William Loveridge Sr. (1630 - 1684)

Born 1630 in Wool, Dorset, England

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Died 3 Jun 1684 at about age 54 in Albany, Albany, New York

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William Loveridge, Sr. was born in 1630 in Wool Parish, Purbeck District, Dorsetshire, England. William apprenticed in becoming a Hatter.^[1] He married Temperance in about 1650. Her maiden name is not known at this time because it was not listed on the marriage record at the parish, or it had faded with time or was indecipherable. Temperance was born in Wool also.

In 1652 they lived in Wool. Their daughter Hannah was born in 1652. She was the oldest child as stated in William's Will.^[2] In 1654 they had another daughter, Temperance, who was named after her mother. By 1657 they were living in Poole, Dorsetshire, England. Temperance was baptized when she was three years old, on July 18, 1657 in Poole.^[3]

They continued to live in Poole, Dorsetshire, England until 1664. They left Dorsetshire and arrived in the Maryland Colony, USA in 1664.^[4] They then moved to the Virginia Colony for awhile. While they were living in Chuckatuck, Nansemond, Virginia, they had their last child, and first born child in America, Samuel.^[5]

By 1666 they were living in the Connecticut Colony of New England.^[5]

Hannah, their eldest daughter was engaged to Henry Slade (Jeremiah Slade states that they were married before leaving Dorsetshire, but based on her age, it seems unlikely).

On May 1, 1668 William went with his son-in-law, Henry Slade, to North Carolina. They were transported by John West, who was given 600 acres in Currituck, Albermarle County, North Carolina for doing so. There was more than 10 people of this trip. Henry Slade looked for land in Hyde County, North Carolina for Hannah and himself to settle down on. ^[6]

William Loveridge, Sr. and his family settled down in Albany, Albany County, New York and it is there where Hannah likely married Henry Slade. William and his family were living there likely by 1668. In 1679 William Sr. and William Jr. were both listed as living in Albany.^[7]

William Loveridge, Sr. was teaching his son, William Jr. to become a Hatter like himself. In 1671 William, Sr. was described as a "Master Hatter", and he worked for the fur trade making hats in the Dutch community.^[1]

William had a house right next door to the Albany Courthouse and he often times was recorded in the court minutes of the Albany Colony of Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady.^[1]

For example, on August 24, 1675 William Sr. went to court to defend his reputation after a man named Samuel Wilson, the defendant, had disparaged his good name.

On July 20, 1680 William's neighbors living in Albany went to court to complain about the small house William had next to the court house, that also had a fire lit in it. The court ruled that William had to put the fire out because it could possibly burn the whole "toun" down.^[1]

In September 1681 William Sr. bought property in Catskill, Greene County, New York, from J. Conell (1). In 1682 he also bought land next to his farm, which was called "Ye Camp". He bought this land from the Indians and the sell was called the Loveridge Pact of 1682.

The Loveridge Patent consisted of more than 6,00 acres. The deed of purchase is recorded in Dutch in the third volume of deeds in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany. The transcription is as follows: ^[8]

“A certain parcel of woodland, lying at Katskil, extending from the mouth of the kil, where his, Loveridge’s house and barn stand, southwards along the North alias Hudson’s river to the middle of the great bend where the trees are marked WL, and runs from the river up westwards to where it comes to a fall on the Katerskil named Quatawichnack, and so along the east side of the Katerskil to where the same empties into the Katskil, and so along the Katskil to the house and barn of William Loveridge aforesaid, and so to the great river, excepting the arable land which said Loveridge bought of Jan Conell, whereof a patent has been already granted.”

The following descriptions in the deed were elaborated upon by Henry Brace:^[8]

• The location of the house of William Loveridge was a few feet north of the cottage built by Benjamin Dubois in about 1740, in the southern portion of the town of Catskill.
• The "great bend" refers to the Inbogt, a "broad and shallow bay, which opens out of the Hudson below Green Point."
• The spot where the trees were “marked WL" is known as De Witt’s Point.
• The water-fall named Quat-a-wich-nach is below the bridge which crosses the Katerskil on the road to High Falls.

Because of Temperance's bad health, she did not go to Catskill. She stayed in Albany at their home, where she was bedridden, blind, and deaf.^[1]

William on the other hand, was able to travel back and forth from both properties in order to care for his farm and to care for their home in Albany.

Eventually William became very sick, and knowing that he was very sick, he wrote his Will on January 6, 1684 while at home in Albany. In his Will he stated that he was not well.^[2]

He died in June 1684 and his Will was in probate on June 3, 1684 in Albany.^[2]

In his Will he stated that his wife Temperance should go live with one of their daughters because of her health and condition. Hannah was living in Sladesville. Hyde County, North Carolina, but her other daughters were closer.

According to the Will, Temperance was the Executrix of the Will until her death, at which time, their son William Jr. was to become Executor of the Will.^[2]

Because of Temperance's bad health after her husband's death, she resigned as Executrix on July 6, 1684. She is believed to have passed away soon after, and her son William Jr (William Leverich Jr.) become Executor on June 8, 1684.^[2]

William is believed to be buried in Albany's colonial cemetery, which was located during 1684, on Temple Street and Lumbar's Street, and Broadway Street on the opposite side of the cemetery. During that time, this was on lot 23.^[9] This may have been the Dutch Reformed First Church of Albany.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Minutes of the Court of Albany Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady, 1680-1685, Volume 1-3; Volume 3, page 24; Volume 3, court case 207, page 192 and page 152, September 7, 1681.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Will of William Loveridge, Sr.; Probate records of William Loveridge, Sr., of Albany, Albany, New York, and of Catskill, Greene County, New York.
3. ↑ Baptismal record of Temperance Loveridge, daughter of William Loveridg and Temperance Loveridge (no maiden name given), July 18, 1657, Wool, Dorsershire, England.
4. ↑ Immigration Records of Maryland Colony, USA
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Early New Netherlands Settlers", freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
6. ↑ Information compiled by Talmia Slade Burr of Middleburg, Clay, Florida; sources 1-8.
7. ↑ Tax Lists & Census of 1679 Albany, Albany County, New York.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Brace, Henry. “The Loveridge Patent No. 1 - Jan Andriesen and the Early Records.” The Catskill (New York) Examiner, 19 January 1878. Online transcription. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2/brace_no_20.htm : 2022. Microfilm. Vedder Research Library, Coxsackie, New York.
9. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Memorial # 143172685, memorial created by Talmia Slade Burr.

• Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem (New Harlem Publishing Co., New York, 1904) Page 295: See footnote.