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At the re-assembling of the convention, December 11th, 1653 (the Flatbush delegates being Elbert Elbert- sen and Thomas Spicer) a strong demand was made for laws, " resembling, as nearly as possible, those of the Fatherland." Gov. Stuyvesant treated the matter as "audacity " on the part of the Colonists; re-asserted
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his authority; reprimanded the burgomaster of New Amsterdam for calling such a convention, and sought tow eaken the force of remonstrance by asserting that the three Dutch Long Island towns had "no right to jurisdiction."
The convention re-assembled December 13, 1653, and declared they would protest to the States General, and West India Company. The Governor then ordered the convention to disperse and directed Breuckelen, Mid- wout and Amersfort to prohibit their delegates from appearing, for the present, at any meeting at New Amsterdam. Early in the following year, however, a serious trouble threatened the colonists ; which, while it served to allay the excitement eaused by the events of Deeember, 1653, at the same time united the settlers of the Dutch towns more elosely. Pirates and robbers infested the rivers on either side of New Amsterdam and the shores of Long Island, and constantly com- mitted outrages upon the persons and property of the settlers on Long Island. While the English residents at Gravesend sympathized with and often harbored these men, the Dutch settlers in the various villages banded to resist them, and protect themselves and their property. Breuckelen, Midwout and Amersfort, April 7, 1654, formed a military company, and informed the Governor that they would "assist with all their might." Every third man was detailed to act as a minute-man, when required. A military officer was appointed in each town, called a Sergeant, and a public patrol in the village.
This expression of loyalty, so cheerfully and promptly given, was especially pleasing to the Governor, in view of the closing events of the previous year. It proved that the Dutch settlers were, at heart, true in their alle- giance to the interests of the West India Company. He therefore resolved to reward the Dutch towns of Breuckelen, Midwout and Amersfort, by giving them the increased municipal privileges which they had de- sired. Thus, by making this distinction in favor of the Dutch towns, he rebuked the English settlers at Gravesend for their sympathy with the pirates-who were their countrymen-as well as for the part they had taken in the convention,
Local Officers Appointed .-- It was at this time that the form of government was changed at Midwout, and the village was permitted to have a voice in the choice of its magistrates. A double number of persons were chosen by the people, and their names forwarded to the Governor, who from this list selected and commis- sioned those who should serve as magistrates. These local officers possessed funetions and powers similar to those of the magistrates of New Amsterdam; and were under the immediate direction of a superior "District Court," composed of delegates from each town-court, to- gether with the schout.
By direction of this "District Court " churches could be built, schools established, roads laid out, or
repaired. In fact, all the local affairs of the towns came within its jurisdiction ; subject, of course, to the ap- proval of the Governor, or the Supreme Council of New Netherlands. Under this arrangement the inhabitants of Midwout nominated six men in April, 1654, from whom three were chosen to act as schepens of the vil- lage. In the absence of any Midwout records ear- lier than 1659, we cannot state positively the names of these officers. We know that Adriaen Hegeman was appointed a local magistrate in 1654, and find his name on the earliest record of the village as serving still in the capacity of schepen. It is therefore reasonable to presume that the other men, whose names are found with his on the record of July 2, 1659, were appointed schepens with him in 1654. If this is correct, then the first three local magistrates of Midwout were Adri- aen Hegeman, Willem Van Boerum, Jan Sueberingh.
Facsimile of Adriaen Hegeman's Signature.
Willem Jacob Son Dan forni
Facsimile of Willem Jacobse Van Boerum's Signature.
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Facsimile of Jan Sueberingh's Signature.
In Col. Hist. of N. Y. the name of Jan Snedicor ap- pears as the first sent by the Governor to settle Mid- wout. He was also one of the signers of the Patent; a shoemaker by trade, and kept a tap-house or tavern in New Amsterdam from 1642-1654, when he was sent by Governor Stuyvesant to his new settlement at Mid- wout. He is called in Docs. of Col. Hist. of N. Y. "one of the Director's Selectmen." It is reasonable to suppose that the Governor would certainly place this man in some position of influence. Although his name is not on any of the early records, Mr. TEUNIS G. BERGEN, in his Early Settlers of Kings County, states that "Jan Snedicor was a local magistrate of Mid- wout from 1654 to 1664."
Jan ct novokor 165.
