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Jesuits, law against, (Aug. 9, 1700) 1013, 1368-70
Jews, allusions, 77, 171, 223, 487, 709, 830, 852, 880; their license for business in Brazil, opposed, (1646) 195, 204; arrival of, in New York, (1655) 335-36; per- mitted to live and trade in New York, (1655) 338; exempted from military service, but to be taxed, 340; about to erect a synagogue, (1656) 348-49; Stuyvesant re- buked for forbidding, 352; petition of Jacob Cohn Hendricus to open a bakery, denied, (1657) 375; Asser Levy not to be admitted as a burgher, 375; contributed to- ward finishing the steeple of
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Jews (continued)
Trinity Church, (1396) 1168; pe- tition of Abraham De Lucena, minister, to be exempted from civil and military duty, (1710) 1865; burial ground of, 1865-66; Samuel Isaacs petitions for nat- uralization, (1770) 4179; allusion to " Joode Straat," 2477, 2615
Jogues, Father Isaac, a Jesuit mis- sionary in central New York, (1642) 166-67; made a prisoner by the Mohawks, 166-67, 436; es- capes to the Dutch at Fort Orange, 166-67, 436; ransomed by the Dutch, 166-67, 436; visits New Amsterdam and writes a descrip- tion of the same, 166-67; is kindly treated by Kieft and given a free passage to Europe, 166-67, 214, 436-37; is shipwrecked on the coast of England, finally reaches France, 167-68; revisits Canada, (1646) 166, 214, 437; revisits Fort Orange, 214; returns to the Mo- hawks in central New York and is killed, (1646) 166, 215, 437; the Indians present his missal, breviary and clothing to Domine Megapolensis, 437
Johannes, Hendrickje, 703 Johannis, Rev. Nicholas, 83
Johanus, an Indian, 2634
John, an Indian interpreter for the Moravians, 2852-53
Johns, (Johnz), Dirck, 520
Johnson, Edward, of Tuscarora, 3840 Johnson, Colonel Guy, 3667; confer- ence with the Six Nations, (1775) 4284
Johnson, Rev. Jacob W., 4137-38 Johnson, John, M. D., mayor of New York, (1709) 1811; member of the Council, (1715) 2097, 2106 Johnson, Rev. John B., (1800) 4388 Johnson, Myndert, (1762) 3840 Johnson, Samuel, lends money to Collegiate Church, (1768) 4136 Johnson, Rev. Dr Samuel, letter to archbishop of Canterbury, (June
Johnson, Rev. Dr Samuel (cont'd)
29, 1753) 3388-89; the church and the college, 3483-85; letter from Bishop Sherlock to, (Oct. 20, 1754) 3502; writes to Bishop Secker, (Oct. 25, 1754) 3503; to Dr Herring, archbishop of
Canterbury, (Oct. 25, 1755)
3504-5; sketch
of his life,
3514-15; invited to become presi- dent of Kings College and assistant rector in Trinity Church, 3516-18; an Arminian in theology, 3519; allusions, 3516, 3556-57; his cor- respondence with Archbishop Secker, (1761) 3803, (1762) 3816- 17, 3833-34, (1763) 3841, 3864-65, 3887-90, 3909-10, 3912, 4185, 4186; resigns presidency of Kings Col- lege to Rev. Myles Cooper, (1763) 4186-87
Johnson, Simon, 3556-57, 3677, 3830, 3841, 3853, 3872, 3900, 3912, 3922, 3934, 3968, 4085; gives a clock for tower of North Church, (1770) 4185, 4209
Johnson, Thomas, 1441
Johnson, Sir William, 3086, 3402, 3650, 3813, 3840; urges the neces- sity of missionaries for the In- dians, (1763) 3901, 3911-12, 3969-70, 4026, 4077, 4085, 4090, 4110, 4137-38, 4173-74; makes treaty with the Indians, (1770) 4187-88
Johnson, William Samuel, son of Rev. Dr Samuel Johnson, 3483 Johnston, Rev. Andrew, 2742 Johnstown, N. Y., Anglican church at, (1776) 4299 Jolliffe, W[illiam], member of the Board of Trade, 4186
Jonah, an Indian, 3400 Jonathan, Philip, 3969 Jonckbloet, [Willem Jozef Andreas], author of a history of Dutch litera- ture, 71
Jones, Rev. Eliphalet, (1682) 813-14a
a Pastor at Huntington, L. I., 1676-1731.
