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Henry, born Jan. 12, 1829, married Sarah M. Elting. Two children : Cora and Philip.
Mary, boru Sept. 22, 1831, wife of Josiah Le Fevre, a farmer in the town of Gardiner. Four children : Sarah, Cornelia, Gertrude, and Josiah P.
Gertrude, born Dec. 10, 1833, resides at home.
Philip D., born Jan. 23, 1836, managing the home farm. Solomon, born June 25, 1839, married Rachael Elting. One child, Evelyn. Mrs. Du Bois died Sept. 24, 1870.
In politics Mr. Du Bois has been identified with the Whig and Republican parties. He has served three years cach as road commissioner and overseer of the poor. Though not a member, he has been a uniformt attendant npon religions service and a liberal supporter of the church.
Mr. Du Bois has always been thoroughly devoted to his calling as a farmer, and his life of untiring industry, coupled
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with an intelligent application of means to ends, has de- servedly been crowned with more than ordinary success. Approaching near his fourscore years of life, he finds him- self surrounded with all the comforts which ample means can command. receiving the constant and loving attentions of children thoroughly devoted to him, and enjoying in the largest measure the respeet and esteem of the entire coul- munity in which he has spent his days.
HIRAM ATKINS
was born in the town of New Paltz, Dec. 11, 1818, the second son of Lewis and Ruth ( Frear) Atkins. During his boyhood he labored en his father's farm, his education being limited to an attendance at the district school only a few weeks for a number of winter seasons. On reaching his majority he commenced merchandising in the village of Butterville, and continued in trade there for several years.
On Aug. 13, 1810, he married Lavina Frear, daughter of G. J. Frcar, of New Paltz. Mrs. Atkins was born in New Paltz, June 7, 1821. They have three children : Lewis JI., born March 25, 1842; Benjamin HI., born Feb. 5, 1845; and Henry H., born March 6, 1851. Mrs. Atkins died July 6, 1852. Lewis died in infancy. Benjamin married Rachael C. Moody, of New Paltz, by whom he has two children, viz. : Bertha and Hiram M. The formuer died in infancy.
In 1948 Mr. Atkins purchased a farm in New Peltz, and carried it on until 1866, when he removed to the village of New Pakz, where three years prior be bad established the business of distilling apple-braudy, and which he has since
carried on quite extensively. His products are sold and used largely for medicinal purposes. He has, in the mean
Photo. by Lewis, Kingston.
HIRAM ATKINS.
time, given considerable attention to grape culture ou his farın.
In politics Mr. Atkins is a Democrat. Prompt and hon- orable in all his business transactions, a kind and obliging neighbor, liberal to the poor, he has always commande l the good will and esteem of the community in which he has lived.
SAUGERTIES.
I .- SITUATION, BOUNDARIES, AREA, TITLE.
SAUGERTIES is the northeast town of Ulster County. It is bounded noith by Green County, east by the county-line of Ulster (middle of the Hudson River), south by Uster and Kingston, and west by Woodstock and Greene County. The area, according to the census of 1875, was 29,807 aeres. Of this area 18, 162 acres were improved, and 11,645 aeres unimproved. Of the latter, 4919 aeres were woodland, and 6726 acres were described as "other unimproved." The title to the soil is derived through the Kingston patent and the Hardeuburgh patent, mentioned in the general his- tory. For convenience of reference we add the legal de- scription of the town, taken from the statutes of the State:
" The town of Sangerties shall contain all that part of said county Founded as follows : Beginning at the northeast corner of said county and running thenec westerly and southerly along the boundIs of ho county to the line run by Jacob Trumpbour in the year one thousand eight hundred aud eleven ; thenee along the same, south eighty degrees, eazt eighty chainz, to the west line of the corporation of the commons of King ton; thouce along the same, south twenty-four degrees, west one hundred and eighty-seven chains, to the corner between lots six- teen and seventeen in the southwest class of the division of tho cor-
poration of Kingston; then along a line of marked trees, being a continuation of the line between the second and third class, south sixty-six degrees, cast two hundred and eighty-two chainz, to the middleof the Plattekill; thea down the middle of the same to where it empties into the Eropus Creek ; then down the middle of said creck to opposite the line between the Flatbush and seventh class of said commons; then along said line, south sixty-six degrees, east to the boun Is of the county, and then northerly to the place of beginning." -Revised Statutes, vol. i. page 220.
