Cornelius SteenwyckInventory of estate of CORNELIUS STEENWYCK Long Island Wills and Death Notes, 1708-1728. (né Cornelis Jacobszoon ( Jacobsz.) Steenwijck; 16 March 1626 – 21 November 1684) served two terms as Mayor of New York City in the British colonial Province of New York, the first from 1668 to 1670/72Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W and the second from 1682 to 1683/84.

Nominal governor of Acadia

He also briefly served as governor of the Dutch West India Company's paper claim over New Holland in 1676,Capt. Francis Champernowne "The Dutch Conquest of Acadia" pg. 153 although his only attempt to actually assert Dutch control over the territory was rebuffed at Fort Pentagouet by three war ships from Boston. The Dutch colonial claim over Acadia was surrendered in 1678 by the Treaties of Nijmegen.

Inventory of his estate An inventory of his estate ordered 20 July 1686 ran 14 pages and totalled £4,382 (New York pounds), while a list of his debts ran 16 pages, and totalled £1,588, showing that Cornelis Steenwyck was one of the richest men in New York of his time.

Legacy Steenwick Avenue in The Bronx is named after him.

See also

History of New York City (1665–1783)

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