The Brooklyn Compendium

The following information is taken from "The Brooklyn Compendium", a manuscript compiled by John Dikeman, Jr. 
and subsequently purchased by the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn on 11 July 1870 (this copy came from 
the library at Queensborough College CUNY). According to the introduction, Dikeman was a lawyer and, at one 
time, Clerk of the City Court of Brooklyn. 

This list is of "Commissioners of Deeds" and is included in the judicial section of the book. There is no 
further information on these individuals. 

"The Brooklyn Compendium", according to the explanation in the introduction, was designed to provide 
a record of the openings and closing of different streets, etc. Much of the book (in very small print) 
deals with that, as well as water rights and similiar topics. 

NOTE: I did not copy those pages. Another section of the book is entitled 
"Manual of the Brooklyn Common Council, for 1870". 
This included several lists, including elected officials, constables, wards and EDs, and the list of 
Commissioners of Deeds. They are listed right after the constables with no other explanation in the 
judicial section of the manual. 

Commissioners of Deeds

Aldridge, K.
Ammenworth, Joseph
Andrews, John
Andrews, Benjamin
Anderson, Henry S.
Albert, Samuel S.
Abrams, James F.
Acton, W.B.
Anderson, John S.

Baker, Frederick
Bergen, Tunis C.
Bennitt, James H.
Baldwin, George R. G.
Blachly, Jacob C.
Burck, Euclid
Bellows, Henry S.
Bennett, George C.
Bush, A.V.B.
Berrian, A.J.
Birkbeck, A.W.
Birdsall, H.D.
Brennan, Martin
Bellingham, John
Bowden, Samuel
Barren, Augustus
Bywater, James W.
Butt, Richard F.
Barre, Walter Jr.
Bloom, Wilson E.
Beal, George W.
Bradley, Daniel
Brower, James C.
Bedell, Edward J.
Beers, F.B.
Brinerts, Harmanicus
Benson, C.M.
Belknap, Rufus R.
Boons, Frederick
Bartholemon, David
Bert, Peter A.

Condit, Charles
Cadley, Henry F.
Cooper, James G.
Colgan, George
Clark, Samuel D.
Crooke, Patrick
Cornwell, A.D.
Cotter, Oliver
Conselyea, Wm.
Campbell, John
Corr, John
Comstock, Harris
Cadmus, Wm. H. N.
Carson, Joseph
Clemitson, Peter
Clute, J.J.
Conrady, H.C.
Carroll, John D.
Carter, H.A.
Campbell, Wm. H. Jr.
Coit, W. M.
Cowell, B.H.
Cadley, Edward B.
Cullen, E.M.
Capers, John E.
Clem, Wm. N.
Church, L.K.
Cortis, Thomas T.
Cornell, J.E.
Clark, Isaac
Colahan, Stephen J.
Chigwine, V.P.
Cassidy, John
Cooper, A.
Corboy, Hugh
Cobb, Frederick
Clayton, John H.
Cooper, Charles W.


Dainty, W.J.
Dolmage, J.H.
Dowden, Michael E.
Day, Washington
Dunis, F.H.
Dutton, Rod. George
Duffy, Hugh
Dunsback, A.
Dixon, John J.
Denyse, Wm. J.
Doyle, M.E.
Duffy, Jacob A.
Dooley, Wm.
Delaney, Joseph H.
Day, Joseph J. Jr.
Doherty, Philip
Dennin, Owen
Delany, John
Davis, H.B.
Davil, Edwin G.
Denbigh, James
Daly, Edward
Dean, James W.
Downing, Wm. A.
Deake, Charles S.

Eckert, Albert
Edwards, Wm.
Eckert, Henry
Ellsworth, Wm.
Eiseman, Peter
Ennis, Thomas
Egan, Richard P.
Evans, M.
Elliott, John H.
Evans, Wm. H.
Everitt, George W.A.

