Victor Putman

Victor (Johannes) Pootman

Victor Johannes Pootman was born in Schenectady about 1682.

Victor married Grietje Mabie December 13, 1706, in Albany, New York. We may know Grietje best by the English equivalent of her name Margaret.

Grietje was a daughter of Jan Pieterse Mabie and Anna Pieterse Borsboom.

The Mabille family has been said to come from the town of Neuve-in-Maugre, which is southwest of Angers, France. This family was originally associated with the Castle Maille. French "maille" means to stitch, knit, or link. Maille is also armor made of metal chains or plates. The Mabille family may have worked at one time in the making of body armor.

Victor Johannes and Margaret’s first child was Cornelia who was baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany in 1707.

Victor purchased from his brother Arent the family homestead of their parents in Schenectady.

Victor was associated in early baptismal records with John Mingal, who seems to have been the orphan master. Since the Pootman children were orphans after the burning of Schenectady in 1693, it would seem that they would have had contact with the John Mingal.

The children of Johannes Pootman and Cornelia Bradt were associated in baptismal records with Jellis Fonda who was a gunsmith. He may also have operated a small forge, or foundry, as a blacksmith.

1. Cornelia. Baptized August 3,1707, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany.

2. Antje. Baptized April 25,1709, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

3. Johannes. Baptized October 21,1711, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

4. Pieter. Baptized February 1, 1713, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

5. Maritie. Baptized December 18, 1714, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

6. Jacob. Baptized March 23, 1717, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

7. Arent. Baptized February 14, 1719, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

8. Catherine. Baptized February 18, 1721, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

9. Cornelius. Baptized December 17, 1724, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

Victor and Grietje's first child, Cornelia, was born in Albany. Their second child Antje was baptized in Schenectady in 1709, and the remainder of the children were baptized at Schenectady.

Grietje's father Jan Pieterse Mabie was baptized October 4, 1655, the son of Pieter Casparsen who married about 1651 Aechtje Jans Van Naerden the widow of Abraham Williamson from Amsterdam. The town of Narden in Holland was also called Arden.

Jan Pieterse Mabille, who initially was a collector of the excise tax on beer and wine in Manhattan, married about 1684 Anna Borsboom and later became in Shenectady a surveyor. He died in Schenectady April 8, 1725. Anna was said to have been "somewhat" related to the Christian Castle or the Mohawk Nation.

Jan's father was Huguenot Pierre Gasparzen who signed a Walloon petition in Leyden, Holland, in 1621.

The Mabies of Putnam County, New York, have related that Pieter Casperzen Van Naerden served on a cruiser that captured a Spanish vessel near New York. In 1633, the West India Company ship Soutberg, which brought Director General Van Twiller and other New Netherlands, captured the Spanish caravel St. Martin. Pieter Casperzen may have been served on the Soutberg.

Pieter Casperzen Van Naerden was in New Amsterdam by 1647 and was called Sergeant Casparse. He was also a witness at the baptism of a child of Joris Holmes in 1650 in New Amsterdam or New York City.

In 1652, Pieter brought a suit in English and was ordered to translated it into Dutch.

Jan Pieterse Mabie and Anna Borsboom had three children who married children of Simon Volkerse Veeder, the Baker, who descendants were associated with the "Veeder Mills". One daughter of Jan and Anna Mabie, Catherine, married Arent Samuelse Bradt, a cousin to the Pootman family. Arent Bradt, the son of Arent Bradt ad Susanna Van Slyck Bratt. Many members of the Bradt family were brewers, and the Van Slyck's were innkeepers. Victor and Margaret Pootman had a son Arent was also an inkeeper.

During Queen Ann's War, which lasted between 1702 and 1713, Victor Potman served as a private in the Schenectady Militia, and in 1715 Victor was a soldier in the Second Foot Company of Schenectady. In the Military Census of the Upper Hudson River of 1715, Victor was the only Putman on the roster, which included every able bodied men between sixteen and sixty years of age. Harmon Van Slyck was the captain of the company and married Jannetje a daughter Adam Vrooman.

