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Clinton, George, governor of New York (continued)
Moravians to leave the province, 2861-62; receives letter from the Board of Trade concerning their treatment, (1745) 2876, 2906-8, 2917; holds conference with the Indians, 2921; inducts Rev. Henry Barclay into the rectorship of Trinity Church, (1746) 2927-30; petition of Indian about certain church lands, 2934; takes census of New York by counties, (1749) 3077, petition of the Lutheran minister, Knoll, about the glebe lands at Newburgh, (1749) 3078, 3082-84; Col. William Johnson writes to, against allowing French priests among the Mohawks, (1749) 3086; petition of German Lutherans in New York to be al- lowed to build a church, (1750) 3106; issues a proclamation to pray for the royal family, (1751) 3196; gives patent to the Anglicans, for abandoned glebe lands of Pala- tines at Newburgh, (1752) 3218- 20; approves the founding of a col- lege in New York, (1753) 3382; allusions, 3432, 3458
Clock (Klock), Abram M., 476
Clock, given for tower of North Church, (1770) 4185
Clark in the steeple of the new Dutch church, Nassau street, (1748) 3025, 3146
Clock, one asked for by Domine Welius of New Amstel, (1658) 421ª
Clocter, J., 1793
Cloppenbergh (Kloppenbergh), Rev. John, professor at Franeker, 305
Clopper (Klopper), Mr, 3097, 3129, 3143
Clopper, Cornelis, (1664) 556, 642
Clopper (Klopper), Cornelius, al- lusions, (1749-1774) 2101, 3123, 3212, 3396, 3408, 3498, 3530, 3641, 3667, 3677, 3826-27, 3840-42, 3853, 3856, 3869, 3872, 3900, 3915-16, 3931, 3968, 4046, 4059, 4069, 4074, 4076, 4080, 4148, 4161, 4164, 4175, 4204, 4265, 4281
Clopper, Hendricus, churchmaster, (1756) 2101, 3727, 3830
Clopper, Peter, churchmaster, (1746) 2101, 3025, 3123, 3878, 4082 Close, Rev. John, (1800) 4388
Close alliance (or union) proposed between the Netherlands Church and the American Dutch Church, (1768) 4124, 4129, 4134-35, 4142- 43, 4154; close ecclesiastical alli- ance suggested, 4158, 4196 Clove (Kloof), Dutchess county, N. Y., 3950, 4243, 4247, (1784) 4318, (1800) 4388
Clove, N. J., (1800) 4390
Clowes ( Clous, Clows), Samuel, of Jamaica, L. I., 1871, 1913, 2128- 29, 2132-33, 2136-37
Club, Mr, catechist in Trinity
Church, New York, (1705) 1609
Coats, Captain, 1125 Cobes, Ludovicus, 736, 788, 863
Cobus, Dr, 2195
Cocherthal, see Kocherthal
Cock (Kock, Koch, Kok), Rev. Ger- ardus Daniel, ordained for Pough- keepsie, Fishkill and Hopewell, (1762) 3830, 3832-33, 3882, 3925- 27, 3943, 3951-59, 3967, 3972, 4008, 4011-12, 4014, 4025, 4028, 4032, 4035, 4039-40, 4041-45, 4051, 4059, 4068-70, 4076, 4088, 4101, 4109, 4144, 4154-55, 4165, 4197, 4244, (1784) 4317-18, 4335 Cock, John, 684
Cock, Walter, 1727, 1788, 1829, 1836 Cockaran minister,b (1690) 1009
a The text reads: "Clock and hour glass," showing that clock is evidently the Dutch word clock, which means a "bell."
b Leisler thus referred to Dellius, meaning a Cocceian minister - a follower of Professor Cocceius.
