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a These were Revs. Symon Smith and Edmund Mott.
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Erickzon, Rev. Rhinehart (continued)
classis, giving a review of his life, 3932, 3935-39; deposed by the coetus, 3948; allusions, 3811, 3848- 49, 3865, 3974
Ernden, East Friesland, see Embden, East Friesland
Ernest, Matthew, 3123, 3146
Esause, Rev. Frans, 40
Esopus, see Kingston, N. Y.
Esopus circle (circuit, ring), 3550
Esopus as a district, 3611
Essaeus, H., printer at Dordrecht, (1645) 69
Essel, Lord of, see Van der Capellen Essex county, N. J., 968 Established church, none in the United States, (1787) 4346, 4360
Establishment of the Church of Eng- land, in England, 3429; its non- establishment in New York, 3427- 32
Estiaghicks, an Indian, 1379
Eternal generation of Christ, 3835, 3902, 3936
Evacuation day, (1783) 4332
Evangelical Reformed church of New York, see German Reformed church of New York
Evangelick, the word liberally de- fined by the Catholic Elector Pala- tine, signifying "Lutheran and Reformed Calvinist," (1707) 1679 Evangelists, 4063
Evans, Rev. Evan, allusion, (1705) 1589; chaplain on two guard ships, Philadelphia, (1709) 1810; rector in Philadelphia, 1809-10, 1896;a about to sail for England, (1705) Evans, Captain and Colonel John, 1227, 1245, 1284, 1286, 1296, 1313, 1315, 1405; had received an ex- travagant grant of land, of 300,000 acres, from Governor Fletcher, (1703) 1568; on the west side of the Hudson, its extent, 40 x 20 miles, (1707) 1685, 2193; another piece in Manhattan, adjacent to the King's Farm, 1685
Eve, 509
Everett, John, 1585, 2136
Everett, Richard, 497-99
Everitt, Clear, 4276 Eversdyck (Eversdijk), Rev. Daniel, 1287, 1296, 1345
Evertsen, Arent, 401. See also Pieter- sen, Evert
Evertsen, Cornelis (Evertse), jr, Com- mander of Dutch fleet which cap- tured New York in 1673, 631, 633- 35, 671
Evertsen, Jan, 363, 401 Everybody, John, 794
Evetts, James, 1133-35, 1139, 1148, 1176, 1178, 1180
"Examination and Confession," a work by Rev. John Megapolensis, 276
Examinations and early ordinations in the Reformed Dutch church in America, Peter Tesschenmaker, (1679) "24; Paulus Van Vleck, (1712) 1957; John Van Driessen, (1727) 2389; John Philip Boehm, (1729) 2440; John Schuyler, (1736) 2675; John Henry Goet- schius, (1737) 2684; Johannes C. Fryenmoet, (1737) 2801, 2862-64; students ordained by the coetus, Benjamin Van der Linde, (1748) 3002; John Leydt, (1748) 3002; John H. Goetschius, reordained, (1748) 3028-29; Samuel Verbryck (1749) 3100; David Marinus, (1752) 3164; ordinations by the American Classis, Henricus Fre- linghuysen, (1755) 3553; John M. Goetschius, (1757) 3709; Jacob R. Hardenbergh, (1758) 3718-22; Johannes Barcolo, (1758) 3720; Jacobus Van Nest, (1758) 3720; Henricus Schoonmaker, (1763), Benjamin Du Bois, (1764), Mar- tinus Schoonmaker, (1765), Garret Lydekker, (1765) 3926, Theodoric Romeyn, (1766) 4074, see under these respective names; the right to perform granted to the American
a He was rector in Philadelphia 1700-16; then at Oxford and Radner, 1716-18; died in Maryland, 1721.
