HERKIMER COUNTY PATENT HOLDERS


List of Patents or Tracts of Land
In the county of Herkimer, with the date of the Patent,
number of acres therein, and name of Patentee.


Adgate's Patent--Date, 1798; 46,907 acres
Matthew Adgate, patentee.



Bayard's Patent--Date, 1771; 50,000 acres

Wm. Bayard
Robert Bayard
Joshua Mulloch
Thomas Shipboy
Peter Sylvester
Henry Van Schaack
Robert Adams
Richard Cartwright
James Phyn
Wm. Kane
Allen McDougall
George Lindesay
Jacob Brower
John Van Dalsem
Rudolph Sickles
William Benson
James A. Stewart
Alexander Stewart, Jun.

Robert Henry
Robert McLallan
John Vernor
William Proctor
Adrian Renaudet
Carden Proctor
Richard Nassau Stevens
Thomas Edwards
John Constable
Alexander Ellis
John Duncan
Dunlap Adams
Wm. Adams
James Adams
David Edgar
Wm. Edgar
James Rankin
Jane Lyle

John Van Alen
Barent Van Alen
Abm. Schenck
Henry Remsen
Henry Remsen, Jun.
John Taylor
Joseph Griswold
Robert Harding
John M. Brelun
Wm. Butler
Frederick W. Hecht
George Ball
John Gregg
Wm. Jones
Thomas Pettit
Robert Ross
Richard Hazard
William Dudley
and Thomas Griswold, patentees.



Brown John's Tract--Date, 1792
This tract is part of the 1,920,000 acres of land granted to Alexander Macomb, by letters patent dated January 10, 1792.



Burnet's Field Patent--Date, 1725; 9,400 acres
John Jost Petri and others (see the names chap. iii, p. 44)



Colden Cadwallader's Patent--Date, 1738; 3,000 acres
Cadwallader Colden the younger
and Coenradt Ryghtmeyer, patentees.



Cosby's Manor--Date, 1734; 22,000

Joseph Worrell
William Cosby
John Lyne
Thomas Freeman
Paul Richards
John Felton

Charles Williams
Richard Shuckburgh
Timothy Bagley
James Lyne
and Frederick Morris, patentees.



Colden Alexander's Patent--Date, 1761; 4,000 acres
Alexander Colden
William Willett
Stephen DeLancey
and Christopher Blundell, patentees.



Frank Coenradt's Patent (commonly called Staley's 3d Tract)--Date,1765; 5,000 acres
Coenradt Frank
Frederick Frank
George Herchkeimer
Michael Stigh
and Peter Piper, patentees.



Fall Hill Patent--Date, 1752; 2,324 acres
Johan Joost Herkimer
and Hendrick Herkimer, patentees.


Freemason's ( see Bayard's) Patent.



Glen's Purchase--Date, 1739; 1,660 acres
Jacob Glen (It appears that the tract of land called Glen's Purchase, in the county of Herkimer, was laid out into thirty-nine lots, and granted to different persons, as follows):

Patrick McClaughry and Andw. McDowell, 1738; 3,710 acres; lots 10, 16, 17, 26, 37.
J. DeLancey, J. Lindsay and Abm. Glen, 1738; 5,426 acres; lots 3, 5, 7, 11, 19, 20, 29, 34.
Lendert Helmer, 1739; 1,970 acres; lots 13, 21, 38.
Jacob Glen, 1739; 1,660 acres; lots 15, 25.
Archibald Kennedy, 1739: 1,950 acres; lots 12, 22, 30.
John Schuyler,Jr., 1739; 1,990 acres; lots 14, 24, 35.
Arent Bradt, 1739; 1,907 acres; lots 6, 23, 27.
Philip Schuyler, 1739; 1,863 acres; lots 9, 18, 36.
Samuel Auchmuty, 1761; 1,090 acres; lots 31, 32, 33.
William Mitchell, 1761; 1,910 acres; lots 2, 8, 28.
William Ogilvie, 1761; 2,000 acres; lots 1, 4, 39.
Wm. Alexander and Henry Frey, two of the executors of John Porteus, deceased, to Alexander Ellice. Deed dated March 19, 1801, conveying, among others, the following lots of land, viz:
Lot No. 27 in Burnetsfield, south side of the Mohawk river, and lots Nos. 12 and 13, in same Tract, north side of the said river, each containing 100 acres. (Recorded in the Secretary of State's office.)



