Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck

Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck
Mayor of Albany, New York
In office
1748–1750
GovernorGeorge Clinton
Preceded byDirck Ten Broeck
Succeeded byRobert Sanders
Personal details
Born(1705-01-15)January 15, 1705
Albany, Province of New York
DiedSeptember 9, 1793(1793-09-09) (aged 88)
Albany, New York
Resting placeAlbany Rural Cemetery
Spouse
Catharine Cuyler
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(m. 1736; died 1790)​
RelationsEgbert Ten Eyck (grandson)
Children4, including Anthony
Parent(s)Coenradt Ten Eyck
Gerritje Van Schaick

Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck (April 1705 in Albany, New York – September 9, 1793, in Albany, Albany County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.[1]

Early life

Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck was born in April 1705 in Albany, New York. He was one of ten children born to Coenradt Ten Eyck (1678–1753), a silversmith, and Gerritje Van Schaick (b. 1687).[2] His siblings included Barent Ten Eyck (1714–1795),[3] Anna Margarita Ten Eyck (1721–1802), who married John Barclay, also a Mayor of Albany,[4] Gerritje Ten Eyck (1728–1782), who married Pieter Gansevoort (1725–1809), a grandson of Harmen Harmense Gansevoort.[5][6]

His maternal grandparents were Anthony Van Schaick (1655–1737) and Maria (née Vanderpoel) Van Schaick.[7] His paternal grandparents were Jacob Coenraedtsen Ten Eyck (1647–1693), a shoemaker who was born in the Netherlands, and Geertruy Coeymans. They moved to Albany sometime after 1664 and established the Ten Eyck family in the Albany region.[2]

Career

Paneled brandywine bowl, c. 1730-1750, by Ten Eyck

At age fifteen, he went to New York to apprentice with Charles LeRoux (1689–1745), a prominent silversmith and engraver.[3] While in New York, Ten Eyck learned his craft and began to work with gold. By 1736, Ten Eyck had returned to Albany and married.[5]

In Albany, Ten Eyck served as constable and firemaster before winning election to the City Council as an assistant in 1734. In 1741, he was elected Alderman for the First Ward, holding that position for several years. In 1747, he was appointed Sheriff of Albany County.[5]

In 1748, he was named Mayor of Albany and served for two years, succeeding Dirck Ten Broeck (1686–1751), who was married to Margarita Cuyler, his wife's sister.[3][8] Following his term as mayor, he was again elected Alderman in 1750 for the Second Ward, serving until 1762.[5] Ten Eyck also served three years as an Albany commissioner of Indian Affairs, in 1752 and 1754.[9]

During the Revolutionary War, he was a member of Albany’s Committee of Safety.[5]

Personal life

On August 17, 1736, he married Catharine Cuyler (1709–1790),[3] the daughter of Abraham Cuyler (c. 1663 – 1747),[8] Albany commissioner of Indian Affairs,[9] and Catharina (née Bleecker) Cuyler (1670–1734).[10] Together, they were the parents of four children baptized between 1741 and 1749 in the Albany Dutch Church where they were members.[5] Their children were:

Ten Eyck was one of the wealthiest Albany businessmen with his property regularly assessed around the top of all households. He died on September 9, 1793, in Albany, New York. He was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery.[5]

Descendants

His grandchildren through his son Anthony included U.S. Representative Egbert Ten Eyck (1779–1844),[14][15] Anthony Ten Eyck (1784–1859), Jacob A. Ten Eyck (1781–1859), Coenraad Anthony Ten Eyck (1789–1845), Sheriff of Albany County.[13][16][17][11]

His grandchildren through his son Abraham include Jacob Ten Eyck (1772–1862), a member of the New York State Assembly, Catherine Ten Eyck (1769–1850), who married Sanders Lansing (1766–1850), brother of Abraham G. Lansing, the New York State Treasurer, and John Lansing Jr., Chancellor of New York.[11] Through Catherine, he was the great-grandfather of Robert Lansing (1799–1878), a New York State Senator and the 3x-great grandfather of U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing (1864–1928).[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hough, Franklin Benjamin (1854). A History of Jefferson County in the State of New York: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Joel Munsell. p. 452. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Bielinski, Stefan. "Coenradt Ten Eyck". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Groft, Tammis K.; Mackay, Mary Alice (1998). Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 Years of Collecting. SUNY Press. ISBN 9781555951016. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. ^ Bielinski, Stefan. "Anna Margarita Ten Eyck Barclay". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Bielinski, Stefan. "Jacob C. Ten Eyck". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  6. ^ Upsilon, Psi (1929). The Diamond of Psi Upsilon. Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  7. ^ Bielinski, Stefan. "Gerritje Van Schaick Ten Eyck". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  8. ^ a b Blackburn, Roderic H.; Piwonka, Ruth (1988). Remembrance of Patria: Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America, 1609-1776. SUNY Press. ISBN 9781438429908. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b Rhoden, Nancy L. (2014). English Atlantics Revisited: Essays Honouring Ian K. Steele. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 240. ISBN 9780773560406. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  10. ^ Bielinski, Stefan. "Catharina Cuyler Ten Eyck". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Talcott, Sebastian V. (2001). Genealogical Notes Of New York And New England Families. Heritage Books. ISBN 9780788419560. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  12. ^ Collections of the New-York Historical Society For The Year 1896 | Publication Fund Series. 1897. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  13. ^ a b Reynolds, Cuyler (1911). Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene | Vol. I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  14. ^ "TEN EYCK, Egbert - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  15. ^ Emerson, Edgar C., ed. (1898). History of Champion, New York | From Our County and Its People | A Descriptive Work on Jefferson County. New York: The Boston History Company. Retrieved 7 September 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  16. ^ Cogswell, D.D. Editor, Rev. William; New England Historic Genealogical Society (1847). The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, Publisher. Retrieved 7 September 2017. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  17. ^ Derby, George; White, James Terry (1904). The National Cyclopedia of American Biography ... V.1-. J. T. White. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  18. ^ Munsell, Claude Garfield (1916). The Lansing Family. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Gerritt Frederickse Lansing Who Came to America From Hasselt, Province of Overijssell, Holland, 1640. Eight Generations. New York: Private print. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Albany, New York
1748–1750 		Succeeded by