Goldsboro Banyar and Banyar Family papers
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This collection traces the estate and affairs of Goldsboro Banyar (1724-1815) and his heirs. As Deputy Secretary of pre-Revolutionary New York, Banyar played a significant role in colonial government, especially in the distribution of land grants. Papers include colonial government documents, business and personal correspondence, and a large number of 18th century land patents and indentures for property in New York and Vermont. The collection also includes papers relating to several generations of Banyar's heirs, including Campbell White (1787-1859), a successful New York merchant and politician, who married Goldsboro Banyar's granddaughter Harriet Banyar LeRoy.
Biographical / Historical
This collection includes official and personal papers of Goldsboro (also spelled Goldsbrow, Goldsborow, Goldsborough) Banyar and his heirs, including prominent grandson-in-law Campbell White, a New York politician and businessman.
Goldsborough Banyar (1724-1815) emigrated from London to America in the 1730's. By 1746, he had become deputy to George Clarke, Secretary of the Colony of New York. He also served as Deputy Clerk of the Council and on the provincial Supreme Court. A shrewd businessman and adroit politician, Banyar had a hand in virtually every land transaction that took place in pre-Revolutionary New York, building valuable relationships and a considerable fortune.
In 1767, Banyar married Elizabeth Appy, widow of John Appy Esq., Secretary and Judge Advocate of His Majesty's Forces in America. Elizabeth was the step-daughter of Major Abraham Mortier, Paymaster-General of the British army in New York. (Mortier married Elizabeth's mother, the widow Martha Naden, after Elizabeth's father passed away. The Mortier's home, Richmond Hill, later became the headquarters of George Washington).
Goldsborough and Elizabeth had four or more children. It appears that only two survived to adulthood: a daughter, Martha, and son Goldsborough Banyar, Jr. The family lived in New York City until the onset of the Revolution, at which time they relocated to Rhinebeck, NY, in an attempt to avoid conflict. Although presumably a loyalist, Banyar managed to retain his many valuable grants of land. By 1790, the family had relocated again to Albany, where Banyar purchased a large home on Pearl Street as well as several other local properties. In 1800, the household included five slaves.
In 1801, Banyar's son, Goldsborough Banyar, Jr. married Maria Jay (1782-1856), daughter of John Jay (1845-1892), first Chief Justice of the United States. Banyar Jr. managed his father's extensive real estate holdings and served on local boards in Albany until 1806, when he died at the age of 31. Goldsboro Banyar, Senior, continued to live in Albany with his daughter-in-law, Banyar Jr.'s widow Maria. The elder Banyar died in 1815 at the age of 91.
By the time of Banyar's death, his only surviving child was his daughter Martha. Martha had married Jacob LeRoy, a prominent New York merchant, in 1792 The couple had three daughters -- Harriet, Mary, and Cornelia -- and a son, Goldsborough Banyar Leroy (1802-1866), who inherited his grandfather's extensive estate (as directed by Banyar's will, he changed his name from Goldsborough Banyar LeRoy to Goldsborough LeRoy Banyar).
Goldsborough LeRoy Banyar never married. His sister, Harriet Banyar LeRoy, married Campbell Patrick White. An Irish immigrant, Campbell Patrick White became a prominent New York lawyer and politician who served in Congress from 1829 to 1835. Campbell's brother, Robert White, served for many years as cashier of Manhattan Bank. The two brothers also managed the New York branch of the White family's distillery business, headquartered in Baltimore.
When Goldsborough LeRoy Banyar died in 1866, he left his estate to his nephew, John Campbell White (Campbell and Harriet White's son and Goldsboro Banyar's great-grandson). In accordance with his uncle Goldsborough LeRoy Banyar's will, John Campbell White also changed his name to Goldsborough Banyar in order to inherit the Banyar estate.
Arrangement
The collection is organized chronologically in three series:
Series I, Goldsboro Banyar, spans the years from 1727-1775 and 1784-1823, documenting the political and business career of Goldsboro Banyar and his children.
Series II, Campbell P. White and Harriet (Banyar White), continues into the next generation with the papers of Campbell and Harriet (Banyar) White, the granddaughter of Goldsboro Banyar, covering the period from the 1820's to the 1850's.
Series III, Goldsborough Banyar (formerly John Campbell White), concludes with the papers of John Campbell White, the son of Campbell and Harriet, who changed his name to Goldsborough Banyar in order to inherit the Banyar estate. This series spans the period from the 1870's to 1904, and consists primarily of routine business correspondence concerning management of the various Banyar properties, accounts, tax and other receipts, and insurance policies.
Material within each series is arranged into subseries by subject matter and/or format, and within those categories, where possible, chronologically.
Scope and Contents
This collection traces the estate and affairs of Goldsboro Banyar and his heirs, spanning the period from the 1740's to 1904. The collection also includes papers relating to various members of the family of Campbell White, who married Goldsboro Banyar's granddaughter Harriet Banyar LeRoy. Materials include primary documents reflecting the governance of colonial New York; patents, deeds, and other documents relating to land transactions; business and personal correspondence; accounts; and legal and estate papers. Although primarily concerned with the affairs of prominent men, the collection also provides tantalizing glimpses of less-documented aspects of early American society, including slavery, interactions with Native Americans, relationships between landowners and laborers, and domestic affairs.
The collection is organized chronologically into three series. In addition to the general summary that follows, more detailed scope and contents notes are provided as introductory matter to each series. Series I spans the years from 1727-1775 and 1784-1823, documenting the political and business career of Goldsboro Banyar and his children, only one of whom (Martha, wife of Jacob LeRoy) survived at Banyar's death. This series consists primarily of documents relating to colonial administration, including office appointments, land transactions and the collection of quitrents, court fees, and rough minutes of Chancery Court proceedings, typically involving matters such as land disputes, estates, guardianship, and divorce. There is also post-colonial era correspondence relating to the settlement of British land claims and other business affairs. Correspondents include George Clarke (Secretary of New York), Edward Clarke, Sir William Johnson, William Knox, and family members Goldsboro Banyar, Jr., William Banyar, and Jacob LeRoy (Banyar's son-in-law). Notably, the only documents from the Revolutionary War period are several pieces of correspondence from the Commissioners for Conspiracies in 1778.