In the Census of 1720 of Schenectady and Albany, Victor was listed as a freeholder in Schenectady along with brothers Arent and Cornelius Pootman.

In the dispute over the common lands at Schenectady between the inhabitants, Victor and this brother Cornelius Potman were opposed to the position taken by Reyer Schermerhorn while Arent supported Schermerhorn. Reyer was uncle to the Putman's.

Fort Hunter west of Schenectady at the junction of the Schoharie Creek and the Mohawk River was built in 1712.

By 1727, Victor was in ownership of land two miles from Fort Hunter in Mohawk Indian Country at Cadaughrity next to his father-in-law's patent or the Mabie Patent.

The Victor Putman Tract was shown on an early 1727 Parchment Map of the area and was labeled as Cadaughrity.

Victor Johannes Pootman's descendant's seemed to have preferred living on Hills. Cadaughrity was a high hill. Later Victor's descendant's were also found on the north side of the Mohawk River at Tribes Hill.

Victor’s Patent at Cadaughrity included a bluff, which formed the steep, west bank of Schoharie Creek below Mill Point in the Town of Glen, Montgomery County. The hill stood 50 feet high and contained about 3 acres. It was conspicuous from the south and east and was visible for a number of miles to the south along Schoharie Creek.

At Fort Hunter, the local inhabitants built Queen Ann's Church where Victor Pootman and Grietje Mabie attended church. Most of their grandchildren were baptized at Queen Ann's Church or at Fort Hunter.

In 1733, during the early Colonial Wars, Victor was a Captain in the Schenectady Company.

It was about that time that he had moved to Fort Hunter. Later he resided with his children at Fort Putman or Tribes Hill.

In the 1730s, Victor Pootman built Putman's Fort at the foot of Tribes Hill across the river from Fort Hunter. Victor used the fort as a place for trade. Most of Victor's children remained at Tribes Hill. It was after 1727, that New York opened up the Indian trade, or fur trade, to free traders. This may have been the reason that Victor opened a "trading post" during the 1730s.

From 1730 onward, Victor may have lived on and off at Tribes Hill, Caudaughrity, and Schenectady.

An old letter owned by Victor Arent Putman indicated that Victor Pootman was still alive in 1753 and was then called Captain Victor Puttman. This is the earliest recording of a form of the name Putman.

Victor Johannes Puttman seems to have died before the American Revolution or about 1760 perhaps during the French and Indian War.

After Victor's death, Grietje Pieterse Mabille lived with her oldest son Johannes Victor Putman at Tribes Hill. Her children by Victor Putman were the following: Johannes V. Putman who married Ann Pruyn.

Pieter Victor Putman, the second son married Engeltje Van Antwerp. He died before 1763, it appears, and left one son David.

Jacob Victor Puttman married Anna Newkirk.

. Son Arent Victor Potman owed a tavern in Fort Hunter where Sir John Johnson was a resident. Arent's daughter Clarissa had children by Sir Johnson's son William. Arent was a merchant. Sir William Johnson was the Governor for the Northern Tribes of American Indians.

Cornelius V. Putman received the farm at Schoharie Creek called Cadaughrite from his parents. Cornelius was nick-named “Boss” Putman and remained on the farm.

Victor Pootman and Margaret Mabie's daughters were Cornelia, Annetje, Maria, and Catherine.

Johannes, Maria, Jacob, Arent, and Cornelius shared in the partitioning of Victor's estate.

Children:

1. Cornelia. Cornelia was baptized 3 August 1707 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany.

2. Antje. Antje was baptized 25 April 1709 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady. Witnesses were Jan and Catelyntje Mingal.

3. Johannes. John was baptized 21 October 1711 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

4. Pieter. Peter was baptized 1 February 1713 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady. Witnesses were Pieter Mabie and Tryntie Mabie.

