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by Henry B. Hoff, C.G., F.A.S.G., F.G.B.S

Originally published in The NYG&B Newsletter, Summer 1992

Among the larger manuscript holdings of The NYG&B Library is the Innes Getty Collection. It consists of 18 typescript volumes by Innes Getty of Yonkers, New York (1877-1958), a Trustee of the Society and Chairman of the Record Committee 1953-1957. [1]

The volumes cover, in alphabetical order, hundreds of families from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Most families were of old Albany County or New York City, with a few in northern New Jersey or New England. The work is well-documented and, for some of the families, this is still the best compiled account. A transmittal letter from Mr. Getty at the beginning of the first volume indicates that the Collection represented work in progress, not a finished product.

The treatment of the families varies widely:

1. A few dozen families are traced for several generations; these are listed below with the name of the settler. [2]
2. Another 165 family names are listed in the table below; these are usually traced for two to three generations.
3. And another 400 or so family names [3], not listed here, are included only because one or more men of that name married into the families in (a) or (b) above. [4] For these there is merely a page or two listing the couple's children.

Although the volumes are almost entirely unpaged and unindexed (and some pages are bound out of order), [5] the Innes Getty Collection is a valuable resource for New York genealogy.

[1] See his obituary in The Record 90:1-2, citing his Record articles on Fryenmoet (vol. 79) and Van Alen (vols. 81-82). The footnotes to the Van Alen article contain information on many of the families in the Innes Getty Collection. [back]

[2] The spelling used in this article may differ slightly from that used by Mr. Getty (which is not always consistent) and from the spine titles (e.g. Bradt/Bratt; Van Alen/Van Allen). Also, his use of superscripts was not necessarily keyed to the settler. [back]

[3] This is a rough guess, based on the first and third volumes [the second volume is entirely on the Bradt family]. [back]

[4] It appears that Mr. Getty took these pages from his accounts of wives' families. However, for the families of De Garmo, Dingman and Van den Bergh, the accounts were not bound with the Collection but are to be found separately in the Library, using the main catalog or manuscript catalog. [back]

[5] Usually the misbound pages are not far out of order. Names beginning with Br-Bu may be in the first or third volumes. [back]

Descendants of the following settlers are traced for several generations:

§ = Separate volume of the Innes Getty Collection
* * = Other material by Innes Getty in the Society's Library

Andries Hanse BARHEIT
Jeronimus Hanse BARHEIT
Jan Jurrianse BECKER
Hendrick BORGHARDT
John BOUTON (Connecticut family)
Albert Andriesen BRADT (some descendants Van der Zee) § **
Arent Andriesen BRADT § **
Pieter BRONCK
Jochem COLYER (some pages under Caljer)
Leendert Philipse CONYN
Obadiah COOPER **
Jan EVERTSE (some descendants Jansen)
Jellis Douwse FONDA
Jacob Janse GARDENIER
GETTY (various settlers & locations) **
Caspar Jacobse HALENBECK
Jan HUYCK
Nicholas KITTEL **
Frans Pieterse KLAUW
Johannes LAGRANGE
Gerrit Gerritse LANSING
Lieven JANSE (descendants called LIEVENS)
Robert PADDOCK (New England family) § **
David PROVOOST
Jan Janse RYCKMAN
Jacob Janse SCHERMERHORN
(some pages after Seeger)
Teunis Cornelise SLINGERLAND **
David UZIELE
Jan Martense VAN ALSTYNE
Pieter VAN ALEN § **
Laurens VAN ALEN § **
Jan Frans VAN HOESEN
Jan VAN LOON
Cornelis Hendrickse VAN NESS **
Nicholas VAN SCHAACK (but some pages not §)
Goosen Gerritse VAN SCHAICK §
Willem Pieterse VAN SLYCK
Hendrick Gerritse VAN WIE

The Innes Getty Collection:
Families usually traced for 2-3 generations

§ = Separate
* * = Other material by Innes Getty in the Society's Library