. V +*- V* Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from The Library of Congress http://www.archive.org/details/newyorkgenealog10newy 2 PER ANNUM, Vol. X. No. i. J THE NEW YORK Genealogical and Biographical Record. Devoted to the Interests of American Genealogy and Biography. ISSUED QUARTERLY x '\ January, 1879. PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY, Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue, New York City. : — The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Publication Committee S. B. SAMUEL PURPLE. CHARLES MOORE. JOHN J. LATTING. BEVERLEY R. BETTS. JANUARY, 1879.—CONTENTS. PAGH 1. The Early History of Hempstead, L. I. By Charles B. Moore, . 5 2. Records ok St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I. Baptisms. Com- municated by Benjamin D. Hicks. Esq. (Continued from Vol. IX., p. 187, of The Record), . 16 3. Records of Rahvvay and Pi.ainfield [N. J.] Monthly Meeting of Friends (formerly held at Amboy and Woodbridge). Births Communicated by Vail, Esq. Hugh D. (Continued from Vol. IX., p. 180, of The Record), . 20 4. Records of the Reformf.d Dutch Church in the City of New York. Baptisms. (Continued from Vol. IX., p. 139, of The Record), ... 24 of 5. Smith Family New York. By Thomas Harrison Montgomery, . 32 6. Contributions to the History of the Ancient Families of New York. By Edwin R. Purple. (Continued from Vol. IX., p. 160, of The Record), 35 7. Records of the First Presbyterian Church of the City of New York. Births and Baptisms. (Continued from Vol. IX., p. 173, of The Record), 44 8. Notes and Queries. — Nichol— Bayard —Van Hook—The Le Roys of New York— Rogers of Saint John and New York— Akerly Family— Kane-Kent Adams—Adams' Family— Ponsonby—Van Alstyn— Index to Vol. IX., 47-50 9. Notes on Books. — Centennial History .of Somerset County. By Abraham Messier, D.D., Somerville—William Wells, of Southokl, and his Descendants, A. D. 163S-187S. By the Rev. Charles Wells Hayes, of Portland, Me— Pierson Genealogical Records. By Lizzie B. Pierson, of Andover, Mass History of the Church in Burlington, N. J. By Rev. George M. Hills, D.D., Trenton, N. J., 51-52 The Record will be found on sale at Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue, and at the Book Store of E. W. Nash, No. 107 Fulton Street,. New York. Vol. I., with Index, price, One Dollar; subsequent Vols., with Index, Two Dollars each. Subscription, Two Dollars per Year. WARNING TO THE PUBLIC. The New York Genealogical and Biographical SOCIETY hereby cautions the Public in general, and all Literary and Historical Societies throughout the Country, against any and all persons professing to print or publish biographies or genealogies for money, under the name of "The Genealogical Society," " The N. Y. Genealogical Society," " Society of Genealogy," or any other similar name liable to be understood as that of this Corpora- tion, or soliciting information for such purposes, as certain unprin- cipled persons have been and are now doing in different States, Cities, and Towns, personally and by letter. This Society does nothing of the kind. Its Magazine, the "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," is its only publication, and articles are furnished freely by its contributors. 13- THE NEW YORK Gen al and Biographical Record. Devoted to the Interests of American Genealogy and Biography. ISSUED QUARTERLY. VOLUME X., 1879. PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY, Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue, New York City. 4114 PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. SAMUEL S. PURPLE, JOHN J. LATTING, CHARLES B. MOORE, BEVERLEY R. BETTS. Moll Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue. , ;, INDEX TO SUBJFXTS. Ancient Families of New York, Contributions to the History of, by Edwin R. Purple, 35. Baptismal Records of the Reformed Dutch Church, N. Y., 24, 77, III, 162. " " of the First Presbyterian Church, N. Y., 44, 127, 177. " " of St. George's Church, L. I., 16, 89, 133. Bergen, Hon. Tennis G. History of Early Settlers of L. I., 85, 155. " Memorials of Francoys D'Bruyne, 85. " Genealogy of the Van Duyn Family, 155. Biography of E. A. Duyckinck, by W. A. Butler, 53. " of Edwin R. Purple, by C. B. Moore, 101. Birth Records of Friends' Monthly Meeting, Amboy, Rahway, and Plainfield, N. J., 20, 139- " of First Presbyterian Church, N. Y., 44, 127, 177. Books Noticed.