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" An appraisement of the estate of John Smith, deceased, lying in and about Bedford within the jurisdiction of the towne of Brewklin appraised by us nnderwrit in obedience of the order of the most worshipfnl Court of Sessions, bear- ing date, the 7th day of October, 1684.
Imprimis .- Forty acres of upland, two lott of meadow, a house lott, with a house there- upon all valned at. £70
A mare with saddle and Piecterm 4
The clothes, according to inventory. 8
The bedding, according to inventory. 25
4 One Walts.
Wooden Ware, according to inventory. 2
Tools and Iron work, according to inventory 12-13-0
Brass and Couper, according to inventory . . 7
The pewter, according to inventory .. 3
Tin wares and others, according to inventory 3-3-0
In all. £145-0-0
Also appraised by ns nnder written by order as above men- tioned at ye house of Mister Smith, deceased, the twenty- seventh day of Marclı, 1685, in Bedford, in the jurisdiction of Brewklin within the Kings Connty.
THOMAS LAMBERTSE, the mark x of JAN GERRITS, the mark x of JOHN DAMEN, TENNIS JANSEN, DANIEL RAPALIE.
In presence of Jacob Vander Warter, Clerk. Recorded by order of the Court of Sessions, dated the 7th day of April, 1685, by me. JOHN KNIGHT, Cl."
John Knight (appointed by the Governor-General of the colony, to hold the office during the pleasure of that magnate) held the office of Register until the 11th of April, 1687, when he was removed, and Samuel Bayard, of the city of New York, was appointed in his place. Mr. Bayard never discharged the duties of the office, but held it as a sinecure, the Governor-General having made it very lucrative. He appointed JACOBUS VANDER WATER his deputy, who discharged all the duties of the office until 1704, a period of seventeen years.
An Old-Time County Clerk's Commission .- The following is the commission of Mr. Bayard, con- stituting him clerk of Kings county:
" THOMAS DONGAN, Capt. Generall Governr in Chieffe, &c., and Generall in and over the province of New York and teri- tory and dependencies there-on in America nnder his Majesty James the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. By virtne of the authority derived unto me I do hereby anthor- ize empower and appoint you Samuel Bayard of the city of New York, gentleman, to be Clerk and Register for Kings County giving yon full power and authoritie to act and offi- ciate therein as clerk or Register therein onght to do. And this commission to continue during my will and pleasure only.
"Given nnder my hand and seal with the great seal of the Province at Fort James in New York the 11th day of April, 1687, in the third year of his Majestie's reign by command of his excellancy
THOMAS DONGAN.
Recorded by Jocobus Vander Warter, Deputie Clerk and Regester ffor the Kings County the 30th day of Jnne, 1687."
We have now given the original history and manner of conducting the office of the Clerk of the county of Kings, an office in which the whole real and much of the personal property of the county, with all the vast alienations of lands by way of mortgage or deed abso- lute, are recorded; the archives of the title of every landholder and grantor in the county from the origin of titles.
County Registrars .- In another place, in the his- tory of county officers, we have given a list of the Clerks of the County, from John Knight, appointed, as we have seen, in 1684, down to the last clerk elected to that office in the county. But that does not contain a list of the Registrars of said county, from the fact that down to 1852 the Clerks of the county were, as they had been from the first, the custodians of all the records now in the custody of the registers.
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
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On March 22, 1852, an act was passed by the legis- lature providing for the election of a Register of Decds for the county of Kings. The act provides that this officer shall be elected at the general election to be held in the county in November, 1852, his election to be the same as all other county officers; his term of office was fixed by the said act for three years from the first day of January following his election, and until his suc- cessor should be duly qualified. Before entering upon the duties of his office, he must give security by filing in the office of the County Clerk his bond in the penal sum of $5,000, exccuted by himself, with at least two sureties, freeholders in said county, and shall justify in double the penalty. The Register may appoint a dep- uty, in like manner as the deputies of county clerks are appointed, with the like powers, duties and responsibil- ities. The Register performs all that part of the duty of County Clerk of the county of Kings which, in the city of New York is required to be done by the Regis- ter of Deeds in said city and county of New York; and the County Clerk of Kings county is forbidden to dis- charge any of the duties of the Register. His fee is fixed by law. For every paper required to be recorded he shall receive the sum of six cents for every hundred words, and no more. This act took effect July 1, 1852.
