The Hasbrouck-Bevier Family Papers

Finding Aid Completed by Beth Patkus 2025

Inclusive Dates: 1709-1946
Bulk Dates: 1810s-1890s
Volume:  1.22 cu. ft., four boxes
Collection ID: MSS.442
Language: English, French
Acquisition: The papers were donated to HHS by Richard Stokes and Mary Frances Jansen in 2016, in honor of Emily Louella Bevier Stokes.
Access and Use: Unrestricted. Requests for permission to publish materials from these records should be directed to the Archivist/Librarian of HHS.
Preferred Citation: [identification of item (author, title and date if known)], Hasbrouck-Bevier Family Papers, Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz N.Y.

Biographical Note

The Hasbrouck-Bevier Family Papers document a number of individuals across several generations of intertwined branches of the Hasbrouck and Bevier families. The people represented within the papers are primarily ancestors of James Hasbrouck Bevier F-127 (1862-1915) [G-90 (H)][1], great-grandfather of the donors. James Hasbrouck Bevier was the son of Richard Brodhead Bevier E-79 (1826-1887) and Esther Hasbrouck F-33 (1836-1917) [E-427 (B)].

The majority of the family papers document Esther’s family, through her father James Hasbrouck E-10 (1786-1862) [D-314 (B)] and her mother Henrietta Cornelia Bevier D-321 (1792-1851). James and Henrietta Cornelia were married on December 13, 1821 in Ulster County. Esther was the youngest of their seven children.   

James Hasbrouck E-10 Ancestry

Esther’s father, James Hasbrouck E-10, was part of a wealthy and influential branch of the Hasbrouck family descended from Joseph Hasbrouck B-3 (1684-1724), eldest son of Abraham Hasbrouck, the New Paltz patentee (ca. 1650-1717). Joseph B-3 married Elsje Schoonmaker (1685-1764) on October 22, 1706 and moved west from New Paltz to a 2000-acre tract of land in Guilford (today part of Gardiner). He spoke French, Dutch, and English, served as a Justice of Ulster County in 1722, and was later described by his son Abraham Hasbrouck C-8 (1707-1791) as eloquent in speech, highly respected, affable, and agreeable.[2]

Abraham C-8 was the eldest child of Joseph B-3 and Elsje Schoonmaker. After his father died when Abraham was 16 years old, he helped his mother manage the farm and raise his younger siblings. In 1735 Abraham moved from Guilford to Kingston, where he was a merchant until his store was destroyed by fire in 1776. In 1739 he married Catharine Bruyn, with whom he had twelve children. Abraham C-8 was known as “Colonel Abraham” due to his status as a lieutenant colonel in the Ulster County Militia. He did not serve in the Revolutionary War due to his age, but he helped to safely relocate state records from Kingston in 1775. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly from 1739-1752 and 1756-1758, the State Senate in 1781-82, and the Provincial Congress.        

The eldest son of Colonel Abraham C-8 and Catharine Bruyn was Joseph Hasbrouck D-3 (1743-1808), known as “General Joe” (likely due to his status as brigadier-general in the Ulster County Militia). He managed the family farm in Guilford, which served as a depot for supplies for the federal army in the Revolutionary War. He served as a lieutenant-colonel in that war and was a member of the Assembly in 1786 and of the State Senate from 1791-1796. He married Elizabeth Bevier C-115 (1749-1795) in 1773, the daughter of Louis Bevier B-30 (1717-1772) and Esther DuBois (1718-1790), and the sister of Philip DuBois Bevier (discussed below).

Joseph D-3 and Elizabeth Bevier C-115 had seven sons, as well as a daughter who died young. James Hasbrouck E-10 (1786-1862) [D-314 (B)] was the second-youngest, and lived near Guilford. Several of James’ brothers are represented in the papers in varying degrees, primarily Philip, Luther, and Abraham. James’ older brother Philip E-9 (1783-1841) [D-313 (B)] lived in Gardiner and ran a brick factory in the vicinity. The youngest son, Luther E-11 (1788-1826) [D-315 (B)], was also a farmer in the area and was involved in a number of land transactions with James. Luther died relatively young at the age of 37. Their eldest brother Abraham Hasbrouck E-4 (1773-1845) [D-308 (B)] (known as “Abraham of the Strand”) was a wealthy merchant and property owner in Kingston, NY, President of Rondout Bank, and a member of Congress from 1813-1815. Abraham’s son, Jansen Hasbrouck F-5 (1810-1891) and several of his other children are mentioned briefly in the papers.

