Provoost family
Biographical notes:
The Provoost (Provost) family, of French Huguenot descent, were early settlers of New Amsterdam. David Provoost (1670-1724) was a merchant and Mayor of the City of New York from 1699 to 1700. His nephew John Provoost (d. 1767) was the son of Samuel Provoost and Mary Spratt Provoost Alexander, prominent New York City merchants, and the stepson of James Alexander, a prominent New York lawyer and politician.
From the guide to the Provoost family papers, 1736-1897, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)
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Occupations:
- Merchants
Places:
- Curaçao (as recorded)
- New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
