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Peter Van Bomell, Feb. 15, 1751
Jacob Bunschoten, April 30, 1752
John Burnet, Oct. 2, 1752
James J. Livingston, Feb. 23, 1754
Cornelius Osborn, Nov. 19, 1754
Gabriel Henry Ludlow, April 15, 1756 James Lake, Dec. 8, 1756
Hiskia DuBoys, June 3, 1757 Johannes Hoghtyling Nathan Freer, Dec. 26, 1758 Richard Snedeker, April 1, 1761 Cornelius Velie, Dec. 30, 1762 Zephaniah Platt, June 2, 1763 Myndert Frans VanDenbogert, Dec. 8, 1764
Johannes Freer, May 20, 1765 Jacob Low, Jr., March 4, 1770
Peter Luyster, April 10, 1771 John Davis, May 26, 1773 Eli Emons, Oct. 6, 1773
Peter DuBois, May 4, 1749 Samuel Shearman Lowrence Lassing
Clare Everitt, Sept. 7, 1751 Elias VanBunschoten, May 12, 1752 Petrus LeRoy, Feb. 18, 1754 Teunis Tappan, April 15, 1754 Jacobus Palmetier, June 6, 1755 Robert Matthews, Nov. 29, 1756 Anthony Yelverton, May 25, 1757 Abraham Freer, June 4, 1757 Jacobus Freer, Dec. 6, 1758
Jeremiah Duboys, Jan. 21, 1759 Cornelius Van Keuren, May 15, 1761 Abraham Freer, Dec. 30, 1762 Gale Yelverton, July 25, 1763 Johannes Fort, March 25, 1765 Matthew J. Dubooys, May 28, 1765 Johannes Swartwout, June 2, 1770
Peter R. VanKleeck, March 25, 1773 William Forman, Sept. 15, 1773 John Emons, Oct. 6, 1773
Rev. John Beardsley, May 26, 1775 Margerit, widow of William VanDe Burgh, Oct. 24, 1778 John Hunt, Feb. 5, 1780
Christian Newcomb, April 16, 1793 Theophilus Anthony, May 13, 1794
The Wido of James Rogers, May 6, 1796
Samuel Pinckney, July 11, 1797 Meter Deremer, Nov. 16, 1797
Thomas P. Gay, June 9, 1802
Isaac Ketcham, May 29, 1805 George W. Clinton, May 28, 1811 William Davis, Oct. 24, 1825
Francis Pells, Jan. 25, 1778 John T. Vemont, June 17, 1791 Abraham Fort
Nathaniel Bosworth, April 14, 1796 Richard Everitt, May 6, 1796 Joseph Thorn, July 11, 1797 Thomas Carr, March 25, 1799 Barent Fraer, April 13, 1808 John Brush, July 25, 1810 Nicholas Anthony, May 27, 1820
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APPENDIX. SUPERVISORS OF POUGHKEEPSIE.
From the year 1788 to the incorporation of the city in 1854. See also pages 60 and 63.
1788-'89 Lewis Duboys
1827-'29
James Fort
1790-'92 Peter Tappen
1830
Henry A. Livingston
1793 Richard Davis
1831-'32 James Fort
1794
John Bailey
1833 Henry Tompkins
1795 Elias Van Benschoten
1834 Henry A. Livingston
1796 John Thomas
1835
Peter P. Hays
1797-'98 Isaac Balding
1836
Henry A. Livingston
1799 Richard Everitt
1837
Henry Conklin
1800 Thomas Mitchell
1838
Gilbert Wilkinson
1801-'04 Henry Dodge
1839-'40
Isaac I. Balding
1805
David Carpenter
1841-'43
James.R. Cary
1806-'09
Richard Everitt
1844 Richard A. Varick
1810
George B. Evertson
1845-'46
Cornelius DuBois Charles H. Swift
1812-'15
Henry A. Livingston
1848-'50
Edgar Thorn
1816
Abraham Adriance
1851-'52
Howland E. Sherman
1817-'90 Henry A. Livingston
1853
Cornelius DuBois
1821-'23 Jacobus Freer
1854
Morgan Carpenter
1824-'26
Henry A. Livingston
1811
Richard Everitt
1847
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"A SURVEY OF THE ROADS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."
