"[12] He also received, equally divided with his brother Nicholas, his father's farm and 2,000 acres of land that was situated "on the north side of the Maqueses river" near Ticonderoga.
One was to get the house, barn, barracks, and other buildings along with the responsibility to assist and pay upkeep towards the other half.
[1] In 1731, surprising many, he was appointed the Mayor of Albany, New York by John Montgomerie, succeeding Johannes de Peyster III.
[1][15] He was again appointed mayor in 1754 by James De Lancey, succeeding Robert Sanders.
Together, they were the parents of seven children, including:[20] Hansen left a will dated March 10, 1756,[23] and died later that same year 1756 in Albany.