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The Town of Greenbush is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River, directly opposite the city of Albany. It is bounded on the north by the town of North Greenbush; on the west by the Hudson River; on the east and south by the town of East Greenbush. The town was called by the Dutch, Greene Bosch, from the pine woods which originally covered the flats. The Indian name of the territory Pe-tu-qua-poem and Jus-cum-catick. It was also known by the name of De Laet's Burg, in honor of the historian De Laet, who was one of the original co-directors of Rensselaerswick. The first settlement of the town of Greenbush began as early as 1628. As their land and number dwindled, the Mahican Indians began to scatter, and by 1740 most had disappeared from the Hudson Valley. In their search for beaver, Mahican hunters had ranged west into the Ohio Valley. With the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by the British in 1759 the Indian raids in the area stopped and soon families began to settle. The early settlers came mostly from river towns, working their way north and east as settlement of the county progressed. The organization of the town dates back to April 10, 1792, when it was formed from Rensselaerswick. Another act of incorporation is dated March 17, 1795. The present town was defined by the act of April 9, 1852. A map made in 1767 by John R. Bleeker, surveyor of "Manor Rensselaerwick" portrays Greenbush, Rensselaer County, as a vast wilderness, with only two families in residence. They were located in the southwest part. Other maps indicate that the western part of the town was settled first. Van Allen's survey made in 1788-1789 shows all of the town assigned to settlers except the eastern mountainous area.

Samuel Lape, born December 29, 1751, and baptized at Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Germantown, NY, on January 01, 1752, was sponsored by Samuel Schurtz and Anna Hagedorn. Samuel Schurtz was born December 1, 1731 at East Camp, Columbia, NY, the son of Valentin David Schurtz and Anna Catherine Müller (sister of Anna Margaretha Müller) of Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. Anna Hagedorn was the wife of Andreas Müller (brother of Anna Margaretha Müller).

Samuel Lape moved from Claverack, Columbia County, NY, to Greenbush (later named West Sand Lake), Rensselear County, NY, about 1770, marrying Anna Elizabeth Heidley, daughter of John and Anna Catherine Hideley, in Greenbush, NY, about 1772. John Heidley (Heidle, Hidley) immigrated to America in 1754, to Germantown, NY (East Camp), settling in Greenbush, Rensselaer, NY, just North of Aries' (Snyder's) Lake in 1769.

Samuel Lape and his twin brother, Thomas, served in the Albany County militia during the Revolution. Samuel served in the Revolutionary War from about 1777-1785 in at least two regiments, for which he was paid. Samuel Lape was a Sergeant in the Captain De Forest's Company, Captain Husted's Company, and Captain Fraist's Company, 6th Regiment (4th Rensselaerwyck Battalion), Henry K. Van Rensselaer's Regiment (Albany County), New York Militia and shows up on a list for the Land Bounty Rights as a member of the 6th Regiment, Albany County Militia (as Samuel Leap). He was paid as a soldier on January 14, 1785, £3.4.9 and on another date, £4.12.10. He was also on the payroll of Captain Cornelius Noble's Company, in Colonel Stephen Schuyler's Regiment of the Albany County Militia, August 11, 1777.

Henry Killian Van Rensselaer (1743 - 1816) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Albany County, NY Militia, Sixth Regiment and later advanced as General. "He was in several engagements, during which he uniformly discovered the greatest coolness and courage. In July 1777 he was attacked by a large body of the enemy at Fort Ann, but with an unequal force he resisted them with great obstinacy and success until he learned that Ticonderoga had been abandoned by our troops, when he brought his men off. On that occasion he received a wound from a musket shot, the effect of which he severely felt throughout the remainder of his life."

Samuel Lape did not file for a Revolutionary War pension, but his name does show up on the Sixth Regiment, Albany County Militia, Land Bounty Rights as Samuel Leap. The Sixth Regiment engaged in skirmishes with the Tories along the Mohawk River and the Hudson River, but were not engaged in any conventional battle. The Sixth Regiment, and other militias in the area, formed a core of protection for the Albany area that helped keep the British Army and the Loyalist Militias from establishing a base of operations there. If a base were to be established in Albany and in the Hudson River Valley as a whole, it would serve to cut the colonies in half. This would cut the New England colonies off from the rest of the colonies, greatly strengthening the British and Loyalist cause.