Also the following :
" From and after the passage of this act all that part of the town of Kingston, beginning with northerly bounds of said town of Kingston, in the middle of the Plattekill and in the division-line between the second and third class in the division of the conunons of the corpora- tion of Kingston, and runs thence along said division-line, and the same continued, north sixty-five degrees, west two hundred and eighty-two chains, to the northwest corner of the sail town of Kings- ton ; thence along the westerly boumls thereof, south twenty-five de- grees, west one hundred and fifty-six chains, to the corner between lots number seven and eight in the southwest class in the division of said commons; thence along a line of marked trees, south sixty-five degrees, east two hundred and ninety-eight chains, to the east boun Is of the first class in the division of said commons; thenee south eighty- four degrees, cast zeventy chains, to the middle of the Plattekill afore- gaid ; thence up the middle thereof to the place of beginning, shall be
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annexed to and become a part of the town of Saugerties, in the county of 'Ister."-Revised Statutes, vol. i. page 221; also Laves of 1832, chapter 77.
II .- NATURAL FEATURES.
In the eastern portion of this town the surface is undu- Jating. In the centre and the west the country is hilly, rising towards the heights of the Catskills. The bills along the river and extending westward for some distance are underlaid with limestone, and considerable quantities of quicklime are burned. The town is well watered. The Hudson River flows along the cast boundary. The Esopus, entering from the town of Ulster, flows nearly parallel with the Hudson until it reaches the vicinity of Saugerties vil- lage, where it turns sharply to the east and empties into the Hudson. The Plattekill, rising in the northwest and western portions, or in the higher lands beyond the town, flows southeasterly and joins the Esopas on the south boundary. There are numerous tributaries of the l'latte- kill. There are also several branches of the Esopus. The Sawkill, in the northeast part, flows southeasterly and empties into the Hudson a short distance north of Saugerties village. The Beaver Kill, rising not far from Saugerties village, flows northerly in a course quite direct to the Can- terskill, near the north line of the town.
III .- EARLY SETTLEMENT.
It is difficult to determine the precise date of the first occupation of the territory now constituting Saugerties. It is true the time when the colony of Palatinates came to West Camp is well known as the winter of 1710-11. A portion of them were settled at East Camp, on the east side of the river. On the west side there were three villages or euchtupments, known as Georgetown, Elizabethtown, and New Village, all, it is supposed, in the vicinity of West Camp Landing, and located only a mile or two apart, in the same manner as the three villages were upon the other side of the river.
On the 18th of May, 1711, there were 14 of these col- onists at Elizabethtown, 111 at Georgetown, and 321 at New Village. There were many difficulties that arose in connection with this enterprise. It was a pet scheme of Queen Anne. Large stores of tar, rosin, and other sup- plies for the British navy were to be made from the pine forests. The colony was subjected to almost as close super- vision as if they had been slaves. They were obliged to be subsisted, and the contract with Mr. Livingston for that purpose appears in the documentary history of the State. There were charges filed against him both as to the quan- tity and the quality of the provisions furnished. It was claimed that he carried npon his rolls the names of all the dead for months after they were baried, and drew his pay for feeding them ; that he supplied poor pork and worse beer,-in short, those who think scandalous contraets and corrupt manipulation of them are entirely a modern matter, should study these proceedings and learn that ancient " pol: ities" were as bitter as the present, and that committees of investigation and " whitewashed" reports are no new device. This Palatine colony, as far as the west side of the river is concerued, made ouly a temporary settlement. Within ten
years most of theia removed to Sehoharie, or to the Mo- hawk Valley.
There are earlier natues than those of the Palatines tu be mentioned in connection with the settlement of Sangerties.
