Beekman Patent, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Volume 4 [Dutchess Co., NY]

The Settlers of the Beekman Patent series, by Frank J. Doherty, contains data on over thirteen hundred families who settled in the Beekman Patent, an original land grant given to Col. Henry Beekman in 1697 by the English Crown and the second largest patent in present-day Dutchess County, New York. Many emigrants from New England lived in and passed through the Beekman Patent on their way west. Others, such as the Palatines and Quakers (almost all from New England), were early settlers and remained for several generations or more.

The link to Volume One below will lead to a linked list of topics contained in the volume. The links to subsequent volumes will lead to a linked list of family sketches in the volumes that have been added to the database. New sketches will be added on a monthly basis

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