SARATOGA COUNTY RESEARCH

As previously stated Clifton Park received its mane from Nanning Harmansen Vischer.  In 1703 and 1707 Nanning Harmansen appealed to Lord Cornbury for his letters of patent for land that he bought from the Indians known as “Shonondehowah”(1703) and “Shonondehaway”(1707).The … Continue reading “Origin of Clifton Park” →

                                                                                 Thomas Swords               The reluctant Loyalist  The Thomas Swords Family  A Perspective on The Loyalists Of The American Revolution  by Polly Hoppin 1976    THE IRISH NEST   Acres of tilled fields stretched beyond a … Continue reading “Loyalist Thomas Swords” →

The first appearence of Kahoos is on the Danckerts, Justus. Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae. (New Netherland and New England.) mid-1650’s.  It is clearly marked Kahoos with an explanation in Dutch about Kahoos being a great waterfall. The listing on the … Continue reading “The Great Kahoos Falls” →

Peter Drummond came to America about 1774 and settled with Captain Daniel McAlpin at Saratoga Lake, New York. In 1776 McAlpin was arrested and jailed in the Albany gaol. After being released due to his advanced age he made a … Continue reading “Loyalist Peter Drummond” →

               Captain Daniel McAlpin              After serving 40 years in the service of the British Army, Captain Daniel McAlpin decided to make America his home. With his wife Mary and three children, James Murray, Isabella and Mary, he settled at … Continue reading “Loyalist Captain Daniel McAlpin” →

Sarachtook-Saratoga  The name is a corruption of an Indian word ” Sarah Ka” “Sarach-togue.  First may I say if I hear this myth perpetuated again Ill scream. Let’s start simple. Sah-Ra-Ka. Without any discussion on tribes who actually lived at … Continue reading “Indigenous Groups Of Saratoga County” →

Origin of Shenendehowa  The work of Beauchamp” Aboriginal Place Names of New York State” 1918 concludes that due to the similarity of Shenendehowa and the  word Shenandoah they must mean the same. Beauchamp gives Shenandoah an Iroquoian origin and a … Continue reading “Origin of Shenendehowa” →