Roeliff Jansen Kill
| Roeliff Jansen Kill (Sank-he-nak) | |
| Ancram Creek, Livingstons Creek | |
| River | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | New York |
| County | Columbia, Dutchess |
| Source | |
| - location | Chatham, NY |
| - coordinates | 42°16′45″N 73°30′40″W / 42.27917°N 73.51111°W |
| Mouth | Hudson River |
| - location | Livingston, New York |
| - elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| - coordinates | 42°10′49″N 73°51′33″W / 42.18028°N 73.85917°WCoordinates: 42°10′49″N 73°51′33″W / 42.18028°N 73.85917°W |
| Length | 56 mi (90 km) |
 Roeliff Jansen Kill map
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The Roeliff Jansen Kill[1] is a major tributary to the Hudson River.
Its source is in the town of Austerlitz, New York, and its mouth is at the Hudson River at Linlithgo in the town of Livingston. The stream flows for 56.2 miles (90.4 km)[2] through Dutchess and Columbia counties before entering the Hudson River about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Hudson.[3]
Most of the watershed lies in Columbia County, although parts of the northern Dutchess County towns of North East, Stanford, Pine Plains, Milan, and Red Hook are within the stream's watershed of approximately 212 square miles (550 km2).[4] A major tributary is Shekomeko Creek.[5]
The Roeliff Jansen Kill was the traditional boundary between the Native American Mahican and Wappinger tribes.[6]
Tributaries
- Klein Kill
- Doove Kill
- Fall Kill
- Ham Brook
- Shekomeko Creek - Native American Che-co-min-go, "place of eels".[7]
- Bean River
- Punch Brook
- Noster Kill
- Preechey Hollow Brook
- Bashbish Brook
- Cedar Brook
- Wright Brook
- City Brook
- Guilder Brook
- Ashley Hill Brook
- Lee Pond Brook
Roeliff Jansen
Roeloff Jansen was a Rensselaerswyck farmer. In April 1623, the twenty-three-year-old Jansen married the eighteen-year-old Anneke Jans in Amsterdam, Holland. Following the birth of their first three children, they emigrated to New Netherland in 1630.[8] The couple settled in Rensselaerwyck, New Netherland, near what is now Albany, New York, where Jansen had an engagement as a farmer for Kiliaen Van Rensselaer. He later moved his family to New Amsterdam where he died.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roeliff Jansen Kill
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
- ↑ NY Public Fishing Rights Maps: Roeliff Jansen Kill
- ↑ USGS 01362182 ROELIFF JANSEN KILL NEAR LINLITHGO NY
- ↑ Dutchess County Watershed: Roeliff Jansen Kill Information
- ↑ History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs..., Edward Manning Ruttenberg, page 372
- ↑ Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 46
- ↑ Bielinski, Stefan. "Anneke Jans". New York State Museum. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ↑ Raphelson, Jeffrey (February 2007). "A Certaine Parcell of Land Lying on this Island, Manhatans". Court Legacy (Historical Society for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan) XIV (1). Retrieved 13 December 2012.