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LIST QUIT-RENT, ROCHESTER, 1:20.
Date. Persons' names. The Quit-Rents.
Sept. 22, 1703 ... Jan Garritson Decker
00
2 00
... Icen tert Kool. .
00
00
... Tlendrick Jansen hortright.
00
00
¥
... Hendrick Rosenkrans ..
01
1
%
... leirs of W'r D' Lamontanye ...
00 G
(no date) ..... Dirck Krom, Jers. (none ettered) (zone mitered)
(no date) Frete. Schemialter, 9:24.
Sept. 22, 1703 ... Teunis Oosterhout
... Jan Cortright, How J'rel Schoon- maker.
16 ... Joachim: Schoonmaker .. 00
(no date) .... yis hereof to Tennis Ousterhoudt,
and Sor to Dirck Westbroeck ....... (no rent entered) Sept. 22, 1703 ... Moses Depuv. 00 1 G
April 4, 1704 ..... Andries Davis, now Moses Depuy, Juu.
00
2 00
May 19, 1705 .... Salomon Davis, now Peter Louw ....
C 00
April 9, 1707 ..... Gysbert Van Gorder.
3 00
March 15, 1708 ... Alexander Rosenkrans.
0 6
Ditto 1709 .. ..... Ilcir- of Harmon Hendrick Rosen- krans, now Alexander Hosen-
kraltı -.
00 00
= wc 3 0
3
6
June 2. 1712 ..... Viperit Docker, How Philip Dubois .. May 19, 17H4 .... Mandlene Rosenkrants and N. B. ) OU Marynas Van Aken, now Van Aktu's part to Coil. Jacob Rutsen. 100
May 25, 1:15 ... Jacques Wynhoop ..
May 15. 1715 .... Jacobus Wynkoop.
00
May 25, 1715 .... David Dubois
Juve 3, 1714 ..... [.od-wyck Hoorubeck
1 00
Sept. 22. Ifls. .. John Fortune ...
1 00
1
The Quit-Rent4.
April 5, 1720 ..... John Beatty,
00
6
..... lleirs of Harmon Hendrick Rose . krans, now Alexander Rosekrans. 00
March 5, 1742 ... Alexander Rosekrans .....
00
Dec. 17, 1717 .... Direk Westbrook
00 1
6
June 26, 1722 ... Direk Westbrook
00 00
6
June 4, 1720 ..... ]leirs of Gysbert Van Gorder.
00
00
May 31, 1708 .... Jacob De Wittford conveyance of Gysbert Van Gorder 00 1 00
May 29, 1718. ... Jacob Ile Witt.
00
4 00)
June 7, 1715 ..... Jan Cortrecht.
00 1
w June 5, 1722 ..... Mattys Louw ... June 5, 1722 ..... Teunis Oosterhoudt
00
00
6
May 30, 1726 .... Aldort Oosterhoudt.
00
00
6
May 28, 1715 .... Cornelius Switts ...
00 1
May 15, 1718 .... Cornelius Hoornbeck
00
00 6
Dec. 17, 1717 .... Johannes Hoornbeck.
00 1
00
Jan. 6. 1725 ...... Cornelius Hoorn beck ..
00
2 00
(no date) ....... . Dauiel Broadhead from Direk Rose-
krans for poovers gat.
(no entry)
A tally sheet showing the eleetion of trustees, June 3, 1740, appears to commence by giving a list of voters as follows: Teunis Oosterhoudt, Cornelius Wynkoop, Cryn Oosterhoudt, Philip Du Bois, Petrus Oosterhoudt, Jacobus Swarthout, Ceaxmon Coddebock, Mathis Louw, John Schoonmaker, Egbert Dewitt, Moses Depuy, Jr., Peter Westbrook, Jacobus Quick, Jacob Vandermark, Johannis Henderiekson, Jan Westbrook, Wallen Cool, Jacob Dewitt, Abraham Bevier, Cornelius Ver Nooy, Peter Kortright, Cornelius Louw, Jan Osterhoudt, Rotsert Kettel, Charles Deniston, Neekelas Ketor, James Simpson, Benjamin Schoonmaker, Jacobus Depny, Joggum Schoonmaker, Daniel Schoonmaker, Jacob Hardenbergh, Johannis Iloorubeck, Jacobus Schoonmaker, Jacob Rutsen, Teunis Meddah, Jacobus Hoornbeck, Efrom Cambers, Lourens Kortright.
