Provoost family papers 1736-1897

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Provoost family papers 1736-1897

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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. The Provoost family papers include a manuscript copy of David Provoost's genealogy of the Provoost family of New Amsterdam (compiled 1724), made by John Provoost in 1742, as well as two letters from John Provoost at Curacao to his parents dated 18 May 1736 and 21 June 1736, concerning shipment and prices of goods, addressed to his stepfather, James Alexander, in New York. Also present are some genealogical notes dated 1785, and a letter from Lucy D. Akerly to a Mr. King, 6 Oct. 1897, loosely laid in, concerning the Provoost family.

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Provoost family

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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 ...

Provoost, John

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Alexander, James, 1691-1756

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James Alexander was a lawyer in New Jersey and New York during the eighteenth century. Born in Scotland in 1691, Alexander fought in the Rebellion of 1715, which resulted in the exile of the Stuarts from England. That year, he moved to the United States and became the surveyor general of the Province of New Jersey. He served on both the Council of New York, from 1721 to 1732, and the Council of New Jersey, from 1723 to 1735. From 1723 to 1727, he also served as New Jersey's attorney general. Ale...

Alexander, Mary, -1760

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Prevost family

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Akerly, Lucy Dubois, 1857-

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The Dyckman family settled in Harlem, New York City, and elsewhere. From the description of Dyckman family genealogical research notes, by Lucy D. Akerly, 1903. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 489132350 Lucy DuBois Akerly was a genealogist. From the description of Lucy DuBois Ackerly's genealogical research files, ca. 1849-1934. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 502997422 ...

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection

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Provost, Andrew J. (Andrew Jackson), b. 1867.

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Provoost, David, 1670-1724.

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