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Cornelius Heyer

Cornelius Heyer (1773 – January 5, 1843) was an American merchant and banker.

Cornelius Heyer
Portrait of Heyer, by Samuel Lovett Waldo
President of the Bank of New York
In office
November 15, 1832 – January 5, 1843
Preceded byCharles Wilkes
Succeeded byJohn Oothout
Personal details
Born1773
New York City, Province of New York, British America
DiedJanuary 5, 1843(1843-01-05) (aged 69–70)
New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
Jane Kip
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(m. 1796; died 1843)​
RelationsIsaac Stoutenburgh (uncle)
Children12
Parent(s)William Heyer
Neeltje Stoutenburgh

Early life

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He was a son of iron monger Col. William Heyer (1723–1800) and Neeltje (née Stoutenburgh) Heyer (1734–1801).[1] Among his siblings was Isaac Heyer, the treasurer of Rutgers College, who married Jane Hendrick Suydam, and was a merchant with Suydam & Heyer.[2]

His paternal grandparents were Walter Heyer and Jannetje Van Vorst.[1] His maternal grandparents were Isaac Stoutenburgh and Anneke Dally.[3] His maternal uncle was Col. Isaac Stoutenburgh, who fought in the Revolutionary War, and was a member of the New York Provincial Congress and the New York State Senate.[4]

Career

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For many years, Heyer and his brother-in-law, Richard Duryée, were partners of a hardware store at 47 and 48 Walter Street, under the firm of Duryee & Heyer.[5]

On May 12, 1825, he was elected Cashier of the Bank of New York. He served in that capacity until shortly after the resignation of Charles Wilkes, when he himself was elected President of the Bank of New York on November 15, 1832, a position he held until his death in 1843.[6] He was also elected a director of the bank in 1832 (his brother Isaac had been a director since 1815).[7]

He was elected a member of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York on February 28, 1835.[1]

Personal life

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Portrait of his daughter, Mrs. James Suydam (née Charlotte Heyer), by John Carlin, 1859

On April 16, 1796, Heyer was married to Jane Kip (1775–1846), the only child of Anna (née Wentworth) Kip and Capt. Petrus Jacobus Kip, a sea captain whose ship and crew were lost at sea.[8] Together, they were the parents of:[9]

  • William Henry Heyer (1797–1828), who died unmarried.[10]
  • Jane Eliza Heyer (1799–1877), who married Cornelius Rapalje Suydam, a son of James Suydam and Adrianna Rappelyea.[11]
  • Edward Peter Heyer (1800–1863), who married Louisa Harriet Fish, a daughter of Whitehead Fish, in 1822.[9]
  • Charlotte Emillia Heyer (1802–1888), who married James Suydam Jr., a son of James Suydam and Adrianna Rappelyea, in 1823.[2]
  • Henry Augustus Heyer (1804–1843), who died unmarried.[9]
  • Cornelius Heyer (1805–1853), who died unmarried.[9]
  • Anna Heyer (1807–1850), who married Edward S. Clark, a native of Albany, in 1831.[12]
  • Charles Heyer (1809–1846), who died unmarried.[9]
  • Ellen Heyer (1810–1881), who died unmarried.[9]
  • Mary Heyer (1812–1864), who married Asa Deming van Schaack, a son of Clarissa Deming and Cornelius Cruger van Schaack, in 1836.[13]

Heyer died on January 5, 1843 and was interred at New York City Marble Cemetery.[14]

Descendants

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Through his son Edward, he was a grandfather of Whitehead Fish Heyer (1827–1874), who married Sarah Louise Tunis (a daughter of Caleb Camp Tunis and Rhoda (née Sands) Tunis.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Genealogical Record. The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. 1905. pp. 77–78. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b America, New Brunswick (N J. ) Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in; Seminary, New Brunswick Theological; Demarest, David D. (1885). Centennial of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America. (Formerly Ref. Prot. Dutch Church) 1784-1884. Board of Publication of the Reformed Church in America. p. 392. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  3. ^ "DESCENDANTS OF PIETER STOUTENBURG: Generation 3 by Isaac Pietersz. Stoutenburgh" at Stoutenburgh.com
  4. ^ Scoville, Joseph Alfred (1863). The Old Merchants of New York City. Carleton. p. 342. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  5. ^ Barrett, Walter (1864). The Old Merchants of New York City | Second Series. ISBN 978-0-598-37946-7. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Bank Statistics". The Bankers Magazine and Statistical Register. Wm. Crosby: 853. 1853. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  7. ^ Scoville, Joseph Alfred (1864). The Old Merchants of New York City. Carleton. p. 273. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  8. ^ Kip, Frederic Ellsworth (1928). History of the Kip Family in America. Hudson Printing Company. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Greene, Richard Henry; Stiles, Henry Reed; Dwight, Melatiah Everett; Morrison, George Austin; Mott, Hopper Striker; Totten, John Reynolds; Forest, Louis Effingham De; Pitman, Harold Minot; Ditmas, Charles Andrew; Maynard, Arthur S.; Mann, Conklin (1947). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  10. ^ Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica and the British Archivist. 1902. p. 33. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  11. ^ Cassidy, Judith Smith; Macy (Jr.), Harry (2007). The Dorland Enigma Solved: A Revision of the Dorland Genealogy. Diane Barth Swartz. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-615-13371-3. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Died". New-York Observer. Morse, Hallock & Company: 258. 1911.
  13. ^ "Cornelius Cruger Van Schaack - Student". ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org. Litchfield Ledger. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  14. ^ Domett, Henry Williams (1884). A History of the Bank of New York, 1784-1884. G. P. Putman's Sons. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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