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Examinations and early ordinations (continued)
church, (1771) 4214, 4216, (1784) 4323. See also names in Corwin's Manual of 1902, edition 4
Examiner examined, by Rev. Gilbert Tennent, 2746
Exchange, rates of, 713-19, 721-22. See also Currency
Excommunication (Ban), (1619) 4225; of members by Rev. T. J. Frelinghuysen, (1723-33) allu- sions, 2203, 2207, 2211, 2253, 2278- S0, 2290-91, 2307, 2310, 2323, 2355, 2404, 2413-15, 2417-18, 2422, 2446- 47, 2459-64, 2520, 2536, 2539, 2542- 43, 2559, 2566, 2571, 2609, 2613, 2638, 2653, 2661. See also Gras- mere
Exegetical theology, 4129, 4134 Exile of Protestants during Leisler's administration, (1689-91) 1014 Experimental divinity, 3048
Explanatory articles of church gov- ernment, (1791) 4363-64, (1792) 4365, 4367, 4370
Exports, (1702) 1591
Extracts, relating to the colonial churches, in the minutes of the synods, must be so indexed as to be readily found, (1631) 81; ex- tracts from the letters from New Netherland begin to be read in synod, (1685) 425
Extraordinary meeting of general assembly (body or synod), 4282 Eychenberg, Martinus, 2641 Eyers, John Michael, 2187 Eyers, Rev. Nicholas, a Baptist preacher in New York City, pro- tected by Governor Burnet, (1721) 2187
Eyles, Francis, 1788 Eyre, Robert, 1746, 1752 Faber, Mr, 3083
Fabritius, Annettie Cornelis, 640-41 Fabritius (Fabricius), Rev. Jacobus, (Lutheran), arrives in New York, (1668) 3890, (1669) 602, 607; goes to Delaware, (1670) 607, 609;
Fabritius (Fabricius), (continued)
permitted to preach a farewell ser- mon in New York, and install his successor [Arensius], (Aug. 1671) 621; suspended from ministerial functions for a year by the civil authority, (1674) 640-41; troubles with his wife, 641; is refused per- mission to baptize, (1674) 645; is fined, 649; is involved in a riot in Delaware, 673-75; further com- plaints against him, is suspended from the ministry, (1675) 676-77 Facsimiles of Dutch letters, of pages 66-68, of letter of Michaelius, (1628) 336; of pages 1281-82, of letter of Selyns, (1698) 684; of the address of same letter, (1698) 540
Fagel, commissioner, 1126
Fagg, Rev. Dr John G., revised Murphy's translation of the letter of Michaelius, (1628) 49; the re- vised translation, 49-68 (See Year Book of Collegiate Church (1896), page 292, for facsimile of the en- tire letter)
Fairfield (Gansegat), Essex county, N. J., 3088, 3822, 3827, 3950
Falckner Swamp, Pa., 2425, 2429, 2437-38, 2442, 2478, 2482, 2484, 2487, 2708
Falconberg, see Fauconberg
Falconer, a ship, 255
Falcounier, see Fauconnier
Falkner, William, 1788 Falls of St Mary, 1379
Falls of the Delaware, (Trenton), 627 Falmouth, England, 167 Falmouth, Viscount, 4098
False preaching, Domine Van Rens- selaer accused of, 691
Family visitation, (1771) 4200
Family worship, 3209, (1800) 4385- 86
Fanatics, 3904
Faneuil, Captain Benjamin, 1698-99
Farrington, Edward, 413, 414
Farrington, John, 932
Farwell, a notorious criminal at Boston, (1689) 989
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Fasting and prayer, appointed,
(1778) 4302, 4307, (1785) 4329, (1792) 4364
Fast and thanksgiving days, (1619) 4224; for peace with the Indians, (Aug. 31, 1745) 192; day of prayer proclaimed, (Mar. 13, 1658) 414, 419; day of general fasting and prayer for the sins of the land, (Oct. 15, 1659) 451-53; after the Indian massacre at Eso- pus, (Mar. 24, 1660) 468-69; first Wednesday of each month to be observed as a fast day, (July 1663-June 1664) 545-50; because of the great comet of 1680, (Jan. 12, 1680) 758-59; in acknowledg- ment of blessings, (Dec. 31, 1682) 842; a monthly fast proposed by the Assembly, (Sept. 1691-June 1692) 1025-26, 1094; a day of fasting proclaimed by Bellomont because of the factions in the province, (Oct. 1698) 1263. See also Thanksgiving days
