Allard Anthony

Allard Burgtem Antonides (1620 – 1685) was one of five Schepen (Dutch for sheriffs) to police the streets of New Amsterdam,cite book
last =Fernow
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coauthors =By New York (N.Y.), Berthold Fernow, New York (N.Y.). Burgomasters and Schepens, Translated by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan
title =The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini
publisher =Pub. under the authority of the city by the Knickerbocker press
date =1897
location =Original from Harvard University
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id = ] the city that was to become New York City. As a representative of New Amsterdam and the New Netherlands colony, Antonides made significant contributions during his appeals to the Dutch monarchy. In 1664, when the British Empire conquered the colony, Antonides anglicized his surname to 'Anthony' and maintained his post until shortly before his death. Though he represented the Dutch colonists, his direct descendants are said to be of Spanish ancestry, possibly gaining access to the Netherlands during the Spanish occupation before its establishment as a separate nation. His place in the history of colonial Holland can be compared to the well-known Peter Stuyvesant and the less-known Willem Verhulst.

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