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Johann
Abraham
de Boor
* 1732 † 1799
Wine trader |
Born in Hamburg as the first of 7 children of the wine trader Isaac de
Boor and Anna Metta Meyer.
In the years 1756-63, he was, according to his son's report, "Hannöverscher
Kriegscommissär im 7jährigen Kriege wobei er wohl reich geworden war,
denn er kam mit großem Aufwande z.B. vierspänniger Equipage und Mohren
nach Hamburg." (Hanoveranian war commissioner during the 7-year war
whereby he may well have become rich, for he came to Hamburg in high style,
e.g., in an equipage with four horses and with moors). Here, he used his
father's knowledge and became wine trader at the Hamburg Rödingsmarkt,
"... machte aber unglückliche Geschäfte und wurde deshalb Buchhalter
bei Voght und Sieveking" (but made some bad deals and, because of
that, became bookkeeper with Voght and Sieveking).
In 1766, he married Marie Elisabeth Timmermann (1746-1810). She became
later a much appreciated artist and one of the best known Hamburg portraitists
of her time.
In subsequent years, their children Johanna Cornelia (1768), Cäcilie Charlotte
(1772) and Carl Friedrich (1776) were born.
The Hamburg Senator and businessman Johann Caspar Voght (1752-1839) sends
Johann Abraham de Boor 1783 to Philadelphia. In the name of the Hamburg
Senat, he carries personally the best wishes of the City of Hamburg to
the first elected government of the United States of America. This message
for the US Congress was Hamburg's official congratulation for the American
independence and a request to build up trade between Hamburg and the USA.
It is not known how long Johann Abraham stayed in the USA - his son only
notes the following: "Nach der Rückkehr wurde er trunkfällig in eimem
solchen Grad, dass er in Iserlohn in Pension gegeben werden mußte."
(After his return, he became an alcoholic to such a degree that he had
to be put into a home, in Iserlohn). He died 1799 in Hamburg.
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