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attractive features of. 265
boundaries,
258
churches, .
263,
264
early growth,
259
early settlers,
259
effect of the Revolution on the
residents of, .
263
first white settler, 258
iron ore mining,.
258
milk production, 258
principal streams, .
258
religious denominations,
263
roads,.
265
Smith Stevens & Benton Motor Co
261
Steel Works, The,
259,
261
Supervisors, list of,
265-266
villages, .. .
260
Amenia, village of,
261
acetylene gas plant of,
261
churches,. ..
260
commercial gains, .
260
fire and hose company, 261
fountain, ..
261
Harlem Valley Brick & Supply Co.,
260
Assembly, members of,
71-77
196
Army of the Cumberland,.
Arnold, Benedict,
124, 190,
289
Arnold, Charles,
458
92
Articles of Association, .
95
96
99
Amenia Precinct signers,.
non-signers,
99
Beekman precinct signers,
101
non-signers, . . .
Northeast precinct signers,
103
non-signers, . .
105
Poughkeepsie precinct signers,
107
108
non-signers, . . .
109
Rhinebeck precinct signers, .
non-signers,
111
Rombout precinct signers,
113
non-signers,
117
Artsen, Gerrit,
39, 437, 438, 439
Ask, Benjamin,
353
293
Arkles, the. .
Armstrong, John,
Armstrong, Gen. John, 428, 429, 430, 431
434
Armstrong, Mrs. John,
Armstrong, Rev. R. G.,. 412
385
"Anti-rent War,"
91
Annandale (See Red Hook)
Anthony, Allard,
270,
511
Adriance, John P.
231, 238,
241
Adriance, Platt & Co.,
239
Akin, Albert John, .. 402 and Part II. Akin, Albro,. . 402
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Amenia, village of,
High School,
260
Ackert, William S., 603
Adoption of the Constitution,.
179
Adriance, George, 293
Adriance, Isaac.
293,
295
Adriance, John,
238
Angevine, Henry
504
Allen, Benjamin
358
Alsop, John,. ..
94
Arnold, Thomas J.,
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INDEX-PART I.
PAGE
Assessment table of precincts, . 64
Assessments, early, .
64
Astor, John Jacob, . . 340, 356, 357, 449
Astor, William B.
431, 449
Astor, Mrs. William B.
434, 449
Atlanta campaign, the,
197
Atwater, Mrs. Edward S.
234
Aymar, Benjamin, 324
Babcock, Rev. Rufus,
253, 381
Badeau, Joseph N.
332
Badger, Ebenezer, 218, 237
Bagger, Andrew,
53
Bailey, Elizabeth,
214
Bailey, Henry D. B., 294
242
Bain, Horatio N.
284
Baker, Lewis,
521
Baker, Orlando D. M. 519
Baker, Ransom,
520
Baker, Stephen,
246
Bangall,
452
Banks:
Amenia, 265; Dover Plains, .. 282
Fishkill, . ..
323, 335, 345, 346
Matteawan, 346; Millbrook,. 494
Millerton, 384; Pawling, 402
Pine Plains,
416
Poughkeepsie,
240-241
Red Hook, 433; Rhinebeck, 442
Stissing, 417; Wappingers, 475
Barculo, Seward, ..
503
Bard Infant School,
Bard, John, .
433
Bard, Dr. John, . 354, 356, 360, 535, 536
Bard, Mrs. Mary, 360
Bard, Dr. Samuel,354, 360, 532, 540-541 Bard, Susan Mary 359
Bard, William,
360,
361
Barkalo, Rev. John,. .296, 471
Barlow, Thomas, ..
290
Barnard, George G., 509
Barnard, Joseph F.,
241, 507-509
Barnegat limekilns, .216, 661, 662, 663
Barnes, Dr. Edwin,
273, 546
Barnes, Dr. John,
542
Bodenstein, J. H., 358
Bodenstein, John G., 358
Boerum, Simon,
94
Bogardus, Egbert, 314
Bogardus, Evardus, 442
Bogardus, Peter, .. .
307, 308, 309, 310
Bogardus, Philip,
. 353, 355
Battle of Courtland Ridge,
25
Gettysburg, 196
Harlem 136
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Battle of Resaca,
196
White Plains, .
