The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH088

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1805-09-18 Receipt, Widow Huyck's Carding Account Paid

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Obverse

Widow Huyck's Carding a/c 1805

Reverse

Kinderhook Mills 18th Sept 1805 Widow Huick — — — — — To Edward Upton Dr To Carding & Sheet Rolls 23-1/2# 0 : 15 : 8 To — do — & — do — — 10 — — — 6 : 8 To — do — & — do — — 11 — — — 7 : 4 — — — — — — — — — — — — ————— — — — — — — — — — — — — £ 1 : 9 : 8 — — — — — 2 Small bundles — — — 2 : 4 — — — — — — — — — — — — ————— — — — — — — — — — — — — £ 1 : 12 : 0 Rec'd Payment Edward Upton{sig}

Commentary

Who is this "widow Huyck"? From what I have been able to determine there are only a couple possibilities in the line these documents may have descended through:

Jacobus Huyck (m) 1716-08-19 - 1767/8 - m. Elizabeth Van Dyck (f) 1728-1775(?) or 1813(?)
Arent Huyck (m) 1761-09-27 - 1795 - m. Christina Van Slyck (f) 1764 - 1858-11-25

Elizabeth's documents cease in February 1773, followed a year later in March 1774 by inventories and memorandums relating to the distribution of Andries' and Jacobus' (her brother-in-law and her husband) assets and the leasing of the farm to Michael Goes. I think this points to her early demise in her mid forties rather than the 1813 date I can't seem to corroborate. This points to the "widow Huyck" being Christina.

If Elizabeth died in 1773/4, Arent would have been orphaned at 12/13 years old, and didn't take over the farm until sometime into his maturity. And then died prematurely at 33/34, leaving the farm to Christina.

Notes:

“Widow Huyck” — If Elizabeth lived until 1813 she would have been roughly in her 70s or 80s — entirely possible. And Widow Huyck receiving wool carding services at Kinderhook Mills in 1805 would fit Elizabeth perfectly — an elderly widow still managing a small farm operation. It would also explain how the archive remained coherent and intact — Elizabeth holding it together through her long widowhood, passing it to Christina and ultimately to Lydia before her death in 1813.

Edward Upton — a textile mill operator at Kinderhook Mills, providing carding and sheet rolls — a wool processing service. Raw wool was carded to align the fibers and rolled into sheets ready for spinning into yarn.

The charges:

23½ pounds carded and rolled — £0:15:8

10 pounds carded and rolled — 0:6:8

11 pounds carded and rolled — 0:7:4

2 small bundles — 0:2:4

Total: £1:12:0

44½ pounds of wool processed in total — consistent with the sheep farming documented throughout the archive. The Huyck farm still maintaining a wool clip into the early 19th century.

Kinderhook Mills — a specific location, suggesting a mill complex had developed at Kinderhook by 1805, consistent with the industrial development of Columbia County in the early republic period.

The continuity is striking — wool appearing in both account books as a commodity sold to neighbors, now being processed at a commercial mill. The farm’s textile production has shifted from home processing to industrial carding, reflecting the early industrialization of rural New York.

Elizabeth Van Dyck Huyck, widow of Jacobus Huyck — born circa 1730s, died between 1773 and 1813, exact date uncertain. Active farm management documented to 1773. A Find-a-Grave entry suggests 1813 but is unconfirmed by photographic evidence.

— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-09 - jhc

Metadata

Document: BH088

Date: 1805-09-18

Language: English

Type: Invoice, Receipt

Subject: Commerce, Agriculture

Principals: Widow Huyck (Christina?), Edward Upton

Other Persons Mentioned: None

Places Mentioned: Kinderhook Mills

— page revised 2026-06-15 - jhc

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