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From Patty Vella, 14.May 2001, from MayBell Dingman Mattison to be read at a family reunion- year unknown (MayBell died in 1947)-
Turn your thoughts to 1840, when our other grandfather and grandmother and family (Isaac and Amy Ellsworth Brock), came to Hebron. Can you young people visualize the trip? A yoke of oxen, and six weeks on the road from Grafton, NY to Hebron, Potter Co, PA-- a day's trip, or a little more, with your automobile. Imagine them reaching here and choosing a spot, cutting down trees, and clearing a space large enough, at first, to build a log cabin. Then the real struggle began, to keep the wolf from the door in more than one sense of the word. I've listened to my mother tell how, as a child, she had sat on the door-step and listened to the howling of the wolves close by. The future can never bring anything to us that we should be more proud of than our brave old ancestors, "heroes and heroines."
Mother dear (Mary Angeline Brock Dingman) was only six monhs old when she made that trip. But I fancy she was as happy as any of the weary travelers. Often it was hard to find a place to stop overnight. Grandma said once, they stopped at an inn, but everything was so mysterious and queer, they were afraid to stay after resting the stock. (I think they brought a cow and a calf.) Then they started on the road again. How worn and weary they must have been before they reached Potter Co! ___________________
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Record for Jacob Dingman - Bio Jacob Dingman - Some History of the Old Dingman Place
Bio Jacob Dingman
•Birth*: 1671, Hurley, Ulster Co., New York, U.S.A., Date c 1678 per IGI Record. Date 1671 Per GEDCOM of Nancy Moshier, Aug 1, 2002.2
•Marriage*: 9 October 1698, Kingston, Ulster Co., New York, U.S.A., "Albert's granddaughter Eva Swartout married Jacob Dingman, son of Adam who arrived in New York in the mid-1600s. ... movd to Albany in 1655." from not of Judy Watten, Nov 28, 1999 - found in Famous Dingmans Book, Ruth & Emerson Smart's Books, Jan 16, 2004.
Date per Kathleen Last's Web Site. Per GEDCOM of Nancy Moshier, Aug 1, 2002., Principal=Jacob Dingman3,4
•Death*: after 1745, New York, U.S.A., Per IGI Record.2
•Married Name: 9 October 1698, Dingman
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Citations:1.Surname spelling Swartwoud per Kathleen Last's Web Site, Jan 14, 2003.
2.[S19] IGI Record, online unknown url.
3.[S18] Adam Dingman of Kinderhook, online http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/calm/…, Kathleen Last.
4.[S53] Unknown compiler, RuthEm.
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Some History of the Old Dingman Place
THE OLD DINGMAN PLACE.
Adam Dingmans was born on Wednesday, 31 Aug 1631 in Haarlem, the Netherlands, the second of five children born to Gerrit Dingmans and Janneke Teeuwese . He died in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, on November 19, 1683. In his early twenties, Adam left Haarlem and came to North America, apparently the only member of his family to emigrate. He arrived in New Amsterdam (at New York) at about the time the city was transferred from Dutch to English control.[1].
By 1655, he had moved up the Hudson River to Albany County, New York. In 1663, he was living in Greenbush in the same county. .
He was in his late thirties in about 1668 when he finally married Aeltje Jacobsen Gardinier, daughter of the Jacob Janse Gardinier and Josyna Gardinier. Aeltje, who was twenty-two, had been born in 1646 in Albany County and was thus first-generation American. Her parents were among the earliest settlers in the area. In 1670, the first child of Adam and Aeltje was born, a daughter Janneke. .
The family of Adam’s wife, Aeltje Gardinier Dingmans:.
Jacob Janse Gardenier of Kampen, Overijssel, The Netherlands was born in The Netherlands in 1616, and died in New York in 1688. Josijna _____ of Albany, New York was born in 1626, and died in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, on January 28, 1669. They were married in Albany, New York, in 1646. She took the name Josijna Gardenier. He is the son of Jans Gardenier. They had nine children: .
i. .Jan Jacobse Gardenier: He was born in about 1644 in Albany, New York, and died on June 24, 1696. He married Sara Janse Van Bremen. .
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ii. .Aeltie Jacobse Gardenier [#1931]: She was born in New Albany, Albany County, New York, about 1650, and died on November 19, 1683. .
iii. .Josina Jans Jacomyntje Gardenier: She was borh in about 1655 in what is now Albany, New York. She married Maas Cornilisz Bloemendaal. .
iv. .Albert Jacobse Gardenier: He was born in about 1659 in what is now Albany, New York. He married Marritje Harmens. .
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v. .Andries Jacobse Gardenier: He was born in about 1660 in what is now Albany, New York, and died in 1717. He married Eytje Ariaansz on 13 Nov 1692. .
vi. .Hendrick Jacobse Gardenier: He was born in about 1660 in what is now Albany, New York. His will was proved on April 7, 1695. He married Neeltie Claes. .
vii. .Elizabeth Gardenier: She was born on February 11, 1662, in what is now Albany, New York. She married Thomas Swarthout. .
viii. .Samuel Jacobsz Gardenier: He was born in about 1664 in what is now Albany, New York, and died in 1740. He married Helena Dirksz Bye (or Byvang). .
ix. .[child]: born about 1666 in what is now Albany, New York; died on June 29, 1666. .
His second marriage was to Barentie Straetsman. .
The family moved to Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, in 1682. [2].
Gardenier aka Flodder was one of the original patenees or purchasers of land in Kinderhook from the Indians in 1667:.
Flodder/Baker (Kinderhook) .
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Jacob Jansen FlodderCapt. John Baker.
The third important Patent, especially important because of the long-continued litigation to which it gave rise, was the Baker and Flodder Patent. The names have been mistakenly reversed hitherto, and nothing known, it was said, of the patentees. We are happy to make them known. As was always required, the tract had previously been purchased of the Indian owners. The consideration was “one blanket, one axe, three hoes, two bars of lead, three handsful of powder, one knif and one kettle.” Shortly after this purchase Governor Nicolls issued a Patent for the tract to Captain John Baker and Jacob Jansen Flodder..
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Because of its importance in connection with subsequent land-litigation, we give its descriptive part in full (Land Patents, vol. ii., p 244), date, April 15, 1667:.
‘A Confirmacon Granted unto Capt. John Baker and Jacob Jansen Flodder have with my Lycense made Purchase of ye Indian proprietors of a Certaine parrcell of Bushland near ffort Albany together with a Creek or Kill with the fall of waters running North and South lying and being on ye north syde of Eunick’s Land at Kinder Hooke and on ye West side of the great Kill conteyning by estimacon - Acres of Land ye Deed of Purchase from ye said Indians bearing date at fort Albany March 18, 1666.’.
We call attention to the original spelling of “Emikee,” of later renown..
The grantees, it would seem, were permitted to make their own “esimacon”[3].
“Flodder also has been known in former sketches of our history. From the records of Albany County we learn that he was a carpenter who came from Campen in 1637, and incurred the displeasure of the Patroon by demanding higher wages than he thought proper. From the same records, and also from Professor Pearson’s First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, we glean the information that Flodder was an alias for Gardenier. Happily no discredit is implied to the “alihs,” for it was not uncommon for a man to have two or even three names, either which he would use with charming inconsistencey as his modd might be. This Flodder then was no other than Jacob Janse Gardenier, one of the ancestors of many families of that name long and honorably known in Kinderhook and Schodack. Tradition alleges that he was a famous gardener; whence possibly his later surname..