5. Maritie. Maritie was baptized 18 December 1714 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady. Witnesses were Cornelius Potman and Jacomyntje Potman.

6. Jacob. He was baptized 23 March 1717 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady. Witnesses were Helmer Vedder and Annatie Vedder.

7. Arent. Aaron was baptized 14 February 1719 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

8. Catherine. She was baptized 18 February 1721 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

9. Cornelius. Cornelius was baptized 17 December 1724 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

CORNELIA (Victor, Johannes)

Cornelia Victorse Potman was baptized August 3, 1707, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany.

Cornelia married William Boden, or Boen, February 15,1732, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

It was said the Pootman name meant postman. The Dutch word "bode" means postman or messenger--one who bodes. "Boden" is a letter.

William was baptized June 11, 1703, the son of William Bowen and Rachel Janse Yonkers.

Children:

1. William. He was baptized January 26, 1735, at Queen Ann's Church in Fort Hunter. Sponsors were John Bowen, William Sixbury, and Susan Bowen. William may have married Catherine the daughter of Daniel Van Antwerpen in March 1758.

2. Victor. Victor was baptized January 20, 1740, at Queen Ann's Church in Fort Hunter. His sponsors were Isaac and Antje Collier, his aunt and uncle, and Cornelius Boen.

3. Rachel. Born May 9, 1742, she has as her sponsors Abraham Quackenbos, Mary Quackenbos, and Mary Boen.

4. Rachel. Rachel was baptized January 27, 1745, at Queen Ann's Church in Fort Hunter. Her sponsors were Abraham and Mary Quackenbos and Mary Bowen.

ANNATJE (Victor, Johannes)

Annatje Potman was baptized April 25, 1709, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany, New York. Witnesses were Jan and Catelyntje Mingal.

Ann Victorse Putman married March 6, 1733, Isaac Collier at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady. The name Collier is an interesting one. It seems to mean charcoal maker or collier.

Ann Victorse Putman and Isaac Collier were sponsors for Margaret Potman baptized April 24, 1743, at Queen Annes' Church in Fort Hunter.

An Isaac Calier resided in Cosage Flatts, Athens, New York, during the taking of the census of the Freeholders of the City and County of Albany, 1763.

An Isaac Collier also was one of the first settlers to enter the Northeastern part of the Susquehanna River. A number of settlers arrive between the Revolutionary War surrender of Cornwallis and the conclusion of the Revolution including an Isaac Collier who entered by Otsego Lake as early as 1782. Isaac Collier was German and before the war was a taxpayer in the Mohawk Valley.

He opened a hotel on the Susquehanna in the settlement, which became known as Colliersville where traveler long found food and shelter. Isaac Collier of Colliersville may have been a descendent of Ann and Isaac Calier.

Children:

1. Anatje. She married cousin David Potman the son of Peter and Engeltje Van Antwerpen Potman.

2. Isaac?

JOHANNES (Victor, Johannes)

Johannes Victorse Potman was baptized October 21, 1711, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

Johannes married Anne Pruyn.

In the baptismal record of their son Jacobus the parents are John Potman and Ann Prime (Prime being Pruyn).

The records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga, Fonda, New York, shows Lybetie Pruyn the wife of Cornelius Victorse Putman in Seat No. 1, Pew 14, while and Annatie Pruyn wife of John Putman in Seat No. 3, Pew 14. The two sisters married two brothers.

Johannes Victorse Potman's wife Anne Pruyn was likely Anne Franse Pruyn who was baptized March 24, 1723, the daughter of Frans Pruyn, Jr.. Anne was a sister of Elizabeth Frans Pruyn who married Cornelius Victorse Potman. Frans Pruyn, Jr., married Magaret Macklier and was a farmer although his father was a tailor.