Fauconberg (Falconberg, Faucon- bery), [Thomas Belayse, 2d] Vis- count, 894, 961, 1002
Fauconnier (Falcounier, Valkenier) , Peter, 1616-17
Faukelius, Rev. Hermanus, (1619) 4226
Feaks (Feake), Tobias, banished for harboring Quakers, (1658) 413-15 Feast days, see Festive days
Federation of American Dutch churches and the Church of Hol- land, proposed (1765) 3972, 3995 Feek, Jacob, 3098
Fees for burials, 2492-93
Fees for examinations before the coetus, 2976
Fehling, He[i]nrich, 3162
Fehling, Johannes, 3162
Fell, Thomas, 2024-25
Feltman, Mr, 4135
Fenn, Benjamin, 511, 518
Ferris, Jeffrey, 365
Ferris, Peter, offers to buy, of the Dutch church, the manor of Ford- ham, 3085
Festival days, 487-88, 2046, 2338, 2744, 3200, 3305, 3446, 3984, 4146, 4371
Fetter Lane, London, 2852
Fetz, Johannes, 3107
Feudatory principalities, 1081
Fido, Richard, 464
Fiegenheim, Christoph, 4240
Field (Feild), Antonie, 413
Field, Robert, sr, 413
Field, Robert, jr, 413
Filipzen, Frederick, see Philipse, Frederic
Filkin (s) (Felkins), Henry, 1885-86, 2851
Finch, John, 365
Finch, Mr, member of the House of Commons, 1725, 1727, 1833, 1835 Findlater and Seafield, Earl of, see Ogilvy, James Fines, for holding conventicles, (1656) 344, 362; for harboring Quakers, (1658, 1661) 415, 497; for refusing to pay minister's sal- ary, (1658) 420; for breaking the Sabbath, (1661) 512, 518; for vio- lent conduct, (1662) 521, 801, 871, 932; of officials, for refusing to enforce the ministry act for the benefit of Anglicans, (1705) 1595; for profanity, 1710; unjust fines, 2128; to members of consistory, 4199
Finley, Rev. Samuel, 2746, 2871 Fins, 395, 674, 676
Fires, in New York City, (1741) 2751, 2757-58, 2763
" First Truths," in Negro-English, by Domine De Ronde, (1749) 3110 Fish, Samuel, 2376
Fisher (Visser, Fisser), Hendrick, signs second citation to opponents of Frelinghuysen, although only a deacon, (1723) 2211; opposition to his election as a deacon, 2249- 50, 2256-57; testifies that Domine Boel came to Raritan to mislead the people, 2272; sought to con- vince the opponents by publica- tions and letters, 2305; is included in the "Complaint " against Fre-
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Fisher ( Visser, Fisser), Hendrick, (continued)
linghuysen, 2317, 2322, 2353, 2384, 2570, 2708, 3001, 3003, 3012, 3027- 28, 3035, 3087-88, 3098, 3132, 3174, 3223, 3234, 3287, 3288, 3382, 3413, 3417, 3421, 3440, 3443, 3471, 3490,
3491, 3547, 3598-99, 3737, 3739,
3745, 3925, 4085, 4211-12, 4243, 4246, 4274
Fisher, Johannes, a Palatine, 2122, 2144
Fisher, John, 3071
Fisher, Maria Barbara, 2144
Fisher, William, 684
Fishkill (Fish Creek, Vischkil),
N. Y., writes to certain parties in Amsterdam for a minister, (1730) 2497, 2521; writes also to classis, 2503-5; response of classis, 2533- 34; petitions governor to be al- lowed to erect a church, 2534-35; Rev. Cornelis Van Schie called, ex- amined and ordained, (1731) 2545- 46; letter from classis to the church, 2546-47; the church in- forms the classis of their arrange- ments with Van Schie, 2557-58; allusion, 2532; the church thanks the classis, (Apr. 1732) 2581-82; allusions, 2842, 2883, 2897; com- missioners invite Meynema to set- tle at Fishkill, (1745) 2869; ac- cepts call, and is installed by classis, 2871-72, 2876; the church of New York requests him and his elder to attend the first coetus, (1747) 2960; allusions, 2883-84, 3082, 3084, 3100, 3134, 3179, 3287, 3416; consistory makes complaint against Meynema, (1754) 3491, 3641; allusions, 3550, 3598, 3601- 2, (1758) 3721, 3875; calls Rys- dyck, (1765) 3983, 4000; allusions, 3903, 3926-28, 3932, 3949-51, 3962, 3972, 3989, 3996, 4012, 4080, 4204, 4211, 4243, 4246, 4248, 4254,
(1776) 4290, 4295, (1784) 4318, (1800) 4383, 4388
Fitch, Samuel, 2131, 2136
Fits, Rev. [Hugo], Presbyterian min-
