ENDNOTES

 

1 "Affidavit of John Van Rensselaer " February 22, 1755, NY Doc Hist., III:  466-67.

2 Pope, Franklin Leonard, "The Western Boundary of Massachusetts," page 71

3 Goebel and Naughton, "Law Enforcement in Colonial New York,"  Pages 201-2 and 634-35

4 "Lease from Stephen Van Rensselaer to Ebenezer Noble et al" October 24, 1765 in Victor Hugo Paltsits,

Inventory of the Rensselaerwyck Manuscripts (New York: New York Public Library, 1924), 39.

5   French, J. H.,  "Gazetteer of The State of New York," R. Persall Smith, Syracuse, New York (1860), page 246

6  Christoph, Florence A., "Upstate New York in the 1760s," Picton Press, Camden, Maine (1992)

7  Collin, Hon. John Francis, "A History of Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York," E. J. Beardsley,

Sentinel Office (1883), pages 61-63

8  Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), pages 372-3

9  Ibid, pages 373-74

10  Ibid, page 374

11  Ibid, page 374

12  Ibid, pages 374-75

13  Ibid, page 375-76

14  Ibid, page 376

15  Ibid, page 376

16  Ibid, pages 234-235

17  Ibid, pages 235-236

18  Ibid, pages 236-237

19  Ibid, pages 237-238

20  Ibid, page 238

21  Ibid, pages 238-239

22 Ibid, page 237

23  Ibid, pages 239-241

24  Ibid, page 241

25  Ibid, page 241

26  Ibid, page 242

27  Ibid, page 242

28  Ibid, pages 242-243

29  Ibid, page 243

30  Ibid, page 243

31  Ibid, pages 243-247

32  Ibid, page 247

33  Ibid, pages 257-248

34  Ibid, page 248

35  Ibid, page 248

36  Ibid, pages 248-249

37  Ibid, page 249

38  Ibid, page 249

39  Ibid, pages 424-425

40  Ibid, pages 219-220

41 Ibid, page 220

42  Ibid, pages 220-221

43  Ibid, page 221

44  Ibid, page 221

45  Lathrop, Elise, "Early American Inns and Taverns,"    Robert M. McBride & Company, New York (1926),

 pages 261-262

46  Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 221

47  Ibid, pages 221-222

48   Ibid, page 222

49  Ibid, pages 222-223

50 Ibid, page 223

51 Ibid, pages 428-429

52 Ibid, pages 233-226

53  Ibid, page 226

54  Collier, D.D., Edward A. Collier, "A History of Old Kinderhook," G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London,

The Knickerbocker Press, 1914, pages 108-111

55  Ibid, pages 8-21

56  Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), pages 226-227

57  Ibid, pages 227-228

58  Ibid, page 228

59  Ibid, page 228-229

60  Ibid, page 229

61  Ibid, pages 229-230

62  Ibid, pages 230-232

63  Ibid, pages 230-232

64  Ibid, page 232

65  Ibid, page 232

66  Ibid, page 232

67  Ibid, pages 232

68 Ibid, pages 232-233

69 Ibid, page 233

70 Ibid, page 233

71 Ibid, page 233

72 Ibid, page 233

73  Collier, D.D., Edward A. Collier, "A History of Old Kinderhook," G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and

