Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck

[7] His paternal grandparents were Jacob Coenraedtsen Ten Eyck (1647–1693), a shoemaker who was born in the Netherlands, and Geertruy Coeymans.

[2] At age fifteen, he went to New York to apprentice with Charles LeRoux (1689–1745), a prominent silversmith and engraver.

[5] In Albany, Ten Eyck served as constable and firemaster before winning election to the City Council as an assistant in 1734.

[5] In 1748, he was named Mayor of Albany and served for two years, succeeding Dirck Ten Broeck (1686–1751), who was married to Margarita Cuyler, his wife's sister.

[5] Their children were: Ten Eyck was one of the wealthiest Albany businessmen with his property regularly assessed around the top of all households.