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| 51 | I, Garrett Garrison, of the town of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester, saith; I am the age of seventy-five years at June next; that I have been acquainted with Harlem river about fifty years, and have seen pettiaguers navigating said river as far up as the New King’s or Farmer’s bridge, and that I have been a passenger on board the above described vessels separately. And I further state, that I think and believe that there are water enough for vessels of sixty tons as far up as said bridge. GARRET his x mark GARRISON Signed in the presence of Peter Valentine. Sworn and subscribed to, this 6th day of March, 1838, before me. PETER VALENTINE, Commissioner of Deeds. source: Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Sixty-Second Session, 1839, Volume 4. Albany, NY: E. Croswell, 1839. | Garrison, Garret (I146)
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| 52 | In the name of God, Amen. “I, Ryer Michelsen, the elder, of the Manor of Fordham, in the County of Westchester, being now about four score years of age, and of sound and perfect memory.” It is my will that my 3 sons, Ryer, Hendrick, and Tunis Michelsen, shall have the use and benefit of all lands, meadows, rights, and privileges in Westchester County, until July 1, 1736, and then all my lands are to be sold “for the most that can possibly be got,” and each of my sons is to receive £18. And all of my personal property of horses, cattle, and sheep are also to be sold. I leave to my eldest son, Ryer Michelsen, 40 shillings as a preference for his birthright. And whereas it happened that in the life time of my eldest son, Michel Michelsen, deceased, I was bound for him for his only debt to Benjamin Corsa, for the payment of £21, 8s., on or before February 17, 1725, the same is to be paid out of 1/7 of the money, and the rest is to go to his son, Ryer Michelson. I leave to my daughter Mary, wife of Benjamin Haviland, £5. To Michel Michelsen, the second son of my deceased eldest son, Michel Michelson, £5. And whereas it so happened, that for the only debt of my son-in-law, Joseph Haviland, I and Benjamin Corsa became bound to Michael Furman, “in the sum of 20 odd pounds,” the same is to be paid out of 1/7 of the money, and also an account of money which the wife of said Joseph Haviland is indebted to me, “and has left her cupboard and glass in pledge for the same.” And the overplus is to be paid to my said daughter Sarah, wife of Joseph Haviland. The rest of the money is to be divided among my 3 sons, Ryer, Hendrick, and Tunis, and my daughters, Hannah, wife of Leonard Vincent, deceased, and Jane, wife of Benjamin Corsa. I leave to my son Ryer, and my loving friend Peter Keer, executors. Dated July 7, 1733. Witnesses, Isaac Turner, Benjamin Betts, Roger Barton. Proved, December 20, 1733. source: New York Historical Society. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1894. New York: New York Historical Society, 1894. | Michaelson, Ryer Bastiensen (I14)
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| 53 | Jan Bastiaensen (born 1618) ... came to [New Netherland] from the County of Leerdam, or the Prince's land, in South Holland, in 1663, accompanied by his brother, Michiel Bastiaensen, (born 1620), both of whom afterwards lived in Harlem. Jan was the "Kortryck" who owned a Bouwery on Staten Island in 1674. He spent part of his time at Harlem, but is last mentioned there Jan. 8th, 1677, when he is witness to a power of attorney, given by his old Schoonrewoerd friend, Jan Louwe Bogert. His children were Cornelius, born 1645, Hendrick, 1648, Laurens, 1651, and Belitie, 1659, known as 'the others, uit Holland', Belitie married, December 8th, 1678, Jacob Jansen Decker, of Esopus, whither her brother Hendrick had gone to live. source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922. | Van Kortrijk, Jan Sebastiansen (I3)
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| 54 | Jan Bastiaensen (Van Kortryk) born 1618, at Leerdam, Holland, went to the town of Beest, not far from Leerdam, where he married and where his children were born, these being Cornelis, Hendrick, Laurens and Belitie. With his brother Michiel and their families, he sailed for New Amsterdam, embarking in the Spotted Cow April 16th, 1663, and had a Bouwery on Staten Island, but probably spent a part of his time at Harlem. source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922. | Van Kortrijk, Jan Sebastiansen (I3)
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| 55 | JENNIE RYER PARRY Mrs. Jennie Ryer Parry, aunt of Captain John A. Ryer of the Yonkers Police Department, died early this morning in St. John’s Home, Riverdale Avenue, after a lingering illness. She was 75 years of age. Mrs. Parry was born in Yonkers and had lived here all her life. Upon the death of her husband, the late George Parry of this city, about 10 years ago, she entered the St. John’s Home. She was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Besides Captain Ryer, a nephew and two nieces, all of this city, survive. source: Obituary of Jennie Ryer Parry. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Herald, 6 Apr 1929, p. 16. | Ryer, Jane E. (I91)
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| 56 | Jonathan Dean, prominent in the early history of Jamaica and of Oyster Bay (Cohasset), married Margaret (Oakley?) and had twelve children, three of whom settled in Westchester County. Jonathan (married 1773 Mary Causter of Westchester, daughter of Joseph) figures in the early history of Nine Partners. Nicholas settled in Eastchester and later in Yonkers, and Isaac in Greenburgh. source: Spooner, Walter W. Westchester County, New York Biographical. New York, NY: The New York History Company, 1900. | Dean, Jonathan (I434)
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| 57 | Major Robert Timpany accompanied by Captain Frederick Williams of Annapolis, founded Rossway in 1785. Having sailed in a sloop to Little Joggin, they followed the Indian Path to head of St. Mary's Bay, then down the shore to north side, and along Bay to their lands. The former located on farm now owned by Major Timpany, Esq.; while Mr. Williams selected the equally valuable tract William A. Hall, Esq. holds. Mr. Williams erected in 1788 on stream running through his property, the first Saw Mill built in the Peninsula. source: Wilson, Isaiah W. A Geography and History of the County of Digby, Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Holloway Brothers, 1900. | Williams, Capt. Frederick (I79)
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| 58 | Mary Ann Post, widow of Lawrence Post, died yesterday, in this city. She was in her 91st year. Mrs. Post was the mother of William H. Post, a former Postmaster and Village Clerk of Yonkers; of Mrs. Ann M. Ackert, widow of Nelson Ackert, formerly of the firm of Ackert & Quick; of Mrs. Henry B. Archer, of 235 Warburton avenue, wife of the present Tax Receiver of Yonkers. She was a daughter of Abram and Sarah Wood, and was born in Yonkers on July 13, 1810, and she had always lived in this city. She enjoyed uniformly good health till recently. Her husband died some years ago. She has resided with her daughter, Mrs. Archer, for the last eight years. Her death was due to the weakness caused by old age. source: Obituary of Mary Ann Post. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 9 Jan 1901. | Wood, Mary Ann (I637)
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| 59 | Michiel Bastiaensen (Van Kortryk), born 1620, at Leerdam, Holland, also married and removed to the village of Schoonrewoert, not far from Leerdam, where his children Reyer, Metje, Annetie, and Bastiaen were born, his fifth child. Aefie, born in Harlem. They all came in the Spotted Cow in 1663, with Jan and his family, and soon came to Harlem, later making their home at Fordham. source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922. | Van Kortrijk, Michiel Sebastiansen (I6)
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| 60 | Michiel Bastiaensen, of whose history up to his emigration, in 1663, we have before spoken, had, so far as known, five children, viz.: Reyer, born 1653; Metje, born 1655, who married Hendrick Kiersen: Annetie, born 1658, who married John Odell (ancestor of the Fordham Odells); Bastiaen, born 1662, and Aefie, born 1665, in New York, who married Jacques Tourneur. source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904. | Van Kortrijk, Michiel Sebastiansen (I6)
