Jacobus van de Water

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Jacobus Benjamin van de Water was mayor and "auditeur" of the city of New Amsterdam ca. 1673.[1]

Van de Water was born in 1643 to Benjamin Jacobus Van de Water, and Eijsbet de Maersman, from Rotterdam. His parents emigrated to America in 1651, settling in New Amsterdam; he himself followed in 1658. Once settled, Jacobus Van de Water married Engeltje Jurriaens.[2]

References

  1. ^ Moss, Frank. (1897). The American metropolis from Knickerbocker days to the present time: New York city life, p. 46. London: The Authors' Syndicate.
  2. ^ Genealogies of New Jersey Families. Genealogical Publishing Com. 1996. p. 83.
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