Facsimile of Jan Snedicor's Signature.
"Five Dutch Towns."-This method of village government, by schepen and schout, continued until 1661. In that year New Utrecht and Boswyck (Bush- wick) were joined to Breuckelen, Amersfoort and Mid- wout, and the district was called the "Five Dutch Towns."
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To these five Dutch towns were assigned two officers, representing the general government, and to whom the village schepens were subordinate, viz .: a sehout-fiscal and a secretary, or clerk, the special function of the latter being to take acknowledgments of marriage settlements, deeds and wills. Adriaen Hegeman was the first sehout-fiscal of the five Dutch towns, and he was also specially appointed as auctioneer for the district. He was probably succeeded in both offices by Francis De Bruyn, in 1673. In Docs. of Col. Hist. of State of N. Y. (Vol. II. p. 675) De Bruyn's appointment is recorded, with a reference to the former existence of the office, and its probable dis- continuance while the towns were subject to the English.
"Whereas experience hath proved that it is highly neces- sary to continue the office of Auctioneer on Long Island, therefore on petition presented by Secretary Francis De Bruyn, he is thereunto commissioned and qualified, and said Francis De Bruyn is accordingly commissioned and appointed Auctioneer in the towns of Midwout, Amerfort, Breuckelen, Boshwyck and Utreght, with their dependencies situate on Long Island &c. Done Fort Willem Hendrick, the first Jan. 1673."
A year later he was succeeded by Nicasius de Sille, of New Utrecht; and he, again, by Michael Hainelle.
The next change in the village government was made in 1665.
After the surrender of the colony to the English, in 1664, the government of Nieuw Amsterdam lost its distinctively Duteh character. The offices of Burgor- master, Schepens and Sehout were abolished, and a Mayor, Board of Alderman and Sheriff were substi- tuted in their place. This rendered necessary a change in the local and " district " government of the Long Island towns. Governor .Nicoll therefore called a eon- vention for the purpose of establishing a uniform method for the administration of justice in the various villages and plantations on Long Island. To this, held at Hempstead, February, 1665, Flatbush sent Jan Stryker, Hendrick Gueksen, and Hendrick Jorise Brink- erhoff as delegates. The code of "Duke's Laws," as they were ealled, which was passed by this convention, restored again to the Governor almost all the unlimited power enjoyed by his Duteh predecessors; and was not at all satisfactory to either the Dutch or English towns, which found themselves still without the desired representative form of government. The Flatbush delegates, as well as those of other towns, were so openly and severely censured by their fellow towns- men for their share in the enactment of this eode that the Court of Assize, October, 1666, decreed "that who- ever should thereafter detract or speak against any of the deputies who had signed an address to His Royal Highness, the Governor, he should be presented to the Court of Assizes and answer for slander." `At this convention Long Island and Staten Island were united, as YORKSHIRE of which the five Duteh towns, with
Gravesend, Newtown, and Staten Island, were consti- tuted the West Riding ; all the towns of the present Qucens county, except Newtown, became the North Riding ; and those of the present Suffolk eounty formed the East Riding; and a High Sheriff was appointed for the Shire, with a deputy for each Riding, and a certain number of justices for each town. On the 1st or 2d of April, yearly, each town was to elect its own constable and eight (afterwards reduced to five) over- seers, whose duties were strictly defined by the code. From these overseers in each village the constable was to select the jurors for the Court of Sessions or Assize. The overseers were to be "men of good fame and life, chosen by the plurality of voices of the freeholders "; four remained in office two years sueeessively, and four werc changed for new ones every year ; the eonstables "to be chosen out of that number which are dismist from their office of overseers," in the preceding years. The overseers were the assessors of the town; and, with the constable, made regulations in all matters which concerned the order and government of the town. They were authorized, together with the constable, to hold town-courts, for the trial of causes under £5. On the death of any person, the constable and two overseers acted as coroners and surrogates, if any will was found. If no will was found, the eonstable, in the presence of the overseers, was, within forty-eight hours, to seareh after the estate of the deceased, and deliver an aceount of the same, in writing, under oath, to the next justice of the peace. The constable and Board of Overseers were required annually to appoint two of the overseers to make the rate, for building and repairing the church, for the maintenance of the minister, and for the sup- port of the poor. They were to establish the bounds of the town, regulate fences, and, with the eonstable, appoint an officer to "record every man's particular marke, and see each man's horse and colt branded." The overseers filled vacancies in their number oeeurring by death, and any person, so chosen by his fellow townsmen, was obliged to serve, or pay a fine of £10. We find an entry upon the records that " Theodorus Polhemus, for refusing to stand constable for Flatbush, although legally eleeted, was by the court fined five pounds to the publie." The eonstable and two overseers were to pay the value of an Indian coat for each wolf killed, and to eause the wolf's head to be " nayled over the door of the constable, their to remaine, as also to eut of both the eares, in token that the head is bought and paid for."