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| 61 | MINUIT, Peter, pioneer and colonial governor, was born in Wesel, Rhenish Prussia, about 1580. Very little is known about his personal history. Although born in a German town he is supposed to have been of Dutch extraction. He subsequently removed to Holland and had resided there for several years, when, in 1625, he was appointed by the Dutch West India Company its director-general in New Netherlands. There had been two directors before him — Cornelius Jacobsen Mey and William Verhulst — but they held this office but one year each and had very limited authority, while now the company ordained a more formal government and conferred upon its head enlarged powers, with a more exalted title, so that Minuit is properly regarded as the first governor of New Netherlands. On Dec. 19, 1625, he sailed from Amsterdam in the "Sea Mew," and, landing on Manhattan island May 4, 1626, summoned the chiefs of the native Indians, who owned these parts, and purchased the 22,000 acres constituting the island for 60 guilders, about $24, or $100 in modern value, worth of pots, cans, cattle, ax-heads, blankets, beads, and other trinkets. On July 27th, a vessel named the "Arms of Amsterdam " arrived at Manhattan island, bringing among other passengers Isaac de Rasières, the secretary of the colonial government, and on Sept. 23rd it sailed again for Holland, carrying the official announcement of the purchase of Manhattan island and a valuable cargo of furs and timber. In the meantime Minuit built a fort, a warehouse, and a mill, which had the effect of drawing people from neighboring settlements, so that soon the population of the island increased to about 200. In 1627, as a result of a friendly correspondence between Peter Minuit and Gov. William Bradford, of Plymouth, commercial relations were established between the two colonies, and this fact still further contributed toward the growth of the new settlement. Minuit directed the affairs of New Netherlands until August, 1631, when he was recalled by the Dutch West India Company. Upon arriving in Amsterdam, in 1632, he endeavored to regain his office, but was unsuccessful, as the company held him responsible for the accumulation of lands in the hands of the patroons. He thereupon entered the Swedish service, and was placed in command of a body of Swedish and Finnish colonists in two vessels, which sailed from Gothenburg in 1637, under the auspices of the Swedish West India Company. He ascended the Delaware bay early in 1638, erected Fort Christiana on land purchased from the Indians, near the present city of Wilmington. This was the first permanent European settlement on the Delaware river. This region being claimed by the Dutch, Gov. Kieft, of New Netherlands, protested against its occupancy by Minuit's party, but the protest was disregarded, and the colony remained a Swedish possession till 1655, when it was captured by the Dutch. The colonists encountered the severest hardships, and on one occasion, in 1640, their necessities became so pressing that preparations were made for abandoning their home and removing to Manhattan, when a ship laden with provisions opportunely arrived. Peter Minuit displayed great sagacity and skill in keeping the settlers together and avoiding hostilities with the Indians and Dutch. He successfully managed the affairs of the colony until his death, which occurred in 1641. source: White, James Terry. The National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thoughts of the Present Time, Volume 12. New York: James T. White & Company, 1904. 208. | Minuit, Peter (I1)
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| 62 | MRS. HARRIET GRIFFETHS. Hoboken has lost another of its old residents in the death of Mrs. Harriet Griffeths, who passed away at her home, 216 Washington street, this morning. She was 73 years old. The funeral services will be held at the house to-morrow night. Rev. C. L. Mead will officiate. Interment will be at Bridgeton. source: Obituary of Harriet Griffeths. Jersey City, NJ: The Observer of Hudson County, 1 Dec 1904, p. 3. | Garrison, Harriet Louisa (I734)
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| 63 | Nicholas (1697?-1772), whose branch of the family retains many members in the Society of Friends, married Deborah – , and had Stephen, Solomon, Daniel, Phebe (married Joseph Pell), Charity (married John Valentine), Mary (married William Underhill), Amey (married Samuel Thorn), Margaret (married Joshua Gedney), Anna (married Elias Doty), Sarah (married Samuel Barnes), Stephen, eldest son of Nicholas (1724-1796), married (1) Abigail Bowne, and had Nicholas, of Yonkers, Mary (1752-1832), Lawrence (1755), Susannah (1756), Elizabeth (1759), Stephen (1760). From Nicholas (1751-1797) descend Nicholas, of New York, who was a projector of the Croton Aqueduct and a well-known philanthropist (v. Memorial Biographies of the N. E. Gen. Soc., 1881, Vol. II), Robert, Joseph, William R., and Stephen. Stephen married (II) Mary Flandreau and had Joseph (1763-1825), Abigail (1764-1824), Daniel (1766-1811), Anne (1768-1845+), William (1770-1845+), Margaret (1772-1845+), David (1774), Jonathan (1776-1845+), Israel (1777-1845+), John (1781-1845+), Hannah (1784-1840). source: Spooner, Walter W. Westchester County, New York Biographical. New York, NY: The New York History Company, 1900. | Dean, Nicholas (I424)
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| 64 | OBITUARY. CALEB F. GARRISON. Caleb Fowler Garrison, youngest brother of the late Alderman and Captain Hyatt L. Garrison, and the last survivor of 11 brothers and sisters, of whom one was Mrs. Joseph Peene, sr., died at his home in North Stamford, Conn., yesterday. About a week ago he had an apoplectic stroke. He was in the 85th year of his age. Mr. Garrison removed from Yonkers, where he was engaged as a teamster, and purchased a farm in North Stamford. He is survived by his wife, and several nephews and numerous grandnephews and grandnieces. Among these are Edmund H. Garrison and Willard Garrison, of this city. The funeral service will be held at his late home in North Stamford tomorrow afternoon, at 2:30. source: Obituary of Caleb Fowler Garrison. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 15 Jan 1921, p. 6. | Garrison, Caleb Fowler (I733)
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| 65 | Obituary. Mrs. Caroline A. Peene. Mrs. Caroline A. Peene widow of the late Joseph Peene, founder of the Ben Franklin Transportation Line and one of the oldest natives of the city, died yesterday afternoon at her home, 150 Warburton avenue. She had been ill for the past two weeks. Mrs. Peene was in her 93rd year and until her recent illness had enjoyed comparatively good health all her life. She was born in Yonkers September 21, 1823, the daughter of John Garrison and Sarah Fowler. She was of Revolutionary ancestry, her great grandfather, Peter Garrison, having been killed in the Battle of White Plains. Although she never joined she was eligible to membership in the Huguenot Society. Mrs. Peene’s father was born in Kingsbridge in 1773. He was the pioneer in establishing a regular freight traffic service on the Hudson between Yonkers and New York. Up until 1825 there had been several sailing vessels plying between here and New York but their rates for freight were so excessive that Mrs. Peene’s father with about 30 other prominent men of the city organized a company and purchased the sloop, Independent. The vessel carried the cargoes from the Westchester farmers to New York and brought back merchandise for the farmers and storekeepers there. After six years the boat was sold and the now well known Ben Franklin, a 57 ton sloop, was purchased. It was launched July 4, 1831. Mr. Garrison was captain of the boat for eight years. In 1839 Captain Garrison bought out the interests of the other owners and took into his employ the late Joseph Peene. Mr. Peene married his employer’s daughter when she was 18 years old. Mr. Garrison retired as captain of the boat and appointed his son-in-law to that post. Along in 1851 Mr. Peene and his brother-in-law, the late Hyatt L. Garrison purchased jointly the sloop Elias Hicks. The following year they formed the two boats into a line with a regular running schedule. Then, in 1857, the elder Mr. Garrison sold out his interest in the Ben Franklin to the two young men. The latter obtained another vessel, The Hymes and organized the Ben Franklin Transportation company. The partnership continued until 1864 when Captain Peene became the sole owner. In 1873 he turned the business over to his three sons, the late John G., Joseph, jr. and George Peene. The first named was a former Mayor of Yonkers. The other two sons are still the owners of the company. Mrs. Peene, the deceased was a member of the First Reformed church for years. She was of a kind and loving nature and was interested in all movements for the uplift of humanity and the alleviation of the sufferings among the poor. The home which she occupied until her death was built by My. Peene in 1870. Surviving are the two sons, Joseph Peene and George Peene and two daughters, Mrs. Mary A. Stillwell, wife of Dr. Benjamin Stillwell, of this city and Mrs. Katie P. Farnham, wife of George A. Farnham, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Two other children, former mayor John G. Peene and Mrs. Emma M. Moore, wife of the late Thomas Moore are dead. The funeral services will be held at the late home of the deceased on Friday at 2 P. M. The Rev. F. W. Cutler of the First Reformed church will officiate. The interment will be at the convenience of the family. source: Obituary of Caroline A. Peene. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 29 Dec 1915, p. 4. | Garrison, Caroline Augusta (I796)
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| 66 | OBITUARY. MRS. CAROLINE A. PEENE. Mrs. Caroline A. Peene, ninety-two, the oldest native resident of Yonkers, is dead at her home, 150 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers. She was a descendant of Peter Garrison, of the Revolutionary period. Her father, John Garrison, was the founder of the Ben Franklin Transportation Company. Mrs. Peene was the widow of Joseph Peene, to whom she was married February 5, 1840. She leaves two sons and two daughters. They are Joseph Peene, George Peene and Mrs. Mary A. Stilwell, wife of Dr. Benjamin W. Stilwell, of Yonkers, and Mrs. Kate P. Farnham, wife of George A. Farnham, of Saratoga Springs. Mrs. Peene was the mother of the late John G. Peene, former Mayor of Yonkers. source: Obituary of Caroline A. Peene. New York, NY: New York Tribune, 30 Dec 1915, p. 9. | Garrison, Caroline Augusta (I796)
