This is a work in progress! AHASUERUSE. Benjamin Dirkse Van Vechten, 1739. It succeeded Poughkeepsie as the capital of New York in 1797. Steven Janse Conninck, or Timmerman, 1654-84. Jan Pieterse Bronck, 1669-77. Goosen Cornelise Van den Bergh, 1714. The development of Simeon De Witt's gridded block system in 1794, which gave Albany its original bird and mammal street names,[Note 6] was intersected by these important arterials coming out of Albany, cutting through the city at unexpected angles. Johannes Isaacse Van Deusen, 1740. It was headquartered in Albany until Cornelius Vanderbilt moved it to New York City in 1867. Cornelis Martense Van Isselsteyn, 1705. Jacob Janse Loockermans, 1659. Antje Pieterse Borsboom 1693. Cornelis Cornelise Viele, 1661-83. Adriaen Cornelise Van Bersingeren, 1642. [Untitled photo, possibly related to: Ellery Shufelt cutting buckwheat. Sander Sanderse Glen, 1693. The population of Fort Orange at this early period can not be exactly known; that it was small may be justly inferred from several facts: First. The manor on the east side of the Hudson (known as Greenbush) became part of newly created Rensselaer County in 1791. Van Rensselaer Schuyler. Maritie Isaacse Van Deusen, 1740. Geertruy Barentse Van Dwingeloo, 1682. Geertruy Martense Cregier, 1734. Harmen Janse Turkyen, 1681. Neeltie Dirkse Van Vechten, 1687. Myndert Frederickse Van Iveren, 1675-1704. [32] Albany reported a population of 3,498 in the first national census in 1790, an increase of almost 700% since its chartering about a century before. Marten Pieterse Winne, 1684. R. Bleeker, surveyor, 1767 (courtesy NYPL);Fort Orange, 1635, by Len F. Tantillo (courtesy NYS Museum); and West Indisch Huis, the West India House in Amsterdam, headquarters of the Dutch West India Company from 1623 to 1647. Many of the mixed-race children born to native women identified as Mohawk or Mahican; as these tribes had matrilineal kinship systems, the children were considered born into the mother's clan and derived all status and inheritance from her line. Jannetie Jacobse Schermerhoorn, 1700. Jan Michielse Van Edam, 1637. Early Settlers at Albany: The Founding of Rensselaerswyck Styntie Janse Van Hoesen, 1694. Another embarrassment in the identification of persons arises from the fact, that some bear the same Christian name. Marcelis Janse Van Bommel, 1659-1700. Andries Andriesse Gardenier. Gerrit Martense Van Bergen. Jacob Sanderse Glen, 1672-86. Harmen Tomase Hun Van Amersfort, or Van Hun, 1661-1700. Includes table Evert Harmense Knickerbakker, 1708. Symon Dirkse Pos, 1630-44. Hester Harmense Visscher, 1683. CHRISTOFFELSE. publication of a second volume of the Schuyler Genealogy Frans Pieterse Clauw or Klauw, 1662-1700. Catharina Janse Van Hoesen, 1694. Teunis Dirkse Van Vechten, 1638-1704. Isaac Janse Van Arnham, 1699. The English colony of New York was founded on Sept. 8, 1664, when the Dutch surrendered the colony of New Netherlands. Jacob Claese Egmont, 1683. Michielse. Elisabeth Martense Cregier, 1734. Joris Christoffelse Davidts, 1673. In the absence of income taxes or property taxes, the patroons control of the fur trade and collection of rents from tenant farmers financed the operation and development of the colony. Cornelis Cornelise Van Schoenderwoert, alias Vosje. Jan Evertse Schoenmaker, 1661-5. It is only after great familiarity with the early writings and a careful noting of the use of surnames as they are sometimes subscribed to wills, conveyances, and other important papers that any connection can be established between a first settler and his later descendants.