London, The Knickerbocker Press, 1914, pages 112-124

74  Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 355

75  Ibid, pages 355-356

76  Ibid, page 356

77  Ibid, page 356

78  Ibid, pages 356-357

79  Ibid, pages 357-358

80  Ibid, pages 358

81  Ibid, page 358

82  Ibid, page 359

83  Ibid, page 359

84  Ibid, page 359

85  Ibid, page 359

86  Ibid, page 359

87  Ibid, page 360

88  Ibid page 360

89 Ibid, pages 435-436

90 Ibid, pages 429-432

91 Ibid, pages 378-379

92 Ibid, pages 379-381

93 Ibid, page 381

94 Ibid, pages 381-382

95 Ibid, page 382

96 Ibid, pages 382-383

97 Ibid, pages 383-384

98 Ibid, page 384

99 Ibid, pages 384-385

100 Ibid, page 385

101 Ibid, page 385-386

102 Ibid, page 386

103  French, J. H.,  "Gazetteer of The State of New York," R. Persall Smith, Syracuse, New York (1860), page 243

104 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 386 & pages 420-421

105 Ibid, pages 152-154

106 Ibid, pages 154-157

107 Ibid, pages 157-158

108 Ibid, page158-159

109 Ibid, pages 159-161

110 Ibid, pages 161-162

111 Ibid, pages 162-163

112 Ibid, pages 163-165

113 Ibid, pages 165-169

114 Ibid, pages 169-170

115 Ibid, pages 170

116 Ibid, pages 170-171

117 Ibid, pages 171-172

118 Ibid, pages 172-174

119 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 174

120 Ibid, page 174

121 Ibid, page page 174-175

122 Ibid, pages 175-176

123 Ibid, pages 176-177

124 Ibid page 177

125 Ibid pages 177-178

126 Ibid, page pages 178-179

127 Ibid, page 179

128 Ibid, page 179

129 Ibid, page 179

130, Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page179

131 Ibid, page 180

132 Ibid, page 180

133 Ibid, page 180

134 Ibid, pages 180-181

135  Ibid, pages 181-182

136 Ibid, pages 182-184

137 Ibid, pages 184-185

138 Ibid, pages 185-186

139 Ibid, page 186

140 Ibid, pages 186-187

141 Ibid, pages 187-188

142 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 188

143 Ibid, page 188

144 Ibid, page 188

145 Ibid, pages 188

146 Ibid, pages 188-189

147 Ibid, pages 189

148 Ibid, pages 189-190

149 Ibid, pages 190-192

150 Ibid, page 191-194

151 Ibid, page2 194-195

152 Ibid, pages 195-196

153 Ibid, page 196

154 Ibid, page 196

155 Ibid, page 196

156 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 196

157 Ibid, page 196

158 Ibid, page 196-197

159 Ibid, page 197

160 Ibid, pages 197-198

161 Ibid, page 198

162 Ibid, page 198

163 Ibid, page 198

164 Ibid, page 198

165 Ibid, page 198

166 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 199

167 Ibid, page 199

168 Ibid, page 199

169 Ibid, page 199

170 Ibid, page 199

171 Ibid, page 199

172 Ibid, pages 199-200

173 Ibid, page 200

174 Ibid, page 200

175 Ibid, page 200

176 Ibid, page 200

177 Ibid, page 200

178 Ibid, page 200

179 Ibid, pages 200-201

180 Ibid, page 201-202

181 Ibid, page 202

182 Ibid, page 202

183 Ibid, page 203

184 Ibid, page 203

185 Ibid, page 203

186 Ibid, page 203

187 Ibid, pages 203-205

188 Ibid, page 205

189 Ibid, page 205

190 Ibid, page 206-207

191 Ibid, page 207

192 Ibid, page 207

193 Ibid, page 207

194 Ibid, page 360

195 Ibid, page 360

196 Ibid, pages 360-361

197  Ibid, pages 361-362

198 Ibid, pages 362-363

199 Ibid, pages 363-364

200 Ibid, page 364

201 Ibid, page 364

202  Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), pages 364-365

203  Ibid, pages 365-366

204 Ibid, page 366

205 Ibid, page 366

206 Ibid, pages 366-367

207 Ibid, page 367

208 Ibid, page 428

209  Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), pages 387-390 & 391-392

