Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York Genealogy

Hoosick dates back to June 3, 1688 when Governor Thomas Dongan of New York Province granted the Hoosick Patent to Marie Van Rensselaer and her three associates. The Walloomsac (1739) and the Schneider (1761) patents added to the boundaries.

The district of Hoosick was formed on March 24, 1772. Hoosick remained a district sixteen years and was organized as a town on March 7, 1788. Town records are complete only from the year 1789.

Migration

 * Brown, Kenneth R. "Warnings Out of the Town of Hoosick, Rensselear County, N.Y.," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 127 (1973):92-93. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).

Archives, Libraries and Museums

 * Cheney Library PO Box 177 Classic Street Hoosick Falls, NY 12090-0177 Phone: (518) 686-9401


 * Louis Miller Museum 166 Main Street Hoosick Falls, New York Phone: (518) 686-4682 Email: [mailto:director@hoosickhistory.com director@hoosickhistory.com]

Societies

 * Hoosick Township Historical Society Louis Miller Museum 166 Main Street Hoosick Falls, New York Phone: 518-686-4682

Town Clerk
Town Clerk Location Town Offices New York State Armory 80 Church Street Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 Mailing Address Town of Hoosick Town Clerk P.O. Box 17 Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 Phone: 518-686-4571 Fax: 518-686-5304

Town Historian
Town Offices 80 Church Street Hoosick Falls, New York 12090 Phone: 518-686-4571

Death

 * 1847 - Rensselaer County Deaths at NYGenWeb - free.


 * 1848 - Rensselaer County Deaths at NYGenWeb - free.


 * 1849 - Rensselaer County Deaths in 1849 at NYGenWeb - free.