Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck

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.

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). Gerritje Ten Eyck (1728–1782), who married Pieter Gansevoort (1725–1809), a grandson of Harmen Harmense Gansevoort.

His maternal grandparents were Anthony Van Schaick (1655–1737) and Maria (née Vanderpoel) Van Schaick. 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.

Career

At age fifteen, he went to New York to apprentice with Charles LeRoux (1689–1745), a prominent silversmith and engraver. 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. Following his term as mayor, he was again elected Alderman in 1750 for the Second Ward, serving until 1762. and Catharina (née Bleecker) Cuyler (1670–1734). Together, they were the parents of four children baptized between 1741 and 1749 in the Albany Dutch Church where they were members. who married Maria Egberts (1748–1819) in 1775 and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, judge of Rensselaer County and member of the New York State Senate. Abraham Jacob Ten Eyck (1743–1824),

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.