Levi Hasbrouck Family Papers: The Locust Lawn Collection (1672-1968)

Finding Aid completed by Eric Roth 8/8/1998
Last revised 12/13/2005

Volume: 8.5 cu. ft.

Acquisition: The major portion of these papers was donated to the Huguenot Historical Society by Annette Innis Young in the 1950s and 1960s. Other donations were made by Hylah Hasbrouck in 1962 and 1978, and in 1980 by Walter Hasbrouck.

Access: Unrestricted.

Copyright: Request for permission to publish materials from these records should be discussed with the Archivist and Director of the Huguenot Historical Society.

Special thanks to Alexis Ruda, Phyllis Crawford, Janet Geary and Byron Preston for their assistance in processing this collection.

Family Biographical Sketch

The Hasbrouck family in America begins with the emigration of Jean and Abraham Hasbrouck, both French Huguenots, from Calais, France to Mannheim, Germany (then known as the Palatinate). This sketch traces the line of descendants of Jean Hasbrouck that inherited his homestead in New Paltz and eventually built the Federal House known as “Locust Lawn” in the town of Gardiner, New York. According to a diary kept by Abraham's grandson, Abraham Hasbrouck C-8 [1] (1707-1791), Jean and Abraham, along with their father and sister, left Calais sometime in the mid-seventeenth century in order to avoid persecution by soldiers serving under Louis XIV. [2] In Mannheim the Hasbroucks belonged to the French Church along with the other Huguenots who were to settle New Paltz in 1677. In fact, “Abraham Hasenbrouke” is listed as the godfather to Abraham Frere, son of Hugues Frere and Jeanne Wibau in 1670, and “Anne Doyo wife of Jean Hasbrouck” is listed as godmother of Jean Jacques Langottin in 1667. Also, Jean Hasbrouck and his wife were recommended to the Elders of the French Church in May 1672, shortly before they emigrated to America. [3] After leaving Mannheim, Jean Hasbrouck and his wife journeyed to the New World where they eventually settled at the Dutch trading post of Esopus (Kingston). In 1677, Jean, along with his brother Abraham, entered into a partnership with ten other Huguenots living at Hurley to purchase a tract of land south of Kingston from the Esopus Indians. This tract of land came to be known as the New Paltz Patent.

According to local tradition, in early 1678 the twelve patentees and their families traveled in three carts containing all their worldly goods to New Paltz and read the 37th Psalm upon their arrival. From its founding, New Paltz was a close-knit community consisting primarily of relatives, all of whom were, at least in the early years of the settlement, middle-class farmers and merchants. Also according to tradition, Patentee Pierre Deyo built the first stone house in New Paltz (now a large Victorian house) in 1692 and the other families followed his example soon after. [4] The Jean Hasbrouck House is thought to have been originally built in 1692-1694 and later expanded in 1712 to its present size. The Jean Hasbrouck House is now a public museum and owned and operated by the Huguenot Historical Society. Jean and Anna Hasbrouck had seven children, four daughters and three sons.

After Jean's death in 1714, his estate passed to his youngest son, Jacob Hasbrouck B-14 (1688-1761). As a member of the Twelve Men, Jacob represented his father's share of the New Paltz Patent from 1738-1755. He also served as Tax Collector in 1751-1752. [5] In 1714, Jacob Hasbrouck married Ester Bevier, daughter of New Paltz patentee Louis Bevier, and had six sons, four of whom died before their father. Jacob's son, Isaac C-57, moved to the Town of Marbletown, leaving the New Paltz homestead to his only surviving brother, Jacob J. Hasbrouck C-59, known as Jacob, Jr. [6] Local tradition claims that Jacob B-14 opened a general store and tavern in the North end of the house. [7]

Jacob J. Hasbrouck (1727-1806) was commissioned Captain of 2nd Company, 3rd Regiment , Ulster County Militia under Col. Pawling in 1775, and promoted to Major under Col. Cantine in 1778. [8] He was very active in Town affairs after 1755, serving on the “Duzine” as representative of his grandfather's share of the New Paltz Patent (1755-1806?), Town Supervisor (1763-1764, 1771-1776), Fence Viewer (1756, 1764-1771, 1778, 1784), Constable (1763), Overseer of Roads (1778), and Commissioner of Highways (1783). [9] Maj. Hasbrouck married Jennetje DuBois in 1751 and had four children. Jacob's eldest son, Josiah D-190, inherited the house and estate in New Paltz upon Jacob's death in 1806.

