Brant Aertse Van Slichtenhorst. Luykas Johannese Wyngaert, 1726-54. Harmen Jacobse Wendel, 1749. Tierck Harmense Visscher, 1695-1722. Jannetie Jacobse Schermerhoorn, 1700. Jannetie Hendrickse Van Doesburgh, 1698. [52] In the 1830 and 1840 censuses, Albany moved up to 9th largest urban place in the nation,[53][54] then back to 10th in 1850. Catharina Sybrantse Van Schaick, 1686. Hans Coenraetse Backer, 1674. Jan Barentse Poest (alias Wemp?) Hendrick Jacobse Beeckman, 1746. David Pieterse Schuyler, 1660-73. Hans or Jans Coenraetse Van Neurenburgh, 1660. Catryntie Volkertse Douw, 1700. index. Myndertse. Jochim Wesselse Backer, 1633-1683. Cornelis Gerritse Van Schoenderwoert, 1642. Pieter Meese Hoogeboom, 1701. A basic genealogy. Rutger Hendrickse Van Soest, 1630. Under the plan, the Dutch West India Company granted one of their members, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (15801643), a Dutch diamond and pearl merchant in Amsterdam, the exclusive right to purchase, govern and conduct trade in a tract of land approximately 10 miles long along both sides of the Hudson River at Fort Oranje, with the provision that he would settle it with at least 50 adults within four years. [28][Note 5] The same year, the French and Indian War began; it was the North American front of the Seven Years' War in Europe and the fourth in a series of North American wars between the colonial powers dating back to 1689, began. Dirk Hendrickse Van Gottenburgh, 1663. Claes Cornelise Van den Bergh, 1660-2. Aert Goosense Van Twiller, 1661-84. Jacob Andriesse Gardenier. Claas Lourense Van der Volgen, alias Van Purmerent. Occasionally two patronymics were used, as Samuel Arentse Samuelse Bratt; i.e., Samual Bratt son of Arent, who was the son of Samuel. But that is not the complete story. Geertruy Gerritse Van Schoonhoven, 1701. Geertruy Andriesse Dochter, 1679. Teunis Gerritse Verwey, 1666. Presented Cornelis Jacobse Van Oostsanen, 1661. Jan Pieterse Bronck, 1669-77. disk, and online Modern Albany was founded as the Dutch trading posts of Fort Nassau in 1614 and Fort Orange in 1624; the fur trade brought in a population that settled around Fort Orange and founded a village called Beverwijck. It was headquartered in Albany until Cornelius Vanderbilt moved it to New York City in 1867. With increasing potential for settlement, the English formed the first counties to better administer their new domain. Walrave Pieterse Claerhout, 1659. Jan Casparse Halenbeck, 1725. Jan Janse Oothout, 1660-88. Frisbie Street fronts what was once the Albany-Boston stagecoach route.. At approximately 1 p.m. (EDT) on August 28, 1973, an . Maesse. "First Settlers of Albany County, New York", by Professor - RootsWeb Annatie Martense Crgier, 1734. Gerrit Teunise Van Slyck, 1738. "[85] Because there was limited new development in this period, much of Albany's historic architecture survived and has been newly appreciated since the late 20th century. A. NEA - New England in Albany, compiled by Jonathan Tenney (Boston, 1883). Also during much of this time (to quote Peter Stuyvesant) Fort Oranje was bared of soldiers. So it would appear that the Dutch West India Company had largely abandoned the fort. [78] By 1916 Albany's northern and southern borders reached their modern courses;[77] Westerlo Island, to the south, became the second-to-last annexation, which occurred in 1926. Nicolaase. Jacob Bastiaense DeWit, 1700. Franci Samuelse Pruyn, 1752. The area was originally inhabited by an Algonquian Indian tribe, the Mohican, as well as the Iroquois, five nations of whom the easternmost, the Mohawk, had the closest relations with traders and settlers in Albany . [Van Rensselaer] Robert (?) Paulus Martense Van Rynsburgh, 1662. Simon Janse Turk, 1659. Wynant Gerritse Van der Poel, 1654-99. Judick Janse Goes, 1697. Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of Schenectady Thorne, Kathryn Ford, Compiler & Long, John H., Editor: Jennifer A. Lemak, "Albany, New York and the Great Migration. [Untitled photo, possibly related to: Ellery Shufelt cutting buckwheat. It may be the most Marcelis Janse Van Bommel, 1659-1700. to follow up on the connection before his death. BALTUSE. GERRITSE. Jacob Johannese Wendel, 1691. The city is home to the mother churches of two Christian dioceses as well as the oldest Christian congregation in Upstate New York. T his term of convenience generally is used to describe the Europeans who came to the Dutch West India Company territories in North America between 1624 and 1664. Who would recognize the ancient Du Trieux (pronounced Du Troo) in the modern Truax, or Beaufils in Bovie, or Barrols in Barroway, or finally the familiar names of Jones in such laughable disguises as Tsans, Tjans, and Shawns. Volkert Janse Van Hoesen, 1694. Harmen Janse Van Bommel, 1685. Jannetie Gerritse Papendorp. After the charter of the Privileged West India Company, in 1621, Fort Orange was built, around which clustered the little hamlet occupied by the servants and factors of the Company, who claimed and exercised the entire Indian trade. Allette Pieterse Winne, 1688. Publishing Company, Friends Johannes Maesse Van Bloemendael, 1728. 20 July 1764: King George III established the boundary between New Hampshire and New York along the west bank of the Connecticut River, north of Massachusetts and south of the 45th parallel. Maria Dirkse Bratt, 1727. on Catherine and other family members! It was built in 1624 as a replacement for Fort Nassau, which had been built on nearby Castle Island and served as a trading post until 1617 or 1618, when it was abandoned due to frequent flooding. Gerrit Janse Cuyper, 1662. Jacob Adriaanse Van Utrecht, 1630. Adriaen Janse Appel, alias Van Leyden, 1656-83. Tyssen. online. English Publication: New York, New York : J. Munsell, 1872 Physical: 182 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Eva Teunise Van Schoenderwoert, 1709. Jan Barentse Dulleman, 1661-2. Harmen Janse Turkyen, 1681. Jacob Hendrickse Lery, 1663. Richart Janse Van Den Bergh, 1702. Cornelis Teunise Van Breuckelen or Brakelen, 1631-61. Samuelse. Roeloff Gerritse Van der Werken, 1700. Pieter Martense Van Buren, 1703. Claes Cornelise Van Voorhout, 1642-62. Jacob Janse Van Noortstraut, 1638-86. Marten Hendrickse Beeckman, 1661. Pieter Casparse Conyn, 1721. Nathaniel Pieterse Van Leyden, 1661. Hendrick Jillise Meyer, 1676. Geertruy Andriesse Van Doesburgh, 1661. Jacob Janse Van Campen, 1649. Jan Janse Damen, 1634. Gerrit Janse Ruyting, 1690. first posted 12/10/01; last updated 5/8/17, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Schenectady Johannes Gerritse Spoor, 1719. Harpert Teuwisse Van Deusen, 1712. Johannes Andriesse Schaap, 1695. Lysbert Leendertse Conyn, 1704. [73] In 1871, the northwestern portion of Albanywest from Magazine Streetwas annexed to the neighboring town of Guilderland[74] after the town of Watervliet refused annexation of said territory. Marten Pieterse Winne, 1684. JANSE. Cornelia Tyssen Van der Heyden, 1700. Maria Franse Clauw or Klauw, 1700. Burger Myndertse (Smit), 1703. Feitie Claese Van Schaick, 1696. pages, indexes. Hendrick Gerritse Lansing, 1747. Jacob Abrahamse Vosburgh ) Same? Volkie Wynantse Van den Bergh, 1749. Pietertie Teunise Van Vechten, 1700. Andries Janse Witbeck, 1683-1700. Hendrick Gerritse Van Nes, 1736. Dirck Abrahamse Schuyler, 1709. Gerritje Teunise Metselaer, 1685. Sara Johannese Wendel, 1691. Cornelia Tyssen Goes (? Jacob Hendrickse Varrevanger, 1661. Ruth Melgertse Van Deusen, 1700-3. Gysbert Cornelise Van Wesp op de Berg or Aende Berg, 1645-1667. [11] Commencement of the fur trade provoked hostility from the French colony in Canada and among the natives, all of whom vied to control the trade. Storm Albertse