ister at Amsterdam, 1351, 1360-61 Fitz, Captain, of Connecticut, 973 Fitzherbert, William, one of the Lords of Trade, 4067, 4096 Five Nations, the, French fathers had lived among them for twenty or twenty-five years, (1684) 879, 919; correspondence concerning, be- tween the governors of Canada and New York, 939-42, 945-46; confer- ence with Governor Sloughter, (1691) 1019-20; correspondence be- tween the Catholic fathers, Gover- nor Fletcher and Dellius, concern- ing, (1693) 1067-70, 1093-98, (1695) 1122-23; their friendship to be retained by gifts, 1166; treaties with, 1169-70; report of the Lords of Trade concerning, 1174; allu- sions, 1181-82; report of commis- sion to Fletcher, concerning, (1697) 1215-16; Bellomont's com- mission on, (1698) 1222-29; his reports on, 1240-41, 1244-45 (1699) 1288-90; his instructions to a com- mission on, 1302-3; refutation of his charges against Dellius, 1309; allusions, 1333-34; report of com- mission on, (1700) 1358-59; mis- sionaries needed for, 1367, 1390, 1392-94; allusions, 1426-27, 1432; two missionaries to [Smith and Moore], (1702) 1495; conference with Cornbury, (1703) 1520; three more missionaries needed for, (1704) 1555; allusions, (1709) 1738, (1724) 2233-34, 3107. See also Indians, Jesuit missions Flag, the Dutch, 311
Flanders (Vlaenderen), an ordained minister to be sent to the perse- cuted of, (1629) 76; the French have taken several towns in, (1667) 590; allusions, (1674) 656- 58, 823, 876, 907, (1707) 1675 Flatbush (Midwout), L. I., founding of, (1652) 314; directors willing to send a minister to Long Island, (1654) 322; a church to be built
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Flatbush (Midwout) (continued) there, (1654) 332-33; arrival of Polhemus, 335; allusions, 502, 529, 543, 756, 758, 769, 772, 774, 776, 782, 787, 790, 795, 806, 819, 887, 907, 968, 1064, 1108, 1118-19, 1130, 1197-99, 1208, 1231, 1258, 1269- 70, 1338, 4248, 4261, (1776) 4292, (1784) 4317, (1800) 4387. See also Antonides; Arondeus; Curte- nius; Freeman; Kings county, L. I .; Lowe; Lupardus; Polhemus; Rubel; Schoonmaker, M .; Van Sin- derin; Van Zuuren; Varick
Flatlands (Amersfoort), L. I., allu- sions, 339, 758, 1064, 1118-19, 1130, 1197-99, 1208, 1231, 1269, 4317, 4387; unites with Flatbush in seeking to support Domine Polhe- mus, 339. See also Kings county, and the same names of ministers as in Flatbush
Flats, The, see Rhinebeck, Herkimer Fleet street, London, 509
Fletcher, Benjamin, governor of New York, (Aug. 1692-Mar. 1698), his administration, 1041-1221; his instructions, (Mar. 7, 1692) 1033- 34; his commission, (Mar. 18, 1692) 1036-37; further instruc- tions, (Oct. 28, 1692) 1045-46; his arrival, (Oct. 1692) 1042, 1048- 49; suggests to the Assembly that provision be made for the support of the ministry and the observance of the Sabbath, (Oct. 24, 1692) 1045; repeats the suggestion, (Mar. 22, 1693) 1048; befriends Domine Varick from the effects of the Leisler troubles, 1050-51; again suggests a ministry bill (Apr. 10, 1693) 1054; Warner Wessels petitions him to be allowed to raise funds to redeem his son from Turkish captivity, (June 1693) 1061; proclamation for this pur- pose, with amounts raised, 1061- 65; receives letter from Major Peter Schuyler about Jesuit in- trigues among the Five Nations,
Fletcher, Benjamin (continued)
1068; warns the Indians against the Jesuits, 1070; again recom- mends a ministry bill, (Sept. 12, 1693) 1073-74; the bill passed, text of the bill, 1074-79; all the Assembly but one, were dissenters, 1909, 2016; the governor proposes an amendment to the bill, rejected, 1074-75; his angry speech, 1075- 76; his ambiguous report of it to the Lords of Trade, 1084; proposes that the Assembly rebuild the Anglican chapel (the old Dutch Church) in the fort (Dec. 1693), the Assembly evades a direct answer, 1090-91; receives letters from Domine Dellius about Jesuit influence among the