Overseers of Flatbush .- 1675, Simon Hansen, John Roloffsen ; 1676, Arian Ryers, Garret Sneger [Snediker]; 1679, Joseph Hegeman, Derick Jansen Van Vleet ; 1680, Barent [Barthold ?] Claas, Cornelius Berrian, Joseph Hegeman ; 1681, Cornelius Berrian, Reynier Aertsen, Barthold Claas, Jan Remsen ; 1682, Reynier Aertsen, Jan Jansen, Jan Remsen, Adrian Rycrsen ; 1683, Jan Aertsen, Aris Janse [Vander Bilt],
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or Jan, son of Aert from the " Bilt," or hill ; Jan Jan- sen, Jan Auckes [or Oukc-Van Nuys.]
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"This is the Mark of Jan Aertsen Van der Byldt-from the Bilt," or Hill, in Friesland, the ancestor of the Vanderbilts of Kings County.
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Facsimile of Signature of Aucke Jansen Van Nuyse.
Among the other regulations made by this conven- tion, which did not disdain to care for all the minutiæ of legislation, was an order directing what flesh-brands were to be used for marking the horses and cattle of the several towns, the letters beginning alphabet- ieally from the east end of the island ; thus, East- hampton's brand-letter was A, and that of Flatbush, in order, was O.
Herewith we give a few extracts from the town records of this period (translated by TEUNIS G. BER- GEN), showing the character of the legislation under the Schout and Scheppens.
Sunday Laws .- Under date October 5, 1659, we find the following :
SCHOUT vs. Scheppens Court.
JAN KLAESEN, S
Schout complained against the defendant for carting in buckwheat with his wagon and oxen on Sunday, contrary to the placards. Condemned to pay costs.
The " placards " probably refer to the proclamation upon the subject of Sabbath-breaking and drunkenness, issued with so much zeal by Governor Stuyvesant, shortly after his appointment of Governor, in 1645.
SCHOUT vs. Scheppens Court.
JAN CORNELISEE. S
"Schout complained against the defendant for shooting 2 wild turkeys and a duek, on Sunday, and claimed a verdict of 25Gl., the penalty provided. Sentence suspended, its being his first offence."
A later entry shows that they were especially careful of the general interests of the town ; and also treated all, both rich and poor, "of whatsoever quality he may be," alikc.
"September 15, 1662 .- Scheppens Court." By Sehout and Seheppenen taken in consideration, the complaint come to them that the residents of this town receive damage by the cattle of their neighbors running at large without a herder : So it is that the Schout and Scheppenen to remedy this, or- dain by this, that any person of whatsoever quality he may be, no cattle on the land may let run without a herder, on the penalty of each beast to be pounded."
About the same date we find further action in regard to this matter :
"September 15, 1662 .- Schout and Scheppenen. That in violation of the regulation, great damage is done, so is it that the Schout and Scheppenen, for the same to remedy, ordain, that all of the residents a proper swing-gate 5 feet high, which shall open and shut, shall make to their premises before next Christmas, under penalty of 12€, and on leaving a gate open to be liable to a penalty of 6€."
Another entry shows, to some extent, the jurisdic- tion of these officers in ecclesiastical matters :
"February 2, 1663 .- Sehout and Scheppenen of Court of Midtwout, on request of Jan Sueberingh and Jan Strycker, to the Director General and Council in pursuance of an ordinance, appoint a double number of persons for service, as church masters of Midtwout, and further they, the said Court of Midtwout, for nomination of a double number of the following underwritten names :
Jan Strycker, Willem Jacobse Van Boerum, Jan Snediker, Jan Sueberingh.
We wait, &e., for the favorable decision from the Director General on the part of the Court of Midtwout.
