Person:William Provoost (2)

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William Provoost
b.27 Sep 1679 New York
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Name William Provoost
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Sep 1679 New York
Christening? 8 Oct 1679 New York
Death? New Jersey
References
  1.   Lanier, Henry Wysham. A century of banking in New York, 1822-1922. (New York: The Gilliss Press, 1922)
    90.

    PROVOOST, William
    A merchant of New York, who was thought of as so eminent as to be well fitted for an appointment in the Common Council in 1722, to which he was soon after elevated. He removed, about ten years afterwards, to New Jersey, where his estate and fortune lay.