Series II continues into the generation of Goldsboro Banyar's granddaughter, Harriet (Banyar) White, covering the period from the 1820's to the 1850's. In 1816, Harriet married Irish immigrant Campbell White (1787-1859), a lawyer, politician, and business man, who apparently took over some or all responsibility for managing the Banyar estate. Papers in this series include family correspondence and receipts, as well as Campbell White's correspondence on political matters during and after his time in Congress (including a letter remarking on the assassination attempt on Andrew Jackson). Also included are business papers from the White family distillery, and correspondence and business papers of Campbell's brother, Robert White, who served as clerk of the Manhattan Bank for many years, resigning after the Panic of 1837 amid allegations of misfeasance. Notable subjects include currency and anti-rent legislation, the antebellum cotton trade, and the cholera outbreak of 1849.
Series III concludes with the papers of John Campbell White, the son of Campbell and Harriet and great-grandson of Goldsboro Banyar. John Campbell White changed his name to Goldsborough Banyar in order to inherit the Banyar estate. This series covers the period from the 1870's to 1904, and consists primarily of routine business correspondence concerning management of the various Banyar properties, accounts, tax and other receipts, and insurance policies.
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Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as the Goldsboro Banyar Papers, MS 39, The New-York Historical Society.
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Gift of estate of Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, 1957.
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Series I: Goldsboro Banyar
Subseries I.1: Colonial administration records
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes royal appointments of office to George Clarke, Senior (as Secretary of the province of New York) and to Goldsboro Banyar (as Clerk of the Court of Chancery), along with a deputation from George Clarke, Junior appointing Banyar Deputy Secretary of the province. The royal appointments are elaborate vellum documents with hand ornamentation and original seals still attached. Also included is a 1774 report to Governor William Tryon with information on the number of mines in the province, and its population (including a breakdown of whites and blacks), militia and government.
Auditor's Office correspondence with auditors Thomas Smith, Horatio Walpole and Robert Cholmondeley relates to the collection of quit-rents, payment of salaries and other matters concerning the official accounts of New York.
Also included are Banyar's drafts of decisions issued on motions and cases heard in Chancery Court. The Chancery Court was originally conceived as one that could rule on issues of fairness, and was not restricted to statutory law. Cases typically involved estate and business disputes, the resolution of land disputes, and divorce and other family matters, such as the appointment of a guardian for a minor. One case involved appointment of a committee to take care of a person "in a state of lunacy."
There are also two bound volumes of minutes of Council proceedings relating to land transactions, spanning a two-year period from 1770 to 1772, and a list of wills filed in the Prerogative Office from 1769 to 1771.
Letters patent of King George II appointing George Clarke, Sr., Secretary of the Colony of New York, 1727/8 March 7
Letters patent of King George II appointing Goldsboro Banyar Register of Court of Chancery, 1742 August 6
Letters patent of King George II appointing Goldsboro Banyar Register of Court of Chancery, 1753 May 5
Letters patent of King George III appointing Goldsboro Banyar Register of Court of Chancery, 1770 June 11
Letters patent, petitions, and deputations, 1745-1772
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from George Clarke and William Tryon to the Committee of the Privy Council regarding a controversy over the Prerogative Court
Deputations and reports, 1757, 1771, 1773
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Includes deputation from Rick Morris appointing Samuel Jones as Clerk of the Circuit; deputation from George Clarke appointing Goldsboro and William Banyar Deputy Secretary of State; and a report to Governor William Tryon on the present state and condition of New York (dated 1773)
Auditor's Office correspondence, 1746-1749
Auditor's Office correspondence, 1750-1757
Auditor's Office correspondence, 1757-1759
Auditor's Office correspondence and accounts, 1760-1762
Auditor's Office correspondence, 1763-1767
Auditor's Office correspondence, 1768-1773
Auditor's Office correspondence, 1774-1775, 1785, 1791
Auditor's Office correspondence and related documents (OS), 1745-1768
Court of Chancery, rough minutes, 1765-1770
Court of Chancery, rough minutes, 1771-1773
Court of Chancery, rough minutes, 1774-1776
Minutes of Council in the Department of Land, 1770-1772
List of wills filed in the Prerogative Office of New York, 1769-1771
Deposition of Goldsboro Banyar and John Bowles relating to assignment of deputy for Prerogative Court, 1770 June 30
Subseries I.2: Colonial administration accounts
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes account books and loose accounts and receipts of court fees, monies relating to land transactions, and military expenses. Also included is an exchange note for 100 pounds sterling to recruit members of the Five Nations of Indians for a war against Canada, and a license and receipt for the purchase of land from Native Americans.