Onondagas, 1093-98; another letter from Major Schuyler on Jesuit influence, 1098; first civil vestry under the minis- try bill, (1694) 1092, 1101-2, 1108; second civil vestry, governor threatens to sue them, if they do not call a minister; invitation to Mr Vesey on a minority vote; nothing accomplished, (1695) 1112; the builder of the Anglican chapel petitions for his money, (Mar. 14, 1695) 1113; the governor rebukes the Assembly for declaring that a dissenter might be called, (Apr. 13, 1695) 1114-15; the consistory of the Dutch church earnestly peti- tion for a charter, (Apr. 18, 1695) 1116; the churches of Kings county notify the governor of their inten- tion to call another minister, 1119, 1121, 1122; Domine Dellius again writes to the governor about the Jesuits and the Indians, (May 24, 1695) 1122-23; Peter De la Noy describes the governor's vain and avaricious character and his friend- ship, for pirates, asks for his re- moval, (June 13, 1695) 1124-26; the consistory of the Dutch church renew their petition for a charter, (June 19, 1695) 1127-28; law
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Fletcher, Benjamin (continued)
against the profanation of the Sabbath, (Oct. 16, 1695) 1130; petition of certain Episcopalians to be allowed to raise money to buy land for an Anglican church, (Mar. 19, 1696) 1134; the governor again appeals to the Assembly to pay for the Anglican chapel, refused, (Apr. 7, 1696) 1135; signs a charter for the Dutch church of New York City giving them complete inde- pendence in all their church af- fairs, (May 11, 1696) 1136-65, 1165-70, 1172, 1183, 1188; £1000 to be laid out in presents to secure the friendship of the Indians to the English, (May 11, 1696) 1166; the governor appoints a day of thanksgiving for the king's de- liverance from conspiracies, 1166; issues a proclamation for collection of funds to build Trinity Church, (July 23, 1696) 1168; report on these funds, 1180-81; Dutch church gives the governor a present of silver plate, worth £80 in lieu of a fee, for signing their charter, (July 26, 1696) 1168-69; commissions Dellius and others to make a treaty with the Five Nations, ( Aug. 1696) 1166, 1169, 1174, 1181-82, 1215; desides Mr. Vesey for rector of Trinity Church, 1175; call of Mr Vesey by the civil vestry, (Nov. 2, 1696) 1174-76; the French of New Rochelle petition the governor for help, 1177; the managers of the Church of England petition the governor for a charter, granted, (May 6, 1697) 1178-79; the text of the charter, 1136-65; Trinity Church petitions for the money col- lected to redeem Turkish captives, granted, (Aug. 6, 1697) 1187, 1216-17; receives letter from Del- lius, Schuyler and Wessels about the treaty with the Indians, 1215; inducts Mr Vesey into the rector- ship of Trinity Church, the exer- cises held in the Dutch church,
Fletcher, Benjamin (continued)
(Dec. 25, 1697) 1218-19; presents him as the rector, at the opening of Trinity Church, (Mar. 1698) 1220-21; leases the King's Farm to Trinity Church, 2041
Charged by his successor, Bello- mont, with antagonizing the Dutch and English elements, (June 22, 1698) 1225, 1592; allusions, 1240- 41, 1246, 1263, 1274; with mak- ing extravagant grants of land, 1227, 1262, 1684-88, 2106; heads of complaints against Fletcher, 1277- 78; his answer, in part, 1282-83; reply of Colonel Weaver thereto, (Jan. 9, 1699) 1283-84; further references to charges against him, 1285-86, 1288-90; efforts to break his grants of land, 1292; allu- sions, 1296, 1298, 1302, 1311-16, 1329-30, 1334, 1339, 1351-53, 1365, 1401-2, 1419, 1421, 1430-31, 1433, 1437, 1439, 1441-42, 2053, 2193-94, 3452
Flipsen (Fflipsen, Flypse), Frederick, 963. See also Philipse, Frederic Floor, Rev. Theodore, 3160 Flower of Gelder, a ship, 309
Floyd, Richard, 2141-43