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| 67 | Obituary. MRS. ELIZA A. RYER died yesterday, of consumption, at 247 New Main street, in the 62d year of her age. She was born in Mosholu, and has lived all her days in Yonkers. She leaves two sons and two daughters, one of the daughters living in Poughkeepsie. Her mother, the widow of the late Dennis Majory, still survives, and is 83 years of age. The funeral services will be held at the residence, on Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mrs. Ryer was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. source: Obituary of Eliza A. Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 7 Aug 1885, p. 3. | Majory, Elizabeth Ann (I86)
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| 68 | OBITUARY. MRS. ISAAC N. BARKER died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Moir, 115 Linden street, about 6 o’clock last evening, from bronchitis. She had been ill about two weeks. She was born in Odell avenue, near Saw Mill River road, July 10, 1820, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Garrison; her maiden name was Mary Elizabeth. She was married to Mr. Barker, Oct. 10, 1844; he died about four years ago. She lived in Maryland for six years. Mrs. Barker is survived by two children, Mrs. Moir of Yonkers, and Byron B. Barker of Burlington, Vt.; five grandchildren - Mrs. Grace Kennelly and Harry Barker of New York City; Jessie E., Marion B. and D. Elliot Moir of Yonkers; a sister, Mrs. Caroline A. Peene of Yonkers and two brothers, Hyatt L. Garrison of Yonkers and Caleb F. Garrison of Stamford, Conn. The funeral will be held at 115 Linden street, to-morrow evening, at 8 o’clock. Rev. Charles A. Ashmead, of St. Andrew’s Memorial Church, will officiate. source: Obituary of Mary Elizabeth Barker. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 6 Jan 1910, p. 6. | Garrison, Mary Elizabeth (I795)
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| 69 | OBITUARY. MRS. SARAH ESTHER VAN ORDEN, wife of the late Alfred Van Orden, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. B. Valentine, of 16 Astor place, Yonkers, yesterday morning, after a long illness. She was born in New York City, Nov. 14, 1832. She was married to Mr. Van Orden in that place, in 1846. He died about 33 years ago. She had resided in Yonkers for 59 years. Mrs. Van Orden is survived by three daughters - Mrs. Robert P. Allison and Mrs. G. B. Valentine, of this city, and Mrs. Alfred Russell, of Somers Center, N. Y. source: Obituary of Sarah Esther Van Orden. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 16 Apr 1908, p. 6. | Young, Sarah Esther (I101)
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| 70 | OBITUARY. JOHN GARRISON RYER. John Garrison Ryer, father of Police Sergeant John Ryer, and who had been substantially a resident of Yonkers all his life, died at Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, yesterday. He was taken there nine days ago. For the past five years he has been an invalid, having suffered an apoplectic stroke. He made his home with his son John, at 93 Maple street. Heart failure is given as the cause of death. Mr. Ryer was 71 years of age. He was born in Mosholu when it was a part of the town of Yonkers. He was a son of the late Abram and Elizabeth Ryer. His grandfather, Dennis Majory, for many years was the keeper of a toll-bridge at Kingsbridge. When his father died, Mr. Ryer, who was then a boy, came to Yonkers proper with his mother and his grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Majory. For sixty years Mr. Ryer lived at 247 New Main street. He was a graduate of School No. 2. He was a hat-cutter by trade, and worked in the different local factories. For thirty years he was employed by the Waring Company, and for a long time was foreman of one of the departments in the plant. His wife, who was Miss Emma Van Orden, died about twenty-five years ago. Of the eight children only three survive – Sergeant Ryer, Cornelius Ryer of Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. Hugh M. Stevenson, of Lincoln, Neb. There are also two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Parry of this city, and Mrs. Sarah Baguley of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The funeral services will be held at his late residence, 93 Maple street, tomorrow afternoon; interment, Oakland Cemetery. source: Obituary of John Garrison Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 30 Aug 1921, p. 6. | Ryer, John Garrison (I90)
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| 71 | Of Oblinus' companions on board the de Bonte Koe (Spotted Cow), Demarest went to Staten Island, Journee and Bogert to Brooklyn, and the Bastiaensen brothers to Stuyvesant's Bouwery, though they all soon after came to Harlem. The Bastiaensens, it may be observed, were the ancestors of the entire Kortright or Courtright family, in the States of New York and New Jersey, and also, through other branches, of the families of Ryer and Michiel (now Mekeel and McKeel, -- a Dutch metamorphosed into a Hibernian name!) of Westchester and other counties of our State, and that of Low, in Somerset County, New Jersey but distinct from the Lows of Ulster county, named in a preceding note. source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904. | Van Kortrijk, Michiel Sebastiansen (I6)
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| 72 | Of Oblinus' companions on board the de Bonte Koe (Spotted Cow), Demarest went to Staten Island, Journee and Bogert to Brooklyn, and the Bastiaensen brothers to Stuyvesant's Bouwery, though they all soon after came to Harlem. The Bastiaensens, it may be observed, were the ancestors of the entire Kortright or Courtright family, in the States of New York and New Jersey, and also, through other branches, of the families of Ryer and Michiel (now Mekeel and McKeel, -- a Dutch metamorphosed into a Hibernian name!) of Westchester and other counties of our State, and that of Low, in Somerset County, New Jersey but distinct from the Lows of Ulster county, named in a preceding note. source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904. | Van Kortrijk, Jan Sebastiansen (I3)
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| 73 | PURSUANT to an order of Robert H. Coles, Surrogate of the County of Westchester,– Notice is hereby given, according to law, to all persons having claims against the estate of William H. Garrison, late of the Town of Yonkers, in said County, deceased, to present the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the undersigned, Executors of the last Will and Testament of the said deceased, at the residence of Joseph Peene in the Town of Yonkers, on or before the TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY, A. D., 1861.– Dated this 18th day of July, A. D., 1860. JOSEPH PEENE, HENRY P. SEE, Executors. source: Estate news of William H. Garrison. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 20 Sep 1860, p. 4. | Garrison, Capt. William Henry (I797)
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| 74 | Reyer Michielsen, eldest son of Michiel Bastiaensen, was b. at Schoonrewoerd, Holland, in 1653, coming in 1663 with his parents; he m. April 15, 1686, Jacomyntje, dau. of Jan Tibout, settling at Fordham, where he took part in building the church, of which he was an active member. A mortgage given by John Archer to Cornelis Steenwyck, of New York, in 1676, gave him full title and possession of the Manor of Fordham, which passed under his will and by certain deeds, to the Dutch church of New York. In getting possession, the church met with great opposition from the town of Westchester. This led in 1688 to a forcible entry by the officers and friends of the church. Elijah Barton, engaged with his father, Roger Barton, to keep possession for and in behalf of the town of Westchester, when on July 16th, in the afternoon, there came a great company of men with Nicholas Bayard, of New York, demanding admittance. This being refused, Reyer Michiels and Teunis De Key, at Bayard's word, broke open the door and the Bartons were ousted and roughly handled. With Bayard were also Nicholas Stuyvesant, Johannes Kip, Isaac Van Vleeck, Michiel Bastiaens and his wife, and sons Bastiaen, Reyer, Michiel, Hendrick Kiersen, and Jacques Tourneur. Also, “in the exploit” was Hannah (or Anna) Odell. The Westchester authorities issued a warrant July 20th, “to take the bodies of the said Reyer Michiels, with the said complycetors”, but the church maintained its hold and the lands were ultimately sold. Reyer Michielsen died in 1733, having had children, Michiel, Reyer, Hendrick, Teunis, Hannah, Mary, Sarah, Jane, Jacomyntie, Johannes, some of whom being called Michiels and others Reyers. source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922. | Michaelson, Ryer Bastiensen (I14)