The remaining brothers are only referenced briefly in the papers: Louis E-6 (1777-1834) [D-310 (B)] became a lawyer and settled in Ogdensburg, NY. David E-7 (1779-1823) [D-311 (B)] became a doctor and practiced in Utica, NY, later moving back to Ulster County. Joseph E-8 (1781-1853) [D-312 (B)] lived at the homestead in Guilford and was known as “Colonel Joe.”  He was a member of the Assembly from 1801-1804.  

Philip and James Hasbrouck married sisters who were their first cousins (daughters of their uncle and aunt, Philip DuBois Bevier and Ann DeWitt). Philip married Esther “Hetty” Bevier D-316, and James married Henrietta Cornelia Bevier D-321, usually known as Cornelia.

Henrietta Cornelia Bevier D-321 Ancestry

Henrietta Cornelia Bevier D-321 was also from a wealthy and prominent local family, descended from patentees Louis Bevier, Jean Hasbrouck, and Christian Deyo.

Louis Bevier A-6 (1685-1753) was the son of patentee Louis Bevier (ca. 1647-1720) and his wife, Marie LeBlanc. Louis married Elizabeth Hasbrouck B-13 (1685-1760), daughter of patentee Jean Hasbrouck and Anna Deyo, who was the daughter of patentee Christian Deyo. Louis A-6 and Elizabeth moved from New Paltz to Marbletown after Jean Hasbrouck’s death in 1714, but maintained close ties in New Paltz. Louis served in Marbletown as Fence-Viewer (1719), Surveyor of Highways (1721), Town Trustee (1725-30, 1738), and Overseer of the Poor (1740).

Louis Bevier B-30 (1717-1772) was the only child of Louis A-6 and Elizabeth Hasbrouck. He married Esther Dubois (1718-1790) in 1745, the daughter of Philip DuBois and Esther Gumaer of the Town of Rochester. Louis B-30 was a prominent surveyor in Ulster County, held several town offices in Marbletown, and was involved with the Marbletown Dutch Reformed Church. Louis and Esther had three children who survived to adulthood: David Bevier C-114 (1746-1822), Elizabeth Bevier C-115 (1749-1795) (married Joseph Hasbrouck D-3, as described above), and Philip Dubois Bevier C-116 (1751-1802). 

Philip Dubois Bevier C-116 was a Revolutionary War Captain and prominent Ulster County politician. In 1775 he signed the Articles of Association and joined the New York Continental Army. He was appointed First Lieutenant of the Tenth Company of the Third Regiment of the New York Forces in the Army of the United Colonies on June 26, 1775. He was also later appointed Captain of Company Four of the Fifth Battalion of the New York Forces in the Army of the United States. Captain Bevier fought battles in Quebec, White Plains, Chatterton Hill and Fort Montgomery, where Louis Dubois’ Fifth Regiment was defeated by British General Henry Clinton in October 1777.  Captain Bevier received a favorable mention by General Schuyler in his report of the Canadian campaign.

Philip Dubois Bevier resigned from military duty in 1781 and married Ann DeWitt (1762-1834) in 1782. Ann’s grandparents were Tjerk DeWitt and Anne Pawling, a member of the wealthy Pawling family of Dutchess County. Ann’s father, Petrus, had an estate in Staatsburg inherited from his mother’s portion of the 1696 Pawling land grant.[3] Ann’s sister, Hillitje DeWitt, is briefly represented in the papers.

Philip and Ann had eight surviving children: Esther “Hetty” D-316 (1785-1871), Rachel D-317 (1786-1858), Elizabeth D-319 (1790-1869), Anna Maria D-320 (1791-1868), Henrietta Cornelia D-321 (1792-1851), Louis DuBois D-322 (1794-1851), Hylah D-323 (1795-1874), and Sarah D-324 (1797-1861).  

