Hardenbergh

Our Petersen/Snyder lineage with the Hardenbergh family

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The Hardenbergh families are our Dutch/German ancestors from Europe.� Our link begins with the mother of Gertrude Louisa (Snyder) Wood; her father Ebenezer Wood married Rosanna Hardenbergh. BTW; Ebenezer is our English lineage

Hardenbergh Name Meaning and History

1. Dutch: old spelling of Hardenberg, a habitational name from Hardenberg in Overijssel, Netherlands or from a place in Germany.

2. Variant (older spelling) of German Hardenberg, a habitational name from a place called Hardenberg, for example near G�ttingen, or possibly from the place in the Netherlands of the same name.

The following pedigree charts trace the lineage from Gertrude Louisa Wood, (daughter of Ebenezer Wood and Roseanna Hardenbergh) to Gerrit Janse Hardenbergh when he came over to America in the mid 1600�s from the Netherlands.� Rosa Hardenbergh, (wife of Ebenezer B. Wood), descends from eight generations of the original Dutch settler of New Amsterdam; Jan Van Hardenbergh who made his home at the corner of what is now Broad and Stone streets.

Gerrit Jansz Hardenbergh, first Hardenbergh in the New World

CAPT. GERRIT JANSE⁴ HARDENBERGH born 17 February 1638/39 at Maarsen, Utrecht,, Netherlands; married Jaepie Schepmoes, daughter of Jan Jansen Schepmoes and Sara Pieterse Van Naerden, 1665/6 at New York City, New York County, New York; died sometime after 1690.

Over the next two decades, he had 8 children, only 1 a son. Gerrit Janse Hardenbergh, son of Jan, was owner and captain of a sloop, known as the Royal Albany, which plied between New York and Albany on the Hudson River. It was a vessel of goodly dimensions, as May 19th, 1690, he and his sloop were commissioned to war against the French in Canada, by Governor Jocob Leisler, who addressed him as "Captain Janse Hardenbergh, Commander of the sloop Royal Albany, in whose prudence, courage and ability, he reposed great trust and confidence."

He married, about 1666, Jaepie Schepmoes, daughter of Jan Jansen Schepmoes, a near neighbor in New Amsterdam of his father. Jobje Schepmoes was christened 6 Jan 1647 in New York, New York, New York, USA. She died 1678 in , , New York, USA. She was sealed to her parents on 20 Mar 1957 in the Idaho Falls temple. Jobje was baptized 15 Jun 1935. She was endowed 28 Jun 1935 in the slake temple. Jobje married Gerrit J HARDENBERGH Capt. The marriage produced at least eight children who were christened in the Dutch churches of New York and Albany

In 1669, Gerrit purchased a lot in Albany on Chapel Street and Maiden Lane. He bought another on Maiden Lane, between North Pearl and Chapel Streets, in 1672, and in 1676, another on State Street, between North Pearl and Chapel Streets. He had a child baptized in Albany in 1683, but in 1686 he and his wife appear as residents of New York City, in a list of the members of the Reformed Church of New York, made by the Reverend Henricus Selyns, and are then represented as dwelling in a house on Pearl Street between State and Whitehall Streets. He left eight children, his only son being Major Johannes Hardenbergh, our ancestor � see below

As of 1663, he signed his name as Gerrit van Herttenberc for the first time in records of Albany.In 1679, his name appeared on a census of Albany householders. Two years later, he joined other traders in petitioning the Albany court for closer regulation of the fur trade. During those years he had land on the hill in Albany on or near Pearl Street.

He signed his name as Gerrit Jansz Herttenbergh on other early documents in Albany. His name has been spelled Gerrit Janse Hardenbergh. His will was made on 24 December 1678; the will is in Dutch and is only partly preserved.

Within a few years of their marriage, the couple re-located to Albany where they both joined the Albany church. Their Albany house was on the hill on or near Pearl Street. Gerrit Hardenbergh was a fur trader and skipper.

By 1686, he had moved his family back to New York where he seems to have died sometime after 1690. His only son, Johannes of Ulster County, was a principal recipient of the vast Hardenbergh Patent in 1708.

