Joost Duryea

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1903-01-04/ed-1/s... Joost Duryea built the family homestead in 1681. The homestead remained in the family for over 200 years. It was torn down in 1903 to make room for improvements by the Pennsylvania Railroad. This article in the Jan. 4, 1903 edition of the New York Sun pictures the house and discusses the Duryeas.

http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofcityofb00ostriala#page/284/m... A history of the city of Brooklyn and Kings county by Stephen M. Ostrander ... Ed., with introduction and notes, by Alexander Black. Published 1894 Ref. Page 284 Joost Duryea

Source: "The Charles Duryee family" by Duryee, Harold T. Published in Canfield, Ohio 1955 http://0-persi.heritagequestonline.com.alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us/hqo...

Source: http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsofreforme00refo#page/n123/mode... "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Oyster Bay, L.I., 1741-1835" the Wolver Hollow Church. Published 1912 in New York . Note: Family Church of the Duryea's Ref. Page 59 Joost Deryea buried June 20, 1781

Source: A documentary history of het (the) Nederdeutsche gemeente Dutch congregation, of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Island of Nassau, now Long Island by Henry A. Stoutenburgh Published 1902 in New York . http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028825012#page/n19/mode/2up Duryea family church before attending Wolver Hollow Church

A documentary history of het (the) Nederdeutsche gemeente ..., Volumes 1-5 By Henry Augustus Stoutenburgh http://books.google.com/books?id=26YuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=sto...

Source: "Historic Cemeteries of Oyster Bay" http://www.oysterbaytown.com/vertical/Sites/%7B7D6BDBFB-65E8-4A80-B... Brookville Cemetery was established by the Dutch Reformed Church in 1750 and is located at the corner of Rte. 25A and Wolver Hollow Road in Upper Brookville, Nassau County