Jacobus van de Water
Jacobus Benjamin van de Water was mayor and "auditeur" of the city of New Amsterdam ca. 1673.
Van de Water was born in 1643 to Benjamin Jacobus Van de Water, and Eijsbet de Maersman, from Rotterdam. His parents emigrated to America in 1651, settling in New Amsterdam; he himself followed in 1658. Once settled, Jacobus Van de Water married Engeltje Jurriaens.
