New Website Features - 2008

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!
Comments and suggestions are always welcome!
upcoming programs in 2009
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More than 230 new items were added during 2008!

Biographical sketch of William B. Hilton (12/30/08)
Biographical sketch of William N. Capron (12/30/08)
Biographical sketch of William Capron (the younger) (12/30/08)
Outline biographical sketch of William Capron (the elder) (12/30/08)
Biographical sketch of tavernkeeper Izrahiah Wetmore (12/20/08)
Biographical sketch of John Cammeron (12/20/08)
Biographical sketch of John Mc Dole (12/20/08)
Notes on the life of Albany resident Alexander Mc Lean (12/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Bovie Radcliff (12/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Hilton (12/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Jacobus J. Hilton (12/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Fryer Hilton (12/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Jacobus Radcliff (b. 1703) (12/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Norton (12/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Radcliff Norton (12/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Mancius (12/10/08)

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 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)
Linked page on the children of Petrus and Anna Van Rensselaer Douw (10/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Rachel Douw (10/15/08)
Linked entry page on the Radcliff/Radley family (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 William R. Hilton (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)
Linked transcription of the abstract of the will of Edward Collins - 1752 (8/30/08)
Linked transcription of the abstract of the will of Abraham Staats - 1683 (8/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Henry Bleecker (8/20/08)
Linked information page on the Great Consistory of 1815 (8/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Henry Radley (Radcliff) (8/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Pieter W. Hilton (8/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Pieter J. Hilton (8/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Petrus Hilton (8/10/08)

Biographical sketch of Jacobus Sharp (7/30/08)
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)
Linked transcription of the will of Volkert Vandenbergh - 1766 (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 Anna Sharp (7/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Ariaantie Sharp (7/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Nehemiah B. Bassett (7/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Vandenbergh Vandenbergh (7/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Henry C. Cuyler (7/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Lydius Cuyler (7/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Volkie Vandenbergh (7/15/08)
Linked transcription of the will of Marcellus Jans Von Bommell (Marselis) - 1690 (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 Henry J. Bleecker (7/10/08)

Biographical sketch of Nicholas Bleecker (1758-1844) (6/30/08)
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)
Biographical sketch of Maria Sharp Monier (6/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Peter Sharp (6/30/08)
Baseline biographical sketch of Elizabeth Staats Sharp (6/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Coenradt Sharp (6/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Anna Vandenbergh Van Zandt (6/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Myndert Lansing (1722-54) (6/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Walter Vanderzee (6/30/08)
Biographical contact page for new Albany city historian Tony Opalka (6/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Van Woert Fryer (6/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Maria Everts Lansing (6/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Myndert Lansing (1767-1814) (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 Thomas Sharp (6/10/08)
Linked transcription of the will of Thomas Sharp - 1771 (6/10/08)
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)
Biographical sketch of Jacob A. Cuyler (5/20/08)
Linked transcription of the will of Pieter Ryckman - 1747 (5/17/08)
Linked transcription of the will of Petrus Ryckman, Jr. - 1749 (5/17/08)
Baseline biographical sketch of Benjamin Kip (5/10/08)
Baseline biographical sketch of James Banks (5/10/08)
Linked transcription of the will of James Banks - 1732 (5/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Lansing Gerritsen (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 Ann Hilton Hooghkerk (4/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Elsie Cuyler Roseboom (4/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick J. Roseboom (4/10/08)

Biographical sketch of Nicholas Van Rensselaer (1754-1848) (3/30/08)
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 Jacob Glen Cuyler (3/25/08)
Biographical sketch of John J. Bleecker (1763-1833) (3/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Barent Bleecker (1760-1840) (3/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Schuyler Bleecker (3/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Elbert Graverat (3/20/08)
Biographical sketch of John Kidney (b. 1724) (3/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Sara Lansing Bleecker (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)
Biographical sketch of Goldsbrow Banyar, Jr. (3/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Maria Jay Banyar (3/5/08)
Biographical sketch of Harmanus Cuyler (3/5/08)
Biographical sketch of Jacob G. Lansing (3/5/08)

Biographical sketch of Isaac Hooghkerk (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Rebecca Fonda Hooghkerk (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Rachel Van Zandt Hooghkerk (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Lucas Hooghkerk, Jr. (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Isaac D. Fonda (b. 1684) (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Martin Hooghkerk (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Ja. Roseboom (2/25/08)
Baseline biographical sketch for Elizabeth Fryer Van Bergen (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Johannes S. Pruyn (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Thaddeus Pomeroy (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Eliza Province Dexter (2/25/08)
Linked transcription of the will of Johannes Wendell - 1691 (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Hooghkerk (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Anna Wendell Schuyler (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Philip P. Schuyler (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Sanders Van Rensselaer (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Matthew Gregory (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Christian Miller (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Schaick Miller (2/25/08)
Biographical sketch of Frans Winne, Jr. (2/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Walters Wendell (2/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Rachel Winne Hallenbeck (2/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Geyer Hewson (2/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Sybrant Van Schaick, Jr. (2/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Anna Roseboom Van Schaick (2/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Dexter (2/15/08)
Biographical sketch of Ann Margarita Helms Yates (2/15/08)
Linked transcription of the will of John Sanders - 1779 (2/10/08)
Baseline biographical sketch of Gershom Mott (2/10/08)
Baseline biographical sketch of Elizabeth Williams Mott (2/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Graverat (2/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Alida Gerritsen Graverat (2/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Glen Van Ingen (2/10/08)
Linked transcription of the will of Elbert Gerritse - 1747 (2/10/08)

Biographical sketch of Hendrick Graverat (1/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Sara Sanders Graverat (1/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Feytie Van Woert Winne (1/30/08)
Linked transcription of the will of William Corry - 1763 (1/30/08)
Biographical sketch of William Corry (1/30/08)
Biographical sketch of Evert Evertsen (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Goewy Evertsen (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Wendell of Massachusetts (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Isaac G. Lansing (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Jannetje Winne Van Wie (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Robert Hewson (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Martina Hogan Evertsen (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Bernardus Evertsen (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Anna Van Zandt Kidney (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Jonathan Kidney (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Vernor Tayler Cooper (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Waldron Van Wie (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Van Wie, Jr. (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Gysbert Van Zandt (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Rebecca Winne Van Zandt (1/20/08)
Biographical note on Evert Evertse (1/20/08)
Biographical note on Hannah Slingerland Evertsen (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Hans Hansen, Jr. (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Hansen (1/20/08)
Biographical sketch of Jellis Winne (1/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Roseboom, Jr. (1/10/08)
Biographical sketch of Sara De Foreest Hansen (1/10/08)
Biographical note on Benjamin Rogers (1/10/08)
Biographical sketch of William Rogers, Jr. (1/10/08)
Biographical sketch of William Rogers, Sr. (1/10/08)

Linked information page on the historians of early Albany (1/1/08)



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