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Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor, 323, 328, 339, 342, suspected of intrigue, 344, letter to New England, 346, writes to Plantation Committee, 347, purposes suspected, 349, hampered by forms and customs, 350, 353, passage to England refused, 369, interview with king, 478, elected commander of army, 489, 493, in command, 494, recalled.
Nicolls, Matthias, 208, commissioned officer, 220, secre- tary of province, 243, counselor, 253, mayor, 262, 270, 274 297, 302, first speaker of New York Assem- bly, 303, first judge of Oyer and Terminer, 418.
Nicolls, William, 374, family of, 375, imprisoned, 384, counselor, 387, liberated, 388, counselor, 403, 417, sent to England as agent for New York, 430, ac- cused of complicity with pirates, 451, 465, speaker of House, 468, 476, drafted resolutions, 477, 487, 497, predictions, 507 (note), family of, death of.
Nicolls, Benjamin (son of William), 507 (note), family of, 642, trustee of Kings College (1751), 647, trustee of New York Society Library.
Nicolls, William (son of William), 507 (note), family of, character of, 678, chosen speaker, (1759).
Nicolls, Colonel Richard, 208, appointed governor, 210, demanded surrender, 211, terms offered, 212, prompt decision and promises, 213. 214, surrender of city, and occupation of same, 219, sketch of family, 222, proceeds to Delaware Bay, 223, discusses Connecticut patent, 226, autocratic law-maker, 227, presides over Hempstead Convention (1665), 228, 229, promotes all laudable enterprises, 237, in pecuniary discour- agement, 238, 239, 240, proposes to depart for Eng- land, 242, regrets at his departure, 243, escorted to vessel, 245, at Whitehall, 256, killed in naval engagement with Dutch (1671).
Nicolls, Richard, 522, postmaster (1693), 564, coroner, (note).
Noble, John, 753, elder in Presbyterian Church (1736). Noell, Thomas, 452, mayor, 453, strife over the city election.
Non-Importation Agreement, 725, signed by New York merchants, 726, signed by Boston and Philadelphia, 730, 731, 732, 733, 737, 738, 739, 743, effects of, upon savage New York, 744, concessions, 754, action of New York, 755, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, New York regulating the subject of, 766, 767, 768.
Norris, Captain, 556, 560, wife of.
North, Lord, 761.
Norwalk, 92, foundation of
Norwood, Harry, 208, commissioned officer under Nic- olis.
Notleman, Conrad, 64, appointed sheriff, 76.
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OGDEN, JOHN, 107, built church in New York, (note), 719 (note), founded Elizabethtown.
Ogden, Judge David, 642 (note), 706 (note), 724. Ogden, Richard, 107.
Ogilby, John, 248, king's cosmographer.
Oglethorpe, General (governor of Georgia), 583.
529
880
INDEX.
Olfersten, Jacob, 113.
O'Neal, Hugh, 147, married widow of Van der Donck. Opdyck, Gysbert, 90, commissary, 91, resigned office, 196.
Orange, Prince of, 24, 43, Maurice, 44, in opposition to Barneveld, 50, death of, and reference to Frederick Henry, 131, death of Frederick Henry, and succession of William II., 156, death of William II., 157, Wil- liam III., 254, youth of, 280, at English Court, 281, marriage of, 330, invited to the throne of England, 331, description of, and portrait of, 332, domestic relations of, crusade against popery, 334, reception of, in England, 335, assumed the government, 336, crowned.
Osborne, Sir Danvers (governor), 636, arrival of, 638, hanged himself.
Otis, James, 691, resigned office, 710, boldness of, 717, 718, American Congress proposed by.
P.
PALMER, JOHN, 303, one of the first judges appointed, 326, went to London, 339, member of Andros's Council.
Paris, Ferdinand John, 507 (note), 563.
Parker, James, 625, government printer, 626, 747, death of.
Parker, James, 706 (note), family of.
Patrick, Captain Daniel, 92, 101, swore allegiance.
Paulusen, Michael, 67, commissary of Pauw's colony.
Pauw, Michael, 49, director in West India Company, 62, purchased Staten Island, Hoboken, &c., 115. Pavonia, 62.
Peartree, William, 468, mayor (1703), 469, description of, 471, counselor.
Pell, Alfred S, 701, wife of, (note).