On the very ground at West Camp the Lutheran Church is said to have been formed in 1708, two years before the arrival of Queen Anne's colonists. It is stated in the gaz- etteers that Christian Myers and brothers settled just west of Saugerties village in 1700; that Martin Snyder was there about the same time; that G. W. Dedrick, Aaron Newkirk, and Felte Fiero were settlers as early as 1700 at West Camp; yet one of these uames is supposed to be of Palatine origin, and probably others were, so that it may be doubted whether they were here before 1710, and whether the church was really formed until after the arrival of the Palatine colony.
Dedrick Martestock is said to have settled at Kaatsbaan iu 1728, and as the Reformed Church was organized soon after, there were evidently others in that vicinity. Still others are mentioned as being in different parts of the town about the same time, among them Peter Winne, Elward . Woods, Myndert Myndeise, B. Barhaus, Jacobus Persen, Myndert Schutt, Godfrey Denolfen. But there had been an entry upon these lands before even 1700. Rondont Fort was built in 1614, the settlement at Kingston was made in 1655-60, and it is said that the emigrants to Kingston landed at Saugerties and went up the valley of the Esopus to their destination, instead of from the "Strand" at Ron- dout.
Kingston was incorporated by patent in 1667, including the present territory of Saugerties; so that undoubtedly here and there a settler located during the next twenty years.
There were no Indian alarms after that date of suilicient importance to prevent settlement. There is the following documentary evidence in at least one instanec :
FIRST LAND GRANT IN SAUGERTIES.
Iu May, 1687, George Meals and Richard Hays obtained letters patent from the colonial governor for a tract of land on both sides of Esopus Creek, or river, at the mouth of said creek, containing 4414 acres. This, of course, includes a part of the present site of Sangerties village, aud particu- larly all that part lying below the falls, at the docks, and the adjacent lands. This property passed through several changes of ownership, as follows : Nov. 29, 1657, a devl in partition conveyed all the lands in the Meals and Hays patent to Richard Hays. Subsequently Richard Hays and wife conveyed the same, except a small portion that had been sold, to John Hays. Aug. 16, 1712, John Hays and wife conveyed the same to John Perseu. There is extant a will of John Persen, made in 1711, in anticipation of the dangers of a long trip to Canada. This will does not, how- ever, enter into any particulars respecting the real estate, except that he "leaves his loving wife, Antie Persen, in full possession where she now lives." But Mr. Person es- caped the perils of his Northern trip, and lived to write an- other will many years later. This bears date July 5, 1748. In it he bequeaths to his " dear beloved wife, Aana Catryn, all his estate, house, mill, lands, and tenements moveable, negroes or slaves, horses and cattle, for her sole use and
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behuof, so long as she remains his willow, and no longer." Subject to this he bequeathed to his son, Jacobus Persen, his " dwelling-houze with barn," his " grist-mill with all the appurtenanees thereunto belonging," and " that piece of land where the said buildings stand." He bequeathed to his daughter Vannittee, the wife of Myndert Mynderse, his " old Jarunt where I formerly lived, the same which is now in the possession of Myudert Mynderse," and "all the lands, orchards, meadows, and pastures" remaining not granted unto his son Jacobus; and also he bequeathed further to her " all the remainder of that piece of land which lies northerly and northwest adjoining" to the land of his son Jacobus. Here we have mentioned the old pioneer grist- mill of the place. It is not known when it was built, but John Persen bought the property in 1712. and made this will in 1743. Probably the mill was erected not long after his purchase.
The story of carly settlement is thus traced, though per- haps in something of a fragmentary manner, to 1728. At that period undoubted records are preserved, showing very fully the earlier families of the town. The first book of the old Reformed Church is excellent authority and very valuable.
Under date of Nov. 8, 1730, there appears to be re- corded the baptism of a son of Frederick Diederick, though the record is obscure. Other names appearing, either as having children baptized or as witnesses, are as follows :
1731 .- Wilhelmus Van Orden, James De Mon, Jacob Plooff, Hendrick Sehol, Jacob Ten Brocek, Wessel Ten Broeck, Johannis Falk, Arnold Falk, Edward Wood, Sam- uel Schoonmaker, Gershom Winneker, Jan Salsberg, Con- rad Ham, George Korbach, Robert Vanderzee, Martin Ham, Philip Moor.
1734 .- Nr. Wolf, William Wittecher, Wilhelmus Schnei- der, Ilerman Coen.