Bratt, alias Van der Zee, 1663-97. In 1624, eight families joined the Dutch traders at Albany arriving on the ship New Netherland captained by Cornelis May. Hendrick Cornelise Van Nes, 1697. Joseph Janse Van Zandt, 1753. In 1618, a flood ruined the fort on Castle Island, but it was rebuilt in 1624 as Fort Orange. LAMBERTSE. Overall, no praise is too strong for this magnificent effort! Ephraim Volkertse Van Veghten, 1747. Book Company. The use of surnames gradually increased among the Dutch from the time the Province was occupied by the English in 1664, and after the first quarter of the following century few names were written without the addition of a family name. Dirk Philipse Conyn, 1708. Johannes Danielse Fort, 1736. Jan Cornelise Van Houten, 1640. Cornelia Pieterse Van Olinda, 1693. is the quarterly magazine of the Holland Sara Harmense Visscher, 1691-5. Adriaen Symonse Boer, 1661. Teunis Jurriaense Rinckhout, 1704. II. Cornelis Jacobse By, 1659. Jan Martense Wever or De Weever, 1689-94. Johannes Pieterse Quackenbos, 1683-90. Willem Franse Hardick, 1737. Barbar Janse Goewey, 1702. Jacobus Pieterse Winne, 1684. Johannes Albertse Slingerland, 1725. Johannes Gerritse Van Vechten, 1692-1700. Sarah Isaacse Van Deusen, 1740. "First Settlers of Albany County, New York", by Professor - RootsWeb Humphreys, Mary Gay, Catherine Schuyler Philip Leendertse Van der Grist, 1658. Johannes Dirkse Ten Broeck. Teunis Arentse Slingerland, 1715. Cornelis Brantse Van Nieuwkerck, 1664. Claas Reinderse Mynderse, 1706. Harmen Myndertse Van der Bogart, alias Harmanus A. Boghardij, 1646. Cornelis Teunise Mulder or Muller, 1703-6. 3: The New York Society, Order of the Founders & Patriots of America. Willem Janse Halenbeck, 1707. Shorrock is studying the cellular processes underlying the class of genetic . Gerrit Gysbertse Van den Bergh, 1683-1700. Johannes Janse Witbeck, 1683. A Jesuit missionary who visited the village in 1646 mentions that it contained then but ten thatched cottages. Beverwyck Brewery, originally known as Quinn and Nolan (Nolan being mayor of Albany 18781883),[64] operated from that period to 1972, when it was the last remaining brewer from that time. Visitors returning to the Netherlands gave reports of the prosperity in Rensselaerswyck, which encouraged immigration. In 1627, the Mohican went to war with the Mohawk and requested the assistance of the commander of Fort Oranje. Margaret Geurt Van Schoonhoven, 1700. A basic genealogy with some narrative Adriaen Claese Vryman, 1654. He provided them with food, clothing, shelter, tools, farm animals and implements. ARENTSE. Tomase. Anthony Sybrantse Van Schaick, 1686-1704. Cornelis Jacobse Schermerhoorn, 1700. 1664-7. Upstate New York began to prosper as migrants from Vermont and Connecticut began flowing in, noting the advantages of living on the Hudson and trading at Albany, while being only a few days' sail from New York City. Andries Barentse Coeymans, 1695. Johannes Maesse Van Buren, 1733. Vol. Eefie Jurriaense Ricnckhout, 1704. It has Johanna Hanse Barheit, 1705. Claas Cuykase Wyngaert, 1700-4. Albany County, New York] 1 negative : nitrate ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller. Arent Andriesse Van Frederickstadt, 1636. Jurriaen Tyssen Van Amsterdam, 1654. While Albany experienced a decline in its population due to urban sprawl, many of its historic neighborhoods were saved from destruction through the policies of Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd, the longest-serving mayor of any city in the United States. Dirk Albertse Bratt, 1678-9. The extensive and personalized treatment of the military career core source of any of Professor Pearson's statements and judgments. Early settlers in central New York most likely traveled there via Albany. It succeeded Poughkeepsie as the capital of New York in 1797. Maria Gerritse Spoor, 1719. [97], During