Johannes Hansen (mayor) explained

Johannes Hansen
Office1:Mayor of Albany, New York
Term Start1:1754
Term End1:1756
Governor1:James De Lancey
Predecessor1:Robert Sanders
Successor1:Sybrant Gozen Van Schaick
Term Start2:1731
Term End2:1732
Governor2:John Montgomerie
Predecessor2:Johannes de Peyster III
Successor2:Johannes de Peyster III
Birth Date:1695
Birth Place:Albany, Province of New York
Death Date:1756
Death Place:Albany, Province of New York
Parents:Hendrick Hansen
Debora Van Dam
Children:7

Johannes Hansen or Hans Hansen (1695 – 1756) was the Mayor of Albany, New York from 1731 to 1732.[1]

Early life

Hansen was born on 1695 in Albany, New York. He was the eldest son of seven children born to Albany mayor Hendrick Hansen (1665–1724)[2] and Debora Van Dam (c. 1670–1742),[3] His siblings were Debora Hansen (1693–1745),[4] who married Jacobus Beekman (1685–1739),[5] Maria Hansen (1697–c. 1697), who married David A. Schuyler (1692–c. 1697),[6] Nicholas Hansen (b. 1698), who married Engeltie Wemp,[7] and Ryckert "Richard" Hansen (1703–1766),[8] who married Sara Thong (d. 1733) and after her death, he married Catharina Ten Broeck (1717–c. 1780s).[9]

His paternal grandparents were Eva Gillis de Meyer and Hans Hendrickse, a Beverwyck trader,[10] and Eva Gillis de Meyer Hansen.[2] His mother was the only daughter of Claes Ripse Van Dam (d. 1709), an carpenter and Justice of the Peace for Albany County and Maria (née Bords) Van Dam.[11]

Career

According to his fathers 1723 will, and upon his father's death in 1724, he inherited, by right of primogeniture, his father's "lot of ground in Albany, on the north side thereof."[12] He also received, equally divided with his brother Nicholas, his father's farm and 2,000 acres of land that was situated "on the north side of the Maqueses river" near Ticonderoga. The land was granted to him by Patent from Brig. Gen. Robert Hunter who served Governor of the Province of New York. One was to get the house, barn, barracks, and other buildings along with the responsibility to assist and pay upkeep towards the other half. His father's mill was to be held in partnership between the sons.[12]

In 1721, he served as a Constable of Albany.[1] In 1731, surprising many, he was appointed the Mayor of Albany, New York by John Montgomerie, succeeding Johannes de Peyster III.[13] [14] He served in that role for a year until De Peyster was again appointed mayor.[1] [15] He was again appointed mayor in 1754 by James De Lancey, succeeding Robert Sanders. He was reappointed and died in office in 1756.[1]

Again following after his father, he served as a Commissioners of Indian Affairs for a total of 2 years,[16] having been appointed in 1754.[17] [18]

Personal life

In 1723, he married Sara Cuyler (b. 1693),[19] daughter of mayor Johannes Cuyler (1661–1740) and Elsje Ten Broeck (d. 1752), herself the daughter of Albany Mayor Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck (1638–1717). Together, they were the parents of seven children, including:[20]

Hansen left a will dated March 10, 1756,[23] and died later that same year 1756 in Albany.[1]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hans Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Hendrick Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Debora Van Dam Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Debora Hansen Beekman. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Jacob Beekman. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Maria Hansen Schuyler . exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  7. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Nicholas Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  8. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Ryckert Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  9. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Catharina Ten Broeck Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  10. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Hans Hendricks. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  11. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Claes Ripse Van Dam. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  12. Web site: Will of Hendrick Hansen - 1723. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
  13. Book: Laer. Arnold J. F. Van. Early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck: Volume 4 (Mortgages 1, 1658-1660, and Wills 1-2, 1681-1765). 2009. Genealogical Publishing Company. 9780806351537. 29 June 2017. en.
  14. Book: Proceedings of the Albany (N Y.) Common Council. 1922. 25. 12 September 2017. en. Common Council. Albany (N. Y.)..
  15. Book: Albany Chronicles: A History of the City Arranged Chronologically, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time; Illustrated with Many Historical Pictures of Rarity and Reproductions of the Robert C. Pruyn Collection of the Mayors of Albany, Owned by the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society. 1906. J. B. Lyon Company, printers. 136. 12 September 2017. en.
  16. Book: Hutchins. Stephen C.. Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York. 1891. Weed, Parsons & Company. 263. 12 September 2017. en.
  17. Book: Rhoden. Nancy L.. English Atlantics Revisited: Essays Honouring Ian K. Steele. 2014. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 9780773560406. 240–243. 7 September 2017. en.
  18. Book: Trelease. Allen W.. Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. 1960. University of Nebraska Press. 080329431X. 352. 12 September 2017. en.
  19. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Sara Cuyler Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 14 September 2017.
  20. Book: Reynolds. Cuyler. Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene. 1911. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. New York. 29 June 2017. en.
  21. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Hendrick Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 14 September 2017.
  22. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Pieter Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 14 September 2017.
  23. Web site: Will of Hans Hansen - 1756. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 14 September 2017.

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