Thomas Noell, Mayor 1701–1702: Noell (d.1702) was mayor when the comprehensive slave code for the province of New York was enacted in 1702. He listed ten enslaved persons in his will that was executed in April 1704. From an abstract of his will:

Inventory [3 April 1704] of goods on his farm in Bergen Co,, No J. Among items listed were the following Negroes: a man named Robben [£36], a man named John [£44], a boy named Jack [£40], a woman named Vilet [£32/10/-], a woman named Mercey [£32/10-], a boy named Robben [£20], a boy named Clase [£10], a girl named Izabell [£20], a girl named Hannah [£15] and a girl named Susannah, at the half [£5]o The total was £341/-/6…The inventories were exhibited on 13 April 1704 by Hannah Noell, widow and executrix of the dec’d…[1]

[1] New York State Estate Inventory Abstracts, 1666 – 1825, NY Genealogical and Biographical Society, also in Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate’s Office, City of New York, 1665-1801. V. 1, FamilySearch

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