Schenectady County, New York: Genealogy - Other Families

[This information is taken from Chapter XXIV of Austin A. Yates' Schenectady County, New York: Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century and lists the genealogies which were to small to merit pages of their own. Thanks to Carol Di Crosta for data entry help with this page.]

Van Valkenburg (p. 237)

Isaac Van Valkenburg, son of Joachim of Albany, married May 12th, 1705, Lydia daughter of Jacques Van Slyck. On the 6th of September, 1712, he received a conveyance from Carl Hansen Toll of a lot on the south side of Union Street, including the Court House lot, 100 feet front by 210 feet deep, for the sum of 50 pounds, some evidence of the comparative value of real estate and money in those honest, early days. He left surviving him several children, but all, except his son Isaac, seemed to have removed to Albany County.

Gerritse (pp. 254-255)

Frederick Gerritse, farmer, and Elizabeth Christianse, his wife, were residents of Schenectady in 1687. On September 9th, 1689, he conveyed to Myndert Wemp ten acres of land at Maalwyck and Bent's Island, formerly belonging to Benjamin Roberts, always called by the old settlers "Bent Roberts," from which circumstance, the island in the Mohawk, three miles above the city and opposite the Viele farms, was so called.

Ouderkirk (p. 257)

Johannes Ouderkirk, son of Janse of Albany, came to Schenectady in 1695, and on the 20th of May of that year married Neeltje Class, widow of Hendrick Gardenier. His wife owned a lot of 100 feet front on the north side of Union Street, one-half of which is now included in the Dutch church lot, and the other half owned by Aaron Barringer, Esq. To give some evidence of the value of lots for some time after the burning and desolation of Schenectady, this whole lot, then vacant, was valued at fifteen beaver skins, or $48. Ouderkirk left surviving him four daughters. His descendants, it is to be regretted, are not on record.

Davids (p. 266)

Thomas Davids came to Schenectady in 1700. On the 14th of December, 1701, he married Catarina, daughter of Johannes Klein, and on the 14th day of May, 1731, his son, Ludovicus, married Maria, daughter of Peter Clement.

Bosie (p. 266)

Philip Bosie came to Schenectady in 1702, and September 2d, 1704, married Margaret Bratt.

Peter, the son of Philip, born June 30th, 1722, married, June 10th, 1749, Margaretta, daughter of Nicholas Fort of Niskayuna.

Maria, a daughter, born March 24th, 1751, married Fraus Veeder.

Gertruy, another daughter, born December 26th, 1753, married Jesse Peek.

Steers (p. 279)

The Steers family is as follows:

St. John Steers came as a soldier to Schenectady in 1720. He soon after married Catharine McGregor. In 1756 he had the grant of a lot of land in Green Street, near the fort.

John, a son of St. John Steers, born October 15th, 1732, married, November 3d, 1759, Clara, daughter of Peter Van Slyck. He inherited the Green Street lot from his father, which descended to his son Cornelius, and was possessed by him until his death in 1863, at the age of eighty-six years. John Steers died February 12th, 1811. Gertruy, a daughter of John, born August 16th, 1767, married John Lambert, the noted schoolmaster.

Samuel, also a son of St. John, died at an advanced age, unmarried.

Hemstraat/Hemstreet (p. 282)

The Hemstraats, (Hemstreets as it is now spelled), appear on Revolutionary rolls, and have few descendants of the name living here.

Johannes Hemstraat, son of Dirk Takelse of Albany, married first, Bata, daughter of Johannes Quackenbos, February 8th, 1730, and came to Schenectady about that time. Secondly, he married, March 3d, 1750, Gertruy Bosie, widow of John Marinus.

Johannes, his son, born November 19th, 1732, married Elizabeth, daughter of Teunis Van der Volgen, September 3d, 1754.

Ariantje, a daughter of John, Jr., born October 17th, 1756, married Nicholas Avery.

Sarah, also a daughter, born November, 1718, married Isaac Le Roy.

Clara, a daughter of Johannes Sr., born July 6th, 1735, married Nicholas Clute.

Annatje, also a daughter, born December 21st, 1737, married Dirk Clute.

Machtelt, another daughter, born October 11th, 1747, married Johannes Consaulus.

Ryley (pp. 283-284)

Philip Ryley, of the city of New York, came here about 1742, and had the following lineage:

James Van Slyck Ryley, son of Philip, born October 3d, 1761, married, August 19th, 1792, Jannetje, daughter of Isaac Swits. He died January 8th, 1848, aged eighty-six years, leaving several daughters, one of whom married the distinguished divine, Rev. John Ludlow, D.D., for many years provost of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Ryley was for many years associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Schenectady County; for a long time postmaster of this city, and was, on several occasions, employed as commissioner and interpreter by the United States Government to negotiate treaties with the northwestern tribes of Indians, for which position he was peculiarly fitted, having been, during his early life, a well-known trader among them. He also served several years as sheriff of Schenectady County.

Alida, daughter of Philip, born July 15th, 1743, married Gerrit R. Van Vranken.

Gertrude, another daughter, born October 3d, 1744, married William Rogers, Jr.

Corl (p. 284)

The Corls were soldiers. Hendrick Corl came to Schenectady in 1745, where he married Maria Olin.

John, his son, born April 3d, 1757, married Susanna, daughter of Jan Baptist Van Vorst. He was a gallant private in Captain Clute's company in the Revolutionary War, and died April 24th, 1842, in his eighty-fifth year, leaving several children surviving.

William, another son of Hendrick, born November 16th, 1760, married Maria Springer, July 8th, 1787. He was also a patriotic private in Captain Vrooman's company, in Colonel Wemple's Regiment in the Revolutionary War. He died March 19th, 1848, aged eighty-four years. His wife died May 5th, 1852, aged ninety-one years. They left several sons and daughters and many descendants surviving them.

Brown (pp. 285-286)

John Brown, whose tablet is in St. George's Church, of which he was a father, married, in May, 1751, Margaret, daughter of Caleb Beck, and immediately thereafter settled at Schenectady. Mr. Brown was born in 1727, and died June 30th, 1814, in his eighty-seventh year, very much respected and regretted.

Abraham, his son, born November 11th, 1762, married first Jane, daughter of Daniel Kittle; secondly, Margaret Van Vorst.

John, son of Abraham by his first marriage, born August 9th, 1783, married a daughter of Joseph Van de Bogart, by whom he had a son, John, who became an Episcopal minister, and a gentleman of considerable poetic note and of acknowledged literary attainments. He was a graduate of Union College, and was settled at Astoria, Long Island, N. Y., where he held a high standing, and died on the Island of Malta, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health, leaving a son named John W. Brown, and three daughters. John Brown, the father, also left several daughters. He was a manufacturer and dealer in bottles, shoes and leather, and much esteemed as a good and enterprising citizen.

Oothout (p. 286)

The Oothouts were a fine revolutionary and soldierly race, but have all died out.

Munroe (p. 287)

The notorious and infamous Tory, Major John Munroe, a young Scotchman, settled here. His brutality to prisoners was in so direct a violation of the laws of civilized warfare, that he was dismissed from the English service. He left no descendants, at least, none that acknowledged the paternity. Fearing that investigation may discover his blood still running in a townsman's veins, his name and record will be mercifully dismissed from these papers.

Carley (p. 291)

Joseph Carley, a veteran of the Continental army, came after the Revolution, and built on Front Street.

His son was Gerardus I. Carley, the partner at one time of DeGraff, Walton & Co, and the father of Mr. Joseph G. Carley of this city.

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