Isaac de Riemer: 26th - Northeast Slavery Record Index

Isaac de Riemer, Mayor 1700-1701: de Riemer (c.1666 – c.1731) was a prominent merchant and glazier. Mayor Cornelius Steenwyck was his uncle. His father, Peter De Riemer, left him half of his glasswork tools in his will. In his 1731 will in Somerset County, New Jersey, he lists six enslaved persons: Dean, Florah, Hagg, Harry, Joan, and Thom.[1]

[1] Northeast Slavery Records Index; De Riemer, William Edward (1905). The De Riemer family, A.D. 1640(?)-1903, p.15-19; Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. XXX: Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. II: 1730-1750, p.141; father’s will: New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Will Date 29 Jan 1690, Probate Date 29 Jan 1697, Wills, Vol 007, 1702-1704, Ancestry.com, link

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