At the general election held in November, 1852, WILLIAM MARSHALL was elected, under the provisions of the act, Register of Deeds for the county. Mr. Mar- shall entered upon the duties of his office January 1, 1853, and all the records of deeds, mortgages and other instruments touching the alienation and purchase of lands heretofore kept in the office of the Clerk were re- moved to the office of the Register. The Clerk of Kings county is now, as he was previous to the said enact- ment, the Clerk of the various courts of record of the county, excepting the City Court of Brooklyn and the Surrogate's Court; he is therefore the custodian of all judgments, decrees, Lis pendens, and finally of all legal papers and documents required by the statutes, the rules, orders and practice of the said courts, to be entered and filed in his office.
As we have seen, William Marshall was the first register elected in Kings county, serving from January 1, 1853, to December 31, 1855. His successors were: JACOB MESEROLE, elected November, 1855, serving for the years 1856-7-8; HOWARD C. CADY, 1859-60-61; HUGH MCLAUGHLIN, 1862-1867 (two terms); CHARLES SCHURIG, from 1868 to 1870; HUGH MCLAUGHLIN, from 1871 to 1873; WILLIAM BARRE, from 1874 to 1879 (two terms) ; THOMAS CARROLL, from 1880 to 1882; SAMUEL RICHARDS, from 1883 to 1885.
Commissioner of Jurors .- Previous to the year 1858, the duty of selecting and summoning jurors for the grand and petit juries was performed in the county of Kings, as it now is in most of the counties of the state, by the County Judge and the Clerk of the county; but, by an act of the legislature, passed April 17, 1858,
the duty of selecting and summoning juries was given to one person to be appointed by a board, which, by the provisions of said act, were to consist of the County Judge, the District Attorney, the Sheriff, the Surrogate and the Justices of the Court of Sessions. The person so appointed was to be known as the Commissioner of Jurors of the county of Kings. The first meeting of the said appointing board was held, according to the law, on the second Monday of May next succeeding the passage of this act. The clerk of the Board of Super- visors is required by said act to attend the meetings of the said board, and act as clerk thereof, and keep a record of the proceedings. The act makes it the duty of the assessors of the city of Brooklyn, and of the assessors of the several towns in the county, after the first day of May in cach ycar, to select and return to the Commissioner of Jurors so appointed, the names and places of residence and occupation of all persons in the said city and towns respectively, liable under said act to do jury duty. Such returns shall be made in writ- ing, subscribed by the assessors of such city and towns, and shall be delivered to the Commissioner of Jurors on or before the first day of July of the same year. The Commissioner shall also, at the same time, proceed to select from the names of persons residing in the county of Kings suitable persons to serve as jurors; in making such selection the said assessors and the said Commis- sioner shall take the names of such as are, first, male inhabitants of the county, not exempt by this act from serving on jurics; second, of the age of twenty-one years or upwards and under sixty years old; third, in possession of their natural faculties, and not infirm or decrepit; fourth, free from all legal exceptions, of fair character, of approved integrity, of sound judgment, and well informed.
The first Commissioner of Jurors was WM. H. CAMP- BELL, appointed May 2, 1858; he was succeeded by ALDEN J. SPOONER, who was appointed May, 1862, and who served three years ; his successor was NELSON SHURMAN, who served from May 5, 1865, to May, 1871; and he was followed by JOHN LINSKY, May, 1871, and by reappointment serving till 1877; WM. A. FURY was his successor, appointed May, 1877, and serving one term, and who was reappointed and is the incumbent of this office at the present timc.
