some years.

Having by prudence and foresight accumulated a handsome fortune, he sold the McMichael resi- dence, in which the family had lived for over twenty years, and purchased the homestead, with its extensive grounds, in the village of Coeymans, of the estate of the late Dr. Blaisdell, which he has greatly added to and improved. Here he has lived ever since. Overlooking the Hudson River and Barren Island, it is one of the most desirable residences in the town.

In 1838 Mr. Colvin married Catharine Lawton, a most estimable and worthy lady. The fruit of the marriage has been six children, three only of whom survive-one son and two daughters. William H. Colvin, the son, is a successful whole- sale merchant in Chicago, being the largest dealer in coffee west of New York City.

Mr. Colvin united with the Methodist Episcopal church, at Coeymans, in 1847, of which, and as one of the trustees, he has since been a consistent member and liberal supporter.

In politics, Mr. Colvin in early manhood united with the old Whig party. His sympathies were with the Southern bondsmen, and upon the forma- tion of the Republican party he connected himself with it, and has ever since been an active worker and liberal giver toward the support of its princi- ples and measures. During the war he was one of the most active supporters of the Union cause in Albany County, rendering able service in raising men and money for the prosecution of the war. When the town of Coeymans was called upon to raise $10,000 he volunteered to advance the amount, which was afterward acknowledged, audited and paid by the town authorities. He also acted as treasurer of an organization which was formed in the town to aid sick and disabled soldiers on the field and in the hospitals.

Mr. Colvin is a cousin-german to ex-Senator Andrew J. Colvin, of Albany, whose father was James Colvin, the eldest born of the family. Per- sonally he is a man of powerful physical frame, six feet in height, of strongly marked features, and natural mental characteristics of a high order, which to some degree account for the success he has met with in life. His career has been such as carries with it food for profitable thought to all who are struggling at the bottom of fortune's ladder; and, reading its printed record, such ones should take hope for the future, remembering that nothing is impossible to those who strive bravely and long and render unto every man his honest due. Cradled in poverty, poorly equipped educationally to battle with the world, yet Mr. Colvin began the fight with manful determination and waged it with an indomitable pluck that brought its rich rewards. While he builded surely, he builded slowly, with integrity as the foundation of his structure, always taking care to win and keep un- sullied a good name, which was worth more to him than any amount of capital would have been with- out it. Truly, in pursuing the beaten path of commerce, he has left behind him

" Footprints that perhaps another- Some forlorn and shipwrecked brother- Seeing, shall take heart again."

We take pleasure in making mention of the following citizens who, by their guaranteed support, have helped to insure the publication of this valu- able work : Archie Cullen, H. G. Blodgett, Cor. Van Derzee, And. J. Ten Eyck, D. M. Niver, J. D. Verplanck, Harvey Shear, W. J. Cox, C. A. Shear, J. J. Huyck, Geo. C. Lamoreaux, And. H. Whitbeck, Wm. S. Cole, Wm. J. Lamoreaux, Judson Lamoreaux, H. Slingerland, Peter Keefer, H. H. Van Derzee, Jas. P. Powell, J. H. Powell, E. H. Scofield, Geo. Bamuis, Ira K. Martin, Jeremiah Robinson, E. P. Bedell, S. E. Davis, Capt. Saml. Gedney, B. T. E. Bronk, E. F. Matthews, J W. Jolly, Jno. B. Lawton, Stephen Tompkins, William Nodine, Jas. W. Wiltsie, Elmer V. Shear, Chauncy Care, Van Shear, Lansing Shear, G. C. Wilson, N. H. Palmer, Jno. N. Briggs, V. P. Whitbeck, Edgar Powell, D. Whitbeck, Jacob Vrooman, William Keller, Theo.

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Robb, Chas. Robb, Nelson Carroll, Henry Wal- dron, James Lasher, Frank Holstead, Mrs. J. V. A. Whitbeck, J. J. Colvin, A. J. Wolf, W. B. Holmes, Mrs. C. B. Cirill, C. R. Hitchcock, A. D. Tompkins, M. R. Griffin, Levi Blaisdell.

PETER KEEFER is a resident of Keefer's Corners since 1843, which place was first settled in 1792, by Baltus Keefer, at which time it was a dense wilderness. Mr. Keefer is engaged in farming and is postmaster at Keefer's Corners.

HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF GUILDERLAND.

SITUATION AND BOUNDARIES.

