| This is a well known Dutch family that settled in the Kingston/Hurley area in Ulster County, New York. The year was about 1667 when the first Elmendorfs settled here. They lived amongst other well known families in Ulster County, the Crispell, Delameter, DeWitt, DuBois, Kiersted, Nieuwkirk, Roosa, Van Buren and other families. There are original Elmendorf houses, to this day, in Kingston and Hurley, New York. In one of them lives an Elmendorf descendant and her family. There are still many Elmendorf families in that area as well. The Dutch Reformed Church, although not the original, is still standing in Kingston with a graveyard around it, full of Elmendorfs. One famous descendant was Captain Hugh M. Elmendorf, an Air Force pilot and hero. He died when his plane crashed during a test flight. The Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska is named after him. There is a lot of published genealogy on this family. If interested, you can get a family history chart on the Elmendorfs, as well as other prominent families from Ulster County, from the Ulster County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 536, Hurley, New York 12443. |
The Elmendorf Family
Updated September 5, 2000 |
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Ruth D DiAngelo , New York United States DiAngelo@CompuServe.com |
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