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1750 Fort Klock, east of St. Johnsville, N. Y.
1750 Fort Wagner, west of Nelliston, N. Y.
1756 Staley House, near Minaville, N. Y.
1762 St. George's Church, Schenectady, N. Y.
1762 Johnson Hall, Johnstown, N. Y.
1763 Drumm House, Johnstown, N. Y.
1764 General Herkimer House, near Little Falls, N. Y.
1766 Guy Park, Amsterdam, N. Y.
1767 Fort Herkimer Church on Route 5-S.
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DATE BUILT 1769 1770 Palatine Church. 1772 1772 1780 1781 1781 1786 1788 1790 1791 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1795 1796 1796 1798 1800 1800 1808 1808 1813 1818 1818 1825 1835 1835 Stryker Home, Rome, N. Y.
Indian Castle Church, Indian Castle, N. Y.
Shoemaker House, Mohawk, N. Y. Old Courthouse, Johnstown, N. Y. Wemple Tavern, Fonda, N. Y.
John Fonda Tavern, Fonda, N. Y. M. O. Davis Tavern, Fonda, N. Y. Bleeker House, Fort Plain, N. Y. Built by Isaac Paris.
Reformed Dutch Church, Stone Arabia, N. Y.
General Cochran House, west of Nelliston, N. Y.
Major Fonda's House, Fonda, N. Y. Putman House, Auriesville, N. Y. (Owned by E. Noltner.)
Lutheran Church, Stone Arabia, N. Y.
Van Slyck House or Tavern, near Fort Hunter, N. Y.
Voorhees Traver, Glen, N. Y. (Owned by Mrs. Edward Edward.)
Visscher Home, Tribes Hill, N. Y.
Spraker House, Sprakers, N. Y., Route 5.
Black Horse Tavern, Johnstown, N. Y.
Folts Homestead, East Frankfort, N. Y.
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Striker House, Tribes Hill, N. Y.
Samuel Tallmadge Home, Charleston, N. Y.
Cady Homestead, Minaville, N. Y.
Frey Homestead, Palatine Bridge, N. Y.
Old Schenectady County Court House.
Christian Church, Charleston, N. Y.
Voorhees House, Mill Point, N. Y.
Glen House, Glen, N. Y. (Owned by Mrs. A. G. Moore.)
Judas Paige Home, Schenectady, N. Y.
Herkimer Reformed Church, Organized 1725, Built 1835.
1836 Old Court House, Fonda, N. Y.
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The Story of the Geology of the Mohawk Valley by RADFORD C. TANZER PRESENTED BEFORE THE MOHAWK VALLEY TOWNS ASSOCIATION MEETING IN 1935 AT LITTLE FALLS, N. Y.
I have been asked to give a brief history of the geology of our Mohawk Valley, and I shall try to picture some of the drama of our section in prehistoric times. Our portion of the state has been for years a center of interest for geologists who have found here not only splendid and rare examples of the world's oldest rocks, but also an excellent portrayal of the way in which a glacier carries on its work.
Many millions of years ago, after the outer surface of the molten earth had formed a crust, vast seas were formed over this surface, covering much of the land. Early in this period, a tremendous eruption took place in New York State, during which mountains the size of the Alps were thrown up in the Adirondack region. These mountain tops never again were submerged, but through continuous wear by the elements were reduced to their present size.
The surrounding regions, including our own valley, were alternately raised above the surface of the sea, and then submerged, producing as many as ten different layers from the sediment laid down while under water. These sediments were poured into our region from the rivers of a continent which then lay just beyond our present eastern coast, and which has subse- quently disappeared into the sea.
During certain periods, volcanoes were active in the Adirondack region, and in later times another tremendous upheaval took place, during which the Appalachian range of mountains was thrown up, and the region of the Mohawk, which up to that time had been a smooth plain, was divided by a large camel's hump of land forming a ridge running north and south and separating the valley into two parts at Little Falls. It was at this time that the Palisades of the Hudson were formed. During these disturbances cracks developed in the earth's crust, one side falling sharply while the opposite side was forced upward, giving rise to sharp changes in the contour of the land such as we find at the Noses near Fonda, and at Little Falls where the high ridge of the Dolgeville road just east of the city drops sharply into the broad valley below. This uplift of the ridge at Little Falls was still further intensified during a later upheaval which brought the Rocky Mountains into being.
