• General Notes

  children
  John bapt. 9 Feb 1724, Kinderhook
  Geertruy bapt. 16 May 1725, Kingston (presumably died young)
  Cathalintje bapt. 13 Oct 1728, Kinderhook
  Jacobus (no baptism date)
  Geertje bapt. Jul 1733? (record unclear), Germantown
  Tobias bapt. 28 Feb 1736, Kinderhook
  Bata
  Hester bapt. 28 Aug 1739, Germantown
  Cornelis bapt. 20 Jan 1742, Albany
  
  
  Source:
  Early Settlers of West Farms Westchester County, N.Y.
  Copied from the manuscript record of the late Theodore A. Leggett
  With additions by A. Hatfield, Jr.
  Edition of one hundred copies, New York, 1913, p. 21-24.
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  After the second marriage of their mother John and Christina probably spent much of the time or lived with their mother's father, Dirk Wessels TenBroeck. He then lived in the Livingston Manor, for Mr. TenBroeck, in his will (Feb 1714 or 15) directed that "when Christina Legget should marry she should be well fitted out; and John Leggett was a private in Capt. Johannee Dyckma's Military Company in 1715 at Oak Hill.
  
  Bata Delamator was the sister of Claude who married Christina.
  
  John built a brick house in what is now the town of Ghent, Columbia Co., about five miles north of Cloverack Village. On at least three of the broad sides of the bricks are these letters and dates; "J.L. 1750", "B.L. 1750", "T.L. 1750"; which were made when the clay was soft. The bricks were undoubtedly made near the house, which is near a wonderful spring of water. That house is still standing (1920) and was in the Leggett family till 1880. Jan (John) Legget and Bata Legget had sittings in the Cloverack Church in 1726. Jan (John) Legget was elected deacon in 1736 and was an elder in 1749, '63 and '64 and was one of the eleven men who bought the lease of the land on which the Cloverack Church now stands, in 1766, of Hendrick TenBroeck. There was no settled pastor at Cloverack, except one year 1727, till 1756, which accounts for the baptisms being recorded in Kinderhook and elsewhere.
  
  The oldest Leggett homestead, in West Ghent, Columbia County, was built of brick, in 1750, by John Leggett, father of Jacobus4-g4Le2. The date and the initials of the members of the family are in brick, over the door and windows. The second homestead, built of stone, was built before 1772, probably also by John Leggett, as in his will, written in 1772, he refers to "the other farms." The stone house was occupied by James Leggett, and the succeeding two generations were born there. The third homestead was a frame dwelling, standing in the post road. These homes are all standing in the western part of the town of Ghent, Columbia County, about two miles from the Stratsville station, on the Albany Southern railroad.
  
  Jacobus De La Mater was a trustee of Kingston, NY, and a firm supporter of the church there for some years, until he settled in Marblton, upon land (two hundred and ninety-six acres) bought in 1715, where he died in 1741. Jacobus was the youngest son of Claude Le Maitre (as his autograph is written), ancestor of the entire Delamater family in this country. The family was a Huguenot exiled from his home in Richebourg, Artois, France.
  
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  Tibias Legget's House
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  Historic 1750 Farm on 130 Acres - $595, 000.
  342 Gilligan Road in the Town of Ghent
  
  This historic brick treasure was built by Tobias Leggett in 1750 (possibly earlier) when the Algonquin Indians still controlled much of the area. Huge wooden beams (similar to those in the VanAllen House in Kinderhook) were used to support the wide board floors and they are still in place. The structure has been upgraded over the years but much of the original woodwork is still visible. An artisian well supplies unlimited water to the house and barn. Several arrowheads and other historical artifacts have been found on the property recently.
  
  On November 13th, 2000, Dr. Roderick H. Blackburn, Ph.D., an authority on 18th Century Historic Homes, and a member of the Columbia County Historical Society, spent several hours at this home examining the structure. If you have any questions about this house, you can call Dr. Blackburn at 518-758-1788, fax your questions to him 518-758-6211, or mail them to him at 17 Broad Street, Kinderhook, NY 12106-0488.
  
  The building has been identified by the Columbia County Historical Society as one of the oldest remaining pre-revolutionaly historical structures in the county. Several historical artifacts (dating back to the 1700's and 1800's) and a hisorical document (in very good condition) from the 1800's were recently recovered in the house and have been identified on this website in the next few pages.
  
  Historical Information and Documents of the 1750's House
  
  The Columbia County Historical Society was able to provide the following information about the original family that built the house, the information:
  John Leggett came to America, via the Island of Barbados, in 1642, from Essex, England. He eventually settled in what is now New York.
  
  One of his sons, was John Tobias Leggett who was baptised at the Collegiate Dutch Church in New York on April 2, 1693. He married Bata Delamater somewhere in the late 1720's. She had been baptised on December 24, 1703. They had six children: three sons - John, Jacobus and Thobias, and three daughters - Bata, Cathalentye and Geertje.
  
  John Tobias Leggett built this brick house in 1750, for his growing family. There is a brick on the outside wall with his initials and the year clearly inscribed.

Details of Jan's family with Bata Delamater