New Website Features - 2003

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 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! Comments and suggestions are always welcome!
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Biographical Studies

272 new items added in 2003!

Biographical profile of Dr. Hunloke Woodruff (12/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Maria Lansing Woodruff (12/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Ezra Ames (12/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Anna Hoffman Ten Eyck Mc Clelland (12/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Coster (12/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Hendrix Lansing Van Den Uythoff (12/30/03)
Biographical profile of Gerrit G. Lansing (12/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Visscher (12/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit Frederickse Lansing (12/25/03)
Partially linked list of men qualified for bounty rights for militia service (12/25/03)
Biographical sketch of author Anne Mc Vickar Grant (12/20/03)
Biographical profile of Melgert Wynantse Vanderpoel (12/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Melgert Melgertse Vanderpoel (12/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Willem Teller (12/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Donchasen Teller (12/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Bradt Visscher (12/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Geertje Van Schaick Coster Lansing (12/10/03)
Biographical profile of Col. Peter Matthews (12/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Vincent Matthews (12/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Cornelise Bogert (12/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Barbara Marselis Bogert (12/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Gardinier Cooper (12/10/03)
Biographical profile of Isaac Bogert (12/5/03)
Biographical profile of Thomas S. Diamond (12/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Hendrickie Oothout Bogert (12/5/03)
Biographical profile of Jesse De Foreest (12/5/03)
Biographical profile of Philip De Foreest (12/5/03)
Biographical profile of Omi La Grange (12/5/03)
Biographical profile of Jannetie Quackenbush Bogert (12/5/03)

Biographical profile of John G. Van Schaick (11/30/03)
Biographical profile of Abraham Van Tricht (11/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Robert Wynkoop Lansing (11/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Ariaantie Bradt Otten Schermerhorn (11/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Helena Sanders Lansing (11/30/03)
Biographical profile of Dr. William Mc Clelland (11/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Johannes G. Lansing (11/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Daniel Ertzbeger (11/25/03)
Biographical profile of Elizabeth Hilton Fryer (11/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Teller Van Tricht Vanderpoel (11/25/03)
Biographical profile of Hendrick I. Bogert (11/15/03)
Biographical profile of Johannes Vinhagen (11/15/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Elizabeth Teller Vanderpoel (11/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Tricht Vinhagen (11/15/03)
Biographical sketch of William Hilton, Jr. (11/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Maria Vanderpoel Van Schaick (11/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Anna Ten Broeck Van Schaick (11/15/03)
Linked entry page on the Bogert family (11/15/03)
Linked transcription of the will of John Fryer (11/10/03)
Biographical profile of Isaac I. Fryer (11/10/03)
Biographical profile of John Fryer (11/10/03)
Published Laws and Ordinances of Albany (1773) (11/5/03)
Biographical profile of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (11/5/03)
Biographical profile of Ryer Schermerhorn (11/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Hannah Van Zandt Fryer (11/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Fryer (11/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Fryer (11/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Fryer (11/5/03)
Linked entry page on the Fryer family (11/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Anthony S. Van Schaick (11/5/03)
Access page on new Research Projects at the CAP (11/5/03)

