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Leendert
Gansevoort
Leendert Gansevoort was born in September 1683. He was the only surviving son of New Netherland pioneers Harme Harmanse and Maria Conyn Gansevoort.
In
May 1712, he married Albany native Catharina De Wandelaer
at the Albany Dutch church. By 1730, their eight
children were baptized there and both parents served
as frequent baptism sponsors.
Leendert
followed his father in the brewing business. He also
prospered to the point where he was elected alderman
for the third ward from 1734 to 1739. His brewery
behind the family property on the east side of Market
Street was an Albany landmark for much of the eighteenth
century. On a number of occasions, he delivered beer
for the city government.
This
prosperous and politically active brewer was always
counted among the city's qualified voters. His status
was further documented and memorialized in a set
of portraits done about 1720. No other Albany brewer
was so favored!
Leendert
Gansevoort filed a will in September 1762 - leaving
an extensive estate to his wife during her widowhood
and then to his two sons and the children of his
sister. He died in December 1762 months short of
his eightieth birthday.
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Sources: The life of Leendert Gansevoort is CAP biography
number 4656. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources.
Copy
of a portrait by Nehemiah Partridge done about 1718.
Collection of the New York State Historical Association
in Cooperstown. A matching portrait of Catharina
resides in the same collection.
Between
1704 and 1753, Leendert witnessed twenty-three baptisms
at the Albany Dutch church.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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