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Jones, Rev. John, although a dis- senter, secures the plot of land, at Bedford, set apart for a minister, (1705) 1588, 1612
Jones, Rev. Morgan, Congregational- ist, pastor on Staten Island, to be paid by town rates, (1682) 815; people at Madnan's Neck petition for his services, 844, 846-47 Jones, Richard, 998
Jones, Thomas, a justice at Jamaica, (1710) 1846
Jongh (Lodewyck), 419, 420
Joode straat (Jew street), New York City, 2477, 2615
Joost, baes, 458
Joosten, Jan, (1674) 643, 684, 697- 98
Joosten, Simon, (1658) 420
Joosten (Joosting), Rev. (1762) 3832
Joseph, an Indian, 1122-23, 1241, 1283, 1285, 1318-19, 1328
Jouneau, Abraham, 1699
Jourdain, W., 1322
Judges, to be of the Reformed re- ligion, (1661) 503
Judicatories, superior church, 4212- 14
Jufvro[u]wen (ministers' wives), 2866
Jülich (Gulick, Juliers, Julius), Palatinate, 1600, 1675, 1678, 1782; churches of, 2401
Junius, Rev. Alexander, expelled from Ireland, (1634) 174
Junius, Rev. Johannes, minister at Amsterdam, 2330-31, 2475, 2600
Junius, Rev. John, minister at Assen- delft, (1621) 33
Junius, Rev., (1764) 3935
Jurian, Gerbrand, 4211
Jurian, an Indian, 1068-69
Juriansen, Lysbeth, widow of Isaac Greveraet, married Domine Sam- uel Drisius, 308
Jus Patronatus, 419, 583
Justices in Kings county, petitions against, (1719) 2129
Justices, suspended by Bellomont, 1345
Juthory, an Indian, 1182
Kachannage, 1374-75
Kagnawage, see Caghnawaga
Kajana, 492. See also Guiana
Kajingehaga (Kayingehaga) , an
Indian, 321, 436
Kakiat, see New Hempstead, N. Y. Kalde, Rev., of South Africa, 1701 Kalkoen, Rev. Johannes, at Amster-
dam, 3923-24, 3974-75, 3990, 3996, 4005, 4009, 4020, 4026, 4030, 4053, 4056, 4058, 4087 Kallier, Magdalen, a. Lutheran woman, (1658) 430
Kalm, Professor [Peter], description of the churches of New York and Albany, (1748) 3025-26, 4366
Kals, Rev. William, 2642, 2652, 2662, 3928, 4038
Kalverslager (Calverslager), Rev., 3182-83, 3289-90, 3296
Kamp, see Camp
Kanack-Konje, 1182
Kanassoor, 1097
an Indian messenger,
Kannestaly, see Schenectady
Kanojoharie, see Canajoharie
Kanosadaga, see Canossadaga
Kantwell, see Cantwell
Karighistes, an Indian, 1096
Kater (Keter), Nicklas, 3621, 4074
Kathore, Daniel, elder of Reformed German church of New York, (1772) 4240
Katskill, 2601. See also Catskill
Kay (Kaay, Raay), Jacob Teunisse, (1670) 608, 611, (1674) 643, 762, 819
Kayenquiragoe, Indian name given to Governor Fletcher, 1124
Keetel, Jeremiah, 684
Keis, John, 1393
Keith, Rev. George, 1438; visits America in the interests of the Anglican church, (1702) 1491; meets with the first Anglican con-
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Keith, Rev. George (continued)
