The minister's farm was called the Glebe. That's how the Glebe house got it's name. The word "Glebe" comes from the word "Gleba" which means for the land or soil. A clergyman who is in charge of a parish has land held for him by the church for his use. The church bought 87 acres of land for a farm and house.

The first family to live in the Glebe house was Rev. John Beardsly. It was built in 1767. The building materials of Glebe house were brick, lime and heavy timber. The house was built on Filkintown road which is called Main Street today.

The Glebe house and the Clinton house were the only two houses that survived through the Revolutionary War. Elizabeth Crannel, who was the first woman to live in the Glebe house, was born on January 13, 1749. She died on May 26,1829 .

The kitchen is one of the important rooms in the house because they got all the heat from that room. When it was really cold they had a foot warmer that looked like a toaster. There was also a sausage maker. This room was the family room. It took a long time to prepare the meals so the children had to be patient.

The kitchen has a large fireplace, baking oven and beehive oven. The beehive oven goes in about three feet. Food was placed in the beehive oven by a tool called a peel, it looks like a long flat shovel. They would buy it at a blacksmith shop.

The kitchen has a beam ceiling, they hung food from the ceiling to dry out. After the main food was done cooking and the coals were burning down they put pudding in it. The windows in the kitchen are so old they have air bubbles in them. Depending on the weather the air bubbles move around.

The south-east section is part of the Glebe House 1807-1820 remodeling project. The south-east room was decorated later with more formal pieces of furniture. They were very rare. The grandfather clock is a 24 hour clock and you wind it every day. On the west wall is a portrait of Edward Martin of Red Hook, N.Y, painted in 1833. The picture on the south wall is a picture of Elsie De Riemer. She climbed out the east bedroom window to run away and get married.

Glebe House Time Line 1767-1777 Rev. Beardsly 1777-1780 John Davis 1780-1783 Colonel Andrew Bostwick 1783-1784 Colonel Udney Hay 1784-1785 John Vemont 1785-1787 Zopher Weeks 1787-1791 Rev. Henry Van Dyke 1791-1792 Christian Forray 1792-1795 John and Andrew Dunn 1795-1796 Nathanial Bosworth 1796-1809 Peter De Riemer 1809-1813 James and Sarah Coval 1813-1835 Mr. Parkenson 1835-1868 William H. Worral 1868-1896 Micheal Hoblich 1896-1908 Isaac and Caroline Fricker 1908-1928 Mr. Gindra by BILLY