During the 1760s and 70s, his Market Street home was an Albany landmark. His sons, John Jr. and Abraham G. Lansing, became prominent Albany personages.
Gerrit Ja. Lansing was dead by August 1782 when letters of administration were granted to his widow.
notes
Sources: The life of Gerrit Ja. Lansing is CAP biography
number 3705. This profile is derived chiefly from family
and community-based resources.
1770s: At this point, we are unable to say that this individual was the Gerrit Lansing who was a member of the Albany Committee of Correspondence and/or a contributor to the war effort!
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first posted: 9/5/02