BY CHRISTOPHER COLLES,1 1789.
The reproductions of these plates were obtained through the cour- tesy of Mr. Stuyvesant Fish, of New York, who is in possession of the originals.
Maps Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, 21 and 22, show the Albany Post Road from a point below Peekskill to the northern bounds of Dutchess County.
Maps Nos. 17, 18, 19 and 20, show parts of the road from Strat- ford, Conn., to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., beginning at a point east of Danbury, and entering New York State near the Croton river, in what is now Putnam County. The road continues through the pres- ent towns of Pawling, Beekman, La Grange and Poughkeepsie. Its termination appears on Map No. 14.
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PART II. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL.
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL.
JOHN P. ADRIANCE, founder of the widely known firm of Adriance, Platt & Company, manufacturers of ADRIANCE farm machinery, was born in Pough- keepsie, N. Y., March 4th, 1825, and died June 18, 1891.
Mr. Adriance was a direct descendant of Adriaen Reyersz, from whom the family name is derived, who came from Holland to America in 1646, settling at Flatbush, L. I. Of his more immediate ancestors, three brothers, Joris, Abraham and Isaac Adriance were among the early settlers in Dutchess County, their names appearing on a contract dated 1743, with Madam Brett, for the building of the Frankfort Store House at Fishkill. Abraham Adriance married Femmetje Van Kleef; their son Abraham, born 1766, married Anna Storm; their son John, our subject's father, born in 1795, married Sarah Ely Harris.
Mr. Adriance was educated in the schools of his native city, and in 1845 Messrs. Walsh & Mallory, hardware merchants of New York, placed him in charge of their store in Manchester, N. H., to which business he eventually succeeded. In 1852 he returned to New York and engaged in the wholesale hardware trade with Samuel P. Platt, and Samuel W. Sears, under the firm name of Sears, Adriance & Platt. About this time he became interested in some experiments which his father was making with the Forbush mower, and concluded to engage in this branch of manu- facturing. In 1854 the firm purchased the patents of the Manny mower for the New England States, and began making the machines at Worcester, Mass., the business there being conducted under the name of Mr. Adriance. In 1857, at a great field trial of mowers and reapers held at Syracuse, N. Y., under the auspices of the United States Agricultural Society, Mr. Adriance became impressed with the merits of a mower patented by Aultman & Miller, of Canton, Ohio, which received the first premium. He eventually acquired the patent rights, and began the man- ufacture of a new machine in Worcester, Mass., giving it the name "Buckeye" be- cause of its Ohio origin. In 1859 the factory was transferred to the old "Red Mills" at Poughkeepsie, but the business increased so rapidly as to necessitate the build- ing of more commodious quarters, in 1864, on the banks of the Hudson, extensive additions and improvements having since been made from time to time. In 1863 the firm of Sears, Adriance & Platt was dissolved, Mr. Sears retaining the hardware business, and a new firm for the manufacture of mowers and reapers was formed, under the firm name of Adriance, Platt & Co., incorporated in 1882 as a stock com- pany, with the following officers: John P. Adriance, president; S. R. Platt, vice- president; and I. S. Platt, treasurer. Mr. Adriance continued his connections with the business until his death.
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ALBERT JOHN AKIN who died in his hundredth year, in January, 1903, was the eldest son of Albro and Pauline (Vander Burgh) Akin. He was born at Quaker Hill, town of Pawling, Dutchess County, N. Y., August 14, 1803. At the age of nineteen years he went to New York City, where he remained several years and was successful in business ventures. Ill health caused him to return to his native home, and in 1849 when the Harlem Valley Railroad was projected Mr. Akin was one of the committee appointed to raise $100,000 for the enterprise. In 1849 he organ- ized the Pawling National Bank and was elected president of the institution. This position he held until January 1895, when he resigned on account of his advanced age. He was a director in various railroads, and his enterprise and foresight have done much for Quaker Hill. He built Akin Hall; endowed the Akin Hall Associa- tion with $150,000, and erected the "Mizzentop Hotel", and made himself a party to every public interest.
