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Document numberDate IssuedDate FiledLOCATIONTYPE OF DOCUMENTEnslaved/Free BlackEnslaverCoroner/JudgeNAMES OF JURORS/
Witnesses		NAMES OF JURORS/
Witnesses		NAMES MENTIONEDSUMMARYNotesOther ResourcesSource
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0011745/1746-03-24N/AHurley, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestHerrySuylant, HuybertEltinge, Jan (coroner)Crispell, Antony; Roosa, Aldort J.; Newkerk, Adriyan; DeLameter, Abrahm; Ostrander, Johannis; Roosa, Hoyman; Roosa, Arien; Roosa, Aldort Hoymanse; Crispell, Johannis; [C]onstable, Gerrit; Roosa, John [Jan] Capt.; Chrispell, Petrus N/AOn March 23, 1745 (or ‘46) Herry was found dead after falling into a creek near his enslaver’s house in Hurley. This inquisition document was taken the following day by the coroner of Hurley and Kingston, Ulster County, New York.Ulster County Hall of Records
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0021746-03-03N/AHurley, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestHendrikSchepmoes, DirkEltinge, Jan (coronor)Hardenbergh, Gerardus; Elmendorf [Jur], Conraet; Chrispell, Anthony; Chrispell, Johan.s; Rosa, John, Capt.; Rosa, Hyman; Newkirk, Adriaen; Suylant, Johan.s; Ostrander, Jacob; Chrispell, Petrus; Rosa, Jan A.; Constable, Henderik; Rosa, Zacharias; Van Steenbergo, Henderikus; Kip, PetrusN/AOn March 3, 1746 an inquisition was taken in Hurley regarding the death of Hendrik, an enslaved man, who was found murdered. Hendrik sustained fatal blows to his head and face. Perpetrator(s) unknown.Ulster County Hall of Records
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0031747-07-08N/AHurley, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestLonLow, JohannisEltinge, Jan (coroner)Hasbrouck, Abraham; Wynkoop, Johannis; Vandyk, Jacobus; Kiersteden, Christoffer (Doctor); Eltinge, Jacobus; Snyder, Jurry; Sleght, Anthony; Person, Jan, Jun.; Turk, Jacob; Bogardus, Evert; Elmendorph, Peturs Ed.; Jansen, Cornelis; Marins, Jacob; Du Mont, _abran, Jun; Swart, Adam, Jun; Thomas, Johannis _N/ALon, enslaved to Johannis Low, was found “Assaulted, Struck, Brused and wounded with Som Stick, Staff or other weapon So that there be found one wound in his head of About two Inches Long And one Quarter of an Inch Deep,” as per this inquisition prepared by the coroner Jan Eltinge.Hugo Freer, his daughter, Ulster County Hall of Records
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0041763-07-041763-09-20New Paltz, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestTomLefever, JohannisDewitt, Andries (coroner)Freer, Jonas; Freer, Huge; Doyo, Moses; York, Moses; Ecker, David; Freer, Johannis; Freer, Benjamin; Doyo, Benjamin; Doyo, Christopher; Aen, Elias; Freer, Daniel; Abraham, Aen; Hanse, Tuenis; York, Daniel; Freer, Tomis, Jun.; Terwillger, JosephN/AThe body of Tom, a man enslaved to Johannis Lefever, supposedly went on his own accord to the creek in New Paltz to swim or wash and drowned by“misfortune.” The coroner Andries Dewitt finds it to be an accidental drowning.See StoryMap: 45 Phillies Bridge Road, New Paltz/Garidner, Ulster County, New YorkUlster County Hall of Records
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0051766-08-301766-09-10Rochester, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestCeaserSchoonmaker, JohannisDewitt, Andries (coroner)Hoornbeck , Henne[riew]
Vernooy, Cornelius J.
Cortright, Benjamin
Hardenbergh, Cornelius
Kortright, Matthew
Kortright, Jacobus
Hoornbeck, Dirck
Vandermarke, Fredrick
Helm, Peter
Osterhout, Cornelius
Schoonmaker, Beverwyck?
Lowe, Jacob G.
Robenson, [Josiah]
Wood, John
Hoornbeck , Henne[riew]; Vernooy, Cornelius J.; Cortright, Benjamin
Hardenbergh, Cornelius
Kortright, Matthew
Kortright, Jacobus
Hoornbeck, Dirck
Vandermarke, Fredrick
Helm, Peter
Osterhout, Cornelius
Schoonmaker, Beverwyck?
