Posted on: Columbia County NY. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Columbia/11661 Surname: Van Slyke ------------------------- Van Slyke is one of the early settlers in Coxsackie Station (Stuyvesant) as listed in French's Historical Gazetteer of NY c 1860. (Later the HRRR) c 1860 Stuyvesant contains 1 church,a flouring mill,a foundry,2 coal yards,alumberyard & 34 houses. Stuyvesant was formed from Kinderhook 1823. Try the History of Kinderhook?