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Ditmas family papers

Call Number

1986.054

Date

1647-1900, inclusive

Creator

Ditmas, Johannes
Ditmas family
Ditmars family
Ditmas, Elizabeth Armstrong
Ditmas, John J., Jr.
Ditmas, John J., Sr.
Ditmas, Priscilla Burr

Extent

1.34 Linear Feet in one oversize box.

Language of Materials

Materials in English and Dutch.

Abstract

The Ditmas family papers span the period 1647 to 1900 and consist of indentures, deeds, bonds, bills of sale, mortgages, agreements, and other documents, mostly regarding land transactions in the town of Flatbush in Kings County, N.Y. Other documents pertain to transactions involving enslaved African Americans; land transactions in the towns of Bushwick and Gowanus in Kings County; and land disputes. One document in the collection is written in Dutch.

Biographical / Historical

The Ditmas family (also spelled Ditmars) resided in the town of Flatbush in Kings County, N.Y. Family members chiefly represented in this collection include Johannes Ditmas and his descendants through the following three generations. Johannes Ditmas was a Quartermaster in the Kings County Regiment of Militia and participated in the Revolutionary War. His son, John J. Ditmas, married Priscilla Burr of Fairfield, CT. John and Priscilla's son, also named John J. Ditmas, married Elizabeth Armstrong of Pawtucket, R.I., and later moved from Flatbush to Sunbury, OH. John and Elizabeth's daughter, Elizabeth Armstrong Ditmas (b. 1853), had been born in Flatbush and continued to reside there as of the 1890s. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution through her relation to her great-grandfather, Johannes Ditmas.

Scope and Contents

The Ditmas family papers span the period 1647 to 1900 and consist of indentures, deeds, bonds, bills of sale, mortgages, agreements, and other documents, mostly regarding land transactions in the town of Flatbush in Kings County, N.Y. Other documents pertain to transactions involving enslaved African Americans; land transactions in the towns of Bushwick and Gowanus in Kings County; and land disputes. One document in the collection is written in Dutch.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to users without restriction.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Ditmas family papers, 1986.054, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Cynthia B. Lake, 1987.

Related Materials

Related archival collections at the Brooklyn Historical Society:

Missing Title

  1. 1973.292, John C. Ditmas account book, 1837-1954
  2. ARC.196, Charles A. Ditmas collection, 1687-1935

Collection processed by

Nicholas Pavlik

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 11:20:13 +0000.
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Language: English

Processing Information

Minimally processed to the collection level.

Oppressive descriptive language was remediated from the abstract and scope and contents notes in this finding aid as part of an anti-racist descriptive language audit performed in December 2020.

Revisions to this Guide

December 2020: Revised by Amy Lau, Archivist, to remediate oppressive language from abstract and scope and contents note.

Note Statement

change to complete_collection_level

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society

Container

Oversize: 1986.054 1 of 1 (Material Type: Text)
Center for Brooklyn History
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201