It appears that the name Frances appears for the first time in the Putman family in the children of Johannes V. and Cornelius V. Putman who married into the Frans Pruyn, Jr., family.

John Victorse Potman sold oxen to Sir. Wm. Johnson on June 12, 1755.

John served under Sir Wm. Johnson during the French and Indian War and was at the capture of Fort Niagara in 1759.

In the census Freeholders of the City and County of Albany, 1763, John V. Potman was a resident of Schenectady. It seems Johannes Victorse was then living at Tribes Hill, which was a part of Schenectady.

Johannes reportedly died during the American Revolution.

Children:

1. Margaret. Margaret was baptized 24 April 1743 at Queen Ann's Church at Fort Hunter, NY.

2. Victor. He was baptized May 26, 1745, at Fort Hunter.

3. David J. David was born in 1747.

4. Jacobus J. aptized March 3, 1750, by a missionary of the New York Trinity Church.

5. Daughter. She was captured by Indians, and her fate remained unknown.

6. Francis. Francis was probably born before 1755.

PETER (Victor, Johannes)

Peter Potman was born February 1, 1713, and baptized February 12, 1713, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany, New York. His sponsors were Pieter Mabie and Tryntje Mabie.

Peter married Engeltje Van Antwerp the daughter of David Van Antwerp.

Peter and Engeltje were sponsors August 24, 1775, at the baptizm of Engletje--the daughter of their son David Putman and Anatje Collier.

Peter not being in "Freeholders of the City and County of Albany, 1763," and may have died before that date.

Child:

1) David. He married cousin Anna Collier. Again, Collier means charcoal maker.

Child:

1) Engeltje. She was born August 24, 1775, and baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church.

MARITIE (Victor, Johannes)

Maritie Victor Potman was baptized December 18, 1714, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany with witnesses of Cornelius Potman and Jacomyntje Potman.

Mary married Cornelius Boon July 20, 1741, at Queen Anne's Church in Fort Hunter.

Cornelius was the son of William Boon and Rachel Janse Yonkers. Mary sister Cornelia Pootman married a brother of Cornelius . . . William Boen, Jr.

Cornelius died before February 3, 1757.

During the Seven Years War, Sir William Johnson paid the widow of Cornelius Boen for making 12 fine and 8 course shirts.

Children:

1. Peter. Peter was baptized January 16, 1743, at Queen Ann's Church in Fort Hunter. Peter's sponsors were John and Catherine Potman. Peter married Anna McCarthy September 19, 1769. He was later jailed as a Tory.

2. Rachel. Baptized 24 February 1745 at Queen Ann's Church in Fort Hunter, here sponsors were Jermiah and -- Quackenbosh and Mary Snook.

3. Rachel. She was baptized 17 April 1748.

4. William. Baptized by a missionary of the New York Trinity Church February 10, 1750.

5. Margaret. A missionary of the New York Trinity Church baptized her May 19, 1754.

6. Mary. Mary was baptized 30 January 1756.

7. Prob. Cornelius.

JACOB (Victor, Johannes)

Jacob Victorse Potman was baptized March 23, 1717, at the Schenectady Reformed Dutch Church. Witnesses were Helmer Vedder Annatje Vedder.

Jacob Putman married Ann Newkirk February 3, 1744. It seems that her father was either Garret Newkirck or Adam Newkirk.

Gerrit Newkirk, fourth child of Arie, and Lysbeth Lambertse, was born in Hurley, Ulster County, New York before May 30, 1697. He was married in Abany, New York, October 19, 1718. Information available states that he also died on that date, indicating that he either had whale of a honeymoon, or a typographical error occurred. The latter is likely, as his children were born after this date, and he would have died at the age of 21 and left no children. He married Anna Vischer, born 1696 in Hurley. Their children include: Elizabeth, Ary, Johannes, Anna, Garret, Cornelius, Jacob and William.

The name Ary seem to be in English Adrian, which might also have been Adam.