" Att a meeting of Commissioners for laying out the King's High- ways or Rhodes for the County of Ulster, at Rochester, ou Thursday, July 23, in the fourth year of the reign of our sovreigne Lord. George, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Frauec, and Ireland, King. De- fender of the Faith. ete. Anno Domini 1724. Present, Mr. Arien Garretsen, Mr. Moses Depuy, Mr. Thomas Jauseu, Commissioners. Att the Request of Mr. Philip Du Bois, of Rochester, in the said county, to allow a swinging gate on the King's high Rhode, where there is now a gate standing and bas beeu heretofore standing by the old house of Hemnaugh Quick, and whereas it is his request that the sail Du Bois remove the fence where the said gate stands and desires to have liberty to remove the sail gate where it shall suit his con- veniencey, and also leave to sett another swinging gate to the south- west, Reinugh Quick being the partition between ; and the heirs of Ijerel. Chesen about sixty yards within the division of said Du Bois. and to set the said gate on even ground and liberty to set a swinging gate on the common road that leads to the mill of Teunis Ooster- howlt, and where it shall best suit his convenience, etc."
Therefore, etc., leave was granted.
It was, however, stipulated by the commissioners that the said Philip Du Bois should make " these three swing- ing gates so that they swing forward and backward, so that they take the latch by their own motion and keep the same in repair." Unless they were more perfect than modern gites the last condition would hardly exist for any very long period without repair.
The following receipt is among the papers in the town clerk's office : 6
" ROCHESTER, December the 18th, 1717. " Then received of Jarob Dewitt, Direk Rozenkrans, and Jacobus Wynkoop, the trustees of the Townshipp of Rochester, the just and full sum of one pound, fifteen shillings, and sixpence, and formerly eight poands, being in full of all debts, dues, actions, reckonings. out demands whatsoever from the beginning of the world to this day,
6
June 6, 1:09 ..... Lodewyck Howrabeck .. .. Teunis Oosterhout.
... ..... Gysbert Ousterhoudt, now Teunis Ov-terhoudt.
00
. Direk R. Weettcook
G
(0)
4
1
G
1 00
00 (no entry) 00
Dee. 17, 1717 .... Teur.is Oosterhout.
00
1
00
00 1
00
00
Date. Persons' names.
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what is and hath been due to me from the Trustees of Rochester for servien by me us clerk to thein. I say received by me.
" W'y. NOTTINGHAM."
Among the memoranda of the late Jonathan Hasbrouck we find the following relating to this town : Gysbert Van Gorder lived in Rochester, was a man of excellent note, and left five sous, -Albert, Peter, Gysbert, Hendrick, and Hermanus. April 29, 1742, Benjamin Van Wagenen bought 125 acres of Peter Lamberton. May 10, 1751, Abram Hasbrouck, Isaac Hasbrouck, Jr., Jacob Harden- bergh, Col. Van Wagener, and Louis Du Bois bought 300 acres on the Peters Kill. July, 1751, Jonathan West- brook obtains confirmation of Mill Roek ( Hook ?). May, 1768, Louis Bevier and wife Ester obtain a large grant in Rochester. This was a purchase of W. Osterhout and the heirs of Louis Du Bois.
The old treasurer's book of the trustees has urany items of interest, from which we can only take a few specimens about the time of the Revolution :
"June the 6th, 1763 .- Paid Benjamin Hoornbeck, for entertaining the assessors, If shillings, I pence.
"June 14, 1761 .- Paid to Cornelius Hardenbergh for painting one of the staff's of the constables, 8 shillings.
+. March 25, 1763 .-- Paid to Frederick Senoy, " for one-half gallon of brandy, 5 shillings.
"July 12, 1767, to MI. Fisher, for house-rent for Dr. Romeyn, 1 pound.
"Sept. In, ITG7 .- Paid to Peter Helm, for entertaining of the assessora, le shillings, 4 pence.
" June 13, 1753. - Paid to several rangers on the frontier, in the year 1763, 54 pounds, 12 shillings.
" Ang. 20, --- Paid to like rangers, 4 pounds, 10 shillings.
" Aug. 13, 1773 .- Paid to Bonjatoiu Markle, for painting a con- stable's staff, 3 shillings.
" Sept. 13, 1:73,-Paid to George Clinton, for a retaining and councel fee, 1 pontot, 12 shillings, 6 peuce.t
" Sept. 23, 1773 .- Paid Benjamin Hornbeck, for a gallon of ruin, 5 shillings, & pence.
