. Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine. ock. While therea man came in whom he had not seen since thosetroubled days. He recognized him as a former Toryneighbor. The man advanced and asked him if hewould forgive him for inciting the others to carry himaway. Short replied: I forgave you long ago. Ipromised the good Lord that if He would return mein safety to my family I would never revenge mycaptivity on those who caused it. I have forgivenyou, but I can never forget you. To complete the record it should be added thatduring the month of April of the year succeeding theircapture
. Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine. ock. While therea man came in whom he had not seen since thosetroubled days. He recognized him as a former Toryneighbor. The man advanced and asked him if hewould forgive him for inciting the others to carry himaway. Short replied: I forgave you long ago. Ipromised the good Lord that if He would return mein safety to my family I would never revenge mycaptivity on those who caused it. I have forgivenyou, but I can never forget you. To complete the record it should be added thatduring the month of April of the year succeeding theircapture Colonel Johannis Snyder wrote thus to Gov-ernor George Clinton from Kingston: April 29, 1781. A Party of Levies are gone this morn-in7 to guard the family of Peter Short down from was with Coll. Pawling yesterday for that Pupose ; we haveno late accounts from the frontiers since Capt. Abeel has beentaken; the party that went in Pursuit of them are Returned,and I am informed last night without Success. 343 The Lineage of the Van Etten Family. NE of the famous regions of Europe wasknown by the name of Brabant as far backas the days of Julius Caesar. During theMiddle Ages it was under the dominion ofthe Duke of Brabant. After the rise of theDutch Republic it became part of the king-dom of the Netherlands and so remaineduntil 1830 when South Brabant was sepa-rated from North Brabant and given toBelgium. Brabant is now divided into three provinces ;North Brabant belonging to the Netherlands; Antwerpbelonging to Belgium and South Brabant to the samekingdom. The inhabitants of North Brabant speak theDutch language; those of Antwerp the Flemish andthose of South Brabant the Walloon French. From the earliest settlement of the Esopus thisname of Brabant was given to the lowlands along theEsopus creek on its west side opposite to and north ofKingston. The name has almost disappeared fromlocal usage; its last survival being in trie corporatename of the road of Belgian bridge st
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