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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, {{FHL|148088|item}}. The library also has a helpful index, ''Van Rensselaer Manor Papers'', published about 1990; Family History Library book 974.7 R2r; film 1697716, {{FHL|527284|item}}. This manor was located in what is now [[Albany County, New York|Albany]] and [[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer]] Counties. The original records are at the New York State Library. | 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, {{FHL|148088|item}}. The library also has a helpful index, ''Van Rensselaer Manor Papers'', published about 1990; Family History Library book 974.7 R2r; film 1697716, {{FHL|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. ({{FHL|321503|item|disp=FHL 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. ({{FHL|321503|item|disp=FHL book 974.7 R2k}}). | ||
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=== Military Bounty Land === | === Military Bounty Land === | ||
New York granted military bounty land patents for service in the French and Indian War, and in the Revolutionary War, but did not grant lands to veterans of the War of 1812. Most French and Indian War grants were in the region of the upper Hudson River. In 1782, Revolutionary War veterans were issued land by lottery in the Finger Lakes region of central New York (28 townships in the present counties of [[Onondaga County, New York|Onondaga]], [[Cayuga County, New York|Cayuga]], [[Seneca County, New York|Seneca]], [[Cortland County, New York|Cortland]], [[Oswego County, New York|Oswego]], [[Wayne County, New York|Wayne]], [[Schuyler County, New York|Schuyler]], and [[Tompkins County, New York|Tompkins]]). Many men sold their grants and never settled the land. Before this, lands were made available in the Old Military Tract—located in present-day [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton]], [[Essex County, New York|Essex]], and [[Franklin County, New York|Franklin]] counties—but few soldiers settled there. | New York granted military bounty land patents for service in the French and Indian War, and in the Revolutionary War, but did not grant lands to veterans of the War of 1812. Most French and Indian War grants were in the region of the upper Hudson River. In 1782, Revolutionary War veterans were issued land by lottery in the Finger Lakes region of central New York (28 townships in the present counties of [[Onondaga County, New York Genealogy|Onondaga]], [[Cayuga County, New York Genealogy|Cayuga]], [[Seneca County, New York Genealogy|Seneca]], [[Cortland County, New York Genealogy|Cortland]], [[Oswego County, New York Genealogy|Oswego]], [[Wayne County, New York Genealogy|Wayne]], [[Schuyler County, New York Genealogy|Schuyler]], and [[Tompkins County, New York Genealogy|Tompkins]]). Many men sold their grants and never settled the land. Before this, lands were made available in the Old Military Tract—located in present-day [[Clinton County, New York Genealogy|Clinton]], [[Essex County, New York Genealogy|Essex]], and [[Franklin County, New York Genealogy|Franklin]] counties—but few soldiers settled there. | ||
The military bounty land patents are at the State Archives: | The military bounty land patents are at the State Archives: | ||