Historical records matching Stephanus van Cortlandt, Mayor of New York City
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About Stephanus van Cortlandt, Mayor of New York City
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1671 10 Sep; Stephanus van Courtlandt, jm van N. Jorck; Geertruyd Schuyler, jd van Albania
1st Mayor of then-British New York from 1677-1678 and again in 1689-1688, nearly 100 years before the United States came into existence.
Van Cortlandt held many public offices including that of mayor of New York City. He also acquired extensive acreage in Westchester County that became known as Van Cortlandt Manor. His family only visited there - living instead in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Stephanus Van Corltandt died in 1700 and Geertruy became executor of his vast estate! A an Englishman, he was a slave holder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus_van_Cortlandt
Wikipedia 2007-09-28
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus_Van_Cortlandt
Stephanus van Cortlandt (May 7, 1643 - November 25, 1700) was the first native born mayor of New York (1677-1678; 1686-1688). His wife was Gertruj Van Schuyler sister of Pieter Schuyler. (A brother Jacobus Van Cortlandt also served as mayor of New York).
• • signed the Petition to surrender New Netherland (1664)
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Stephanus van Cortlandt, Mayor of New York City's Timeline
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May 7, 1643
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New Amsterdam, New York, USA
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May 10, 1643
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Nieuw Amsterdam, New York, New York County, New York, United States
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October 28, 1672
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Cortlandt Manor, Westchester, New York, United States
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July 2, 1674
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New York, New York, United States
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February 28, 1676
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New York, New York, New York, United States
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October 26, 1678
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New York, United States
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April 4, 1680
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New York City, New York, Colonial America
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January 20, 1682
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New York, United States
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1682
Age 38
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