1735 .- Velde Fierer, Christian Becker, Henrick Vrolich, Johannes Homnel, Hans George Muller, Christian Myer, Johannes Snyder, Pieter Socks, Johannes Hoornbeek. .
1736 .- Martin Snyder, William Meyer, Zacharias Beck- er, Cornelius Longendyek, Incas De Witt, Jacobus Du Bois, Johannes Emerick, Myndert Mynderse, Paulus Scluidt, Pieter Louw, Abram Post, John Schermerhora, Abrahama Peereon, John Legg, banress Von Aalen, Jo- hannes Schermerhorn, Godfried Wulfen, Hermanus Sagen- dorf, Adam Hoof, Morbiny Schnek, Johannes Scheffer, John Peter Oberbah, Cornelius Knickerbocker, Martinus Hoofinan, Cornelius Van Wormer, Jacob Mulier, John Hendrick Frølich, Johannes Kihnan, George Kilman, John Dewitt, Robert Bevier, Cornelius Schermerhorn.
1738 .- Cornelius Ridder. John Michael Blank, Henrich Van Teyck, Henrich Stroop, Johannes Stroop, Morris Spickerman, Pieter Sowzer, George Overbagh, Paulus Smid, Dyrk Van Vechten, Broer Decker, Richard Deffendorf, Samvel Deffendorf, Heskia Wynkoop, Matthew Young, Tjerek Schoonmaker.
1741 .- Markle Post, Wilhelm Pederick, Johannes Ded- erick, Hieronymus Falkenburgh, Johannes Myer, Godfried Wulfin, Hiskia Du Bois, Godfried Brondo, Christian Over- bagh, Johannes Wynkoop, Henrich Schot.
1742 .- Frederick Brando, Henrich Groat, Johannes
Burhans, Jury Overbagh, William Myer, Henriens New- kierk, John Carre, Teunis Schuck.
1743 .- Richard Wells, Samuel Wells, Nicholas Britts, Frederick Rau, Isaae Post, Jurian Decker, Johannes Trom- bour, Abraham Post, William Cooper, Tobias Wynkoop, Lodewyck Blank, Gysbert Oosterhoudt, William Right- myer, Hermanus Beer, William Brower, William Torner.
1744 .--- John Kendel, Jacob Van Aalen, Johannes Fierer, Peter Schutt, Heurich Oosterhoudt, Gabriel Groat, Wil- helmus Hommel, John William Myer, Matthias Merkle, Johannes Burhans, John West, Henrich Schutt.
1745 .- Jurian Young, Mattheis Young, Andries Van Leuven, Arie Roosa, William Brown, Hendrick Brower.
1746 .- Diederick Martestock, Jacob Sehumocker, Ed- ward Saminers, Henrich Stroop, George Schneider, Jacobus Persen, Cornelius Newkierk.
1747 .-- Henrich Spaan, Wessel Van Dyck, Johannes E. Wynkoop, Andreas Trombour, Guysbert Davenport, Jo- hannes Valek, Jacob Eiler, Wilhelmus Von Bergen, Philip Barrow, William Von Alen, Philip Viele.
1748 .- Frederick Eigenaar, Pieter Eigenaar, William Legg, John Legg, Jr., Christian Overbagh, Jacob Brink.
1749 .- Pieter Wenne, Matthias HI. Du Bois, Nicholas Brits, Jan De Witt, Johannes Hommel, Albertus Du Bois, Benjamin Du Bois, Hiskia, Schoonmaker, Philip Wepster, Egbert Schoonmaker, William Rightmyer, Gerret Von Bergen.
1750 .- Lawrence Swarte, Paulus Pecle, John Brink, Zacharias Schneider, Christian Fierer, Matthias Markle, Johannes Loucks, Wilbelmus Emerick, Henrich Throop, Arie Van Etten, Christian Myer, Jr.
1751 .-- Lawrence Scherpe, Guysbert Van Etten, Johan- nes Maures.
To show how valuable as authority upon family history these old church records are we give iu full the record of six baptisms. In cach case the father and the mother are mentioned, with the maiden name of the latter,-showing the marriage connections, -- and two witnesses, usually if not always a relative and his wife, with the maiden name of the latter. Each baptismal record thus shows four families, and the inter-marriage relations of the several parties.
