Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Rank
Lawrence Rank (Ronk, Runk) sold 102 pounds of Butter to the Colden Store on this day, 250 years-ago. He purchased at the same time, one peck of Salt and one pound of Nails. Lawrence had likely traveled to the store with his mother, Clare Rank, who apparently had her own account (#32).
Clare (Clara) also sold Butter to the store (97 pounds) as well as ten pounds of Hops. Both were priced at nine pence per pound. At the same time she purchased Nails, Tea, Sugar, Pepper, Rum, Molasses, and Indigo. The sum of her credits minus purchases left her a positive balance of one pound and two pence. To that she gave two pounds nineteen shillings and ten pence in coinage to Colden, which gave her a even credit to her account of three pounds.
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| October 22, 1768 transaction of Clare Runk in the Colden Store DayBook. Collections of New-York Historical Society. |
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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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As mentioned in the blog on the Alsdorph family (October 18), Margaret Alsdorph (daughter of Lawrence Alsdorph) married Lawrence Ronk (Runk, Rank).
The family appeared in the 1779 tax assessment of Shawangunk as John Rank (2 acres), John George Rank (228 acres), Lawrance Rank (39 acres), and Philip Rank (4 acres).
The surname of Runk (Rank) appeared in the Day Book twenty times. Hans Yurry (Acct# 160) appeared six times and was always represented at the store by his wife. She is likely the 'Clare/Clara' (Acct# 32) who shopped with Lawrence (Acct# 016, 9 store visits) on this day and on one other occasion. Cornelius (Acct# 211) visited the store twice and was identified as the brother of Lawrence. Margret Runk also had an account (#143) which appeared to have been opened by her mother, Clara. The consecutive entries for Margret and Clara are shown below.
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| February 2, 1768 entry for Margret Runk in Colden Day Book on bottom of page 187. Collections of New-York Historical Society. |
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| February 2, 1768 entry for Clara Runk in Colden Day Book on top of page 188. Collections of New-York Historical Society. |
From public genealogies it appears that John George (Hans Yurry) was the father of Lawrence, Cornelius, Philip, John, Margret, and other children not listed in the DayBook or 1779 tax assessment. He was married to Claarje (Clara) Winterwyk.
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