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Cockburn, Mr, 4262 Cockershall, see Kocherthall Cocknewagees, see Caghnawaga
Cocx, Rev., chaplain in Maryland, 1043
Coddington, England, 508-9 Codweis, John Conrad, 1805 Codwise, Christopher, 3619 Coe, Benjamin, 498
Coe, John, 464, 1518, 1585; judge, 1871, 1913, 1920, 2131, 2138
Coe (Coo), Robert, 498, 601, 1585 Coe, Samuel, 369, 464, 1871, 2131 Coedyk, see Koedyk
Coelman (Koelman), Jacob, (1680) 746-47, 785, 823-24, 831-32, 835, 837, 839, 853-56, 856, 868, 874-76, 882, 901, 921, 1004-5. See also Labadists
Coelmanists, 907, 1051, 1100
Coenen (Caenen), Thomas, 768, 813- 15; death of, 975
Coenraet, Mr, 743
Coens, (Koens), Rev. Henricus, re- ceived by Classis of Amsterdam as " Commendatus " for churches in foreign lands, (1725) 2308; called to Aquackonocck, (1725) 2331; ex- amined and ordained, 2359; holds irregular meetings at Raritan for the Complainants, (1729) 2459- 60, 2462-66; allusions, 2557, 2696, 3136
Coerten (Coerte, Courte), Albert, 1526, 2739, 2782-84, 2788-89, 2805, 2894, 2899; death of, 3023
Coerten, Barent, 641
Coerten (Coerte), Cornelis, 3538, 3733
Coerten, Henry, 1964; an elder,
(1741) 2761-63
Coerten (Courteen) , Meindert (Meyn- dert), 1029, 1098, 1524, 1526
Coesen, Benjamin, (1761) 3804 Coetus, minutes of, 3494, 3566, 3570, 3589, 3635, 3662; retaining of
them by Ritzema, 3662; condemned by the synod, 3668-71
Coetus, national, 159
Coetus of Brazil, 170
Coetus of New York and New Jersey, lost minutes of, recov- ered, 24; allusion to, 28; corre- spondence among the churches proposed by Domine Polhemus, (1662-64) 525, 533-34, 542-44; fraternal meeting once a year, suggested, (1706) 1655, 1661; a coetus suggested by Domine Haeghoort to the New York con- sistory, (1737) 2679-80; favor- able action thereon, 2681-82; circular letter to all the churches, concerning, 2683-84; classis in- formed of these proceedings, 2685; convention held, 2686; answers to the circular letters, mostly approving, 2686-89; cir- cular letter from the convention to all the churches, 2689-90; classis informed of the progress, 2690-91; opponents of, also write to classis, 2691-94; Haeghoort's letter to classis, on, 2695-96; Consistory of New York ap- points delegates to the antici- pated body, (1738) 2701; sug- gestion that it be allowed to ex- amine and ordain, (Apr. 1738) 2702-4; constitution of, (Apr. 27, 1738) 2706-8; necessity of, 2708-10; classis writes to the friends of, (June 1738) 2712; to the opponents of, 2713-14; letter of DuBois to classis, (Oct. 1738) 2715-16; allusion, 2718; classis requires its subordination, (Apr. 1739) 2719, 2723, 2725; op- ponents of, inform classis that the design is entire independence, (Oct. 1739) 2724-29; answer of classis, 2731-32; Freeman favors a coetus, (1741) 2752-53, 2766; necessity of, further urged, should have liberty to examine and ordain, 2754-56; continued opposition, (1743) 2798-2800; allusions to, 2826-28, 2879, 2894, 2900-2, 2905, 2911-12, 2919; classis urges its formation,
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Coetus of New York and New Jersey (continued)
2923, 2926, 2939-42, 2944-46, 2957-61, 2963-67, 2973
The first coetus, its acts, (Sept. 8, 9, 1747) 2974-81; allusions, 2983-85, 2987-88, 2995-96; letter of first coetus to classis, (Sept. 8, 9, 1747; not mailed until Apr. 26, 1748) 2998-3000
Second coetus, (Apr. 26-28, 1748) 3001-6; letter to classis, 3006-7; rules of coetus, 3007-12; minute book of coetus, 3011-12; Rev. Theodore Frelinghuysen not al- lowed by his consistory to join the coetus, 3018; allusions, 3020-23, 3026