Captain Bevier died in 1802, leaving his estate to Ann, who raised their children and managed the family farm and properties. All of their daughters attended Sarah Pierce’s Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut, where they received instruction in mathematics, the sciences, moral philosophy, Latin, and Greek, as well as music, art and needlework.[4] Their son, Louis, attended Princeton University, became a doctor, and held several offices in the Town of Rochester.

As already noted, Henrietta Cornelia D-321 and her sister Hetty D-316 married James Hasbrouck E-10 and Philip Hasbrouck E-9, respectively, who were their first cousins (sons of their aunt and uncle Elizabeth Bevier Hasbrouck and Joseph Hasbrouck). Rachel D-317 married Thomas Hardenberg; Elizabeth D-319 did not marry; Anna Maria D-320 married Rev. Cornelius C. Elting; Louis Dubois D-322 married Charity Hoornbeeck after his mother’s death; Hylah D-323 married Levi Hasbrouck, son of Josiah Hasbrouck, and settled at the Locust Lawn estate built by Josiah; and Sarah D-324 married Cornelius Bruyn.

Hetty and Philip Hasbrouck had no children. Cornelia and James Hasbrouck had seven children, two of whom are represented in the collection: Philip B. Hasbrouck E-423 (1825-1906) and Esther Hasbrouck E-427 (1836-1917). Esther Hasbrouck E-427 married Richard Brodhead Bevier E-79 on October 14, 1858. They had six children, of whom James Hasbrouck Bevier F-127 was the second oldest.


Richard Brodhead Bevier E-79 Branch

A smaller portion of the family papers document Richard Brodhead Bevier E-79 and his family members. Richard B. Bevier was a farmer on the road from Tuthill to Gardiner in Ulster County, and was active in Republican politics. He was a descendant of New Paltz patentees Louis Bevier and Christian Deyo through his parents Andries Bevier D-62 (1780-1845), a blacksmith and farmer, and Maria (Mary) Deyo (1785-1858). Andries and Mary were married on February 18, 1805 and had ten children; Richard was the youngest.  

Also represented in the papers are one of Richard’s brothers, Daniel Bevier E-73 (1811-1871) and Daniel’s wife, Cornelia DuBois Bevier (1814-1874). His other siblings are referenced in one of the deeds: Anna Maria, Abraham Deyo, Margaret Deyo, Jane, Jonathan DuBois, Mary C. and Sarah E.

Other descendants of Richard B. Bevier E-79 and Esther Hasbrouck E-47 who appear briefly in the collection are Mary Bevier Bayles F-130 (1870-1943) and Esther Bevier Borcherding F-129 (1868-1954), as well as Gilbert H. Bevier G-165 (1900-1951), son of James Hasbrouck Bevier F-127.

Other Individuals

Several Indigenous people are referenced in the collection: Hendrik Aupaumut (a Mohican sachem), and several Esopus men named Loughlo (also known as Jacobus), Sapan, Niecoles, and “Piter Tappen Sehcham.”

Hendrik Aupaumut was a Mohican sachem (traditional leader) and diplomat. He was born in 1757 at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in a shared English-Mohican community located in traditional Mohican territory on the Housatonic River. He served with the colonial forces in the American Revolution, and became Captain of a Stockbridge Mohican company during the war. During the second half of the eighteenth century, the Mohicans were gradually forced from their lands in New York, moving west to ultimately settle in Wisconsin. Aupaumut acted as a diplomat and spokesman for his people.

Loughlo, also known as Jacobus, was part of the local Indigenous Esopus community. In 1767 he signed a land agreement with Moses Dupuy and others for land in the Town of Rochester, included in this collection. His name appears in several other surviving documents between 1738 and 1772, but little else is known about him. The additional mentions of Loughlo in contemporary documents, and similar mentions of Sapan, Niecoles, and “Piter Tappen Sehcham” (witnesses to the 1767 land agreement in this collection) are detailed in the research of J. Michael Smith, available in the Indigenous Peoples Research section of the New Paltz Historic Documents Project website.