vention, 1507; preaches in Trinity Church, dines with Governor Corn- bury, praises Rev. Mr Vesey, 1508, 1512; his letter to S. P. G., pros- perity of Trinity Church, abused by Quakers at Flushing, 1512; two of his sermons published, 1550; preaches at Hempstead and in other places, 1554; allusion, (1709) 1741
Keith, James, 1788
Kekebel, Thomas Davidtse, 763
Kellogg, Joseph, 3401
Kellogg, Martin, 3401
Keman, D., 1740
Kempe, William, prepares charter for Kings College, (1754) 3482, 3544
Kendrick, John, 4201
Kennebecq river, 1744
Kennedy, Dr, 3921
Kennedy, Archibald, 2847, 2851, 2861, 3478, 3508, 3544, 3554
Kenneton, England, Palatines lodged in barns at, 1741
Kensington, England, 993,
1702, 1786
Kent, Henry, Marquis of, 1787
Kent county, England, 2167
Kerckebuyrt (church-neighborhood), at Rensselaerwyck, 153
Kerckelyk Plakaat Boek, see Eccle- siastical Edict Book
Kerfbyl (Kerbyle, Kerfbijl, Cari- bile, Carboyle), Johannes, [M. D.], a deacon, (1680-82) 800; an elder, (1682-84) 805; allusions, 837, 842, 871, 890, 892, 951, 964, 1062- 63, 1092, 1128, 1136, 1145, 1149, 1203-6, 1210-11, 1216, 1265-73, 1340, 1345, 1393; sought license to teach school, (1705) 1584, 2377 Kerkmeesters, see Churchmasters Kermet, Dr White, 1787
Kern, Rev. John Michael, his call to the German Reformed church of New York, (1764) 3913; joins the conferentie, 3924-25, 3929-30; lays
Kern, Rev. John Michael (continued) cornerstone of a new church, (1765) 3971, 3982; finances, 3999- 4000; allusions, 3896, 3926, 4011, 4012, 4028, 4037-38, 4051; gives history of church, (1766) 4065; allusions, 4088, 4101, 4115, 4117, 4154-55, 4197; resigns, (1772) 4239a
Kerry (Keny), Margaret, 2759. 2764
Kershow, Abram, 3331
Kesler (Kessler), Rev. J[ohannes] Jacobus], minister at Amster- dam, 3241, 3245, 3344, 3347, 3370, 3801, 3805, 3810, 3815, 3857, 3869, 4038, 4049, 4115, 4117, 4162
Keslerus (Kesslerus), Rev. Freder- icus, sent as minister in Brazil, (1637) 111; minister at Amster- dam, (1650) 266, 273. See also p. - of this Index Keslius, Rev. Joh. Guilhelmus, or- dained and gone to Surinam, (1731) 2551
Ketelarius, Rev., (1734) 2662. See also Keslius, Rev. J. G.
Ketelhuyn, William, 1306
Ketelius (Kettelius), Rev. Nicholas, 191, 194, 196, 201-3, 211
Keteltas, Rev. Abraham, (1709) 1801; churchmaster, (1717) 2100; allusions, 2377, 2390, 2449, 2489, 2575, 3550
Keteltas, Rev. Abraham, Presbyter- ian, called to Dutch church of Jamaica, (1762) 3823-25, 3834- 36, 3842, 3844-46, 3857-59, 3867_ 69, 3871, 3902
Keteltas, Gerrit, (1720) 2100, 2377, 2449, 2489, 2575, 2868
Keteltas, John, 3532, 3536
Keteltas, Peter, (1752) 2101, 3090- 91, 3146, 3395, 3528, 3536, 3556, 3667, 3677, 3830, (1763) 3840-41, 3872-73, 3900, 3912, 3922, 3931, 3934, 4139, 4145, 4152, 4163, 4171, 4180-81, 4185-86
Keter, Nicolas, see Kater, Nicklas
a See Corwin's Manual of 1902, page 549.
