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Biographical sketch of John David (8/20/09)

Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Wyngaert David (8/20/09)

Linked transcription of the will of Elizabeth Cooper Lansing - 1780 (8/15/09)

Biographical sketch of Catherine Elmendorf Bleecker (8/15/09)

Biographical sketch of Rutger Bleecker (1745-87) (8/15/09)

Biographical sketch of Abraham N. Cuyler (8/15/09)

Biographical sketch of Abraham Jacobse Lansing (8/15/09)

Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Cooper Lansing (8/15/09)

Biographical notes on the life of Leonard Cortney (8/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Jacob Bleecker, Jr. (8/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Rachel Van Zandt Bleecker (8/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Catharina Dunbar Wynkoop (8/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Anna Wendell Douw (8/10/09)

Biographical notes on the life of William Flansburgh (8/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Volkert A. Douw 8/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Jan Barentse Wemp (7/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Volkert Oothout (7/30/09)
Linked transcription of a listing of the will of Geesje Wendell - 1783 (7/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Edward Jessup (7/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Ebenezer Jessup (7/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Wouter Knickerbacker (7/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Fonda Knickerbacker (7/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Isabella Seaton Henry (7/20/09)
Biographical sketch of John R. Bleecker, Jr. (7/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Claesen Brouwer Kerr (7/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Bridgen Bleecker (7/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Rensselaer Westerlo (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Harris (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Brouwer (7/10/09)
Linked transcription of the will of Nicholas Brouwer - 1777 (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Rev. John Mc Donald (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Baltus Van Benthuysen (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Van Benthuysen (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of William Talbot (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Maria Quackenbush De Foreest (7/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Paul Cushman (6/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit A. Lansing (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Machtel Beekman Lansing (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Aaron Hand (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Christopher C. Yates (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Wilkinson (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Skelding Lockwood (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Jared Lockwood (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Medad Cande (6/20/09)
Linked transcription of the will of Hendrick M. Roseboom (6/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick H. Roseboom (b. 1703) (6/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick H. Roseboom (b. 1739) (6/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Godfrey Enax (6/15/09)
Biographical sketch of John V. Henry (6/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Dorothea Bogert Zabriskie (6/10/09)
Baseline biographical sketch of Bastian De Garmo, Jr. (6/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Ann Hewson Pruyn (6/10/09)
Biographical sketch of George Joyce (6/10/09)
Pension and family information for Thomas Sickles (6/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Elisha Dorr (5/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Brouwer Dorr (5/30/09)
Baseline biographical sketch of Eunice Barrington (5/30/09)
Biographical sketch of John Van Ness Yates (5/30/09)
Linked transcription of the will of William Shepherd - 1794 (5/25/09)
Linked transcription of the will of James Adams - 1762 5/25/09)
Biographical sketch of James Adams (5/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Adams Barrington (5/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Lansing (5/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Van Deusen (5/20/09)
Biographical sketch of the first Albany Zacharias Sickles (5/20/09)
Biographical sketch of the second Albany Zacharias Sickles (5/20/09)
Biographical sketch of the third Albany Zachariah Sickles (5/20/09)
Inventory of the estate of Robert Henry, Jr. - 1792   (5/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Robert Henry, Jr. (5/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Jacob A. Wendell (5/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Sickles (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Robert R. Henry (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Mary Shepard Clench (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Benjamin V. Clench (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of David Fonda (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Johannes De Foreest (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of David Van Horne (5/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Richard S. Treat (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Gertrude Stringer Treat (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Christina Vandenbergh Wendell (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Simeon Baldwin (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Alida Graverat Dunbar (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Solomon Southwick (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Jacob W. Hilton (4/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (4/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Jeremias Van Rensselaer (b. 1632) (4/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Obadiah Van Benthuysen (4/10/09)
Linked entry page on the Van Rensselaer family (4/10/09)
Biographical sketch of William Parker (4/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Van Hoesen (b. 1748) (4/5/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Evertsen Van Hoesen (4/5/09)
Biographical sketch of John Archer (4/5/09)
Biographical sketch of Edward Archer (Orchard) (4/5/09)

Biographical sketch of Augustinus Turck (3/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Burger Vandenbergh (3/20/09)
Linked transcription of the will of John R. Bleecker - 1792 (3/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Nancy (Ann) Cadogen Hilton (3/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Joseph Henry (3/5/09)
Biographical sketch of Captain John Denny (3/5/09)

Biographical sketch of Ann Alexander Henry (2/20/09)
Biographical sketch of William Henry (2/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Jacobus Wynkoop (2/15/09)
Biographical sketch of James Wynkoop (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Van Deusen (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Enoch Leonard (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Vechten Leonard (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Jauncey (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Elsie Lansing Van Deusen (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Barber (2/10/09)
Linked and signed transcription of the Address of the Albany Antifederal Committee - 1788 (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Robert Barber (2/5/09)

