Genealogy of the Van Patten Family of Schenectady County, New York

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Genealogy of the Van Patten / Van Petten Family of Schenectady County, New York

This page includes information we have collected about the Van Patten family as well as links to other sites. Some of this material may relate to areas outside of Schenectady County.

We are unable to answer specific questions about the Van Patten family beyond what we have made available here. Try the online forums listed below for more assistance, or use the Schenectady County Public Library's Ancestry subscription in the Karen B. Johnson Central Library.

Additional information about Van Patten family members may be found in the People section.

Family Sites and other information
Family and Individual Profiles, Articles, Books etc.
- First Settlers of Schenectady (Jonathan Pearson, 1873)
- History of the Schenectady Patent (Jonathan Pearson, 1883)
  - Van Petten, Andries
  - Van Petten, Arent
  - Van Petten, Claas Frederickse
- Descendants of Claas Frederickse Van Petten (1641-1728) and His Wife Aeffie Arentse Bradt (1649-1729): A Family History Research Project (Frances I. Hindmarsh, 1997 edition via FamilySearch, free account required)
- Van Patten (Colonial Albany Social History Project)
- After 229 years as a family heirloom, a sword carried by an patriot militiaman from Schenectady County at the Battle of Saratoga is back in Schuylerville where it will soon go on permanent display. Jim Kinney, Saratogian 12/5/2006 p. 3A (SCPL card required outside the Central Library)
Mailing Lists / Message Boards / Queries
- Van Patten Family Message Board (Ancestry)
- Van Patten Family Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
Find more information on the Van Patten / Van Petten family:
- FamilySearch records for Van Patten (free account required)
- Census and Directories
  - Indexes to our transcripts of the 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820 and 1940 censuses for Schenectady County
  - Search Van Patten entries in the 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915 and 1925 New York State Censuses (FamilySearch, free account required)
- Births
  - New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Church and Civil Births and Baptisms, 1704-1962 (FamilySearch, free account required)
- Marriages
  - New York Church Records, 1660-1954 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Marriages, 1686-1980 (FamilySearch, free account required)
- Deaths
  - Our Obituary index (includes Capital District records from the 1957-1972 NYS Department of Health Genealogical Research Death Index)
  - New York Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Deaths, 1880-1956 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Cemetery Abstracts, 1800-1965 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York residents in the Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Gravestone photos (New York Gravestones)
  - New York graves in Find a Grave
  - New York graves in BillionGraves
  - New York graves in Interment.net
  - Nationwide Grave Locator (Veterans Administration)
- Immigration
  - American Family Immigration History Center (Statue of Liberty—Ellis Island Foundation, free account required)
  - New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels, 1897-1902 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Index to Naturalization Petitions, Eastern District of New York, 1865-1957 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Index to Naturalization Petitions, Southern District of New York, 1824-1941 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Index to Naturalizations, Southern District of New York, 1917-1950 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Index to Naturalizations, Western District of New York, 1907-1966 (FamilySearch, free account required)
- Military
  - Revolutionary War service records in History of Schenectady During the Revolution (Willis T. Hanson Jr., 1916) [974.744 H25 at the Schenectady County Public Library]
  - Civil War service records in Schenectady County, New York (Austin A. Yates, 1902) [974.744 Y31 at the Schenectady County Public Library]
  - Index to the New York State Civil War Muster Rolls
  - Soldiers in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database (National Park Service)
  - Sailors in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database (National Park Service)
  - New York veterans in the World War II Memorial Registry (American Battle Monuments Commission)
- Property
  - New York Land Records 1630-1975 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Van Patten Family Wills and Related Records (Sampubco)
Print Resources
- Van Patten family file at the Schenectady County Historical Society - e-mail librarian@schenectadyhistorical.org for more information