(The First Ones in America!)

Return / Terug

Daniel & Charles Crommelin's history (prior to coming to New York around 1695) 1674 Marriage of Daniel Crommelin and Anne Testart 1676 Charenton (Paris): Baptism of son, Charles 1681 Involvement with Nicolas Van Horn, pirate 1682 Birth of second son, Isaac 1686 Greenwaycourt, Kent, England 1694 Daniel and the Two Orphans in Holland 1694 Arrival at New Yorke French Baptisms in New York (The attendance of Anne Crommelin-Testart at a baptism on May 17, 1696 [and also March 10, 1700] suggests that Daniel could have been in New York as early as 1694 having fled the 1694-95 yellow fever epidemic in eastern Jamaica.) Petitions signed by Daniel Various (1700 - 1714) 1701 Petition to King William III and Signers 1702 Weaver Fraud Petition and resulting 1703 Proclamation 1706 Disloyalty Hoax 1724 French Church Dispute 1702 New York Epidemic (The year 1702 saw the deaths of wife, Anne Testart and son, Isaac) 1703 New York Census (New York inhabitants in 1703 lists only Mr. Crommelin and his child.) Daniel's Land Holdings 1704 Land Acquisitions Begun Gray Court 1716 Daniel's Gray Court Inn 1718 Daniel's Residence 1720 Lien Against Gray Court 2006 Discovery of Deed "Tales of Greycourt Inn" - a chapter in "History of the Minisink Region" Son - Charles Crommelin "Copper Mining Pioneer" 1725 Burial at Trinity Churchyard Cemetery Links: Early New York History Example of a Voyage to Early America Dutch Church of New York, 1686 Life in New York in 1695 Maps of Early New York Colonial New York City Huguenots in New York City Experiences of Huguenots in America Early New York: A Retrospective American Revolution New York in the Revolution - [See Also] New York as a virtual prison camp Great Grandaughter - Judith Verplanck-Crommelin (Her friendship with Sir William Howe, Commander of the British invasion force)

Panels for an exhibit on well-known Saint Quentin travellers,
amongst which Daniel Crommelin, prepared by Maryse Trannois, July 2011