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The FamilySearch 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; FS 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. | The FamilySearch 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; FS 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 | 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}}). | ||
The Viscount de Fronsac compiled a list of "Lords of Manors of New York:" | The Viscount de Fronsac compiled a list of "Lords of Manors of New York:" | ||
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*The names of Military Tract and Old Military Tract patentees are indexed by the ''Grantee Card Index to Patents, 1775–1912''. There is also a card index for the Military Tract. It is arranged by the township and lot number as part of the ''Patents of the State of New York, 1649-1912'' under ''Military Card Index for Patents'' {{FSC|629503|item|disp=FS Library films 946418–20}}. | *The names of Military Tract and Old Military Tract patentees are indexed by the ''Grantee Card Index to Patents, 1775–1912''. There is also a card index for the Military Tract. It is arranged by the township and lot number as part of the ''Patents of the State of New York, 1649-1912'' under ''Military Card Index for Patents'' {{FSC|629503|item|disp=FS Library films 946418–20}}. | ||
*Soldiers that drew land are listed in | *Soldiers that drew land are listed in ''The Balloting Book, and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York''<ref>''The Balloting Book, and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York'' (Albany, New York: Packard Van Benthuysen, 1825.</ref> The book is arranged by township, lot number, and grantee name. There are volume and page cross references to the military patent books. {{FSC|61263|item|disp=FS Library film 812864 item 4}}. Online PDF pages available at: [https://www.tcpl.org/node/5244 Tompkins County Public Library]<br>An index to this source is M. Frances Ferris, ''Index, the Balloting Book and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York.''<ref>Ferris, M. Frances. ''Index, the Balloting Book and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York'', (Syracuse, New York: Onondaga Historical Association, 1954)</ref>{{FSC|61274|item|disp=FS Library film 896803 item}}. Available online at: [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008555402 Hathitrust] | ||
*The State Archives has ''Revolutionary War Accounts and Claims''. These records were abstracted in James A. Roberts, ''New York in the Revolution as Colony and State.<ref>Roberts, James A. ''New York in the Revolution as Colony and State'', Revised Edition. (Albany, New York: 1904).</ref>'' | *The State Archives has ''Revolutionary War Accounts and Claims''. These records were abstracted in James A. Roberts, ''New York in the Revolution as Colony and State.<ref>Roberts, James A. ''New York in the Revolution as Colony and State'', Revised Edition. (Albany, New York: 1904).</ref>'' See Revolutionary War at [[New York Military Records|New York Military Records]]. About two-thirds of the original documents plus the entire name index were destroyed in the Capitol fire of 1911. The surviving records have been microfilmed and the films are available on interlibrary loan from the [https://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=ead/findingaids/A0200.xml New York State Archives]. '''Online at:''' Vol. I - [https://archive.org/details/cu31924030989366/page/n7/mode/2up Internet Archive], Vol. II - [https://archive.org/details/newyorkrevolution02statrich/page/n7/mode/2up Internet Archive]; Vols. I & II - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11663/ Ancestry] ($). The first volume lists some 45,000 names from regimental rosters. The second volume has lists of bounty land recipients, refugees, naval lists, prisoner of war lists, lists of suspected Loyalists, claimants for damages, and information about confiscated estates. | ||
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==== The Phelps and Gorham Purchase ==== | ==== The Phelps and Gorham Purchase ==== | ||
This purchase consisted of a sale of six million acres from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for $1,000,000 and 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. | This purchase consisted of a sale of six million acres from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for $1,000,000 and 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 papers of Oliver Phelps survive and were originally housed at the Canandaigua homestead. When the last surviving family member moved from Canandaigua, the papers were divided into three collections. The majority of the Phelps and Gorham Papers were deposited with the New York State Library, Albany. A smaller portion were donated to the Ontario County Historical Society, Canandaigua and a third collection was eventually deposted in the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan. The latter collection contains the most genealogical material on the Phelps family. | ||
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}}. | 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}}. | ||
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