By an act of the legislature, passed April 26, 1866, the act creating the office of Commissioner of Jurors, passed April 17, 1858, was amended so that the ap- pointment of such a commissioner was vested in a board consisting of the Sheriff, County Judge, District Attor- ney and Judge of the City Court of Brooklyn. The act subjects the Commissioner of Jurors to very severe pun- ishment for any malfeasance in the discharge of his duties, and works a radical change in the former prac- ticc of drawing jurors, making the office of commis- sioner one of the most important and delicate of any in the county.
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HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
County Auditor. - The County Auditor is a new officer in the county of Kings. It was established by an act of the legislature, passed April 26, 1871, and it was created for the purpose of relieving the Board of Supervisors of one of its most difficult and onerous du- ties-that of auditing the immense number of bills an- nually presented to the board. The act creating the office makes it the duty of the County Auditor to care- fully examine all bills presented against the county of Kings for payment, including all bills incurred by the Commissioners of Charities, and to certify to the Board of Supervisors the result of this examination, stating whether sufficient money is in the treasury of the said county to the credit of the account to which such bills are chargeable; also, whether such bills have been in- curred under the authority of law; also, whether the services have been rendered, or materials furnished, for which such bills had been presented, and whether the charges are just, reasonable and proper; and if, by a majority of all said supervisors elected, and the ap- proval of the Supervisor-at-Large, the said bill shall be approved, they shall be paid by the proper officers of the said county.
Down to the present writing, there have been only three incumbents of this office, viz .: MAURICE FITZ- GERALD, FRANCIS A. BIGGS, and DANIEL LAKE. Mr. Lake is the present incumbent of the office. The salary of the auditor is fixed at $3,000 per annum.
County Interpreter in the Courts of Kings County .- By an act of the legislature, passed May 2, 1864, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kings were authorized and empowered to designate and ap- point some suitable person, making it his duty to attend the courts of record in said county, in which witnesses are sworn and testify, to interpret all testimony or evi- dence given by witnesses who cannot speak intelligibly the English language. The salary of said officer is fixed at the sum of $1,200 per annum. He is to hold his office during good behavior. CHRISTIAN VOLKMAN was the first interpreter appointed under this act, re- ceiving his appointment May 17, 1864. By a subse- quent act of the legislature three interpreters were pro- vided for the county of Kings-one for the County Court, Court of Sessions and Surrogate's Court; one for the Supreme Court of the second judicial district and the City Court of Brooklyn; one for the Italian, French and Spanish languages, to serve as interpreter of these lan- guages in all courts in the county. Under this last act ADOLPH GUBNER was appointed interpreter for the County Court, Court of Sessions and Surrogate's Court; JOHN SMITH, for the Supreme Court and City Court of Brooklyn; and LORENZO CRISCOLA as interpreter of the
Italian, French and Spanish languages. These gentle- men are, at this writing, serving as such interpreters. Their salaries are $1,200 each per annum.
Supervisor-at-Large .- On the 4th of March, 1871, an act passed the legislature of the state creating the office of "Supervisor-at-Large," an elective office by the people. He has the power of a casting vote, but no power to present any motion or resolution, or to take any part other than as presiding officer of said board, excepting the power of a casting vote. He holds his office for the term of two years, from the first day of January of 1872, with a salary of $3,000-a county charge. "Every act in the proceedings of the said board shall be submitted to the said officer within five days after its passage; to take effect after ten days after its submission, if he shall not object thereto, or sooner, upon his approval of the same, but shall in no case take effect if he shall file objections thereto in writing, with the reasons therefor, with the clerk of the said board, within said ten days, unless the said board shall, within thirty days after the filing of such objec- tions, by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of said board, again pass the same, notwithstanding such objections." The said act provides that "the said Board of Supervisors shall, from time to time, elect a president pro tem. from its own members, whose term of office shall expire at the same time as that of the Supervisor-at-Large then in office, unless the term for which such president pro tem. was elected as a member of such board shall sooner expire. The said officer shall have and possess the same powers as the Supervisor- at-Large in case of his sickness, absence from the county, or inability to attend the duties of his office." We have now given the various duties and powers of the Superintendents of the Poor and of the two boards which succeeded them.