Third coetus, (Sept. 27-30, 1748) 3027-31; letter to the classis, 3031-34; forms of testimonials, 3034-35; allusions, 3037, 3050- 52, 3057, 3060, 3061-63; letter of classis to the coetus, (May 5, 1749) 3064-67, 3071, 2075-76, 3079
Fourth coetus, (Sept. 12-15, 1749) 3087-89; its letter to classis, (Oct. 18, 1749) 3091-93
Fifth coetus, (Nov. 7, 1749) 3098- 3102, 3105, 3110-15, 3118; their letter to classis, (May 7, 1750) 3119-20, 3121-23, 3126- 28, 3130-31
Sixth coetus, (Sept. 11-14, 1750) 3132-35; their letter to classis, 3135-38; letter to, from the classis, (Oct. 1750) 3140-41, 3144; letter to, from the classis, (Mar. 2, 1751) 3151-52; al- lusions, 3153, 3156-57; letter to, from classis, (May 3, 1751) 3158-59, 3160-62, 3164, 3166-67, 3169-70
Seventh coetus, (Sept. 9-17, 1751) 3174-79; letter to, from classis, (Oct. 4, 1751) 3181-82
Eighth coetus, (Oct. 16-23, 1751) 3186-95; their letter to classis, (Oct. 18, 1751) 3195-96; allu-
Coetus of New York and New Jersey (continued)
sions, 3197, 3201, 3203-5, 3208- 12, 3213-15, 3221-25, 3227 Ninth coetus, (Apr. 14-16, 1752) 3234-36; its letter to classis, (Apr. 17, 1752) 3236-37; allu- sions, 3242, 3244, 3247, 3252, 3257, letter to, from classis, (July 17, 1752) 3264- 71
Tenth coetus, (Sept. 19-21, 1752) 3287-89; its letter to classis, (Sept. 21, 1752) 3290-92; allu- sions, 3294; writes to Coetus of Pennsylvania, (Sept. 29, 1752) 3295-96; allusions, 3302; letter to, from classis, (Dec. 5, 1752) 3306-13; allusions, 3313-25; letter to, from classis, (May 7, 1753) 3372-75; allusions, 3406; letter to, from classis, (Sept. 3, 1753) 3411-12
Eleventh coetus, (Sept. 11-20) 3413-17; allusions, 3418-21; its letter to the classis, (Sept. 19, 1753) 3421-22; allusions, 3422-27, 3443-44; requested to ordain Henricus Frelinghuysen, (1753) 3445-46; allusions, 3454- 57; classis writes to, (Jan. 8, 1754) 3461; allusions, 3461-70; classis writes to, (May 6, 1754) 3471-73; allusions, 3473-77, 3489-90
Twelfth coetus, (Sept. 17-19, 1754) 3490-93; plan of classis drawn up and submitted to the churches, 3491-92; circular letter to churches about a classis (Sept. 19, 1754) 3493, 3519; al- lusions, 3494; action of the church of New York, per Domine Ritzema, upon the circu- lar letter of the coetus, (Oct. 1, 1754) 3495-96; letter of Consis- tory of New York to classis on the matter of coetus and a classis, (Oct. 17, 1754) 3499- 3500; allusions, 3500, 3502-3,
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Coetus of New York and New Jersey (continued)
3518-19, 3526-27; the Classis of Amsterdam to the coetus, (Jan. 14, 1755) 3527-28; allusions, 3532-34; circular letter of Theodore Frelinghuysen calling for a convention, (May 27, 1755) 3541; the convention, (May 27-30, 1755), the matter of a classis and seminary con- sidered, opponents to the con- ventions, an agent to be sent to Holland to request the forma- tion of a classis and to seek funds for an institution, Theo- dore Frelinghuysen commis- sioned, 3546-52; an extra session of the coetus irregularly held during this convention, 3548- 50; letter of the coetus to the classis, (May 30, 1755) the ab- solute necessity of ordinations in America, 3553-54; allusions, 3561-65, 3566-68; Domine Rit- zema censured by his consistory as the sole cause of all the troubles in the coetus, (Aug. 11, 1755) 3574-77. See also Ameri- can Classis, Conferentie
Coetus of Pennsylvania, German Re- formed, 28, 2919, 2987, 2991, 3037, 3071, 3081, 3092, 3164-65, 3287, 3295, 3882, 3919-20, 4207
Coetus of Surinam, (1701) 1479, 1507, 2954
Coetus, Presbyterian, 2888
Coevers, Burgon, 2329
Coevers, Johannes, 2275, 2328 Coevert, Luke, 2478
Coevert (Covert, Teuneus), Teunis, 3306, 3475
Coeymans, N. Y., 4382, 4389
Coeyman (s) (Koeyemans), Hendrick, 3626, 3632 Coffee-house, the, 3912 Coiterus, Rev. John, 1099
