Colonial New York Genealogy
Originally New Amsterdam
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New York Colonial Timeline:
1626 - Peter Minuit became third Colonial
Governor of New Netherlands.
1640 - An ordinance was passed by New
Amsterdam for the protection of the Indian cornfields.
1653 - New York City was incorporated as
New Amsterdam
1673 - The first Postal Service was
established to go between New York and Boston, monthly.
1674 - Provisional Charter granted to New
Orange by Gov. Colve, after New York was recommitted to the Dutch in 1673.
1674 - New York was surrendered by treaty
to the English, for the second time.
1689 - Henry Sloughter was commissioned
Royal Governor of New York on the eve of the Leisler troubles, but did not
arrive until March, 1691.
1690 - The New England and New York
Colonies resolved to attempt the conquest of Canada.
1691 - Leisler and Milborne were hanged in
New York for reputed treason.
1697 - The Charter of Trinity Church, New
York, was signed by William III.
1730 - A Public Library was founded in New
York.
1731 - The boundary line between New York
and Massachusetts was settled.
1764 - The boundary line between New York
and Connecticut was settled by Royal order in Privy Council.
1755 - Philip Schuyler received a Captain's
commission from Gov. De Lancy.
1773 - Battle of Sag Harbour, Long Island
1775 - The Colonial Assembly of New York
held its last session.
1 Source: A Year Book of
Colonial Times Compiled by the Rev. Frederick S. Sill, D.D. Member of the
Society of Colonial Wars, E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1899
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