Woestina Dutch Reformed Church (Rotterdam, NY) Records, 1800-1893

Summary

Creator:
Woestina Dutch Reformed Church (Rotterdam, N.Y.)
Abstract:
Microfilm, xeroxed materials, bound volume, relating to the Woestina Dutch Reformed Church in Rotterdam, New York.
Extent:
0.5 linear ft.
Language:
English , Dutch
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Woestina Dutch Reformed Church (Rotterdam, NY) Records,

Background

Scope and content:

The Woestina Dutch Reformed Church (Rotterdam, NY) Records consists of microfilm, one bound bound volume, and a number of loose pieces of financial and legal material. The entire collection consists of reproductions; there is no original material.

The loose Financial and legal material contains indentures, mortgages, moneys received for various purposes, Articles of Agreement between the minister and the church elders, etc.

Miscellaneous records, available in bound volume and microfilm format, include baptismal records, marriage records, consistory minutes, burial records, communicants registers, and other types of records. Names are primarily Dutch, German and English; among them are Veeder, Schuyler, Putman, Schermerhorn, Sterling / Staring, Kline, Herrick, Shipley and Barclay.

Biographical / historical:

Dutch settlers arrived in the area along the Mohawk River in central New York about the year 1661. At the time the main settlement in the area was Schenectady. The lands which lay several miles to the west, outside the town's stockade, were known as "Woestina." The Woestina Dutch Reformed Church was completed in 1800. Its first minister was Thomas Romeyn. The town in which it stood, named after the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, was formed from a ward of the city of Schenectady on April 14, 1820. In in 1823 the church became known as the First Reformed Church of Rotterdam. Consistory meetings were held in the home church as well as in classes in other towns and cities.

Acquisition information:
Unspecified, 1964.
Arrangement:

Loose materials are arranged chronologically.

Access and use

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Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Woestina Dutch Reformed Church (Rotterdam, NY) Records,

Location of this collection:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
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