Like his father before him, Josiah Hasbrouck D-190, born in 1755, held posts in both the military and in the public sector. In 1780 Josiah was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, Second Company of the Third Ulster County Regiment, [10] and was later appointed “Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Regiment of Militia in the County of Ulster” by Governor George Clinton in 1803. In politics, “Col.” Hasbrouck served on the national level as representative to 8th and 15th Sessions of Congress under Jefferson (1803-1805) and Monroe (1817-1819), respectively, and at the state level as member of 16th, 19th and 21st Sessions of New York State Assembly, 1792-1793, 1796, and 1798, respectively. [11] At New Paltz, he served as one of the Twelve Men (1807), and as Town Supervisor (1784-1786, 1799-1805), Clerk (1782, 1788-92, 1795-1796?) and Fence Viewer (1785-1789). [12]

Beginning in the 1790's Josiah “purchased several pieces of property to assemble a 500-acre parcel and commissioned an architect known today only as Mr. Cromwell to build him a new house. He named the property Locust Lawn after a group of black locust trees that surrounded the house.” [13] At this time Col. Hasbrouck turned his family's ancestral home in New Paltz over to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband Josiah DuBois, who managed the store and tavern while Col. Hasbrouck took the rest of his family to the new home in Gardiner, NY, just a few miles south of New Paltz. Local tradition states that the family lived in the Dutch stone house built by Evert Terwilliger in 1738 while the house was being built. In fact, Col. Hasbrouck purchased much of the Locust Lawn properties directly from descendants of Evert Terwilliger before commencing the construction of the Locust Lawn House. A secluded graveyard towards the rear of the property serves as the final resting place for several Terwilliger family members. According to tradition, the house was finally completed in 1814 and, when not serving in Washington, Col. Josiah resided there with his family until his death in 1821.

In 1785, Josiah Hasbrouck married Sarah Decker, by whom he had four daughters and one son, Levi E-602 (1791-1861). Levi inherited the Locust Lawn property from his father in 1821, whereby he continued to manage the family business, which by this time was quite a large operation consisting of a farm, saw mill and several paid laborers. In addition to these business ventures, Levi was a very prolific speculator in real estate, owning a great deal of properties in the counties of Ulster, Orange and Cayuga, New York . And like his father, he leased much of his land to other farmers and entrepreneurs.

In the same year his father died, Levi married Hylah Bevier, daughter of Captain Philip Dubois Bevier and Ann DeWitt of the Town of Rochester. [14] Hylah, in her youth, attended the Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield , Connecticut, where she received instruction in mathematics, the sciences, moral philosophy, Latin, and Greek, as well as music, art and needlework. [15] Levi and Hylah had seven children together, although only five of them survived to adulthood. Levi was a member of the Washington National Monument Society, American Tract Society and American Bible Society, and his wife Hylah was also a member of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association of the Union, the Foreign Missionary Society and the Ulster County Agricultural Society. The family belonged to the Dutch Reformed Churches at New Paltz and New Hurley.

Levi and Hylah's eldest daughter Sarah Maria Hasbrouck F-1103 (1823-1858) married Louis Hasbrouck F-12 in 1850, and relocated to Ogdensburg, NY, where they had three children. Louis Hasbrouck worked as an agent for Levi Hasbrouck, investing the latter's money in “bonds and mortgages and other securities.” In his will, Levi left Louis a great deal of the financial interests that Louis had been holding in account for him. Levi's second daughter, Ann Bevier Hasbrouck F-1105 was born in 1827, and in 1855 married George Innis, a prominent entrepreneur of Poughkeepsie. Innis joined the Gifford, Sherman & Innis Company, manufacturers of dye woods and logwood extracts, in 1842; served as Mayor of Poughkeepsie in 1852; President of the Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railroad Company (formed in 1866); and Trustee of the Poughkeepsie & Highland Ferry Co., Limited (incorporated 1875). [16] George and Ann B. H. Innis (as she often wrote her name) had two children, Martha G-1359 and Hasbrouck G-1358 , born in 1856 and 1859, respectively.

Levi's only surviving son Josiah Hasbrouck F-1106 (1828-1884) attended school at Academy Hill in Newburgh and upon his father's death, inherited the family farm and much of his father's real estate in New Paltz and environs. Josiah was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church at New Paltz, Temperance Society and, according to his obituary, “was like his father Levi, a plain, unostentatious man, rather conservative in his views, exactly honest in his dealings, and he had a warm grasp of friendship for his acquaintances.” [17] After a long and severe illness in 1867, Josiah twice traveled west to San Francisco (in 1869 and 1873), where he speculated in real estate. [18] In 1881 Josiah married Margaret DeKay, who in 1882 gave birth to their only child, Hylah. In his last years Josiah again fell prey to illness and had to have his leg amputated. Josiah died intestate in 1884, leaving Hylah, his only child and his widow Maggie D. Hasbrouck. At this time, Hylah, by guardian, instituted a partition suit with her father's sister Laura (Hasbrouck) Varick to settle the estate, since the estate was found to be insufficient for the payment of Josiah's debts. This lawsuit brought about a sale of all the premises, most of which were purchased by Mrs. Varick, who rented the house and farm to various tenants until her death in 1926.

