Bruyn was born on January 7, 1707, in Wallkill in the Province of New York in what was then a part of British America. He was a son of Jacobus Bruyn and Tryntje Schoonmaker.[1] Among his siblings was Hanna Bruyn, who married Solomon van Wagenen.[1]
His paternal grandparents were Jacob Bruyn, a native of Norway, and Gertrude Esselsteyn (a daughter of Jan Willemse Esselsteyne). His maternal grandparents were Jochem Hendrickse Schoonmaker and Petronella Sleght (daughter of Cornelius Barentse Sleght).[1]
During the American Revolutionary War, Bruyn was a Corp. of the Foot Company of Militia of the "Presenk of the Highland" under command of Capt. Thomas Ellison.[4]
Personal life
Bruyn was married to Jane Graham (d. 1764).[5] Together, they were the parents of at least four boys, all of whom served in the New York State Assembly:[6]
Gertruyd Bruyn (b. 1748), who married Cornelius DuBois, a son of Cornelius DuBois and Anna Margrietjen Hoogteling.[6]
Jacobus S. Bruyn (1749–1823), a New York Assemblymen from Ulster County from 1797 to 1799 and a member of New York State Senate from 1800 to 1805;[7] who married Jenneke DeWitt, a daughter of Andries J. DeWitt and Blandina Elmendorf (néeTen Eyck) DeWitt.[6]
Severyn Tenhout Bruyn (1749–1794), a New York Assemblymen from Ulster County from 1789 to 1790 again from 1792 to 1793 and, lastly, from 1794 until his death;[7] he married Margaret Anderson of New York.[6]
Johannes Bruyn (1750–1814), New York Assemblymen from Ulster County from 1781 to 1783 again from 1796 to 1797 and, lastly, from 1799 to 1800. He was a presidential elector for New York in 1792 and a member of New York State Senate from 1809 to 1813;[7] he married Margrietje "Margaret" DeWitt, a daughter of Col. Charles DeWitt and Blandina DuBois. Margaret was the aunt of U.S. RepresentativeCharles G. DeWitt.[6]
Mary Bruyn (b. 1752), who married Nicholas Hardenberg, a son of Abraham Hardenberg and Marytje Roosa, in 1775.[6]
Cornelius Bruyn (1756–1815), a New York Assemblymen from Ulster County from 1793 to 1794;[7] who died unmarried.[6]
His wife died April 19, 1764. Bruyn died on April 26, 1781, in Wallkill.[7]
Descendants
Through his son Jacobus, he was a grandfather of Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (1790–1838), a New York Assemblymen in 1818; trustee of Ithaca in 1821 and president of the village in 1822, and a U.S. Representative from New York for the 22nd District from 1837 to 1838.[8]
Through his son Johannes, he was a grandfather of Charles DeWitt Bruyn (1784–1849), a New York Assemblymen from Sullivan and Ulster counties from 1821 to 1822.[7]
