Wint, Geurt Sprevert de

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Born in St. Thomas 1718. Son of Gerrit (Geurt) Sprevert de Wint and Anna Maria (Brenners) de Wint.

Timeline

1745 July: Married to Elisabeth Robinson on St. Thomas on July 29 1745 when she joined the reformed Dutch church.

1766 May 6: Appointed Royal Commisioner to the Dansih King with a salary of 600 rigsdaler.

1770: Came to New York and joined the reformed Durch church

1773: Petitioned the pronvincial congress of New York.

He died btween 9 June 1782 (when one of his slaves had a child batized on St. Thomas) and 6 August 1783, when his widow married Capt. Jacob Hendrik Schmaltz (born in Denmark).

Source: The Genealogist, volume 4, No. 1 1982. "De Windt Families of the Wets Indies"