His parents were Abraham Ten Eyck and Annatje Lansing, and he was the grandson of wealthy Albany businessman Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck.
He moved to Detroit in 1802, and for many years operated a store at the corner of Jefferson and Woodward Avenues. After the surrender of Detroit to the British, the British commander Colonel Henry Procter ordered Ten Eyck to leave the city.
Ten Eyck ran a successful business for many years, the Old Ten Eyck Tavern, in what is now Dearborn, Michigan.
Ten Eyck served as treasurer of Wayne County from 1817 to 1825, and as the supervisor of Pekin Township, which is now known as Redford Township in 1830 and 1831. His house was the site of the meeting to organize Dearborn Township after it was created on March 9, 1833, and was the township supervisor from 1833 through 1837.
He served as a U.S. marshal from 1837 to 1841 and was elected to the Michigan Senate and served in its first two terms, from 1835 through 1837. Later serving one term in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1846.
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Married 6/18/1814 in Detroit to Sarah Kramer
Their children are:
William, Jane L. (Fisher), Anna (Mills), Mariah B. (Sloss), Sarah (Tompkins), Helen (Roberts), Catherine, Charles B.
He moved to Detroit in 1802, and for many years operated a store at the corner of Jefferson and Woodward Avenues. After the surrender of Detroit to the British, the British commander Colonel Henry Procter ordered Ten Eyck to leave the city.
Ten Eyck ran a successful business for many years, the Old Ten Eyck Tavern, in what is now Dearborn, Michigan.
Ten Eyck served as treasurer of Wayne County from 1817 to 1825, and as the supervisor of Pekin Township, which is now known as Redford Township in 1830 and 1831. His house was the site of the meeting to organize Dearborn Township after it was created on March 9, 1833, and was the township supervisor from 1833 through 1837.
He served as a U.S. marshal from 1837 to 1841 and was elected to the Michigan Senate and served in its first two terms, from 1835 through 1837. Later serving one term in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1846.
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Married 6/18/1814 in Detroit to Sarah Kramer
Their children are:
William, Jane L. (Fisher), Anna (Mills), Mariah B. (Sloss), Sarah (Tompkins), Helen (Roberts), Catherine, Charles B.
His parents were Abraham Ten Eyck and Annatje Lansing, and he was the grandson of wealthy Albany businessman Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck.
He moved to Detroit in 1802, and for many years operated a store at the corner of Jefferson and Woodward Avenues. After the surrender of Detroit to the British, the British commander Colonel Henry Procter ordered Ten Eyck to leave the city.
Ten Eyck ran a successful business for many years, the Old Ten Eyck Tavern, in what is now Dearborn, Michigan.
Ten Eyck served as treasurer of Wayne County from 1817 to 1825, and as the supervisor of Pekin Township, which is now known as Redford Township in 1830 and 1831. His house was the site of the meeting to organize Dearborn Township after it was created on March 9, 1833, and was the township supervisor from 1833 through 1837.
He served as a U.S. marshal from 1837 to 1841 and was elected to the Michigan Senate and served in its first two terms, from 1835 through 1837. Later serving one term in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1846.
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Married 6/18/1814 in Detroit to Sarah Kramer
Their children are:
William, Jane L. (Fisher), Anna (Mills), Mariah B. (Sloss), Sarah (Tompkins), Helen (Roberts), Catherine, Charles B.
He moved to Detroit in 1802, and for many years operated a store at the corner of Jefferson and Woodward Avenues. After the surrender of Detroit to the British, the British commander Colonel Henry Procter ordered Ten Eyck to leave the city.
Ten Eyck ran a successful business for many years, the Old Ten Eyck Tavern, in what is now Dearborn, Michigan.
Ten Eyck served as treasurer of Wayne County from 1817 to 1825, and as the supervisor of Pekin Township, which is now known as Redford Township in 1830 and 1831. His house was the site of the meeting to organize Dearborn Township after it was created on March 9, 1833, and was the township supervisor from 1833 through 1837.
He served as a U.S. marshal from 1837 to 1841 and was elected to the Michigan Senate and served in its first two terms, from 1835 through 1837. Later serving one term in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1846.
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Married 6/18/1814 in Detroit to Sarah Kramer
Their children are:
William, Jane L. (Fisher), Anna (Mills), Mariah B. (Sloss), Sarah (Tompkins), Helen (Roberts), Catherine, Charles B.
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