" Sept. 30, 1735, -- Johannes, son of Frederick Ran, and his wife Catharina Von Essen. Witnesses. Johannes Rau and his wife Catha- rina Rau.€
" Autoine, son of Rudolph Merket and his wife Catharine Bevier. Witnesses, Antoine Devier and his wife Catharine Bevier.">
" Oct. 1, 1758 .- Theodosia, daughter of Cornelius Bogar dus and his wife Deborah Schoonmaker. Witnesses, Jan Wels and his wife Cath - arina Von Steenbergh."
" Dec. 26, 1758 .- Johannes, son of Hendrick Valentine and his wife Nousi McDowell. Witnesses, Isaac Dubois and his wife Helena Sam- mons.
"Catharine, daughter of Lawrence Winne and his wife Catharine Baker. Witnesses, Jan Port and his wife Grietje Baker.
" Geertje, daughter of Jacob Schoonmaker and his wife Elizabeth Rightinyer. Witnesses, Matthew Merkel and his wife Grietje Kec."
An examination of subsequent years shows very largely the same family names repeated, though a few new ones appear from time to time.
# In this case the maiden name of the wife does not appear, unless we infer, as perhaps we ought to, that the marriage was between fami- lies of the same name.
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1750 .- Johannes Hompnel, Wilhelmus Homme!, Hen- riens Wulfu, John Wultin ( Wolven), Jacob Musehier, Jury Muschier, Matthew Winne, Petrus Myer, Christoffel Metteler, Evert Wyukoop, Isaac Post, David Du Bois, Christopher Queen, Johannes Meyer, Stephen Myer.
1700 .- David Abeel, John Ellis, John Fendel, Ugenas Dumont, John Van Orden, Cornelius Brink, Teunis Asley, Tobias Wynkoop, Evert De Witt.
1761 .- Robert Cameron, Jaeub Couyes, Conrad Engel, Simpson Davids.
1762 .- John Ellis, Hendrick Myndertse, Leendert Kool, John Harris, Johannes Backer.
1763 .- Ephraimu Cankling.
These records are too voluminous to use at length for the purposes of this volume.
OLD HOMESTEADS.
Christian Myers, great-grandfather of Josiah Myers, now residing in Saugerties, was au early settler. as shown in the preceding lists. Ile was one of the Palatines who came up the Hudson in a sloop during the open winter of 1710-11, and landed at West Carup. The old homestead was in the rear of the present residence of Josiah Myer.
The Suyder family are descended from very early settlers. They have in their possession an old Dutch Bible, a valu- able and highly-prized relie. It was printed in 1710, and is therefore one Imindred and seventy years old. The early Snyder homestead was where Isane Snyder now lives at "('hurchlaand."
The Dederick family has a similar Bible, published in 1620, which makes it two hundred and fifty years old. This family was of the Palatine colony, and their early loca- tion was probably in the vicinity of West Camp.
Martinus Post came to Saugerties from New Jersey. He was of Hugueuot ancestry, and came to this country in connection with the Dutch emigration. It is the opin- ion of the family that the true name was Lazier ; that cer- lain of the ancestors far back were post-riders; that sur- natnes being given largely from oveupations, or changed and modified by them, the name Post was added, and finally supplanted the actual name. The homestead of Martinas Pest was on the present John W. Davis farm, and near the ohl burial-ground upon that estate. He had two sons, Martinus Jr., and Abram, the former of whom settled in Kingston, the latter in Saugerties. The sons of Abram were five,-Jacobus, John, Peter, Abram, Corne- lius, -- who all settled near each other at Saugerties village. Peter had two sons, Abram and Peter P., the former of whom went to Catskill, and the latter remained at Sauger- ties. Peter P. was the father of Peter P., Jr., now residing at Sangerties. From him these notes upon the family are obtained, and he has also furnished much ofher valuable information for this history. He was born May 8, 1800. The old Mynderse homestead was the present place of Mr. Fred. T. Russell. Garret Mynderse, who died May 22, 1-71, was a connecting link between the present age and the past. In the old will of John Persen, given above, it was stated that Mr. Person left to his daughter, the wife of Myndert Mynderse, certain real estate. Garret Mynderse Bus a grandson, and was born upon the old homestead Nov.