“The descendants of Jacob Jansen Flodder will forgive him we trust for prematurely selling his real estate in New York City as narrated in early records. In 1656 he bought a tract of land on Wall Streett, between William and Pearl, having a frontage of 290 feet, but soon subdivided and resold all except a strip in the rear washed by the waters of the bay. In 1665 complaint was made to the ‘Hon Prudent and Very Discreet Gentleman, the Commissiaries & Schout of Albania,” that Flodder had allowed fences and sheet piling to fall in decay to the injury of his neighbors. He was ordered to build up and line the bank situate before his lot on the East river.” No attention seems to have been paid thereto for a year, for he was then ordered to make repairs within six weeks, in default of which the land was to be sold by execution.[4].
Adam and Aeltie Dingman.
Adam and Aeltie Dingman were married in Columbia County, New York, in 1668 . She took the name Aeltie Jacobse Dingman. Their marriage place has also been reported as Albany, New York.. She is the daughter of Jacob Janse and Josijna (_____) Gardenier. They had seven children: .
i. .Janneke Dingman: She was born in about 1670 in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. She married Pieter Barentsz, their marriage banns were on February 5, 1688. .
ii. .Jacob Dingman: He was born in about 1673 in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. He married Eva Swartwoud on October 9, 1698. .
iii. .Sara Dingman [#965]: She was born in Kinderhook in about 1676, and died in Kinderhook in 1746. .
iv. .Rachel Dingman: She was born in about 1683 in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. She married Pieter Ostrander on June 4, 1704; their marriage date has also been reported as May 31, 1704. .
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v. .Josyntie Adams Dingman: She was christened on September 28, 1684, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. She married Pieter Lourense Van Alen on January 7, 1705. .
vi. .Garrit Dingman: He was christened on January 16, 1687, in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York He married Cornelia Gardenier on September 22, 1714. .
vii. .Catalijna Dingman: She was born in about 1690 in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. She married Johannes Barhite on March 23, 1718. [5].
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NOTE: Either the death dates are wrong (not unlikely given the source) or there is a second marriage involved here - some of the children were born or christened after both parents died..
By 1655, Adam Dingman had moved up the Hudson River to Albany County, New York. In 1663, he was living in Greenbush in the same county. .
He was in his late thirties in about 1668 when he finally married Aeltje Jacobsen Gardinier, daughter of Jacob Janse Gardinier and Josyna Gardinier. Aeltje, who was twenty-two, had been born in 1646 in Albany County and was thus first-generation American. Her parents were among the earliest settlers in the area..
In 1670, the first child of Adam and Aeltje was born, a daughter Janneke. .
In 1671, when Adam was forty-one years old, he was appointed Roadmaster at Kinderhook, also in Albany County. This was a position of some importance at the time. He still held this position in 1675 when he was also appointed "path and fence viewer." He was also Deputy Sheriff during the year of 1679. During this time of civic service and employment, a son Jacob was born (about 1675) (who m. Eva Swartout) and a daughter Sara (Sarah) followed about 1677. (Sara married Johannes Van Alen.).
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“The Fort Orange Minutes, April 25, 1671, give the first definite information concerning our highways. Therein we read: “At the request of inhabitants and property owners behind the Kinderhoeck, Pieter Van Alen, and Adam Dinghmans are elected road-masters, and Jacob Martense messenger to deliver summons, etc.” They probably began the Post Road from our village north; for in 1676 the court directed “Dirk”, the Swede, and Adam Dingman, roadmasters, to have the road from Kinderhook to Greenbush finished.” Six years later, the same Court directed the inhabitants of Kinderhook to “repair the road leading past Greenbush, and to fence their burial places,” that is, the private plots hereinafter noted..
As early as 1684 there must have been a bridle path at least between Albany and New York, on each side of the river, for we read of the semi-weekly post-rider as then going one way and returning the other. In that year it was officially decreed “that the rate for riding post be 3d. for every single letter not above 100 miles; if more, proportionately.” In 1685 Samuel Bensingh and Cornelis Stevensen were appointed to care for the road from Clavarack to Kinderhook, while Jacob Vosburgh and Jochim Lambertsen (Van Valkenburgh) had charge of that from Kinderhook to Albany. This was substantially the present and old-time Post Road, our most famous highway.[6].
In 1677 Adam Dingman appears here as the purchaser of a tract of land from his father-in-law, Jacob Janse Gardenier. He was the head of a large family connected by marriage with the Salisburys, Mullers (Miller), Swartouts, Hogebooms, Van Nesses, and many more.[7] Records indicate that this was in the Kinderhook vicinty, purchased for five hundred guilders..
In 1678, he purchased additional land through his father-in-law's attorney, Maes Cornelissen. Jacob Gardinier had earlier built a house on this property. .
In 1686 Adam was one of thirty-one settlers who received parcels of land from Richard Nicholls, governor-general of New York, in what was know at the Kinderhook Patent. Those allotted land in the patent were probably some of the first settlers in the area. .
“Scheme of the Drawing in the Division of the Kinderhook Patent. Explanation: “The Roman numerals, I, II, III, etc. indicate the six large Allotments. The Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc., the thirty-one subdivisions. With the map and this scheme every man’s drawings can be located with precision.” . . ..
Adam Dingman - 23 in I, III, IV & VI; 28 in 11 & 25 in V[8].
Four more children were born after Adam began farming his own land: Rachel, born about 1680; Josyntie, baptized 28 Sep 1684; Garrit (Gerrit), baptized 16 Jan 1687; and Catalyna, born in 1690 (one record says 1682). .
As earlier indicated, Adam Dingman is the original emigrant from his family to the New World and is the patriarch of the Old New York Dutch family by this name. Research has proven that he is the son of Gerrit & Janneke (Teeuwees) Dingman of Haarlem. Christening records in Haarlem indicate he was baptized on the 31 of August 1631, which does not conflict with any records found in New York. Adam Dingman's daughter, Rachel, married Peitre Ostrander and thus this family is linked with the Ostranders that settled in Ontario, Canada. .
Adam Dingman was profiled in Pearson's classic genealogical work on early Albany settlers which is transcribed here as follows: .
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"Adam, born in Haerlem in Holland, residing in Greenbush 1663; bought a farm in 1677 in Kinderhoeck of his father-in-law, Jacob Janse Gardenier; m. Aeltie [Alice] Jacobse Gardinier; in 1683 they made a joint will; on March 20, 1720-21 he made a separate will in which he speaks of his sons and daughters (not by name) and son-in-law Pieter Cool. Ch: Jacob; Janneke [Jane] w. of Pieter Barents Cool; Josyntie [Josine], bp. Sept. 28, 1684; Garrit [Gerard], bp. Jan. 16, 1687." [re: pg. 43]. .
The transport record for Adam Dingman has never been located, leaving the exact date of his arrival unclear. An abstract of Adam's original will confirms Pearson's comments and shows that the information about Adam's origins from Haerlem comes from this document. The will written on the 21st of January of 1720/1 mentions that Adam is sick and weak. He divides his estate evenly among all his children and appoints his son-in-law, Peter Cool of the Manor of Livingston to execute the document. Adam's will is witnessed by Willem Halenbeek, Gysbert Osterhout, and Dirk Halenbeek[9].