Thus closes the history of the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS of the county of Kings. In another portion of the work (page 463) will be found the history of the Super- intendents of the Poor; their successors, the Commis- sioners of Charities; and their successors, the Commis- sioners of Charities and Corrections for the county of Kings-these respective bodies having always been under the supervision of the Board of Supervisors.
In connection with this chapter upon the Board of County Supervisors, we sincerely acknowledge our in- debtedness to the lively interest and courtesy mani- fested in our work by EDWARD B. CADLEY, Esq., the gentlemanly and able Clerk of the board, as well as by Messrs. James L. Connelly and Jaques S. Stryker, As- sistant Clerks, and James Doyle, Messenger of the de- partment.
CIVIL LIST
OF
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN AND VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN.
1671-1833.
TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS.
1671-'74 (inclusive)-Frederick Lubertse, Pieter Per- niedeau.
1675-John Piertersen, Mackhike Jerome De Rapos- telley.
1676-'78 (inclusive)-Tunis Guis Bergen, Thomas Lam- bertsen.
1679-John Harrill, Martyn Reyandsen.
1680-'82 (inclusive)-Symon Aeresen, Michael Harsen. 1683-John Aeresen, Daniel Rapellje.
TRUSTEES AND COMMISSIONERS.
1684-Thomas Lambertsen, Randolph Emans, John Aeresen.
1685-Tunis Guis Bergen, Daniel Rapelje.
1686-Michael Hansen, Jeromus Rapalje.
1687-Adriaen Bennet, Thomas Lambertsen, Jan Ger- ritsen Dorland.
1688-'89-Simeon Aeresen, Claes Barense, Michael Hansen.
1689-Simeon Aeresen, Machael Hansen, Claes Barense. 1690-'98 (inclusive)-Joris Hansen, Hendrick Claasen, Jan Gerbritse.
1699-Benj. Vandewater, Joris Hansen, Jan Garretse Dorland.
1700-1702 (inclusive)-Hendrick Vechte, Jacob Han- sen, Cornelius Vanduyk.
TRUSTEES.
1703-1708 (inclusive)-Hendrick Vechte, Jacob Han- sen, Cornelius Vanduyk.
1709-'26 (inclusive)-Hendrick Vechte, Cornelius Van- duyk, John Slatts.
1727-'52 (inclusive)-Jeromus Rapelye, Jacobus Lef- fertse, Rem Remsen.
1753-'55 (inclusive)-Jacobus Leffertse, Peter Vander- voort, Jacob Remsen, Rem Remsen, Nicholas Vechte.
1756-'66 (inclusive)-Rem Remsen, Leffert Leffertse, Jeromus Rapelye.
1767 and '68-Jeromus Rapelye, Rem Remsen, Leffert Leffertse.
1769-Leffert Leffertse, Rem Remsen, Jeromus Rapelye. 1770 and '71-Rem Remsen, Leffert Leffertse, Jeromus Rapelye.
1772-Rem Remsen, Jeromus Rapelye, Leffert Lef- fertse.
1773-'75 (inclusive)-Jeromus Rapelye, Leffert Lef- fertse, Rem Remsen.
1776-Rem Remsen, Leffert Leffertse, Jeromus Ra- peyle.
(No records during the Revolutionary War.)
1784-'87 (inclusive)-Fernandus Suydam, Teunis Ber- gen, Charles Doughty.
1788 and '89-Fernandus Suydam, Charles Doughty, Peter Vandervoort.
1790-Charles Doughty, Peter Vandervoort, Fernandus Suydam.
1791-Peter Vandervoort, Fernandus Suydam, Charles Doughty.
1792-'95 (inclusive) -- Joshua Sands, Fernandus Suy- dam, Peter Vandervoort.
1796 -- Lambert Suydam, Peter Vandervoort, Jeremiah Johnson.
1797-Peter Vandervoort, Jeremiah Johnson, Lambert Suydam.
1798-Lambert Suydam, Peter Vandervoort, Jeremiah Johnson.
1799-Theodorus Polhemus, Lambert Suydam, Jere- miah Johnson.
