Windham Tax Assessment
1799
Transcribed by Scott Wichmann from original documents
located on microfilm at the
State Library in Albany, 11th Floor, Manuscripts Division.
Every effort has been made to transcribe the names accurately, however handwriting and spelling were very creative in those early years.
NAMES OF POSSESSORS | DESCRIPTION OF REAL ESTATE | VALUE OF REAL ESTATE | VALUE OF PERSONAL ESTATE | TAX TO BE PAID THEREON |
Samuel Gunn | House & Land | 1601 | 170 | 1.77 |
Daniel Gunn | (blank) | (blank) | 50 | 0.05 |
Argulus White | Farm | 708 | 75 | 0.78 |
Thomas Benham | (blank) | (blank) | 231 | 0.23 |
David Foster | (blank) | (blank) | 13 | 0.01 |
Stephen Simmons | House & Land | 4106 | 228 | 4.33 |
Constant A. Andrews | House & Land | 126 | 35 | 0.16 |
Benjamin Johnson | Farm | 191 | 15 | 0.2 |
Timothy Hubbard | Farm | 370 | 33 | 0.4 |
Amos Hubbard | Farm | 500 | 18 | 0.51 |
Jedediah Hubbard | House & Farm | 1117 | 126 | 1.24 |
John Tuttle | House & Farm | 1230 | 185 | 1.41 |
Jephtha Brainard | Farm | 352 | 63 | 0.41 |
Jedediah Hubbard Junr | Farm | 356 | 17 | 0.37 |
Cornelius Benham | Farm | 1197 | 116 | 1.31 |
Eliphelet Wheeler | Farm | 622 | 94 | 0.71 |
James Strong | Farm | 542 | 41 | 0.58 |
Elisha Strong | Farm | 916 | 40 | 0.95 |
John Groat | Farm | 797 | 11 | 0.8 |
Nathaniel Ormsbee | House & Farm | 1880 | 96 | 1.97 |
George Deal | Farm | 450 | 74 | 0.52 |
Jacob Martin | Farm | 312 | 86 | 0.39 |
Andrew Miller | Farm | 315 | 62 | 0.37 |
Dirk Decker | mill & Farm | 2205 | 570 | 2.77 |
Alexander Boyd | House, mill & Farm | 2205 | 570 | 2.77 |
Peter Brandow | House & Farm | 1165 | 120 | 1.28 |
Laurence Decker | House & Farm | 910 | 92 | 1 |
John Van Loon | House & Farm | 3356 | 470 | 3.82 |
Robert Van Dusen | (blank) | (blank) | 38 | 0.03 |
Martines Larway | House, mill & Farm | 2531 | 140 | 2.67 |
John Larway | House & Farm | 1902 | 132 | 2.03 |
Nicholas Garlick | (blank) | (blank) | 419 | 0.41 |
Peter Larway | House & Land | 853 | 200 | 1.05 |
Ephraim Tumey | (blank) | (blank) | 78 | 0.07 |
Robert Tumey | (blank) | (blank) | 50 | 0.05 |
Elijah Strong | (blank) | (blank) | 45 | 0.04 |
Jacob Deal | (blank) | (blank) | 32 | 0.03 |
Henry Race | (blank) | (blank) | 5 | 0 |
Peter Hageboom | House & Farm | 1772 | 136 | 1.9 |
Tobias Hageboom | (blank) | (blank) | 58 | 0.05 |
Leonard Hageboom | (blank) | (blank) | 66 | 0.06 |
Henry Becker | House, mill & Farm | 3160 | 424 | 3.58 |
Isaac Becker | (blank) | (blank) | 103 | 0.1 |
John Brandow | (blank) | (blank) | 50 | 0.05 |
Jacob Schamerhorn | Farm | 360 | 40 | 0.4 |
David Bagley | (blank) | (blank) | 52 | 0.05 |
Jasper Robison | Farm | 625 | 17 | 0.64 |
Jasper Robison Junr. | (blank) | (blank) | 300 | 0.3 |
David Van Dyke | Farm | 1250 | 82 | 1.33 |
Casper Canine | (blank) | (blank) | 31 | 0.03 |
Alexander Mackey | Farm | 287 | 64 | 0.35 |
Hendrick Shoemaker | Farm | 685 | 135 | 0.82 |
George Bird | Farm | 235 | 13 | 0.24 |
George Sole | Farm | 232 | 29 | 0.26 |
Philip Jacobe | Farm | 238 | 55 | 0.29 |
Hendrick Oostrander | (blank) | (blank) | 37 | 0.03 |
Jairus Strong | House & Farm | 543 | 58 | 0.6 |
David Arling | (blank) | (blank) | 12 | 0.01 |
Samuel Smith | (blank) | (blank) | 23 | 0.02 |
Nicholas Martin | (blank) | (blank) | 68 | 0.06 |
John Harder | (blank) | (blank) | 31 | 0.03 |
Ulius Agus | (blank) | (blank) | 12 | 0.01 |
Elisha Thompson | House & Land | 775 | 206 | 0.98 |
Asahel Hull | Farm | 412 | 27 | 0.43 |
Peletiah Ferrington | Farm | 563 | 33 | 0.59 |
Edna Beach | Farm | 355 | 6 | 0.36 |
Enos Baldwin | Farm | 581 | 63 | 0.64 |
Jesse Hill | Farm | 668 | 105 | 0.77 |
Theron Hough | Farm | 91 | 29 | 0.12 |
Abel Mix | Farm | 651 | 54 | 0.7 |
Abel Mix Junr. | (blank) | (blank) | 12 | 0.01 |
John Goodsil | Farm | 398 | 43 | 0.44 |
Austin Hunt | Farm | 456 | 45 | 0.5 |
Ephraim Land | Farm | 322 | 11 | 0.33 |
Uri Cook | (blank) | (blank) | 320 | 0.32 |
Munson Brocket | Farm | 306 | 48 | 0.35 |
Chester Hull | House & Farm | 737 | 46 | 0.78 |
James Coe | Farm | 322 | 9 | 0.33 |
Ichabod Andrews | Farm | 508 | 123 | 0.63 |
Isaac Whitcomb | (blank) | (blank) | 64 | 0.06 |
William Watson | Farm | 568 | 50 | 0.61 |
Denison Parker | Farm | 156 | 20 | 0.17 |
David Johnson | Farm | 391 | 83 | 0.47 |
Amherst Andrews | (blank) | (blank) | 65 | 0.06 |
Nicholas Guss | Farm | 235 | 41 | 0.27 |
Benjamin Fairchild | Farm | 352 | 34 | 0.38 |
Timothy Bishop | Farm | 262 | 38 | 0.3 |
Samuel Baldwin | Farm | 827 | 60 | 0.88 |
Adonijah Ford | Farm | 793 | 36 | 0.82 |
Adonijah Ford Junr. | Farm | 261 | 44 | 0.3 |
Seth Lockwood | Farm | 416 | 22 | 0.43 |
Isaac Johnson | (blank) | (blank) | 10 | 0.01 |
Warren Johnson | House & Farm | 742 | 46 | 0.78 |
James Miller | Farm | 200 | 39 | 0.23 |
Samuel Camp | (blank) | (blank) | 7 | 0 |
Elijah More | House & Farm | 1520 | 165 | 1.68 |
James G. Miller | (blank) | (blank) | 32 | 0.03 |
Jacob Miller | (blank) | (blank) | 38 | 0.03 |
Samuel Kelsey | Farm | 322 | 44 | 0.36 |
Reuben Park | Farm | 500 | 45 | 0.54 |
George Swap | (blank) | (blank) | 20 | 0.02 |
Samuel Bacon | (blank) | (blank) | 33 | 0.03 |
Smith Park | Farm | 976 | 94 | 1.07 |
Phinehas Pond | (blank) | (blank) | 12 | 0.01 |
Valentine Barber | Farm | 500 | 98 | 0.59 |
Justus Coe | Farm | 365 | 65 | 0.43 |
Abraham Camp | Farm | 283 | 44 | 0.32 |
Isaac Miles | Farm | 798 | 72 | 0.87 |
Caleb Holcomb | Farm | 897 | 76 | 0.97 |
Ebenezer Johnson | House & Farm | 411 | 41 | 0.45 |
Theophilus Peck | Farm | 535 | 90 | 0.62 |
Stephen Johnson | Farm | 143 | 31 | 0.17 |
Robert Thompson | Farm | 416 | 15 | 0.43 |
William Davis | Farm | 466 | 88 | 0.55 |
Caleb Elmer | Farm | 355 | 52 | 0.4 |
Jonathan Ford | Farm | 247 | 35 | 0.28 |
Jeremiah Barber | Farm | 387 | 15 | 0.4 |
Amos Petit | Farm | 266 | 10 | 0.27 |
Joel Ford | Farm | 333 | 70 | 0.4 |
Josiah Petit | Farm | 216 | 11 | 0.22 |
Stephen Burges | Farm | 503 | 35 | 0.53 |
Stephen Ford | Farm | 275 | 7 | 0.28 |
Nathaniel Wilcock | Farm | 547 | 54 | 0.6 |
Isaac Davis | Farm | 290 | 50 | 0.34 |
Israel Whitcomb | House & Farm | 310 | 18 | 0.32 |
Israel Whitcomb Junr. | Farm | 568 | 34 | 0.6 |
Henry Gansley | House & Farm | 1258 | 98 | 1.35 |
Samuel Woolcot | Farm | 170 | 12 | 0.18 |
William Parker | Farm | 370 | 34 | 0.4 |
Josiah Alford | (blank) | (blank) | 12 | 0.01 |
Jared Rice | House & Farm | 815 | 108 | 0.92 |
Benajah Rice | House & Farm | 1041 | 142 | 1.18 |
Silas Fowler | Farm | 528 | 34 | 0.56 |
Cornelius Decker | Farm | 350 | 41 | 0.39 |
William Park | (blank) | (blank) | 52 | 0.05 |
Nathan L. Belcher | (blank) | (blank) | 12 | 0.01 |
Thomas Marwin | Farm | 400 | 76 | 0.47 |
Daniel Marwin | House & Farm | 382 | 54 | 0.43 |
Ephraim B. Hubbard | House & Land | 1148 | 82 | 1.23 |
John Brewer | (blank) | (blank) | 44 | 0.04 |
Robert Townsend | Farm | 187 | 33 | 0.22 |
Charles Mason | (blank) | (blank) | 15 | 0.01 |
Thomas Mason | (blank) | (blank) | 15 | 0.01 |
Samuel Pond | Farm | 167 | 37 | 0.2 |
Samuel Marwin | Farm | 296 | 40 | 0.33 |
John Ives | Farm | 543 | 70 | 0.61 |
Gideon Hosford | Farm | 1153 | 40 | 1.19 |
Samuel Peck | Farm | 620 | 59 | 0.67 |
Isaac Doolittle | Farm | 191 | 13 | 0.2 |
Daniel Miles | Farm | 191 | 13 | 0.2 |
Willy Miles | (blank) | (blank) | 24 | 0.02 |
Elisha Stanley | Farm | 591 | 54 | 0.64 |
Arba Rice | House & Farm | 801 | 78 | 0.87 |
Truman Hanman | Farm | 395 | 15 | 0.41 |
Titus Heaton | Farm | 448 | 65 | 0.51 |
Justus Squire | Farm | 1521 | 162 | 1.68 |
William Beach | Farm | 1692 | 203 | 1.89 |
Henry Miller | Farm | 732 | 96 | 0.82 |
Collins Edwards | Farm | 268 | 32 | 0.3 |
Munson Buel | House & Farm | 696 | 50 | 0.74 |
Isaac Buel | House | 134 | 52 | 0.18 |
Peter T. Smith | Farm | 77 | 11 | 0.08 |
Jason Peck | Farm | 367 | 9 | 0.37 |
Valentine Hitchcock | Farm | 220 | 22 | 0.24 |
John Maben | Farm | 571 | 103 | 0.67 |
Richard Peck | mill & Farm | 1763 | 127 | 1.89 |
Dirk L. Schamerhorn | Farm | 188 | 70 | 0.25 |
Benjamin Chamberlain | House & Farm | 718 | 89 | 0.8 |
Jacob A. Van Volkenburgh | (blank) | (blank) | 74 | 0.07 |
Matthew Bouce | Farm | 468 | 22 | 0.49 |
Darius Briggs | Farm | 253 | 66 | 0.31 |
David Gregory | Farm | 107 | 32 | 0.13 |
Peter Mead | Farm | 112 | 31 | 0.14 |
Henry Kline | Farm | 218 | 32 | 0.25 |
Daniel Gregory | Farm | 132 | 32 | 0.16 |
Asa Butler | Farm | 171 | 32 | 0.2 |
Elijah Bushnel | Farm | 232 | 54 | 0.28 |
Elijah Bushnel Junr. | Farm | 562 | 68 | 0.63 |
Charles B. Clark | Farm | 188 | 72 | 0.26 |
Aaron Bushnel | Farm | 435 | 32 | 0.46 |
James Pixley | Farm | 532 | 43 | 0.57 |
Joshua Baker | Farm | 200 | 26 | 0.22 |
Joseph Pixley | Farm | 143 | 33 | 0.17 |
Ebenezer Pixley | Farm | 542 | 43 | 0.58 |
John Darling | Farm | 175 | 20 | 0.19 |
Eben Cornish | (blank) | (blank) | 43 | 0.04 |
William Allen | Farm | 150 | 14 | 0.16 |
Benjamin Crispel | Farm | 843 | 130 | 0.97 |
Jedediah Hitchcock | Farm | 141 | 62 | 0.2 |
Zephaniah Chase | House & Farm | 1365 | 78 | 1.44 |
Benjamin Chase | House & Farm | 364 | 25 | 0.38 |
Joseph Chase | (blank) | (blank) | 26 | 0.02 |
William Gass | House & Farm | 1010 | 63 | 1.07 |
Nathan Inman | Farm | 466 | 46 | 0.51 |
Jeremiah Philips | Farm | 162 | 39 | 0.2 |
Ezekiel Philips | Farm | 237 | 24 | 0.26 |
Irving Hough | Farm | 606 | 31 | 0.63 |
Benjamin Jones | Farm | 600 | 25 | 0.62 |
John Philips | Farm | 393 | 38 | 0.43 |
Jesse Philips | Farm | 153 | 50 | 0.2 |
Jesse Goodsil | Farm | 165 | 6 | 0.17 |
Edward Philips | Farm | 293 | 38 | 0.33 |
Elisha Lettimore Junr. | Farm | 320 | 32 | 0.35 |
Elisha Lettimore Junr. | Farm | 681 | 76 | 0.75 |
Christian Ringlekey | (blank) | (blank) | 32 | 0.03 |
Jacob Higby | Farm | 466 | 31 | 0.49 |
Richard Jersey | Farm | 237 | 37 | 0.32 |
William UnderHill | (blank) | (blank) | 30 | 0.03 |
Duncan McGregor | Farm | 716 | 33 | 0.74 |
Samuel Ames | House & Farm | 1030 | 111 | 1.14 |
John Wilmott | House, mill & Farm | 503 | 64 | 0.56 |
Daniel Bloomer | Farm | 387 | 32 | 0.41 |
Edward Egleston | Farm | 245 | 17 | 0.26 |
Samuel Hanes | Farm | 441 | 63 | 0.5 |
Samuel Merrit | Farm | 428 | 65 | 0.49 |
Peter Brewer | Farm | 465 | 32 | 0.49 |
Samuel Hanes Junr. | Farm | 93 | 19 | 0.11 |
Edward Hanes | Farm | 248 | 43 | 0.29 |
William Hanes | Farm | 256 | 55 | 0.31 |
Benjamin Ellis | (blank) | (blank) | 9 | 0 |
Moses Townsend | Farm | 373 | 78 | 0.45 |
Uriah Townsend | Farm | 452 | 89 | 0.54 |
Zebulon Townsend | (blank) | (blank) | 11 | 0.01 |
David Demorier | Farm | 200 | 24 | 0.22 |
Abijah Griffin | Farm | 180 | 42 | 0.22 |
Samuel Perkins | (blank) | (blank) | 36 | 0.03 |
William English | Farm | 331 | 63 | 0.39 |
John Wilson | Farm | 251 | 43 | 0.29 |
James Carle | Farm | 1887 | 53 | 1.94 |
Jacob Carle | (blank) | (blank) | 51 | 0.05 |
Elihu Hanes | Farm | 342 | 55 | 0.39 |
Herman Mason | Farm | 388 | 43 | 0.43 |
David Garrison | Farm | 482 | 29 | 0.51 |
Robert Birdsil | Farm | 258 | 15 | 0.27 |
Nathaniel Butler | Farm | 428 | 104 | 0.53 |
John Underhill | mill & Farm | 1037 | 31 | 1.06 |
Benjamin Olmstead | (blank) | (blank) | 71 | 0.07 |
William Miller | Farm | 226 | 47 | 0.27 |
Joseph Header | House & Farm | 740 | 134 | 0.87 |
Gershom Griffin | Farm | 203 | 27 | 0.23 |
Daniel Keeler | Farm | 106 | 10 | 0.11 |
Nathan Salisbury | Farm | 277 | 75 | 0.35 |
Caleb Miller | Farm | 651 | 64 | 0.71 |
Samuel Ives Junr. | Farm | 203 | 32 | 0.23 |
Ephraim Park | Farm | 418 | 24 | 0.44 |
Elisha Calkins | Farm | 487 | 68 | 0.55 |
Jonathan Fairchild | Farm | 503 | 35 | 0.53 |
Laban Andrews | House, mill & Farm | 1112 | 12 | 1.12 |
Jesse Blakesle | Farm | 362 | 1 | 0.36 |
John Barker | Farm | 200 | 1 | 0.2 |
Frederick Banker | Farm | 187 | (blank) | 0.18 |
Amos Brownson | Farm | 73 | 2 | 0.07 |
Thaddeus Brownson | Farm | 136 | (blank) | 0.13 |
David Butler | Farm | 115 | 3 | 0.11 |
Albertus Becker | Farm | 827 | (blank) | 0.82 |
Helmus Brandow | Farm | 205 | (blank) | 0.2 |
Adam Coles | Farm | 368 | 1 | 0.36 |
Joshua Cross | Farm | 327 | 1 | 0.32 |
Leonard Canine | Farm | 288 | 1 | 0.28 |
Samuel Clark | House & Farm | 225 | 2 | 0.22 |
Simeon Fowler | Farm | 288 | (blank) | 0.28 |
William Faulkenor | Farm | 413 | 3 | 0.41 |
Seth Green | Farm | 235 | 1 | 0.23 |
Phinehas Goodwin | Farm | 296 | 2 | 0.29 |
Hermoneus Garlick | Farm | 1200 | (blank) | 1.2 |
Stephen Griffin | Farm | 328 | 2 | 0.33 |
Ninean Griffin | Farm | 375 | (blank) | 0.37 |
John Hanes | Farm | 248 | 2 | 0.25 |
Abraham Humiston | Farm | 385 | (blank) | 0.38 |
William Hall | Farm | 218 | 2 | 0.22 |
Caleb Hubbard | Farm | 125 | 2 | 0.12 |
Ansil Hubbard | Farm | 125 | 2 | 0.12 |
Samuel Ives | House & Farm | 974 | 6 | 0.98 |
Ezra Keller | Farm | 106 | 2 | 0.1 |
Nathaniel Miller | Farm | 333 | (blank) | 0.33 |
Christian Mogg | Farm | 412 | 1 | 0.41 |
Joshua Parmerton | Farm | 200 | 2 | 0.2 |
Munson Parker | Farm | 735 | 3 | 0.73 |
Nathaniel Rowley | Farm | 105 | 2 | 0.1 |
Nehemiah Roswel | Farm | 152 | 1 | 0.15 |
Lewis Smith | Farm | 356 | (blank) | 0.35 |
John Tumey | House & Farm | 1613 | 12 | 1.62 |
John Underhill Junr. | Farm | 187 | (blank) | 0.18 |
John Woodbeck | Farm | 550 | (blank) | 0.55 |
Jesse Whitcomb | Farm | 242 | 3 | 0.24 |
William Cockburn | Farm | 96 | (blank) | 0.09 |
Robert Boyd | Farm | 26 | (blank) | 0.02 |
Solomon Ormsbee | (blank) | (blank) | 59 | 0.05 |
Gideon Townsend | Farm | 278 | (blank) | 0.27 |
TOTALS | $130,087 | $15,663 | $144.72 |
An Account of Persons Names who are not to be found in the town of Windham whereon I could levy for State Tax:
NAME |
DOLLARS |
CENTS |
Nathaniel Beleker |
0 |
.01 |
Ulius Agses |
0 |
.01 |
|
|
|
Elisha Stanley |
0 |
.05 |
Thos. Mason |
0 |
.01 |
Chs. Mason |
0 |
.01 |
Wm. Underhill |
0 |
.03 |
Frederick Bancker |
0 |
.18 |
John Barker |
0 |
.20 |
Adam Cole |
0 |
.36 |
David Arling |
0 |
.01 |
Jasper Robinson Junr. |
0 |
.30 |
John Underhill Junr. |
0 |
.18 |
Robert Boyd |
0 |
.02 |
TOTAL |
$1 |
.37 |
I the Subscriber Collector for the Town of Windham in the County of Ulster do swear in the presence of Almighty God that the Sums above mentioned still remain due and unpaid from the persons above named on the assessment Roll annexed to my Warrant, and that upon diligent Inquiry I have not been able to discover any goods or Chattles belonging to or in possession of any of the above named persons charged with or liable to pay the said respective Sums whereon I could levy the Same.
[signed] Justus Squire
Sworn before me this
21st May 1800
Jas. Hasbrouck, Treasr.