Court Minutes indicate that Adam Dingman was a prosperous freeholder. He purchased land from his father-in-law in Kinderhook and his name is found in county records, as active in many county positions, denoting some status. In 1671, Adam Dingman is appointed as overseer of building roads, fences and enclosures in his neighborhood. He was called into court to appraise or access damages in several court cases. He is called a "referee", in a case, inspecting and accessing damages as an objective and trusted third party. He was appointed deputy sheriff to replace John Lambertse and re-appointed to this position. This position was probably concerned more with tax collection and probate, than with law enforcement. In 1679 and 1682, Adam was appointed as overseer for the county. .
Adam and his wife Aeltje Jacobs Gardinier made a joint will on the 19th of November 1683 [re: Albany Records, Book 3: 563-4]. After his wife's death, Adam made a separate will on the 21st of January 1721, which was proved on the 20th of March 1721 [re: Albany Records, Book 4: 165-6]. "Adam Dingman purchased acreage in Kinderhook from his father in-law in 1677 and again in 1684. He also purchased land from Maes Cornelissen in 1684." Adam Dingman is recorded as a member of the Dutch Church in Albany in 1683; however, land records repeatedly suggest that the family actually lived in Kinderhook. Adam's father-in-law, Jacob Gardenier, owned significant holdings in both locations, as well as ran goods down the Hudson. This may explain the dual residency, as indicated by surviving records. .
The following children are identified by the Ostrander Family Association, as the issue of Adam and Aeltie Jacobse (Gardenier) Dingman: .
_ Janneke Dingmanborn circa 1670; died unknownborn New York; died prob. Albany, New Yorkmarried: Pieter Barentsz Cool marriage bond dated 05 Feb 1688; New Yorkchildren: Henrick; Alida? .
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_ Jacob Dingmanborn circa 1675; died unknownborn New York; died prob. Albany, New York married: Eva Swartworund dau. of Roeloff & Eva (Albertsen) S.marriage bond dated 09 Oct 1698; Ulster Co., NYchildren: Adam; Adam; Johannes (m: Mareytje Muller); Jesje; Gerardus (m: Sarah ****); Andries (m: Alide Kermer); Rudophus (m: Annatje Rauw) .
_ Sara Dingmanborn circa 1677; died 1747born New York; died prob. Kinderhook, New York married: Johannes Van Alen marriage bond dated 03 Jul 1697; Kinderhookchildren: Mauris; Jacobus; Alida; Lysbeth .
_ Rachel Dingmanborn circa 1680; died unknownborn New York; died prob. Albany, NY married: Pieter Ostrander son of Pieter & Rebecca (Traphagen) O.marriage bond dated 04 Jun 1704; Kinderhookchildren: Rebecca; Adam; Petrus; Catrina; Alida; Willem; Jacob; Johannes; Alia; Yzaak; Zara .
_ Josyntje Dingmanbaptized 28 Sep 1684; died unknownborn Kinderhook, New York; died prob. New York married: Pieter Van Alen marriage bond dated 07 Jan 1705children: no issue .
_ Garrit Dingmanbaptized 16 Jan 1687; died born Albany, New York; married: Cornelia Gardenier marriage bond dated 22 Jan 1714children: .
_ Catalyntje Dingmanborn circa 1690; died born ; married: Johannes Barheit marriage bond dated 03 Mar 1718; Kinderhook, NYchildren: .
Adam took the:.
Oath of Allegiance to King William of Orange, Kinderhook, 1699* .
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Hend. Van Ness.
Pieter Van Alen.
Bartholomeus Van Volkenburgh.
Koenradt Bogart.
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Adam Dinghman.
Burger Huyck.
Andries Gardinier.
Johannes Van Alen.
Jan Van Ness.
Lawrence Van Alen.
Domminicus Van Schaick.
Manewel Van Schaick.
Evert Van Alen.
Cornelis Van Schaick.
Luykas Van Alen.
Pieter Martense (Van Buren).
Frans Pietersen (Klauw or Clow).
Gerrit Teunise (Van Vechten).
Luycas Janse (Van Salsbergen or Salisbury).
Teunis Van Sleyck.
Jonatan Janse (Witbek).
Joh. Van Vechten.
Stefannis Van Alen.
Hendricus Jansen (Witbek).
Hend. Solsberger.
Cornelis Stevessen (Mulder or Miller).
Abr. Dirkse V. Veghten.
Pieter Hogeboom.
Andries Huyck.
Johannes Dirkse (Van Vechten).
Gysbert Scherp (Sharp).
Johannes Huyck.
Dirck Van der Kar.
Lambert Janse (Van Alstyne).
Hendrick Beekman.
Edward Wieler (Wheeler).
Andries Scherp (Sharp).
Johannes Van Hoesen.
Iasch Vosburgh.
Pieter Vosburgh.
Casper Conyn.
Cornelis Martense (Van Buren).
Melgert Abrahamse (Van Deusen).
Isaac Janse Van Alstyne.
Jacob Van Hoesse (Van Hoesen).
Jan Van Hoessen.
Cornelis Maasen (Van Buren).
Jan Tyse Goes (Hoes).
Cornelis Teunissen (Van Vechten).
Arent Van Schaick.
Marte Cornelise (Van Buren).
Harmen Janse (Van Salsberger).
Jan Van Hoesen, jr..
Robert Tewissen (Van Deusen).
Matys Janse Goes (Hoes).
Jerimias Milder.
Dirck Teunisse (Van Vechten).
Andries Janse (Witbeck).
Rissert Jansen van den Borke (Richard Janse Van Den.
Bergh).
Jacob Janse Gardinier.
* From A History of Old Kinderhook, from Aboriginal Days to the Present Time, by Edward A. Collier, New York: Putnam and sons, 1914. .
This was about the time his children were beginning to marry: .
(There are some differences in dates and spellings here, as follows:).
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Janneke to widower Pieter Barentsz Cool;.
Sara to Johannes Van Alen on 3 Jul 1697*; .
Jacob to Eva Swartwout on 9 Oct 1698; .
Rachel to Pieter Van Oostrand (Ostrader) on 4 Jul 1704; .
Josyntie to Pieter Van Alen on 7 Jan 1705; .
Garrit to Cornelia Gardenier (his first cousin), daughter of Jan Gardenier and Sara van Bremenon 22 Sep 1714;.
and Catalyna to Joannes Barhayt on 23 Mar 1718. .
Adam’s Daughter - Sarah Dingman Van Alen.
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Sara Dingman Van Alen b. circa 1677 will date 1745 m. Johannes Van Alen b. circa 1670-1739/45.
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*”Peter Van Alen born in Oldenzaal, Holland. He and Adam Dingeman were appointed Roadmasters for Kinderhook on April 25, 16__”.[10].
“Johannes van Alen born about 1670 probably the oldest child of his parents and died before 1 Nov. 1745 when his widow Sarah made her will and signed herself “widow of Johannes van Alen.”[11].
Johannes admitted Dutch church in Kinderhook as a member 20 Jan. 1695 and Sarah 27 Dec. 1697.[12].
Adam Van Alen baptized 21 July 1700, Albany; died between 17 Oct. 1748 and 20 Jan 1799. Will probated. Wife Tryntje; six children - Johannes, Jacobus, Abraham, Sara, Marie and Len Van Alen. Adam built house in Kinderhook.[13].
Catharina Van Alstyne baptized 12 Oct., daughter of Abraham and Marietje (Van Deusen Van Alstyne.”[14].
