His son, John Henry Lydius, who was a prominent Indian Trader in the Colony of N. York, died in Kensington, near London, in 1791, aged 98, having retired to England in 1776. There is a Biographical notice of him in the Gent. Mag: voi 61. p. 383. which we refer to here only for the purpose of putting the Historical Student on his guard against some parts of it, which contain rather more poetry than trutn.

<1S94 " PAPERS RELATING TO ALBANY.

CHURCH OF KINDERHOOK.

[ Council Min IX. ]

In Council. 12 Nov. 1702

His Excellency in Councill being informed that one Paulua van Vleck hath lately wandered about the country preaching notwithstanding he hath been formerly forbid by his Excellency to do the same and is lately called by some of the Inhabitants of Kinderhook to be their Clark without any License from his Excellency for so doing It is hereby ordered tliat tlie high Sheriff' of the county of Albany do take care to send the s^ Van Vleck down by the first opportunity to answer his contempt before this board.

Dd to Coll Schuyler.

., ,_ Certificate in favor of M^ Van Vleck.

[ Translated from the Dutcli. ]

Kinderiiook the 30th Novemb. Anno Domine 1702.

In the first year of the Reign of her Majest}^ Anne, Queen of England, Scotland Ireland and France, Defender of the Faith, We the undersigned inhabitants of Kinderhook patent acknowledge and Declare that Paulus van Vleg during the whole of the time that he hath resided here and since he was accepted as Precentor and schoolmaster of our Church hath truly comported himself to the Great content of our congregation, and that, in all the time he was forbid to preach he hath never preached in house or barn or in any place in Kinderhook, but that he performed the office of precentor as one Hendrick Abelsen, beiore his death, hath done at Kinderhook ; We have received said Paulis van Vleg because one Joghem Lamersen (who was our Precentor here) hath resigned the precentorship and frequently complained that he could not perform its duties any longer.