Fanning, Michael
Furin, John F.
Farrell, John H.
Fox, Frederick A.
Fox, George L.
Fitzgerald, Maurice
Frost, Charles E.
Forman, John A.
Fairbairn, James
Felt, Chauncey M.
Fielding, J.D.
Faron, L.B.
Fowler, Levi
Gunn, Thomas
Greanley, John
Gaines, Samuel C.
Gardiner, E.J.
Gunth, Henry J.
Geckler, Henry
Gaiser, Louis C.
Garrison, Samuel
Greenwood, John M.
Goudge, Wm. E.
Green, W.
Gill, Wm. L.
Gale, A.H.
Greene, Wm. H.
Goudge, James
Graham, J.
Gruminger, Wm. G.
Guck, H.L.
Goward, John
Giover, Frederick T.

Harriman, D.G.
Honeywell, H.W.
Hollis, W.H.
Harding, G.S.
Hoff, John T.
Holder, John M.
Hester, W.
Howe, James
Herdman, H.P.
Hagner, Henry
Hanihan, Owen
Hall, W.M.
Heath, Joseph G.
Henigaer, James
Herr, Rudolph
Havens, Joseph H.
Hughes, John
Hayward, Geo. H.
Howard, James P.
Hodges, Alfred
Hess, John
Hannon, Michael
Hubbell, Wm. L.
Hamilton, Richard F.
Hardy, R.K.
Hayward, P.
Hyland, Denis
Head, Henry

Ingraham, H.C.M.
Ingraham, Wm. M.
Ingraham, Joh McD

Jones, O.O.
Jones, Daniel F.
Jenks, F.
Jackson, Theodore F.
Johnson, J.
Jones, Thomas B.
Jack, C.J.
Johnson, John H.
Jacobs, Stephen B.

Karcher, Frederick J.
Kremble, John H.
Kellogg, Josiah
Kelley, Thomas A.
Knaebel, John H.
Keese, Wm. Linn
Kollmyer, E.A.
Keefer, George A.
Knaebel, George W.
Kleinbin, John P.
Kilgour, Geo. C.
Keenan, Patrick
Kirby, David L.
Kelley, Martin
Kimball, J.A.
Kenyon, W.W.
Kelsey, Joel S.
Keenan, William

Lindsay, A.B.
Letman, S.A.
Lockwood, John H.
Lindsay, R.A.
Lambert, John F.
Leech, Charles
Leyendecker, Peter J.
Lane, W.T.
Linsky, John
Lorck, Herman
Lynch, Wm.
Lockwood, James
Lant, Jeremiah
Lambert, Hugh G.
Lynch, W.R.

Mershon, Wm H.
Mudge, Alfred E.
Monk, John
Mercein, Wm. A.
Mackay, J.S.
Merkle, D.E.
Malley, John
Mercein, Thos. P.
Morehouse, B.S.
Mercein, A.
Moran, Wm.
Mills, Nathl.
Massey, F.S.
Miller, Daniel
Morgan, William
Meeker, J.M.
Manley, Jas. R.
Maynard, Theo.
Manning, John J.
Mills, Wm. F.
Montgomery, Chas.
Merchant, Robert
Marcellus, J.L.
Morris, Herman
Mackay, Jas. H.
Mahoney, B.J.
Moore, James
Meeker, Henry N.
Morrell, James R.
Myers, Geo. W.
Mott, E.S.
Moore, Henry A.
Midgley, Benj. S.
Moores, F.W.
McDermott, John
McCann, Joseph
McDonough, James H.
Mc Lenn, J.
McElroy, Patrick
McNamara, Jas. M.
McCann, John
McDougal, Isaac
McCarty, Thos.
McClasky, Legrange
McKean, Henry M.
McCormick, J.H.
McLaughlin, H.
McCormick, Francis
McCaffrey, Jas.
McLaughlin, Patrick

Nostrand, John L.
Noyes, Randall S.
Nicholls, Wm. T.
Newman, John W.
Nolan, P.
Norden, Isicher
Naughton, J.W.
Northup, L.