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“Johannes was the first child of Lourens Van Alen and Elbertje. In 1714 he mortgaged to Luykas Van Alen the ulenberg lant with house, et al, which is described as property in the occupation of Lourens Van Alen (I). The same property be conveyed to his son Evert. Alb. Co. Deeds, v. 7, p. 422, then described as having a tenant on the property. Evert took residence on the property. Evert m. circa 1747 Marguerita Fitzgerald; they had seven children. Their first son was Johannes or John E. Van Alen, a noted surveyor of the early Federal period and later a member of the Congress of the U.S. (3rd, 4th, and 5th) and member of the State Assembly. About 1777, he was arrested for being suspected as a Tory; but then became apparently active in patriot causes, removed to Rensselaer County; was on fairly friendly terms with George and Martha Washington. He did surveys in various localities around Albany - including his native Kinderhook, including in fact, [this] immediate area c. 1790. A large map in the possession of Mrs. Tuttle, Rte. 66, bookseller, Ghent, NY (1974); I have seen this map . . . were not permitted to photograph it . . .it included several interesting details-the northern boundary line of Evert Luycasse’s lands (a swooping line that appears to be approximately the same as the southern [between Dingman and Van Alen’s?] border of the present Van Alen House property and a land and bridge called van Alstyne’s bridge, approximately behind present Lindenwald house)..
After Evert Van Alen died, the ulenberg lant property was sold to Coenraedt Ham, identified as a baker from NYC. He may likely be related to the Ham family that married the widow Dingmans . . . and to other Hams that appear in Kinderhook Church records before and after the Revolution. The family probably descends from Palentine Family of that name that was early associated with Livingston manor.”[15].
Concerning Sarah Dingman Van Alen, wife of Johannes, and living in one of these Van Alen homesteads, from Mrs. Clarence C. Dickinson, of New York, a descendant of the Dingmans, Van Alens, and Hogebooms, we have an item showing that there were militants, if not suffragettes, in old times. Sarah was renowned for her beauty, as of course were all Kinderhook women of those days. The overseer of roads was about to lay out a road through a piece of land the title to which was in dispute. Sarah was determined the road should not run as intended, and so, taking her spinning wheel, she sat herself down in the middle of the proposed roadway and began spinning, in defiance of the advancing workmen. The angry overseer shouted to his men to ‘‘run right over her,' but they dared not disturb ‘‘so much of beauty as could live'--as Captain Van Alen wrote of his first wife, and the road remained unchanged, veracious tradition alleges..
Although questioned by some, it hs been proved conclusively, notably by the late Harold Van Santvoord by his production of Irving’s autographic endorsement on a private letter, that the prototypes of several characters in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow were found by Irving in this locality. Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones, and Dirk Schuyler were well-known celebrities. And in this Van Alen homestead, the prevailing tradition is, lived the charming Katrina Van Tassell. Confirmatory evidence seems unnecessary, but we will add that Dr. Bond, editor of the Christian Advocate and Journal, in the issue of December 19, 1844, in an account of a visit to Kinderhook and Lindenwald and of his interview with the ex-President says:.
We have learned of him a still more important fact. In his neighborhood there is an ancient schoolhouse . . . built by the late Judge Van Ness . . . though it belongs to the town. The Judge had the felicity to entertain as his guest during a certain summer Mr. Washington Irving, and at that time the school was taught by Mr. Merwin. In the vicinity of his schoolhouse, Irving laid the scene of one of the most inimitable tales in his Sketch Book and our friend Merwin sat for the picture of Ichabod Crane.[16] .
In 1683 Adam and Aeltje made out a joint will. The will directed their property be divided among their children and began: First of all they commend their immortal souls (whenever they shall be separated from their bodies) to the gracious and merciful hands of God, their Creator and Savior and their bodies to a Christian burial..
The Dingmans were members of the Reformed Dutch Church in Albany. (Records begin in 1683; all of the children born after this time were baptized at the same church.) Aeltje was no doubt buried there in the manner outlined in the will, but the date of her death is unknown..
“Who’s Were Who” as the principal male residents here in [Kinderhook in] 1699 we may learn to a large degree from a list of names: for it was surely with alacrity and enthusiasm that men over sixteen years old, whose fathers had fought in the Thirty Years’ War, obeyed the summons in 1699 to take the oath of allegiance to King William of Orange, From a much larger list of the inhabitants of “places adjacent to ye southward of Albany” we select those who were prsumably residents of Kinderhook. Later civil records and those of the Kinderhook Dutch Church, which began in 1716, have been a help in making the selection.[17] where we find “Adam Dinghman” listed along with his neighbors, Johannes, Lawrense, Evert, Pieter and Luykas Van Alen as well as Pieter Van Ness..
Adam was still alive in 1720--almost ninety years old. That year he made out his final will and testament at the home of his daughter Janneke and her husband Pieter Cool, distributing his estate to his daughters and sons with Pieter as executor. The exact date of his death is unknown. .
As mentioned, four more children were born after Adam began farming his own land: Rachel, born about 1680; Josyntie, baptized 28 Sep 1684; Garrit (Gerrit), baptized 16 Jan 1687; and Catalyna, born in 1690 (one record says 1682). .
Casper, Isaac and Jacob Dingman are shown enlisted in the Albany County Militia - Seventh Regiment - Revolutionary Times and Later.[18].
Garret and John Dingman are shown enlisted with the Albany County Militia (Land Bounty Rights) - Seventh Regiment.[19].
Gerrit b.p. 1687 m. Cornelius Gardenier in 1714 and had eight children: .
Illustration 1.
“Beginning with 1716 the records of the Dutch church enable us to discern more clearly and completely “Who was Who” from that year onward. The records of baptisms and marriages, with the exception of those of a few years which are missing or possibly not made when there was no resident pastor, are complete to the present time. In those days an infant was usually baptized within a few weeks of birth and an unbaptized child was a very rare exception.”[20].
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“From ‘A List of the Ffreeholders of the City and County of Albany,’ made pursuant to an order of court, dated June 11, 1720, and directed to Gerrit Van Schaick, high scheriff, we transcribe the names of then resident within the present limits of the county of Columbia, as follows:.
‘Kinderhook and part of Manor of Livingston, viz.: Jochim Can Valkenburgh, Isaac Fausburgh, Caspar Rouse, Peter Van Alen, Lamert Huyck, Burger Huyck, Derrick Gardenier, Peter Van Slyck, John Gardineer, Peteer Van Slyck, John Gardineer, Evert Wieler, Derrick Goes, Peter Faasburgh, Peter Van Buren, Jos. Goes, Mattias Goes, Luykas Van Alen, Johannes Van Alen, Evert Van Alen, Johannis Vanduesen, Cornelis Schermerhorn, Johannis Van Alen, Gerrit Dingmans, Bartlemeus Van Valkenburgh, Thomas Van Alstine, Coonrodt Butgaert, Stephanis Van Alen, John Burgaert, Abram Van Alstine, Lawrence Van Schaak, Jurie Klaime, Guisbert Scherp, Lawrence Scherp, Hendrick Clawe, Lamert Valkeburgh, Melgert Vanderpoel, Lenerd Conine.’[21].
“This is beyond doubt a correct list, and doubtless a very nearly complete one of all the freeholders then living within the limits of the county of Columbia.”[22].
“Faithful to copy in every particular, and here as elsewhere disclaiming all responsibility for orthography, we append the following list of communicants from 1716 to 1730; a list which earlier missing pages would somewhat enlarge. We give it as indicating residents of a very large extent of country in which for many years this church stood alone.[23].