Laura Tallmadge Hasbrouck F-1109 (1834-1925) was the youngest child of Levi and Hylah Hasbrouck. In 1873 she married Abraham Varick (1819-1891), of Poughkeepsie and lived most of the latter part her life at 40 Main Street, Poughkeepsie with her sister Ann B.H. Innis and her family. Laura and her husband Abraham had no issue, and upon her death the Locust Lawn estate passed to her sister Anne's children, Hasbrouck and Martha Innis.

Hasbrouck Innis G-1358 was born to George and Ann Innis in 1859 and remained unmarried throughout his life. He followed his father into the textile dyeing business and became a partner in the Innis & Co. and the Innis, Speiden & Co., successors to the Gifford, Sherman & Innis Company, established 1816. Innis also handled much of the affairs of his Aunt Laura (Hasbrouck) Varick's estate during the latter years of her life. He resided at 40 Main Street in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Martha Innis G-1359 was born to George and Ann Innis in 1856 and in 1883 married William Hopkins Young (1855-1909). Mr. Young formed the law firm of Young & Phinney (later Young & VerPlank) in Manhattan , and also served as Director of the Farmer's and Manufacturer's Bank and Deirector of the Poughkeepsie City Railroad. He was also a founding member of the Dutchess Golf Club (now the Dutchess Country Club) and a member of many genealogical assocations including the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of the Colonial Wars. [19] In 1895 Mr. and Mrs. Young moved to the house known as Locust Grove, which was originally built for Samuel F. B. Morse in 1830. They later purchased the house and its surrounding 150 acres in 1901. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark and opened to the public as a musuem as part of the Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site in 1963.

George and Martha Young's daughter Annette Innis Young H-1278 inherited both Locust Lawn and Locust Grove from her mother upon her death in 1946. Miss Young, a member of a wealthy and socially prominent family, generously gave time and money to a number of charitable and philanthropic organizations, including the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Huguenot Historical Society of New Paltz, NY. In fact, along with her brother Innis Young, Miss Young was instrumental in forming and the Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site and in restoring the Jean Hasbrouck and Locust Lawn Houses and making them accessible to the public as museums. Miss Young never married and, in 1957, deeded the Locust Lawn House and properties to the Huguenot Historical Society. Innis Young (1890-1953) as a youth attended the Milton Academy and graduated from Harvard in 1914. He was an avid collector, acquiring substantial collections of French furniture, American paintings and textiles from the Far East for his home in New Haven, Connecticut. By the time he was an adult, Innis was almost totally deaf. [20] And like his sister, Innis Young never married or had children.

Collection Description

The Levi Hasbrouck Family Papers encompass the personal papers the members of the Hasbrouck and extended families who lived in four historic houses that are now museums: the Jean Hasbrouck House at New Paltz, the Locust Lawn House and Terwilliger House in Gardiner, and the Locust Grove House in Poughkeepsie. This collection represents one of the strongest and most comprehensive collections of family papers at the Huguenot Historical Society. The collection documents virtually all aspects of the lives of the Hasbrouck and related families and extended families from the late 17th through the early 20th centuries. Records include wills, estate inventories, deeds, mortgages, court papers, survey maps, bonds, promissory notes, account books, receipts, insurance papers, correspondence, military and political records, family letters, scrapbooks, poetry journals, photographs, calling cards, childhood papers, and ephemera.

The collection is organized into nine series: Correspondence, Estate and Legal Papers, Account Books, Financial Papers, Photographs, Notebooks, Scrapbooks and Poetry Journals, Miscellaneous, Genealogical Research Materials, and Pamphlets. The greatest informative wealth in the collection lies in the Correspondence, Estate and Legal papers, Account Books, and Photographs series, although the other series contain material of interest to researchers of specific disciplines and subject areas such as genealogy, education, material collections, and other elements of social history.

The family correspondence files have been surprisingly well preserved (with one exception that will be mentioned below). Spanning a range of almost 200 years, the letters document a number of topics, notably family matters (births, deaths, illnesses, visits, etc.), the management of the family farms and mills, politics, education, and genealogy. There is also one letter written in Dutch dating from 1748 from Johannes Van Driessen to Jacob J. Hasbrouck probably relating to the Reformed Church at New Paltz. Items relating to political issues include a letter written to Jacob J. Hasbrouck by Noah Elting complaining of unfair management of the New Paltz real estate (1763); a letter by Cor. Schoonmaker discussing the “Negro Law” under discussion in the New York State Senate (1785). Also of particular interest are letters between Congressman Col. Josiah Hasbrouck D-190 and his son Levi E-602 discussing the “Compensation Bill” (1818) and the United States Congress' reactions to General Andrew Jackson's crusades in the South (1819). Another letter from this hear was written to Hasbrouck by DeWitt Clinton. Considering that Josiah Hasbrouck twice served in Congress and figured prominently in politics at the local and state levels, it is surprising that more correspondence has not survived. The lack of comprehensive documentation of Josiah Hasbrouck's political life represents the only major weakness in the collection.