UILDERLAND lies on the northern border of G Albany County, a little west of the center. It is bounded on the north by Schenectady County, on the east by the city of Albany, on the south by Bethlehem and New Scotland, and on the west by Knox.

DESCRIPTIVE.

The area of Guilderland comprises about 33,000 acres, about 28,000 of which is improved. Its population in 1880 was 3,459. The town is long- est from its southeast to its northwest extremity, measuring about fifteen miles, and the distance from its southwest to its northeast corner is about eight miles. The surface is very uneven. In the west part, the Helderbergs rise to a height of 800 feet above the general level of the valleys. The central part is undulating, and the eastern part is occupied by numerous sand ridges. The principal streams are the Norman's Kill and its branches, Bozen Kill, Black Creek, Wildehause Kill and Hunger Kill. The lower course of Norman's Kill in this town is through a narrow ravine with steep and clayey banks. The soil is light and sandy in the east, and a gravelly loam mixed with clay in the west. On the William McGowan farm is a min- eral spring which has attracted some attention. The town has good railway, express and telegraphic facilities.

SETTLEMENT.

In all noticeable characteristics, the inhabitants of Guilderland much resemble those of the parent town, Watervliet ; frankness, geniality and genuine hospitality being their most distinguishing traits, as they have been of the early Dutch settlers and their descendants everywhere. The town was for- merly included within the patroon's patent, and all the farmers were under obligation to pay tithes of wheat, chickens and wood. This system, in time,

produced discontent, which rose to the absolute point of resistance in 1840, producing the " Anti-rent war." So great a dissatisfaction existed, that the patroon at last decided to abandon a system of lease, and sell the land in fee simple for a moderate price. Since that time the march of improve- ment has been rapid. Fifty years ago there were but few painted houses, and dwellings were usually one-story structures, with back stoops, the "front " door (paradoxical as it may appear) being at the rear of the house. But these contained an abundance of life's substantial things, with all the sours and sweets to give relish, with overflow- ing hospitality. They have given place to conven- ient and sightly buildings, of varied architecture, ornamented and painted in modern style.

The first settlements in the town were made in the eighteenth century. Absence of records prevents the presentation of a circumstantial account of this interesting period. Brief mention may be made of some of the earlier families, however. Among them were the Crounses, the Van Wormers, the Seversons, Van Aernams, the Opplys, the Frederickses, the Van Pattens, the Groats, the Livingstons, the Winnes, the Beckers, the Ogsburys, the Truaxes, the Van Alstines, the Van Valkenburgs, the Hen- dersons, the Harts, the Barckleys, the Hiltons and Fryers. While some of the above names will be recognized as those of present residents of the town, some of them are no longer known within its limits.

During the Revolutionary War, a portion of the inhabitants adhered to the British, and the feuds which grew up between families and neighborhoods continued for a long time. The news of Bur- goyne's surrender was celebrated by the Whigs by burning a hollow chestnut tree on an elevation, a barrel of tar having previously been poured into the cavity in its trunk. It is not thought that any important event, connected directly with the strug- gle for independence, took place within the bound- aries of the town, but that it was a period during

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which feeling ran high, and that the greatest solici- tude was felt by all classes, may be easily believed. A half-forgotten tradition, that certain residents of the town, as now bounded, participated in some scenes of violence elsewhere, has been related, but it is so shadowy and uncertain that its repetition here would seem to be out of place. The old Dutch farmers were a peaceable people, and it is not to be presumed that any of them trampled needlessly on the rights of any of their neighbors. At the close of the Revolution, the population of that part of Watervliet, which was nearly twenty years later set off to form Guilderland, was small and scattered over considerable territory, mostly along the streams which have their course through the town. The Dutch derivation of the name of the new town is apparent. It was originally spelled Guilderlandt.

Following is "a list of the persons residing in the town of Guilderland, in the County of Albany, who were by law qualified and of sufficient ability and understanding to serve as jurors," as certified by the Supervisor, Town Clerk and Assessors in 1803. Those not otherwise designated were farmers. The names are spelled as upon the record :

