died in New York. Henry Cruger (1707–1780), who served in the New York Assembly. He married Hannah Slaughter in 1734. After her death, he married Elizabeth Harris in 1736. John Cruger Jr. (1710–1791), who also served as mayor and Speaker of the Provincial Assembly. Sarah Cruger (1714–1766), who married Nicholas Gouverneur (grandparents of Samuel Gouverneur) in 1745. Maria Cruger (1715–1787) Rachel Cruger (1721–1775). Cruger died in New York City on August 13, 1744. When he died, his will left his thriving commercial empire to his surviving sons, John and Henry. He also returned in his will to his religious roots. He was buried in the churchyard of the Low Dutch Reformed Church in Harlem. The graveyard is long gone, but the church is now the Elmendorf Reformed Church in East Harlem. Descendants Through his son Henry, he was the grandfather of Henry Cruger Jr. (1739–1827), who was a Member of Parliament in Great Britain and, later, a New York State senator. Henry Cruger Sr. was also the father of Nicholas Cruger whose Beekman and Cruger was the employer of Alexander Hamilton as a young teen in Saint Croix, Danish West Indies. See also Abraham Samuel, a pirate turned Malagasy king whom he encountered while on a trip to Madagascar. References Notes Sources "Burghers and Freemen of New York 1675-1699," New York Historical Society Collections, 1885. "John Cruger", Dictionary of American Biography, vol II, p 581- 582. "Tax Lists of the City of New York, 1695-1699," New York Historical Society Collections, 1910. 1678 births 1744 deaths Mayors of New York City American people of Danish descent American slave owners American slave traders People of the Province of New York Place of birth unknown Colonial American merchants