456 HISTORY OF BROOKLYN.

  • Binnen-water, The, 52.
  • Bird, Maj., 260.
  • Black, Hans, 132.
  • Blake, 64, 66.
  • Blanco, John, 249.
  • Blockje’s Berg, 58, 271, 272.
  • Blom or Bloom. Claes Barentse, 203; Barent, 94; Jacob, 94, 249, 292
  • Blucke’s barracks. See Blockje’s Borg.
  • Boerum Farm, The, 94; Abraham, 89, 94; Isaac, 249 250, 266; Simon, 244; William, (Lt.-Col. M.): 401. 402.
  • Bogaert, Adriaen, 94; Aertje, 91; Cornelis, 94, 95; Evert, Willem, 239; Gysbert, Jr., 9.5; Joris Gysbert. 123; Theunis Gysbert 81, 90, 91, 94, 113, 114, 115, 200, 201, 202, 203, 403, 422, 425, 426.
  • Bogardius, 21 36, 128, 239, 410.
  • “Bogart, Een”, 415
  • “Bone Procession, the Dry,” 366.
  • Boomgart, Gysbert, 204.
  • Boomtie’s Hook, 62.
  • Boonthay Hook, 62.
  • Bombay Hook, 620
  • Borsum, Cornelis van, 426.
  • Boswyck. See. Bushwick.
  • Bout, Jan Evertse, 45, 66, 98, 99, 100, 101, 107, 152, 421, 422.
  • Bower, Henry C., 308.
  • Box Fort, 251, 278.
  • Brackunee, Aeltje, 425.
  • Bredenbent, Willem, 68, 109, 123, 132, 135, 143.
  • Breyckelen, See Brooklyn.
  • Breyckelyn, See Brooklyn.
  • Brenner, Capt. Andrew, 401.
  • Breser, 75, 76. 77. 79.
  • Brewster, Jacob, 216.
  • Briaz. Juriaen. 72.
  • Bridge and Road Co., the Flushing, 381; proposed across the East River in 1800, 383.
  • Brier, Volkert. 206.
  • Brinekeroff, Aeltje Joris. 425.
  • British, occupy L. I., 297; Rule on L. I., 301; leave L.I., 325; plan of battle, 264; loss in Battle, 282; hospitals at Brooklyn, 505; wagon Dep’t at Brooklyn, 311; forage and wood Dep’t at, 310.
  • Brooklyn, 29, 95, 197, 248; named, 45; municipal privileges, 46; made a market town, 112, 198; represented in the “Nine Men,” 106; two Schepens added, 110; in Holland, visit to, 418, 420; Bell for church, 143; Charter granted, 51; Church, 143, 287, 323; Church Record, Appendix VII; Cricket Club fit 1779, 313; Delegates to Convention, 108; Directory of' 1796, Appendix X; Districts, 381; Evacuation of, by British, 325; (Eastern Dist.), see Bushwick; Ferry, 74 142 312, 320; Fort, on Heights, 315; Fortified, 113, 251; Gazetteer, description of, 379; Hall, 311, 312, 323, 324; Hall, Super-Extra Gazette, Appendix IX.; Heights, Indian name of, 9 35, 242, 304, 308; fort built on, 247, 314; Hunt, 322; Land, 112, Magistrates, 109; Meadows, 442; Patent, 51, 164, 200; Petition for land, 116; Population, 215; Schoolmaster, first, 116; Settleinent of, 24; (South), 29, 64; Square, 382; Survey of land ordered, 118; Taxes, 154; New Utrecht boundary, 49; Flatbush boundary, 49; Flatbush turnpike, 261; Town Records stolen, 327; Vaterans of 1812, Appendix XI.; Woodlands, 442.
  • Bronck, Jones, 25; Abraham, 100, 203.
  • Brouwer, Adam, 68, 99, 100, 1.35, 156, 157, 203, 425; Adam, Jr., 203; Jacob, 97, 204, 230; Jurry, 69; (Capt.) Laurence, 402, 406; Nicholas, 100; Peter, 203; Sybrant, 100; William, 243; Mills, 251, 421.
  • Broucart, Bourgan, 426.
  • Broulaet, Bourgon, 204.
  • Bruce, Capt., 316.
  • Bruington, Jacob, 232,
  • Briunswick still Hessian troops at Brooklyn, 323; dragoons at Flatbush, 318.
  • Brush Tavern. The, 159 (or 189), 270.
  • Burr, Aaron, 79.
  • Buckbee family, hayscale and alley, 378.
  • Bull, Jan, 204, Theunis, 208.
  • Buildings. St. Anne’s, 377.
  • Bull Creek, 68,
  • Bull-baiting at Brooklyn, 316, 320.
  • Bunce, Joel, 388, 391.
  • Burial-places, Indian, Appendix VI.; public, 380 of Delaware and Maryland Regiments, 280.
  • Burke, Win.346,
  • Burning, of prison-ships, 334.
  • Burroughs, John, 234.
  • Bushnell, Chas. I., 337.
  • Bushwick, 26, 29, 96, 143, 162, 164, 171, 182. 212. 234, 292; Indian deed of, 215, and Appendix II.; Cross Roalls, 89; Settlement of, 113 ; Recognized as a town, 118; Creek, 88, 291; Hills, 266, 267; Citizens in War of 1812, 402, 403.
  • Buttermilk Channel, 112, and Appendix.
  • Bybon, John, 212.

