Matthias Nicoll

Matthias Nicoll
6th Mayor of New York City
In office
1672–1673
Preceded byThomas Delavall
Succeeded byJohn Lawrence
Personal details
Born1630
Islip, Northamptonshire, England
Died1687 (aged 56–57)
Islip, New York

Matthias Nicoll (1630 – December 22, 1687), a.k.a. Nicolls, was the sixth mayor of New York City from 1672 to 1673. He is the patriarch of the Nicoll family, which settled and owned much of Long Island, New York. Numerous place names on the island now bear the Nicoll name.