There are multiple references in the collection to free and enslaved Black people. Several African-American men are referenced in Philip Hasbrouck’s account book and “Brick Book” (Philip identified them as “black” next to their names); they include men named Abm. Bevier, Thomas Schoonmaker, Simon Gillespie, and Garrett DuBois. References in other parts of the collection to enslaved people are usually brief and provide only first names. They include men named Piet and Hector (enslaved by Abraham Hasbrouck C-8 in 1782), as well as another young man named Piet (15 years old in 1787, enslaved by Joseph Hasbrouck D-3). A list of documents ca. 1790 relating to the family of Ann Bevier refers to bills of sale for enslaved persons named Jin and Ben. In correspondence to Henrietta Cornelia Bevier from her mother and aunt (Ann Bevier and Hillitje DeWitt), “Black girls” named Sophia and Hannah are mentioned, as well as several other unnamed “Black people.”

Several members of the DuBois family are referenced in documents relating to a land boundary dispute between Mathusalem DuBois D-229 (1751-1829)[5] and Abraham Hasbrouck C-8 (1707-1791). Later legal actions (which could be related) reference grandchildren of Abraham Hasbrouck C-8 as well as Mathusalem DuBois, Jr. E-600 (1778-1822), son of the elder Mathusalem’s brother Hendricus, and Jacob M. DuBois F-1311 (1802-1877), son of Mathusalem DuBois Jr. Other individuals of European descent who appear briefly in deeds and other documents in the collection include: Thomas Moffat, James Robinson, William Smith, Christopher Tappen, James Tappen, Moses Depuy, and several members of the Schoonmaker and Hoornbeeck families.


[1] Unless otherwise noted, identification numbers and personal data for the Bevier family are taken from Kenneth Hasbrouck, comp., The Bevier Family: The Descendants of Louis Bevier, Patentee of New Paltz, New York (Huguenot Historical Society, 1970). Identification numbers and personal data for the Hasbrouck family are taken from Kenneth Hasbrouck, comp., The Hasbrouck Family in America with European Background, Third Edition (Huguenot Historical Society, 1986). For individuals whose parentage is from both lines, the number for the paternal line is cited first, and the number for the maternal line appears in brackets, using (B) or (H) to indicate the source. Unless otherwise indicated, biographical information is taken from the same sources.

[2] “Family Record of Abraham Hasbrouck (transcription),” in Kenneth E. Hasbrouck, Sr., comp., Earliest Records of the Hasbrouck Family in America, with European Background (Hasbrouck Family Association, Huguenot Historical Society, 1992).

[3] Natalie J. Serkowski DeStrange, “The Account Book of Ann Bevier: A Window into the Life of a Woman of the Early Republic,” The Hudson River Valley Review 40, no. 2 (2024): 71.

[4] Theodore and Nancy Sizer, et al.  To Ornament their Minds: Sarah Pierce’s Litchfield Academy 1792-1833. (The Litchfield Historical Society, 1993).

[5] Unless otherwise noted, identification numbers and personal data for the DuBois family are taken from William Heidgerd, comp., The American Descendants of Chretien DuBois of Wicres, France (Huguenot Historical Society, 1968).

Collection Description 

The collection includes a wide range of materials relating to individuals across several generations of intertwined branches of the Hasbrouck and Bevier families, mostly in the towns of New Paltz, Guilford, Marbletown, and Rochester, all in Ulster County, NY. Primarily documented are parents, siblings, ancestors, and descendants of James Hasbrouck E-10 (1786-1862) [D-314 (B)] and his wife Henrietta Cornelia Bevier D-321 (1792-1851). A smaller amount of material documents Richard Brodhead Bevier E-79 (1826-1887), husband of their daughter Esther Hasbrouck F-33 (1836-1917) [E-427 (B)], and his family members.

The collection touches on many areas of significant interest: farm management; brickmaking; children’s education; women’s education; family interactions within the Hasbrouck and Bevier families; financial, legal and political business of the two families; Revolutionary War military activities; the perspectives and actions of Indigenous people; interactions with free black people, and the enslavement of African-American people by the Hasbrouck and Bevier families.