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It was during these intense disturbances that portions of the deepest earth's crust were forced up through the overlying rocks, so that today we can see this rare appearance of the oldest of the rocks in several portions of the valley, notably along the Little Fails gorge where the brownish red syenite cliffs, or so called Burn Rocks, form a colorful perspective of the eastern limits of the city.
As a result of this series of changes, the Mohawk Valley presented this appearance at the beginning of the relatively recent glacial period. The Mohawk River was a small stream which originated in the East Canada creek near St. Johnsville and flowed down the present course of the Mohawk to the Hudson. A large mountain ridge filled the present gorge at Little Falls, from the western side of which another stream originated and flowed westward through the present upper Mohawk valley into the Mississippi. The West Canada creek flowed into this Mississippi bound river, not through its present outlet at Herkimer, but through Nine mile creek near Rome.
Then came the Great Glacier, a huge mass of ice, sweeping slowly down from the north, covering in its greatest extent four million square miles of North America. During its descent from the St. Lawrence region the glacier divided to flow around the east and west sides of the Adirondacks, then as the mass of ice pushed southward, sending arms from each side of the Mohawk Valley, solid walls of ice several thousand feet in height, eventually meeting each other in the region of Little Falls. As this mammoth movement progressed, mountain tops were rubbed off by the ice cake, valleys were scoured clean and green masses of rocky debris were thrown about promiscuously where their presence can be vouched for by any farmer who has ploughed a field in this vicinity. our state lay buried beneath this frozen mass.
For thousands of years Then, as the temperature ameliorated, the glacier slowly receded as it had come, not steadily, but in an ebb and flow fashion, the southern limit being drawn from Pennsylvania where it had arrived at its maximum state, to the southern side of the Mohawk valley. At this point events took place which created the land
as we know it. The melting waters first formed a lake in the region between Little Falls and Utica, hemmed in by the northern and southern valley walls, and on the eastern and western sides by the unmelted glacial ice. This first lake was at an elevation of about 1400 feet, a thousand feet higher than the present river level, and had its outlet through the Otsego Lake Valley. As the ice melted further west, the pass through the southern wall at Ilion was freed of its ice barrier and the lake level dropped as the torrent whirled through its gap, creating the beautiful Ilion-Cedarville gorge. The eastern ice wall was receding steadily at this time, and eventually a pass was opened up at Albany between the ice wall and the Helderberg ridge, where this large lake now extending from Rome to Albany,
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found an exit. The present outlet of the Black river through Watertown was at this time plugged by the ice sheet, and a large lake filling the Black river valley emptied into the lake of the Mohawk.
As the lake dropped in successive stages to lower levels, these positions of temporary rest were marked on the valley slopes by beaches. So today, as one drives two or three miles west of Little Falls and glances toward the southern wall of the valley below Shoemaker hill, seven parallel ridges can be plainly seen along its side, representing the wave-washed beaches of our declining Mohawk valley lake.
Then occurred the most dramatic incident of the glacial age. The ice sheet in the western part of the Mohawk Valley melted sufficiently to afford drainage for the Great Lakes Basin whose present outlet through the St. Lawrence was impossible because of the huge ice mass at that point. Con sequently all the waters of the Great Lakes Basin, together with the melting waters of the glacier, flowed eastward through the Mohawk in a huge river, greater than the present St. Lawrence.
At Little Falls the mountainous ridge which occupied the position of the present gorge offered an obstruction over which the river flowed in a cataract surpassing Niagara, and in time cut the narrow gorge down to its present limits. In this boiling cataract were formed the potholes which com- prise a prominent feature of the rocks near the lock at Little Falls.
Most of you have undoubtedly noticed these potholes, or wells of varying size, carved deeply into the solid rock by the action of small stones which were whirled round and round by the force of the falling waters through the course of centuries, cutting an ever deepening pit. The largest of these potholes lies in the river bed near Lock 17 where the stream has a depth of 160 feet. At Canajoharie another large pothole exists and has given to that village its name which translated from the Indians, means "the pot which cleans itself."
