• Born: 22 Jun 1701, New York City NY
• Marriage (1): Elizabeth Van Der Spiegel on 9 May 1724 in New York City NY

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Benjamin Wynkoop, about 1715, in New York City NY. And succeeding to his father's shop. ¹

• He worked in 1722-1740 as a silversmith in New York City NY

• Example: Bowl, circa 1725-1740, in Yale University. H: 3 9/16"
  d: 7 5/8" (of lip)
  wt: 18 oz, 5 dwt
  Engraved R over I C on bottom for Jacobus and Catharina (Hardenbroeck) Roosevelt; possily commissioned as a batismal basin for their son Isaac. ¹³

• Freeman: 1726, in New York City NY. ⁸

• Master: Nicholas Roosevelt, about 1730, in New York City NY. ¹⁰

Cornelius married Elizabeth Van Der Spiegel, daughter of Jacobus Van Der Spiegel and Ann Saunders, on 9 May 1724 in New York City NY. (Elizabeth Van Der Spiegel was born about 1704 in New York City NY and was christened on 22 Oct 1704 in New York City NY.)