Colchester, England, contained 700
Dutch inhabitants, (1634) 117, 1779, 1827
Colden (Colding), Alexander, 3046- 47, 3171, 3173, 3218-20
Colden, Cadwallader, (1688-1776), made surveyor-general of New York, (1720) 2192; a member of the Council, (1721) 2220; recom- mends a partition of lands for the Palatines, (1724) 2220; writes a memoir of the fur trade, with re- marks on the French missions, (1724) 2233-34; reports on cer- tain troubles in the French church, (1725) 2240-41, 2292-93; his re- port on land grants, 2565, 2672, 3220; acting governor of New York, (1760-75) 3762, 3805, 3810, 3813, 3872, (1763) 3908, (1764) 3935, 3960, (1767) 4083, 4172, 4181, 4183, 4190, 4274, 4285, 4287 Colden, Cadwallader, jr, 4172
Colding, Alexander, see Colden, Alex- ander
Cole, Cornelis, 4040 Cole, Nathaniell, 499
Cole (Kool), William, 2864 Colen-Donck, 3452
Colgan, Rev. Thomas, assistant in Trinity Church, New York, (1726) 2360; settles at Jamaica, L. I., (1731) 2548; allusions, 2562, 2591, 2633, 2635, 2644; his letters to the S. P. G., (1735) 2668, (1741) 2767, (1743) 2820, (1744) 2856, (1746) 2923-24, (1749) 3056
Coljer [Collier], Jacobus, 3733. See also Colyer, James
Collation into churches, power of, 980, 1034, 1037, 1075, 1151, 1184, 2759- 60
Collections, for Indian missions by the Presbyterians, (1763) 3911; by the Collegiate Church, 3999; for prisoners, 4238; in the English- speaking Dutch church building, (1764-72) 4254, 4256; collections for the poor, 4275, 4283
College, as a board or society for the performance of common duties, 1301, 1771
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College, first Dutch allusion to, (1658) 432, see also Latin school, New Amsterdam; first English al- lusion to, (1703) 1516, see also Harvard, Princeton, or College of New Jersey, Kings (Columbia), Queens (Rutgers), Yale
College in New York City, arguments against a sectarian college, 3338- 41, 3354-57, 3359-62; desirable points in a legislative act, 3362- 65; Governor Clinton favors a college, (1753) 3382; lottery for raising money for, 3384; acts for raising money for, (1753) 3389- 95, 3446; desirability of an unsec- tarian college, 3457-58; Trinity Church offers land for, 3478-79, 3487-88; bill for an unsectarian college, 3523-25
Colleges in America, 4134
Colleges, mentioned, 31, 3220
Collegiate (Dutch) Church of New
York City; organized, (1628) 52; its first minister, Rev. Jonas Michaelius«, (1628-31) 59-68; its first consistory, 52, 54; under care of the consistory at Amsterdam, 66, 67; second minister, Rev. Everardus Bogardus, (1633-47) 81-84; first church building, 85- 86; Bogardus about to leave, an- other minister needed, (1635) 87; colonial churches under the care of Classis of Amsterdam, (1636) 88-98; Adam Roelands sent as schoolmaster, reader and chorister, (1639) 122; baptismal register, (1639) 123; first extant letter of the consistory, (Sept. 1641) 142, 148-49, 150; first extant letter of classis to the consistory of, (Apr. 1642) 150-51; classis defends Bogardus and exhorts him to cooperate with Megapolensis, the patroon's minister in Rens- selaerwyck, 151; second church
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building in the fort, (1642) 163- 66; Bogardus requested not to leave, (1646) 211; again, he re- quests permission to go to Holland to vindicate himself, (1647) 233, 238; his resignation and death by shipwreck, (1647) 216-18
