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Hendrick
Van Dyck
Hendrick Van Dyck was born about 1665. He was the eldest son of Albany physician Cornelis Van Dyck and his first wife, Elizabeth Lakens Van Dyck.
In
February 1689, he married Maria Schuyler. By 1704,
their eight children had been baptized in the Albany
Dutch church where both parents were members and
occasional baptism sponsors.
Like
his father, Hendrick practiced medicine and was identified
as a surgeon. His home near the river was an early
Albany landmark. He served as an attorney, engaged
in business and, in 1699, was charged with trading
without a license. In 1699 and afterwards, he joined
other mainstays in petitioning the royal governor
on Albany's behalf. He was involved in community
service - serving as juror, assessor, and assistant
alderman in the first ward from 1690 to 1694. He
also was a contractor of the city corporation.
Living
only into his forties, Dr. Hendrick Van Dyck reportedly
drowned at Albany on April 11, 1707. He died intestate
but his widow was able to secure letters of Administration
in 1716. After a number of years of living in Albany,
Widow Maria Van Dyck re-located their family to
Kinderhook.
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Sources: The life of Hendrick Van Dyck is CAP biography number
830. This profile is derived chiefly from family
and community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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