Gerard Bancker

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Gerard Bancker junior (born February 14, 1740 in Albany , Province of New York , † January 1799 ) was an American politician . He was Treasurer of State of New York from 1778 to 1798 .

Career

Gerard Bancker junior, son of Maria de Peyster and Gerard Bancker senior, was born and raised in colonial New York during the reign of King George II . His parents married in New York City in 1731 . Nothing is known about his youth. Bancker worked as a city ​​surveyor in 1774 . In this context, he created a map of St. George's Ferry on Nassau Island . During the War of Independence he was Deputy Treasurer from 1776 to 1778 . Then he held the post of Treasurer of State from 1778 to 1798. Over time, collected Bancker a large number of pamphlets from the revolutionary period, which at an auction in 1898 Philadelphia ( Pennsylvania were sold). Since 1772 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerard Bancker: Card index of St. George's Ferry on Nassau-Island , August 10, 1774, US Historical Archive
  2. ↑ Gerard Bancker on The Political Graveyard website
  3. ^ The New York civil list , Weed, Parsons and Company, 1858, p. 35
  4. ^ Sales at Auction - Revolutionary Broadsides, a Portrait of Washington, Books, Pictures, etc. , The New York Times, April 2, 1898
  5. ↑ Member History: Gerard Bancker. American Philosophical Society, accessed April 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Bancker, Gerard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bancker, Gerard junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Albany , New York Province
DATE OF DEATH January 1799