Product Description: This work consists of brief notices of the first settlers of the colony of Rensselaerswyck (in the neighborhood of Albany, New York, then New Netherland). A paragraph, varying in length from a few sentences to half a page, is devoted to each settler, giving a concise record of his arrival in the colony and his occupation, together with other essential data such as names of wife and children, dates of marriage and death, and references to land grants, leases, agreements, etc...read more