JAN STRYCKER, WILLEM JACOBSE VAN BOERUM, HEYNDRICK JOORESSEN, - Scheppenen.
ADRIAEN HEGEMAN, Schout."
As already stated, by the "Duke's Laws" for town government, certain courts were established as a part of the system. There were three of these, viz .: the Town Court, Court of Sessions, and Court of Assize, the latter being held annually in the city of Niew Amsterdam. There is some difference of opinion among authorities in reference to the location of the Court of Sessions. The earliest records of this Court, in the County Clerk's office, are dated at Gravesend, 1668-1669. It is possible that, between 1665 and this earliest record, the court which was established imme- diately after the Convention of Hempstead, may have held its sessions, in 1665, at Flatbush ; and its records may have been kept as the records of the original County Court.
Original Seat of Justice .- There is very little doubt but that the original seat of justice for the county under the Dutch governors was at Flatbush; and that it continued here until after the surrender to the English, and the permanent establishment of the Court of Sessions at Gravesend, either in 1665 or 1668. Rev. Dr. STRONG, who gathered many valuable facts in his History of Flatbush from the aged members of his congregation, who were the immediate descendants of the first settlers; upon their authority states positively, that "Flatbush in 1658 was the seat of justice for the county, and a market-town. At that time the pub- lic officers of the county, the Minister, Schout, Secretary or Clerk, as well as the public School-master, resided here. The courts were held here, and the general business of this section of Long Island was transacted here."
One evidence that this original court, whatever may
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have been its name, was not held at Gravesend, is found in the fact that, when, in after years, the Court of Sessions was held there, and a court-house built, the inhabitants of the county, after a few years, petitioned to have the county-seat changed back to Flatbush, " because of the inconvenience of getting to Graves- end, the town being at the southern boundary of the county." If it had been held there originally, this difficulty would no doubt have presented itself before; and this experience of the people would have been an objection to the establishment again of the County- Court at Gravesend in 1668.
No doubt the true solution is this, that, after the change of government made by Governor Stuyvesant, in 1654, whereby the Dutch villages were granted greater municipal privileges, a certain form of court for the administration of justice was established. During the time that David Provoost acted as Schout, this court may have been held at Breuckelen, where he resided. When Pieter Tonneman was appointed, it is likely the court was held at Flatbush, where Tonne- man owned lots and probably resided. It is certain, however, that after Adrian Hegeman became Schout, the court was held at Flatbush ; for he resided here, and the records of the court (dated 1660), in the Town- clerk's office, are signed by him. It is evident that these court-records were not merely records of a town; but of a district-court; for one of the earliest minutes relates to the transfer or conveyance of property at Gouwannes.
As translated by Mr. TEUNIS G. BERGEN, it was as follows: "Aug. 26, 1659. Appeared before me Adrian Hegeman, Secretary of Midwout and Amersfort, Dirck Janse (cooper) of the first part, and Pieter Pradt of the other; Derck Janse (cooper) sold to Pieter Pradt a certain Bouwery lying at Gowanes," etc.
since then Brooklyn has been the County Town. (For history and description of the three county court-houses, supplied by the author of this history, sec Chapter on The Bench and Bar of Kings County.)
The " Duke's Laws " continued to be those by which the town was governed, until October, 1683, when the first Colonial Legislature, convened by order of Gov. Dongan, and consisting of the Governor, Council and seventeen members, assembled in the city of New York. At this convention several important changes were made in relation to the government of the towns. The most objectionable features of the Duke's Laws were repealed. The "ridings" upon Long Island and Staten Island were changed to counties ; and, instead of a court for certain ridings, each county, from this time, had its own court.
Office of Overseers changed to Commissioners. -This Assembly, also, made an important change in the town-government by the appointment of "Commis- sioners," in the place of overseers, as town-officers.
The following list of these officers, for the town of Flatbush, is given in Dr. STRONG's Hist. of Flatbush, as follows: 1684, Adrian Ryersen, Cornelius Baronsen and John Auky; 1685, Stoffle Probasco and Joseph Hegeman; 1686, Arian Ryers and Pieter Stryker; 1687, Aris Janse and Stoffle Probasco; 1688, Pieter Stryker and Cornelius Bardulph.
