Abraham S De Myer (1808 - 1859)

Born 30 Jul 1808 in Kingston, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel Susannah van Bunschoten — married 29 Dec 1842 in Middleburgh, New York

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1859 at age 50 in Saugerties, New York

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Biography

Son of John De Myer.

Abram and William, both born at Kingston, N.Y., were sons of John De Myer and ascend through Wiliam De Myer of early Kingston--prominent in that community as a business man and as a trustee of that corporation--to Nicholas De Myer of New York City. The latter figured extensively as merchant and citizen and in 1676 as Mayor of the city. "He was so ambitious for the prosperity of New York and projected so many improvements that Gov. Andros laughingly called him the 'new broom' and charged him with sweeping all the rubbish into the ditch at Broad St. That famous canal was, during the year, filled and made level with the rest of the land about it." In 1690 King William III named him as one of his royal councilors in New York.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ William Henry Van Benschoten, Concerning the Van Buschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America, A Genealogy and Brief History (West Park-On-Hudson: 1907) pp. 694-695.

• William Henry Van Benschoten, Concerning the Van Buschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America, A Genealogy and Brief History (West Park-On-Hudson: 1907)
• "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Q4-X1Y : 13 March 2018), Abraham S Demyer, E.D. 2, Saugerties, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. 42, line #39, family #417, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 842,647.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #173389255