Lowe, Jacob G.
Robenson, [Josiah]
Wood, John
N/ACeasar was found dead in a creek with the intent of fetching water. Jurors on aoth state that his death was a misfortune by drowning.Ulster County Hall of Records
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0061784-04-28N/ANew Paltz, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestJackBevier, AbrahamDubois, Nathaniel (Justice of the Peace)Abraham Eltinge
abraham Doyo
Jacob Hasbrouck
Matthew Bevier
Thomas Mckee
Simon Dubois
Jacob Low
Philip Dayoo
Josapus hasbrouck
Isaac Dubois
David hasbrouck
Henry green 		N/AJack "a Boy" enslaved by Abraham Bevier, apparently drowned
while crossing the Wallkill River in the town of New Paltz.
It seems no one witnessed the incident, and the court
determines it to have been accidental.
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0071784-07-201785-06-20New Windsor, Orange County, New York (formally part of Ulster County until 1788)Coroner InquestTamerN/ANicoll, Nathaniel D. (coroner); Nicoll, Leonard D. Smith, Nathan; Adams, Danl; McWilliams, James; Smith, Michael; Martin, Wiliam; Riley, Wm.; Cristie, John; White, Jonathan; Webb, Charles; Marshall, Robt.; Powell, John; [Cronck], John; Ryckman, TobiasN/ATamer "a negro girl" went to the race at Joseph Nortan's Mill on July 20th and fell in by accident and was drown.Ulster County Hall of Records
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0081800-05-27N/AN/ACoroner InquestUnknown Male ChildStillwell, CorneliusDewitt, Levy (coroner)3 witnesses (names not available)N/APayment for inquisition surrounding the death of male child, no jury, three witnesses.Ulster County Hall of Records
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0091802-04-181802-10-06N/ACoroner InquestN/ADubois, ElizabethDewitt, Gerrit (coroner)N/APayment for inquistion surrounding the death of an unnamed enslaved individual of Elizabeth Dubois.Ulster County Hall of Records
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0101802-10-07Marbletown, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestUnnamed Male BoyHofman, AdamRoosa, Andries (coroner)N/APayment for inquistion surrounding the death of an unnamed enslaved boy of Adam Hofman. In 1790 an Adam Hoffman of Marbletown enslaved seven individuals. In 1800 six enslaved individuals were held at Adam Hoffman's residence in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York. No further census information was found.
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0111809-01-19Marlborough, Ulster County, New York; Newburgh, Orange County, New York (location of assault)Coroner InquestSalveniusQuimby, James Staples, David, Mr. (Judge)
Obediah Brown,
Anthony Wygant,
William Lynsen,
Barnard Wygant,
Nathaniel Nelly,
John J Caviley,
Elyjah Rodes,
Richard Rodes,
John Caviley
Richard Narcourd,
Richard Lervy,
Benjamin Carpenter
Mathew Wygant Jun,
Benjamin Caywood,
Daniel Turner
Thomas Wygant,
John More,
Richard S. Woolsey
Willhelmis Dubois,
Joseph Mory Jun ,
Valentine LounsBury,
James Wygant		N/ASalvinius "a black man servant" of James Quimby who lethally assaulted him with a gun in Newburgh at 11 o’clock on January 18th. Salvinius was shot on the left side of his belly. Ulster County Hall of Records
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0121812-09-07KingstonCoroner InquestBromBruyn, SeverynAnthony, Allard (coroner)Simon Crist,
Daniel Wackman
Corne-lius C Schoonmaker,
Jonathan Eckert
Samuel Eckert
Robert Terwilliger,
David Smede,
Abraham Rinehart
Angus [Camenen],
Richard McDonagh,
Angus Taylor -
[Shubael] Otis,
Abraham Decker,
Jacob Jansen,
Peter M Decker,
William M. Taylor,
Simon Decker
William Evans,
Samuel [Germonce],
William Laughlin
Thomas McCollion
Simon Helm
