RECORDS OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE, 1807-1815

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pp. 151-2: March 5, 1810 Examination of Abraham BOICE

Dutchess County SS, The examination of Abraham BOICE taken before us the 5th March 1810 upon Oath.Says he is near 45 years old, was born in Westchester County in the place now called Mount Pleasant. His Father's name was Abraham BOICE was a tenant of Coll-L Philips on Philip's Manor, under whom he possest a farm in company with his brother of 100 acres or thereabout; His father died during the war when the deponent was a child. Immediately after the peace of 1783 the family were broken up and the deponent for about five years followed the business of a labourer. After which time he got married to Catherine SEE---they first went to housekeeping in said county of Westchester in a house of his uncle short of a year, & croped it on shares, his share was worth L 30 he thinks at least & paid taxes---from thence in the house of his father in law about six months---from he moved to Pitstown in Rensaeler County one year---from thence to Northumberland in Saratoga County & worked on shares on a farm of Dudley EMERSON for four years---this farm was 100 acres & upwards, and that the deponent's share amounted to upwards of L 100 per year---from thence he moved to Albany County at Quemins near the river about 12 miles below Albany. hired a place of Conrad TEN EYKE where he staid 3 or 4 years at the annual rent of fifteen pounds a year which he actually paid---(the name of the town is Coeymans) and from thence he moved to the town of Poughkeepsie last spring and hired a house together with his brother of James MOORE at L 20 and each was to pay L 10-0-0---he has no property real or personal of much value. his family consists of his wife aforesaid, and she is troubled with the falling sickness---and 4 children. his oldest is Cathrine is married and resides in Northumberland. Next is Abraham about 17 years old, works with James MOORE---Rhoda is 14 or 15 years old works at HALLOWELS---last is Dudley is 5 years old lives with the deponent---Not being a mechanic, the deponent supports his family by days labour. his Mother-in-law, Catherine SEE, also lives with him, she has no property but is in good health.---

Sworn before us the his 5 March 1810

Abraham BOICE (X)

P.R. MAISON mark

Wm. EMOTT

Ordered that the above Abraham BOICE do remove from this town to his last place of legal settlement by the first day of April next. 

Abraham BOICE being reaxamined (see his examination of March 5, 1810) says that from the house of James MOORE as stated in former examination he moved to a house of Richard DAVIS where he has lived two years, the first year at $15 per year, and the last year he paid $40 Part of which was paid by Wm GULLEN---He removed from Coeymans to Poughkeepsie by water---

Examined before us the his

7th of March 1812 Abraham BOICE (X)

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Catherine SEE, being examined upon oath says that she is near seventy years of age was Born in the town of Tarry town in Westchester County her father was David SEE he owned a farm in said town of 150 acres with a Dwelling house and improvements. her father died in 1783. She lived in her fathers family when she was married and 4 years after. When about 14 of she married Paul SEE. from her fathers they moved to New York where they went to housekeeping at L8 for one year, and remained there 7 years at rents under L8---from thence in 1776 they moved back to her fathers remained there during the war or till 1790 then to Bedford at 40/(llegible) a year for 2 years---from thence to Croten on a place of GREGORY for 1 year---from thence to Tarrytown town of Mount Pleasant or Greenburgh where her husband bought 50 acres, Lease land, afterwards the soil of her sister being the widow Mary WILLIAMS, and Her husband had a deed for the land and gave L 90---and also built a house on it---her husband died while living on this place. The issue of this marriage is Rachel who married one ANDERSON & is now a widow at Tarrytown---the other child is Caty the wife of Abm BOISE---widow ANDERSON owns about 25 acres of land at Tarrytown. The deponent sold her above place to Isaac VAN WART and bought another place with her son-in-law A. BOISE for L 700 and in 3 years they sold the place and went to Pittstown and she remained in BOISES family ever since, and came with him to Poughkeepsie as mentioned in BOISES examination---her daughter BOISE has fits occacionally.

Sworn before us the her

7th May 1812 Catherine SEE (X)

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Ordered to remove by June 1st next  

State of New York Dutchess County SS

To any constable of Poughkeepsie town in said county and to the overseers of the poor of the town of Coemans in the county of Albany or to either of them---

Whereas upon the complaint of the overseers of the poor of said town of Poughkeepsie, & other inhabitants of said town unto us whose names are here unto set and seals affixed, being two of the Justices of the pease in and for said county---That Abraham BOICE & Catherine his wife, together with his daughter Rhoda and his son Dudley have come to reside in said town, not having gained any legal settlement therein nor provided any certificate owing them to be settled elsewhere, we the said Justices upon due proof thereof made unto us upon oath and likewise upon due consideration had of the premises do adjudge---the same to be (illegible).

We do likewise adjudge from the testimony before us that the last place of legal settlement of the said Abraham BOICE & his said family is in the town of Coeymans in the county of Albany---and also that the said Abraham BOICE & his said family are likely to become chargeable to the said town of Poughkeepsie; and we having heretofore (illegible) on the 7th day of May last ordered the said Abraham to depart from the said town of Poughkeepsie with his said family to his last place of legal settlement by the 1st day of June last, which order he nor they have obeyed. These are therefore in the name of the people of the State of NY to demand on the said constable to take and convey the said Abraham BOICE & his said family from the said town of Poughkeepsie, to one of the constables of the town of Clinton in said county of Dutchess together with this our warrant and order and so from constable to constable by the nearest and most convenient route to the said town of Coeymans in the county of Albany, and then deliver them together with this warrant to the overseers of the poor or either of them for said town of Coeymans, who are hereby required to reissue or provide for them as inhabitants of said town.

Peter MAISON Justices of

John DRAKE Peace

My 4th gr-grandmother was Catherine SEE, who was the daughter of Paul SEE and Catherine SEE. Catherine was married to Abraham BOICE, also of Westchester County, and the family moved to several other NY locations (accompanied by her widowed mother), before moving to Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, NY in 1809. While in Poughkeepsie, they fell upon hard times, and in 1810, the overseers of the poor of Poughkeepsie ordered them to return to Coeymans, NY, which was the last place they had paid taxes. In 1812, the family was reexamined by the overseers of the poor, and because they hadn't left Poughkeepsie the first time they were ordered to do so, it was ordered that they be removed by a constable and returned to Coeymans. The original book of the Poughkeepsie, NY overseers of the poor can be seen at the Local History Room of the Adriance Memorial Library at Poughkeepsie, NY, in the miscellaneous papers. I have retained the original spelling and punctuation, but have capitalized the surnames to make them easier to read. I am descended from Rhoda BOICE, the daughter of Abraham BOICE and Catherine SEE, Rhoda stayed in Poukeepsie, married Jonathan Hall BEARDSLEY, and remained there the rest of her life; but I have not found a further record of the rest of her family in Coeymans, or anywhere else. In the final order for removal, no mention was made of Catherine SEE (the mother), so she might have left after the first order. I've always thought that she might have returned to her daughter Rachel SEE ANDERSON in Westchester County, but have found no evidence of that.

Joann Jameson

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