1691, New York, Governor Richard Ingoldsby, signed petition, Wilhelmus De Meyer

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1691, New York, Governor Richard Ingoldsby, signed petition, Wilhelmus De Meyer:
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This item is a wonderful, original, document dated 1691, New York, where Wilhelmus De Meyer has petitioned Governor Richard Ingoldsby to grant papers of administrating the estate ofRichard Stilwill, as none of the family members wish to do it...signed at lower right by Wilhelmus De Meyer and at left by Governor Richard Ingoldsby. Document is 8x10, tears and older repairs on document, only fair condition, but still displays well.

Richard IngoldsbyorIngoldesby(died 1 March 1719) was aBritisharmyofficerandlieutenant governorof bothNew JerseyandNew York. He became theacting governorfor the two colonies from May 1709 to April 1710.

Ingoldesby served thePrince of Orangeduring theGlorious Revolutionas a field officer. He played a role in the Irish campaign bybesieging the Jacobite strongholdatCarrickfergus. Ingoldesby, in September 1690, became a captain of a company being sent to New York to restore the royal crown followingLeisler\'s Rebellion. Ingoldesby did this by removingJacob Leislerfrom his assumed position as lieutenant governor of New York, and forced Leisler to surrender New York City. Following a brief skirmish in March 1691, Leisler was tried and convicted for both murder and treason, and was hanged that May on orders from GovernorHenry Sloughter. This provoked some distaste by the pro-Leislerian followers.

The New York Council proceeded to select Ingoldesby as the commander-in-chief of the colony until a successor for Sloughter, who died not long after the Leisler trial, could be appointed. However,Benjamin Fletcherreceived the position instead.

Fletcher was dispatched to a company inAlbany, New York, but low payment and supplies prompted him to return to England in 1696 for seven years (instead of his one yearfurlough). Through political intrigue, he attempted to get promoted, and was acquainted withWilliam Dockwra, one of severalEast Jerseyproprietors. Ingoldesby was backed by Dockwra to become the first royal governor of New Jersey, butEdward Hyde, Lord Cornburybecame governor instead and Ingoldesby became the lieutenant. Cornbury refused to grant any power to Ingoldesby at all during his period of governorship. Instead, Ingoldesby became part of theNew Jersey Provincial Council.

Following the death ofJohn Lovelaceon 6 May 1709, he became the acting governor of both New Jersey and New York. However, due to the efforts of the proprietors that he opposed, Ingoldesby’s governorship became an object of suspicion.

In part of theGlorious Enterprise, a joint invasion of Canada by American and British forces, Ingoldesby urged the Assembly to raise New Jersey\'s quota of 200 men, a move which was unpopular with the Assembly\'s Quaker minority. However, he later twisted his role and tried to remove theQuakersfrom holding office positions by defeating the bill, whereupon he ordered that all Quakers were excluded from all public offices. Ultimately, he was persuaded to raise and equip the men, but since the British failed to provide any support, the mission was unsuccessful. Realizing that he would never become the appointed governor of New Jersey, Ingoldesby instead tried to divert much of the money that was to go to Lovelace to himself.

His commission for governorship was revoked by October 1709, but the news only reached him in April 1710. He died in New York on 1 March 1719.

William DeMeyer wasone of the most prominent residents of New Amsterdam.

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