Hasenclever's Patent--Date, 1769; 18,000 acres

Peter Hasenclever
David Greame
Mary Croftes
James Crawford
George Jackson
John Elves
Arthur Forest
Richard Willis
John Duval

Thos. Dampler
Wm. Robertson
Wm. Berry
Neal Ward
Mary Lucy Sleech
Hutchinson Mure
Catharine Hasenclever
Mary Elizabeth Hasenclever
and Charles Croftes, patentees.



Henderson's Patent--Date, 1739; 6,000 acres
James Henderson
John Kelly
and James Henderson, younger, patentees.



Henderson's or Petrie's Purchase--Date, 1740; 6,000 acres
Philip Livingston
John De Peyster
and John Jost Petrie.
This patent consists of lots 1, 2, 8, 9,1 5, and 16, in the Tract called Henderson's or Petrie's Purchase.



Johnson Guy's Patent--Date, 1765; 2,000 acres
Guy Johnson, patentee.



Jerseyfield Patent--Date, 1770; 94,000 acres

Henry Glen
Alexr. Campbell
John Visscher, Jr.
Philip Garlock
Harmanus H. Wendell
Alexander Ellis
Cornelius Cuyler
Simon Schermerhorn
John McCrea
Christopher Yates
Nicholas Brando
Petrus Dederick
Wilhelmus Osterhout
Isaac Vrooman
Ryer Wemple
Myndert R. Wemple
Mary Vrooman
John Farril
Jacob S. Vrooman
Tunis Van Vleck
Wm. Lyghtall
Hendrick Brower, Jun.
John Baptist Wendell
Frederick Auker
Segar Van Sandford
Myndert Wemple
Volkert Vedder
Omie Le Grange
Jacob Jacobse
Myndert La Grange
James Shuter
Robert Clench

Wm. Peters
Abm. C. Groot
Harmanus Wendell
Lucas Van Vechten
Philip Van Vechten
Cornelius Wendell
Jacob H. Wendell
John H. Wendell
Barent W. Vrooman
Jacob A. Vrooman
John Walker
Jacob Lansing
Samuel Van Slycke
Simon Schermerhorn, Jun.
Adam Van Slyck
Harmanus Bradt
Nicholas Van Petten
Hendrick Brower
Arent Van Petten
John Brown
Caleb Beck
Matthew Lyne
John Mynderse
Wm. Hanna
John Duncan
Mary Grant
John Abeel
Garret Abeel
Evert Byvanck, Jun.
Gerard Bancker
John Byvanck

Benjamin Stymets
Isaac Sloover
Derick Brinckerhoff
John Baptist Van Eps
Isaac Truax
Jacobus Mynderse
Jacobus Van Eps
Peter Truax
Wm. Phillips
James Cotter
John Tyms
James Mordaunt
Alexander McCullagh
John McIntyre
Alexander Stewart
Edward Laight
John Lamb
John Tayler
Edward Nicoll
Charles Nicoll
Charles Doughty
Wm. Whitehead
Elizabeth Breese
John Van Sice
Volckert P. Douw
James Deas
Samuel Bayard, Sen.
Angus McDonald
Samuel Breese
Samuel Doughty
and John Visscher, patentees



Kast Johan Jurgh Patent--Date, 1724; 1,100 acres
Johan Jurgh Kast
Lodowick, Sarah, Dorothy, Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary and Anna Mary, children of said Johan Jurgh Kast, patentees.



L'Hommedieu's Patent--Date, 1786; 4,000 acres
Ezra L'Hommedieu
and Nathaniel Platt, patentees.



