DUTCHESS COUNTY DEEDS FILED IN KINGSTON by Clifford M. Buck
Dutchess County was set up as a separate County November 1, 1683. In Volume I of the Colonial Laws of New York State on page 868, dated July 21, 1715, the Justices of the Peace are instructed to have the Constables call a public meeting for the purpose of building a County House and Jail and select a suitable site for same. Apparently this did not get done and on page 914 dated May 27, 1717, they are again requested to call a meeting for the same purpose. The building was not actually built until 1746 and that building was burned in 1785. Smith's History p 118 states that from October 18, 1701 the affairs of Dutchess County were provisionally attached to Ulster County. It was not until 1720 that a Court of Common Pleas and a Court of General Sessions was established here. From the above information one would also conclude that the deeds and mortgages for Dutchess County property were also recorded in Ulster County. To bear out this conclusion it will be noted that the records of our deeds and mortgages start with the year 1718. As a result of searching Ulster County deeds up to 1700, the following deeds were found for Dutchess County property. Further research needs to be done to cover 1700-1718. DUTCHESS COUNTY DEEDS RECORDED IN KINGSTON (Started p 50 1686 of book AA) AA 195
Sept. 6, 1698 Pieter Schuyler of Albany to Tjerck DeWitt of Kingston In Dutchess County north Bounds of Col Beekman along Hudson River North of Madleens Island 1/3 part of sawmill
AA 196 October 12, 1698 Hendrick Kip of Dutchess County to Walrond Dumond Jr of Dutchess County Land in Kingston AA 230 May 6, 1699 Robert Sanders and Elsie Myndert Harmense and Helen to Michael Palmentier of Bosswyck, Kings Co. Island of Nassau At a place called Wareskeech or Old Mans Valley, Mentions third brook and Mill Creek 'Witnesses: Thomas Sanders A D LaRoy Lanswell Phillip Baltus Barent VanKleeck Jacobus Van Boogert 100
