INDEX.

745

Rye, the church of, 76 ; Rev. Mr. Muirson sent to,

79 ; Messrs. Woodbridge and Bowers ministers of,

80 ; the inhabitants of, threaten to call a dissentingminister, 172 ; death of the Rev. Mr. Avery, ministerof, 206; list of slaves in 512; order to induct theRev. Mr. Pritchard as minister of, 563; church at,erected, 566; Rev. Mr. Muirson is opposed at, 567;

commission of the Rev. Mr. Bridge as minister of,569; Rev. Mr. Jenny pastor of, 570 ; census, in1712, of, 574 ; petition for the survey of the churchlot in, ib.

Ryke’s patent, census of, in 1712, 574; in 1782, 579.

Ryser, Skipper, accompanies Block to N. Netherland25.

Sabbath, a man fined for bringing home his ox on the,212 .

Saeondaga creek, 684, 686.

Sacrifice rock, 631.

Saguenay river , 12.

Salee, some natives of New-York are slaves in, 252.

Salle la. (See La Salle.)

Salem, (Westchester eo.) census of, in 1782, 579.

Salmon harbor, 11.

-river, 12, 690.

Salsbury, (Montgomery co.) population of the town of,in 1802, 674 ; sects in, 683.

Sandy creek, character of the early settlers on, 680 ;Indian remains on the south branch of, 690, et seq.

Sangersfield, 676.

Sasinou island, 11.

Sault St. Louis , 15.

-Ste Marie, 12.

Sayre, Rev. Jno., missionary at Newburgh, 363, 364.

Scarsdale , a list of the slaves in, 511; census in 1712,of, 574.

Schaets, Rev. Gideon, 70, 72 ; appears before the courtat Albany , and accuses Dom. Yan Rensselaer withfalse preaching, 529 ; decision of the court in thecase, ib.; house occupied by, deeded to the ministerof the congregation, 530 ; misunderstanding betweencertain Lutherans of Albany and, ib.; particulars ofthe abuse offered to, 531; opinion of, concerninguniversal grace, ib.; dispute between the Lutherans and, settled, ib.; difficulties between his congregationand, 533 ; charges brought against, ib.; cited beforethe court, and refuses to appear, ib.; demands hisdemission, 534; apologises to the court and is ex-cused ; difficulties with his congregation arranged, ib.

Schenectady , Rev. Mr. Freeman minister at, 89, 91, 92,511 ; ditsance of the first Mohawk castle from, 540 ;an English school at, ib.; census of the township of,in 1714, 545 ; singular appearance of, 685.

Schoharie, Gov. Hunter sends a surveyor to, to lay outland for the Palatines, 338 ; papers relating to thefirst settlement of, 365; the Palatines determined toremove to, 397 ; Gov. Hunter decries the lands at,ib.; Adam Vrooman complains that the Palatinesoppose his settling at, 412; Palatines petition to belocated at, 424; ask permission of the Indians tosettle at, 425 ; the Palatines remove to, ib.; andpurchase land there, ib.; miseries suffered by thePalatines at, ib.; originally settled by Palatines,628 ; Rev. Gideon Hawley’s visit to, ib.

-creek, the Indian name of, 543.

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, School , a latin free, established in New-York , 75.

Schoolmasters, few, in N. Netherland , 71.

Schore. (See Schoharie.)

Schuyler, Fort, 665.

-, the town of, 675.

Seabrook, an effort made to build a college at, 80.

Seabury, Rev. Samuel, minister at Jamaica , 195; reportsthe Rev. Mr. Treadwell, 198; biographical noticeof, 644.

Sea-gull, the ship, carries director Minuit to N. Nether-land, 29.

Seals, early, of the city of New-York , 240.

Seasons, the, in New Netherland , 24.

Selyns, Rev. Mr., preaches at Esopus and Fort Orange,72; minister at Breuckelen, ib.

Seneca Indians, estimated number of the, 541. (SeeSinnekox.)

-lake, price of land in 1791, near, 653.

Serjeants, Rev. Mr of Stockbridge, 675.

:Seven islands, 13.

Shaeomioo, a Moravian mission at, 613, et seq.

Sharp, Rev. Jno., chaplain to the forces at N. Y. , 8^132, 133, 143, 155, 156, 161, 250, 267.

Shaw, Joseph, a Moravian priest, examination of, 614.

Shawangunk, a list of slaves in, 506 ; names of thefreeholders, in 1728, of, 587 ; census of, in 1782,601.

Shell Island, 11.

Shirley, Gov., letters of, to Gov. (Clinton, 450, 452;to Lt. Gov. Be Laneey, 461, 465, 475 ; justices ofSpringfield to, 477 -; despatches received from, 481.

Sickenanes the, 29.

Sickenamers, the, 29.

Sinnekox, the, 29. (See Se?ieca.)

Sinseinan, Ilend. Joach., a Moravian minister, 614, etseq.

Skinner, Rev. Mr., 185.

Slander against the French protestants of New-York refuted, 259.

Slaves in the prov. of New-York in 1755, census <crf the,503.

Seougiiter, Gov., order of, to the town of Hempsteadto pay Rev. Jer. Hubbard his salary, 125.

Smith, justice, complaint against, 177.

-, William, attorney general, 438.

Smithtown, a list of the slaves in, 519.

Soap, how to make, from Indian corn, 690.

Society for the prop, of the gospel, representation of the,to Queen Anne , relative to the church of Jamaica ,162 ; asks that in certain causes relating to the

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