Had 9 children. He was active in church and civic affairs at Flatlands. He represented Amersfoort at the Assembly in New Amsterdam in April of 1664 and at New Orange in 1674. He was appointed a magistrate in 1673 and was a deacon in the church in 1674. In 1687 he took the Oath of Allegiance to the British. In a deed dated March 8, 1694 he joined with the heirs of his father in transferring part of the estate to his son Gerret. He was Captain of the Militia in 1689.