Jacobus Van Cortlandt

Jacobus Van Cortlandt
30th and 33rd Mayor of New York City
In office
1710–1711
Preceded by Ebenezer Wilson
Succeeded by Caleb Heathcote
In office
1719–1720
Preceded by John Johnstone
Succeeded by Robert Walters
Personal details
Born 1658
New Amsterdam
Died 1739
Bergen, New Jersey
Spouse(s) Eva de Vries
Relations Van Cortlandt family
Parents Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt
Annetje Loockermans

Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658-1739) was a wealthy merchant and the 30th and 33rd Mayor of New York City from 1710 to 1711 and again from 1719 to 1720. He was born in 1658 in New Amsterdam.

Early life

Jacobus Van Cortlandt was born in 1658 to Captain Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt (b. Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands, d. 1684), who arrived 1637 in New Amsterdam. Originally a soldier and bookkeeper, he rose to high colonial ranks in service of the Dutch West India Company, serving many terms as burgomaster and alderman.[1] on citizens councils Eight Men and Nine Men His mother was Annetje "Anna" Loockermans Van Cortlandt (b. Turnhout March 17, 1618) who may have been the person to start the custom of Santa Claus in America. Together his parents had:

Land purchase

Van Cortlandt purchased a parcel of land in what is now Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York, from John Barrett after the death of John's father, Samuel Barrett, around 1691. At that time, the plantation was considered Yonkers.

Personal life

He married Eva de Vries (b. 1660), the daughter of Margaret Hardenbroeck (c. 1637–1691) and Peter Rudolphus de Vries (died 1661). After Peter de Vries's death, she was adopted by Hardenbroeck's second husband, Frederick Philipse (1626-1702). Together, Jacobus and Eva had:

He died in 1739 in Bergen, New Jersey.[4]

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