Notes for ABRAHAM R\\TTAN: Christened June 10, 1658 in Metz. Abraham came to America in 1675 via Germany, Amsterdam and England. He was a Huguenot. He was a member of the Habrouck Party that came to Boston, sailed on to New York, then traveled on, reaching Ulster County in July 1675. They moved on to Esopus, the area around Kingston in Ulster County, west bank of the Hudson River, where in 1677, New Paltz was founded. Abraham took the Oath of Allegiance to the English Crown on September 1, 1689. By indenture date October 26, 1699, Abraham bought a parcel of land and meadow from Thomas Noell, a merchant from New York City and his wife Hannah. The parcel was located in New Barbados in the County of Essex, Province of E. New Jerwey. Abraham, his wife Marie and their children lived and prospered there until he died.