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Kettelhuer (Kettelhuen), Joachim, 153 Keys, John, 1345
Keyser, Derick, 684, 1053
Keyserswerth, Germany, 1675
Kidd, Captain, 1333, 1345, 1416, 1420
Kieft, William, director general of New Netherland, (1638-1646), 114-215; the fur trade thrown open to all, (1639) 188, 213; con- ditions under which a party of English were allowed to settle at Newtown, (1641) 137-38; admits the necessity of a new church, 163-64; promises to advance a few thousand guilders from the com- pany toward the enterprise, 164; is one of the consistory, (1642) 164; secures subscriptions for the church at a wedding, 164-65; his zeal in respect to building the church, 256-57; as churchmaster, makes the contract for the build- ing, 165; ambiguous inscription over the portal, 165-66; the New Netherland war, (1643) 213, 214, 258; cares for Fathers Jogues and Bressani, 166-67; proclamation for thanksgiving for peace, (1645) 192; his opposition to, and con- test with Domine Bogardus, 196- 200, 232-33, 238; bad condition of the province, (1646-47) 216, 217, 256-57; his persecution of Rev. Doughty, 258, 267, 285-86; uses the deacons' money, 266-67, 285; his death, 217, 229; allusion, 579
Kien, Henry, 3677 Kiers, Peter, 2866 Kierstede, 4034 Kierstede, Christoffel, jr, 4033 Kierstede, Hans, (M. D.), married Sarah Roeloffsen, stepdaughter« of
Kierstede, Hans, (M. D.), (cont'd) Domine Bogardus, (1642) 217; allusion, 84; signed petition in favor of surrender, (1664) 557; died, (about 1666) 579
Kierstede, Hans, (2d), (M. D.), as- sessed for 2000 guilders, (1674) 642; examines body, (1683) 871 Kierstede, Hans, of Kingston, (1704) 1562, 1638
Kiersteden, Luycas, 998 Kiesinga, Rev., 2071
Kiest, Rev. Henricus, minister at Amsterdam, 706
Kinn, J., 474
Killum, Elizabeth, 3937.
Killy, William, 4263
Kinderhook, N. Y., Dellius had
labored at, (1683-99) 1309; Van Vleck, preaching at, to be arrested, (1702) 1509; had been the school- master and chorister, 1512; wishes to be chaplain to Dutch troops going to Canada, but ministers re- fuse to ordain him, 1760-61, 1769- 73; John Van Driessen made pas- tor, (1729) 2564, 2572, 2602, 2605; the church informs classis of his settlement among them, (1732) 2580, 3181-82; calls Ferdi- nand Frelinghuysen to be their pastor, (1752) 3255, 3264, 3267; allusions, 3304, 3399, 3401; Fryen- moetb called, (1758) 3719; allu- sions, 3951, 4243, 4246, 4248, (1784) 4319; Ritzema flees to, (1778) 4332, 4334, 4382, (1800) 4389
King, Hermanus, 933 King, Joseph, 4046
King, Sir Peter, 1724, 1752, 1832
King Solomon street, Amsterdam, 370
King, the, proposal to appeal to, in behalf of the liberties of the Dutch church, (1706) 1660
a In the Remonstrance, 1649 she is called a daughter of Domine Bogardus by a first wife, 257; but the marriage records prove the contrary.
b The following have been the pastors at Kinderhook before 1800. a preaching station of Albany, 1700-12 ; Van Driessen, Peter, supplied. 1712-27 ; Van Driessen, John, 1727-35; suplied by Peter Van Driessen. Van Schie and Frelinghuysen. Theodore, 1735-56; Frelinghuysen, Ferdinand. called, but died at sea, 1753; Fry- enmoet, 1756-77 ; supplied by Ritzema, 1778-88; Labagh. Isaac, 1789-1801.