Correspondence from the early 1800s to the 1840s chiefly discuss two main subjects; business and legal matters of Levi Hasbrouck, and news from family and friends of both Levi and Hylah Hasbrouck. Letters relating to Levi's business activities mainly discuss inquiries of employment, debts owed, and real estate transactions. Also of interest is a letter written to Levi Hasbrouck in 1831 from A. Hasbrouck of Ogdensburg, NY, which discusses home improvements, family news, and offers opinions on the local railroad company and the proposed enlargement of the Erie Canal. Another letter from 1832 discusses a cholera alarm in New York State . Levi also wrote his son Josiah a number of letters while Josiah was enrolled in school at Newburgh, NY during the late 1840s. In these letters, the father urges his son to pay close attention to his studies and offers advice on how to apply such knowledge to business and other aspects of life. Levi also discusses business with his son, mentioning structures built and other work accomplished on the family farm, as well as business trips to Kingston and other local communities.

There are also several letters written to Hylah Bevier before she married Levi Hasbrouck. Letters from Hylah's aunt Hillitje DeWitt dating from 1803-1821 mainly discuss family news and travels to New York City and Albany, and Providence, Rhode Island. In one letter from 1803, Hillitje asks Hylah to “Remember my love to all the black people, to Philip and Ben, expecially who are oldest.” Another letter to Hylah from Julia Ann Crosby of Rochester, inquires about Hylah's studies at the Litchfield Academy in 1813. There are also a couple of letters from the 1810s and 1820s between Levi and Hylah providing brief documentation of their courtship and early-married life. Accounts of illness abound throughout almost all of the letters to Hylah. An 1815 letter written by Miriam Leonard of Lansingburgh to discusses the sudden illness and death of her father, an 1823 letter contains a recipe for a remedy for chest congestion. And an earlier letter of Josiah Hasbrouck dating from 1820, and two later letters from 1861 sent to Hylah from and unidentified doctor all suggest that the family members visited Saratoga Springs, NY to take advantage of the medicinal qualities of the mineral springs in that area. [21]

The letters written between Levi and Hylah Hasbrouck's children and relatives discuss education and school life for Laura, Louisa, and Josiah Hasbrouck; local news such as fires, new buildings and structures, weddings, public events, etc. childhood mischief; and travel between New York City, Poughkeepsie and Ogdensburg, NY. Of specific interest are letters written home by Josiah Hasbrouck during an extended visit to California in the early 1870's. Many of these letters were written to Josiah's young nephew, Levi Hasbrouck. The later correspondence of Laura Hasbrouck Varick and Hasbrouck Innis (late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries) mainly concern financial matters such as their stock interests in various companies, the management of the family estates in Gardiner and Poughkeepsie and the Innis & Co. and the Innis, Speiden & Co., successors to the Gifford, Sherman & Innis Company, established 1816. Genealogical topics are also abundant in the correspondence from the 20th century.

In addition to the correspondence files, the collection is also noteworthy for the comprehensive documentation of the Hasbrouck family's real estate and financial holdings in Ulster, Dutchess, Orange and Cayuga counties. These business records make up three different series in the collection: Estate and Legal Papers, Account Books, and Financial Papers, although there is also occasional overlap with some of the correspondence files. Estate and Legal Papers consist of records with specific legal function, generally relating to the family properties Ulster County, although there are some records relating to land in Cayuga County, NY as well. These types of records include wills, deeds, agreements, mortgages, leases, bonds, court papers, survey maps, account books, ledgers, receipts, and other materials relate chiefly to the Locust Lawn property in Gardiner and the Locust Grove property in Poughkeepsie.

Of specific interest are the wills (often with accompanying legal papers) of Jean Hasbrouck (1714, in Dutch), Henry Deyo (1724, in French), Mary Hasbrouck (1729, in French), Jacob Hasbrouck (1747, in Dutch), Benjamin Hasbrouck (1747, in French), Jacob Hasbrouck (1776/1806), Zachariah Freer (1815), Josiah Hasbrouck (1817/1821/1826), Jonas Sloat (1828), Levi Hasbrouck (1860), Hylah Hasbrouck (1863, 1868, 1869, 1871), and Abraham Varick (ca. 1883), Laura Hasbrouck Varick (1884, 1905). In addition to the wills, there are also letters testamentary of Ann Bevier Hasbrouck Innis (1906), and vendue lists and/or estate inventories of Cornelius DuBois (1789), Rachel Griffin (1787), Jacob J. Hasbrouck (1806), Hillitje DeWitt (1807), Levi Hasbrouck (1861), and Josiah Hasbrouck (1884). Also present in these records is a hand-drawn diagram of a flower garden dating from 1884, and a document designating Locust Lawn as the official name of the Gardiner Property (1912).

The collection also includes 21 account books that provide information about the family's financial activities, particularly concerning the store in the Jean Hasbrouck House in New Paltz, and the farm and mills in the town of Gardiner . The account books naturally fall into three categories, roughly determined by date. The most comprehensive category includes 14 account books - twelve daybooks and two ledgers - kept by Josiah Hasbrouck from 1793-1813, all documenting the business of the family store in the Jean Hasbrouck House. The daybooks contain daily entries for the sale of store items, mostly consisting of food items, spices, beverages, clothing and textiles, kitchenware, and items relating to smoking and related leisure activities (tobacco, pipes, snuff, etc.). Specific items include tea, sugar, molasses, wheat, corn, butter, salt and pepper, ginger, wine, rum, gin, cotton, leather, silk, stockings, buttons, indigo, tin cups, and knives. Entries from several daybooks are summarized into ledgers, which are organized by the name of each patron or business associate. Several of these ledgers contain accompanying name indexes.

There are also two account books kept by Francois Pierre Roggen, and Jaqcues Roggen, who both appeared to work for Jacob Hasbrouck. These two account books, dating from 1749 to 1795 contain entries written mostly in French relating to the tailoring business. Five other account book dating from 1806-1871 mainly document the management of the family farm and mill operations, including information on workers' wages and jobs, performed, supplies ordered, and merchandise made and sold.

The general condition of the records is quite good, although much of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century papers exhibit some yellowing and fading typical of records from that time period. The majority of the materials from the late 19th century (photographs, correspondence, certificates, legal documents, etc.) is in extremely good condition, showing signs of only minor damage. The legibility of the handwriting in thee documents varies greatly, showing examples of both excellent and poor penmanship. Some letters are virtually illegible. In particular, several letters in the correspondence to Laura Hasbrouck is virtually impossible to decipher due to the author's practice of writing horizontally on top of previous passages, which were written vertically. The handwriting of Josiah Hasbrouck F-1106 is also particularly difficult to read in certain places, although it is not entirely illegible. In addition to the paper records, several account books Colonel Josiah and Levi Hasbrouck (D-190 and E-602, respectively) are bound with leather, the majority of which is in fair, if not, good condition. And a small number of receipts pertaining to the estate of Evert Terwilliger (marked 1737) are rolled and also bound in leather.

The Locust Lawn Collection also consists of books, furniture, textiles, clothing, tableware, portraits and other material collections, most of which are currently on display at the Locust Lawn House Musuem. Researchers interested in studying these objects should consult the curator or director of the Huguenot Historical Society. Other archival collections of pertaining to the Hasbrouck Family include the Philip DuBois Bevier Family Papers (1685-1910), the Bible and Religoius Book Collection, and the Recipe Book Collection.

Series Descriptions

Series 1: Correspondence (1748-1968) 1 cu. ft.

Letters of Levi, Hylah, Josiah, and Jacob Hasbrouck and Ann B. H., Martha and Hasbrouck Innis, although many other family members are also represented. Letters are filed chronologically. Corresponding envelopes are available by special request only.

Series 2: Estate and Legal Papers (1714-1934) 1.75cu. ft.

Records include deeds, wills, estate inventories, bonds, mortgages, leases, survey maps and legal correspondence chiefly pertaining to the family properties in the towns of New Paltz, Gardiner, Plattekill, Shawangunk, Hurley, and Marbletown in Ulster County, New York. Other records also refer to land in Dutchess, Orange and Cayuga Counties. The papers are organized chronologically.

Series 3: Account Books (1749-1936) 3.5 cu. ft.

This series is organized into two sub-series: Daybooks and Ledgers (1749-1871), and Bank Books (1844-1874). There is a significant amount of overlap between the daybooks and ledgers, however, which mainly deal with the management of the family's store, farms, mills, and estates in New Paltz and Gardiner.

Series 4: Financial Papers (1775-1936) 1 cu. ft.

Records include Revolutionary War currency, bills, notes, accounts, receipts, bonds payable, insurance policies and stockholder certificates pertaining to the financial interests of Josiah Hasbrouck D-190, Levi Hasbrouck E-602, Josiah Hasbrouck F-1106, Laura Varick F-1108, Hasbrouck Innis G-1358 and Martha Innis Young G-1359. The papers are primarily organized in chronological order, although the large majority of the receipts are further subdivided alphabetically by subject. This is due to the large amount of bills and receipts from the mid-19th century and the importance of these materials to the Huguenot Historical Society. These records are organized into the following subject categories: buildings grounds and labor; clothing and textiles; groceries and domestic goods; magazines and newspapers; school and travel expenses; and taxes, insurance, court fees, etc. There is some overlap between subject areas and materials not organized into subject areas. Within folders all financial papers are arranged either chronologically or by size.

Series 5: Photographs and Postcards (ca. 1850 - 1924) .5 cu. ft.

