Coxsackie, Town of
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: The town of Coxsackie is one of the two original townships which make up modern Greene County. Originally colonized by Pieter Bronck in 1663, the region became the Coxsackie District of Albany County during the Revolutionary War. When Greene County was founded in 1800 Coxsackie became one of the first townships in its boundaries, and over the course of the next several decades had the townships of New Baltimore, Greenville, and Durham partitioned from it. The origins of the name Coxsackie, like that of Catskill, are obscured by time. It is an original Native American place name, and on early European documents was styled variously in ways that phonetically sounded out the name Cook-Sah-Kee or Cooks-Hack-Ee. It has been debated whether the name means something similar to the following: "Hoot of the Owl/Place of the hoot of the owl," "Honking Geese," and even "Place of snakes" by various scholars. It is not known whether any of them were qualified to make conjectures on possible translations, nor is it known if these translations can be corroborated. Coxsackie is one of four townships in Greene County bounded on the east by the Hudson River, and it is bounded on the north by New Baltimore, west by Greenville, and south by Cairo and Athens.
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
A History of Masonry in Coxsackie, 1796-1930, 1930-09-21
Item — Box MSS Box 350
Identifier: Item One
Scope and Contents
Item is a short history of the Masonic lodges of Coxsackie written by George W. Barber drawing on sources retained by the lodge as well as materials in the care of the Grand Lodge at New York.
Baptisms at the First Reformed Church of Coxsackie, NY [Arthur Kelly Transcript], 1738 - 1899
Item — Genealogical Shelves Bay One
Identifier: 2004.3369
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is meant to be a representative listing of published vital statistics materials for churches in Greene County currently available at the Vedder Research Library.
Bonds: Greene County, 1803-1835
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 33
Scope and Contents
File contains an assortment of several dozen personal bonds for money made between private individuals across several townships in Greene County. The majority of the bonds were written and witnessed by John L. Bronk, Abraham Van Dyck, and Peter H. Silvester as partners of the Coxsackie law firm of Bronk and Van Dyck and the subequent firm of Bronk and Silvester. An inventory of the bonds within is included.
Coxsackie: Board of Health
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer Seven
Identifier: MSS 2019.0004.0007
John J. Fox Collection
Collection — Carton MSS Box 304
Identifier: MSS 2019.0007
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises ephemera related to the life of John Fox of Coxsackie. Included are a considerable amount of photographs of people in coxsackie in the 1930s, as well as photographs of Mr. Fox overseas in Europe during World War Two. Also within the collection are unsorted newspaper clippings, diplomas and certificates, and a considerable amount of material including correspondence related to the 40th reunion of the Coxsackie High School Class of 1932.
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Vedder Research Library
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John J. Fox Collection
John L. Bronck, 1794
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 37
Scope and Contents
File contains a copy of the Last Will and Testament of John L. Bronck, a brother of Judge Leonard Bronck of Coxsackie. Also included is an unsigned document titled "Our Country" which is a lengthy work of prose concerning the newly formed United States, its philosophical and historical merits as a new country, and speculations on its destiny.
Map of a certain piece of land belonging to William Rea at Coxsackie
Item — Case Flat File Drawer 21
Identifier: MAP 2020.0009-LOB 6.141A
Map of the Division of the Roseboom Patent
Item — Case Flat File Drawer 11
Identifier: MAP 2020.0008
Scope and Contents
Map shows the Roseboom Patent as it existed in 1761. The parcels shown lie between the Hans Vosen Kill and the Potic Creek and border the Loonenburg Patent, Casparus Bronck Patent, and Mathias Houghtaling Patent. Each parcel in the survey is clearly labeled by owner. Buildings are shown within the adjoining Loonenburg Patent as are the homes of Jans Spoor and Isaac Paris within the boundaries of the Roseboom Patent. Names of parcel owners include Jacob Roseboom, Lawrence Boskirk, Nicholas...
Map of the Farm of the Late Henry C. Van Bergen at Coxsackie [Second Map]
Item — Case Flat File Drawer 21
Identifier: MAP 2020.0006-LOB 6.141D
Scope and Contents
This map is a survey completed at the same time as MAP 2020.0005 showing lands held by the estate of the late Henry C. Van Bergen of Coxsackie. This survey shows a 41 acre parcel of land shown adjoining a creek and the "state road" upon which is situated a home marked as belonging to "A.M.V.B." - likely Anthony M. Van Bergen. It is unknown precisely which parcel this map illustrates, though two other features marked are the "Coxsackie Bridge" and a small home close by it at the edge of the...
Map of the Farm of the late Henry C. Van Bergen at Coxsackie [First Map]
Item — Case Flat File Drawer 21
Identifier: MAP 2020.0005-LOB 6.141C
Scope and Contents
This survey was completed in 1821 for the estate of Henry Van Bergen of Coxsackie, and shows the lot of Henry Van Bergen siruated near the intersection of two roads given as "Turnpike" and "State Road" backing against the lands of Philip Conine. No Cardinal Point is given to orient the map, though on the upper end of the lot follows a survey line given as the "Old Indian Foot Path" which is likely a north-south route. The lands of Abraham Van Bergen are shown as being the next parcel north and...