Biographical sketch of Catherine Hogstrasser Ram (1/30/09)
Biographical sketch of John Ram (1/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Casparus F. Pruyn (1/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Lewis Barrington (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Barrington (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Schuyler Lansing (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of John Ja. Lansing (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of William Mayall (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Hill (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Sickles, Jr. (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Sickles (b. 1737) (1/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Janet Barker Barkley (1/20/09)
Biographical sketch of James Barkley (1/20/09)
Biographical sketch of John 5 Lansing (1/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Alexander Cammeron (1/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Isabella Mills Cammeron (1/15/09)
Biographical sketch of John Waters Yates (1/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Ann Metcalf Yates (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Gorham A. Worth (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Anna Brooks Hilton (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Ziba Swan (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Douw (1722-56) (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Zabriskie, Jr. (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Lena Lansing Zabriskie Oothout (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Ja. Zabriskie (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of James Radcliff (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Lansing Zabriskie (1/10/09)
Partially linked transcription of the census of 1800 for the city of Albany (1/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Samuel A. Foote (11/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Jannetie Van Slyck Heyer (11/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Rebecca Rhino (11/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Simon Metcalf (11/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Murphy Metcalf (11/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Van Loon (11/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Christina Schuyler Van Loon (11/10/08)

Biographical sketch of George Metcalf (10/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Metcalf Bleecker (10/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Francis Follet (Folliot) (10/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Martin Hebeysen (10/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Harmanus A. Wendell (10/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Henry B. Bradt (10/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Philip De Foreest (10/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Mary Donneway Sharp (10/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Rachel Van Ness De Foreest (10/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Rachel Douw (10/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Naomi Hall Radley (10/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Philip Radley (10/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Wilkinson Radley (10/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Robert Dunbar (10/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Loring Andrews (10/10/08)
Biographical sketch of John Andrews (10/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Ebenezer Foote (10/10/08)
Biographical sketch of John L. Radley (Radcliff) (10/10/08)

Biographical sketch of William Dunbar (9/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Levinus Dunbar (9/25/08)
Biographical sketch of James Jolly (9/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Hugh Jolly (9/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Volkert Dawson (9/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Anna Van Benthuysen (d. 1878) (9/20/08)
Biographical sketch of James P. Van Benthuysen (c. 1710) (9/20/08)
Biographical sketch of James Parker Van Benthuysen (1772-1835) (9/20/08)
Linked entry page on the Van Benthuysen family (9/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Sara Cooper Van Benthuysen (9/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Mumford Ellison (9/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Douw (9/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit Heyer (9/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Ellison (9/10/08)

Biographical sketch of Egbert Benson (8/30/08)
Preliminary biographical sketch of Martin Gerritse Van Bergen (dead by 1789) (8/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Wyngaert (7/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Ariaantie Roseboom Pruyn (7/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Jacobus Van Zandt (7/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Richard Dunn (7/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Machtelt Wyngaert Hilton (7/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Judith Barret Hilton (7/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Volkert Vandenbergh (7/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Vandenbergh Van Hoesen (7/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Anna Vandenbergh Cooper (7/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Nehemiah B. Bassett (7/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Vandenbergh Vandenbergh (7/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Lydius Cuyler (7/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Volkie Vandenbergh (7/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Judik Marselis Hooghkerk (7/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Edmund Matthews (7/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Mary Brooks Van Zandt (7/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Frances Wendell Brooks (7/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Peter Brooks (1780-1830) (7/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Peter Brooks (the elder) (7/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Burger Hewson (7/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Staats Bleecker (6/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Brooks Hilton (6/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Bradt Brooks (6/30/08)
Baseline biographical sketch of Elizabeth Staats Sharp (6/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Anna Vandenbergh Van Zandt (6/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Walter Vanderzee (6/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Van Woert Fryer (6/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Maria Everts Lansing (6/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Mary Usher Lansing (6/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Jannetie Van Alystyne Pruyn (6/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Mary De Warran Sharp (6/10/08)

Biographical sketch of Mary Van Schaick (5/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Jonathan Brooks (1738-1829) (5/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Jonathan Brooks (5/30/08)
Biographical sketch of John Geyer (5/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Ananias Platt (5/20/08)
Biographical sketch of John Fryer (5/20/08)
Baseline biographical sketch of Benjamin Kip (5/10/08)
Baseline biographical sketch of James Banks (5/10/08)
Biographical sketch of John H. Roseboom (5/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Keteltas Ryckman (5/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Petrus Ryckman, Jr. (5/10/08)

Biographical sketch of William Gilliland (4/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Frederick Garrison (4/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Roseboom (4/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick J. Roseboom (4/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Elsie Van Buren Van Rensselaer (3/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Wilhelmus Vandenbergh (b. 1692) (3/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Wilhelmus Vandenbergh (b. 1713) (3/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Anna Gerrits (3/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Maria Pruyn Gerritsen (3/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Jane Gilliland Bleecker (3/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Elbert Graverat (3/20/08)
Biographical sketch of John Kidney (b. 1724) (3/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Bries Roseboom (3/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Gerardus Beekman (3/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Anna Douw Beekman (3/20/08)
Baseline biographical sketch of Pheobe Brooks Kidney (3/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Kidney (b.1704) (3/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Mary Martin Van Wie (3/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Van Wie (3/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Rachel Van Arnhem Winne (3/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Benjamin Winne (3/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Gerritse (3/10/08)