Transcribed
by The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Edited byRoyden Woodward
Vosburgh
New York City,
February 1920
Copy of this transcription located at the New York State Library
in Albany by Sylvia Hasenkopf and retranscribed by Arlene Goldwin
Introduction
The Reformed Congregation of Leeds has within its bounds
the site of the Old Reformed Dutch Church of Catskill, which was dedicated in
1733. The village of Leeds is the site of the settlement of old Catskill.But by a peculiar trend of circumstances, the present Reformed Church of
Leeds finds itself deprived of both the name and the records of the old church,
of which it is the legitimate successor.On
this account, it has been thought proper to make the historical article more
complete than would ordinarily be required for a church established in the year
1833.
The Vital Records of the
Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Leeds are contained in one small volume,
which has been completely transcribed on pages 1 to 95.The original record is in poor sequence.In this transcript the order of some of the records has been rearranged
to make them chronologically consecutive, without the usual explanatory foot
notes.
In 1842, the united Congregation
of Leeds and Kiskatom separated, in much the same manner that the churches
composing the old Catskill Congregation had separated in 1833.In a Supplement in the back of this bound volume, the Vital Records of
the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kiskatom have been transcribed, for the
period between 1842 and 1850.
A description of the various
original records will be found on page 141.
Certification of Copy
State of New York}:ss:
County of New York }
Minnie Cohen, of the City and
State of New York, being duly sworn says that she is the official stenographer
in the employ of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society: that she
copied the following record of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Leeds, in
the town of Catskill, Greene County, N. Y., from the original Church Record
thereof, when the said original record was in the possession of the Society, and
that within copy is a correct and accurate transcript therefrom, and the whole
of the said original record, to the best of her knowledge, information and
belief.
Sworn to before me thisMinnie Cohen
20th day of February, 1920.
George S. Evans,
Notary Public, No. 97, N. Y. County Register No. 1106
My commission expires Mar. 30, 1921
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I, Royden W. Vosburgh, of the City and State of New York,
Archivist of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, hereby certify
that I have compared thewithin
copy of the record of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Leeds, in the town
of Catskill, Greene County, N. Y., with the original Church Record thereof, when
the said original record was in the possession of the Society, and that I have
found the same to be a correct and accurate transcript therefrom, and the whole
of the said original record.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand, and caused to be affixed the seal of the New York
Genealogical and Biographical Society, this 20th day of February, in
the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
The Reformed Congregation of Leeds has within its bounds
the site of the Old Reformed Dutch Church of Catskill, which was dedicated in
1733. The village of Leeds is the site of the settlement of old Catskill.
But by a peculiar trend of circumstances, the present Reformed Church of
Leeds finds itself deprived of both the name and the records of the old church,
of which it is the legitimate successor. On
this account, it has been thought proper to make the historical article more
complete than would ordinarily be required for a church established in the year
1833.