James McDonagh		Crist, Simon; Wackman, Daniel; Schoonmaker, Corenlius C.; Eckert, Jonathan; Eckert, Samuel; Terwilliger, Robert; Smede, David; Rinehart, Abraham; [Camenen], Angus; McDonagh, Richard; Taylor, Angus; Otis, [Shubael]; Decker, Abraham; Jansen, JacobN/ABrom, an enslaved man was run over by a horsecart when collecting firewood and died. Place name not given. Accident happened in the woods of his enslaver, Severyn J. Bruyn. Inquisition taken by Allard Anthony.Ulster County Hall of Records
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0131813-07-04Esopus, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestJamesTeerpening, HendrickDecker, Peter R. (Judge); Sluyter, Jonathan (Judge)John windfield
Josiah Teerpenning
Abraham Teerpenning
william Teerpenning
John Delametter jr
Solomon Teerpenning
Jacobus Vanaken
Isaac Perhamus
Reuben Decker
Jonathan Teerpening
Elias Hardenbergh
Stephen Bedford
Frederick P Vanonstrant
william Smith
Benjamin B Vanaken
Thomas wells
John wells

Josiah Cargin
Henry Plaugh
Casparus Van_ant		N/AJames, enslaved to Hendrick Teerpenning, wasreported to have fallen out of a canoe into the Hudson River of Esopus just after dawn in the morning of July 4th, 1813.Ulster County Hall of Records
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0141813-08-211814-08-30New Paltz, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestUnknown MaleLyon (sloop); Sherman, Capt.Benton, Barnabus (coroner)Zapher Perkins
Samuel Hurst
Joseph H Deyo
James _Hunt
John S Lefever
[Jay] C Wheeler
Ernest] Perkins
Samuel A Hunt
Stephen Mar__
Daniel Hemenway
Thomas Thomkins
[second column]
Jonas Dinton
Wm Norton
Joshua __l
Edward [Grun]
Henry D. Elting
Joseph Elting
John Ha[zy]
Samuel Hamme[l]
Robert W___
John McDowell
N/AAn unknown male was found dead, supposedly the “property” of the Sloop Lyon, Captain Sherman of Albany, New York. On the Poughkeepsie docks "he said boy striped of his clothes Jumped into the River from the Sloop of Boat in order to swim and then by Some accident or impudent conduct Sank to the bottom of the river." Then his body was taken up west the same day in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York.

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0151814-10-211815-10-04Esopus, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestUnknown MaleUnknownSchriver, Henry (Justice of the Peace)Peter _ Decker
Solomon Eckert Jun.
Conradt Weist
Jeremiah Eckert
John _ Sluyter
John L. Pough
Jacobus Degraff
William Degraff
Jacobus Louw
Ephraim Louw
John Leroy
Jacobus P. Cole
Isaiah Bedo[w]
Reuben Decker
John Smith
Joshua Degraff
Daniel York
Moses York
Henry Vanwagenen
Jacob weist
Elias Teerpennig
Samuel Teerpennig
Peter Adkins		Degraff, Joshua
[Thizer]. Peter		On October 21, 1814 an unnamed Black man was found "lying Dead on the beach Near the Dock of Joshua Degraff." It appears he drowned in the North River and floated down to the river's beach in Esopus, Ulster County, New York.
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0161815-12-271816-09-10Kingston, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestDubois, JeremiahUnnamed Male infantTenbrook, Jacob (coroner)Andries Elmendorf,
Peter Van Steenbergh,
Jacobus Masten,
Henry Hamilton,
Ezekeal Roberts.
Hendrick Hermanse,
Victor post,
Abr G post,
William Keaton Junr,
Abraham Slight
William Kiefer,
Teunis I Houghteling,
Henry Houghteling,
John H. Baldwin,
Hugh Burns,
William I Masten,
Benjamin Masten		N/AA unnamed male infant was found on the banks of a creek in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. The court alleges that the mother of the child- a woman enslaved to Jeremiah Dubois- discarded the infant after finding it deceased. Ulster County Hall of Records
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0171820-03-27N/AKingston, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestUnnamed Female Infant Child of SusanElmendorf, Conrad J.