But in time the ice sheet receded northward sufficiently to open up the St. Lawrence plains, affording the Great Lakes Basin a lower outlet to the sea. Consequently the great stream was diverted from its course through our valley into a northward course through the St. Lawrence and the mighty Mohawk dwindled to its present size.
This subject would not be complete without mentioning the Little Falls diamonds, found in this city and for several miles north of here. These curious stones are not true diamonds, but are a form of quartz crys- tal which are found imbedded in limestone, at times in a very pure condition, but more frequently shot through by carbon particles.
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Old Houses and Buildings of the Mohawk Valley
DATE BUILT 1700
Campbell House, Schenectady, New York.
1750 Robert Sanders House, 43 Washington St., Schenectady, N. Y.
1768 Tory Dockstader House.
1772 Johnstown Jail, Johnstown, N. Y.
1772 or 1774 Devendorf House, Currytown, N. Y.
1773 Shuler House, east of Manny's Corners, N. Y.
1774 Hare House, Route 5-S, Fort Hunter, N. Y.
1781 Veeder Home, one mile west of Fonda, N. Y.
1785 (?) William Printup House, Route 5-S, between Fultonville, N. Y., and Randall, N. Y.
1791 Seeber's Tavern, Town of Canajoharie, N. Y.
1791 Allen Tavern, Perth Road, N. Y.
1791 Wire's Homestead, Tribes Hill, N. Y. - or Putman House.
De Wandalaer House, Sprakers, N. Y.
1795 1795 1795 1795 1795
Voorhees Tavern, Glen, N. Y.
Van Wie House, Stone Ridge, N. Y.
Roseboom House or Voorhees Tavern, center part of Conrad Hotel, formerly Roseboom House, Amsterdam, N. Y.
Old Reformed Church, Glen, N. Y. (Now used as wagon shed by A. J. Moore.)
1797
Colonel Benjamin Walker House, Broad Street, Utica, N. Y.
1797
Old Lock and Canal of Inland Waterways, Little Falls, N. Y.
1798
United Presbyterian Church, Perth Center, N. Y.
1800
Ehle Homestead, Route 5, east of Nelliston, N. Y.
1800 Hees House, Palatine Bridge, N. Y.
McIntyre House, Town of Johnstown, N. Y. (Former residence of John Stewart.)
1800 1803 Nicholas Hill Home, Town of Florida.
1803 Jacob Houck Homestead, Route 5-S, west of Amsterdam, N. Y.
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Hegman House, Town of Mayfield.
Thomas Schuyler House, Town of Mohawk.
Brockway House, Broadalbin, N. Y.
Major George Spraker House, Sprakers, N. Y., Route 5-S.
Lepper House, Fort Johnson, N. Y.
Seymour House, Whitesborough St., Utica, N. Y., built by Daniel Childs.
Thomas Machin House, Charleston, N. Y.
Beech-Nut House, Canajoharie, N. Y.
Cornelius Lottridge House, Town of Mohawk.
1818 or 1820 Snell & Butler Houses, West St., Johnsville, N. Y.
1820 Woodword House, Mayfield, N. Y.
1820 Rutger Miller House, Rutger Park, Utica, N. Y. (Roscoe Conkling's Home.)
Charles P. Kirkland Home, Gencssee St., Utica, N. Y.
1825 1827 Voorhees House, Fultonville, N. Y.
1828
Washington Hall, Corner of Broad & John Sts., Utica, N. Y.
1835
Colonial Home, Little Falls, N. Y. (Now used by K. of C.)
1850 Isaac M. Davis House, Fonda, N. Y.
1854 Simm's Cobblestone House, Fultonville, N. Y.
Morrell House, Palatine Bridge, N. Y.
Joseph Sitterly House, Town of Palatine.
J. A. Failing Homestead, Palatine, N. Y.
Abraham Nellis Homestead, Nelliston, N. Y.
James Spraker Homestead, Palatine Bridge, N. Y. Menzo Smith House, Town of St. Johnsville, N. Y.
James H. Hosmer House, N. Perry St., Johnstown, N. Y. Burr House, Kingsborough Ave., Gloversville, N. Y.