The early census "Freeholders of the City and County of Albany, 1763," shows Jacob as a resident of Mohawk, NY. Mohawk was then the area south of the Mohawk River and west of Schenectady.

In 1759, Jacob and Ann Potman were sponsors at the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga at the baptism of John the son of Cornelius V. Putman and Elizabeth Pruyn according to a paper at the Schenectady Historical Society, Schenectady, NY,

Early that morning of the 18th of October 1780, during the Revolutionary War, , Lieutenant Victor Putman and Garret Newkirk, who lived near Fort Hunter, had seen the light of burning buildings in Schoharie the day before, and decided to go to Schoharie to investigate the cause of the fires. The scouts fell in with the advance guard of the enemy near Oak Ridge (in present day Town of Charleston) and Newkirk was taken prisoner. Putman was able to escape back to the settlement named Cadaughrity [where Victor Janse Pootman first lived] near Fort Hunter to warn the in habitants of the impending attack. They fled to Fort Hunter. Victor Putman may have been Jacob Putman's son.

Jacob died in 1795.

Children:

1. Peter. Peter was baptized 7 October 1744 at Queen Ann's Church in Fort Hunter.

2. Probably Adam. Born about 1748.

3. Garret. A missionary of the New York Trinity Church baptized Garret February 20, 1751.

4. Victor. Victor was born in 1754.

5. Wilhelm. William Bottman was born 27 December 1761 and baptized 18 February 1762 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Stone Arabia.

6. Margaret. Margaret was born 9 June 1765 and baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Stone Arabia 13 June 1765.

7. Jeruah. She was a daughter.

8. Possibly Isaac. Isaac was born about 1770.

ARENT (Victor, Johannes)

Arent Victorse Potman was baptized February 14, 1719, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

He married August 5, 1743, Elizabeth Peek. Elizabeth was the daughter of Jacobus Peek and Margariet Cornelise Van Slyck and was born February 20, 1721, and baptized December 3, 1723, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady.

Arent and Elizabeth Putman lived on the south side the Mohawk River close to Fort Hunter where Arent was an inn keeper. As an inn keeper he may have had a brewery, blacksmith shop, or similar supports for the inn.

By 1764, Arent and his family removed across the Mohawk River to Tribes Hill where they lived in a stone house.

Sir John Johnson's mansion was just a short distance away. Johnson was a prominent figure in New York previous to the American Revolution, and Arent's daughter Cornelia, also known as Clarissa, had two children by William Johnson a noted Loyalist of the Revolution.

May 22, 1780, the Native American band of Brant and Loyalists killed Arent at Tribes Hill on one of Sir John Johnson's raids through the Mohawk Valley.

Children:

1. Margrietje. Margaret was baptized 26 February 1744 at the Schenectady Dutch Reformed Church.

2. Jacobus. He was baptized 19 January 1746 at the Schenectady Dutch Reformed Church.

3. Victor. He was baptized 20 May 1748 at the Schenectady Dutch Reformed Church.

4. Cornelia. She was born 29 January 1751 and was baptized 19 January 1752 by a missionary of the New York Trinity Church.

5. Sara. Sara was baptized 1 March 1754 by a missionary of the New York Trinity Church.

6. Ann. Ann was baptized 8 August 1756 by a missionary of the New York Trinity Church.

7) Cornelis. He was baptized in May 1758 at the Schenectady Dutch Reformed Church and 29 June 1760 by a missionary of the New York Trinity Church.

8) Maria. She was baptized 21 January 1763 at the Schenectady Dutch Reformed Church.

9) John. John was born 1 March 1766.

CATHERINE (Victor, Johannes)

Catherine Potman was baptized February 18, 1721, at the Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectady.

She married Capt. Henry Nicholas Hanson who was baptized June 24, 1722, the son of Nicholas Hendrickse Hanson and Engeltje Barentse Wemp.

