Jacob Cuyler (silversmith)
{{Short description|American silversmith}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jacob J. Cuyler
| image =
| caption =
| office1 = Member of the New York Provincial Congress
| term_start1 = 1775
| term_end1 = 1776
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1741|09|01}}
| birth_place = Albany, Province of New York, British America
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1804|06|05|1741|09|01}}
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| spouse = {{marriage|Lydia Van Vechten
|March 5, 1764}}
| children = 7
| parents = Johannes Cuyler Jr.
Catharina Glen
| relatives = Johannes Cuyler (grandfather)
}}
Jacob J. Cuyler (September 1741 – June 5, 1804) was an American silversmith, active circa 1765-1790 in Albany, New York.
Early life
Cuyler was born in September 1741. He was the son of Johannes Cuyler Jr. (1699–1746) and Catharina (née Glen) Cuyler (b. 1699).
His paternal grandparents were Albany mayor Johannes Cuyler (1661–1740) and Elsje Ten Broeck (d. 1752), herself the daughter of Albany mayor Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck (1638–1717). His mother was the daughter of Johannes Jacob Glen.{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Cuyler|title=Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene|date=1911|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_b4k-AAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_b4k-AAAAYAAJ/page/n42 32]|accessdate=8 September 2017|language=en}}
Career
He was a silversmith by trade and was known for his high quality work.{{cite book|last1=Groft|first1=Tammis K.|last2=Mackay|first2=Mary Alice|title=Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 Years of Collecting|date=1998|publisher=SUNY Press {{!}} Hudson Hills Press|location=New York|isbn=9781438429946|page=184|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M6esYiqf6NEC&pg=PA184|accessdate=10 September 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Stock buckle|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/37698|website=artgallery.yale.edu|publisher=Yale University|accessdate=10 September 2017}} In Albany, he served as firemaster and was manager of the lottery during the early 1770s.{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Jacob J. Cuyler|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/c/jacuyler539.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=10 September 2017}} In 1767, he willed the estate of his uncle, Johannes Glen (1704-1770).{{cite web|title=Will of Johannes Glen - 1767|url=http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/wills/willjoglen4933.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=10 September 2017}}
In 1766, he signed the constitution of Albany. Cuyler was also a member of the Sons of Liberty, and in 1767 served as the first lieutenant in the Albany militia company. During the Revolutionary War period, he was a member of the Albany Committee of Correspondence, and served as a delegate from Albany to the New York Provincial Congress in 1776,{{cite book|last1=New York (State) Legislature Senate|title=Documents of the Senate of the State of New York|date=1911|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5clAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR88|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}}{{cite book|last1=Albany Institute|title=Proceedings of the Albany Institute|date=1873|publisher=J. Munsell|page=321|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H7wAAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA321|accessdate=29 September 2017|language=en}} and later in the Continental Commissary General's office.
Personal life
On March 5, 1764, Cuyler married Lydia Van Vechten (1743–1808), the daughter of Dirck and Elizabeth (née Ten Broeck) Van Vechten,{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Lydia Van Vechten Cuyler|url=http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/vv/lyvvechten2457.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=29 September 2017}} in Albany. By 1780, they had seven children.
Cuyler died on June 5, 1804.{{cite book|last1=Nicoll|first1=Maud Churchill|title=The Earliest Cuylers in Holland and America and Some of Their Descendants|date=1912|publisher=T.A. Wright, Printer and Publisher|url=https://archive.org/details/earliestcuylers00nicogoog|accessdate=9 September 2017|language=English}}{{cite book|last1=Munsell|first1=Joel|title=The Annals of Albany|date=1855|publisher=J. Munsell & Co.|page=142|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bpcMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA142|accessdate=10 September 2017|language=en}}
References
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External links
- Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 Years of Collecting, SUNY Press, page 184. {{ISBN|9781438429946}}.
- [http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/c/jacuyler539.html New York State Museum biography]
- [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/173622.htm Rootsweb entry]
- [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0072 Founders Archives document, re salt pork]
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Category:Artists from Albany, New York