Abraham de Revier Sr. was the first

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of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow in

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when it was organized in 1697. He was one of the ninety-six original members of the church and was the

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of a leading family in the Sleepy Hollow community. He has also been credited as the author of a private memorandum book that is now lost to history, which was heavily drawn upon in 1715 by

Dirck Storm Dirck Gorisszen Storm (16301716) was an early colonial American who recorded the first official history of the Dutch community at Sleepy Hollow. His book ''Het Notite Boeck der Christelyckes Kercke op de Manner of Philips Burgh'' is a rare docume ...

to compose the church's history. However, he signed his 1716 will by his mark, so it is more likely that the memoranda should be credited to his son, also named Abraham and a later elder of the church, who had predeceased his father about 1712.''N.Y. Genealogical and Biographical Record'' 130 (October 1989): 214-15 The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow's book of records is one of the most significant records in Early American history. "

Het Notite Boeck der Christelyckes Kercke op de Manner of Philips Burgh ''Het Notite Boeck der Christelyckes kercke op de Manner of Philips Burgh'Notitie Boeck'' would be the proper old Dutch spelling, also a bit strange is the use of the English word ''of'' (in Dutch ''van''), which is clearly not the Dutch word '' ...

" is a rare surviving record of Dutch Colonial American village life in English-occupied

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province.

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