210 Ibid, page 390

211 Ibid, page 390-391

212 Ibid, page 392

213 Ibid, pages 392-393

214 Ibid, page 393

215 Ibid, page 393

216 Ibid, page 394

217 Ibid, page 394

218 Ibid, page 394 & pages 425-426

219 Ibid, pages 394-395

220  Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), pages 396-398

 and pages 399-400

221 Ibid, page 398

222 Ibid, pages 398-399

223 Ibid, pages 399-400

224 Ibid page 400

225 Ibid page 400

226 Ibid, pages 400-401

227 Ibid, pages 401-402

228 Ibid, page 402

229 Ibid, page 402

230 Ibid, page 436

231 Ibid, page 402

232  Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), pages 403-405

233, Ibid, pages 405-406

234 Ibid, page 406

235 Ibid, pages 406-407

236 Ibid, page 407

237 Ibid, page 407

238 Ibid, pages 407-408

239 Ibid, page 408

240 Ibid, page 408

241 Ibid, page 408

242 Ibid, pages 408-409

243 Ibid, page 409

244 Ibid, page 409-410

245 Ibid, page 410

246 Ibid, page 410

247 Ibid, page 410

248 Ibid, page 410-411

249 Ibid, page 411

250 Ibid, page 420

251  Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), pages 411-412

252 Ibid, pages 412-413 and pages 413-414

253 Ibid, page 413

254 Ibid, page 413

255 Ibid, page 414

256 Ibid, page 414

257 Ibid, page 414

258 Ibid, page 414

259 Ibid, pages 414-415

260 Ibid, page 415

261 Ibid, page 415

262 Ibid, page 415

263 Ibid, pages 415-416

264 Ibid, page 416

265 Ibid, page 426

266 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 264

267 Ibid, pages 264-266

268 Ibid, pages 266-268

269 Ibid, pages 168-270

270 Ibid, page 270

271 Ibid, page 270

272 Ibid, page 271

273 Ibid, page 271

274 Ibid, page 272

275 Ibid, pages 272-273

276 Ibid, pages 274-275

277 Ibid, pages 275-276

278 Ibid, page 276

279 Ibid, pages 276-277

280 Ibid, page 427

281 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 277

282 Ibid, pages 277-278

283 Ibid, pages 278-280

284 Ibid, pages 280-281

285 Ibid, page 281

286 Ibid, page 281

287 Ibid, pages 281-282

288 Ibid, page 282

289 Ibid, page 283

290 Ibid, page 283

291 Ibid, page 282

292 Ibid, pages 282-283

293 Ibid, page 283

294 Ibid, page 425

295 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 284

296 Ibid, pages 284-285

297 Ibid, page 285

298 Ibid, page 285

299 Ibid, pages 285-286

300 Ibid, pages 286

301 Ibid, pages 286-287

302 Ibid, page 287

303 Ibid, pages 287-289

304 Ibid, page 289

305 Ibid, page 289

306 Ibid, page 289

307 Ibid, page 289

308 Ibid, pages 289-290

309 Ibid, page 290

310 Ibid, page 290

311 Ibid, page 290

312 Ibid, page 291

313 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 292

314 Ibid, page 292

315 Ibid, page 292

316 Ibid, page 292

317 Ibid, pages 292-293

318 Ibid, page 293

319 Ibid, page 293

320, Ibid, pages 293-294

321 Ibid, page 294

322 Ibid, page 294

323 Ibid, page 294

324 Ibid, pages 294-295

325 Ibid, page 295

326 Ibid, page 295

327 Ibid, page 295

328 Ibid, page 295

329 Ibid, page 295

330 Ibid, pages 295-296

331 Ibid, page 296

332 Ibid, page 296

333 Ibid, page 296

334 Ibid, pages 422-424

335 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), opposite page 295

336 Ibid, pages 296-297

337 Ibid, page 298

338 Ibid, pages 298-299

339 Ibid, page 299

340 Ibid, page 300

341 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 319

342 Ibid, pages 319-320

343 Ibid, page 320

344, Ibid, pages 320-321

345 Ibid, page 321

346 Ibid, pages 321-324

347 Ibid, page 324

348 Ibid, page 324

349 Ibid, pages 324-325

350 Ibid, page 325

351 Ibid, page 325

352 Ibid, page 326

353 Ibid, page 326

354 Ibid, pages 326-327

355 Ibid, page 327

356 Ibid, page 327

357 Ibid, page 327

358 Ibid, pages 327-328

359 Ibid, pages 328 & 421-422

360 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 331

361 Ibid, pages 331-333

362 Ibid, page 333 & 334

363 Ibid, page 333

364 Ibid, page 333 & 334

365 Ibid, page 334

366 Ibid, page 334

367 Ibid, page 334

368 Ibid, pages 344-335

369 Ibid, page 335

370 Ibid, page 335

371 Ibid, page 335

372 Ibid pages 335-339

373 Ibid, pages 339-340

374 Ibid, pages 340-341

375 Ibid, page 341

376 Ibid, pages 341-342

377 Ibid, pages 342 and 427-428

378 Ibid, pages 342-344

379 Ibid, pages 345-346

380 Ibid, page 346

381 Ibid, pages 346-347

382 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 347

383 Ibid, pages 347-348

384 Ibid, page 348

385 Ibid, page 348

386 Ibid, pages 348-349

387 Ibid, page 349

388 Ibid, page 349

389 Ibid, pages 349-350

390 Ibid, page 350

391 Ibid, page 350

392 Ibid, page 350-351

393 Ibid, page 351

394 Ibid, pages 351-352

395 Ibid, page 352

396 Ibid, page 352

397 Ibid, pages 352-353

398 Ibid, page 353

399 Ibid, page 353

400 Ibid, pages 353-354

402 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 253

403 Ibid, pages 253-256

404 Ibid, page 256

405 Ibid, pages 256-257

406 Ibid, pages 257-258

407 Ibid, page 258

408 Ibid, pages 258-259

409 Ibid, page 259

410 Ibid, page 259

411 Ibid, pages 259-260

412 Ibid, page 260

413 Ibid, page 260

414 Ibid, page 260

415 Ibid, page 260

416 Ibid, pages 260-261

417 Ibid pages 261-262

418 Ibid pages 262-263

419 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 263

420 Ibid page 263

421 Ibid page 263

422 Ibid page 432

423 Ibid, page 350 overleaf

424

425 Ibid, pages 301-303

426 Ibid, page 303

427 Ibid, page 303

428 Ibid, page 303

429 Ibid, page 303

430 Ibid, pages 303-304

431 Ibid, pages 304-305

432 Ibid, pages 305-306

433 Ibid, page 306

434 Ibid, pages 306-307

435 Ibid, page 307

436 Ibid, pages 307-310

437 Ibid, pages 310-311

438 Ibid, page 311

439 Ibid, pages 311-312

440 Ibid, page 312

441 Ibid, page 312

442 Ibid, page 312

443 Ibid, pages 312-313

444 Ibid, page 313

445 Ibid, pages 313-314

446 Ibid, page 314

447 Ibid, page 314

448 Ibid, pages 432-433

449  Ibid,  between pages 104 & 105

450 Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), facing page 304

451 Ibid, pages 316-317

452 Ibid, page 317

453 Ibid, pages 317-318

454 Ibid, page 234

455 Ibid, pages 249-250

456 Ibid, page 250

457 Ibid, pages 250-251

 

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