Jacobus Bruyn

Jacobus Bruyn (January 7, 1707 – April 26, 1781) was a member of the New York General Assembly from Ulster County from 1759 to 1768.

Early life Bruyn was born on January 7, 1707, in Wallkill in the Province of New York in what was then a part of British America. He was a son of Jacobus Bruyn and Tryntje Schoonmaker.

His paternal grandparents were Jacob Bruyn, a native of Norway, and Gertrude Esselsteyn (a daughter of Jan Willemse Esselsteyne). His maternal grandparents were Jochem Hendrickse Schoonmaker and Petronella Sleght (daughter of Cornelius Barentse Sleght). Bruyn was succeeded by George Clinton, who later served as the 1st Governor of the State of New York and the 4th Vice President of the United States.

During the American Revolutionary War, Bruyn was a Corp. of the Foot Company of Militia of the "Presenk of the Highland" under command of Capt. Thomas Ellison.

Personal life Bruyn was married to Jane Graham (d. 1764). Together, they were the parents of at least four boys, all of whom served in the New York State Assembly:

Gertruyd Bruyn (b. 1748), who married Cornelius DuBois, a son of Cornelius DuBois and Anna Margrietjen Hoogteling.

Descendants Through his son Jacobus, he was a grandfather of Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (1790–1838), a New York Assemblymen in 1818; trustee of Ithaca in 1821 and president of the village in 1822, and a U.S. Representative from New York for the 22nd District from 1837 to 1838.

Through his son Johannes, he was a grandfather of Charles DeWitt Bruyn (1784–1849), a New York Assemblymen from Sullivan and Ulster counties from 1821 to 1822.