Person:Cornelis Van Steenwyck (1)

p 7 - ... to De Heer Cornelis Steenwyck who came from Harlem in 1652. This man proved to be one of the most wealthy, respected and eminent men of his day. He held high official positions, both during the Dutch and English regimes. As her husband was suscessively [sic] a Schepen, Burgomaster, Mayor and acting Lieut.-Governor, it is but natural that Margharetta his wife should have occupied an enviable social distinction.

Steenwyck died in 1684, ...

^* Cornelis and Margharetta made a joint will on Nov. 20, 1684; proven after the death of Cornelis, April 28, 1685.

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Inventory of estate of CORNELIUS STEENWYCK by order of Mayor's Court, July 20, 1686: 1 House and lot in New York, to the north of the houses of Sarah Kierstede and Paul Richards, to the west of Colonel Morris, to the south of the Bridge street, and to the east of the Fort, €700; 1 House and lot to the east of the Fort, to the north of the Bridge street, to the south of the house of Peter De Reimer, now in tenure of Jonathan Champion, together with a small strip of ground lying to the east thereof, with a small cottage thereon, all valued at €300; 1 Garden on the north of the Bridge street, between the houses of Peter De Reimer and Stephanus Van Cortlandt, €70; One small strip of ground in the Broadway on the back part of the lot of Leendert Van der Grift, in length about 22 feet and in breadth about 15 feet, €7; One half of the farm lying over the Fresh water, now in occupancy of Andries Cornellisen, with all utensils, etc., €316; One farm on Staten Island at Smoakers Point, formerly of George Lockhart, and now in tenure of Richard Tattershall, €125; A tract of land in Bergen, New Jersey, bought of Samuel Edsall by deed of May 3, 1682, €200; 37 Ducatoons, at 7s. 10 1/2 each; 11 Rix Dollars, €3. 8s. 9d.; Old England money, €23, at 3d. per shilling advance, €29; Spanish gold, 112 pieces of 8, €33. 12s.; 4 Gold rings, €6; 1 Gold chain, 1 round Gold medall, and 1 "gold childs whissell," 1 pair Gold buttons, €49. 19s.;"1 Gold chain broke, used at her husband's funeral," 723 ounces of Plate, at 6s. per ounce; 1/4 of the ship "Beaver," €180; 389 gallons of Rum from Barbadoes, at 21d. per gallon. The inventory is very long, covering 14 pages, enumerating a vast number of articles. Total, €4,382. Also a very long list of book debts, covering 16 pages and showing accounts with almost every man in the city, €1,588. Showing that Cornelis Steenwyck was one of the richest men of his time.

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]). ...

STEENWYCK, Cornelis Steenwyck appears to have settled in New Amsterdam about 1651, and in spite of disagreements with Governor Stuyvesant (which are duly recorded in the early records of the city), he succeeded in accumulating one of the largest fortunes possessed by any of the early Dutchmen. In the voluntary tax, Steenwyck gave 100 fl.; in 1663 he loaned Stuyvesant 12,000 guilders (about $4,800) in wampum upon a'draft of the West India Co. At this time he was one of the leading merchants, handling slaves, salt and other commodities. When New Amsterdam fell into the hands of the English, Steenwyck became a member of the Colonial Council; and was Mayor of the city from 1661 to 1670. He lived as luxuriously as any man in the province. His estate in 1674 was valued at 50,000 fl. ($20,000). A portrait of Steenwyck hangs in the New York Historical Society. An inventory of his estate in 1686 gives value as ~15,841.