Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine . ct of land August 26th,1677 and another on October 8th of the same became a resident about the same time. Formany years he was a representative in the ColonialAssembly for Ulster county, beginning with 1692. Hewas colonel in the militia. He was for years a mer-chant in Kingston, but abont the year 1700 he turnedover his business to his son-in-law, Johannes Harden-bergh, and removed to his place in Rosendale. Hehad purchased this of the Indians in 1680 and itincluded nine hundred and sixty acres on both sides ofthe Rondont creek fr
Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine . ct of land August 26th,1677 and another on October 8th of the same became a resident about the same time. Formany years he was a representative in the ColonialAssembly for Ulster county, beginning with 1692. Hewas colonel in the militia. He was for years a mer-chant in Kingston, but abont the year 1700 he turnedover his business to his son-in-law, Johannes Harden-bergh, and removed to his place in Rosendale. Hehad purchased this of the Indians in 1680 and itincluded nine hundred and sixty acres on both sides ofthe Rondont creek from Rock Lock to Koxing. Thatyear he leased his Rosendale property to Dirck Key-ser, in consideration of his building a stone housethereon. Dirck Keyser occupied it until his landlordcame to reside in it himself. The stone house of Key_ser was built into the present one as Rutsen enlargedthe building for his residence. Colonel Rutsen diedhere in 1730 and his grave is just south of the house,and has never been marked except by cedar posts 51 Olde Ulster. « ^ 52 The Hardenbergh House at Rosendale which have stood there undecayed for more than onehundred and seventy-five years. A monument shouldbe erected to this old patriot, who led the people intheir fight for popular rights more than two hundredyears ago. When Colonel Rutsen died he was possessed of anestate which comprehended Rosendale, Guilford, largetracts in Shawangunk, one twenty-third part of thegreat Hardenbergh Patent covering much of Ulsterand most of Delaware and Sullivan counties, all of theRondout valley from the Rochester line to the Sulli-van county line, thirteen miles, except the four-hundred-acre patent of Cornelius Vernooy, besides numerousfarms in Hurley, Marbletown and Kingston. Therewere also tracts on the other side of the Hudson inDutchess county. His daughter Catharine married Johannes Harden-bergh, to whom and his associates was given the greatHardenbergh Patent. Their son, known as ColonelJohannes Hard
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