Willem Jacobse Van Deusen, 1683-1731. Jan Hendrickse Vrooman, 1683-93. Ephraim Volkertse Van Veghten, 1747. Things You Need to Know About Moving to Albany | Mental Itch April 5, 1668; Margareta, b. Jan. 2, 1672. Isaack Johannese Wendel, 1691. Hendrick Gerritse Van Nes, 1736. The New York state capital was established here in the 1880s. Maritie Roeloffse Van der Werken, 1698. Go Back to Home Page, Go Back to Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany. Marten Hendrickse Beeckman, 1661. Claas Reinderse Mynderse, 1706. online.Three Cuyler sons became mayors Andries Jacobse Gardenier, 1680-97. to follow up on the connection before his death. Harmen Myndertse Van der Bogart, alias Harmanus A. Boghardij, 1646. Elbert Gerritse Lansing, 1693. Wouter Aertse Van Nieukerck, 1660. [26], In 1754, representatives of seven British North American colonies met in the Stadt Huys, Albany's city hall, for the Albany Congress; Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania presented the Albany Plan of Union there, which was the first formal proposal to unite the colonies. Philip Dirkse Van Vechten, 1739. Hendrick Gerritse Van Meulen, 1671-80. Johannes Gerritse Roos, 1695. Andries Arentse Bratt, 1695. Includes Andries Hanse Scherp, 1674-84. Teunis Arentse Slingerland, 1715. 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. Another embarrassment in the identification of persons arises from the fact, that some bear the same Christian name. The British troops finally left New York City on November 25, 1783. Significant Events The Albany Congress occurred at Albany, New York in 1754 to help unite the colonies for defense against the Iroquois Confederacy. Three years later, he discovered electromagnetic self-induction (the SI unit for which is now the henry). Pieter Harmense Knickerbakker, 1708. Gerrit Claese Kulerman, 1670. Historic Albany County | Albany County, NY Jan Andriesse DeGraaf, 1650-9. Douwe Isaacse Fonda, 1732. AANC Albany Ancestry, Society of New York. On January 6, 1794, the three were tried and sentenced to death. [7][Note 3] Albany's first European structure may have been a primitive fort on Castle Island built by French traders ca. Johannes Volkertse Van Veghten, 1747. Cornelis Cornelise Van Sterrevelt, 1657-62. Includes original articles and items on the New Netherland Pieter Janse Lamaker, 1659. Cornelis Jacobse By, 1659. Jan Jurriaense Post, 1667. Jan Hendrickse Roothaer, 1662. [Van Rensselaer] Cornelia Teunise Verwey, 1694. Gerrit Janse Ruyting, 1690. Gerrit Sybrantse Van Schaick, 1686. Jan Janse Van Bremen, 1646. Styntie Janse Van Hoesen, 1694. Hans Janse Van Rotterdam, 1638. Jan Barentse Timmerman, 1660. Isaac Isaacse Van Deusen, 1740. The vast majority of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, recalling the early Puritan settlers in New England (Thanksgiving is traditionally said to be modelled on a feast of 1621). [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. Poulus Cornelise Van Flensburgh, 1672. Fytie Jurriaense Van Hoesen, 1699. [Ten Broeck] Andries Janse Witbeck, 1683-1700. Unlike the current Barge Canal, which ends at nearby Waterford, the original Erie Canal ended at Albany; Lock 1 was located north of Colonie Street. ", James II of England and James VII of Scotland, History of Albany, New York (prehistory1664), History of Albany, New York (1983present), W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus, 312-Year-Old Document Shapes City's Government, All America City Awards: AAC Winners by State and City, The New Larned History for Ready Reference and Research, National Municipal League (1896), pp. Johannes Johannese Lansing, 1748-55. Jurriaen Tyssen Van Amsterdam, 1654. Albany County, New York] 1 negative : nitrate ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller. Pieter Davidtse Schuyler, 1683-96. [96] Gerald Jennings surprised many by his victory in the mayoral election in 1994, and his tenure since then. Leendert Arentse Graw, 1689. Jurrian Franse Clauw or Klauw, 1699. Cornelis Teunise Van Westbroeck or Bos, 1663-6. Includes table 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. Johannes Tomase Wyngaerd, 1702. Johannes Maesse Van Buren, 1733. Jurriaen Teunise Glazemaecker, 1658-67. Jannetie Gerritse Van Nes. Catalyntie Dirkse Bratt, 1727. Frederick Harmense Visscher, 1699. Jan Janse Van Haarlem, 1697. Part of Van Rensselaers family was involved in tailoring fur coats, felt hats and other items of apparel which is probably what attracted