Thomas was a member of Captain Shaver's Company, Livingston Regiment (8th & 10th), Albany County Militia. He was paid, on an unknown 1780's date, £1.8.5 (Military Service Records in the National Archives, Cards # 27806.) Thomas Lape also qualified for a Land Bounty Grant as a member of the 6th Regiment, Albany County Militia.

George Lape, baptized as Johan Jurrie Levie, also served in the Revolution. He too was a member of Captain Shaver's Company, Livingston Regiment (8th & 10th), Albany County Militia (as Jurry Lape and George Laap). He did apply "for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of 7th June 1832 passed by Congress" at the age of 82 years. Of interest is that the following men were entitled to certificates for pay due them from the State for militia service in the 10th Albany Militia Regiment (Livingston Manor & Germantown), but did not pick them up: Lape, Jury: 1 pound, 8 shilling, 5 pence; Lape, Thomas: 1 pound, 8 shilling, 5 pence.

The opening of lands to the North and to the West, with free lands, opportunities, and adventures led many young sons from the countryside. Names that appeared for over a century in local ledgers would reappear in the "Upper Manor" of Rensselaerwyck, and later in other areas in other New York counties, and in Ohio and Illinois. This led to the dissolving of the close family ties and estates in the Claverack Township.

On November 1, 1785, Stephen Van Rensselaer III became the Patroon of Rensselaerwyck. With the help of Alexander Hamilton, Stephen made plans to develop and populate the vast land holdings of the Manor. Handbills were distributed announcing that the Patroon would give the Patriots of the Revolution homesteads without cost. Only after the farms became productive would he ask for any compensation. In 1788, Evert Van Allen and Job Gilbert were commissioned to survey the Manor and divide it into 120-acre farms. The conditions of the grants stated that a farmer find a location, clear it, build a dwelling, and live in it for seven years free. At the end of this time, they would go to the Manor office and receive a durable lease. The project of Stephen Van Rensselaer led to an influx of settlers into Rensselaerwyck after the Revolution due to these inducements.

Samuel Lape, Sr. moved to the "Upper Manor" of Rensselaerwyck, later to be known as West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, in 1770. Although Samuel is believed to have lived at Greenbush (West Sand Lake) since 1770, the date of the lease is listed as August 22, 1791. He would have officially settled on the land in 1784, seven years before the "durable lease". It appears that Samuel may have lived with the John Hideley family between 1770-1784. Samuel would have been busy as a Revolutionary soldier during most of these years, and when not soldiering he probably worked for his father-in-law, John Hideley, especially during spring & fall harvest times. Samuel and his wife, Elizabeth Hideley, were also busy starting their family during these years.

Samuel Lape held a lease from Stephen Van Rensselaer for 222 acres. Samuel Lape's neighbors were the Charles Neer family, the Andreas Weatherwax family, the Laurence Weatherwax family, the John Feller family, the Johannes Kilmer family, the David Calkins family, the Jonas Kenter family, the Henrick Mueller family, the Edenent Campbell family, the John Strope family, and a little farther to the North, the John Hideley family. Like his father Andries Lape and his neighbors, Samuel Lape was a farmer.

Samuel and Elizabeth Lape were active members of Trinity Lutheran Church, West Sand Lake, NY. Originally known as the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rensselaerwyck & Greenbush, it became the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1825. The original church was located on the Glebe Farm, southwest of the present location in the village of West Sand Lake. Samuel Lape was a witness to the choosing by ballot of the following church officers on January 25, 1791: Barent Uhlein, Andreas Wederwax, and Andreas Miller. Samuel Lape gave an affidavit of the proceeding, dated March 15, 1790, and the certificate is recorded in Albany County, in Church Patents, Volume I, page 38.

The Samuel Lape homestead, built in 1797, was located in the Town of West Sand Lake, on Barnes Road, which is located south of the village of West Sand Lake, and which intersects County Route 150. In the late 19th Century, Barnes Road dead-ended at the Samuel Lape Farm and did not continue through to Parker Road and end at NYS Route 152 as it does today. Samuel Lape shows up on the first U.S. Census of 1790 in Rensselaerwyck.

