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Wilhelmus Mynderse
Birth: 7-11-1767
Death: 1-31-1838
Biography
Wilhelmus Mynderse was born at Albany, July 11, 1767, and died Jan. 31, 1838, in the house he built and for years occupied. He was the earliest resident proprietor of a large portion of what is today the village of Seneca Falls. He owned a one-fifth interest in the Bayard Land Co., then the owners of the land and water power of present Seneca Falls village. He was the resident business agent of this land company for thirty years. He located in Seneca Falls permanently in 1795. No other single individual had as much to do with the beginning of the settlement of Seneca Falls, its subsequent growth to a prosperous village and the location there of early industries as did Wilhelmus Mynderse. Seneca Falls was originally called Mynderse Mills after him.
Letter References
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 23, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 19, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 7, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 27, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 5, 1831
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Wilhelmus Mynderse was born at Albany, July 11, 1767, and died Jan. 31, 1838, in the house he built and for years occupied. He was the earliest resident proprietor of a large portion of what is today the village of Seneca Falls. He owned a one-fifth interest in the Bayard Land Co., then the owners of the land and water power of present Seneca Falls village. He was the resident business agent of this land company for thirty years. He located in Seneca Falls permanently in 1795. No other single individual had as much to do with the beginning of the settlement of Seneca Falls, its subsequent growth to a prosperous village and the location there of early industries as did Wilhelmus Mynderse. Seneca Falls was originally called Mynderse Mills after him.
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http://www.co.seneca.ny.us/history/Wilhelmus%20Mynderse.pdf
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