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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 [[ | 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. | ||
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}}). | ||
The Viscount de Fronsac compiled a list of "Lords of Manors of New York:" | |||
*The Viscount de Fronsac. "Lords of Manors of New York," ''The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record'', Vol. 39, No. 4 (Oct. 1908):292-300. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/stream/newyorkgenealog00unkngoog#page/n330/mode/1up Internet Archive] - free; [http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/public-elibrary New York Family History] ($); {{FHL|161380|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 B2n v. 39}}.<br> | |||
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