Biographical profile of Captain John Bogert (10/25/03)
Biographical profile of Hendrick Ten Eyck, Jr. (10/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Jan Dirckse Vinhagen (10/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Beekman (10/25/03)
Biographical profile of Jacob Janse Schermerhorn (10/25/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Jacob Janse Schermerhorn (10/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Susanna Bradt Van Schoonhoven (10/25/03)
Biographical profile of Lydia Fryer Visscher (10/25/03)
Biographical profile of Matthew Visscher (10/25/03)
Biographical profile of Anthony Van Schaick, Sr. (10/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Debora Hansen Beekman (10/20/03)
Information page on the Masonic Lodge in early Albany (10/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Mayke Oothout Hun (10/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Douw Ten Eyck (10/20/03)
Biographical profile of Catharina Van Schaick Gansevoort (10/20/03)
Biographical profile of Wessel Van Schaick (10/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Maria Gerritse Van Schaick (10/15/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Wessel Van Schaick (10/15/03)
Biographical profile of Gerrit W. Van Schaick (10/15/03)
Biographical profile of Anthony E. Bradt (10/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Susanna Dircks Bradt (10/15/03)
Biographical profile of Cornelis Van Santvoort (10/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Ariaantie Bradt Van Santvoort (10/15/03)
Biographical sketch of John Waters (10/15/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie (10/10/03)
Biographical sketch of John Finn/Fine (10/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie (10/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Isabella Ellison (10/5/03)
Biographical sketch of David Newland (10/5/03)

Biographical profile of Isaac Casperse Hallenbeck (9/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Waldron Clark (9/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Patrick Clark (9/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Dorothea Bosch Hallenbeck (9/25/03)
Biographical profile of John Van Rensselaer (9/20/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Johannes Van Rensselaer (9/20/03)
Biographical profile of Martin Beekman (9/20/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Martin and Geertruy Beekman (9/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Visscher Beekman (9/15/03)
Linked entry page on the Van Schaick family (9/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Maria Marselis Lansing (9/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Engeltie Livingston Van Rensselaer (9/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Harmanse Hun (9/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Roseboom Lansing (9/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Santvoort Wendell (9/10/03)
Brief biographical sketch of Anna Hogan Trotter (9/10/03)
Biographical sketch of John Trotter, Sr. (9/10/03)
Information page on the Kayaderosseras Patent (9/10/03)
Linked entry page on the Schuyler family (9/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Gerritje Ten Eyck Gansevoort (9/5/03)
Biographical profile of Anthony Van Schaick, Jr. (9/5/03)
Biographical profile of David. A. Schuyler (9/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Maria Hansen Schuyler (9/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Maria Egberts Lieverse (9/5/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Anthony Van Schaick (9/5/03)
Linked entry page on the Hansen family (9/5/03)
Partially linked transcription of the Watervliet portion of the Census of 1790 (9/1/03)

Biographical profile of Magdalena Douw Stevenson (8/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Whetten Dean (8/25/03)
Biographical profile of Henry Glen (8/25/03)
New information page on the Albany Landscape (8/25/03)
New entry page on brewers (8/25/03)
Biographical profile of James Robertson (8/20/03)
Biographical profile of Alexander Robertson (8/20/03)
Biographical profile of Benjamin Hilton, Jr. (8/20/03)
Biographical profile of Johannes Gansevoort (8/15/03)
Biographical profile of Leendert Gansevoort (8/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Catharina De Wandelaer Gansevoort (8/15/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Leendert Gansevoort (8/15/03)
Biographical profile of Doctor Peter Gansevoort (8/15/03)
Biographical profile of General Peter Gansevoort (8/15/03)
Linked entry page on the Gansevoort family (8/10/03)
New information page on the issue of fair use of resources (8/10/03)
Biographical profile of Harmen Gansevoort (8/10/03)
Biographical profile of Maria Conyn Gansevoort (8/5/03)
Biographical profile of Harmen Harmanse Gansevoort (8/5/03)
Biographical profile of George Wray (8/5/03)
Linked entry page on the Ten Broeck family (8/5/03)
Biographical profile of Thomas Williams (8/5/03)
Biographical profile of Catharina Ten Broeck Wray (8/5/03)

