Walters (d. 1733), mayor of New York City from 1720 to 1725. Susannah Leisler, who in 1687 married Michael Vaughton of Staffordshire, a half-brother of John Spragg, the colonial secretary of New York. Mary Leisler, who in 1691 married Jacob Milborne (-1691), who was executed in New York on 16 May 1691. Some descendants of Leisler use his surname as a middle name. The most prominent of them was Walther Leisler Kiep, a CDU politician. Legacy and honors Governor Bellomont authorized the honorable reburial of Leisler and his son-in-law at the Dutch Reformed Church in New York City. In June 1913 a monument to Jacob Leisler was dedicated in New Rochelle, New York, by the Huguenot Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Huguenot Association of New Rochelle, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding and honor his role. Leisler has been described as the "first Governor of Colonial New York to owe his position to the popular suffrage." In June 1913 William O. Bates published his play, Jacob Leisler: A Play of Old New York, about the leader and the dramatic events of his life. Leisler was depicted by Nazi German propogandist playwright Curt Langenbeck in his play Der Hochverräter. Tragisches Schauspiel (1938) as a hero. References Notes Sources which in turn cites: John Romeyn Brodhead, History of the State of New York (vol. 2, New York, 1871) E. B. O'Callaghan, Documentary History of the State of New York (vol. 2, Albany, 1850) (for the documents connected with the controversy) Further reading The Jacob Leisler Papers Project, New York University Statue of Jacob Leisler, New Rochelle, NY 1640s births 1691 deaths 17th-century executions by the Province of New York German emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies Politicians from New Rochelle, New York History of New Rochelle, New York Huguenot history in the United States People of the Province of New York 17th-century executions of American people American rebels Dominion of New England Year of birth uncertain Executed people from Hesse Hessian emigrants to the United States 17th-century executions by England People executed by the Thirteen Colonies by hanging Governors of the Province of New York