Thomas Chambers was of English He settled at Panhoosic, now
causes arising between the vassals.
birth.
of Rensselaersfrom thence re-
Troy, in the jurisdiction
wyck,
in
1651, and
moved to the Esopus country in 1652, where he took part in the early Indian wars, became a captain in the Dutch service, and was elected delegate to the His reprovincial assembly in 1664. sidence was near the confluence of the Walkill with the Hudson, and was built for the fort,
double purpose of a house and
being
musketry.
a
and loop-holed for commercial and other
square
By
he acquired a considerable Gov. Lovelace, in 1672, into the manor of Foxhall, with power to hold certain
speculations,
tract of land, which was erected, by
to appoint a steward
to try
Not
satisfied with these honors, he
to perpetuate his
name
determined in another form,
and accordingly passed his estate to his The heirs by the most intricate entail. manor and title was to be held only by heirs bearing the name of Chambers. To this end, his first wife having died without issue, he married a widow Van Gaasbeck and adopted her children. He died in 1698, and was buried in his vault on the site of the residence now or late of His reJansen Hasbrouck, at Rondout. mains, with those of the Van Gaasbeck The family, were removed in 1854. name of the manor and its owner only live in history.
THE INDIAN TRIBES
at once leave the place,
urging that all be killed." that would they body