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| 75 | Reyer Michielsen, named in some curious proceedings, under 1674, married, in 1686, Jacomina, daughter of Jan Tibout, and settled in the town of Fordham. He took part in building the church there, in 1706, and a stone bearing his initials may now be seen in the carriage house wall of Mr. Moses De Voe, who took it from the foundation of the old church, which stood upon Mr. De Voe’s farm. Reyer died in 1733, aged 80 years, having had eight children, to wit: Michiel, Reyer, Hendrick, Teunis, Hannah, who married Leonard Vincent; Mary, who married Benjamin Haviland; Sarah, who married Joseph Haviland, and Jane, who married Benjamin Corsa. The sons of his son Michiel (being Reyer and Michael) retained the name of Michaels, but other of Reyer’s sons took the patronymic Reyers. Hence have descended the two families of Westchester County, and other sections of this State, named Ryer, and Michael, or as also written, McKeel or Mckeel. The name Reyer is said to come from ridder, a knight. source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904. | Michaelson, Ryer Bastiensen (I14)
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| 76 | Ryer Michaelson the younger, Frederick Michaelson and Tunis Michaelson, sons of Ryer Michaelson ye Elder, late of ye Manor of Fordham, yeoman, dec’d., to Benjamin Corsen of ye same place; land on Bronxes river, commonly called the Great Plain, within ye bounds of Fordham, Apr. 26, 1736. source: Totten, John Reynolds, ed. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 53. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1922. | Michaelson, Ryer Bastiensen (I14)
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| 77 | Ryer Michaelson, Fordham Directs all land to be sold after July 1, 1746. Mentions sons Ryer, Hendrick and Tunis, and “Ryer Michaelson, eldest son of my son Michael,” and his second son Michael, “my daughters Mary wife of Benjamin Haviland,” and Sarah wife of Joseph Haviland, Hannah wife of Leonard Vincent, Jane wife of Benjamin Corsa. Witnesses. ISAAC TURNER BENJAMIN BETTS ROGER BARTON Dated July 7, 1733. Proved Dec. 20, 1733. source: Pelletreau, William S. Early Wills of Westchester County, New York : from 1664 to 1784: a Careful Abstract of all Wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from 1664 to 1784 : also the Genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County and Descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Ackerley Families): with Genealogical and Historical Notes. New York, NY: F. P. Harper, 1898. | Michaelson, Ryer Bastiensen (I14)
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| 78 | Sarah J. Haines Sarah J. Haines, 91 years old, of 91 Warburton avenue, died at eight o’clock this morning. Mrs. Haines was one of eleven children, only four of whom are living. Mrs. Haines, who was born in New York City, April 19th, 1818, removed here when she was a young girl. She had been married twice, her first husband being John M. Lyon and her second, James Haines. She lived with a grand-daughter of Mr. Haines, named Mrs. Sarah Matilda Van Wagner. Mrs. Haines is survived by Mrs. Mary E. Barker, Linden street, aged 90; Mrs. Caroline A. Peene, 150 Warburton avenue, aged 87; Hyatt L. Garrison, 3 Willow place, aged 83; and Caleb Garrison, aged 80, of Stamford, Conn. Hyatt L. Garrison is a member of the real estate firm of Garrison & Bechet. source: Obituary of Sarah J. Haines. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Herald, 22 Nov 1909, p. 4. | Garrison, Sarah Jane (I793)
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| 79 | SAYS M. GUGGENHEIM PROMISED TO WED HER Miss McNamara Sues Smelting Trust’s Aged Head for $100,000 EMPHATIC DENIAL ENTERED Woman, Who is 45, Says She Has Known Mr. Guggenheim for More Than 25 Years. Meyer Guggenheim, the head of the “Smelting Trust,” has been made defendant in an action for breach of promise of marriage brought against him by Miss Hannah McNamara. Mr. Guggenheim is seventy-six years old. Miss McNamara is described as a Philadelphian, forty-five years old. In her complaint on file in the County Clerk’s office she alleges that he promised to marry her on or about March 20, 1900. This was soon after the death of Mr. Guggenheim’s wife. It was mutually agreed, she says, that they were to be married within a reasonable time, and then on Feb. 1, 1901, she alleges, they entered into a special agreement by which they were to be married on the first of April, 1901. The plaintiff alleges that on April 1, 1901, Mr. Guggenheim was ill, and suffered from various ailments which confined him to his home for a long period thereafter, that he again promised to marry her on April 1, 1903, and that finally, on April 2, 1904, when she last saw Mr. Guggenheim, he then complained that he was in feeble health, and gave this as a reason why he did not marry her. She further alleges that she has known him and has seen him often for more than twenty-five years, and had looked forward to no means of support or maintenance except such as he would and should provide for her, and which, she says, he promised to provide. As Mr. Guggenheim refuses to marry her, she claims damages to the extent of $100,000. Mr. Guggenheim has filed an answer, declaring that he never promised or intended to marry the woman, and denying all of her allegations. Levy & Unger, counsel for the plaintiff, made an effort on Thursday last to have the case put on the preferred calendar for trial, but this was opposed by Mr. Guggenhiem’s counsel, Nathan, Leventritt & Perham. Justice Clark in the Supreme Court denied the motion of counsel for the plaintiff, and the case may not now be brought to trial for some time, as in all probability it will not be reached on the regular calendar for a year or two. Lawyer Unger said yesterday that there were circumstances of the case that would not be made public until the trial. The action, he said, was begun on April 21, and on May 9, he said, Mr. Guggenheim’s counsel asked for an extension of time to file an answer. The answer was filed on May 16. Mr. Guggenheim, in his answering affidavit, denies flatly each and every allegation made by the woman. He also denies that he is in poor health, as was alleged when counsel for the woman asked the court to place the case on the preferred calendar. His physician, Dr. Edward Sternberger, also submitted an affidavit to the court, in which he declared that Mr. Guggenheim was in sound health, and in no danger of dying for the next five years at least. Mr. Guggenheim is the father of eight children, who, with the exception of one, are married. He has many grandchildren. Five of his sons are Directors in the American Smelting and Refining Company, known as the “smelting trust.” One of the sons, Daniel Guggenheim, said yesterday, when told of the suit brought against his father, that he had never heard of the woman until now, and that no other member of the family had ever heard of her. Meyer Guggenheim has contributed many thousands of dollars to charity, and only a few years ago presented a hospital to the City of Philadelphia. source: “SAYS M. GUGGENHEIM PROMISED TO WED HER.” New York, NY: The New York Times, 14 Jun 1904, p. 7. | Guggenheim, Meyer (I6)
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| 80 | SMALL POX. – Alfred Van Orden, of this city, died on Wednesday last of small pox, contracted in the village of Sing Sing, where he had been at work. Deceased for many years held a prominent position in the fire department. source: Obituary of Alfred Van Orden. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 24 Jul 1874, p.1. | Van Orden, Alfred (I100)
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| 81 | The largest sale of Bronx real estate which ever took place, involving a plot of 3,332 acres, or something over five square miles, to wit: the sale of the Manor of Fordham by the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of New York, was inaugurated on September 29, 1753. On this date a notice was nailed on the door of the English Parish Church in the village of Westchester by Joost Vredenburgh. We know little about Vredenburgh, except that according to his affidavit he was a shoemaker. His two official companions were farmers, Hendrick Michaels, who spells his own name "Magiesle", and Benjamin Corsen. Michaels was the ancestor of the present Ryer family, well known in Bronx real estate, one of Hendrick Michaels' sons having been named Ryer and the succeeding generation having taken their father's first name instead of his last. The descendents of Benjamin Corsen are known by the name of Corsa and both families continued to be active in the Fordham Manor Church. Hendrick Ryer was an Elder and James Corsa was a Deacon in the year 1823. source: Attwood, Frederick L. History of Fordham Manor Reformed Church, 2703 Reservoir Avenue, Bronx, New York, 1696-1946. Bronx, NY: Fordham Manor Reformed Church, 1946. | Ryer, Hendrick (I33)
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| 82 | THE LAST RITES. MRS. ANN E. CADWELL. The funeral services of Mrs. Ann E. Cadwell were held yesterday afternoon. Rev. Wendell Prime Keeler, past of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. The interment was at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Cadwell was a daughter of the late Captain John S. Garrison and granddaughter of the late Captain John Garrison, who was a brother of the late Mrs. Joseph Peene, sr. She died at the home of Mrs. John G. Peene, 56 Locust Hill avenue, Friday afternoon, after an illness of a week. She was 82 years old. Mrs. Cadwell was born in Yonkers. She received her early education at the old school-house formerly situated at Sawmill River road and Tuckahoe road. She made her home with Mrs. Peene for 37 years. Miss Ada Brown, of Yonkers, a daughter by a former marriage survives her. source: Obituary of Ann E. Caldwell. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 11 Jan 1921, p. 6. | Garrison, Anna E. (I744)