10, 1776. That venerable stone house is supposed to have been erected by the grandfather, about the year 1743, awl Mr. Fred. T. Russell, the present owner, is a grandson of Garret Mynderse. The title to that property is thus traced back through six generations iu the same family, and then fifty years earlier to the deed of 1687. Garret Mynderse was a noted specimen of vigorous old age, and though he reached nearly a century, was kind, patient, gentle, and had the loving respeet of the whole community.
Among the names obtained from the books of the old Reformed Church are doubtless many from what is now Greene County, as in the early times the church at Kaats- baan was the only Dutch Church between Kingston and what is now known as Leeds, four miles northwest of Cats- kill. Among these names from Greene County are prob- ably those of Van Orden, Oberbagh, De Mon, Salsberg (Salsbury), Sack, Schermerhorn, Van Veghten, Britt, Van Bergen, and several others. The baptismal lists may also show some names, it is thought, from the east side of the river, as those of Ham, Rorabaek, Sagendorf, Hoffman.
Jacob Ploeff's homestead was probably in the vicinity of Glasco. Jacob Ten Broeck and Weescl Ten Broeck, judg- ing from the later locations of the families, may have been . either from the north part of the parish, Greene County. or from the south part, near Kingston. The Valek homestead was at Kaatsbaan, and also the Fiero homestead. The location of the Becker family, or Backer, was in the " Church- land" neighborhood. The Hommel homestead of early times was the present place of Horatio Snyder. The old Wolven place was on the bank of the river where Francis Pidgeon now lives. The present village of Malden is on the north part of his farm.
Next worth of the Wolven estate was the old Van Steen- bergli farin, over which a portion of Malden also extends. The Freligh homestead of early times was at Kaatsbaan, where Norman Grey wow resides. The Souzer place was probably south, within the new town of Ulster. The Evert Wynkoop homestead of a hundred and fifty years ago or more was the place of the late Isaac Wynkoop,-been retained by successive generations of this family from the earliest settlement. The homestead of the Young family was probably at. Blue Mountain. The Valkenburgh place of early times was at Kaatsbaan, the present Spellman farm. The Brando family were doubtless in the Cauter kill District. Johannes Burhans was located on the north- west part of the town, at the present Saxton post-office. He was the great-grandfather of Peter P. Post, from whom these uotes on homesteads are mostly obtained.
The old Newkirk homestead has descended in the family through several generations. It is now owned by James Newkirk. The place of the Carn family in early times was in the " Churchland" neighborhood. The Wells family were in the Saxton post-office neighborhood. The Ouster- houdt homestead has been held by the family for several generations. It is now owned by Abraham Oosterhoudt. The Rightmeyers livedl at Kaatsbaan. The Longendyck homestead is now owned by Peter Snyder, near the Platte- kill, not far from Mount Marion. An old Dewitt home- stead is the present place of Simeon Dewitt. The early Du Bois homestead was probably the place in later years of
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Christopher Kiersted, and now of John Kiersted, of San- gerties village. The Emericks lived at West Camp. The earliest homestead of the Post family in this town was the present place of John W. Davis. The Person family were at the mouth of the Esopus, as already shown, but they were connected to the Persen family in Greene County, and the church records may show names from both places. One homestead of the Legg family was the present Oosterhoudt place south of the creek, and another the present Sheffield place, and still another on the Kaatsbaan Road, where Peter M. Mower now lives. The Markle family were in the northwest part of the town. The Van Leuven homestead was where Dr. Spalding how lives, south towards Glasco. The homestead of the Roosa family was above Churchland. The Marte-tock family were at Kaatsbaan. A ponion of the town was known as the Martestock pateut. The Eige- nor (Eignor) family were located at West Camp. A very old house belonging to this family is still there, now owned by William F. Russell. The Swarts' homestead was at Flatbush. The Van Etten place was in Churchland. Cor- nelius Person was an early resident at Kaatsbaan. Ilis place is now owned by a descendant, Cornelius P. Brink.
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