Saugerties in Ulster County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Brink Homestead

Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, July 5, 2026

1. Brink Homestead Marker

Inscription.
Owned continuously by family of Cornelius Lambertsen Brink, purchaser, 1688, of second land grant in town. Part of original house remains.

Erected 1936 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1688.

Location. 42° 1.315′ N, 73° 59.771′ W. Marker is in Saugerties, New York, in Ulster County. It is on Kings Highway, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 452 Kings Highway, Saugerties NY 12477, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and in the Hudson Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies:

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The Senate House – 1676 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Kingston Area (approx. 0.6 miles away); Flatbush Reformed Church (approx. 2.1 miles away); Catskill Mountains (approx. 2.3 miles away); Glasco Turnpike (approx. 2.6 miles away); Site of Leggs’ Mill (approx. 3 miles away); Myer Homestead (approx. 3.1 miles away); Howe’s Powder Mill (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Saugerties.

Additional commentary.
1. Brink Homestead History
The history of the Brink Homestead reaches back to one of the earliest land grants in what became the town of Saugerties. According to Benjamin Myer Brink’s The Early History of Saugerties, 1660–1825, published in 1902, Cornelius Lambertsen Brink purchased the tract from the trustees of the Kingston Commons on February 6, 1688. The property followed the Plattekill to the Esopus and extended downstream beyond the falls.

Cornelius had an eventful beginning. His father, Huybert Lambertsen Brink, emigrated from Wageningen, Holland, aboard the Faith, arriving in New York in December 1659; Cornelius was born during the voyage. Huybert settled first in Kingston and later became one

Photographed by Amy Cobb-mills, March 1, 2025

2. Brink Homestead Marker

of the original patentees of Hurley. During the 1663 attack on Kingston, his wife and three children, including the young Cornelius, were captured and taken to the Shawangunk Mountains, where they were held for three months before being rescued and returned to their family.

At twenty-six, Cornelius married Maretje Meynderse; three years later he acquired the Saugerties tract. Writing more than two centuries afterward, Brink identified Cornelius directly with the surviving dwelling: “He built this old stone house.” The author also recorded the remarkable continuity of the property within the family. The house was occupied two hundred years later by Cornelius’s descendant Reuben Brink and subsequently passed to another descendant, Charles Brink. Other portions of the original grant remained in the hands of members of the Brink family as well.

— Submitted September 2, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York.

Photographed by Amy Cobb-mills, March 1, 2025

3. Brink Homestead Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2025, by Amy Cobb-mills of Saugerties, New York. This page has been viewed 442 times since then and 144 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 6, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. 2, 3. submitted on March 1, 2025, by Amy Cobb-mills of Saugerties, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.