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FORT See also:EDWARD , a See also:village of See also:Washington See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., in the township of Fort Edward, on the See also:Hudson See also:river, 56 m. by See also:rail N. of See also:Albany. Pop. of the village (19oo) 3521, of whom 385 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1905) 3806; (19w) 3762; of
the township, including the village (190o), 5216; (1905,.5300; (1910) 5740. The village lies mostly at the See also:foot of a steep See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, is at the junction of the See also:main See also:line and the Glens Falls See also:branch of the See also:Delaware & Hudson railway, and is also served by electric line to Albany and Glens Falls; the See also:barge See also:canal connecting See also:Lake See also:Champlain and the Hudson river enters the Hudson here. The river furnishes See also:good See also:water-See also:power, which is used in the manufacture of See also:paper and See also:wood pulp, the leading See also:industry. Shirts and pottery (See also:flower pots, jars and drain See also:tile) . are manufactured also. The village is the seat of the . Fort Edward Collegiate See also:Institute, a non-sectarian school for girls, which was founded in 1854 and until 1893 was coeducational. The village owns and operates the waterworks. See also:Indian See also:war parties on their way to See also:Canada were accustomed to make a See also:portage from this See also:place, the See also:head of See also:navigation for small boats on the Hudson, to Lake See also:George or Lake Champlain, and hence it was known as the See also:Great Carrying Place. See also:Governor (afterwards See also:Sir) See also:Francis See also:Nicholson in 1709, in his expedition against Canada, built, here a stockade which was named Fort Nicholson.: Some years afterwards See also:John See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Lydius (1693-1791) established a See also:settlement and protected it by a new fort, named Fort Lydius, but this was destroyed by the See also:French and See also:Indians in 1745. In 1755, a third fort was built by See also:General Phineas Lyman (1716-1774), as preliminary to the expedition against See also:Crown Point under General See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson, and was ,named Fort Lyman; in 1756 Johnson renamed it Fort Edward in See also:honour of Edward, See also:Duke of York. In the War for. See also:Independence Fort Edward was the headquarters of General See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Schuyler while he and his troops were blocking the See also:march of General See also:Burgoyne's See also:army from Fort See also:Ticonderoga. When a See also:part of Burgoyne's forces was distant only 3 or 4 M. from Fort Edward, on Fort Edward Hill, on the 27th of See also:July 1777, the See also:leader of an Indian See also:band whose assistance the See also:British had sought is supposed to have murdered Jane McCrea (c. 1757-1777), a See also:young-girl who had been visiting See also:friends in Fort Edward, and who was to be escorted on that See also:day to the British See also:camp and there to be married to See also:David See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones, a loyalist serving as a See also:lieutenant in Burgoyne's army; it is possible that she was shot accidentally by Americans pursuing her Indian escorts, but her See also:death did much to rouse See also:local sentiment against Burgoyne and his Indian See also:allies, and caused many See also:volunteers to join the See also:American army resisting Burgoyne's invasion. A See also:monument has been erected by the Jane McCrea See also:Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, near the spot where she was killed, and she is buried in See also:Union See also:Cemetery in Fort Edward. Fort Edward township was erected in 1818 from a part of the township of Argyle. Fort Edward village was incorporated in 1852.
See R. 0. See also:Bascom, The Fort Edward See also:Book (Fort Edward, 1903).
End of Article: FORT EDWARD
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