Nicholas Hanson's July 1713 patent just above Tribes Hill was the earliest record of any settlement in that area. Nicholas Hanson settled the tract.

It was claimed that his son Henry, born in 1722, was the first white child born north of the Mohawk River between Schenectady and Palatine Bridge.

During the Revolutionary War in one of Sir John Johnson's raids on the Mohawk Valley in 1780, Loyalist Indians killed and scalped Capt. Henry Hanson at his home. It is ironic that Henry once express great gratitude toward and befriended the Indian who killed him.

After killing Henry, the raiding party burned his house and left the women homeless.

The Indian's also killed several of Hansen's neighbors.

Henry Nicholas Hanson reportedly had a son named Douw, which suggests that Henry married second a daughter of Douw Fonda.

Children:

1) Prob. Victor. Victor lived in Tribes Hill and was listed in the 1790 NY Census. He would have been named for his grandfather Victor Putman.

2) Prob. Angelica. She would have been named for her grandmother Engelitje Wemp. She married John Douw Fonda.

3) Nicholas. He would have been named for his grandfather Nicholas Hanson. Nicholas was baptized September 9, 1751.

4) Margaret. Baptized Juy 31, 1757, she was named for her grandmother Margaret Mebie.

5) Deborah. She was baptized 21 October 1760 and lived in Tribes Hill. She was named for her great grandmother Debra Van Dorn of Albany, NY.

CORNELIUS (Victor, Johannes)

Cornelius Victorse Potman, or Putman, was baptized December 25, 1724, at the Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectady.

About 1745, he married Lybetie, or Elizabeth, Pruyn, born in 1726 the daughter of Franz Pruyn Jr., and Margaret Macklier. Frans Pruyn was a farmer.

Cornelius was called "Boss Putnam," and inherited from his father the land at Caudaughrity on the west side of Schoharie Creek where he lived with his family.

During the spring of 1756 during the French and Indian War, the Colony of New York took measures to fortify the route between Schenectady and Fort Oswego. The route went from Schenectady along the Mohawk River and then Wood Creek, Oneida Lake, and finally Oswego River.

August 7, 1756, Sir William Johnson contracted "Boss Potman," to build Mohawk Fort--a stockade around the Mohawks Castle that stood next to Fort Johnson (Sherry Miller, 1991).

History of Montgomery and Fulton, Cos. describes some of the events that took place in the lives of Cornelius and his children during the Revolution:

Cornelius, or "Boss" Putman’s homestead was called “Cadaughrity.”

Cornelius partnered with Saltz in the purchase of the Shucksburg Patent, which was near Cadaughrity Hill on the banks of Schoharie Creek.

Of his five sons, Francis, John, Victor, Henry, and Peter, the last, Peter, kept the homestead.

Peter was a boy at the time of William Johnson's descent during the Revolutionary War on the Mohawk Valley in the spring of 1780 and was staying over night with a son of Barney Hansen at the Hansen house near Tribes Hill. Peter was not harmed, but the Indians carried off his clothes and sacked the house. Peter followed up the marauders, and found his clothes, which they had thrown away at various points along the road to Col. Vischer's.

Col. Vischer's house had been fired by the savages, who had also killed the inmates, but the flames had made little progress and were extinguished by the youth with a tub of sour milk, which he found in the house.

In the autumn of that year, Johnson, accompanied by Brant, made his second foray upon the Mohawk Valley. Coming from Schoharie over Oak Ridge, Brant's Indians, after burning the houses of Marcus Hand and Richard Hoff, west of Mill Point, proceeded to Cornelius V. Putman's. His family had fled across the creek, and Cornelius, on the approach of the enemy, after letting out his hogs, set fire to the buildings and stacks and departed.

One of the Indians laden himself with tobacco from the barn. The only property that remained was a stack of peas, a hogshead of wheat, which had been hid in a shanty in the woods, against such an emergency, and the hogs, which Mr. Putman had turned loose.