—Centennial History of Somerset County, N. J., 51 ; William Wells, of Southold, L. I., and his Descendants, 1638 to 1878, 52 ; Parsons' Genealogical in Records, 52 ; History of the Church Burlington, N. J., 52 ; History and Gene- alogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, of Westfield, Mass., 99; Genealogical Notes, Part Second, by L. B. Thomas, 100 ; The Wynkoop Genealogy, Second Edition, 100 ; Palgrave Family Memorials, 100 ; Life of Col. Aaron Burr, 100 History of Harlem, N. Y. , 146; The Heraldry, etc., of Bar Gate, Southampton, < Eng., 147 ; The Whitney Family of Connecticut and its Affiliations, by S. W. Whitney, 147 ; Genealogy of the Family of Samuel Stebbins, 182 ; Manual of the Reformed Church in America, Third Edition, by E. T. Corwin, D.D., 182; Farwell Ancestral Memorial, by D. P. Holton, M.D., 182; [The White Family Record] Account of the Meeting of the Descendants of Col. Thomas White, of Maryland, June 7, 1877, 183; Paine Family Records, by H. D. Paine, M.D. No. IV., August, 1879, 183. D'Bruyn, Francois, Memorials of, by Hon T. G. Bergen, 85. Dutch Aliases, by Edwin R. Purple, 38. Birth Friends' Records of Amboy, Woodbridge, Rahway, and Plainfield, N. J., 20, 139. Livingston, Sinclair, Genealogies— 98 ; 170 ; Smith, 32; Varleth-Verlet, 35 ; Van Duyn, 155 ; Van Wagenen, 86, 107, 182. Genealogical Fragments, by John J. Latting, 170. Harlem, Riker's History of, Noticed, 146. Hempstead, L. I., Early History of, by Charles B. Moore, 5. Hicks, Hon. Benj. D., On Records of St. George's Church, L. I., 16, 89, 133. Index to Volume IX., Note on, 50. " X., Note on, 184. Latting John J., Genealogical Fragments—Sinclair Family, 170. Livingston Family Records, Note on, 98. Marriages in Reformed Dutch Church, N. Y., 1 19. Montgomery, T. H. —Account of the Smith Family of N. Y., 32. Note concerning the Rodgers Family, 146. Monumental Inscriptions in Old Dutch Church at Austin Friars, London, England, 98. ; ' IV Index to Subjects. • Moore, C. B. , Early History of Hempstead, L. I., 5. " Shipwrights, Fishermen and Passengers from England, 66, 149. " Biographical Sketch of E. R. Purple, 101. Bayard, Notes and Queries, 47, 96, 146, 181 ; Adams, 49 ; Akerby, 48 ; Bard, 96 ; 47 Bryant, Cornell, 181 ; Dodge, Duyckinck Family, ; Evetts, 96 ; 99 ; 97 97 j Kane, Roys, Livingston Records, Jauncey, 181 ; Jones, 181 ; 49, 98; Le 47; 98 ; Nicoll, 47 ; Phillipse, 98; Ponsonby, 49; Rogers, 48; Rodgers, 146; Schuyler Family Records, 99 ; Tilley, 147 ; Van Alstyn, 50; Van Hook, 47 ; Van Vech- ten, 146; Willett, 181. Obituary. —Breese, 184; Wight, 183. Passengers from England, by C. B. Moore, 66, 149. Proceedings of the N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society, 144. Purple, Edwin R., Contributions to the History of the Ancient Families of N. Y., 35. " List of Dutch Aliases, 38. " Biographical Sketch of, by C. B. Moore. 101. Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I., 16, 89. " of Friends' Monthly Meetings, Rahway and Plainfield, 20, 139. " of Reformed Dutch Church in New York, 24, 77, III, 1 19, 162. " of First Presbyterian Church in New York, 44, 93. " of the Schuyler Family, 99. " of the Livingston Family, 98. Schuyler Family Records, Note on, 99. Shipwrights, P'ishermen and Passengers from England, 66, 149. Sinclair, Robert, Will of, 171. " Mary, Will of, 173. Smith Family of N. Y., by T. H. Montgomery, 32. St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I., Baptismal Records of, 16, 89, 133. Vail, Hugh D., on Records of Friends of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J., 20, 139. Van Alstyn Family, Note on, 50. Van Duyn Family, by Hon. T. G. Bergen, 155. Van Wagenen Family, by G. H. Van Wagenen, 86, 107, 182. Varleth or Verlet Family, by Edwin R. Purple, 35. White Family Records, notice of, 183. ; THE NEW YORK tocalugkal attfo §iogra])MtaI |kt,ffrt. Vol. X. NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1879. No. 1. THE EARLY HISTORY OF HEMPSTEAD, L.I. By Charles B. Moore. The earl}' history of this town requires that dates be clearly stated, and places be kept distinct. Both have often been confused. Long Island could be approached from many directions. Its posses- sion was coveted by the English, then in New England, on the north and east, and by the Dutch at the west, where the passage was narrow. It had numerous bands of Indians, with whom the whites of both nations for several years traded. Both English and Dutch were actively in pur- suit of beaver. The fur trade was profitable. Fishing, also, was an im- portant business ; for food was scarce. The English coming in crowds, sought rish more than the Dutch. The long ocean beach afforded facili- ties for getting wampum, which greatly added to the attractions. There were struggles between English and Dutch about the western part of the island, but none (unless merely on paper), for the eastern half. The villages of Southampton and Southold, at the east, in the year 1640, were settled by Englishmen, who bargained with the agent of Lord Ster- ling, under his English patent, and with the Indians, and who took posses- sion without the slightest opposition, and without interference from the Dutch. These villages, afterwards the centres of townships, were about eighty- five or ninety miles in a direct line from New York, and were separated from each other by Peconic Bay. Southampton was east of Shinecock Bay, which could be entered at the south from the ocean, and from which the whites and Indians could readily communicate with Peconic Bay at Canoe place ; and thence across Peconic Bay, or across Shelter Island, with Southold.