Listed below are the most recent additions and changes to the People of Colonial Albany Live Here website. Included is the date each web page was activated or substantially revised. Click on the highlighted text to take you to the new feature.

Some/many of the new pages listed below items may appear to relate to lives of ordinary/average people and to things and issues of seemingly small significance. However, we consider each of them to be extremely important to the overall early Albany story and really do intend to illuminate/present every significant element in this format. Please remember that we consider every page to be "in-progress" and are revised on an ongoing basis!

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Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Ten Broeck Schuyler (3/20/13)

Biographical sketch of Willem Van Schelluyne (3/20/13)

Biographical sketch of Tielman Van Schelluyne (3/15/13)

Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Van Petten Abel (3/15/13)

Notes on the life of Solomon Ballantine (3/15/13)

Linked transcription of the will abstract for Johannes Van Schelluyne - 1743 (3/15/13)

Biographical sketch of Johannes Van Schelluyne (3/10/13)

Biographical sketch of Christopher Olly, Jr. (3/10/13)

Biographical sketch of Christopher Olly, Sr. (3/10/13)

Biographical sketch of John Christopher Olly (3/10/13)

Biographical sketch of Harmanus Van Schelluyne (3/10/13)

Biographical sketch of Cornelis Bogardus (b. 1665) (3/10/13)

Biographical sketch of Paul Clark (2/25/13)
Biographical sketch of Alexander Clark (2/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Adam Ramser (2/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Teunis Bradt (2/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Van Ness Bradt (2/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Schuyler Morton (2/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Helena Teller Bogardus Van Bael Rombouts (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Bogardus (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Angelica Schuyler Church (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Schuyler Malcolm Cochran (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Henry Abel (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Rensselaer Schuyler (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Anthony Van Santvoort (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Maria Roff Van Santvoort (2/10/13)

Biographical sketch of John Bryan (1/30/13)
Biographical sketch of John J. Ostrander, Jr. (1/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Henry Rutgers (1/25/13)
Notes on the life of Adam Bishop (1/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Hallenbeck (b. 1770) (1/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Daniel Shields (1/20/13)
Biographical sketch of John W. Fryer (1/20/13)
Linked transcription of the application for a pension on the service of John Ostrander, Jr. - 1837 (1/20/13)
Linked access page on the Albany Ostrander family (1/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Jesse Mott (1/10/13)
Linked transcription of the will of Philip Schuyler (1/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Hannah (1/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Nancy Denniston Fryer (1/10/13)
Biographical sketch of John Ostrander, Jr. (1/10/13)

Linked transcription of the will of Philip Schuyler - 1804   (10/30/12)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Wetzel Ostrander (10/25/12)
Linked information page on the Saratoga Patent (10/20/12)
Notes on the life of Albany resident William Hunt (10/20/12)
Linked access page on the Albany Vrooman family (10/10/12)
Clustered notes on the life of Widow Mary Price (10/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Winne Van Ness (10/5/12)
Notes on the life of Magdalena Vrooman Van Ness (10/5/12)
Partially linked transcription of a newpaper item under the heading "The Fire of 1797" (10/5/12)

Linked transcription of a document under the heading "Officers [&] Artifacers" (1778) (9/30/12)
Biographical sketch of William Alexander (9/30/12)
Biographical sketch of Anna Van Woert Lansing (9/30/12)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Hinderer, Jr. (9/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Harmanus Hinderer (9/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Hinderer (elder) (9/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Susanna Van Schoonhoven Lansing (9/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Maria Bogardus Groesbeck (9/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Magdalena Bayeux Holland (9/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Frances Nicoll Holland (9/10/12)
Linked transcription of the will of Edward Holland - 1756   (9/10/12)
Linked transcription of the will of Philip Livingston - 1748   (9/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Alida Clute De Foreest (9/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Ja. Lansing (9/5/12)
Linked transcription of the will of Harmen Thomase Hun and his wife - 1663   (9/5/12)

Biographical sketch of Sara Livingston Alexander (8/25/12)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Cartwright Robisson (8/25/12)
Biographical sketch of Francis Nicoll (8/25/12)
Biographical sketch of Douw J. Fonda (8/25/12)
Biographical sketch of Engeltie Bradt De Foreest (8/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Richard Cartwright, Jr. (8/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Rutger Lansing (8/20/12)
Linked access page on the Bogardus family (8/15/12)
Pension application for service of Abraham D. Fonda (8/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Jannetje Bogert Groesbeck (8/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Wouter Groesbeck (8/10/12)
Albany-focused sketch for Governor George Clinton (8/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick G. Van Ness (8/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Wouter N. Groesbeck (8/10/12)
Biographical sketch of William Duer (8/10/12)