Kingsborough Ave. Presbyterian Church, Gloversville, N. Y. F. Fish House, Fultonville, N. Y. (Now owned by David Dunn.) McIntyre Homestead, Perth Center, N. Y.
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DATE BUILT 1805 1805 1805 1808 1808 1810 1817 1818 1818
KING HENDRICK
From 1700 to 1755, King Hendrick, or the Great Hendrick as he was sometimes called, resided at what was later known as Fort Hendrick, and during that time, he was one of the Castle's leading chiefs.
At the request of the British Government, in 1709 Colonel Peter Schuyler took five of the Mohawk chiefs to London, and among them was King Hendrick. In England they were the guests of Queen Anne and the British Court, and they excited great popular interest. The visit was planned to impress the Mohawks with the power of the British Government and to further weld the British . Mohawk alliance against the French, which point it did accomplish. These five Mohawk Indian chiefs were the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean for England, and to return to America.
King Hendrick was a powerful and influential friend of Sir William Johnson and a great help to the British cause. In 1755, King Hendrick led 300 warriors with Johnson in the Battle of Lake George where he was slain with many of his Mohawk followers.
When Sir William Johnson built the fort near Canajoharie Castle in 1756, he named it Fort Hendrick in honor of his friend, the great Mohawk warrior.
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KING HENDRICK
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American Chronological Incidents 1400 to 1783
1400 - 1600 A. D. Occupation of the region between the Niagara and the Hudson River by the Indian tribes of the Long House.
1609, July 29. Defeat of the Iroquois near Ticonderoga, New York, by Champlain.
1609, September 1 - 23. Hendrick Hudson explores the river as far as the Mohawk. 1613. Hollanders built on Manhattan and Nassau Islands.
1617. Iroquois form an alliance with the Dutch.
1623. Jesse De Forest and the Walloons settle and found New York City. - Fort Orange built. - Settlement at Albany.
1630.
Patroon Kilian Van Rensselaer. - Arrival of Arendt Van Curler.
1642.
Van Curler enters the Mohawk Valley and ransoms Isaac Jogues.
1661.
Van Curler founds the city of Schenectady.
1664. English Conquest of New Netherlands.
1667. Kryn leads the Caughnawaga Indians to Canada.
1690. Massacre at Schenectady.
1710. Palatine Germans in New York.
1713. The Tuscaroras join the Iroquois Confederacy.
1715. Sir William Johnson born.
1722.
Palatines settle in Mohawk Valley. -- Oswego founded.
1738. Johnson settled at Warrensburgh, New York.
1740.
Johnson made head of the Indian Department.
1754. The Congress and Council at Albany.
1755.
Battle of Lake George.
1757. Massacre at German Flats.
1759.
Surrender of Niagara to Johnson. - Fall of Quebec and the French power in America.
1763.
Conspiracy of Pontiac. - Johnstown founded, and Johnson Hall built.
1768. Treaty at Fort Stanwix.
1770. January 18. First bloodshed of the Revolution.
1771. First battle of the Revolution at Alamance, North Carolina.
1772.
Division of Albany County. --- Johnstown made the county seat of Tryon County.
1774.
Death of Sir William Johnson.