AKIN OR AIKEN FAMILY. The original settler, John Akin was born in 1663 in Scotland. He came to this country from Aberdeen in 1680 and settled in Dart- mouth, Bristol County, Mass. He married twice, first Hannah Briggs and had fifteen children. He died June 13, 1746.
(2) David was the oldest son of John and Hannah Akin. He was born in Dart- mouth, Mass., Sept. 12, 1687. He married Sarah Allen by whom he had ten chil- dren. He moved to Quaker Hill, Dutchess County, N. Y. between 1730 and 1740 and settled south of the Birdsall Place.
(3) Jonathan was the youngest son of David Akin and Sarah Allen. He was born on Quaker Hill July 26, 1737. He married Lillian Ferris July 26, 1757. Jonathan was a man of affairs. (See Civil list). He was a member of New York State Assembly as representative of Dutchess County 1788-'91 and 1792. Also delegate from Dutchess County to State Constitutional Convention, 1801.
(4) Benjamin Akin was a son of Jonathan and Lillian Akin; born at Quaker Hill, Sept. 19, 1762; married Martha Palmer, 1783. She was born Jan. 11, 1768, and was a daughter of John Palmer and Hope Thomas. He moved to Greenbush, N. Y. in 1810 and until his home was ready for occupancy lived at "Fort Crailo" the famous old Van Rensselaer Manor. He represented Dutchess County in As- sembly 1800, '01, '02. He was drowned Dec. 13, 1831.
(5) Aaron Burr Akin was a son of Benjamin and Martha Akin. He married Caroline Williamson March 6, 1830.
(6) Richard Akin married Caroline, daughter of Robert Thorn. They had a daughter born April 27, 1835.
(7) Catherine T. Akin.
WILLIAM CLARK ALBRO, attorney, was born August 16, 1848. He attended Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham. Mass., and Cornell University and Columbia College Law School, receiving at the latter institution the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1874, and has since resided in Poughkeepsie engaged in the practice of his profession. He is deeply interested in the public schools and has served several years as a member of the Poughkeepsie Board of Education.
WILLIAM C. ALBRO.
685.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL.
Mr. Albro is the eighth generation in descent from John Albro, a native of Eng- land, who came to America in 1634, and became a Major in the Colonial Militia; he died at Portsmouth, R. I., December 14, 1712.
THOMAS ALDRIDGE, brick manufacturer, Fishkill, N. Y. was born in Orange- county in 1818, and died August 17, 1892. He settled in Dutchess county in 1851, and built up one of the most extensive brick industries in the Hudson valley, which is now continued by his son Aaron E., under the firm name of Aldridge Bros. & Co. The entire Aldridge yards have a capacity of 50,000,000 brick annually. Half of this property is leased to other brick makers.
Mr. Aaron E. Aldridge was born in 1851 and has been engaged in the brick busi- ness since 1877. His brother Thomas, now cashier of the First National Bank of Fishkill Landing has been connected with this institution since his boyhood, serving twenty-five years as teller.
JOHN P. AMBLER, was born at Stanford, Dutchess County, N. Y., June 25, 1841, a son of the Rev. Silas and Eunice D. (Olmsted) Ambler. Mr. Ambler came to Poughkeepsie in 1860, and after a course at Eastman's Business College, entered the book store of J. H. Hickok as book-keeper, where he continued seven years. He was stricken with a severe illness and before fully recovering he secured the . long established news business at 9 Market street, which was the nucleus of the- present extensive book and stationery house of J. P. Ambler Co. He made a spec- ialty of school books and held the bulk of the public school trade until the city de- cided to furnish the text books.
Mr. Ambler married in 1870, Mary A., daughter of Hon. Guy Tracy of Shelbourne, Vt. They had one child, Donna Louise. In political belief he was a Democrat, and in a public capacity had served on the Board of Health, the Civil Service Commis- sion, and the Public Library Board.
Socially he was a member of the Amrita Club, serving one year as president. He- was a member of the Royal Arcanum of Poughkeepsie and of the Reform Club of New York City. He died suddenly February 6, 1901.
Mr. Ambler's early ancestor was Richard Ambler who was born in Somersetshire, England in 1609, and who was one of twenty-four men to organize the town of Waterbury, Conn. taking deed from the Indians. His grandfather, Peter Ambler, born in Danbury, Conn. in 1759, was owner of a large parcel of the land on which Danbury now stands. During the Revolutionary War he served in the Colonial army, and later took a prominent part in public affairs.