"Oct., 1577 .-- Paid for Cloading (clothing) men raised to go to kingons ( Kingston ., 65 pounds, 7 shillings.
" April 20, 1755 .- Then paid Capt. John L. Hardenburgh and John Mallon for to go on a scout to paperkonek, in company with Buyker En Roos, pail by the Marbletown trustees, pr Coll. Cantine's orders.
" June 20, 1583 .- Then paid Direk Westbrook for meeting the dele- gates from the other precinets in the county at the Widow Dubois, 6 Fence.
" June 11 .-- Paid Capt. Audries Pevier, for a similar service, 9 Ferner.
"Oct., 1786 .- Then paid to E. Wynloop, for one-half grillm rum, to ran out the vuennt laud lying between Andries Dewitt land and 1, geweght land, 2 shillings and 9 pence."
If that half gallon of ruma surveyed the land correctly, it was a better article than the " tangle-foot" whisky of the present time.
The following original letter, one hundred and twenty- nine years old, is among the papers of the office, and throws light on a dispute about the boundary-line that ex- isted for many years :
" NEW YORK, yo 196 May, 1731. "In. JACOB HORNBECK, in the Behalf of the Trustees of Rochester.
" Harris,-I received your letter & copies of the Contract made Hi for settling the Boundaries Betwist Rochester & Marble Town. Atipa, with which I have Consulted M'. Nicolle, your Lawyer. Ile s sy , that Contract is not binding, a having no seales, But will operate b.wever, ns Testimony ; how at that time the parles understood the
thing, und were amieable to settle the mistakes and Difference in the ir puttents' Boundaries. He thinks if Marbletown will not stand to Rat- titie that agreement, and as the Patents nro of Even date, you should have a Survey made of John Van Kamp's Land, because maridotown patent snys to run from Hurley to the north west Bounds of the Paitz, & so to Cupt. Evens his land ; thenco along Eveus his Land till oppo- site to the South west side of John Van Kemp's land ; thener with a North west line to the Blue Hills, so that Van Kemp's land must be first run and shaped so us to find the South west side. Upon the whale, it seems to me, in Case Marble falls from their agreement, that it will turn to your advantage, as that they can't proceed further South us tu come opposite Van Kamp's South west side, whether they come to Evens his laul or bo. If there be a survey of Van Kamp's land, send that ; and I think it would not be amiss if you should give a fee to Mr. John Crooke, to have him on our side.
"The point relating to the Sand Bergh he thinks is clear, as your Patent says, along the North west bounds of Evens till you come over against the Sand Hills, he is of oppinion minst be such a line as will strick the first Sand Hills with a North west course from Evens his bounds ; thence in the manner as it has been run to the Blue Hilis. He says that will lay entirely upon proof whether the Blue mountains reach so far. It would not be nmiss it a good hand ns Jueab Horn- beek should take a review and Remark the General Course thereof. .. what hills turn therefrom Eastward. He ( Hurubeek ) should have two or three Good Indians und two or three whites n long with him to sco whether the Hills do go so far South us to meet the North west line froin the Sand Bergh. I will be at half the cost of that; then after that we ean Draw a true conclusion. He (Mr. Nicolls) says, Rochester Rounds, viz., from where the North west line (from the Sand Bergh) strikes the Blue Hills, thence along the Blue Hills to the South west Bounds of Marble Town.
" When I made a draft or map of Rochester township Patent in order to give a clear view and Demonstrate to the Lawyer how it lays, as having the New Paltz and John Evens on the East, Marble on the Northward, and Hardenburgh & Compby on ull other sides, I found by my protraction I had not the truo courses, but E made, not- withstanding, tho map sufficient to instruct the lawyer fully thereby. " I desire Mr. Jacob Hornbeck will write out & send me the true courses as ran along the sides of the Blue Hills. I expret, since the Assembly must meet the 24th of this month, to stay yet here perhaps 3 or 4 weeks; so if you have anything Fresh to Communicate in the time, send to me here. I have had but once an opportunity to Conier with Mr. Nicalls, & that but short. Shall soon ace him again, an l what he advisos, to Lett you know, either from henco or Dutchess County. These for the present fromn,
" Gentlemen, " Your most assured Friend to command, " HENRY BEEKMAN. " To MESSAS. EGBERT DEWITT, JACOBUS DEPUY, & SIMON VAN WANIA- NER, Trustees for the Township of Rochester."