Account book, Goldsboro Banyar, 1746-1797
Account of the profits of the Secretary's Office, 1751-1761
Account of the profits of the Secretary's Office, 1764-1765, 1767-1772
Chancery Court fees and rent rolls due to George Clarke, 1738-1774, undated
John Chambers' account of fees due to George Clark, Clerk of the Supreme Court, 1745-1752
Accounts of attorneys' fees due to George Clarke, Clerk of the Supreme Court, 1747-1774
Accounts of George Clarke, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the Province of New York, 1747-1773
Accounts of George Clarke, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the Province of New York (Chancery Court fees), 1760-1774
Receipts for fees due to Supreme Court Judges, 1763
Accounts and receipt for fees to Judges and Attorneys, 1763-1773
Accounts of fees due on first motions filed in Supreme Court of the Province of New York (OS), 1767-1774
Accounts of fees due on first motions filed in Supreme Court of the Province of New York (OS), 1763-1764
Accounts of Abraham Mortier, Paymaster General of the British Army, 1755-1766
Accounts of Abraham Mortier, Paymaster General of the British Army (OS), 1755-1766
Accounts of Abraham Mortier, Paymaster General of the British Army, 1761-1767
Account book, Abraham Mortier
Papers relating to land of George Clarke, 1737-1745, 1798, undated
Fees for Land Patents, 1760-1774, 1792, undated
Exchange note issued in connection with measures to recruit the Five Nations of Indians to take part in an expedition against Canada, 1746 November 1
License to purchase lands from Native Americans, 1754, 1774
Fragments of official papers, undated
Subseries I.3: Business and personal correspondence
Scope and Contents Note
This sub-series is arranged chronologically. Subseries I.3A, Colonial-era correspondence, consists primarily of Banyar's correspondence with George and Edward Clarke relating to administrative and financial matters. Matters discussed include Banyar's efforts to collect quit rents and salary owing to Clarke, his dispute with Archibald Kennedy, Receiver-General, about payment of Clarke's allowances and Clarke's right to the office of Register of the Prerogative Court, reports on the military and political situation in New York, frontier troubles, Indian problems and the war with the French. Other correspondents include Sir William Johnson and William Knox. A folder of general correspondence includes a 1763 letter discussing Thomas Stephens, the son of the Secretary of Georgia, and his inability to get "negroes" for the manufacture of potash.
Subseries I.3B consists of post-Revolutionary correspondence, mostly dealing with business matters including the sale of lands, accounts, debts, suits, and stock purchases. Correspondence between Banyar and his son-in-law, Jacob LeRoy, includes personal observations on the outbreak of fever in Philadelphia and New York, and the inoculation of his children.
Subseries I.3A: Colonial-era correspondence
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1746-1749
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1750-1753
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1754-1756
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1757-1759
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1760-1762
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1763-1764
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1765-1766 June
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1766 July - 1767
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1768-1769
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1770
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1771
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1772-1773 June
Correspondence with George Clarke, 1773 August - 1774
Correspondence relating to accounts of George Clarke, 1792-1793, 1799
Correspondence with Edward Clarke, 1750-1759
Correspondence with Edward Clarke, 1760-1762
Correspondence with Edward Clarke, 1763-1766
Correspondence with Edward Clark, 1763
Correspondence with Edward Clarke, 1767-1772 June
Correspondence with Edward Clarke, 1772 July - 1773
Correspondence with Edward Clarke, 1793-1801
Correspondence with Sir William Johnson, 1765-1769
Correspondence with Sir William Johnson, 1770-1772
Correspondence with William Knox, 1773-1774
General correspondence of Goldsboro Banyar, 1749-1775
Letters from Mr. Blenman, Christ College, 1770
Subseries I.3B: Correspondence 1778-1823
Correspondence with and resolution of the Commissioners for Conspiracies, 1778
General correspondence, 1784-1794
General correspondence, 1795-1799
General correspondence, 1800-1801
General correspondence, 1802-1805 June
General correspondence, 1805 July - 1815, 1821
Correspondence of Goldsbrow Banyar, Jr., 1799-1805
Correspondence of William Banyar, 1783-1790
Correspondence of William Banyar, 1791
Correspondence of William Banyar, 1792-1805
Letter from William Cooper to William Banyar, 1795 August 16
Correspondence to William Banyar from Garret and Jacob Benthuysen, 1791-1793
Correspondence to William Banyar from Garret and Jacob Benthuysen, 1794-1795
Correspondence of Jacob LeRoy, 1790-1794
Correspondence of Jacob LeRoy, 1797
Correspondence of Jacob LeRoy, 1798-1800
Correspondence of Jacob Leroy, 1801-1802, 1805
Correspondence of Jacob LeRoy, 1795-1796
Correspondence of Francis Stephens, 1784-1787
Correspondence of Francis Stephens, 1788-1794
Correspondence of William H. Jephson, 1803-1823
Subseries I.4: Daybooks and journals
Scope and Contents Note
This subseries includes Goldsboro Banyar's private account books and notebooks of business transactions. There are also volumes with thermometer readings and daily weather notes.
Weather journals, 1762-1764, 1767-1768
Daybooks, 1753, 1756-1758
Daybooks, 1757, 1762-1768, 1783-1786
Daybooks, 1786-1796
Daybooks, 1787-1791, 1805-1809
Daybook, 1809-1815
Copybook, 1770-1780
Copybook, 1803
Subseries I.5: Patents, deeds and other land conveyances
Scope and Contents Note
This subseries consists mainly of legal documents for the acquisition and conveyance of real property, including Letters Patent (civil and military) and their supporting documents, deeds (generally using the English system of Lease and Release), mortgages, and bankruptcy indentures. Also included are other papers relating to property and estates, such as tenant leases, bonds, surveys, and maps. Most date from two periods: 1761-1775, and the 1790's. The conveyances record Banyar's personal land transactions as well as his legal business with clients, in New York City and Albany, and in upstate New York.
The majority of the documents are Letters Patent (most with original seals attached) or conveyances and papers relating to them. The Letters Patent, civilian and military, were issued to individuals or, more commonly, to groups, limited in non-military cases to 1000 acres per person but containing totals up to 50,000 acres -- moderate-sized grants compared to those of the 17th or early 18th centuries but substantial nonetheless. Parties to these indentures include many political and business leaders of the pre-Revolutionary era, such as Robert Livingston, John Tabor Kempe, John Morin Scott, Oliver Delancey, John Watts, Peter Van Schaack, James Duane, Alexander Colden, Governor William Tryon, and John Harris Cruger. Some of the post-Revolutionary transactions involve William Cooper, Henry Beekman, and William Lawrence.
Many of the records relate to New York land grants in Vermont. Often accompanied by papers proving titles, they involve property located in the area East of the Hudson River, then disputed by New Hampshire which later became parts of the state of Vermont. A Commission was established to adjudicate the competing claims, and New York agreed in 1790 to relinquish title to lands in Vermont in return for $30,000.
The transactions in this subseries illustrate the practices used to accumulate land for speculation, and in some cases give histories of particular lots or parcels in New York City and Albany. There are also many items relating to the military bounties authorized by the Proclamation of October 7, 1763.
The descriptions in the box and folder list are based on a calendar of the items prepared in the 1970's, which also provides additional background information. This calendar has been included in Box 9A of the collection and is listed at the end of this subseries.
Correspondence and papers relating to Samuel Dunlop's settlement of Cherry Valley, 1705, 1736-1764, undated
Correspondence and papers relating to Samuel Dunlop's settlement of Cherry Valley, 1766-1774
Deeds and indentures for land in New York, 1764-1773, 1786, 1792, 1809
Indentures, surveys and other documents relating to land grants in Vermont, 1760's-1770's
Correspondence and abstracts of letters patent and deeds regarding lands in Vermont, 1767, 1770, 1785-1799
Correspondence and other documents relating to land grants in Vermont, 1761-1773, 1780-1799
Papers relating to settlement of Vermont lands owned by British army officers (Major Thomas Etherington and Stephen Payne Galwey), 1767-1774, 1785-1789
Field Book of Edmond Fanning's townships, 1772
Correspondence regarding lands of British General John Vaughan ("Vaughan's Patent"), 1786-1790
Correspondence and papers relating to "Croghan's Mortgage" in Otsego County, 1764-1775, 1795-1804
Documents relating to settlement of division line between the Wawayanda and Cheesecocks Patents, 1785-1787, undated
Arbitration of bond and mortgage between Joseph Ketchum and Herman Hoffman, 1765, 1772-1773, 1785-1787
Releases, leases and deeds for lots in New York City, Albany County and the Hardenbergh Patent, 1728-1754
Letters patent to Goldsboro Banyar, John Benson, and Joseph Webb for 4000 acres in Albany county; later deed of partition for same 4000 acres, with map entitled "New Dorlach", 1753 April 14, 1793 May 9
Title deeds, Staley Patent, 1755-1787
Title deeds, Schuyler Patent, 1755-1793
Deeds, mortgages and bonds for property in New York City and Albany County, 1759-1769
Lott's and Magin's Patents, 1761-1763, 1837
Release-Deed for land in Albany County granted to John Christopher Hartwick, 1761 July 17-18
Letters patent to Jacob Hendrick, Ten Eyck, George Rykert, Volkert Dason and John Roorbart, Jr. for two tracts of land in Albany County, 1761 September 17
Letters patent to Alexander Colden and three others for 4000 acres in Albany County, 1761 September 29
McNeil's Patent, commonly called Otsquage, 1761 September 29-30, 1806 August 21
Ten Eyck's Patent, 1761 October 1-2, 1793 November 8-9
Lawyer (Sawyer?) Patent, 1761-1795
Pittstown Patent and Cambridge Patent, 1761-1769
Release-deed for three lots within Auchmuty's Patent in Fairfield and Herkimer Counties, 1762 May 7-8
Releases, leases and deeds for lots in Fairfield, Herkimer, Ulster, and Queens Counties, and in the Hardenburg Patent, 1762-1763
Letters patent to Thomas Moore and Lewis Pintard for 2 tracts, Orange County, 1762 December 23
Letters patent to William Cockroft and others for 26,000 acres in Albany County, 1764 May 2
Title deeds for D. Shaw's Lots in Kingsbury, 1764 September 20-24
Letters patent (military) and assignments/conveyances of soldiers' rights, 1765-1774
Letters patent (military) for land in New York and Vermont, 1765-1772
Letter patent (military) for land in Vermont, 1765 July 25, 26
Letters patent to Frederick Young and 19 others for 20,000 acres in Cherry Valley and Sharon, Otsego and Schoharie Counties, 1765 October 11
Letters patent (military) for land in New York and Vermont, 1766, 1768
Vermont deeds and claims, 1768-1798
Title deeds, 3 lots & buildings in Albany ("Shipboy lot"), 1768-1804
Bankruptcy paper, assignment by Isaac Man of all personal real property in trust for payment of debts, 1768 September 19
Deeds for land in township of Blenheim, 1769
Alexander Stewart's original deeds, Otsego County, 1769
Deeds for lots in Cosby's Manor, 1769, 1795
Title to lands in Vermont, 1769-1798
Letters patent to Garret Slover & 13 others in Vermont, 1769 November 8
Letters patent to John Wetherhead, John Tabor Kempe, and 38 others in Blenheim township, 1769 November 28
Letters patent to Pierre G. DePeyster and others for land to be erected into a township named Kempeton (Vermont), 1769 November 24
Deeds for land in township of Kempeton, 1769-1770
Deeds for land in township of Warrentown (Vermont), 1769-1770
Deeds for lots in township of Kent (Vermont), 1770, 1774
Title deeds, Nettlefield/Loudon Patent (Decatur, Otsego County), 1770, 1773, 1792
Letters patent (military) for land in Vermont, 1770 April 5
Deeds and patents for land in Vermont, 1766 May 2 - 1775 August 29
Letters patent (military) for land in Vermont, 1770 April 6
Letters patent for lots in Readsborough Township (Vermont), 1770 April 24
Deeds for lots in Readsborough Township (Vermont), 1770 June 11 - 1797 May
Letters patent (military) for land in Durham, Greene County, 1770 May 17
Deed for lot in township of Kelso (Vermont), 1770 May 23-24
True copy of letters patent (military) for land in Albany County (Vermont), 1770 June 1
Letters patent (military) for land in Gloucester county (Vermont), 1770 April 5
Return of survey for tracts in Gloucester County (Vermont), 1770 April 4
Title Deeds, Goldsborough Township, Delaware County, 1770 June 8 - 1801 June 4
Letters Patent, Goldsborough Township, Delaware County, 1770 April 30
Certificate for setting out a grant, Goldsborough Township, Delaware County, 1770 April 20
Letters Patent for lands purchased from Indians, Goldsborough Township, Delaware County, 1770 June 15
Letters patent (military) for land in Rome, Oneida County, 1770 May 2
Letters patent, Wallace's Patent (Sidney, Delaware County), 1770 June 16
Title deeds, Wallace's Patent (Sidney, Delaware County), 1770 June 9 - 1799 January 4
Letters patent, Belvidere Patent (Cherry Valley, Otsego County), 1770 June 29
Title deeds, Belvidere Patent (Cherry Valley, Otsego County), 1770 June 18 - 1772 February 27
Copy of Letters patent to Peter Muerenbeldt and others for land in Vermont, 1770 June 1
Letters patent to Jacobus VanZandt and others for land in township of Newbrook (Vermont), 1770 June 13
Deed from John Wilson and Henry Boel to Goldsboro Banyar for land in township of Newbrook (Vermont), 1770 July 20-21
Deed from James Seagrove and William Gillylan, Jr. to Goldsborough Banyar for land in township of Kingsborough (Vermont), 1770 June 28-29
Deed from Samuel Boyer and Peruke Maker to Goldsborough Banyar for land in Whitingham township (Massachusetts), with maps, 1770 July 11, undated
Deed and lease with Whitehead Skidmore and others for land in Jamaica, Queens, 1770 July 12-13
Deed from Isaac Ogden and others to William Kelly for land in township of Gageborough (Vermont), with related documents, 1770 August 11
Deed from John Abeel and others to Goldsboro Banyar for land in Township of Hutton (Vermont), 1770 August 21
Deed from George Etherington and others to Goldsboro Banyar for land in the township of Dunmore (Vermont), 1770 August 20-21
Deed from Charles Morse and William McAdam to Goldsboro Banyar for land in Saratoga County, 1770 August 29-30
Letters patent (military) to Norman McLeod for land on north side of Mohawk River (probably Fulton County)
Deed from Peter Silvester and Mydert Roseboom to Goldsboro Banyar for land in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, 1770 October 24-25
Deed from Peter Soutenberg and John Voorheese to Goldsboro Banyar for land in township of Kent (Vermont), 1771 January 28-29
Deed between Cuyler family members for dwelling and store house on the east side of Pearl Street, 1770 October 19
Deeds to and from Abner French for land near Schenectady, 1770 March 17, 1772 April 21
Letters patent (military) to Alexander Graydon of Dublin for land in Cumberland County (Vermont), 1770 October 4
Deed from Alexander Graydon to Goldsboro Banyar for land in Cumberland County (Vermont), 1770 November 1-2
Letters patent (military) to John Clark for land in Vermont, 1771 March 9
Draft of Letters patent (military) to John Clark, 1771 March 9
Deed from William Wood to John Wetherhead for land in Schoharie County, 1771 March 16
Indenture from Peter Martin and his wife Mary to Eilhu Hall Bay for land on Flat's Island and elsewhere, 1771 March 30
Deed between Joseph Rodman, John Badeau and John Fitzpatrick for land and premises in New Rochelle, 1771 March 29-30
Deed from John Kelly to Crean Brush for land in the township of Readesborough (Vermont), 1771 April 2-3
Letters patent (military) to Thomas Mason for land in Putnam, Washington County, 1771 April 8
Conveyance of soldier's rights from Thomas Mason to Philip Skene, 1769 May 12
Deeds for the Commissioner on Vermont Claims, Albany, 1771 April 9 - 1772 January 2
Letters patent (military) to James Scott and Hugh Jackson, disbanded soldiers for land in Warren County, 1771 May 24
Certificate for setting out land grant and deeds for township of Fincastle, 1771 May 27, June 27-29
Deeds for land in "Franklin's patent" (Otsego and Schoharie Counties), 1771 May 29-30, 1791 September 22
Tenant lease to Daniel Hucker, Gold and Silver Smith, and John Sebastian Stephany, Chemist, for 99 years for land in Duchess County, 1771 June 1
Letters patent to William Bayard and 54 others for land in Oneida and Herkimer counties, 1771 June 12
Certificates for setting out land grants issued to William Bayard and William Shirreff, 1771 April 22, 30
Letters patent to William Shirreff and 22 others for land in the township of Halesborough (Vermont), 1771 April 22
Deeds from Charles Morse to Goldsboro Banyar for land in township of Deerfield (Vermont), 1771 June 22
Copy of deeds from William Haldane for land near Wood Creek, 1771 June 1, 21-22, November 1
Letters patent to John Davan and 23 others for land in the township of Richmond (Vermont), 1771 June 28
Certificate for setting out land grant issued to John Davan and leases from Davan to Banyar, 1771 June 26, July 12-13
Letters patent to William McAdam and 29 others for land in the township of Kilby, 1771 July 3
Deeds for land in township of Kilby, 1771 July 25, 30-31
Letters patent (military) to Samuel Dick, late Surgeon's Mate at His Majesty's Military Hospital, for land in Vermont, 1771 July 6
Deeds for land in Leinster and Mecklenbergh townships, 1771 July 17-18, September 6-7
Mortgage and lease from John Kelly to Goldsboro Banyar, 1771 September 10-11
Letters patent to John Butler and 39 others for land to be erected into a township called Strasburgh (Schoharie County), 1771 December 4
Certificate for setting out a grant in Strasburgh township issued to John Butler and 39 others, 1771 August 30
Letters patent to William Nicholls and 5 others for land in Vermont, 1772 March 3
Certificate for setting out a grant issued to William Nichols, 1771 September 6
Deeds from William Nicholls to Goldsboro Banyar for land in Vermont, with map showing partition of land, 1772 March 16-17
Letters patent to Thomas Barnet and others for land to be erected into the township of Penryn (Virginia), 1772 March 10
Certificate for setting out a grant in Penryn township issued to Thomas Barnet, 1772 February 19
Letters patent (military) to Thomas Millet, Philip Lambert and Robert Davidson, disbanded soldiers, for land in Albany County (Greene County), 1772 March 10
Deeds for land on the west side of the Hudson River (Greene County), 1772 March 21, 24
Deeds for land in Truro Township (Vermont), 1772 April-June
Letters Patent to Edward and Ebenezer Jessup for land in Luzerne, Warren County, 1772 April 10
Deed from Nathan Stone to GB for land in Windsor (Vermont), 1772 April 18
Deeds for land in the township of Penryn (Vermont), 1772 April-June
