General Notes

Jacob was taken into the Dutch West India Company as an assistant by
Governor Van Twiller and later became a tobacco planter and brewer.  In
1664 he was licensed by Governor Nichols to trade in his sloop with the
Indians along the Hudson River.
On March 4, 1643, Jacob and David de Vries volunteered to go out of Fort
Amsterdam to the Rockaway Conventions to spend the night with the Indians
to make peace.  In 1649 and 1650 under Pieter Stuyvesant, Jacob was a
member of the Court of Arbitrators.  On June 26, 1649, Jacob was sent to
Holland as one of three men to represent New Netherlands at the Hague.
On July 3, 1643, the West India Company granted land to Jacob in Brooklyn
on the East River including what is now the New York Navy Yard, City Park
and the Fifth Ward.  Jacob and his wife, Hester were the parents of six
children.
David K. Conover:
"He and Hester Jansen were intended in Marriage Jacobus Couwenhov
en of Amersfoort, residing in the Jonge Roelen Alley, 22 years old, asseis
ted by his uncle Rutgert Jansz, parents still living, marries Hester Ja
ns of Haarlem, 22 years old, living on the Princes' Canal with her moth
er Lijsbert Setten.  He signs: Jacobus Couwenhoven on Nov 14, 1637 at Amst
erdam, Netherlands. Inventory of his estate was on Apr 21, 1670.
Jacob was taken into the Dutch West India Company as an assista
nt by Governor Van Twiller and later became a tobacco planter and brewe
r.  In 1664 he was licensed by Governor Nichols to trade in his sloop wi
th the Indians along the Hudson River. Jacob marrried Hester Jansen in Ams
terdam, Holland, on December 1, 1636, and they were the parents of six chi
ldren. On March 4, 1643, Jacob and David de Vries volunteered to go o
ut of Fort Amsterdam to the Rockaway Convention to spend the night with t
he Indians to make peace. In 1649 and 1650 under Pieter Stuyvesant, Jac
ob was a member of the Court of Arbitrators. On June 26, 1649, Jacob was s
ent to Holland as one of three men to represent New Netherlands at the Hag
ue.  On July 3, 1643, the West India Company granted land to Jacob in Broo
klyn on the East River including what is now the New York Navy Yard, Ci
ty Park and the Fifth Ward.
There were no children of Jacob and Magdaleentje Jacobs Van Amsterdam."
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