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| 83 | The Poe Cottage stood in the northwest corner of a small tract of about one acre, almost triangular in shape, originally and from a very early date, part of the farm of Hendrick Ryer. Some time before 1822 John Berrian came into possession of this plot, for in that year he sells it to Jonas Farrington for $500.00. This undoubtedly included the house, which seems to have been standing in April of 1816, for in that year Hendrick Ryer, conveying the adjacent farm to his son, Henry Ryer, describes the boundary line as running “southwest along a ledge of rocks to land of John Berrian at a Cedar Bush at the point of rock, and thence along Berrian’s land back of the house to the stone on the road to Kingsbridge marked “L.” source: Transactions of the Bronx Society | Ryer, Henry (I58)
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| 84 | THE VALENTINE FAMILY, of Westchester, from which most of this name in N. Y. City have sprung, has been quite misapprehended, as regards its common ancestor, who was not “Benjamin Valentine, a dragoon in the French military service, Canada,” as per Bolton, ii, 544; but Valentine Claessen aforesaid, who as a soldier gained his laurels under Stuyvesant, not in Canada, but in an expedition to Esopus in 1660. His sons took and retained the patronymic Valentine. He was from Saxenlant, in Transylvania; m. in 1662 Marritie Jacobs, from Beest, and before settling in Westchester co., lived some years in H., where his vrouw found people from her native place, the Kortrights and Buys brothers. Valentine Claessen is named as late as 1688. His chn., Jacob, b. 1663, living 1690; Matthys, b. 1665; John, b. 1671; Mary, b. 1674, are all of which we find notice. Matthys, living 1710, probably d. before May 3, 1724, when a division of land was made by John and Matthias Valentine, of Lower Yonkers, his sons, if we are not much mistaken. John was b. in 1691. Matthias was b. in 1693 – not ’98, as his chn.’s ages show – and d. in 1781, being the “first proprietor of Valentine's Hill, Yonkers,” as says Mr. Bolton; in whose work upon Westchester co., but more fully in the later History of the Valentine Family, may be found the several branches of the family tree, of which we have given the trunk. source: Riker, James. Harlem (City of New York): Its Origin and Early Annals, Prefaced by Home Scenes in the Fatherlands; or, Notices of Its Founders Before Emigration. Also, Sketches of Numerous Families, and the Recovered History of the Land-titles. New York, NY: James Riker, 1881. | Claessen, Valentine (I436)
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| 85 | Upon the pages of the colonial history of the state of New York, no name appears more conspicuous as a wise and efficient magistrate, than that of Peter Stuyvesant. He was a man possessed of strong intellectual powers, refined by education, and an amenity of manners connected with firmness and decision of character which eminently fitted him to be an actor in the exciting scenes which characterized the colonies at the commencement of his administration. When he assumed the reins of government, the colony of the New Netherlands had enemies to contend with on all sides; the Swedes on the south, the English on the east, and the aborigines on the north and west. It may be well to remind the reader, that New York was first discovered by Henry Hudson, in 1609, as detailed in the sketch of that bold navigator on page 166. A few years after, a few trading and fishing huts were erected on the lower extremity of the island. For twenty years from this period, we know but little of the progress of the settlement, and it may be legitimately considered the "dark age" of its history. In 1629, Governor Wouter Van Twiller arrived and took the command of New Amsterdam. His administration continued nine years, and has been humorously illustrated by Mr. Irving. After him succeeded William Kieft, who also administered nine years, viz., till 1647, and was then succeeded by Peter Stuyvesant, who was born in Holland in 1602. Upon assuming the reins of government, Stuyvesant concluded treaties of peace and trade with the Indian tribes, and after much negotiation, made an amicable settlement of the boundary question with the New England or Connecticut colony. But the efforts of the respective colonies to engross each for themselves the Indian trade, kept up a constant jealousy, and an unfounded report gained credence among the eastern colonies, that the Dutch governor had incited the Indians to massacre the English. Of this charge Stuyvesant gave an indignant denial; but the New England colonies were not satisfied, and they determined to commence a war against the Dutch. They applied to Cromwell who was then lord-protector of England, for aid. Cromwell was then at war with Holland, and he at once complied with their request. An English squadron for the purpose arrived at Boston, in 1654; but peace soon after being concluded between the protector and the states-general, the orders were countermanded, and the squadron returned to England. Although the states-general and the West India Company had openly denied the pretensions of Lord Baltimore, yet they gave Stuyvesant instructions to retire beyond Baltimore's claimed boundary, in case of hostilities. Stoyvesant was much chagrined at this exhibition of the weakness of his superiors, and he solicited that a formal copy of the grant made by the states-general to the company, might be transmitted to him, that by it, he might efficiently assert the interests he was bound to defend. But they were too afraid of English power, to grant this request; and Stuyvesant willing to propitiate the English by honorable means, sent a commission to Sir William Berkeley, governor of Virginia, proposing a commercial treaty. This treaty was formed, but Berkley carefully avoided the recognition of the territorial pretensions of the Dutch, which Stuyvesant hoped to obtain. When Charles II. was restored after the downfall of Cromwell, the colonists of New Netherlands hoped for a different policy to be exercised toward them by the crown; and Stuyvesant seized every opportunity to propitiate the English court. When the pursuers of Goffe and Whalley, the judges who condemned Charles I., requested Stuyvesant not to offer them protection, he readily acquiesced, and agreed to prohibit all vessels from transporting them beyond the reach of pursuers. But this policy had no effect, for Charles, from the moment of his restoration, determined to bring the Dutch colony in America, under subjection to the British crown. Added to this determination, Charles viewed the New England colonists, the puritans, with hatred, for they seemed to him a remnant of that faction, who had executed his unhappy predecessor, and driven himself into exile; and he determined to teach them, also, that they were not beyond his reach, even in the new world. Stuyvesant saw the storm that was gathering, and made an unsuccessful attempt to engage the New England colonies in an alliance with the Dutch, against a common enemy. While he was personally engaged in this business, an English fleet approached the coast of the New Netherlands, and the governor was obliged to return in haste to the defence of his province. As an excuse for commencing hostilities, Charles had endeavored, but unsuccessfully, to provoke the states-general. His only excuse left was, that the English first discovered and landed upon various parts of the American shore, and laid claim by this priority, to exclusive jurisdiction over the whole. In pursuit of his purpose, he gave to his brother, the duke of York, a grant dated 1664, entitling him to the whole region from the Delaware to the Connecticut river, without any regard to the Dutch settlements, or the previous charter granted to the Connecticut colony. Upon this unjust ground, did the English monarch found his excuse for commencing hostilities against the New Netherlands. As soon as Stuyvesant heard of the preparations for conquest making by England, he communicated the alarming intelligence to the states-general; but the only aid they sent him, was the original grant, which they had before denied him. But this was entirely inefficient in combating an expedition so unwarrantable in all its arrangements and purposes. The command of the fleet and the government of the province, were given to Colonel Nichols. The fleet touched at Boston, where an armed force had been ordered to join it, and immediately proceeded to New Amsterdam. Governor Winthrop of Connecticut and others, joined the king's standard, and the armament that appeared in New York (then New Amsterdam) bay, consisted of three ships, one hundred and thirty guns, and six hundred men. Governor Stuyvesant was anxious to offer resistance, notwithstanding the force was superior to his own; but the peaceful inhabitants regarding the terms of capitulation as exceedingly favorable, were disposed to surrender at once. For some time Stuyvesant kept up a negotiation, but to no purpose; and at last an honorable surrender was made. The capitulation was signed by the commissioners on the 27th of August, 1664, but the governor could not be brought to ratify it by his signature, until nearly two days afterward. Fort Orange surrendered to Colonel Cartright on the 24th of September, who confirmed the title of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, to the manor of Rensselaerwicke. The name of Fort Orange was changed to Albany, and that of New Amsterdam to New York, in honor of the proprietor. Governor Stuyvesant made a voyage to Holland, and on his return, retired to his estate in the Bowery, in the city of New York, where he spent the remainder of his life. At his death, in August 1682, he was interred in a chapel erected upon his own land. He left behind him an untarnished reputation, and his descendants now enjoy the same honorable name and vast possessions, bequeathed by this illustrious ancestor. The engraving opposite, shows New York in the time of Stuyvesant. The picket fence which formed its northern limit, and which may be seen at the right hand, was located at the part of the city now known as Wall street. source: Savage, Charles C. Illustrated Biography, or Memoirs of the Great and the Good of All Nations and All Time; Comprising Sketches of Eminent Statesmen, Philosophers, Heroes, Artists, Reformers, Philanthropists, Mechanics, Navigators, Authors, Poets, Divines, Soldiers, Savans, Etc. Buffalo, NY: Phinney & Co., 1856. 193-197. | Stuyvesant, Peter (I1)
