Gabriel Minvielle was a prominent
Huguenot
The Huguenots ( , also , ) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Be ...
who settled in New York after emigrating from France in 1673. He engaged in foreign trade, especially with the
West Indies
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, and prospered as a merchant and trader and also politically. He served as the 15th
Mayor of New York City from 1684 until 1685.
Minvielle was later honored several times by appointment as a member of the Governor's Council.
Minvielle was integral in the creation of the Huguenot settlement of
New Rochelle, New York in 1688.
See also
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List of mayors of New York City
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17th-century births
1702 deaths
Year of birth unknown
17th-century American politicians
Mayors of New York City
French emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies
Huguenots
Politicians from New Rochelle, New York
Businesspeople from Bordeaux