C.

  • Ceasar, a negro, 219.
  • Ceasar, the Italian. See Albertis.
  • Caithness, Earl of, .316.
  • Cage, A., 378, 386.
  • Campbeil, Davill & Wm., 165.
  • Camp (British) at Bedford. 320.
  • Canal of 1864 See Bull Creek.
  • Canarsee tribe, 29, 40, 118.
  • Cappoens, Christiana, 113, 114, 116.
  • Carpenter, Capt, 271; William, 380; George, 243.
  • Carson, Ebenezer, 58.
  • Casper, Andrus, 250.
  • Caperse, Joost, 203; Jobannes, 203.
  • Casthalez, Nicholas, 101.
  • Catharine, Street. 360.
  • Catts, David, 234.
  • Cemetery of the Evergreens. 261.
  • Census of Brooklyn negroes in 1755, 232; in 1811, 393.
  • Chairs, anclent Dutch, 229.
  • Charters of Freedom and Exemptions, 19, 31, 32.
  • Cliardovoyne, Wm, 247.
  • Chatham, The prisor-ship, 336,
  • Chauncey, Capt. Isaac, 363.
  • Cheney, Amos, 388.
  • Chimney Tiles, Diitch, 228.
  • Child, Francis, 82 385.
  • Church, First in Manhattan, 128; of Kings, Co., 166; Masters, 168, 179; at Brooklyn, 34, 143, 377; Artilces of Agreement, 173, 174, 175. Appendix VII,
  • Clark, Mr., 169, H. L., 56, 58.
  • Clarkston. 169, 184.
  • Claesen, Bartel, 134; Hendrick, 203, Symon, 120.
  • Clerck, Jan de, 135.
  • Cleyn, Jan Cornelisen, 235.
  • Clinton. Gen., 246, 249, 256, 263, 265.
  • Clodes, 230.
  • Clove Road, 158, 261, 273.
  • Clowes, 211.
  • Clussman, Dr. Gen. A. 388.
  • Coa, Jno., 74; Sarah, 74.
  • Coast Road, The, 268, 269, 270.
  • Cobble-Hill, 252, 320, 322, 402.
  • Coe, 212.
  • Coetus, organized, I82.
  • Coffin, 349, 352, 357, 358, 367.
  • Codden, Gov. Cadwallader, 309.
  • Cole, Jordan, 64, 65. 67; John, 387.
  • Collier, Sir Geo., 264, 335.
  • Colonist Assembly holds session In Brooklyn, 216.
  • Colored People, services in War of 1812, 406.
  • Columbia College, 194. 332.
  • Columbia Academy, 400.
  • Columbian Society. See Tammany.
  • Commission sent to L I, 123; of Schepens, 46; of Schout, 46.
  • “Congress, The” Citadel, 247.
  • Coney Island, 43, 121, 261.