We add the following finnily sketch, not only because it relates to one of the most noted founders of the town of Rochester, but because it throws much light upon many other family connections :
Capt. Joachim Schoonmaker, the original settler by that name in the township of Rochester, emigrated from Hol- land in the seventeenth century, probably about 1653. He came to Rochester under the royal letters patent of Her Majesty Queen Anne, or probably some years before they were obtained. He, with Cul. Henry Beckman and Moses Depny, were chosen the first trustees of Rochester, and their first recorded meeting was Sept. 14, 1703. Capt. Joachim had at least two brothers,-Henricus, who settled at Kingston, and another, who located in Shawangunk, cast of the mountains. He continued to serve as trustee from time to time until 1715, and was elected to the ofice of supervisor in 1709 and continued to serve until 1712, when Moses Depuy was chosen his successor. He married Aantje Hussey, of Kingston, April 23, 1680, and it ap-
" Name doubtful. (Vernooy . ; Afterwards tirst Governor of the State.
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pears that they had fifteen children, eight sons, -viz., Cor- nelins, Hendrick, Frederick, Jacobus, Benjamin, John, Joachim, and Daniel,-and seven daughters, Tryntje, who married Jacobus Bruyn ; Ettie, who married Joseph Hlas- brouck ; Jacomyrtie, who married Johannis Miller ; Grietje, who married Moses Depuy, Jr. ; Elizabeth, who married Benjamin Depny; Aamje, who married Cornelius Wyn. koop ; Sarah, who married Jacobus Depuy. This record gives a large amount of information upon the marriage- conncetions of the early families of Rochester and of the connty. The landed estate of Joachim, the pioneer, was located upon both sides of the Rondout Creek, where Ac- cord and Port Jackson are now situated. His residence is supposed to have been on the south side of the ereck, not far from the old Schoonmaker burial-ground. His death Occurred between 1727 and 1730, as his will, recorded in the surrogate's office of New York City, was made Dee. 9, 1727, and was proved Nov. 7, 1730 (see Book 11 of Wills, page 52). His name is in the Quit-Rent Roll of 1729, so he did not die until that year or the next.
Of his sons, Frederick, Joachim, Jacobus, and John took an active part in the administration of the most important trusts of the township. Frederick obtained large grants of land in the town of Marbletown, and at the present time his descendants are numerous in that town. Jacobus located on the north side of the Rondout Creek (at what is now Accord), having an estate of 500 or 600 aeres. The site of his homestead is net certainly known, but is supposed to have been not far from the present hotel of John J. Schoon- maker. Joachim, Jr., located on the south side of the creek, as well as several of the other sous, in the vicinity of the ohl homestead of their father.
Joachim J. marriol, May 11, 1730, Lydia Rosakraus. Their sons were four,-viz., Daniel, John, Jacobus, Mar- tinns, -- and they had one daughter, Helen, who married Mr. Wanshaw, and died leaving no children. Martinus entered the ministry, and located on Long Island.
Jacobus married ( about 1760, it is presumed) a lady by the name of Sleight. He was a man of considerable note; in appearance, tall and erect. He showed remarkable busi- nes: tact and sequire J'ai lige landed estate. Hle built about 1810 the dwelling house now occupied by Mrs. Charity Davis. Ile had only one son, Joachim. This son married, about 1790, Elizabeth Depuy. They had a family of ten children, viz. James, John Depuy, Aantje, Helen, Sarah, Maria, Blandina, Moses I., Nicholas, Catharine.
- Moses I. married, in 1833, Phebe A. Decker, and their family consists of four children, viz., John J., Sarah J., D'hebe (now the wife of Major Tanner, of Kingston), and Mary (wife of A. B. Parker, surrogate of Ulster County).
Moses Depny was one of the first trustees associated with Capt. Joachim Schoonmaker in the management of the Rochester patent. Of Miss Katie Depuy, residing near Accord, we obtain the following : " The Depuy family were Huguenots, born in Paris, and, like others, fled to Holland for their religion. The pioneer of the family at Rochester was Nicholas Depuy. Moses Depuy was undoubtedly a son of Nicholas, and the sons of Moses were probably Elias, Moses, Jr., Benjamin, and Jacobus, three of whom cach married a daughter of Joachim Schoonmaker. The chil-
dren of Jacobus were Joseph, Cornelius, Benjamin, Daniel, Ephraim, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Harp, and Mrs. Bruyn." Miss Katie, above mentioned, is a daughter of Joseph. The homestead of Nicholas Depuy is thought to have been on the south side of the Rondout, at the place now occupied by the widow of Joachim Schoomnaker.