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| 86 | Valentine Claessen, founder of the Valentine family at Valentine's Hill, having sold his property in Harlem to Mr. Delavall, resolved upon a sea-voyage, and on Dec. 11th 1671, procured the governor's pass “to transport himself hence in the ketch Zebulon, whereof John Follett is commander, for the Isle of Providence, Curacao, and Jamaica, in the West Indies; and to return again as his occasions should present, etc.” source: Riker, James. Harlem (City of New York): Its Origin and Early Annals, Prefaced by Home Scenes in the Fatherlands; or, Notices of Its Founders Before Emigration. Also, Sketches of Numerous Families, and the Recovered History of the Land-titles. New York, NY: James Riker, 1881. | Claessen, Valentine (I436)
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| 87 | VAN ORDEN.- On Tuesday, October 29, ELIZABETH, widow of David Van Orden, in the 86th year of her age. Funeral services at the residence of her son, Henry Van Orden, 1,500 Third avenue, this (Wednesday) evening, at seven o’clock. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend. The remains will be taken to Nyack on Thursday. Cars leave Forty-second street depot at eleven o’clock A. M. source: Obituary of Elizabeth Van Orden. New York, NY: The New York Herald, 30 Oct 1872, p. 5. | Seaman, Elizabeth (I109)
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| 88 | Will of Stephen Williams In the name of God, Amen, I, Stephen Williams, of the Borrough town of Westchester, yeoman. After payment of all debts, I leave the rest of my estate to my wife Rachel, to enable her to bring up the children, and the use of all houses and lands till my youngest son Frederick is of age. I leave to my eldest son Stephen all that my land lying on the west side of the highway, opposite to my dwelling house, which I bought of Samuel Warren, John Williams, and the executors of Joseph Halstead; Also a lot of salt meadow which I bought of Samuel Warren, on the east side of the Westchester Great creek; I also leave him a £25 right in the Sheep Pasture, And he is to pay to my daughters Anne and Sarah, £50. My wife is to enjoy the use of 1/2 said lands. I leave to my son Gilbert all the rest of my real estate, and my house and lands, and a lot of salt meadow on the west side of Westchester creek, and a £25 right in the Sheep Pasture. And he is to pay to my son Frederick, £100. I make my wife and my brother, John Williams, and my friend, Israel Honeywell, Esq., executors. My two youngest sons are to be put to learn trades. Dated July 16, 1749. Witnesses, John Bartow, Cornelius Hunt, Isaac Williams. Proved July 25, 1749. source: Will of Stephen Williams, 16 Jul 1749, Westchester, Westchester County, New York. | Williams, Stephen (I82)
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| 89 | Will of William Betts, 4 Jan 1773, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York In the name of God Amen I William Betts of the Yonkes in the County of West Chester and Province of New York this forth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three being very sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for the same and calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul to God that gave it to me and for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doughting at the Resurrection to receive the same and as touching such worldly Estate as it hath been pleased God to bless me with I give and dispose in manner and forme following that is to say in the first place I give and bequeath as folloeth that is to say I order my Executors to pay all my just and lawful debts and funeral charges out of my last Estate Secondly I give and devise to my wife Rachel my dwelling House and all the Land on that side that side of the Road where it stands Except I give the Liberty for my son William to come to the Cyder Mill for to make sider att his own discreation not doing her any other Damage and seven Bushels of Wheat to be furnished her every Year of my Farm and five Bushels of Corn and five Bushels of Buckwheat all these above Gifts to be to my wife Rachel so long as she remain my Widdo and no longer also I give her one Cow and that Cow to be kept summer and winter upon my son Williams Farm with his Cows and also I order my son to find my wife with five pounds of good sheeps wool and ten pounds of Flax from the swingling Board also I give my wife all my houshold Furniture also I order my son William provide for my Wife a sufficient Quantity of Firewood att her own Dore so long as she be my Widow. Thirdly I give to my son William all that body or Tract of Land lying on the West side of the Road whereon his house now stands to him his heirs and Assigns for ever also I give all the rest part of my movable Estate to my son William with the Provisial that he provide for his mother yearly and every year so long as she be my Widdo one hog weight one hundred weight and on Quarter of Beef also I order my son William to pay out of the Estate here given him to my Grandson William Ryer son of Michael Ryer the sum of thirty three Pounds when the said William Ryer shall arrive to the age of twenty one which sum of money I have received out of the Estate of Edward Smith late of Yonkes deceased Fourthly and lastly I make constitute and ordain my wife Rachel and my son William to be my sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disalow revoke and disanul all other Wills or Testaments made by me heretofore and do acknowledge this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the day and year first above written William Betts (ss) Sealed sined and delivered in the Presence of us Henry Bussing John Curser John Williams Junr. West Chester Ss: Be it remembered that on the eleventh day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three personally came and appeared before me John Bartow Surrogate of the said County John Williams Junr. of the same County Farmer and being duly sworn on his oath declared that he did see William Betts sign and seal the within written Instrument purporting to be the Will of the said William Betts bearing date the fourth day of January 1773 and heard him publish and declare the same as and for his last Will and Testament that at the time thereof he the said William Betts was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best of the knowledge and belief of him the Deponent and that his name subscribed to the said Will is of his own proper hand writing which he subscribed as a Witness to the said Will in the Testators Presence and that he the Deponent saw Henry Bussing and John Curser the other witnesses to the said will subscribe their names as witnesses thereto in the Testators Presence Jno Bartow Surrogate His Excellency Wiliam Tryon Esquire Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same to all whom these Presents shall come or may concern sendeth Greeting Know Ye that at West Chester County on the eleventh day of February last before John Bartow Esquire thereunto delegated and appointed the last Will and Testament of William Betts deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved and is now approved and allowed of by me And the said deceased having whilst he lived and at the time of his Death Goods Chattels and Credits within this Province by means whereof the proving and registring the said Will and the granting Administration of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and also the auditing allowing and final discharging the Account thereof doth belong unto me the Administration of all singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his Will is granted unto William Betts one and way concerning his Will is granted unto William Betts one of the Executors in the said Will named he being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the same and to make and exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and also to render a just and true Account thereof when thereunto required. In Testimony whereof I have caused the Prerogative seal of the Province of New York to be hereunto affixed at Fort George in the City of New York the thirty first day or March one thousand seven hundred and seventy three. By his Excellency’s Command Edmd. Fanning Surrt. source: Will of William Betts, 11 Feb 1773, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. | Ryer, Michael (I43)
