Stephen DeLancey (1663-1741)

"Etienne de Lancy" Member of the Governor's Council of New York

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Father
Jacques de Lancy (d.1685)
Mother
Marguerite Bertrand (b.1642)
Spouse
Anne (Van Cortlandt) DeLancey (1676-1742)
Children
James DeLancey (1703-1760)
Peter DeLancey (1705-1770)
Susannah (DeLancey) Warren (1707-1771)
Oliver DeLancey (1718-1785)
Anne (DeLancey) Watts (1723-1775)

Associated Houses

Fraunces Tavern

Manhattan

He was from an old, noble Huguenot family who escaped France after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Anglicizing his name to "Stephen" he sold the family jewels which were his inheritance and with that money embarked on what would be a highly successful career as a merchant at New York.  

Categories

Old Merchants of New York Philanthropists Politicians
Contributed by Mark Meredith on 20/12/2018 and last updated on 23/01/2020.