The wife of Joseph Depuy was a daughter of Elias De- puy. Ralph Depuy, living near Accord, from whom many itenis have been obtained for this chapter, is a descendant of Ephraim Depuy. The latter had a son, Ephraim, Jr., and his son was Ephraim E., who was the father of Ralph. The stone house, now vacant, about two miles north of Ac- cord, was built in 1730 by Ephraim Depuy, the first above mentioned.
The old Joachim Schoonmaker house of 1700 stood, probably, upon a knoll near the old burial-place. It was standing down to about the time the canal was opened. The old Ver Nooy homestead was across the erecek, oppo- site the parsonage of the Reformed church. It was built in 1731. A portion of the walls constitute a part of the present house. The place has been in the Ver Nooy family from the carliest settlement, and David Ver Nooy now re- sides there. Just above Port Jackson stood an old house, --- very old even in 1800. It was the James Hasbrouck place, and still earlier is supposed to have been the homestead of Widow Dubois, though the same name is connected with another place near the parsonage of the Reformed church. At the present Clearwater place, north of the Reformed church, was a very old house that stood just in the rear of the present dwelling. Earlier than the Beviers it was owned by Philip Du Bois. The present building was erected 1812 to 1815. Another old house was south of the present parsonage of the Reformed church. It is un- derstood to have been a public-house for a long series of years ; and that meetings of delegates are mentioned in the annals of the Revolutionary period or soon after as being held " at the house of Widow Du Bois;" this was the place. The building was taken down many years ago. The Direk Westbrook homestead was the present place of Mr. Duryea. The Judge Davis place of late years is supposed to have Leet the homestead of the earlier family of that made. It is now owned by Richard D. Sabler, and rented. It has been kept in repair, but is very old. The Lonw homestead was near Alliger. The house, very old, was taken down a few years since on the place now owned by the Hardens.
The family had other branches very early within what is now Wawarsing. The Rosekrans homestead was probably below Alligerville. Henry Rosekrans was living there in 1800. Ile was an auctioneer, popularly known as "Old Ilaukum." The old Cortright homestead was at Pine Bush, and successive generations of that family have lived there down to the present time.
Gen. Frederick Westbrook was a man of much promi- nence in Rochester in the time of the Revolutionary war, and active both in civil and military matters. His home- steal was the present place of Widow Joseph Westbrook at Mill Hook. During the Indian and Tory raids a vo !- unteer company was formed for defense, in which Frederick Westbrook was enrolled, and which was under the com- mand of Capt. Hoornbeeck.
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TOWN OF ROCHESTER.
The dwelling-house of Miss Katie Depuy was built by her grandfather, Jacobus. Other old dwellings are the David Hoornbeek house; the Philip Hoornbeck house; the Joseph L. Schoonmaker house; the dwelling-house of Joseph Chipp ; and there are many others.
The following notes throw some light upon the church history elsewhere given :
"1790, September 14th, then Received from the Trustees of Roch- ester, Mr. Jacobus Bruyn and Frederick Westbrook, the sum of eleven pounds eight shillings and sixpence halfpenny in notes, part of the allowance of sixteen pounds made by the frecholders and inhabitants of said town of Rochester to the Congregation of Mombackus to Re- pair Dominic's house at the last annual meeting. Received by us:
" BENJAMIN VAN WAGENER,
"ISAAC HOORNBECK, " JOHN DEPLY, " JACOB D. W. SCHOONMAKER, "JACOD IlOURSBECK."
Accompanying memorandum :
€ d
" Note of Moses Depuy. Noto of Gideon Hoornbeck.
7 8 53
2 17 10
Note of Barent Markle ...
0 11 10
Note of Cornelius Van Wagener 0 10 5
£II 8
These notes are given to the elders of Rochester.
There was an order of the town, voted in 1787, "to pay the sum of £36 to Johannes Bevier, Jr., and Jacob Hoornbeck, to Repair the buildings on the Parsonage of Mombaceus and Wawarsink." The same year the follow- ing order appears : " That the trustees should pay £110 to the Kirk masters of the two Congregations of said Town, Mombaccus and Wawarsink, to pay Johannis Roosa iu part for a lot of land to be annexed to the parsonage of said two congregations." This seems a large sum for those times, but it is probably expressed in the depreciated cur- rency of those times, and is to be estimated at about one- eighth, or 13 pounds, 15 shillings ..