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Kingdale, a ship, 1712 Kingfisher, a ship, 4187 King George, a ship, 2260 Kings chapel, the, in the fort, 1074, 1090-91, 1113, 1135, 1172, 1188, 1217, 1311. See also Anglican chapel
Kings (Columbia) College, allusions, 31, 1516; act for vesting funds raised for it, in trustees, (1752) 3207-8; Trinity Church offers to give land, (1752) 3220; Hon. Wil- liam Livingston's remarks on the intended college, shall it be sec- tarian or unsectarian, evils of a sectarian college, (1753) 3338-41; proper method of establishing a college, not by royal charter, but by act of Assembly, 3354-57, 3359- 62; the points desirable in a legis- lative act, 3362-65; an appeal to the various denominations and to the citizens generally against a sectarian college, 3366-69; Gover- nor Clinton praises the Assembly for its zeal in seeking to estab- lish a college, 3382; additional lottery bill for raising more money for a college, (1753) 3384, 3389- 95, 3446, 3470; Rev. Dr Samuel Johnson on the opposition to an Anglican church college, 3388; Kings College in history of Trinity Church, 3427-32; the “ Indepen- dent Reflector " and the college, 3456-60; second offer of Trinity Church to give land for the college with its conditions, 3478; Living- ston's twenty unanswerable reasons against a sectarian college, (Nov. 1, 1754) 3478; the trustees hold- ing the college funds petition for a charter, 3478-79; report on this petition, 3480; the charter to be prepared, protest of the minority of the committee against a sec- tarian report, 3480-82; order to prepare the charter according to report of the majority, 3482-83; answer of Dr Johnson's son, Wil-
Kings (Columbia) College (continued) liam Samuel to Livingston's twenty unanswerable reasons, 3483; the church and the college, Dr John- son to the archbishop of Canter- bury, 3484-85; the college and the church, Livingston to Chauncey Whittlesey, exercises begun before the charter is obtained, 3487-88; Collegiate Church of New York petitions for a Dutch divinity professorship in Kings College, (Oct. 1, 1754) 3495-96; Living- ston charges that the governor is acting a double part, the Dutch professorship, if not granted, an evidence of hypocrisy, 3501; Bishop Sherlock to Dr Johnson respecting the church and the college, 3502; Dr Johnson to archbishop of Can- terbury, 3504-5; petition of the Collegiate Church for a Dutch pro- fessorship of divinity in the col- lege, 3505-6; charter presented trustees, dissent of William Smith, charter signed, (Oct. 31, 1754) 3506; text of the charter, 3506- 15; minority report, partiality of the majority report, the twenty unanswerable reasons now pre- sented, 3515-17; Rev. Henry Bar- clay's letter to Dr Johnson, the nominated president of the college, conditions uncertain, proposals from two Dutch elders, 3517-18; the moneys to be controlled by the legislature, permission to be given to Livingston to bring in a bill for a college to be incorporated by the Assembly, 3520; abstract of his bill, 3523-25; act for raising money by lottery, (Dec. 7, 1754) 3525; William Livingston to Rev. Noah Welles on college affairs, 3525-26; personal petition of Domine Ritzema for an additional charter, giving to the Dutch a pro- fessor of divinity in the college, granted, (May 13, 1755) 3542-43; antagonistic action of Theodore
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Kings (Columbia) College (continued) Frelinghuysen, (May 27-30, 1755) 3546-52; the additional charter, 3554-55; review of the whole case, 3557-58; Ritzema censured by his consistory for securing the addi- tional charter, and his reply, 3574- 77; Ritzema's representations to the classis, 3605-7, 3610; Trinity Church's letter to S. P. G., 3611- 12; address of Livingston to Gov- ernor Hardy on a sectarian col- lege, (Nov. 17, 1755) 3621-22; al- lusions, 3626, 3654, 3672, 3682-84, 3716-18, 3727-29, 3734-36, 3745- 46; allusions, 3803, 3816-17, 3864- 65, 3887-88, 3890, 3909; tract of land petitioned for, by Sir James Jay (1764) 3940; 20,000 acres given, 3942; allusions 3961, 4008- 09, 4090-91, 4140; predicted bene- fit of a Dutch professorship of divinity therein, (1769) 4143-45, 4160; applies for the privileges of a university, and for remission of quitrents on the 20,000 acres of land, (1770) 4185-87; allusions, 4192, 4195, 4205, 4257, 4287, (1776) 4291, 4298, (1783) 4312; amend- ment to its charter, name changed to Columbia College, (Apr. 13, 1787) 4342
Kings County, Long Island, set- tlements begun at Newtown and Flatbush, (1652) 314; Pol- hemus preaching at the several Dutch settlements, (1654) 330; committee appointed to build a church and parsonage at Flatbush, 332-37, 339, 341-42; subscriptions made to support the minister, (1655) 333, 339, 345-46; Brook- lyn petitions for part of his serv- ices, 345-46; contract to be made with him respecting his services, 346-47, 350-52, 384; West India Company sends a bell for the church of Flatbush, 363, 373; peti- tion for more land for the support of the church, (1658) 415; peti-
