Elsie, I must say this information left me laughing, because I thought I had collected all the umpty variant spellings for this place. "Kijkuit", however, is a new one to me! Knowing the name "Golden Hill" is a huge help. I have never found that reference before, and perhaps this will lead to more new information. Many and sincere thanks for your help. Sharilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elsie Saar" <saare@attglobal.net> To: <nyulster@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [NY-ULSTER] Keket/Kekyt/Kekuyt-HUSSEY land,re FREDERICKS & GONSALES-DUC > According to Alf Evers final book: Kingston, City on the Hudson-- > > pg 47, "..the Kingston hilltop to [Kingston's] south called the > Kijkuit, or Lookout from which enemies approaching down the converging > valleys might be oberved....now called Golden Hill." > > pg 253: > "To the south of the old stockage area a hill long known as the > Kijkuit, or Lookout, from its use in early Native and Dutch days as a > place from which approaching Native or white enemies might be observed > was divided into building lots advertised to be sold for from fifty to > two hundred fifty dollars, many commanding views of the Village of > Kingston, the lush Esopus Valley and the blue Catskill mountains. The > old Dutch name of the hill was rejected and a new one--Golden Hill-- > more appropriate to the tone of the times, substituted." > > Hope this helps. > Elsie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharilyn Whitaker" <sharilyn@northcoast.com> > To: <NYULSTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 1:06 PM > Subject: [NY-ULSTER] Keket/Kekyt/Kekuyt-HUSSEY land,re FREDERICKS & > GONSALES-DUC > > >> ***I am looking for any mention of the surname FREDERICKS in Ulster >> County pre-1735, and for any information on the "Kuyket" (spelled >> innumerable ways) location, on Frederick Hussey land, near >> Kingston.*** >> >> Sylvester, on p 88 of his HISTORY OF ULSTER COUNTY, says >> Keket/Kekyt/Kekuyt/Kuyket was "near Kingston,overlooking it, so that >> Kingston can be >> seen from Kuyket" (Sylvester's spelling). >> >> This location is of interest to me, because the land the first >> Manuel Gonsales Duc bought from Frederick Hussey in 1696 was south >> of Kingston, "over the Roundout, under the mountains called >> Frederick Hussey's Hills, and the Gonsales-Duc family married into >> my Fredericks family of interest who were also from "Kekyt". >> >> The Fredericks and the Gonsales-Ducs must have been neighbors in >> "Kuyket" and later in Nine Partners, and their families >> intermarried. >> >> I have worked for many years on a man named Le Meyer Every, who is >> seen in many variations of name and spelling, and sometimes as Meyer >> or Nehemiah Every or Avery. This man married a woman named Dorcas >> Fredericks. Their first known son, Le Meyer, Jr., was baptised in >> Kingston DRC in 1736, with sponsors from the Tarrytown area for this >> baptism (and for others). I have estimated the DOB for this Le Meyer >> Every at circa 1710. Both Le Meyer and his wife remain unidentified, >> despite >> much research effort. >> >> LeMeyer EVERY and Dorcas FREDERICKS later lived on the Nine Partners >> Patent in northern Dutchess County, and when she was widowed and >> remarried, Dorcas married JAMES AUCHMOODIE and returned to Ulster >> County. Their records are in New Paltz. >> >> I am interested in the following marriage records, that name the >> place of birth of two men surnamed FREDERICKS >> >> Records of the Poughkeepsie Dutch Reformed Church >> >> "Peter Frederick born in KEKYT and Rebekka Edwart born >> Nine Partners, living there, were married on 27 August 1752." >> >> "Gilbert Frederick born in KEKYT and Katrina Eddwaet born >> in Nine Partners and living there, were married on 28 September >> 1754." >> >> These Edward sisters were daughters of JAN EDWARDS and MARITIE >> GONSALES-DUC, whose family was also from the Hussey Hills area, near >> Kingston, and later went to Nine Partners Patent. >> >> That these Fredericks brothers related to my DORCAS FREDERICKS I am >> fairly certain, but how they related I have not yet determined. I >> thought at first they might have been her younger brothers, but I >> have a nagging feeling that DORCAS FREDERICKS might have been born >> with a different surname, and married first a man named Fredericks, >> and that these Fredericks brothers were her sons, born in Ulster >> County, where she then remarried my ancestor Le Meyer Every (no >> marriage record known), >> their first known son being a rough contemporary of these Fredericks >> brothers. >> >> On the "January 17, 1717/18 census for Dutchess County North Ward of >> Inhabitants, Sojourners and Free Holders of Dutchess County" appears >> "Hans Adam Fredericks". >> >> The names Johan/John and Adam were used by descendants of the >> Fredericks/Edwards marriages, but unfortunately I can find nothing >> about this "Hans Adam Fredericks". >> >> Any help from those with access to Ulster County early source >> material would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> >> Sharilyn Whitaker >> >> ====NY-Ulster Mailing List==== >> Do you have a website which included Ulster County information that >> you would like to see advertised in this space? >> Contact: NYULSTER-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYULSTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ====NY-Ulster Mailing List==== > Do you have a website which included Ulster County information that you > would like to see advertised in this space? > Contact: NYULSTER-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYULSTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >