• Born: 5 Feb 1668, New York City NY
• Marriage (1): Ann Saunders on 21 Sep 1692 in New York City NY
• Died: 1708, New York City NY

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Example: Standing salt, circa 1690, in Brooklyn Museum. H: 3 1/4"
  This form, based on Dutch versions, is unique in American silver.

• General: 1691, in New York City NY. Elected captain in Army. ⁴

• Example: Spoon, circa 1695-1705, in Yale University. L: 6 1/2"

• Appointed: Constable, in 1698, in New York City NY. ⁴

• Example: Trencher salt, circa 1700-1708, in Yale University. D: 3 7/8" (base)
  wt: 2 oz, 15 dwt
  Possibly made for Helena Willets of Flushing NY ²⁷

• Example: Salver, circa 1700, in Winterthur Library. H: 2 7/8"
  d: 8 3/16"
  wt: 16 oz, 7 dwt
  Engraved M + S for Myndert Schuyler ⁷

• Example: Salver, circa 1700, in Norton Art Gallery. H: 3"
  d: 8 1/4"
  wt: 9 oz, 17 dwt
  Engraved with the Cortlandt family arms. ⁷

• Freeman: 24 Feb 1701, in New York City NY. ⁴

Jacobus married Ann Saunders, daughter of Robert Saunders and Elsie Barentse Van Kleeck, on 21 Sep 1692 in New York City NY. (Ann Saunders was born in 1671 in Albany NY.)