Stuyvesant suggests improve· ments in church and school, 224; condition of the church, 228-29; third minister, Rev. John Backerus, (1647-49) 226, 232-37; Jan Stevensen, reader and school- master, (1642-48) 237; Peter Van der Linden succeeds him, 242; Rev. Backerus resigns, Rev. John Megapolensis succeeds him, (1649- 70) 253-54, 262-63, 268, 271; William Vestens succeeds as reader, schoolmaster and chorister, (1650) 268-71, 338; condition of the church, 256-57, 266-68, 275- 76, 284-86; a second minister needed, (1652) 302; Rev. Samuel Drisius appointed, 303-8; support of the church, 324-29; Hermanus Van Hoboocken succeeds as reader, schoolmaster and chorister, (1655) 336; religious condition of New Netherland, (1656) 341-42; Van Corlaer not allowed to teach school, (1658) 418, 419; a Latin school suggested with the ultimate hope of a college, (1658) 423, 431- 32, 442-44; schoolmaster Van Hoboocken discharged, (1660) 463; but appointed teacher at Stuyves- ant's Bouwerie, 522; Rev. Hen- ricus Selyns, pastor in Brooklyn, invited to officiate also at Stuy- vesant's Bouwerie, as an outstation of New Amsterdam, (1660), 474, 489; the church in the fort re- paired, (1662) 521; Rev. Samuel Megapolensis called as a colleague to his father and Domine Drisius,
a For fuller details concerning the history of this church, see the names of the respective ministers as they occur.
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Collegiate (Dutch) Church of New York City (continued)
(1662) 526-28, 531-33; his depar- ture for his field, (Jan. 1664) 541; subscriptions by the minis- ters, the deacons, and the mem- bers of the church for the defense of New Amsterdam, (1664) 541; secret instructions, as to religion, to Governor Nicolls, (1664) 544- 45; Rev. Henricus Selyns leaves his church in Brooklyn and Stuy- vesant's Bouwerie to return to Holland, (July 1664) 551; remon- strance of the citizens against Stuyvesant's determination to re- fuse to surrender to the English, (1664) 555-57; articles of sur- render ; privileges granted to the Dutch church, (1664) 557-59; Domine Drisius's letter to the classis informing them of the surrender, (Sept. 1664) 560-62
Selyns, of the Bouwerie and Brooklyn appears before the classis (Sept. 1664) 562, 568, 574; many members of the Dutch church re- fuse to swear allegiance to Great Britain except " conformably to the articles of surrender," (Oct. 1664) 563-65; a certain Rev. Matthias Nevius in New York at this time, (Feb. 1665) 573; the ministers blamed by the West India Company for advising the surrender, 574; the church's old graveyard, (1665) 574, see Burial places; the ministers vindicated for advising the surrender, 576-77; the city court elects churchmasters, (1666) 578, see Churchmasters; Megapolensis defends himself be- fore classis for advising the sur- render, the church has between 300 and 400 communicants, with three ministers, as colleagues, [Revs. John Megapolensis, Samuel Megapolensis, and Samuel Drisius] who supply also the neighboring villages, (Aug. 16, 1666) 579, 583-
Collegiate (Dutch) Church of New York City (continued)
84, 588-89; Rev. John Megapolen- sis is old and weak and his wife is ailing, 579; the company con- tinues to blame the ministers for the loss of the place, (1666) 585; the mayor and governor unite in suggesting means for the support of the city clergymen, (Feb. 1667) 586; the mayor and aldermen order the inhabitants to pay their church dues, (June 1667) 588; the ex-Dutch civil officials certify as to the Dutch loyalty of Domine Megapolensis at the surrender, and his proper conduct, (Aug. 1668) 593; a day of humiliation ap- pointed by Governor , Lovelace, (Sept. 8, 1668), 594-95; Domine Samuel Megapolensis desires to leave, on account of the smallness of the salary, the unpleasant man- ner of collecting it, the antici- pated changes in church govern- ment, and the extensiveness of his field, preaching in five places, (Sept. 7, 1668) 595-97, 600; Drisius describes the condition of the