Colonel Jacobus Jacob Wendell

Banker, businessman, Council member, militia officer, and landholder, Albany native Jacob Wendell achieved unparalled distinction in New England. He died on September 7, 1761.

Doctor/poet Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was his great-grandson.

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Birth: August 1691 Albany, NY

Came from Albany to Boston, as a young man, to work for the merchant John Mico.

Marriage: 12 AUG 1714

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Death: 07 SEP 1761

Lost multiple buildings in Boston's Great Fire of 1760

Biography

"Jacob Wendell (bapt. Aug. 11, 1691), Baptismal Record, the youngest child of Johannes Wendel and Elsie Staets. was the first of the name to remove to New England, and came to Boston when a youth, receiving his business education in the counting-house of Mr. John Mico, a well know Boston merchant of the period. At the close of this connection he entered into business upon his own account, accumulated a handsome estate, and became one of the most prominent citizens of his day. He was uncle of John Wendell, the son of his eldest brother Abraham, who came to Boston at a later period, and became associated with him in business. He was of his Majesty's Council from 1737 to 1760, commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery 1735 and 1745, and in 1733 director of the first banking institution of the province...

The Hon. Col. Wendell lived at the corner of School and Common (the present Tremont) Sts. and married (Aug. 12, 1714) Sarah, daughter of Dr. James and Mercy (Bradstreet) Oliver, of Cambridge, by whom he had issue twelve children, four sons and eight daughters."

Children: [1]

Jacob b. September 4, 1715-6
Mary b. January 20, 1719 d. August 6, 1717
Elizabeth b. January 20, 1719
Sarah b. March 3, 1720
Mary b. April 10, 1722
Catherine b. June 18, 1726
John Micro b. May 30, 1728
Ann b. December 7, 1730
Oliver b. March 5, 1733
Abraham b. November 2, 1735
Susannah b. June 15, 1737, bp. 19 June 1737
Margaret b. August 20, 1739 [2][3]

Death

He died Sep. 16, 1761 in Boston, Massachusetts and was buried in Van Rensselaer Family Cemetery, East Greenbush, New York. [4]

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Jacobus Wendell (bef. 1691 - 1761)

Jacobus (Jacob) Wendell

Born before 5 Aug 1691 in Albany, Albany County, Province of New York

Son of Johannes Wendel and Elizabeth (Staets) Schuyler

Brother of Maritie (Wendel) Oothout [half], Elsie (Wendel) Staets [half], Abraham Wendell, Elizabeth (Wendel) Ten Broeck, Johannes Wendell Jr, Ephraim Wendel, Isaac Wendell, Sara Wendell, Isaac Wendell, Susanna (Wendel) Schuyler, Catalynjte (Wendel) Schuyler, Philip Johannise Schuyler [half], Johannes Schuyler Jr [half] and Margarita Schuyler [half]

Husband of Sarah (Oliver) Wendell — married 12 Aug 1714 (to 7 Sep 1761) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Father of Jacob Wendell, Elizabeth (Wendell) Wibird, Mary Wendell, Sarah (Wendell) Hunt, Mercy (Wendell) Oliver, Katherine (Wendell) Cooper, John Micro Wendell, Ann Wendell, Oliver Wendell, Abraham Wendell, Susannah Wendell and Margaret Wendell

Died 7 Sep 1761 after age 70 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 15 Jan 2020 | Created 9 Aug 2014

Jacob Wendell was a New Netherland Descendant 1674-1776.

Sources

↑ Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane: By Thomas Smith, Samuel Deane, William Willis Pastors of the First Church of Portland Page 29
↑ The Direct Ancestry of the Late Jacob Wendell, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire; James Rindge Stanwood; David Clapp & Son, 1882 - New York (N.Y.); Digital Image, Google Books
↑ Generations and Change: Genealogical Perspectives in Social History By Robert M. Taylor, Ralph J. Crandall Page 175
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Jacobus, of Johannes Wendell and Elizabeth Staats. Wit.: Reinier Barent, Susanna Teller. Part 1, 1683–1700 Holland Society of New York (1904) Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809, Page 53 Baptismal Record
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Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane: By Thomas Smith, Samuel Deane, William Willis Pastors of the First Church of Portland Page 29
Generations and Change: Genealogical Perspectives in Social History By Robert M. Taylor, Ralph J. Crandall Page 175
Family Data Collection - Individual Records; Ancestry.com
Sketches of Alumni at the Different Colleges in New England, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.) Vol. 1, Page 186
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Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/14279690/family
The Salem Press Historical and Genealogical Record (The Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company. 1890-91)Vol. 1, No. 2, Oct. 1890, Page 49: "J. Wendell O. B. 7 Sept. 1761 AE. 71. (funeral ring) In possession of Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Upham of Salem, Mass."
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