173
Baxtertown,. .
Bayley, Guy C., 528,
590
Beadle, John,. .
273, 420
Beardsley, Rev. John, 250
Bedinger, Rev. Henry,. 334
Beck, Edward,. 235
Beekman, Henry,.
40, 41, 42, 90, 267, 389, 430, 437, 438 Beekman, Col. Henry,
267
boundaries,.
269
churches,. .
269,
270
derivation of name,.
268
early settlements and settlers,
hamlets of,.
269
268
Beekman Furnace,
269
Beekman Iron Mine,.
270
268
Beekman Precinct officers, 1772, .. Beekmanville, . 270
Beldings, the,
280, 281
Bench and Bar,
498-527
Benjamin, Franklin R. 347
Bennett, May F.
485
Benson, Egbert, .
94,
120, 214
Bentley, Gilbert, 273 Benton, Joel, ... 263, 290, 376, 488, 489 Bentons, the, . . 261
. 532, Berry, Dr. Cyrus,. 534
Bethune, Rev. George W. 446
Bill of Rights, American
179,
180
English, 180
Billings, Andrew,
214, 217
Billings, Josh, 222
Bird, Rev. Addison C. 295
Birdsall, Nathan, 53, 651
229
Bisbee, Joseph B 229
Bisbee, Otis,
Blauvelt, Rev. Isaac, 296
Bloom, Isaac,.
273
Blossom, Joseph,
319
Barnes, Oliver W .316, 324
Barnes, Balthazar,
201
Barnum, Charles P.
243
Bartlett Charles,
228
Barton, Sarah,. ..
360
Bartow, Mrs. Charles,
323, 324
Bogardus, Samuel, 314
Bogarts, the,
269
Bogle, John,
468
325
438, 439, 440, 441, 444, 446
Beekman, town of,
267
charcoal furnace,
267
Bailey, Theodorus, .
214,
mining operations in,
natural features,
267
359
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INDEX-PART I.
PAGE
Bogle, William,
Bohrer, Charles,.
194
Brown, Rev. John, 312
Bonesteel, Nicholas, 428
Brown, Samuel, . 465, 469
Bonesteel, Philip N.,. 428,
435
Brown, Thomas S.,
239
Bonesteel, Virgil D.,
428
Brundage, C. W.,. 348
Brundage & Place, .316, 348
Boothe, Justus, 417
Boston Corners,
385, 386,
387
Bryan, Edward, 417
. Bryan, Elihu W
380
410
Bostwick, Reuben W. . 407, 416,
417
Bowmans (Bowerman), the,
369
Bowne, James,.
246
Bowne, Joshua C.,
442
Boyds, the,.
238
Braley, James M.
195
Braman, David, .355, 358
Brand marks, Poughkeepsie Pre- cinct,.
668
Brant, Andrus,
195
Brett, E. Augustus,.
195
Brett, Madam (Catherine), 35, 302, 305, 311, 318, 319, 320, 327, 336, 337
Brett, Peter,
348
Brett, Roger,
35, 302
Brett, Theodorus,.
Brett, Walter,
316, 346, 348
Brett & Co., Walter, 348
Brett & Matthews, .
316
Brewers, the, . 466, 467
Brick Industries, . . . 32, 260, 343-345
Brinckerhoff, Derick, 295, 326, 337, 338
Brinckerhoff, Dirck G., .95, 119
Brinckerhoff, Frank,. 326, 327
Brincherhoff hamlet,
326
Brinckerhoff, Isaac,. . .343, 344
Brinckerhoff, Col. John, .. . 173, 326, 327
Camp Dutchess, 196
Camp Kelly
194
Camp, William C., 287
Campbell, Archibald,
399
Briody, Rev. J. H.,
634,
636
Canfield, Darwin,. 227
Card, Albert M., 522
Card, Colvin, . . 384
Carman, Cornelius, 316, 470
Carman, Isaac N.,. 481
Carman, John, 268
Carmans, the,. 293
Broughton, Francis, 357
357
Caro, Rev. Francis, 619 620
Carpenter, B. Platt,
246, 340, 457
Brown, Derrick, .
246, 597., 603
Carpenter, Isaac R.
