Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Sinsabaugh
Jacob Sinsabaugh's daughter (Sensibaugh, Sencebock, Sinsabough) sold two-and-one-half bushels of dirty flaxseed to the Colden Store on this day, 250 years-ago. Because the flaxseed was fouled, she only received three shillings per bushel versus the normal four shillings. She also purchased one pound of Coffee and one-and-one-half yard of Ribbon on her father's account.
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| October 24, 1768 entry for Jacob Sensebaugh in the Colden Store Day Book. 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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The surname of Sinsabaugh appeared twenty-three times in the Day Book. Adam (Acct# 120) appeared six times, Crist (Acct# 112) twice, and Jacob (Acct# 103 & 209) fourteen times. The DayBook revealed that Jacob had a son and daughter, Crist had a son, and that Adam was married. A Henry Sinsabough took delivery of items for Jacob Crist, but he appeared no where else in the Day Book.
Henery, Johannis, and Crist Sensabough appeared in the 1779 tax assessment of Hanover with 70, 135, and 100 acres respectively. They do not appear in the 1798 map of Montgomery indicating that they were not considered major landowners.
Public genealogies were not found to be very helpful for this generation. It would be logical that Adam, Crist, and Henry would be young sons of Jacob. Indeed a Johann Jacob Sensebach emigrated from Germany in 1732 and arrived in Ulster where he married Elisabeth Crist. Unfortunately their many children do not include an 'Adam' or a 'Crist.'
A descendant of this family, Steven L. Sinsabaugh, has published a recent book on the roots of this family, and may contain more proof of the relationships of the Sinsabaugh family mentioned in the Day Book.
[Author's Note: The store purchases of October 25 and 26 did not include anything extraordinary. The next blog post will be for the transactions of October 27.]
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