1777. Battle of Oriskany.
1778. Massacre at Cherry Valley.
1779. Brant at Minnisink. - General Sullivan's Expedition against the Six Nations.
1782. New York's Western lands transferred to the Nation.
1783. Tories banished from the Mohawk Valley.
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FREEHOLDERS IN 1720 OF SCHENECTADY COUNTY OF ALBANY, NEW YORK
A Aukus, Dow B Beck, Caleb
Brat, Arent Brat, Arnout, Junr. Brat, Derrick
Bumstead, John
C Chase, Lawrence Clament, Joseph Coppernoll, William
D Danielse, Daniell Danielse, Jan Danielse, Peter Danilse, Arent De Grave, Abram De Grave, Andries De Grave, Arnout De Grave, Jesse Delemont, Jan
F Feele, Cornelis Fonda, Yellous Franse, Clacs Franse, Teirck
G Gelen, Jacob Gelen, Johannis Gelon, Sanders Groot, Abram Groot, Derrick Guisling, Mindert
Swaert, Wouter
Switzs, Jacob
Switzs, Simon
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Teller, Johannis Thickstone, Jereme Toll, Carle Hanse Toll, Daniell Trucax, Abram
V Van Brackell, Gerrit Van Brakell, Guisbert Van Eps, Evert
Van Epps, Jno. Baptist
Van Olinda, Jacob
Van Petten, Andries
Van Petten, Arent
Meebe, Abram
Van Petten, Claes
Van Petten, Claes
Van Slyck, Cornelis
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Van Slyck, Harma
Peek, Jacobus
Peek, Johannis
Phillipse, Harma
Vander Volgen, Cornlis
Pootman, Arent
Pootman, Cornelis
Pootman, Victore
Powlisse, Marte
Vedder, Arent
Vedder, Harmanis
Vedder, Helmes
Vedder, Johannis
Vroman, Adam
Vroman, Barent
Schermerhorn, Jacob
Schermerhorn, Jan
Vroman, Peter
Schuyler, Phillip
Vroman, Wouter
Vrooman, Hendrick, Junr.
Simonse, Volkert
Smith, Adam
Snor, Hendrick Vroman
Stevens, Jonathan
Swaert, Esays
W Weemp, John Weemp, Mindert Wemp, Jan Barentse
Y Yeats, Rob
Total-98 names
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H Hagadoring, Sam J Janse, Daniell
L
Lewis, David Lythall, Abram
M Marrinas, William
Marselis, Assweris
Meebe, Jan
Mindertsen, Johannis
Van Slyck, Marte
Van Vlack, Benj.
Van Vost, Yealous
Vander Volgen, Tunis
Vandyke, Jacobus
Vedder, Albert
Q Quacumbus, Peter
S Schermerhorn, Arent
Vroman, Jan
Vroman, Johannis
Schuyler, Nicolas
Vroman, Simon
Simonse, Gerrit
ROSTER of REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS
fronı SCHOHARIE COUNTY DISTRICT *
Acker, George
Borst, John, Jr. * Borst, Joseph Borst, Joseph I.
Dietz, William
Haggadorn, Samuel
Ball, Johannis
* Ball, Mattice
Borst, Michael
Dominick, John, Jr.
* Ball, Peter
* Borst, Peter
Eagars, Julius
* Hager, Jacob
Bartholemew, Diewalt
*Borst, Philip Bouck, Baltus
*Eckerson, Cornelius
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Becker, Adam
Bouck, Christian
*Hager, Joseph
Becker, Albertus
Bouck, Cornelius
*Hager, Peter
Becker, Albertus, Jr.
Bouck, David
*Eckerson, Teunis Eckerson, Teunis, Jr. Eckerson, Thomas
Hager, Samuel
Becker, Conrad
Bouck, Henry
*Eckerson, Thomas, Jr. Eigler, Frederick
Harper, John
Becker, David, Jr.
Bouck, John
Ellerson, David
Harrison, Jamés
Becker, Frederick
Bouck, John
Enders, Jacob W.
Henry, Thomas
Becker, Harman
Bouck, Lawrence
*Enders, John Enders, John, Jr.
Henry, William
*Becker, George Becker, Henry Becker, Isaac
Bouck, Nicholas
*Enders, Peter Enders, Peter, Jr.
Herron, Robert
*Becker, Jacob Becker, Johannes
Bouck, Thomas
Evens, Joseph
Hillsinger, John
*Becker, John
Brand, Michael
Feek, Jacob
Hillsinger, Peter
Becker, John B.
Brewer, Peter
Feek, Nicholas
*Hilts, George
Becker, John G.
Brown, Christian
Feek, Peter
Hitchman, Henry
Becker, John H.
Brown, John
Ferster, George
Hoever, Felix
Becker, John J.
Brown, Joseph
*Ferster, John
Hoever, Philip
Becker, John P.
Brown, Michael
*Ferster, Martin
Holdaway, Henry
Becker, John S.
Brown, William
Fink, Peter
Holt, John
*Becker, Joseph
Caghy, Hugh
France, Bastian
Humphrey, Benj.
Becker, Nicholas
Cartagan, Barney
France, Christopher
Humphrey, John
Becker, Storm
Conrad, Henry, Jr.