O'Flyn, Timothy
Osborn, A.H.
O'Reilley, E.F.
O'Manley, Francis
Oltmans, H.
Ostrander, Stephen M.
O'Brien, Keran
O'Brien, R. Edward
O'Brien, Peter
O'Hearne, Fergus F.
Ogilive, Robert Jr.
O'Boien, A.S.
O'Reilley, L.

Perry, Timothy
Pray, John D.
Palmer, Jos. E.
Perry, J.E.
Petry, M.J.
Palmer, Josiah
Potter, Robert
Perry, Chauncy
Pelletreau, Jr., Chas H.
Pettit, Skidmore
Peterson, Lewis A.
Pratt, E.
Pearson, Wm. W.
Poole, Wm.
Patterson, Oliver C.
Peterson, Robert

Quinn, Francis
Quitzon, Chas A.

Root, Edward
Riggs, L.E.
Rolfe, John P.
Rosengarden, Jacob
Reynolds, Geo. G.
Riley, Bartholemew
Rickett, Henry M.
Rogers, James
Rogers, Geo. R.
Randolph, Wm. L.
Ryer, Geo. W.
Roehr, Edward
Rowland, Sydney L.
Rhodes, John H.
Rogers, Wm. H.
Rozell, Henry W.

Semler, Ludwig
Stearns, Jr., J. Milton
Speath, Charles J.
Sackett, Joseph T.
Stearns, John W.
Snediker, Aury
Smith, J.J.
Schmitt, Chas. T.
Sparks, C.A.
Stryker, Francis B.
Sullivan, Wm.
Simonson, J.H.S.
Stevens, Gerard M.
Solomon, Levi
Stenter, G.W.
Saal, John A.
Snedeker, John D.
Stone, Aaron
Stoops, J. Walter
Simpson, Henry
Smith, Jr. S.A.
Smith, Wm. B.
Spencer, Andrew J.
Smock, Geo. W.
Smith, D. K.
Schneider, Nicholas
Sparrow, Jr., James R.
Shutes, Ebenezer
Savage, Wm.
Sidell, Aug. H.
Strauss, Joseph H.
Sweeney, J.W.
Scott, Rufus L.
Smithson, Edward H.
Sugden, Wm.
Straub, Peter
Stratton, Valentine
Sandmeyer, Jacques
Sullivan, Terence
Stratz, J.B.
Smith, John D.
Slaven, James S.
Schmidt, John

Tate, Wm. J.
Tripler, Edgar
Tanner, Myron
Tees, David, Jr.
Tredwell, Daniel W.
Teare, John
Turch, Edward
Taylor, Thos J.
Thornton, W. Chas. B.
Thompson, George
Trelour, Joseph
Tredwell, Daniel B.
Thomspson, Chas. H.
Tilton, P.M.
Trowbridge, Chas. S.

Underhill, Richard C.
Urell, Thos. E.

Voorhees, J.
Voorhees, Judah B.
Veeder, Wm. D.
Valentine, Benj. E.
Van Steimbergh, C.
Van Hien, Wm. M.
Van Wart, D.
Veritzan, Richard H.
Van Nordan, Wm. E.
Valentine, D.H.
Veith, Christian

Winchester, E.H.
Waring, Chas M.
Wooley, Walker T.
Walter, Isaac S.
Wallis, George
Wulfing, Augustus
Whiting, W.H.
Weaver, John H.
Williams, A.V.
Wereigh, John T.
Wallace, Michael
Walsh, John A.
Wyckoff, Van Brunt
Worhman, B.G.
Wagner, Charles
Wood, Francis
Waterhouse, Samuel T.
Wortman, Jas. H.
Ware, Joseph Q.
Ward, Jonathan
Walsh, P.J.
Wetherbee, Wm. C.
Wust, A.G.
Whittemore, R.J.
Walsh, John T.
Wood, James F.

York, B. J.
Yerks, A.H.

Zimmer, Jacob


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