Career
He was Commander-in-Chief (1677-1678) and then acting Governor (1681-1682) of New New York Brockholls was married in Albany on May 2, 1681 to Susannah Maria Schrect or Shrik and they had one child, Johanna Brockholes, who was born on February 15, 1700. During in New York, Brockholls was denounced as "a rank Papist," and had a price set on his head by the then acting-Governor of that Colony, Jacob Leisler.
In June 1695, Colonel Anthony Brockholls and Captain Arent Schuyler were among several men from New York who purchased a tract of land which became.