WILLIAM R. ANDERSON, the subject of this sketch was born and reared on a . farm. Excepting the time when he was seeking an education elsewhere, he has spent his life in his home community. He is a classical graduate of the Oneonta . Normal School and he has done summer school work at New York University. He . taught the district school formerly located at South Millbrook for three years. He served as school commissioner for six years and in the second election he ran far- ahead of his ticket. For the past twelve years he has been principal of Millbrook.
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Memorial School. In all of these positions he has been uniformly successful. He owes his present position of honor to close application to work which has always characterized his life. He is exacting in his school requirements, but he demands nothing of others which he does not require of himself.
He is recognized as an able school administrator, a strong teacher, and master of the details of school organization. His school programs articulate with clock- like precision. The Chief of Inspections Division of the Education Department recently wrote-"In conclusion let me say for your personal benefit that it is rare to find a case where the schedule of recitations shows such good evidence of intelli- gent supervision as the one which you have sent me".
During his service at Millbrook, he has had several offers from other schools among which was the position of Superintendent of the Training Department in the Oneonta Normal School. He has steadfastly declined them all that he might continue his work in the place of his birth where he has the confidence of the com- munity to a remarkable degree. Of his work at Millbrook a Regents Inspector wrote-"Principal Anderson, quiet and gentlemanly, thorough in his scholarship and instruction, is doing a work here that deserves a cordial recognition and ap- preciation".
Mr. Anderson is one of the original directors of the Bank of Millbrook and a member of the finance committee. He is also one of the original trustees of the Millbrook Free Library, and he is a member of the Consistory of the Reformed Church.
MINOT D. ANDREWS, Supervisor of the town of Washington, Dutchess County N. Y. is a native of the adjoining town of Amenia. His parents removed to Washington when he was a boy, and it was here he received his education. Mr. Andrews served twelve years as an employee of the New York Post Office depart- ment; and was engaged in the commission business in New York City for a period of eight years. He is at present interested in the apple trade, his shipments exceed- ing 4,000 barrels annually.
In political belief Mr. Andrews is a Democrat and in November 1907, was elected a member of the County Board of Supervisors. Socially he is affiliated with Hal- cyon Lodge No. 832, F. & A. M.
ROBERT WESLEY ANDREWS, M. D., was born in the town of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., September 9. 1869. After graduating from the Northfield High School in 1887, he entered the employ of A. M. Doty, druggist, Poughkeepsie. He pursued his medical studies at the Albany Medical College from which he was graduated in 1898. He took up his residence in Brooklyn, N. Y. and shortly thereafter was ap- pointed acting assistant surgeon of the U. S. Army, and was stationed at Chicka- mauga Park, Ga., and then transferred to the San Juan Hospital, Porto Rico. He returned to Poughkeepsie in 1899, and in August of the same year was appointed first lieutenant and assistant surgeon U. S. V., and assigned to the 46th Infantry, which was ordered to the Philippines. Dr. Andrews remained there twenty months, participating in numerous engagements. He resumed practice in Poughkeepsie in 1901.
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Dr. Andrews is a former president of the Medical Society of Dutchess County, being the second youngest physician to occupy this office in the 103 years of the society's existence. He is also a member of the N. Y. State Medical Society; the American Medical Association; Poughkeepsie Lodge No. 266, F. & A. M .; Pough- keepsie Chapter R. A. M .; King Solomon's Council; a past grand Odd Fellow, and a member of the Elks.
Politically he is a Democrat, and in 1906, was elected to the office of Coroner. He is Bacteriologist for the Poughkeepsie Board of Health.
In 1898 Dr. Andrews married Minnie M. daughter of Dr. Marill. They have two children, Robert Carlyle and Helen Germain.
MILTON H. ANGELL, M. D., son of Stephen T. and Hannah E. (Ham) Angell, was born at Salt Point, N. Y., October 8, 1856. He obtained his preliminary edu- cation at the Military Academy, Poughkeepsie, and at the De Garmo Institute, Rhinebeck, N. Y. He graduated from the New York Homeopathic Medical Col- lege in 1882, and then began the practice of his profession in Dutchess county, first at Wappingers Falls, then at Stanfordville, and in 1890 succeeded his brother, Dr. Augustus Angell at Salt Point, where he enjoys a large and lucrative practice.
