Research Catalog

Title

Provoost family papers, 1736-1897.

Author

Provoost family.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Akerly, Lucy Dubois, 1857-
• Alexander, James, 1691-1756.
• Alexander, Mary, -1760.
• Provoost, David, 1670-1724.
• Provoost, John.
• Provost, Andrew J. (Andrew Jackson), 1867-
• New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Description

1 v.; 39 cm.

Summary

The Provoost family papers include a manuscript copy of David Provoost's genealogy of the Provoost family of New Amsterdam (compiled 1724), made by John Provoost in 1742, as well as two letters from John Provoost at Curacao to his parents dated 18 May 1736 and 21 June 1736, concerning shipment and prices of goods, addressed to his stepfather, James Alexander, in New York.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Subjects

• Genealogies
• New York (N.Y.) > Commerce
• New York (N.Y.) > Genealogy
• Politicians
• Merchants
• Curaçao > Commerce
• Prevost family
• Provoost family

Genre/Form

Genealogies.

Note

• A typescript copy of the 1742 manuscript, entitled A history of the Provoost family of New Amsterdam and colonial New York since 1545, by Andrew J. Provost, Jr., 1934, is attached to the front leaf. A copy is available in the Library's Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy, call number APT p.v. 35.
• Binder's title on spine: Genealogy of the Provoost family, 1572-1785.

Access (note)

• Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
• Printed materials must be used in lieu of originals when available.

Biography (note)

• The Provoost (Provost) family, of French Huguenot descent, were early settlers of New Amsterdam.

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Elizabeth Clarkson Jay to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890.

Publications (note)

• is published in Andrew J. Provost, Jr.'s History of the Provoost family of New Amsterdam and Colonial New York from 1545 to 1724, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 89, no. 4 (1958) pp. 193-205 and vol. 90, no. 1 (1959) pp. 31-41.

Call Number

MssCol NYGB 18064

OCLC

319638944

Author

Provoost family.

Title

Provoost family papers, 1736-1897.

Restricted Access

Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Printed materials must be used in lieu of originals when available.

Biography

The Provoost (Provost) family, of French Huguenot descent, were early settlers of New Amsterdam. David Provoost (1670-1724) was a merchant and Mayor of the City of New York from 1699 to 1700. His nephew John Provoost (d. 1767) was the son of Samuel Provoost and Mary Spratt Provoost Alexander, prominent New York City merchants, and the stepson of James Alexander, a prominent New York lawyer and politician.

Provenance

Gift of Elizabeth Clarkson Jay to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890.

Publications

The text of the 1742 manuscript, extensively annotated, is published in Andrew J. Provost, Jr.'s History of the Provoost family of New Amsterdam and Colonial New York from 1545 to 1724, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 89, no. 4 (1958) pp. 193-205 and vol. 90, no. 1 (1959) pp. 31-41.

Source

MSS 2008M27

Occupation

Merchants.

Politicians.

Added Author

Akerly, Lucy Dubois, 1857-

Alexander, James, 1691-1756. Addressee

Alexander, Mary, -1760. Addressee

Provoost, David, 1670-1724.

Provoost, John.

Provost, Andrew J. (Andrew Jackson), 1867-

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Research Call Number

MssCol NYGB 18064