The parsonage between two manors; annals of Clover-Reach . thousandacres, and also one thousand acres of the UpperManor on the east side of the river, including thesite of Greenbush. Hendrick removed to Claverack with such of hisfriends from the older community of Albany as hecould induce to join him, spending his time betweenthe Lower Manor and Fort Crailo, which stood onthe northern portion of his domain. Fort Crailo, which was named after the familyestate near Amsterdam, Holland, had been built in1642, a stone in the cellar wall containing the in-scription K. V. R. 1642 Anno Domini. The ini
The parsonage between two manors; annals of Clover-Reach . thousandacres, and also one thousand acres of the UpperManor on the east side of the river, including thesite of Greenbush. Hendrick removed to Claverack with such of hisfriends from the older community of Albany as hecould induce to join him, spending his time betweenthe Lower Manor and Fort Crailo, which stood onthe northern portion of his domain. Fort Crailo, which was named after the familyestate near Amsterdam, Holland, had been built in1642, a stone in the cellar wall containing the in-scription K. V. R. 1642 Anno Domini. The initialsstand for the first Patroon, and mark the date ofthe arrival of the first Dutch minister. It was astrongly built house with timbers eighteen inchessquare, and a chimney so constructed that nothingcould be thrown down, and no one descend, a pro-tection called for against the torches of the it was intended originally for purposes of de-fense, it contained nine musket or port-holesthrough which to project a rifle. 12 Digitized by Microsoft®. FORT CRAILO Erected ia 16-12 by Kiliaen Vau home of the Patrooas of the Lower Manor of Rensselaenvick. Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® THE LOWER VAN RENSSELAER MANOR. There is a tradition that the Ten Broecks, Muld-ers, Hogebooms, Bensons, and Van Cortlandts camewith the Van Rensselaers from Holland, as neigh-bors, not tenants, since they are not in the list ofthose who took the oath of allegiance to the firstPatroon. That their children were named for theVan Rensselaers who were their sponsors in bap-tism, proves the friendly feeling existing betweenthe families, and that Cornells Stephense Mulderpurchased of Hendrick Van Rensselaer one thou-sand acres in the town of Claverack as early as 1718,would make it appear that this family might havebeen among the Albany friends whom he persuadedto settle in his Lower Manor. The greater part of the early settlers of Claverackbrought some pecuniary mean
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