Biographical sketch of Maria Quackenbush Groesbeck (7/25/12)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Groesbeck (7/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Schoonhoven Fonda (7/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Abraham I. Fonda (7/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Susanna Wendell Van Schaick (7/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Hendrickie Lansing Fonda (7/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Abraham D. Fonda (7/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Johannes H. Roseboom (7/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Dirck Schuyler (7/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Robert Rumney (7/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Benjamin Whipple (7/10/12)
Linked access page on the Albany Van Woert family (7/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Philip Willis (7/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Anna Gansevoort Quackenbush (7/5/12)
Biographical sketch of James Robichaux (7/5/12)

Biographical sketch of Rebecca Kidney Elliot (6/25/12)
Linked transcription of the will of John C. Schuyler - 1793   (6/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Elizbeth Roseboom Gansevoort (6/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Johanna Van Corlear Rumney Groesbeck (6/20/12)
Partially linked excerpt from Abraham Lott's Journal - 1774 (6/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Barbara Gray Schuyler (6/15/12)
Notes on the life of Timothy Parks (6/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Wouter De Foreest (6/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Groesbeck (6/15/12)
Linked transcription of the will of Barent Roseboom - 1795   (6/15/12)
Biographical sketch of James Elliot (6/10/12)
Baseline biographical sketch of William Tillman (6/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Gerardus De Peyster (6/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Conrad Gansevoort (6/5/12)
Baseline biographical sketch of Isaac Is. Fonda (6/5/12)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia De Foreest Fonda (6/5/12)

Biographical sketch of Jacobus Fonda (5/30/12)
Biographical sketch of Willempie Bogert Fonda (5/30/12)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth De Meyer Schuyler (5/30/12)
Biographical sketch of John Randall, Jr. (5/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Egbertie Van Buren Abeel (5/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Jacobus Abeel (5/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Ned Davis (5/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Alexander Parks (5/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Edward Davis (5/10/12)
Outline biographical sketch of John Grant (the older) (5/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Anthony Wolf (5/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Isaac A. Fonda (5/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Isacher Child (5/5/12)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Simpson Pepper (5/5/12)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Willett Visscher (5/5/12)

Biographical sketch of Francis March (4/30/12)
Linked transcription of the joint will of Philip Schuyler and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst - 1683   (4/30/12)
Biographical notes on the life of Evert Evertse/Janse de Cuyper (4/30/12)
Biographical sketch of Elisha Putnam (4/20/12)
Biographical sketch of John Grant (4/20/12)
Linked transcription of the will of Margaret Schuyler - 1707   (4/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Jonathan Rumney (d. 1808) (4/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Jonathan Rumney (patriarch) (4/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Anthony B. Bradt (4/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Gregor Grant (4/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Peter Crannel (4/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Crannel (4/10/12)
Linked access page on the Albany Crannel family (4/10/12)
Linked transcription of an "Order to Henry Hart" dated April 8, 1783 (4/10/12)
Biographical sketch of John Hammer (4/10/12)

Biographical sketch of William W. Crannel (3/30/12)
Biographical sketch of William De Witt (3/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Smith Webb (3/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Christopher Abeel (3/20/12)
Biographical sketch of "Captain" Thomas Webb (3/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Dochter Witbeck (3/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Anna Rumney Van Benthuysen (3/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Stephen W. Johnson (3/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Stephen W. Johnson, Jr. (3/20/12)
Linked transcription of pension information on the life and service of Elisha Crane (3/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Stevenson (3/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Vosburgh (3/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Hansen Slingerland (3/10/12)
Biographical sketch of John B. Visscher (3/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Jan Thomase Witbeck (3/10/12)

Biographical sketch of Pieter Mingael (2/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Janse Mingael (2/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Stevenson Fowler (2/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Sara Monk Hooker (2/20/12)
Linked information page on the Albany Witbeck family (2/20/12)
Biographical sketch of John Meads (2/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Louisa Crane Meads (2/15/12)
Biographical sketch of William Fowler (2/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Daniel Ward (2/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Teunis Slingerland (b. 1757); (2/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Vosburgh (2/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Cynthia Steele Webster (2/15/12)
Biographical sketch of William Mahar (2/15/12)
Biographical sketch of Uriah Ward (2/15/12)
Biographical sketch of John Pye (2/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Shephard (2/10/12)
Notes on the life of John Sturgeon (2/10/12)
Biographical sketch of John H. Nemire (2/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Giles Spencer (2/10/12)

