1700
State
A Colonel Romer arrives in Iroquois country, and is instructed to view the “burning spring” near Bristol. ** The approximate date Don Manuel Gonzales moves from Ulster County’s Rochester with his family and settles in Mamakating Hollow, in the future Sullivan County.
Schenectady
The approximate date the first English settlers arrive in the area. Abraham Yates builds a house on Union Street about this time, on the site of the former Jan Roeleffson's house, destroyed during the 1690 massacre.
Religion
The Massachusetts General Court and New York State banish Roman Catholic priests. New York mandates hanging for any priests entering the colony to influence the Indians.
1701
Feb 14
The 5,000-acre Walter’s Patent, in Westchester County, is granted to Robert Walters.
Mar 21
Scarsdale Manor is granted to Caleb Heathcote.
May 13
Robert Livingston writes to the Board of Trade in London, praising the Iroquois Nations for their friendly relations with the colony.
State
New York State adopts a policy of neutrality toward the Canadian French. ** Johannis Hardenbergh petitions New York’s governor for grants of small tracts of lands in the Catskills. ** Wealthy miller Frederick Philipse dies, leaving his Yonkers home and property to his grandson Frederick. ** Royal governor Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont, dies suddenly. ** The Five Nations’ treaty with the French in Canada and renewal of the Coveant Chain with the English in Albany, preserves the tribes’ independence - The Grand Settlement.
1702
Mar 8
The first court sessions for Orange County are held at Tappantown (in today’s Rockland County town of Orangetown.)
Apr 17
East and West Jersey are united as a royal province by Queen Anne, under the governor of New York.
May
Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, a cousin of Queen Anne, begins serving as royal governor in New York, replacing the late Lord Bellomont.
Nov 6
Westchester County landowner Frederick Philipse dies in New York City at the age of 76.
Dec 9
Frederick Philipse’s will is probated; he left his son Adolph the portion of Philipsburgh Manor north of Dobbs Ferry, including the town of Mount Pleasant.
Dec 10
New York French Church minister the Reverend Peter Peiret petitions Lord Cornbury to resume a salary previously received from the city due to the smallness of his congregation, for his living expenses. Cornbury agrees to a £20 per year pension until Peiret’s death.
State
Jesuit missionary Julien Garnier returns from Canada to live for a while with the Seneca again. ** Johannis Hardenbergh petitions the governor for permission to purchase 250 acres of land northwest of Kingston from the local tribes. The tracts, called Sakewanneekcock and Pog Kanecook by the Indians, will become part of the Town of Woodstock. ** ** A short road is built at the portage or Great Carrying Place, between Wood Creek and the Mohawk River.
Canada
Former Jesuit missionary to the Seneca Julien Garnier dies in Québec at the age of 87.
1703
Apr 29
The Wawayanda Patent, in New York’s Orange County, is awarded to Chief Justice Dr.
John Bridges and others.
Jun 8
The Rhinebeck Patent, in Dutchess County, is granted to Henry Beekman.
Jun 25
The Ulster County town of Rochester, named for the Earl of Rochester, is incorporated by patent. ** Beekman’s Patent, in New York’s Dutchess County, is granted to Henry Beekman.
Nov 27
New York acting colonial governor James De Lancey is born in New York City, to
merchant Etienne (later Stephen) De Lancey (Delancey) and Anne Van Cortlandt De
Lancey.
State
Legislation calls for the establishment of a road between New York City and the Connecticut line to the east (later the Boston Post Road). ** The proprietors at the eastern end of Long Island reaffirm the residence and planting rights of the Montauk Indians.
1704
April
The Westchester County town of Bedford has its 1697 rights confirmed by the colonial government.
May 20
Queen Anne’s patent of confirmation is awarded to patroon Killian van Rennssalaer, son of Jeremiah.
Aug 28
The Minisink Patent, in Sullivan and Orange counties, is granted to Matthew Ling and others.
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