Samuel and Anna Hideley Lape had eleven children between 1773 and 1796:

Johannes Lape, the oldest son of Samuel Lape, Sr., was born May 28, 1773, in Churchtown, Columbia, NY, married December 23, 1795, Maria Feller, daughter of John Feller of West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY. On February 2, 1790, Johannis Leep leased 133 acres of the "Beaverdam Farm", formerly part of the Benjamin Van Etten property. Johannes and Maria Lape lived on the north shore of Aries’, now known as Snyder’s Lake, North Greenbush, Rensselaer, NY, and had eight children between 1798-1818, including Samuel J. Lape, Johannes Jacob Lape, Thomas Lape, Nicholas Lape, and William Lape. John Lape may have been the owner of a wooden groove plane. Johannes Lape died October 17, 1849, and is buried in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY. Maria Fellers Lape died October 08, 1853, and is also buried in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. John Lape had a will recorded January 28, 1850.

Samuel John Lape, the oldest son of Johannes and Maria, born August 14, 1796, married Margaret Younghans, daughter of Matthias and Margaret Van Alstyne Younghans, on February 14, 1819, at Trinity Lutheran Church, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, and later displaced to Manlius, Onondaga, New York. He purchased land while living in Manlius Center, Onondaga, NY: from Nevin, Daniel by Exrs. to S. J. Lape 1829 (OO,490) lot 34, and from Nevin, Daniel by Exrs. &c. to J. Lape 1830 (XX,116) lot 34. Samuel and Peggy had seven children, all born in Rensselaer County, NY. Samuel shows on the 1830 Census of Manlius, NY. Samuel J. Lape died a young man at the age of 34, on September 02, 1830, one month before his youngest child, Samuel, was baptized. His wife and seven children returned to Rensselaer County after his death, Peggy later living with her daughter Margaret Eliza Ferguson in West Sand Lake. Margaret Younghans Lape died January 01, 1856, and is buried next to her son John S. Lape in the Trinity Lutheran Church cemetery, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer. NY.

Margaret Eliza Lape, born November 29, 1819, West Sand lake, Rensselaer, NY, married George Leonard Ferguson on January 11, 1840.

John S. Lape, born July 21, 1821, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY; died March 06, 1842, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY.

Matthias Lape, b. April 14, 1823, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, married Sally.

Catherina Maria Lape, born March 07, 1825, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY; died January 21, 1856, married William B. Snyder, in 1850.

Almira Lape, born November 22, 1826, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, died April 16, 1852, East Greenbush, Rensselaer, NY, married George B. Hoff, December 11, 1851, at Trinity Lutheran Church, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY.

Sarah Sabrina Lape, born September 30, 1828, died 1910, Blooming Grove Cemetery, North Greenbush, Rensselaer, NY, married Christopher Karner, in 1853.

Samuel Lape, born. October 04, 1830, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY.

Johannes Jacob Lape, the second son of Johannes and Maria, born July 26, 1800, married Aganus (Ege) Van Alstine, on December 07, 1818, at Trinity Lutheran, West Sand Lake, NY. Ege's grandfather was Major John J. Fonda, who served in the 6th regiment, Albany County, New York Militia, under Col. Stephen John Schuyler. John and Ege Lape had six children, including John Lawrence Lape, born July 24, 1827.

John Lawrence Lape married Julia C. Shaver and they had two children. John L. Lape lived in West Sand Lake on the present Snyders Road, south of the village of West Sand Lake. The John Lawrence Lape family is also listed on the 1855 Census of Sand Lake.

Addison P. Lape, born in 1847, married Emma Fellows. Their daughter, Mabel Lape, was born in 1876.

Henry D. Lape, born in 1852.

Elizabeth Ann Lape, born December 12, 1836, married Samuel Ludington Irish.