This list includes “Gerret Dingman” and his wife, “Cornelia Dingman.”.
In the records of 1729 we find a list of the contributors to the salary of the Rev. J. Van Driessen, the first pastor.[24] Included in this list we find “Adam Dingman”, “Gerrit Dingman” as well as neighbors, “Abraha Van Aalsteyn, “Pieter Van Alen, , “Lucas Van Alen”, “Joh. Van Alen”..
“Great was our joy when our State Archivist placed in our hands the now perished Kinderhook Tax List for the years 1744-5. . . it is illuminating, not only in its revelation of resident landowners and the relative amount of their holdings, but also to some extent of the relative location of their homes. At many points we can see the Assessors, Cornelius Van Schaack and Jacobus Van Alen with their attendant scribe, going from house to house in regular order. It is to be remembered that the New York pound was about one-half the value of the English pound.”[25].
Here we find in order listed.
Luykas V. Alen 36.
Sara V. Alen 6.
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Evert V Alen, Jr. 12.
Abraham V. Alen 12.
Gerrit Dingman 11.
Thomas V Aelstyn 38.
(The original loose paper perished in the lamentable Library fire.).
The Commissioners of Highways (1774-‘75) reports on file in the County Clerk’s Office, Albany reveal the beginnings of streets and roads in this area..
“Feb. 1, ‘75. We have laid out a public highway from the District of Claverack, beginning near the widow Van Alen’s, from thence to Kinderhook and from thence to the line of the Manor proper, keeping the breadth of two rods except where it interferes with closed lands.”[26].
With the map (1756) of the Division of the great Kinderhook Patent (1686) before us we can make many additions to foregoing lists of freeholders and early settlers; and, assuming the accuracy of the survey and the correctness of the scale, we can locate the homes of many with considerable precision.[27].
“Returning to and fording the Kinderhook creek a little below the present bridges and following substantially the existing road toward Stuyvesant Falls, we find the homes of Isaac Goes, John Goes, Lawrence Van Alen, Evert Van Alen, Gerrit Dingman, and Thomas Van Alstine; the last names about one-half mile southeast of the home of Marte Van Alstyne on the other side of the creek. The map strikingly illustrates how closely the Hollanders clung to the water-courses.[28].
Gerrit Dingman is shown living on the old wagon road which would have run along the highlands behind his home between and also in back of the home of Thomas Van Alstyne as well as behind Evert Van Alen’s and continuing northward to Laurence Van Alen on the 1762 Voorman Map of Kinderhook. In 1762, Gerrit would have been about seventy-five years of age..
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Gerrit and Cornelis Gardenier had a son, Albertus b. 1729 who married Guertruy Ham in 1756.1 Maria2 Adam3 Elizabeth4 Albert (baptized April 14, 1729)Albert married to Geertruy Ham and their children as follows:1 Gerrit (christened 28 Oct 1757)= Elizabeth Shufelt2 Caspar (christened 23 Sep 1759)= Dorothy Durham [This fits with initials DD.in cemetery]3 Marya (christened 10/11 Jan 1762)4 John (christened 8 Apr 1764)= Catalina Springer5 Anne (christened 7 Sep 1766)[29].
Albertus, bp in 1729 married Guertruy Hamm, had a son Casparus b. 1759. Casparus married Dorothea Durram in 1782. Dorothea is buried in the Old Dingman Place Cemetery. (See photographs of cemetery.) .
See also Illustration 2.
Among the treasures of our State Library is, or was, a copy of the Auckland MSS (1777), the originals of which are in the library of Kings College, Cambridge. They are descriptive letters written to further the speedy subjection of the colonies. In the first volume, we found our Post Road described as a part of “The Great Western and Wagon Road from Boston to Albany.”[30].
Returning to the village and crossing the bridge we observe these places noted: A. Van Alen (near the Whiting-Howard place); Deming, (now owned by Datus C. Smith); E. Van Alen; Widow Van Alen, school house; C. Ham; G. Dingman; William P Van Ness (Lindenwald); A. Hait . . .[31].
In 1777, G. Dingman would be Gerrit, bp. 1757, about age 20, son of Albertus bp. 1729, son of Garret bp. 1687, (who would be 90, if living) son of Adam Dingman..
“E. Van Alen” would be Evert, grandson of Johannes and Sara Dingman Van Alen who would have to be around fifty having married c. 1747 Marguerita Fitzgerald..
“After Evert died, the ulenberg lant property was sold to Coenraedt Ham identified as a baker from NYC. He may likely be related to the Ham family that married the widow Dingmans”[32].
The first United States census (1790) records the names of 730 Heads of Families in the township of Kinderhook, the number of persons in each family, and the number of slaves. Here also, as in the case of the Assessor in 1744, we can often see the enumerator going from house to house in order. The total is 4661, including 638 slaves; a total exceeding that of every other township in the County. [33].
In 1790, therefore, .
Gerrit Dingman is listed as having four persons in his household and two slaves. Gerrit bp. 1757 would be thirty-three years of age and his brother, .
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Casparus Dingman bp.. 1759 would be 31 years of age who is listed next, has five persons and one slave..
Peter Van Buren had five persons in his household and ten slaves..
Lucas Van Alen had five persons and five slaves..
John Van Alen had eight persons and nine slaves..
Lawrence K. Van Alen had five persons and seven slaves..
In the 1791 survey, there is still mention of only one Dingman house at this location but Gerrit Dingman or Hendrick Moor’s stoop..
Returning to Adam, he took the oath of allegience to Great Britain in 1699. This was about the time his children were beginning to marry: .
Janneke to widower Pieter Barentz Cool; .
Sara to Johannes Van Alen on 3 Jul 1697;.
Jacob to Eva Swartwout on 9 Oct 1698;.
Rachel to Pieter Van Oostrand (Ostrander) on 4 Jul 1704; .
Josyntie to Pieter Van Alen on 7 Jan 1705; .
Garrit to Cornelia Gardenier on 22 Sep 1714;.
and Catalyna to Joannes Barhayt on 23 Mar 1718. .
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Adam and Aeltie’s later life.
In 1683 Adam and Aeltje made out a joint will. The will directed their property be divided among their children and began: First of all they commend their immortal souls (whenever they shall be separated from their bodies) to the gracious and merciful hands of God, their Creator and Savior and their bodies to a Christian burial. .
The Dingmans were members of the Reformed Dutch Church in Albany. (Records begin in 1683; all of the children born after this time were baptized at the same church.) Aeltje was no doubt buried there in the manner outlined in the will, but the date of her death is unknown. .
The earliest records are dated May 27, 1716 and are in the handwriting of Rev. Dr. Petrus Van Driessen of Albany. Many resident communicants were still enrolled in Albany, for he records only . . . twelve church members [which included] . . . to which later were added . . .“Dingman, Van Alstyne, Vandecar, Vosburgh, Van Alen, and Gardenier.”[34].
Adam was still alive in 1720--almost ninety years old. That year he made out his final will and testament at the home of his daughter Janneke and her husband Pieter Cool, distributing his estate to his daughters and sons with Pieter as executor. The exact date of his death is unknown but it is thought to be about 1722. .
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Kinderhook 1744 Tax List*.
Name / Tax (in pounds).
Name / Tax (in pounds).
Marten Van Deusen 4.
Bata Van Deusen 12.
Mattheus Van Deusen 2.
