Jacobus Bruyn

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Jacobus Bruyn (January 7, 1707 – April 26, 1781) was an American politician from Ulster County, New York. He served in the New York General Assembly from 1759 to 1768.

Bruyn was born in Wallkill, New York, to Jacobus Bruyn and Tryntje Schoonmaker. One of his siblings was Hanna Bruyn, who married Solomon van Wagenen. His paternal grandfather was Jacob Bruyn, a Norwegian, and his grandmother Gertrude Esselsteyn; his maternal grandparents were Jochem Hendrickse Schoonmaker and Petronella Sleght.

He married Jane Graham, who died in 1764, and they had at least four sons, all of whom later served in the New York State Assembly. Bruyn fought in the American Revolutionary War as a corporal in the militia in the Highlands under Captain Thomas Ellison.

Bruyn died in Wallkill, New York, in 1781. His descendants include Andrew DeWitt Bruyn, who served in the New York Assembly and as a U.S. Representative, and Charles DeWitt Bruyn, a later New York Assemblyman.