Rev. Thomas Lape, the third son of Johannes and Maria Lape, born November 02, 1801, graduated from Union College in 1825 and from the Hartwick Seminary in 1827. While at Hartwick, Thomas tutored in Latin, Greek, English and German. Reverend Thomas Lape married Helen TenBroeck on September 20, 1836, and after her death in 1840 he married Carolyn Rossman on July 20, 1842. He preached in Johnstown, NY (1827-1832); removed in 1837 to West Camp and Woodstock (1834-1837); and soon after to Athens (1837-1847), where he spent ten years; thence removed to Waterloo (1847-1849), to Lockport (1849-1851) and again to West Camp and Woodstock. Rev. Thomas Lape was President of Hartwicks Synod and a donor of Wittenberg College, in Springfield, Ohio. He shows up on the 1850 census of Claverack. Reverend Thomas Lape died on January 02, 1879, and is buried in Hudson, Columbia, NY. Thomas and Carolyn had five children.

Helen Amelia Lape, born in 1842, died in 1851.

Cornelia Maria Lape, born 1843, died in 1845.

Frederick Rossman Lape, born December 26, 1844, married Emma Rouse.

Caroline Josephine Lape, born May 26, 1852, died June 02, 1860.

Mary Alice Lape, born December 25, 1854, died February 20, 1861.

Nicholas Lape, the fourth son of Johannes and Maria, was born and lived at Snyder's Lake, baptized at Evangelical LC, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, and married Catherine Younghans in 1823.

Their son Thomas Lape, born February 27, 1828, moved from Greenbush to Poestenkill, to Sand Lake, to Lansingburgh, and to Half Moon. In 1856 he moved to Valley Falls where he was President of the Cable Flax Mill, a mercantile and milling company. Thomas was married three times (widower). He kept a family Bible. Thomas Lape is the Great-Great Grandfather of Barbara Ann Lape Pitcher, of Hyde Park, Dutchess, NY. Barbara Lape Pitcher and her aunt, Florence Elizabeth Lape McNally, have been invaluable contributors of the Lape Family genealogy. Barbara Lape Pitcher's Great-Grandfather, Edward Nicholas Lape, born August 27, 1855, married Isabelle Jennie Stark on November 22, 1875, and they kept a family Bible.

Nicholas Lape and Catherine Younghans' son, William Lape, born November 23, 1830, married Ann E. Gorsline in 1855. William Lape hired a substitute named William C. Eaton, born in 1845 in Ireland, for the Civil War. The substitute enlisted as a private at Schenectady on August 20 1864 for 3 years. He was paid an enlistment bonus by the county in the amount of $750, above and beyond what, if anything, was given him by William Lape. William Lape's post office address as of 1865 was Crescent NY, a hamlet in the town of Halfmoon.

Wilhelmaus Lape, Major, the fifth son of Johannes and Maria, was born April 18, 1808, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, and died on August 28, 1836, burial at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY.

Jeremiah Lape, the sixth son of Johannes and Maria, born February 09, 1818, married Margaret Snyder, born December 25, 1818, daughter of John and Betsy Snyder. They had six children.

Jeremiah and Margaret eldest daughter was Christina Lape, born 10 Jun 1839, in Greenbush, Rensselaer, NY. She married Charles Willard 5 May 1859 at Trinity Lutheran Church, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY.

Maria Anna Lape, the oldest daughter of Johannes and Maria, was born May 11, 1810, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, and married John L. Van Valkenburgh, son of Lawrence Van Valkenburgh and Catherine Defreest, on August 20, 1827.

Anna Elizabeth "Lebe" Lape, the youngest daughter of Johannes and Maria, was born May 11, 1810, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, and married Henry Snyder, son of John Snyder and Elizabeth Cipperly, on October 29, 1838, in West Sand Lake, NY.

Thomas Lape, born 1775, Churchtown, Columbia, NY, was the second son of Samuel Lape, Sr., and married Barbary Weatherwax, daughter of Andreas Weatherwax and Katharina Reisdorph, on June 14, 1798, at Albany Lutheran Church, Albany, NY. Thomas and Barbara Lape had six children, including Jacob A. Lape, born January 27, 1805.

Jacob A. Lape moved to Schoharie County about 1824 and married his first cousin, Elizabeth Lape, born November 25, 1809.

