Dutch director.
The announcement of Hudson's great discovery did not produce rapid results. The extraordinary success of the East India Company at that time, and the enormous dividends it declared, drew the general attention to the eastern and not to the western world. A single vessel in 1610, the year after the return of the Half Moon, made a successful trading voyage to the "River of the Mountains," returning to Holland with a valuable cargo of peltries. ' Two Dutch navigators, Hendrick Christiaensen, or Colstiaensen, and Adrian Block, chartering a vessel commanded by Captain Ryser, next made a voyage to the new region. In the early part of 1613 Hendrick Corstiaensen, in the Fortune, and Block, in the Tiger, sailed again to the Manhattan, and explored the adjacent coasts and waters. Other vessels also visited the bay and river, and all returned with profitable cargoes of furs. No trouble was experienced with the natives, who were ready and willing to exchange their skins for the novel and attractive goods of Europe.
STUYVESANT, PETER
In 1650 Peter Stuyvesant, on behalf of the colony of New Netherland, had a conference with the authorities of Connecticut at Hartford, which resulted in a provisional treaty of the boundary that the line should "begin at the west side of Greenwich bay, being about four miles from Stamford, and so run a northerly line twenty miles up into the country, until it shall be notified by the two governments of the Dutch and of England, provided the said line come not within ten miles of the Hudson river." This agreement was never sanctioned by the home governments, and thirteen years later, on the 13th of October, 1663, a second conference was held, at which Connecticut proposed " that Westchester and all ye people of lands between that and Stamford shall belong to their colony of Connecticut till it be otherwise issued," which proposition was refused by the agents of Governor Stuyvesant, who proposed that " West Chester, with the land and people to Stamford, shall abide under the government of Connecticut till the tyme that the bounds and limits betwixt the abovesaid colony and the province of New Netherland shall be determined heare (by our mutual accord or by persons mutually chosen, — margin) or by his Royal Majesty of England and other high and mighty lords of the estates of the united provinces. "
War breaking out between England and Holland, this agreement or treaty was never ratified by the home governments. Finally new regulations were adopted, and Peter Stuyvesant was appointed director-general. It was hoped that he would also prove a "redresser-general." He came to New Netherland in 1646 and assumed the reins of government as the successor of Kieft.
Stuyvesant's administration was an energetic one on the part of the director-general, but he was beset with difficulties on every hand. He was anxious to insist on the Dutch claim to all the territory from the Connecticut to the Delaware rivers, which the English settlers were as emphatic in denying. The English pushed their settlements almost to the Harlem river. On Long Island they claimed entire independence of New Netherland. Stuyvesant had further troubles with the Indians up the Hudson. The internal affairs of his government were very jarring. Jealousies and disputes were frequent. He was stern in his assertion of authority, but that authority was but poorly respected. To add to his difficulties, he was very insufficiently supported by the college of the company in Amsterdam. The unfortunate organization of the company became more and more apparent. New Netherland was a financial burden. When, therefore, in 1664, in utter disregard of the rights and authority of the Dutch, the King of England gave to his Jarother, the Duke of York and Albany, the territory between the Connecticut and Delaware rivers, and Richard Nichols, as lieutenant-governor, with a fleet of four ships and four hundred men, appeared before New Amsterdam, the colony was ripe for a change, and, despite the earnest protests of Stuyvesant, quietly surrendered, and the Dutch authority ceased. It was restored, for a short period only, in 1673.
Peter Stuyvesant was born in Holland in 1602, and died in New York city, in August, 1682.
KINGSLEY, ORRIN DAYTON, M. D.
In every community the family physician is influential above most of his fellow citizens, for the reason that his association with its members in times of sorrow, suspense and affliction draws him very near to them if he be a good man of kindly sympathies. The subject of this sketch is one of the older members of the medical profession in White Plains, and he has been called an ideal family physician. He settled here in 1876, when quite a young man, and for nearly a quarter of a century has been actively engaged in the practice of medicine in this community, being one of the early representatives of the homeopathic school in this place.
Dr. Kingsley was born in the town of Sodus, Wayne county. New York, July 6, 1849, descending from an old New England family, and his ancestry, may be traced in a direct line to colonial times. John Kingsley, the founder of the family in America, was a native of England. He emigrated to the New World in 1631 and settled in Massachusetts. The family continued to reside in Massachusetts and Connecticut until the beginning of this century, when the grandfather of the present generation located in northern New York, where he was one of the earliest and one of the most influential residents. Here three generations of this branch of the family lived. When the Doctor, who represents the eighth generation, appeared upon the scene everything had undergone a change. The wilderness had disappeared and prosperous towns and cities had grown up and farms had been improved and beautified. There, in his native place, he passed his boyhood in the manner usual to such communities, except that, displaying a fondness for study, he was given better educational advantages than most of his playmates. After spending some years at the Marion Collegiate Institute, a leading school of that time, he was sent to Phillips Academy, at Andover, Massachusetts, to finish his preparation for college. The years he passed at Andover were exceedingly pleasant and profitable. The studious habits acquired there have remained with him through his professional career, and have added much ta the success of his life. Ill health, however, for several years prevented the completion of his literary course; but, recovering somewhat, he decided upon the study of medicine and entered the office of Dr. Myron H. Adams, at Palmyra, New York. After the prescribed course of reading under Dr. Adams' preceptorship, he studied at the Detroit Medical College, and was graduated in the class of 1873. In the following year he took a post-graduate course in the New York Homeopathic College, where he was graduated in 1874.
Returning to his home, he entered into partnership with his preceptor, Dr. Adams, of Palmyra, New York, where he remained two years, enjoying the advantage of a large experience. In 1876 he moved to White Plains and succeeded to the practice of Dr. W. A. Ely, who had occupied the field for a few years. He met with success from the first, and at the end of six years had so increased the practice of his predecessor that he could no longer manage it alone. In 1882 he associated with him Dr. A. M. Haight, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, who still remains in partnership with him in the management of their extensive practice.
October 15, 1873, Dr. Kingsley married Miss Rachel M. Shipley, of Pultneyville, Wayne county, New York, a daughter of Waters Shipley, who was a prominent citizen of that place. The Doctor is the father of three children: Florence Birdina, who died June 24, 1883; and Charles W. and Arthur D. , both of whom are living. The Doctor and his wife are prominent members of the Presbyterian church of White Plains, in which he has served as elder for the past eighteen years. Both take an active and helpful part in the religious life of the church and community.
Dr. Kingsley is one of the physicians of the Westchester Temporary Home for Destitute Children and a member of the New York State and Westchester County Medical Societies. He has always been- a progressive physician, seeking to avail himself of every discovery of science that might aid in the relief of human suffering. His life has been one of strictest fidelity to his profession. Prompt, energetic and skillful, he has by attention to every detail of business attained both prominence in his profession and financial success.
TILDEN, SAMUEL JONES
In an old-fashioned frame dwelling-house still standing, though considerably older than our federal constitution, Mr. Tilden was born on
