Ellenville was named for Ellen Hornbeck. The Jonathan apple was traditionally named for Judge Jonathan Hasbrouck of Kingston who had charge of the Livingston lands in the town of Woodstock around 1800. Route 9W from the Palisades to Albany was once known as the "footpath to Albany" and was used by Indian runners who carried messages. "Skillipot" (from the Dutch, schildpod meaning turtle) was the popular name for a chain ferry running across Rondout Creek from 1854 to 1922. Schout meant sheriff and/or prosecuting attorney. In 1655 Tryntje Tyssen Bos, wife of the brewer Cornelis Sleght, was appointed by Gov. Stuyvesant as official midwife at the Esopus. The first real doctor in Ulster Co. of whom anything is known was Gysbert Van Imbroch. Gov. Stuyvesant induced him to move from Fort Orange (Albany) to Wiltwyck (Kingston) about 1662. He died in 1665. An indoor game was called tick-tack, a kind of backgammon. Game boards were listed in Wiltwyck inventories as early as 1665. A mastodon was discovered in a pond in Ellenville near Church St. In 1664 the population of Ulster Co. was about 200. In 1700, it was 2005. In 1723, there were 2923 of whom 2357 were whites, 566 were Afro-American "and other slaves". The average of black slaves to whites was high during all the Colonial period, sometimes over 25%. Slavery did not vanish until July 4, 1827. The first colonists were led by two Englishmen, Chambers and Davis. Then came the French Huguenots, DuBois, Blanchan, Crispell, Deyo, Frere, Hasbrouck, LeFevre, Bevier and Ean. Then the LeRoys from French Canada. Prominent names from Scotland were the Cockburns, Auchmoodys, McLeans, Humes, McDonalds and Mc Mullens. From Switzerland came Wurts and Goetchius, Cart and Burgevin. Norway gave us the Bruyns, and Sweden contributed the Hoffmans. Emigrants from Northern Ireland settled in Walkill and Shawangunk from about 1720. >From "Southeastern New York" published 1946.