*Frimire, Jacob Frimire, John
Ingold, John
* Becker, William
Cornelison, Cornelius
* Frimire, John, Jr. Frimire, Michael
Ingold, John, Jr.
Bellinger, John L.
Cowley, St. Leger
Gerlach, Nicholas
Jacobson, Jacob
*Bellinger, Marcus Bellinger, Marcus, Jr.
Criscal, Jacob
Gilbert, Jesse
Karker, Philip
Berg, Abram
Daly, Nathan
Graus, Michael
Kidney, Peter
Berg, Philip
Denny, Soyer
Haggadorn, Adam
King, Christopher
Borst, Henry
Dietz, Jacob
Haggadorn, Baltus
King, John
Borst, Jacob, Lieutenant
Dietz, John
Haggadorn, Bartholomew
King, Leonard
Dietz, Joseph
Haggadorn, John
King, Michael
* Borst, Jacob Borst, John
Dietz, Peter
Haggadorn, Richard
Kniskern, Henry
Berner, Joseph
Cutty, Johnathan
Granatier, John
Granatier, Jacob
*Keyser, John
Berg, Adam
Dana, Lewis
Fink, William
Houck, Henry
Becker, Peter
Conrad, Henry
*Frimire, George
Hutt, John
Becker, Storm S.
Cortney, William
Feck, Cornelius
Hillsinger, Michael
Becker, John Alb.
Brentner, Anthony
Feek, John
*Hilts, Christopher, Jr.
Becker, John F.
Bouck, Nicholas W.
Bouck, Peter
Enders, William
Hillsinger, Jacob
Bouck, William, Jr.
Harper, Alex
Becker, David
Bouck, Jacob
Harrison, James, Jr.
Becker, Garret
Bouck, John W.
*Hager, John
*Eckerson, John
Hager, Henry, As. ex Hager, Henry
Barnhart, William
Dietz, William, Jr.
Hadsel, George
Dominick, John
Hager, Adam
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Humphrey, James
*Bellinger, John
Cowley, Johnathan
Jessy, Juas
*Keyser, Abram
Berg, William
Brown, Adam, Jr.
Herron, James
Hills, Christopher
Becker, John W.
Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers from Schoharie County District-Continued
*Kniskern, Jacob
Murray, James Murray, Thomas
Shafer, John T.
Kniskern, John
Shafer, John, Jr.
Kniskern, Teunis
Nicholas, Garret
Shafer, Joseph
Van Slyke, Martin
*Kniskern, William Kramer, Charles Kriesler, Baltus Kriesler, John
Otto, Frank
*Shafer, Henry
Otto, Godlove
*Shafer, Lambert Shafer, Marcus
*Vrooman, Adam Vrooman, Adam A.
Pain, John
*Patchen, Isaac
Shafer, Marcus, Jr.
Vrooman, Barent
Lamb, William Law, George
*Patchen, Freegift Pick, Martinus Price, Daniel
Shafer, Teunis
Vrooman, Bart
*Lawyer, Abram
Shelmendine, Richard
Vrooman, Barent, Jr.
*Lawyer, David
Reinhart, George
Shelmendine, George Sidney, Joseph
Sidney, Henry
Vrooman, Ephraim Vrooman, Isaac
Lawyer, John Lawyer, John I ..
*Richtmyer, Christian
Sidney, William
*Vrooman, Isaac, Jr. Vrooman, John
*Lawyer, John I.
*Richtmyer, George Richtmyer, Jacob
Slyder, Nicholas
Vrooman, Martinus
*Lawyer, Lambert Lawyer, Lawrence Lawyer, Nicholas Leek, William Lemmon, Arch Lemmon, John
*Richtmyer, Peter Rickert, George Rickert, John
Smith, Thomas
Vrooman, Peter B. Vrooman, Peter
Rickert, Marcus
Snyder, Jacob
*Vrooman, Peter I.
Long, Nicholas
Rilyea, Henry
Snyder, John
*Vrooman, Samuel
Loucks, Andrew Loucks, Jeremiah Low, John
Ritter, William
Snyder, Henry
River, Benj.
Snyder, Lodwig
Warner, Christopher
Rorick, Barner
Snyder, Peter
Mann, Jacob
Roth, Thomas
Snyder, William
Warner, Joseph
Mann, William
Mahallen, Hugh
Salge, Henry
*Sternberg, David
Werth, Henry
Mattice, Conrad
Schell, Adam
*Sternberg, Jacob
Werth, John
Mattice, Elias
Schell, Christian
*Sternberg, Lambert Sternberg, Nicholas
Winnie, Conrad
*Mattice, Frederick, Jr. Mattice, Frederick
Schell, Frederick
Stubrach, Barent
Yansen, John
Mattice, John
*Schoolcraft, Jacob
*Schoolcraft, John
*Swart, Lawrence Swart, Peter, ens.
Zch, David
* Mattice, Nicholas F.
Schoolcraft, Lawrence, Jr.
Zch, Joseph
Mattice, Nicholas, Jr.
Schoolcraft, Peter
Zch, John
Merenes, George
Schoolcraft, William
Thorp, Ezra
Zch, Nicholas
Merenes, Jeremiah
Schuyler, John
Tufts, Zachariah
Ziectaft, Jacob
Merkel, Jacob Merkel, John
Shafer, Adam
Valentine, John
Merkel, Nicholas
Shafer, Adam, Jr.
Zielie, Peter U.
Merkel, Henry
Shafer, Christian
*Valkenberg, Joachim Valkenberg, Jacob
*Zimmer, Adam Zimmer, Jacob
Merkel, Philip McCoy, John
Shafer, Dewalt
Valkenberg, John
*Zimmer, Peter
Money, Jacob
*Shafer, Jacob
Van Dyck, Cornelius
Morrell, James
Shafer, John F.
Van Dyck, Jacob
Murphey, Timothy
* Shafer, John H.
Van Dyck, John
*Zimmer, William
* Indicates brothers.
Schell, Jacob F.
Stubrach, Christian
Schell, John F.
Sutherland, Ancus
Young, William
Mattice, John, Jr. Mattice, Joseph
*Schoolcraft, Lawrence
*Swart, Peter
Yansen, Henry
*Mattice, George Mattice, Henry, Jr.
Schell, George
Strobeck, Adam
*Warner, George Warner, George, Jr.
Mann, Peter, Jr.
Rumrath, Henry
Steinbrunner, Benj. *Sternberg, Abram
*Warner, Nicholas
Webber, Henry, Jr.
Mattice, Abram
Satterly, Eacus
Snyder, Jacob
*Vrooman, Peter A. Vrooman, Peter C.
Rickert, Nicholas
Snyder, John
Ritter, John
Snyder, John, Jr.
*Vrooman, Simon Vrooman, Teunis
Rorick, Caspar
Snyder, Philip
Vrooman, Abram
Vrooman, Ephraim
*Lawyer, Jacob Lawyer, Jacob, Jr.
Reinhart, William Resue, John
Sidney, Peter
Singer, John V.
Snyder, George
Vrooman, Bartholemew C.
Shafer, Peter
Shafer, Hendricus
Van Slyke, Peter Vosburg, Harmanus
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Zielie, Peter
Schuyler, Simeon
Turner, James
Zielie, Martin W.
Shafer, George
*Valkenberg, Joseph
*Zimmer, George Zimmer, Jacob, Jr.
Wilber, John
Yansen, Joseph
* Swart, Teunis
Van Antwerp, John Van Loan, Jacob
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
of CONRAD WEISER
Famous Interpreter of the Indian Languages for the New York and Pennsylvania Colonies
Conrad Weiser was born November 2 - 1696 in Astael, Herrenburg County, Wuertemberg (Germany) . He was the son of John Conrad and Anna Magdalena (Uebele) Weiser, grandson of Jacob Weiser and great-grandson of Jacob Weiser of Great Aspach, Backnang County, Wuertemberg. Anna Magdalena (Uebele) Weiser died in May 1709 and on June 24 - 1709, John Conrad Weiser moved his family from Great Aspach to London, England. On December 25 - 1709, John Conrad Weiser and his younger children sailed for America, arriving in the harbor of New York on June 13 - 1710. In the Autumn of 1710 they moved to Livingston's Manor and in the Autumn of 1713 to Schenectady, New York in which city they resided with John Meyndert.
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