In the Huguenot Historial Society web site, I see references to fence-viewers. What is a fence-viewer? See a couple of the references below: 1) "April, 1766. - "For Fence-Viewers for the New Settlement on Hudson’s River, N. Paltz, Peleg Ransom, James Tuttle, Eleazor Cole." 2) "Cornelis' son Jacob VerNooy 2F4 was baptized on September 11, 1709 at the Reformed Dutch Church in Kingston. On May 21, 1728 he married Annatje DuBois (b. 1703), daughter of David DuBois and Cornelia VerNooy, by whom he had seven children: Zara, Jacob, Cornelia, Zanuel, Josaphat, Maria, and Wessel. Jacob is listed as a fence-viewer of the town of Rochester in 1740 , and churchmaster of the Reformed Dutch Church of Wawarsing in 1746. Jacob VerNooy died ca. 1780."

Lee Anne I suspect that a Hugenot Fence Viewer is similar to a Fence Inspector (Dutch - Rooy-meester). My immigrant ancestor held that position in New Harlem in the 1650s. This individual was the land surveyor - responsible to make sure that the inhabitant's fences did not encroach on other persons land. Sort of a precursor to a Building Inspector - except his interest was not the quality of construction - just the propriety of the location. Hope this helps Frank Sloat = = = = = = = = = --- Lee Anne Center <[email protected]> wrote: > In the Huguenot Historial Society web site, I see > references to > fence-viewers. What is a fence-viewer? > > See a couple of the references below: > > 1) "April, 1766. - "For Fence-Viewers for the New > Settlement on Hudson�s > River, N. Paltz, Peleg Ransom, James Tuttle, Eleazor > Cole." > > 2) "Cornelis' son Jacob VerNooy 2F4 was baptized on > September 11, 1709 at > the Reformed Dutch Church in Kingston. On May 21, > 1728 he married Annatje > DuBois (b. 1703), daughter of David DuBois and > Cornelia VerNooy, by whom he > had seven children: Zara, Jacob, Cornelia, Zanuel, > Josaphat, Maria, and > Wessel. Jacob is listed as a fence-viewer of the > town of Rochester in 1740 , > and churchmaster of the Reformed Dutch Church of > Wawarsing in 1746. Jacob > VerNooy died ca. 1780." > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html