Records include account books, ciphering books, letters, deeds, wills, mortgages, maps, and financial documents, as well as a few photographs, ephemera, and news clippings. The strengths of the collection are primarily in its first four series, particularly the account book and “Brick Book” of Philip Hasbrouck, the family correspondence, the Revolutionary War documents relating to Captain Philip DuBois Bevier, and a number of significant 18th century documents, including a letter to patentee Louis Bevier in French dated 1709, Louis Bevier’s 1720 will in French, Revolutionary War documents from the regiment of Captain Philip DuBois Bevier, a 1782 letter from Abraham Hasbrouck C-8 to his son, Joseph, a ca. 1790 letter from Hendrik Aupaumut to the New York State Legislature, and a number of early maps and deeds, including a 1767 land agreement from Loughlo, an Indigenous Esopus man, to Moses DePuy and others.  

The condition of the papers varies a great deal. Many are in good condition, but some items of great interest are quite fragile, such as correspondence and Revolutionary War documents. Much of this material was partially burned in the past, obliterating some of the information contained in the documents. Some items have been conserved, and fragile items are enclosed in polyester sleeves.

The collection is organized into eight series:[6]

Series 1: Account Books, Philip Hasbrouck (1793-1848)
Series 2: Correspondence (1709-1859)
Series 3: Estate and Legal Papers (1720-1910)
Series 4: Military and Political Papers (1776-1826)
Series 5: Financial Papers (1852-1904)
Series 6: Newspaper Clippings (1870-1904 and undated)
Series 7: Photographs and Ephemera (1885-1946 and undated)
Series 8: Miscellaneous Documents (1865 and undated)

[6] Oversized items are housed in Box 3, regardless of series.

Series Descriptions

Series 1: Record Books, Philip Hasbrouck (1793-1848)

This series includes three record books kept by Philip Hasbrouck E-9. The first is a ciphering book belonging to Philip from age 10 to approximately age 13 (1793-ca. 1796). The book contains problems and exercises, including arithmetic, weights and measures, time, proportions, and case studies in currency and merchant concerns. It complements the HHS Ciphering Book Collection, which contains 23 other ciphering books from the 18th and 19th centuries. Used collectively, these books provide an excellent source for studying the early education of children in Ulster County from about 1700-1850.

The other two books, an account book and “Brick Book” of Philip Hasbrouck, document farm management and the brick-making business in the Hudson Valley in the early 19th century. The account book primarily records farm accounts from March 1, 1815 through May 31, 1841, although some transactions regarding bricks are also included. Locations noted in the account book are Guilford (on the west side of the Wallkill River and now part of Gardiner), Brickford, and New Paltz.

“Brickford” likely refers to the location of the brick factory Philip Hasbrouck owned on the west side of the Wallkill, whose exact location is unknown. Philip built a home on what is now Phillies Bridge Road on the east side of the river, which was connected by a covered bridge in about 1826 with present-day Gibbons Lane on the west side, then located on lands owned by Philip’s brother “Colonel Joe” Hasbrouck E-8. This was replaced by a stronger bridge in the 1840s, which was demolished permanently in 1952. The brick factory was probably located on Albany Post Rd not far from the river crossing.

The “Brick Book” records sales of bricks from November 10, 1829 to June 2, 1848, primarily to individuals, but also to the Commissioners of the Ulster County Poorhouse, which was constructed in 1828 on the west side of the Wallkill in Libertyville. Some loose pages in the book document materials and methods for making bricks. Transactions with African American men in both books were identified using “(black)” next to their names, providing information about people for whom documentation is generally scarce.

Series 2: Correspondence (1709-1859)

This series (stored in Box 2, with oversize items in Box 3) can be divided into several groups. There are two items of 18th century correspondence: a 1709 letter in French (partially burned) to Louis Bevier the Patentee (1647-1720) from Elias Neau; and a 1782 letter from Abraham Hasbrouck C-8 to his son Joseph giving farming and other advice, and mentioning enslaved people named Piet and Hector, along with other enslaved people who are unnamed.

Early 19th century correspondence includes:

  • Letters to and from Philip Hasbrouck E-9. Philip writes several letters to his wife Hetty Bevier during his travels to Saratoga Springs in 1823 to take the waters for his health, and in 1835 when he traveled to Ohio and Michigan. His older brother Abraham of the Strand writes to Philip from Washington in 1815 where Abraham was serving in Congress, discussing their brother David, Congressional activities, and news of the Battle of New Orleans.

  • Letters to Henrietta Cornelia Bevier D-321 during her school days at Ms. Pierce’s Female Academy in Litchfield, CT from 1807-1810, which contain news from family and friends. Some letters include her sisters’ reflections on their own education at the Academy. Correspondents include Cornelia’s mother, Ann DeWitt Bevier, her aunt, Hillitje DeWitt, and her sisters Hetty, Rachel, Elizabeth, and Anna Maria, as well as school friends Bellamy Robertson, Margaret Kibbe, and R.A. Smith. Cornelia’s mother and aunt both refer to “the Black people sending their regards,” and to “Black girls” named Sophia and Hannah.

  • Letters to James Hasbrouck E-10 from family members and others. Two letters from his brother Philip describe Philip’s travels in Ohio and Michigan in 1835, noted above. There is also an 1835 letter from his sister-in-law Elizabeth Bevier D-319, and two letters from his nephew C. D. Elting, son of his wife’s sister Anna Maria Bevier Elting. One concerns the death of Anna Maria’s husband in 1843 and the other the possible purchase of “the old farm at Rochester” in 1859, possibly referring to the farm and house maintained by Ann Bevier, widow of Philip DuBois Bevier. Other letters concern a school vacancy for James’ daughter, difficulties with an apprentice, and a letter regarding payment owed to Mary Bennett.

Series 3: Estate and Legal Papers (1720-1910) 

This series (stored in Box 2, with oversize items in Box 3) contains deeds, mortgages, leases, receipts, promissory notes, wills, church pew deeds, and other documents.  

Items of interest relating to Indigenous and enslaved people include:  

  • A land agreement dated 1767 from an Indigenous Esopus man, Loughlo, to Moses Depuy and others, for land in the Township of Rochester. A prosopography with historical context has been prepared for this land agreement by independent researcher J. Michael Smith and is available on the New Paltz Historic Documents project website.  

  • A 1787 bill of sale for Piet, age 15, an enslaved boy who is sold by Isaac Schoonmaker to Joseph Hasbrouck for seventy-two pounds.  

Several documents relate to arbitration of a land dispute between Abraham Hasbrouck C-8 and Mathusalem DuBois D-229 in 1784 and 1785. Some of the earlier maps, surveys, and abstracts in this series may also relate to this dispute. Later legal disputes between the Hasbrouck and DuBois families (which could be related to the original disagreement) are evidenced by receipts and bills dating from 1818 to 1829 that mention a “Mathusalem DuBois lawsuit” and a lawsuit involving James and Luther Hasbrouck (Abraham’s grandsons) vs. Jacob M. DuBois (the son of Mathusalem’s nephew Mathusalem Jr.) and others. 

 This series also contains estate papers of interest, including the will of patentee Louis Bevier dated 1720 (partially burned); several items relating to the estate of General Joseph Hasbrouck D-3; the last will and testaments of Philip Hasbrouck E-9 and his wife Hetty; papers relating to the estate of Louis DuBois Bevier D-322; papers relating to Philip B. Hasbrouck’s (E-423) administration of his aunt Elizabeth Bevier’s (D-319) estate in 1869-1871; and documents relating to the estates of Daniel Bevier E-73 and his wife Cornelia DuBois Bevier.  

A few documents (stored in Boxes 2 and 3) concern the building of Tuthill Chapel (Tuthill is now part of Gardiner). These include a fundraising record from 1891, specifications for the Chapel from 1895, and receipts of Mary Bevier (perhaps Mary Bevier Bayles F-130) for items purchased for the Chapel in 1895-96. 

Series 4: Military and Political Papers (1776-1826) 

This series includes three folders of Revolutionary War documents relating to Captain Philip DuBois Bevier’s Company. These complement the Revolutionary War records of Captain DuBois' Company contained in the Philip DuBois Bevier Family Papers, also at HHS. Items date from 1776-1779 and include payroll rosters, military orders, a bounty roster, receipts, muster rolls, account records, travel expenses, enlistment affidavits, a register of court-martialed men dated 1780 (this may be the register that is noted as missing in the Philip DuBois Family Papers linked above), an estimate of clothing prices, and several petitions.   