Job Earls, Abraham Bartlett, Abraham Van Wie, Simeon Relyea, Levy Relyea, Isaac W. Fryer, David Relyea, Jr., George Brown, Peter Veeder, Christian Truax, Jr. (innkeeper), Lawrence Van Kleeck, Abraham Turk, John Banker, John Joice, James M. La Grange, John Van Schaick, Jonas Smith, Petrus Van Patten, Abraham Kelder, Jelles Truax, Albert Van Huesen, Abraham Spoor, Andrew Murray, Ezra Spalding, Frederick Myn- derse, Robert Dollar, James Irwin, Reuben Earls, Peter La Grange, John Devoe, David Bogardus (carpenter), Jacob C. Truax, John Beebe, William Davis, Peter Wurmer, John Fryer, Aaron Wurmer, Isaac A. Wurmer, Amos Goodfellow, Michael Van Schaick, Peter McDougal, Christopher Batter- man (innkeeper), Peter Becker, Henry Shaver, Nicholson Severson, John Shoudy (blacksmith), George Van Arnum, Henry Van Arnum, Frederick Crounce, Conrad Crounce, John Crounce, Martin Blessing, Matthias Hallenbeck, Nicholas Winne, John Mann, Garret Long (carpenter), Nicholas V. Mynderse (merchant), Henry Jacobson, Peter I. Livingston, Michael S. Frederick, Matthias Fred- erick, Jacob Relyea, John Bloemendall, Jacob La Grange, Samuel Covenhoven, Peter Van Aucken, Cornelius Van Valkenburgh, Barent Van Waggoner, David Ogsbury, Henry Apple, Peter Traber, Charles Traber, Henry Shoudy, Volkert Jacobson, Adam A. Vrooman, Nicholas A. Sixby, Thomas Beebe, John Weaver, Jr., Philip Schell, Henry Van Schoon- hoven, John N. Clute, James Platto, Jacob N. Clute, Evert Van Arnum, George Scrapper, Andrew Spaarbeck, William Snyder, James Ray, Charles

Shaver, Martin Spearbeck, Isaac J. Van Arnum, Jacob Sitterly, Benjamin Wilbore, David Wilbore, James Shaw, Robert Grey, John Douglas, Simeon Lanehart, Henry Lanehart, Thomas Van Arnum, John Jacob Van Arnum, John Lanehart, Obediah Cooper, Jacob M. De Forest, Garret O. Lansing, John M. Van Der Pool, Henry Van Auken, Levy Van Auken, John Howard, Adam Hilton, George Severson, John Hilton, Daniel Wolford, Henry I. Schoonmaker, Henry Van Beuren, Charles H. Huner, Peter N. Van Patten (merchant), Michael Barclay, James McKee, Nicholas Beyer (innkeeper), William Hilton (carpenter), Philip Fetterly, John Whetsell, Benjamin Walker, Thomas Beaver, Vin- cent Springer, Benjamin Howe, Benjamin Howe, Jr., John F. Quackenbush, Abraham P. Truax, John Ramsay, Frederick Ramsay, Philip Ramsay, Richard Ward, Christian Caley, Jr., Bartholomew Sharp, John Sharp, John Waggoner, John Vine, Nathan Fitch, Thomas Mezeck, John Schell, Wil- liam Von Arnum, Isaac Hallenbeck, Jacob Totten, John Ward, Silas Hotan, Peter Relyea, George Van Nest and Stephen Pankburn.

A similar list, compiled in 1824, included the following names:

George Batterman, Jonathan Brown, Simon Brodt, Thomas T. Beebe, Abijah Beebe, William S. Beebe, Martin Blessing, Adam Blessing, Peter Bloomindall, Adam Bloomindall, Abram Bartlett, Jr., John Beebe, Jacob Bensen, Jonathan Becker, Thomas W. Beebe, James Cassidy, Henry Cram, Philip Crounse, Jr., Nicholas Crounse, Conrad Crounse, John Crounse, Jacob N. Clute, John N. Clute, William Clute, Christian Caly, Abraham Cass, John Chase, Wilhelmus Devoe, Henry Frederick, Matthias M. Frederick, John I. Fryer, Jacob Fryer, William Fisher, Henry R. Furbeck, Abraham Fryer, Cornelius Goodfellow, Simon Grote, Jellis Gray, Peter Hilton, Jr., Gershom Hungerford, Isaac Hallen- beck, Jacob Hallenbeck, David Hart, James Hilton, Robert H. Howard, William Humphrey, James Houghton, Henry Jacobson, Jonathan Johnson, Frederick Kunholtz, Christopher Keenholtz, Jacob I. La Grange, Aaron Livingston, James M. La Grange, Peter I. Livingston, Peter Livingston, John I. Livingston, Andrew La Grange, Peter D. La Grange, Simeon Lanehart, Michael Lanehart, John F. Mynderse, John McKown, Jonathan Mynderse, Myndert Mynderse, John Mann, Cor- nelius Mann, John Merrick, Thomas Ostrander, John D. Ogsbury, David Ogsbury, Jr., Peter Ogs- bury, Andrew Ostrander, Barent Ostrander, Sam- uel Ostrander, Christian Ostrander, Stephen Pang- burn, William Pangburn, Jr., David Pratt, Isaac Quackenbush, John F. Quackenbush, Jacob Quackenbush, Myndert Relyea, Jacob D. Relyea, David Relyea, David L. Relyea, Levi Relyea, Giles Riggles, David P. Relyea, Adam Relyea, Peter D. Relyea, John Shoudy, Martin I. Siver, Jonas Smith, Jacob Spoor, Joseph Spoor, William Spoor, John Shoudy, Jr., Nicholas Severson, Frederick Severson, George Severson, Adam Scrafford, Henry C. Shover, Christian Scrafford, Jacob Sitterley, Peter Shaver, John Sharp, Tunis Slingerland, Andrew Sharp, John H.

