This category includes people who were notable in the Province of New York prior to the era of American Revolution. That is, they were notable before about 1765. People who are primarily associated with the Revolutionary era are located Category:People of New York (state) in the American Revolution, instead of this category.
Subcategories
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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C
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Pages in category "People from colonial New York"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 328 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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B
- Theodorus Bailey (politician)
- Daniel F. Bakeman
- John Ball (assemblyman)
- Jacob Barsimson
- Nicholas Bayard
- Stephen Bayard
- William Bayard Jr.
- Richard Beasley (politician)
- Beekman family
- Hendrick Beekman
- Henry Beekman
- Wilhelmus Beekman
- Thomas Benedict
- Egbert Benson
- Christopher Billop
- Christopher Billopp (Royal Navy officer)
- Ann Eliza Bleecker
- Anthony Lispenard Bleecker
- Jan Jansen Bleecker
- Simon Boerum
- Everardus Bogardus
- Henry Bogart
- Gerrit Boon
- John Bowne
- William Bradford (printer, born 1663)
- William Bradford (printer, born 1719)
- Molly Brant
- Dirck Brinckerhoff
- Anthony Brockholls
- Daniel Brodhead II
- Jonas Bronck
- David Brooks (American politician)
- Johannes Pieterse van Brugh
- Samuel Burgess
- John Butler (Ranger)
- Walter Butler (Loyalist)
C
- John Cantine
- Angelica Schuyler Church
- Ann Claus
- Charles Clinton
- George Clinton (vice president)
- James Clinton
- Cockenoe
- John D. Coe
- Robert Coe (colonist)
- Cadwallader Colden
- Cadwallader D. Colden
- Jane Colden
- Myles Cooper
- Richard Cornell
- Thomas Cornell (settler)
- Cornplanter
- Jacobus Van Cortlandt
- Stephanus Van Cortlandt
- Henry Cruger
- Abraham Cuyler
- Cornelis Cuyler
- Jacob Cuyler
D
- James De Lancey (loyalist)
- Stephen De Lancey
- Johannes de Peyster Sr.
- Simeon De Witt
- James De Lancey
- James De Lancey (politician)
- Stephen Delancey
- Abraham Delanoy
- Arent DePeyster
- John Doughty
- Anthony Duane
- James Duane
- William Duane (journalist)
- Louis Du Bois (Huguenot)
- William Duer (Continental congressman)
- Daniel Dupuy
- John Durand (painter)
- William Dyre
F
G
H
- Lewis Hallam
- Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
- Hendrick Hansen
- Johannes Hardenbergh
- Peter Hare (army officer)
- Francis Harison
- Richard Harison
- John Christopher Hartwick
- Ebenezer Hazard
- Richard Hewlett (military officer)
- Isaac Hicks
- Whitehead Hicks
- John Sloss Hobart
- Anthony Hoffman
- Edward Holland (mayor)
- John Holt (publisher)
- Daniel Horsmanden
- Anne Hutchinson
J
K
L
- Mary Bird Lake
- Jacob Gerritse Lansing
- Jacob John Lansing
- John Lansing Jr.
- John Lawrence (New York politician)
- Thomas Lawrence (mayor)
- Bartholomew Le Roux
- Ann Lee
- Leffert Lefferts
- Jacob Leisler
- Morgan Lewis (governor)
- Daniel Liczko
- John Lindesay
- Edward Livingston
- Gilbert Livingston (1690–1746)
- Gilbert Livingston (legislator)
- Henry Brockholst Livingston
- Henry Livingston Jr.
- Peter R. Livingston (1737–1793)
- Philip Livingston
- Philip Livingston (1686–1749)
- Robert Livingston (1708–1790)
- Robert Livingston (1718–1775)
- Robert R. Livingston
- Robert Livingston the Younger
- Samuel Loudon
- John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace
- Sybil Ludington
- Henry Ludington
- Nelson Ludington
- Gabriel George Ludlow
- George Duncan Ludlow
- Stephen Lush