History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the revolution; with an appendix bringing down the history of certain families and some other matter to 1850 . in the old times, and a Mem-ber of Assembly in 1834. He was a short, stout-built, black-eyed man, a surveyor as well as a farmer. Although a strong,robust man, he died at the early age of forty-five. Ralph, the second son, married Rachel Elting. He livedon the portion of his fathers estate in the present town ofRosendale, where his so
History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the revolution; with an appendix bringing down the history of certain families and some other matter to 1850 . in the old times, and a Mem-ber of Assembly in 1834. He was a short, stout-built, black-eyed man, a surveyor as well as a farmer. Although a strong,robust man, he died at the early age of forty-five. Ralph, the second son, married Rachel Elting. He livedon the portion of his fathers estate in the present town ofRosendale, where his son Josiah R. afterwards lived, near hisbrother Daniel. Afterwards he moved to the farm in Lloyd,where his sons, Peter R. and Josiah R., afterwards lived. Moses married Jane Brodhead and had one son, Peter, andone daughter, Magdalen. Josiah P. married Elizabeth LeFevre and had one daughter,Jane, and six sons, Johannes, Peter A., Ralph, Isaac, Mosesand Simon. Josiah P. was a colonel of militia in the old daysand a number of years Supervisor of the town. We have alluded to the practice of the old people of bestow-ing names upon the clearings which they opened in the name Vantyntje (spring field) still is borne by one of 444 HISTORY OF X E IF PALTZ. IN THIS HOUSE THE AUTHOR SPENT His i,.. ;EAI!S. IT WAS OCCUPIED BY HIS FATHER, JOSIAH P., HIS GRANDFATHER PETER AND HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER, DANIEL LE FE\-RE. THIS HOUSE IS NOW OWNED BY THE AUTHOR HISTORY OF N E IV F ALT Z 445 the best fields on the old farm. The name Maiigcrstnck(poor field) has been dropped for the more pretentious one offlat meadow. A sandy knoll on the land of .\bram Ean, ashort distance south of the LeFevre burying-ground, is stillcalled by the Eans Daun Favrcs bozvcry. At some distanceeast of the public highway a clearing of perhaps twenty acreswas made about 1S15. but the rest of Daniel LeFevres landeast of the highwa\- remained a forest until a comparativelyrecent period. Farming in Bontecoe and at X
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