Jaques Cortelyou

1625 - 1693  (67 years)

• Name	Jaques Cortelyou  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	5 Nov 1625	Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LBP3-2Q1
  Death	27 Jun 1693	New York, New York, United States
  Person ID	I45365	footsteps | Bunker
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacques Cortillon,   b. 1587, Faremoutiers, Seine-et-Marne, Frankrijk d. 31 May 1653, Netherlands (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Elsken Hendrickse,   b. Abt 1590, Netherlands d. 7 Dec 1663, Netherlands (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F25004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Neeltje Van Duyn,   b. 1630, Netherlands d. Dec 1695, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1655	New Ultrecht, Kings, New York, United States
  Children	+ 1. Maria Cortelyou,   b. 1669, New Ultrecht, Kings, New York, United States d. 1730, New Ultrecht, Kings, New York, United States (Age 61 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F25005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Jacques in 1643 a student at University of Utrecht. In 1652 he was employed as a tutor for the sons of Cornelis VanWerckhoven and travelled with them to Americia. In 1654 was appointed to the position of "schout" (sheriff) by Peter Stuyvensant but he refused the post. In 1657 it is recorded that he was appointed surveyor revealing another facet of his educations.He laid out lots for the settlement of New Utrecht and for his home chose to build his house on a bluff with a sweeping view across the Narrows to Staten Island. Negro slaves were not a novelty in New Netherlands and Jacques acuqired slaves to work on his farm and they were a part of the inventory left in his estate when he died in 1693. Jaques Cortelyou was an important part of the politics of New Netherlands and travelled extensively in his various roles. Jacques married in New Netherlands Neeltje Van Duyn; she presumably came to New Amsterdam with her brother, Garrit Cornelise VanDuyn, about 1649. she died prior to December 1695 from Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York by Rosalie Fellow Bailey "on the death of his patron Jacques succeeded to a large shre of his property and laid out the village of New Utrecht on Long Island. He was surveyor general of the colony in 1657 and is believed to have made the first map of New York City.

  
  

• Sources

  [S328] New York, Land Records, 1630-1975, "New York, Land Records, 1630-1975", FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:WHN4-K2N2 : Sun Apr 13 01:29:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Anna Vanborsum and Jaques Corteliou, 17 Apr 1684. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHN4-K22M [S328] New York, Land Records, 1630-1975, "New York, Land Records, 1630-1975", FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QPTN-2H6Q : Sun Apr 13 07:21:54 UTC 2025), Entry for William Barkello and Jaques Cortelyou, 17 Apr 1684. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTN-2H67