310
Carpenter, Isaac S. 458
Brown, George Hunter,
Carpenter, Jacob,. . 307, 310
344, 480, 481, 483, 484, 485, 491 Carpenter, Jacob B., 457 Brown, James, 469 Carpenter, Joseph,. 355
Buck, Samuel Wells,. 229
Buckeye Mowing Machine Co., 344
Budd, Gilbert, . 470
344
Budd, W. D.,
344
Bullock, Comer, . 453, 454, 455
453
Bull's Head,
217
Bull's Iron Works,.
182
Burgoyne, General, 174
Burke, Edmund, 428
Burr, Benjamin F. 403
Burtch, Luman, . .. . 413, 454, 455, 456
Busch, Johannes,
202
Bushnell, William, 235
Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, . 327
Butts, Allison, . 458
Butts, Wesley, 273
Buttner, Gottlob, 26,
27
Buttolph, John, 376,
412
Buttolph, Rev. Milton,
367
Byrnes, Joseph, .
338, 339
Byrnes, William,
319, 320
Byrnesville hamlet, 319
Brinckerhoff, Joris,. 338
Brinckerhoff, T. Van Wyck, . . . 327,
347
Brinckerhoff, Theodore, .337,
346
Broas, Benjamin S., 195
Brockway Brick Co., 345
Brockway, Edwin, ..
345
Brooks, David,. 242
Broom, Lieut.,. 193
Broughton, Joseph,
Brown Bros., 316
Brown, Elias,. .
469
PAGE
468 Brown, James F., 313, 314
Bostwick, Frederick, 417
Bostwick, J. H.,
417
Bryan, Ezra, ... 380,
Bryan, Ward W. 380
Bryan, William Jennings, 381
Bowne, Henry H. 521
Budd, the Misses, .
Bullock, Ephriam,
303
Brett, Margaret, 319, 321
305, 319, 320, 321
Booth, Lydia, ..
229
Bryan, Calvin C., 380
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PAGE
Carpenter, Leonard,
307, 310
Chanler, Margaret Astor,
431
Chanler, Robert W. 432
Chanler, William Astor,. 432
Chapman, Dr. George B.
283
Chapman, Mrs. H. S. 264
Chapman, John Jay, 432
Chapman, William T. 403
Charity Organizations, Poughkeep- sie, . 256-257
'Chase, Adam,
390
Chatterton, Mrs. Sarah, 366
Chelsea,. .
470
Chestnut Ridge
286
Christian Biblical Institute, The, 457
Churches and pastors: .
of Amenia, 264
of Beekman, 269, 270
of Clinton, .274, 275 of Dover, .... 279, 284, 285, 286, 288
of East Fishkill,
. 294-298
of Fishkill,
300, 327-335
of Hyde Park,
354, 359-362
of La Grange, 366-367
of Milan, . . 372
of Northeast,
377, 381-384
of Pawling,. .. . 173, 174, 391, 397-402
of Pine Plains.
408-415
of Poughkeepsie,
247-255
of Pleasant Valley, 421-424
of Red Hook,
433,
of Rhinebeck,
441, 444-449
of Stanford,
453-457
of Union Vale,.
461, 462-463
of Wappingers,
471-474
Churchill, Henry,. 343
Civil list,. .
45,67-79
Civil organizations and divisions,. . 57-66
Civil War,.
193
Clay formations,
32
Clay, Henry,
229,
245
steamboat disaster, 315
Clapp, Benjamin,.
468, 472,
473
Clapp. Clinton W 465
Clark, Hon. David, 457
Clark, Ezra,
378
Clark, Hon. George, .
309
Cleaveland, Dr. Joseph Manning,
545
Clinton, Gov. George, . 94, 174, 188, 211, 212, 226
elected President of State Con-
vention,.
176
house, . .
175, 208, 665-667
letter from Col. Beekman to, . . . .
90
letters written in Poughkeepsie, ...
175, 212
Chanler, Lewis S.,
432
PAGE
Carroll, William, 341
Carthage Landing,. 470
Cary, Henry,
397,
398
Case, James S.
255
Case, Rev. Wheeler,
Casey, Alice,
Casey, George,
Casey, Thomas,
279
Casper creek, 29, 39, 201, 202, 209,
236
Cast, John,
53
Catholic Church, The,.