Also included in this series is a letter from Hendrik Aupaumut to the New York State Legislature, ca. 1790. Aupaumut, a Mohican sachem and diplomat, wrote the letter to advocate for the title of Indigenous people to their land, using the language of brotherhood to emphasize the responsibilities the New York legislators had to the Mohicans. The letter was probably acquired by Joseph Hasbrouck D-3, who served as a New York State senator from 1791 to 1796, around the same time that Hendrick Aupaumut was leading the Stockbridge Mohicans and the tribe was forced to leave the New York area. More detail on Aupaumut and the letter can be found in HHS’s 2020 exhibit Hendrik Aupaumut’s Letter to the New York State Legislature. 

Military service appointments for Philip Hasbrouck and James Hasbrouck are also included in this series.  

Series 5: Financial Papers (1852-1904) 

This series includes several bank books dating from 1852 to 1904, belonging to Esther Hasbrouck Bevier E-427 before and after her marriage, and to Elizabeth Bevier, Esther’s aunt. Banks include National Ulster County Bank, Huguenot National Bank of New Paltz, New Paltz Savings Bank, and Ulster County Bank.  

Series 6: Newspaper Clippings and Publications (1870-1904 and undated) 

This series includes an obituary of Esther Hasbrouck Bevier E-427, an article about Colonel Abraham Hasbrouck C-8, a clipping about the wedding of Esther H. Bevier’s daughter Esther to William H. Borcherding, a clipping about the history of the Litchfield Female Academy in Litchfield CT (attended by Captain Philip Bevier and Ann DeWitt Bevier’s daughters), and a clipping about the history of Shawangunk Reformed Church. Also included are an 1879 Dutchess and Ulster County Farmer’s Almanac, a January 4, 1904 New York Herald article on the 250th anniversary of the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, and a February 18, 1875 issue of the Bible Society Record, a publication of the American Bible Society.  

Series 7: Photographs and Ephemera (1885-1946 and undated) 

The series includes a few photographs: Mary Bevier Bayles (sister of James Hasbrouck Bevier, and daughter of Richard B. Bevier and Esther Hasbrouck Bevier) and Theodor, 1941; an unidentified boy, 1946, and an unidentified WWII soldier, 1942. There are also ephemera such as advertisements, greeting cards and postcards, prayer cards, and a program for the Diohosophian Society Tenth Anniversary in 1885.  

Series 8: Miscellaneous Documents (undated) 

This series includes unidentified and undated documents. One may be items purchased from the estate of Louis D. Bevier D-322, while another lists (without context) amounts of money for the children of Philip DuBois Bevier and Ann Bevier. There is also an undated and unidentified hand-drawn map, as well as a list of some of the documents included in this collection.  

 

Related Collections

Related Bevier Family collections at Historic Huguenot Street include: 

  • Philip DuBois Bevier (1751-1802) Family Papers (1685-1910) (MSS.001). This collection contains additional Revolutionary War records relating to Captain Bevier’s company. It also includes an account book kept by Ann DeWitt Bevier after her husband’s death that includes a variety of business transactions and information about her children’s schooling.   

Related Hasbrouck Family collections at Historic Huguenot Street include:  

  • Abraham Hasbrouck (1707-1791) Diary/Scrapbook (1734-1846) (MSS.119). 

  • James Hasbrouck (1786-1862) Military Orders (MSS.436).

  • Joseph and Jacob J. Hasbrouck Family Papers (MSS.192). Includes several letters between Joseph Hasbrouck E-8 (1781-1853) and his brother David E-7 (1779-1823) dated 1815 and 1816. 

  • Philip Bevier Hasbrouck Papers (1825-1906) (MSS.275). 

Collections at other institutions:  

  • Henrietta Cornelia Bevier diary, 1809. The New York Public Library, Archives and Manuscripts, New York, NY (https://archives.nypl.org/mss/284#access_use). Written at Litchfield Female Academy in CT and attributed to Henrietta, but may have been written by her younger sister, Hylah. A microfilm copy is available at the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection, Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz, NY.  

