New York City Assessment Rolls 1699-1734 | New York Genealogical & Biographical Society

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A little-used reel of microfilm in the NYG&B Collection contains tax assessment rolls for New York City for many years from 1699 to 1734. These rolls can be helpful in confirming that someone was a city resident and identifying the ward in which they lived and the value of their property. Since renters as well as owners of real estate are included, these rolls are close to being a record of all heads of household, and this is especially useful since there is only one census for these years, taken in 1703.

For some other 17^th and 18^th century New York City assessment rolls see the Newsletter 3:21 (New York County section of Pre-1750 New York Lists), 3:28 (Using the Publications of The New-York Historical Society), and 4:6 (Library News: New York City Assessment Rolls).

This reel is available in the New York Public Library Milstein Division, as “Assessment Rolls (New York City) 1699-1734,” microfilm *R-USLHG *ZI-1329. It may also be accessed through the Family History Library (film 0484033). It contains the following assessment rolls:

Nov. 1699	Sept. 1703	Mar. 1707/8	Mar. 1726/7**
Mar. 1699/1700	Dec. 1703	Jan. 1708/9	Feb. 1727/8**
June 1700	Feb. 1703/4	Feb. 1708/9	Feb. 1728/9**
Sept. 1700	July 1704*	July 1709	Feb. 1729/30**
Dec. 1700	Sept. 1704*	Aug. 1709	Feb. 1730/1**†
Feb. 1700/1	Mar. 1704/5	Feb. 1721/2**	Feb. 1731/2**
Apr. 1702	Feb. 1705/6	Feb. 1722/3**	Feb. 1732/3**
Jan. 1702/3	Dec. 1706	Feb. 1723/4**	Feb. 1733/4**
Dec. 1702	Feb. 1706/7	Mar. 1724/5**
Mar. 1702/3	Aug. 1707	Jan. 1725/6**
July 1703	Feb. 1707/8	Mar. 1725/6**

Notes:

* The July and Sept. 1704 rolls contain totals only (no names).
** All rolls from Feb. 1721/2 on are for taxes to support the (Anglican) Minister and the Poor.
† The Feb. 1730/1 roll was published in the Record, vol. 95, but misdated Feb. 1730.

by Harry Macy Jr., FASG, FGBS

Originally published in The NYG&B Newsletter, Fall 1996

Updated June 2011