608
account of Fr. Farmer's mission- ary trips, . 609
Catholic Association, 1832,. . . 614-615
clergy list, 1822, 613
"Congress Own,'
611, 612
during the Civil War,
626
during the Revolution, 609-611
early history, 608
first church erected,
616
institutions:
Marist Brothers, . 648
Novitiate of St. Andrew on
Hudson, . .
649-650
Amenia, Immaculate Conception
Parish,.
641-643
Barrytown, Church of the Sacred Heart, 646
Beekman, Parish of St. Denis, Sylvan Lake, 643
Dover and Pawling churches,. 638-641 Fishkill churches,. . . . .. 634-637 Hyde Park, The Roman Catholic Church, 647
Millbrook, St. Joseph's Church, .. 647 Millerton, Catholic Mission, . . 642-643
Poughkeepsie, Church of Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel,
647, 648
Church of St. Mary,
627
·Church of the Nativity, 632
Polish Church,
627
St. Peter's Church, .. 255, 618-627 succession of pastors, . .616-634 Rhinebeck, St. Joseph's Parish,. . 645 Tivoli, St. Sylvia's Church,. 646
Wappinger's Falls, St. Mary's Church, 644
Cavel, James, 534
Cemeteries. See graveyards
Census of 1714, . 45
Central Hudson Steamboat Co. 316
Chamber of Commerce, Poughkeep- sie 225
Chandler, A. King,
317
274
279
281
in politics,
241
434-435
INDEX-PART I.
PAGE
Clinton, Gov. George
issues call for troops, 193
issues proclamation, . 175
opposes ratification of Constitu- tion, . 178,
215
Clinton, De Witt,
242, 599
174
Cook, J. Hervey, 519
Cook & Low,
468,
469
Cool, Arrye, . 204
Cooper, Dr. Ananias, 442
Cooper, Ezekiel,
136,
212
Cooper's Rangers,
136, 169
Corlies, Jacob, .
241
Cornwell, John.
287
Coshire, Hannah,
365
Cottam, Matthew
465,
468
Council of Appointment,
68
67
of the Colony of New York,
of Safety,
68
County Bar, 498-527
County,
buildings, first,
65,
66
Clerks, list of,
78,
79
court,
498-499
District Attorneys, list of,
77-78
Judges, list of,
77
Sheriffs, list of,. 78
Surrogates, list of, 77
Treasurers, list of,
79
Court house, first, .
65
of Probate, 1778,
212
of Sessions,.
188
Cousens, Bame, .
353
Coutant, Charles G., 351
Cox, Jr., John,.
53,
Coxe, Daniel,
597
Coyle, Rev. James,
635
Cramer, Hon. John N. 438
Crannell, Bartholomew, 210
Cromwell, Joseph,
316,
348
Crosby, Cyrenus, .
528
Crosby, Epenetus,
339,
348
Crosby, Ernest H.
449
Crugers, the,.
428
Cruger's Island (Magdalen)
41, 426, 427, 437
Crummey, Edward,
.195, 518
Cunningham, Walter,
220, 240, 244
Curtis, F. I.
416
Curtiss, Milton E.
346
Cuyler, Rev. Cornelius C.,
249
Congress and Montgomery, the,. 172
Conroy, Rev. E. J
.630,
631
Constitution of 1777,
308
Contine, Peter,.
. 429, 435
Continental Congress, .
95, 171, 210
Continental Line, .120, 134 Continental troops in Poughkeepsie, 176,212
Convention of N. Y. State Repre- sentatives, . 171, 177
Cook, Dr. G. W. 536
Clinton, Sir Henry,
Clinton, town of,
assemblymen,.
273
boundaries,
churches,
274-275
early innkeepers, . 273
first dwellers,
272
first physician of, 273
grist mill,
273
hamlets of,
272
land donations,
274
slate deposits,
275,
276
Supervisors, list of, 276-277
town clerks,
276
Clove Spring,
461
Clove Spring Iron Works, 269
Clove Spring Trout Co., 461
Clove Valley, 269
Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club, . .
461
Coe, William,.
460, 461, 462
Coe, William V.
