Land papers, 1732-1864.

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Land papers, 1732-1864.

The Cockburn Family land papers are organized into three brief series - correspondence (on family history), legal and financial (miscellaneousdocuments not readily related to land transactions including accounts, court documents, slave bills of sale, etc.), and a series of miscellaneous writings. Drafts and excerpts of wills and estate matters for various persons are found throughout the collection.

11 boxes (5 cu. ft.), 1,220 maps. (1,220 maps : manuscript ; 61 x 104.5 cm. or smaller)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6773264

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Van Rensselaer (Family)

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The Van Rensselaers were a land-owning family in eastern New York State during the 17th century. Of Dutch descent, they were prominent during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries; members of this family played a critical role in the formation of the United States and served as leaders in business, politics and society. The family originally migrated from the Netherlands to a large area along the Hudson River in the present-day area of Albany, New York. The Van Rensselaers and other patroons named ...

Ver Planck family.

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Desbrosses family.

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Brodhead, Charles Howard, 1805-1813

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Kiersted, John.

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John Kiersted was an agent for Henry Overling who was a landowner in the Hardenbergh patent. From the description of Letters, 1830-1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122487883 ...

Cockburn, William, Sir, -1782

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Cockburn, Walter A.,

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Beekman family.

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Morgan, Lewis. family.

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Trumpbour family.

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Cockburn, W. (William), 1773-1858

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William Cockburn was a colonial and New York State land commissioner and surveyor who resided in Plattekill, Ulster County, New York. From the description of Two survey maps of Livingston Patent, Montgomery and Herkimer Counties and Young Patent, Schoharie and Otsego Counties, New York, 1767. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145408052 William Cockburn was a Colonial and New York State Land Commissioner and surveyor who resided in Plattekill, Ulster County, New York. ...

Tremper family.

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Cockburn Family.

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William Cockburn (?-1804) from Berwickshire, Scotland, settled in Kingston, Ulster County, New York in the early 1760s and was employed as a surveyor, land agent, and speculator in Ulster County and throughout the state and Vermont. As a teacher and employer he influenced many of New York States' surveyors. He married Catherine Trumpbour (also spelled Tremper) of Palatine German descent. They had five children including James (ca. 1775-1848) and William Jr. who accompanied their father on survey...

Bickley, May, Acting Attorney General of New York (State)

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Cockburn, James, Sir, 1728 or 1729-1804

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James Cockburn, surveyor, was the son of surveyor and land commissioner William Cockburn of Plattekill, Ulster County, New York. From the description of Survey map of Stephen Lush's land in Western, Oneida County, New York, 1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86164606 Epithet: Secretary to the Master General of the Ordaance British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000174.0x0002cf Epithet: of Skirli...

Duane family.

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Banyar, Goldsbrow

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Goldsbrow Banyar (1724-1815) was a lawyer who served, for varying periods, as deputy secretary of the Province of New York, deputy surveyor and auditor of His Majesty's revenues arising in the Colony of New York, register of the colonial court of chancery, and register and principal surrogate of the prerogative court. A Loyalist during the Revolution, he lived afterwards in Albany as a wealthy landowner. From the description of Land papers, 1728-1868. (New York University). WorldCat ...

Hardenbergh family.

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Livingston family.

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Trumpbour, Jacob Jr,

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