John Jacob Vanderkemp

John Jacob Vanderkemp (April 22, 1783 – December 4, 1855) was the Agent General (COO) of the Holland Land Company, one of the largest foreign investments during the early history of the United States of America.

[2] Vanderkemp took a position in Philadelphia in 1804[3] replacing Harm Jan Huidekoper as the assistant to Paul Busti, Agent General of the Holland Land Company.

[1][4] Vanderkemp served as the Chairman of Investments and on the Committee of Finance directing the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, working for this institution from 1819 to 1855.

[7] Vanderkemp was the eldest child of the Dutch radical leader François Adriaan van der Kemp and Reinira Engelbartha Johanna Vos.

[8][9][10] F. Adrian Vanderkemp, named for his paternal grandfather, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1829 and died in unknown circumstances in Hedionda near Saltillo, Mexico in 1832.