461,
462
Coffin, Tristram, .
665, 666, 667
Cogswell, Joseph H.,
195
Colden, Alexander, . 306
Colden, Cadwallader D.
.214,
306
Colden Ferry Charter,
.306-310
Cole, Simon,.
441
Colleges See Schools.
Collen, John, .
120
Colles, Christopher,
670
Colles Surveys, 1789,
670-680
Collins, Gilbert,
345
Collyer, John L.,
470, 473
Colman, Joh.n,
17
Colonial Assembly, Representatives
in,.
67
Congress,
42, 93,
94
grants,.
Military Organizations,
80-93
33
Colonists, taxation of,
93
Committee of One Hundred, 95
Committee of Sixty, . 94
Committees of Safety,
120,
171
Comstock, John, .
481
Dakins, the,
377
Dales, W. M.,.
384
Daly, Very Rev. Patrick,.
608, 631
272
272
PAGE
651
INDEX-PART I.
PAGE
Daniels, George A.,.
403
De Witt, Tierk,. 427
Dibble, Christopher, 451
Dickerson, Rev. J. L. 383
252
Dinsmore, William B.,
358
Disbandment of provincial forces,. . 90
Division of counties into towns, .. 300
Dodge, Dr. John,
273, 423
Dodge, Le Grand,
506
Dodge, Samuel,.
120,
299
Donaldson, John J 494
Dongan, Thomas,.
34, 57,
Donoghue, George F
352
Dorland, Enoch,
364
Dorland, Peter, .
517
Dorland, Samuel, 366
Dover, town of,
278
boundaries,
278
churches, .
284, 285, 286,
288
early settlement and settlers,
278
erection of,
65
first mill,
279
first postmaster, ..
281
Harlem Railroad in,
290
Morehouse Tavern, .
289
New York and Sharon Canal pro-
ject,.
290
old inscriptions in cemetery
278
principal streams,
278
Red Lion Inn,.
289
Supervisors, list of,
290-291
Valley View Cemetery,
285, 290
Washington and his troops en-
camp at,
289
Dover Furnace,.
287, 288
Dover Plains, village of,
279
churches,
284, 285, 286,
288
early residents,
280
Elm Stock Farm at, 284
first Board of Education, mem-
bers of,.
283
Hall & Ferguson's cold storage plant at, . .
284
J. H. Ketcham Hose Co.
283-284
McDermott Milk Co.,
284
Military School,
282
population,
279
physicians,
282
Union Free School,
283
Dover Plains Bank,
282
Dover Plains Library,
283
Dover Plains Lodge, I. O. G. T.
284
Dover Plains Marble Works,.
281
Dover Press,.
282
"Dover Stone Church,'
279
Downing, Andrew J.
315, 321
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Davies, Charles,
322
Davies, Henry E.
.322,
333
Davies, Thomas L. 221,
Davies, William A.
252
Davis, David,
346
Davis, Fred W.
241,
416
Davis, Henry, .
240
Davis, Richard D.,
244
424
Davison, G. Howard,
486, 497
Davison, Jr., H. J.,.
485, 496
Deacon, Seth,
282
Dean, Gilbert,
367,
504
Dean, Herman,
351
Dean, Rev. J. J.
332
Dean, James E.,
.347,
351
de Cantillon, Richard, 272, 354, 355, 360
de Cantillon, T., 360
de Chastellux, Marquis, .
173
Travels through Dutchess Coun- ty, 181-192
Declaration of Independence, the, ..
171
De Forest, Col.,
193
De Graff, John, 208
De Graff, John A. 356
De Groff, Moses, .
364
Deitrich, Charles F.
478, 495, 496
de Koven, Rev. Henry,
.432, 434, 435
Delafield, John,
220, 616
De Lamater, Henry,.
442
De La Montagne, Dr., . 322
Delano, Mrs. Franklin,.
449
De Laval Separator Co.,
239
De Lavergne, Isaac,.
528
De Lavergne, Dr. Nicholas,
83,
550
Delegates to State Constitutional
Convention, .
70
De Long, James,
268
Dennings, the,
322,
323
Denny, W. C., .
384
de Peyster, Col. Jobn Livingston, ...