Flushing, Holland, see Vlissingen Flushing (Vlissingen), L. I., peti- tions for a minister, (1648) 226; Baptist conventicles, (1656) 361; Rev. Francis Doughty, Presbyterian minister there, (1656) 410, 600; inhabitants remonstrate against the law prohibiting conventicles and Quakers, (1658) 412-15; a cobbler from Rhode Island preaches there and is banished the province, 426; Quakers at, 496; most of the in- habitants Quakers, their meet- ings prohibited, 526-27; allusions, 633, 933, 968; Rev. George Keith, Anglican, preaches there and is abused by the Quakers, (1702) 1512; the place stocked with Quak- ers (1704) 1553, 1558; an An- glican church there, served occa- sionally by Rev. Thomas Poyer,
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Flushing (Vlissingen) (continued)
2231, 2547, 2668, 2856; an Angli- can church erected there, 2923-24, 3056, 3452, 3745, 3799, 3804, 3863, (1770) 4180, 4325
Foering, Rev. Christian Frederick, to be examined for licensure, (1769) 4167; licensed, serves the German churches of Germantown, Witpen and Worchester, Pa., (1770) 4189; called to New York, (1772) 4239- 40, 4242-43, 4246, 4271-72; called to Millstone, N. J., (1774) 4279- 80
Foley, Thomas, 1971
Folkertsen (Volkertsen), Folkert
(Volkert), 2784, 2788-89, 2804-5, 2876, 2894, 2899, 3023-24, 3074, 3080, 3331, 3618, 3733
Folkertsen, Nicholas, 3178, 3331, 3538, 3616
Fonda, Abraham, 4365
Fonda, Douw J., 1306
Fonda's Bush, Fulton county, N. Y., 4383
Fonteyn, Mr, 831
Fontye (La Fontye), Mrs, 2221
Foot stoves, 4079
Ford, Jacob, 4046
Ford (Foard), John, 413
Fordham (Fourdam), Rev. Jonah, 523
Fordham, Rev. Robert, 391
Fordham, Manor of, prelegacy by Cornelius Steenwyck of his Manor of Fordham to the Collegiate Church of New York, (Nov. 20, 1684) 888-89; transfer of said manor to the overseers of said church (Sept. 16, 1685) 889-90; thankful acceptance of, after the executrix has maintained her right to the title, (Sept. 16, 1685) 890; consistory orders that the deacons must not henceforth alienate or sell any real estate without the counsel and determination of the minister and elders, (Mar. 13, 1685) 897-98; Domine Selyns, hav- ing lost his wife (Mar. 1686), mar-
Fordham, Manor of (continued)
ries Mrs Cornelius Steenwyck,a executrix of her late husband, (1687) 948, 957; importance of in- corporation for the church, (1688) 952, see Church charters; the con- sistory requests Domine Selyns and wife to defend the rights of the church to the manor, will repay all expenses, (Oct. 30, 1688) 960; the lands of the manor seized, and re- tained by a suit, expenses to the church, £1200, consistory begins a suit for their recovery, (Mar. 9, 1692) 1035; Domine Selyns and wife convey the Manor of Fordham to the overseers of the Dutch church of the city of New York, (Jan. 1, 1595) 1109-12; only mem- bers of the church shall be commis- sioned to lay out or lease lands in the manor, (Apr. 18, 1695) 1116- 17; the manor referred to in the final petition for a charter (June 19, 1695) 1127-28; referred to in the charter, (May 11, 1696) 1138- 39, 1169; the churchmasters the committee to lease farms on the manor, (Oct. 27, 1698) 1263; quit- rents due the king, from the manor, paid in full, (May 17, 1699) 1338; leases on the manor, (June 25, 1718) 2121; certain seizures of parts of the manor, (Apr. 16, 1722) 2189; back quitrents demanded, certain answers required by the court of chancery, (Apr. 14, 1724) 2216; claims of Lewis Morris on the manor, committee appointed to defend the claims of the church, (May 7, 1724) 2217; this commit- mittee to record all papers relating to the manor, (Aug. 9, 1724) 2221; allusions, 2225, 2227; quitrents to the king again demanded; resolve to pay them to avoid trouble, (Feb. 19, 20, 1725) 2242-43; offer of al- leged claimants to parts of the manor, to renounce all claims, if the consistory would allow them to
a This marriage occurred October 20, 1686.
