Re: Bennet family Township of Watervliet, N.Y. circa 1839
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Re: Bennet family Township of Watervliet, N.Y. circa 1839
James Gunn 11/30/09
I don't know exactly how early the Bennett name appears in our local history, or what association the family has with early Rensselaer County History.I do know the Bennett name is associated with the livestock trade of West Albany in Albany County, and have recently discovered the name associated with some sort of building on a map of the area once associated with raising of livestock in what is now the Village of Menands, Albany County, N.Y., but I have not had the chance to delve into it farther.You might wish to contact the Rensselear County Historical Society at: http://www.rchsonline.org/http://www.rchsonline.org/ and perhaps they would have additional information about Bennett's of Schodack.Also if you visit the site of the land lease records of Rensselaerwyck at:
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc7079.htmhttp://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc7079.htm and click on the "lease index" link, you will find the Bennett name associated with land in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., and in Albany County.The name also appears to be associated with the early history of "Canastagione", or that area along both sides of the Mohawk River between what is now Colonie and Niskayuna in Albany County and Clifton Park in Saratoga County.The New York State Library has the original land lease records in their special collections and manuscripts section.Copies of the land lease records are available on CD or DVD for a price.Kevin Franklin, Colonie Historian.