him to the beaver trade at Fort Oranje. [23] Albany was formally chartered as a municipality by provincial Governor Thomas Dongan on July 22, 1686. This measure had a happy effect in stimulating immigration to New Netherland from the mother country. Marten Pieterse Winne, 1684. Jacob Abrahamse Kuyper ) Eva Teunise Van Schoenderwoert, 1709. Cornelis Martense Van Aelsteyn, 1703. Daniell Pieterse Winne, 1684. Arent Reinderse Smit, 1645. accurate to the point that it should send the serious scholar to the "[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. Jannetie Hendrickse Van Wie, 1704. In 1661 Arent Van Curler extinguished the Indian title to lands at this place, and the following spring, with a little company of pioneers, commenced the first settlement. Marcelis Janse Van Bommel, 1659-1700. Seger Hendrickse Van Soest, 1630. Michielse. Cornelia Andriesse Scherp, 1703. Van Rensselaer was granted a monopoly on trade within his colony to limit competition and try to encourage his success. Gerritie Franse Hardick, 1737. Eva Hendrickse Vrooman, 1691. Claas Teunise Uylenspiegel, 1645. Anna Andriesse Huygh, 1705. Paulus Martense Van Benthuysen, 1666-1703. Nicolas Groesbeck: a study of Groesbecks in the capital district Claas Cuykase Wyngaert, 1700-4. Lena Dirkse By, 1704. Dirk Hendrickse Van Gottenburgh, 1663. Wynantse. Albert Janse Van Amsterdam, 1642. The section on the eastern side of the Hudson was separated from access to most of the fur trade by the river. Rachel Melgertse Van der Poel, 1710. of Albany. Jacobus Pieterse Winne, 1684. Book Company. 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. Salomon Frederickse Bouw or Bosch, 1689. Jacob Meese Vrooman, 1683-92. Claas Lourense Van der Volgen, alias Van Purmerent. Magdalena Martense Van Buren, 1703. Teuw(n? Samuel Barentse Coeymans. Isaac Casparse Halenbeck, 1706. Gerrit Gysbertse Van Brakel, 1699. Visitors returning to the Netherlands gave reports of the prosperity in Rensselaerswyck, which encouraged immigration. Jacob Janse Van Campen, 1649. Gerrit Goosense Van Schaick. Nanning Harmense Visscher, 1683-1711. Thus the children of Rutger Jacobsen (Van Schoenderwoert or Van Woert) were respectively Margaret Rutgers, Engel Rutgers, and Harmen Rutgers, and Rutgers was subsequently assumed as the family name. on Catherine and other family members! Lysbet Janse Bogaert, 1699. Pieter Symonse Michiels Van Oostsanen, 1661-4. Cornelis Gysbertse Van den Bergh, 1683-1714. Reprinted, available on Pieter Adriaanse Soogemakelyck, alias, Gemakelyck or Van Woggelum, 1681. Jan Janse Goes, 1697-1700. The First Settler, Harmen Tomase Hun (Van Amersfort) had a son named Tomas Harmense and a daughter Wyntie Harmense. Aeltie Janse Wemp, 1663. This is a work in progress! Claas Gerritse Van Vranken, 1705. Carsten Frederickse Van Iveren, 1663. He had his agents purchase large tracts of land on both sides of the Hudson River at a place where the Hudson is wide and travel between the two parts would have been difficult and at some times of the year impossible. Michael Janse Van Brookhuysen, 1636. Digital History Archive, Genealogical Roeloff Gerritse Van der Werken, 1700. DAVIDTSE. Cornelis Cornelise Vernoy, 1667. Jacob Cornelise Schermerhoorn, 1742. Jan Janse Molenaer, 1695. Catharina Janse Van Hoesen, 1694. Catalyntie Johannese Wendel, 1691. [35], In 1797, the state capital of New York was moved permanently to Albany. Some also achieved standing in the Dutch communities, becoming important interpreters and negotiators among the differing cultures. Teunis Dirkse Van Vechten, 1638-1704. NEA - New England in Albany, compiled by Jonathan Tenney (Boston, 1883). Bastiaen Janse Crol, 1630-41. Neighborhoods Maria Martense Cregier, 1734. and Annals of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck of Albany and his Descendants, Marten Martense Cregier, 1734. Elizabeth Isaacse Van Deusen, 1740. Claas Willemse Van Coppernol, 1676-1702. Catrina Baltuse Van Benthuysen, 1720. As the state capital, Albany drew many visitors in the 1780s. Hendrick Hendrickse Van Harstenhorst, 1662. Adam Pieterse Winne, 1684. Harmen Harmense Van Gansevoort, 1664-75. Abeel, Johannes, m. 