governor predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
edmund andros william dervall stephanus van cortlandt 19 march 1691 hamburg , holy roman empire new york city , new york 10 july 1635 9th mayor of new york city october 14 , 1676 lydia -lrb- dates unknown -rrb- van dyck -lrb- dates unknown -rrb- sarah kellnar nicholas de mayer
 1677 nicholas de mayer
nicholas de mayer

nicholaes demeyer -lrb- demayer -rrb- -lrb- c. july 10 , 1635 -- march 19 , 1691 -rrb- was the 9th mayor of new york city , in the english colony of new york .
he was appointed mayor by governor edmund andros on october 14 , 1676 and served until 1677 .
demayer was from hamburg .
he is known to have been married twice , once to lydia van dyck and once to sarah kellnar .
at one time , demayer was described as `` the second wealthiest man in the new netherlands '' .
demayer 's father in law , hendrick van dyke , is notable for starting the peach tree war by shooting a native american woman picking peaches on his property .
nicholas also participated in this war .
due to the various means of spelling his name , and the nonstandard bookkeeping practices of the time , demayer 's name has been found in many forms : nicholaes demeyer nicholas de meyer nicholas de meyer van holstein nicholas meyer van hamborg nicholas demayer nicholas meyer nicholas demeirt nicholas demeyrt n.d. meijer
