Related Research Articles
Robert Livingston the Elder was a Scottish-born merchant and government official in the Province of New York. He was granted a patent to 160,000 acres of land along the Hudson River, becoming the first lord of Livingston Manor.
Stephanus van Cortlandt was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678 and from 1686 to 1688. He was the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and was on the governor's executive council from 1691 to 1700. He was the first resident of Sagtikos Manor in West Bay Shore on Long Island, which was built around 1697. A number of his descendants married English military leaders and Loyalists active in the American Revolution, and their descendants became prominent members of English society.
Jacob Leisler was a German-born colonist who served as a politician in the Province of New York. He gained wealth in New Amsterdam in the fur trade and tobacco business. In what became known as Leisler's Rebellion following the English Revolution of 1688, he took control of the city, and ultimately the entire province, from appointees of deposed King James II, in the name of the Protestant accession of William III and Mary II.
Pieter Schuyler was the first mayor of Albany, New York. A long-serving member of the executive council of the Province of New York, he acted as governor of the Province of New York on three occasions – twice for brief periods in 1709, after the death of Lord Lovelace, and also from 1719 to 1720, after Robert Hunter left office.
The Schuyler family was a prominent Dutch family in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries, whose descendants played a critical role in the formation of the United States, in leading government and business in North America and served as leaders in business, military, politics, and society. The other two most influential New York dynasties of the 18th and 19th centuries were the Livingston family and the Clinton family.
The Van Cortlandt family was an influential political dynasty from the seventeenth-century Dutch origins of New York through its period as an English colony, then after it became a state, and into the nineteenth century. It rose to great prominence with the award of a Royal Charter to Van Cortlandt Manor, an 86,000-acre (35,000 ha) tract in today's Westchester County sprawling from the Hudson River to the Connecticut state line granted as a Patent to Stephanus Van Cortlandt in 1697 by King William III.
Nicholas Bayard was a government official and slave trader in colonial New York. Bayard served as the mayor of New York City from 1685 to 1686. He is historically most notable for being Peter Stuyvesant's nephew and for being a prominent member of the Bayard family, which remained prominent in New York City history into the 20th century.
Hendrick van Rensselaer was director of the Eastern patent of the Rensselaerswyck manor. The estate was composed of land in Columbia County, New York, and land opposite Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, named Greenbush.
Arent Philipse Schuyler was a member of the influential Schuyler family. He was a surveyor, Native American trader, miner, merchant, and land speculator.
Abraham de Peyster was the 20th mayor of New York City from 1691 to 1694, and served as Governor of New York, 1700–1701.
Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck, also known as Dirck Wessels, was a prominent early settler of Albany, New York. He is known as "the progenitor of the Albany family of Ten Broecks."
Andrew Johnston was a politician from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Provincial Council.
William Pinhorne was an American colonial politician and jurist, who served in various capacities in both New York and New Jersey.
Johannes Schuyler was a prominent American of Dutch ancestry who served as the 10th Mayor of Albany, New York from 1703 to 1706, and later was a member of the provincial assembly. He was the paternal grandfather of U.S. Senator Philip Schuyler and Mayor Abraham Cuyler.
Johannes Schuyler Jr. was a prominent American of Dutch ancestry who served as the Mayor of Albany, New York from 1740 to 1741, and was a merchant, alderman, and Indian commissioner. Schuyler married Cornelia van Cortlandt. Her family offered a large dowry to Schuyler and a large inheritance. Together, they were the parents of ten children.
Johannes Cuyler was a prominent American merchant of Dutch ancestry who served as the Mayor of Albany, New York from 1725 to 1726.
Johannes Bleecker Jr. was a colonial era merchant and political figure who served as Mayor of Albany, New York.
Rutger Jansen Bleecker or Rutger Bleecker was a colonial era merchant and political figure who served as Mayor of Albany, New York from 1726 to 1729.
James Graham was a Scottish born colonial American politician who served as the Speaker of the New York General Assembly.
William Nicoll was an English-born colonial American merchant and politician who served as the Speaker of the New York General Assembly.
References
- ↑ Caliendo, Ralph J. (2010). New York City Mayors. Xlibris. p. 78. ISBN 9781450088152 . Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ↑ The Green Book - Mayors of the City of New York Archived 2012-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Goodfriend, Joyce D. (1994). Before the Melting Pot: Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664–1730. Princeton University Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780691037875 . Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 "Robert Walters, Judge of the NY Supreme Court of Judicature, 1701–1702; 1718–1733". www.nycourts.gov. The Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ↑ Greater New York, Its Government: Financial Institutions, Transportation Facilities, and Chronology. 1898. p. 32. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ Lamb, Martha J. (2017). History of the City of New York, Volume 1. Jazzybee Verlag. p. 579. ISBN 9783849649616 . Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ↑ Bielinski, Stefan. "Elizabeth Walters Wendell". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum . Retrieved 6 August 2019.
 | This article about a mayor in New York is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |