Person:Jacob Leisler (2)

Jacob Leisler

b.Bef 1639 Germany

d.16 May 1691 New York

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m. 1663

Facts and Events

Name	Jacob Leisler
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Bef 1639	Germany[or possibly Netherlands]
Immigration^[1]^[2]	1660	came to New Amsterdam as a soldier in the service of the Dutch West India Company
Marriage	1663	[she is the widow van der Veen] to Elsje Loockermans
Immigration^[1]	1675	went to Europe ; taken prisoner by Turks
Death^[1]^[2]	16 May 1691	New Yorkexecuted for treason against the English monarchs William and Mary
Reference Number`^?`		Q214010^?

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Jacob Leisler, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
last accessed Mar 2017.

Jacob Leisler (ca. 1640 – May 16, 1691) was a German-born colonist in the Province of New York. He gained wealth in New Amsterdam (later New York City) in the fur trade and tobacco business. In what became known as Leisler's Rebellion following the English Revolution of 1688, he took control of the city, and ultimately the entire province, from appointees of deposed King James, in the name of the Protestant accession of William and Mary. ...
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lanier, Henry Wysham. A century of banking in New York, 1822-1922. (New York: The Gilliss Press, 1922)
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LEISLER, Jacob
Came to New Amsterdam from Holland in 1660; after the Colony became English he was a trader and in 1672 subscribed 50 guilders "in goods" for the repair of Fort James. In 1674 he was one of the Commissioners for the forced loan levied by Colve when his property was valued at 15,000 guilders, on which the assessment was 1,969 guilders. In 1675 he went to Europe and was taken prisoner by Turks. Paid ransom of 2,050 pieces of eight 5s. In 1683 was appointed a Commissioner of the Court of Admiralty and in 1689 purchased for the Huguenots the tract called New Rochelle. Married Elsje Loockermans. He was executed for treason.