Pell, Thomas, 171, bought land in Westchester, 257, 381.
Penn, William, 292, 293, father of, 295, charter of Pennsylvania granted, 298, drew up government and laws for same, 299, obtained conveyance of East New Jersey, 301, in Albany trying to secure Susquehanna Valley, 302, reply of Dongan, 316, Mason and Dixon's line, 317, sketch of, and influence of, 411, territory of Pennsylvania and its government his own prop- erty.
Perret, Dominie, 382
Perry, John, 325, first mail-carrier between Boston and New York, 359, 373, arrested.
Pepperell, Sir William, 594, description of, 595, cre- ated a baronet, 652.
Philip II. (of Spain), 22.
Philipse, Frederick (first lord), 226 (note), assessed to provide for English soldiery, 270, antecedents of family, 271, wife of, 271, personal sketch of, 283, vessel of his wife, 297, 298, 300, counselor under Dongan, 305, built Castle Philipse, also church at Sleepy Hollow, 323, counselor under Andros, 328, 342 ; character of, 344, 350, efforts to check revolu- tion, 353, one of the deputies intrusted with govern- ment, 371, strife for king's letter, 433, retired from Council, 433, 439, estate under condemnation, 465, death of, 467, will of, 599, great-granddaughter of. Philipse, Adolphe (son of Frederick above), 434, 439, estate under condemnation, 467, 471, counselor, 483, property of, 496, masier in chancery, 509, character of, 514, removed from Council by Burnet, 522, speaker of Assembly, 541, judge, 550, 573, contested election, 574, chosen speaker, 575, farm in Putnam County, 582, 605, estate of.
Philipse, Eve, 420 (note), family of, 467.
Philipse, Philip (son of Frederick, above), 467, 602 (note), wife of.
Philipse, Frederick (son of Philip, second lord), 467, 568, assemblyman. 600, manor-house of, 601 (note), 602, character of, family of, 692 (note), 603, daugh- ter of, 614, 620, 623.
Philipse, Frederick (third lord), 603. description of, and wife of, 711, 758, residence of in 1774.
Philipse, Mary, 600, portrait of, 604, style of, and mar- riage of, 605, 606, 678. meets Washington.
Phipps, Constantine, 413, Massachusetts agent.
Phipps, Sir William, 338, character of, 352, 368, 381,
naval force commanded by, 407, made governor, 408, 411, 412, 425, death of.
Pierson, Colonel, 409, assemblyman, 412.
Pierson, David, 620, assemblyman.
Pietersen, Abraham, 114, one of the " Eight Men."
Pietersen, Evert, 181, teacher in public school.
Pietersen, John, 99, member of first representative body.
Pinchon, John, 213, commissioner, 343.
Pinhorne, William, 283, arrival of, 309, alderman, 315, speaker of Assembly, 378, 384, reappointed by king, 387, recorder, 388, 390, judge, 403, 431, dis- approved of proceedings, 445.
Pintard, John, 564, alderman (1738).
Pintard, Lewis, 731.
Piracy, 423, commerce almost destroyed by, 424, at- tempts to suppress, 432, its relation to the acts of trade, 433, a bone of contention in the Council.
Pitkin, William, 276, ambassador from Connecticut, 306, commissioner, 379, delegate, 594, sister of, (note) 641, lieutenant-governor.
Pitt, William (Earl of Chatham), 677, 679, 687, 688, 693, 694, 715, 733, 734, 735, marble statue erected in honor of (note).
Planck, Abraham, 99, member of first representative body.
Plantius, Peter, 27, pastor of Dutch Reformed Church in Amsterdam.
Plowman, collector of port, 353, 355, removed.
Polhemus, David, 175.
Polhemus, Dominie Johannes Theodorus, 175, arrival of, 249.
Polhemus, John, 176.
Pontiac, 702, king of Ottawa Confederacy, 703.
Poor House, 559, established.
Pope of Rome, 15, bull issued by.
Portuguese, 16, progress of, and exploits of.
Pos, Simon Dircksen, 54.
Pownall, Thomas, 638, secretary to Sir Danvers Os- borne.
Pratt, Benjamin, 750, marriage of.
Prince, Thomas, 149.
Printing, 12, new epoch in art of, 244, liberty of, in New York.
Privateering, 683.
