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History of Orange County
Town of Newburgh
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Lot No. 1.—This lot, with 150 acres of No. 2, was sold by the patentees to Nathan Smith—by him to Wm. Brown—by him to Alexander Colden—and by him to Jonathan Hasbrouck, the grandfather of Jonathan Hasbrouck, Esq., in 1753. The residue descended to Henry and Thomas Smith, and was subsequently purchased by James Renwick, who laid out the east part of it adjoining the river into streets and blocks—said a few lots, and conveyed the remainder to George Gardiner, Esq. Henry Robinson, the present owner, subsequently purchased it. The lot known as Tremble’s Mills is a part of lot No. 1, and sold to Tremble by Gardiner.
The western part of lots No. 1 and 2 was devised by Jonathan Hasbrouck to his son Cornelius, and after several transfers came to Nathaniel Dubois, Esq., and now constitutes his farm. His milling and other manufacturing establishments are upon it.
No. 2.—The south half of the north half of this lot was sold by Weigand, one of the patentees, to Wm. Burnet, and after several transfers it came to Alexander Colden, who, in 1753, sold it, together with the west part of Nos. 1 and 2, to Jonathan Hasbrouck.
The north one-fourth of No. 2 was sold by the patentees to Burgher Mynderst, from whom it was purchased by Jonathan Hasbrouck.
No. 3.—The patentees sold this lot to James Alexander, from whom it was purchased by Alexander Colden and Burgher Mynderst, except two acres at the north-east corner.—They divided it by an east and west line, Colden taking the north and Mynderst the south half. Mynderst sold out to Jonathan Hasbrouck, and Colden’s half was sold out in small lots.
No. 4—was sold by the patentees to Wm. Burnet, from whom it was purchased by Cadwallader Colden for himself, Jacobus Brnyn, James Alexander, Phineas McIntosh, Daniel Denton, Michael Dunning and Henry Wildman, who divided it, and is known as the Old Town of Newburgh plot.
No. 5—This was sold by the patentees to Silas Smith, from whom it descended to his son, James Smith, from whom it descended to his son, Benj. Smith, who sold the west part to Thomas Woolsey, and in 1782 laid out the east part into streets and blocks, under the name of Washington. At the death of Smith his property descended to his children, Wm. L. Smith, Catharine Tudor and Abigail Hind.
Proceeding north we come to South-street, beyond which is the 500 acres of glebe land, extending unto North-street. As before remarked, the glebe was surveyed in 1794, and the Trustees began to execute leases to such tenants as purchased.
The following are the names of some of the early tenants of the glebe, some of whom resided on it and others not:
Samuel Sand, Henry Don, Robert Morrison, William Albertson, Isaac Belknap, Doct. Morrison, W,. Ward, Charles McCoy, Wm. Miller, David Conner, Joseph Albertson, Joshua Sand, Thaddeus Smith, Robert Crawford, Martin Wygant, Wm. Collard, Wm. Meloy, Benjamin Case, William Seymour, Samuel Winslow, Robert Carscadden, Jonas Denton, Samuel Denton, Thomas Watters, Alexander Brown, James Tidd, Thomas Maral, Abel Belknap, Isaac Brown, Fredrick Smith, Thomas Mackin, Nathan Smith.
Lots 6, 7, 8, 9 are north of the glebe, and though the eastern parts of them, in the vicinity of the river and along the public highway, which formerly was called King-street, are somewhat cut up into small lots, yet the western parts remain in large parcels, and are used for farming purposes. As it is difficult for a reader fully to understand these divisions and subdivisions without a map of the premises, we dismiss a further notice of the German patent, and make a few remarks on the glebe portion of it. The distinction between the patent at large and that part, 500 acres only, must be continually borne in mind.
Since we have introduced the patent, we may as well conclude here what we have to say in relation to the glebe portion of it, though it may be out of its proper order. By such course we think the reader will be benefited, as he will have that subject fresh and in a connected order all under his attention and before his mind at once.