Elmendorf, Martin (coroner)Henry Van Howenburgh
John Roggan
Henry Chipps
Samuel S. Freer
Jacob Masten
Abraham G. Van Keuren
George Patten
Abm J. Delamater Jr -
Abm Myer
Conrad C. Elmendorf -
Christopher C. Davis
George D Scott
James Roggan
John Van [Steenburgh]
Peter L. Kieffer
Cornelius A. Elmendorf
James Chipps
Jansen, John C.		Roggan, John (physician)
Van Howenburgh, Henry (physician)		Elmendorf, S___, free Black
man
Mullen, Simon		On March 25th 1820, in the Kingston area, a free Black man, S. Elmendorf, was approached by an enslaved female Susan, to take a bloody bundle described as "clotted blood" and bury it. The bundle contained a dead female biracial child. Elmendorf took the bundle to the house of Simon Mullen's in the presence of Martin Elmendorf and other's. It was later brought to the court where Susan testifies her baby was stillborn. Physicians claim the baby died by some violent or unnatural cause. Ulster County Hall of Records
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0181820-06-15Hurley, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestSimWoodmanse, CatherineSnyder, Andrew (Judge)John Blanshan,
Jacob N Keator
Joel Hine,
[Tamerlone] Hine,
Jacob A. Snyder,
David Diets
Jacobus Dietz,
Andrew V. DeWitt,
Gaston Keator,
Jonathan Schoonmaker,
Isaac DuBois, Junr,
Abraham H. Heermanse,
Moses Hoffman,
John Hoffman,
John E.. Hardenburgh,
Charles S. Hardenburgh,
Wm. Woodmanse,
Beng W. DeWitt
Charles Burr 		An 1820 inquisition of the death of Sim, who suffered from epileptic fits and drowned in the Rondout Kill. “Sim, Colored Man of Catherine Woodmanse”.Ulster County Hall of Records
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0191822-02-05N/ARochester, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestBet, wife of Cesor RansonOstrander, Elisha (Judge)Benjamin Alleger Jr -
Johannis Schonmaker -
Lodwyck Horton -
Martin Krum -
Stephan B. Schonmaker -
Direck [below: Derick] Quick Jr -
Daniel L. Schon-maker -
Henry M. Schonmaker -
Martin M. Schonmaker
John A. Terwilliger -
Frederick ^Westbrouck Jr -
Frederick Koons -
Thomas Lawrence Jr -
Elijah Alliger -
Zachariah Rosekranse -
William Burger -
Simon Roosa -
Andries I. Roosa -
Jess Brown -
John Depuy Jr -
Ira Munson -
Gideon Hoornbeck -
Levi Sherwood		On February 4, 1822, Bet (Wife of Cesor Ramson) was found dead in a place called Peters Kill in Rochester, presumably
of natural causes. 		Ulster County Hall of Records
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0201822-08-191823-03-08Shawangunk, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestBossBruyn, AbrahamHoffman, Isaac (Judge)Charles Harts-[kom]
Oliver Evans
John Dadmun
Edward W. Howard
Michael [Nutleyapple]
James [Turnbull]
George Murtz
William Rose Krans
Daniel Seeley
David Williams
Aaron [Halweek]
Abraham J. Hardenbergh
James Dill
Hazael Van[Keuren Jun
David Terwilliger
Samuel [Whelpley]
Ethel Burch
James Cox
Robert R Cox
James Humphrey
Jacob Sina-baugh		Harts-[komBruyn, Johan A.On August 18, 1822, Boss was found dead in the Shawangunk Creek in the town of Shawangunk, on the property of his enslaver Abaraham Bruyn. He was said to have suffered from convulsive fits but circumstances were unclear. Inquisition taken by justice Isaac Hoffman, witness statement by James Dill. Ulster County Hall of Records
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0211822-11-181823-06-20Kingston, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestYanDumond, JamesNewkerk, Phiiip (coroner)John M. Newkirk
Henry Darling
Reuben Nichols
James Wells
Conrad Dumond
Isaac Dubois
John C Dumond
John H. Rutger
Dan H Lockwood
Stephen P. Thorne
John J Dumond
Edward ONeil
Andres Elmendorf
Yan, enslaved to James Dumond, was said to have died after falling out of a canoe into the Esopus Creek in the town of Kingston on the night of November 17th, 1822.Ulster County Hall of Records
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0221824-07-281824-07-28Kingston, Ulster County, New YorkCoroner InquestHasbrouck, PrinceHasbrouck, AbrahamVan. [Keuan], John (coroner)[Adijah] Dewey
Lewis Mason
Samuel Whitaker
Hiram Jackson
James W Baldwin
Thomas Keator
John Kendall
A D. Allen
Jacobus Diets
William Thomson
Joshua Dubois
Jacobus Burger
James John Bedley
James Van Steenberg
James Fair Banks
Joseph D. Masten
Calvin W. [Bennett]
Samuel Budd
Christopher Platner
George Pattan
Oliver Halsey
B. [Overbagh]
Benjamin Tjerick Beekman
John Parsels		In July 1824 Prince Hasbrouck, a Black boy, "not being of sound mind memory and understanding but Lunatic and
distracted on the twentyeight day of July" drowns in a Kingston creek. The boy was by himself "casting and
throwing" and then and there suffocated and died, the coroner's stated he "did drown and kill himself."


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