Editing Rosendale (CDP), New York (section)

=== Early settlement ===
[[File:Rosendale Village 1875 map.jpg|thumb|left|An 1875 map of the area constituting the former village of Rosendale]]
The earliest recorded human habitation in Rosendale was a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] village, which included a cemetery, centered around a [[Spring (hydrosphere)|spring]] that no longer exists. The first person of European descent to settle the Rosendale area was a merchant from [[Albany, New York|Albany]], Jacob Rutsen (originally ''Jacobsen Rutger van Schoonderwoerdt'').<ref name="old-stone" /> Rutsen received a [[Land patent|patent]] on October&nbsp;8, 1677, for a {{convert|40|acre|ha|adj=on}} tract of land, located in what is now Rosendale, after purchasing it from a local Indian named Anckerop. Anckerop agreed to the sale on the condition that he be allowed, "the right to plant&nbsp;... maize annually for the duration of his life", and that Rutsen would plow the involved fields.{{sfn|Fried|2005|p=69}}

Dirck (also spelled ''Direk''<ref name="old-stone" />) Keyser secured a lease to the land from Rutsen on June&nbsp;17, 1680, and built the first house in Rosendale;{{sfn|Fried|2005|p=70}} the terms of Keyser's lease stipulated that he build a stone house on the property<ref name="old-stone" /> at the base of what is now Joppenbergh Mountain.{{sfn|Gilchrist|1976|p=18}} On June&nbsp;23, 1682, fifteen members of the [[Esopus tribe]] sold Rutsen more land, by the Rondout Creek.{{sfn|Fried|2005|pp=70–71}} This land was surveyed by Philip Wells on May&nbsp;28, 1685;<ref name="old-stone" /> Wells declared the size of the purchase to be {{convert|395|acre|ha}} south of the creek, and {{convert|240|acre|ha}} to the north. There was also a {{convert|12|acre|ha|adj=on}} island within the creek. Rutsen was given a patent for the combined area on August&nbsp;26, 1686.{{sfn|Fried|2005|p=71}}

In 1700, Rutsen took the house from Keyser and expanded it.<ref name="old-stone">{{Cite web |url=http://www.centuryhouse.org/oldstone.html |title=The Old Stone Houses of Rosendale |publisher=Century House Historic Society |first=Alan |last=Mackenzie |access-date=2011-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719065803/http://www.centuryhouse.org/oldstone.html |archive-date=2011-07-19 }}</ref> The settlement was known as "Rosendall" as early as 1700,{{sfn|Sylvester|1880|p=232}} and was also called "Roasendale" in documents as early as May&nbsp;28, 1685.<ref name="old-stone" /> The name is thought to be either a reference to wild [[rose]]s growing throughout the region, or of [[Netherlands|Dutch]] origin, as the word existed in period documents from the [[Netherlands]].<ref name="rosendale-name">{{Cite news |title=Rosendale Way Back When... |newspaper=Huguenot Herald |location=New Paltz, NY |first=Bea |last=Havranek |date=1976-05-05}}</ref> After Rutsen's death in 1730, he was buried in the area which eventually became the village. His tombstone eulogizes him as the "Founder of Rosendale".{{sfn|Gilchrist|1976|p=19}}

The village remained sparsely populated{{sfn|Perls|2003|p=295}} and only consisted of two houses when the [[Delaware and Hudson Canal]] reached it{{sfn|Sylvester|1880|p=232}} after the materials used to manufacture [[Rosendale cement]], named after the town, were discovered locally in 1825.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9703 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Binnewater Historic District |date=September 1982 |access-date=2011-01-02 |first=Neil G. |last=Larson |publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]] |format=Java |page=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006051216/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9703 |archive-date=2011-10-06 }}</ref> Early settlers had avoided the area because the northern land, comprising present-day Rosendale Village, was a known [[floodplain]], and the lands south of the creek were less mountainous and at a higher [[elevation]].{{sfn|Fried|2005|p=72}}