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Jacobus
Van Valkenburgh
Jacobus Van Valkenburgh was born in 1705. He was the son of Schenectady residents Isaac and Lydia Van Slyck Van Valkenburgh. He grew up at his father's tavern along the Kings Highway.
In
November 1732, he married Albany native Margarita
Radcliff in the Albany Dutch church where he became
a frequent baptism sponsor. By 1748, the marriage
had produced seven children including five daughters
who married ambitious newcomers!
Jacobus
was a carpenter who lived near his wife's family
in a modest first ward home. He served as a firemaster
in 1738. Over the years, he received payments from
the city government for various services.
Jacobus
Van Valkenburgh filed a will in 1766. It named Margarita
as executor. He was not alive when his widow wrote
her will in 1778.
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Sources: The life of Jacobus Van Valkenburgh is CAP biography
number 1306. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources. His father
seems to be the only Schenectady resident in a largely
Albany area family! The Olive Tree has presented
a useful Internet summary. Provincial military records
reference a number of Jacobus Van Valkenburghs -
a name often encountered in greater Albany County!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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