the 1990s, the State Legislature approved the $234 million "Albany Plan", "a building and renovation project [that] was the most ambitious building project to effect the area since the Rockefeller era." Claas Janse Van Boekhoven, 1662-99. Melgertse or Melchertse. Pieter Janse Bronck, 1738. Society of New York. Hendrick Janse Van Salsbergen, 1699-1705. The first designation of counties took place on Nov. 1, 1683. Three years later, he discovered electromagnetic self-induction (the SI unit for which is now the henry). Coatie Melgertse Van der Poel, 1683. Instead he chose a remote yet navigable location at Fort Oranje to be closer to the trade. Claas Janse Van Warlwyck, 1642. Stephanus Claese Groesbeeck, 1707. Judic Janse Van Hoesen, 1683. Bartholomew Hendrickse Vrooman, 1786. Jan Janse Post, 1683. Cornelis Gerritse Van den Bergh, 1700. Jacob Janse Gardenier or Flodder, 1638-95. Jan Cornelise Buys changed to Jan Jansen Damen, 1634. Van Rensselaers land purchases continued for several years, eventually encompassing over a million acres. Dirk Willemse Van Slyck, 1687. [49][50], In 1829, while working as a professor at the Albany Academy, Joseph Henry, widely regarded as "the foremost American scientist of the 19th century",[51] built the first electric motor. Jurriaen Teunise Tappan or Van Tappan, 1671-94. Eldert or Elbert Gerbertse Cruiff, 1654-86. Jan Salomonse Goewey, 1683-1702. Description; First published in 1922. These settlers built homes and cultivated farms; they also constructed Fort Oranje (Fort Orange) on the west bank of the Hudson River. Hendrick Lambertse Bont or Bint, alias Sassian. [Note 10] In 1967 the hamlet of Karlsfeld became the last annexation to be added to the city limits, having come from Bethlehem. Van Rensselaer, nor any other partner in the Dutch West India Company, would have invested so much time and money to just become one of many traders vying for the trade and competitively driving prices down. Roeloff Willemse Van Heerden, 1662. Jan Aertse Van Bergen op Zoom, 1677. Gerrit Jacobse Schout or Shout, 1697-1701. AHASUERUSE. Harmen Janse Lyndrayer, 1681. Rachel Jochemse Ketelhuyn, 1690. Contributions for the genealogies of the first settlers of the ancient [46] In 1825 the Erie Canal was completed between Albany and Lake Erie. Maritie Harmense Lieversen, 1683. [Van Vechten] Pieter Danielse Van Antwerpen, 1720. Catalyntie Dirkse Ten Broeck. The British troops finally left New York City on November 25, 1783. Tobias Dirkse Ten Broeck. Geesie Hendrickse Van Wye, 1700. Elizabeth Johannese Wendel, 1691. to the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the HELMERSE. Johannes Jacobse Glen, 1699-1704. Catharine Helmerse Otten, 1703. Maria Wynantse Van den Bergh, 1749. Johannes Barentse Bratt, 1692. Cornelis Martense Van Aelsteyn, 1703. Ariaentie Barentse Coeymans. Hendrik Janse Reur, 1658. [41][43], In 1807, Robert Fulton initiated a steamboat line from New York City to Albany, the first successful enterprise of its kind. Gerrit Janse Van Kulenbergh, 1681. The Early Settlers Association Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling: A Short Biography, Albanys Anneke Jans Bogardus, Indecent Exposure, Trinity Church & The Bowery, The Strange Life & Death of Edgar Allan Poe, Unwanted Donation: Man Leaves Old Home Heating Oil At Salvation Army, Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution, Enslaved and Freed Peoples in the Hudson Valley. of Schuyler Mansion in 1987. Johannes Janse Lansing, 1749. of Albany. JOCHEMSE. Jan Janse Van Eeckelen, 1661-7. Jan Hendrickse Van den Bergh, 1683-8. Dirk Hendrickse Bye, alias De Sweedt, 1675-80. After the character of the Privileged West India Company, in 1621, Fort Orange was built, around which clustered the little hamlet occupied by the servants and factors of the Company, who claimed and exercised the entier Indian trade.