church and the amenities of the church services [with the English], (1668), 598; chorister Pietersen makes request for his salary, (Feb. 1669) 600; Domine John Megapolensis complains to classis that the company withholds 2000 guilders for salary due him, before the surrender, that they charge him with treachery, he doubts not classis has done its duty but he yet awaits an answer, his son Samuel, about to leave, will give a verbal account of the condition of the church; the people crowd the church but are not dis- posed to contribute (Apr. 1669) 601-3, 606; Rev. Samuel Mega- polensis appears before classis, tells of the deplorable condition of the church since the surrender, of the
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Collegiate (Dutch) Church of New York City (continued)
difficulties in raising the salary, desires a church in Holland, hands in a letter from his father allud- ing to the large arrearages due him, (July 1, 1669) 603-4, 606-7; Nicholas Governeur, son-in-law of Domine Drisius makes similar complaints in reference to arrear- ages due Drisius, asks classis to urge the company to pay, a com- mittee appointed to speak with in- dividual members of the company, (July 1669) 604; the company settles up in full with Domine Drisius, 605
The consistory writes to the classis, Domine John Megapolensis has died, Drisius is afflicted with a loss of memory, the church de- prived of services, seeks refuge in God and the classis, would be much pleased to have Domine Selyns, if not, desire classis to call for them a minister, (Jan. 24, 1670) 607-8, 612, 613; a similar letter written six months later, urges the sending of a minister, have kept up Sabbath services through the reading of a sermon by the chorister, Domine Polhemus preaches for them on Wednesdays, once a fortnight, the city authori- ties have secured an act from the governor, guaranteeing the salary, (June 5, 1670) 610, 615, 620; the text of the act, 611, 515, 620; classis expresses its sympathy at the death of Megapolensis and for the infirmity of Drisius ; commends the church for their zeal in so urgently seeking another minister, Selyns hesitates about accepting their call, the church needs a very able man, important for them to inform classis of the conditions of the call, (Sept. 10, 1670) 613-14; none of the candidates under charge of the classis, willing to
Collegiate (Dutch) Church of New York City (continued)
accept the call, (Dec. 9, 1670) 615; description of the city by Mon- tanus, 616; classis chooses Rev. William Van Nieuwenhuysen for the New York church, he accepts the call, examined and ordained, (Mar. 16, 1671) 616-17; meantime, Egidius Luyck conducts the serv- ices on Sunday afternoons and Domine Drisius in the forenoon, (Mar. 28, 1671) 617; still con- siderable arrears of salary, delin- quents must give written reasons therefor, (May 16, 1671) 618; general meeting called to consider the best way of raising the salary, (July 1671) 619-20; departure of Van Nieuwenhuysen for New York, (Aug. 1671) 620, 623; each church [the Lutheran and Reformed] must support its own poor (Dec. 1671) 621-22; the city court pays Egidius Luyck 400 guilders ($160) for his services, (Mar. 5, 1672) 623; the church in the fort to be repaired at the expense of the city, (Mar. 21, 1671) 623; the consistory thanks the classis for sending them a minister, his ar- rival (1672) 624; the church much pleased with his services, (spring of 1672) 624-25, 628; the con- sistory and pastor have come to an understanding about the salary, 1000 guilders, Holland currency, if paid in beavers, to be valued at six guilders each, if in silver money, according to Dutch values of silver, if in sewant, according to current rates of exchange,
