Yes, I looked it over, Leisler was adjudged to be a failed Governor of the New Netherlands project of the Dutch West India Company. Our two Waldron ancestors preceded him by a few years, they in 1652 and he in 1600. Interesting period of American history. ~ Ron W ~ In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's > Have any of you folks been watching the Jacob Leisler project on Facebook? > Really fascinating account of early New Amsterdam. I think you'd love it > Ron > and Jim! > > Sylvia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "~ Ron W. ~" <ronwaldron@verizon.net> > To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 11:46 AM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's > > >> >> Thanks, Sam. >> I'll have to take a look, that's a new one to me. May add another branch >> to >> my Waldron Tree which already lists 13,223 people and 4,412 marriages. I >> try >> to find at least 2 reference sources for each individual. Riker/Toler >> were >> pretty accurate for the most part, confirmed thru land deeds, tax >> records, >> etc. The original immigrants Joseph and Resolved Waldron are both pretty >> well documented in Holland marriage records of the Dutch Reformed Church, >> the Dutch West Indian Co. where Joseph was a 'Butler' at their New >> Amsterdam >> Fort, in charge of arms, powder & shot, and Resolved was a 'Shout' or >> sheriff under Peter Stuyvesant and later a Magistrate in the town of New >> Haarlem. >> >> ~ Ron W ~ >> In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sam Ferguson" <samf1@farm-market.net> >> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 11:06 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's >> >> >>> Another Riker book, "The Annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New York", >>> dated 1852, can also be downloaded from Google Books. And there are >>> quite >>> a >>> few Waldron references in the index. >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "James Harder" <jaharder88@yahoo.com> >>> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 1:36 PM >>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's >>> >>> >>>> Sylvia, >>>> >>>> The original James Riker book (Ron's edition) was Harlem: Its Origins >>>> and >>>> Early >>>> Annals published in 1881. Janice cites the later book from 1904. Both >>>> are free >>>> on-line on Google books. These books are great for old stories, myths >>>> and >>>> history, but are unreliable for genealogy and have little to do with >>>> Greene >>>> County or the Revolution. >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Janice Hesselink <jclink51@mhcable.com> >>>> To: nygreene@rootsweb.com >>>> Sent: Fri, December 31, 2010 12:55:45 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's >>>> >>>> It's called, "The Revised History of Harlem". Author, James Riker. >>>> Janice >>>> On Dec 31, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Janice Hesselink wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh Sylvia, you really must get hold of Rikers. >>>>> Janice >>>>> On Dec 31, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Ron, what's in Riker's? Anything I should know of on Syephen Myers? >>>>>> >>>>>> Sylvia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>>NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com >>>>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>>>>> the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com >>>>> >>>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>>>> the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in >>>> the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message