Biographical profile of Magdalena Douw Gansevoort (7/30/03)
Biographical profile of Agnietje Gansevoort Williams (7/30/03)
Biographical sketch of John Heaton (7/30/03)
Description of the Public Square (7/25/03)
Biographical profile of Abraham Schuyler (7/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Eva Beekman Schuyler (7/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Edward Williams (7/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Maria Hogan Williams (7/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Christopher Monk (7/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Mary Trotter Wendell (7/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Francis Bloodgood (7/15/03)
Image Map of the Eights painting of Market Street about 1805 (7/15/03)
Image Map of the Miller plan of 1695 (7/15/03)
Image Map of the Roemer plan of 1698 (7/15/03)
Image Map of the greater Albany region in 1776 (7/15/03)
Image Map of the De Witt plan of 1794 (7/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Anna Hun Bassett (7/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Anna Vanderzee Becker (7/5/03)
Biographical profile of John C. Fredenreich (7/5/03)
Biographical profile of Rip Van Dam (7/5/03)

Albany Court Minutes from 1684 defining city wards (6/25/03)
Biographical profile of William Hilton - the elder (6/25/03)
Biographical sketch of John Vernor, Sr. (6/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Robert Story (6/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Susanna Lansing Hogan (6/25/03)
Biographical profile of Claes Ripse Van Dam (6/20/03)
Biographical profile of Benjamin Hilton (6/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Mary Price Hilton (6/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Maria Beekman Hogan (6/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Simon Myer (6/20/03)
Linked entry page on the Hilton family (6/20/03)
Biographical profile of William Hogan - the younger (6/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Lynott De Witt (6/15/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Jurrian and Maria Hogan (6/15/03)
Biographical sketch of John Deyermand (6/5/03)
Biographical profile of Volkert Janse Douw (6/10/03)
Biographical profile of Philip Livingston, signer of the Declaration of Independence (6/10/03)
Linked entry page on the Hogan family (6/10/03)
Biographical profile of John Vernor - the younger (6/5/03)
Biographical profile of John Price (6/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Eva Van Valkenburgh Vernor (6/5/03)

Biographical profile of Martha Vernor (5/30/03)
Biographical profile of Sarah Packard Wendell (5/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Ryckman Price (5/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Packard (5/30/03)
Biographical profile of Jane Gregg Edgar (5/30/03)
Biographical profile of Jurrian Hogan (5/30/03)
Linked transcription of the will of David Pieterse Schuyler (5/30/03)
Revised biographical profile of General Philip Schuyler (5/25/03)
Biographical profile of Stephen Lush (5/25/03)
Biographical profile of David Edgar (5/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Dunbar Chestney (5/20/03)
Biographical profile of James Chestney (5/20/03)
Biographical profile of Johannes Becker, Jr. (5/20/03)
Biographical profile of John Tayler (5/20/03)
Linked entry page on the Douw family (5/10/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Hugh Denniston (5/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Lydia Van Valkenburgh Bloodgood (5/10/03)
Biographical profile of James Bloodgood (5/10/03)
Biographical profile of Abraham Bloodgood (5/10/03)
Biographical profile of Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh Lynott Bloodgood (5/5/03)

Linked transcription of the joint will of William and Martina Hogan (4/30/03)
Biographical sketch of Lt. John Price (4/30/03)
Biographical profile of Peter W. Yates (4/20/03)
Biographical profile of Margarita Van Valkenburgh Tayler (4/20/03)
Biographical sketch of Rachel Van Valkenburgh Denniston (4/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Martina Hogan Brown (4/15/03)
Biographical profile of Hugh Denniston (4/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Rev. Thomas Brown (4/15/03)
Biographical profile of Rev. John Ogilvie (4/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Lynott (4/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Douw (4/10/03)
Biographical profile of Myndert Frederickse Van Iveren (4/10/03)
Biographical profile of Carsten Frederickse Van Iveren (4/10/03)
Entry page for the Myndertse/Van Iveren family (4/10/03)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Mynderts Van Bergen Douw (4/10/03)
Biographical profile of Dr. Joseph Young (4/5/03)
Biographical profile of Dr. Thomas Young (4/5/03)
Biographical profile of John Tunnicliff (4/5/03)
Biographical profile of Baruch Hays (4/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Rachel Norton Milton (4/5/03)

