Jun 14
New York's new Royal governor Robert Hunter arrives in New York
City, bringing 3,000 Palatine Germans from Europe to produce naval
stores. They will move up the Hudson to the Schoharie region later
in the year.
Sep 13
Rabbi Abraham DeLucena petitions New York governor Hunter to exempt
him, as a minster, from bearing any civilian or military office
in the city, as was done for previous leaders of his church.
Nov 25
Suffolk County's Islip is recognized as a town.
City
German-born John Peter Zenger arrives. ** Jacobus Van Cortlandt
is appointed mayor.
State
German Palatines are settled on 6,000 acres, in the future Columbia
County, bought back by the Massachusetts government from Robert
Livingston. It will become Germantown. ** The approximate date
the Beekman area of Dutchess County is first settled.
City
Caleb Heathcote is appointed mayor; serves to 1714. ** Zenger
goes to work as an apprentice in government printer William Bradford's
81 Pearl Street shop.
State
Recently arrived Palatine immigrants travel up the Hudson River
to Albany. Scouts sent to the west to check out the Mohawk Valley
are delighted with the spot where Fox's Creek empties into the
Schoharie River and recommend the area. Between 600 and 700 encamp
at East Camp and West Camp. ** English fortifications at Fort
Nicholson, at the Great Carrying Place (Fort Edward) are abandoned.
London
Parliament establishes a postal system for British colonies, with
a deputy postmaster in New York City.
Apr 7
Newly-arrived African Slaves revolt in New York City, killing
eight whites and injuring over twenty others.
Apr 12
Twenty-one blacks are burned or hanged after the slave revolt.
Six others are recaptured. Legislation will be passed later in
the year to tighten controls.
State
Settlers in the Mohawk Valley found the village of Schoharie.
** The approximate date the Tuscarora tribe emigrates to the state
and joins the Iroquois Confederacy.
City
John Wise publishes Churches Quarrel Espoused , justifying
Congregationalism. ** A dispute breaks out among members of Christ
Church during an assembly, over a certificate of good behavior
for curate Francis Philips, to be sent to Philadelphia's Church
of England. Reverend William Vesey has the dissidents on the vestry
board replaced.
State
Dutchess County, provisionally annexed to Ulster County since
its 1683 founding, is given separate representation in the General
Assembly.
Feb 13
Carpenter James Lee and his wife visit New York's Trinity Church's
sexton William Dobbs before noon, don't leave until 8 in the evening.
Lee notices Dobbs has a scratch on his hand. Trinity Church is
broken into by someone in the evening who desecrates vestments
and scatters books in the churchyard.
Feb 15
Trinity sexton William Dobbs testifies before the city council,
recounts finding the vandalism at the church early the previous
morning. The council examines more witnesses. Aldermen and justices
of the peace John Cruger and Abraham Wandell testify that they
examined other witnesses. No conclusions are reached. Trinity
rector Vesey petitions the council to protect him and the church,
detailing the desecration, and pointing out that he has learned
from undersheriff Barnes that "a person or persons at the
house of Robert Drummond" had threatened mischief against
Vesey. The council calls for depositions from Barnes, Garrat van
Iaar, Jane van Iaar, and Mary Guest. ** Church officers, lead
by Gualtherus Du Bois, offer a £15 reward for information
on the perpetrators. ** The council clears Dobbs of any suspicion.
Aug 26
Schenectady resident Adam Vrooman purchases 1100 acres of land
in the future Schoharie County, site of the town of Fulton.
City
John Johnson is appointed mayor, serves to 1719.
Theater
Androboros , the first play written and printed in the colonies, is published by Governor Hunter.
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