Jaepie Schepmoes Hardenburgh was last heard from in the Albany record at the christening of her daughter in October 1683. However, she is said to have died in New York in November 1732.� (See more on the Schepmoes at the bottom of the page)

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Major Johannes Hardenbergh

Major Johannes Hardenbergh (b.1670 - d. 17 Apr 1745) was at the age of 20 appointed High Sheriff of Ulster County in 1690 by the acting govenor Jacob Leisler. He lost this office after Leisler was hanged as a traitor shortly after this first appointed. He was reappointed as High Sheriff again in 1710. He served as a Major in the Ulster County Militia, and was knighted by Queen Anne, on the recommendation of the Duke of Marlborough, for gallantry at the decisive battle of Blenheim in the war of the Spanish succession, Queen Anne's War. But one source (2) notes Hardenburgh being in Kingston running his store at the time of the Battle of Blenheim. This store was inherited from his father-in-law Jacob Rutsen and was located in Kingston. He acquired the store from Rutsen in 1700 and traded with the Indians and the Dutch. He would then have been a participant in the fur trade, trading iron objects, ceramics and cloth from Europe for furs from the Indians and European manufactured goods for farm produce, timber and fish from the European settlers.

Hardenbergh along with 6 (or 7) other partners bought the immense tract of land (also know as the Blew Hills) since known as the Hardenbergh patent, which covered some 1.4 million to 2 million acres (8000 km�) depending on your source of the Catskill Mountains in what is today Sullivan, Ulster and Delaware counties, from the Esopus Indians, for the sum of 60 pounds or 300 pounds depending on sources. The purchase was subsequently confirmed and patent was granted to Hardenbergh and 7 others, although there were some disputes as to whether Hardenbergh's acquisition of the property had been completely legal. There had been a customary limit of 2,000 acres per patent holder at the time the Hardenbergh Patent company applied for the patent which would have limited the acquisition to 14,000 acres. This limit was formalized in 1708 the year the patent was granted. To get around this they applied for the patent before a survey was completed and further muddied the waters with great numbers of associates and dummy partners. Each of the 7 partners then gave a one eighth share of the total to the surveyor general Augustine Graham. The patent was large enough that several Indian tribes where involved, title was purchased from the Esopus Indians as noted above on June 6th 1746 and from the Minisink Indians on August 2,1746 for 125 pounds.

Sources for the above

(1) Wikipedia article on Johannes Hardenburgh and the Hardenburgh patent from the version found on 5/6/08.

(2) Murder in the Catskills by Norman Van Valkenburgh, Purple Mountain Press, 1992. who cited "The Hardenburgh Patent: the Largest Colonial Grant" available from the NewYork State Association of Professional Land Surveyors as the source of his information on the Hardenburgh patent.

Abraham Hardenbergh

Our line follows Abraham Hardenbergh; (Johannes⁵, Gerrit Jansz⁴, Jan Jacobsz³van Hardenbergh) Abraham was born 7 January 1710/11 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York. He married Marretjen Roosa in 1740 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York. He died 13 Nov 1771, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA. Together they had children, Johannis A. Hardenbergh who follows our lineage.

Abraham married 3 times:

Marretjen Roosa
MARRITJE HASBROUCK - There were no known children
MARY CHASHERJE - There were no known children of Abraham Hardenbergh and Mary Chasherje

Lt. Johannis A. Hardenbergh

Johannes (John A.) Hardenbergh (b. 10 Apr 1743 - d. 22 May 1795 ) of New Platz was a captain in the 3^rd Ulster County, N.Y. regiment during the American Revolutionary war. His wife was Rachel Du Bois, daughter of Hendricus Du Bois. Their son Jacob Hardenbergh also married a Du Bois, Jane daughter of Cornelius Du Bois Jr., a great grandson of the Walloon Louis Du Bois and Catharine Blanchan.

There is some Regiment confusion;. In my analysis I�ve found both 3rd or 4^thRegiments. From Family records, Gertrude Wood Snyder identified him as in the 3rd. The source below states the 4th regiment: (?)