  • Levi Hasbrouck Family Papers. Locust Grove Estate Archives, Poughkeepsie, NY (https://www.lgny.org/archives). Includes some correspondence between Hylah Bevier (who married Levi Hasbrouck and lived at Locust Lawn Estate in Gardiner, NY) and other Bevier family members, specifically letters dating from 1800-1857 written by Elizabeth Bevier, Hillitje DeWitt and other family members to Hylah Bevier Hasbrouck.  

 

Box/Folder List 

View entire digitized collection online at New York Heritage (or use folder links below)

Box 1  

Series 1: Record Books, Philip Hasbrouck (1793-1848) 

001.001 (item)  Account book, Philip Hasbrouck, 1815-1841  
001.002 (item)  Account book, “Brick Book”, Philip Hasbrouck, 1822-1848  
001.003 (item)  Ciphering book, Philip Hasbrouck, 1793-ca. 1796 

Box 2    

Series 2: Correspondence (1709-1859) [see also Box 3, Oversize] 

Folder 001  Letter, Abraham Hasbrouck to son Joseph, 1782  
Folder 002  Letters, to Henrietta Cornelia Bevier, 1807-1810 [see also Box 3, Oversize]  
Folder 003  Letter, Abraham Hasbrouck to Philip Hasbrouck, 1815  
Folder 004  Letters, to James Hasbrouck, 1833-1859 

 

Series 3: Estate and Legal Papers (1720-1910) [see also Box 3, Oversize] 

Folder 005  Estate and Legal Papers, 1767-1785 [see also Box 3, Oversize]  
Folder 006  Estate and Legal Papers, James & Luther Hasbrouck, ca. 1780, 1818-1829 – [see also Box 3, Oversize] 
Folder 007  Estate and Legal Papers, Hasbrouck Family, 1770-1833  
Folder 008  Estate and Legal Papers, Philip & Esther Hasbrouck, 1832-1842 
Folder 009  Estate and Legal Papers, Miscellaneous, ca. 1830, 1847-1910 
Folder 010  Estate and Legal Papers, Louis D. Bevier and Elizabeth Bevier, 1835-1871 
Folder 011  Estate and Legal Papers, Daniel & Cornelia Bevier, 1873-1886  
Folder 012  Estate and Legal Papers, Bevier Family, 1846-1898  

 

Box 3 (Oversize)  

Series 4: Military and Political Papers (1776-1826) 

Folder 001  Revolutionary War documents, Capt. Philip DuBois Bevier’s company, 1776-1778  
Folder 002  Revolutionary War documents, Capt. Philip DuBois Bevier’s company, 1776-1790  
Folder 003  Revolutionary War documents, Capt. Philip DuBois Bevier’s company, 1776-1779 and ca. 1780   
Folder 004 The Albany Gazette, April 4, 1793 (4 pp)  [Not digitized]  
Folder 005  Letter from Hendrik Aupaumut to NY State Legislature, undated, likely 1790s  
Folder 006  Military service appointments, Philip Hasbrouck and James Hasbrouck, 1803-1826  

From Series 2 and Series 3: 

Folder 007  Correspondence, to Henrietta Cornelia Bevier, 1807-1808 [from Series 2]  
Folder 008  Correspondence, Philip Hasbrouck to Esther Hasbrouck, 1823 and 1835 [from Series 2]  
Folder 009  Correspondence, Estate and Legal Papers, 1709-1792 [from Series 2 and 3] 
Folder 010  Estate and Legal Papers, 1811-1891 [from Series 3]  
Folder 011 Map, Old Bevier Farm, undated [from Series 3] 

 Box 4 (box not digitized)  

Series 5: Financial Papers 

Folder 001 Bank Books, 1852-1904 

 Series 6: Newspapers 

Folder 002 Newspapers and Clippings, 1870-1904 and undated 

 Series 7: Photographs and Ephemera 

Folder 003 Photographs and Ephemera, 1885-1946 and undated 

Series 8: Miscellaneous Documents 

Folder 004 Miscellaneous, 1865 and undated