Kings County, Long Island (cont'd) tion to be allowed to assess for the salary of the minister, (1657) 365-67; people of Brooklyn object, 367-69; allusion, 384; Polhemus thanks the classis for favoring his settlement, 392; his services at three settlements, 396, 426; con- cerning the church lands at Flat- bush, 415, 416; adjustment of his salary and other accounts, 416-17; fines for nonpayment of salary, 419, 420; Polhemus writes to classis, (June 4, 1658) 424; pleads for arrears of salary owed him by the company for his services in Brazil, 439; Domine Blom preaches in Brooklyn and Flatbush, (1659) 445; Domine Selyns called to Brooklyn, (1660) 462, 466-68, 473- 74; his arrival, 485; ecclesiastical testimonial concerning him, 472; Gravesend petitions the director for a minister, (Apr. 1660), 473- 74; contractor of church of Flat- bush pleads for compensation for extra work, (May 1660) 475-76, 484-85; salary of Selyns at Brook- lyn, (July 5, 1660) 477; expenses of Selyns during delay in his set- tlement, paid, (Sept. 2, 1660) 479; his installation at Brooklyn, (Sept. 3, 1660) 479-81; the people thank Polhemus for his services, 481-82; list of members at Brooklyn, 482; Polhemus alternates between Flat- bush and Flatlands, 484; collec- tions for building church at Flat- bush made in several places, 3437 .12 florins collected, yet owing 624 florins, 400 given by the direc- tor for the company, 484-85; New Utrecht has yet no preacher, (1660) 492; letter of Selyns to classis describing his circumstances at Brooklyn and the Bowery, (1660) 487-89, 504; the company will send a bell for the church of Brooklyn, (1660) 495; church of Flatbush appeals for additional
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Kings County, Long Island (cont'd) assistance, (1661) 501-2; people of Flatlands resolve to build a church for themselves, petition to be allowed to seek subscriptions, (Sept. 12, 1662) 527, 531; people of Bushwick engage a school- master, (Dec. 1662) 592; builders of the church of Flatbush dis- charged, churchmasters appointed, (Jan. 4, 1663) 529; church of Flatlands pleads for assistance, 1663) 531; Polhemus writes to classis, suggests some sort of cor- respondence among the churches, (Sept. 1663) 533-34, 543; Selyns's term of four years, at Brooklyn, about to expire, wishes to return to Holland, (Jan. 1664) 540-41; Pol- hemus again writes to classis, sug- gesting some sort of correspondence among the churches, (Apr. 1664) 543-44, 551; Selyns writes to classis describing the condition of affairs under his ministry, hopes soon to return to Holland, (June 1664) 547-50, 553; permission granted him, (July 1664) 551; surrender of New Netherland, (1664) 557-59, 560-62
Domine Selyns reports in person to classis, (1664) 562; Domine Samuel Megapolensis preaches oc- casionally at Brooklyn (one of the five places referred to), (1668) 596; the property of Domine Pol- hemus is not to be assessed for the support of the church (1671) 616; assessments to be made to pay for the parsonage built for Selyns at Brooklyn, (1871) 620- 21; commissioners appointed to visit the towns of Long Island to
Kings County, Long Island (cont'd) administer the oath to support the restored Dutch government, (1673) 633; officials of the towns on Long Island to see that the Reformed religion is maintained, at Flat- bush, Flatlands, Brooklyn, New Utrecht and Gravesend, (Oct. 1673) 637; resurrender of New Netherland to England, (Nov. 2, 1674) 662-63
Death of Domine Polhemus, the Dutch churches of Kings county inform classis of their desire for another minister, (Aug. 29, 1676) 688-89; Van Zuuren called, (Mar. 1677) 692-93; he writes to classis (Sept. 30, 1677) 699-702;@ list of members in (some of) his churches, 702-4; answer of classis to his letter, (no date) 705-6; re- port of Governor Andros on ec- clesiastical conditions in New York, (1678) 709;b Van Zuuren again writes to classis, New Utrecht mentioned among his churches, complains of the price of exchange, in his salary of beaver skins, (Oct. 30, 1678) 711-19, 745; writes on same subject to Domine Danckerts, defending himself in reference to the cost of exchange, (May 4, 1679) 721-22, 723; Van Zuuren unites with the three other Dutch ministers in forming a temporary classis and ordaining Tesschenmaker at the request of the governor, (1679-80) 726-27, 730-35; difficulties about paying for the parsonage at Flatbush, (1680) 736-37; the classis writes to the Dutch churches of Kings county, and to Van Zuuren, sepa-
. a New Utrecht is now. for the first, formally included in his charge. He lived at Flatbush, and refers to three other churches. These must have been Brooklyn, Flatlands and New Utrecht, 700.