Genealogy

You can learn more about the relationship between the Schepmoes and Hardenbergh families and the Tappen Family From:

THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
VOL. XCVII NEW YORK, APRIL 1966 NUMBER 2
JEURIAN TEUNISSEN TAPPEN OF ALBANY AND OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK, AND HIS DESCENDANTS
CONTRIBUTED BY LEWIS D. COOK

(Page 65) 1. Jurean Tennissen Tappen was called �Van Tappen� in the contemporary records of Albany, evidently to indicate that he had migrated from a place of that name in Holland. We were described first as a master glass-maker and later as an innkeeper in Beverwyck. Between 1658 and 1687 he moved to Kingston, with his second wife and 8 children. ... (Page 66) By 1662 Jurian had married, as his second wife, Ariaentje Davidts, daughter of Christopher Davidson [ who was of Rensselaerswyck by 1638] and Cornelia de Vos. Jurian Teunisen Tappen died in Kingston after 3 March 1689. Their Daughter Grietje married Derrick Janssen Schepmoes. Their daughter Catrntje married Willem Schepmoes.
(Page 70) Margrietje Tappen �maiden, and Capt. Dirrick Janssen Schepmoes� were �married on presentation of a license� 28 September 1703 (Kingston Marriages No. 212), she being his second wife. He was baptised in New York 2 September 1648, son of Jan Jansen Schepmoes and wife Sara Pieters, and had married first Maria Willems. The will of Dirck Schepmoes of Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y. dated 15 February 1723/24 and proved 20 September 1725, names wife Margrietje Tappen and her two daughter, Anna Arijantie, both underage; daughters Sara, Dirikye, Ragell, Lea, and Rebecca; sons Willem and Johannes; and appoints Johannes Hardenbergh, Pieter Tappen and Hendrick Pryn Trustees, and Willem Schepmoes, Thunes Tappen, Bernardus Swartout, Barent Van Waagenen, and Aldert Roosa, executors (UCW 1:42, 106-110; Burhans Genealogy, 1894, p. 348).
Children: 2, surnamed Schepmoes, baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, N.Y.
40. i. Anna bap. 30 Sept. 1704, Sponsors Johannes Schepmoes, Teunis Tappen, Elsje Tappen; married 8 July 1725 Johannes Elmendorf (Rec. 20:103).
41. ii. Arientje bap. 17 Nov. 1706, sponsors: Pieter Tappen, Abram La Metre. Tryntje Tappen.
7. Catryntje Tappen, �maiden, and Willem Schepmoes, Widower of Geertruy Davids, both residing in Kingston,� were married on 24 June 1711 (Kg M No. 264). He was baptized at Hurley, Ulster County, N.Y. on 9 June 1684, Son of Dirck Jansen Schepmoes and his first wife, Maria Willems. The will of William Schepmoes of Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., dated 12 April 1740 and proved 8 October 1750, names wife Catharina; sons Dirick and Johannes; Daughters Marytie, wife of Abraham van Stienbergh, Sarah, wife of Pieter Dumon Jr., Catharina, Margrietje, and Ariejantie; and appoints his wife and two sons executors (FW p.345; UCW 1:42). Children: 7, surnamed Schepmoes, baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, N.Y.:
42. i. Marytie Bap 18 Apr. 1712, Sponsors: Dirck Schepmoes, Margrietje Tappen (his wife); married 19 May 1732 Abraham van Stienburgh, Jr., of Kingston.
43. ii. Zara, bap. 11 Oct. 1713, Sponsors: Theunis Tappen, Zara Schepmoes (his wife); married 4 March 1734, Peter Dumon Jr. of Kingston.
44 iii. Dirck, bap. 18 Sept. 1715, Sponsors Dirck Schepmoes, Johannes Schepmoes.
45 iv. Johannes, bap. 19 Jan. 1718, Sponsors: Johannes Schepmoes, Neeltjen Nieuwkerk; see also Burhans Genealogy, 1894, p. 348
46 v. Catrina bap 17 Jan 1720, sponsors: Abraham Lameeter, Elsje Tappen (his wife).
47 vi. Margrietje bap. 22 Oct. 1721, sponsors: Pieter Tappen, Anna Schepmoes.
48 vii. Arientje bap. 12 Apr. 1724, sponsors: Christoffel Tappen, Neeltjen Vas (his wife).