1800-Lambert Suydam, Theodorus Polhemus, Jeremiah Johnson.
1801-Lambert Suydam, Jeremiah Johnson, Theodorus Polhemus.
1802 -- Theodorus Polhemus, Lambert Suydam, Jeremiah Johnson.
1803-Lambert Suydam, Theodorus Polhemus, Jeremiah Johnson.
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LIST OF TOWN AND VILLAGE OFFICERS, 1671-1833.
1804 -- Walter Berry, Theodorus Polhemus, Jeremiah Johnson.
1805-Theodorus Polhemus, Walter Berry, Jeremiah Johnson.
1806-1808 (inclusive)-Walter Berry, Theodorus Pol- hemus, Jeremiah Johnson.
1809-Walter Berry, Jeremiah Johnson, Theodorus Polhemus.
1810 -- Jeremiah Johnson, Theodorus Polhemus, David Seaman.
1811 and 1812 -- Theodorus Polhemus, Jeremiah John- son, David Seaman.
1813-Jeremiah Johnson, Theodorus Polhemus, John Cornell.
1814 and '15-Theodore Polhemus, John Cornell, Jere- miah Johnson.
PRESIDENTS AND TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE, 1816-1834.
1816-John Garrison,* Andrew Mercein, John Dean, John Doughty, John Seaman.
1817- Wm. Furman, Henry Stanton, William Henry, Tunis Joralemon, Noah Waterbury. 1818- Wm. Furman, Henry Stanton, Wm. Henry, Tunis Joralemon, Amie J. Barbarin.
1819- Wm. Furman, Henry Stanton, William Henry, Tunis Joralemon, John Doughty.
1820- Wm. Furman, Henry Stanton, William Henry, Tunis Joralemon, John Doughty.
1821-John Doughty, Fanning C. Tucker, Joseph Moser, Tunis Joralemon, Abraham Vanderveer. 1822-John Doughty, Joseph Moser, Fanning C.Tucker, Geo. S. Wise, Jr., Abraham Vanderveer. 1823-John Doughty, Joseph Moser, Fanning C. Tucker, Geo. S. Wise, Jr., Abraham Vanderveer. 1824-Joshua Sands, John Doughty, Joseph Moser John Moore, Samuel James.
1825-Joshua Sands, John Doughty, Joseph Moser, David Anderson, Joseph Sprague.
1826-Joshua Sands, Fanning C. Tucker, Henry War- ing, Jehiel Jagger, Joseph G. Swift, Geo. Hall, James H. Clarke, Clarence D. Sackett, John Garri- son, Wm. Rushmore, John Seaman.
1827-Joseph Sprague, Henry Waring, Hezekiah B. Pierrepont, Jehiel Jagger, Jolin Doughty, Losee
Van Nostrand, Richard Wells, David Leavitt, Eliakim Raymond, Wm. Rushmore, James H. Clarke.
1828-Joseph Sprague, Henry Waring, Hezekiah B. Pierrepont, John Doughty, Robert Bache, Richard Wells, O. J. Lucas, David Leavitt, Eliakim Ray- mond, James H. Clarke, John F. Walton.
1829-Joseph Sprague, Henry Waring, Robert Bache, D. L. Lucas, Losee Van Nostrand, Ralph Mal- bone, Henry Stanton, James H. Clark, John F. Walton.
1830-Joseph Sprague, Robert Bache, Richard V. W. Thorne, Joseph Moser, Losee Van Nostrand, Wm. C. Smith, Francis Van Dyke, Conklin Brush, Henry Waring, James H. Clarke, Samuel Hart.
1831-Joseph Sprague, Richard V. W. Thorne, Robert Bache, Losee Van Nostrand, Joseph Moser, Silas Butler, Isaac Moser, Samuel H. Moore, James H. Clarke, Samuel Hart, Francis Van Dyke.
1832, Geo. Hall, Zachariah Lewis, David Stanford, Bobert Bache, Edward Copland, Losee Van Nos- trand, Joseph Moser, Nathan B. Morse, Francis Van Dyke, James H. Clarke, Wm. M. Udall.
