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Anthony
Van Schaick
Anthony Van Schaick was born about 1655. He was the son of New Netherland pioneers Gosen Gerritse and Geertje B. Van Schaick.
About
1678, he married Maria Vanderpoel. By 1702, eight
of their children were baptized in the Albany Dutch
church where he was a church officer and occasional
baptism sponsor.
Anthony
Van Schaick built on the successes of his father
and father-in-law. His name first appeared on the
Albany householder assessment rolls in 1679. He was
a businessman and managed the assets of extensive
farmlands (including at least two fertile islands
in the Hudson River). A few years later, he lived "outside the North gate." In 1697, his Albany house was on the south side of State Street. In 1699, he joined his neighbors in swearing an oath of allegience to the King of England. In 1720, he was listed as a first ward freeholder.
He
served the community first as an assessor and juror.
In 1710, he was elected assistant alderman for the
first ward. By that time, he was among the wealthiest
Albany merchant-landowners.
Anthony
Van Schaick filed a will in January of 1737. It stated
that he was sick. It mentioned a farm and orchard
on Anthony's Island located nine or ten miles north
of Albany and also ownership of two other islands.
He died shortly thereafter and was buried from the
Albany Dutch church on February 2.
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Sources:
The life of Anthony Van Schaick is CAP biography
number 3934. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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