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| 90 | Will of William Betts, 4 Jan 1773, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York In the name of God Amen I William Betts of the Yonkes in the County of West Chester and Province of New York this forth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three being very sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for the same and calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul to God that gave it to me and for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doughting at the Resurrection to receive the same and as touching such worldly Estate as it hath been pleased God to bless me with I give and dispose in manner and forme following that is to say in the first place I give and bequeath as folloeth that is to say I order my Executors to pay all my just and lawful debts and funeral charges out of my last Estate Secondly I give and devise to my wife Rachel my dwelling House and all the Land on that side that side of the Road where it stands Except I give the Liberty for my son William to come to the Cyder Mill for to make sider att his own discreation not doing her any other Damage and seven Bushels of Wheat to be furnished her every Year of my Farm and five Bushels of Corn and five Bushels of Buckwheat all these above Gifts to be to my wife Rachel so long as she remain my Widdo and no longer also I give her one Cow and that Cow to be kept summer and winter upon my son Williams Farm with his Cows and also I order my son to find my wife with five pounds of good sheeps wool and ten pounds of Flax from the swingling Board also I give my wife all my houshold Furniture also I order my son William provide for my Wife a sufficient Quantity of Firewood att her own Dore so long as she be my Widow. Thirdly I give to my son William all that body or Tract of Land lying on the West side of the Road whereon his house now stands to him his heirs and Assigns for ever also I give all the rest part of my movable Estate to my son William with the Provisial that he provide for his mother yearly and every year so long as she be my Widdo one hog weight one hundred weight and on Quarter of Beef also I order my son William to pay out of the Estate here given him to my Grandson William Ryer son of Michael Ryer the sum of thirty three Pounds when the said William Ryer shall arrive to the age of twenty one which sum of money I have received out of the Estate of Edward Smith late of Yonkes deceased Fourthly and lastly I make constitute and ordain my wife Rachel and my son William to be my sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disalow revoke and disanul all other Wills or Testaments made by me heretofore and do acknowledge this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the day and year first above written William Betts (ss) Sealed sined and delivered in the Presence of us Henry Bussing John Curser John Williams Junr. West Chester Ss: Be it remembered that on the eleventh day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three personally came and appeared before me John Bartow Surrogate of the said County John Williams Junr. of the same County Farmer and being duly sworn on his oath declared that he did see William Betts sign and seal the within written Instrument purporting to be the Will of the said William Betts bearing date the fourth day of January 1773 and heard him publish and declare the same as and for his last Will and Testament that at the time thereof he the said William Betts was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best of the knowledge and belief of him the Deponent and that his name subscribed to the said Will is of his own proper hand writing which he subscribed as a Witness to the said Will in the Testators Presence and that he the Deponent saw Henry Bussing and John Curser the other witnesses to the said will subscribe their names as witnesses thereto in the Testators Presence Jno Bartow Surrogate His Excellency Wiliam Tryon Esquire Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same to all whom these Presents shall come or may concern sendeth Greeting Know Ye that at West Chester County on the eleventh day of February last before John Bartow Esquire thereunto delegated and appointed the last Will and Testament of William Betts deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved and is now approved and allowed of by me And the said deceased having whilst he lived and at the time of his Death Goods Chattels and Credits within this Province by means whereof the proving and registring the said Will and the granting Administration of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and also the auditing allowing and final discharging the Account thereof doth belong unto me the Administration of all singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his Will is granted unto William Betts one and way concerning his Will is granted unto William Betts one of the Executors in the said Will named he being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the same and to make and exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and also to render a just and true Account thereof when thereunto required. In Testimony whereof I have caused the Prerogative seal of the Province of New York to be hereunto affixed at Fort George in the City of New York the thirty first day or March one thousand seven hundred and seventy three. By his Excellency’s Command Edmd. Fanning Surrt. source: Will of William Betts, 11 Feb 1773, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. | Ryer, William (I131)
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| 91 | Will of William Betts, 4 Jan 1773, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York In the name of God Amen I William Betts of the Yonkes in the County of West Chester and Province of New York this forth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three being very sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for the same and calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul to God that gave it to me and for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doughting at the Resurrection to receive the same and as touching such worldly Estate as it hath been pleased God to bless me with I give and dispose in manner and forme following that is to say in the first place I give and bequeath as folloeth that is to say I order my Executors to pay all my just and lawful debts and funeral charges out of my last Estate Secondly I give and devise to my wife Rachel my dwelling House and all the Land on that side that side of the Road where it stands Except I give the Liberty for my son William to come to the Cyder Mill for to make sider att his own discreation not doing her any other Damage and seven Bushels of Wheat to be furnished her every Year of my Farm and five Bushels of Corn and five Bushels of Buckwheat all these above Gifts to be to my wife Rachel so long as she remain my Widdo and no longer also I give her one Cow and that Cow to be kept summer and winter upon my son Williams Farm with his Cows and also I order my son to find my wife with five pounds of good sheeps wool and ten pounds of Flax from the swingling Board also I give my wife all my houshold Furniture also I order my son William provide for my Wife a sufficient Quantity of Firewood att her own Dore so long as she be my Widow. Thirdly I give to my son William all that body or Tract of Land lying on the West side of the Road whereon his house now stands to him his heirs and Assigns for ever also I give all the rest part of my movable Estate to my son William with the Provisial that he provide for his mother yearly and every year so long as she be my Widdo one hog weight one hundred weight and on Quarter of Beef also I order my son William to pay out of the Estate here given him to my Grandson William Ryer son of Michael Ryer the sum of thirty three Pounds when the said William Ryer shall arrive to the age of twenty one which sum of money I have received out of the Estate of Edward Smith late of Yonkes deceased Fourthly and lastly I make constitute and ordain my wife Rachel and my son William to be my sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disalow revoke and disanul all other Wills or Testaments made by me heretofore and do acknowledge this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the day and year first above written William Betts (ss) Sealed sined and delivered in the Presence of us Henry Bussing John Curser John Williams Junr. West Chester Ss: Be it remembered that on the eleventh day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three personally came and appeared before me John Bartow Surrogate of the said County John Williams Junr. of the same County Farmer and being duly sworn on his oath declared that he did see William Betts sign and seal the within written Instrument purporting to be the Will of the said William Betts bearing date the fourth day of January 1773 and heard him publish and declare the same as and for his last Will and Testament that at the time thereof he the said William Betts was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best of the knowledge and belief of him the Deponent and that his name subscribed to the said Will is of his own proper hand writing which he subscribed as a Witness to the said Will in the Testators Presence and that he the Deponent saw Henry Bussing and John Curser the other witnesses to the said will subscribe their names as witnesses thereto in the Testators Presence Jno Bartow Surrogate His Excellency Wiliam Tryon Esquire Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same to all whom these Presents shall come or may concern sendeth Greeting Know Ye that at West Chester County on the eleventh day of February last before John Bartow Esquire thereunto delegated and appointed the last Will and Testament of William Betts deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved and is now approved and allowed of by me And the said deceased having whilst he lived and at the time of his Death Goods Chattels and Credits within this Province by means whereof the proving and registring the said Will and the granting Administration of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and also the auditing allowing and final discharging the Account thereof doth belong unto me the Administration of all singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his Will is granted unto William Betts one and way concerning his Will is granted unto William Betts one of the Executors in the said Will named he being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the same and to make and exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and also to render a just and true Account thereof when thereunto required. In Testimony whereof I have caused the Prerogative seal of the Province of New York to be hereunto affixed at Fort George in the City of New York the thirty first day or March one thousand seven hundred and seventy three. By his Excellency’s Command Edmd. Fanning Surrt. source: Will of William Betts, 11 Feb 1773, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. | Betts, William (I333)