(July 13, 1672) 625-26
Recapture of New York by the Dutch, (Aug. 1673) 628-29; all magistrates must be of the Re- formed religion, forms of the oaths to be taken, 630, 633-34, 640; ordinance for the better observance of the Sabbath, penalties for vio-
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Collegiate (Dutch) Church of New York City (continued)
lation, 633; the corporation of New Orange (New York) sends an ad- dress to the States-General re- specting the means for greater prosperity in New Netherland, (Sept. 8, 1673) 635-36; order for days of humiliation and thanks- giving on first Wednesday of each month, (Nov. 15, 1673) 637-38 ; valuation of the estates of the citi- zens, (Mar. 17, 1674) 641-43; the States-General order the restitu- tion of New Netherland to Great Britain, (Apr. 16, 1674) 645; the widow of Domine Megapolensis petitions the Dutch governor for arrearages of her husband's salary, and that of her son, (June 16, 1674) 647-48, 683, 686-87; com- mission of Andros to be governor of New York, (July 1, 1674) 648- 49; the Dutch church petitions the Dutch governor (Colve), for a deed for their church in the fort, deed given, (July 23, 1674) 649-50; Van Nieuwenhuysen writes to classis, Drisius had died just after having been appointed by Governor Lovelace to serve the English,ª his infirmities, Van Nieuwenhuysen is happy over the treaty of peace, but sorry for the resurrender to the English, the church flourishing ; between 400 and 500 members, 100 received during the writer's pastor- ate of two years, would be pleased to have a colleague, (July 26, 1674) 652-55, 664-65; acts of the state and church, in Holland, against the Labadists, to be re- corded in the books of the Col- legiate Church, (1674) 656-58, 675-76; conditions of the resur- render, (1674) 662; committee to welcome Governor Andros, (Nov.
Collegiate (Dutch) Church of New York City (continued)
3, 1674) 663; his proclamation confirming all rights and proper- ties, (Nov. 26, 1674) 663-64; classis congratulates Van Nieu- wenhuysen on his patriotism, on the prosperity of his church, (Dec. 9, 1674) 666-68; opposition of the Dutch to the form of oath required by the English, (March 16, 1675) 669-72; the governor commended by the Duke of York about his pro- ceedings concerning the oath, but cautioned not to be too severe, (Sept. 15, 1675) 677; Domine Van Nieuwenhuysen resists the en- croachments of Rev. Nicholas Van Rensselaer (ordained as an Angli- can) in the Dutch churches, (Sept. 1675) 678-82, 684-86; affidavits concerning the conduct of Rev. John Megapolensis at the sur- render, (Aug. 15, 1676) 687; Van Nieuwenhuysen writes to classis to send a minister to Long Island, in place of Polhemus, who has died, (Aug. 29, 1676) 688-89, 695; Van Nieuwenhuysen entertains Van
Zuuren (minister for Long Island) for a fortnight, 'on his arrival, (Sept. 30, 1677) 699; report of Governor Andros on the subject of religion, (1678) 708-9; Van Nieu- wenhuysen criticized by Van Zuuren in reference to his statements re- garding the values of the cur- rencies in which his salary was to be paid, Van Nieuwenhuysen's sal- ary, (1678) 713, 716, 717, 721; Chaplain Woolley's account of the relations of the Reformed and Lutheran ministersb to each other. (1678) 720; Van Nieuwenhuysen and the other Dutch ministers,c on the request of Governor Andros, meet as a classis and ordain Peter
a This probably means the English troops. We have no names of the chaplains for fourteen years after the English conquest.
b Domine Van Nieuwenhuysen, and Domine Arensius.
c Van Zuuren, Van Gaasbeeck and Schaats.
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