KEMBERGH! October 15, 1768 at the Colden Store, Coldengham, New York

Saturday, October 15, 1768
Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.

Kembergh

Mattyce Kembergh (Kimbergh, Kimber, Kenbergh, Kimbark) Junr. sold flaxseed to the Colden Store as did his father, Mattyce, on this day, 250 years ago. The elder sold two bushels, while junior sold five bushels.

Headstone of Matthias Kimbark in Brick Church Cemetery, Montgomery, NY. Image courtesy of Marty 

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This article is one in a series of a daily accountings of Colden Store transactions. Be sure you read the first installment for an introduction to the store. You should also read this article which appeared in the Journal of the Orange County Historical Society.

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Mattyce Jr. also purchased gun powder and lead; tea, pepper, and sugar; a gallon each of molasses and New York Rum; a pair of buckles and a pair of sleeve buttons; and four pounds of nails.

The Kembergh surname appeared twenty-nine times in the DayBook. They had lived in this area for at least a generation. 'John Mattys Kimberg' was enumerated in 1738 as a member of a company of Highlands Militia under Captain Thomas Ellison. (The Precinct of the Highlands was the precursor to the Wallkill Precinct formed in 1762 in which sat the Colden Store.) [Ruttenber, History of Orange County]

The given names in the Day Book (with their Acct# and frequency) were Frederick (Acct#76, 5), Mattyce (Acct#94, 3), Mattyce Junr (Acct#120&208, 14), and Yurry (Acct#108, 6). The only other relationship revealed by the Day Book is that Frederick had a daughter who took delivery for him on one occasion.

Luckily Mattyce married Elisabeth Milspaugh in 1764 and they had their children baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church. The records of the baptisms still exist and give evidence of this large family of mostly girls. One of the oldest girls, Catharina, was born just six months prior to this visit to the store.

Mattyce Jr. lived in this area his entire life and is buried in the Brick Church Cemetery in Montgomery, New York, only a few miles from the site of the Colden Store.

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