b Governor Andros was not very well posted on the topic on which he was reporting. He says, "one church of England, several Presbiterians, and Inde- pendents, Quakers and Anabaptists, of several sects, some Jews ; but Presbyterians and Independents most numerous and substantial. There are about 20 churches." He does not refer to the Dutch churches at all, unless he includes them under Presbyterians. There were in 1678, 12 Dutch churches, 5 Presbyterian and 5 Congregational. There was no church of England except the chaplain to the troops.
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Kings County, Long Island (cont'd) rately, urging all to fulfill their respective obligations and to live in peace, (Apr. 2, 1680) 740-41
Salary of Van Zuuren better at- tended to, (Dec. 10, 1680) 751-53; church of Flatbush is endeavoring to heed the exhortation of classis, had settled their difficulties, 756- 58, 783-84; Van Zuuren had sup- plied the church of New York once a fortnight during the sickness of Van Nieuwenhuysen, and will con- tinue to do so during the vacancy, (1681) 762; difficulties in connec- tion with discipline at Flatbush, an abusive schoolmaster, (1681) 771-80, 782-83, 819-21; the united churches of Kings county write to classis, the church in favorable condition, their minister burdened by being obliged to serve Staten Island and Bergen, as well as New York, (Sept. 15, 1681) 786-87; references again to- the abusive schoolmaster, the judges unfavor- able to the Dutch church, Van Zuuren's extensive labors, about 360 members in the churches of Kings county, would like to return to Holland, (Oct. 30, 1681) 790- 95, 806
Van Zuuren commends Domine Selyns, has been richly compen- sated by the consistory of New York for his services, (Oct. 1682) 838-40, 852-53, 855-56; allusion to Van Zuuren, 867, 882; he is called back to Holland, (1684) 884-85, 887-88; the churches of Kings county, except New Utrecht, unite in asking classis to send them another pastor, Quakers in- vade the churches, (Sept. 20, 1685) 906-9, 914; Domine Rudol-
Kings County, Long Island (cont'd) phus Varick called to New Nether- land, (Nov. 12, 1685) 911, 914; he writes to classis, is also to supply Staten Island four times a year, (Sept. 9, 1686) 922, 935-36, 943- 44; classis congratulates him on his reception and duties, (Nov. 13, 1687) 947-48; Governor Dongan's report on the state of religion in the colonies, (1687, not 1684 as printed) 879-80, 956; Varick writes congregations of Kings county in peace, some converts from popery, has supplied Hacken- sack and other places, there are eight English preachers « on Long Island, (Sept. 30, 1688) 969, 970; reply of classis, (Aug. 22, 1689) 976-77, 1006; Varick signs an ad- dress of merchants and ministers to King William III, complaining of Leisler's unjust and arbitrary deeds, and praying for relief, (May 19, 1690) 997-98; Leisler also writes to the King, seeking to vindicate himself, and alluding to his imprisonment of Domine Var- ick for treason, (Oct. 20, 1690) 1008-9; Varick's release by Gover- nor Sloughter, (Feb. 17, 1691) 1010; Domines Varick, Selyns and Dellius write a joint letter to the classis about their sufferings under Leisler, correspondence impossible, ministers and elders grossly abused, Varick obliged to flee from his home, on his return arrested for alleged treason, he would like to return to Holland, (Oct. 12, 1692) 1041-45; Varick writes to classis, bad conduct of his congre- gation toward him, two of his elders condemned to death in con- nection with the fall of Leisler,
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