Mar 20
Amsterdam merchants William Banker and Hero May write to advise
officers of New York they will be arranging the freedom of hostages
of the Barbary pirates and that Trinity Church funds from the
colony, sent for the same purpose will be returned..
City
The population reaches 5,000. ** Isaac De Reimer (D. Dromer)
is appointed mayor. ** The second City Hall is completed,
at the north end of Broad Street.
State
A Colonel Romer arrives in Iroquois country, and is instructed
to view the "burning spring" near Bristol. **
The approximate date Don Manuel Gonzales moves from Ulster County's
Rochester with his family and settles in Mamakating Hollow, in
the future Sullivan County.
Religion
The Massachusetts General Court and New York State banish Roman
Catholic priests. New York mandates hanging for any priests entering
the colony to influence the Indians.
May 13
Robert Livingston writes to the Board of Trade in London, praising
the Iroquois Nations for their friendly relations with the colony.
City
Thomas Noell is appointed mayor.
State
New York State adopts a policy of neutrality toward the Canadian
French. ** Johannis Hardenbergh petitions New York's governor
for grants of small tracts of lands in the Catskills. **
Wealthy miller Frederick Philipse dies, leaving his Yonkers home
and property to his grandson Frederick. ** Royal governor
Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont, dies suddenly.
Mar 8
The first court sessions for Orange County are held at Tappantown
(in today's Rockland County town of Orangetown.)
Apr 17
East and West Jersey are united as a royal province by Queen Anne,
under the governor of New York.
May
Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, a cousin of Queen Anne, begins
serving as royal governor in New York, replacing the late Lord
Bellomont.
June
New York City mayor Thomas Hood dies.
Oct 19
Philip French is appointed mayor of New York City.
Nov 24
New York's Reverend John Talbot writes to a Mr. Gillingham, telling
him of a recent week-long convocation held there by seven clergymen,
on ways to spread the gospel.
Nov 26
The Reverend George Keith preaches in New York's Trinity Church.
Afterwards Governor Cornbury invites him and church rector William
Vesey to dine with him at Fort Henry. Cornbury passes along his
recommendations for justices of the peace, ocassioned by "abusive
entertainment" suffered by Keith at the hands of local Quakers.
Dec 9
Westchester County manorholder Frederick Philipse makes out his
will, leaves his son Adolph the portion of Philipsburgh Manor
north of Dobbs Ferry, including the town of Mount Pleasant.
Dec 10
New York French Church minister the Reverend Peter Peiret petitions
Lord Cornbury to resume a salary prevously received from the city
due to the smallness of his congregation, for his living expenses.
Cornbury agrees to a £20 per year pension until Peiret's
death.
City
The corporation of the city cedes land to the vestry of Trinity
Church, as long as the churchyard will be maintained neatly.
** A three-month epidemic apparently come in from St. Thomas,
kills off nearly one-tenth of the population.
State
Jesuit missionary Julien Garnier returns from Canada to live for
a while with the Seneca again. ** Johannis Hardenbergh petitions
the governor for permision to purchase 250 acres of land northwest
of Kingston from the local tribes. The tracts, called Sakewanneekcock
and Pog Kanecook by the Indians, will become part of the Town
of Woodstock. **
Canada
Former Jesuit missionary to the Seneca Julien Garnier dies in
Québec at the age of 87.
Apr 29
The Wawayanda Patent in Orange County is awarded to Dr. John Bridges.
Jun 25
The Ulster County town of Rochester, named for the Earl of Rochester,
is incorporated by patent.
Oct 14
City government moves from the Dutch Stadt Huys on Pearl Street
to City Hall on Wall Street.
City
William Peartree is appointed mayor, serves to 1707.
Feb 28
French immigrant Elias Neau opens the first school for blacks
in New York City.
April
The Westchester County town of Bedford has its 1697 rights confirmed
by the colonial government.
May 20
Queen Anne's patent of confirmation is awarded to New York State
patroon Killian van Rennssalaer, son of Jeremiah.
Jul 18
The rector and trustees of Trinity Church petition royal governor
Cornbury to regain unused money set aside in1697 for the ransom
of those kidnapped by Barbaray pirates, for the church's buildng
funds. It's referred to committee.
August
The committee approves the petition.
City
Dormer Island in the Bronx has become Dorman's Island. **
Mrs. Sarah Knight travels from Boston to New York and returns,
describing her journey in The Private Journal .