Includes photograph albums and loose albumen prints of the Levi Hasbrouck Family and relatives from the 1850s to the 1880s, and gelatin photographic prints of the Innis and Young families during the early 20th century. There are also photographs of the various family houses and properties, including Locust Lawn in Gardiner, Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, and 40 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, which now no longer stands. Photographers include C. L. Cramer, Cor. Pine and Kearny Sts.; Whiddit & Coffin, of Newburgh, NY; J. H. Abbott, Albany, NY; Bogardus, and Sol. Brothers of New York, NY; Slee Bros., Schaffer Studios, C. Gukkiman, and Vail Studios of Poughkeepsie, NY.

Series 6: Notebooks, Scrapbooks and Poetry Journals (1824-1873) .5 cu. ft.

The scrapbooks of Hylah and her daughter Laura Hasbrouck mainly contain newspaper clippings and death notices of friends and relatives. The scrapbooks also include calling cards and clippings of prayers and other religious subjects. Journals include poems and school study notes written or collected by Laura and Louisa Hasbrouck from 1849-1857. Many poems were written by the young girls' friends and relatives. Poems typically concern romantic or religious subjects; some titles include “The Voice Within,” “Disappointment,” “A Valentine,” “Sympathy,” “The Parting Year,” and “Old Letters.” This series also contains a Herbarium of various samples of dried and pressed leaves.

Series 7: Miscellaneous (1672-1921) 2 cu. ft.

This series includes all materials not fitting into the other series. Records include the church membership papers of Jean Hasbrouck (1672); a military appointment of an officer in Abraham Hasbrouck's Regiment of the Ulster County Militia (1698); a political broadside and homemade and handwritten mathematics textbook Josiah Hasbrouck D-190; death notices newspaper clippings, religious songs, farmer's almanacs, recipes, prescriptions, membership certificates to various societies and other memorabilia and ephemera of the Levi and Hylah Hasbrouck family. Other papers include the essays of Sarah M. Hasbrouck (1835-1838); prints collected by Louisa Hasbrouck; family crests, crochet patterns, advertisements and genealogical notes of Hasbrouck and Martha Innis (ca. 1890-1921); and childhood letters of Annette and Innis Young (1891-1903).     

Series 8: Genealogical Research Materials (1832-1897 and undated) .5 cu. ft.

Research notes, correspondence, family crests, genealogies, charts and other materials tracing the histories and pedigrees of the Hasbrouck, Innis, Bevier and other families.

Series 9: Pamphlets (1851-1912) .25 cu. ft.

Pamphlets and miniature books dealing with religious issues, travel, poetry, memoranda, cooking, education, and other miscellaneous subjects.

Box and Folder List

Box 1

Series 1: Correspondence (1748-1968)

Correspondence:

  (1748-1968) – twelve folders

  (Undated) – two folders

Box 2

Series 2: Estate and Legal Papers (1714-1934)

Estate and Legal Papers (1714-1847) – four folders

Box 3

Series 2: Estate and Legal Papers (1714-1934)

Estate and Legal Papers:

  (1856-1934 and undated) – six folders

Box 4

Series 2: Estate and Legal Papers (1714-1934) OVERSIZE AND ROLLED DOCUMENTS

Estate and Legal Papers:

  (1722-1861) – seven folders

  (1752, 1754) OVERSIZE – FLAT FILES

Rolled and Wrapped Documents:

  Deed on parchment, Ann Gilchrist (1772)

  Receipts rolled in leather, Evert Terwilliger (1737)

  Survey Maps:

Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie (1901/1934)

Locust Lawn, Gardiner (1907)

    Estate of Laura Varick, Plutarch Turnpike, New Paltz (1912)

Box 5   

Series 3: Account Books (1749-1936)

Account Books:

  #1: Account Book/Pocket Calendar, Francois Pierre Roggen (1749-1775)

  #2: Account Book, Jacques Roggen (1750-1795)   

  #3: Ledger with Index, Josiah Hasbrouck (1793-1796) Book “A”

  #4: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1793-1795)

  #5: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1795-1796) Book “B”

  #6: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1797-1797) Book “No. 3, Letter C”

  #13: Ledger with index, Josiah and Levi Hasbrouck (1809-1863) “A”

  #14: Daybook, Josiah and Levi Hasbrouck (1809-1826) Book “B”

  #15: Daybook, Levi Hasbrouck (1826-1871)

Box 6

Series 3: Account Books (1749-1936)

Account Books:

  #7: Ledger with Index, Josiah Hasbrouck (1797-1813) “Book B”

  #8: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1797-1800) “Book D”

  #9: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1798-1799) “Book E”

  #10: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1799-1801) “Book F”

  #11: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1801) “Book G”

  #12: Daybook and Ledger with index, Josiah and Levi Hasbrouck (1806-1809)

  #16: Account Book, Levi Hasbrouck (1825-1833)

Box 7

Series 3: Account Books (1749-1936)

Bank Books (1844-1874)

  Levi and Hylah Hasbrouck:

    Ulster County Bank

      (1844-1861) Account with Levi Hasbrouck

      (1861-1874) Account with Hylah Hasbrouck

      (1862) Checkbook - unused

    Fallkill National Bank of Poughkeepsie

      (1865-1872) Account with Hylah Hasbrouck

      (1865) Checkbook - unused     

    Untitled

      (1861-1873)

      (1861-1862)

Miscellaneous (1852-1936)

  Levi and Hylah Hasbrouck:

    Time Book, Locust Lawn Laborers (1852-1853)

(1853) “Diary for 1853” - virtually empty

    (1855) “Levi Hasbrouck's Diary” - virtually empty

(1857-1865)“ Journal of Operations on the Farm and in the Garden” (probably relating to the family's property in Poughkeepsie , NY )

    (1861-1863) “The Estate of Levi Hasbrouck”

    (ca. 1874) Inventory of Hylah Hasbrouck's Book Collection

  Ann Bevier Hasbrouck and husband George Innis:

    (1875) Book of Bequests, George Innis/Philip Hasbrouck

  Josiah Hasbrouck:

    (dated 1870, used 1875-1876)

    (1880)

    (1880-1881)

    (1882)

    (1883) empty

Laura Hasbrouck Varick:

    (1861-1875) Account Book

  Unknown/Miscellaneous:

    Account Book, A.M. Hasbrouck F-1118? (1889-1909)

    Excelsior Diary (1920)

    Account/Assessment Book of Young Family Properties (1894-1936)   

List of Stockholders at the Huguenot National Bank, Taxable Inhabitants (undated)       

Box 14 [22]

Series 3: Account Books (1749-1936)

Account Books:

  #17: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1800-1802) “Book A”

  #18: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1802-1803) (“Book B”?)

  #19: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1803-1804) “Book C”

  #20: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1804-1805) “Book D”

  #21: Daybook, Josiah Hasbrouck (1805-1807) “Book E”

Box 8

Series 4: Financial Papers (1775-1936)

Financial Papers:

  (1775-1931) – four folders

  Account Book Extracts (1894-1936)

  Accounts between Levi Hasbrouck and Louis Hasbrouck (1836-1857)

  Bonds Payable (1910)

  Buildings, Grounds and Labor (1822-1883)

  Buildings, Grounds and Labor – Receipts (1819-1872)

  Clothing, Furniture and Textiles (1822-1868)

  Groceries and Domestic Goods (1816-1868 and undated)

  School and Travel Expenses (1825-1853)

  Taxes, Insurance, Court Fees, etc. (1804-1929)

  UNPROCESSED   

Box 9

Series 5: Photographs and Postcards (ca. 1850 – 1924)

Photographs (Loose):

Houses and Properties (1865-1923 and undated)

People:

Hasbrouck Family (ca. 1860 – early 20 th century)

    Miscellaneous (ca. 1850 – early 20 th century)

  Travel and Novelty Cards (late 19 th century)

  Photograph Albums, Laura Hasbrouck:

    #1 (1862) contains index

    #2 (1862) partially identified

    #3 (1863) partially identified

    #4 (undated, ca. 1863) partially identified

    #5 (undated, ca. 1863) partially identified

    #6 (undated) partially identified ON DISPLAY AT LOCUST LAWN

    #7 (undated) partially identified ON DISPLAY AT LOCUST LAWN

    #8 (undated) partially identified

  Postcards (1907-1924 and undated)

This box also contains an unidentified, undated “Herbarium”.

Box 10

Series 6: Notebooks, Scrapbooks, and Poetry Journals (1824-1873)

Notebooks, Misc.; Laura Hasbrouck, F.H. DeKay, Maggie Innis (1851-1898 and undated)

Poetry Journals, Laura Hasbrouck (1849-1857)   

Scrapbooks:

  Hylah Bevier Hasbrouck;

(1824-1873)

    (1834-1873)

  Laura Hasbrouck (1847 and undated)

Box 11

Series 7: Miscellaneous (1672-1926)

Advertisements (1853, 1876, 1926 and undated)

Broadside, Auction of Farm Animals (1884) OVERSIZE – FLAT FILES (FRAGILE)

Business Cards (Undated)

Calling Cards (Undated)

Certificates and Awards (1844-1881) OVERSIZE

Childhood Papers, Annette Innis Young (1893-1901)

Ciphering Book, Josiah Hasbrouck (Undated, ca. 1770)

Death Notices and Obituaries (1856-1861 and undated)

Essays, Sarah Hasbrouck (1835-1838)

Landscape Painting, Unidentified (Undated) OVERSIZE

Military and Political Papers (1698-1834 scattered)

Military Certificate of Appointment, Josiah Hasbrouck (1803) OVERSIZE

Miscellaneous Papers (1672, 1801-1881 and undated) Handwriting tutor, church membership certificates, religious songs and poetry, report card, dinner menu, wedding guest list, receipes and remedies, etc.

