Contents
Descriptive Summary
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Series 1. William Purdy (ca. 1769 - 1847)
Series 2. Purdy Family Papers
Series 3. Genealogical Papers
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Finding aid for Purdy Family Papers, 1801-2004
Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff2007
| | | | | Creator | Elliott Baldwin Hunt | | Title | Purdy Family Papers
| | Dates: | 1801-2004 | | Abstract: | The collection contains account books,
financial papers, family correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of William
Purdy, a New York Quaker preacher, and his family. He was a member of Amawalk
Monthly Meeting, attending Croton preparative and worship meetings, and
traveled in the ministry, leaving an undated record of the Friends and meetings
that he visited. Purdy was donated money, land, and labor towards building a
new bridge and school house in Cortlandt. Collection also includes genealogical
information compiled by Elliott Baldwin Hunt and Arthur M. Tingue. | | Extent: | 3 boxes; 1 linear foot | | Identification: | RG5/243 | | Location: | For current information on the location of
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. | | Location: | |
William Purdy, Quaker farmer and minister, was born about 1769; Quaker
records give his birth variously as 1763 or 1767, and family records indicate
1769. There is evidence that he first married Mary Williams whose name
is also given as Elizabeth in the Amawalk Monthly Meeting records. They had
eight children: Fanny (1793), Charlotte (1794), Jesse (1797), Abraham (1799),
Deborah (1801), Micajah (1803), Simeon (1805), and Henry (1807). After his
wife's death, in 1812 and under the care of Amawalk Monthly Meeting, William
married Elizabeth (McDonald) Farrington (1767 -1840), a widow. They had four
children: Burling (1813), Ann (1815), John (1817), and Ebenezer (1820). William
Purdy died in 1847. William Purdy bought land in Cortlandt on the Croton River from Pierre
and Peter van Cortlandt in 1801. He attended the Croton preparative and worship
meetings and traveled in the ministry, leaving an undated record of the Friends
and meetings that he visited. Purdy was also active in his town, donating
money, land, and labor towards building a new bridge and school house. His son Abraham (1799-1855) married Mary Sarles in 1824, and they had
six children. The correspondence is primarily from their daughter, Deborah Ann,
who married Charles Williams. The genealogical notes and correspondence were
compiled by Elliot Baldwin Hunt who was the grandson of Micajah William Purdy,
the fifth child of Abraham and Mary S. Purdy. He published an article and
transcription of the travel record in The Quarterly Bulletin of the Westchester
County Historical Society in April 1934. Return to the Table of Contents
The collection contains account books, financial papers, family
correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of William Purdy, a New York Quaker
preacher, and his family. William Purdy bought land on the Croton River. He was
a member of Amawalk Monthly Meeting, attending Croton preparative and worship
meetings, and traveled in the ministry, leaving an undated record of the
Friends and meetings that he visited. Purdy donated money, land, and labor
towards building a new bridge and school house. The collection also includes
genealogical information compiled by Elliott Baldwin Hunt and Arthur M.
Tingue. Organized into three series: Organization: William Purdy Purdy family papers Genealogical papersReturn to the Table of Contents
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials
about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these
headings: Return to the Table of Contents
Series 1. William Purdy (ca. 1769 - 1847)
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| Account Book
1805-1844 1 folder |
Box |
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| Account Book, including accounting by Abraham Purdy,
executor of William Purdy estate
1839-1855 1 folder |
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| Account of travels in the ministry in New York State
n.d. 1 folder With typed biographical information and transcript by descendant, Elliot
Baldwin Hunt.
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| Wills, estate papers
1815-1848; n.d. 1 folder |
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| Deeds, indentures, property map
1801, 1845, 1847 1 folder |
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| Estate papers
1848 - 1849, 1852 1 folder |
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| Family data from Bible
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Meeting papers
1829, n.d. 1 folder Subscription list for school fund,
Croton Preparative Meeting, and listing of members of meetings.
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| Financial papers
1806 - 1848 1 folder |
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| Estate papers of John Horton
1847-1855 1 folder |
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| Horton financial papers
1816-1846 1 folder |
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| Estate papers of William Horton, William Purdy executor.
1814-1836 1 folder |
Series 2. Purdy Family Papers
Box |
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| Purdy family correspondence
1829-1860 1 folder Primarily from Debby Ann,
wife of Charles Williams, to her mother, Mary S. Purdy, wife of Abraham
Purdy.
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| Wedding certificate: Abraham and Mary S. Purdy,
Chappaqua Monthly Meeting
1824 1 folder |
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| Estate of Abraham Purdy and Mary S. Purdy
1847-1856 1 folder |
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| Abram Purdy financial
1855, 1857 1 folder |
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| Jesse H. and Robert H. Purdy financial
papers
1838-1867 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous correspondence
1855, 1883, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous financial papers
1852 - 1872 1 folder |
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| Account note to Burling Purdy
1841 1 folder |
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| Home remedies
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous papers
1857-1861, n.d 1 folder |
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| Published Quaker material: Epistles and
pamphlets
1836-1857 1 folder |
Series 3. Genealogical Papers
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| Selected Purdy genealogy and collection description,
Arthur M. Tingue 1 folder |
Box |
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| Genealogical correspondence, Elliot Baldwin
Hunt
1910 - 1937 1 folder |
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| William Purdy and sons, research notes, Elliott Baldwin
Hunt
n.d, 1937 1 folder |
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| Research notes, correspondence of Elliot B.
Hunt
1932-1933 1 folder |
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| Sarles family
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Photocopies of pictures, etc.
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Louis E. Bieringer notes
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Photocopy from published Correspondence of the Van
Cortlandt Family, 1802
1978 1 folder |
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