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  • Category: Derivative
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  • Publisher: 1881
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Page: 23
  • Pages: 23-24
  • Text: Chapter III - Civil Government

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    From this survey of the original county of Orange we pas to notice the civil divisions of Ulster County so far as they were embraced in the district which we are considering. Immediately north of Murderer's Creek there was no civil organization until the advent of the Palatines in 1709, when the precinct of the Highlands was erected and attached to New Paltz. The boundaries of the precinct are not stated, but the order is understood to have applied more especially to the territory extending from New Paltz to Murderer's Creek, in which district the Palatines at Quassaick were then the principal settlers. At the same time or soon after, the constitution of the Precinct of the Highlands, and evidently by order of the court, the Precinct of Maghaghkemek, and the Precinct of Shawangunk were constituted, the latter attached to New Paltz. As in the case of the Precinct of the Highlands, no boundaries are given; but from deeds, tax rolls, and other papers of record, it is clear that the present towns of Montgomery, Crawford, and Wallkill were embraced in the limits of this precinct. Under this limited organization the territory which these precincts covered remained until 1743, when by act of Dec. 17, three full precincts, having all the officers of towns and exercising all their duties, were established by act of the Assembly. These precincts were to be known and called "by the name of the Wallkill Precinct, Shawangunk Precinct, and Highland Precinct.
    ...
    The Precinct of the Highlands embraced the patents lying along the Hudson River from Murderer's Creek to New Paltz, and was more particularily described as "bounded in the east by Hudson's River; one the south by the line dividing the counties or Ulster and Orange; on the west by the precincts of Wallkill and Shawangunk and the neighborhoods anexed to the New Paltz, and on th enorth by the bounds or line of New Paltz town." The precinct meetings were to be held "at the house of John Humphrey, Jr.," who resided in the precinct of New Windsor "on the first Tuesday of April annually" for the election of precinct officers.
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    The Precinct of the Highlands continued in existence until 1762, when it was divided into the Precincts of Newburgh and New Windsor, "by a line beginning at the mouth of Quassaick Creek, and thence along the south bounds of a tract of land commonly called the German Patent to another granted to Alexander Baird, and then along southerly bounds of the said last mentioned tract the Wallkill Precinct; all the lands heretofore comprehended within the said Highland Precinct to the southward of the aforesaid dividing line be called by the name of New Windsor Precinct, and all the lands heretofore comprehended within the said Highland Precinct lying to the northward of the said line to be called by the name of Newburgh Precinct." The latter was divided in 1772 by a line running along the north bounds of the Harrison, Bradley, Wallace, Kip and Cruger, and Jamison Patents, to the Precinct of Shawangunk, "all the land lying to the northward of said line to be called and known by the name of New Marlborough Precinct, and all the land south of said line to continue to be called Newburgh Precinct."
Page: 46
  • Text: Chapter V - Military History

    ... The first of these companies was known as "The Foot Company of Military of the Precinct of the Highlands;" the second as "The Company of Militia of the W all a Kill." The following were their muster rolls in 1738:

    "A List of the first company of Militia of the presenk of the Highlands under the command of Capt. Thomas Ellison:

    John Umphrey
    David Umphrey
    John Umphrey, Jr.
    James Umphrey"
Page: 214
  • Text: Town Histories - New Windsor

    II - Patents and First Settlements

    Andrew Johnson Patent--The district known as Little Britain had its first settler in John Humphrey, who purchased, in 1724-25, a farm lot of 250 acres, being part of the patent to Andrew Johnston. Peter Mullinder purchased and settled on a farm of the same patent, Sept. 22, 1729; Robert Burnet of Raritan, N. J., Oct. 7, 1729, and at the same time John Reid; Charles Clinton, of Longford, Ireland, Aug. 22, 1730, and at the same time Mary McClaughry, widow; John Young, Alexander Denniston, and Andrew McDowell. John Humphrey took his deed Dec. 6, 1731, although his land was located and occupied by him in 1724-25. The lot purchased by Mary McClaughry was bounded west by Humphrey, and north by Betsey Mallard, widow, showing the residence of the Mallard (now Mailler) family prior to 1730.
Page: 215
  • Text: Town Histories - New Windsor

    II - Patents and First Settlements

    Hume Patent--James Gembell and John Humphrey purchased, in 1724, 300 acres of the patent to Patrick Hume, and divided the same equally between them, April 6, 1730. Gembell sold to Patrick Byrn, March 12, 1744, and Humphrey sold to Patrick McClaughry, Feb. 22, 1769. One half of the remainder of the patent (850 acres) was sold by James Lithgow, nephew of the patentee, to James Neelly, Henry Man Neelly, William Young, and Patrick McClaughry, March 6, 1749, and the same parties purchased the remaining half (850 acres) from Hannah Lithgow, widow, and John Nicholas, of Philadelphia, April, 1750. June 10, 1757, William Young sold to Samuel Sly 233 acres, now known as the Sly homestead. The Gembell and Humphrey portion of the patent was sold to William Telford and Samuel Falls.
Page: 234
  • Pages: 234-236
  • Text: Town Histories - New Windsor

    VII - Civil List

    1763 - James Umphrey, assessor
    1764 - David Humphrey, assessor
    1765 - David Humphrey, assessor
    1766 - David Humphrey, assessor
    1767 - David Humphrey, assessor
    1769 - James Humphrey, fence-viewer
    1770 - David Humphrey, assessor

    Committee of Safety

    1776 - Hugh Humphrey, overseer of roads
    1777 - Hugh Humphrey, high-way master, for Little Britain
    1777 - Hugh Humphrey, committee of safety
    1778 - Hugh Humphrey, high-way master, for Little Britain
    1781 - Hugh Humphrey, high-way master
    1786 - Election at the house of William Humphrey, 1786 to '91
Personal Names
PersonClaimDetailEvidence
David HumphreyNameDavid Humphrey [S2046:908] [S2052:155] [S2059:20] [S2060] [S2062:234] [S2065:4] [S2065:19] [N125]
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David HumphreyNameDavid Umphrey [S2062:46]
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John HumphreyNameJohn Humphrey [S2046:984] [S2062:214] [S2062:215] [S2065:4]
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John HumphreyNameJohn Humphrey [S2046:984] [S2062:214] [S2062:215] [S2065:4]
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John HumphreyNameJohn Umphrey [S2062:46]
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Relationships
PersonClaimDetailEvidence
David HumphreyFatherJohn Humphrey (e1694-) [S2062:46] [S2062:234] [S2065:4]
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David HumphreyFatherJohn Humphrey (e1694-) [S2062:46] [S2062:234] [S2065:4]
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Events & Attributes
PersonClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
John HumphreyLand PurchaseMay 23, 1724Little Britian in New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States [S2046:984] [S2062:215]
bought a 150 acres on Patrick Hume's Patent
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John HumphreyLand Purchase1724/25Little Britian in New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States [S2062:214]
bought a 250 acres farm on Andrew Johnson's Patent
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John HumphreyDeedDec 6, 1731Little Britian in New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States [S2062:214]
took his deed on the farm he purchased in 1724/25
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David HumphreyMilitary1738New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States [S2062:46]
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John HumphreyMilitary1738New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States [S2062:46]
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David HumphreyPosition 1764 to 1767Assessor, New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States [S2062:234]
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John HumphreyLand SaleFeb 22, 1769New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States [S2062:215]
sold his land on the Hume Patent to Patrick McClaughry
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David HumphreyPosition1770Assessor, New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States [S2062:234]
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