Person:Rip Van Dam (1)

Name	Rip Van Dam
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]	Abt 1662	Albany, New York
Marriage Banns	4 Sep 1684	to Sarah van der Spiegel
Marriage	24 Sep 1684	New York City, New Yorkto Sarah van der Spiegel
Death^[1]^[2]	10 Jun 1749	New York City, New York

References

↑ Brodhead, John Romeyn; New York. Legislature; Berthold Fernow; and E. B. (Edmund Bailey) O'Callaghan. Documents relative to the colonial history of the State of New York: procured in Holland, England, and France. (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons & Co., printers, 1853-1887)
6:153.

‘After living to a very advanced age, Mr. [Rip] Van Dam died in the city of New York on the 10th of June, 1749.’
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lanier, Henry Wysham. A century of banking in New York, 1822-1922. (New York: The Gilliss Press, 1922)
91.

VAN DAM, Rip
Born at Albany. He married Sara Vanderspeigle, daughter of a rich baker, in 1684. In early life he was a merchant and commanded his own ship engaged in the West India trade; in 1690, as one of the principal merchants, he petitioned William and Mary for relief from the arbitrary measures adopted by [Jacob] Leisler. Established a shipyard in the rear of Trinity Churchyard with James Mills. Lord Cornbury appointed him a member of the Council; in 1731, on the death of Governor Montgomerie, he became President of the Council. In 1733 Van Dam presented charges against Governor Cosby to the home government and thenceforward he became the recognized head of the popular party. He died in 1749. Of his property little is known except that he was one of the "considerable merchants" of his day and that he was one of the proprietors of the "Nine Partners" in Dutchess Co.