• Born: 17 Aug 1684, Hackensack NJ
• Marriage (1): Rachel Le Roux on 27 Oct 1711 in New York City NY
• Marriage (2): Cornelia Van Varick on 22 Jul 1715 in New York City NY
• Died: Bef 5 Jan 1751, New York City NY

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Bartholomew LeRoux, in 1700, in New York City NY. ¹

• Example: Mustard pot, circa 1705-1715, in Yale University. H: 5 1/8"
  d: 3 3/8" (base)
  wt: 4 oz, 18 dwt
  Apparently the only known example in this form from this period; based on Dutch prototypes ¹³

• Example: Caster, circa 1705-1715, in Yale University. H: 7 1/2"
  d: 3 1/4" (base)
  wt: 12 oz, 1 dwt
  Engraved with the Schuyler family arms and made for Myndert Schuyler, husband of Van Dyck's cousin, Rachel Cuyler. ¹³

• Example: Covered porringer, circa 1705-1715, in Private Collection. D: 6 1/8"
  wt: 17 oz, 12 dwt

• Example: Tankard, circa 1705-1715, in Yale University. H: 7 3/16"
  d: 5 7/16" (of base)
  wt: 35 oz, 6 dwt
  Engraved "A over H W" on handle and Wendell arms on front for Hermanus and Anna (Glen) Wendell.

• Example: Serving Spoon, circa 1705-1720, in Yale University. L: 17 1/8"

• Appointed: Constable of East Ward, in 1708, in New York City NY. ⁸

• Example: Teapot, circa 1715-1725, in Yale University. H: 7 3/4
  d: 3 5/16 (base)
  wt: 18 0z
  Engraved V B over I M for Johannes and Margaretta (Provoost) Van Burgh who married in 1695. One of the few pieces of American silver displaying, in the strapwork on the lid, a direct Huguenot influence. ¹³

• Example: Cup, circa 1720, in Private Collection. H: 4 3/8"
  d: 3 3/4 (of base)
  Engraved M over E * M for Matthew and Elizabeth (Chatfield) Mulford.

• Example: Brandywine bowl, circa 1720, in Private Collection. W: 9" (over handles)
  wt: 10 oz

• Example: Teapot, circa 1725, in Yale University. H: 7 1/8"
  d: 3 1/2" (base)
  wt: 21 oz, 18 dwt
  No other example of this form survives, though an advertisement in the American Weekly Mercury, 23 March 1727 offered as a lottery prize "an Eight Square Tea-Pot" by Simon Soumain. ¹³

• Appointed: Appraiser of Lottery, in 1727, in New York City NY. ⁸

• Advertised: New York Gazette, on 28 Mar 1728, in New York City NY. As goldsmith ⁸

• Example: Caster, in 1729-1750, in Winterthur Library. H: 3 1/4"
  w: 2 5/16" (of base)
  wt: 3 oz, 1 dwt
  Engraved B over N * E for Nicholas and Elizabeth (Rynder) Bayard. The lid is a modern replacement; the original undoubtably had a finial. ⁷

• Appointed: Assessor of City, in 1730, in New York City NY. ⁸

• Ensko: 1737, in New York City NY. Petitioned against the election of Adolph Phillipse with fellow silversmiths, Tobias Stoutenburg, Charles Le Roux and Phillip Goelet. ⁸

• He signed a will on 1 Aug 1750 in New York City NY.
  Peter Van Dyck, being very sick, leave to my son, Richard £5, in lieu of all pretence as heir-at-law, grandchildren, Daniel and Richard Shotford, £40 each at interest till of age. Daughters, Hannah and Cornelia, each a silver mugg, to Lena, my silver teapot, Sarah, my smallest silver tankard, Mary, my largest silver tankard, each by weight, as part of share in Estate. All rest of Estate to children, Richard, Rudolphus, Hannah, Cornelia, Lena, Sarah and Mary.”
  
  Proved 05 January 1751

Peter married Rachel Le Roux, daughter of Bartholomew Le Roux and Gertrude Van Rollegom, on 27 Oct 1711 in New York City NY. (Rachel Le Roux was born about 1690 in New York City NY and died before 1715 in New York City NY.)

Peter next married Cornelia Van Varick on 22 Jul 1715 in New York City NY. (Cornelia Van Varick was born about 1690 in New York.)