Anthony Lispenard Bleecker (1741-1816)
- Name
- Anthony Lispenard Bleecker (1741-1816)
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00005
- Given Name
- Anthony Lispenard
- Family Name
- Bleecker
- Birth Date
- June 13, 1741
- Death Date
- April 26, 1816
- Sex
- Male
- Description
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Anthony Lispenard Bleecker was a shipping merchant and real estate auctioneer in New York City. He served as a major during the Revolutionary War, and his family lived in New Jersey while the British troops occupied New York City during the war. He was one of the wealthiest and most powerful real estate and stock brokers in New York City in the late 18th century. Bleecker Street in Manhattan is named for him.
In 1787, he sold an enslaved woman named Flora and her daughters Ann and Phillis to John Neilson, an early trustee and benefactor of Queen's College (later Rutgers University). - Spouse of
- Mary Noel Bleecker
- Source Resource
- https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/1222
- Source Site
- https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
- Contributor
- Jesse Bayker