Andreas "Loewe" Lape, born December 24, 1777, was the third son of Samuel Lape, Sr., baptized at St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church, Churchtown, NY, sponsor: Andreas Löwe, his grandfather. He married Elizabeth Schauerman, daughter of John Schauerman and Maria Schultheis, on October 31, 1802, at First Lutheran Church, Albany, NY. He moved to Schoharie County with his father and his brother, Samuel Lape, Jr., in 1814. His family is mentioned in the next chapter.

Elizabeth Lape, born December 04, 1779, Churchtown, Columbia, NY, oldest daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hideley Lape, married Jacob Hagadorn on April 12, 1796, at Claverack Reformed Church, Claverack, Columbia, NY. After his death in 1815, she married his brother Christopher Hagadorn, on August 20, 1815. Elizabeth died on March 03, 1816, four days after her second husband died. Elizabeth Lape and Christopher Hagadorn are buried in St. Thomas Evangelical Church Cemetery, Churchtown, Columbia, NY.

Maria Lape, the second daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hideley Lape, married Leonard Weatherwax, son of Andreas Weatherwax and Katharina Reisdorph, on January 30, 1798. They had six children born in East Greenbush, Rensselaer, NY. She is buried in the Weatherwax Cemetery, East Greenbush, NY. Leonard Weatherwax was a neighbor of Samuel Lape, Sr., in West Sand Lake.

George Lape, born February 15, 1786, Greenbush, Rensselaer, NY, was the fourth son of Samuel and Anna Hidley Lape. He married Gertrude Bauck on February 18, 1806, at the First Lutheran Church, Albany, NY. Although he had a lease from S. Van Rensselaer for 222 acres that was assigned from his father, along with his brother Jacob in 1816, he does not show up on records of West Sand Lake. After the death of Gertrude, George married Charity Bauck on August 20, 1815. George and family moved to East Schodack, Rensselaer, NY. He died on February 19, 1852 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Schodack, Rensselaer, NY. George and Gertrude Lape had two children, Gertrude Elizabeth Lape and Jacob Philip Lape. Charity Bauck Lape is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Schodack, NY.

Gertrude Elizabeth Lape, born September 15, 1806, married Martin Craver on March 25, 1826, at Trinity Lutheran Church, West Sand Lake, NY.

Jacob Philip Lape, born January 28, 1811, in West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, married Anna Maria Sliter, daughter of Nicholas Sliter and Cornelia Snyder, on August 27, 1831 at Trinity Lutheran Church, West Sand Lake, NY. Jacob P. Lape had four daughters. Jacob and family lived at the Payne Road and Reno Road junction, near County Route 150 in East Schodack, Rensselaer, NY. Jacob P. Lape died on October 03, 1881, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Schodack, Rensselaer, NY, with his wife.

Charity Ann Lape, born May 08, 1833, married Seneca S. Smith. She died on January 03, 1886, and is buried next to her parents in Woodlawn Cemetery, Schodack, Rensselaer, NY.

Catharine Elmira Lape, born June 21, 1837, married Lewis Fursman. She died in 1914, and is buried in Nassau-Schodack Cemetery, Nassau, Rensselaer, NY.

Cornelia Lape, born December 02, 1843, and who died on May 17, 1844, is buried next to her parents in Woodlawn Cemetery, Schodack, Rensselaer, NY.

Martha A. Lape, born 1845, married John L. Poyneer. She died in 1932, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Schodack, Rensselaer, NY.

Jacob Lape, born February 14, 1788, was the fifth son of Samuel and Elizabeth Lape, Sr. He died about 1789, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY. He may have been buried in the burial plot at the original home of Samuel Lape, Sr., in West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, next to his mother, Elizabeth Hideley Lape.

Jacob Lape, born June 17, 1790, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, the sixth son of Samuel and Elizabeth Lape, Sr., assumed the lease from his father for the West Sand Lake property in 1816. He married Elizabeth Pinck, daughter of Jacob and Anna Holtzappel Pinck on November 02, 1812. Jacob owned a home in the eastern section of the original Samuel Lape farm property in West Sand Lake. The home was later housed by his son Jacob Henry Lape and afterwards by his grandson, Alfred H. Lape. Jacob and Elizabeth Lape had nine children born in West Sand Lake, including Jacob Henry Lape, George Samuel Lape, John Joseph Lape, and Hiram Luther Lape. Jacob Lape died in West Sand Lake on March 12, 1855, and is buried at the Lutheran Cemetery, Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY. His property was divided into two lots before his death.