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Fordham, Manor of (continued)
see a former alleged renunciation, this will be shown to a properly accredited person, (Feb. 28, 1725) 2243; all costs accruing from the lawsuit, paid, (Mar. 8, 1725) 2294
A committee appointed to obtain full information about every farm on the manor that the leases may be regulated to the advantage of the church, (June 7, 1725) 2309; a committee appointed to finish all unsettled matters with the lessees of the manor, and make an exact statement of their leases, also to settle with those now living on the manor, (July 13, 1726) 2357-58; further difficulties with the lessees, their taxes temporarily paid by the consistory, (Sept. 22, 1726) 2360; lessees must sign the lease just as written, the lessees must pay the taxes, (Feb. 20, 1728) 2400-1; al- lusion to, 2600, 2722, 2769-70; the consistory agrees to pay the taxes of Westchester county, on the manor, (Dec. 19, 1732) 2615; fur- ther action about certain leases, consistory sells a farm of 40 acres on the manor to cancel certain claims, (May 28, 1733) 2624-25, 2627; certain reports and adjust- ments, (Aug. 21, 1733) 2629; Ger- ardus Beekman made overseer of the manor, must demand all arrear- ages of rent under threat of legal action, (Mar. 21, 1734) 2641; ac- tion taken to recover land on the manor, taken possession of by Colonel Morris, (Dec. 13, 1736) 2677; repairs of the church on the manor, consistory gives £10, Philip Van Cortlandt £5, the son of De Gree can not have the place of his father, on the manor, (Apr. 28, 1741) 2753-54; final settlement of the church with the estate of Mrs Selyns, items about the manor, (July 23, 1741) 2761-63, see also 1964; the overseer of the manor, Gerar- dus Beekman, directed to collect ar-
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rearages of rent of tenants on the manor, or advertise the farms to let, (Apr. 29, 1742) 2755; leases, arrearages of rent, (May 7, 1742) 2776; tenants and the use of the " commons," rules for the govern- ment of the manor, Mr Abel Har- denbrook appointed overseer, in place of Gerardus Beekman, de- ceased, his instructions, also over- seer of the Harpending lots in the city, all moneys from the manor to be paid to the elders, the over- seer's commission to be 16 pence a pound, and 10 shillings a trip to the manor, (Mar. 11, 1743) 2793- 95; leases, (Mar. 22, 1743) 2795- 96, (Apr. 11, 1643) 2797; commit- tee appointed to visit the manor with the overseer, and report to the consistory, arrangements with ten- ants, the blacksmith to be allowed to use fallen trees to make char- coal for his own use, (Mar. 15, 1744) 2834; report of the commit- tee on the manor, additions to be made to the farm of Jacob Lent for the good of the church, (Apr. 9, 1744) 2835; a map of the whole manor to be made on parchment, arrangements with lessees, (Apr. 24, 1744) 2837; committee ap- pointed to go with Hardenbrook, the overseer, to settle a cer- tain dispute, (June 29, 1747) 2961; charges made that Peter De Lancey had cut 30 oak trees on the manor, wherewith to build a house, committee appointed to investigate, the schoolmaster on the manor to repair his house, the consistory bearing half the expense, (Aug. 10, 1747) 2969; rents fixed for each farm on the manor, a specimen lease presented and approved, farms to be leased for seven years with privilege of renewal for same term, if stipulations are fulfilled, the specimen lease to be printed, (May 12, 1748) 3013-14
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