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Shaver, Jacob Schell, Abram Sitterly, Nicholas Snyder, Charles Scrafford, Charles Traber, F. Van Valkenburgh, Albert Van Husen, John Van Husen, John Van Valkenburgh, Volkert Veeder, Simeon Veeder, Myndert Veeder, Nicholas P. Van Patten, Thomas Van Aernam, George Van Aernam, Henry Van Valkenburgh, Nicholas Van Valkenburgh, Nicholas A. Van Patten, Henry Van Aernam, John I. Van Patten, Simon Van Auken, John Van Waggoner, Richard Van Cleeck, Gershom Van Valkenburgh, Henry I. Vine, Aaron A. Van Wormer, Jeremiah Van Auken, Jacob Van Auken, Abraham Vanderpool, Cornelius Wormer, Peter Wormer, Noah S. Wood, John Weitzel, Cornelius H. Waldron, Peter Walker, Jesse White, Peter Waggoner, John Westfall, John Ward, John W. Ward, Andrew I. Ward, Richard Walker, Jacob Weaver, John I. Weaver, Andrew Wilkins, James Wormer, Frederick Waggoner.

In common with others of their time, some of the wealthier of the early residents of Guilderland were owners of slaves. Of course, no one held a large number, and the system was totally unlike that which obtained in the South. It is said that the Dutch farmers profited but lightly from their human property in the long run, and were glad enough to give the negroes their freedom when public sentiment favored such a measure. It was not until some years of the present century had passed that this mild slavery ceased to exist. No record of its operations prior to the organization of the town is to be found, but some extracts from the town book entered during the period immedi- ately succeeding the erection of Guilderland are given as possessing a curious interest at this time :

I do hereby certify that my negro wench slave named Susan was, on the twelfth day of March, 1803, delivered of a black female child, and that the same is named Gin, and that the same is my property ; and I do hereby further give notice that I shall abandon the same agreeable to the act in that case made and provided. Dated this 28th day of May, 1803. PETER VEEDER.

CERTIFICATE OF FREDERICK CROUNCE.

I do hereby give notice that my negro wench slave named Dianna was, on the 20th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1802, delivered of a black male child named Simon, and that I shall abandon the said child agreeable to the act in that case made and provided. Dated this 28th day of April, 1803. FREDERICK CROUNCE.

I do hereby give notice that my negro wench Gin was, on the 21st January, 1803, delivered of a male black child named Yeat, and that I do hereby also abandon the said child agreeable to the act in that case made and provided. November 19, 1803.

JOHN HOWARD.

COUNTY OF ALBANY, SS. :

These may certify that I, John Van Rensselaer, of the Town of Water Vleit, in the County of Al- bany, have a female negro child, born the 31st of January last, named Jude, of a negro wench slave named Rose, which said Rose is my property, and I hereby request that an entry may be made agree- able to law ; and that I hereby give notice that I abandon the child agreeable to the statute in such case made and provided.

Water Vleit, July 14th, 1802.

The above is a copy taken from the records. BENJAMIN WINNE, Clerk.

Water Vleit, Oct. 23d, 1803. 4th April, 1803, town divided.

COUNTY OF ALBANY, SS. :

These may certify that I, Henry Apple, of the Town of Water Vleit and County aforesaid, farmer, have a male negro child, born the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand eight hundred, named Jan, of a negro slave Maria, which said Maria is my property, and hereby request that an entry may be made that I abandon the same agreeable to the statute in such case made and provided.

Water Vleit, 2 Ist May, 1801. his HENRY X APPLE. Mark.

