Jacob Leisler

- Abt 1690

• Name	Jacob Leisler
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1690	New York, NY
  Person ID	I1754	Multer
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2006

  
  

  Family	Elsje Tymens,   b. Abt 1633, New Amsterdam
  Married	11 Apr 1663
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living   6. Living   7. Living
  Family ID	F0203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob Leisler led the Dutch Rebellion and retook New York from England in 1689. The English retook New York and 13 months later Jacob Leisler was hanged. May 4, 1680, at a Court of Record. Jacob Leisler, husband of Elsie Leisler, and attorney for Jacob Lockerman, (Loockerman) "brother, sister, and heirs of Cornelius Dircksen, deceased." Plaintiffs against Dirck Vander Cliff, administrator of estate of Cornelius Dircksen. They state that Cornelius Dircksen was the owner of a house and ground in this city, and divers goods. And that the said Jacob Leisler, "in a loving and friendly manner," hath often demanded the said house and ground, and an inventory of the estate, but the said Dirck Vander Cliff refuses the same."Abstracts of Unrecorded Wills," Vol. XL, 1902. Note: Cornelius Dircksen seems to have been the uncle of Elsie Leisler and Jacob Lockerman, on their mother's side. W. S. Pelatreau. Ibid.