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 . , 1739, asshown by the Kingston church records, James Auchmoodyand Gretje Deyo being sponsors. Peter married CharityMaria Cramer in New York in 1765 and died in 1812. Heand his wife are both buried in the family burying groundat Pittstown, Rensselaer county, N. Y. The children ofPeter Deyo were: Zachariah, James, Peter, Jacob, John,Sa
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 . , 1739, asshown by the Kingston church records, James Auchmoodyand Gretje Deyo being sponsors. Peter married CharityMaria Cramer in New York in 1765 and died in 1812. Heand his wife are both buried in the family burying groundat Pittstown, Rensselaer county, N. Y. The children ofPeter Deyo were: Zachariah, James, Peter, Jacob, John,Sarah, Jane, Katharine and Charity. The oldest son, Zacha-riah Deyo, who was born in Dutchess county, Sept. 24, 1774,married Phebe Oakley in 1799. He died in 1826 and isburied with his wife at Schroon, N. Y. This couple hadchildren as follows: Jacob, William O. (settled in the west),Dorcas (married Ephraim Grimes), Charity and Peter. Thedaughter Charity married Jacob Lohmas. Their son DeyoLohmas, born in 1836, was a prominent citizen of SaratogaSprings, N. Y. He was an extensive dealer in grain, flourand groceries and first introduced Chicago dressed meat inthis state, erecting wholesale houses at Glens Falls andSaratoga Springs. i6o HISTORY 01 A^Sn- A PPE X D 1 K i6i CHAPTER XIII History of Education at New PaltzTlic Public School at Aezc Paltz The stone building, now owned and occupied as a residenceby John Drake was the pubHc school building from 1812 to1874—a period of 62 years. The building is about 2,i feet square and the walls of extra-ordinary thickness. The stones of which the walls were builtwere from the first stone church torn down in 1773, but thoughthe stones were drawn to tlie lot which had been purchasedfor the site of the school building, they lay there for 40 yearsbefore the school house was erected. There never was any play ground about the building. Inthe old days boys and girls went to school, not for play but forstudy. The only place for out door g
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