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| 92 | Will of William Betts, 4 Jan 1773, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York In the name of God Amen I William Betts of the Yonkes in the County of West Chester and Province of New York this forth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three being very sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for the same and calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul to God that gave it to me and for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doughting at the Resurrection to receive the same and as touching such worldly Estate as it hath been pleased God to bless me with I give and dispose in manner and forme following that is to say in the first place I give and bequeath as folloeth that is to say I order my Executors to pay all my just and lawful debts and funeral charges out of my last Estate Secondly I give and devise to my wife Rachel my dwelling House and all the Land on that side that side of the Road where it stands Except I give the Liberty for my son William to come to the Cyder Mill for to make sider att his own discreation not doing her any other Damage and seven Bushels of Wheat to be furnished her every Year of my Farm and five Bushels of Corn and five Bushels of Buckwheat all these above Gifts to be to my wife Rachel so long as she remain my Widdo and no longer also I give her one Cow and that Cow to be kept summer and winter upon my son Williams Farm with his Cows and also I order my son to find my wife with five pounds of good sheeps wool and ten pounds of Flax from the swingling Board also I give my wife all my houshold Furniture also I order my son William provide for my Wife a sufficient Quantity of Firewood att her own Dore so long as she be my Widow. Thirdly I give to my son William all that body or Tract of Land lying on the West side of the Road whereon his house now stands to him his heirs and Assigns for ever also I give all the rest part of my movable Estate to my son William with the Provisial that he provide for his mother yearly and every year so long as she be my Widdo one hog weight one hundred weight and on Quarter of Beef also I order my son William to pay out of the Estate here given him to my Grandson William Ryer son of Michael Ryer the sum of thirty three Pounds when the said William Ryer shall arrive to the age of twenty one which sum of money I have received out of the Estate of Edward Smith late of Yonkes deceased Fourthly and lastly I make constitute and ordain my wife Rachel and my son William to be my sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disalow revoke and disanul all other Wills or Testaments made by me heretofore and do acknowledge this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the day and year first above written William Betts (ss) Sealed sined and delivered in the Presence of us Henry Bussing John Curser John Williams Junr. West Chester Ss: Be it remembered that on the eleventh day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three personally came and appeared before me John Bartow Surrogate of the said County John Williams Junr. of the same County Farmer and being duly sworn on his oath declared that he did see William Betts sign and seal the within written Instrument purporting to be the Will of the said William Betts bearing date the fourth day of January 1773 and heard him publish and declare the same as and for his last Will and Testament that at the time thereof he the said William Betts was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best of the knowledge and belief of him the Deponent and that his name subscribed to the said Will is of his own proper hand writing which he subscribed as a Witness to the said Will in the Testators Presence and that he the Deponent saw Henry Bussing and John Curser the other witnesses to the said will subscribe their names as witnesses thereto in the Testators Presence Jno Bartow Surrogate His Excellency Wiliam Tryon Esquire Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same to all whom these Presents shall come or may concern sendeth Greeting Know Ye that at West Chester County on the eleventh day of February last before John Bartow Esquire thereunto delegated and appointed the last Will and Testament of William Betts deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved and is now approved and allowed of by me And the said deceased having whilst he lived and at the time of his Death Goods Chattels and Credits within this Province by means whereof the proving and registring the said Will and the granting Administration of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and also the auditing allowing and final discharging the Account thereof doth belong unto me the Administration of all singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his Will is granted unto William Betts one and way concerning his Will is granted unto William Betts one of the Executors in the said Will named he being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the same and to make and exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and also to render a just and true Account thereof when thereunto required. In Testimony whereof I have caused the Prerogative seal of the Province of New York to be hereunto affixed at Fort George in the City of New York the thirty first day or March one thousand seven hundred and seventy three. By his Excellency’s Command Edmd. Fanning Surrt. source: Will of William Betts, 11 Feb 1773, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. | Smith, Edward (I335)
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| 93 | Wm Betts, Yonkers. Leaves to wife Rachel the house and all lands on that side of the road, reserving to son William the privilege of coming to the cider mill. To son Wm the land on the west side of the road where his house stands. Mentions “my grand son Wm son of Michael Ryer.” Witnesses. HENRY BUSSING JOHN CURSER JOHN WILLIAMS JR Jan. 4, 1773. Proved Feb. 11, 1773. source: Pelletreau, William S. Early Wills of Westchester County, New York : from 1664 to 1784: a Careful Abstract of all Wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from 1664 to 1784 : also the Genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County and Descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Historical Notes. New York, NY: F. P. Harper, 1898. | Ryer, Michael (I43)
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| 94 | Wm Betts, Yonkers. Leaves to wife Rachel the house and all lands on that side of the road, reserving to son William the privilege of coming to the cider mill. To son Wm the land on the west side of the road where his house stands. Mentions “my grand son Wm son of Michael Ryer.” Witnesses. HENRY BUSSING JOHN CURSER JOHN WILLIAMS JR Jan. 4, 1773. Proved Feb. 11, 1773. source: Pelletreau, William S. Early Wills of Westchester County, New York : from 1664 to 1784: a Careful Abstract of all Wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from 1664 to 1784 : also the Genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County and Descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Historical Notes. New York, NY: F. P. Harper, 1898. | Ryer, William (I131)
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| 95 | Wm Betts, Yonkers. Leaves to wife Rachel the house and all lands on that side of the road, reserving to son William the privilege of coming to the cider mill. To son Wm the land on the west side of the road where his house stands. Mentions “my grand son Wm son of Michael Ryer.” Witnesses. HENRY BUSSING JOHN CURSER JOHN WILLIAMS JR Jan. 4, 1773. Proved Feb. 11, 1773. source: Pelletreau, William S. Early Wills of Westchester County, New York : from 1664 to 1784: a Careful Abstract of all Wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from 1664 to 1784 : also the Genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County and Descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Historical Notes. New York, NY: F. P. Harper, 1898. | Betts, William (I333)
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