(page 68) 4. Teunis Tappan �single man, born in Albany, and Sara Schepmoes, maiden, born in Kingston, and both residing here in Kingston,� were married on 10 October 1695 (KgM No 111). The bride was the daughter of Dirck Schepmoes of Kingston and his first wife, Maria Willems, and she was so named in his will dated 15 February 1723/24, an abstract of which appears postea, under Margrietje Tappen, his second wife. In 1693 Matthias Mattyson [van Keuren], Capt.; Evaert Bogardus, Lieutenant; and Teunis Tappen, Ensign; were listed as the commissioned officers of a company of foot soldiers of Militia in Ulster and Dutchess Counties. N.Y. (CMR 2:426). The will of Teunis Tappen of Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., dated 12 June 1724 and proved 6 March 1726/27, names Sara, eldest son Jurriyan, and other children: Marytie, Arriantie, Johannes, Catharina, and Rebecca; and appoints sons Jurryan and Johannes Tappen and Wilhelmus Hoogteyling executors. The Witnesses were Pieter Tappen;, Willem Schepmoes, Willem Eltinge, and Stephen Gasherie (FW p. 383; UCW 2:111)

[The contributor of this Tappen Genealogy, Lewis D. Cook, F.A.S.G., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has contributed family studies and transcripts of records to many genealogical magazines, and is a contributing editor of The American Genealogist and the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.]

Another family History which gives information about the Schepmoes Family is given below, It is found in: THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,
VOL. DXX NEW YORK, OCTOBER 1939 NUMBER 4
VOL. DXXI NEW YORK, JANUARY 1940 NUMBER 1
William J Hoffman,, wrote a series of articles entitled:
AN ARMORY OF AMERICAN FAMILIES OF DUTCH DESCENT, HARDENBERGH--SCHEPMOES
BY WILLIAM J. HOFFMAN, M.S., F.G.B.S.

Member of the Historical Society, and of the Royal Genealogical; and Heraldic Society of the Netherlands
...The American progenitor, GERRIT JANSZ (VAN) HARDENBERGH, settled on these shores before August 1663 and was bp. at Maarsen, Utrecht, on Feb. 17, 1639.
Gerrit Hardenbergh married (iv) Jaepie Schepmoes. She was a daughter of Jan Jansz. Schepmoes and Sara Pieters and was baptized as Jobje (Jaepie Jobje Jacoba) in the Dutch Ref. church at New York, Jan. 6, 1647. Her ancestry will be discussed later.
There are no records which enumerate the children of Gerrit Hardenberg and his wife, Jaepie Schepmoes. But the following persons bearing his surname, of which we have record, are without a doubt his children. The fact that they all are said to be born in Albany and above all the constant recurrence of Gerrit and his wife and these persons as sponsors at the various baptisms forms prima face evidence, which is conclusive.

Children of Gerrit Jansz Hardenbergh and Jacoba Schepmoes:

i. Lysbeth Hardenberg, mar. as j.d. van N. Albanien in the New York Du. Ref. Church on Nov. 16, 1688 (banns Oct. 26) Col. Leonard Lewis (Leendert Lievens) j.m. van New York (MDC:65). He was bapt. there in the Du. Ref. ch. Aug. 31, 1667 (BDC:88). He died Aug.19,1730. Son of Thomas Lewis and Geesje Barents (Pieters). A full account of this family may be found in THE RECORD 60:136 ff.

ii. Johannes Hardenberg j.m. van N. Albanien mar. N. Y. Dutch Ref. met licentie July 12, 1696 (banns July 10 MDC:83, Hillegond Meyers j.d. van N. York, both living at New York, daughter of Andries Meyer and Vrouwtje Van Vorst (Rec. 6146).
Johannes Hardenberg j.m. born in Albanien (Albany), mar. at Kingston, N. Y. (Hoes no. 152), Dec. 5, 1699, Catharina Rutse j.d. born in Kingstown and both residing here (Kingston); married on presentation of a license. His will, dated Apr. 17, 1745, pr. Oct. 15, 1748, names as his children: Gerardus, Johannes, Abraham, Leonard, Jacob, Maritie wife of Charles Brodhead, Jacoba wid. of Edward Whitaker

iii. Sara Hertenberg, mar. John Finey

iv. Cornelia Hardenberg mar. N. Y. by license Oct. 2 7, 1704 (name given erroneously as Hardenbrook) Capt. John Waldron. He probably did not belong to the American Waldron family. He commanded His Majesty's Ship "Greyhound." About 1721 he gave up his command and became a merchant, was vestryman of Trinity church 1725_32 and captain of the Blue Artillery Company and as such had charge of the military stores for some 20 years (Riker's Harlem:695). He died about 1762. Will dated Aug. 4, 1750, pr. Apr. 15, 1762 (Wills Vol. VI:145, in which a note about his house).
v. Rachel Hardenberg, mar. Willem Grant.