Lindsay's Patent--Date, 1730; 3,000 acres
John Lindsay
and Philip Livingston, patentees.



Livingston's Patent--Date, 1762; 20,000 acres

Philip Livingston
Rudolph Keller
John Burk
Edward Earl
Samuel Bailey
Wm. Denning
Wm. Livingston
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer
Peter Dubois
John Hansen

John James Beekman
Peter Hansen
Roger Townsend
Wm. McCracken
John Cuyler
Myndert Burger
Michael Hugo Frazier
Wm. Bailey
Gerardus Lansingh
and Philip Lansingh, patentees.



Lansingh's Patent--Date, 1753; 6,000 acres
Jacob Lansingh
Abm. Lansingh
and Jacob Glen, patentees.



Lispenard's Patent--Date, 1770; 9,200 acres

Leonard Lispenard
Leonard Lispenard, Jr.
Anthony Lispenard
David Johnston
Stephen DeLancey
John Fitzpatrick
Jordan Cock

Peter Stuyvesant
Tunis Somerndyck
Martin Shier
Geo. Stanton
Henry Stanton
Rose Graham
and Mary Graham, patentees.



Macomb's Purchase--Date, 1792; John Brown's Tract consists of part of 1,920,000 acres of land, granted to Alexander Macomb, Jan. 10, 1792.



McNiel's Patent--Date, 1761; 4,000 acres
John McNeil
Alexander McKey
Alexander Stewart
and Oliver Templeton, patentees.



Machin's Patent--Date, 1786; 1,600 acres; Thomas Machin, patentee.



Moose River Tract--Date, 1847; 13,080 acres; Anson Blake, patentee. Township No. 1 not granted, except 2 lots; township No. 2 not granted; township No. 5 not granted, but one lot.



Nobleborough Patent--Date, 1787; 40,960 acres
Arthur Noble, patentee.



Royal Grant (or Kingsland), granted to Sir William Johnson by Letter's Patent under the great seal of England. It is not recorded in the secretary of state's office, and neither the date of the patent nor the number of acres granted are known. It was subdivided into four allotments.



Remsenburgh Patent--Date, 1787; 48,000 acres
Henry Remsen
George Klock
Jacob G. Klock
and Dirck Van Ingen, patentees.



Schuyler's Patent--Date, 1755; 43,000 acres

Abm. Lynsen
David Schuyler
Nicholas Packard
Peter D. Schnyler
Gerardus Stuyvesant
James Livingston
John Willett
Leonard Lispenard
Gualtherus Dubois
Peter P. Schuyler
Nicholas Bayard

Christopher Bancker
Samuel Heath
John VanCortlandt
Philip VanCortlandt
Wm. Kelly
David Vanderheyden
Robert Benson
John De Peyster, Jr.
John Meyer
Augustine Moore
and Conradt Mathyse, patentees.



Snell and Timmerman's Tract--Date, 1755; 3,600 acres
Jacob Timberman
and Johan Joost Schnell, patentees.



Staley's Patent, 1st and 2d Tracts--Date, 34,000 acres

Rudolph Staley
Johan Jost Herckheimer, Jun.
Thomas Schoonmaker
Peter Bellinger, Jun.
Frederick Orendorph
Hans Michael Ittig, Jun.
Nichs. Woolaver
Hendrick Spone
Augustus Hess

Christopher Fox
Rudolph Schoonmaker
Samuel Broughman
Jacob Ittigh
Jacob Kesslaer
Nichs. Herckheimer
Hans Dederich Staley
and Geo. Kesslaer, patentees.



Totten and Crossfield--Date, 1786; 25,200 acres; Zephaniah Platt, patentee.
Township No. 42 divided into 127 lots; very few lots granted : township No. 45, township No. 50, divided in lots and sold by the state.



Van Driesen Petrus' Patent--Date, 1737; 1,000 acres
Petrus Van Driesen, patentee.



Van Driesen John's Patent--Date, 1786; 428 acres; John Van Driesen, patentee.