October 13, 1886, Dr. Angell married Frances, daughter of Robert McKay, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y. Two children have been born to them, Evelyn and Mil- ton.
CHARLES W. H. ARNOLD, was born in New York city, May 5, 1860, a son of Henry and Margaret (Hemstreet) Arnold, both of German families, his father having been born in Germany and his mother in this country.
Mr. Arnold attended the common schools and for a brief period Claverack In- stitute. He studied law with the late J. Spencer Van Cleef, at Poughkeepsie; was admitted to the bar in Brooklyn, December 13, 1883, and since that time has prac- ticed his profession at Poughkeepsie and also in New York city. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1894, and while active in politics has never held any other elective office. From 1902 to 1908 he served as a member of the Board of Public Works in the city of Poughkeepsie. He was one of the first referees in bankruptcy appointed under the United States Bankrupt Law of 1898, and has been referee continuously since that time. In addition to his duties as referee in bankruptcy he is frequently selected as referee to hear and determine causes. Mr. Arnold was one of the organizers of the Poughkeepsie Trust Company and has been its secretary and attorney since its organization.
WILLIAM H. BADEAU, now a resident of Matteawan, N. Y. is of French Huguenot descent. His ancestors were among those who left La Rochelle, France, and founded New Rochelle, a suburb of New York City. Elie Badeau, on his ar- rival here in 1708, purchased a valuable estate, including 120 acres of land, still a family holding.
Two generations later, John Badeau, (descendant of Elie), acquired a large tract of land in what is now Putnam County, N. Y., and in 1775 located at Mahopac
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Falls. One of the sons of John Badeau was Isaac Badeau, Sr. His son, Isaac Badeau, Jr., married Elizabeth Hart, also of Mahopac Falls. Their children were: Gilbert H. (deceased), William H. (our subject), Matilda S., and Joseph N. They located in Dutchess County in 1846.
W. H. Badeau when a young man was employed for seven years in the wholesale fancy dry-goods house of G. S. Ely of New York City. He then became connected with E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. of New York. manufacturers and wholesale dealers in photographic requisites. He was admitted to the firm and became the represen- tative of the house in Europe. He continued with this Company fifteen years, and having acquired a competency, retired from the firm. Mr. Badeau has many in- terests in the West. He is a member of the Board of directors, and Vice-President of the First National Bank of Glidden, Iowa.
AMOS T. BAKER, M. D., first assistant physician of the Matteawan State Hos- pital, Matteawan, N. Y., was born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1874. After finishing his preliminary studies at the public and high schools of his native place he entered the medical department of the University of Buffalo, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1897. His medical training was supplemented by one year's experience as house physician and surgeon at the Buffalo General Hospital. He then accepted an appointment on the medical staff at the Dannemora State insti- tution, and in October, 1906, accepted his present position at Matteawan, Dr. Baker is a member of the Dutchess County Medical Society, and the New York State Medical Society.
W. H. BAKER, manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa, at Red Hook, N. Y., con- ducts one of the most important industries in the town of Red Hook. This factory was established at Annandale in 1896, and a new factory was erected in the village of Red Hook in 1904. The plant covers over two acres of ground, and gives em- ployment to upwards of one hundred persons.
JOHN B. BALL, attorney, Poughkeepsie, was born in Milton, Ulster County, N. Y., June 29, 1878. He was educated at Claverack College, Columbia county, and the New York Law School. He also read law in the office of Hon. Edward E. Perkins of Poughkeepsie, and was admitted to the Bar in 1902. He is a member of the Poughkeepsie Club, the Ulster County Republican Club, and the Central Com- mittee.
DR. JAMES LENOX BANKS was born in New York City on May 11, 1832. He was the son of William Banks, a shipping and commission merchant of that city and of Isabella H. Lenox, the daughter of Robert Lenox. He received his early education in his native city, was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1857, and then studied abroad for two years. In 1859 he began the practice of his profession in New York City and continued it there until his death.
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