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 — Philip Philipse (de Moer)

[This information is from p. 137 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 married Elizabeth, daughter of Harmen Ganzevoort of Albany, about 1685, and soon after took up his residence in the township of Schenectady. He owned or leased a portion of the Sixth flat on the north side of the Mohawk river, which in 1689 he exchanged with Claas Willemse Van Coppernol for the Willegen Vlachte, lying on the south side of the river about one mile above Crane's village. (137-1)

The descendants of Philipse still reside on or near the Willow flat.

Notes

(137-1) Deeds, IV, 234, 236; Dutch Church Papers; see also Van Coppernol.

A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times7: Adult Freeholders — Philip Philipse (de Moer)

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A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times
7: Adult Freeholders — Philip Philipse (de Moer)