Deed from Charles Nicholl and 3 others to William Banyar, 1772 June 16-17
Letters patent to Andrew Elliot and 20 others for land in county of Charlotte (Vermont), 1772-1773
Letters patent to Crean Brush, John Grumly and Joseph Beck for land in Bolton, Warren County, 1772 October 24
Tripartie Agreement settling estate in new trustees, 1773 March 12
Deeds for property in Montgomery Ward, New York City, 1771, 1773
Deed from Joseph Blancard to Joseph Griswold, Distiller and Abraham Nelson, Merchant, for land in Durham, Greene County, 1773 July 22
Lease for plot in Township of Royalton; Mortgage from Thomas Valentine to GB on property in Charlotte County, 1773 August 6-7, November 11
Indenture between William William and Goldsboro Banyar for land in township o Readsborough, 1774 January 25-26
Indenture between John Church and Edmond Tanning or land in Cumberland County, 1774 February 3-4
Mortgages from John Cattleman and Peter Davy to James Delancey, 1774 June-July
Indentures between Frederick Rhinelander and Duncan Campbell/Thomas Hobson, 1774 March-April
Letters patent (military) to Duncan Campbell for land in Totten and Crossfield's Purchase, 1774 April 5
Letters patent (military) to William Markham for land in Totten and Crossfield's Purchase, 1774 April 5
Letters patent to Luke Knoulton and 19 others for land in the township of Kellybrook (Vermont), 1774 July 20
Deeds for land in township of Kellybrook, 1774 August 24-25
Deed to Duncan Campbell for share in Totten and Crossfield's Purchase, 1774 September 19
Deeds for land in township of Rutland, 1774 September 14, 21-22
Deeds for land in township of Meath (Vermont), 1775 January-March
Letters patent to Josiah Willard and 24 others for land in township of Meath (Vermont), 1775 February 11
Letters patent to Lt. John Thompson for land in Charlotte County (Vermont), 1775 June 19
Letters patent to Saumel Ashley and 25 others for land in township of Smithfield, 1775 June 21
Deeds for land in township of Smithfield, 1775 June-August
Indenture of Peter Van Schaack's property to his children, 1778 August 14
Tripartite Indenture (Marriage Settlement) of Stephen Payne Gallway, Oliver Delancey, and Phila Delancey, 1774 December 8; 1786 June 2
Letters patent to Goldsboro Banyar for land in Montgomery County, 1786 July 11
Deed of partition with map of Banyar's patent, 1796 August 9
Letters patent to Goldsboro Banyar for land in Bergen's Purchase (4 patents), 1786 July 1786
Letters patent to Goldsboro Banyar for land in Delaware County (7 patents), 1786 August 14
Mortgage and leases from Thomas Mears to Goldsboro Banyar for land in Montgomery County, 1786 October 27-28, 1802 February 11
Deed from Goldsboro Banyar to John Coleman, Innholder, for Moiety of a farm in Orange County, 1792 June 4
Deed for land in England (William Banyar), 1791
Mortgages relating to George Clarke, 1795
Deeds for land in Arthursboro, Otego and Phelps and Gorham townships, 1796-1797, 1806-1807
Summersvale, Refuge and Chase's Patent, 1804, 1806, 1826
Deeds for land in Dutchess County (Robert Livingston)
Deeds relative to Harbeck lots (Albany), 1786-1820
Deeds for land in Albany (include Church Pew rental), 1795, 1798, 1802-1803
Deeds for land in Albany, 1813-1815
New York City deeds, 17906, 1803, 1809-1816
Deed and Grant of Wharfage with survey map to William Lawrence, with supporting documents (New York City), 1806-1820
Letters patent for three lots in the village of Lewiston, Niagara County, 1808
Survey maps: Plan of Great Jones, Map of Kingsborough, and unidentified area along Hudson River, undated
Blank deeds, circa 1800
Loose seals (detached from 18th century deeds), circa 1770
Calendar of land documents
Subseries I.6: Business and household accounts
Scope and Contents Note
This subseries contains accounts and receipts reflecting Banyar's land transactions, quitrents, land surveys, bonds and mortgage obligations, stock transactions, wheat sales, tax receipts, and purchases of household goods and services. Also included are papers relating to the purchase of Banyar's Pearl Street residence in Albany.
Account books, 1769-1770, 1791-1797, 1805
Indenture of servitude (draft) and labor accounts, 1785-1803, undated
Accounts and receipts (quitrents, mortgages, bonds, etc.), 1760-1806, 1815, undated
Accounts, receipts and indentures (land patents), 1770's-1790's
Accounts, receipts and other documents relating to the Schorharie Patent, 1799, 1809. undated
Account book and receipts relating to Wallace's Patent, 1773, 1789-1813
John Wigram's minutes respecting Goldsborough and Wallace's Patent, 1809
John Wigram's accounts respecting Wallace's Patent, 1812-1816
Bills and receipts for land surveys, 1768-1774, 1792-1802
Receipts (primarily for bonds and mortgage obligations), 1799-1815, undated
Stock certificates, 1792- 1814
Accounts of wheat sales (primarily Bordman and Hillhouse), 1799-1809
Accounts of wheat sales (primarily Bordman and Hillhouse), 1799-1809
Receipts (household goods, clothing, groceries, wheat, etc.), 1760's-1800's, undated
Papers relating to purchase of Pearl Street residence in Albany, 1791
Receipts for goods and services; household accounts, 1774-1815, undated
Receipts for goods and services, 1773-1791
Tax receipts, 1800-1813
Bank book, Goldsboro Banyar, 1800-1814
Banknotes, Bank of Albany, 1800-1804
Subseries I.7: Legal and estate papers
Scope and Contents Note
This subseries includes bond and mortgage indentures, powers of attorney, decrees, orders, and various other legal documents relating to Banyar's personal and business affairs. Of particular interest is a bill of sale and manumissions papers for a slave. Also included are wills and estate papers of Banyar and other family members. In addition there are wills of other people connected to the family, including Lawrence Reade, who leaves an interesting bequest to Mary Barron, a "free mulatto woman in the Island of Jamaica," and her three children Sara Reade, Lawrence Reade and Ann Reade.
Chancery Court, papers filed in Rutsen v. Van Rensallear, 1788-1789
Bond and mortgage indentures, 1766, 1794-1814
Bond indenture and related papers, William Edgar and Chauncy Belknap, 1803-1823
Powers of Attorney, 1773-1815
Legal documents (decrees, orders, petition of insolvent debtor), 1762, 1773, 1788, 1799, 1818
Estate of Abraham and Martha Mortier, 1767-1795, undated
Wills and estates of Joseph Reade, Lawrence Reade and Francis Stephens, 1769, 1773, 1783, undated
Estate of Alexander Colden, 1773, 1784, 1790, 1793
Guardianship of Mary Ballard Beckford (granddaughter of George Clarke), 1784-1790
Marriage certificate of Goldsboro Banyar and Elizabeth Appy, 1767 February 3
Bill of sale and manumission papers for slave named Frank, 1795, 1801
Wills of Goldsbrow Banyar, 1792-1810
Receipts and accounts relating to Goldsbrow Banyar Estate, 1815-1840
Sales of wheat for the estate of Goldsbrow Banyar, 1812-1820's
Accounts of Goldsborough LeRoy Banyar, devisee, 1822
Estate of Jacob and Martha Leroy, 1814-1815
Estate of Jacob and Martha LeRoy, 1817-1822, 1831, 1837
Wills of Banyar family members, 1765-1886
Appointment of Frederick W. Smith to Lieutenant in the US Navy, 1813 July 24
Access Restrictions
Contains presidential signature
Series II: Campbell P. White and Harriet (Banyar) White
Scope and Contents Note
This series consists primarily of the papers of Banyar's grandson-in-law, Campbell Patrick White, who married Banyar's granddaughter Harriet Banyar LeRoy in 1816.
An Irish immigrant, Campbell Patrick White (1787-1859) became a successful New York merchant and Tammany politician. His father, Dr. John Campbell White, founded White and Sons Distillery in Baltimore, and Campbell and his older brother Robert White operated a New York branch of this business. Campbell White was also elected to Congress as a Jacksonian Democrat, serving from 1829 to 1835. Upon the death of Goldsborough LeRoy Banyar, Campbell White took over management of the Banyar family estate, including the family's real estate holdings.
Also included in this series are some papers of Campbell White's brother, Robert White (d. 1847). Robert White was for many years the cashier of the Bank of Manhattan, until he resigned around 1840 amid allegations of misfeasance. A bachelor, Robert White was closely involved with his nephews, the children of Campbell and Harriet, and apparently lent them substantial amounts of money for their brokerage business. A letter to Robert from his father suggests that he may have had problems with alcoholism.
Papers include correspondence as well as financial and legal documents spanning the period from 1818 to the 1850's. Correspondence concerns the business dealings of Campbell and Robert White, including various financial transactions, the family distillery business, management of the Banyar estate, and the dispute with the Bank of Manhattan. Correspondence of Campbell White also touches on political issues, including currency and anti-rent legislation and the assassination attempt on Andrew Jackson.
Letters of frequent and/or significant correspondents with Campbell White have been foldered separately. These include business associates and agents William Slosson, Robert Ludlow, Marcus T. Reynolds, James Dexter, William Wason; diplomat David Baillie Warden; Baltimore lawyer and statesman Reverdy Johnson; Senator Levi Woodbury; and various others identified in the box and folder list. Of particular interest are some letters sent by William Wason during the 1949 cholera outbreak, when Campbell White's family relocated to the Rockaways.
Correspondence of Robert White concerns business with the Bank of Manhattan and the ante-bellum cotton trade. There are also several folders of other documents concerning the Bank of Manhattan, including some concerning the allegations against Robert White.
There is correspondence from and between other family members, including Goldsborough LeRoy Banyar, John Campbell White (Campbell's father), John White (Campbell's brother), Henry White (Campbell's brother) and his son John White (Campbell's nephew), Joseph White (Campbell's brother) and his son William Pinkney Whyte (Campbell's nephew), and Campbell and Harriet's children John C. White, Mary White and Ann White. Letters address business as well as family matters; some of the letters relate to a dispute between Campbell White and his brothers in Baltimore over business dealings, which led his nephew William Pinkney Whyte to legally change the spelling of his name.
Subseries II.1: Correspondence and ephemera
Scope and Contents Note
This subseries includes correspondence and related papers, as well as a few folders of ephemera and family keepsakes.
