Major Anthony Brockholls (or Brockholst) ( – August 29, 1723) was and English born Commander-in-Chief (1677-8) and then acting Governor (1681-2) of

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Career

In 1677, he received a special commission as Commander-in-Chief and when

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fled the

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, he became the acting

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due to his seniority on the

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. During

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in New York, Brockholls was denounced as "a rank Papist," and had a price set on his head by the then acting-Governor of that Colony,

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. In June 1681, while acting as Governor of New York, Brockholst presided over a special court that appointed Captain John Youngs (son of John Youngs),

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to give a petition to the

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for the privilege of setting up a general assembly in the Province of New York. Upon Governor Dongan's arrive in 1683, the petition was granted and the first assembly of New York began in October 1683. In March 1689, during the wars with the

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s on the

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fort at Pemaquid, Fort Charles, then the easternmost outpost of

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(present-day

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), he commanded thirty-six men at the Siege of Pemaquid.

Pompton

In June 1695, Colonel Anthony Brockholls and Captain

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were among several men from New York who purchased a tract of land, five thousand five hundred acres, which became Pompton, where he built a large estate.

Family

On May 2, 1681, Brockholls was married to Susannah Maria Schrick (or Schrect or Shrik) in Albany. She was the daughter of Paulus Schrick. While most of their children died in childhood, they were the parents of: * Henry Brockholst (1684–1766), who married Maria Verplanck. * Anthony Brockholst (1687–1688), who died young. * Anthony Brockholst (1688–1694), who also died young. * Judith Brockholst (b. 1690), who married Dirck Van Vechten (1699–1781). * Jannetje Brockholst (b. 1692), who died young. * Susannah Brockholst (1696–1730), who married Philip French III (1697–1782), the son of Philip French II, the 27th

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, and Annetje (née Philipse) French (herself the daughter of

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) * Johanna Brockholst (1700–1765), who married

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(1698-1751), the 2nd Lord of

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. * Mary Brockholst (b. 1707), who married Adrian Verplanck. Brockholls left a will on June 15, 1710, witnessed by Nicholas Bayard, Abraham Post, and William Cutler. He died on August 29, 1723 in

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Descendants

His granddaughter through his daughter Johanna, was Susanna French, who married William Livingston, " War-Governor" during the

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, and was the mother of Henry Brockholst Livingston, who was associate Justice of the

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from 1806 to 1823.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brockholls, Anthony 1656 births 1723 deaths Governors of the Province of New York People of the Province of New York English emigrants Members of the New York Executive Council