SIlversmith:

Born: 25 Dec 1674, New York City NY Christened: 5 Jan 1675, New York City NY Marriage: Sara Ellsworth on 9 Sep 1702 in New York City NY Died: 1757, Bergen NJ

•Made freeman of New York City NY, 26 Jul 1698.

•Two-handled bowl, 1700-1710 Metropolitan Museum of Art h: 5 3/8" d: 9 11/16" (lip) wt: 26 oz Engraved Q over T V for Theunis Jacobsen and Vroutje Janse (Haring) Quick.

•Punch bowl, 1700-1710 Private Collection dia: 12 1/4" wt: 66 oz, 8 dwt The original owner is unknown, but is possibly Abraham de Peyster, Mayor of New York (1692-94) (~• to whom he was related). De Peyster's will, probated in 1734, lists "1 large silver Punch Bowl", whose recorded weight approximates that of this bowl. He worked before 1703 as a silversmith in New York City NY He worked from 1704 to 1706 as a silversmith in Albany NY 18 He worked from 1707 to 1722 as a silversmith in New York City NY

•Went to New Haven, Connecticut in 1724 to investigate copper mining. According to New Haven town records of Sept. 19, 1721, he and Peter and James Ferris leased "copper and other mines except iron mines on the Bleu hils in said New Haven. . . for fifty years"-- providing there was no let-up in mining for more than two years. The venture was unsuccessful, but Kierstede remained in New Haven, his home on the west side of Church Street. A deed dated Apr. 24, 1727, in the New Haven Land Records describes him as a "goldsmith of New York." In 1745 the Yale class of 1746 gave a punchbowl to their retiring tutor, Thomas Darling, which was made by Kierstede. His baptismal basin and two-handled cup in the silver of Church of Christ, Congregational, Milford, and the tankard belonging to Trinity Church, New Haven, attest to his skill as a craftsman, and his distinguishable "Holland Dutch" training in New York. In 1753, the Selectmen placed him in charge of a conservator because of his advanced age and infirmities.

• Master to Jacob Koenraedt Ten Eyck 10 Aug 1718 in New York City NY.

• Kettle, 1710-1720 Metropolitan Museum of Art h: 10 1/8" d: 7 3/8" (base) wt: 47 1/2 oz Made for Elizabeth (de Peyster) Beekman .

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Fun Facts

• Cornelis' first cousin, once removed married the powerful Chief Justice William Smith, the Loyalist whose diary chronicles the goings-on in occupied NYC during the Revolution.

• The Kierstede family had been in NYC since New Amsterdam days, on ancestor had even signed signed the Remonstrance to surrender New Netherland to the British in 1664.

witnessess baptism in Sleepy Hollow DRC

1712 Jan 30; Pieter Davidts, Maria Kierstede; Maria; Cornelus Kierstede, Aariaantje de Groof[18] Davidts[21]