Supervisors Appointed .- The office of Commis- sioner was continued until the first Tuesday in April, 1703, when Supervisors were elected in the several towns of Kings county. Although the supervisors were clected in April, 1703, yet the first meeting of the board was not held until the first Tuesday in October, 1703. The earliest record, however, of their meetings, that can be found, bears date of the first Tuesday in Octo- ber, 1714 ; and was held at the court-house in Flatbush
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Facsimile of Direk Janse's mark-a cooper's adze.
The first court-house for the county was erected at Gravesend in 1668, when the Court of Sessions was transferred to that village by order of the Hempstead Convention. For cighteen years this court sat at Gravesend. In accordance with an act passed at the second Colonial Assembly, held on Nov. 7, 1685, under Governor Dongan's administration, the Court of Ses- sions was moved to Flatbush. The cause for this, as stated in the preamble of the act, being the inconven- ience to which the inhabitants of the county were sub- jected, in traveling as far as Gravesend. The edifice at this time erected (1686), served the county until 1758, when a new one was crected, which was superseded by a larger building in 1793. In 1832, it was burned, and
(Dr. Strong's History, p. 61). At this mecting the board chose Samuel Garretson, of Gravesend, as their clerk, and John Vanderbilt, of Flatbush, as treasurer of the county. At that time the ordinary and contin- gent expenses of the county (including the per diem compensation of the two members of the Colonial As- sembly for their attendance during the year 1703) amounted to only £17. Os. 6d., or $177.56. This sum was apportioncd among the several towns ; Flatbush being assessed for £15. 1s. 6d. of the amount.
List of Supervisors .- The list of supervisors in the town of Flatbush is as follows (serving from April to April): Aris Vanderbilt, 1703-'05; Daniel Polhemus, 1705-'06; Jacob Hendrick Ryck, 1706-'07; Aris Jansen
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Vanderbilt, 1707-'08; Jan Vanderveer, 1708-'10; Ben- jamin Hegeman. 1710-'11; Ryck Hendricks, 1711-'12; Jan Cornelise, 1712-'13; Jacob Hendrickson, 1713-'14; Ryck Hendrickson, 1714-'15; John Vanderveer, 1715- '16; Daniel Remse, 1716-'17; Jacob Suydam, 1717-'18; Dominicus Vanderveer, 1718-'19; Lieut. Philip Nagle, 1719-'20; Cornelius Cornell, 1720-'21; Abraham Lott, 1721-'22; Ryck Hendrickson, 1722-'23; John Vander- veer, 1723-'24; Cornelius Cornell, 1724-'26; Peter Lefferts, 1726-'27; Johannes Ditmarse, 1727-'28; Ryck Suydam, 1728-'41; John Van Kerk, 1741-'43; Peter Stryker, 1743-'44; John Van Kerk, 1744-'49; Domin- icus Vanderveer, 1749-'51; Johannes Lott, jr., 1751-'59; Jeremias Vanderbilt, 1759-'63 Johannes Lott, jr., 1763- '82; Philip Nagle, 1782-'87; Johannes J. Lott, 1787- 1804; John C. Vanderveer, 1804-'32; John Wyckoff, 1832 to February, '37; Isaac Cortelyou, February, 1837, to February '39; Jacob Rapelje, February, 1839, to April, '41; (April to April again); Isaac Cortelyou, 1841-'44; Jacob Rapalje, 1844-'45; Philip S. Crooke, 1845-'51; James V. Schoonmaker, 1851-'58; Philip S. Crooke, 1858-'70; Jacob V. B. Martense, 1870-'74; Peter S. Williamson, 1874-'82.
Town-Clerks .- The following is a list of the Town- Clerks of the town from 1659 to 1881: Adrian Hege- man, 1659-'71; Jacob Joosten, 1671-'73; Francays De Bruynne, 1673-'74; Michael Hainelle, 1674-'75; Jan
Prij 13. Dupremier 1659
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Facsimile of Signature of Michael Hainelle, Town Clerk.