Daniel Lotts 1.
Johan V. Aelstyn 20.
Peter Van Alen 25.
Lammert Huyck 16.
Andries Huyck, Jr. 1.
Johannis Huyck 4.
Burger Huyck 32.
Johannis Huyck 2.
Johannis Goes 22.
Willem Clauw 6.
Samuel Wheeler 3.
John Roberson 2.
Evert Wheeler 1.
Johan Van Deusen 24.
Luykas Goes 7.
Jan Tyssen Goes 2.
Jac. Martense Vosburg 2.
James Denton 1.
Peter Goes 2.
Tobias V. Beuren 11.
Cornelius V. Schaack 14.
John Cooper 6.
Corn. V. Beuren 3.
Barent Vosburg 12.
Abr. Vosburg 11.
Elisabeth V. Dyck 1.
Margareta Goes 15.
Marten V. Beuren 15.
Jacobus V. Alen 31.
Johannis Scherp 4.
Lawrence Decker, & the.
land he lives on 7.
Andries Scherp 3.
Peter Van Dyck 2.
Matthew Goes 9.
Luykas V. Alen 36.
Sara V. Alen 6.
Evert V. Alen, jr. 12.
Abraham V. Alen 12.
Gerrit Dingman 11.
Thomas V. Aelstyn 38.
Arent Van Dyck 2.
Arent Pruyn 6.
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Maria V. Alen 5.
Corn. V. Alen 25.
Sander V. Alen 13.
Jan. Borghardt 25.
Gerrit Borghardt, jr. 2.
Isaac V. Aelstyn 22.
Marten V. Aelstyn 16.
Gerrit V. Schaak 30.
Matt. Goes, jr. 6.
Johan. Staats 6.
Samuel Staats 16.
Jochem Staats 10.
Isaac Staats 7.
P. Cornelisen 1.
Johan Backus 2.
Jacob Miller 2.
Volkert Witbeck 6.
Luykas Witbeck 6.
Andries Witbek 6.
Jonas Witbek 6.
Gerrit V. Hoesen 1.
Abr. Wyngard 1.
Geysbert Clauw 3.
Lourens Scherp 9.
Andries Scherp, jr. 2.
Hendrick Clauw 1.
Solomon Scherp 1.
Peter Clauw 1.
Adam Van Alen 18.
Jacobus V. Alen, jr. 3.
Francis Clauw, jr. 10.
Johan ......(?) 3.
John Van Saslberg 1.
Benjamin Thomas (?).
Bartholomew V. .
Valkenburgh 6.
Peter V. Valkenburgh, jr. 2.
Abr. V. Valkenburgh, jr. 3.
Dirckse Vosburg 6.
Jochem B. V. .
Valkenburgh 3.
Thomas Doran 1.
Jur. Van Hoesen 2.
Willem V. Aelstyn 2.
house he lives in 1 .
Lambert V.Valkenburgh 4.
Frans V. Valkenburgh 1.
Jothem Van Valkenburgh .
Peter Van Valkenburgh 10.
Ryckart V. Valkenburgh 7.
Frans Clauw 6.
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Bartholomous V. Aelstyn 1.
Hendrick V. Valkenburgh 4.
Elizabeth Van Der Poel 1.
Johannis Van Der Poel 14.
Melgert Van Der Poel 4.
Jacobus Van Der Poel 10.
Leendert Conyn 30.
John Van Beuren 6.
Laurens Van Der Poel 7.
Jacobus Vosburgh 1.
Adam Van Alen, jr. 8.
Tunis Van Slyck, jr. 15.
Peter Van Slyck 12.
Peter Vosburgh 6.
Dirck Van Slyck 20.
Jacob Gardenier 9.
Arie Gardenier 12.
William Clark 1.
Dirk Goes 1.
Dirk Gardenier 15.
Jacobus Gardenier 15.
Samuel Gardenier 15.
Hendrick Gardenier 15.
Dirck Vosburg 15.
Barent Van Beuren 22.
Roeleff Clerck and the .
lands he lives on 7.
John Wheeler 1.
Peter G. Van Beuren 2.
John Ten Eyck 1.
Joseph Cornick 1.
Cornelis Scherp 2.
Peter Bartholomew.
Vosburg 2.
John Scott 1.
Anthony Quackenbush 1.
Lowrens V. Alen 2.
Anthony Lewis 1.
Paterick McArthur 1.
Jacob Jan Gardenier 1.
Jan Gardenier 1.
* from A History of Old Kinderhook from Aboriginal Days to the Present Time, by Edward Augustus Collier,.
Putnam and Sons: New York, 1914, pg 109..
Garret Dingman (b. 1687), son of Adam.
The 1762 Voorman Map shows the Garret Dingman house. The road trace shown is probably not to be confused with the Albany Post Road, but is an earlier road coming up from Stuyvesant Falls, aka The Old Wagon Road. (Note of Bruce Stewart, former Superintendent of Martin Van Buren National Historic Site.) .
See Illustration 4.
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Garrit bp. 1687 son Adam Dingman, had married Cornelia Gardenier on 22 Sep 1714. Garrit (Gerrit), baptized 16 Jan 1687. He would have about seventy-five at the time of map..
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About 1797 Peter Van Ness built a new house to the south of the Old Dingman Place . This home was later destined to become the retirement home of Eighth President Martin Van Buren and in later years would be owned by the Wagoner Family in addition to the Old Dingman Place..
Peter Van Ness owned this property south of The Old Dingman Place from 1780-1824. He started his career as a wheelwright and ended it as a judge..
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Fieldbooks for a 1791 survey of Kinderhook were done by Johannes or John E. Van Alen, a noted surveyor and later a member of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Congress of the United States, member of the State Assembly was the first son of Evert Van Alen who married c. 1747 Marguerita Fitzgerald. Evert was the son of Adam Dingman’s daughter, Sarah who married Johannes van Alen (b.1670-1739-40). He was born in the house on the ulenberg lant which his parents had purchased from Luykas van Alen. .
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On the 1762 Voorman Map of of Kinderhook is indicated the Thomas Van Alstyne House, the aforementioned Garret Dingman House following north by the Evert Van Alen House on the flat toward the creek and then the Laurence Van Alen House..
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John Van Alen’s Fieldbooks for a 1791 Survey of Kinderhook according to Collier[35] include: .
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“Dingman’s burnthouse,” .
“Gerret Dingman’s or Hendrick Moore’s stoop,” .
“Casparus Dingman’s house,” .
“L. Van Alstyne’s old house,” .
“division fence between Dingman and Van Ness,” .
“the Sounding Ground,” .
“ Van Ness’ painted fence.” .
Van Alen says, “On Monday, 20th June 1971, in the afternoon, I left home and went down to Kinderhook to perform a survey on the trail between Van Alstyne and Capt. Phillip . . .” and goes on to say that the surveyor’s sixth course brought him “to the place shewn me by Hendrick Moor . . .”.
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It appears that the Dingman Place already housed extended or multi-generational families. .
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The Neighbors to the South of the Old Dingman Place.