With this remaining property the family began life anew building a log house, which was ready for occupancy before winter.

Peter Putman left this place to his adopted son, Putman Van Buren, and he to his son, Martin.

Peter Putman built a large brick house for his Van Buren son and made other improvements on the estate, but himself always lived in his old house and in winter drove his white-faced sorrel horse before a paneled box-cutter, with a back about a foot higher than the owner's head as he sat against it, he being a short person.

Cornelius V. Putman was a thrifty business man and accumulated a large bit of property.

Cornelius made his will April 17, 1798, two days before he died. In it, he styled himself "of Charlestown, yeoman." In the will, Cornelius made his son Victor C. Putman and his close friend and nephew Garret Putman executors.

To his son, Francis, Cornelius willed the land in Tribes Hill where Francis lived. To Victor C., he had previously given land in Schenectady, which Victor had sold. To Henry C. Putman's sons, Cornelius gave the lot once occupied by Henry on the road from Jeremiah Smith's to Garret Putman's in Suybees and Corries Patent.

Peter, the youngest son, received the homestead near Schoharie Creek, and Catherine inherited land in Mabie's Patent.

In his will, Cornelius mentioned all his children except Johannes who had died during the Revolution.

Cornelius died April 19, 1798, and was buried at the cemetery on his farm. Elizabeth died March 21, 1812. Years later, descendants re-interned their remains at Auriesville Cemetery.

Children (births were mentioned in family bible):

1. Francis. Francis was baptized 4 May 1752 by a missionary of the New York Trinity Church.

2. Victor C. Victor was born 31 May 1756 and baptized 8 August 1756 by a missionary of the New York Trinity Church.

3. Johannes C. He was born 21 March 1759 and baptized 6 May 1759 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga.

4. Henry C. Henry was baptized 12 September 1761 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga.

5. Peter. Peter was born 13 August 1764 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga.

6. Catherine. She was born 17 September 1767.

7. Margaret.

MARGARET (Johannes, Victor, Johannes)

Margaret Potman, or Putman, was baptized 24 April 1743 at Queen Annes' Church in Fort Hunter, NY. Fort Hunter was in the present town of Florida, Montgomery Co., NY.

Margaret's sponsors were Annatie and Isaac Collier her aunt and uncle.

Margaret married her cousin Victor J. Potman, son of Jacob Potman and Ann Newkirk.

Both Margaret and Victor Putman were sponsors 11 September 1791 at the baptism of Margaret Putman the daughter of her brother David J. Potman and his wife Hannah Van Antwerp.

Children

1) Please see Victor Putman (Jacob, Victor, Johannes).

VICTOR (Johannes, Victor, Johannes)

Victor Potman, or Putman, was baptized May 26, 1745, at Queen Anne's Church in Fort Hunter, NY, and his sponsors were Jacob Potman, Catherine Potman, and Cornelius Boen.

Little is known about Victor, and he may have died young without having issue.

DAVID (Johannes, Victor, Johannes)

David Johannes Potman was born in Schenectady in 1747.

David married Hannah Van Antwerp who was born in 1753, and lived in Tribes Hill, NY. All their children and many of their grandchildren were born in Tribes Hill.

David Putman was a farmer and owned a house, which was was located just a few rods east of the Old Tribes Hill Railway Station.

During the American Revolution, David served in the 3rd. New York Regiment under Col. Frederick Fisher.

Hannah died in December 1806.

David died 10 March 1828 at 81 years of age.

Both David and Hannah were buried at the Tribes Hill Cemetery.

A descendant of David's, George Putman, wrote a booklet on the family all Descendants of David Putman.

Children:

1. Johannes. Johannes was born 5 August 1773 and in Tribes Hill and baptized 15 August 1773 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga.