432
de Peyster, Gen. John Watts,
461
in 1802, .
280
de Peyster (Watts) Home for In-
valid Children,
461
de Reimer, Peter,
355
Des Brosses, James,
206
de Verrazzano, John, 17
Devine, Joel,
537
Devine, Wright,
421
Dewall, Peche,
44
De Wint, John Peter, 308, 309, 310, 314 315, 322, 330, 348, 349, 470, and Part II. De Witt, John, .. 273, 274, 276
De Witt, Rev. Petrus,
446
De Witt, Rev. Thomas,
296, 471
427
Davis, Rev. Sheldon,
414;
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PAGE
Dutchess county,
in the Rebellion,
193-198
members of assembly,
71
military organizations of,
80
militia,.
.140-170
32 mineral and natural deposits, 31, mountains, 28
muster rolls,
80-90, 136
officers of, 1721-1907
77-79
oldest political divisions,
200
physicians, .
. . .
. 540-586;
593-596
population of 1723,
50
by towns, 1790,
55
principle streams, .
29-30
signers and non-signers of the
'Revolutionary Pledge,"
96
stockraising and dairying,
32
Supervisors from 1720 to 1787, .. 59-63 Supervisors from 1788 to 1909, See Supervisors.
tax roll, of 1718
46-49
topography, .
28
towns comprised in, 1786,
64
Dutchess County Academy, ... 226, 227
Dutchess County Agricultural So- ciety, 483
Dutchess County Regiment (150th), 195
at the battle of Gettysburg, .
196
casualties of, ..
197
discharged from service, 197
transferred to the army of the Cumberland,. 196
Dutchess Hat Works, 342 Dutchess Insurance Co., 241 Dutchess Junction, 317
Dutchess Manufacturing Co.,. . 239, 240
Dutchess Print Works,.
468
Dutchess Tool Works,
342
Dutchess Whaling Company,
237
Dutton, Titus,
360,
361
Dwight, W. B.,
32
Earley, Rev. Terence J.
629, 630
early inhabitants,
44, 45,
53
East Camp, ..
53, 58, 439
early settlements,
23, 44, 45
54
East Fishkill, town of,
292
election of 1713, in,
58
boundaries,.
292
erection of towns in,
64,
65
Federal officers of, .
68
first county house and prison, . 65, 66
first newspaper,
350
first settler,.
44
freeholders of 1740 in, list of, .
50
geology of,.
28
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Downing, William, 403
Drake, Edward C., 421
Drake, George S., 195
Duane, James, 94
Du Bois, Dr. Abram,
328
475
Du Bois, Lewis,
206
DuBois, Matthew,
83,
206
Dudley, Alexander
338
Duer, William A.,.
442
Duerstein, Rev. Daniel, 253
Dutch, energies of the,
23
superseded by the English, 42
Dutch churches, earliest:
Fishkill Village, 173, 300, 302, 327-328
Hopewell,
. 294-297
Poughkeepsie, 176, 213, 214, 247-250
Rhinebeck,
445-446
Dutch East India Co. 17
Dutcher, Belden,
281
Dutcher, Cornelius,
280
Dutcher, Derrick,
279
Dutcher, Irving,
269
Dutcher, John, ..
283
Dutcher, J. Gerow,
402
Dutcher, John B.,
402
Dutchess County,
assessment table of precincts of, .. 64
Bench and Bar of,
498-527
boundaries,
28,
57
census of 1714,
45
character of soil of,
32,
56
civil list of, 45
civil organizations and divisions of,
57
66
court house in 1788,. description of, by Judge Wm. Smith,
52
details of settlement of,. 55
divisions into precincts, 60
division into townships, 64
divison into wards,.
59,
441
during the Revolution,
93-180
early divisions,. 33
churches,
294-298
early burials in, 297
early inhabitants,
294
early settlement of,
292
first physician, 547 erection of, . 65
first church building in,
295
first town meeting in,
292
Hopewell Junction,.
292, 293
DuBois, John C.
Du Bois, Peter,
206
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East Fishkill, town of,
oldest tombstone inscription in, .. 297
Supervisors, list of, 298
Eastman, Harvey G.,
223, 224, 230, 241, 246
Eastman College,
.223, 230
Eastman Park, 223
Educational institutions. See Schools.