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The neighboring Van Alstyne house mentioned was a stone house located on the first terrace by the creek with an access road leading from the post road. Peter Van Ness resided in his home until he moved into his new home later known as Lindenwald. He left this stone house to his son, John Peter Van Ness, a subsequent mayor of Washington D.C. and to his Son Cornelius Peter Van Ness, later a judge and governor of Vermont, the site of the “A. Hait” farmhouse shown directly opposite the “William P. Van Ness” house on Goes’ 1808 Plan of the Post Road. This house stood until sometime between 1888 and 1903. A third son, William P. Van Ness, who later became a federal judge, received “the new brick house in which I now live, with the outhouses, buildings, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate and being in the town of Kinderhook and County of Columbia aforesaid, together with the remaining equal half part of the land of the farm on which I now reside, lying on the west side of the main road leading from Kinderhook to Clavarack, the one equal half part of the land whereof, I have already devised to my son John-And it is my will and I hereby order and direct that this lot of Ground lying to the north of the new brick house as far as the division fence between me and Casparus Dingman, and also the lot of Ground including the Orchard to the south of the said house as far as the first fence as it runs at the foot of the hill, shall be part of that one half of the above named farm, which I have devised to my sons John and William . . .”.
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Included in the farm division was “the small place occupied by John Pin lying in the fork of the roads leading from Kinderhook to Clavarack and from Kinderhook to Van Alstyne Mills..
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Peter Van Ness died in 1804. William P. Van Ness owned this homestead from 1805-1824, continuing in the racing tradition of his father as well as raining merino sheep which provided a lucrative and substantial income given the rise of the American textile industries. The Wagoners, who would eventually one whis as well as the Old Dingman Place also raised sheep..
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As the political climate changed and Van Ness returned to political prominence and the practice of law, the general management of the state fell to an overseer. By 1810, Van Ness needed to have his permanent residence in New York, with Kleinrood, as it was called then, becoming his country estate..
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From 1805-1810 during major improvements to this property, Washington Irving resided at the house gathering material for the Knickerbocker Tales, which was also the last time a Van Ness would reside full-time at the estate. The next fourteen years between 1810-1824 were effectively ones of absentee ownership..
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Judge Van Ness lost the homestead at a sheriff’s auction as partial payment for a debt (Bolton 1824) and passed into the hands of one William Paulding, Mayor of New York..
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See Illustration 6.
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See Illustration 7.
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1808 Goes Post Road Excerpt.
See Illustration 8.
shows The Old Dingman Place with two homes, located in relatively close proximity with C. Dingman associated with the main house next north of Lindenwald and G. Dingman next door to the north probably just past the small stream/brick arch bridge.
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(Adam’s son, Gerrit bp. 1687, had a son, Albertus, bp in 1729 who married Guertruy Hamm who had a son Casparus b. 1759. Casparus married Dorthea Durram in 1782. Dorthea is buried in the Old Dingman Place Cemetery.).
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Tradition has it that there were two brickyards within a rifle shot of the Luycas Van Alen House, one of which was located on the Old Dingman property adjacent to the aforementioned bridge. This brickyard likely supplied bricks for the fireplaces of the Old Dingman Place as well as this house where it is possible that there may have been an earlier Dingman house which burned. This is purely speculation, but the location is prime, next to a water source and because the lay of the land is good. The bricks removed from this home while dismantling a fireplace around 1980 were of varying kinds, of the late 1700's to early 1800's and were handmade. The brick nogging in the main Old Dingman House was unfired brick.
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Dingmans, Garrit and John both listed in the Albany County Militia (Land Bounty Rights) - Seventh Regiment.; and Casper, Isaac and Jacob Dingman are listed in the Albany County Militia as enlisted men. [36] .
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Albertus and Guertruy Dingman had sons who also eventually owned Old Dingman Place property. Casparus b. 1759 and Garret b. 1757 are listed on the assessment roll in 1809: .
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Assessment Roll of the real and personal estates in the town of Kinderhook made the 27th day of May in the year 1809 agreeable to an act for the assessment and collection of taxes, etc.[37] lists.
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Names of Possessors or Reputed Owners Value of Value of Total.
Real Estate Personal Estate.
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Dingman, Casparus 600 100 700.
Dingman, Garrit 600 600.
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In 1809, Casparus would be about 50 years of age and Gerrit about 52..
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Martin Van Buren.
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In 1836 Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was elected President. The Eighth President of the United States, Martin Van Buren purchased the Van Ness estate to the south of the Old Dingman Place in 1839-1940 during his Presidency. .
Van Buren was born in Kinderhook in 1782, the last year of the American Revolution. He lived until July 1862, sixteen months into the American Civil War. During the seventy-nine years of his life, he was instrumental in the establishment of many of the political practices and party politics which saw the new nation from its inception to its trial by ordeal. .
The estate grew to 226 acres under his direction and was a profitable working farm. He named the farm Lindenwald. Some of this land was purchased from the Dingmans..
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The Disbursement of the Old Dingman Place.
By the time Martin Van Buren purchased Lindenwald in 1840, Erastus Wagoner lived on The Old Dingman Place next door. Garret Dingman b. 1798 - 1840 had died at the young age of forty years and was buried in The Old Dingman Place cemetery..
His younger brother, Casparus, is shown living next door across the bridge from what would now become the Wagoner Estate..
During his tenancy, presumably, Sylvester Wagoner, his brother, built his new home between the two as it is not yet shown on the 1856 Newcomb Map which follows:.
The 1856 Newcombe Map shows a Wagoner barn (S. Wagner) on the east side of the Old Post Road. The Old Dingman Place is identified as “M [?] Wagner” with two standing barns. (It appears that the Wagoner house on Old Post Road between Lindenwald and the home of Erastus Wagoner was built just after this date.) .
See Illustration 9.
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There is a house identified as “C. Dingman” on this 1856 map located northward across the brick arch bridge. This would be most likely Casparus bp. 1796 probably about age sixty, son of Casparus bp. 1759, (brother of Gerrit bp. 1757), sons of Albertus, bp. 1729, son of Garret bp. 1687, son of Adam. About this time, the Erastus Wagoners first appear on maps as owners of the Old Dingman Place home. .
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Sylvester Wagoner appears as also owning a property on the road toward Stuyvesant Falls..
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Lambert Dingman is listed on deed transfers. In the Roster of Soldiers from Columbia County who served in the War of the Rebellion, under Kinderhook is listed “Lambert Dingman, sergt.; enl. Sept. 4, 1862, 159th Regt., Co.G; discharged .
[38].
Going back somewhat, .
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Albert married to Geertruy Ham and their children as follows:1 Gerrit (christened 28 Oct 1757)= Elizabeth Shufelt2 Caspar (christened 23 Sep 1759)= Dorothy Durham3 Marya (christened 10/11 Jan 1762)4 John (christened 8 Apr 1764)= Catalina Springer5 Anne (christened 7 Sep 1766)Casparus and Dorothy are both buried in the Old Dingman Place Cemetery. (See photographs of stones.) Although the stones are difficult to read, Caspar (aka Casparus) appears to have died in November 17, 1826. Only the foot marker with the initials “DD” have been found so far for his wife. Gerret Dingman also is buried here, a son of Casparus (b. 1759) and Dorothy Durham, who died in 1840 at only 42 years of age..
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There are several other stones that appear to be those of slaves: Darcus, relict of Casper Dingman, died February 19, 1846, age 96 years which is one of the most impressive markers there. “Relict” is an Old English word for “possession of” or “wife of”. This wasn’t the name of Caspar Dingman’s wife, so presumably he was his “possession.” Others of the same time period include Henry George who died April 10, 1852, age 55 years and two months and his wife Catharine who died March 2, 1946, aged 42 years. Another is Gitty Ann, wife of Charles E. Winn, who died September 11, 1848, aged 23 years, 6 mo., 26 days..