Biographical sketch of Reuben Schuyler (1/30/12)
Biographical sketch of Abraham D. Lansing (1/30/12)
Biographical sketch of Christina Voorhees Lansing (1/30/12)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Hooker (1/30/12)
Linked access page on the Albany Vosburgh family (1/30/12)
Biographical sketch of Alida Van Zandt Hooghkerk (1/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Philip Hooker (1/20/12)
Biographical sketch of James/Jacobus Hooghkerk (1/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas N. Quackenbush (1/20/12)
Biographical sketch of Thomas L. Witbeck (1/10/12)
Biographical sketch of James Blake (1/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Adam Blake (1/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Roosevelt (1/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Deusen Mingael Wendell (1/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Maria Vosburgh Van Alstyne (1/10/12)
Biographical sketch of Abraham P. Vosburgh (1/10/12)

Linked resource page on Pinkster in early Albany (12/30/11)
Revised visual supplement on the "first Church in Albany" (12/30/11)
Biographical sketch of Ann Thompson (12/30/11)
Biographical sketch of Petrus Vandenbergh (12/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Ralph Thompson (12/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Silas W. Howell (12/10/11)
Linked transcription of the will of Cornelis Gysbertsen Vandenbergh - 1714 (12/10/11)

Biographical sketch of Thomas W. Stanton (11/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Gysbert C. Vandenbergh (11/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Lena Ten Eyck Lansing (11/10/11)
Outline sketch sketch of Ann Begley (11/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Michael Begley (11/10/11)
Biographical sketch of John Mc Gourck (11/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Radcliff (11/10/11)
Biographical sketch of William Zoble (11/10/11)
Biographical sketch of William Sole (11/10/11)
Linked address of the "Albany Federal Committee" - 1788 (11/10/11)
Notes on the life of Henry Zoble (11/5/11)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit Yates Lansing (11/5/11)
Biographical sketch of Anna Gansevoort Quackenbush (11/5/11)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit Quackenbush (11/5/11)

Biographical sketch of Alexander Chesnut (10/30/11)
Biographical sketch of Lewis Benedict (10/30/11)
Pre-emptive biographical sketch of Stuart Wilson (10/30/11)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Waldron Myndertse (10/20/11)
Partially linked transcription of the estate inventory for Jacob A. Van Schaick - 1787 (10/20/11)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Visscher Glen (10/20/11)
Biographical sketch of Daniel Steele (b. 1772); (10/15/11)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Van Benthuysen Steele (10/15/11)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Quackenbush (10/15/11)
Biographical sketch of Hendrickie Van Ness Oothout (10/15/11)
Biographical sketch of Jan Janse Oothout (10/15/11)
Linked transcription of calendar entry of the will of Jan Oothout - 1688 (10/15/11)
Biographical sketch of Eli Arnold (10/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Lyntie Ten Eyck Douw (10/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Maria De Ridder Vandenbergh (10/5/11)
Biographical sketch of Anna Hagadorn Kidney (10/5/11)
Biographical sketch of William Bay (10/5/11)
Biographical sketch of William Caldwell (10/5/11)
Biographical sketch of Frederic Myndertse Van Iveren (10/5/11)

Biographical sketch of Patrick Gahagan (9/30/11)
Biographical sketch of Rev. Andrew Bay (9/30/11)
Biographical sketch of Willempie Hansen Van Schaick (9/30/11)
Biographical sketch of Henry Glen Van Ingen (9/30/11)
Linked outline of the will of William Van Ingen - 1799 (9/20/11)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Barnes Caldwell (9/20/11)
Biographical sketch of Bridget Wheeler Seeger (9/20/11)
Linked access page on the Stafford family (9/20/11)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Spencer (9/20/11)
Biographical sketch of Job Stafford (9/20/11)
Biographical sketch of Susannah Spencer Stafford (9/20/11)
Biographical sketch of George Hutton, Jr. (9/10/11)
Linked transcription of the will of William Mc Cew - 1771 (9/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Mary Burk Mc Cew (9/10/11)
Biographical sketch of William Mc Cew (9/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Hilletie Loockermans Muller (9/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Stephense Muller/Mulder (9/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Gideon Fairman (9/10/11)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Lynott Hutton (9/5/11)
Biographical sketch of Philip Muller (9/5/11)
Linked transcription of the will of Thomas Lynott - 1769 (9/5/11)

bios indexed by SB2 thru 9/30/11