Van Zandt family papers

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unittitle

{"value"=>"Van Zandt family papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1757-1838", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1757/1838"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"The common ancestor of the American Van Zandt family was Jacobus Van Zandt. His son, Wynant, served as a commissioned agent of Charles I of England to Amsterdam. He immigrated to New York in the late seventeenth century. One of his descendants was Wynant Van Zandt, Jr., born circa 1765, a New York City merchant and Alderman. Prior to his death in 1831, Wynant Van Zandt, Jr. founded the Zion Episcopal Church in Little Neck (now Douglaston, Queens) The papers consist of 4 folders of correspondence and business documents, such as receipts and promissory notes, predominantly addressed to Wynant Van Zandt, Jr. Correspondence relates both to business and family matters"}

date_inclusive_start

1757

date_inclusive_end

1838

origination

{"value"=>"Van Zandt family", "type"=>"famname"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Presented the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society by Howard S. F. Randolph.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "source"=>"Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society", "date"=>"2008", "value"=>"Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008"}

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keydate

1757

prefercite

{"value"=>"Van Zandt family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.21 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1757

date_end

1838

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