Lambert Dingman, as earlier mentioned, is shown listed on deeds dispersing the estate of his relatives. We find two Lambert Dingmans listed in local records as follows. We do not know for sure which one is referred to:.
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bap 4 Jun 1786 Reformed Dutch Church, Kinderhook, Columbia County, son of Andries and Lea VanValkenburgbap 31 Mar 1839, Saint Lukes Millville, Valatie, Columbia County, son of John Dingman and Adeline [no last name given].
The Columbia County Court House burned in __________. Therefore real estate records are available only to a certain point as follows:.
Ownership of the Old Dingman Place.
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Earliest ownership owned by the Indians.
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until 1667 Gardenier aka Flodder Baker Patent.
1677, 1678 Adam Dingman (from father-in-law, Jacob Janse Gardenier.
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1744 Gerrit Dingman.
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1762 Voorman Map (age 75) Garret Dingman bp. 1687 .
m.1714 Cornelis Gardenier .
1777 Garret Dingman bp. 1687 .
Albertus bp. 1729 d. bef. 1771 m. Guertruy Ham m. Hendrick Moor 1771 Nov. 4 .
(1790 Census ) Gerrit Dingman (age 33).
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Casparus bp. 1759 d. 11/17/1826? at age 1790 67 m. 1782 Dorothea Durram .
1791 “Dingman’s burnthouse,” “Gerret Dingman’s or Hendrick Moore’s stoop,” “Casparus Dingman’s house,”[39] .
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1808 Goes Post Road Map Casparus Dingman .
(1808 Goes Post Road Map Garret bp. 1757 m. Elisabeth Shufelt 21/Feb. 1793 .
northward next door to Casparus)
Garret bp. 1798 - 1840 age 42 yrs .
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1822 Elizabeth Dingman [wife of Garret] et al Book131 pg. S 159 sold in John G. and Margaret, his wife.
and Lambert Dingman.
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Casparus and Lambert Dingman appear .
1826 as owners of the Old Dingman Place in 1826 when they sold lands to A. Van Alstyne.
and in another transaction to C. P. Van Ness..
.1829 Lambert and Elizabeth Dingman sold land .
to Lawrence Van Buren (0152) .
1829 George M. Pultz and Johoiaksin Vosburgh sold in May 1, 1829.
Note: Records from Christ’s Evangelical.
Lutheran Church in Ghent New York,
(p. 58 Marriage Record on January 22, 1829. show George D. Pultz and Margaret Van Alen at bride’s grandmother Dingman’s .
present Malhert Vanderpoel, Esther Ann Hoes, et als) Book 119.
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1833 Jacob Miller, Jr. and Mary sold 3/30/1833 Book 75 357-8.
to Wagner.
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1843 20 May 1843, Lambert, James and Maria Dingman sold land to Martin Van Buren 545.
See Illustration 10:.
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See Illustration 11, 12, 13.
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1850 In 1850, Lambert, James and Maria Dingman sold land to Salpaugh et als (TT480).
Sanford Salpaugh et als first appears as owner of the portion of the Old .
Dingman Place farm north northward, on .
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1856 Newcombe Map of Kinderhook.1856 Newcombe Map which .
was subsequently purchased by.
(William) John McGee and his wife Julia Raup. .
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1914 Adam E. Wagoner and Elizabeth sold in 11/2/1914 to Sheppert Book 154 397.
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1927 Walter Sheppert (Sheppard) and Helen P., his wife sold in 3/13/1927 to Pierson O. Stanley and Edith I. Herrick, his wife. Book 197, 060.
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(Pierson O. (aka Perry) and Edith Stanley had one son, George D. Daniel Herrick and Edith had had a son, William Mairs (sp) Herrick, Jr. Edith I. Stanley died a resident of the Village of Valatie 11/29.1974.[41]).
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The Wagoner Family.
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The Wagoner Family owned “the very attractive homes on the old Dingman property”[42] from 1833 to 1927. .
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Erastus and Sylvester Wagoner were brothers. .
Erastus Wagoner, who lived at the Old Dingman Place, had two sons,.
Adam E. Wagoner who married Elisabeth Ostrom and .
Freemam E. Wagoner who (together) owned Lindenwald from 1874-1917.
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“When the Van Buren/Van Alstyne partnership sold Lindenwald in 1874, the terms of the transaction conveyed “the greater part of the premises known as ‘Lindenwald’ “ for a toral of 184 a (75.1 ha) (Van Buren; Van Alstyne 1874). This transfer included the house lot and the bulk of the farm land evidently reserving the southernmost 40 or so acres (16 ha) of the Van Buren farmstead for the principals. The price was ($10,000 in cash with assumption of the remaining Wilder mortgage. The purchasers were the brothers Adam E. and Freeman E. Wagoner, aided by their father Erastus and their Uncle Sylvester. The brothers were respectively 29 and 23 years of age at the time of the purchase.).
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For the next 43 years, Lindenwald was absorbed into the Wagoner farmstead; a complex of separately owned farms, which in its prime c. 1880 included the holdings of the five household Wagoner clan (Erastus with his sons Adam and Freeman aided by Sylvester and his son, Elmer). Unfortunately, little supporting information besides the skeletal particulars of the Wagoner history were encountered during the research. (Collier 1914; Hudson Gazette 1900)..
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The Wagoners (or Wagners as it was occasionally spelled) appear to have been a hard working family of well-to-do farmers, presumably of New England stock, who acquired the lands flanking Lindenwald sometime between 1850 and 1856. . . . The Wagoner purchase of the reduced Lindenwald farmstead probably gave them in excess of 500 a (203 ha) stretching along and between the post road and Kinderhook Creek. For the Wagoner brothers, the Lindenwald house was at least initially used as a joint residence. While Adam Wagoner married, his brother presumably did not. (Collins [Colliers?] 1914). After the Wagoner sale of Lindenwald in 1917, Adam moved into his father’s house (the Old Dingman Place) north of Lindenwald up the post road (McGee, personal communication; . . ..
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The disposition of the grounds at Lindenwald during the Wagoner period is somewhat a matter of speculation, although it is the latter part of this period that produced the earliest located photographs of the parcel. . . These Waite Collection photographs indicated that the Wagoners took excellent care of the property.”[43].
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Sylvester Wagoner had a son, Elmer S., who later also owned the present day Cutro house. .
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Sylvester Wagoner appears to have been the owner/builder of the Cutro house in approximately 1861. It appears that he first built a barn on the opposite side of the road from where he built the house. His son, Elmer S. Wagoner married Ella Snyder, daughter of George T. Snyder of Ghent..
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1905 Elmer S. Wagoner and Ella D. from Adam E. Wagoner.
and John C. Warren of the same place 126/178.
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Elmer and Ella Wagoner had two daughters:.
Imogene married Lewis F. Van Alstyne, son of F. Bion Van Alstyne..
Hazel married Jay Whitbeck)..
Their son, Donald E. Whitbeck was born and lived here.
Lewis Van Alstyne bought the house from Imogene and Hazel.(d. Nov. 1977).
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When Louis Van Alstyne died, he left his home to his daughter Beatrice Van Alstyne Shufelt. She never lived there but spent a lot of time as well as visiting next door .
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Beatrice Van Alstyne Shufelt sold about sixty acres of the property to Bernard T. Brennan on January 21, 1974. Bernard Brennan sold the home on two acre
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