Provoost, David, 503 (note), mayor.
Provoost, Samuel, 503 (note), widow of.
Q
QUAKERS, 184, 199, 292, 317, 464, 754. Quick, Mr., 581.
Quimby, John, 227, delegate to Hempstead Conven- tion (1665).
R.
RALEIGH, WALTER, 506.
Randolph, Postmaster, 325.
Rapaelje, George, 99, member of first representative body.
Rapaelje, Jans Joris, 56.
Rapaelje, Sarah (daughter of Jans Joris), first girl born in New Netherland.
Rasiers, Isaac, Dr., 54, arrival of, 55, secretary, 57, 58. Reade, Joseph, 582, juryman, 627, 692, counselor, 725, 730, 756, death of.
Reade, Lawrence, 422 (note), warden of Trinity Church (1696).
Reade, Charles, 706, counselor.
Reed, John, 504, marriage of.
Reimer, Alderman, 556.
Reiniers, Grietje, 86.
Rensselaerswick, 61, estate of Van Rensselaer, 62, 79, rapidly improving (1637), 118, 140, an independent power, 153, 155, 239.
Rice, Rev. Owen, 753, Moravian clergyman.
Richard, James, 223.
Richard, Paul, 343 (note), 559, mayor, 620, assembly- man, 636, 654, 660 (note).
Richardson, Richard Paulus, 226, assessed to provide for English soldiers, 229, planted vineyard on Long Island, 343 (note), family of, 356, counselor.
Ricketts, Mary Walton, 606, (note), married Stephen Van Cortlandt.
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881
INDEX.
Riggs, John, 368, bearer of despatches from the king, 370, 371.
Roberts, Colonel, 616, cornet of horse.
Robertson, Governor, 685.
Robinson, Colonel Beverley, 603, family of, 604, estate of (note), children of, 678, entertains Washington, 729.
Robinson, Thomas, 726.
Rockingham, English statesman, 733, 737.
Roclandsen, Adam, 72, first schoolmaster, 123.
Roelofsen, Boele, 249, church elder.
Rodgers, Rev. Dr. John, 751, 752.
Rodman, John, 443.
Roelofse, Teunis, 358, one of Committee of Safety under Leisler.
Roesen, Jans Hendricksen, 91.
Rogers, Dr., 401.
Rombouts, Francis, 180 (note), 256, commissioner, 384.
Romeyn, Simon Jansen, 226, property assessed.
Roome, William, 607, justice of the peace.
Roosevelt, Isaac, 729, alderman.
Rosevelt, Jacobus, 564, alderman.
Rosehill estate (Scotland), 501 (note).
Rou, Rev. Louis, 521.
Rudyard, Thomas, 299 - 301 (note), daughter married. Russel, Admiral, 330, invitation of, to Prince of Orange. Russel, Lord George, 285.
Russel, Lord William, 306, executed.
Rutgers, Anthony, 582, juryman, 632, marriage of daughter to Rev. Henry Barclay, 723 (note), family of.
Rutgers, Mr., 536, house of.
Rutherford, John, 599, counselor, 610, 653, 676.
Rutherford, Walter, 503, marriage of.
S.
SABBATH, 95, 134, 220, 249, English customs in regard to the, 250, 269, 309, the question of the, 388. Salisbury, Sylvester, 208, commissioned officer.
Salstonstall, Governor (of Connecticut), 493, 570 (note), daughter of
Sancroft, Archbishop, 329, refused to obey the king. Santen, Lucas, 301, collector of revenue, 315. Say, Lord, 76, 102, 194.
Saybrook, 76, 274, resists Andros.
Schaets, Rev. Gideon, 156, installed, 190 (note), 249, 285, 305, 361.
Schenectady, 376, 377, destruction of.
Schermerhorn, Simon, 377.
Schools, 72, 123, 124, 158, 181, 100, 231, 232.
Schult, Simon, 90, surgeon sent from Holland.
Schuyler, Hon. Peter (first mayor of Albany), 153, fam- ily arms of, 154, house of, 257, 258, sister of, 305, 318, Albany incorporated, 326, 357, portrait of, 361, presi- dent of Convention, 362, 363, 375, 378, 379, 395, 397, 405, diplomatic character of, 406, 438, 439, estate under condemnation, 445, counselor, 449, 450, con- flict in Council, 475, creditor of government, 478, 479, services of, and visit to English Court, 480, vase given to, by Queen Anne, 483, 493, 509, acting gov- ernor of New York, 510, 514, 518, son of, 598, 606.
