A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times 7: Adult Freeholders

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A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times
7: Adult Freeholders — Manasseh Sixbery

[This information is from p. 145 of A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times; being contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk Valley by Jonathan Pearson, A. M. and others, edited by J. W. MacMurray, A. M., U. S. A. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, Printers, 1883). It is in the Schenectady Collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.744 P36, and copies are also available for borrowing.]

[The original version uses assorted typographical symbols to represent footnotes. To improve legibility, the online version uses the form (page number - note number.)]

He was a young Englishman from London [Editorial note: later generations of Sixberry/Sigsbee/etc. researchers have questioned this]; coming to Schenectady he married in 1699 Pietertje, daughter of Jan Janse Joncker and settled upon the easterly portion of the First flat, called Hazlenut flat. Ten years later, in 1709, being a soldier at Fort Nicholson [Fort Edward] and sick, he made a will giving his property to his wife and four children, Johannes, Wilhelmus, Cornelis and Mary.

His son Wilhelmus settled in Maquaasland about 1720. (145-4)

Notes

(145-4) Toll Papers.

A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times7: Adult Freeholders — Manasseh Sixbery

Notes

A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times
7: Adult Freeholders — Manasseh Sixbery