Nicoll, Matthias

Birth Name Nicoll, Matthias 1a
Gramps ID I40908
Gender male
Age at Death 61 years, 8 months, 27 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Nobility Title [E50673]     Hon.
 
Birth [E50674] 1626-03-26 Islippe, Northamptonshire, England  
2 1b
Death [E50675] 1687-12-22 Cow Neck, Long Island, NY  
2 3 1c

Families

    Family of Nicoll, Matthias and Johns, Abigail [F14231]
Unknown Partner Johns, Abigail [I33855] ( * + ... )

Narrative

[William Floyd-ancestry.com-119686.FTW]

First English secretary of the Colony of New York. Mayer of New
York in 1671, and in 1683 appointed one of the judges of the
Supreme Court. He was a graduate of Cambridge University & a
lawyer of the inner temple. He was appointed secretary of the
commission to "visit the colonies and plantations known as New
England." He was
commissioned as a captain of the military force before leaving
England in 1664. He was admitted to the bar at Lincoln's Inn on
November 27, 1649. He served as the first English secretary of
the province of New
York from 1664-1687 & became Mayor of New York in 1672. He was
Attorney General from 1687-1690.

Pedigree

    1. Nicoll, Matthias
      1. Johns, Abigail [I33855]

Source References

  1. William Floyd-ancestry.com-119686.FTW [S445099]
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