v. Neeltje Hardenberg j.d. van New York (?), mar. N. Y. Dutch Ref.Feb. 25, 1700/1 Jacob ten Eyk; bapt. N. Y. Nov. 14, 1678; died May 16, 1729 (Du.B.), N. Y. She died Mar. 22, 1751 (Du.B.) N. His will dated May 15, 1729; pr. Oct. 4, 1743.

vi. Barendina Hardenberg, bapt. Albany Dutch Ref. Oct. 28, 1683; died Mar. 21, 1730 (Du. B.) N. Y. Mar. N. Y. Dutch Ref. Feb. 1, 1710 (procl. Jan. 31), Andries ten Eyk, bapt. N. Y. May 4, 1681, died about 1742. Will dated Oct. 17, 1737, pr. Sept. 7, 1756.

In these baptismal entries only those sponsors have been given who had connections with the Hardenberg family.

Hardenbergh Contract of sale

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Hardenbergh relations with Schepmoes

But whatever the original meaning of the name may have been the family living in the house so called derived its surname from it.

1. Jan Huygensz (Schepmoes). In a church membership list of Delft under of Feb. 25, 1574, was entered: Jan Huygensz, schoenmaecker (shoemaker) _is 't Schepmes.

He died Sept. 25, 1576, for the entry reads Jan Huygens., shoenmaecker in't schepmes (Nederl. Leeuw, 1917:8 1)

+ 2. i. Pieter Jansz Schepmoes ... who follows.
+ 3. ii. Huych Jansz Schepmoes ... who follows.

2. Pieter Janssen Schepmoes. He used his surname as early as 1576, for in an account of that year covering war expenses of the city of Delft is posted the following:
Betaelt Pieter Jannsen Schepmoes opte voorsc. quote per ordonnantie van de finantie van date den naestlesten Ju1y 7, 1861. Translated: Paid to Pieter Janssen Schepmoes on account of the above quota by order of the finance department dated next to the last of July (15) 76 186 pounds.
(Bydragen en Mededeelingen Hist. Genootsch. 1933:88.) Pieter Janssen Schepmoes was the owner of two houses at Delft, one situated in the Zuideinde, the other in't A Achterom, for he is listed as such in the Hearth tax list of the year 11600 (P. 354, 374). He was skipper and mariner, an occupation in which his descendants were also engaged, among these the American settler.
In 1605 (Jan. 24 ?), when a widower, he married in Delft, Neeltgen Joosten, who lived in the brewery " De dubbele passer" (the double divider). He must have died shortly after in the same year for on November 19, 1605, the marriage proclamation was entered, with letters to Vlanderen (Flanders?) or Vlaardingen near Delft, of Jan Hermansz., widower, schipper, in the " hoywagen " in the sign of the Haywagon, on the Gasthuyslaen, and Neeltgen Joosten, widow of Pieter Jansz. Schepmoes, schipper. Children:

3. Huych Jansz. Schepmoes, a brother of Pieter Jansz. Schepmoes and a son of Jan Huygen the shoemaker. He was buried in the New Church at Delft Dec. 3, 1611, and was living at his death " buyten de Suijtpoort, " outside the South Gate.

In the Hearth tax list of the year 1600 he is listed in't Achterom. Huych Jansz. Schepmoes married Duyfgen Crynen, who as a widow and living aan 't marctveldt, on the market place, mar. March 25, 1622, at City Hall, Tonis Symonsen van der Piet, widower living in the Molslaan. Their son was:

i. Pieter Huygensz. Schepmoes, skipper and plateelbakker, that is engaged in making the famous Delftware. He was associated with his brother_in_law Heyndrick Beuckelsz. van der Burch and was the guardian of the latter's children when Hendrick lost his first wife. (Harvard, La Ceramique hollandaise, Amsterdam, 1909 Tome 11:24; Orphan Chamber Delft, Register van comparitie, VOL 4:78; Alg. Rijksarch., the Hague).

