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See the Castello Plan, an early city map of Lower Manhattan (New York City) from 1660, created by Jacques Cortelyou like you’ve never seen it before.

In Memory of JACOBUS STOUTENBURGH Born 1696 Died 1772 who in 1742 became the first white resident of record on the Flatts, south of Crum Elbow Creek, where subsequently the village of Hyde Park was built and who owned many acres of land in Dutchess County under the Patent of the Great Nine Partners. He married May 25th, 1717 MARGARET TELLER of Teller's Point, Westchester Co. Born 1696 Died 1789

As another year’s annual newsletter is on its way to our members, look to your mailboxes for your issue.

Thanks once again to my lifelong friend Lynnea Jones for chauffeuring me to the FDR Library and Museum last October 2008. Among other items, the library houses files pertaining to Maud Stoutenburgh Eliot, a founding member of our Association, and a priceless collection of Hudson River Valley maps and antique documents bearing red wax seals, handwritten in India ink.

I also photographed many items from the collection at the William Stoutenburgh house.

The Dutch Reformed Church in Hyde Park still houses the memorial plaque, dedicated to Jacobus by FDR, preserved on the wall behind plexiglass. The Post Office mural collection funded by FDR shows in vibrant detail the artist’s concept of Jacobus’ people clearing the land.

At town hall a magnificent mosaic heads the conference room and the clerks there were very helpful gathering information from their records.

This year our contacts have increased at our growing website inviting praise and criticism. The internet is infinite in its potential to inform and misinform. We are wise to be cautious and continue to research and verify sources as we collect items of historical interest.

Please provide alternate means to reach you by mail and telephone as well as e-mail when you contact us. When contacting us through the website, please check your e-mail junk (also known as spam and bulk) folders for replies which you may be missing.

Thank you for the honor of the title of Family Historian.

Ila Malloy

We are delighted to present Gloria Waldron Hukle, who has contacted us through this website to introduce her work. We look forward to reading her books! The following is reprinted with her permission.

IMS Malloy

Gloria Waldron Hukle

Gloria Waldron Hukle, a native and resident of New York State is an llth generation Waldron in the line of the New York Dutch Waldron who emigrated to New Amsterdam (NYC) from Holland mid-l7th century settling on the corner of present day Wall Street and B’Way and later Harlem. Hukle is the author of three well-researched historical novels that comprise the "Waldron Series Books." More information to be found at Author Gloria Waldron Hukle website.

The First of the series is Manhattan: Seeds of the Big Apple, the story of Resolved Waldron, his second wife, Tennake, and his three young children by his deceased first wife, Rebecca Hendricks, who came over with him to the raw new world…William, Rebecca, and Aeltie. The story travels a period of ten years spanning the distance from Holland, onward through the journey over, to the family’s first steps upon American soil where they began a new life with Waldron serving Peter Stuyvesant as his assistant night sheriff–to the final closing scenes when the English took over in l664.

The children are active participants in this Manhattan story and the reader is invited to share the family’s growing years. One is also introduced to young Miss Engeltje Stoutenburg with whom the teenage William became enchanted. Of course, we know from the records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York that William Waldron (William & Engeltje are Hukle’s 9th generation grandparents) marries Engeltje February l0, l671.

William Waldron and his wife Engeltje Stoughtenburg Waldron produced several children. Their son, Peter Waldron, most likely named for his grandfather, Peter Stoutenburg migrated north to Albany circa l699. He had married Catharina Vandenbergh in Sept. l698 and the couple parented ten children. Peter Waldron and his Cate are portrayed in Hukle’s, Threads: An American Tapestry just published May 2009 which opens in l723 with the New York Provincial census.

The Diary of a Northern Moon is a mystery connecting old local lore set in more contemporary times in the small hamlet of North Creek, New York, Lake George, and Albany. Two men return from World War II. One dies and the other keeps a secret that turns him inside out until l976 when a murder forces out the truth.

Gloria Waldron Hukle’s books are sold via Barnes & Noble or Amazon. Signed copies can be ordered through Good Buy Books in East Greenbush, New York, 518-479-2665 or Hoss’s Country Corner, Long Lake, New York. 1-800-952-HOSS, in Albany, Stuyvesant Book House.

Crest of the Town of Hyde Park, New York

During the 2008 visit, a girlhood friend accompanied me making all of our travel arrangements. In New York City at La Guardia airport, she rented a car at her own expense and drove me upstate to Hyde Park. On our return, she insisted I make stops at points of interest in an effort to collect new photographs for our website. I had balked at this suggestion, concerned we’d become lost or mugged or worse as you read in the newspapers or see in the movies when you take a wrong turn. Fortunately, I was overruled and for this persistence on her part we have much for which she should be thanked.

One stop was at Hyde Park Town Hall where I inquired about the crest, or seal, of Hyde Park, a marvelous mosaic created by local students. The crest is a "marriage" between the Roosevelt and Stoutenburgh family crests. The helpful receptionist indicated it could be found in the conference room, where a morning exercise class was in session. She peeked her head in and asked if the ladies would mind if I crept in to click off some photos.

The morning group was very friendly and recognized our family name. It was a unique experience. I was so overcome that I forgot to retrieve my purse from among the collection of articles on the table holding the ladies’ belongings. I wasn’t too far down the road when I realized my return flight ticket wasn’t among my possessions and we hastened back to recover it.

The ladies in the exercise group laughed, and I laughed and waved to the staff as I took my second exit. Nearly to the rental car, I heard a voice from behind calling "Miss Stoutenburgh! Miss Stoutenburgh!" I turned to find the receptionist waving a small sheaf of papers, trotting along in her nicely heeled feet. "I found this in a file. You may have a copy."

I thanked the helpful lady and realized that had I not forgotten my purse, I’d have missed the town’s contribution to our family’s history. Thank you to the Town of Hyde Park for your acknowledgements and contributions.

Numerous articles about our family have been published by the Poughkeepsie Journal over the years. Please do not overlook these resources in your search to learn more about our heritage.

Young Lady With A Rose (Attributed to Peter Van Der Lyn)

There are claims that Peter Van Der Lyn (possibly Pieter Vanderlyn) is the same artist/painter who created the portraits of Jacobus Stoutenburgh and Margaret Teller, duplicates of which hang in the William Stoutenburgh House in Hyde Park, New York. The original pair are in the The Museum of the City of New York. We seek any and all information regarding this alleged connection.