History of Putnam County, New York

PELLETREAU, William S.

W. W. Preston

Prepared by a noted authority on Long Island, New York families for the Lewis Publishing Company, this four-volume work contains hundreds of genealogical essays pertaining to New York City families. While similar in a number of respects to the regional collections of family histories for New York State compiled by William R. Cutter and Cuyler Reynolds and reprinted by Clearfield Company, this collection departs from that pattern in a few important respects. The first 75 pages or so of Volumes I and II are devoted to topics of a historical nature, such as the settlement of New Amsterdam, Dutch governors, the English conquest, early schools of New York City, pioneering New York newspapers, and so forth. Interspersed among the family histories, moreover, are sketches of a number of the oldest churches of New York. Mr. Pelletreau's primary concern, nevertheless, was with the family histories of New Yorkers who had made a contribution to the city or the nation, as is attested to by the fact that three-fourths of Volumes I and II and almost all of Volumes III and IV consist of family history essays in the Lewis Publishing Company tradition. The majority of the sketches move forward from the oldest known ancestor to the contemporary subject of the essay. This is followed by a detailed biography of that person and, in scores of instances, his photo, as well as an enumeration of collateral lines related to the principal subjects. The index at the back of the final volume identifies more than a thousand of the principal descendants of the families treated in the work, which are listed below and represent a unique and previously inaccessible source of New York City ancestry.

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<p>Excerpt from Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York, Vol. 1 </p>The power of Spain and Portugal precluded all attempts on the parts of the northern nations to make discoveries in South -\merica, or to the south of Florida. The storv of whose discov err bv the heroic adventurer. In his vain quest for the fountain of youth, seems a fragment from the realm of fable. But espe ditions from France and England soon found their wav to the northern coasts of the New World. And, in 1524. (riovanno da Veranauo, a Florentine navigating in the service of Francis 11 of France. Made a voyage along the eastern coast of what are now the southern and middle states of the l'nion. And. From the account which he gave, it was long believed that he was the first to enter the harbor of New York. The researches of modern his terinas have done much to throw doubt upon the claims of dis coverv attributed to him. It is certain that no results followed his discoveries. No colonies were planted. And for long years his \'c\ ace seems to have been forgotten. In the year 1497 Sebas tian Cabot. A navigator in the service of England. Sailed along the American coast from the 38th to the 58th parallel. This was the orisia to the i'inglish claim which was destined in after rears to be sustained by the status.r arm of militarv and naval power. The benefits cl which we as a nation now etcioy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York, Vol. 1 The power of Spain and Portugal precluded all attempts on the parts of the northern nations to make discoveries in South -\merica, or to the south of Florida. The storv of whose discov err bv the heroic adventurer. In his vain quest for the fountain of youth, seems a fragment from the realm of fable. But espe ditions from France and England soon found their wav to the northern coasts of the New World. And, in 1524. (riovanno da Veranauo, a Florentine navigating in the service of Francis 11 of France. Made a voyage along the eastern coast of what are now the southern and middle states of the l'nion. And. From the account which he gave, it was long believed that he was the first to enter the harbor of New York. The researches of modern his terinas have done much to throw doubt upon the claims of dis coverv attributed to him. It is certain that no results followed his discoveries. No colonies were planted. And for long years his \'c\ ace seems to have been forgotten. In the year 1497 Sebas tian Cabot. A navigator in the service of England. Sailed along the American coast from the 38th to the 58th parallel. This was the orisia to the i'inglish claim which was destined in after rears to be sustained by the status.r arm of militarv and naval power. The benefits cl which we as a nation now etcioy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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