Biographical profile of Marte Gerritse Van Bergen (3/25/03)
Inventory of the estate of Marte Gerritse (3/25/03)
Biographical profile of Margarita Radcliff Van Valkenburgh (3/20/03)
Biographical profile of Jacobus Van Valkenburgh (3/20/03)
Biographical profile of Elsie Van Kleeck Sanders (3/15/03)
Biographical profile of Robert Sanders (3/15/03)
Entry page for the Sanders family (3/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Sanders (3/15/03)
Biographical profile of Elizabeth Sanders Wendell (3/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Sara De Foreest Hun (3/10/03)
Biographical profile of Daniel Winne (3/10/03)
Biographical profile of Barnabus Winterscale (3/5/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Jan J. Becker (3/15/03)
Biographical sketch of Elsie Wendell Staats (3/5/03)
Biographical profile of Jan J. Becker, Sr. (3/5/03)
Biographical profile of Evert Janse Wendell, Jr. (3/5/03)
Biographical profile of Dirck Hun (3/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Hogan Hun (3/5/03)
Biographical sketch of Anna Barents Bradt (3/5/03)
Biographical profile of William Staats (3/5/03)

Biographical sketch of Hendrick Hallenbeck (2/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Frederick Harmanse Visscher (2/25/03)
Linked diagram of nineteenth-century South Pearl Street (2/25/03)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Staats (2/25/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Jacob Staats (2/25/03)
Biographical sketch of John Burgiss (2/20/03)
Brief biographical sketch of Catherine Burgiss Mc Elcheran (2/20/03)
Linked access page for the Hun family (2/10/03)
Linked transcription of the will of Evert Wendell, Jr. (2/10/03)
Linked transcription of a loyalty oath from 1699 (2/10/03)
New biographical sketch of George Mc Elcheran (2/10/03)
New biographical sketch of Abraham Staats (2/10/03)
New biographical sketch of Hendrick Cuyler (2/10/03)
New biographical sketch of Anna Schepmoes Cuyler (2/10/03)
Linked access page for the Cuyler family (2/10/03)
New biographical sketch of Catharina Bleecker Cuyler (2/10/03)
New biographical sketch of Abraham Cuyler (2/5/03)
New biographical sketch of William Hogan (2/5/03)
New biographical sketch of Martina Becker Hogan (2/5/03)
New biographical sketch of Anna Yates Staats (2/5/03)

Expanded exposition on the Albany Dutch church (1/30/03)
New biographical sketch of Ann Lott Staats (1/30/03)
Linked access page for the Staats family (1/30/03)
New biographical sketch of Elizabeth Dox Winne (1/30/03)
New biographical sketch of William Hun (1/25/03)
New biorgraphical sketch of Bristol Johnson (1/25/03)
New biographical sketch of Abraham Staats (1/25/03)
Description of New York in 1695 by Rev. John Miller (1/25/03)
New biographical sketch of Henry Staats (1/20/03)
New biographical sketch of Tryntie Wessels Staats (1/20/03)
New entry page on Tanners and Tanning (1/20/03)
New biographical sketch of Jannetje Bancker Winne (1/15/03)
New biographical sketch of Thomas Allicott (1/15/03)
New biographical sketch of Thomas Allicott, Jr. (1/15/03)
New biographical sketch of Jochem Wessels (1/15/03)
New biographical sketch of Elsie Douw Fonda (1/15/03)
New biographical sketch of Rachel Vanderheyden Stringer (1/10/03)
New biographical sketch of Cornelia Hun Fonda (1/10/03)
Linked Tantillo painting entitled "Return of the Experiment" (1/5/03)
New biographical sketch of Christina Roff (1/5/03)
New biographical sketch of Frans Winne (1/5/03)
New biographical sketch of Lydia Stringer Lush (1/5/03)


New Features - 2002

New Features - 2001

New Features - 2000


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