Johannes Hansen or Hans Hansen (1695 – 1756) was the

Mayor of Albany, New York From its formal chartering on 22 July 1686 until 1779, the mayors of Albany, New York, were appointed by the royal governor of New York (state), New York, per the provisions of the original city charter, issued by Governor Thomas Dongan. From 1 ...

from 1731 to 1732.

Early life

Hansen was born on 1695 in Albany, New York. He was the eldest son of seven children born to Albany mayor

Hendrick Hansen Hendrick Hansen (February 26, 1665 – February 17, 1724) was the fifth Mayor of Albany, New York. Early life Hendrick Hansen was born on February 26, 1665, in Albany. He was the son of Hans Hendrickse, a Beverwyck trader, and Eva Gillis de Meye ...

(1665–1724) and Debora Van Dam (c. 1670–1742), His siblings were Debora Hansen (1693–1745), who married Jacobus Beekman (1685–1739), Maria Hansen (1697–c. 1697), who married David A. Schuyler (1692–c. 1697), Nicholas Hansen (b. 1698), who married Engeltie Wemp, and Ryckert "Richard" Hansen (1703–1766), who married Sara Thong (d. 1733) and after her death, he married Catharina Ten Broeck (1717–c. 1780s). His paternal grandparents were Eva Gillis de Meyer and Hans Hendrickse, a

Beverwyck Beverwijck ( ; ), often written using the pre-reform orthography Beverwyck, was a fur-trading community north of Fort Orange on the Hudson River within Rensselaerwyck in New Netherland that was renamed and developed as Albany, New York, afte ...

trader, and Eva Gillis de Meyer Hansen. His mother was the only daughter of Claes Ripse Van Dam (d. 1709), an carpenter and Justice of the Peace for Albany County and Maria (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Bords) Van Dam.

Career

According to his fathers 1723 will, and upon his father's death in 1724, he inherited, by right of

primogeniture Primogeniture () is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn Legitimacy (family law), legitimate child to inheritance, inherit all or most of their parent's estate (law), estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some childre ...

, his father's "lot of ground in Albany, on the north side thereof." He also received, equally divided with his brother Nicholas, his father's farm and 2,000 acres of land that was situated "on the north side of the Maqueses river" near Ticonderoga. The land was granted to him by Patent from Brig. Gen. Robert Hunter who served Governor of the Province of New York. One was to get the house, barn, barracks, and other buildings along with the responsibility to assist and pay upkeep towards the other half. His father's mill was to be held in partnership between the sons. In 1721, he served as a Constable of Albany. In 1731, surprising many, he was appointed the

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, succeeding

Johannes de Peyster III Johannes de Peyster or Johannes de Peyster III (1694 – February 27, 1789) was the Mayor of Albany, New York three times between 1729 and 1742. Early life De Peyster was born in 1694. He was the son of Johannes De Peyster Jr. and Anna Bancker ...

. He served in that role for a year until De Peyster was again appointed mayor. He was again appointed mayor in 1754 by

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, succeeding Robert Sanders. He was reappointed and died in office in 1756. Again following after his father, he served as a Commissioners of Indian Affairs for a total of 2 years, having been appointed in 1754.

Personal life

In 1723, he married Sara Cuyler (b. 1693), daughter of mayor

Johannes Cuyler Johannes Cuyler (1661 – July 20, 1740) was a prominent American merchant of Dutch ancestry who served as the Mayor of Albany, New York, from 1725 to 1726. Early life and family Cuyler was born in 1661 in New Amsterdam in the Province of New ...

(1661–1740) and Elsje Ten Broeck (d. 1752), herself the daughter of Albany Mayor

Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck (December 18, 1638 – November 24, 1717), also known as Dirck Wessels, was a prominent early settler of Albany, New York. He is known as "the progenitor of the Albany family of Ten Broecks." Early life Dirck Ten Broe ...

(1638–1717). Together, they were the parents of seven children, including: * Hendrick Hansen (b. 1723), who died before his father. * Pieter Hansen (b. 1737), who married Rachel Fonda in 1781. * Johannes Hansen. Hansen left a will dated March 10, 1756, and died later that same year 1756 in Albany.

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Johannes Hansen
biography at the

New York State Museum The New York State Museum is a research-backed institution in Albany, New York, Albany, New York (state), New York, United States. It is located on Madison Avenue, attached to the south side of the Empire State Plaza, facing onto the plaza and to ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Johannes (mayor) 1695 births 1756 deaths 18th-century mayors of places in New York (state) American politicians of Dutch descent Mayors of Albany, New York People from New Netherland Members of the New York General Assembly

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