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SCHENECTADY COUNTY.    599

was in form of an oblong rectangle, with gates at the ends. The people, however, felt so secure that
the gates were habitually left open, and no guard was kept; and hence it was easily entered hy the
enemy on the memorable 9th of Feb. 1690, N. S. The lives of 60 old persons and children were spared
from the massacre. The settlement recovered slowly from the disaster, and not until the close of King
William’s War did it receive any considerable accessions. A new fort was built in May, 1690, which
was garrisoned for many years. Another , fort was built in 1735, and another in 1780.1 The old fort
stood at the intersection of Ferry and Front Sts. The first church (Kef. Prot. D.) was organized in
1684, and the building was erected on the s. end of Church St. in 1685. It was burned in 1690
f
and a new building was erected, about 1702, on the site yf the present church, corner of Union and
Church Sts.2 St. George’s Church (Prot.E.) was organized, in 1735, by Rev. H. Barclay, incorp. in
1766, and an edifice erected in 1768.3 The first mail was brought to the town April 3,1763.5 The
first English school was opened, under the care ,of Rev. Henry Barclay, in 1710.® The Yale Cemetery
Association was formed Feb. 25,1858.T The population of the city has slowly and steadily increased,
although, from the setting off of portions of its territory, the census reports for some periods show an
apparent decrease.4

Acres of Land, Valuation, Population, Dwellings, Families, Freeholders, Schools, Live
Stock, Agricultural Products, and Domestic .Manufactures, of Schenectady County.


Names of Towns.

Acres of Land.

Valuation of 1858.

Population.

No. of Dwellings.

jlVo. of Families.

0

1

Schools.

0

1

^3

&

1

1

Beal Estate.

Personal
Property.

Total.

1

S

Females.

vl

Children

taught.

Duanesburgh..........

33,911*

10,827

$974,272

$120,700

$1,094,972

1,556

1,563

542

395

596

22

1,234

Glcnville................

22,341*

7,159*

1,285,993

71,663

1.357,656

1,666

1,487

556

417

700

13

1,173

Niskayuna..............

7,922

2,549

359,900

24,050

383.950

584

536

201

118

217

4

366

Princetown............

12,029

3,421

228,670

9,500

238,170

496

460

166

120

172

7

397

Rotterdam..............

16,729*

7,693

874,734

36,250

910,984

1,537

1,298

440

293

492

13

1,427

Schenectady............

515

34

1,254,150

455,829

1,709,979

4,012

4,377

1,200

610

1,606

9

3,050i

Total..............

, 93,448*

31,683*

4,977,719

717,992

5,695,711

9,851

9,721

3,105

1,953

3,783

68

7,64T

Live Stock.

Agricultural Products.

Bush, of Ghaut.

Daiby Peobucts.


III

Cows.

Sheep.

1,872

1,940

5.541

1,306

1,482

2,644

271

389

625

629

673

1,123

720

1,065

826

48

219

4,846

5,768

10,759

to


Names of Towns.


§*!

§


1,319

1,033

341

404

731

391


2,097

2,205

557

784

1,

424


149,507* 6,233


10,826
41,837
18,397 j
1,756
30,447
1,869


25,401

40,628

8,309

11,826

19.042

'345


28,684

5,235

14,500

13,800

9,800


194,591

127,599

34,521

53.181

105,770


l,230j

820


Duanesburgh.

Glenville.......

Niskayuna....

Princetown....

Rotterdam.....

Schenectady-

Total....,


3,718

1,716

2,163

2,328

27i


135,942|

32,168

61.160

65.049

2.291


666

746


49,918 446,117*16,185*


105,132 105,551    515,662    72,019j    3,462*


2 Meth. E., Univ., K. C., Presb., Bap., Af. Meth., and a Jewish
Synagogue.    
^Letter    of Sir Wm. Johnson.

6 A Lancasterian school was incorp. Nov. 12,1816, and was
tanght 25 years. It was superseded by the present system of
public schools.

1 The Vale Cemetery, containing 50 acres, is located in a
beautiful vale about one-fourth of a mi; from the city. It is
covered with pines, and is finely laid out and ornamented.

8 In 1699, 70 men took the test oath.

In 1710 there were 16 English and 100 Dutch families.

In 1714 the census reported 591 persons.

In 1790 there were s. of the Mohawk (in Schenectady, Prince¬
town, Kotterdam, and apart of Niskayuna) 3472 persons. The fol •
lowing table shows the progress of population since 1820:—

1820...........

1840..........

........ 6784

1825...........

.......... 4068

1845..........

........ 6555

1830............

.......... 4268

1850..........

........ 8921

1835...........

.......... 6272

1855..........

8389


1

By an act of 1780, all the people living within a half mile
of the Dutch church were assessed, in labor and materials, for
the erection of defensive works—the work to be done under the
direction of the field officers and magistrates.

2

8 On the 27th of Oct. 1701, the Governor granted a special
license for the inhabitants, or their agents, “ to gather, collect,
and receive the free and voluntary offerings and contributions
of all and singular his liege subjects, inhabitants of this pro¬

3

vince, at any time from the day of the date hereof for and during

4

* Besides these, the census reports 10 churches; 2 Kef. Prot. D.,.


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