Jacob was taken into the Dutch West India Company as an assistant by Governor Van Twiller and later became a tobacco planter and brewer.
In 1664 he was licensed by Governor Nichols to trade in his sloop with the Indians along the Hudson River.
Jacob marrried Hester Jansen in Amsterdam, Holland, on December 1, 1636, and they were the parents of six children.
On March 4, 1643, Jacob and David de Vries volunteered to go out of Fort Amsterdam to the Rockaway Convention to spend the night with the Indians to make peace.
In 1649 and 1650 under Pieter Stuyvesant, Jacob was a member of the Court of Arbitrators.
On June 26, 1649, Jacob was sent to Holland as one of three men to represent New Netherlands at the Hague.
On July 3 1643, the West India Company granted land to Jacob in Brooklyn on the East River including what is now the New York Navy Yard, City Park and the Fifth Ward.
There were no children of Jacob Wolphertse3 Van Kouwenhoven and Magdaleentje Jacobs Van Amsterdam.
Notes for Jacob Wolfertse Van Couwenhoven:
Jacob Wolphertse3 Van Kouwenhoven (Wolphert2, Gerritt1Couwenhoven) was born 1612 or 1615 at Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands.
He married Hester Jansen, daughter of Lijsbet Setten, on Dec 1, 1636 at New church, Amsterdam, Holland; Married by Domine Gelldorpus (Bible).
He married Magdaleentje Jacobs Van Amsterdam on Sep 26, 1655.
He died before Apr 21, 1670.
He died either 1673 or 1674 at New Amsterdam, Kings, Long Island, NY.
He was also known as Jacob Van Couwenhoven.
He was also known as Jacob Worlfertsen Van Kouwenhoven.
He was also known as Jacob Van Kouwenhoven.
He and Hester Jansen were intended in Marriage Jacobus Couwenhoven of Amersfoort residing in the Jonge Roelen Alley, 22 years old, asseisted by his uncle Rutgert Jansz, parents still living, marries Hester Jans of Haarlem, 22 years old, living on the Princes' Canal with her mother Lijsbert Setten. He signes: Jacobus Couwenhoven on Nov 14, 1637 at Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Inventory of his estate was on Apr 21, 1670.