Van Horne's Patent--Date, 1731; 8,000 acres
Abraham Van Horne
Wm. Provoost
Philip Livingston
and Mary Burnet, patentees.



Vaughan's Patent--Date, 1770
John Vaughan
Cornelius Cuyler
Abm. Cuyler
Henry Cuyler
Catharine Cuyler
Andrew Meyer
Adam Borger
and James Stephenson, patentees.



Vrooman's Patent--Date, 1790; 9,760 acres; Isaac Vrooman, patentee.



Vrooman's Patent--Date, 1786; 4,000 acres; Isaac Vrooman, patentee.



Vrooman's Patent--Date, 1790; 433 acres; Isaac Vrooman, patentee.



Watson James' Tract--Date, 1792. This appears to be part of the 1,900,000 acres granted to Alexander Macomb, January 10, 1792.



Winne's Patent-- Date, 1741; 2,000 acres; Peter Winne, patentee.
(There is a tract of 4,000 acres in Canajoharie granted to Peter Winne and James Dillon in 1741).



Walton's Patent--Date, 1768; 12,000 acres

Wm. Walton, Jun.
Jacob Walton
Thomas Walton
Gerard Walton
Abm. Walton
Anthony VanDam

John VanDam
Robert Ross Waddell
John Keen
Wm. Ross
Robert Hyslop
and Christopher Dudley, patentees.



Young's Patent--Date, 1752; 14,000

Theobald Young
Adam Young
Frederick Young
Andries Young
Gerrit Staats
Henry Douw

Jacob Ten Broeck
Gerardus Groesbeck
Benjamin Nicoll
Henry Holland
and Cornelius Ten Broeck, patentees.




Source: Appendix 2, pages 475 - 479 of "History of Herkimer County", by Nathaniel S. Benton, Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell, 1856. Benton's account was a resource for the patent list in the 1869 Herkimer County Gazetteer. Further information about the locations of the patents and the individuals listed should be requested from the Herkimer County Historical Society.




Our appreciation for preparing this most valuable record goes to Kathleen Teague, whose ancestors settled in both Herkimer and Montgomery Counties. This was one difficult list to type and she did a stellar job. Kathleen is researching two common Mohawk Valley surnames, Butler and Fox, and looks forward to meeting other researchers of her early family surnames.

5/14/98: Kathy has been flooded with queries from our visitors asking her for information. FYI, Kathy typed the above information but is not an historian, does not own the book that this passage was typed from, and can't help you with your personal research. We request that you direct queries about the patents to those who know best, our historical societies. Kathy and other typing volunteers would like to correspond with you if you're researching the same families.

"My research is on my ggg-grandparents, John R. L. BUTLER and his wife Margaret Lucretia FOX (Quimbey), who married 23 May 1826. They had twelve children, five of which were born in Herkimer Co. I have them in the Town of Salisbury for the 1830 Census and Town of Manheim for the 1835 Census. The children born during that time were:

"We believe John R. L. Butler was born abt 20 Mar. 1804/06, maybe in Greene Co., and Margaret was born abt 23 May 1805, maybe in Schoharie Co. Oral history has said she was married first to a ____ QUIMBEY and had one son by him, William b. 30 May 1820. I'm looking for John and Margaret's parents, proof of birth for all, and proof, if any, of Margaret's first marriage. I am hoping for church records or something that will help in researching this family. Butler and Fox are very common names in that area. Oral history has also said there may be relatives in the Burtonsville area, Montgomery Co. I have found several cemeteries with my surname in that area, but haven't been able to establish any link to them.

In the 1840 Census they are in the County of Onondaga, Town of Manlius. In the 1850 Census, Town of Constantia, Oswego County. They built a home there. They were listed in the 1875 Census, Town of Constantia, Oswego Co. living alone. In the 1880 Census, Town of Constantia, Oswego Co. Margaret was living with her grandchildren, Leonard and Matilda Wicks, and John died around 1878. The 1875 Census is where we got the information on where John R. L. and Margaret were born. That has not been proven yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated."




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