Eldridge, E. Q.,. 506
Election of 1713,. 58
Ellessdie Chapel, 471
Elliotts, the,.
289
Ellsworth, William,
355
284
Elmendorf, Nicoll Floyd, 522
Elseffer, Jacob W.
513-514
cloudburst at,
342
Colden Ferry Charter,
306-310
country estates, . 321-323
description of, by de Chastellux, . 184 during the Revolution, 172, 173, 325 early residents, 322
early settlers, .
299
336
Emigh, Nicholas,. 44, 301
Emigh, Peter, .
460. 461
Emigh, William,
463
Emmett, Thomas A. 306, 308, 309
Emott, Judge James,
214, 241, 242, 244, 502
Emott, Jr., James, 222,
502
Emott, William, 242
Eno, William, .. 416
Eno, William S.,
515
Erection of Counties,
57
Erection of towns, .. 64
Eureka Mowing Machine Works, 239
Everitt, Clear,. . 175, 667
Everitt, Richard,
240,
667
Eyer, Rev. William J.,
447
Factory Woods, The, 463
Fairbairn, Rev. Robert B., 434
Falconer, John, . 341
Fall Kill, the. ..
29, 30, 202, 208, 219, 236, 253
Fallon, Dr. James, 174
Farmer, Ferdinand, 608, 609, 612
Farrell, Rev. C. H., . 635, 636
Fay, Eliphas, . . 227
Federal census, 1790, 55
Federal officers, list of, 68
Federal Store, . . 377,
378
Felous, Rev. J. W 492
Fenn, Rev. Percy I.,
492
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Ferris, Benjamin,. 53, 651
Ferris House, . 174
Ferris, John,. 292, 480
Ferris, Mary, 257
Ferris, Reed,
173, 391
Ferry, Colden,
306-310
Milton,
207, 216, 659-664
Newburgh,
349
Poughkeepsie,
216, 235
Fisher's Reach,
21, 299
Fishkill, town of,
banks,
. 337, 345-347
barracks at, .173, 185
beacons,
213, 326, 336
brick indsutry in, 343-345
churches,
297, 327-335
Elsworth, Edward, 241, 247
Elton, Jan, . 39, 437, 438, 439
Emans, Albert,.
367, 480
Emans, James A.
292, 294
Emans, John S.,
294
Emans, Storm,
294
Emigh, Jeremiah,
463
farms of the Verplanck family in, ferries,. . 305,
306
first mill in,
337
first white settler, 301
299
Frankfort Store House Associa- tion, . 303-310, 347
ferries of, .
305, 306
freighting prices of, 305
minutes of annual meeting of 1763, 304
transcript of meeting in 1781,
304-305
gas works,.
336
Indian possession of,
300
industries, . 336, 337-342
318
Banks,.
346
churches,. 330-334
incorporation of, 318
industries,
319
newspapers,
351
mountains,
28
newspapers, .
350-352
Oil Grounds, The, of, 321
politics of 1840, in,. .
338,
339
provost house and prison at,.
185
regiment removed from, 176
river freighting at, . .
302
Rombout Cemetery at,
326
soldiers' burial ground, .
173
Lafayette at,
.327, 337
Matteawan, village of,
310
electric light works,
forfeiture act in,.
Elm Stock Farm,
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Fishkill, town of,
soldiers' monument,. .325, 326
Supervisors, list of, . 352
transportation at, .
337, 347-350
tombstone inscriptions in, . . . 300, 328
the road to,.
206
villages in,.
314-326
water-works, 342
Fishkill Village, 324
early freighting business at, . 315, 316
early residents of, 324,
325
early railroads, 317
early travel in,.
315
fire of 1876, .
324
incorporation of, 314
postoffice established, 314
water supply, 336
Fishkill, the, .
29, 44,
460
Fishkill Institute for Savings,
346
Fishkill Landing Machine Co. 342
Fishkill Landing Place, 188
Fishkill mountains,.