COUNTY OF ALBANY, SS. :

These may certify that I, Henry Apple, of the town of Water Vleit and County of Albany, farmer, have a female negro child, born the seventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and one, named Gin, of a negro slave named Maria, which said Maria is my Property; and I hereby request an entry may be made that I abandon the same agreeable to the statute in such case made and provided.

Water Vleit, June 24, 1802. his HENRY X APPLE. Mark.

The above are copies taken from the records of the town of Water Vleit, 20th January, 1804. BENJAMIN WINNE, Clerk.

COUNTY OF ALBANY, SS. :

These may certify that I, Henry Apple, of the town of Guilderland and County of Albany, farmer, have a male negro child, born the 9th December, 1802, named Joe, of a negro slave named Maria, which said Maria is my Property, and I hereby request that an entry may be made that I abandon the same agreeable to the statute in this case made and provided.

Guilderland, 5th September, 1803.

his HENRY X APPLE. Mark.

COUNTY OF ALBANY, SS. :

These may certify that I, James M. La Grange, of the town of Guilderland and County aforesaid, farmer, have a male negro child, born the 29th September, 1803, named Jock, of a negro slave named Pheobe, which said Pheobe is my prop-

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erty; and I do hereby request that an entry may be made that I abandon the same agreeable to the act in such case made and provided. Dated this 19th March, 1804. JAMES M. LA GRANGE.

Among the prominent citizens of the town at this time are the following, several others being represented by portraits and biographical sketches:

NAME.

BIRTHPLACE.

DATE OF BIRTH.

TO WHOM MARRIED.

DATE OF MARRIAGE.

OCCUPATION.

POST-OFFICE.

J. P. Ogsbury. ..

Guilderland.

Nov. 7, 1818

Margaret Van Valkenburg.

Feb. 28, 1839 Farmer.

Know ersville. Knowersville.

Abram A. T'ygert.

Guilderland ..

June 18, 1858

Maggie Fryer.

June

8, 188)

Farmer ..

Knowersville.

Andrew A. Scrafford

Guilderland.

May 22, 184)

Sophia Becker.

Oct. 1, 1873

Farmer ..

Knowersville.

Wesley Schoolcraft.

Guilderland

Nov. 3, 1853

Margaret M. Lainhart ..

Sept. 25, 1874 Farmer ..

Farmer ..

Knowersville.

G. Tygert

Guilderland.

Oct. 5, 1825

Catharine Fuller

Oct. 15, 1846,Farmer and coal dealer.

Fuller's Station.

Abram Buzzee.

Guilderland.

1812

Almira Melius

Jan. 22, 1837 Farmer.

Knowersville.

Louise M. Kaley

Guilderland

Mar. 10, 182c

John Gardner.

Mar. 12, 1863 Farmer.

Knowersville.

Addison Van Auken

Guilderland

Feb. 17, 1853

Laura Crounse

July 12, 1876 Farmer.

Guilderland.

J. H. Pangburn

Guilderland

Aug. 29, 1851

Mary N. Mynderse.

Dec. 12, 1852 Merchant ..

Knowersville.

Wm. D. Strevell.

Guilderland.

Ang. 1, 18 31

Sarah M. De Voe ..

Jan. 12, 1861 Dep. Surrogate. Mar. 3, 1881

Knowersville.

James A. Crounse.

Guilderland

May 25, 18 zł

W. No. 1, Mary L. Relyea.

Nov. 28, 1850 Farmer.

Guilderland.

Frederick Van Wie.

Guilderland.

Aug. 16, 1818

Elizabeth Woodworth

April 12, 1853 Farmer.

Guilderland.

George Clute

Guilderland

Mar. 12, 1853

Mary Blessing.

Jan. 19, 1875 Farmer.

Guilderland.

Henry Witherwax.

Guilderland

Oct. 31, 1838

Nancy M. Quackenbush

Ang. 31, 1860 Farmer ..

Guilderland.

Andrew M. La Grange ...

Guilderland.

Sept. 9, 1839

Lonisa A. Livingston.

Dec. 18, 1862 Farmer and deal-

er in imported

Ahram Coss.

Guilderland

June 29, 1841

Louisa Fairlee.

Feb. 10, 1875 Farmer.

Fuller's Station.

Daniel Van Husen

Guilderland

July 24, 1837

Elizabeth Van Schoik

Febru'y, 1859 Farmer.

Fuller's Station.

John .Quackenbush

Guilderland

Jan. 22, 1827

Margrate J. Jewett

Jan. 6, 1849 Farmer ..

