Jacob Huyck

The grandson of Peter Minuit, the explorer (on his mother's side)

covering the whereabouts of his father

No.8 Land afterwards covered by the present Nos. 17-19 Broadway. The original grant for this plot, to one _Jan Huygen_, dated June 6, 1649, is in the library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq. Huygen was dead before July, 1657, when his widow, Lysbeth Pieters, married Dirck Wiggerts, "late in the Company's service," as he deposed when he took the burgher oath.-Marriages in Ref. Dutch Ch., 21; Rec. N. Am., VII: 200. "Uncle Dirck," as he was commonly known, was a waterside character. He was a ship carpenter, and also owned and operated small boats. He was in New York as late as 1674.-Ibid., IV: 209; VI: 98,99,110; VII: 129.

1657 05 Jul; Dirck Weyerts , wid Tryn Dircks; Lysbeth Pieters, wid _Jan Huygen_