28
Fishkill and Beekman Plank Road
Co., . 317-318
Fishkill and Matteawan Water Co., 336 Flagler, Harry H. 496
Flax Culture,
188,
354
Fletcher, Governor,
34, 39,
40
Fletcher, Rev. Thomas,
382
Floyd, William, 94
Fonda, James H.,
240
Fonda, Walter C., 240
Forbus, Alexander, 237
Forbus, John B.,. 241
Forts Montgomery and Clinton, cap- ture of, .. 174
Foster, David C., 241
Fowler, John W. 230
Fowler, Milton A. 351
Frank's Sons Brewery, V., .
240
Frankfort Store House Associa- tion, 303-310
-
Freeholders, list of, in 1740,
50
Freer, Jacobus, 211
French and English War, 90
French and Indian War,. 90
Friends, or Quakers,
denounced as Tories, 174
enrollment of in 1755, 53
meetings,. 651-658
"Friends of Constitutional Liberty," 210 Frink, G. S.,. 384 Griggs, Charles, 345
Frost, Solomon B., 237
Fry, B. H.
260
Fur Trade,
23
Gaines, Clement C., 230
Gansevoort, Harme, .39, 427
Gardiner, "Awful," 386
Gardner, Benjamin, 344
Garettson, Rev. Freeborn, 252, 412, 447
Garner, Thomas,
468
Garner, William T.,
468
Garner & Company, .
25, 316, 420, 468, 469
Gaylord, George R.,
195
Geology, .
28-32
German, Nicholas, 270
German refugees,
52
Gibbs, Aletha,
358
Gillies, John, . 343
Glenham, .
323
Glenham mill,
340
Goring, T. E., .
470
Gould, David R
402
Government suspends organization of new regiments, 194
Gowdy, John,
343
Graham, Daniel, 299
346
Graham, Morris,.
94,
136
Grant, Jr., James, 241
Graveyards:
Amenia,
263
Dover,.
278, 284, 285, 290
Fishkill, ..... 297, 300, 326, 328, 331 La Grange, 364; Pawling, 397
Pine Plains,
Poughkeepsie,.
202, 218, 220, 249
Stanford,
451, 456
Union Vale,
. 460, 463
Washington,
489
tombstone inscriptions in
Dover Plains,.
278, 279
South Dover, 284; Fishkill, 300
Hopewell, 297; La Grange, 364
Stanford,.
451
Gray, A. B.
206
Green Fuel Economizer Co., 342
Green, Rev. George A. 335
Green Haven,
269
Green, John,.
195
402
Green, Theron M. 206
"Greenvale,"
120
Gregory, Elnathan,
Gregorys, the,
280,
281
Griffin, Jacob, .
120
Grinnell, Irving, ..
474
Guernsey, Daniel W.,
458,
515
Guernsey, Mrs. Joseph,
261
408
Graham, David,
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Histories, previous:
Bailey's Historical Sketches of Dutchess County, . .
. .. 44, 294 Cook & Benton's Dutchess Coun- ty Regiment, . 195
First Book of Supervisors and Assessors, .... 46, 58, 59, 65, 204 Huntting's History of Little Nine Partners, 418
Morse's Historic Old Rhinebeck, .. 437, 440-441
Platt's History of Poughkeepsie, . 38, 199
Reed's History of Amenia, ...
259, 266
Smith's Documentary History of Rhinebeck, 450
Smith's History of Dutchess County,. 665, 666 Van Gieson's First Reformed Church of Poughkeepsie, ...... 247 Wilson's Quaker Hill, 54, 393; and Preface.
Hoag, Charles,
409, 410
Hoff, Joseph,
422
Hoffman, Anthony, 95
Hoffman, Herman, 120
Hoffman, John T.
452
428
Holley, Luther, .
280
Holliday, Capt. Harrison,
193
Holmes, Col. James, 120
Holmes, H. A.
403
Homeopathic Medical Society, The
591-596
members of,
593-596
Homes:
Home for the Friendless 256
Old Ladies' Home,.
227,
256
Pringle Memorial Home. 257
Vassar Brothers Home for Aged Men, .. 257
Watts de Peyster Home for In- valid Children, 461
Hone, Philip,
319, 340, 341
Hooker, James,
237, 240, 500
Hopewell Junction, 293
Hopkins, Benjamin, 470
Hopkins, Enos,.
375,
408
399
Hopkins, Gilbert S.,
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