Patty--Thank you so much for citing this resource. It looks terrific! Sally in North Carolina On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:34:43 -0400 Patty Gaddis <geneamom@comcast.net> writes: > Marc, > > The deedbooks microfilmed by SLC go back to > 1792. > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp? display=titledetails&titleno=124485&disp=Deedbooks%2C+1792%2D1907%20%20&c olumns=*,0,0 > > Or, www.familysearch.org > Library > Family History Library Catalog > > > Place Search > Delaware (place) New York (part of) > New York, > Delaware > Land and Property > Deedbooks > > There are also mortgage books. I've copied all the Gaddis deeds and > > mortgages this way. Or, the books are in the courthouse in Delhi. > > Per "The Evolution of Delaware County New York Being a History of > its Land" > > "24 Feb 1770 - The Kortright Patent granted by King George III of > England to Lawrence Kortright and twenty-one others 22,000 acres in > > Albany County, Province of New York. (Affects part of present > Delaware County Towns of Kortright and Davenport") > > Further in the book it mentions the 21 others - Lawrence Kortright, > > Walter Franklin, James Franklin, Huybert Van Wagenen, Peter Byvanck, > > Cornelius Van Ranst, Nicholas Rosevelt, Isaac Van Duzen, Frederick > Fine, Benjamin Underhill, Peter Berrien, Peter VanRanst, Amos > Underhill, William Ustick, Jonathon Holmes, Richard Sharpe, Willet > Taylor, Baltus Van Kleeck, Gerret Abeel, Evert Byvanck, Thomas Ten > Eyck & Peter Schermerhorne as tenants in common and not as joint > tenants. It was recorded in Delhi Liber 67 of Deeds, beginning on > page 547 on Jan 20, 1869. It was originally recorded in New York > State Archives in Albany, NY. > > Hope this helps. Also, there is a Ten Eyck pond/lake in either > Davenport or Kortright. Can't remember which now. > > Patty > At 09:34 PM 7/10/2007, you wrote: > >Thanks Gary. > > > >I think the Teneicks are related and wonder if there is any > >information on Sarah and her family. I tried to locate them prior > to > >1840 in Delaware but haven't had luck. Any ideas? > > > >Also, I have found Hugh's pension application. He moved into the > >Harpersfield area before 1810 (he was a witness on a land > transaction > >in 1804 in Kortright). Despite this, I cannot find out how he > >received land himself. Is their a record of original owners of > plots > >of land in Kortright prior to 1810? When was the original patent > >distributed? > > > >-Marc > > To contact list administrator send email to > nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >