§1 Little Nine Partners (NY)

The Little Nine Partners Patent of 1706 was located in Dutchess County, NY, adjacent to the Northern neighbor, Columbia County. (See the map on the site directory.)
The patentees were: 1

1. Sampson Broughton
2. Rip Van Dam - whose father was a New York City alderman in 1695
3. Thomas Wenham
4. Roger Mompesson
5. Peter Fauconnier
6. Augustine Graham2
7. Richard Sackett - the first white settler in Amenia 3
8. Robert Lurting
9. George Clarke

Dr. MacCracken refers to this group as "far more distinguished" than the Nine Partners of the Great patent. The Little Nine Partners Patent was issued 10 Apr 1706.4

• History
  • Pine Plains History From the book "General History of Dutchess County from 1609 to 1876, Inclusive" by Philip H. Smith;
  • History of the Town of Northeast--Part 1 Northeast was formed in part from the L9P Patent. From chapter XXI of the James H. Smith "History of Dutchess County" (1882).
  • The Highland King Nimhammaw and the Native Indian Proprietors of Land in Dutchess County, NY: 1712-1765 Nimhammaw, the first of four Wappinger or Highland leaders to bear similar names, was initially mentioned in Hudson Valley records as an Indian "Sachem" or "King" living in Dutchess County between 1712 and 1744. [ARCHIVE]
  • The Violets Of Dutchess County For over 90 years, every spring, the towns of Poughkeepsie, Milan, Red Hook and Rhinebeck produced what was then called the "purple thunderstorm" spreading to other counties and cities, and in the golden years, earning this region almost one million dollars in annual revenue.
• People
  • NYDUTCHE-L: Little Nine Partners The beginning of a rather long thread on the Dutchess County message board at RootsWeb. Discussion hits a number of topics.
  • Surnames of Early Pine Plains Residents An excerpt from History of Little Nine Partners of Northeast Precinct and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess County published in 1897 by Dutchess County historian and genealogist Isaac Huntting.
  • Seymour Smith benefactor of Seymour Smith Academy
    • Seymour Smith, his Academy and the Pine Plains Union Free School An early Pine Plains farmer, he left his entire estate to the town to establish an academy for the promotion of knowledge. From the Huntting book. Transcribed by Nettie Stickles.
    • SMITH, Seymour [1779-1863] – American scholastic benefactor
  • Isaac Huntting historian
    • HUNTTING, Isaac [1825-1910] – American historian
• Places that were part of the Little Nine Partners Patent
  • Town of Milan
    • Municipality Page
    • Poughkeepsie Journal Communities After more than 100 years as The Stone Church, this Red Hook church is now called the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter the Apostle. Within the walls of the present day church, stood the first church, built in 1730 by the Palatine Settlers. [ARCHIVE]
  • Town of Northeast
    • Municipality Page
  • Town of Pine Plains
    • Municipality Page
    • Welcome to Pine Plains Views A local newsletter.
    • Lewis Graham's House in Pine Plains Lewis’s grandfather, Augustine Graham was one of the Nine Partners in the L9P patent. In 1997 the house, near the Pine Plains center, was obtained by the Society for restoration as an historic artifact and museum. [ARCHIVE]
  • Dutchess County Tourism (tour 1) Rhinebeck, Red Hook and Milan. Milan was in the L9P Patent.
  • Dutchess County Tourism (tour 6) Pine Plains, Northeast, Amenia, Washington, Stanford. Pine Plains and parts of Northeast were in the L9P Patent.
• L9PHS
• Bibliographic, Link Farms, & Suites
  • NYG&B: Hudson Valley Research East Side An extensive bibliography by Henry B. Hoff, originally prepared for the NEHGS-NYG&B Joint Conference, Tarrytown, NY 25-26 July 1997.
  • Books of Interest to the Sackett Family Bibliography on the Sackett site at RootsWeb. Includes two books relating to the L9P Patent.
  • Pine Plains Town, Dutchess NY ALHN Genealogy A suite of pages relating to Pine Plains, by Nettie Stickles
  • Library of Congress listing Search terms: Little Nine Partners

Notes:

1. << Huntting, Isaac; History of Little Nine Partners of North East Precinct and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [sic] County; Amenia, NY: Chas. Walsh & Co. Printers. 1897; pp.11-16
2. << MacCracken: James Graham
3. << His father was Claes Ripse Van Dam, who was elected alderman of the second ward beginning in 1689. [Claes Ripse Van Dam; by Stefan Bielinski]
4. << MacCracken, Dr. Henry Noble, Olde Dutchess Forever, NY 1956; p.52

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