Excerpt from American Ancestry, Vol. 2: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A. D. 1776, (Local Series), Columbia County, State of New York, 1887The first European settlers of the county seem to arrange themselves in 'our groups: the Dutch settlers from Albany, the tenants of the Livingston Manor, the settlement of German palatinates, and the gradual immigration of New England families.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.