1750
January
Three Lutheran ministers, including Reverend
Wilhelm Christoph Berkenmeyer, travel to Rhinebeck and forcefully depose the
confrontational Reverend John Christopher Hartwick. He moves on to
Pennsylvania.
May 2
Major John André is born in London to a Swiss
merchant and his wife.
May 3
Trader Evert Wendell dies in Albany at the age of
69.
May 6
The 8,000-acre Rightmeyer’s Patent, in Schoharie
and Greene counties, is granted to Ury Rightmeyer and others.
May 10
English-Iroquois go-between William Johnson writes
to New York governor George Clinton, to complain of the French governor, the
Marquis de la Joinquière, who is offering rewards for the heads of traders
George Croghan and Hugh Lowry.
Jun 18
De la Joinquière receives a letter from Clinton
protesting the French presence at the Niagara River portage and demanding its
removal.
Sep 29
John Burnet notes that Governor George Clinton has
replaced him as coroner with Anthony Rutgers over a disagreement with Burnet’s
pursuit of Abigail Stibbin’s English
murderers, which Clinton opposed for political
reasons.
Dec 17
William Johnson writes to Clinton, resigning his
post as Indian agent.
Dec 31
Iroquois chiefs arrive at Canajoharie to bemoan
the loss of William Johnson as liaison with the British.
State
The approximate date Peoria is founded, in Albany
County. ** A few German families
settle the future Albany County town of Bern. About this date some families begin
moving into the western end of Ulster County. ** The approximate date settlement of the
Cobleskill area begins.
1751
Jun 15
Abbé François Piquet leaves northern New York's
Fort Présentation (Oswegatchie) for Toronto, heading for the western end of
Lake Ontario, seeking Indian converts.
July
Iroquois chief Tyanoga (known to the British as
Hendrick) speaks to delegates from
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and South
Carolina, in Albany, asking colonial governor George Clinton to have William
Johnson reinstated as Indian
agent. Johnson will not reconsider.
Jul 8
The Iroquois depart from Albany.
State
Swedish scientist Peter Kalm's Travels into
North America is translated into
English, bringing a new interest in Niagara Falls. ** Indian agent Sir William Johnson buys land
surrounding Onondaga Lake from the local tribe for $15,000.
1752
Jan 1
Great Britain and the colonies officially adopt
the Gregorian Calendar, making January and February the beginning months of the
year, rather than the final months.
Feb 21
The 18,000-acre Turloch Patent, in Schoharie
County, is granted to Jacob Borst and others.
Apr 13
The 2,324-acre Herkimer’s Patent, in Herkimer
County, is granted to Joost Johan Herkimer and others.
Jul 29
British naval officer and Mohawk Valley landowner
Sir Peter Warren, uncle of William Johnson, dies in Ireland in his late
forties.
Aug 25
The 14,000-acre Yong’s Patent, in Herkimer County,
is granted to Theobald Young and others.
Oct 11
Young’s Patent, in Otsego and Schoharie counties,
is granted to Frederick Young.
State
Troy’s first house is built. ** The approximate date
Palatine German settlers build Fort Herkimer Church, named for the fortified
home of Johan Jost Herkimer.
1753
Feb 6
The 2,640-acre Lawyer’s Patent, in Schoharie
County, is granted to Johannes Lawyer and others.
Apr 14
The 4,000-acre Banyar’s Patent, in Oswego and
Schoharie counties, is granted to Goldsbrow Banyar and others.
Jun 16
The New York provincial council meets with a
delegation of Mohawk at Albany. Chief Hendrick (Theyanoguin), angered at being
cheated of 750,000 acres of land by the Kayaderosseras Partners speculators,
breaks off relations with Governor George Clinton.
Jun 23
The 20,000-acre Kingsborough Patent, in Fulton
County, is granted to Arent Stevens and others. The 6,000-acre Lansing’s
Patent, in Herkimer County, is granted to Jacob Lansing and others.
October
George Clinton is replaced as Royal Governor of New York, by Sir
Danvers Osborne.
State
The French build a wagon road across the southern
tier, along the future path of Route 17. ** The maximum amount of land permitted in an
individual's grant is reduced from 2000 acres to 1000. ** Naturalist Jane Colden has
catalogued and described 142 plant specimens. **
Indian mission school
founder Gideon Hawley and Lebanon, Connecticut, Indian school founder Eleazer
Wheelock, both visit Sir William Johnson at Fort Johnson.
1754
Jan 2
The 20,000-acre Lyne’s Patent, the second, in
Herkimer County, is granted to John Lyne,
and others.
Jan 30
Albany mayor John Ten Eyck Lansing is born there
to gunsmith and merchant Gerrit Jacob Lansing and his wife Jannetje Waters
Lansing.
Mar 19
The 6,000-acre Becker’s Patent, in Schoharie
County, is granted to Johannes Becker and others.
Apr 19
Massachusetts provincial governor William Shirley
writes to colonial officials Samuel
Welles, John Chandler, Thomas Hutchinson, Oliver
Partridge, and John Worthington
inviting them to a meeting in June in Albany New
York, with representatives of the Five
Nations, making them presents and confirming their
good relations with the colonials
and to discuss colonial confederation. This
gathering will become known as the Albany Congress.
May 1
Connecticut governor Thomas Fitch names William
Pitkin, Roger Wolcot Jr. and Elisha Williams as delegates to the upcoming
Albany Congress.
May 30
Connecticut governor Thomas Fitch writes to local
colonial commissioners William Pitkin, Roger Wolcott Junior and Elisha
Williams, assigning them to attend the colonial meeting in Albany, New York, on
June 14th, to plan for the defense of the colonies and use the use of allied
Indians in common defense against those allied with the French.
Jun 3
New Hampshire colonial governor Benning Wentworth
declares he has assigned Theodore Atkinson, Richard Wibird, Meshech Weare and
Henry Sherburne as delegate to the congress to be held in Albany, to represent
his colony, in discussions regarding the Six Nations of New York Indians.
Jun 19
25 delegates from seven colonies, including
Pennsylvania’s Benjamin Franklin, hold the Albany Congress at city hall to discus confederation.
Other representatives have come from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York and Maryland. Franklin advises the formation of a
series of land companies as a barrier against the French.
Jul 10
The Plan of Union is tentatively adopted by the
Albany Congress.
Jul 11
The Albany Congress adjourns.
Sep 29
John Burnet is reappointed coroner for the City of
New York. Since he now lives out of town he is replaced by Dutchess County
lawyer Bartholomew Crannell, currently maintaining offices in Manhattan.
October
The marquis du Duquesne meets in Québec with an
Iroquois delegation from Onondaga, come to repair relations with the French. ** English secretary of war
Henry Fox announces that officers appointed to command in America should report
to their posts and that colonial governors should collect funds from their
assemblies for use of the commander in chief.
Dec 21
The 16,000-acre Klock’s Patent, in Montgomery
County, is granted to George Klock
and others.
Dec 22
Former city of New York coroner John Burnet is
named a notary public.
State
Scots-born Charleston, North Carolina,
doctor-botanist Alexander Garden moves to Coldengham, New York, near the estate
of his friend, politician Cadwalladar Colden. Naturalist John Bartram,
collecting in the Catskills, visits the two men. ** Dutch settlers arrive in the Berlin area of
Albany County under the Van Rensselaer patroonship. ** Lutheran minister John Christopher Hartwick,
with the aid of Indian agent Sir William Johnson, buys close to 21,500 acres of
land between the Susquehanna River and Otsego Lake, from several Mohawk
sachems, promising to pay £100.
© 2012 David Minor / Eagles Byte
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