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
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
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
34 Ibid, page 248
35 Ibid, page 248
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
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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