Francis Rombouts, Mayor of New York

1631 - 1691  (59 years)

• Name	Francis Rombouts
  Suffix	Mayor of New York
  Birth	22 Jun 1631	Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1691	New York, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I21182	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Jan Rombouts
  Mother	Johanna Haenen
  Family ID	F13068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helena Teller   d. Aft 20 Nov 1706
  Marriage	8 Sep 1683  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Catharyna Rombouts,   b. Bef 25 May 1687, New York, New York d. 1764, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York (Age > 76 years)
  Family ID	F13065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2017

  
  

• Notes

  12th Mayor of New York City. From Wikipedia: Francis Rombouts emigrated to New Amsterdam in 1653 aboard the ship Nieuw Amsterdam. He engaged in trade as a merchant, while yet a youth. In the year 1658, he enrolled himself among the burghers, or citizens, though he had been for several years previously a trader here. His trading operations as a merchant were tolerably extensive, though he did not rank among the wealthiest of the inhabitants. He was probably worth, as near as can be estimated, about ten thousand dollars, which was then, however, considered an independent fortune. Rombouts bought his first stone house at Nieuw-Amsterdam, in the Heerestraat, now Broadway in Manhattan. Rombouts held several offices of trust among his fellow-citizens. In 1673, 1674, 1676, 1678, 1686, he was an alderman. Afterward, in 1687, the city having been divided into wards, he was returned as alderman of the West Ward. he afterward held the office of Justice of the Peace, until his death. His political principles were of a liberal character, and his manners and address grave and dignified. Rombouts' dwelling was on Broadway, west side, near Rector street, extending to the North river shore. it embraced a large garden and an orchard. At the time of his mayoralty, the city contained about 3,500 inhabitants. Rombouts Avenue in the Bronx is named for him. On May 31, 1665 Rombouts married Aeltie Wessels in the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam. She died sometime prior to August 5, 1675, when he then married Anna Elizabeth Masschop. Widowed a second time, he married, on September 8, 1683, Helena Teller Bogardus Van Bael. It was the third marriage for both of them. Helena Teller was born about 1645, the daughter of William and Margaret Doncheson Teller of Schenectady. Helena had seven children from her previous marriages, and from this marriage another three were born. She and Rombouts had two boys and a girl. The boys died young but the girl, Catharyna, born on 5 September 1687, survived. Catharyna later married Lieutenant Roger Brett.

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Wikipedia.