Jacobus Benjamin van de Water was
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
and "''auditeur''" of the city of
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam ( nl, Nieuw Amsterdam, or ) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading ''factory'' gave rise ...
ca. 1673.
Van de Water was born in 1643 to Benjamin Jacobus Van de Water, and Eijsbet de Meersman, from
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
. His father died in Amsterdam on 23 January 1653 and his mother married, second,
Walewijn van der Veen in Amsterdam 23 April 1654. They emigrated to America settling in
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam ( nl, Nieuw Amsterdam, or ) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading ''factory'' gave rise ...
after the birth of his half sister in Amsterdam in 1655. He himself followed in 1658. Once settled, Jacobus Van de Water married Engeltje Jurriaens.
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1643 births
1710 deaths
Dutch emigrants to New Netherland
Mayors of New York City