New Website Features - 2004

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. Please remember that we consider every page to be "in-progress" and will be revised whenever necessary!
Comments and suggestions are always welcome!
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300 new items activated in 2004

Partially linked city assessment roll for 1709 (12/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Hugh Orr (12/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Debora Staats Roseboom (12/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Matthew Trotter (12/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Ketelhuyn Bradt (12/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Barentse Bradt (12/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Dominie Godfredius Dellius (12/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Jan Nack (12/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Jacobse Truax (12/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Ostrander (12/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Abraham A. Lansing (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Ryckie Van Schaick Lansing (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Philip Young (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Peter Young (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Wilkinson Van Zandt (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Van Zandt, Jr. (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Daniel Hale (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Roseboom (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick M. Roseboom (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Ten Eyck Roseboom (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit Ryckse Van Vranken (12/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Myndert Roseboom (12/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit Roseboom (12/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Roeloff Kidney (12/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Robert Dunbar (12/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Roeloff Gerritse Vanderwerken (12/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Gysbertje Lansing Roseboom (12/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Livinius Winne (12/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Teuntje Martens Winne (12/10/04)

Linked entry page for the Egberts family (11/25/04)
Linked entry page for the Roseboom family (11/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Switts Roseboom (11/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Roseboom, Jr. (11/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Janse Roseboom (11/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Rebecca Vanderheyden Bradt (11/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Gysbert Roseboom (11/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Schuyler Switts (11/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Susanna Switts Van Ness (11/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Lewis Top (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of John Top (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Meese Vrooman (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Bogert Quackenbush (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Richard Thompson (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Edge (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Hoesen Dunbar (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of John Dunbar (11/10/04)
Linked will of John Dunbar (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Bata Winne Dunbar (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Vandenbergh Quackenbush (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Pruyn, Jr. (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Wouter Pieterse Quackenbush (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of John Kidney (11/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Vanderwerken Kidney (11/10/04)

Linked will of Jacob Visscher (10/30/04)
Linked will of Johannes Van Vechten (10/30/04)
Biographical sketch of William Nottingham (10/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Switts (10/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Switts (10/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Christopher Beeckman (10/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Aernout C. Viele (10/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Wouter Quackenbush, Jr. (10/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Vrooman Switts (10/15/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Geertie Ten Eyck (10/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Peter D. Beekman (10/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Pruyn (10/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Amelia Sanders Pruyn (10/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Daniel Hogan (10/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Nottingham Visscher (10/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Susanna Egberts Visscher (10/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Visscher (10/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Leendert Phillipse Conyn (10/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Myndert Roseboom (10/5/04)

Biographical sketch of Jacob Conradtse Ten Eyck (9/30/04)
Biographical sketch of John Gilbert (9/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Hester Visscher Switts (9/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Switts (9/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Vinhagen Roseboom (9/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Coeymans Ten Eyck (9/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Schermerhorn Ten Eyck (9/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Staats Van Santvoort (9/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Barent Ten Eyck (9/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Abraham E. Wendell (9/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Anthony A. Bradt (9/15/04)

Biographical sketch of Anna Jans Ryers Gerrits (8/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Adrian Janse Van Ilpendam (8/30/04)
Biographical profile of Gabriel Thompson (8/30/04)
Linked transcription of the inventory of the estate of Gabriel Thompson (8/30/04)
Biographical profile of Anthony B. Bradt (8/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit Van Ness (8/15/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Gerrit Van Ness (8/15/04)
Linked notice of the will of Egbert Teunise (8/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Willempie Egberts Bradt (8/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Bleecker Wendell (8/15/04)

Biographical sketch of Teunis Teunisse Egbertse (7/30/04)
Linked transcription of the joint will of Teunis and Egbertie Teunisse Egberts (7/30/04)
Biographical sketch and access page for Jacob Leisler (7/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Nanning Harmanse Visscher (7/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Alida Vinhagen Visscher (7/15/04)
Linked entry page for the Visscher family (7/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Patten Van Allen (7/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Engeltie Beekman Egberts (7/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Egbert Teunise (Egberts) (7/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Bradt Egberts/Teunise (7/15/04)
Biographical profile of Teunis Egbertse (7/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Debora Beekman Staats (7/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Christina Starenberg Campbell (7/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Sara Goewy Van Vechten (7/5/04)