Gerrit Van Marckje, 1675-'80; Derick Storm, 1680-'83; Johannes Van Eklen, 1683-1700; Johannes Schenck, 1700-'11; Abraham Lott, 1711-'16; Jan Gaucell, 1716- '19; Adrian Hegeman, 1719-'41; Jores Remsen, 1741- '54;Jeremias Vanderbilt, 1754-'62; Petrus Van Steen- bergh, 1762-'73; John Lefferts, 1773-'76; Philip Nagle, 1776-'92; John Van Der Bilt, 1792-'94; John C. Van- derveer, 1796-1804; Garret Stryker, 1804-'10; Abraham Vanderveer, 1810-'16; Garret Stryker, 1816-'19; Adrian Hegeman, 1819-'23; William Ellsworth, 1823-'27; Wil- liam Hegeman, 1827-'28; John A. Lott, 1828-'44; John Vanderbilt, 1844-'45; James V. B. Wyckoff, 1845-'49; Gilliam Schenck, 1849-'52; John L. Lefferts, 1852-'57; Jolın T. Rhodes, 1857-'65; John Erskine Howard, 1865 -'70; Lefferts Vanderbilt, 1870-'72; Gilbert Hicks, 1872 -'79; Henry Vernon Vanderveer, 1879-'84.
Justices of the Peace .- First appointed at the Convention of Hempstead in 1665. The earliest records, until 1819, are in Dutch. In the first English records
the election of Justice of Peace is not accurately noted until 1835. The Town Clerk seems to have held the office of Justice of Peace and Town Clerk, as the first English records up to 1835 are signed by him with his title as Town Clerk and also with "Justice of Peace" affixed to his name.
The list is as follows : John I. Ditmas, 1819-'21; Adrian Hegeman, 1821-'23; Wm. Hegeman, 1823-'28; John A. Lott, 1828-'29; David Johnson, 1829-'35.
First Justices elected at Town Election : Jacob Rapal- yea, 1830-'33; Simon Rapalyea, 1830-'33; Ferdinand Wyckoff, 1833-'35; John R. Snediker, 1833-'36; John A. Lott, 1833-'36; Isaac Cortelyou, 1836-'38; Stephen P. Stoothof, 1836-'40; Abraham Snediker, 1838-'40; David Johnson, 1838-'42; John Vanderveer, 1840-'41; Garret Vanderveer, 1840-'41; John Vanderbilt, 1840- '41; James V. B. Wyckoff, 1841-'42; Michael Schoon- maker, 1841-'42; James Birdsall, 1842-'43; John C. Lott, 1842-'43; Abraham Van Wyck, 1842-'43; Abra- ham Snediker, 1842; John Vanderbilt, 1842; James Birdsall, 1842; Abraham S. Eldert, 1844; Abraham Snediker, 1844; Jacob H. Sackman, 1844; Gerrit Mar- tense, 1845-1848; John Cortelyou, 1845-1847; Edwin M. Strong, 1845; Cornelius Duryea, 1845; Englebert Lott, 1846; John Lefferts, 1848; Jonathan U. Forbell, 1849-1852; John V. Martense, 1850; Englebert Lott, 1850-'53; William H. Suydam, 1851; Alonzo G. Ham- mond, 1852-1860; Philip S. Crooke, 1852; John Hess, 1853; Jolin V. Martense, 1853; Isaac Denyse, 1854; Leffert R. Cornell, 1855; Francis L. Dallon, 1856-'60; John Hess, 1856; John Oakey, 1857-'61; Henry Suy- dam, 1858-'61; Jeremiah L. Zabriskie, 1860-'62; Abra- ham Lott, 1861-'62; Francis L. Dallon, 1862-'64; George W. Close, 1863-'67; N. Lansing Zabriskie, 1863-'65 ; John H. Bergen, 1864-'70; Richard S. Bacon, 1864-'66; Richard L. Schoonmaker, 1865-'66; James Sutherland, 1866-'70: W. Ward Watkins, 1866-'69; John L. Ber- gen, 1866-'67; Rem R. Hegeman, 1867-'71; Henry Ditmas, Jr., 1867-'69; D. N. Comiskey, 1868-'70; Free- man Clarkson, 1869-'74; E. B. H. Steers, 1870; Alex- ander Gillespie, 1870; Peter Pigott, 1871; Frank Crooke, 1872; Andrew Mckibbon, 1873; Freeman Clarkson, 1873; E. B. H. Steers, 1874: James Hardie, 1875; Peter Pigott, 1875; Wm. B. Green, 1876; Wm. McMahon, 1877; Thomas Chadwick, 1878; Peter Pigott, 1879; Christian F. Wulff, 1870-'81; Thomas H. Glass, 1880; Wm. McMahon, 1881.
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