Stokes Biography from N8 Taxlot states: 

Nicolaes van Holsteyn, as the earliest records call him, was originally from Hamburg (in Schleswig-Holstein). He was a baker, and, as was usual in those days, ground his own flour. His mill near the Fresh Water is treated of elsewhere. De Meyer is not found in New Amsterdam much earlier than June 6, 1655, the date of his marriage to Lydia, daughter of Hendrick van Dyck. — Marriages in Ref. Dutch Ch., 19. He was a good business man, and a perusal of the records leads to the conclusion that no one ever succeeded in taking advantage of him. As a creditor, he was inexorable. During 1664, he served as schepen of New Amsterdam. — Rec. N. Am., V: 17. In 1669, he was alderman {ibid., VI: 201), and again in 1675. — M. C. C, I: i. He was mayor, under Andros, in 1676-7 {ibid., VIII: 145), and assistant alderman under the Dongan regime. — Ibid., I: 297. He was appointed a member of Governor Sloughter's council in January, 1691, but had died before the arrival of the new governor, in March, 1691. — A'. Y. Col. Docs.,

Ill: 756-7-

For De Meyer's will, and letters of administration granted to his son, see N. Y. Hist. Soc. Collections, 1892, pp. 187, 203. A sketch of de Meyer and his descendants will be found in Riker's Hist, of Harlem, 359-60.

On the partition of Nicholas de Meyer's estate, in July, 1691, the most westerly house fell to Henry de Meyer; the middle house to Elizabeth de Meyer and her husband, Philip Schuyler; and the easterly house to Anna Catrina de Meyer and her husband, Jan Williamse Neering. — Liber Deeds, XVIII: 165, 137, 134.

The stone house, No. 10, stood on the site of No. 45 Stone Street; the mill was in the rear of No. 41 Stone Street, or back of No. 8; No. 9 was on the site of No. 43 Stone Street.

See the note explaining the apparent error in the relation of these houses to the Stadt Huys Lane, now Coenties Alley (Block 0, Nos. 8 and 9).