Mary Noel, daughter of Garrat Noel, married
Anthony
Lispenard Bleecker in 1763. They lived at 74 Broadway in New York City
and had land in other parts of the city. We think Anthony was a
merchant and also in the real estate business and that both Bleecker
St. & Lispenard St. are named after him. He was a vestryman and
warden
at Trinity Church. A merchant and auctioneer, he help found the NY
Stock
Exchange under the The Buttonwood Agreement, which took place on May
17, 1792. Anthony's brother, Leonard Bleecker (1755-1844), and his
third son Garrat Noel Bleecker (1768-1833) were signatories to the
agreement.
Mary and Anthony had 13 offspring, surnamed Bleecker. A L Bleecker died on April 26, 1816, in New York City, or who knows how many more they would have had.