Pieter Schepmoes married at Delft May 19, 1613, Tryntje Beuckels., daughter of Beuckel Adamsz. van der Burch, belonging to one of the foremost families of Delft at that time. At his marriage he is called skipper but as I have stated before, probably after his marriage he took up the making of Delft ware together with his brother-in-law.

He died in 1624 and was buried in the Old church on October 21. His widow married at Delft Aug. 24, 1625, the widower Jan Dreyer, a cloth worker.

Two Schepmoes children, Beuckel and Marytje were bapt. at Delft respectively New church Nov. 5, 1617 and Old church Aug. 31, 1622 Both children died in infancy.

[In the church membership list of Oct. 1 1605 of Delft appears the entry Hendrick sn., schoenmaecker in 'I schepmes bezijden de N.K. (beside the New Church.) Also Adriaens., huysvr. van Hendrick Cornelisz voorn. voornoemd, mentioned before).]
[If these persons belonged to the Schepmoes family is unknown at present, but it would seem quite possible especially on account of the same trade followed by these later occupants of the same house.....]

[Page 41] 4. Jan Pietersz. Schepmoes is listed in the Hearth tax list of the year 1600 "in den Ham," living in the sign of the ham, Achterom, but at his death in 1608 he lived "buyten de Suytpoort," outside of the Southgate. He was buried in the New church June 24, 1608 Nothing further has been found in regard to him. His wife's name is unknown at present, but we may safely assume that Jan Jansz. Schepmoes born in 1605, from Delft, mariner, who married at Amsterdam Dec. 27, 1631, and who is the progenitor of the American family, is his son. Another son was undoubtedly Willem Jans Schepmoes who in 1615 became an apprentice in the goldsmith guild at Delft.

5. Abraham Pietersz. Schepmoes was a burgher of Delft in 1625 (witness in this quality on a paper of Notary C. Coeckebakker No. 1613). In 1636 he bought a house situated on the south side of the market place called "�t vergulde waterPas," in the sign of the Gilded Level. In 1640 he is listed as the owner of a garden outside the Ketelpoort, the gate leading to the village of Ketel outside Delft. He must have been a person of means for in the Verpondingsregister, real estate tax register, of Delft of the year 1620 he is listed as the owner of several pieces of property.
The later generations of the Schepmoes family in the Netherlands have not been traced. The family in all probability died out in the 18th century.

Unfortunately the records of these funeral escutcheons have not been pre�served but at the Landsarchief, Batavia, among the collection of wax seals there is one 'Of Abraham Schepmoes which shows 9 saltorels (small crosses in the shape of a saltire) placed 4_3_2_ and as a crest a pair of wings. The tinctures are not indicated on the seal.
To these arms, although these have been assumed probably at a time when family was already settled in

America

, the American family may lay claim.

Besides the progenitor of the American family, Jan Jansz Schepmoes, we mentioned in American records on Dec. 11, 16411, Willem Dircksz Schepmoes (Du Mss.): Willem Dircksen Schepmoes vs. Jacob Dircksen boatswain and Jan Heyn for neglecting their duty on board the ship White Falcon, defendants; Dismissed from the ship and fined each 20 guilders. His relationship to Jan Jansz Schepmoes has not been determined, but from the fact that the latter had a son Dirck it may be surmised that Willem Dircksen was among his near relatives.

The First Church in Albany

Staffed continuously by a European-born domine or minister, the Albany Dutch church represented continuity with the past and stability. Its lay leaders or Deacons were among the most prominent Albany businessmen and officials. Well-supported by these worthies, by more typical, rank-and-file city people, and by those in the countryside until Reformed Churches were built in Schenectady, Kinderhook, Catskill, and Schaghticoke, the Albany Dutch Church also provided poor relief, buried the dead, sponsored missionary work among

Native peoples, and often served members of other congregations whose houses of worship were less well-established. Regardless of ethnicity, most early Albany families received some needed service from the Dutch Church.

The North Pearl Street Dutch church was opened in 1798 and replaced the old structure which was torn down in 1806. By that time, a second Reformed congregation was serving the south side of a booming city. Other Reformed churches followed in other parts of the city but the North church serves today under the banner of the First Church in Albany!

In 1815, the newspaper published an article on the division of the Reformed churches which included a list of those churchmen serving on the "Great Consistory."