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March, Middagh, and Sands families property records

Call Number

1974.038

Dates

1770-1856, inclusive
; 1830-1850, bulk

Creator

Hicks family
Luquer family
Van Nostrand family
Sands family
March family
Middagh family

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet in one box.

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

This collection includes bonds, correspondence, deeds, financial records, leases, mortgages, quit claims, and other legal documents relating to property held by the March, Middagh, and Sands families of Brooklyn.

Biographical note

The March, Middagh, and Sands families were allied multigenerational families who resided in Brooklyn.

Biographical note - Sands family

Joshua Sands (1757-1835) (brother of Comfort Sands, both sons of John Sands and Elizabeth Cornell, m. 1736) married, 1780, Ann Ayscough (aka, Anne Ayscough, Anne Askew, Ann Sands, Anne Sands) (1761-1851) (daughter of Dr. Richard Ayscough and Ann Langdon). Joshua Sands was a New York State Senator, 1791-1797, collector of the port of New York from 1797, president of the board of trustees of the village of Brooklyn in 1824, and a representative in the U.S. Congress in 1803-1805 and 1825-1827. He was a founding trustee of the Episcopal Church in Brooklyn (1787) which re-organized as St. Ann's Church in 1795. Both Joshua and his wife were long connected with this congregation, Ann being particulary active in charitable activities throughout her life. According to historian Henry Reed Stiles, Ann Sands also "was the principal founder and the first directress of the Louisian School and therefore, indirectly, was the founder of the first public school ever established in Brooklyn. She was, also, the president of the Brooklyn Dorcas Society." Their home appeared in Francis Guy's 1820 painting of a Winter Scene at Brooklyn (now in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum), as did the figure of Joshua Sands himself, in conversation with Augustus Graham.

Biographical note - Middagh family

Aert Middagh (circa 1707-1777) son of Gerrit Aertsen Middagh and Cornelia van Kowenhoven, married Magdalena Stryker (b. 1710), daughter of Jan Pieterse Stryker and Margretta Schenk, and they had children:

  1. Maria Middagh (d. 1763) m. Samuel Hicks (b. 1725) (son of Samuel Hicks and Martha Doughty)
  2. Gerrit Middagh (aka Gerrett Middagh) (b. circa 1731)
  3. John Middagh (aka Jan Middagh) (circa 1733-1811) m. Sarah Ryerson (1763)
  4. Margretta Middagh (b. circa 1735) (aka Margrita Middagh, Margaret Middagh) m. George Moore (1760)
  5. Cornelia Middagh (b. circa 1737)
  6. Magdalena Middagh (b. circa 1739) m. Volkert Sprong Jr. (1746-circa 1829) (1767)

Scope and Contents

This collection includes bonds, correspondence, deeds, financial records, leases, mortgages, quit claims, and other legal documents relating to property held by the March, Middagh, and Sands families of Brooklyn. Most items originated with the estate of Aert Middagh (d. 1777) and then passed to the Sands and March families by descent or marriage. Some records refer to property in Jefferson County, N.Y. Also included are land records of members of the Hicks, Luquer, and Van Nostrand families, among others, and an 1838 report of commissioners appointed by the Kings County Board of Supervisors to inquire into the loaning of $79,000 received from U.S. revenue.

The bulk of the collection pertains to transactions involving Samuel B.M. Sands (1799-1835) and/or his nephew, Joshua S. March (1809-1842), both of whom married Magdalen Middagh (1808-1844), the daughter of Aert Middagh (ca. 1776-ca. 1815) and Martha Middagh (née Van Nostrand). The collection may have passed through the hands of John Middagh Sands (1827-1873), the son of Magdalen and Samuel B.M. Sands. Records also derive from Nicholas Luquer and his wife Sarah Lea Luquer (née Lynch), from George Hicks, and others.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to users without restriction.

Conditions Governing Use

The materials in this collection are in the public domain. While many items at the Center for Brooklyn History are unrestricted, we do not own reproduction rights to all materials. Be aware of the several kinds of rights that might apply: copyright, licensing and trademarks. The researcher assumes all responsibility for copyright questions.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); March, Middagh, and Sands families property records, 1974.038, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Marion Litchfield, 1931.

Related Materials

Luquer family property records, 1866-1879 (1973.252)

Middagh family agreement, 1730 (1977.642)

Garrett Middagh papers, 1695-1758 (1977.654)

Sands family papers, 1776-1795 (ARC.096)

John Middagh account book (1974.027)

Middagh family papers (1974.179)

Other Finding Aids

An analog version of this finding aid with more detail, including genealogical information on some of the families, is stored in the box with the collection.

Collection processed by

Jonathan W. Montgomery

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-12-27 21:18:00 +0000.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Processing Information

Inventoried previously as Middagh Property Records (Brooklyn Rediscovery, 1979), Middagh Family Papers (1997), Martha Middagh Papers (2005) and Village of Brooklyn Deeds, 1770-1856 (Jonathan W. Montgomery under the supervision of Marilyn H. Pettit, 2005). This collection was rehoused and the finding aid revised by Dee Bowers in 2023.

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society
Center for Brooklyn History
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201