Jacob Henry Lape, born December 22, 1814, married Margaret Maria Snyder, December 06, 1845, at Sand Lake Trinity Lutheran. A map of West Sand Lake, from the 1830 era, shows that the eastern lot of the original Samuel Lape property was housed by a J. H. Lape. The same home was occupied on a later West Sand Lake map by an A. H. Lape, which is believed to be Jacob H. and Margaret Lape's son, Alfred H. Lape, born in 1850. The Jacob Henry Lape family is listed on the 1855 Census of Sand Lake. Jacob Henry Lape died on May 30, 1869, in West Sand Lake. He is buried in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, with his wife, Margaret Maria Snyder.

Alfred H. Lape owned the Jacob Henry Lape farm, previously owned by Samuel Lape, Sr., until sometime before his death. He married Mary Ellen Weatherwax. They had a daughter, Esther May Lape, born in 1876. Alfred H. Lape died in 1929, and is buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, with his wife Mary Ellen. Alfred H. Lape was probably the user of the walking-stick depicted above.

Esther May Lape married Benjamin J. Moul. She died in 1931 and is buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY.

George Samuel Lape, born January 23, 1820, married Susan Shaver. A map of West Sand Lake, from the 1830 era, shows that the western lot of the original Samuel Lape property was housed by a G. S. Lape. The same home was occupied on a later West Sand Lake map by an G. S. Lape. The G. S. Lape home, as depicted on the 1830 era map, was the original home of Samuel Lape, Sr. and family, when they lived in West Sand Lake during the late 18th Century until their relocation to Schoharie County in 1814. George and Susan Lape had seven children, two of whom reached adulthood, born between 1842-1854. The George Samuel Lape family is also listed on the 1855 Census of Sand Lake. George Samuel Lape died on April 13, 1884, and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, West Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY, next to his wife , Susan.

Christina Lape, born 1842. No other information.

Mary A. Lape, born 1850, married William H. Shants. She died on April 08, 1876, buried in Elmwood cemetery, Sand Lake, Rensselaer, NY

George P. Lape, born April 20, 1854, married Amy T. Weatherwax. George P. Lape died June 20, 1927, buried in Elmwood cemetery, West Sand Lake, NY. George and Amy Lape had one son, Benjamin H. Lape, born May 11, 1889.

Martha Lape, Philip H. Lape, Elizabeth Lape, and George T. Lape are not believed to have reached adulthood.

John Joseph Lape, born May 18, 1827, married Mary Mott. He and his family of two children lived off the present Sheer Road, in West Sand Lake, northeast of Jacob Henry and George Samuel Lape. He shows up on the 1855 Census of Sand Lake. They had two children: Anna M. Lape, born 1851, and Rushmore Lape, born 1854.

Hiram Luther Lape, born 1832, is shown to be living with his mother in the 1855 Census of Sand Lake.

Anna Lape, the third daughter of Samuel and Anna Hidley Lape, was born in 1792. She married Philip Pinck, on March 1818, at Trinity Lutheran Church, West Sand Lake, NY.

Catherine Lape, the youngest daughter of Samuel and Anna Hidley Lape, was born on April 10, 1793. She married William C. Cooper, son of Conrad Cooper and Catharine Kilmer. They had five children and they lived and died in Poestenkill, Rensselaer, NY.

Samuel Lape, Sr., and Elizabeth Lape last received communion together at Trinity Lutheran on July 8, 1799. Elizabeth Hideley Lape died on October 05, 1799, in West Sand Lake, NY; Samuel's father, Andries Lape, died on July 07, 1800, in Claverack, NY; and Samuel's mother, Anna Margaretha Muller Lape, died on October 05, 1804, in Claverack, NY. Samuel (Loeb) last received communion at Trinity Lutheran Church, West Sand Lake, on October 29, 1808, and we "engage and bind ourselves to pay the sums opposite to our names for the building of a new church on the old place where the church now stands", February 21, 1815: Samuel Loeb ($50.00) and Andrew Lape ($15). Samuel Lape was envisioning another adventurous journey.

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