Dutchess County New York Genealogy and History     History In 1683, the Province of New York established its first twelve counties, with Dutchess County being one of them. Its boundaries at that time included the present Putnam County, and a small portion of the present Columbia County (the towns of Clermont and Germantown). The county was named for Mary of Modena, Duchess of York, second wife of James, Duke of York (later James II, King of England). Until 1713, Dutchess was administered by Ulster County. In 1812, Putnam County was detached from Dutchess. My name is Terri and I am the Host of the Dutchess County, New York Genealogy Trails site. I am excited to be hosting this site as some of my family comes from this area. In time I will be adding more information to this site and will post any information submitted to me. If you have any questions or comments, you can E-mail Me       County Information County Seat: Poughkeepsie Year Organized: 1683 Square Miles: 802 Surrounding Counties Columbia Orange Putnam Ulster     Courthouse Info: County Office Building 22 Market Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-3222   Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Data Obituaries School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: April 2012: Marriages: Broghs-Aikin; Browne-Sands; Drummond-Van Keuren; Haight-Sweet; Hasbrook-Adriance; Marshall-Buckley; Neese-Haight; Pell-Shipley; Pierce-Irish; Pitcher-Merritt; Rowley-Pell; Stead-Hait; Upton-Carman; Wing-Brown; Woolly-Youle Obits: Billings, Sarah; Bockee, Jacob; Brinckerhoff, Derick; Broom, John; Congdon, Jarvis; Donaldson, James; Paulding, Mr.; Paulding, John Maj; Sherman, David H.; Swart, Thomas; Swesey, Eliza P.; Wilbur, Mary Military: Revolutionary Militia 3rd Regiment History: Full text of Historical and Genealogical Record Dutchess and Putnam Counties, published in 1912. Search Our Sites | Join Our Mailing Lists (New York is covered on the Northeast Mailing List) Return to New York Trails Return to Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.