A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times 7: Adult Freeholders

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A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times
7: Adult Freeholders — Frans Van de Bogart

[This information is from p. 172 of A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times; being contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk Valley by Jonathan Pearson, A. M. and others, edited by J. W. MacMurray, A. M., U. S. A. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, Printers, 1883). It is in the Schenectady Collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.744 P36, and copies are also available for borrowing.]

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He was a son of Harmen Myndertse Van de Bogart, who came over to New Netherland in 1631, as surgeon in the ship Eendracht. (172-4)

Frans was born in New Amsterdam in 1640, came to Schenectady among the early settlers and was killed in the massacre of 1690. His son Claas (and probably the father also) owned a lot in the village on the north side of Front street (near the north gate), having a front of 131 Amsterdam feet on the street and 51 feet on the river. This parcel of ground comprises the lots of the late Gen. Jacob Swits, Henry Rosa, and John McMichael. (172-5)

His farm lay on the south side of the river at and below the Saratoga railroad bridge, and a portion of it still belongs to his descendants. (172-6)

Notes

(172-4) For notices of Surgeon Van de Bogart, see O'Callaghan's Hist. N. N., I, 434, 441; II, 585; Dutch MSS., I, 44; II, 24; VII, 120-1; Albany Rec., I, 41; Valentine's Man., 1863. Doc. Hist., II, 74, 115, 200; IV, 135; Deeds, IV, 313.

(172-5) Toll Papers; Deeds, V, 199.

(172-6) Toll Papers.

A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times7: Adult Freeholders — Frans Van de Bogart

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A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times
7: Adult Freeholders — Frans Van de Bogart