Biographical sketch of Gerrit Staats (6/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Anna Egberts Bradt (6/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Bleecker Ten Eyck (6/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Ten Eyck (6/25/04)
Biographical profile of Margaret Schuyler Van Rensselaer (6/25/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Dirck Harmanse Visscher (6/25/04)
Biographical profile of Dirck Harmanse Visscher (6/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Pieter Van Allen (6/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Teller Van Allen Van Ness (6/15/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Johannes Visscher (6/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Visscher (6/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Anna Staats Visscher Roorbach (6/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Teunise Van Vechten (6/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Dirck Barentse Bradt (6/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Willempie Bradt Van Santvoort (6/5/04)
Biographical profile of Jacob H. Ten Eyck (6/5/04)
Linked subscription list for 1689 (6/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Engeltie Van Woert Van Deusen (6/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Melgert Abrahamse Van Deusen (6/5/04)
Inventory of the estate of Hendrick Bogert - 1788 (6/5/04)

Biographical sketch of Hendrick G. Lansing (5/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Willem Van Allen (5/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Thomas J. Hun (5/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Wendell Hun (5/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Schuyler Van Cortlandt (5/30/04)
Biographical profile of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (5/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Jochem Staats (5/30/04)
Baseline sketch of Elizabeth Schuyler Staats (5/30/04)
Baseline sketch of Isaac Van Valkenburgh (5/30/04)
Biographical sketch of George Bradshaw (5/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Wendell Lansing (5/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Dyckman Hale (5/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Van Tricht Douw (5/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Volckert Douw (5/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes V. Douw (5/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (5/5/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Johannes V. Douw (5/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Beeck Salisbury Van Dyck Bradshaw (5/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Milne (5/5/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Barent Staats (5/5/04)

Biographical sketch of John Roorbach (4/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Jannetje Bogert Douw (4/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Bogert (4/25/04)
Information page on the painting entitled "Boy of the Van Rensselaer Family" (4/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Hun (4/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Archibald Campbell (4/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Anna Winne Hun (4/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Elsie Hun Lansing (4/20/04)
Linked access page for the North End of Albany (4/20/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Johannes Hun (4/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Reverend John Milne (4/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Vandenbergh Staats (4/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Joshua Bloore (4/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Barent Staats (4/15/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Jacobus Van Valkenburgh (4/5/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Margarita Radcliff Van Valkenburgh (4/5/04)
Image map of the Eights painting of Court Street (4/5/04)
Biographical profile of Thomas Barry (4/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Ann Barry (4/5/04)
Information page on Traditional Sources (4/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Peter Lansing (4/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Staats Schuyler (4/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Philip Lansing (4/1/04)
Biographical sketch of Jacobus Schuyler (4/1/04)
Baseline biographical sketch of Gysbert Marselis (4/1/04)
Linked transcription of the will of James Gourlay (4/1/04)
Biographical sketch of Anna Schuyler Gourlay [Vandervoort] (4/1/04)
Biographical sketch of James Gourlay (1772-1861) (4/1/04)
Biographical sketch of James Gourlay (the elder) (4/1/04)
Biographical sketch of Silvester Salisbury (4/1/04)

Biographical sketch of Wouter Vanderzee (3/30/04)
Baseline biographical sketch of Jannetje Swart Vanderzee (3/30/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Silvester Salisbury (3/30/04)
Biographical sketch of John Christie (3/30/04)
Biographical note for Alexander Laverty (3/30/04)
Biographical sketch of surgeon Jacob D'Hinsse (3/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Barret Christie (3/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Barent Egberts (3/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria De Garmo Egberts (3/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Van Benthuysen Becker Parker Van Deusen (3/25/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Stephanus Groesbeck (3/25/04)
Access page on the Real Estate holdings of early Albany people (3/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Tryntie Carstens Van Iveren (3/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Jannetie Van Vechten Lansing (3/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Jacob A. Ten Eyck (3/20/04)
Biographical profile of William James (3/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Tillman James (3/20/04)
Biographical sketch of John Kirk (3/20/04)
Biographical sketch of the short life of the slave Bet (3/20/04)
Biographical profile of Cornelis Van Dyck (3/20/04)
Biographical sketch of James Stevenson, Jr. (3/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Swords (3/20/04)
Biographical sketch of James Parker (3/20/04)
Biographical profile of Hendrick Van Dyck (3/10/04)
Biographical profile of Maria Schuyler Van Dyck (3/10/04)
Biographical profile of Abraham Van Vechten (3/10/04)
Biographical profile of Stephanus Groesbeck (3/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Lansing Groesbeck (3/10/04)
Linked list of fur traders petitioning the court in 1681 (3/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Eva Vinhagen Beekman (3/10/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Johannes M. Beekman (3/10/04)
Biographical profile of Johannes M. Beekman (3/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Bata Van Slichtenhorst Clute (3/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Jan Clute, Jr. (3/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Wendell Marselis (3/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Halliday (3/1/04)
Biographical sketch of Hilletie Scott Halliday (3/1/04)
List of the men in John Schuyler's troop [1715] (3/1/04)
Biographical profile of Philip Cuyler (3/1/04)
Biographical sketch of Sarah Stevenson Christie (3/1/04)
Biographical sketch of Gabriel Christie (3/1/04)
Biographical profile of James Dole (3/1/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Albert Ryckman (3/1/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Cornelis Cuyler (3/1/04)
Biographical sketch of Sarah Tweedy Cuyler (3/1/04)
Petition of Albany Merchants dated 1764 (3/1/04)
Biographical sketch of slave Pomp (3/1/04)
Linked description of the Great Fire of 1793 (3/1/04)
Biographical profile of Omie La Grange, Jr. (3/1/04)
Biographical profile of Elsie Van Loon La Grange Egberts (3/1/04)

