Cornelius Steenwyck
Long Island Wills and Death Notes, 1708-1728. (born Cornelis Jacobsz Steenwijck; March 16, 1626 – November 21, 1684) served two terms as

Mayor of New York City The mayor of New York City, officially Mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The mayor's office administers all city services, public proper ...

, the first from 1668 to 1672 (or 1670,Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W
/ref> and the second from 1682 to 1684 (or 1683). Other spellings of his name include Cornelis Steenwijck,New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-century America
page 186 Cornelius Steenwyk,Annals of Albany
Convention on the State of the Province, page 175 and Van Steenwyk. He also briefly served as governor of the

Dutch West India Company The Dutch West India Company ( nl, Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie, ''WIC'' or ''GWC''; ; en, Chartered West India Company) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors. Among its founders was Willem Usselincx ( ...

's paper claim over New Holland (Acadia) 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 Fort Pentagouët (Fort Pentagoet, Fort Castine, Fort Penobscot, Fort Saint-Pierre) was a French fort established in present-day Castine, Maine, which was the capital of Acadia (1670–1674). It is the oldest permanent settlement in New England. I ...

by three war ships from

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. The Dutch colonial claim over Acadia was surrendered in 1678 by the

Treaties of Nijmegen The Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen ('; german: Friede von Nimwegen) were a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Nijmegen between August 1678 and October 1679. The treaties ended various interconnected wars among France, the Dutch Repub ...

. An inventory of his estate ordered July 20, 1686 ran 14 pages and totaled £4,382 (

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s), while a list of his debts ran 16 pages, and totaled £1,588, showing that Cornelis Steenwyck was one of the richest men in New York of his time. Steenwick Avenue in

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is named after him.

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1626 births 1684 deaths Mayors of New York City American people of Dutch descent 17th-century Dutch colonial governors Governors of Acadia Politicians from Haarlem People of New Netherland {{NewYork-mayor-stub