2. Isaac. He was born in 1781.

3. Abraham. Abraham was born 3 September 1775.

4. Angelica, or Engeltje. Angelica was born 24 August 1775 and baptized in September 1775.

5. Hannah, or Arrantje. She was born 12 February 1780 and baptized 27 February 1780 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga.

6. Jacob. He was born 19 June 1785.

7. Peter D. He was born 27 March 1789.

8. Margaret. Margaret was baptized 11 October 1791 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga.

9. Maria.

10) Alida. Alida was born 11 July 1798 and baptized in 1798 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga.

Adam (Johannes, Victor, Johannes)

Adam Putman was born about 1748 and appears to be the son of John Victorse Pootman and Anne Pruyn. Adam married Catherine Myers about 1777 and lived near Schoharie Creek in the Town of Glen.

Soloman Meyer was recorded as a resident of Schoharie on the List of Freeholders of 1763. It seems that Solomon Meyer was the father of Catherine Meyers as Adam and Catherine had a son named Saloman.

"Meier" in German means steward or bailiff.

Adam submitted numerous affidavits to the Montgomery Co. Court to help establish his claim to lands near Schoharie Creek where he lived. Two of the affidavits follow:

September 28, 1785, and affidavit was created where Jacob Seebar and Jacob Putman said that Adam Putman had possession of his lands on the east side of Schohary Creek since the fall of 1780 . . . ..

April 16, 1789, there was another affidavit of Wm. Putman and Jacob Putman in support of Adam Putman's title to lands on the south side of the Mohawks River and on the east side of Schoharie River . . ..

Perhaps Adam was making a claim to land that was confiscated from Loyalists during the Revolution. According to New York in the Revolution, Adam Putman served in the New York Line in the Third Regiment commanded by Col. Frederick Fisher.

Adam and Catherine Putman probably removed to Columbia and later Litchfield, Herkimer County.

Many of their children lived there during later censuses.

Children:

1. Salomo. Salomon was born October 20, 1778, and baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Albany.

2. Possibly Rebecca. She was born in New York in 1781.

3. Probably Elizabeth [Bodman]. Elizabeth was born about 1783 and married Daniel Dienfendorf. All of their children were born in the Town of Columbia, Herkimer County, New York. They later removed to Michigan.

4. Probably Anna [Bodman]. Anna attended the Church at Warren, Herkimer County, New York, and married Abraham Menning.

5. Possibly John. John was born in 1789 in New York. He may have married a Maria and removed to Pennsylvania.

6. Possibly Cornelia. Tradition says Cornelia was born in 1790 in the Town of Columbia, Herkimer County, New York. She married first Jacob Crawford and second Christian Burns.

7. Jacob. He was born 31 July 1791 and baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga. Jacob lived in the Town of Columbia, Herkimer Co., New York.

JACOBUS (Johannes, Victor, Johannes)

Jacobus J. Potman, or Putman, was baptized 3 March 1750 by a missionary of the New York Trinity Church.

Jacobus married Elizabeth McCarthy 27 May 1777 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Caughnawaga, Fonda, NY. They lived in Tribes Hill, NY, in the town of Amsterdam.

During the Revolution, Jacobus served in the 3rd. New York Regiment under Col. Frederick Fisher (New York in the Revolution).

Perhaps Jacobus attached the suffix "Jr" to his name, or later transcribers of the early census mistook "J." for a "Jr." Jacobus does not appear to be a Jr. but rather a son of John.

We also see the name Francis again in this family which seems to come from Jacob’s assumed mother, Elizabeth Franse Pruyn and from her father Franse Franse Pruyn.

The English form of Jacobus is James, and Jacobus Putman appears to have been enumerated in the 1810 NY Census Index as James Putman.

Jacobus Putman may have died between 1810 and 1820 in Tribes Hill, NY. Elizabeth died 29 July 1824.

Children:

1) Victor. Victor was born 22 August 1778 and baptized 18 September 1778 at the Dutch Reformed church of Caughnawaga.