Image map of the Eights painting of the northern end of Pearl Street (2/25/04)
Biographical profile of Catharina Groesbeck Schuyler (2/25/04)
Information page on the Huguenots (2/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Cathalina Hun Lansing (2/25/04)
Biographical sketch of Anna Wendell Ten Eyck (2/25/04)
Biographical profile of Catharina Schuyler Van Vechten (2/25/04)
Biographical profile of Cornelis Bogert (2/15/04)
Biographical profile of Anna Van Santvoort Dole (2/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Dorothe Van Breestede Douw (2/15/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Jacob Beekman (2/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Lansing, Jr. (2/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Johannes G. Lansing (2/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Janet Addy Rottery (2/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Sara Groenendyck Stevenson (2/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Ten Broeck Coster (2/10/04)
Biographical profile of Anthony Coster (2/10/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Cornelis Bogert (2/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Anna Beekman Marselis (2/10/04)
Linked entry page on the La Grange family (2/10/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Jan Clute (2/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Jan Clute (2/10/04)
Biographical sketch of Susanna Bayeux Schuyler (2/10/04)
Linked transcription of the will of James Stevenson (2/10/04)
Biographical sketch of John Scott (2/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Paulus Martense Van Benthuysen (2/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Van Kleeck Van Benthuysen (2/5/04)
Biographical profile of James Stevenson (2/5/04)
Linked transcription of the will of David Rottery (2/5/04)
Biographical profile of Pieter Schuyler, Jr. (2/5/04)
Biographical profile of Magdalena Gansevoort Ten Eyck (2/5/04)
Biographical profile of Maria Van Rensselaer Schuyler (2/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Henry Hart (2/5/04)
Biographical profile of Jeremias Schuyler (2/5/04)

Biographical profile of Petrus Van Driessen (1/30/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Petrus Van Driessen (1/20/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Eva Cuyler Van Driessen (1/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Eva Cuyler Van Driessen (1/30/04)
Biographical profile of Maria Van Antwerpen La Grange (1/30/04)
Biographical sketch of Dorothea Oothout Bogert (1/30/04)
Biographical profile of Madame Margarita Schuyler (1/25/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Margarita Schuyler (1/20/04)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Schuyler Lansing (1/20/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Hendrick Janse Oothout (1/20/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Phillipus Schuyler (1/20/04)
Biographical profile of Dr. Wilhelmus Mancius (1/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Anna Ten Eyck Mancius (1/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Wouter Albertse Van Den Uythoff (1/15/04)
Biographical profile of Col. Phillipus Schuyler (1/15/04)
Biographical profile of Jacobus La Grange (1/15/04)
Biographical profile of Arie La Grange (1/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Anna De Vies La Grange (1/15/04)
Biographical sketch of Joseph Newland (1/15/04)
Biographical profile of Col. Goose Van Schaick (1/15/04)
Linked transcription of the will of Goose Van Schaick (1/5/04)
Biographical profile of Maria Ten Broeck Van Schaick (1/5/04)
Biographical profile of Johannes G. Marselis (1/5/04)
Biographical profile of Catharina Douw Oothout (1/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Tryntie Kip De Foreest (1/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Anna Van Schaick (1/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Maria Hooghkerk Heaton (1/5/04)
Biographical sketch of Mary Mc Lane Diamond (1/5/04)
Baseline biographical sketch of Engeltie Van Schaick Bogert (1/5/04)
Biographical profile of Hendrick Janse Oothout (1/5/04)

272 new items added in 2003!


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