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The largest manors were Rensselaerswyck (granted in 1630 and 1685), Livingston (granted in 1686), Philipsburgh (granted in 1693), Cortlandt (granted in 1697), Fordham (granted in 1671), Pelham (granted in 1687), and Morrisania (granted in 1697). | The largest manors were Rensselaerswyck (granted in 1630 and 1685), Livingston (granted in 1686), Philipsburgh (granted in 1693), Cortlandt (granted in 1697), Fordham (granted in 1671), Pelham (granted in 1687), and Morrisania (granted in 1697). | ||
The Family History Library has few records about the Hudson Valley manors. However, it does have the Livingston Family Papers, 1630–1929, from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park; Family History Library films 1421078–90, {{FSC|148088|item}}. The library also has a helpful index, ''Van Rensselaer Manor Papers'', published about 1990; | The Family History Library has few records about the Hudson Valley manors. However, it does have the Livingston Family Papers, 1630–1929, from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park; Family History Library films 1421078–90, {{FSC|148088|item}}. The library also has a helpful index, ''Van Rensselaer Manor Papers'', published about 1990; FS Library book 974.7 R2r; film 1697716, {{FSC|527284|item}}. This manor was located in what is now [[Albany County, New York Genealogy|Albany]] and [[Rensselaer County, New York Genealogy|Rensselaer]] Counties. The original records are at the New York State Library. | ||
A source for more historical information about the manors is ''Landlord and Tenant in Colonial New York: Manorial Society, 1664–1775<ref>Kim, Sung Bok, ''Landlord and Tenant in Colonial New York: Manorial Society, 1664–1775'' (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1978</ref>'' The appendix, "A Note on Sources," describes the manorial records that exist and where they are located. ({{FSC|321503|item|disp=FS Library book 974.7 R2k}}). | A source for more historical information about the manors is ''Landlord and Tenant in Colonial New York: Manorial Society, 1664–1775<ref>Kim, Sung Bok, ''Landlord and Tenant in Colonial New York: Manorial Society, 1664–1775'' (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1978</ref>'' The appendix, "A Note on Sources," describes the manorial records that exist and where they are located. ({{FSC|321503|item|disp=FS Library book 974.7 R2k}}). | ||
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This purchase included present Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus counties and the western parts of Allegany, Wyoming, Genesee, and Orleans counties. | This purchase included present Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus counties and the western parts of Allegany, Wyoming, Genesee, and Orleans counties. | ||
The Holland Land Company surveyed the land and then sold it to individuals from 1801 to 1840. The records are described in Wilhelmina C. Pieterse's ''Inventory of the Archives of the Holland Land Company. 1789–1869'' (Amsterdam, Netherlands: Municipal Printing Office of Amsterdam, 1976; | The Holland Land Company surveyed the land and then sold it to individuals from 1801 to 1840. The records are described in Wilhelmina C. Pieterse's ''Inventory of the Archives of the Holland Land Company. 1789–1869'' (Amsterdam, Netherlands: Municipal Printing Office of Amsterdam, 1976; FS Library book 974 R2p; film 1421412 item 2, {{FSC|266830|item}}. | ||
A partial index to the collection is Karen E. Livsey, ''Western New York Land Transactions, 1804–1835: Extracted from the Archives of the Holland Land Company'', Two Volumes. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991, 1996; | A partial index to the collection is Karen E. Livsey, ''Western New York Land Transactions, 1804–1835: Extracted from the Archives of the Holland Land Company'', Two Volumes. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991, 1996; FS Library book 974.7 R28L, {{FSC|382438|item}}. This record indexes land tables (company accounts) and is useful for finding someone in a particular place at a particular time. | ||
The collection is at the [[Stadsarchief Amsterdam|Municipal Archives of Amsterdam]] and on microfilm at the [[New York State Library]], the [[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library|Daniel E. Reed Library at the State University of New York at Fredonia]], the [[Library of Congress]], and the [[New York Public Library]]. | The collection is at the [[Stadsarchief Amsterdam|Municipal Archives of Amsterdam]] and on microfilm at the [[New York State Library]], the [[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library|Daniel E. Reed Library at the State University of New York at Fredonia]], the [[Library of Congress]], and the [[New York Public Library]]. | ||
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The largest single set of Holland Land Company records at the Family History Library is the Van Eeghen collection, Holland Land Company Records (Family History Library 202 microfilms). | The largest single set of Holland Land Company records at the Family History Library is the Van Eeghen collection, Holland Land Company Records (Family History Library 202 microfilms). | ||
A history of the Holland purchase is Wyckoff, William, ''The Developer's Frontier: The Making of the Western New York Landscape''(New Haven, Connecticut and London, England: Yale University Press, 1988; | A history of the Holland purchase is Wyckoff, William, ''The Developer's Frontier: The Making of the Western New York Landscape''(New Haven, Connecticut and London, England: Yale University Press, 1988; FS Library book 974.7 E3w, {{FSC|675325|item}}. | ||
'''The Phelps and Gorham Purchase''' | '''The Phelps and Gorham Purchase''' | ||
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This purchase included Ontario, Yates, and Steuben counties; the eastern portions of present Monroe and Livingston counties; the western parts of Wayne and Schuyler counties; and part of Allegany County. It was purchased by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham. The Phelps and Gorham Papers are located at the New York State Library. | This purchase included Ontario, Yates, and Steuben counties; the eastern portions of present Monroe and Livingston counties; the western parts of Wayne and Schuyler counties; and part of Allegany County. It was purchased by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham. The Phelps and Gorham Papers are located at the New York State Library. | ||
A history is Orsamus Turner, ''History of Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham Purchase and Morris' Reserve'' (1851; reprint with supplements and indexes by LaVerne C. Cooley and George E. Lookup, Interlaken, New York: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1976; | A history is Orsamus Turner, ''History of Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham Purchase and Morris' Reserve'' (1851; reprint with supplements and indexes by LaVerne C. Cooley and George E. Lookup, Interlaken, New York: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1976; FS Library book 974.7 H2t index; film 871566 item 3, {{FSC|197247|item}}. | ||
'''The Morris Reserve''' | '''The Morris Reserve''' | ||
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