Print Collection, Louisa Hasbrouck (Undated)

Print and Pattern Collection, Louisa Hasbrouck (Undated) OVERSIZE

Box 12

Series 8: Genealogical Research Materials (1805-1897 and undated)

Genealogical Research Materials:

  (1805-1897 and undated)

  (Undated) – three folders

(Undated) - folder 4 OVERSIZE

Box 13

Series 9: Pamphlets (1851-1912)

Greeting Card Materials (undated)

Memoranda (1851 and undated)

Miscellaneous:

  (1873-1894)

  (1897-1902 and undated)

(undated)

“Poetic Puns” (undated)   

Religious Material:

  (1863-1912)

(undated)

“The Mission Field” Magazine (1887-1894, scattered)

Travel (1906-1910 and undated)

Box 15 *

Envelopes

No list available

Boxes 16 * and 17*

Unprocessed Items

No List Available (Transferred from Locust Lawn, June 2005)

Notes

[1] Identification numbers are taken from Kenneth E. Hasbrouck's The Hasbrouck Family in America with European Background , Third Edition, published by the Hasbrouck Family Association, Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY (1986). Unless otherwise noted, all genealogical information is also taken from this source.

[2] Hasbrouck, Kenneth E., compiler. Earliest Records of the Hasbrouck Family in America with European

background . Hasbrouck Family Association, Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz , NY (1992): p. 3. The diary in its original form no longer exists. The entry in the Earliest Records presents the following information regarding its provenance: “Family Records of Abraham Hasbrouck, as transcribed from the original. Presented by Louise Seymour (Hasbrouck) Zimm, a descendant of Col. Abraham Hasbrouck...”

[3] Heidgerd, Ruth, compiler. Mannheim : Records of the French Congregation 1651-1710 . Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz , NY (1978).

[4] John G. Waite Associates. Deyo House Structure Report , prepared for the Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY (1997): p. 7.

[5] Town of New Paltz Civil Organization Records (1677-1838): New Paltz Town Meeting Records (1751-1824), mss. coll. Huguenot Historical Society Archives, New Paltz, NY (hereafter referred to as NPTMR). In 1738, the New Paltz townsmen elected a council of “Twelve Men,” who held the responsibility for surveying and subdividing the land within the patent, and for defending the boundaries of the patent in court against “encroachments” by neighboring communities and royal officials trying to expand their wealth and influence. The Twelve Men, often referred to as the “Duzine” in local histories, defended the patent until the early nineteenth century, when the responsibility fell to the town government after the town's official incorporation into the State of New York .

[6] Lefevre, Ralph. History of New Paltz and Its Old Families . Fort Orange Press, Albany NY (1909): p. 400.

[7] The earliest concrete evidence concerning this store is found in the ledger kept by bookkeeper Jacques Roggen (1749-1787, See Series 2). The daybooks kept by Josiah Hasbrouck D-190 provide much information about the store under his and his son Levi's care in the 1790's and early 1800's. Concerning the latter days of the store, LeFevre writes “the old homestead was occupied for a time by his son-in-law, Josiah DuBois, who had previously carried on the mercantile business in partnership with him, but discontinued it after a time, and about 1820 built the brick house now owned by Wm. H. D. Blake.” (LeFevre, p. 400).

[8] Ibid.

[9] NPTMR .

[10] LeFevre, p. 401.

[11] Hutchins, Stephen C. Civil List and Constitutional History of the State and Colony of New York . Albany, Weed, Parsons & Company (1880): 271-291.

[12] NPTMR .

[13] “All in the Hasbrouck Family.” Colonial Homes , (Oct. 1996): p. 90-92. Col. Josiah's granddaughter Laura Hasbrouck officially registered “Locust Lawn” as the name for the farm in 1912.

[14] Primary source information concerning Captain Bevier and his family is found in the Captain Philip DuBois Bevier Family Papers (1685-1910). mss. coll. Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz , NY .

[15] Sizer, Theodore and Nancy, et al. To Ornament their Minds: Sarah Pierce's Litchfield Academy 1792-1833. The Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield Connecticut (1993).

[16] Smith, James H. History of Dutchess County , New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers . Syracuse , NY . D. Mason & Co. (1882): pp. 98-99, 381-390.

[17] Obituary of Josiah Hasbrouck, New Paltz Times , New Paltz, NY (Aug. 15, 1884).

[18] Ibid.

[19] William Henry Young Exhibit (unpublished report), Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site, Poughkeepsie , NY (undated).

[20] Innis Young Exhibit (unpublished report), Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site (undated).

[21] These letters to Hylah Hasbrouck are mentioned in A Woman's Portrait of Huguenot New Paltz: The Letters of Hylah Bevier Hasbrouck 1805-1861, by Susan M. Metcalf (1998). The 1820 Josiah Hasbrouck letter is discussed on page 9 of the Locust Lawn Structure Report compiled by John G. Waite Associates, Architects, for the Huguenot Historical Society in 1999.

[22] The account books in this book were found onsite and integrated into the collection in March 2004.