Jacobus van de Water
Appearance
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
- ^ Moss, Frank. (1897). The American metropolis from Knickerbocker days to the present time: New York city life, p. 46. London: The Authors' Syndicate.
- ^ Genealogies of New Jersey Families. Genealogical Publishing Com. 1996. p. 83. ISBN 9780806314907.