1833-Geo. Hall, Zachariah Lewis, David Stanford, Robert Bache, Edward Copland, Losee Van Nos- trand, Joseph Moser, Nathan B. Morse, Francis Van Dyke, James H. Clarke, William M. Udall.
* Names thus italicized denote the President of the Board.
HISTORY OF EDUCATION
IN
KINGS COUNTY,
1659-1883.
Amy R files. A.M. M.D. BY
F OR MANY YEARS suceecding the settlement of Brooklyn, in 1636, the scattered settlers on the western end of Long Island were dependent upon the embryo eity, across the river, for all their civil and religious privileges. This state of things, with all its inconveniences, lasted (as regards eivil matters) until the investiture of Breuekelen with mu- nicipal powers in 1646, and (as regards ecclesiastieal matters), until the erection of a church edifiee at Flat- bush, in 1654. In the meantime, it cannot be sup- posed that the peculiar toils, embarrassments, and pri- vations incident to life in a new settlement, afforded the first settlers much opportunity to attend to the education of their children, except such as could be given them at home. In 1659 (possibly in 1653), Flatbush seems to have had a schoolmaster; and in July of the following year (1660), Breuckelen, probably through the influence and exertions of its first minister Selyns, obtained the serviecs of its first sehool-master, Carel (Charles) de Beauvois. The range of studies pursued in the schools
Sarily & Branco'
Facsimile of Signature of Carel de Beauvois, the first School master of Brooklyn.
of De Beauvois' period was extremely lim- ited ; being, in fact, simply confined to reading, writing, and the religious doetrines of the church. Under the encouragement given to schools by bluff old Peter Stuyvesant, the last Duteh governor, their num- ber and quality increased in New Netherland ; but,
during the English colonial period which sueeeeded, education reecived little or no attention or support from the government. It was the church that was the true foster-mother of education in the early Dutch colonial period.
The following amusing document, an agreement between the town of Flatbush and Johannes Cornelius Van Eekkelen, accepted sehool-master and chorister, is quoted to illustrate the intimate relation between the school and the ehureh at an early period.
" ART. 1 .- The school shall begin at 8 o'clock and go out at 11 ; shall begin again at 1 o'clock and end at 4. The bell shall be rung before the school commences.
"ART. 2 .- When the school begins, one of the children shall read the morning prayer, as it stands in the catechism, and close with the prayer before dinner, and in the afternoon the same. The evening school shall begin with the Lord's prayer and close by singing a psalm.
" ART. 3 .- He shall instruct the children in the common prayers and the questions and answers of the catechism on Wednesdays and Saturdays, to enable them to say them better on Sunday in the church.
"ART. 4 .- He shall be required to keep this school nine months in succession, from September to June, one year with another, and shall always be present himself.
"ART. 5 .- He shall be the chorister of the church, keep the church clean, ring the bell three times be- fore the people assemble, and read a chapter of the Bible in the church between the second and third ringing of the bell. After the third ringing he shall read the Ten Commandments and the twelve articles of our faith, and then set the psalm. In the after- noon, after the third ringing of the bell, he shall read a short chapter or one of the psalms of David as the congregation are assembling ; afterwards he shall again sing a psalm or hymn.
" ART. 6 .- When the minister shall preach at Brooklyn or Utrecht he shall be bound to read twice before the congre- gation from the book used for the purpose. He shall hear the children recite the questions and answers out of the catechism on Sunday, and instruct them therein.
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"ART. 7 .- He shall provide a basin of water for the admin- istration of holy baptism, and furnish the minister with the name of the child to be baptised, for which he shall receive twelve stivers in wampum, for every baptism, from the parents or sponsors. He shall furnish bread and wine for the communion at the charge of the church. He shall also serve as messenger for the consistory.
"ART. 8 .- He shall give the funeral invitations, dig the grave and toll the bell, and for which he shall receive for persons of fifteen years of age and upwards, twelve guilders, and for persons under fifteen, eight guilders ; and if he shall cross the river to New York, he shall have four guilders more.
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