The following extract from the records shows how far away from the present place of town business the jurisdie- tion of the trustees extended :
"July, 1757 .- The Rev. Henrickus Frelinghnysen desired of the Trustees a grant for some hundred acres of land at a place called Mawesink, in the towuship of Rochester, and the said Trustees granted to the said Henrickus Frelinghuysen, his heirs, and assigns As many acres as he pleased to measure out from one hundred to a thousand acres; provided the said Frelinghuysen measures every Luwired aeres into a square, and near equal in breadth on both sides of the Neversink Creek and joining each hundred aeres to each other, and after measuring the same and paying the custom of the town will convey the same, and ordered this said grant to be registered in their book."
The following relates wholly to what is now Wawar- Ning :
In the town clerk's office at Rochester is a " draft of the Rondout Kill from a certain fall ealled Hunek, up to the division line between the township of Rochester and th .. Great Patent," made Nov. 10, 1786, by John L. Har- Joubergh, Jr. This shows that at that date Warner Hoornbeeck was then living half a mile or more above the falls, on the right-hand side as you travel up the stream ; that a little farther up, perhaps thirty rods, was the house "! Mr. Freer, on the left-hand side; that still farther up, after passing the sharp bend to the left, and about forty rods
above the bend, were two houses, the one on the right that of Benjamin Stanton, the one on the left, Mr. Kindley's ; that in the large tract partially inelosed by this bend at. I extending back towards Hunek Falls there were lands be- longing to the heirs of Daniel Kindley ; lying back of those lands were the lands of Warner Hovenbeck ; and that Ben- jamin Bevier owned a triangular plat, the sharp point at Hunek Falls, and widening until it reached a line intersect- ing the kill half a mile or more above the houses of Stan- ton and Kindley.
Farther up the stream, and half a mile or more above the mouth of Red Brook (that enters from the left), was MeDugal's Bridge, and a quarter of a mile above that " the High Bridge." The house of Teunis Osterhoudt was on the right-hand side, three-quarters of a mile, perhaps, above the High Bridge. The farm of the latter extended some distance up the stream on that side. Farther out towards the west boundary of the town were two ereeks, then called Saw-Mill Creek (or Dwaarskill ) and Mill Creek:, and that Johannes Oosterhoudt's house stood very near the boundary line between Rochester and " The Great Patent." On the left side of the stream, in the upper part, was a large tract belonging to Solomon Davis.
The following memorandum of purchases at Mombaeens, from the volumes of land papers at Albany, throws light upon the period of settlement preceding 1703 :
"Sept. 4, 1676, Thomas Quick at ye Mombaccus at ye RoundI Doubt river Charrat Claessen 60 acres, Aaron Franse 32 acres.
" May 29th, 1685, Ann Blake and Children at Wawarasincke.
"June 6th, 1685, Teunis Jacobs 160 acres, both sides of Mombaccus, in rear of land of Tjerck Classen Dewitt. The same date Tjeres Classen Dewitt 290 acres, both sides of Rondout Kill. Leonard Cole 212 acres South side.
" June 8th, 1685, Nicholas Antoine 344 acres at the mouth of Etony Kill on the south side of the Rondout.
"June 8th, 1685, Jan Gerretse Decker 222 aeres North side of the Rondout.
"June 9th, 1685, Peter Cole, North side; Peter Hillebrand, 386 acres north side; Gysbert Alberts, 180 acres north side.
"June 17th, 1685, Roeloff Hendricks (Van Vliet), Leonard Beck- with.
"June 3d, 1697, Humphrey Davenport asks for 150 acres on Mom- baccus Kill."
STORES.
Mr. Ralph Depuy states that in his boyhood there were three stores in town. One of these was three miles north of Accord, now the place of Mrs. Ilasbrouck ; the store was kept by Joshua Demond. Another was on the high hill north of Kerhonkton. The building is now gone; the store was by William N. MeDonald. A third store was kept by James Gillespie, in connection with his tavern. In later times, somewhat, Joachim Schoonmaker kept store on the north side of the creek, opposite the bridge, and a little later John D. Schoonmaker opened a store at Port Jackson, on the canal. Joachim discontinued the first mentioned soon after the opening of the other, and John D. emntiriel three or four years. Since that other merchants have been Henry B. Hoorubeck, Robert Douglass, Jacob Davi-, Jacob I. Roosa, John I. Davis, Jr., Solomen Markle. Al- freil Krom was the last at that stand, and be closed about 1875. In 1817, Marens Decker opened a store in a build- ing erected by John G. Bell, and is still in trade. Calvin Markle opened a store in 1873 at Port Jackson, and is atil
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