Cornelius Van Steenwyk | |
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| 4th and 14th Mayor of New York City | |
| In office 1668–1671 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Willett |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Delavall |
| In office 1682–1684 | |
| Preceded by | William Dyre |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Minvielle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 16, 1626 Haarlem, Dutch Republic |
| Died | November 21, 1684 (aged 58) New York City[1] |
Cornelius Steenwyck[2] (born Cornelis Jacobsz Steenwijck; March 16, 1626 – November 21, 1684) served two terms as Mayor of New York City, the first from 1668 to 1672 (or 1670,[3]) and the second from 1682 to 1684 (or 1683[3]).
Other spellings of his name include Cornelis Steenwijck,[4] Cornelius Steenwyk,[5] and Van Steenwyk.[6]
- ^ Descendants of Meijndert Jacobsz[permanent dead link] at ancestry.com, created 27 Feb 2008
- ^ Inventory of estate of CORNELIUS STEENWYCK Long Island Wills and Death Notes, 1708-1728.
- ^ a b Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W
- ^ New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-century America page 186
- ^ Annals of Albany Convention on the State of the Province, page 175
- ^ Bentley's Miscellany page 148