Letters from Campbell White, 1820-1843
Letters from Campbell White, 1844-1854
Letters from Campbell White (undated and fragments), undated
Letters to Campbell White, 1818, 1825-1835
Letters to Campbell White regarding political patronage, 1832-1849
Letters to Campbell White, 1836-1843
Letters to Campbell White, 1844-1853, undated
Letters and certificates regarding Campbell White's appointments in New York State Militia, 1820-1845
Drafts and other documents relating to currency legislation, 1826-1833, 1846, undated
Correspondence regarding anti-rent legislation, 1850-1851
Correspondence of William Slosson, 1823-1845, undated
Correspondence of David Baillie Warden (Paris), 1823-1844
Correspondence of Robert Ludlow, 1828-1850, undated
Correspondence of Marcus T. Reynolds (Albany), 1832-1849, undated
Correspondence of James Dexter (Albany), 1832-1850
Correspondence of James Dexter regarding Banyar estate, 1833-1837
Correspondence of William Wason, 1833-1849 July 14
Correspondence of William Wason, 1849 July 16 - 1850, undated
Correspondence of Levi Woodbury, 1837
Correspondence of James G. King (regarding Manhattan Company), 1840-1843
Correspondence of E.S. Derry, 1840-1849
Correspondence of Andrew Stevenson (Richmond), 1841-1843
Belfast correspondents (Same Lake, E. Beggs, Edmond Getty), 1841-1851
Correspondence of Emily Harper, 1843-1847, undated
Correspondence of James Smith, Southwark Bank (Philadelphia), 1843-1849
Correspondence of Charles O'Connor, 1843-1850
Correspondence of Reverdy Johnson, 1844-1845
Correspondence of J. Glenn (Baltimore), 1849-1850
Various correspondents, 1824-1852, undated
Envelopes, undated
Correspondence of Robert White, 1820-1846, undated
Correspondence and accounts relating to cotton business, 1811, 1832-1837
Papers relating to Bank of Manhattan, 1819-1839, undated
Papers relating to Bank of Manhattan, 1840-1844
Goldsborough LeRoy Banyar (brother-in-law of Campbell White), 1817-1859, undated
Letters from John C. White (father) to Robert and Campbell White, 1824?-1834
Letters from John White (brother) to Campbell and Robert White, 1825-1848, undated
Letters from Henry White (brother) to Campbell White3, 1832-1845
Letters from John C. White (nephew) to Campbell White and Mary White, 1845-1851, undated
Letters from Joseph White (brother) to Campbell White), 1844-1850
Letter from William Pinkney Whyte (nephew) to Campbell White, 1849
Correspondence of John C. White (son of Campbell White), 1833-1852, undated
Correspondence of Mary White (daughter of Campbell White), 1850, undated
Correspondence of Ann White (daughter of Campbell White), undated
Other White family correspondence, 1814, 1821, 1848-1849, undated
Printed material (voting list for 24th Congress, invitation to 28th anniversary of Tammany Society, appeals for aid), 1846, undated
Newspaper clippings, 1828, undated
Calling cards and hair locks
Commonplace book of Campbell White; school exercise of John C. White, undated
Unidentified manuscript, circa 1830
Subseries II.2: Financial and legal papers
Scope and Contents Note
This subseries consists of various business and household receipts, real estate documents, and legal and estate papers.
Accounts and receipts, Campbell White, 1807-1850, undated
Receipts and bank notes, Campbell White, 1805-1869, undated
Household and contractor receipts, Campbell White, 1825-1859, undated
Accounts and receipts, Robert White, 1826-1843, undated
Accounts and receipts, Robert White, 1836-1840, undated
Receipts, assorted, 1825-1851, undated
Accounts and receipts, John White & Company, 1817-1847, undated
Account book, John White & Company, 1831-1833
Accounts and receipts, John C. White, 1840's-1850's, undated
Bank books, receipt books and cancelled checks, 1829-1848, undated
Bank books, Bank of New York, 1842-1847
Checkbooks, Robert White and Manhattan Co.; signature stamp, 1832-1845, undated
Check receipts, 1842-1845
Accounts and receipts, stocks and bonds, 1813-1854, undated
Accounts, undated
Accounts (including estates and rents), 1814-1851, undated
Tax assessments, 1819-1856
Receipts, Martha LeRoy, Harriet White, and others, 1812-1858
Inventory of furniture, Harriet Banyar White, 1821
White household receipts, 1822-1852
White household receipts and accounts, 1825-1850, undated
Mortgages, bonds and releases, 1817-1857
Patents and mortgages, circa 1830's
Deeds, grants and leases, 1816, 1835-1857
Deeds, 1827-1850, undated
Record book of deeds, 1828-1864
Leases, 1837-1854
Releases, 1836-1855
Rental and other land agreements; maps, 1820-1853, undated
Search for judgments, 1809, 1819-1839, undated
Legal claims and contracts relating to Manhattan water lots, 1818-1849, undated
Inventory of land holdings, circa 1837
Legal claims and lawsuits, 1828-1837
Legal claims and lawsuits, 1838-1861
Legal claims and lawsuits (White family members), 1833-1854
Legal papers (drafts), 1825-1843, undated
Blank legal forms, 1829, undated
Estate account books (Dan LeRoy, Dr. Benjamin Payne, William Lawrence), 1801-1820, 1832, undated)
Estate account books, Cornelia Ludlow, 1837-1838
Estate account books and inventories, Campbell White and Harriet Banyar White, 1859, 1886-1903
Estate accounts, Jacob and Martha LeRoy, 1829-1859
Estate accounts, heirs of Goldsbrow Banyar, 1820-1840, undated
Will and estate papers, Goldsborough LeRoy Banyar, 1841-1842
Probate and will of Ann Dulany, 1828
Exemplification of probate and new will of Daniel Dulany, 9 January 1924
Estate papers, Ann White, 1827-1847
Estate papers, Ann White, 1829-1841
Estate papers, Ann White (insurance policies), 1815-1828
Estate papers, Charlotte White, 1840- 1841, undated
Estate of William Edgar, correspondence and legal papers, 1823-1844, undated
Estate of William Edgar, accounts, 1822-1842, undated
State Marine Insurance Company (papers relating to lawsuit), 1835-1843, undated
State Marine Insurance Company (financial statements), 1831-1840
Marine insurance policies for shipments of gin and cotton (Ocean Insurance Company, Jackson Marine Insurance Company), 1832-1837
Fire insurance policies and premiums (primarily Eagle Fire Company), 1823-1852
Plan of Regulation West of Broadway (survey), 1849
Series III: Goldsborough Banyar (formerly John Campbell White)
Scope and Contents Note
This series spans the period from 1872 to 1904 and consists primarily of papers relating to the routine management of the properties in the Banyar estate by Campbell and Harriet's son John White, who in accordance with his uncle's will changed his name to Goldsborough Banyar. There is also a small amount of personal correspondence of John White's sisters, Ann, Cornelia and Mary. Receipts include local businesses, many with pictorial billheads.