Edward Holland (Halland), Mayor 1747-1756: Holland (c.1702 – 1756) was an investor in the slave trade, an enslaver, a merchant, and served as mayor of Albany. He invested in the Thomas, which arrived in New York from Barbados in 1732 with three enslaved persons and cargo of rum and sugar.

His will directed that his “plate furniture and servants be equally divided by my Executors among my children and said wife Frances share and share alike…”[1]

Slaveship Investment

Mayor	Ship	In NY Port	Ports of Call	Enslaved Purchased	Cargo	Co-Investors
Edward Holland	Thomas	9/23/1732	Barbados	3	Rum, at least eighteen barrels sugar	John Stevens, John Groesbeak, Thomas Bayeaux, and David Minville

[1] New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Will Date 8 Nov 1756, Probate Date, 5 Nov 1756, Ancestry.com, link

Slaveship: 107763; p.494; CO 5/1225_001, 49

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