Schuyler, Adonijah, 582, juryman in negro trial (1741).
Schuyler, Arent, 154, 420, daughter of, married De Peyster, 670, 671, New Jersey estate of, 672, descend- dants of.
Schuyler, Brandt, 397, alderman, wife of, &c., 416, assemblyman, 444, 619, counselor.
Schuyler, Colonel John, 154, 381, led expedition to Canada, 432, agent among Indians, 606, John, son of, married Cornelia van Cortlandt, and were parents of General Philip Schuyler of Revolution.
Schuyler, Colonel Peter (son of Arent), 670, 671, 672, portrait of.
Schuyler, George L., 480, in possession of Schuyler vase,
Schuyler, Myndert, 509, 536, 568; assemblyman, 612, 614, 640, 652.
Schuyler, Philip Pietersen, ancestor of family, 153, 154.
Scott, John, 195, 204, bearer of royal letters, 207.
Scott, John Morin, celebrated politician, 691, 718, 751, 766, 767, John Adams' description of.
Selyns, Dominie Henricus, 190, arrived, 191, married, 249, 298, returned, 304, parsonage of, 328, writes of affairs, 354, 383, 388, sermon of, 392, 393, 401, en- graved baptismal basin, 422, 440, death of.
Sewall, Samuel, 379.
Sharp, Dr. (Archbishop of York), 458.
Sharp, Governor (of Maryland), 653.
Sharp, John, 257, attorney, 258.
Sharpas, William, 422 (note), one of first wardens of Trinity Church, 496, clerk in chancery, 566.
Sharpe, Rev. John, 532, 647.
Sharpe, Richard, 740, one of founders of Chamber of Commerce.
Shirley, Governor (of Massachusetts), 591, 593, 595, 608, 613, 619, 621, 629, 630, 648, 649, 652, 653, 658, 659, recalled.
Sidney, Algernon, 236, 298, 306, executed.
Simpson, Sampson, 740, one of founders of Chamber of Commerce.
Sinclair, Sir John, 613, 653.
Skinner, Cortlandt, 604, 606, daughter of, 706, family of.
Skinner, Rev. William, 606 (note); family of.
Skinner, William, 606, married daughter of Sir Peter Warren.
Sloughter, Governor Henry, 369, appointed, 370, 383, 384, 385, 387, took possession of fort, 390, 391, 392, signed death-warrant of Leisler, 396, death of.
Sluyter, Peter (Labadist), 286, 288, 289.
Smeeman, Herman, 206, delegate to the Landtdag. Smith, Captain John, 28, 42.
Smith, Colonel William (governor of Tangier), 355, 384, appointed counselor, 388, judge in admiralty, 390, 408, chief justice, daughter of, 415, counselor, 436, 437, estate of, 445, 448, 449, conflict in Council, 450, 465, restored to honor and offices, 465, death of, at St. George's manor.
Smith, William, 482, 548, 549, 550, 557, 564 (note), re- corder, 565, 567, 568, description of, as an orator, 573, 574, eloquence of, 600, pall-bearer to Governor Morris, 616, 620, 638, 640, 647, trustee of Society Library, 691.
Smith, William (son of above), 715, 717, 725, 730, 756, counselor.
Smits, Claes, 97, 98.
Spain, 19, discoveries, 20, 22, war upon England, 48, war with Holland, 51, commerce threatened, 172, 246, alliance, 264, 266, peace.
Sparks, Governor (of Barbadoes), 601, daughter of, 602 (note).
Spottswood, Governor (of Virginia), 520.
Spragg, John, 301, secretary, 302, clerk to assembly, 323, counselor under Andros.
Staats, Captain Jochim, 364, commandant of force, 365, 375, wife of (note).
Staats, Dr. Samuel, 434, counselor to Bellomont, 440, 442, 448, 449, 451, 460, suspended from Council by Cornbury, 483, counselor under Hunter, 500, death of, 576, daughter of.
Stealman, John, 227, delegate to Convention 1665. Steenhuysen, Englebert, 206, delegate to Landtdag. Steendam, Jacob, 247, first poet, portrait of.
