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Myers, John Gillespy - Merchant, Philanthropist.
Surnames: Gillespy, Hilton, Legg, Osterhoudt, Palmer, Snyder,
Sturdee, Teunyes, Wallace, Young
Regions: Albany, Brabant, near Kingston, Mentz, near Port Byron,
Cayuga County, Saugerties, Ulster County
Source: Encyclopedia of Biography of New York -
Vol. 3 (Page 19)
A Life Record of Men and Women Whose Sterling Character and Energy
and Industry Have Made them Pre-eminent in Their Own and Many Other States
by Charles Elliott Fitch, L.H.D.
Illustrated - The American Historical Society
Incorporated,
Boston, New York, Chicago, 1923
Reitstap, an authority on hearaldry, thus describes the coat-of-arms borne by Myer of Holland:
Arms--Or, two scyths in saltire proper, between in chief a mullet azure, and in base three martlets sable, posed one and two, in base pont a mullet of the third (azure).
This review deals with the career of a son of the American branch of the family which dates in America from the year 1710, John Gillespy Myers, whose life is a part of the history of Albany, the capital of the great Empire State.
Nearly two decades have elapsed since John G. Myers and his excellent partner in good works, Mrs. Mary Augusta (Young) Myers, walked the streets of Albany, New York, on good deeds intent, but their memory is as green now as then...
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