About Our Chapter
Wiltwyck Chapter, NSDAR, Kingston, NY was organized on November 2, 1892 and named for the early Dutch settlement which was called “Wiltwyck”. Wiltwyck means “the wild place or village” in Dutch. In 1658, the Director-General Peter Stuyvesant came from New Amsterdam, in the colony of New Netherland, to Wiltwyck and suggested that the village move to a tract of land that could be enclosed by a stockade for protection from the Indians living in the area. In the past, skirmishes had occurred between the settlers and the Esopus Indians.
The Chapter was started with 26 members and Mary Isabella Forsyth was appointed the Regent. The chapter bought their stone house in 1907. It had survived the burning of Kingston by the British troops in 1777 and for over 350 the years it has been a home, a store, a post office and even a print shop. This historic chapter house still stands there today, where it was first built, within the protective stockade wall area near four other historic original stone buildings that also have been occupied and in use since before the Revolutionary War. . |
Regent Mary Isabella Forsyth is on the left in this 1800’s photograph.
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Our chapter member Nancy Chando has researched the long history of wills and deeds for our beautiful chapter house in the extensive Ulster County Court House Surrogate Court records. . Watch this YouTube video of her presentation on the chapter house. It is about 40 minutes long. --—--—--—>>>>> |
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Our members regularly attend the DAR Continental Congress in Washington DC at the beautiful NSDAR headquarters. They participate in the business and social events at the congress. They also get the chance to see the New York State Room and visit the DAR Museum and Library and our other national government tourist sites. |
Meetings in the Congress Hall are impressive. The New York State Room has beautiful wall paper.
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