Found 3 collections related to Landowners.

William Wilson (1756-1828) of Clermont, Columbia County, New York, was a physician, postmaster, and judge, and an estate manager for the Livingston family at Clermont. The William Wilson family papers, 1792-1884, comprise professional and personal correspondence of William Wilson and his sons Robert L. Wilson and William H. Wilson; correspondence among family members, including letters from Stephen B. Wilson during his U.S. Navy service; documents recording real property transactions, mostly in Columbia County; notebooks and maps of land surveys conducted in Columbia and Dutchess Counties, signed by John Wigram, Alexander Thompson and others; financial and legal documents; and printed ephemera. The papers chiefly pertain to Wilson's management of business affairs for the Livingston family, as well as for himself, and his own engagement in political and civic affairs in Columbia County; roles carried on to some extent by his son William H. Wilson. Also included are professional certificates and printed matter. William Wilson's notable correspondents include Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Edward P. Livingston (1779-1843), Nicholas Romayne (1756-1817), and Richard Varick (1753-1831). less

The Van Schaick family descended from trader, processor, and landholder Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick. Van Schaick came to New Netherland and settled in Albany and Beverwyck, New York, during the 1630s. The Van Schaick family indentures, bonds, and other material, date from 1771 to the 1990s and were collected and compiled by Cynthia Sherar, a descendant of Gosen Van Schaick. The genealogical collection records the various economic transactions between Sherar's ancestors, local families, and business entities. less