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. Jesse Claese Degraaf, 1699. The following list is intended to serve as a key to such surnames as are occasionally or almost constantly omitted in the ancient Dutch Records of Albany and Schenectady. compiled by Emma Ten Broeck Runk (New York, 1897), 277 pages, illustrations, Anna Dirkse Goes, 1732. Feitie Claese Van Schaick, 1696. The documents were executed at Albany before Dirck van Schelluyne and notaries Adriaen Jansen van Ilpendam and . Jacobus Gerritse Van Vorst, 1671-89. Teunis Gerritse Verwey, 1666. In 1960, the mayor sold the city's stake in the airport to the county, citing budget issues. Salomonse. Albany has won the All-America City Award in both 1991 and 2009. Both forts were named in honor of the . Gysbert Cornelise Van den Bergh, 1714. [25] Over the years Albany would lose much of the land to the west and annex land to the north and south. Jillis Pieterse Meyer or Timmerman, 1660-76. Jan Roeloffse De Goyer. Jacob Johannese Wendel, 1691. Maria Jochemse Van Valkenburgh, 1700. Lourens Claese Van der Volgen, 1720. Willem Gerritse Van den Bergh, 1752. The population of Fort Orange at this early period can not be exactly known; that it was small may be justly inferred from several facts: First. Jan Coster or Costerse Van Aecken, 1659-77. Part of the land annexed to Guilderland was ceded back to Albany in 1910, setting up the current western border. Claas Janse Ruyter, 1638. In 1624, eight families joined the Dutch traders at Albany arriving on the ship New Netherland captained by Cornelis May. Frans Janse Pruyn, 1661-86. Occasionally two patronymics were used, as Samuel Arentse Samuelse Bratt; i.e., Samual Bratt son of Arent, who was the son of Samuel. [86] While many cities across the country struggled with similar issues, the problems were magnified in Albany: interference from the Democratic political machine hindered progress considerably. Johannes Evertse Wendel, 1720-36. [80][81], Erastus Corning 2nd, arguably Albany's most notable mayor (and great-grandson of the former mayor of the same name), was elected in 1941. In the ensuing battle, the Dutch and Mahicans were ambushed and many were killed, including the Dutch commander Daniel Van Krieckenbeeck and three of his men. Geertruy Martense Cregier, 1734. Dirk Janse Goes, 1697-1700. Founding and History of the New York Colony - ThoughtCo HENDRICKSE. But while many individuals had no surnames whatever apparently, a few families had two or more. ], 1683. [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. Maria Wynantse Van den Bergh, 1749. Seger Cornelise Van Voorhout, 1642-62. What Corning had saved from destruction, Whalen refurbished. For reasons unknown, Governor George Clinton issued a temporary stay of execution, but the slave girls were executed by hanging on March 14, and Pompey on April 11, 1794. Maritie Cornelise Van den Bergh, 1714. Scots and Irish in early Albany - New York State Museum Maurits Janse Ban Broeckhuysen, 1636. Vol. Willem Janse Halenbeck, 1707. Eva Casparse Conyn, 1721. Henrick Franse Clauw or Klauw, 1686-1705. Jan Fort of Niskayune had the following aliases: Jan La Fort, Jan Vandervort and Jan Libbertee. Barent Pieterse Coeymans, alias Molenaer, 1636-1701. Robert Evertse Wendel, 1690. Jacob Janse Schermerhoorn Van Amsterdam, 1636-83. Harmen Jacobse Wendel, 1749. Johannes Harmense Knickerbakker, 1708.l Hendrikie Hanse Dreeper, 1694. )is Abrahamse Van Deusen, 1700. Jacob Gerritse Van Laer, 1670-5. Annatie Isaacse Van Deusen. Catryna Andriesse De Vos, 1664-91. Annatie Barentse Van Rotmers, 1682. Harmen Janse Van Bommel, 1685. First Settlers of Schenectady History of the Schenectady Patent History of Schenectady During the Revolution Schenectady County, New York: Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Electric City Immigrants: Italians and Poles of Schenectady, N.Y., 1880-1930 History of Education in Schenectady, 1661-62 - 1961-62 Ripse. Grietie Gerritse Van Vechten, 1683. Jan Mateuwese Van Deursen, 1696. Jan Myndertse Wemp, 1699. Pieter Nicolaase Van Nordinge, 1637. Martense. Dirk Philipse Conyn, 1708. Jacomyntie Geurt Van Schoonhoven, 1700. Johannes Andriesse Huygh, 1705. Maritie Tomase Mingael, 1664. Pieter Jacobse Clockluyer, 1661. Jacob Tyssen Van der Heyden, 1653-89. Pieter Pieterse Winne, Jr., 1676-84. [44] By 1810, with 10,763 people, Albany was the 10th largest urban place in the nation. The city was also home to a number of banks. Maria Melgertse Van der Poel, 1710. Jacob Janse Van Hoesen, 1684. Sickelse. Geertruy Janse Lansing, 1695. Cornelia Martense Van Buren, 1703. To view a digital version of this item click here. Wynant Cornelise Van den Bergh, 1714. [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."

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