There are also a fair number of Barhydt's buried in Vale Cemetary in
Schenectady.

Bill Carr
Ballston Lake, NY

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> Subject: Re: "Barkydt's"
> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 23:42 PM
>
> "Barkydt's" would appear to be a misprint for "Barhydt's."   According to
> Sylvester's History of Saratoga County  there was a Jacobus Barhydt who
was a
> carpenter in West Milton.  Also, James Barhydt married a daughter of
David
> Abel, an early settler of Saratoga Springs.   William G. Barhydt of
Charlton
> served in the Civil War and later moved to Schenectady.  It seems
"Barhydt"
> was the preferred Saratoga County spelling of this old Dutch family name.
> Elsewhere it is usually "Barheit" or Barhyte."  They were in Columbia
County
> and Rensselaer County, and some of the early family genealogy is in
Jonathan
> Pearson's book on Early Albany County Settlers.
>
> Paul Huey
> Cohoes, N.Y.