Upon rising to office, this man promoted alderman Johannes Wendell to mayor.
Upon rising to office, this man promoted alderman Johannes Wendell to mayor. He briefly arrested Fitz-John Winthrop, which drew a protest letter from governor Robert Treat, after this man was forced to allow Winthrop to lead an expedition against the French instead of his son-in-law. This man's origins as the son of a Frankfurt minister led him to be portrayed as a German hero in Nazi-era plays like Curt Langenbeck's The Traitor. He refused to surrender to Richard Ingoldesby, who launched a siege of his fort and waited for the arrival of Henry Sloughter, who later signed his death warrant under dubious circumstances, leading him to be hanged with his son-in-law Jacob Milborne. This merchant had come to power by forcing Lieutenant Governor Francis Nicholson to flee to England in the wake of the Glorious Revolution. FTP, name this man who, in 1689, led a namesake rebellion in New York. 
Upon rising to office, this man promoted alderman Johannes Wendell to mayor.
Jacob Leisler