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American surveyor and politician
Gerard Bancker (sometimes Latin Gerardus , or colloquial
Dutch Gerrit ) (14 February 1740 in
Albany, New York – January 1799) was an American surveyor and politician.
Life
Coat of Arms of Gerard Bancker
Bancker was the son of Gerard Bancker Sr. and Maria de Peyster, who had married in
New York City in 1731. He was the grandson of
Johannes de Peyster (1666–1719), the 23rd
Mayor of New York City between 1698 and 1699,
[1] and great-grandson of
Johannes de Peyster, Sr. , the Huguenot first settler of the De Peyster family in North America.
[2]
[3]
Bancker was elected to the
American Philosophical Society in 1772,
[4] and in 1774, as city
surveyor , he made a map of St. George's Ferry on
Nassau Island .
[5]
He was Deputy Treasurer from 1776 to 1778, and
New York State Treasurer from 1778 to 1798.
He collected a large number of
broadsides from the revolutionary era which were sold at auction in 1898 in
Philadelphia .
[6]
Notes
^ Wilson, James Grant (ed.)
The memorial history of the City of New-York, Vol. II , p. 54 (1892)
^ Allaben, Frank.
John Watts de Peyster, Volume 1 , p. 18-19 (1908)
^
Manual of the corporation of the city of New York , p. 395-96 (1853)
^
"APS Member History" .
^
"The map, at U.S. Historical Archive" . Archived from
the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-07-02 .
^
The sale, in NYT on April 2, 1898
Sources
*denotes acting treasurer
de Peyster family tree
Johannes de Peyster Sr. (c. 1600–c. 1685)
Abraham de Peyster (1657–1728), Mayor of New York City
Catherine de Peyster, married Philip Van Cortlandt, son of
Stephanus Van Cortlandt
Abraham de Peyster (1696–1767), Treasurer of the Province of New York, married Margaret Van Cortlandt, daughter of
Jacobus Van Cortlandt
James Abraham de Peyster (1726–1799)
Capt. Abraham de Peyster (1753–1798), married Catherine Livingston, granddaughter of
Philip Livingston
Frederick de Peyster (1758–1834)
James Ferguson de Peyster (1794–1874), married (1) Susan Maria Clarkson (1800–1823), daughter of
Matthew Clarkson ; married (2) Frances Goodhue Ashton (1805–1871)
Frederic de Peyster (1796–1882), lawyer
Pierre Guillaume de Peyster (b. 1707), married Cornelia
Schuyler
Arent DePeyster (1736–1822), British military officer
Pierre Guillaume de Peyster (1745–1807)
Johannes de Peyster (1666–1719), Mayor of New York City, married Anna Bancker, sister of Albany mayor
Evert Bancker
Johannes de Peyster III (1694–1783), married Anna Schuyler, daughter of Albany mayor
Myndert Schuyler
Maria de Peyster, married Gerard Bancker
William de Peyster, married Margaret
Roosevelt
Catharina de Peyster, married Hendrick Rutgers (1712–1779)
Elizabeth de Peyster, married New Jersey provincial Governor
John Hamilton
Maria de Peyster, married New York City Mayor
David Provost
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