Two brothers, Cornelius Cornelisen Viele and Peter Cornelisen Viele were early settlers in Schenectady, New York, having purchased land in 1668 and 1670, respectively. Cornelis Viele's descendant, Philip Viele (1745-1797), whose family this collection belonged to, married Rachel Fonda (1748-1839) in 1770. They had four children, Jacob, Cornelis, Rebecca, and Nicholas (1790-1861). Nicholas Viele married Jane Schermerhorn.
See Viele, Kathlyne Knickerbocker. "Viele, 1659-1909, Two Hundred and Fifty Years with a Dutch Family of New York". New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1913, pp. 118-119.
From the description of Estate papers and maps on property in Schenectady County, New York, 1712-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145408152