Steenwyck, Cornelis, 206, delegate to Landtdag, 207, magistrate, 213, 220, 225, appointed burgomaster under English, 234, portrait of, 242, mayor, 243, house of, 255, 260, 269, 274, 308.
Stevens, John, 503, marriage of, 729.
Stevens, John, 741, graduated, 757, house of.
Stevensen, Coert, 206, delegate to Landtdag.
Stockton, Richard, 642 (note), signer of Declaration of Independence.
Stockton, Richard, son of above, 642.
Stockton, Richard Field, grandson of the signer, 642.
Stoffelsen, Jacob, 99, member of first representative body, 115.
Stol, Jacob Jansen, 186.
Stoll, Serjeant Joost, 348, led revolutionists to fort (1689), 355, 360, ensign, sent to Whitehall, 390, reached London, 379, returned, 386, 387.
Stoughton, William, 323, judge under Andros.
Stoughton, William, 379, delegate from Massachusetts.
Streets of New York, 179 (note), 401, origin of Water Street, 402, 533, 539, 633, 753, 757.
Strickland, John, 202.
Strycker, Jan, 206, delegate to Landtdag.
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INDEX.
Stryker, John, 174, to superintend erection of church. Stuyvesant, Balthazar, 181, 216.
Stuyvesant, Gerardus, 564, alderman (1735), 607, jus- tice of the peace.
Stuyvesant, Governor Peter, 126, appointed, 127, portrait of, 128, personal description of, 129, wife of, 133, situation, 134, Sabbath laws, 146, diffi- culties with the "Nine Men," 150, criticised, 172, visited Gravesend, 175, returned from West In- dies, 181, real estate, 185, Quakers persecuted, 187, quieting Indians, 188, " Bouwery," 200, in city, 202, in Connecticut, 207, at Indian Conference, 210, surrender of city demanded, 211, distress of. 213, terms agreed upon, 214, mortified and humiliated, 216, private life, 222, took oath of allegiance to Charles II., 226, assessed to provide for English soldiers, 249, elder of church.
Stuyvesant, Nicholas William, 162, 181, 216, 344, 350, 354, 367, house searched.
Swart, Mr. and Mrs., 286.
Swinton, Isaac, 315, clerk in chancery (1685), 318, recorder in Albany.
Sylvester, Constant, 238 ; owner of Shelter Island, 239. Sylvester, Nathaniel, 238.
T.
TALBOT, CAPTAIN MARK, 301.
Talmage, Lieutenant Enos, 365.
Temple, Sir William, 245, Minister at the Hague, 246, 264, summoned from his retirement, 492.
Ten Broeck, Dirck Van Wessels, 486, magistrate.
Tennis, Guisbert, 327, delegate to Convention (1665).
Terneur, Daniel, 206, delegate to the Landtdag.
Teunissen, Guisbert, 206, delegate to the Landtdag. Tew, Captain, 423, pirate.
Thomas, Captain Jelmer, 127.
Thomas, John, 620, 623, 636.
Thompson, Gabriel, 505 (note), heirs of, 581.
Throgmorton, John, 104, 114.
Tienhoven, Cornelis Van, 93, 93, secretary, 110, 134, 135, 144, 145, 152, arrested in Amsterdam, 156, ap- pointed sheriff, 178, absconded, 287, second wife of. Tilton, John, 199, Quaker.
Tollet, George, 439
Topping, Thomas, 220, counselor under Nicolls, 227, delegate to the Hempstead Convention.
Townsend, Henry, 199, Quaker,
Townshend, in Parliament, 715, 716, 737, 738.
Treat, Hon. Robert (governor of Connecticut), 199, 306, 324, 325, 343, 365, 375.
Trico, Catelina, 56 (note).
Tryon, Sir William (governor), 755, appointed, 756, residence of, 758, 760, 763, sailed for England.
U.
UNDERHILL, CAPTAIN JOHN, 89, 115, 117, 118, 164, 206, 227, delegate to the Hempstead Convention, 229.
Ury, Rev. John (Catholic priest), 583, trial and execu- tion of, 584.
Usselincx, William, 23, 24, 45.
V.
VAN BERGEN, ADRIAN, 108, ancestor of Van der Donck. Van Brugge, Carel, 156, secretary of province.
Van Brugh, Johannes, 220, schepen, 222, 225, 226,
property assessed, 230, alderman, 260, burgomaster, 269, 274, 357, wife of.
Van Cleff, Jan, 206, delegate to Landtdag.
Van Corlear, Arendt, commissary, 108, 124.
Van Corlear, Jacob, 78, 162.
Van Cortlandt, Augustus, 607, family of.
Van Cortlandt, Frederick, 607, house of, family of, 757. Van Cortlandt, Hon. Stephanus, 277, mayor, 278, description of, and wife of, 283, judge, 299, 301, counselor, 306, 310, 316, managing revenue, 323, 325, 328, 342, age and politics, 343, 344, 348, mayor, 350, 353, one of the deputies entrusted with govern- ment, 354, 355, 256, 358, 361, 367, wife of, 371,
struggle for power, 374, house broken into, wife abused, 384, appointed counselor by the king, 388, 390, judge, 403, 409, 415, 421, son of, 431, searcher of customs, 439, estate under condemnation, 446, death of, widow of, 451, suits defended by widow of, 606, descendants of.
Van Cortlandt, Jacobus, 409, assemblyman, 416, 420, daughter of, 435, 444, merchant, 465, 489, mayor, 559, daughter killed, 602, wife of, 606, descendants of.
Van Cortlandt, Philip, 421, manager of, 536, coun- selor, 561, 568, 606, descendants of.
Van Cortlandt, Pierre (lieutenant-governor), 421, 606, 607, wife.
Van Cortlandt, Oloff Stevensen, 61, daughter of, 90, antecedents of, 138, wife of, 143. coat of arms of, 169, schepen, 203, burgomaster, 204, 211, 213, repre- sented city at surrender, 222, 225, 226, property assessed, 230, alderman, 245, sent ship to Holland, 249, elder of church, 260, 277, son of, 310, 374, granddaughter of, 601, daughter of (note), 606 (note), descendants of.
Van Couwenhoven, Jacob, 136, one of " Nine Men," 138, wife of, 145, 148, brewer.
Van Couwenhoven, Pieter, 148, 161, schepen, 200.
Van Dam, Rip, 435, assemblyman, 444, 456, 460, coun- selor to Cornbury, 483, counselor to Hunter, stand- ing of. 484 (note), family of, 496, master in chan- cery, 521, 524, church dedicated to, 536, acting governor (note), 537, 538, contention with Cosby, 540, suits, 546, portrait of, 547, portrait of wife of, 560, 561, 562 563, 564, strife with Clarke for the government of province, 565, 578.
Van Dincklagen, Lubbertus, 76, arrival of, 80, 120, 127, vice-director, 134, 135, 143, 149, 150, 152, ex- pelled from Council.
Van Dyck, Ensign, 101, 127, fiscal, 134, 151, 152, 176. Van der Capellen, Baron, 146. 151, 189, 190, death of. Van der Donck, Adrian, 108, arrival of, 122, loaned money to Kieft, 124, marriage of, 143, secretary, 145, 147, origin of the name of Yonkers, 150, 152, 158, sailed for Europe. 165. returned.
Van der Grist, Paulus, 134, 135, 161, schepen, 177, 207, magistrate, 226, property assessed, 249, elder in church.
Van der Huygens, Cornelis, 90, sheriff.
Van der Horst, Myndert Myndertsen, 96, 115, house attacked and burnt.
Vanderbeck, Conradus, 310, inviter to funerals.
Vanderveen, Pieter Cornelisen, 181, merchant.
Van Fees, Anthony, 107, buys first city-lots.
Van Gaasbeeck, Dominie (of Esopus), 289.
Van Gherl, Maximilian, 141, schepen.
Van Gogh, Dutch minister to England, 232.
Van Hardenburg, Arnoldus, 136, one of " Nine Men," 144.
Van Hattan, Arent, 61, burgomaster.
Van Hoboken, Harmen, 181, teacher.
Van Horne, Abraham, 513, counselor, 536.
Van Horne, Cornelis, 564, 573, assemblyman, 574, 620. Van Horne, David, 582.
Van Horne, Gerrit, 573.
Van Imbroeck, Dr., 83, 200, wife of, 206, delegate to Landtdag.
