Town of Hoosick, NY Website
Town of Hoosick, NY Website
The beginnings of the Town date back to June 3, 1688 when Governor Thomas Dongan of New York Province granted the Hoosick Patent to Marie Van Rensselaer and her three associates. The Walloomsac (1739) and the Schneider (1761) patents added to the boundaries.
Early settlement of the patents progressed slowly because of the continual threats of attacks from the French and the Indians during the French and Indian Wars. The Town's location was on a major Indian highway, the "Great Eastern Trail", which was used by the Algonquins and Iroquois.
When settlement did begin, it developed near the rivers and streams. In North Hoosick there is evidence of an early French settlement (St. Croix) near the junction of the Hoosic and Walloomsac Rivers. This settlement was entirely broken up by a party of French and Indians on the August 28, 1754.
The district of Hoosick was formed on March 24, 1772. Hoosick remained a district sixteen years and was organized as a town on March 7, 1788. Town records are complete only from the year 1789.
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