Sloan's.

. F. V. Mckown ..

Guilderland

April 7, 1820 Jane Mosher

July 10, 1848 Farmer.

Sloan's.

Willard Defreest.

Guilderland.

July,

1851 Fanny Boomhower

Dec. 30, 1874 Farmer.

Sloan's.

John Cramme

Guilderland.

Feb. 26, 1808 Elizabeth Winnie.

Aug. 26, 1832 Farmer.

Sloan's.

J. Christian Hein.

Wurtemberg, Germany ...

Feb. 22, 1828

Mary Scheller

Nov. 23, 1851

Wagon man'f'r.

Sloan's.

Henry E. Drumm

Oneatta, Otsego Co.,N.Y.

Dec. 7, 1848

Mary A. Potter.

Jan. 7, 1872 Carpenter.

Sloan's.

Thomas Holmes

Staffordshire, England ...

Nov. 21. 1816

Harriet Coley

April 28, 1842

Farmer ..

.. 23 Dove street,

Wm. Mckown.

Guilderland

July 13, 1842

Catharine L. McMillen.

Oct. 14, 1863 Retired farmer.

Sloan's.

James Crounse

Knowersville.

1851

Dgr. of Rev. A. P. Ludden. July

21, 1880;

Knowersville.

J. H. Heck.

June

8, 1852 Reverend.

Knowersville.

A. P. Ludden.

Brunswick, N. Y.

July 11, 1816

Caroline Grove, of Morris-

town, Frederick Co. Va ..

May 18, 1845 Reverend.

Jacob A. Crounse.

Knowersville

July 23, 1829 Julia A. Hilton

Jan. 29, 1856 Farmer.

Insurance agent.

D. F. Van Aken.

Guilderland

Sept. 28, 1833 Abigail Lansing.

Nov. 12, 1861 M. D.

Guilderland Center.

Conrad H. Crounse.

Guilderland

April 18, 1850

Farmer. Farmer.

Guilderland.

Jacob A. Scrafford

Schenectady

Nov. 1, 1844

Rebecca M. Sitterly.

Dec.,

1872 Farmer

Guilderland.

Adam S Westfall.

Guilderland.

Aug. 28, 1834 Helen M. Clapper.

Jan. 17, 1865 Farmer.

Guilderland.

Dewit C. Thomas.

Guilderland

Jan. 7, 1839

Phebe H. Burdick

1840 Farmer.

Guilderland.

Jacob Hallenbeck.

Guilderland.

Jan. 8, 1836

Margaret Van Acerman

Sept. 30, 1859 Farmer.

Guilderland.

John L. Mynders.

Guilderland

July 25, 1846 Elizabeth C. Wingate

1879 Farmer.

Guilderland.

S. H. Lainhart.

Guilderland.

April 21, 1841 Mary M. Frederick.

Sept. 23, 1864 Earmer.

Guilderland.

Willard G. Davis.

Guilderland

Mar. 1, 1814 Mary Ann Tygert

Mar. 3, 1846 Farmer

Guilderland.

ORGANIZATION.

Following is a copy of the record of the legal erection of the town of Guilderland :

" LAWS of NEW YORK, 26th SESSION ; GEORGE CLINTON, EsQ., GOVERNOR.

Chapter XIX. Contents:

" I. Town of Guilderlandt erected from part of the town of Watervliet.

" 2. Residue of Watervliet to remain a separate town.

" 3. Supervisors and Overseers of the Poor, their duty.

" AN ACT for dividing the Town of Watervliet, in the County of Albany.

" BE it enacted by the people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, that from and after the fourth day of April next, all that part of the town of Watervliet, in the County of Albany, within the following bounds, to wit: Bounded on the west by the town of Bern, north-

west by Princetown, northerly by the City of Sche- nectady, and north by the south bounds of the City of Albany, be, and hereby is, erected into a separate town by the name of Guilderlandt, and the first town meeting shall be held at the dwelling house of Henry Apple, in said town.

" And be it further enacted, That all the remain- ing part of the town of Watervliet shall be and re- main a separate town, by the name of Watervliet, and the first town meeting in the said town of Wa- tervliet shall be held at the dwelling house of Wil- liam Kain, in said town.

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Bi-centennial history of Albany. History of the county of Albany, N. Y., from 1609 to 1886. With portraits, biographies and illustrations, Part 184

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888 Publication date: 1886 Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co. Number of Pages: 1452

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co.
Number of Pages: 1452