Van Nieuwenhuysen, Dominie Wilhemus, 249, arrival of, 284, 289, 298, death of.
Van Olfendam, Arien Jansen, 123, teacher.
Van Remund, Jan, 64, secretary of province.
Van Rensselaer, Jean Baptist, 153, 156.
Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, 49, director of West India Com- pany, 60, 61. family of, 62, manor-house of, 65, 108, 125, death of, family arms of.
Van Rensselaer, Jeremias (son of above), 61, family of, 140, family arms of, 201, 205, portrait of, 206, president of Landtdag, 222. 239, 394, 435, assembly- man, 439. estate under condemnation.
Van Rensselaer, Rev. Nicolaus, 61, 269 (note), 285, 318, widow of.
Van Rensselaer Kiliaen, 483, counselor, 568, assem- blyman, 636. 678.
Van Ruyven, Cornelis, 166, secretary of province, 203, 204, 208, 220, 222, 226, property assessed, 230, 242, alderman, 252, counselor, 261, 262, sailed for Hol- land.
Van Steenwyck, Abraham, 107.
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883
Van Schaick, Gerritsen (alderman of Albany), 361, 363, 370.
Van Schaick, Peter, 741, graduated from college.
Van Schelluyne, Dirck, 147, early lawyer, 152, 158, 174, 206.
Van Slechtenhorst, Brandt, 125, 140, 152, 153, daugh- ter of, 154, 155, 156.
Van Slechtenhorst, Gerrit, 206, delegate to Landtdag. Van Slyck, Cornelis Antonissen, 125.
Van Tweenhuysen, Lambrecht, 38, navigator.
Van Twiller, Wouter (governor), 66, appointed, 67, arrival of, 69, 73, built house, 78, 125.
Van Vorst, Garret Jansen, 109.
Van Wely, Johannes, 125.
Van Werckhoven, Hon. Cornelis, 169, 196.
Van Wyck, Theodorus, 673, alderman (1758). (note).
Van Zandt, Winant, 581, 582, juryman in negro trial. Varick, Dominie, 382.
Varlett, Hon. Nicholas, 213, represented province in surrender of New York to English.
Venice, in fifteenth century, 13.
Verbeck, Jan, 206, delegate to Landtdag.
Verbeth, Nicholas, 182.
Verbeth, Judith, 182.
ยท Verplanck, Daniel Crommelin, 686, marriage of, (note). Verplanck, Abraham, 181, 260, 287, wife of.
Verplanck, Gulian, 181, 260, family of.
Verplanck, Gulian, 568, assemblyman, 712.
Verplanck, Gulian, 741, graduate from the college. Verplanck, Isaac, 181.
Verplanck, Philip, 678, assemblyman, 711.
Verstius, William, 174, teacher, 181.
Verveeler, Johannes, 206, delegate te Landtdag.
Verrazano (Italian navigator), 17, 19
Vesey, Rev. William, 437, portrait of, 438, collision with governor, 445, 452, 457, 469, 572, 578, widow of.
Vetch, Samuel (governor of Nova Scotia), 455, wife of, 478, 493.
Vigne, Jean, 286, first male child born in New York of European parents, 287.
Volckersten, Dirck, 287, wife of.
W.
WALKER, ZACHARIAH, 202, signer of petition. Wall Street, 286, 287, 421, 443, 505, 760.
Wallace, Alexander, 683, merchant, 739, family of, 757.
Wallace, Hugh, 683, merchant, 739, vice-president of Chamber of Commerce, family of, 743, 756, counselor 758, residence of,
Walley, John (Plymouth), 379, delegate to Leisler's congress.
Walloons (Protestant), 48.
Walter, John, 671, daughter of.
Walters, Robert, 360, alderman, 379, 383, about mar- riage of, 418, 434, counselor, 435, 442, 449, 451, 457, associate judge, 460, 483, 517, mayor, 521, 608.
Walton, Jacob, 684, wife of.
Walton, Jacob, Jr., 685, wife of, 738, assemblyman, 742.
Walton, William, 636, assemblyman, 647, trustee of Society Library, 654, 660, 678, counselor, 683, wealth of, 684, mansion of, 685, character of, 759, wife of. Walton, William (nephew of former), 684, family of, 685, character of, 686 (note), children of, 730, coun- selor, 740, one of the founders of Chamber of Com- merce.
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